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Thiruvananthapuram:
Seven and a half months af-
ter replacing his party col-
league A K Saseendran, who
had to quit as minister over a
sexual harassment allega-
tion, transport minister and
NCP leader Thomas Chandy
was himself forced to resign
from the Pinarayi Vijayan
cabinet on Wednesday over
allegations of encroach-
ment of government land by
a resort owned by him.
Chandys resignation be-
came inevitable after the
CPI toughened its stand and
boycotted Wednesdays cab-
inet meeting in protest
against Chandy attending
the same, a move on the part
of the LDFs second biggest
party that chief minister
Pinarayi Vijayan termed
extraordinary.
Chandys position had
become untenable after he
was severely criticised by
the high court on Tuesday.
The CPI further raised the
ante by giving specific in-
structions to its four minis-
ters not to attend Wednes-
days cabinet meeting if
Chandy was present. Reve-
nue minister E Chandrash-
ekaran gave a letter to the
Retirement age
of docs raised
T he state cabinet on
Wednesday decided to
increase the retirement age
of doctors who are working
in government medical col-
leges to 62 from 60 and those
in the health service to 60
from 56. This is to overcome
the shortage of doctors, CM
Pinarayi Vijayan said. P 4
California
shooting kills 4
A gunman carrying a
semi-automatic weap-
on and two handguns
opened fire at multiple loca-
tions across a small North-
ern California community
on Tuesday, killing four
people before he was slain
by police. At least 10 other
people were wounded. P 14
Poet Kunwar
Narayan dead
H indi poet and Jnanpith
awardee Kunwar Na-
rayan passed away in New
Delhi at his home on
Wednesday. He was 90. Na-
rayan was in coma since Ju-
ly 4 after suffering from
brain haemorrhage. Na-
rayan was known for his po-
etry, stories and critiques. P 8
Pakistan out of
Chinese project
P akistan has turned down
Chinas offer of assist-
ance on the $14-billion Diam-
er-Bhasha Dam. Moreover,
Islamabad is learned to have
asked China to take the pro-
ject out of the $60 billion Chi-
na-Pak Economic Corridor
and allow it to build the dam
on its own. P 8
All is well in
Infosys: NRN
I nfosys founder N R Na-
rayana Murthy
Wednesday said all is well in
on
the company and its chair-
man Nandan Nilekani has
the skills of simplifying
lots of complexities in the
firm. ...now that we have
Nandan as the chairman, we
can sleep well, he said. P 13
chief minister before the
cabinet meeting saying that
they were not ready to at-
tend the meeting in the pres-
ence of Chandy.
In the morning, Chandy
and NCP state president T P
Peethambaran had met the
chief minister before the
cabinet meeting in a huddle
that lasted 45 minutes.
Though Vijayan gave time to
the NCP leadership to con-
sult its central leadership
and take a decision on Chan-
dys resignation, Chandy
wanted to attend the cabinet
meeting scheduled for 9 am.
The CPI ministers obviously
stayed away.
Though Chandy initially
made some defiant noises, it
was clear that he had no op-
tion but hand over his resig-
nation letter to Peethamba-
ran, who then submitted it to
the chief minister at the lat-
ters office. Governor P Sath-
asivam accepted the resig-
nation forwarded by the CM.
For the time being, Chandys
portfolio will be handled by
the CM.
Speaking to reporters af-
ter cabinet meeting, Vijayan
said he gave some more time
to NCP to take a decision as
they said they had to discuss
with their central leader-
ship. It was convincing to
me, he replied to queries on
his alleged soft corner to-
wards Chandy. You can
wait and see what will be the
final decision, he said.
CM flays CPI ministers, P 6
Sheena case:
Indrani points
finger at Peter
Mumbai: Indrani Mukerjea,
an accused in Sheena Bora
murder case, on
Wednesday told
a CBI court here
that her hus-
band Peter Mu-
kerjea might
have caused her
daughters disappearance out
of greed and ill-will. Though
she did not expressly accuse
Peter of killing Sheena, Indra-
ni said he and their former
driver Shyamwar Rai could be
behind her abduction, making
her untraceable and destroy-
ing evidence. AGENCIES | P 8
Zimbabwes Mugabe
under house arrest
Harare: Zimbabwes military
was in control of the country
on Wednesday
as President Ro-
bert Mugabe
said he was un-
der house ar-
rest, although
generals denied
staging a coup.
Mugabes decades-long
grip on power appeared to be
fading as military vehicles
blocked roads outside the par-
liament in Harare and senior
soldiers delivered a late-night
television address to the na-
Microsoft & Google CEOs to help rebrand Kerala?
Govt To Host
Digital Meet
Next March
Shenoy.Karun@timesgroup.com
Kochi: Forget the anti-com-
puter agitations of CPI-M in
Kerala in the 1980s. Nearly
three decades on, the Marxist-
COMRADES WOO
CAPITALISTS
led government of Kerala will
be banking on CEOs of Micro-
soft and Google two global IT
giants - to help rebrand the
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8 am
Thomas Chandy and
T P Peethambaran meet
CM at Cliff House
8.55 am
Chandy reaches
Secretariat for cabinet
meeting, CPI ministers
keep off the meet
10.30 am
CM tells media that
NCP leaders have
sought time for the
decision
11 am
NCP leaders meet at
Chandys residence,
decide to resign
11.30 am
Chandy leaves for Alappuzha
Chandy trains
guns on CPI
T homas Chandy said the CPI
ministers violated the
decency of coalition politics by
keeping away from the cabinet
meeting. It was not fair on a
political party to interfere in the
affairs of a coalition partner,
he said. The CM never
demanded my resignation. I
resigned on my own, based on
the HCs observations and the
stand taken by one of the
allies, he said.
Identity of Mahatma
killer under scanner
New Delhi: Sixty-eight ye-
ars after Narayan Dattatra-
ya Apte was hanged for the
murder of Mahatma Gand-
hi along with main assassin
Nathuram Godse on No-
vember 15, 1949, a petition in
the Supreme Court on Wed-
nesday sought reopening of
the investigation
Gandhis assassination sa-
into
ying the identity of Apte re-
mains mired in doubt.
The Justice J L Kapur
Commission of Inquiry, set
up in 1966 to unearth the en-
tire conspiracy, had repor-
ted Apte to have been in the
Indians safe: Swaraj
E xternal affairs minister
Sushma Swaraj said on
Wednesday that she was in
constant touch with the Indian
embassy in Zimbabwe and
assured that all Indians were
safe in the country where
unrest has triggered
speculation of a coup. AGENCIES
tion. The president... and his
family are safe and sound and
their security is guaranteed,
Major General Sibusiso Moyo
said. AGENCIES | P 14
10-15 CRORE TO BE SPENT?
State government is
planning to hold a
two-day global event
Towards a Digital
Future on March 22-23,
2018, in Kochi
Government will
reportedly spend 10-
15 crore for the programme
state as the hot new investment
destination for digital technol-
ogy.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Mi-
crosoft, and Sundar Pichai,
CEO of Google Inc -- the Indi-
an-origin poster boys of Sili-
con Valley -- will be invited as
TRANSPORT MIN
HAD NO OPTION
12.30 pm
Peethambaran
hands over Chandys
resignation letter to CM
Its advantage
Saseendran now
T here is reportedly an
informal understanding
that the ministerial berth will
be kept open for the first NCP
MLA to get a clean chit. The
only hurdle for A K Saseendran
is the criminal case filed by a
woman journalist alleging
sexual harassment. The
complainant in the case has
approached the HC with a
petition seeking permission to
withdraw the complaint.
Indian Air Force. However,
Manohar Parrikar as de-
fence minister on January
7, 2016, had informed Dr
Pankaj Phadnis, the petitio-
ner in the apex court, that
no information related to
Narayan Dattatraya Apte
being an Air Force officer
could be found anywhere.
Phadnis who has raised
questions about the investi-
gation into Gandhis mur-
der suggesting whether it
was one of the biggest cover-
ups in history, has annexed
the letter received from Par-
rikar in his petition. AGENCIES
Govt orders pilot project to
map your address digitally
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The govern-
ment wants to map your add-
ress residential or profes-
sional digitally, somet-
hing done by Aadhaar for an
individuals identification.
The department of posts
under the ministry of com-
munications has ordered
a pilot project that will ac-
cord a six-character alpha-
numeric digital address for
every property for three pos-
tal PIN code locations.
The idea is to provide e-lo-
A high-power IT committee,
with Infy co-founders
Kris Gopalakrishnan
and S D Shibulal, has
been set up to invite
2,000 professionals,
entrepreneurs and
academicians to
attend the meet
keynote speakers to a two-day
global event Towards a Digital
Future, to be held on March 22-
23, 2018, in Kochi. The state gov-
ernment will be spending Rs 10
crore-Rs 15 crore for the pro-
gramme, some estimates said.
For this purpose, the state
Chandy and NCP state
president T P Peethambaran
had met CM Pinarayi
Vijayan on Wednesday
morning and managed
to get time from him
to consult their
central leadership
but they had
no options in
the end
It is
extraordinary,
but dont treat
it as breach
of cabinets
collective
FULL responsibility
COVERAGE PINARAYI VIJAYAN ON
PAGE 5 CPI MINISTERS ACTION
Kuruvilla faced
similar charges
T homas Chandy is not the
first businessman minister
who had to quit following
allegations of unethical
business practices. T U
Kuruvilla of Kerala Congress
(Joseph) too had to relinquish
his cabinet berth in the V S
Achuthanandan government
after allegations of land grab
in Munnar were levelled
against his kin. He was holding
the public works portfolio.
Man shot at
while trying to
enter IAF base
Ghaziabad: A man was shot
at and wounded when he tried
to slip into the high-security
Indian Air Force (IAF) base at
Hindon here, police said on
Wednesday.
The man, identified as 25-
year-old Sujeet from Delhi,
claimed he wanted to fly to
Saudi Arabia in search of
work. Sujeet also said he was
preparing to take a ride on
one of the planes at the air
base, he said. Police sources
said the man seemed to be on
drugs. There are variations
in his statement, a police
source said. AGENCIES
cation (like on Google Maps)
for the addresses therein and
then provide possibilities to
link it to other information
such as property title and ow-
nership, property tax records,
information on utilities like
electricity, water and gas etc.
The pilot for the eLoc (e-
location) has been approved
for two postal pin codes in
Delhi and one in Noida, follo-
wing which the plan is to
identify national expansion
plans.
MapmyIndias project, P 13
government has set up a high-
power IT committee (HPIC),
with Kris Gopalakrishnan and
SD Shibulal, the Malayali co-
founders of Infosys Ltd, as
members among others. The
committees job is to position
Kerala as the best place to work
and live and sell it to the out-
side world. When contacted,
Kris Gopalakrishnan, con-
firmed that he is part of the
committee and that there is an
event proposed for next year.
The plan of the committee
is to prepare a list and invite
nearly 2,000 professionals, en-
trepreneurs and academicians
to attend the conference to be
held at Le Meridien Conven-
tion Hall, Kochi. It seems
Order on quota
in promotions
under SC lens
New Delhi: The Supreme Co-
urt on Wednesday decided to
examine if there was a need to
reconsider its decade-old
constitution bench judgment
making it virtually impossib-
le for the Centre and states to
provide reservation in promo-
tion for SCs and STs in govern-
ment employment, reports
Dhananjay Mahapatra.
Within 24 hours of a two-
judge bench making a referen-
ce on the need for reconsidera-
tion of the 2006 judgment in M
Nagaraj case to Chief Justice
Dipak Misra under Article 145
(3) of the Constitution, a
three-judge bench of the CJI
and Justices A K Sikri and As-
hok Bhushan agreed to place
the matter before a five-judge
bench to examine the bunch of
petitions filed by some states
and SC/ST employees associ-
ations.
Reconsideration of the fi-
ve-judge bench judgment in
Nagaraj case was sought ma-
inly on the ground that the SC
had erred by seeking test of
backwardness before grant of
reservation in promotion. P 7
Target idolators,
exhorts IS audio clip
Prashanth.MP
@timesgroup.com
Kozhikode: In a shocking
audio clip sent presum-
ably from Afghanistan,
the Islamic State has ex-
horted its supporters in
Kerala to mount 'lone wolf'
attacks on "idolators and
disbelievers".
Rashid Abdulla, the
Abdul
youth from Thrikka-
rippur in Kasargod
who is believed to be
in the IS stronghold
in Nargarhar, sent
the audio clip
through the Telegram app
two days ago.
In the clip, Rashid ex-
horts Muslims in Kerala to
make every attempt to do a
hijra (migration) to the Is-
lamic State. "If you cannot
do the hijra, then you
should help the jihad us-
ing your wealth," he says.
"If that too is not mate-
rialized, go for attack
PILOT IN DELHI
Project aims to provide
digital identity to physical
addresses such as 147,
Pocket XX, 2A, Janakpuri
Digital address will be
6-digit alpha-numeric ID
such as 8GDTYX
Postal department orders
pilot project for two PIN codes
in Delhi and one in Noida
If project successful,
govt may explore
national-level rollout
there were suggestions to in-
vite former Motorola CTO
Padmasree Warrior, Oracle
President Thomas Kurian and
perhaps even Tesla CEO Elon
Musk as keynote speakers to
the seminar, said a source in
the know of things.
Rather than talk about
growing IT industries, the new
strategy is to talk about digital
technology, which is has more
impact on the lifestyle of an in-
dividual, than the software
systems have. According to a
source, the conference will dis-
cuss the latest and futuristic
digital technologies at panel
discussions, as well as present
Keralas potential in this do-
main.
A first, quota for
forward classes
in devaswom jobs
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Thiruvananthapuram:
The state government on
Wednesday decided to im-
plement 10% reservation
for the economically back-
ward sections in forward
communities in appoint-
ments to five devaswom
boards in the state. An-
nouncing the cabinet deci-
sion, chief minister Pina-
rayi Vijayan said it was for
the first time in the country
that reservation had been
extended to forward com-
munities.
It has also been decided
to raise the reservation for
SC/ST, ezhavas and other
backward classes in devas-
wom recruitments. The
quota will be raised from
10% to 12% for SC/ST, 14%
to 17% for ezhavas and 3%
to 6% for OBCs. The rules
and procedures will be
amended to implement
these decisions.
against the idolators and
disbelievers. Poison their
water sources, ram a vehi-
cle into their gatherings
like Thrissur Pooram and
Kumbha Mela or sabotage
rail lines and kill kaffirs.
You are educated people.
Think of some ways.
Rashid also asks IS sup-
porters to procure weap-
ons like automatic
rifles or pistols.
"And if you can't get
them, use knife to at-
tack the kuffars," he
says. Allah has en-
joined the Muslims
to fight till the whole world
comes under Islam.
On Muslim organisa-
tions in Kerala, he says
they are all engaged in da-
wa (peaceful propagation
of Islam), which he claims
is a futile exercise as only a
few will be converted to Is-
lam through propagation.
Clip via Telegram, P 6
An Indian king of
an African land
Yeshika.Budhwar
@timesgroup.com
Dehradun: Suyash Dixit, a
24-year-old businessman
from Indore, has proclaimed
himself king of a 2,000sq
km area between Egypt and
Sudan, which is the largest
unclaimed habitable territo-
ry in the world. What is
more, his online petition to
the United Nations seeking
recognition of his claim has
found 800 supporters, and
counting.
Dixit, CEO of a tech firm,
was travelling to Cairo for a
software developers confer-
ence at the beginning of No-
vember when he read about
Bir Tawil, a large stretch of
territory between the two
countries. Because of a com-
plicated colonial-era border
demarcation history, the
swathe, which has no per-
manent residents, is both
arid and remote. It has there-
fore not been claimed by ei-
ther country since 1902. This
has led to several adventur-
ers and explorers staking
ownership of it, although in-
ternational recognition for
such claims has not been
forthcoming. In fact, as re-
ported by TOI then, Ameri-
can Jeremiah Heaton had
staked claim to the land in
2015 after his six-year-old
daughter Emily asked him if
she could be a real princess.
While in Cairo, I decid-
HC orders status
quo on TDB posts
T he high court, on
Wednesday, ordered a
status quo on the state
governments move to
replace the current
members of Travancore
Devaswom Board (TDB). The
court considered petitions
filed by TDB president Prayar
Gopalakrishnan and
member Ajay Tharayil. P 4
Vijayan said the LDF
government wanted to im-
plement such reservation
in all jobs. "But that can be
implemented in the nation
only through a constitu-
tional amendment. Howev-
er, there are certain sectors
where reservation for eco-
nomically weak can be in-
troduced without constitu-
tional changes," he said.
Pressure on Centre, P 4
New SIM
re-verification
modes get nod
New Delhi: The Unique Iden-
tification Authority of India
(UIDAI) has approved the
blueprint presented by telcom
companies to operationalise
new modes like OTP for Aad-
haar-based SIM re-verifica-
tion of existing subscribers
from December 1.
The government
month announced three new
last
ways to complete the process of
linking mobile phone numbers
with Aadhaar to enable exist-
ing subscribers to undergo SIM
re-verification exercise from
the comfort of their home.
The operators were in-
structed to approach the UIDAI
with their blueprint to oper-
ationalise the new processes
that were permitted, and imple-
ment the new system after the
Aadhaar-issuing body gave
clearance. The plans were ap-
proved from the point of view of
security, compliance with Aad-
haar Act and protection of pri-
vacy, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan
Pandey said. AGENCIES | P 13
Suyash Dixit has even designed
a flag for the Kingdom of Dixit,
and planted it at Bir Tawil
ed to travel to the place. I
took a connecting flight
from Cairo to Abu Simbel on
November 4 after the confer-
ence, and travelled in a rent-
ed car for six hours through
the desert to reach Bir Tawil.
There is no road, but it was
not a difficult trip, although
I was afraid of being abduct-
ed by terrorists. There, I re-
alised nobody was bothered
about it, so I decided to claim
it for myself. I planted sun-
flower seeds there, which is a
traditional way to claim
ownership of land, Dixit
told TOI on Tuesday.
Dixit has even designed a
flag for the Kingdom of Dix-
it, and planted it at Bir Ta-
wil. After returning, I wrote
an online petition to the UN
informing them about my
claim, and requesting recog-
nition, although I am not ve-
ry optimistic that they will
reply, he said.
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CHILD ABUSE KNOWS NO GENDER

A Study By UK-Based Researchers Among School Students In Thrissur Shows Boys Suffer More Frequent Sexual Abuse Than Girls
WAYS OF ABUSE
Sudha.Nambudiri@timesgroup.com

Kochi: A study covering more than 6,500 high

Our traditional
understanding
Cases show
school students on abuse in school environ-
ment has shown that more boys than girls
suffer sexual abuse and that too more fre-
Around 88.1% of students
experienced abuse in the past
one year
Emotional abuse: Emotional
abuse was the most frequent
(84.5%) type of abuse
of abuse is limited to
girls. This is because
boys/men are not
steady rise
quently. The study by UK-based researchers
and doctors from Kerala carried out in schools
in Thrissur district was published in Elsevier --
r. - 20% of students reported
all three types of abuse
The most frequent form of
emotional abuse was others
considered vulnerable
Dr Manoj Therayil
in state
journal. ; J r physical, emotional and swearing at them for male Kumar | ST GEORGES
HOSPITAL, STAFFORD, UK
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
The researchers said that the purpose of sexual while more than 50% students and others calling
this study was to estimate the prevalence of reported at least two hurtful names for female Kochi: The number of child abuse
sexual, physical, and emotional abuse in a students cases reported in the state has shown
Physical abuse: Almost 75.5% We have found
school environment in a developing country.
' of students had endured some Sexual abuse in the year that the social
a steady rise with 221 cases reported

: \ _
The abuse history was collected using the form of physical abuse in the was reported by 21% of per month in the state in 2017 com-
child abuse screening tool childrens insti- past year students
stigma of reporting
abuse among boys is
- 1f_> pared to 176 cases in the previous year,
tutional version (ICAST-CI) of International a monthly increase of 24%.
Society for the Pre- Being hit with closed
st was the most frequently
Showing sexual picture
was the most reported form of
very high. The societal 1'
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4 1 The number of cases have risen
vention of Child pressure on the boy is by 100% over the past four years.
Abuse and Neglect reported physical abuse by sexual abuse in both genders such that he is made While in 2013 the number of cases
(ISPCAN). male children to feel that he is at stood at 1,016 it rose to 2,122 in 2016.
However, females reported
The question- Females mostly reported touching in a sexual way fault The number of cases reported in 2014
naire was given to was 1,402 and 1,583 in 2015.
being slapped on hand or most frequently in the C K Dinesh | DIRECTOR,
6,682 school-going CHILDLINE, WAYANAD.
A total of 1,992 child abuse cases
arm sometimes category
adolescents in this has been registered in the state in 2017

STOP THEM
self-report study. It till September, as per the latest re-
NO KIDDING showed that about BELOW ARE A FEW SCENARIOS THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS cords of the state crime records bu-
MIGHT ENCOUNTER
IS YOUR CHILD SAFE 75-85% of the chil-
BEFORE ITS reau. The number of cases booked in
ON THE INTERNET dren suffered physi-
cal and emotional
TOO LATE 1 The other day my son was playing an
online game. I realized that he had got
into a chat room where other children were
3 When my nephews and nieces
come home for spending a holiday, they
are sitting together and playing online
the previous year was 2,122.
Father Tomy, director, Childline
abuse while more than 20% suffered sexual said that tmassive campaigns held to
abuse in the school frequently, said lead au- There's no way that we can also there. I got scared. If I stop him, he games or each of them takes a parents create awareness last year could be
it
thor Dr Manoj Therayil Kumar, St Georges I
I prevent these GenNext kids will make a huge scene. How do I ensure mobile and sit together and play with the the reason for the high numbers.
Hospital, Stafford, UK. from browsing the internet or that he spends less time playing online and gadgets. No amount of admonishing seems Awareness in the form of short
What is of concern is more boys reported I
,
using the smartphone. While also inform me when he gets into unknown to have an effect on them? How can I change films, news in media and seminars
beings victims of abuse frequently rather we can't deny children the domains this habit? have made children aware of the na-
than sometimes, he said. use of this technology, we ture of these abuses. One of the rea-
2 I came to know that my son and his
4
I
I found a nude photo of my son's
Various factors significantly increase the i need to acknowledge that the friends are playing pranks on their son for higher reportage is this. Al-
classmate on his phone. He said it was
likelihood of abuse male gender, low socio- IT and social media world is friends. They are sharing images, which most 70% of cases used to go unre-
inadvertent. But this has made me anxious.
economic status, regular use of alcohol and beckoning the children into the are otherwise private with comments that ported earlier but now at least 60%
How do I handle this?
drugs by family member at home, and having ., \
dark cyber world of crimes.
How do we equip them to use
border on obscene. I know some of his cases are reported, said Father Tomy.
other difficulties at school. Children tended
to report abuse less frequently if they liked
attending school and if they always felt safe
this technology for good
friends are still doing it. Maybe my son is
also involved. What do I do? 5 My neighbours son gets into self-harm
mode whenever his parents take away the
phone because he is not studying. They are
The largest number of case re-
ported in 2017, till September is from
Thiruvanthapuram (263). Kollam
at school, the study said. READERS CAN SEND timesreporters@gmail.com or with 206 cases is close behind.
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Dr Manoj said that boys are more abused
and their 'lived experiences' are neglected.

Tourism spots face threat from lurking predators

Our traditional understanding of abuse is
limited to girls. This is because boys/men are
not considered vulnerable, he said.
The tradition and stereotypes associated
with thinking also plays a role, asking boys
to stand up and deal with it as if its their
weakness. These boys are victims of abuse
as well as the burden of expectations. They
simply perceive that they were defective, said
Manoj.
Research shows that boys subjected to
these experiences are more likely to abuse
others.
We need to look at abuse as a violation of
principles. Teachers and families need to fo-
cus on principles -- rights regarding respect,
autonomy, dignity and diversity. All violations
of principles need to be explored and acted.
Our focus need to shift from violent sexual
abuse to the general issue of rights violation.
Schools need a zero tolerance policy, he said.
The results suggest that if children are
reluctant to attend school, one important rea-
son could be that they are facing some kind
of traumatic experience.
Childline activists were in agreement with
study results which indicated that boys were Rejith.Balakrishnan ago at Varkala. The information was who alerted an NGO here regarding
not talking or acknowledging abuse. @timesgroup.com that two boys aged 12 and 13 were the alleged activities of Spalti, who
We have found that the social stigma of at 1
sexually abused by a foreign nation- was then 82. According to the com-
,
reporting abuse among boys is very high, Thiruvananthapuram: Tourist hot- w al. But the police could not register plaint, he had allegedly abused
said C K Dinesh, director, Childline, Way- spots like Kovalam and Varkala are a case as the boys remained tight- around 20 boys, all aged around 15.
anad. always under the watch of law en- lipped and refused to give statements Following the intervention of the
vYt:
Sexual abuse cases in which boys are sur- forcers who keep a tab on child sex- against the alleged offender. The NGO, four boys filed police com-
vivors mostly gets settled. The societal pres- ual abuse. The last reported case in families of the boys too were unco- plaints. Later, three of them with-
sure on the boy is such that he is made to feel the district was in 2008, when a Swiss operative. drew their complaints. Spalti left the
that he is at fault, said Dinesh. citizen settled in Chovvara near Ko- Perhaps it is the money they re- country after securing a bail.
Dr Ajeesh Ramachandran, psychiatrist, valam beach was accused of sexually ceived that prevented them from co- Police, Childline and labour de-
Thrissur mental hospital, said that such boys, abusing several boys. After the inci- operating with the cops, the official partment officials constantly con-
if not properly counselled and cared for, grow dent not even a single such case was because no police cases are being said. duct inspection drives at resorts,
into individuals with problems in sexual ori- reported in the district, according to registered. Several survivors of Kovalam restaurants and shops located near
entation and poor personality development. the police. A Childline volunteer, on condi- sexual abuse turned hostile and with- the beaches to keep a check on child
They are low in self-esteem, shy and avoid However, officials and activists tion of anonymity, told TOI that they drew their complaints against the labour as it is often children, who are
any kind of public interaction, but will be say that it would be wrong to assume were tipped off regarding a possible accused, Jacob Spalti, a Swiss na- brought as labourers who end up as
prone to huge temper tantrums, he said. that child sexual abuse is not there sexual abuse case around five months tional It was another Swiss couple, victims of sex tourism.

GROUND REALITY R K Sreejith

Three held for abusing minor Rise in fishing

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intensity a cause
T4 .::4 r
TIMES NEWS NETWORK a mobile phone shop. Af- yad. He was handed over
All the accused ter luring her into the to the police in Kasara-
Kochi: The north Para- marriage, the accused god.
for concern
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' 4 11 vur police on Wednesday
were private bus fled with the money and
employees
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allegedly sexually as- accused werebooked un- victim after sexually ex- chain-snatching bid: A
M1
saulting a minor girl. All der the relevant sections ploiting her. 61-year-old woman foiled Kochi:Dr Ravishankar C N, director of
the accused were private of the Pocso Act. After the accused a chain snatching bid af- ICAR-CIFT, said that increase in fish-
bus employees and they went missing, the woman ter she grabbed the cul- ing intensity, declining stocks of com-

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were arres-
ted on Wed-
nesday for al-
Man held for fake
marriage: The north po-
lice on Wednesday arres-
had filed a habeas corpus
petition with the high co-
urt. The incident happe-
prit by her hand to stop
her from running away
with the chain. The inci-
mercial fish species, conflict between
fishing sectors, exploitation of marine
resources and wealth and habitat deg-
legedly sexu- ted a man who had ente- ned in August 2014 and a dent happened near Kot- radation are the major issues faced by
CRIME ally assaul- red into a sham marriage case was registered with hamangalam Govern- the fisheries and aqua sector in the

r, U ting a minor girl at North

Paravur.
Shidin Kumar (25),
Nithin (18) and Tinson
(25) are the arrested.
Police said that the
girl used to travel in the
bus which the accused
used to work. One among
the accused had lured the
girl into an affair and to-
RESTRICTED ENTRY: Portion of Parade Ground at Fort Kochi, which was renovated for Fifa U-17 World Cup ok her to a rented flat. The
practice, is still kept under lock and key, forcing children to play in the rocky area. Authorities had earlier other two joined them
said that the public would get access to the ground after the World Cup and sexually assaulted
her, said the police. The
with a woman when he
was 20 years old. He also
absconded with her mo-
ney after living with her
over a month.
The accused has been
identified as Praveen (23),
a resident of Kodungallo-
or. He had made the wo-
man believe that he was
over 21-year-old and mar-
ried her at a temple.
The accused had acqu-
ainted with the woman
who was then working at
the Palarivattom police.
Accused in sexual
abuse case held: The
Nedumbassery police ar-
rested an accused in a sex-
ual abuse case from the
Cochin International
Airport Ltd (Cial) on
Wednesday. Binish (36) of
Kasaragod went into hi-
ding in connection with a
sexual abuse case registe-
red in Kasaragod. He rea-
ched the airport from Ri-
ment Hospital on Wed-
nesday morning when
Kumari, a resident of
Kathukuzhi, stopped Ma-
riamma (45), a Tamil Na-
du native, from running
away with her chain. The
accused was later handed
over to the police.
Kumari was in a que-
ue to purchase medicine
when the snatching bid
happened. Officials said
that the accused was a
history-sheeter.
state.
The increase in fishing intensity
has become a major problem these
days. It has contributed to depletion of
fish stocks in the state. To tackle the cri-
sis, we need to adopt sustainable and
eco-friendly practices to preserve and
conserve our marine wealth, he said.
He added that regulation on de-
structive gears, promotion of marine
sanctuaries and artificial reefs, sea
ranching to augment edible fish wealth
and effective code of conduct needs to
be implemented to protect marine
wealth.

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Look at the pathetic condition

of roads in Kochi! The
corporation has proved time
1
from uterus of 30-yr-old
Preetu.Nair@timesgroup.com
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T-, ,,
and again that they cannot
maintain the roads! Despite
paying huge road tax and other
taxes, we are not getting any
REPORTER

especially in cases requiring benefit from authorities

Kochi: A 30-year-old woman
who had a three-year history
of heavy and painful men-
strual bleeding due to multi-
ple fibroids in the uterus,
and had difficulty in con-
ceiving has been successful-
ly operated in a city hospital.
We successfully re-
moved 46 fibroids from her
uterus after two surgeries.
With this, the major cause of
infertility was removed and
she could conceive, said Dr
P G Paul, Pauls Hospital,
Centre for Advanced Endos-
copy and Infertility Treat-
ment, Kochi.
The details of the case
have now been published in
The Journal of Minimally
Invasive Gynaecology. The
patient received no symptom
relief with hormonal medi-
cations and magnetic reso-
We removed 46 fertility preservation. Also
concerned. In Kochi, only a few
fibroids from the procedure is technically
roads are in motorable
her uterus after challenging and requires
prolonged operating time condition, thanks to organizers BE A SMART TOI
two surgeries. owing to impaired visibility of Fifa U-17 and Kochi Metro. If CITIZEN REPORTER
With this, the and the need for repeated the corporation cannot handle Keep mobile phones GPS
major cause of specimen removal. This can this, they should disown these on while clicking and
lead to complications, such roads and hand it over to public sending pictures
infertility was works department or national
as fluid overload. Thus, lapa- .
X
Or
Describe exactly where
removed and she roscopic myomectomy was highways authority of India.
Roads in and when picture was
could conceive thought to be a better op-
poor state taken, giving street
Citizen Reporter
P G Paul| DOCTOR
tion, said Dr Paul. 1 KOCHI Saleem Shakur names and other locators
A total of 46 myomas
were removed, and the myo- More photos, videos on
nance-guided focused ultra- metrium was closed in 2 lay- I timesofindia.com 1
sound. On examination, she ers.
I
Confusing signboards Start feeder service at Vypeen 1
was found to be anaemic and The surgery lasted 3.5 Entrance to the crossroad from the main KMRL is conducting an online survey to access the best possible
her uterus was enlarged. hours and the patient did not I road at Karuvelipady East in Mattancherry ways to feed Metro. On an average, Kochi Metro has passenger 1
A laparoscopic myomec- require blood transfusion. 1 towards Maharajas government hospital strength of 15k to 25k daily and it almost double on holidays. As per 1
tomy technique was used for After six months, the pa-
the removal of the fibroids. tient reported significant
1 has the signboard Thakyave Road. The very the new Metro policy, feeder service is a must. One such service can pp I
next crossroad on the south side has a sign- be started from Vypeen sector where around 40,000 people daily
In cases of multiple submu- improvement in her symp- 1 board with the same name. The corporation commute to the city via Goshree bridges. Passengers here demand 1
cous myomas, hysteroscopic toms. She was then advised 1 should remove the wrong signboard. extension of 10 buses to the nearest Metro station on trial basis. 1
surgical removal of myomas to attempt conception after
1 Citizen Reporter Christopher Anthony Citizen Reporter Ajay Chullikkatt 1
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might not be a viable option, two months, doctor added.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 TIMES CITY 3

DIGEST

Intl conference
Kochi1 card holders to get SELECTIVE LEARNING R K Sreejith

at SCMS
A one-day international
conference on financial
inclusion will be held at
SCMS School of Tech-
nology and Management,
Choornikkara, on Tuesday.
Readers discussion
meet: D C Books will
organize a readers dis-
cussion meet on Karya-
vum Karanavum, a book
penned by Dr Jacob Tho-
mas, IPS, at Ernakulam
Press Club at 12pm on
Thursday at 12 noon. For
details, contact:
9946109662.
Seminar on
architecture: A seminar
on art, architecture and
heritage preservation of
churches in Kerala will be
held at Syro Malabar
Major Archiepiscopal
Curia, Mount St Thomas,
discount on return tickets
KMRL To Rework On Parking Fees Charged At Slots Near Stns
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: Taking into account
the public resentment over not
providing the 50% discount of-
fered on return journey tick-
ets (RJT) to Kochi1 card hol-
ders, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
(KMRL) has decided to extend
the benefit to card holders.
KMRL managing director
A P M Mohammed Hanish sa-
id the discount would be offe-
red to card holders within two
days.
The Metro agency announ-
ced the promotional offer with
an aim to attract more pas-
sengers to Kochi Metro. Howe-
ver, commuters who opted for
Kochi1card had to spend more
KMRL managing director A P M Mohammed Hanish at Muttom yard
and Maharajas College.
Making his first visit to the
Muttom yard after assuming
charge as KMRL managing di-
rector on Wednesday, Hanish
TOI
ticket fares coupled with the
reworked parking fares will
further increase ridership,
he said.
He held discussions with
we will take a decision regar-
ding the propeller system for
the boats that will be operated
as part of Water Metros fleet.
On Metros extension to
Kakkanad, the KMRL mana-
ging director said he had con-
vened a meeting to review the
progress of the project.
He said decisions were ta-
ken to expedite the project
implementation.
We have almost comple-
ted environment impact as-
sessment (EIA) studies. Once
EIA is completed we will resu-
me the process for land acqui- KEY WORDS: The board, which is meant to teach Malayalam words as part of the Bharanabhasha-
sition, he said. Mathrubhasha project, put up in front of Government Commercial Institute, Kaloor, is all about various
Addressing mediapersons, allowances provided to government employees
he expressed his appreciation
of the good done by the O&M

Corp should complement

for Metro rides. Commuters
Kakkanad, from November purchasing ticket from Aluva
24 to 26. to Maharajas College will ha-
ve to pay a fare of Rs 50, and as
Conference on
said KMRL was reworking the the officials regarding the team. Senior KMRL officials,
parking fees charged at the smooth functioning of the ope- including Thiruman Archu-
parking slots adjacent to Met- rations and maintenance nan, director (projects), gene-
ro stations. (O&M) of the Metro system. ral manager (O&M), A R Ra-

Kochi Metro rail projects

mechanical engg:
World research forum for
engineers and researchers
will organize an interna-
there is a discount of 50% they There is severe criticism He also interacted with the jendran, general manager
do not have to pay for the re- against the parking fees fixed O&M staff stationed at the (RS&E) and accompanied
turn journey if it is made on by the Metro agency as it could Muttom depot after the inspec- him.
the same day. But, those using discourage people from shif- tion. The Metro agency will an- TOI

tional conference on
mechanical & production
engineering at Hotel
Presidency, Kochi, on
Sunday.
Sasthampattu festival:
As part of the Mandalam
pilgrim season, the annual
Sasthampattu festival
organized by the Ayyappa
Bhaktasangam will be held
at Ayyappa Ground at
Panampilly Nagar on
Friday and Saturday. For
details, contact:
9447457413, 8129740849.
Poster designing
contest: Kerala Uni-
versity of Fisheries and
Ocean Studies (Kufos) will
organize a poster design-
ing competition on up-
coming trends in aquacul-
ture practices at its Pa-
nangad campus on Novem-
ber 23.
Seminar held at
St Teresas: The St Tere-
sas College, Ernakulam,
has conducted a state-
level inter-disciplinary
seminar on Environmental
sustainability -changing
phases. The inaugural
session was followed by
the book release on envi-
ronmental studies based
on the UGC syllabus for
undergraduate courses.
the Kochi1 card will have to
pay Rs 80 for making a to and
fro journey between Aluva
Boat service: Corp to
convene council meet
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: With the delay in star-
ting new boat service and roll-
on roll-off (ro-ro) services, the
corporation has decided to
convene an urgent council me-
eting to sort out the issue.
It is learnt that the corpo-
ration had held discussions
with the opposition front and
have arrived at a consensus on
entrusting the operation of
the new boat service in the
Fort Kochi-Vypeen sector
with the Kerala Shipping and
Inland Navigation Corpora-
tion (KSINC).
Earlier, the CPM-led oppo-
sition had strongly objected to
the ruling fronts plan to ent-
rust the running of the boat
with KSINC and to pay them
the additional cost, which is
expected to be incurred by the
navigation agency on a week-
ly basis.
Though the ruling front in-
troduced the proposal as an
agenda in the council meeting
ting to public transport system
from private vehicles.
I am hopeful that revised
The corporation
would float a
special purpose
vehicle to run the
boat and ro-ro
vessel
held on Monday, the opposi-
tion registered its dissent.
According to the opposi-
tion, agreeing to the condi-
tions put forward by the navi-
gation agency that the additio-
nal liability should be borne
by the corporation would cau-
se huge burden for the local
body.
Then, there was voting to
decide whether the operation
of the boat should be entrus-
ted to KSINC. But, the opposi-
tion raised complaints regar-
ding the procedures adopted
for voting.
Mayor Soumini Jain had
walked out of the council hall
before counting the opposi-
tions votes. The opposition
then demanded to cancel the
Regarding Kochi Water
Metro Hanish said: Within a
time frame of four or five days
entire voting procedures.
According to sources, cor-
poration authorities reached
an understanding with the op-
position, and the meeting wo-
uld be convened in a couple of
days.
The KSINC would be ent-
rusted with the running of the
boat for three months. The Co-
chin Port Trust (CPT) would
complete the construction of
mooring dolphins and jetty for
ro-ro within 45 days.
Meanwhile, the corpora-
tion would float a special pur-
pose vehicle to run the boat
and ro-ro vessel. The corpora-
tion has already handed over
Rs 7 crore to the CPT for const-
ructing the terminals at Fort
Kochi and Vypeen.
The new boat has a capaci-
ty to accommodate 150 pas-
sengers. The ro-ro vessel has
the capacity to carry four
trucks with a load of 10 metric
tonnes, 12 cars and 50 passeng-
ers or three trucks, 18 cars and
50 passengers.
nounce the schedule of Metro
services during the ISL mat-
ches on Thursday.
Take steps to
stop felling of
trees: Greens
Kochi: Environmentalists have
approached the forest depart-
ment with the demand to stop
felling of trees and clearing of
undergrowth in and around the
buffer zones of Thattekkad bird
sanctuary. They said that the
state government has issued
work permission for felling and
selling trees in the buffer zones,
including Punnakkadu and ad-
jacent forest regions in Kotha-
mangalam and Mullaringadu
forest ranges.
Ahead of felling trees, the
Malayattoor divisional forest
officer and range officers are in-
volved in clearing the thick un-
dergrowth. It will lead to comp-
lete destruction of Thattekkad
bird sanctuary, said environ-
mentalist S Sitaraman. They sa-
id that the regions around the
sanctuary have been cluttered
with resorts and homestays.
According to them, the Pun-
nakkadu forest is home to large
number of wild animals and
birds, which include Great
Indian hornbill and migratory
birds. TNN
D
evelopment of Kochi ci-
ty is a complex process
involving various sta-
keholders. Besides Kochi cor-
poration,
other agenci-
es such as Gre-
ater Cochin
Development
Authority
(GCDA) and
Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
(KMRL) also have a pivotal
role to play in ensuring pro-
per development of the city.
With the Kochi Metro rail
chugging off, many people be-
lieve that the citys develop-
ment would be revolving aro-
und the Metro. So, the corpo-
ration will have to design
projects which are comple-
mentary to those prepared by
these agencies.
KMRL managing direc-
tor A P M Mohammed
Hanish shares his views on
how the corporation should
complement the Metros pro-
jects so as to ensure compre-
hensive development of the
city:
VISION FOR
SMART KOCHI
The corporation can pre-
pare projects with a focus on
hub and spoke model of de-
velopment. The Metro sta-
tions can be hub of the citys
development.
The civic body can start
various offices and facilities
The civic body can start various offices and facilities in the vicinity of
Metro stations, said KMRL MD A P M Mohammed Hanish
in the vicinity of Metro sta-
tions so that commuters wo-
uld be able 0to avail different
services at a single point des-
tination. If the local body
opens its service counters
near Metro stations, com-
muters will have an easy ac-
cess and can avail various
services without stress.
Shopping corridors can
be developed in this fashion.
The local body should first
identify potential locations
for this. Then the corpora-
tion should prepare a detai-
led project report, which can
act as a blueprint of the de-
velopment.
The corporation should
also provide public ameniti-
es and parking facilities sur-
rounding the Metro sta-
tions. The KMRL is plan-
ning to provide more par-
king facilities to passengers.
But, KMRL alone cant meet
the growing need for par-
king spaces. The more we
provide parking lots, the big-
ger would be the passengers
turn out of the Metro rail.
This would keep more priva-
te vehicles off the road the-
reby reducing traffic snarls
and pollution.
They can also set up re-
creational facilities near
Metro stations. There are re-
ports that the city is already
lacking adequate recreatio-
nal and cultural spots. This
would see city life thriving
in these areas and would
help in the development of
Kochi into a compact city.
The local body can sup-
port KMRL in implementing
the Kochi Water Metro,
which would connect surro-
unding islands with the ma-
inland.
(As told to MK.SunilKu-
mar@timesgroup.com)

EVERY DROP COUNTS Lifeguards

RK Sreejith
Demand to complete drain work
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: The flooding at
KSRTC Ernakulam bus de-
pot and regions around MG
Road has become a regular
affair during heavy rains.
Local residents demand
completion of the drain net-
work, which facilitates flow
of water from the heart of the
city toward the backwaters
near Foreshore Road.
As the Thevara-Perando-
or (TP) canal does not have
the capacity to contain rain
water received during the
monsoon, it results in floo-
ding.
Wetlands in the city ha-
ve already been reclaimed
and the size of TP canal has
shrunk over the years. We ne-
ed to put in place an alternate
system, which facilitates ra-
in water to flow westwards
and fall into the backwa-
ters, said Mathew T J, a sho-
NO LESSONS LEARNT: Despite some concerned citizens trying to fix the leaking pipeline at Thevara powner on Mahakavi G Ro-
with stones and polythene bags, the KWA doesnt seem to be worried about the loss of water
WATER WORLD: Waterlogged KSRTC terminal in Kochi
ad. During monsoon, rain
water from the regions on
the western side, that areas
nearest to the backwaters
and sea, flow east wards and
fall into TP canal. Whereas
the rain water from regions
east of TP canal flow west
and fall into TP canal.
Drains flowing east-
wards near Pallimukku, Ra-
vipuram, have to be blocked.
File photo
Instead, the drains from MG
Road should be connected to
the drains along Sreekan-
dath Road, Warriam Road
and should be connected to
the drain near Fine Arts Hall
on Foreshore Road where it
can join the backwaters. If
these networks of drains are
effectively connected it will
lessen the water flow thro-
ugh TP Canal and there will
be an end to the flooding, sa-
id former town planning
committee chairman K J So-
han.
It is also pointed out that
advanced lock and pumping
systems have to be introdu-
ced in the city to prevent floo-
ding when heavy rains cou-
ple with high tide occur.
During high tide, water
from the sea rushes into TP
canal and the rain water also
flow into it. This water has to
be pumped out to prevent flo-
oding.
Reworking of drain net-
work should be included in
the Smart City or Amrut pro-
jects. Kochi corporation can
get the support of experts
who have a deep understan-
ding on such issues. Moreo-
ver, the Centre will provide
necessary funds. Unfortuna-
tely none of these issues have
been taken up seriously, sa-
id an engineer with the cor-
poration.
stage protest
at Cherai
Kochi: The Kerala tourism
guard employees union staged a
protest at Cherai beach on
Wednesday demanding employ-
ees state insurance (ESI) and
provident fund. The lifeguards
working at the beach com-
plained about shortage of safety
equipment and poor state of the
limited number of available
gears.
The dozen jackets that the
beach owns now are not suitable
to be used in the sea water any-
more. In fact, the jackets can now
be deemed as a source of enter-
tainment, said Shajan K, a life-
guard working at the beach for
the past11years. A protest march
to the secretariat demanding the
betterment of the working situa-
tions and improvement of safety
gears will be held, including all
the lifeguards working in Kera-
la, on November 21. TNN

Plumbing depths in search of the dead KSHRC seeks TOI

Probe illegal ISL ticket sale
Kochi: The Kerala state human rights commission (KSHRC) has
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Retrieving the body issued a directive to the organizers of Indian Super League (ISL)

Kochi: Death of a near one in

a drowning mishap is trau-
matic. For the closest of the
kin the weight on the heart
deepens when they are in-
formed that the body could
not be retrieved. No one can
narrate this desperation
more than Shinoj Hamsa, a
businessman who lost his
brother Nishad in July, 2002,
after a mishap in Periyar Riv-
er where he went canoeing.
There were heavy cur-
rents in the river and on the
first day no one could find
him. We had lost all hope and
then Faizal was brought in. It
took just 45 minutes for him to
recover the body. Words can-
not express the gratitude my
family has for him, said Shi-
noj.
Plumbing the depths of
sea and the numerous water
bodies that dot the state to fish
out bodies of people who meet
a watery grave is now a rou-
tine for 44-year-old Faizal,
who earns his bread as a
speedboat driver. In the past 15
Faizal has been assisting the Navy and the police to recover victims
of drowning. He has retrieved more than 100 bodies
years or so, ever since he be-
gan assisting the Navy and
the police to recover victims
of drowning, the Mattancher-
ry native has retrieved more
than 100 bodies.
The waters and the
strength of the current do not
scare him. I am not afraid of
dead bodies. Dead people
wont do any harm. It is the liv-
ing ones that I am scared of,
said Faizal when asked about
the morbid nature of his job.
The most painful part is car-
rying the lifeless bodies into
the hands of the loved ones, he
said.
While most divers use pro-
fessional diving gear before
embarking on such missions,
Faizal, who first saw the sea
while he was three, refuses to
do so. Sea is like my soul, so
are the beaches, lakes and riv-
ers. In one way or the other
they give me my daily bread,
he said.
Retrieving the body of an
18-year-old girl, who jumped
of an 18-year-old
girl, who jumped
into backwaters
from Thevara
Bridge in March,
2017, was the one of
the most
heart-wrenching
moments in his life
into backwaters from Theva-
ra Bridge in March, 2017, was
the one of the most heart-
wrenching moments in his
life. It was challenging and I
took two days to find the body.
While carrying the decom-
posed body of the young girl, I
couldnt control my tears. I
felt heaviness in my heart for
the first time in my life, said
Faizal.
The failure to recover the
body of the naval officer who
died while trying to save a
woman who had jumped off
the Venduruthy Bridge with
an infant in her arms still dis-
appoints him. I hope to find
him one day, said Faizal
report on RoB
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: The Kerala state hu-
man rights commission
(KSHRC) has sought re-
ports from the Cochin Port
Trust (CPT), PWD and dis-
trict collector regarding the
steps taken for the construc-
tion of Vathuruthy railway
overbridge (RoB), a propo-
sed link between west Kochi
and Ernakulam.
KSHRC in its directive
has asked the authorities to
submit their reports outli-
ning the progress made in
the project within two we-
eks.
Commission acting cha-
irman P Mohana Das obser-
ved that negligent attitude
from the part of officials
concerned has caused inor-
dinate delay in carrying out
the project in a time-bound
manner.
The directive was issued
while considering a peti-
tion filed by Thampi Subra-
maniam, councillor, west
Kochi.
As per the petition, the
CPT had earlier expressed
willingness to allocate land
for the project.
The petitioner stated
that the CPT later on asked
the Roads and Bridges Deve-
lopment Corporation of Ke-
rala (RBCD-K) to redraw the
construction plan.
Subramaniam has so-
ught KSHRCs intervention
to expedite the transfer of
land for the project and as-
ked its help in directing the
RBDCK to submit a draft
construction plan within 10
days.
Earlier, the state govern-
ment in its budget had allo-
cated Rs 35 lakh towards the
project, following a directi-
ve by the commission in this
regard.
and the district collector to conduct an investigation into an alle-
gation that the organizers of the ISL were illegally selling tickets
meant for the inaugural ISL matches through online. The commis-
sion issued the directive while considering a petition filed by hu-
man rights activist Thampi Subramaniam. ISL organizers had
earlier announced that tickets for the inaugural games would be
sold through open counters at the stadium. But when people ap-
proached, the organizers said all the tickets for the opening
matches were sold online, states the petitioner. TNN
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4 TIMES STATE
Govt increases retirement
age of doctors, SFI unhappy
Move Will Help Overcome Shortage Of Experienced
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Thiruvananthapuram:
The state cabinet, on Wed-
nesday, decided to increase
the retirement age of doc-
tors who are working at go-
vernment medical colleges
and also in the health servi-
ce. The decision was taken to
overcome the shortage of ex-
perienced doctors at govern-
ment hospitals, said chief
minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
As per the new decision,
the retirement age of doc-
tors in medical education
service will be 62, the earlier
limit was 60. At the same ti-
me, the retirement age of he-
alth service doctors will be
increased to 60 from 56. In
other states, the retirement
age of doctors are either 65
or 70 and only in Kerala do
doctors retire at 56 and 60.
Hence there is a need to reta-
in the service of these expe-
rienced professionals. This
Parent manhandles teacher
& absconds, cops launch hunt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Malappuram: Ponnani po-
lice have registered case
against a parent for manhan-
dling the head teacher of
government fisheries school
in Ponnani for vaccinating
his child as part of the ongo-
ing Measles-Rubella (MR)
vaccination programme.
The case was registered
against Manath Parambil
Mansoor, a native of Azheek-
kal. He placed the blame on
school authorities and also
claimed that they did not
seek his consent before vac-
cinating his child who is
Class II student at the school.
As Mansoor has gone into
hiding after the incident at
the school, police have
formed a special probe po-
lice team to take him into
custody immediately. They
have also launched a search
operation to locate him.
According to the police,
the incident occurred on
Tuesday evening. The sec-
ond phase of the MR vacci-
nation programme was or-
ganized at the school as al-
most all students kept away
from the programme in the
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nities at hospitals due to this
CARRY ON DOCTORS
As per the new decision, the
retirement age of doctors in
medical education service
will be 62; the earlier
limit was 60
The retirement
age of health service
doctors will be
increased to 60 from 56
CM said that the retirement
age of doctors was either 65 or
will prove beneficial to the
states health sector, said
the chief minister after the
cabinet meeting.
In Bihar, the retirement
age is 67 while in Andhra
Pradesh it is 58. For Telanga-
na, Maharashtra and Kar-
nataka the set limit is 60. In
Tamil Nadu it stands at 58,
while in Gujarat and Uttar
Pradesh it is 62. In these sta-
tes, the retirement age of
A parent manhandled the
head teacher of govern-
ment fisheries school in
Ponnani for vaccinating
his child as part of the
ongoing Measles-Rubella
(MR) vaccination
programme
first phase. During the sec-
ond phase of the drive,
which began in morning,
health authorities managed
to cover 54% students of the
schools they had set as their
target.
But, in the evening, the
accused along with a group
of residents in the locality
arrived at the school and
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move. Instead of creating
new posts and filling up exis-
ting vacancies, the decision
70 in other states will only spoil the opportu-
nities of junior doctors, sa-
In Bihar, the retirement
age is 67 while in Andhra id U Gopu, convener of me-
Pradesh it is 58 dicos. The students have de-
cided to launch an agitation
For Telangana, against the governments
Maharashtra and decision, he added.
Karnataka the set However, Kerala Govern-
limit is 60 ment Medical Officers Asso-
ciation (KGMOA) has welco-
In TN it stands at 58,
while in Gujarat and Uttar med the government deci-
Pradesh, it is 62 sion. The association has
been asking (the govern-
doctors in the medical edu- ment) to unify the retire-
cation service is much hig- ment age of doctors ever sin-
her. ce a decision was taken to in-
Meanwhile, SFI has co- crease the same in the medi-
me out against the govern- cal education sector in 2010
ment decision to increase and in the insurance medi-
the retirement age of doc- cal service in 2014. This wo-
tors. Medicos under SFI said uld ensure the service of ex-
that the decision will not re- perienced hands in the he-
solve the crisis faced by the alth service, said Dr V Mad-
state health sector. hu and Dr AK Raoof, state
Many young doctors president and secretary of
will lose promotion opportu- KGMOA.
After 11 years, 2
held for murder
registered a strong protest TIMES NEWS NETWORK
against the vaccination
drive. Then, he tried to man- Kochi: The Central Bureau
handle a teacher. The ac- of Investigation (CBI), on
cused attacked the head Wednesday, arrested two
teacher of the school, PV persons in connection with a
Saithalavi, when the head case registered around 11 ye-
teacher tried to block his at- ars ago at Eriyad near Ko-
tack and rescue the teacher. dungallur.
Ponnani SI K Noufal said The case pertains to the
that the main allegation of incident which took place on
the accused was school au- December 14, 2006 when Ab-
thorities vaccinated his du, a native of Eriyad was
child without his consent let- murdered. The deceased
ter. The attack was a non- person was travelling on a
bailable offence. The person cycle when he was attacked.
is now on the run and we Abdu sustained a severe he-
have launched a search oper- ad wound and later succum-
ation to nab him, he said bed to his injury on the way
adding that police will pro- to hospital. The probe by po-
vide protection to school lice and crime branch (CB)
staff and parents from now. was later handed over to the
The next vaccination camp, central agency after the de-
which aims to cover the re- ceaseds parent approached
maining children, would be the high court. They were
held in the school on Thurs- unhappy with the probe.
day. The central agency had
After the school recorded taken over the case by 2016.
zero percentage MR vaccina- The arrested persons were
tion rate, the municipal identified as Muhammad
chairman of Ponnani C P from Manappad and Abdul
Muhammed Kunhi had ad- Karim from Punnilath. The
ministered vaccine to his duo were arrested after they
own child to dispel the con- were summoned to the CBI
cern of local people over the office in Kochi by a team led
vaccination. by DSP CN Salim Sahib
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Replacing TDB: High
court orders status quo
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: The high court, on Wed-
nesday, ordered a status quo on
the state governments move to
replace the current members
of Travancore Devaswom Bo-
ard (TDB).
The court ordered a status
quo while considering, during
admission hearing, a petition
filed by TDB president Prayar
Gopalakrishnan and member
Ajay Tharayil. Both are Cong-
ress leaders. In the petition fi-
led on Tuesday, they had chal-
lenged the ordinance introdu-
ced by the state government for
reducing the tenure of the bo-
ard from three to two years.
The ordinance was signed
by governor P Sathasivam on
Tuesday and the state govern-
ment had decided to appoint a
new president for TDB right af-
ter it.
With the governor signing
the ordinance, the present bo-
ard ceased to exist, govern-
ment had reasoned.
CPM leader and former
Konni MLA A Padma Kumar
was named to take over the
The murder took
place on December
14, 2006. The victim
was Abdu, a native
of Eriyad near
Kodungallur. CBI
says the reason for
murder was a grudge
(CBI, Thiruvananthapu-
ram). The arrested persons
are suspected to be directly
involved in the murder.
Officers said that the duo
was arrested for their su-
spected involvement in
conspiracy and murder. As
per our information, the
murder seems to have hap-
pened because of personal
enmity. Political motive was
initially suspected, however
we have received informa-
tion that Abdu was murde-
red because of a personal
grudge, said sources wit-
hin the CBI.
The accused persons wo-
uld be presented before a ma-
gistrate court on Thursday.
A custody application would
later be filed, sources said.
MBBS student
ends life in
med college
Kozhikode: A final year
MBBS student of KMCT
Medical College, Mukkam
killed herself by jumping
from the top floor of the mul-
ti-storey college building on
Wednesday. The police identi-
fied the deceased as Ushmal
(23) daughter of Dharmapa-
lan from Edathuruthy in
Thrissur.
Though the girl was im-
mediately rushed to the in-
tensive care unit at KMCT
Medical College, she suc-
cumbed to her injuries. The
girl had sustained injuries on
her legs, spine and head after
she jumped off the building.
Sources said the incident
took place around 4.45pm
and that she had allegedly re-
ceived a call minutes before
her suicide. However, police
were informed about the in-
cer at Mukkam police sta-
tion.
Police have started a
search to locate her phone.
We will be able to disclose
anything about the incident
only after collecting the state-
ment of her friends, said the
policeman. TNN
Will exert
pressure on
Centre: Govt
Continued from, P 1
T
he state government
will continue to put
pressure on the Centre
to bring in constitutional
amendments to provide reser-
vation to economically back-
ward sections in forward
communities in other govern-
ment jobs also, he said.
The five boards managing
temples in the state are the
Travancore Devaswom
Board, Malabar Devaswom
Board, Guruvayour Devas-
wom, Koodalmanikyam Dev-
aswom and Cochin Devas-
wom Board.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Sabarimala
opens for
Mandala puja
Thiruvananthapuram: The
their removal by promulgation Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabari-
The court ordered a
status quo while
of the ordinance is unconstitu-
tional, void, and illegal.
It was contended by the pe-
mala opened for the annual
Mandalam-Makaravilakku fes-
tival on Wednesday.
considering, during titioners that they are entitled Priest Tantri Mahesh Moha-
admission hearing, a to hold office until their tenure
expires as per section 10 of Tra-
naru opening the sanctum sanc-
torum of the shrine on Wednes-
petition filed by TDB
vancore Cochin Hindu Religio- day evening. The temple rituals
president Prayar us Act, which fixed the tenure. will begin with the tantri per-
Gopalakrishnan and The wording of section 10 forming the Ashtadravya Maha
member Ajay Tharayil shall be entitled to hold office Ganapati homam on Thursday,
is quite significant. As per the the first day of the Malayalam
Supreme Courts decision in month, Vrischikam.
TP Senkumars case, the state A V Unnikrishnan Nam-
government cannot alter the boothiri is the new melsanthi of
tenure fixed in an Act. the Ayyappa temple while
Thus, the government is ac- Aneesh Namboothiri is the mel-
ting without jurisdiction in in- santhi at the Malikappuram De-
terfering with the tenure eit- vi temple. Both of them began
her by an ordinance or by an duty on Wednesday.
executive order, the petitioners More than five crore devo-
had alleged. Introduction of tees had offered prayers at the
the ordinance stealthily and temple during the festival sea-
suddenly, without bringing it son last year. The police are ex-
post of TDB president. in the recent Assembly ses- pecting more number of devo-
While ordering the govern- sion, is a conduct which is pa- tees this year, and has made elab-
ment to maintain a status quo tently unconstitutional and orate security arrangements.
as of Wednesday, the court has mala fide and amounts to for- Security in and around the tem-
also asked the submission of cing the Governor to exercise ple has been tightened in view of
all records related to the ordi- his ordinance-making power the heavy rush expected over the
nance and the associated noti- an abuse and a threat to the coming days. The 41-day Manda-
fication. The petitioners are se- concept of rule of law, the peti- lam festival will conclude on De-
eking a court declaration that tion had said. cember 26. TNN
Filmmaker approaches HC
against S Durgas exclusion
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kochi: Director of Indian
thriller movie S Durga
(aka Sexy Durga), which
won the Tiger Award at Film
Festival Rotterdam, has
approached the high court
questioning the films ex-
clusion from the 48th Inter-
national Film Festival of In-
dia (IFFI).
The film festival is to be
held in Goa from November
20-28.
A still from the movie directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
IFFI - 2017
rile and perverse as the film film from IFFI, the director
The petition filed by the has no obscene or vulgar contended.
films director Sanal Kumar content. Stating that the mini-
Sasidharan said the deci- The ministry has not un- strys decision to exclude
sion of ministry of informa- derstood the context and his film from IFFI is based
tion and broadcasting veto- setting of the film, the direc- on extraneous considera-
ing the decision of the jury tor alleged in the petition. tions, the director is see-
to include the film at IFFI is Meanwhile, the films king a court declaration
without any authority of name has been changed that the film is entitled to be
law. from Sexy Durga to S Dur- screened at the Indian Pano-
As per the petition, the ga and the film was given rama section of the movie
ministrys decision to ex- certification by Central Bo- festival.
clude the film was made wit- ard of Film Certification as An admission hearing
hout assigning a reason. U/A, which necessarily on the petition is expected
Objection of the mini- implies that there is no on Thursday.Earlier, Sanal
stry is purportedly towards objectionable content in the Kumars Ozhivudivasathe
the initial title of the film, film. Kali had won the state
which was Sexy Durga. Ho- Therefore, there is no va- award for the best film in
wever, the objection is pue- lid reason for excluding the 2015.
over stone-pelting claims
TIMES NEWS NETWORK turned to his job on Wednes-
day. He and the other Kash-
Zaffer Ahmed, 30,
Kottayam: The Kashmiri miri merchants and their
youth who was interrogated working in an antique staff in Kumarakom will be
by various investigating shop owned by another under police surveillance
agencies, including the IB, for the time being, they said.
Kashmir native was
in Kumarakom on Tuesday A taxi driver from Kava-
quizzed, based on a
was let off later in the night.
Zaffer Ahmed, 30, working video clip that was
nattinkara in Kumarakom
had shot the video and pos-
in an antique shop owned by ted it in Facebook. The yo-
being circulated in the
another Kashmir native uth has been working in Ku-
social media over the
was quizzed, based on a vi- marakom for the last four
deo clip that was being cir- last three days years. Prior to this, he was
culated in the social media working in a Kashmiri anti-
over the last three days. que shop in Chennai, said
The Srinagar resident pelting stones at soldiers. police.
was seen in the video clip The youth is also seen sho- The youth, during inter-
claiming that he and his fri- wing bullet injury marks on rogation, had denied what
ends used to pelt stones at In- his legs. he had said in the video. Ho-
dian Army personnel in Kumarakom police said wever, police found injury
Kashmir and were paid for on Wednesday that the deta- marks on his leg and shoul-
that. He is also seen in the vi- ils about Zaffer has been der. Police are yet to confirm
deo saying that one of his passed on to the Srinagar po- whether they are bullet shot
friends was shot dead while lice. The youth has since re- injuries.
For customs officials, its
mission Malayalam now
Disney.Tom@timesgroup.com
have started reading Malayalam.
Kochi: In a bid to improve intelligence collec- Rajshekhar Reddy, an inspector from
tion, the department of customs has started
training their sleuths in Malayalam. Over the
Andhra Pradesh, had joined the department
the previous year. We are trained for over 90
past two weeks, as many as 37 officials at Erna- minutes each day and the course time is a
kulam are brushing up their language skills.
The classes organized under the special di-
month. In the preliminary stage, we were loo-
king at the writing aspect. Basic reading know-
rection of the customs commissioner Sumit ledge would come handy as we could read evi-
Kumar will ensure that officials can read evi- dences like receipts, said Reddy.
dence material and interact with both smugg-
lers and informers in local language.
The classes are being organized by the Na-
tional Academy of Customs, Indirect
Customs officials said that officers taxes and Narcotics (NACIN). Officials
who get selected in IPS, IAS and other are given the lessons from 9am.
civil services undergo a mandatory tra- Today we were asked to read poems
ining in language skills. However, cus- in Malayalam. We are already able to
toms officers, who are selected by staff write and read the alphabets. Speaking
selection commission, have limited is tough but we are confident of mana-
knowledge of the language, said the official, ging the same by the end of the course, said an
adding that over 80% of the fresh recruits here, official, adding that they were planning on fol-
over the past few years, were non-Malayalis. low-up lessons once the officers achieve profi-
The language barrier can affect officers ciency.
from getting information from sources even af- Sumit Kumar, who recently took over the
ter they receive a tip about locations. The trai- department, said that he has given specific in-
ning is to overcome the barrier so that sleuths structions to make officials proficient in the lo-
would be able to understand what an informer cal language. Even though I rarely interact
or a suspect is talking, said the official. with the public, I would also be trying to learn
The training is going on at a hall near the the language. Nevertheless, all officials should
Customs (preventive) office near Broadway. learn it. It would enable us to provide better
Officials said though classes are tough, they service, said Kumar.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
As Chandy exits, split widens in LDF Who will be next pick? It is
CM Upset
Over CPI
Boycott
B.Sreejan@timesgroup.com
Thiruvananthapuram: If
Thomas Chandy could give
headaches to the LDF while
continuing in the Pinarayi
Vijayan cabinet, his exit has
shaken the foundation of the
front. Chandys insistence for
attending the cabinet meet-
ing on Wednesday prompted
the CPI to do what the CM de-
scribed as something that
shouldnt have happened in a
cabinet meeting. The cabinet
boycott by CPI ministers has
not only upset chief minister
Pinarayi Vijayan, but also the
CPM rank and file. Hints that
the relationship between
both parties will go from bad
to worse are coming out from
different quarters.
The CPIs act was a cheap
publicity stunt, feels the CPM
leadership. It was certain
that Chandy would have to
quit today. What the CM did
was an act of courtesy. Know-
ing all these, the CPI should
have waited for an hour or
two more, said a CPM leader.
The decision of CM Pinarayi
Vijayan to make his displea-
sure public was a clear sign
that he and his party wouldnt
take the humiliation lightly.
Vijayan, who knew that
the boycott was the idea of
CPI state secretary Kanam
Rajendran, took care not to
put the blame on his CPI col-
leagues in the cabinet. Min-
isters have to obey what their
parties say. Hence, it cant be
treated as breach of collective
responsibility, he told re-
porters. Kanam Rajendrans
reaction was also sharp. He
said everyone has the right to
protest in a democracy and
the CPI was doing just that.
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Govt has lost collective responsibility: Oppn Women, land &
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Thiruvananthapuram: Cut-
ting across political affilia-
tions, senior leaders in the op-
four ministers
position shared the view that
the Pinarayi Vijayan govern-
ment has lost its collective re-
sponsibility, which was re-
flected from the actions of the
CPI representatives in the gov-
ernment on the Thomas
Chandy issue.
The parallel meeting orga-
nised by CPI ministers in the
LDF cabinet proved that there
was no collective responsibili-
ty at all. The chief minister
could not conduct a cabinet
meeting and how would such a
chief minister rule the state
effectively, asked opposition
leader Ramesh Chennithala.
BJP state president Kum-
manam Rajasekharan
claimed that it was to avert a
split in the LDF that the chief
minister advised Thomas
Chandy to quit as minister
Collector was confident about her report
Sajimon.PS@timesgroup.com
Alappuzha: It was district collector T
VAnupamas report on alleged land en-
croachment by former transport min-
ister Thomas Chandy that forced his
exit from the LDF ministry. Though
Chandy hit out at the young and pop-
ular IAS officer, she wasnt shaken and
submitted her final reports that point-
ed out at serious violations on the part
of Chandy and his Water World Tou-
rism Company.
On May 24, this year, Kainakary
panchayat member B K Vinod ap-
proached Alappuzha district collector
alleging that a private person has en-
croached upon the Marthandam Lake.
On June 17, the village officer issued a
stop memo on Water World Tourism
Company for stopping the works at
Marthandam Lake. On August 11, a
news channel began an investigation
into the alleged encroachments and il-
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HRSS, CPM slam title deed cancellation NGT nod for Thekkady parking plan
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Idukki: The High Range
Samrakshana Samithi
(HRSS) and CPM have come
out in the open against the
cancellation of the title
deeds of Idukki MP Joyce
George and family. They
termed the Devikulam sub-
collectors action anti-
farmer and said such ac-
tions by revenue officials
should be strongly protest-
ed.
The sub-collectors ac-
tion would badly affect the
interests of farmers in the
district, HRSS general con-
vener Fr Sebastian Kochup-
urackal said. We think the
government is planning to
attach more land in Anchu-
nad village to the proposed
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MONTHS OF SPECULATION
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the resignation of Thomas Nov 14, 2017
, :: Chandy from the state cabi-
net was unconditional, sourc-
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versy. Even at the time of tak-
3.50pm | High court rejects
ing over as minister, Chandy
Chandys petition
had said that he would be hap-
py to give back the ministers 4.30pm | NCP state committee
chair to Saseendran once he meeting concludes. Decides
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comes out clean. On Wednes- to discuss the issue with
day, after quitting, Chandy re- national leadership
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peated the argument and said 6.30 pm | Speculations arise
LONG TRUDGE: Thomas Chandy comes out from the Cliff House after meeting chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday
he would be happy to see Sa-
seendran back as minister.
The only hurdles between
that Chandy will y to New
Delhi to meet national leaders
7.30pm | T P Peethamparan
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to board ight to Tpuram
The cabinet boycott by the convenience of running a Saseendran and cabinet en-
CPI ministers sparked a wave business enterprise. More- Chandy turns guns on CPI, says will return try are the pending criminal
gets a message from CPM
leadership requesting him and
10pm | Rumours circulate that
of positive response for the over, the major violations Alappuzha: Kuttanad MLA case filed by a woman jour- Chandy might meet CM at
by the high court removed. The Chandy to reach state capital
party on social media with pointed out had been commit- Thomas Chandy on Wednesday nalist alleging sexual harass- Cliff House and will tender his
chief minister has promised to
many terming it as the real ted by Chandy before joining came down heavily on the CPI for keep the transport ministers ment and the ongoing judi- 8.30pm | Chandy changes resignation
communist party. To counter the cabinet. Vijayan had also its role in his resignation from the post vacant till an NCP nominee cial probe ordered by the gov- plan and decides to y to 10.45pm | Chandy reaches
that CPM sympathisers came the responsibility to keep the state cabinet. Speaking to can fill it. I hope to return to the ernment into the incident. state capital Thiruvananthapuram, says he
up with arguments that CPI NCP in the secular fold as a reporters at his residence at ministry after getting a The complainant in the 9.40pm | Reaches Kochi airport will meet CM next day morning
was craving for cheap publici- section of leaders of that par- Pupally in Kuttanad, he said the favourable verdict from the case has already approached
ty. Sources in the CPI said ty had been secretly negotiat- CPI ministers violated the court, he said. Chandy also said the HC with a petition seek- Nov 15, 2017 9.00am | CPI 11am | NCP
they were only asserting the ing with BJP leadership. decency of coalition politics by that the district collectors report ing permission to withdraw 8am | Thomas ministers keep leaders meet
partys declared stance on the The CMs act was consider- keeping away from Wednesdays against him was prepared in the complaint as it was settled Chandy, accompanied out of cabinet at Chandys
issue. The party was baying ing all these factors. Had he cabinet meeting. It was not fair haste and it was full of errors. All out of court. The HC is ex- by T P Peethambaran meeting as residence. Chandy
for Chandys blood ever since overreacted, it would have for such a political party to the allegations levelled against pected to hear the petition in Chandy is in decides to resign
reaches Cliff House
he had used the platform of been portrayed as ill treat- interfere in the affairs of a me are untrue. I have not the coming days.
Kanam Rajendran-led Jana- ment of a coalition partner, coalition partner, Chandy said. The judicial commission 8.45am | Discussion 10am: Cabinet 11.30am |
encroached land at Marthadam Chandy leaves for
jagratha Yatra at Kuttanad to said a source. has a tenure till December 31. with CM concludes meet concludes.
The chief minister never Lake. I own hardly any land at
challenge the opposition to While Pinarayi Vijayan demanded my resignation. I It is learnt that the NCP has No resignation yet Alappuzha
Karuvelipadam. My relatives 8.55am | Chandy
prove his land encroachment. could convince these to his resigned on my own, based on have land there, he said. When already requested the CM to reaches Secretariat 10.30am | CM 12.30pm | T P
Sources close to Pinarayi party colleagues, the CPI was the high courts observations and asked about Water World take steps to speed up the to attend cabinet meets media. He Peethambaran
Vijayan said the CM took a le- not willing to listen. The cri- the stand taken by one of the Tourism Company filling paddy works of the commission. meeting. He says says NCP leaders reaches Secretariat
nient stand on the issue as he sis worsened when the CM allies, he said. I will approach fields to construct an approach The CPM and CPI would CM will decide on have sought time to meet CM to
felt the violations committed took it as an ego issue and de- the Supreme Court tomorrow road, he said the road was built prefer Saseendran, than resignation after to take a nal hand over Chandys
by Chandys firm were more cided not to surrender to (Thursday) to get the after getting permission from the Chandy, back as the former is getting court verdict decision resignation
of a technical nature and for CPIs pressure tactics. observations made against me authorities. TNN a seasoned politician
Rakesh Nair
Chandy ended
expat life &
Dissolve LDF, demands Chennithala
Thrissur: Leader of opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday
demanded the dissolution of the LDF as the recent events indicate
that the ruling front has lost its credibility.
set up resort
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Speaking to reporters at Cheruthuruthi, he said that the CPI BS.Anilkumar@timesgroup.com Alappuzha: Ministership
J nominees keeping away from the cabinet meeting is indicative of a HISTORY REPEATS came unexpectedly to Tho-
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grave situation. The decision of Thomas Chandy to approach the Thiruvananthapuram: mas Chandy, one of the
V Thomas Chandy is not the wealthiest politicians in the
r high court against a district collector even when he was a minister is -
another shocking incident. first entrepreneur-minister state, after the resignation of
Such things are unheard in the history of Kerala. All these to lose his cabinet berth over A K Saseendran on April 1
indicate that the cabinet led by Pinarayi Vijayan has lost collective alleged unethical business this year.
Q responsibility, as observed by the high court on Tuesday, he said. TNN practices. Even before the declara-
T U Kuruvilla of Kerala tion of the results of the as-
cluding the BJP. His resigna- Senior Congress leader V Congress (Joseph) had to re- sembly polls, Chandy had
tion from the cabinet is not an MSudheeran said the Thomas sign from the V S Achutha- told media that he would take
end to the protests. He should Chandy issue was a setback to nandan-led LDF ministry in T U Kuruvilla of Kerala charge as water resource
relinquish his MLA position the CPMs opportunistic poli- September 2007, after allega- Congress (Joseph) minister and it raised many
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan at a press meet inside the Secretariat as well, Kummanam said. tics. The CPMs practice of tions of land grab were lev- who replaced his party eyebrows in the NCP as well
in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday The cabinet has lost its honouring the super-rich and elled against his kin. He was chairman P J Joseph, had as the CPM. However, after
collective responsibility. By opportunists by giving posi- holding the public works to resign from the V S the elections, the NCP and
from his cabinet. Chandys otherwise lose power, owing to organising a parallel meeting, tions and power has faced a portfolio. Achuthanandan-led LDF chief minister Pinarayi Vi-
statement that chief minister the protest of a major constit- the CPI has openly declared its setback. The CM could have Ironically, both Chandy ministry in September jayan rooted for A K Saseen-
did not ask him to resign is a uent in the coalition front. distrust in the chief minister. saved his face if he had de- and Kuruvilla were made 2007, after allegations of dran.
proof of it, he said. Accord- The issue did not end with In the wake of the distrust ex- manded the resignation of ministers after their party land grab were levelled Thomas Chandy was
ing to Kummanam, Chandy the resignation of Thomas pressed by the second largest Chandy when Alappuzha dis- colleagues had to quit fol- against his kin. He was born in an ordinary family
had revealed that the chief Chandy from the cabinet. He constituent in the LDF, the trict collector submitted her lowing allegations of inap- holding the public works of farmers in Kuttanad as
minister asked him to alter his was forced to resign. Its the re- government should resign, final report against Chandy, propriate behaviour to- portfolio son of V C Thomas and
decision since the LDF may sult of protests by parties, in- Kummanam said. he added. wards women. It was an alleged land Eliamma. He completed his
Chandy, of the National- scam in Munnar involving high school education from
ist Congress Party, was his children that had put Leo XIII High School and ob-
made a minister in Pinarayi Kuruvilla in a spot tained diploma in tele-com-
Vijayan cabinet on April 1, munication from the Insti-
2017. He replaced A K Sa- tute of Engineering, Chen-
seendran, who resigned af- ter, he had said hours after nai. He was active in politics
TOI Anupama took charge as Alappuz- Sources close to the collector said ter a television channel he sworn in. till 1975 and went to Kuwait
ha collector on August 29. The state gov- she was absolutely confident about her aired a sleaze conversation Apart from Lake Palace on a visiting visa. He worked
ernment asked her to submit an inter- report and that she had cross checked purportedly between him and a fleet of houseboats, he in various companies in Ku-
im report on the allegations against facts umpteen times before filing the fi- and a woman. also runs a chain of educa- wait around 10 years. In 1985,
y
Chandy. The report confirmed that nal report. She worked day and even Kuruvilla replaced his tional institutions in the he started the United Indian
z Chandy and his company had violated nights with her officials for submitting party chairman P J Joseph, Middle East, especially in School in Kuwait and since
t rules. However, revenue minister E a fool-proof report, a source said. after the latter was accused Kuwait. then never looked back. End-
4 Chandrasekharan demanded a de- It was in 2014 that Anupama caught of misbehaving with a wom- Dubious land dealings, ing his expat life, he came
tailed report from her and on October media attention as an IAS officer when an on-board an airliner. however, cost both Chandy back to his home town and set
21, she submitted her final report. she filed a complaint at the Medical Col- While drafted into the Vi- and Kuruvilla their ministe- up the Lake Palace Resort.
i Her inquiry found that paddy field lege Police Station against a former CI- jayan cabinet, Chandy rial berths. If Chandy has In 2006, he returned to pol-
T V Anupama was levelled in violation of the Conser- TU convener. She had rejected the sounded confident that he been accused of land grab- itics and contested the as-
vation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act unions demand for nokkukooli when could efficiently juggle the bing, it was an alleged land sembly polls as a DIC (K) can-
legal construction works. On August 16, for constructing a road and a parking her family moved into a home in Thiru- responsibilities of both the scam in Munnar involving didate. He was the only can-
the channel found that the files in con- ground for the Lake Palace Resort own- vananthapuram. minister and businessman. his children that had put Ku- didate out of the 18 candi-
nection with the construction work of ed by Thomas Chandy. In 2015 Anupama became the Food I am not a business ty- ruvilla in hot water. dates of the party, who won
the Lake Palace Resort have gone mis- The report also found that the Mar- Safety Commissioner of Kerala and coon. My business has ma- It was alleged that Kuru- the elections. In 2011 and in
sing from Alappuzha municipal office. thandam Lake was levelled by the Wa- she proved that a strong IAS officer can tured enough and it would villa had received Rs 6.7 2016, he continued winning
On August 17, chief minister Pinarayi ter World Tourism Company, which bring about positive changes. She and continue to function even in crore from a Kuwait-based the elections as NCP candi-
Vijayan and Thomas Chandy denied all owns the Lake Palace Resort. her team carried out repeated raids in my absence for a year or two. Malayali businessman in date from Kuttanad. He is
the allegations in the assembly. Chandy Though on Wednesday, TOI asked major establishments and brought to There is no question of con- connection with the sale of married to Mercy Chandy
challenged the opposition that he will for her comments, Anupama said it the notice of the authorities high levels flict of interest eitherIm land, but he neither handed and the couple have a daugh-
resign if he is found to have encroached was not fair on her part to make any re- of adulteration and rampant use of pes- confident of performing my over the land, nor returned ter, Betty Chandy and a son,
even a cent of government land. marks at this juncture. ticides. responsibilities as a minis- the money. Dr Toby Chandy.
TOI
sued the title cancellation takkamboor, Kanthalloor, TIMES NEWS NETWORK this backdrop, the forest de-
order within 48 hours. I Marayoor, Vattavada and partment was planning to
would take it up legally, Keezantoor villages, HRSS Idukki: The National Green build a parking ground at
said George. and CPM feeder organisa- Tribunals (NGT) Chennai ^ .. r. Anavachal.
While CPI district com- tion Karshaka Sangam plan bench on Wednesday rejected But two Kumily natives
_ .`fi r 3
mittee welcomed the title to conduct protests against the plea by the Tamil Nadu 1 y {
L a -r0
had submitted an affidavit be-
deed cancellation decision, Devikulam sub collector government to stop construc- fore the NGTs Chennai bench
the CPM leadership in the and revenue department, ac- tion activities at Anavachal claiming that the proposed
district is opposing it. CPM cording to Fr Sebastian Ko- near Thekkady. The court sight is a wet land and it was
district secretary K K Jaya- chupurakal. opined that there was no need leased out to the Tamil Nadu
IDUKKI MPS LAND chandran said in a press re-
lease that the title cancella-
However, a revenue de-
partment list revealed that
for forest department clear-
ance before the construction
government. Later Tamil Na-
du too joined the issue and
tion was wrong and the par- over 150 persons had en- activities are taken up in the ti
.
(
claimed that it had taken the
neelakurinji sanctuary ty will not allow these type croached government land area. S land on lease. But it couldnt
and this is part of such a of actions. in the 58th block of Kottak- The court added that Ana- submit proper records before
plot, he added. Joyce George was not kamboor village. And most vachal parking ground is not the court on time.
Joyce George alleged given any chance to prove of the encroachers are not on the land taken on lease by The tribunals Chennai bench has rejected Tamil Nadu governments So in February, the vehicle
that the sub-collector denied the originality of his land. Devikulam residents. the Tamil Nadu government. plea to stop construction activities at Anavachal near Thekkady parking was shifted to Anava-
him natural justice and the We should legally move When we strictly verify It allowed the forest depart- chal. But as the case was un-
title cancellation was an ac- against this, said Jaya- the land records in Anchu- ment to continue the con- land or ecologically fragile ar- tional Tiger Conservation Au- der consideration before the
tion against all farmers in chandran. nad village, we could clearly struction activities in the ar- ea. If needed, the Tamil Nadu thority asked the forest de- NGT, the forest department
Idukki. While I submitted Meanwhile, as the reve- prove the government land ea. government should approach partment to curb the entry of didnt develop a proper park-
the land records on Novem- nue department plans to ver- encroachment, said a reve- The court also said that the high court about the issue. tourist vehicles inside the Pe- ing ground, badly affecting
ber 7, the sub-collector is- ify the land records in Kot- nue department source. the land is not included in wet It was in 2014 that the Na- riyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). In the tourists.
6 TIMES STATE THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOCHI
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Pinarayi
slams CPI PFI leader Koya: IS a dubious Dileep, brother Missing
couples son
ministers
Continued from P 1 outfit with mysterious origin quizzed again found dead

V
ijayan also criticised CPI TIMES NEWS NETWORK hinted at the team looking
ministers for not attend-
ing the cabinet. It is ex-
traordinary, but dont treat it as
Group Has Not Succeeded In Influencing Indian Muslims TOI his brother
into a possibility of witnes-
Kochi: Actor Dileep and ses being influenced.
A senior SIT officer, me-
y
breach of cabinets collective re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Anoop were anwhile, said that three
sponsibility, he said. summoned major clarifications were
After quitting, Chandy made Kannur: Getting killed in an unknown again to the sought in the investiga- P C Abraham and his wife
it clear that he would approach country that too for a mysterious organi- ~ , Aluva police tion. Thankamma had gone missing
I a, ' a'r 1
the Supreme Court on Wednes- zation with ulterior motives is not the _ club on Wed- One of the inquiries since Monday morning
day itself to get the comments martyrdom envisaged in Islam, said na- nesday and was about the location of
made against him by the high tional executive member of the Popular interrogated separately in the actor when the attack TIMES NEWS NETWORK

court rescinded. He said that
once he or Saseendran were ex-
.
onerated from the cases they are
facing, either one would come
back to the state cabinet. The
chief minister has assured us
that the cabinet berth for the
party will be kept vacant until I
come out clean, Chandy said.
He also criticised CPI for violat-
ing coalition ethics.
Farmers demand
compensation
Palakkad: Farmers demanded
the government to pay the
compensation for the second
crop of paddy lost last year due
to lack of irrigation water.
Desheeya Karshaka Samajam
district president S Adhirathan
said government had promised
compensation to farmers who
lost their second crop last year.
f . 2S\
Front of India (PFI), P Koya.
Inaugurating a public meeting held ;' 1 ; ` , - ' , J:` '-
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connection with the actor happened and the other two
rape case. Dileep was ques- cannot be revealed at the ti- Kottayam: The mystery sur-
here against the Islamic State (IS) on tioned for more than two me, said the officer. rounding a Manganam couple
Wednesday, he said martyrdom in Islam 1 hours and Anoop for over Meanwhile, officers sa- who has been missing since
s
`y
is sacrificing life in the fight against in- an hour. id the investigation is still Monday deepened as their son
1
justice. IS is a dubious outfit, the origin _ _ _ _ _ _ _on. The SIT has the power was found dead at his house on
of which is shrouded in mystery, he said.
Koya said that only less than 150 Mus-
ACTOR RAPE CASE to summon the accused
again whenever necessary
Wednesday.
Tincy Itty Abraham, 37,
lims have reportedly joined the IS from so as to get clarity on state- son of the missing couple P C
India which has a Muslim population of According to senior of- ments before the charges- Abraham, 69, and Thankam-
18 crore. ficers, the move was as per heet is filed, said an offi- ma, 65, was found hanging in
That means the IS has not succeeded efforts to get clarity on va- cer with the state police in- the first-floor bedroom of his
in influencing the Muslims in the coun- There are enough reasons to believe that the United States and Israel are behind the rious evidences. formation centre. Manganam residence around
try, he said. formation of IS, said PFIs national executive member Koya After the arrest and re- Even 119 days after the 7pm.
The PFI leader said the IS was a fascist mand of the accused, we ne- arrest, the SIT is yet to file The incident came to light
organization like the RSS as both are
against democratic values. PFI has been
behind closing the eyes on the extreme
Salafis, Koya said.
of Saddam Hussein which was basically
a leftist party. DYFI has come out with a
ver got the chance to speak the chargesheet in the case.
with the accused. The in- With Dileep getting bail be-
when his wife, hospitalized
for delivery, could not contact
fighting Sangh Parivar ever since its for- There are enough reasons to believe poster sayings that Islamic State is a vestigation progressed qu- fore the completion of 90 him for over two hours. She in-
mation. That is why the RSS is spreading that the United States and Israel are be- rightist outfit. The progressives in Kerala ite a lot after the incidents days in custody, the SIT was formed Tincys brother, who
blatant lies against our organization, he hind the formation of IS. Media have re- are whipping up communal feeling with and many evidence were relieved of the pressure to found the man hanging. Po-
said. ported that Israel has supplied weapons an eye on majority vote bank. There is a collected in the meantime. file the chargesheet in time lice said no suicide note was
Koya said of the hundred people who to the organization. It is pertinent to concerted attempt to create an impres- The interrogation on Wed- to avoid statutory bail. Ho- found at the scene.
had allegedly joined IS from Kerala, only note that the Islamic State has thus far not sion that Kerala has become a hub of ex- nesday was to get clarity on wever, now with more than Meanwhile, a police led by
15 are former PFI cadres. The rest are attacked Israel. America has started at- tremist activities, he said. these, said an officer with 42 days passing since Dile- DSP Zacharia Mathew and
from the extreme Salafi group, but the in- tacking the IS only recently, he said. Rafeeq Kuttikkattoor, PFI district the SIT. ep got bail, the sleuths are East CI Saju Varghese
vestigation agencies are gunning for PFI. Majority of those who formed IS in president V K Noufal and others attend- When asked Anoop be- still in the process of finali- couldnt make any break-
There could be a definite political reason Iraq are the former members of the party ed. ing questioned, an officer zing the chargesheet. through in the couple missing
case. Investigators on
Wednesday focused on Kozhi-

50th clip sent through Telegram Prime accused in chit scam surrenders
kode where Abraham had
worked as an assistant execu-
tive engineer.
His scooter was found at

group Light for Kerala TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Thiruvananthapuram: K
K Nirmalan, the prime accused
in the Nirmal Krishna Nidhi chit
sources in the police, the pres-
sure tactics employed by the
state crime branch officers,
Kottayam railway stations
parking ground, and the park-
ing fee for two days was also
Continued from P 1 the function. Nirmalan, the prime accused who were assisting the Tamil paid.
SHADOW
of
Meanwhile, another au- in the Nirmal Krishna Nidhi r fund scam, surrendered before
the Madurai Special Court in
Nadu team, that forced Nirma- The couple had left behind

T
he ten-minute-long dio clip has surfaced con- chit fund scam, surrendered lan to surrender. CB officers their mobile phones, wallets
audio is the 50th clip
sent through the Tele- TERROR
tion Agency (NIA) had, in
firming the death of a Ma-
layali IS supporter in Sy-
ria.
before a court on Wednesday.
He was absconding for nearly
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. here were constantly monitor-
ing the moves of all close rela-
tives and acquaintances of
and ATM cards.

gram group, 'Light for Ker- three months.

ala', which earlier carried
messages on various topics
October 2016, unearthed IS
plans to attack high court
In the clip, Hafsia, wife
of Muhammad Shajil from
The accused, who hails
from Neyyattinkara in Thiru-
ic offence wing), who are in-
volved in the probe, said that
arrested, including Nirmalan.
His brother-in-law Mahesh
Nirmalan. The pressure on
Nirmalan escalated after they
Infant girl found
like jihad, hijra, women in
IS and celebration of Eid.
judges, Sangh Parivar lead-
ers and rationalists in Ker-
Pappinasseri in Kannur, is
heard saying that her hus-
vananthapuram, surrendered
before the Madurai Special
they would be filing an appli-
cation before the court to se-
was arrested a day ago on
charges of helping Nirmalan
took his brother-in-law, Ma-
hesh, into custody. Mahesh
abandoned
The group has been sus- ala. band had been martyred in Court in Tamil Nadu around cure his custody for further in- to evade arrest. Four employ- was acting as the communica- Kozhikode: A one-month old
pended since Monday. According to intelli- Syria. 3.15pm. The court remanded terrogation. However, they ees of Nirmal Krishna Nidhi tion link between Nirmalan baby girl was found abandoned at
Rashid is one of the 21 gence sources who infil- The message sent to Sha- him in judicial custody. said they were not in a hurry Private Limited, were arrest- and his daughter, who studies Vadakara in the district on
youths from Kerala who trated such Telegram jils brother wants him to He was on the run after he to do so. ed earlier. at a private medical college. Wednesday. The child was found
purportedly joined Islamic groups, the IS had plans to convey the information to filed an insolvency petition be- Our immediate focus is to The case pertains to swin- Investors had alleged that abandoned near Christian Church
State in May-June 2016. ram a truck into a meeting his mother. fore a local court in Kerala. He nab the remaining accused in dling of over Rs 1,000 crore influential people were pro- at Vadakara.According to police,
The engineering gradu- organised by a Muslim or- "Shajil was injured in had wound up operations of the case, said CI Paulus from from over 10,000 investors in tecting Nirmalan. Fingers the infant was first spotted by the
ate was earlier employed ganisation in Kochi last the leg in the firing. He had his firm in Palukal near Mar- TN Crime Branch. As per the Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The were pointed at MLA VS Siva- driver of a vehicle, who was
with the Peace Internation- year. walked up to the vehicle but thandom in Tamil Nadu, leav- FIR registered by the Tamil investors were from border re- kumar, who allegedly had collecting hotel waste from
al School run by Salafi Social activist Rahul collapsed I am also wait- ing thousands of investors in Nadu police, there were as gions of Parassala and Mar- close ties with Nirmalans Vadakara town. The police was
preacher M M Akbar. Eashwar was one among ing for martyrdom, she is the lurch. Officials of Tamil many as 18 accused in the case. thandom. family. The MLA, however, alerted about the incident around
The National Investiga- the dignitaries invited for heard saying. Nadu crime branch (econom- So far, six of them have been According to reliable chose to refute the allegations. 3.45 am. TNN

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ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER SARBANANDA SONOWAL CALLS BIHAR JAILS TO HAVE VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITY
FOR PROMOTING SANSKRIT ON A WIDER SCALE FROM NEXT YEAR: CHIEF MINISTER NITISH KUMAR

Apex court may put lens on File policy on Taj preservation: SC to UP

New Delhi: The Supreme comprehensive policy before after which Mehta submit-

SC/ST promotion quota

Court on Wednesday direc- it despite the assurance gi- ted he would file the policy in
ted the Uttar Pradesh go- ven two weeks ago that it wo- the court during the course
vernment to file a compre- uld be done. of the day.
hensive policy with regard to At the outset, a bench We had asked you two
pollution in Taj Trapezium comprising justices M B Lo- weeks ago to give us the poli-

Will Examine If 11-Year-Old Nagaraj Verdict Needs A Relook
Dhananjay.Mahapatra
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday decided
to examine if there was a need
to reconsider its decade-old
constitution bench judgment
making it virtually impossi-
ble for the Centre and states to
provide reservation in promo-
tion for SCs and STs in govern-
ment employment.
Within 24 hours of a two-
judge bench making a refer-
ence on the need for reconsid-
eration of the 2006 judgment
in M Nagaraj case to Chief
Justice Dipak Misra under
Article 145(3) of the Constitu-
tion, a three-judge bench of
the CJI and Justices A K Sikri
and Ashok Bhushan agreed to
place the matter before a five-
judge bench to examine the
bunch of petitions filed by
some states and SC/ST em-
ployees associations.
Reconsideration of the
five-judge bench judgment in
Nagaraj case was sought
mainly on the ground that the
SC had erred by seeking test of
backwardness before grant of
reservation in promotion.
On Tuesday, a bench of
Justices Kurian Joseph and R
Banumathi had said in its re-
ferral order, Petitioners have
argued for a relook of Nagaraj
specifically on the ground
that test of backwardness
ought not to be applied to SCs/
STs.
Apart from the clamour
for revisit, further questions
were raised about application
of the principle of creamy lay-
er (which was applied only to
OBC quota by Indra Sawhney-
Reconsideration of the
five-judge bench judg-
ment in Nagaraj case was
sought mainly on the
ground that the SC had
erred by seeking test of
backwardness before
grant of reservation
in promotion
Mandal judgment) in situa-
tions of competing claims
within the same races, com-
munities, groups and parts
thereof of SC/ST notified by
the President under Articles
341and 342 of the Constitution
of India.
The bench said it was ac-
ceding to the two-judge
benchs request and a five-
judge bench would examine
these petitions on the narrow
ambit whether Nagaraj re- public employment nor car-
quires reconsideration.
A five-judge bench in 2006
had laid down stiff conditions
for governments to provide
Zone (TTZ) and nearby areas
and on preservation of the
kur and Deepak Gupta asked
additional solocitor general
cy but now you are saying
you will file it today, it said.
iconic Taj Mahal. (ASG) Tushar Mehta, repre- The bench, which fixed
reservation in promotion to The TTZ is an area of abo- senting Uttar Pradesh, as to the matter for hearing on No-
SC/ST communities under ut 10,400sq kms spread over NATIONAL ICON why the policy was not filed vember 20, also asked the sta-
Articles 16 (4A) and 16 (4B). the districts of Agra, Firoza- till date. te government to apprise it
Article 16 (4B) provided ac- bad, Mathura, Hathras and The top court took strong You have to give us a co- about when the TTZ had con-
celerated promotion to SC/ST Etah in Uttar Pradesh and exception that the state go- py of the policy. There is no ducted meetings since last
employees on roster point sys- Bharatpur in Rajasthan. vernment did not file the policy here, the bench said year. AGENCIES
tem, which could give six-year
advantage to such employees
to reach top positions in de-
partments compared to gener-
al category employees.
RNr.1f y
The Nagaraj judgment ,
said, In this regard, the con- U
p
c,
cerned state will have to show One state . Many worlds .
in each case the existence of
'g ,P
the compelling reasons, RNAT P
Sri. Siddaramaiah
namely backwardness, inade-
Hon 'ble Chief Ministe r
quacy of representation and Govt of Karnatak a
overall administrative effi-
ciency, before making provi-
sion for reservation.
Till date, no state govern-
ment or the Centre has nei-
ther collected quantifiable
data showing backwardness
of the class and inadequacy of
representation of that class in
ried out any survey to find out
whether efficiency was com-
promised through such reser-
vations.
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Parrikar: S Durga submitted NHs to get

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without cuts, Nude incomplete

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Panaji: Defending the
union go-
vernments
decision to
pull two mo-
vies, Nude
and S Dur-
ga, from the
48th International Film
Festival of India, Goa chief
minister Manohar Parr-
kiar on Wednesday said the
former was still incomplete
while the latter had been
submitted to the screening
committee without cuts.
Parrikar, who is the cha-
irman of Entertainment
Society of Goa, the nodal
agency to host the IFFI, sa-
id the union information
on safety
DD, AIR to pitch in to promote IFFI parameters
New Delhi: In a build up to the International Film Festival of
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
India, Indias public broadcaster, Doordarshan, has, for the
first time, decided to broadcast 25 hours of special content New Delhi: Soon, national / r / ' " `' c a t
between November 13 and 28, including live telecast of the highways in India will get
opening and closing ceremonies of IFFI in Goa. star ratings on a scale of zero
As a part of the buildup, Doordarshan will run special one to five based on a survey of 40
hour components, IFFI Flashback and IFFI Housefull from their safety parameters.
November 13 to 19. TNN The results of one such pi-
lot survey will be out for Del-
had only exercised its has triggered a controversy hi-Mumbai and Mumbai-
rights. with three jury members Chennai corridors of Golden
The ministry overruled including its head, filmma- Quadrilateral in the next few
the 13-member jury to drop ker Sujoy Ghosh, script- months. The survey is being
Malayalam movie S Durga writer Apurva Asrani and carried out more than a dec-
and Marathi movie Nude filmmaker Gyan Correa ade after the countrys fast ev-
from the Indian Panorama submitting their resigna- er mega highway programme
section of the 48th edition tions. Several filmmakers was completed.
of the International Film and artists too have openly International Road As-
Festival of India, to be held come out in support of the sessment Programme (IRAP) r-_ . . M, :. " ;"1,
in Goa from November 20 to two films and rallied for the is carrying out the survey
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di ra L ,

and broadcasting ministry 28. The ministrys decision freedom of expression. funded by World Bank and H t t
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Bloomberg Philanthrophies.
A similar survey covering

Sri Sri meets Yogi, begins mediation talks
Yusra Husain & Lucknow with religious
Arshad Afzaal Khan TNN heads for an
amicable set-
Lucknow/Faizabad: Art of tlement in the
Living founder and spiritual long-stand-
guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ing dispute,
will meet original litigants amid celebra-
of the Babri Masjid-Ram Jan- tory drum
mabhoomi dispute in Ayod- beats and flower shower with
hya amid opposition from the chants of Jai Shri Ram.
VHP on Thursday. There is currently no of-
On Wednesday, after ficial proposal or formula be-
a report be shared with all,
he said.
Apart from Yogi, he met
national president of Sri
Ram Janmabhoomi Nirman
Nyas Mahant Janmejay Sha-
ran and national secretary
Pandit Amarnath Mishra,
Raja Ram Chandra Acharya
of Nirmohi Akhara, Mahant
Suresh Das of Digambar
Akhara, national president
more than 10,000 km of state -
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highways in Rajasthan, Guja-
rat, Karnataka, Kerala, As-
sam, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana between 2010 and
2015 had found that at least
75% of these stretches had
less than two or two star rat-
ings.
After carrying out assess-
ment of more than a million
km of roads across 80 coun-
tries we have found that if we
can succeed in increasing the I V

meeting Uttar Pradesh chief ing accepted or declined. of Hindu Mahasabha Swami star rating by one rank, we
1
minister Aditya Nath Yogi These are talks we are having Chakrapan and founder pres- can avoid substantial number .

for about an hour, Ravi Shan- with all sides and only when I ident of Bajrang Dal Vinay of accidents and fatalities,
kar began mediation talks in come back from Ayodhya can Katiyar. said Rob McInerney.

SC stays Rajasthan
from conferring Kaun kehta hai wi mar

baby corn 65
For a healthy growing notion

quota beyond 50%

AmitAnand.Choudhary The apex court said

ghar ka khana -
@timesgroup.com its order would be in
New Delhi: The Supreme Co- force till the petition Fortune mein har khana
urt has stayed the Rajasthan challenging

nahi hota?
High Courts interim order constitutional
restraining the state govern-
ment from notifying the law gi- validity of the law is
ving quota to Gujjars and other decided by the HC

communities under OBC cate-
gory, but directed that the cei-
ling of 50% reservation could
not breached.
A bench of Chief Justice Di-
pak Misra and Justices A M
Khanwilkar and D Y Chandra-
chud, restrained the state go-
vernment from taking any deci-
sion on administrative side for
conferring any benefit of reser-
vation under the new law till the
matter was finally decided by
the HC.
In our considered opinion,
the order passed by the high co-
urt staying the legislative pro-
cess is totally uncalled for and,
therefore, that part of the im-
pugned order is stayed. Howe-
ver, taking into consideration
the facts and circumstances of
the case and various decisions
of this court, we are inclined to
restrain the state government
from taking any action or deci-
sion on the administrative side
or in any manner conferring
the benefit of reservation,
which will have the result of
For une
crossing the total reservation
beyond 50 percent, the bench
said.
The apex court said its order
would be in force till the peti-
tion challenging constitutional
validity of the law is decided by
the HC. It passed the order on an
EDIBLE OILS & FOODS
appeal filed by the Rajasthan go-
vernment raising question on
how could the HC pass an order
restraining it from notifying a
law passed by the assembly.
Once the notification co-
mes out, it will put restraint on
the court to pass any order. In
that view, we are of the opinion
that by way of interim order,
prohibitory order is required to
be passed. We are of the opinion
that in view of the status quo
granted by the Supreme Court,
it will not be appropriate to al-
low the state government to do
anything contrary to the SCs
order and they are restrained
from acting upon the bill which
has been the subject matter of
the petition, the HC had said.
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New twist in Sheena case: Army needs tanks operational
Two militants on western & northern fronts
arrested in J&K
Two militants, including one
injured during an encounter
Peter did it, Indrani tells court TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Indian Army

on Tuesday, were arrested
from the Kulgam district in
south Kashmir on Wednesday,
police said. A militant was
arrested from Kund village of
Kulgam district, a police
official said. The police
claimed to have arrested
another militant during 'naka'
checking in the district.
Khankah-e-Moula shrine
spire damaged in fire: Fire
broke out in the revered
Khankah-e-Moula shrine in
Srinagar on Wednesday,
damaging the spire of the
building, officials said. Hours
after the incident, Jammu &
Kashmir chief minister
Mehbooba Mufti visited the
shrine to assess the damage,
they said.
Moves Court For Call Records Of His Alternate Number
Rebecca.Samervel
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The Sheena Bora
murder case took a dramatic
turn on Wednesday with key
accused Indrani Mukerjea
suggesting for the first time
that her estranged husband
Peter Mukerjea was respon-
sible for her daughters dis-
appearance as well as fram-
ing her for the crime.
Indrani submitted an ap-
plication before the special
trial court through advo-
cates Sudeep Pasbola and
Gunjan Mangla seeking Pe-
ters call data records
(CDRs) from an alternate
number, and alleged that he
along with others had con-
spired, abducted and caused
Sheenas disappearance.
In a two-page handwrit-
ten note, Indrani wrote: I
have strong reason to be-
lieve that accused number 4,
(Peter) Pratim Mukerjea,
with the assistance of other
persons, including accused
number 3 turned approver,
Shyamvar Rai, may have
conspired and abducted my
daughter Sheena Bora in
2012 and made her untracea-
ble and subsequently de-
stroyed evidence.
Indrani said that Sheena
GREED, BETRAYAL, LUST KILLED HER
THE CRIME
Sheena Bora (24) was abducted
and murdered on April 24, 2012,
allegedly by her mother Indrani
Mukerjea, Indranis former
husband Sanjeev Khanna and
driver Shyamvar Rai,
in conspiracy with
Indranis current
husband,
media mogul
Peter
Mukerjea.
All of them
are behind bars
account of greed, betrayal,
jealousy, lust and ill-will of
persons whom she dearly
loved and trusted.
The court said a copy of
the plea was to be given to Pe-
ter and the CBI. Peters law-
yer Srikant Shivade said,
No comment on the appli-
cation. We will file our reply
in due course.
In her plea which she
signed as Indrani Pratim
Mukerjea, Indrani said, I
also believe that the accused
along with other persons
may have manipulated cir-
cumstances to frame me and
have influenced witnesses,
situations and information
to lead to my arrest for a hei-
WHAT INDRANIS APPLICATION SAYS
Sheena might have lost her life on account of
greed, betrayal, jealousy, lust and ill-will of
persons whom she dearly loved and trusted
I have strong reason to
believe that accused
number 4, (Peter) Pratim Mukerjea,
with the assistance of other
persons, including accused number
3 turned approver, Shyamvar Rai,
may have conspired and abducted
my daughter Sheena Bora in 2012
and made her untraceable and
subsequently destroyed evidence
have committed, aided and
abetted.
Indrani said that if she
could obtain the CDR, she
would be in a better position
to ascertain if Peter and oth-
ers were involved in Shee-
nas disappearance and
there would be more clarity
of their role in framing her.
Indrani sought CDRs for the
years 2012 and 2015.
While Sheena was be-
lieved to have been mur-
dered in 2012, the subse-
quent revelation of the mur-
der, discovery of her re-
mains and arrest of the
accused took place in 2015.
Currently, Rai is being
cross-examined by the de-
No comment on
the application. We
will file our reply
in due course
Peters lawyer
I also believe Srikant Shivade
that accused
alongwith other persons may
have manipulated circumstances
to frame me and have influenced
witnesses, situations and
information to lead to my arrest
for a heinous crime that they may
have committed, aided
and abetted
the stand since July.
Sheena (24) was abduct-
ed and murdered on April
24, 2012, allegedly by her In-
drani, Khanna, driver Rai in
conspiracy with Peter. Shee-
nas body was disposed of on
April 25, 2012, at a deserted
spot off Pen-Khopoli Road
in Raigad.
Rai was arrested on Au-
gust 21, 2015, by Khar police
in an illegal arms case. Dur-
ing interrogation, he told
them about Sheenas mur-
der after Indrani and Khan-
na were arrested. Peter, who
had expressed shock over
the revelations and said he
had no knowledge of the
murder, was arrested in No-
wants futuristic armoured ve-
hicles like main-battle tanks,
with requisite firepower and
mobility, which can operate
both on the plains of the wes-
tern front with Pakistan as
well as the mountainous terra-
in of the northern border with
China.
Battlefields of the future
will be complex and warfare
hybrid in nature, and the Ar-
my needs to modernise its
combat capabilities to tackle
all such scenarios, said Gene-
ral Bipin Rawat, speaking at a
seminar on 'Future Armoured
Vehicles India 2017' here on
Wednesday.
While fighting battles in
the conventional domains, the
sub-conventional domain also
cannot be overlooked, as al-
so the use of space and cyber-
space. There will be informa-
tion warfare, Gen Rawat said.
The Army chief s state-
ment comes in the backdrop of
his force last week issuing the
Cong trying to
divert attention
from Agusta
scam, says BJP
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
PTI
Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat at
DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi
preliminary tender or request
for information (RFI) to global
armament giants for produc-
tion of an initial 1,770 future re-
ady combat vehicles (FRCVs),
geared for rapid dominance
in an expanded battle-space,
in collaboration with an Indi-
an firm under the strategic
partnership model of the
Make in India policy.
The Armys keenness on
French officials
rubbish Congress
Rafale claims
inducting these FRCVs, which
will form the base platform
for main-battle tanks (MBTs)
as well as a family of vari-
ants, from 2025-2027 onwards
is seen by the DRDO as a move
to scuttle its futuristic MBT
project, as was earlier repor-
ted by TOI.
Having inducted only 124
indigenous Arjun Mark-1
tanks over the last decade, the
Army has made it clear that it
will order another 118 Arjun
Mark-II tanks, at a cost of over
Rs 6,600 crore, only after they
clear field trials.
Gen Rawat said the future
armoured vehicles must have
the operational capacity and
capability to operate on the
western as well the northern
border. With the canal sy-
stems evolving, we have to add-
ress the requirement of brid-
ges and the manner in which
these armoured fighting vehi-
cles will negotiate them. That
is why I say the battlefield will
turn complex... the terrain
will add to the complexities,
he said.
The Rafale fighter jet

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the government was compliance with
procedures, very
Kashmiri Pakistan turns buying 36 Rafale fighters
from France at a much high-
New Delhi: The Rafale fight-
er jet has been selected for out- unusual in these kind of
er rate and said the rival was standing performance and
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wigs faced the prospect of be-
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through a completely trans-
parent process, said French
officials on Wednesday, refut-
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top official saying Pakistan committee (PAC) of parlia- known for integrity and all this includes 30% for mili- for fighter jets, they said
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Tender No. 2017 MSRLM 255037
companies. countrys own resources. talism, Rao added. positively to the entire Indian not up to us, they said.
Notice Inviting e -Tender (Re-Tender)
Supply of Sanitary Napkins on Rate Contract basis for a period of 3 years , to Women 's Institutions
of MSRLM & MAVIM in the State of Maharashtra CORRIGENDUM
The Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission , Mumbai invites tenders from reputed Primary Manufacturers
registered as Micro & Small Scale Industries for Supply of Sanitary Napkins on Rate Contract basis fora period of 3
years, to Women 's Institutions of MSRLM and MAVIM, under ASMITA Project in the state of Maharashtra.
It is informed to all bidders that the last date of online submission of
the tender / bid for the work "Construction of ROB and its approaches
Stone sculptures of Jnanpith award
recipient poet
Interested bidders who qualify as per the criteria and technical specification mentioned in the Tender document ,
may submit their bids online on https ://mahatenders.gov.in latest by 51 December 2017 up to 11:30 AM.
Sd/-
in lieu of existing Level Crossing no . 13 at Km . 25 .190 on NH-11at Pali
in the State of Haryana" is changed to 26 .12.2017, 11.00 Hrs . IST ,due
to administrative reasons. The other terms and conditions of the
Mamallapuram in Kunwar Narain
passes away
R. Vimala AS
Chief Executive Officer
Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission
tender shall remain unchanged. Superintending Engineer,
Rewari Circle , PWD B&R Br., Rewari
TN get GI status Avijit.Ghosh@timesgroup.com
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A.Subramani
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O/o Superintendent ,
recipient Kunwar Narain,
Postal Stores Depot ,
Chennai: The hand-craft- whose distinctive humanist
5th Main, 4th Cross , Chamarajpet , Bengaluru - 560018
Ph: 080-26600666 / 26600845. ed and stone-carved sculp- voice made him one of the
sppsdb 46 mail.com , psdbangalore.ka @indiapost.gov.in tures of Mamallapuram most distinguished poets in
e-tenders are invited on behalf of President of India for
have been granted the Geo- post-independent Hindi lit-
CIN: U40109KA1999SGCO 25521 graphical Indications (GI) erature, passed away at a city
procurement of 50 Lakhs numbers of Plastic Security Seals
No.CEE/ T&P/SE(E)/E E-T3/AE E-T8/8598-615 Date: 14-11-2017 (Bag Fasteners) of different colours" . The last date for tag by the GI registry, in rec- hospital on Wednesday. He
BRIEF TENDER NOTIFICATI ON submission of tender is 12-12-2017 upto 1600 hours. Tender ID ognition of the arts was critically ill for the past
(Through e-Procurement Portal Only)
2017_DOP_267655_ 1 uniqueness to the region. four months, sources close
For details please visit http://www.eprocure.gov.in or contact GI protection affords to the litterateur said. He
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited invites following bids as follows: Superintendent, Postal Stores Depot , Bengaluru-560018. better legal protection was 90.
St . Enquiry No. Particulars Sd /- Superintendent, against infringement and Compassion was his
No. Postal Stores Depot , authorises the GI tag-hold- primary concern. For him,
1) Establishing 2x100MVA , 220/66/11 kV substation at Shivanasamudra (Hebbani Bengaluru -560018 er to initiate penal action A typical sculpture from life and language were two
against violators in case of Mamallapuram is carved in sides of the same coin.
Village Limits) Malavalli Taluk, Mandya District.
r r r r false claim and deviation in stone with intricate designs Whether he was writing on
2) Construction of 220kV Double DC line on MC towers tapping from existing quality, said GI attorney ancient themes or on con-
220kV DC T.K. Hall y-Madhuvanahalli line to the proposed sub-station and advocate P Sanjai Mahabalipuram stone temporary subjects, his poet-
Gandhi, who filed the appli- sculpture is characterised ic core was essentially hu-
Shivanasamudra (Hebbani Village Limits), Malavalli Taluk, Mandya District for a
IK I

Brief Employment Notice No: IWAI ISRCIContrl.10 /2017 Dated 1511112017 cation on behalf of Tamil by a wide forehead, sharp manist, says culture activ-
distance of 2.137 Kms. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) an Autonomous Body under the Nadu Handicrafts Develop- nose, long eyes, hanging ist Satyanand Nirupam.
3) Construction of 66kV MC line on MC towers from the proposed 220/66/11kV Ministry of Shipping, Govt of India intends to engage the following position , ment Corporation Limited. ears and oval shaped faced, Adds literary critic Purush-
purely on Contractual basis , initially for a period of Two years and invite Now that the state-own- usually with double chins. ottam Agarwal, His poetry
Sub-staion Shivanasamudra (Hebbani village limits) to link the existing application from interested and eligible candidates. The maximum age limit for ed corporation has been Male and female sculp- is also marked by a clearly
SFC-Vajmangala 66kV DC line in Malavalli Taluk, Mand ya District for a distance all position , as on the closing date of receipt of application is 65 year. The last recognised as GI tag-holder, tures are slender and cur- defined progressive outlook
date for receipt of application is 05/1212017, with application in prescribed
of 3.702 Kms. proforma , to be addressed to the Assistant Secretary (SRC), IWAI , Noida ,
it has become the author- vaceous to look at, and sym- and inclusive Indianness.
ised user of Mahabalipu- bolise perfection in terms Born in Faizabad, Na-
4) Construction of 66kV MC line on MC towers from the proposed 220/66/11kV through registered post/ speed post.
ram Stone Sculpture, and of beauty, the notification rain was a post-graduate in
KPTCL/CEE/ Sub-staion Shivanasamudra (Hebbani village limits) to link the existing S.No./Position Code Details of Position No of position artisans and others willing explained. Referring to the English literature like sever-
T&P/ C.10 Consultant (Land Mana gement ) 02
SFC-Shimsha-T.K. Halli 66kV DC line in Malavalli Taluk , Mandya District for a to beneficially exploit the rich cave architecture, rock al other Hindi poets of the
1 220kV/ C.11 Consultant (Building Maintenance) 01 brand could get register architecture and structural time. His first book of po-
distance of 3.741 Kms. themselves with the body. temples in Mamallapuram ems, Chakravyuh, came out
SHNANASAMUDIW For further details as regards eligibility. etc. the website of IWAI viz
PTKITLSS/ 967 5) Construction of 66kV MC line on MC towers from the 220/66/11kV Sub-station www.iwai.nic.in may be visited. Shc- A typical sculpture from area, it said techniques in 1956 during the early, hea-
Shivanasamudra (Hebbani village limits) to link the existing SFC-Vajmangala SECRETARY Mamallapuram/Mahaba- used in these historic piec- dy years of the Nayi Kavita
lipuram is carved in stone es of art were still practiced (New Poetry) movement. He
(Idle H-Frame line) 66kV SC line to a distance of about3.514 Kms and conversion
of existing [del H-Frame SC line to MC line to a distance of about 2.792 Kms from CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT with characteristics of in- by present sculptors, who
had exceptional skills and
earned further notice after
tricate designing, and are being featured in Teesra Sap-
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tification published in the cate complex pieces of art gy edited by the renowned
Mandya District. (Office Ph. No.011-23370069 , Fax No. 011-23378406, email id: latest issue of GI Journal. of Pallava era. Agyeya.
6) Construction of proposed 66kV MC line on MC towers from the proposed deleeci.cpwd@nic.in) invites on behalf of the President of India online
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Allow sale of BS-IV vehicles post Apr 2020
In SC, Centre
Opposes
Complete Ban
AmitAnand.Choudhary
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Centre has
opposed a complete ban on sa-
le of BS-IV vehicles as propo-
sed by the environment pollu-
tion (prevention and control)
authority, and told the Supre-
me Court that auto companies
should be allowed to exhaust
stocks even after the April 1,
2020 deadline.
Opposing the plea on
complete ban on BS-IV vehi-
cles, the Centre contended
that the courts earlier order
banning registration of BS-III
vehicles from April 1 this year
after enforcement of BS IV fu-
CLEANING MISSION: The Supreme Court had on March 30 banned
sale and registration of BS-III vehicles from April 1
el norms created regulatory
uncertainty and should not be
repeated. The affidavit was fi-
led by the ministry of environ-
ment, forest and climate
change.
The SC had on March 30
banned sale and registration
of BS-III vehicles from April 1
and dismissed the plea of the
Centre and automakers to al-
low them to dispose of exis-
ting stocks after the deadline.
It is submitted that the
cut-off date for rolling out BS-
VI vehicles shall be in referen-
ce to the date of manufacture
and not date of registration as
indicated in the ministry of
road transport and highway
notification. The previous ex-
perience with respect to rol-
ling out of BS IV from April 1
this year as per the direction of
the court, which directed ban
on not only manufacturing
but also registration of alrea-
dy manufactured BS-III vehi-
cles, created a scenario of re-
gulatory uncertainty and mi-
sperception, the Centre said
in its affidavit.
The Centre has accepted
all other recommendations
made by EPCA to curb pollu-
tion in the NCR but expressed
reservation on the enforce-
ment of BS-VI emission
norms from April 1, 2020. It
told the court that the automo-
bile industry would be badly
hit if companies were not allo-
wed to sell their stocks of BS-
IV compliant vehicles after
the deadline.
The technical challenges
of leapfrogging directly from
DISEASES & DEATHS
SHARE IN TOTAL DEATHS IN 2016
Clarification
T he story on the changing
disease profile of Indian
Communicable, Non-
BS IV to BS VI are apparently
far more complex and chal-
maternal, neonatal
& nutritional
communicable
diseases Injuries
states in Wednesdays edition
titled Lifestyle diseases big-
lenging. If the date of shift to State groups gest killer even in most back-
BS-VI becomes date of regi-
diseases
ward states had a line that
stration then it would actually EAG states* 34.6 55.2 10.2 said, The report studies the
reduce the time available to period from 1990 to 2016 and
the industry for manufactu- North-east states 32.1 58.8 9.1 shows that communicable dis-
ring to a mere two years or so eases constitute almost two-
although BS-VI fuel will not be thirds of the disease burden
available across the country Other states 32.1 68.5 11.3 in India from a little over a
till April 1, 2020. This will ne- third in 1990. The line should
cessitate advancing the date of * Empowered Action Group states include Bihar, UP, MP, actually
making BS-VI fuel available at Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Uttarakhand have
a much earlier date so that BS SHARE IN TOTAL DEATHS IN INDIA read:
VI vehicles could be introdu- The re-
ced in the market to meet the Communicable, maternal, neonatal & nutritional diseases port
demand of both BS IV and BS Non-communicable diseases Injuries studies
VI vehicles, the affidavit said. the period from 1990 to 2016
Further, since BS VI vehi- 8.5 10.7 and shows that non-communi-
cles will be required to be ma- 27.5 cable diseases constitute al-
nufactured in advance, it will most two-thirds of the disease
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Patidar case withdrawals in larger Hardik fears Padmavati row: SC nixes pleas of
harassment 9 disqualified
public interest, govt tells court charges
Karni Sena calls for Ukhand MLAs
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
against him bandh on release day TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: More than a year

Ahmedabad: The state gov-
ernment on Wednesday re-
quested the city sessions court
to permit it to withdraw a crim-
inal case against members of
the Patidar community in the
larger interest of people. They
were booked during the vio-
lence that took place during the
reservation agitation in 2015.
Public prosecutor Sudhir
Brahmbhatt submitted appli-
cations before the principal
sessions judge informing him
that the state government has
decided to withdraw the cases
under provisions of Section 321
of the CrPC in the larger public
interest. The prosecutor also
requested the judge to expedite
the process and take up the
matter for early hearing. The
state government has in-
formed the court that it has de-
cided not to prosecute the ac-
cused people and requested ap-
propriate order under provi-
sions of law.
The criminal case involv-
ing five people was registered
with Ramol police station dur-
ing the Patidar quota agitation
on August 26, 2015, a day after
Patidar Anamat Andolan Sam-
iti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel
was detained after he ad-
dressed a huge rally at the
GMDC ground.
The five youths from Am-
raiwadi area were charged for
unlawful assembly, rioting and
arson. Their case is scheduled
to come up for hearing on De-
cember 26, but after request
from the state government, the
court has decided to hear it
next week, advocate Brahmb-
hatt said.
Earlier, the state govern-
ment had requested the ses-
sions court to allow it to with-
draw five cases registered
against Patidars at Naroda,
Ghatlodia, Shahibaug and Sa-
barmati police stations. The
state government has also re-
quested withdrawal of a com-
plaint against a Patidar leader,
Nilesh Ervadiya from Morbi,
who was booked for inciting
stir
Hardik Pa-
communal hatred by spread-
ing messages on social media.
Moreover, the state govern-
ment has made requests before
various metropolitan courts to
permit it to withdraw eight dif-
ferent cases involving agitating
Patidars. Since there were no
serious charges levelled in
these cases, they are to be tried
before a magisterial court.
Ashish.Chauhan
@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: Patidar quota
leader
tel on
Wednesday
gave vent to
his emotions
after half a
dozen sex video clips, alleg-
edly featuring him, went vi-
ral on social media in the
last two days. Kill me at the
first opportunity if I am
wrong. But the fight is not
about me; it is about rights of
Patidars, women and farm-
ers, said Hardik at a public
rally in Bharuch late on
Tuesday night.
Hardik also blamed
some IAS and IPS officers
for the sex tapes and accused
them of tarnishing his im-
age.
Some IAS and IPS offi-
cers had threatened that if I
did not end the quota agita-
tion, my sex videos would be
released to malign my im-
age. I did not bow to their
blackmail and the BJP re-
leased these sex tapes, the
23-year-old quota warrior
said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Jaipur: Rajput Karni Se-
na (RKS) on Wednesday
gave a call for Bharat
Bandh on December 1 to
protest against the relea-
se of controversial film
Padmavati on that day
even as the chorus for ban-
ning the movie reached
south with members of
the Rajput community
staging a demonstration
in Bengaluru.
Six RKS members who
were detained on Tuesday
for vandalising a cinema
hall and a mall in Kota
where the films trailer
was screened were arres-
ted on Wednesday and
sent in judicial custody
till November 19. Police
have booked another 40
people for the violence.
At a press conference
here, RKS patron Lokend-
ra Singh Kalvi said Pad-
mavati lead actor Deepi-
ka Padukones statement
that nothing can stop the
release of the film had
provoked the community.
She should have restrai-
ned from making such a
challenging statement.
She has put the onus of the
films clearance on the after the Uttarakhand assemb-
censor board, ignoring ly speaker disqualified nine re-
the sentiments that Indi- bel Congress MLAs to help the
an people have for Rani then Harish Rawat govern-
Padmini, said Kalvi. ment win a trust vote, the Su-
He said if required, preme Court on Tuesday dis-
RKS members can resort missed their appeals, challeng-
to violence. Jauhar ki ing the high court judgment
jwala abhi thandi nahi which had upheld the disquali-
hui hai. Ye bahut kuchh fication.
jala degi (Flames of jau- A three-judge bench headed
har have not died down. It by Chief Justice Dipak Misra
will burn many things, dismissed the appeals and
he added. said that these had become
Kalvi, who claimed to academic since a new gov-
be the 37th descendent of ernment had assumed office
Rani Padminis husband, in the state after assembly
Raja Ratan Singh of Chit- elections.
tor, said the films director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
had sent a letter to RKS on IIT Madras
November 9, but it was
just a jugglery of words. A HSEE - 2018
r
The letter has failed to Integrated Master
convince us. Therefore,
of Arts (M.A.)
our pledge to not allow the
films release stays, he Date : 15" April 2018 (Sunday)
said. Time: 10 .00 to 13 .00 hours
The RKS leader said he
Indian Institute of Technology
would hold protest mar-
Madras organizes HSEE-2018
ches in Patna, Gurgaon,
for admission to the five-year
Bhopal and Lucknow in
integrated Master of Arts (M.A. )
support of the ban.
Programme . For details of
In Bengaluru, several
eligibility and a p p l i c a t i o n ,
RKS members turned up please visit http:// hsee.iitm.
at the Town Hall in the he- ac.in Candidates can apply
art of the city and mar- online from December 14 , 2017
ched to the Freedom Park. to January 24 , 2018.

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Rajkot: Congress vice-presi-

dent Rahul Gandhi, senior
party leader P Chidamba-
ram, and former PM Manmo-
han Singh have tried to cor-
ner the BJP over the adverse
impact of the Goods and Ser-
vices Tax (GST) on industries
and traders in Rajkot, a major
industrial hub in Gujarat.
However, revisions in GST
rates and the easing of com-
pliance norms for filing of re-
turns seem to have helped the
AGENT RANA
ments on November 10 have
calmed the agitated business
communities in and around
Rajkot.
Rajkot has always been an
important territory for the
BJP. PM Narendra Modi en-
tered the Gujarat assembly by
winning from Rajkot-II (now
Rajkot West) constituency in
the 2002 bypoll, a few months
after he was made the Gujarat
CM. Gujarats current CM Vi-
jay Rupani also represents
Rajkot West in the assembly.
Ahmedabad: The Election the script of the advertise-
Commission has barred the ment did not link the word to
ruling BJP in Gujarat
from using the word
Pappu in an elec-
tronic advertisement,
which apparently tar-
geted Congress vice-
president Rahul
Gandhi, calling it de- BATTLEGROUND mentioned in the
rogatory. Pappu is
perceived as a social
GUJARAT
media slur coined to target submitted by the party for ap-
Gandhi.
PART
ment, sources in the BJP said
any individual.
According to BJP
sources, the media
committee under the
Gujarat chief electo-
ral officer (CEO) ob-
jected to the word
script of the adver-
tisement which was
proval last month.
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tion-related advertisement, we
have to submit a script to the
committee to get a certificate.
However, they raised objection
to the word Pappu, saying it is
derogatory. They asked us to
remove or replace it, a senior
BJP leader said.
Since there was no direct
mention or linkage with any
person while mentioning Pap-
pu in the entire script, we had
appealed to the committee to
reconsider their decision, but
they rejected it, he said.
DeMon: HC
notice to RBI for
not returning
money to couple
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
HC issued notice to the RBI
on Tuesday after an octoge-
narian couple approached it
with a petition that they had
deposited Rs 47,000 in old cur-
rency notes with the RBI but
did not get the new currency
even seven months after the
deposit.
In September 2016, Rash-
mikant and his wife Geeta-
ben Shah went to the UK,
where their son lives. In No-
vember, the Centre took a de-
cision to demonetize curren-
cy notes. They returned to In-
dia on January 16. Upon re-
turn, they found that they
had demonetized currency
worth Rs 47,000. The couple
biz summit
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@timesgroup.com
London: After roping in
Reliance Industries chair-
man Mukesh Ambani for
the fourth edition of Beng-
al Global Business Sum-
mit (BGBS), West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee had a big catch
for the showcase event in
Lakshmi Mittal on Mon-
day night here.
One of the richest Indi-
ans in the world, Mittal ag-
reed to attend the summit
in January following a pri-
vate meeting with the
Bengal CM during her
London trip.
Banerjee visited the
billionaires 12-bedroom
mansion in Kensington
Palace Gardens on Mon-
day night after the round-
table organised by UKIBC
and Ficci. Speaking to a
small group of journalists
after spending more than
an hour with the steel ty-
coon worth $16 billion, Ba-
nerjee said: It was very
cordial. It was like family.
He said he will come.
Mittal is a graduate
from St Xaviers College in
Kolkata, where his family
first started business.
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acting as our personal butlers or
planning mankinds robopoca-
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routine is in many ways easier than stopping according to the psychologist Daniel
and realising, Hey, Im miserable here. So, it Goleman. Then again, another component of
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enough to do that work for you to make the ability to realise that youre feeling a
note of your unhappiness and bring it to your certain way and why.
attention when youre either too preoccupied Your best bet is to work on developing your
or too much in denial. Spencer Rascoff calls self-awareness and to find someone whos
this person your career mirror. Rascoff is the sensitive to the fluctuations in your feelings.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 TIMES TRENDS 11

High BP is redefined as 130/80, not 140/90 Teen suicides up,

New US Guidelines Mean Tens Of Millions More Will Meet Criteria For Hypertension Thinkstock
as is social media
'A t use. Is there a link?
Gina Kolata Those numbers are scary, blood pressure by exercising The new criteria, the first its guidance next year.
said Dr Robert M Carey of the more and eating a healthier official diagnostic revision According to the new US

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eading American heart University of Virginia, co- diet, or with drug therapy, since 2003, result from grow- guidelines, anyone with at

experts on Monday is-
sued new guidelines for
high blood pressure that
mean tens of millions more
will meet the criteria for the
condition, and will need to
change their lifestyles or take
medicines to treat it.
Under the guidelines, for-
mulated by the American
Heart Association and the
American College of Cardiolo-
gy, the number of men under
age 45 with a diagnosis of high
blood pressure will triple, and
the prevalence among women
under age 45 will double.
SHORT CUTS
b
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chair of the committee that
wrote the new guidelines.
The number of adults
with high blood pressure, or
hypertension, in the US will
rise to 103 million from 72 mil-
lion under the previous stan-
dard. But the number of new
candidates for drug treat-
ment will rise only by an esti-
mated 4.2 million, he said.
Few risk factors are as im-
portant to health. High blood
pressure is second only to
smoking as a preventable
cause of heart attacks and
strokes, and heart disease re-
AFP Better trained, still millennials
earn less than what parents did
DISTURBING DIAGNOSIS
mains a leading killer around
the world. If people act on the
guidelines and lower their
they could drive an already ing evidence that blood pres-
falling death rate from heart sure far lower than had been
attacks and stroke even low- considered normal greatly
er, experts said. reduces the chances of heart
Now, high blood pressure attack and stroke, as well as
will be defined as 130/80 mil- the overall risk of death.
limeters of mercury or grea- Recent research indicates
ter for anyone with a signifi- this is true even among older
cant risk of heart attack or people for whom intensive
stroke. The previous guide- treatment had been thought
lines defined high blood pres- too risky. A major study two
sure as 140/90. (The first num- years ago found heart risks
ber describes the pressure on were much lower in people
blood vessels when the heart who aimed for 120. Canada
contracts, and the second re- and Australia have lowered
fers to the pressure as the their cutoff to that; Europe is
heart relaxes between beats.) still at 140 but is due to revise
GM beetle has a fully
functional third eye
least a 10% risk of a heart at-
tack or stroke in the next dec-
ade should aim for blood pres-
sure below 130/80. But simply
being age 65 or older brings a
10% risk of cardiovascular
trouble, and so effectively ev-
eryone over that age will have
to shoot for the new target.
Younger patients with
this level of risk include
those with conditions like
heart disease, kidney disease
or diabetes. The new stan-
dard will apply to them, as
well. NYT NEWS SERVICE
(With agency inputs)
teen suicides have been
picting perfect lives may
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Chicago: An increase in sui-
cide rates among US teens
occurred at the same time
social media use surged and
a new analysis suggests
there may be a link.
Suicide rates for teens
rose between 2010 and 2015 af-
ter they had declined for near-
ly two decades, according to
data from the federal Centers
for Disease Control (CDC) 7
and Prevention. Why the
rates went up isnt known.
The study doesnt answer
the question, but it suggests
that one factor could be ris- WEB FACADE TAKING TOLL?
ing social media use. Recent
blamed on cyberbullying,
were 70% more likely to be
suicidal than those who re-
ported one hour of daily use.
and social media posts de-
In 2015, 36% reported
be taking a toll on teens men- feeling sad or hopeless, or

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esearchers have genetically modified a tal health, researchers say. planning or thinking about
common beetle to develop a third func- After hours of scrolling attempting suicide, up from

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. ost millennials will
b `fi struggle to earn more
g money and find bet-
J ter jobs than their parents
despite being more highly
trained, according to a study
by Credit Suisse.
Defined as being those
born between 1982 and 2000
A boat escorts a stranded humpback whale back to so between 35 and 17, now
deeper waters at Qidong in China millennials face tougher bor-
rowing rules, rising home
prices, and lower income mo-
We were making wine from bility, the study said.
grapes far earlier than thought With the baby boomers
occupying most of the top
jobs and much of the hous-
The worlds earliest evidence of grape wine-
ing, millennials are doing
making has been detected in 8,000-year-old
less well than their parents
pottery jars unearthed in Georgia, making the
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tradition almost 1,000 years older than previously
thought, researchers said on Monday. Before, the
nual Global Wealth report,
__ published on Tuesday.
As a result only high
achievers and those in lucra-
Y tive areas like technology
and finance have better pro-
spects than their parents.
Overall, Credit Suisse
found global wealth at
mid-2017 totalled $280 tril-
lion, up 6.4% year-on-year,
the fastest pace of growth
since 2012. However, the
HARD TIMES
wealth is heavily concentrat-
at the same age, especially in
relation to income, home
ed. Some 36 million million-
aires making up less than 1%
ownership and other dimen- of the adult population own
sions of wellbeing, the 46% of global household
Swiss bank wrote in its an- wealth. REUTERS
tional eye, right in the middle of the in- through Instagram feeds, I
sects forehead. feel worse about myself be-
Unravelling the biological mechanisms be- cause I feel left out, said
hind this occurrence could help researchers Caitlin Hearty, a 17-year-old
understand how evolution draws upon exist- US high school senior who
ing developmental and genetic building helped organise an offline
blocks to create novel complex traits. campaign last month after
The study, published in the journal several teen suicides in her
PNAS, also provides deeper insights into an Colorado community.
earlier experiment that accidentally pro- The studys authors
duced an extra eye during research to under- looked at CDC suicide re-
stand how the insect head develops. Re- ports from 2009-15 and re-
searchers grew an extra functional eye sults of two surveys given to
technically, a fusion of two sets of extra US high school students to
eyes following the knockdown of a single
gene. What makes the results so exciting is
measure attitudes, beha-
viours and interests. About
the simple genetic technique used to achieve half a million teens aged 13
the gene knockdown, said researcher Eduar- to 18 were involved. They
do E Zattara, lead author on the study. PTI were asked about use of elec-
.. : tronic devices, social media,
print media, television and
32% in 2009. For girls, the
rates were higher 45% in
2015 versus 40% in 2009.
We need to stop think-
ing of smartphones as
harmless,' said study au-
thor Jean Twenge, a psy-
chology professor at San
Diego State University who
studies generational trends.
Theres a tendency to say,
Oh, teens are just communi-
cating with their friends.
Monitoring kidsuse of
smartphones and social
media is important, and so is
setting reasonable limits,
she said.
Dr Victor Strasburger, a
teen medicine specialist at
the University of New Mexi-

For some people, race not black & white

time spent with friends. co, said the study only im-
oldest chemical evidence of wine in the Near East
Dr Christine Moutier, plies a connection between
dated to 5,400-5,000 BC (about 7,000 years ago)
chief medical officer at the teen suicides, depression
and was from the Zagros Mountains of Iran, said
American Foundation for and social media. It shows
the report in the Proceedings of the National
Samuel Osborne a local TV station. Id watch the way, he said, But the difference racial fluidity to be recognised in Suicide Prevention, said the the need for more research
Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.
History Channel, sometimes for between me and them is that I the same way as transgenderism. study provides weak evi- on new technology, Stras-
The worlds very first wine is thought to have been

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man who was born white hours... you know, nothing else in- dont want that. He has also cre- Dolezal said race is less biological dence for a popular theory burger said.
made from rice in China around 9,000 years ago.
has claimed he is transra- trigued me more but things about ated a Facebook page and com- than gender and said the term and that many factors influ- He noted that skeptics
The new discovery dates the origin of the prac-
cial and considers himself Filipino culture. munity for others who believe transracial is a useful term to ence teen suicide. who think social media is
tice to the Neolithic period around 6,000BC,
East Asian. Ja Du, born Adam they are transracial. As on Tues- describe how race should be con- The study was published being unfairly criticized
according to the study.
Wheeler, said he grew up enjoy-
ing the culture of the Philippines
TRANSRACIALISM day eveing, it had over 80 likes.
Ja Dus claims are likely to
sidered in the future.
Sceptics, however, have lashed
on Tuesday in the journal
Clinical Psychological Sci-
compare it with so-called
vices of past generations:
New AI system may work without net:
before coming to the realisation. When asked about cultural reignite the debate around the ex- out at her claims, saying transra- ence. When dime-store books
Scientists are developing an AI system that
He also drives a tuk tuk around appropriation, Ja Du said it act efinition of transracialism. cial actually signifies the experi- It found teens use of came out, when comic books
breaks free from the internet and cloud comput-
Florida, which is commonly used could be an issue, but argued he Earlier this year, Rachel Dolezal, a ence of adopted children raised in electronic devices, includ- came out, when television
ing, and provides greater privacy to users. New
for public transport in the Philip- was not trying to take advantage. white woman who pretended she households of a different culture ing smartphones, for at least came out, when rock and roll
deep-learning AI software produced with the
pines. Whenever Im around the I believe people will, just like was black for 10 years before being than their own for example, an five hours daily more than first started, people were
tech is compact enough to fit into mobile com-
music, around the food, I feel like other people have taken advan- publicly outed and then admitted Indian child raised by a white fam- doubled, from 8% in 2009 to saying This is the end of the
puter chips for use in everything from smart-
Im in my own skin, he told WTSP, tage of their identity to get their she identified as black, called for ily. THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES 19% in 2015. These teens world. AP
phones to industrial robots.

iToons Sunil Agarwal & Ajit Ninan

When internships dont pay, some colleges will r ; ; The real teeth are
inside.Those are for
Students Who Want To Work In Nonprofits But Cant Afford It Without Stipend Get A Helping Hand __ : the profile picture

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Anemona Hartocollis a necessary credential in a dents to pick a field because it Were not trying to prosely- is, said Mindy Deardurff,
highly competitive job mar- pays and overlook another tise with these students, but dean of career development I

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s the child of a divorced,
unemployed mother,
Shira Eisenberg learned
to get by, she says, on the kind-
ness of strangers. But even
she was surprised when she ar-
rived at the University of Chi-
cago and was told that if she
jumped through a few hoops,
like going to seminars on how
ket about half of interns field because it doesnt pay wed like their eyes to be open at the St Paul campus.
are offered a job by a compa- for an internship, said Mere- to the second and third sec- Amherst College distrib-
ny where they have interned, dith Daw of the University of tors in our economy, said Re- uted $1 million this past sum-
according to a 2017 survey by Chicago. There are 2,000 becca Tekula of Paces Wil- mer, 40% more than it did the
the US National Association placements each year through son Centre for Social Entre- previous year, helping 229 stu-
of Colleges and Employers. Chicagos Jeff Metcalf Intern- preneurship. The centre dents take unpaid internships
But for those thinking of ship Programme. Employers pairs students with nonprof- with nonprofits and small
careers in nonprofits, public agree to cover the salary at its in and around NYC. start-ups. The money came
service, social services or the : least $11 an hour or the local Macalester College in from alumni gifts and $200,000
arts, paid opportunities are minimum wage, whichever is Minnesota, too, subsidises from the Jack Kent Cooke

to behave at a job interview, she
would be guaranteed a paid in-
ternship, financed by the uni-
versity if no other source of
money was available.
Without the stipend, I
would not have been able to
afford it, said Eisenberg, a
sophomore majoring in com-
puter science.
Internships have become
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Dinosaurs mayve
scarce. Employers often cant higher. But when an organisa- internships involving social Foundation, which supports
afford a stipend, and many stu- tion cant afford to pay 40% missions, like helping inte- low-income college students.
dents cant afford to work for cant the university pro- grate tuberculosis services Over the past five years,
free. In response, campuses vides a $4,000 grant for a 10- into Georgias health system alumni and parents have do-
PURSUE YOUR PASSION
are using philanthropy and
their own funds to subsidise
internships at organisations
that have a mission of social
about how they will pay for
food and housing, and for
those who see Goldman
week stint.
Pace University, New
York, posted over 4,000 in-
ternships last year, about
and fighting transgender dis-
crimination. Last year, about
50 interns took part.
This is an opportunity to
nated $4 million to Colgate Uni-
versity, enabling it to support
some 200 students each year
take unpaid or low-paid in-
lived if asteroid had
change or innovation.
Students can pursue their
passion without worrying
Sachs in their future, its a
chance to do good work.
We dont want our stu-
40% of them unpaid, and pro-
vides grants for many intern-
ships in the nonprofit sector.
try on a career no matter
what their interest or major
or their economic situation
ternships, typically with non-
profits, the creative arts or to
do research. NYT NEWS SERVICE
struck elsewhere
AFP
Nicholas St Fleur

This app will make Sweat may soon unlock phones When AI assistant
D
inosaurs reigned su-
preme for over 160 mil-
you eat more veggies .. Reuters threw itself a party lion years. Their dy-

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new biometric authen- at the University at Albany, nasty came to a close 66 mil- 9^
Canberra: Australian scientists on Monday tication approach based Using sweat as an identifier Aatif Sulleyman lion years ago when an aste-
launched a dinner table app in an effort to on your body sweat may cannot be easily mimicked/ roid crashed into the

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tackle aversion towards consuming vegeta- soon help you unlock your hacked by potential intrud- man says Amazons AI assistant Yucatn Peninsula in Mexi-
bles. Research indicates two out of three Aus- smartphone and other weara- ers. It is close to fool-proof. threw its own party at his flat in the co at a site now known as the
tralian adults are not eating enough vegeta- ble devices in a more secure Skin secretions contain early hours of the morning, forcing Chicxulub crater, paving the
bles, a factor that is contributing partly to the manner, scientists say. many small molecules, or me- police to intervene. Oliver Haberstroh, who way for mammals and JURASSIC JIGSAW
nations health and obesity problems, reports The approach, proposed tabolites, that can each be tar- lives in Germany, says his Alexa-enabled eventually humans to in-

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Xinhua news agency. by researchers at the Univer- geted for authentication anal- speaker started playing music at full blast herit the Earth. Found: Dino-era shark
VegEze app, developed by the Common- sity at Albany, US, relies on ysis. To build a profile, a de- when nobody was at home to control it. Po- But had the extraterres-
wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or- analysing skin secretions vice would first have a moni- lice had to break into his sixth-floor flat in trial impact happened near- with a snakes head
ganisation (CSIRO), aims to encourage Austra- or sweat to build an amino toring period in which it order to investigate the disturbance, which ly anywhere else, like in the
lians to add extra vegetables to their daily
diets. CSIRO nutritionists will study how effec-
acid profile that is unique to
the devices owner.
would continuously measure
its owners sweat levels at var-
was reported to them by Haberstrohs
neighbours. The speaker started playing
ocean or in the middle of
most continents, some scien-
S cientists have discovered a
dinosaur-era shark with 300
teeth and a snakes head off the
tive the apps game-like nature is at changing The profile would be ious times of the day. music between 1.50am and 3am. tists now say it is possible di-
UNIQUELY YOURS Portuguese coast. The rare
peoples eating patterns as part of a broader re- stored within a device and Among other things, the Amazon claims Alexa didnt malfunc- nosaurs could have survived
species dates back 80 million
search study. used for identification pur- form of security that could approach would help people tion, but was remotely activated. Echo annihilation. Only 13% of
years. It is not known yet why
Manny Noakes, CSIROs senior principal poses each time an attempt to completely change the au- with certain disabilities who was remotely activated and the volume in- the Earths surface har-
this species has survived when
research scientist professor, said a fresh ap- unlock is made, the research- thentication process for elec- may be unable to move their creased through the customers third par- boured the ingredients nec-
other prehistoric creatures
proach was needed to improve Australias veg- ers said. tronic devices, said Jan Ha- fingers in a specific position ty mobile music-streaming app, it told essary to turn the cosmic col-
have not. It has been speculated
etable consumption and diet quality. We are developing a new lamek, an assistant professor to open a device. PTI Inquirer. THE INDEPENDENT lision into this specific mass
the shark influenced 19th
Our research found two out of three Aus- extinction event, according
century sailors stories of sea
tralian adults are not eating enough vegeta- to a study published last
serpents. THE INDEPENDENT

Sex unlikely to cause cardiac arrest

bles, especially as part of their evening meal. week in Scientific Reports.
It's time to find more engaging, effective ap- I think dinosaurs could
proaches to help break these entrenched diet still be alive today, if the as- dinary amount of black car-
habits. Thinkstock teroid had landed elsewhere, bon, or soot, from the rocks,

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VegEze challenges users to eat three differ- ess than one in 100 cases of
ent vegetables at their evening meal daily for 21 cardiac arrest in men is as-
days. It will track their intake and tally vegeta- sociated with sexual activ-
ble serves, with reminders and rewards. ity, a study discussed at a con-
Since May 2015, scientists at the countrys ference of the American Heart
peak scientific research body have studied the Association has revealed.
dietary habits of more than 191,000 adults for Thats much higher than the
its Healthy Diet Score research. rate for women, with only one in
Further research of 1,068 adults has 1,000 cardiac arrests triggered by
showed that some Australians were falling sex, but still low, say experts.
short due to lack of awareness and time, and A sudden cardiac arrest
low confidence. (SCA) is when the heart sudden-
To overcome these barriers, the VegEze app ly stops beating usually with-
features educational resources, including a vi- out warning. If not treated im-
sual guide to optimum serve sizes, recipes and mediately, it can result in death.
nutritional information. AGENCIES This is different from a heart
attack, also known as a myocar- years in the US Portland area.
dial infarction, which occurs Only 34 (0.7%) were during or
when blood flow to the heart is within an hour of having sex,
blocked and often allows people and 32 of those were in men. Most
time to get to a hospital and be already were on medicines for
treated, said Dr Sumeet Chugh, a heart conditions, so their risk
cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai was elevated to start with.
Heart Institute in Los Angeles. Its a very awkward situa-
tion, and a very horrifying situa-
HEART OF MATTER tion to be one of the two people
who survives, but more would
He and other researchers survive if CPR rates were higher,
wanted to know how sex affected Chugh said. The study was pub-
the odds of cardiac arrest. lished in the Journal of the
They studied records on more American College of Cardiolo-
than 4,500 cardiac arrests over 13 gy. DAILY MIRROR & AGENCIES
Kunio Kaiho, a paleontolo-
gist from Tohoku University
in Japan and lead author on
the study, said.
Other researchers ques-
(i l
tioned their findings.
When the asteroid
struck, it found a rich source
of sulphur and hydrocar-
I
1-
bons, or organic deposits
like fossil fuels, according to
the researchers. Scorching
hot temperatures at the im-
A study has found less than one in pact crater would have ignit-
100 cardiac arrests among men to be ed the fuel. The Chicxulub
associated with sexual activity impact spewed an extraor-
the researchers said. That in
turn launched nearly 60
Hoover Dams worth of soot
into the upper atmosphere,
cooling the Earths surface
by as much as 18 degrees Fah-
renheit, they said. Not every
place on the planet has the
same amount of fossil fuel
reserves and sulphur be-
neath its surface. Locations
with fewer hydrocarbons
would have jetted less soot into
the sky and created a smaller
cooling effect around the
globe. NYT NEWS SERVICE
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

A thought for today

The truth is, immigrants tend to be more
American than people born here
CHUCK PALAHNIUK, US novelist
Nurture Indias Human Capital
For rapid economic growth, paying attention to health and nutrition is essential

Going To America Bill Gates But whether the country makes the
most of its demographic good fortune
-- \ I have had two careers, r will depend on its ability to close the gap
and India has been cen- between the current and potential health
tral to both of them. At of its people.
Indian students dream of a US education Microsoft, I watched as Of course, Indias growth will
serves both countries well the country developed a
world-class IT sector that
depend on additional factors beyond
health and nutrition. Structural trans-
formation, including the flow of capital

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any call Indians in America the model minority. Their is still driving innovation in the field. At
success is most visible in the tech field where Indians have our foundation, I focus on global health. investment into more productive,
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Indias immense diversity and size make II < ;
} high-tech sectors, is also necessary. As
both ascended to the top of the biggest firms and have it a source of both defining challenges and Indians move from the countryside to
founded an estimated 10-20% of Silicon Valley startups. Belonging cutting-edge solutions for our sector. cities in increasing numbers, invest-
to communities that encourage education strongly is a key explanation One of the most important questions ment must follow them.
for their outperformance. But there are troubling signs that unfair in India today is, what will it take to However, without concurrent invest-
barriers are being raised against the entry of Indian students into trigger rapid economic growth in the ment in health and nutrition, India
America. The latest Open Doors survey, conducted by the Institute years and decades to come? Drawing wont have the thriving workforce it
on both of my careers, I can say with needs to take advantage of this structural
of International Education, shows that though US universities still confidence that it will take investments transformation. Opportune investments
remain a much favoured destination, the percentage of increase in in health and nutrition, or what econo- in human capital can maximise the
fresh enrolments by Indians halved in 2016-2017 to 12.3% from almost mists call human capital. impact of structural changes to Indias
25% the previous year. Human capital has always been impor- economy, and trigger growth that is
Although a mix of global and local tant. For example, research shows that swift, inclusive, and sustained.
economic conditions lies behind this investments in fundamentals like health For this to happen, India urgently
and nutrition account for almost 40% of HUMAN needs to boost its public investment in
slowing, there is also growing evidence

Chad Crowe
v
Chinas phenomenal growth since the CAPITAL health while also improving how private
- that US universities are pursuing late 1970s. And, as India charts its course health spending is channelled. The
racial balancing and campus diversity for the future, the productivity and skill emphasis needs to shift from current
expressly at the expense of Indians level of its workforce is becoming even massive levels of out-of-pocket spending
and other Asians. For example the US more critical. More than half of Indian women and al- to pooled spending.
Department of Justice is now follo- The export- most a quarter of Indian men of working Moreover, the country needs to
wing up a complaint by a coalition
oriented, low-skill, age suffer from anaemia. According to It is becoming increasingly develop a stronger primary healthcare
large-scale manu- studies, they are anywhere from 5-15% clear that on many measures and nutrition system, ensure that both
of 64 Asian-American organisations, facturing jobs that less productive than they could be, private and public sector providers offer
that Asian applicants to Harvard developing econo- as a result. India also has the largest of cognitive ability, high-quality services, and complete the
need 140, 270 and 450 more SAT points than whites, Hispanics and mies have relied upon (and that were tuberculosis burden in the world, malnourished Indian children unfinished agenda on infectious disease
blacks respectively. Likewise, high-scoring applicants from India the key to much of Chinas success) are on costing 170 million workdays in the control. With these changes, India will de-
the wane around the world. Automation is country annually.
perform two to three times rive more value from its health expenditu-
face far higher cutoffs than students from less populous countries.
reducing the amount of low-skill work the But whats just as important as lost worse than their adequately res and increase their impact on peoples
According to the Open Doors survey, while Indias rate of growth
outpaces Chinas, it is China that sends the most students to the US. In
manufacturing sector requires. productivity now is lost potential in the nourished peers lives and their collective economic future.
More importantly, high tech sectors future. It is becoming increasingly clear Since I started paying attention to
2016-17 Indian students numbered 1.86 lakh compared to 3.5 lakh Chinese offer by far the greatest opportunity for that on many measures of cognitive dependent on highly skilled workers, India during my first career, the
students. Obviously India is yet to make the most of its English-spea- growth. Advances in areas like artificial ability, malnourished Indian children this poses a significant challenge. And countrys evolution has been pheno-
king advantage. On the American side, other than the many social intelligence and machine learning are perform two to three times worse than its one that really should be addressed menal. With the right investment in
spurring innovation and economic their adequately nourished peers. now, given Indias demographic outlook. Indias economy and Indias people, what
contributions of the model minority, another consideration should
dynamism on which India can capitalize. Data from 2005-6 show that 48% of The next 15 years could be a time of lies ahead will be even more impressive.
be how Indians contribute 17% of total earnings from overseas students For these high tech sectors to grow at young children were malnourished. Since extraordinary opportunity, as the wor- The writer is co-founder, Microsoft, and
in US universities; they could happily contribute much more. an optimal rate and spur the Indian econo- these children were born between 12 and king age population grows relative to other currently co-chair of the Bill and Melinda
Free cross-border flow of intelligent and hard-working people my, theyll need to be able to rely on Indian 17 years ago, it means that approximately population segments. India is poised Gates Foundation
makes the world a better place. Promising as Americas strategic workers who are prepared to excel at these half of new entrants to the workforce to enjoy a prolonged period of what
handshake with India is, one of the goods it must deliver is smoothe- new and more demanding jobs. And that today, about 4.5 million each year, are economists sometimes call a favourable The 2nd mock test is on Nov 19th, at 11 am
requires a long-term plan to address less likely to fulfill their potential due to dependency ratio a greater proportion IST sharp. To take this test, self-verification
ning this flow of human capital. On Indias part the need is to make
health and nutrition across the country. poor health and malnutrition. of economic producers compared with is compulsory on www.timesspark.com.
this point with the Americans while constructing even more fecund Part of the issue is productivity. For an economy that will be more those who are economically dependent.
bridges with its diaspora. From how American-educated children of
the governing class helped push Indias liberalisation in 1991 to the
indispensable role of the Indian-American community in the civilian
nuclear agreement, the diaspora has played a key role in Indias rise. Is India ready for honesty? We demanded big bang
Token Gestures changes but when we got them, many are complaining
Sunil Alagh the voting population. I find spending companies are saddled
Kneejerk measures wont solve air pollution, them most concerned about with spare capacity, reducing
To paraphrase employment rather than the old investments with all the makings
have a sustainable approach Dickens, It causes of caste and religion, in of a vicious circle.
was the most the course of my travels around RBI needs to boost spen-

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ith Delhi government continuing to push for the token ding and not be too hung up on
honest of times the country and conversations
odd-even vehicle restriction scheme with exemptions for and the most with youth. controlling inflation. It needs
women and two-wheelers long-term measures to curb air dishonest of Give us a job is a principal to realise that in a developing
pollution are getting the short shrift. While emergency measures such times. On the one hand, we demand. Corruption is a hot economy, inflation of 6% to 7%
as shutting down schools under the graded response action plan may be finally have a prime minister button issue and they fully back under the Keynesian system is

warranted given the poor quality of air in the National Capital Region, who wants to bring in honesty
on a grand countrywide scale,
the aim ought to be to prevent this dire situation in the first place. Whats
supported by a young popula-
c,.
the intent of the PM in his not a big deal. It should reduce
stated goals of bringing about interest rates by 2 percentage
points.
zero corruption.

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required is a holistic approach that addresses the root causes of air tion. And on the other, you Banks ought to start lending
pollution. Studies show that four wheelers in Delhi account for just 10% have a large older population of again steps have been taken to set
of air pollution. Even if one assumes, on the high side, that odd-even
reduces car usage by 30%, it will only lead to a tem-
India, who for the longest time,
have informally rewarded and
While we rail about i f this in motion with the recapita-
lisation exercise. This will raise

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Meanwhile, ordinary road dust constitutes
valourised whoever broke the
rules and got away: from the
guy in the college hostel who
around 38% of air pollution in Delhi. Yet it goes cracked the curfew, to jumping
largely unaddressed. Despite the Supreme Court a queue to get early entry, to our
previously directing the vacuum cleaning of famous jugaad based innova-
roads and repair of pavements in the national ca- tion on avoiding paying taxes
pital, little progress has been made in this regard. (entire books have been written
Simple solutions lie in paving over open soil or about jugaad).
While we rail about corrup-
covering it with drought-tolerant varieties of grass. Plus, open landfills tion and shortcuts in our public
too are a big source of dust. This is why technology-driven solid waste lives and on social media, we
management solutions are urgently needed for our growing cities. are quite happy partaking of
Authorities cite shortage of manpower and finance for failing to them, if it means getting a leg
execute basic municipal works. But solutions can be found by accessing up. It has become a way of life
for many of us.
funds collected under Swachh Bharat cess or coal production cess,
Theres however potential
and generating manpower through MGNREGA. In fact, the latter can for this longstanding tradition
also be used for clearing crop stubble in states like Punjab and to skip a generation. By 2019, we
Haryana, thus solving the problem of crop burning. Odd even makes will have a hundred million
for good publicity. But tackling air pollution requires actual political youngsters who will be part of
will and coordination, which no one is able to summon up.
dilbert
corruption and
shortcuts in our public
lives and on social
media, we are quite
happy partaking of
them if it means
getting a leg up
But heres where we get back
to the original question Is India
ready for such honesty? And can
it take the sometimes necessary
but unpleasant steps to get there?
Part of this has to do with
the pace of change. India was
used to a homeopathic system:
changes came in such small
increments, they were all but
imperceptible. The PM and his
E
team on the other hand have been
moving fast certainly too fast
for the comfort of many Indians.
In six months, weve had
demonetisation, Aadhaar, bank-
ruptcy law changes and GST. In
spite of demanding big bang
changes, the moment they are
implemented, many of us want
more time to accept change.
So, whats the government
to do if it doesn't want to lose
yet another generation to
corruption?
The first step is to reduce the
barriers to being honest. If tra-
ders find GST too complicated
and feel it is putting too great a
price on honesty, they may
revert to the inherently opaque
cash economy. Small traders are
complaining and in villages,cash
is making a comeback.
As the recent GST revisions
have shown, this is obviously
something the government is
cognisant of and addressing
on a war footing. I am certain
further rationalisations and
modifications to the systems
are imminent.
The second step is to get more
cash in the hands of consumers
and increase their eagerness to
spend. In the wake of demoneti-
sation, there has been a massive
upsurge in the number of bank
accounts. But the propensity to
spend has gone down, since
earlier, cash was in the pockets
and was spent without a second
thought. If people are not
the fiscal deficit, but we need the
infusion of public funds and
encourage private investment
leading to creation of jobs.
The final change is some-
thing the government cannot
do anything about: Its down to
us, the people. Are we ready to
change ourselves and forsake
the old ways? Have we so soon
forgotten how bothered we all
were about corruption, many of
us willing to brave the elements
to rally against it?
Its true that the prime
minister promised us a bed of
roses. Hes currently preparing
the bed. The roses are bound to
follow.
The writer is chairperson, SKA
Advisors
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notion of the impact of their actions on ordinary citizens. And said fog
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carbon footprint has extended to almost all the host cities of conceals. It often has less to do with the enables us to think our way out high price. A flawed thinking, when they are exclusively
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the resilience to cope with hazardous events. However, in his case energy man who established the field of positi- consequences. I know at least r a.' have violent responses in the possibility.
intensity isnt always an optimal ratio of energy use to economic output. He is ve psychology, warned that optimism two suffering people who failed face of inevitable disappoint- Forced positive thinking evokes
in no danger of becoming an ozone hole, despite the recent ultraviolent radia- may sometimes keep us from seeing to recover from serious ments or minor setbacks. doubt, uncertainty, ambivalence,
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regime is marked by an aversion to green. Positive psychology itself does not blaming themselves for not been consistently assured of unacknowledged emotions, that drain
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emissions of fossils fuelling the DeMo-GST attack. No, he cannot control the
rather, it explores important aspects of
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ArcelorMittal, Tatas step up
Essar & Bhushan Steel bids
Vie With Promoters Ruias, Singals | Mittal Co Ropes In Goldman
Boby Kurian &
Reeba Zachariah TNN
Mumbai: Lakshmi Mittal-
spearheaded ArcelorMittal
and Tata Steel have intensifi-
ed efforts to place takeover
bids for Essar Steel and Bhus-
han Steel, pitching them aga-
inst the beleaguered promo-
ters who would make offers to
re-acquire the debt-laden
companies under the Insol-
vency and Bankruptcy Code
proceedings.
ArcelorMittal is working
with Goldman Sachs to prepa-
re bids for the two assets, with a
team visiting the sites in recent
days as part of the due diligen-
ce process. The Tatas visited
Bhushan Steel and followed it
up with Essar as well. The Ta-
tas would stay focused on cha-
sing the two biggest steel assets
referred to the National Com-
pany Law Tribunal (NCLT) as
part of the bankruptcy resolu-
tion process.
Earlier, the Tatas were also
seen as a strong contender for
Electrosteel. Tata chairman N
Chandrasekaran and group
CFO Saurabh Agrawal are ke-
enly assessing a renewed do-
mestic build-out for Tata Steel
as the sector shows signs of a
IDFC Bank
ties up with
TCS unit for
Aadhaar pay
Mayur.Shetty@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Customers will soon
be able to pay their shopping
bills with their Aadhaar num-
ber. IDFC Bank has partnered
TCS Merchant Pay to on-board
merchants onto a digital pay-
ments platform that enables
funds to be transferred into the
shopkeepers account using
multiple channels, including
Aadhaar Pay.
One of the big retailers to be
on-boarded onto Aadhaar Pay
is Reliance Retail, which has se-
veral chains across the country.
Besides enabling shopping via
Aadhaar, Reliance will also pro-
vide customers option to do
Aadhaar-enabled top-ups of Re-
liance Jio phones.
TCS Merchant Pay is a uni-
versal payments platform that
supports all payments infrast-
ructure (BHIM Aadhaar Pay,
Unified Payments Interface,
cards/Bharat QR). IDFC Bank
is the first to use this platform,
which has the ability to service
all types of customers inclu-
ding those with phones, cards,
and those without phones.
IDFC Bank executive direc-
tor Avtar Monga said, Today, if
you go to a retail store, there is a
disconnect between the regis-
ter and payment mechanism.
This platform will seamlessly
integrate all the payment rail-
roads into one solution.
The bank is targeting 1 lakh
merchants on board shortly.
Once on-boarded, they will be
eligible for all the other servi-
ces that we provide. This will al-
so help provide them a lot more
intelligence in their business,
said Monga. The TCS Mer-
chant Pay platform is not just
aimed at facilitating payments.
It also has the capability to un-
dertake analytics and provide
business intelligence to mer-
chants. The platform is also ca-
pable of providing bill payment
services.
Restaurants fall in line on GST
Sidhartha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Restaurants
across the country on Wednes-
day complied with the lower
goods and services tax (GST)
rate of 5% after initial reluc-
tance to do so, at least from so-
me quarters. The new GST ra-
tes for a host of items from
washing powders and razors
to shampoo and watches
kicked in from Wednesday, da-
ys after the GST Council pared
rates on over 200 items, inclu-
ding 178 in the top bracket of
28%.
Some members of the Na-
tional Restaurants Associa-
tion of India (NRAI), which
largely represents upmarket
chains, have been complaining
about the governments deci-
sion to withdraw input tax cre-
TIMES BUSINESS
TERRY GOU-LED FOXCONNS Q3 NET PROFIT
DIPS 39% ON iPHONE X PRODUCTION WOES
:
JSW STRONG CONTENDER FOR BHUSHAN
In the case of Bhushan Steel,
a consortium of JSW, Piramal &
Bain Cap is a strong contender
This consortium may have
to take on the promoter Singal
family which is expected to
hold on to the 5.6mt capacity
biz with `45,000cr debt
For Essar Steel, promoter Ruias are roping in Russias VTB to keep
ArcelorMittal & Tatas at bay for the 10mt asset with `42,000cr debt
Essar closing in $310m BPO unit sale
E ssar is set to finalise a $310-million sale of business process
outsourcing (BPO) unit Aegis to Capital Square Partners in the
next few days. This is part of Essars monetisation plan focused on
non-core assets. The closure of this transaction will see Essar exiting
the BPO business completely. In 2014, Aegis sold its US, Philippines
and Costa Rica operations to Teleperformance for $610 million. The
Ruias of Essar have reduced group debt by $11billion following the
closure of the $12.9-billion Essar Oil sale, which is expected to help
access fresh funding to reacquire the steel business. TNN
cyclical recovery, though a fi-
nal decision on bidding is not
yet taken. Five among the 12
companies referred to the
NCLT by the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) for resolution pro-
ceedings are steelmakers.
While eight suitors had
submitted expression of inter-
est and collected preliminary
Alls well at Infy... lets all
keep quiet, says Murthy
Bengaluru: Infosys founder
N R Narayana Murthy on
Wednesday said all is well in
the company and its chair-
man Nandan Nilekani has
the skills of simplifying
lots of complexities in the
software major.
Absolutely, all is well.
Remember, in my speech
with the investors, I said now
that we have Nandan as the
chairman, we can all sleep
well, he told reporters after
the announcement of win-
ners of Infosys Prize for 2017-
18 here.
He (Nilekani) is a very
organised person. His
strength is simplification of
MapmyIndia to carry out
project for postal dept
Continued from P1
T
he digital identity
something like a UV77D7
will be an e-enabled
address that can be used paral-
lelly to the existing postal ad-
dress.
Private mapping company
MapmyIndia will be carrying
out the project for the postal de-
partment. The results of the
proof of concept (POC) may be
utilised by the department to-
wards developing a digital ad-
dress format that would suit
the purpose for a national-level
project/rollout, a letter,
signed by additional director-
general (mail operations) Abh-
ishek Kumar Singh, said in a
communication sent to Map-
myIndia on September 27.
MapmyIndia MD Rakesh
Verma said the e-linkage will
make it easier to identify com-
plex addresses while giving an
opportunity to link them to
other amenities and services.
eLoc will help travellers and
DIVIDED OPINION
Some members of NRAI,
which largely represents
upmarket chains, have been
complaining about withdrawal
of input tax credit and have
argued that menu prices may
rise by around 6%
Almost all other associations have welcomed the move,
arguing that it will not just benet consumers but also make life
simpler for restaurant owners, who do not have to comply with
complicated ling requirements
dit (ITC) and have argued that
menu prices may rise by aro-
und 6% due to withdrawal of
the benefit, which the trade bo-
dy has said is a key characte-
ristic of GST.
Almost all other associa-
tions have welcomed the move,
arguing that it will not just be-
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST
ArcelorMittal, Nippon,
Tata eye Essar Steel
Sidhartha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: ArcelorMittal,
Nippon Steel, Tata Steel and
the Ruias are among the
seven or eight players that
have shown interest in Essar
Steel, where an insolvency
resolution professional had
called for expression of inter-
est (EoI).
Sources said the compani-
The Times of India dated Oct 24, 2017
es have submitted their EoIs
as Monday, which was the last
St l oted by
information from Essar Steel,
the race is essentially among
ArcelorMittal, Tatas and the
promoter Ruia family, which
is partnering second-largest
Russian bank VTB to retain an
asset with 10-million-tonne ca-
pacity and Rs 42,000-crore
debt. The other suitors who
showed early interest include
complex ideas. There were
lots of complexities and the-
refore he has his hands full,
he added.
Murthy also said, Lets
leave it to him and lets all ke-
ep quiet, so
that he can do
his job well.
His remarks
come days af-
ter he had ex-
pressed dis-
appointment over Infosys,
under Nilekani, giving a cle-
an chit to the companys $200
million acquisition of Israe-
li technology firm Panaya.
Murthy, had on October
24, expressed disappoint-
commuters search, share and
navigate to a destinations ex-
act doorstep far more easily
and quickly. It will also reduce
time, money, fuel wastage and
expenses for businesses in the
ecommerce, transportation, lo-
gistics and field operations do-
mains.
Currently, a large number
of addresses in the country are
difficult to comprehend when
read digitally. For example, an
address such as 147, Pocket XX,
2A, Janakpuri can be easily
DIGITAL
ADDRESS
identified online by a digital
address such as 8GDTYX. This
can be further linked with oth-
er associated amenities such
as property tax and ownership
details, civic amenities etc, an
official of the company said.
The approval letter (for the
pilot) by the department of
posts said the objective of the
project is to demonstrate the ef-
ti
nefit consumers but also make
life simpler for restaurant ow-
ners, who do not have to comp-
ly with complicated filing re-
quirements. It is very positive
for everyone and there is no in-
crease in prices, said Adarsh
Shetty, president, Indian Hotel
and Restaurant Association
The steel companies are
not seen to be acting swiftly to
seen to be a viable way for se-
get the loan-laden company
back on track.
The lenders had tried to
veral players which do not ha-
ve a footprint in the country to
enter the Indian market. Lax-
rope in investors two years
ago but their attempts did not
mi Mittals ArcelorMittal has
been in talks with govern-
yield significant results as the
promoters had also promised
ment-owned SAIL for a pos-
sible joint venture.
` 45,000C R DEBT
such as ArcelorMittal have al-
to step up production and en-
so evinced interest in Bhus-
sure timely debt repayment.
Essar Steel, which has a han
insolvency proceedings. The
plant in Gujarat with an an-
companys
nual production capacity of
THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOCHI | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Anil Agarwals Vedanta, dis-
tressed asset buyers SSG Capi-
tal and AION, Steel Authority
of India and Japans Nippon
Steel.
For Bhushan Steel, the fray
of serious bidders is wider
with a consortium of JSW, Pi-
ramal and Bain Capital also
Some of the companies
emerging as a strong conten-
Steel, which is also facing
der. The promoter Singal fami-
stock rallied 20%
h
ly is likely to make efforts to ke-
ep the integrated steelmaker
with 5.6mt capacity and about
Rs 45,000-crore debt.
There has been intense lob-
bying in recent weeks to disal-
low defaulting promoters
from re-acquiring assets with
a haircut on the lenders. Ho-
wever, promoters like Ruias
and Singals would argue that
they were done in by a sectoral
downturn caused by cheaper
Chinese exports and global
overcapacity. The Ruias, for in-
stance, have pointed out in the
past that the previous govern-
ments abrupt decision to stop
gas citing lack of adequate
supplies from KG Basin was a
key reason that landed the
company in the RBI-mandated
bankruptcy list.
The Ruia and Singal fami-
lies could not be reached for
immediate comments.
ment that none of the ques-
tions raised by him on poor
governance had been ans-
wered by the companys bo-
ard with transparency.
On scouting new CEO for
Infosys, Murthy said there is
no need to give advice to Nile-
kani because he had been a
good CEO himself.
Having been a good CEO
himself he knows what is re-
quired. So, there is no need
for advice, he said. Some na-
mes including former Info-
sys executive Ashok Vemu-
ris had cropped up in the me-
dia but he has reportedly ex-
pressed his unwillingness to
accept the job. AGENCIES
fectiveness of a digital address-
ing system. The sole owner-
ship of the data/reports or any
other documents generated/
created in any electronic or
physical form, during the
course of the proof of concept,
shall remain with the depart-
ment, it said, prohibiting the
private company from using
the information for any com-
mercial purpose.
The postal department
would assist in the exercise
through sharing of data on
beat maps, verification of the
information and facilitating
interactions with their ground
staff. In a statement, MapmyIn-
dia claimed that it already pos-
sesses an exhaustive digital ad-
dress database that includes
over 2 crore eLocs of individu-
als, businesses and govern-
ment set-ups. The statement
said that the company has part-
nered Isro and its national sat-
ellite imagery service Bhu-
van to provide effective map-
ping coordinates.
(AHAR). NRAI too said the go-
vernments decision was a
step in the right direction alt-
hough a source present in a clo-
sed-door meeting of some of
the restaurant associations sa-
id some of the eateries were
suggesting that prices on the
ground will not change due to
withdrawal of ITC. We are all
on the same page and we welco-
me the decision, NRAI presi-
dent Riyaaz Amlani told TOI,
adding that the trade body will
make a logical case for reint-
roduction of tax credits.
For organised chains, the
major concern is the tax that
they pay on rent, which can
add up to 20-25% of the annual
expenditure. With a credit on
18% tax paid on rent, a part of
the gains were available to res-
taurants by way of lower costs.
SEBI CHAIRMAN AJAY TYAGI CALLS FOR WIDER
FARMER PARTICIPATION IN FUTURES TRADING
Sensex dips
for 3rd day
on fears of
trade deficit
Mumbai:Stock investors got in-
creasingly worried about the
possibility of fiscal slippage as
the sensex plunged 181 points
due to concerns over trade defi-
cit that ballooned to an almost 3-
year high. Lacklustre earnings
by some blue-chip companies
left investors disheartened, too.
Markets are pricing in the
potential for a fiscal deficit tar-
get being pushed higher, with re-
cent data showing pressures
from both weak exports as well
as high oil prices, said Anand
James, chief market strategist,
Geojit Financial Services.
The opening for the 30-share
sensex was positive. However,
the index started rolling down. It
settled at an over three-week low
of 32,760, down 181 points, or
0.55%. The loss for the sensex re-
ad 373 points over the previous
two sessions.
At the close, the NSE Nifty
was lower by 69 points, or 0.67%,
at 10,118. Intraday, it moved bet-
ween 10,175 and 10,094.
Risk-taking took a hit as the
countrys exports entered nega-
tive territory after over an year,
contracting 1.12% in October
and imports surged. This sho-
wed up in trade deficit, which
swelled to almost a 3-year high of
$14 billion last month.
A subdued trend in Asia and
a lower opening in Europe,
tracking a fall in oil prices and
doubts over US tax reforms, kept
spirits low.
Wednesdays decline in the
benchmarks left investors poo-
rer by Rs 1.55 lakh crore at Rs
141.7 lakh crore.
Foreign portfolio investors
(FPIs) picked up shares worth a
net Rs 2,577 crore on Tuesday,
provisional data showed. Do-
mestic institutional investors
(DIIs) net sold shares worth Rs
1.30 crore.
Sun Pharma turned red the
most sinking 4%, after the
pharma major reported a big
drop in consolidated net profit.
Other losers included ONGC,
Bharti Airtel, NTPC, Lupin and
ITC. AGENCIES
Finmin to PSBs: Honda may
Submit fund-raising develop cheaper
roadmap in a mth hybrids for India
New Delhi: As part of Rs 2.11
lakh crore recapitalisation ex-
ercise, the finance ministry
has asked state-owned banks
to submit their board-ap-
proved roadmaps for raising
funds and strengthening core
activities in about a month.
The government had last
month unveiled a whopping
Rs 2.11-lakh crore two-year
programme to strengthen the
NPA-hit public sector banks
(PSBs), which includes recap-
italisation bonds, budgetary
support and equity dilution.
Banks should follow re-
sponsive and responsible
banking, a senior official said,
adding that each board should
decide in a month or so before
recapitalisation actually
takes place as to what are the
future areas they would like to
work on.
They should look at their
portfolios, stressed assets,
non-core activities, fund rais-
ing from market and the core
competencies, the official
Sim card reverification: UIDAI
approves telcos blueprint
New Delhi: The Unique
Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) has approved
the blueprint presented by
telcos to operationalise new
modes like OTP for Aadhaar-
based sim card reverifica-
tion of existing subscribers
from December 1. Their
(telecom operators) plans
have been approved... They
have come and we have told
them they will implement
(the process) from December
1, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhush-
an Pandey said.
The government last
month had announced three
new ways to complete the
process of linking mobile
phone numbers with Aad-
haar to enable existing sub-
scribers to undergo sim re-
verification exercise from
the comfort of their home.
The operators, thereafter,
were instructed to approach
the UIDAI with their blue-
RCom bond default
hits Anil group stocks
Combined M-Cap Shrinks `5,276Cr After
Co Halts Foreign Currency Bond Payout
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Stocks of Anil
Ambani-led Reliance Gro-
up companies fell sharply
on Wednesday after flags-
hip Reliance Communica-
tions (RCom)
defaulted on its
interest obliga-
_
tions on foreign
currency bonds
(FCBs). RCom
confirmed the default on
Wednesday, informing the
stock exchanges that for the
time being it was not ma-
king any payment of inter-
est or principal to any of its
lenders or bondholders.
The company said that
according to a strategic debt
restructuring scheme that
it has entered into with len-
ders, it was in a standstill
period till December 2018.
The $300-million 6.5%
bonds maturing in 2020 had
interest payments of $9.75
million due on November 6.
The company had also
recently defaulted on its do-
mestic non-convertible de-
bentures (NCDs), which
TOI reported in its Novem-
ber 14 edition.
On November 13, RCom
New India Q2 net rises 187%
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The recently lis-
ted New India Assurance re-
ported a net profit of Rs 748
crore for the quarter ended
September 2017, an increase
of 187% from the Rs 260 cro-
re clocked in the correspon-
ding period of the previous
year. Following the impro-
ved performance, the board
of directors approved an in-
terim dividend of 75%. The
said. This will help in better
utilisation of the money that
the government intends to
provide to them, he said.
In order to enhance the
capital base of bad loan-rid-
den banks, the two-year plan
includes infusion of Rs 1.35
lakh crore by way of recapital-
isation bonds, Rs 18,100 crore
through budgetary support,
and Rs 58,000 crore from the
market.
The Non-performing as-
sets (NPAs) or bad loans of
PSBs have increased to Rs 7.33
lakh crore as of June 2017,
from Rs 2.78 lakh crore in
March 2015. In the last three-
and-a-half years, the govern-
ment has pumped in more
than Rs 51,000 crore capital in
PSBs.
The proposed capital infu-
sion will help enable banks to
get into their core activity of
lending, which has seen mut-
ed growth in the past several
months due to pressure of
stressed assets. AGENCIES
V
l phone number with Aad-
print to operationalise the
new processes that were per-
mitted, and implement the
new system after the Aad-
haar-issuing body gave clear- iris devices at appropriate
ance. The plans were consid- number of service points so
ered and approved from the subscribers have access to
point of view of security,
compliance with the Aad-
haar Act and protection of tance. Mobile companies
privacy, he added.
As per the new methods
that were permitted, mobile
numbers can be linked with
Aadhaar through OTP (one-
time password), app or IVRS
facility the measure aimed out actually visiting the
at simplifying the entire
process and making it conve-
fpi
missed the seven-day grace Investors feared that
period for interest payment other group companies
on the foreign currency might be affected by the
bonds. International inves-
tors rushed to offload the
RCom default crisis and
shares of all seven listed
bonds over fears of losing companies tanked on sel-
their principal, leading to a ling pressure (see graphic).
crash in the bond price. Ac-
RCom gets NCLAT notice
SLIPPING SHARES
on Manipal Tech plea
Change (%) The National Company
-6.9 Rel Nippon Law Appellate Tribunal
(NCLAT) on Wednesday is-
-7.1 Rel Home Fin
sued a notice to RCom over a
_ _
-8.2 Rel Naval & Engg petition filed by Manipal
-8.6 RPower Technologies seeking its
-9.1 RInfra
due, reports PTI. The appel-
late tribunal has agreed to
-10.2 RCap hear the matter on Decem-
ber 4. The Karnataka-based
-12.1 RCom
company has claimed a due
-14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0
of Rs 2.7 crore for the biomet-
Source: BSE rics fingerprint scanners
cording to Bloomberg, the supplied to RCom in 2016. Ho-
default by RCom was the wever, the money was not pa-
first by any Indian issuer in id as RCom claimed that the
the international market in invoices were raised in the
15 months. name of HP financial servi-
The combined market ca- ces and not RCom. Earlier, it
pitalisation of the listed Re- had approached the Natio-
liance Group companies fell nal Company Law Tribunal,
8.6%, or Rs 5,276 crore, to Rs which had rejected Mani-
56,081crore. The group is un- pals plea, accepting RComs
derstood to have a total debt argument that the dues were
in excess of Rs 1lakh crore, a not against the firm. Follo-
bulk of which (Rs 45,000 cro- wing this, Manipal Techno-
re) is accounted for by RCom. logies moved the NCLAT.
banks chairman G Sriniva-
san said that the dividend
would result in an outgo of
listing. According to Srini-
vasan, the company conti-
nued to perform well and
around Rs 300 crore. the health of its key motor
insurance and health insu-
STOCK DIPS 3% rance portfolios were expec-
ted to improve. He said that
The shares of New India the market has probably not
Assurance, which had lis- yet understood the working
ted on Monday, closed 2.9% of a non-life company. We
down at Rs 682 on Wednes- have been increasing our
day. The company had issu- market share and expect to
ed shares at Rs 800 and sha- grow at least as fast as the
res have lost over 14% since market, said Srinivasan.
John.Sarkar sion vehicles, including those
@timesgroup.com using fuel cells.
The Indian government
wants the country to move
Tokyo: Honda may develop
cheaper hybrid cars to cater to completely towards electric
price-sensitive markets, in- vehicles by 2030. Hachigo said
cluding India. Currently, hy- Honda will work to make ga-
brid cars are expensive to buy soline engines more efficient.
in the country as they attract On the sidelines of the re-
43% duty under GST, compa- cently concluded Tokyo Mo-
red with electric vehicles that tor Show in Japan, Honda
are taxed at 12%. showcased hybrid variants of
Hybrids can be used with its popular cars, including a
the existing infrastructure. race version of its plug-in hy-
Our purpose is to come up brid sedan Clarity. But senior
with hybrid vehicles that cus- Honda executives told TOI
tomers can choose, including that none of the models are
the price, said Takahiro Ha- planned for the Indian market
chigo, president & CEO of currently.
Honda Motor Company. That However, Honda India
is what Honda needs to focus Cars president & CEO Yoichi-
on rather than think about the ro Ueno confirmed that the
policies that the Indian go- company is planning to bring
vernment has put into place. in six new models to India in
Honda has rolled out a strate- the next three years. The new
gy to get 65% of its global sales models will be assembled in
from electrified vehicles by the country and may include
2030. Of the 65%, 50% would hybrid cars.
be hybrid and plug-in hybrids, (The writer was in Japan
while 15% would be zero-emis- at the invitation of Honda)
Malabar Group
to foray into
consumer
electronics
nient for people. While the
authentication of mobile
Kochi: Gold jewellery retailer
haar, a process called reveri- and realty developer Malabar
fication, by visiting stores of Group said it will be diversify-
telecom firms will continue, ing into the franchising of na-
the government has ordered tional and international con-
the companies to carry out sumer electronics brands, as
the exercise at the doorsteps well as the leasing and distri-
of the disabled, chronically bution of construction mate-
ill and senior citizens. rials.
Telecom operators have The diversification will
also been directed to deploy help the group to create more
than 2,000 new job opportuni-
ties, said Malabar Group
chairman M P Ahammed.
iris authentication within a Currently, the group em-
reasonable geographical dis- ploys 10,000 people in India
and abroad.
have assured the UIDAI that Retail outlets of electron-
they will implement OTP- ics goods will be branded as
based verification of mobile Eham Digital. Malabar Devel-
numbers by month-end and opers will raise Rs 10,000 crore
this will allow people to get investments from non-resi-
the verification done with- dent Indians, commercial
banks and other financial in-
store or retail agent, Pandey stitutions to fund its growth
added. AGENCIES plans, the statement said. TNN
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Mugabe, hero-turned-despot,
overthrown in army takeover
Zimbabwe Prez
In Custody;
Fired Veep To Be
Next Leader?
Jeffrey Moyo &
Norimitsu Onishi
Harare: President Robert
Mugabe, who has ruthlessly
ruled Zimbabwe for nearly fo-
ur decades and was one of
Africas last liberation lea-
ders, was under house arrest
on Wednesday, hours after
the military announced it
had taken him into custody in
what appeared to be a coup.
The fate of Mugabe, 93,
who kept a tight grip on his
southern African nation de-
spite his increasing frailty
and diplomatic isolation
from the west, appeared to be
in the hands of former allies
and opposition officials nego-
tiating his future.
In the capital, Harare, abo-
ut half a dozen tanks were sta-
tioned around strategic go-
vernment buildings and inter-
sections. The military did not
say whether Mugabe had be-
en removed as president, lea-
ving the possibility that he
may be kept on during a pe-
riod of transition.
President Jacob Zuma of
South Africa said he had spo-
ken on the phone with Muga-
be on Wednesday, and that
the Zimbabwean leader had
said he was fine but confined
to his house in Harare. Em-
merson Mnangagwa the vi-
ce-president who was ousted
by Mugabe last week in a po-
wer grab by allies of Grace
Mugabe, 52, the presidents
wife was reported to be on
his way back to Zimbabwe
and was widely seen as the co-
untrys new real leader.
Negotiations were under-
way between Mnangagwas al-
lies and opposition parties to
possibly form an interim go-
vernment of unity.
No resistance could be se-
en from forces that had long
remained loyal to the presi-
dent, including the presiden-
tial guard and the vast net-
work of secret intelligence.
Mnangagwa, 75, was consi-
dered close to military leaders,
including the commander of
the Zimbabwe Defense Forces,
Gen Constantine Chiwenga,
who had threatened military
intervention early this week.
Though a veteran of the ru-
ling ZANU-PF party, Mnang-
agwa was also known to be on
good terms with Morgan
Tsvangirai, the longtime lea-
der of the main opposition par-
ty, the Movement for Democra-
tic Change.We just changed
the head of the train, Chris
Mutsvangwa, a close ally of
Mnangagwas who is also the
leader of the war veterans as-
sociation said. Mutsvangwa
said, in a possible interim go-
vernment, Mnangagwa wo-
uld serve as president and
Tsvangirai as PM. NYT
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Actress files lawsuit against
Weinstein for sexual battery
Los Angeles: An unnamed
actress has sued Harvey We-
instein alleging he commit-
ted sexual battery against her
in Beverly Hills hotel rooms
in 2015 and 2016 after she agre-
ed to meet the producer to dis-
cuss a television role.
The lawsuit filed by the
actress on Tuesday in Los An-
geles superior court, alleges
that Weinstein held her aga-
inst her will while he enga-
ged in sexual situations.
In 2015, Weinstein met
her at the Montage Hotel to
discuss a part in a TV series
he was producing. He asked
ROSE MCGOWAN SURRENDERS BEFORE COURT OVER A
WARRANT ISSUED AGAINST HER FOR DRUG POSSESSION
37-YR AUTHORITARIAN
RULE COMES TO AN END
-
A
POWER COUPLE
1980 | Mugabe named PM
after independence elections
1982 | Military action in
Matabeleland against
perceived uprising;
government accused of
killing thousands
1987 | Mugabe changes
constitution, becomes
president
1994 | Receives honorary
British knighthood
2000 | Land seizures of white-
owned farms begin; Western
WHY After bitter succession battle between vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa and rst lady
Grace Mugabe, Mugabe red his deputy last week. Mnangagwa has a strong following
THE in the military, and his sacking led to a warning from the armed forces Gen Constantino
CRISIS
Chiwenga, who said the military will intervene if political allies continue to be sidelined
Women walk past an
armoured vehicle as soldiers
regulate traffic in Harare
Man who called himself Hitler ten-fold
Harare: When he came to po-
wer, Zimbabwes Robert Mu-
gabe was feted as an African li-
beration hero in a nation that
had endured nearly a century
of white colonial rule.
Educated and urbane, Mu-
gabe took power after seven ye-
ars of a liberation bush war.
But nearly four decades after
independence in 1980, many
see him as power-obsessed and
willing to unleash death squ-
ads, rig elections and trash the
economy in the relentless pur-
suit of control. The 93-year-old
is the only leader Zimbabwe
has known since independen-
ce from Britain.
Mugabe was educated by
Jesuit priests and worked as a
primary school teacher before
going to South Africas Univer-
sity of Fort Hare, then a bree-
ding ground for African natio-
(
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her if he could masturbate in
front of her, and when she re-
fused, he forced her to watch
him, the suit said. Months la-
ter, she agreed to meet him to
discuss the role again, and
this time he allegedly threw
her on a bed, started perfor-
ming oral sex on her and put
his penis in her vagina before
starting to start masturbate
on her, it states. The woman
was able to flee, the suit said.
Any allegations of non-
consensual sex are unequivo-
cally denied by Mr Weinste-
in, the producers represen-
tative wrote in a statement. AP
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and wife Grace
donors cut off aid term; opposition alleges
election fraud
2005 | US calls Zimbabwe an
outpost of tyranny 2016 | #ThisFlag protest
2008 | Mugabe and opposition movement emerges;
candidate Morgan Tsvangirai independence war veterans
agree to share power call Mugabe dictatorial
after contested election; 2017 | Mugabe begins
Britains queen Elizabeth II campaigning for
annuls Mugabes honourary 2018 elections
knighthood Nov 6 | Mugabe res deputy
2011 | PM Morgan Tsvangirai Emmerson Mnangagwa
declares power-sharing a Nov 15 | Army announces it
failure amid violence has Mugabe and his wife in
2013 | Mugabe wins seventh custody as military appears
WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY
Military vehicles block roads broadcaster ZBC headquarters
close to parliament in Harare,
and outside the ruling
Zanu-PF party headquarters
Explosions and gunre also
heard near President Mugabes
private residence
Troops enter national
nalism. Returning to Zimbab-
we in 1960, he entered politics
but was jailed for a decade four
years later for opposing white
rule. After his release, he rose to
the top of the Zimbabwe Afri-
can National Liberation Army
known as the thinking mans
guerrilla on account of his se-
ven degrees, three of them ear-
ned behind bars. Later, as he
crushed his political enemies,
he boasted of another qualifica-
tion a degree in violence.
After the long bush war ended,
Mugabe was elected as the na-
tions first black PM.
Initially, he offered recon-
ciliation to old adversaries as
he presided over a booming
economy. But it was not long
before Mugabe began to supp-
ress challengers. Faced with a
revolt in the mid-1980s in the
province of Matabeleland,
In Pak, Taliban
faction makes
a comeback
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
Islamabad: A Taliban faction
has made a comeback to Wana,
the headquarters of South Wa-
ziristan tribal region, impo-
sing a ban on cultural and soci-
al activities and restricting the
movement of women outside
their homes without male
members of their family, a local
daily reported on Wednesday.
In recent days, according
to Dawn, the Taliban imposed
its strict version of Islam un-
der the guise of peace commit-
tee in South Waziristan. The
committee is headed by Sala-
huddin alias Ayubi, a succes-
sor of Mullah Muhammad
Nazir, an influential Taliban
leader who was killed in a US
drone strike in January 2013.
The so-called peace com-
mittee has issued tough guide-
lines through pamphlets in
Wana town and warned local
people to abide by these rules
otherwise violators would fa-
ce repercussions, the report
said, adding the committee
has banned music, athan
(a traditional dance), and use
of narcotics.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOCHI | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
COUNTRY SINGER BLAKE SHELTON CROWNED
SEXIEST MAN ALIVE FOR 2017 BY A MAGAZINE
The self-styled Grand Old Man of African
politics was a revolutionary hero when he
came to power after independence from white
minority rule in 1980. At 93, he is the worlds
oldest head of state and one of the longest-
serving authoritarian rulers. A timeline
- voted yes and 38.4% voted no,
AFRICA
KEY PLAYERS
GRACE MUGABE | Roberts second
wife and more than 40 years his
junior, she has risen from typist to the
most powerful woman in Zimbabwe.
and backed by the partys younger
activists, she is seen as Mugabes
most likely heir. Last week she
described her rival Mnangagwa as
a snake which must be hit on the
head. The next day Mugabe sacked
him. In the past, she made headlines
for her extravagant shopping, which
earned her the nickname Gucci Grace
EMMERSON
MNANGAGWA | Until
Grace Mugabes rise,
he was Mugabes
heir apparent. He
was a ghter for
liberation prior to independence in
1980 and has been in government
ever since. He is known in Zimbabwe
as ngwena or crocodile because
of his political cunning. As a former
defence and state security minister,
he was a key link between the ruling
party and countrys military and
intelligence agencies
GEN CONSTANTINO CHIWENGA
| Chief of Zimbabwes
armed forces is
and Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo also a product of
reads out a statement on the independence
national television saying struggles. A week after
Mugabe and his family were Mnangagwas sacking,
he issued a warning to the ruling
safe, and military was only
party. Mnangagwas deep links with
targeting what he called
state security would have brought him
criminals around the president.
He denies there had been a coup in close contact with Chiwenga
Mugabe sent in army units, ving the same problems.
provoking outcry over alleged The farm seizures helped
atrocities against civilians. ruin one of Africas most dyna-
Human rights groups say mic economies, with a collapse
20,000 people died. in agricultural foreign ex-
After two terms as PM, Mu- change earnings unleashing
gabe changed the constitution hyperinflation. The economy
and was elected president in shrank by more than a third
1987. When, at the end of the from 2000 to 2008, sending
century, he lost a constitutio- unemployment above 80%. An
nal referendum followed by a unapologetic Mugabe portray-
groundswell of black anger at ed himself as a radical African
the slow pace of land reform, nationalist. Britain once lik-
his response was uncompro- ened him to Adolf Hitler but
mising. As gangs of blacks cal- Mugabe did not mind, saying
ling themselves war veterans Hitler had wanted justice, sove-
invaded white-owned farms reignty and independence for
Mugabe said it was a correc- his people: If that is Hitler,
tion of colonial injustices. then let me be a Hitler ten-fold.
Perhaps we made a mistake The country hit rock bot-
by not finishing the war in the tom in 2008, when 500 billion%
trenches, he said in 2000. If inflation drove people to sup-
the settlers had been defeated port the challenge of western-
through the barrel of a gun, backed former union leader
perhaps we would not be ha- Morgan Tsvangirai. REUTERS
After Trump visit,
China to send special
envoy to N Korea
Beijing: China will send a
special envoy to North Korea North sentences
on Friday, the state-run me-
dia said on Wednesday, days
Trump to death
after US President Donald
Trump visited Beijing and
urged his Chinese counter-
N orth Koreas state media
on Wednesday slammed
Donald Trump for insulting
part Xi Jinping to act fast to Kim Jong-un, saying the US
rein in Pyongyang.
President Xis special en-
voy, Song Tao, will visit North
president deserved the death
penalty and called him a
coward for cancelling a visit
Korea to inform its leadership
about the outcome of the re-
to the inter-Korean border.
He should know that he is
cent national congress of the just a hideous criminal
ruling Communist Party of sentenced to death by the
China (CPC), state-run Xin- Korean people, it said. AFP
hua news agency said, witho-
ut mentioning Trumps visit tons emphasis on Pyongy-
or the North Koreas nuclear ang giving up the nuclear
programmes. The announce- and missile programme for
ment came after Trump du- resumption of dialogue and
ring talks with Xi last week lifting of sanctions.
urged him to do more to use China, regarded as a close
Chinas influence to pressu- ally of North Korea and its
re Kim Jong-un to give up nu- largest trading partner, in-
clear weapons programme. sists that it is implementing
Song, the head of the In- all UNSC sanctions against
ternational Department of Pyongyang. Song would be
the CPC, is expected to con- the first ministerial-level Chi-
vey the outcome of Xi- nese official to visit North Ko-
Trump talks and Washing- rea since October 2015. PTI
Oz votes yes for gay unions,
clears path to legalisation
Adam Baidawi &
Damien Cave
Melbourne: A solid majority
of Australians voted in favour
of same-sex marriage in a his-
toric survey that, while not
binding, paves the way for
Parliament to legally recogni-
se the unions of gay and lesbi-
an couples. Of 12.7 million
Australians who took part in
the government survey, 61.6%
officials announced on Wed-
nesday morning. Participa-
tion was high, with 79.5% of
voting-age Australians sen-
ding back their postal ballots.
The Australian people
have spoken, and they have
voted overwhelmingly yes
for marriage equality, said
Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull, who called the sur-
vey in a move described by ad-
vocates as a delay tactic devi-
sed to appease his partys far-
right faction. They voted
yes for fairness, they voted
yes for commitment, they vo-
ted yes for love.
On Wednesday PM Turn-
bull said his government will
seek to pass legislation to le-
galise same-sex marriage by
the end of the year.
The high turnout and
unequivocal result amoun-
ted to a rebuke for Australias
most conservative politici-
ans, many of whom saw a ma-
jority of their constituents
vote to support same-sex
marriage despite their argu-
ments against it.
Proponents of gay rights
spent the day celebrating.
California gunman targets
people at random, kills 4
Rancho Tehama Reserve
(California): The gunman be-
hind a rampage in Northern
California was out on bail for a
charge of stabbing a neighbo-
ur, had been the object of
complaints from neighbours
who said he had been firing off
hundreds of rounds of ammu-
nition, and had been the sub-
ject of a domestic violence call
the day before the attack.
Yet Kevin Neal was free
and able to use a semiautoma-
tic rifle and two handguns on
Tuesday to shoot 14 people, kil-
ling four, in seven different lo-
cations across his rural com-
munity, including an elemen-
tary school, before he died in a
shootout with police.
Its not yet clear what the
terms of Neals bail were, and
whether he would have been
allowed to possess and fire the
weapons on his property at the
end of a dirt road in Rancho
Tehama Reserve. Nor did she-
riff s officials give details on
the domestic violence call.
But his many contacts
with authorities raised ques-
tions of why he was out of cus-
tody and able to go on the 45-
minute rampage that began
with the killing of two neigh-
bours in an apparent act of re-
venge before he went looking
for random victims.
AROUND THE WORLD
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3-year-old is lone
survivor of plane
crash that killed 6
A three-year-old girl was the
only survivor of a plane
crash in far eastern Russia,
which killed six people on
Wednesday, officials said. An
L-410 twin-engine turboprop
crashed while landing at a
small airport near Nelkan
village. An investigative com-
mittee said two crew members
and four passengers died. The
girl has survived with fractures
and a concussion. Regional
governor Vyacheslav Shport
said the girl was heading to
visit her grandmother and was
accompanied by a teacher.
Brit wins $5,200 from Lanka
SC over Buddha tattoo
British woman Naomi Coleman
won $5,200 (Rs 3.4 lakh) in
compensation from the Sri
Lankan Supreme Court on
Wednesday after being deport-
ed in 2014 for having a Buddha
tattoo on her arm. Buddhism is
accorded the foremost place
in Sri Lankas constitution and
about 70% of the islands 21
million people are Buddhist.
But there is no law banning
Buddha tattoos.
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Same-sex couples celebrate the vote in Melbourne on Wednesday
They gathered in cities to
watch news broadcasts of
the survey results. Finally I
can be proud of my country,
said Chris Lewis, 60, an ar-
tist from Sydney. But many
Australians said it was also la-
te in coming. Annika Lowry,
42, said the vote revealed a wi-
dening gap between the politi-
cal class and voters who have
been demanding the legisla-
tion for years. It was not just
about us, she said. Its for
our kids, so that they know
equality is important.
In calling for the national
survey, Turnbull sought pub-
lic backing for a shift in social
policy that was opposed by
many members of his center-
right Liberal Party.
Australia will become the
26th nation to formalise the
unions if the legislation is
passed by Parliament.
In 2015, Ireland was the
AFP
FBI agents inspect Rancho
Tehama Elementary School in
California after the shooting
incident. The gunman spent
about six minutes firing at the
school before driving off to
continue shooting elsewhere
Cristal Caravez and her
father live across a ravine
from the roadway where the
gunman and his first victims
lived. She said they and others
heard constant gunfire from
the area of the gunmans hou-
se, but couldnt say for sure it
was him firing. The gunmans
sister, Sheridan Orr, said her
brother had struggled with
mental illness throughout his
life and at times had a violent
temper. She said Neal had no
business owning firearms.
Tehama County assistant
sheriff Phil Johnston said
that the shooter was facing
charges of assaulting one of
the feuding neighbours in Ja-
nuary and that she had a rest-
raining order against him. He
NO PAPAL RIDE: Pope Francis writes on the bonnet of a Lamborghini
donated to him by the luxury sports car maker at the Vatican on
Wednesday. The special edition Huracan will be auctioned by
Sothebys, with the proceeds going to charities, including one aimed
at helping rebuild Christian communities in Iraq devastated by the IS
terror group. The base price for the Huracan usually start at around
183,000 euros (Rs 1.4 crore). The Pope is known to shun fancy,
bullet-proof SUVs, opting for modest cars instead
Man detained after Danish
cops crack bench thefts
Police in Denmark say a man is
suspected of stealing 12 of
Copenhagens green public
benches that Danes instantly
associate with the city. In-
vestigators say the unidenti-
fied Dane, who was briefly
detained on August 29, had
confessed to stealing 12 of the
65 missing benches and selling
them online.
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first country to legalise same-
sex marriage by referendum.
In the US, numerous states
outlawed same-sex marriage
in referendums; in 2012, Mai-
ne, Maryland and Washing-
ton became the first states to
legalise such unions by refe-
rendum. The US Supreme Co-
urt legalised same-sex marri-
age across the nation in 2015.
The survey in Australia
was controversial, not only
because it placed such a thor-
ny issue at the whims of direct
democracy but also because of
its cost. Many supporters of
same-sex marriage opposed
the survey, saying that human
rights should not be a matter
for an up-or-down vote.
Estimates put the cost of
the survey around 122 mil-
lion Australian dollars, or
$97 million. The poll was not
a legally required step for
changing the law. NYT & AGENCIES
did not comment on the shoo-
ters access to firearms.
I think the motive of get-
ting even with his neighbours
and when it went that far... He
just went on a rampage,
Johnston said. Police said sur-
veillance video shows the sho-
oter unsuccessfully trying to
enter a nearby elementary
school after quick-thinking
staff members locked the out-
side doors and barricaded
themselves inside when they
heard gunshots. Johnston sa-
id the gunman spent about six
minutes shooting into Rancho
Tehama Elementary School
before driving off to continue
shooting elsewhere. Johnston
said one student was shot but
is expected to survive.
He said the 45-minute ram-
page ended when a patrol car
rammed the stolen vehicle the
shooter was driving and killed
him in a shootout. Johnston
said officials received multi-
ple 911calls about gunfire at an
intersection of two dirt roads.
Minutes later, more calls re-
porting shots flooded in from
different locations, including
the school. Witnesses repor-
ted hearing gunshots and
children screaming at the
school, which has one class of
students from kindergarten
through fifth grade. AP
AP
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Obamas doodles sold for
over $11,000 at auction
Original, quirky pencil sketches
by former US President Barack
Obama, which include the
words Making America Com-
petitive Again, have been
auctioned for $11,113. The sheet
features 11 drawings, two of
which are forward-facing
self-portraits. The reverse side
features small doodles and
another self-portrait.
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India, Lanka brace for rain
Little Chance Of Play
PTI

On Day 1 As Hosts Look
To Win Another Series
Archiman.Bhaduri@timesgroup.com
Kolkata: Rain seems to be following the
Sri Lankans. After inclement weather
hampered their preparation
back home, ahead of their
departure for Kolkata, the
visitors were greeted by un-
seasonal showers a day before they set
out on the quest to win their maiden Test
match in India.
Its been raining continuously since
late Tuesday night, forcing teams to can-
cel their practice sessions on the eve of
the first Test here at Eden Gardens. The
Met office has forecast some more show-
ers on Thursday, raising doubts of play
on Day 1. Whenever the action begins in
this latest Indo-Lanka three-match se-
ries, victory for the islanders looks a
distant dream.
FIRST TEST
It was just over two months ago that
LIVE ON STAR
Im not a robot
Archiman.Bhaduri
@timesgroup.com
SPORTS, 9.30 AM
Kolkata: Virat Kohli loves
INDIA LANKA to scale new heights and, to
do that, he is ready to overco-
ICC TEST RANKINGS me any challenge.
Team India have been on
1 6 an upswing in recent times,
as a result of which they oc-
cupy the top spot in Test and
ODI rankings. But Kohli
" If you can
embrace playing in
difficult conditions, that
HEAD TO HEAD knows that to be the top side will make the
in the world, you have to win difference. We want to
19 15
Win Draw
7Loss
anywhere.
We want to build our ga-
me in such a way that we
be in uncomfortable
situations
want to look forward to play- VIRAT KOHLI
GROUND ing anywhere in the world.
Indian captain
Expect a green surface at Eden Gardens. We dont want to wait for
India are likely to play an extra batsman conditions to suit our ga-
mes, the skipper said, loo- from outside in terms of
WEATHER king ahead to the South Afri- workload, on whether a play-
ca tour in January. er should be rested or not,
Good chance of rain affecting the He has no problem play- he said. In order to keep the
READY FOR BATTLE: Virat Kohli on the Test match for the first three days ing on a greenish Eden sur- core of the side intact, Kohli
eve of the first Test at Eden Gardens face. The pitch here looks said, all these things have to
ODDS: INDIA EVEN very sporting. There is a lot be taken into consideration
SL 14/1, DRAW 10/11 of grass on it and we are loo- purely because of the fact
king forward to play on it, that we have built such a
of the Lankan players as the islanders he stated. If you can embra- strong core team of 20-25 pla-

the Indians completed a 9-0 whitewash
of the Lankans across all formats.
Post that disaster at home, Sri Lanka
did blank Pakistan 2-0 to become the first
team to win a Test series against Paki-
stan in the UAE since Australia in 2002.
But still, the upcoming contest between
the world No. 1 and No. 6 Test sides is
expected to produce yet another major
mismatch.
Lankan cricket has been in turmoil,
thanks to several off-field controversies,
and their performance on the field has
been plagued by mediocrity over the past
year. On the contrary, India have been
86.6
last toured India for a Test series in 2009, Chandimal, though, is
when Kohli had not even made his Test Were confident optimistic that his team will do
ce playing in difficult condi-
tions, that will make the dif-
yers. You dont want impor-
tant players breaking down
debut. Only two players Angelo
Mathews and Rangana Herath from
after Pak win better this time, after
recording a Test series victory
ference. We want to be in un-
comfortable situations we
at important times.
Kohli, who has played se-
the current squad have experience of Kolkata: Sri Lankan skipper against Pakistan in the UAE. want to embrace being un- ven Tests, 26 ODIs and 10 T20
playing Test cricket in India and the duo Dinesh Chandimal had no We just need to carry Batting average registered by Shikhar comfortable. internationals this year
is expected to deliver as well as guide the hesitation in admitting that forward the positives of the Dhawan while aggregating 520 in six The skipper added that the most by any player in the
youngsters. they will have to play out of last series. We are more innings (four Tests), including three they will not approach the Indian team was candid
The Lankans will also depend heavi- their skin to put up a good confident after winning hundreds 134 at Galle in 2015; 190 series against Sri Lanka enough to say that he too ne-
ly on Dimuth Karunaratne and skipper challenge against a top-quality against Pakistan, he stated. at Galle and 119 at Pallekele both with any less intensity. eds rest. Definitely I do ne-
Dinesh Chandimal, both of whom got side like India. Chandimal said the in 2017. His average is the highest Winning is the most impor- ed a rest. When I think my
centuries against Pakistan in the UAE, We all know India are the Lankans have worked hard on amongst the batsmen with 500 runs or tant thing. For that, everyo- body should be rested, I will
to put up big totals. Mathews will look No. 1 Test side at the moment. their fielding after the more in India-Sri Lanka Tests ne in the team is on the same ask for it, why not. Im not a
to give solidity to the middle order by They have played some really disastrous home series page regardless of the oppo- robot, you can slice my skin
coming in at No. 4, as indicated by Chan- good cricket over last two against India, when they lost sition, he said. and check if I still bleed,

5
on a roll, dominating their opponents in dimal. The Lankans are keen on going years. It was a tough series in all nine matches across three The last five Tests played Theres a lot of talk Kohli said.
all formats of the game. in with five bowlers though Chandimal Sri Lanka (vs India) and as a formats. between the two countries
Having played 13 ODIs and seven didnt reveal the combination. team we learnt a lot from The one area we are between August 20, 2015 Pradip Datta

Twenty20 Internationals following the
Test series in Lanka, the Indians will
look to quickly get into Test-match mode.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra
Jadeja, especially, will be itching to per-
form as they were kept out of the limit-
ed-overs squad.
But with a truncated match on the them, he said on Wednesday, looking at is fielding. We need and August 14, 2017 have
cards, it remains to be seen whether the the eve of the first Test against to keep our energy throughout been won by India the
series opener produces a result. India at Eden Gardens. the five days, he stated. TNN longest winning streak by a team in
Tests involving both the countries
What overkill, ask the fans: Kohli a

The greenish Eden pitch, however,
might see the seamers make hay when
the sun does break through the clouds.
The hard and bouncy track could influ-
ence the Indian think tank to include
three seamers, with Bhuvneshwar Ku-
mar coming in for Hardik Pandya. The
Uttar Pradesh pacer picked up a fiver
against New Zealand last year and
swung the white ball under lights to bowl
India to an ODI win against Australia
two months ago.
When it comes to opening batsmen,
skipper Virat Kohli is spoilt for choice.
The balance has swung every now and
then, between two guys doing well and
one of them missing out, Kohli said on
Wednesday.
Although Murali Vijay is back after
recovering from a wrist injury, that had
kept him out of the Sri Lanka tour, Kohli
indicated that he may go in with in-form
Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul up front.
Archiman.Bhaduri
@timesgroup.com
Kolkata: Even before unseason-
al rains hit the city late on Tues-
day, the first Test between India
and Sri Lanka had generated
lukewarm interest. Queues at
ticket counters have been con-
spicuous by their absence. There
has been no demand for compli-
mentary tickets either in a city
that loves its cricket.
INDIA-SL BATTLE
Is this apathy because of an
overkill of matches between top-
ranked India and No. 6 Sri Lan-
ka? India, after all, returned
from a full tour of Sri Lanka in
10
Number of Tests
won by India out
of 17 played vs Sri
Tests, five ODIs and one T20I. portant to look at the issue from
Lanka in India with-
Within two months, the Lankans the fans perspective as well.
out losing a single
are in India to play another full We have to maintain a bal-
match. The remaining seven Tests
series comprising three Tests, ance between how to engage fans,
were drawn
three ODIs and three T20Is. And keep players fresh and keep the
theres more to come as India game exciting and competitive
will travel to Sri Lanka next year throughout the year. Definitely it INDIAS TEST INDIAS TEST
to play the Independence Cup has to be taken into consideration RECORD - LAST FIVE RECORD - LAST
limited-overs tournament. because you dont want fans going YEARS AWAY FROM FIVE YEARS AT
HOME HOME
When Virat Kohli was posed away from the game, he re-
the question on the eve of the marked. The Indian captain said
that fans are one of the biggest 4
Eden Test, the India skipper said:
This needs analysis. He felt the stakeholders in the game and they 8 8 3
O J20
question should be addressed to should be taken into confidence.
fans, rather than the players.
For us (players), theres no room
Its different for someone
watching the game than some-
8
to say I dont want to play this
game, or you cannot say I dont
feel like batting while standing
one involved playing in the
game, Kohli said, indicating
that cricketers have to play any
Played 24 .Played
Won by India 20
27
Won by India 8
on the crease. We are at our top opposition as the schedule de-
intensity all the time, he said. mands, but fans have a choice to Lost by India 8 Lost by India 3 _ _ _

It will be a new experience for most September after playing three But he agreed that it was im- watch or stay away. Drawn 8 Drawn 4 CAB president Sourav Ganguly inspecting the Eden Gardens wicket
ahead of the first Test
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Rajesh Kumar

GALLERY

Woakes takes six you get on top of the team,

Issue SGM notice RCA ban to be
revoked soon Top BCCI official questions
they'll quickly turn on their
In-form England paceman
Chris Woakes claimed six
wickets as a Cricket Austra-
own but obviously the hard
bit is getting on top of them,"
he added.
by today: COA Arani.Basu@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: This should be

lia XI reached 249 for nine at
the close on the opening day
of their four-day tour match
in Townsville on Wednes-
day.The Warwickshire fast
bowler finished the day with
six for 54 in the final warm-
up game before next week's
Ashes series opener against
Australia in Brisbane. The
tourists didn't help their
cause by spilling three cat-
ches as CA XI skipper Matt
Short topscored with 51.
Injury scare for
Bairstow: England had an
early injury scare when Test
'keeper Bairstow was forced
off the field for an hour after
getting hit on a finger in the
tour match agaisnt CA XI.
Bairstow was replaced by
tour understudy Ben Foakes,
who took a catch before
Bairstow returned to the
game with bruising to the
middle finger of his left
hand.
GM appointment process
Ponting predicts Ashes
New Delhi: The Committee The revised music to the ears of the admi- Gaurav.Gupta
Going by the crite- vernance, writes Ani-
of Administrators (COA) domestic payment nistrators in Rajasthan @timesgroup.com
stroll for Oz: Former Aust- ria set for the applicant, rudh.
has directed BCCI acting Cricket Association. The In- Im sure that the Honb
ralia captain Ricky Ponting
president CK Khanna to is- structure is also dian cricket board (BCCI) is
Mumbai: The process of
a lot of capable people,
says England's only hope of the appointment of the ge- CoA has the information
winning a Test in the up-
sue a notice for Special Ge- expected to come close to revoking the ban on neral manager, cricket ope- extremely well-suited for communicated to you in the
coming Ashes series is the
neral Meeting (SGM) by up for discussion at the RCA which has been in rations, the Board of Cont- the job would never even hope that youd communi-
Thursday. The COA headed place for three years. It has
day/night match in Adelaide
by Vinod Rai sent an e-mail
the meeting been learnt that BCCI is ex-
rol for Cricket in India
be appointed for this
cate it to the others as well.
and has predicted a 4-0 (BCCI), seems to be genera- The very fact that theyre
to Khanna on Tuesday, No- 16. I am discussing with my pected to lift the ban soon on- position. It seems playing communicating something
victory for the hosts. Ponting ting a fair amount of cont-
vember 14, giving him a 48- colleagues. We also need to de- ce the Committee of Admini-
savaged England's batting
hour deadline to announce cide the list of agenda of the
roversy. at the highest level and a to you indicates that they
order and said the absence strators (CoA) and the BCCI The main point of con- wish for their decisions to
the date of the SGM. SGM. Normally, you need a 10- office-bearers meet the next higher level of intel-
of all-rounder Ben Stokes, tention, within the Board, be known to the others.
along with injuries to their
Khanna admitted ha- day window to call a SGM, time. BCCIs acting presi- is a clause which makes it ligence isnt sufficient To the CoA, I would
ving received the notifica- Khanna said. dent CK Khanna, who was humbly like to request that
fast bowling stocks, would mandatory for the candida- A BCCI OFFICIAL
tion from the COA and said It is expected that the new made the chairman of the
play into Australia's hands. te to be a postgraduate. the office-bearers may plea-
that he will be announcing constitution of the BCCI with ad-hoc committee to run the
His comments come after Going by the criteria do so, because hes already se be involved in the process
the date of the SGM in the incorporation of all Lodha re- affairs in Rajasthan cricket, in order to satisfy ourselves
fierce criticism of the Austra- set for the applicant, a lot of employed by the BCCI (at ac-
stipulated time-frame. forms will come up for discus- confirmed the development.
lia batting line-up from capable people, extremely ting president CK Khannas about the person which the
I have received the COA sion. The revised domestic pa- This is one of the issues organization is to employ, of
former England greats Ian well-suited for the job wo- office). So, why was Prasad,
mail with an instruction to yment structure is also expec- scheduled to be discussed. It which were the elected re-
Botham and Graeme Swann. uld never even be appointed whos the junior chief selec-
announce the date of the ted to come up for discussion will be done at an appropria- presentatives, Anirudh
"I've been a bit more out- for this position. It seems tor, permitted to take part in
SGM, latest by November at the meeting. AGENCIES te forum, Khanna told TOI. goes on to say in the mail.
ward than normal about this playing at the highest level this? he lamented.
one because I honestly think and a higher level of intelli- Meanwhile, TOI has ac- When Amitabh men-
that Australia will win really gence isnt sufficient, said cessed a chain of mails bet- tions that the advertise-
easily," Ponting said.

Watling in doubt for

Wellington Test: New
Lyons burnt toast stops a senior Board official, ad-
ding: Even greats like Sa-
chin Tendulkar, Rahul Dra-
vid, Virender Sehwag, Sou-
ween Amitabh Chaudhary,
the acting secretary of the
board, and Anirudh Chaud-
hary, the treasurer, in
ment for the post was uplo-
aded on October 16, 2017, mo-
re than two weeks before yo-
ur e-mail, Anirudh fires

England must silence

crowds, says Swann:
England must silence the
Zealand wicketkeeper BJ
Watling is in doubt for the
first Test against West Indies
as he battles to recover from
play in Shield match rav Ganguly and VVS Lax-
man wouldnt qualify for
the job, since none of them
are postgraduates, whereas
which the latter has accu-
sed Amitabh of not keeping
the top office-bearers in the
loop over the important ap-
back: Kindly explain the
relevance of this? Youd not
circulated or shared the ad-
vertisement for informa-

baying home crowds if they
are to stand any chance of
getting on top of Australia
during the upcoming Ashes
series, said former spinner
Graeme Swann. Swann, who
retired mid-way through
England's ill-fated tour in
2013/14, described the noise
levels at the Gabba in Bris-
bane, hosting the first Test
from November 23, as "unbe-
lievable" and even louder
than Real Madrid's home
supporters. "The thing
you've got to do is stop the
noise and the easy way to do
that in Australia is to get on
top of them," said Swann. "If
a hip injury but has been
named in a 12-man squad for
the Wellington match star-
ting on December 1. An extra
player would be added to the
squad following the warmup
match between New Zealand
A and West Indies but the
squad was otherwise settled,
New Zealand Cricket said in
a media release on Wednes-
day.
The squad: Kane Williamson
(capt), Trent Boult, Colin de
Grandhomme, Matt Henry, Tom
Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet
Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim
Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner,
BJ Watling.
A
ustralias Nathan Ly-
on will have the dubio-
us distinction of be-
ing the first cricketer to ha-
ve stopped a game for his
craving for a slice of toast.
Lyon, playing for New So-
uth Wales, burned a piece of
toast in the dressing room
and sparked a massive fire
alert that halted a Sheffield
Shield match for around 30
minutes against Queens-
land at Allan Border Field
in Brisbane on Wednesday.
Players had to leave the
field and werent allowed in-
to the dressing rooms as of-
ficials tried to get to the bot-
Twitter/Louis Cameron
m
NSW and Queensland players
waiting near the boundary line
as play was stopped due to a
fire alarm
tom of what was going on.
Lyons Australian team-
mates Steven Smith, Usman
Khawaja and David Warner
were also playing the game
and they had no clue what
was going on. Lyon, later re-
vealed what triggered the
alarm. "(The toast) popped
up first and I wasn't happy
so I put it back down and I
got carried away watching
the cricket. It happens eve-
ry second week (at home), I
reckon. I was getting a bit
bored in the changerooms.
Steve Smith already said
he's going to cover it (the fi-
re truck call-out fee)," crick-
et.com.au quoted Lyon as
saying. TNN
these people are ideally sui-
ted to take Indian cricket
forward.
Questions need to be ra-
ised about who set the quali-
fications criteria for this
job. Its a mystery who set
them. Was it done to keep
out people from a particular
lobby?
The official also questio-
ned the likely appointment
of former India seamer
Venkatesh Prasad, who was
interviewed on November
2, for the post. When Cheta-
nya Nanda wanted to sit for
the exam of the match refe-
ree, he wasnt permitted to
pointment.
You have not kept the
other office-bearers appri-
sed of the developments.
You ought to have at least
kept the acting president
apprised of the develop-
ments since youre also sup-
posed to work under the su-
pervision and control of the
president as per the rules
and regulations of the
BCCI. Your and the CEOs
lack of communication to
the other office-bearers has
resulted in a situation whe-
re were not even aware of
whats happening and this
is an opaque method of go-
tion with me before having
the same issue and Im sure
you appreciate that an offi-
ce-bearer need not come to
know about something like
this through an advertise-
ment, a newspaper report
or by word of mouth. Its a
reflection on your role as
the acting secretary if an of-
fice-bearer comes to know
of developments in the Bo-
ard through a medium ex-
ternal to the organization.
To this, Amitabh re-
sponds: The minutes of the
various meetings held by
CoA are published on the
website of the BCCI.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

All eyes on Sushil at wrestling nationals

Indore: Two-time Olympic
medallist Sushil Kumar will
be the cynosure of all eyes
when he returns to the mat af-
ter three long years at the Na-
TOI ted to leave any stone untur-
ned when he will vie for top
honours in 74kg category at
the Nationals. He will be re-
presenting Railways. Sushil,
Sushil was stopped from
taking part at the Rio Olym-
pics in 2016 after the WFI re-
neged on its promise of hol-
ding a trial to decide who
Prannoy survives
Prevails Over Dong Keun Lee In Round 1; Saina, Sindhu Win
tional Wrestling Champions- who was having a training among him and and Nar- TOI
hip, commencing here on stint in Tbilisi, Georgia, rus- singh would represent India Suhas.Nayse@timesgroup.com le. Saina defeated Beiwan
Thursday. hed back to the country last at the Summer Games. Zhang of USA 21-12, 21-13 in
While Sushil is the lone week to take part in the selec- Subsequently, Sushil took Nagpur: In-form HS Pran- 30 minutes.
big name in men's freestyle tion trial against Dinesh in legal recourse but even the noy survived a big scare aga- It was third successive
wrestling, Rio Olympics the 74kg category. But he Delhi High Court rejected his inst a Korean qualifier to en- victory for Saina over her
bronze medallist Sakshi Ma- hardly had to break a sweat as plea for a trial in 74kg catego- ter the second round of the USA oppoenent, who is ran-
lik and Geeta Phogat will be Dinesh, the national junior ry and he could not get a China Open Super Series ked 12th in the world.
the star attractions in the wo- champion, gave him a walk showdown with Narsingh as Premier Badminton tourna- Saina, who is ranked 11th
men's field at the four-day over. had been promised to him by ment at Fuzhou on Wednes- in the world, has drawn a
event. However, London Ga- Wrestling fans will see a the WFI after an injury pre- day. The newly crowned na- dangerous opponent in the
mes bronze winner Yogesh- Sushil Kumar (file picture) re-energised Sushil Kumar at vented him from competing tional champion rallied form of Akane Yamaguchi of
war Dutt will continue his ab- the nationals, Sushil had sa- in the Olympic qualifiers ear- back strongly to edge past Janapn. The fifth seed Yama-
sence from the competitive Bydgoszcz, Poland from No- id after qualifying for the lier. Dong Keun Lee 18-21, 21-16, 21- guchi had won last three suc-
fold, while his protege Baj- vember 21-26. competition. Sakshi and Vinesh Phogat 19 in a marathon encounter cessive matches against Sai-
rang Punia also won't be seen Gearing up for a come- The 34-year-old was last will look to get back to form which lasted for an hour and na and leads the battle 3-1 so
in action as he is all set to par- back next year with Com- seen in action at the 2014 Glas- after dismal performances at 30 minutes. far.
ticipate in the Under-23 World monwealth and Asian Games gow Commonwealth Games the World Championships in Former two-time natio-
Championships to be held in lined up, Sushil is not expec- where he finished with a gold. August. AGENCIES CHINA OPEN nal champion Sourabh Ver-
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Kolhapur Municipal Corporation O/o Chief Engineer Civil Investigation & Construction Central , Vydyuthi Bhavanam, Prannoy was trailing by a co- world No. 53. It will be their the world No. 13 Japanese. and Ashwini Ponnappa fo-
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five consecutive points. With The second seed won in stra- oked her place in the second 17, 13-21 in an hour and 9 mi-
or various e q ui pments to various departments of Govt. T.D. Medical Co llege ,
lia Coat of tender form : 1,12W- EMD : 1% Last date of sale of tender form Sd- this win, Prannoy avenged ight games but bot the games round without much troub- nutes.
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R.Satya@timesgroup.com injured Ralte at BFC
Cost of tender form : 590/- EMD : I I . Last date of sale of tender form Bengaluru: For long, putting was S Chikkarangappas TIMES NEWS NETWORK draft, Bengaluru signed three
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t o:- rid e -lendisr No. nna Govt. Medical E-Tenders are invited from eligible contractors for the following strong point. Trying to experiment with new putters in the goalkeepers Ralte, Abhra
College, Kmhkode67300& Phone049S-2350212 Tender Ertanim - of Electrol yte work in Technopark Campus , Kundara , Kollam. last year or so, it soon turned out to be his weakness. On the Bengaluru: India goalkee- Mondal and Calvin Abhishek
Analyser (2 Nos.) to the department of 1liactnennistry,Govt Medical loge, Kozhiko de
Cost of tender form : 590'- . EMD : 1%. Last date of sale of tender form : 6.12.2017 opening day of the inaugural Bengaluru Open Golf Cham- per Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and had retained the servi-
3PM tenderu :7.12.2017 11AM PAC:2, 0,00W . Name of the work : 'MAINTENANCE WORKS (CIVIL) AT pionship on Wednesday, Chikka decided to return to his old will feature for Bengaluru FC ces of skipper Sunil Chhetri,
Window oapr 1 e 502 . Tender No. 47 017 Pr incipa l, Govt.
College, Alappuzha -688005. Phone-0477-2282015 . Supply of equi pment to
Medica l TECHNOPARK SEZ CAMPUS, KUNDARA, KOLLAM' . and trusted putter. The result was phenomenal. The 24-ye- in the opening match of their Udanta Singh, Malsawmzua-
Urolog y Department of Govt .T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha Cost of tender
form : 500+GST EMD : 1,500/- Last date of sale of tender form 4.12.2017 For further details , please visit htpps :// etenders .kerala .gov.in ar-old, one of the favourites here, took a mere 25 putts en ro- maiden Indian Super League la and Nishu Kumar under
1 PM Receiving tender upto : 4.12.2017 1 PM PAC : 2,50,0001- . ute to a sizzling six-under 66 for a share of the lead. He was (ISL) campaign on Sunday. the senior players and U-21
Wm ow o: pr 1 e 503 m Ten d er No. C/ 125 1, 1 303/2 1 D rinc pa
Date: 16/11/2017
joined at the top by his playing partner Shamim Khan the Sandhu will replace the inju- players retention policy.
Govt. Dental College, Alappu zha -688005. Phone-0477-2280502. Supp ly of Thiruvananthapuram Chief Executive Officer PGTI Order of Merit leader and afternoon starters Him- red Lalthuammawia Ralte for ISL rules stipulate that
Radio Vislography (1 No.) to the Pedodontics department and Circular Saw
(I No.) to Co n s e r v a t i v e D e n t i s t r y Departmen of Govt . Dental College, Technopark , Trivandrum-695 581 mat Rai, Sujjan Singh and Sri Lankas Anura Rohana. the opener against Mumbai goalkeepers may be replaced
Ala ppuzha Cat of tender form : 400- EMD : 1% Last date of sale of tender farm
: 512.2017 3 PM Receiving tender upto : 6.122017 4 PM PAC :2,10,000/- . Ph: 0471-2700222 Fax: 0471-2700171 Making the most of the near benign conditions at the FC at the Sree Kanteerava at any stage during the ISL se-
Window oapr a 5U4 , tender No. rmapa , G ovt. KGA, most of the top pros of the country made hay in the Rs Stadium here. ason subject to League appro-
Medical Co llege , Kozhikode-673008 . Phone-0 495 -2350212 Sup ply of Soft
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Govt Medical College,Kozhikode Cost of tender form : 708/- EM1ID :1% last
date of sale of tender form :27.112017 3 PM Receiving tender upto : 28.11.2017 ' 1 1 11 I 1 1 1 I I II I
nine of them shot even-par 72. Local pro M Dharma, in- year-old from Norwegian ation. A club must have a mi-
11 AM PAC : 3,00,000/- . form Honey Baisoya, who has won four events in the last club Stabaek FC during the nimum of two match-fit goal-
COLLEGIATE E D UCATION DEPARTMENT one year, and Veer Ahlawat were a shot off the pace in tied summer transfer window but keepers at any stage of the
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Re-tender - Sup ply of Lab equipments to the d e p a r t m e n t of Physics & Street, New Delhi - 110001 day and was three shots behind the leaders. reserve squad as the Blues aluru coach Albert Roca reve-
Chemistry , K .M.M. Govt . Women 's College, Kannur for the y ear 2017-18 NHIDCL invites offline proposals for "Rehabilitation and up-
Cost of tender form : 560/- EMD : 1% last date of sale of tender form :24.11.2017 Leading scores (after 18 holes) 66: S Chikkarangappa, Shamim Khan, Him- had already lined up their qu- aled that Ralte had picked up
1 PM Receiving tender u pto : 24.112017 2 PM PAC : 2,50,000/-. gradation of section from Km 107 .760 to Km 129 .445 (After
m ow oa pr 1 e 5 06 . Tender No. 2/20 17- 18/Pl an rincipa , Govt. A rts Middle strait to Humphrey), Km 130 .600 to Km 138 (After mat Rai, Sujjan Singh, Anura Rohana (SL); 67: Honey Baisoya, Veer Ahlawat, M ota of 18 Indian players for the an ankle injury during their
Science College , K u n n a m a n g a l a m , NIT P.O., C ha t h a m a n g a l a m - 673601. Humphrey to Kadamtala ) & Km 155.00 to Km 181 .0 (End of Dharma; 68: Mukesh Kumar, Chiragh Kumar, N Thangaraja (SL), Abhijit Singh ISL season. pre-season friendly against
Phone-0495-2288008 Supply of All in one Computer & Printer to Govt. Arts
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1% Last date of sale of tender form : 8.12.2017 1 PM Receiving tender upto with hard shoulder in the Union Territory of Andaman &
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SNAP SHOTS

Advani settles for bronze

Pankaj Advani settled for bronze in the long-up
Dimitrov races into semis Zverev no match for
Federer masterclass
format of the IBSF World Billiards Champions-
hip after losing to English opponent Mike
26-Year-Old Bulgarian Hits 18 Winners To Demolish Goffin 6-0, 6-2 Reuters
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Russell in the semifinals in Doha. Russell Prajwal.Hegde@timesgroup.com London: Roger Federer gave
reached the 1250 mark ahead of Advani. Earlier Alexander Zverev a master-
in the quarterfinals, both Indians Dhruv Sitwala London: Theres always a bit of class on the use of space -- an-
and Sourav Kothari crashed out of the tourna- both in a match with a lob-sided gles and lines, nooks and cran-
ment. After a memorable outing in the World scoreline like 0-6, 2-6 -- one mans nies and the viciousness of
Billiards with a gold and bronze, Advani now moment, anothers misery. As it spin -- that kept low and hissed
has a day to switch from the 3- ball game to was for Grigor Dimitorv and the through the winter air -- cut-
snooker for the World Snooker Championship hapless Belgian David Goffin on ting up the 20-year-olds chal-
commencing on Thursday. Wednesday at the Nitto ATP Fi- lenge.
Result: Mike Russell bt Pankaj Advani: 1251-620 nals. The joyful Bulgarian, a deb- The 36-year-old nudged out
utant in the season-finale, won Zverev 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-1 to make
Nov 29 is the last date for filing the Pete Sampras Group feature his 14th semifinals in 15 appea- Roger Federer
nominations for IOC elections: Under-fire in 73 minutes to seal his place in rances of the Nitto ATP Finals
president N Ramachandran will have to take a the last four. late on Tuesday in a match in Federer, who was speaking
call on his candidature by November 29 -- the which both players pushed, go- to himself a lot during the
last date of filing nominations for the Indian ATP FINALS ing for more every time. Fede- match, said, But in the first
Olympic Association (IOA) elections on Decem- rer had 26 winners to Zverevs set, I was going through phases
ber 14. The association set into motion the It was a special performance. 20, but the statistic of the where I was hardly making
process of election of its new office bearers for You have days like that, Dimi- match was the unforced er- any returns. That's something
a four-year term with the formal notification of trov said of the match in which rors. The 6 ft 6 German the I was not going to accept. I was
its polls during its AGM. he faced just one break point. sports rising star -- had 44, willing to lose by making a lot
But then I work for days like while Federer only had six less. of balls and maybe give him a
Sheoran, Yashaswini triumph: Promising this I feel humbled by this win. I In some ways I feel like it's chance to miss at least rather
India shooter Akhil Sheoran and junior world was moving great, feeling my been a season where playing than just giving him empty
champion Yashaswini Singh Deswal were shots. I wasnt missing much. I freely has served me well, Fe- free games time and time aga-
among the winners of the 3rd All India Digvijay have taken the next step in the derer, who has enjoyed a magi- in. Federer, backed by an ado-
Singh Memorial Air Rifle and Air Pistol Cham- tournament. This is a special mo- cal 2017, scaling peaks many ring full-house, chanting Lets
pionship. Gold medallists of the championship ment for sure but we have move Dimitrov celebrates after defeating Goffin to enter the semifinals of ATP Finals on Wednesday thought were beyond him at 36, go Roger, lets go at every turn,
were awarded cash prizes of Rs 50,000, the on. said. In the bigger moments, I used his slice to breathtaking
silver medallists were awarded Rs 30,000 and Goffin, argumentative in his out a little flat after the exhaus- In the second, I had some oppor- points in the first set. With the try to smile on the inside and effect. It was perforce aided by
Rs 20,000 to the bronze winner. shotmaking, who shocked Rafael tive opening match in which tunities to come back, to break crowd firmly in the Bulgarians think, like it's all good. I was the surface and conditions, ke-
Nadal in his opening essay, ap- great blows were traded. back, but he was really solid. He corner, Dimitrov broke Goffin in getting a bit frustrated with so- eping low and irritating his to-
Irving leads Celtics to 13th win in a row: peared sluggish on the court. But Grigor was better today. We served well. He was solid until the the second game of the second set me of the shot selection at 5-1in wering opponent, who was
Masked man Kyrie Irving scored 25 points to as much as Dimitrov with his daz- started the match really well end of the match. and then went ahead 3-0. the third set. I'm talking to my- throwing helpless glances at
lead the Boston Celtics to their 13th consecuti- zling array was mesmerizing, from both sides, we had a lot of Dimitrov, movie-star looks The only whiff of a chance self, saying, What am I even his team. Federer, who now en-
ve NBA victory on Tuesday with a 109-102 there was growing unconcern for good rallies. It was a great inten- and pleasing manner, started Goffin had against the Dimitrov getting upset about? I'm lea- joys a 3-2 advantage over Zve-
triumph at Brooklyn. The Celtics, whose 13-2 his opponent, who like in his first sity from the start. But he was a strong, pouncing on every oppor- serve was a breakpoint in the ding 5-1in the third. I'm one ga- rev in head-to-head clashes, sa-
record is the NBA's best, are on their longest match against the Spaniard, little bit more aggressive. He tunity, looking every inch like the third game. The 26-year-old me away from qualifying for id, I was able to read his fore-
win streak since winning 14 in a row in Novem- came out with his left knee came to the net from the begin- pro for who great things were slammed the door shut with an the semis. The artful supers- hand this time better than
ber and December of 2010, with the team strapped. As the game wore on, ning, from the first point, the once predicted. Goffin, wholl overhead that brooked no an- tar the father of four added, Montreal, where he had a lot of
record of 19 consecutive wins coming in No- one expected Goffin to warm-up Belgian said. It was not easy for head his countrys challenge in swer. The Belgian held in the I wished I couldve played a bit winners forehand and back-
vember and December of 2008. At Houston, and breakout of the late-season me to lose my serve from the the Davis Cup final next month fourth and sixth games, but more freely. I was playing a lot hand. It was also different ty-
Toronto's DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points to shackles, but that was not to be. start. It was tough for my confi- against France, was clearly run- wasnt remotely close to mount- of defense, trying to keep the pes of conditions, outdoors,
lead six Raptors in double figures as the Cana- Goffin said he may have come dence after that when it was 0-4. ning on empty. He won just 12 ing a challenge on the day. ball in play. warm, day session.
dian club downed the host Rockets 129-113,
snapping Houston's six-game win streak.

Joshana advances; Khelo India to Balaji lets Aleksandr off the hook
Results: San Antonio 97 bt Dallas 91, Toronto 129 bt
Houston 113, Boston 109 bt Brooklyn 102.

Kerala U-19 draw with Baroda: In a match

begin from Jan 31
dominated by former Indian wicketkeeper
Nayan Mongias son Mohit Mongia, who broke
the U-19 record for the highest score by a
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ana allowed the occasion get
the better of him in a 3-6, 4-6 de-
feat at the hands of Spanish se-
Baroda batsman, previously held by his father, Hong Kong: Joshana Chinap- Manavjit, Shreyasi take lead New Delhi: The government on Wednes- Pune: Sriram Balaji squande- More salt was rubbed in cond seed Adrian Menendez-
the visiting Baroda team walked away with pa ended up being the lone win- Former world champion Ma- day decided to hold the inaugural edition red four match points while the wound as Balaji and Vard- Maceiras.
three points courtesy of first-innings lead ner for India on the opening navjit Singh Sandhu and Com- of the Khelo India, a national program- suffering an agonising three- han, ranked 138th and 116th re- Myneni, playing on a wild-
against Kerala in the Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 day of the Hong Kong Open, a monwealth Games silver med- me for development of sports at the scho- set defeat against former spectively, also bowed out of card, kept his cool while put-
cricket tournament at SD College ground, PSA world tour major event allist Shreyasi Singh led the fi- ol and college level, from January 31to Fe- world No. 72 Aleksandr Ned- doubles with a 3-6, 4-6 loss to ting out eighth seed Serbian
Alappuzha on Wednesday. On the final day, here. In the top half, Chinappa eld in the men's and women's bruary 8 next year. ovyesov in the second round of Pedja Krstin 4-6, 6-2, 6-0;
Mongia added 20 more to his overnight score to was the first to take the court trap events at the 61st National According to sources, the decision the $50,000+H KPIT ATP Chal- ATP TENNIS Bhambri, for the second suc-
be dismissed on 260 as Baroda took a lead of Shotgun Championship here was taken during a high-level meeting lenger here on Wednesday. cessive day, was in imperious
100 runs. In the second innings, Kerala were 182 CROSS COUNTRY today. Manavjit shot 49 out of 50 between the sports ministry and Sports The 27-year-old from Chen- compatriots Saketh Myneni form as he tamed Croatian
for six at the close of play. Kerala are sixth in after two rounds and leads Authority of India (SAI) officials on Wed- nai was broken while serving and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. Ante Pavic 6-4, 7-6 (4); and
Group C with one point from two matches and the Indian faced a tough Aman Ali Elahi, who was also nesday here. There had been talks about for the match at 5-2 in the deci- Sumit Nagal and lucky lo- Ramkumar played his fourth
while Baroda are fourth with three points from fight against qualifier Hollie on the same score, while Rio holding the multi-city edition of Khelo der and then failed to convert ser Vijay Sundar Prashanth tiebreak in a row while over-
as many matches. Naughton who stretched the Olympian Kynan Chenai was India in December end itself, but the mi- 15-40 on the Kazakhs serve in were the other two Indians to coming Britains Bryden Kle-
Brief scores: Kerala U-19 329/4 (Ashwin Anand 126, match to five games. The 51-mi- in third place with a score of nistry never came up with any official an- the next game as he eventually make their exit while Saketh in 7-6 (7), 6-3.
Shiv Ganesh 100; NA Rathva 5/99) & 182/6 (Ananthak- nute tussle at 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 48. Shreyasi shot a perfect 25 af- nouncement. The ministry has been loo- went down 7-5, 4-6, 5-7 at the Myneni, Yuki Bhambri and Prashanth found top seed
rishnan J 69; Dharmendra Dodia 4/74) drew with Baroda 11-6. ter one round to lead Shikha king at various factors, including the we- MSLTA Courts in Mhalunge- Ramkumar Ramanathan won Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia, cur-
U-19 409/7 (Mohit Monga 260, Shivalik Sharma 76, Urvil However, Saurav Ghosal Bhadauria who shot 22 and ather condition in the city during that Balewadi. in straight sets. rent world No. 102 and a for-
Patel 52; Ajith Jacob 4/124). and Dipika Pallikal failed to Punjab's Rajeshwari Kumari part of the month, before finalising the Having conceded a 3-0 lead, The spotlight was on Nagal mer 68, found too hot to handle
cross the first round. was lying third with 21. AGENCIES dates, sources said. Nedovyesov came out guns but the 20-year-old from Hary- in a 3-6, 2-6 loss.

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Danes, Aussies book WC spots Aguero collapses

as Argentina lose
Eriksen Fires A Hat-Trick In Demolition of Ireland; Honduras Sink Down Under AFP
Moscow: Argentina striker Ser-
gio Aguero collapsed in the dres-
sing room at halftime before
turday and it seemed that they
could cope without him.
Ever Banega curled in a free
Paris: Christian Eriksen's magnifi- they lost 4-2 to fellow World Cup kick, awarded after Nigeria go-
cent hat-trick inspired Denmark to a
5-1demolition of the Republic of Ire-
Italy sack Ventura qualifiers Nigeria after taking a
two-goal lead in a friendly in
alkeeper Daniel Akpeyi picked
the ball up outside his area, in
land in Tuesday's second leg of their Rome: Italy coach Gian Piero Krasnodar, Russia on Tuesday. the 28th minute and Aguero fi-
playoff in Dublin to clinch a spot at Ventura has been fired follo- The Argentine Football As- nished off a sweeping counter-
next year's World Cup. Elsewhere, wing the Azzurri's failure to qu- sociation (AFA) said in a state- attack eight minutes later. But
Mile Jedinak confirmed Australias alify for the World Cup. ment that Aguero, who scored in Kelechi Iheanacho inspired Ni-
passage to Russia with a deflected Ventura leaves in disgrace, the first half, was taken away for geria's fightback. First, he emu-
free kick and two penalties in Wed- widely criticized for his tacti- routine examinations but ad- lated Banega by scoring from a
nesday's 3-1 intercontinental playoff cal decisions that left Italy out ded: "The player is well". His Pre- free kick on the stroke of halfti-
victory over Honduras. of football's biggest competi- mier League club Manchester me and then set up the equaliser
Following Saturday's stalemate tion for the first time in six de- City said the 29-year-old Aguero by pulling the ball back for Alex
in Copenhagen, Ireland got their ho- cades. A football federation sta- had been cleared by doctors to Iwobi to net seven minutes after
me leg off to the perfect start when tement says Ventura is ``no return to England as planned af- the re-start. The Super Eagles to-
Shane Duffy headed them into the longer coach of the national te- ter he suffered what they called ok the lead two minutes after
lead after only six minutes, but Den- am.'' Four-time champion Italy "a dizzy spell". "Sergio never lost that when Brian Idowu sidefoo-
mark struck twice before the break lost a playoff to Sweden, 1-0 on consciousness, and was taken to ted home from the edge of the
and three more in the second half to aggregate, on Monday. hospital for precautionary me- area to finish off a counter at-
seal their place in Russia. Ventura's contract was re- dical checks," City said on their tack. A superb goal by Iwobi
The equaliser arrived in fortui- cently extended to 2020 but the official website. completed the comeback in the
tous circumstances on 19 minutes deal included a stipulation that Argentina coach Jorge Sam- 73rd minute as he collected the
when Cyrus Christie helped bundle it could be voided in case of a fa- paoli rested Lionel Messi follo- ball, slipped it between Javier
in Andreas Christensen's effort, but iled qualification. No immedia- wing the 1-0 win over next year's Mascherano's legs and fired past
there was nothing lucky about te replacement was named. AP World Cup hosts Russia on Sa- Agustin Marchesin. REUTERS
Eriksen's thunderbolt for the se-
cond or his second-half brace. Nick- solation goal for Honduras deep into
las Bendtner, on as a late substitute,
completed the rout in the final minu-
injury time. Honduras earned a pla-
yoff spot with a 3-2 win over Mexico
Neymar looks to learn from Eng draw
te with a penalty after a clumsy trip on a hectic last day of qualifying in London: Maybe Neymar is saving himself for the World Cup.
on him by James McClean, exten- North and Central America and the For now, since becoming soccer's most expensive player, fin-
ding Ireland's wait for a first World Caribbean, securing fourth spot and ding the net is proving challenging for Neymar in a Brazil jer-
Cup appearance since 2002. Denmark's Christian Eriksen celebrates after scoring their third goal against Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Tuesday ensuring the US missed out. Austra- sey. Even when coming up against an inexperienced defender
In Sydney, Jedinak, who missed lia had the better opportunities in a in Joe Gomez who was making his first England start.
the latter stages of Australia's Asian gueroa in the 54th minute, bringing feree Nestor Pitana penalized Bryan Cup. I'll take them all,'' Jedinak said 0-0 draw in the first leg last Friday in A 0-0 draw against England at Wembley Stadium left Ney-
qualifying campaign because of in- the 77,060 crowd at Sydney's Olym- Acosta for a handball and calmly of his goals. It wouldn't have matte- San Pedro Sula. AGENCIES mar with only one goal in six games for the five-time world
jury, opened the scoring when his pic stadium to life. slotted home another penalty in the red who scored. I'm happy to chip Results: Europe: Republic of Ireland 1, Denmark champions. We faced difficulties, but that is good for us,'' Ney-
free kick curled to the left of the wall The Australian captain conver- 85th to ensure Australia qualified in.'' 5. Denmark win 5-1on aggregate. Asia: Australia mar said. Most of our games will be like today. It was a match
and went in off defender Henry Fi- ted from the spot in the 72nd after re- for its fourth consecutive World Forward Alberth Elis got a con- 3, Honduras 1. Australia win 3-1on aggregate. of overlapping, quick passes, moving around.'' AP

Argentina official
commits suicide over
Stindl denies France, Spain held by Russia in friendlies
Paris: Lars Stindl scored a last- unter-attack and played in RB Getty Images
hit by the Paris terror attacks on "Russia showed a high level

FIFA trial claims gasp equaliser as world cham-

pions Germany played out an
entertaining 2-2 draw with
Leipzig forward Timo Werner
to slide a finish through the legs
of the onrushing Steve Man-
November 13, 2015. Spain were
denied a seventh consecutive
victory as Fedor Smolov grab-
of play tonight as their players
all looked extremely motiva-
ted," coach Lopetegui said.
New York: A former Argentine football official France in Cologne on Tuesday, danda. bed World Cup hosts Russia a "Russia haven't played any
has reportedly committed suicide after he was while Spain were held by Russia But the visitors still looked thrilling 3-3 draw in Saint Pe- competitive games and their
accused of bribe-taking in testimony to a trial of in a 3-3 friendly thriller. France threatening going forward and tersburg, despite a rare interna- players worked flat out in every
top former FIFA figures in New York. and Germany are among the fa- retook the lead with 19 minutes tional brace for Sergio Ramos. single friendly match. But we al-
Jorge Delhon threw himself under a train in vourites for next year's World to play. Julen Lopetegui's visitors took so played well tonight."
a Buenos Aires suburb on Tuesday, Argentine Cup in Russia, and Stindl's inju- This time it was teenage sen- control through a Jordi Alba he- A young England team held
newspapers Clarin and La Nacion reported on ry-time effort extended Joa- sation Kylian Mbappe who was ader and Ramos' first spot-kick, Neymar's Brazil to a 0-0 draw at
their websites. A sports marketing executive, chim Loew's side's unbeaten the creator, playing a pin-point but Smolov and Alexei Miran- Wembley Stadium, having also
Alejandro Burzaco, had testified in the trial Tu- run to 21 matches. through ball that Arsenal stri- chuk brought Russia level with played out a stalemate with Ger-
esday that Delhon and another man, Pablo Pala- In the two teams' first clash ker Lacazette latched onto befo- goals either side of half-time. many on Saturday.
dino, took millions of dollars in bribes in ex- since the French won 2-0 in the re confidently finishing past Pa- Real Madrid centre-back Ra- Tite's men produced a tame
change for rights to broadcast football games. Euro 2016 semifinals, Didier De- ris Saint-Germain second-choi- mos completed his first double performance in a game of few
Burzaco, the first witness in the trial, painted schamps' men scored a brilli- ce goalkeeper Kevin Trapp for for Spain since scoring two aga- clear opportunities, as home go-
a damning picture of corruption in South Ame- antly-worked opening goal in his first international brace. inst San Marino in 2005, but alkeeper Joe Hart only had to
rican soccer, saying millions of dollars in bribes the 33rd minute, as Anthony The 26-year-old had only sco- Romelu Lukaku of Belgium celebrates after scoring against Japan in Brugge Smolov grabbed Russia a draw make three saves. AFP
were paid for TV rights to major tournaments. Martial danced between two de- red once in his previous 15 Fran- on Tuesday. Lukaku became his country's all-time leading scorer after an encouraging perfor- Results: Russia 3, Spain 3; Argentina 2, Ni-
Burzaco, the former chairman of an Argentine fenders and squared for Alex- ce appearances, but sent out a mance. It was still a satisfactory geria 4; Qatar 1, Iceland 1; Romania 0, Net-
sports marketing company, pleaded guilty in No- andre Lacazette to tap into an message that he could take Oli- Germany kept probing and ternational goal. The game was international break for 2010 herlands 3; Belgium 1, Japan 0; Germany 2,
vember 2015 to racketeering, wire fraud and mo- empty net. Loew's hosts equali- vier Giroud's place up front at snatched a draw as substitutes played under tight security af- World Cup winners Spain, after France 2; Austria 2, Uruguay 1; England 0,
ney laundering conspiracies and agreed to pay sed before the hour mark, tho- international level, as he alrea- Stindl and Mario Goetze combi- ter a friendly between the two te- a 5-0 thrashing of Costa Rica in Brazil 0; Wales 1, Panama 1; Hungary 1,
$21.6 million in restitution. AFP ugh, as Mesut Ozil led a rapid co- dy has done for his club. But ned for the former's fourth in- ams at the Stade de France was Malaga on Saturday. Costa Rica 0; Portugal 1, United States 1.
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removed.As a jury member,we were asked to watch
Anjana.George@timesgroup.com apparently the staff heard it
as bomb.
Clince Varghese

luggage and found nothing

incriminating in it. They
out Sanal Kumar Sasidharans S Durga and Ravi

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The decision of the he happy hippie who After receiving the alert were convinced that I am
Jadhavs Nude from the Indian Panorama section of jury shall be final and 153 films which were submitted and make a list of the
believes in spreading from the airline staff, the air- harmless. But since he had
the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
binding, and no best for the Panorama section, which is what we did. We spent three weeks smiles across the port security officers evacu- already alerted the airport
With just a week left for the fest to kick off in Goa, watching the movies,for eight hours every day,deliberating and discussing.And world had no clue while
appeal or correspon- ated the aircraft and conduct- authorities, he said, the pro-
jury chairman Sujoy Ghosh and two other jury we submitted our list. As you know, that was not the list which came out now. shooting a typical selfie video
dence regarding ed a thorough check of the cedure had to be followed. So,
members have resigned, while Sanal Kumar has Personally,I found S Durga and Nude of extremely high cinematic standards,and outside the aircraft at Cochin
their decision shall passengers and the aircraft. I complied with their every
moved the Kerala High Court against the min-
be entertained Im sure they would have been loved by film festival audience around the world International Airport that he Seeing all these, I freaked request, he said.
istrys decision. would inadvertently be
and in India. We are hoping that the chapter is not closed. out. I explained to To his bad luck, news did
While the ministry is yet to cite the reason for the spreading panic among the the officer not take long to spread that
rejection of films, we listen in as film personalities security staff. The efferves- he had been booked for
air their views on the issue.

ITS MORALLY AND

cent TV anchor and motiva- threatening to hijack the
tional speaker Clince Kochi-Mumbai flight. I was
Varghese recorded this byte, questioned by CISF officials,

FASCISM HAS NEVER HAD LOGIC r I

ADMINISTRATIVELY for the sake of his social
media fans: Lets hijack the
flight with happy vibes...
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customs officers and Kerala
Police. Since it was reported
by national media, even offi-
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, director of S Durga
F irst, I want to know why the regular procedure was not fol-
lowed. Before a film is removed, every director should get a
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bombed quickly as the secu-
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cers from the National
Intelligence Agency ques-
tioned me. I was thoroughly
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Shyam Benegal, filmmaker heard the hijack threat at
SHAKKALAKKA IS frisked. I had no complaints
mail from the IFFI saying your film has been rejected by the I&B Kochi on November 13 just however, he explains.
he ministry set up the jury,based on Its morally and administratively in-

T MY SIGNATURE
ministry. If censorship is the issue, they should enquire about it. before he was to board the Clince was under custody
The ministry bypassed all this and removed the film. The cen- their experience and ability, who correct. The CBFC has given these films Mumbai flight, whisked him from Monday afternoon to 9
sorship reasons they cite are just excuses, and are they trust will make the best choic- certificates,it means they can be shown away. PHRASE. I USE pm. From what I figured out
es. The jury has made a selection, like it anywhere in the country. The CBFC has Narrating the series of from the conversations of the
baseless.My film got its censor certificate a month ago,
is always done.Now the ministry has de- also been set up by the ministry. This incidents that led to his IT IN ALL MY officials, they wanted to keep
from the Censor Board,which comes under the I&B min-
r istry. So, what they have done is unconstitutional and cided to remove two films.If the ministry sets a bad precedent; it establishes that arrest, the Thrissur native
says, I had no clue why I was
SOCIAL MEDIA me in custody until the flight
landed in Mumbai safely. At 9
illegal and I dont think they qualify to be in the ministry. is going to make a further selection of the government can do what it desires. asked to get out of the flight VIDEOS WHICH in the night, I was granted
Fascism never has logic so I dont know why this has their own, why have a jury? Why not But we live in a democracy, not a dicta- while I was all chilling with bail, he says.
been done to my film. To silence voices has always been
make your selection and run a festival? torship. excitement of going back to HAVE A LOT A travel blogger and musi-
the first step of fascism. They reject a film based on Mumbai after 10 days. FOLLOWERS. HERE, cian, Clince, who was born in
'It Soon after he was taken Thrissur and brought up in
whether the director has a beard or a saffron mark,
FILM FESTIVALS ARE SUPPOSED TO
\ BE SPACES FOR ARTISTIC FREEDOM t.
right? All this is a consequence of majority com-
out of the aircraft, he realised I HAD ONLY SAID, Mumbai, is slowly recover-
that the security staffer at the ing from the shock. However,
munalism. The government dances to the boarding point had misun- BOOM AND he says he will continue with
tunes of the majority. derstood him to be a hijacker APPARENTLY THE his adventure expeditions
Ive filed a case with the Kerala HC listening to what he spoke on and the happy sefies. My
against the removal, and am C S Venkiteswaran, film critic ..
the live video he shot at the AIRLINE STAFF mission is to make the world
ladder point with the plane in happy and I am known for
- waiting for the case to pro- Film_festivals are supposed to be spaces where you show whats the videos frame. Boom HEARD IT AS BOMB my great Indian selfies.
ceed. I have faith in the legal contemporary in films. The government is behaving as if its a shakkalakka is my signature Airport officials have
system. public screening. This is not a film theatre, its a festival. Earlier phrase. I use it in all my about the video and offered to assured me that I will not
f\ they used to interfere only in films screened in theatres.From now social media videos which delete it instantly to avoid have any trouble with air
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/ on,you will only have films which are obedient to the State,which have a lot followers. Here, I any confusion. They travel because of this inci-

J CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 follow all the rules. That will be the death of Indian cinema. had only said, boom and searched my hand bag and dent, he sums up.
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these are the four facets
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Meulensteen to instil in the team
every single training session,
during the latters stint as assis-
tant coach of the Red Devils from
2007 to 2013. Those tips will come
to. The nature of doing it, for me, not knowing whether its going to The most important thing is that
is also by producing good, posi- work. So, the ones behind it gave Sachin and the rest of the team
tive football, so that people would due thought to the format a management have the right
say that they enjoyed watching short league with a lot of foreign approach. Sachin is obviously a
the matches. players to attract spectators. That legend of the biggest sport played
Whats the direction the team man- - has worked to some extent in India and thats because he t.
agement has taken ahead of this i 1 because we are kicking off understands what the top sport
season for Kerala Blasters? Season 4 now. Everything has requires. To be able to do that,
We havent spoken directly about - been growing the attention, you have to create the right envi- -
the aims and targets. To be fairly S the leagues. I think it has created ronment rather than just looking
3 r
honest, I think it should be the a big enough platform and it is at the results of winning, losing

in handy for Ren, who is cur-
rently the head coach of Kerala
Blasters, as he is all set to get the
teams ISL campaign this year off
on the right foot.
The 53-year-old Dutch seems to
be a big believer of coaches
wont win you matches, but they
can damn sure push players to
get there philosophy. As his team
same for every ISL team because
V
the draft basically creates a level-
playing field.
The most important thing for
me, when I came to Mumbai for
the draft in July, was to do a lot of
homework so I could prepare as
best as I can because my knowl-
edge of the Indian game is not as
good as others. We also had a few
DOESNT WORK WITH
here to stay.
Ren and Cristiano But what everybody has to
Ronaldo during their
realise now with the ISL, the I-
Manchester United days League and everything India has
right now is how they can
make this THE league in the
THE HAIR DRYER country and help football surge.
TREATMENT In my opinion, that asks for a lot
of football-specific investment.
What they also should under-
IIT
or drawing. The key is to create a
platform that gives you the best
chance of winning. That was the
biggest message he sort of gave
us. He said, Listen, we are all
aligned here. What we need to
create is that environment where
we can work well, develop the
players and hopefully they can
perform better.
i

gears up for its first match on
November 17 in Kochi, the for-
mer Fulham coach, who has
trained Cristiano Ronaldo and
Wayne Rooney, talks about the
future of Indian football, Kerala
Blasters fans, Sir Alex
Fergusons infamous hair dryer
treatment and more:
Your appointment as the head coach
of Kerala Blasters comes with mas-
sive expectations from the team and
fans. But what are your ambitions?
I came here to win it. Whether we
are going to do it, depends on a lot
meetings with the owners about
how we wanted to go about it and
that helped. I am very pleased
about the Indian players that we
retained and the ones we brought
in. They have also been very sup-
portive in every aspect of roping
the foreign players in, and for the
pre-season camp.
You have said that you have been
following ISL since its inception.
What do you think is the impact of
the league?
Well it has made a positive
impact. Obviously, at the initial
EVERYBODY. stand now is that although crick-
et is the most important sport,
SOMETIMES, JUST A what football needs to do is find
its place next to it. What I do see
SMILE AND GENTLE is India has a generation of
TAP ON THE SHOULDER young players coming up that is
influenced by football. Look at
DOES MORE... ONE the fans coming to watch ISL
games in stadiums and watching
THING THAT STANDS them on TV its massive and
OUT ABOUT INDIANS thats brilliant. Also, the young
players are involved and engaged
IS THAT THEY ARE in social media. So, the ISL is def-
EXTREMELY FRIENDLY initely working.
Since you bring up cricket, how vital
AND ACCOMMODATING would you say is it to have someone
Most of your career has been with
the European leagues some of the
best in the world. What changes do
you think Indian football needs to
make if it has to rise to that level in
the next decade?
Its great that football is now !
being played in some of the crick- -f
r
i
et stadiums, but you have to build
proper academies and schools
where you can get the nucleus of
talent to attend. Thats what they
have done all over Europe.
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MALAYALAM
HELLO DUBAIKKARAN (U/A)
Adil Ibrahim, Malavika Menon
58888 Code: hel
The film follows the rollercoaster ride
of its hero Prakashan, a rustic lad
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Dubai.
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GOODALOCHANA (U)
Dhyan Sreenivasan, Aju Varghese
58888 Code: goo
The film celebrates friendship and
love. It is about three friends who
are yearning to make it big in life.
Carnival Cinemas 1.30 pm, 7 pm;
Zeenath (Screen 1) 11.30 pm, 3
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4 pm, 10.30 pm
OVERTAKE (U)
Vijay Babu, Parvatii Nair
58888 Code: ove
A Malayali family winds up their
business in Bengaluru and decides
to return to Kerala. While driving
down to Kochi, they get chased by a
truck.
Zeenath( Screen 2) 1 pm, 6.30 pm,
9.30 pm; Vanitha (Screen 1) 1 pm,
10 pm; Vanitha (Screen 2) 4 pm;
Ajantha 12 pm, 3 pm; PVR
Cinemas 10.45 am
VILLAIN (U)
Mohanlal, Manju Warrier, Vishal,
Hansika
58888 Code: vil
ADGP Mathew Manjooran, returns to
work after a 7-month sabbatical,
only to take voluntary retirement. His
last day though has him investigat-
ing a case involving three murders,
including a police officer. Soon a pat-
tern of killing emerges and each clue
also links Mathew. How is the retired
police officer tied to the murders and
who is the real villain?
Cinemax 12.20 pm, 4.30 pm;
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pm, 10.15 pm; Central Cube
(Screen 1) 7 pm; Savita 12 pm, 3
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3 pm, 6.15 pm, 9.30 pm; Madhurya
11.30 am, 3 pm, 6.15 pm, 9.30 pm;
V Cinemas (Screen 1) 6.15 pm
LAVAKUSHA (U)
Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav, Biju
Menon
58888 Code: lav
The film is about two young men
who wish to be in police, despite
lacking the physical attributes
required for the same
PVR Cinemas 4.30 pm
RAMALEELA (U)
Dileep, Prayaga Martin, Renji
Panicker
58888 Code: ram
The film is about a political leader
named Ramanunni, who is put
behind bars after a series of accusa-
tions.
Carnival Cinemas 1.15 pm, 7.30
pm; Central Cube (Screen 2) 7 pm;
PVR Cinemas 1.45 pm; Sangeetha
12 pm
UDAHARANAM SUJATHA (U)
Manju Warrier, Anaswara Rajan,
Mamtha Mohandas, Nedumudi
Venu
58888 Cod e: uda
Sujatha, mother of a teenaged girl,
nurses a dream to educate her
daughter by doing multiple jobs at
houses and factories. However, her
daughter Athira doesnt take educa-
tion seriously, believing that being
the off spring of a domestic help, she
too will end up the same. A dis-
mayed Sujatha is on the lookout for
ways to rouse Athiras competitive
spirit.
Kochi EVM 6 pm; Sreedhar 12.15
pm; PVR Cinemas 5 pm
NJANDUKALUDE NAATIL
ORIDAVELA (U)
Nivin Pauly, Aishwarya Lekshmy,
Ahaana Krishna
58888 Code: nja
London-based Kurian (Nivin Pauly)
gets a call from his mother Sheela
asking him to come home to Kerala.
His family is then forced to face a
situation that could turn their lives
upside down. How each member of
the family reacts to it, and tackle it in
their own ways take the plot for-
ward.
PVR Cinemas 1.30 pm
PARAVA (U)
Dulquer Salmaan, Shane Nigam,
Zinil Zainudeen
58888 Code: par
School kids Irshad and Haseeb are
from Fort Kochi and their life revolve
around a handful of pigeons, which
they nurture for the sport of dove fly-
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families, the film unveils the life and
culture of the region, their interests
and more.
PVR Cinemas 9.45 pm; Q Cinemas
7.10 pm, 10.30 pm
TAMIL
ARAMM (U)
Nayanthara
58888 Code: ara
Aramm addresses the rampant
water problem in the State, and the
how a district collector strives to
bring reforms and relieve people of
their miseries.
Carnival Cinemas 10.45 pm, 10.30
pm; Cinemax 9 am, 3.30 pm;
Central Cube (Screen 1) 1 pm, 4
pm, 10 pm; Q Cinemas 12.50 pm,
8.05 pm; Sarita 3 pm, 9 pm
AVAL (A)
Siddharth, Andrea, Atul Kulkarni
58888 Code: ava
Two families have a tough time deal-
ing with a revenge-seeking spirit,
which is strangely connected with
one of its members.
Cinemax 10 pm; EVM Ajantha 12
pm, 6 pm; PVR Cinemas 11 am, 4
pm; PAN Cinemas 5.25 pm, 10.45
pm; Q Cinemas 12.30 pm;
Sreedhar 3.15 pm, 6.`15 pm, 9.15
pm
MERSAL
Vijay, Nithya Menen, Kajal
Aggarwal
58888 Code: mer
A few individuals in the medical pro-
fession are murdered or kidnapped,
and the cop investigating the case
suspects a doctor and arrests him.
But is he the one who is behind
these crimes? And why are they
being committed?
Cinemax 7 pm; Central Cube
(Screen 2) 7 pm; EVM Kavitha
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PVR Cinemas 10.30 pm
HINDI
QARIB QARIB SINGLLE (U/A)
Irrfan Khan, Parvathy
58888 Code: qar
A contemporary love story between
two opposite personalities who
embark upon an unusual journey,
which becomes an adventure of a
lifetime.
Carnival Cinemas 3.45 pm;
Cinemax 10.30 am, 1.30 pm, 7.15
pm, 10.35 pm; PVR Cinemas 9.50
am, 3.30 pm; Q Cinemas 5.30 pm;
PVR Cinemas 9.15 am
ITTEFAQ (U/A)
Sidharth Malhotra, Akshay
Khanna, Sonakshi Sinha
58888 Code: itt
With cops on his tail for being
charged with his wife's murder,
Vikram Sethi runs into Maya and
manages to get refuge in her house
on a rainy Mumbai night. Maya soon
learns that Vikram could be a convict
on the run so she alerts the cops,
who nab Vikram and discover the
dead body of her husband Shekhar
in the house. Maya accuses Vikram
of double murder but Vikram pleads
innocence. The case is assigned to
officer Dev (Akshaye Khanna), who
must decode the mystery in three
days.
Q Cinemas 3.10 pm; PVR Cinemas
10.20 pm
GOLMAAL AGAIN (U/A)
Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Ardhad Warsi,
Parineeti Chopra, Kunak Kemmu,
Tushar Kapoor
58888 Code: gol
The gang of five Gopal, Madhav,
Lucky, Laxman and Laxman, again!
are orphans who have been raised in
Seth Jamnadas' orphanage in Ooty.
When they return to their orphanage
to mourn the death of their mentor,
they hear that an avaricious builder,
Vasu Reddy (Prakash Raj) and his
associate, Nikhil (Neil) have designs
on the ashram and the adjoining plot
owned by Colonel Chouhan (Sachin
Khedekar). The jugadu (wheeler-
dealer) gang decides to stall the
builders. However, they realise that
in their absence, some friendly
ghosts too have started to reside in
the area. Anna Mathew (Tabu), who
can talk to spirits, acts as the guide
to the gang.
Kanoos 12 pm, 3 pm, 6.15 pm, 9.15
pm; PVR Cinemas 3.10 pm
SECRET SUPERSTAR
Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Meher
Vij, Raj Arun, Tirth Sharma
58888 Code: sec
Insia Malik (Zaira) is a talented 15-
year-old school girl from Baroda
whose spirit is ripped because her
mother is in a troubled and violent
marriage. Of course she still dares to
pursue her dream of becoming a
singer and she also valiantly
attempts to free her mother from her
conservative, cold father.
Cinemax 4.15 pm; PVR Cinemas
12 pm, 12.45 pm, 7.30 pm, 8.50 pm
ENGLISH
AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Thomas
Mann, Bela Thorne
Sinister events happen,when a sin-
gle mother and her three children
move into their new house. How
they triumph over the harrowing
experience forms the rest of the
story.
Casino 11 am, 3.30 pm, 9.30 pm;
PVR Cinemas 1.20 pm, 6.30 pm; Q
Cinemas 1 pm, 5.50 pm, 10.10 pm
A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS (A)
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn
Hahn, Christine Baranski, Susan
Sarandon
58888 Code: aba
'A Bad Moms Christmas' follows the
story of three overburdened moms
who fight against the conventional
expectations of Christmas along with
their own imperfect mothers who all
turn up a week before the festival.
PVR Cinemas 2 pm, 10.45 pm
THOR: RAGNAROK (U/A)
Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo,
Tom Hiddleston
58888 Code: tho
The mighty Thor finds himself
imprisoned on the other side of the
universe, in a race against time to
prevent the all-powerful Hela from
destroying his homeworld of Asgard.
His quest for survival leads him into
a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits
him against the Hulk.
Carnival Cinemas 1 pm, 10 pm;
Cinemax 10.20 am, 1.20 pm, 7.30
pm, 10.30 pm; PAN Cinemas 12
pm, 6.20 pm, 8.50 pm; Q Cinemas
10 am, 3 pm, 7.55 pm; PVR
Cinemas 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pm,
10 pm
GEOSTORM (U/A)
Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Andy
Garcia
58888 Code: sec
A world-wide net of interconnected
satellites installed to save the planet
from storms fails and starts attack-
ing the world instead and humanity
has precious few hours left to save
itself from the storm of biblical pro-
portions.
PVR Cinemas 4.30 pm
Trash Below Average
Average Above Average
Good Very Good now is the time to speak out.
Very Good +
Outstanding
ARIES March 20 - April 18 You have been
carefully focused, you will still be on the right
path. This would be a good day for express-
ing your creative talents.You have a terrific eye
for detail and you would do well now to ap-
ply your talents on complicated projects.Take
a break.
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 You want a door
to be opened up for you to leap through.Moon
will clear the air of any lingering resentment.
You can do to make things easier to other per-
son. You should impress someone who is in a
good position to make your life better.
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You may have to
check and double-check meeting times and
places and other arrangements.You may find
that you want to express your loyalty and de-
votion to a close friend right now.You can ex-
pect your social life to pick up pace. You may
feel energised.
CANCER June 21 - July 21 It is a wonderful-
ly productive time and things seem to be mov-
ing in the right direction,but you will still strug-
gle with the process. You can be dedicated to
a project in a whole new way.You will put your
soul in any work you do today.
LEO July 22 - August 21 You do end up with
some nice financial rewards, so it is all worth
it in the end.You accomplish now and should
encourage others to share your enthusiasm.
You may have to pay the price for unwise de-
cisions surrounding your work relations or dai-
ly duties.Trust yourself.
VIRGO August 22 - September 21 Your pro-
fessional goals are being questioned. You may
start to feel so passionate about tasks that
once seemed mundane,that you wont know
when to stop working.You feel that you havent
been getting the respect you deserve lately, seeks out your company. You may feel like
sharing home truths to your friends.Be some-
LIBRA September 22 - October 22Watch as
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BIRTHDAY TODAY
Y ou need to now clear the air on an
important issue at the workplace.
Tip: Your lucky colours are red and black.
Your lucky gems are turquoise and
moonstone.
You share your birthday with: Aditya
Roy Kapur
obstacles you face begin to clear away.Treat
yourself right and get something unique that
interests you. They could take an interest in
your new and innovative ideas, and want to
spend more time talking to you about what you
think. Speak up.Your progress is admirable.
SCORPIO October 23 - November 20 Some-
one with strong moral values could appeal to
you greatly.If you feel like beginning a personal
make-over of sorts, this is a fine time to be-
gin any self-improvement projects.
SAGITTARIUS November 21-December 20
Romance improves and your career gets a
boost.You feel as though you arent being ap-
preciated, why not curtail your activities and
spend more time on the things you love.The
opportunity to study an unusual subject could
present itself quite suddenly.Your work habits
are quick and forceful.
CAPRICORN December 21 - January 19 To-
day you may feel like working hard and with
passion on whatever you need to get done.All
you have to do is believe for awhile.Today you
can find yourself in the mood to explore quite
unusual philosophies and foreign cultures.This
is a time of wish fulfilment.
AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18 You ar-
gue over your private life and your public life.
All your hard work will not go to waste,as your
bosses have probably taken notice of your ef-
forts. Your steady and conservative savings
plan could be showing signs of profit.You may
be on the brink of a learning experience.
PISCES February 19 - March 19 Evaluate
your progress, reaffirm your goals, and get to
work on making some dreams come true. The
future is sunny, and as the spring season be-
gins to brighten the atmosphere. Someone
what conservative.
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with so many young kids.
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an environment in place
where all those young kids
aged 5 to 12 have better sport-
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way you are creating an
atmosphere where everybody
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would guarantee strength in
youth leagues and then in
another 10 to 15 years, you can
make massive strides. Its a
long-term plan and you need
clear strategy in place first
with environment and
resources.
You have trained some of the
huge talents in world football
including Cristiano Ronaldo and
Wayne Rooney. Based on what
you have seen in the ISL, can we
too unearth such talents?
Theres no reason why the
next Cristiano Ronaldo or
Wayne Rooney or Ryan Giggs
or Paul Scholes cannot be
born right here in India. Its a
combination of things how
well they are trained at the
early stages of their careers
and at what level of competi-
tion can they play. The higher
the level, the better they will
be at their game. But if you
expose millions of kids to
that, I am 100% sure you can
find an Indian Ronaldo or
Rooney.
Is it true that the fan base of
Kerala Blasters was one of the
reasons that prompted you to
sign the deal?
There was some interest pre-
viously from other clubs, but
that never materialised.
When Kerala Blasters (offer)
came, because I was aware of
the teams, I knew straight-
away that it was an interest-
ing team first and foremost
because of the fan base.
Going in to the stadium
where you have 70,000 people
supporting the team makes
football matches special. So, I
am very happy that this has
happened and we are here
now.
How has the coaching stint been
THE FATE OF UNCENSORED FILMS
Dr Biju, filmmaker and former IFFI jury member
so far? There is nothing legally or technical-
Its been great. We have had ly wrong in the I&B Ministry rejecting
the chance to bring a good S Durga and Nude as there is a rule
squad together Indians and which says that uncensored films
foreigners and they have
gelled well as a group. We did have to get the approval of the min-
some really good work during istry, even if the jury selects them for
the training sessions in Spain screening. I understand that both
last month. We gave them films had not received a censor cer-
some time off to meet their
families, and then picked it up
tificate when they were selected by
here in Kerala. Now, we are in the jury in August and got it only lat-
the last phase, walking up to er. That was the case with Jayan
the first game. We cant wait Cherians Ka Bodyscapes also. So,
to get started. We are going for our fight should be to remove the
it this year. But I think every
ISL team should do the same. right of the ministry to decide the
Has Sir Alex Fergusons notori- fate of an uncensored film, and make
ous hair dryer treatment, where the jury the final authority. Otherwise, even in the future, the ministry will use this rule to reject
he berates the players, rubbed films they dont like.
off on you as well and would you
be using that with the team?
SOLUTIONS
Not at all! (laughs) I have met
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