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News Brief
Assam minister is
corrupt, says BJP
MP
Guwahati,
A war of words on
Wednesday between
Assam Irrigation Minister
Ranjit Dutta
Bharatiya Janata Party
and
(BJP) MP R.P. Sarma has
embarrassed the party.
Sarma, a Lok Sabha
member from Tezpur in
the state, has accused
Dutta of taking bribes
from contractors for allo-
cating work in his depart-
ment.The MP also alleged
some other ministers in
Assam also take at least
10 per cent commission
and demanded a probe
into his allegations.
"Our government
came to power due to the
trust of the people. We
must keep the faith.
Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal is
non-corrupt and he must
probe the allegations,"
said Sarma.Dutta denied
the allegations.
Samajwadi Party to
hold convention in
Agra
Agra,
The Samajwadi Party,
ousted from power in
Uttar Pradesh, will hold its
national convention in
this Taj city on Thursday.
The meeting will take
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place at the Central Tele-
graph ground in Agra
Cantonment, a favourite
location of Mulayam
Singh Yadav, who is ex-
pected to show up de-
spite differences with son
and former Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav, party
sources said.
"The conference will
set the tone and give a
new direction to the
party," former MP and
minister Ramjilal Suman
said.
Around 25,000 party
activists from 25 states
are expected to attend
the convention. Former
Prime Minister Chandra
Shekhar's son Neeraj
Shekhar arrived here on
Tuesday evening.
Sasikala's husband
undergoes
transplant surgery
Chennai,
M. Natarajan, hus-
band of V.K. Sasikala,
now jailed in Bengaluru
for corruption, on
Wednesday underwent
a surgery clouded in
controversy for trans-
plant of liver and
kidney.The 74-year-old
Natarajan was now pro-
gressing well, his wife's
nephew and AIADMK
rebel leader T.T.V.
Dinakaran told the me-
dia outside the
Gleneagles Global Hos-
pital here.Sasikala has
sought parole from jail
to be by the side of her
husband but was not
given permission on
grounds that her appli-
cation was incomplete.
Woman, two
children found
murdered
Ranchi,
Unidentified assail-
ants killed a woman and
her two children by slit-
ting their throats in
Jharkhand's Dhanbad
city, police said on
Wednesday.
According to police,
Bhairab Nath Sharma's
wife Anupama Kumari, 24,
daughter Abha Kumari, 4,
and son Abhay Kumar, 3,
were found dead on
Wednesday morning in
New Colony.
Sharma too is missing.
His family believes he too
could have been ab-
ducted and killed.
According to police,
Abhay's birthday was cel-
ebrated till midnight on
Tuesday.
IANS
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Honeypreet sent on 6-day police remand
PANCHKULA:
Jailed Dera sect chief
Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh's close aide
Honeypreet Insan was on
Wednesday sent to six days
police remand by a court in
Panchkula.
The Haryana Police had
sought 14 days police re-
mand. Earlier in the day,
Honeypreet was produced
in the court here, a day after
her arrest in adjoining
Punjab. Court sources said
that Honeypreet was in
tears before the court and
pleaded with folded hands
that she was innocent.
The prosecution sought
police remand for
Honeypreet, saying she was
the closest aide of the rap-
ist sect chief and knew
many things about the ac-
tivities of the sect and its
Puerto Rico raises Hurricane
Maria death toll to 34
San Juan,
The death toll from Hur-
ricane Maria in Puerto Rico
has risen from 16 to 34, the
island's Governor has said.
Ricardo Rossello told a
press conference on Tues-
day that 19 people were
killed by the hurricane while
15 others died in related in-
cidents. He added that the
estimated material damage
was around $90 billion.
The Governor also com-
mented on US President
Donald Trump's visit to
Puerto Rico and said he had
highlighted the importance
of the recovery process to
Trump as well as the urgent
need to fully restore electric-
ity on the island, Efe news
reported.According to the
latest official figures, only
about six per cent of homes
have power. Rossello re-
fused to comment on "the
optics" of Trump's visit when
U.S. President Donald Trump walks past hurricane wreckage as he participates
in a walking tour with (L-R) first lady Melania Trump, Guaynabo Mayor Angel Perez
Otero, FEMA Administrator Brock Long and Lt. General Jeffrey Buchanan in areas
damaged by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, U.S., .
Rape accused Punjab ex-minister
surrenders, sent to police remand
Chandigarh,
Former Shiromani Akali
Dal Minister Sucha Singh
Langah, who is facing rape
and cheating charges, was
on Wednesday sent to po-
lice remand till October 9.
This came after he sur-
rendered before the court of
Chief Judicial Magistrate
(CJM) Mohit Bansal in
Gurdaspur town in north
Punjab.
Langah, who had re-
mained underground since
the registration of the case
and failed to surrender ear-
lier was booked under Sec-
tions 376 (rape), 384 (extor-
tion), 420 (cheating) and 506
(criminal intimidation) of
the Indian Penal Code at the
Gurdaspur City police sta-
tion.
The case was registered
following a complaint by a
woman constable of the
Punjab Police who alleged
that she had been sexually
exploited and raped by
Langah since 2009 under
the threat of death.
She also said that she
was a classmate of Langah's
daughter in college.
Police had conducted
raids at various places in
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role in the violence in
Panchkula and other places
after the August 25 convic-
tion of Ram Rahim on two
counts of rape.
The police remand was
opposed by Honeypreet's
defence counsel who
claimed that Honeypreet
was surrounded with tight
security and had no role in
the violence in Panchkula
on August 25. Officials of the
Special Investigation Team
of Haryana Police had earlier
questioned Honeypreet,
whose real name is Priyanka
Taneja.
A woman accomplice,
Sukhdeep Kaur, who was
accompanying Honeypreet
when she was arrested on
Tuesday, was also arrested
on charges of harbouring
the fugitive. The police had
been on Honeypreet's trail
asked about the President's
statements earlier on
Tuesday.Trump visited a
church in Guaynabo where
he distributed supplies to
hurricane victims, including
rolls of paper towels. He
praised Puerto Rican au-
thorities for keeping down
the loss of life from Maria.
"You can be very proud
of your people and all of our
people working tog on his
first visit to Puerto Rico since
Maria struck on September
20 as a Category 4 hurricane
that knocked out power,
water and telecommunica-
tions service.
Some 12,000 civilian
federal workers and a much
smaller number of US mili-
tary personnel were in
Puerto Rico to deliver aid
and assist with relief efforts,
though many criticised
Washington for its delayed
response to the devastation.
Punjab in order to arrest
him.
Langah had on Tuesday
moved the Punjab and
Haryana High Court here,
seeking transit anticipatory
bail. The High Court on
Wednesday deferred the
hearing of the petition till
October 6.Langah had ear-
Las Vegas gunman meticulously
planned assault: Officials
Las Vegas,
Investigators trying
to determine what
sparked the Las Vegas
mass shooting carried
out by gunman Stephen
Paddock have said the
massacre which claimed
58 lives was meticulously
planned with the means
and desire to inflict un-
precedented carnage.
Before he mowed
down concert goers from
his 32nd floor suite at the
Mandalay Bay Hotel here
on Sunday night, Pad-
dock created a ring of sur-
veillance around him, law
enforcement officials said
for nearly a month and raids
were conducted in Nepal,
Rajasthan, Bihar and
Haryana and Delhi.
Panchkula Police Com-
missioner A.S. Chawla, who
Three Indian soldiers
injured in Pakistani firing
Three Indian soldiers were injured on Wednesday in
Pakistani shelling and firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in
Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
Defence Ministry sources said here that the three sol-
diers were from the Naga Regiment.They have been shifted
to a hospital. The Pakistan Army resorted to heavy shelling
and firing on Wednesday at Degwar, Talwan and
Mandiyalan areas, using mortars, automatics and small
arms. "Our people retaliated strongly and effectively," a De-
fence Ministry official said. Police said no civilian casualty
or injury was reported. The Poonch authorities have or-
dered an indefinite closure of all schools in these areas.
Madras HC continues stay
in MLA disqualification case
Chennai, tional" as he acted in a "par-
The Madras High Court
on Wednesday continued
its stay on a floor test in the
Tamil Nadu Assembly and
holding bye elections in the
18 seats declared vacant by
the Speaker after he dis-
qualified 18 MLAs belong-
ing to the rebel group
headed by T.T.V. Dinakaran.
Justice Ravi-
chandrababu ordered the
continuance of the "consent
order" earlier passed and
adjourned the case for fur-
ther hearing the petition
against disqualification to
October 9.
Appearing for the dis-
qualified MLAs, senior Su-
preme Court lawyer
Abhishek Manu Singhvi
termed the action of the
Speaker as "unconstitu-
lier on Monday presented
himself before the Duty
Magistrate at the district
court in Chandigarh.
The court had then re-
fused his plea and asked
him to surrender in
Gurdaspur town where the
case against him was regis-
tered.--IANS
on Tuesday.Video cameras
in his suite, two cameras in
the hallway and one in the
suite door peephole al-
lowed Paddock to see if
law enforcement or secu-
rity were approaching.
But investigators were
still at a loss to establish a
motive for the massacre,
the New York Times
reported.Police dreds of
rounds of ammunition,
and other equipment in
the gunman's hotel suite.
Several firearms and ex-
plosives were retrieved at
his home. In total, across
three locations, 47 fire-
arms were recovered.
comfirmed her arrest, said
that probe would be held
on the locations she stayed
in the past few days and
who all helped in
harbouring her.
Jammu,
tisan and biased manner".
They were disqualified
on an "unnamed, unsigned
and unverified" complaint
given by the Government
Whip against the MLAs con-
trary to the principles of
natural justice and all legal
principles.
Singhvi contended that
the MLAs could not be dis-
qualified under the provi-
sions of the anti-defection
law as they had not gone
against the party and only
petitioned the Governor for
the removal of the "corrupt"
Chief Minister.
"There were no legal
proceedings conducted by
the Speaker and rules of
natural justice were not ap-
plied to the MLAs.
Even their disqualifica-
tion was not conveyed to
them before the media and
official gazette published it.
They were initimated by
post after two days," the
counsel maintained.
He pointed out that no
Petition against probe into JD-U leader accused of killing
Jayalalithaa's death dismissed daughter-in-law for dowry
Chennai,
The Madras High Court
on Wednesday dismissed a
petition objecting to the
constitution of an inquiry
commission led by a retired
judge to probe then Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister J,
Jayalalithaa's death.
When the matter came
up before Chief Justice
Indira Banerjee and Justice
M. Sundar, petitioner P.A. Jo-
seph argued that the com-
mission should be set up
only after an unanimous
resolution was passed in the
state Assembly.
"The present impugned
government's order are ille-
gal and passed in a me-
chanical manner without
following the mandatory
Kandla port to be
renamed Deendayal port
New Delhi,
The Union Cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Wednes-
day gave an ex-post facto
approval to the renaming of
Kandla Port in Gujarat as
Deendayal Port.
"Ports in India are gener-
ally named after the city or
town in which these are
situated. However, the gov-
ernment, in special cases,
after due consideration,
have renamed the ports af-
ter great leaders in the past,"
a statement said.
"By renaming Kandla
Port as 'Deendayal Port,
Kandla', a grateful nation
would be remembering the
invaluable contributions
made by one of the greatest
sons of India, Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay," the
statement said.
The statement added
that there has been a "pub-
lic demand" from various
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organisations', during their dharna demanding OROP (One Rank One Pension)
in front in Thiruvananthapuram
action has been taken
against the plea for disquali-
fication filed against Deputy
Chief Minister O.
Panneerselvam and 11
MLAs who voted against the
government earlier this
year.
On the contrary, action
against the 18 MLAs was
taken on the same day of
complaint and disqualifica-
tion was done within 21
days.
Another senior counsel,
Aryama Sundaram, who ap-
peared for the Speaker, said
the Speaker had filed a de-
tailed counter affidavit
strongly denying all the al-
legations made against him
and that there was no denial
of natural justice.
The Speaker has clearly
stated that time was given
to the MLAs several times.
"We will argue the case
when our turn comes," he
said.
Singhvi will resume ar-
guments on October 9. --
IANS
procedure as contemplated
under section 3 of Commis-
sion of Inquiry Act, 1952," his
counsel E. Vijay Anand ar-
gued.
He said that by setting
up a commission, the state
had taken away the Centre's
right to appoint an indepen-
dent commission headed
by a retired Supreme Court
judge to probe
Jayalalithaa's death in De-
cember last year.
But the Tamil Nadu gov-
ernment argued that there
was no need for the Centre
to set up such a commis-
sion.
After hearing both sides,
the judges refused to agree
with the petitioner and dis-
missed his petition. --IANS
quarters in Gujarat, espe-
cially from Kachchh district,
to rename 'Kandla Port' as
'Deendayal Port, Kandla'.
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Rape victims seek life
term for Ram Rahim
Chandigarh, position of authority or
Two female disciples power misuses that position
who were raped by self- to commit rape, he should
styled godman Gurmeet be given maximum punish-
ment - which is life impris-
Ram Rahim Singh have
moved the Punjab and onment.
They pointed out that a
Haryana High Court seeking
life imprisonment for him as lesser punishment would
the 20-year jail term given not achieve "the ends of
justice"."Gurmeet is head of
was not enough.
In their petition filed be- religious organisation
known as Dera and had
fore the High Court here, the
two sadhvis, who were committed a grave breach
of trust and he was called
raped by the godman in
1999, said the 10-year jail Pitaji (father)," the petition
stated."Abusing his position
term to the Dera Sacha
Sauda sect chief in each as religious head, in whom
the followers had blind faith,
case of rape was not
enough for the heinous he committed rape," it
added.Under new provi-
crime he committed.
The court had said the sions introduced after the
2012 gang rape and murder
10-year prison term will run
consecutively (one after an- of Nirbhaya in Delhi, a per-
son in position of power and
other).
Ram Rahim was sen- trust faces a maximum of life
imprisonment for rape.
tenced to 20 years rigorous
imprisonment and finef Ram Rahim's rape con-
viction led to violence in
over Rs 30 lakh after being
convicted by the CBI special Panchkula and Sirsa in
court in Panchkula on two Haryana, leaving 38 people
counts of rape of female dis- dead and another 264 in-
ciples. jured. Isolated incidents of
The victims pointed out violence were also reported
in their petition that in rape from Delhi and several
cases where a person in a places in Punjab.
Patna,
A Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader in Bihar's
Muzaffarpur district has allegedly killed his daughter-
in-law for dowry and a case has been filed against him,
officials said on Wednesday. JD-U leader Arun
Kushwaha has been named an accused along with his
wife and son for killing his daughter-in-law Reena Devi
for dowry. "An FIR has been lodged against Arun
Kushwaha, his wife and son for killing Reena Devi for
dowry and police have began an investigation into it,"
police officer Rambalak Yadav said on Wednesday.The
allegation against the leader of the state's ruling party
has surfaced just two days after a massive campaign
against child marriage and dowry was launched by
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.Reena Devi married Dipak
Kumar in 2015 and the couple has an 11-month-old
child. According to the police, Reena's father Mahesh
Bhagat, a resident of Vaishali district, in his complaint
said his daughter was killed by Arun Kushwaha along
with other members of his family for dowry. "We had
given cash, jewellery and other gift items at the time of
marriage but my daughter's in laws were demanding a
four-wheeled vehicle. When I expressed my inability,
they started torturing my daughter to put pressure on
me," Bhagat said in the written complaint.However, JD-
U leader Kushwaha refuted it and said allegations
against him were baseless. "Reena was not well for last
six months and she died after fasting on Durga
Puja".None other than Nitish Kumar revealed that Bihar
ranks second in the country after neighbouring Uttar
Pradesh when it comes to dowry-related cases.
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E ditorial
Drinking black tea may
Editor’s
Desk help you lose weight
New York, that green tea polyphenols conducted experiments on
Love to drink black tea? are more effective and offer mice that consumed a high-
It may be as beneficial as more health benefits than fat, high-sugar diets and
green tea in preventing black tea polyphenols since were supplemented with
obesity and promoting well- green tea chemicals are ab- green tea or black tea
being, researchers say. sorbed into the blood and extracts.Both groups had
Towards clean India The findings showed
that chemicals found in
tissue.
However, "our new find-
ings suggest that black tea,
lesser type of bacteria asso-
ciated with obesity, but had
more of bacteria associated
The third anniversary of the Swachh Bharat cam- black tea -- called polyphe-
paign, close as it is to the deadline of an open defeca- nols -- alters energy me- through a specific mecha- with lean body mass.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister of State with Inde- nism through the gut However, only the mice
tion-free (ODF) India by October 2019, should not be pendent Charge in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh tabolism in the liver by
just about stock-taking. Sure there are figures to toss changing gut metabolites. microbiome, may also con- that consumed black tea
Puri and Leader of the opposition Ramesh Chennithala at the flagging of sec- tribute to good health and extract had an increase in a
about in pride or criticize for falling short of promise ond reach of the Kochi metro Previously, it was known
but the recent pictures of a choked Yamuna, literally weight loss in humans", said type of bacteria called
slivering under the debris of post-festive immersion, lead author Susanne Pseudobutyrivibrio -- which
have driven home a fundamental truth. The cleanli- Henning, Professor at the could help explain the dif-
ness has a lot to do with our mindset -- regrettably ur-
ban attitudes which get looked at as a template for
middle In India -- and must clearly become a multi-
India, emerging economies can attract University of California - Los
Angeles (UCLA).
"The results suggest that
ference between how black
and green tea change en-
ergy metabolism.The find-
stakeholder national movement. This fact has been
clearly a lid out by prime Minister Modi as part of his
Swachhta Hi Seva call to our collective will. This is not
billions of dollars for solar, wind power both green and black teas
are prebiotics, substances
that induce the growth of
ings suggest that the health
benefits of both tea go be-
yond their antioxidant ben-
an attempt to dilute the responsibility of the Govern- By Tim Buckley and 57 per cent respectively opment but plans to retire transition from polluting to good microorganisms that efits and that both have a
ment or the efficacy of sanitary personnel and their in 2016. This is despite elec- 11 GW of older capacity. low carbon technology is contribute to a person's strong impact on the gut
related machinery but to take the next leap of action As world energy mar- tricity demand growing in Despite its history as a where smart money is head- well-being," Henning microbiome, noted
aligned with them. For a change of mindset cannot kets transform at an unprec- these countries. fundamentally coal-based ing. Thus, Engie is undergo- added.For the study, pub- Zhaoping Li, Director at
be force-fed but has to be a natural corollary of the edented rate, India is at the To illustrate further, the power generation utility, ing a transformation plan, lished in the European Jour- UCLA's Centre for Human
dissemination of right information, education and forefront of the shift to- giant, 63 percent state- NTPC is now rapidly rolling which includes a target that nal of Nutrition, the team Nutrition.
communication strategies, compliance and response wards profitable owned power company, out in-house, utility-scale low carbon activities aiming
based on proven results. renewables given that the NTPC, provides 25 per cent solar projects and it is sign- to represent more than 90
The Government had already increased the
Mission’s allocation from Rs 2,850 crore in 2014-15 to
countrys solar belt has the
potential of 749 GW for
of India's electricity supply
and as such plays a critical
ing power purchase agree-
ments for solar power from
per cent of earnings by
2018.
US expels 15 diplomats from
Rs 14,000 crore in 2017-18. Individual toilet coverage power generation. As
shown by a new IEEFA (Insti-
role in the country's eco-
nomic activity. Historically
private solar operators at
record low, deflationary
Engie and Italian utility
ENEL are also amongst the
Cuban Embassy in Washington
has increased from 42 per cent to 64 in 2017. But by
equating cleanliness with national service, the Govern- tute for Energy Economics dependent on coal-fired electricity tariffs absent sub- international investors Washington, must leave the United States
ment has clearly moved beyond the propagandist and Financial Analysis) electricity generation, sidies. It is even beginning heading into South African The US government on within the next seven days,
images of celebrities with brooms, mopping up some analysis, accelerating this India's power sector is mov- an entry into the electric ve- renewables.The country has Tuesday ordered 15 Cuban according to a US diplomat
traction public places. For the bigger challenge is not trend will allow India avoid ing in a starkly new direc- hicle sector by setting up been running a renewable Embassy diplomats to leave who asked to remain anony-
about making toilets but ensuring their sustained use. the costly mistakes made by tion. The Indian energy min- charging stations. NTPC has energy procurement the country in response to mous.
There have been far too may reports about toilets be- slow-moving, late-learning istry is driving this trend, committed to contributing programme that is interna- the alleged acoustic attacks The diplomat also said
ing used as storage or other purposes. It is not about European utilities, which pushing the nation toward 10 GW of solar capacity to tionally regarded as well- targeting American diplo- that the expulsion "does not
setting them up in an elementary pit-style manner but have wasted billions on energy efficiency and re- the overall 100 GW govern- designed and successful. So mats in Cuba. signal a change of policy or
making sure that the carriage of waste and excreta is stranded coal and other newable energy targets that ment national target, mak- far 2.2 GW of renewable ca- Secretary of State Rex determination of responsi-
through pipelines and sewers. Or that their elimina- thermal power assets. are highly ambitious but in ing the company a corner- pacity has been completed, Tillerson said in a statement bility for the attacks. We are
tive treatment does not affect groundwater or surface In Europe, the rise of IEEFA's view, entirely achiev- stone facilitator of India's attracting over $14 billion of that 15 diplomats are being maintaining diplomatic re-
soil, resulting in a new public health threat. Nobody cheap renewable energy able. national electricity transfor- investment. expelled from the Cuban lations with Havana."
really considers diarrhoea or bacteria-related fatalities has pulled down wholesale The government has set mation. But South African utility embassy in Washington For his part, Tillerson
as a public health calamity beyond an anecdote. It is electricity prices, causing fi- a target of 175 GW of renew- Loss-making European Eskom continues to fail to "due to Cuba's failure to take said the US "will continue to
about promoting hygiene behaviour among people in nancial pain for utilities that able energy by 2022, includ- utilities are now looking to appreciate the future role of appropriate steps to protect maintain diplomatic rela-
the countryside who still believe that the call of nature have delayed their transi- ing 100 GW of solar and 60 India for new, safe invest- renewable energy as it con- our diplomats in accor- tions with Cuba, and will
should be addressed amid nature. It is about creating tion from fossil fuels to GW of wind. India's draft ment opportunities given tinues with expensive giant dance with its obligations continue to cooperate with
micro-level and adaptive modules of solid and liquid renewables. Over the 2010- Third National Electricity the impressive renewable new coal plants, Medupi and under the Vienna Conven- Cuba as we pursue the in-
waste management. The mission fund disbursal is now 2016 period, European utili- Plan (NEP3) for the next two energy drive. One of the big- Kusile, even though electric- tion. vestigation into these at-
geared towards 50 per cent spends for waste manage- ties have made $150 billion five-year periods, to 2027, gest European power com- ity demand is falling. Eskom This order will ensure tacks" on American diplo-
ment instead of the earlier 75 per cent for toilet con- in asset write-downs. Inves- unambiguously concludes panies, the French utility now has more than 5 GW of equity in our respective dip- mats.
struction. Most importantly, it is about neutral cross- tors from Goldman Sachs that beyond the half-built Engie, which lost a total of excess coal capacity even lomatic operations," Last Friday, the State De-
verification of ODF status, frequent and random inspec- and UBS have been warning plants already under con- some $40 billion during before most units of its new Tillerson said, Efe news re- partment ordered the with-
tions, monitoring schemes and local implementation for years that coal has struction, India does not re- 2010-2016 on fossil fuels plants are operational. ported. drawal of most of its person-
strategies. The last has been demonstrated by a reached retirement age and quire any new coal-fired and nuclear holdings, in- (Tim Buckley, Director of The reduction affects al- nel from Cuba on grounds
Madhya Pradesh panchayat imposing steep fines on that solar will become the power stations. tends to invest $1 billion in Energy Finance Studies at most two-thirds of Cuban that it could not guarantee
those defecating in the open. That stays a lot about "default technology of the The 50 GW of coal power Indian solar over the next IEEFA, has 25 years of finan- Embassy personnel in their safety on the island.
people’s resolve to design their lives. For the first time, future". currently under construc- five years whilst also consid- cial markets' experience, Washington, though the The US government has
the mission has issued gender guidelines this year, fol- Similar trends have been tion nationally will operate ering wind power. having spent the majority of State Department has not raised to 22 the number of
lowing up on specific ones for menstrual hygiene in apparent now for some time at just 50-55 per cent capac- Engie is also reported to this time as a top-rated eq- wished to confirm the per- US personnel in Cuba who
2015. Women swachchagrahis are getting deeply in- in China and India, where ity. Where these proposed be one of the parties inter- uities research analyst in centage of Cuban diplomats have experienced such
volved to develop a responsive , safe and user friendly drives to install both ther- new plants don't replace old ested in the purchase of Australia, and he has cov- affected. symptoms as hearing loss,
discipline of cleanliness, from the hearth to the heart mal and renewable capacity coal, they will essentially Singapore-based Equis ered global and Asian eq- The State Department dizziness, headache, fatigue,
of the community. Corporate and private organizations concurrently have seen become stranded assets Energy's Indian renewable uity markets. The views ex- has provided the Cuban am- cognitive issues, and diffi-
need to supplement this holistic effort with infrastruc- coal-fired power station operating largely as reserve energy portfolio. pressed are personal. He can bassador in Washington, culty sleeping, due to the al-
ture backup and linkages beyond the photo ops of CSR. utilisation rates drop to capacity. NTPC has 15 GW of Engie investors, like In- be contacted at Jose Ramon Cabañas, with a leged acoustic attacks.--
record lows of 47 per cent coal-fired capacity in devel- dian officials, see that the tbuckley@ieefa.org)--IANS list of the 15 diplomats who IANS

US Defense Secretary indicates Chinese scholar's kidnapping

Congress candidate for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha by-poll Sunil Jakhar being pre-
sented a memento at the Dalit Workers meeting at Sujan Pur, in Gurdaspur
Iraqi PM calls for joint administration
with Kurds for disputed areas
Baghdad,
Iraqi Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday
called for joint administra-
tion for the disputed areas
with the region of Kurdistan
under Baghdad command,
warning of military buildup
by the Kurds in the oil-rich
Kirkuk province.
"We call for the adminis-
tration of the disputed areas
to be run jointly and by a
federal (central govern-
ment) command," Abadi
said at a press conference
after his weekly cabinet
meeting. reports Xinhua.
Abadi also warned that
the Kurds' military buildup
in Kirkuk province is a "dan-
gerous step," adding that
taking control of the prov-
ince is "unconstitutional."
"Imposing fait accompli
in the disputed areas (in-
cluding Kirkuk) by force is
unacceptable," Abadi said.
Abadi's comment came
hours after the Kurdish re-
gional electoral commission
set Nov.
1 to be the date for
holding parliamentary and
presidential elections in the
Kurdistan region.
"All preparations have
been finalized for the elec-
tions of the parliament and
the president of Kurdistan
region, which will be held on
the same day of Nov. 1," said
Hindren Mohammed, head
of the commissioner coun-
cil of the regional Indepen-
dent High Election and Ref-
erendum Commission.
Mohammed did not say
whether the disputed areas
are included in the elections
or not. If they do so, the
move would anger the cen-
tral government in
Baghdad, which is already
upset by the controversial
independence referendum
held earlier on Sept. 25 in
the semi-autonomous re-
gion and the disputed areas
outside the region.
Disagreements be-
tween Baghdad and the
Kurdish regional govern-
ment have been high for
years, as the ethnic Kurds
consider the
northern oil-rich prov-
ince of Kirkuk and parts of
Nineveh, Diyala and
Salahudin provinces as dis-
puted areas and want them
to be incorporated into their
region, a move fiercely op-
posed by the Arabs and
Turkomans and by Baghdad
Pakistan provocation at UN is
'lonely voice' wasting time: India
United Nations,
India has dismissed
Pakistan's latest provoca-
tion at the General Assem-
bly by raising surgical strikes
and Kashmir as a waste of
time "symbolic of what
holds us all back".
Pakistan Permanent
Representative Maleeha
Lodhi's remarks about India
on Tuesday were
"a lonely voice from the
wilderness", said Eenam
Gambhir, a First Secretary in
India's UN Mission.
"My delegation does not
wish to waste the precious
government.Tensions have
been running high between
Baghdad government and
the Kurdish region after the
region held a controversial
referendum on indepen-
dence of Kurdistan and dis-
puted areas, including
Kirkuk.
The independence ref-
erendum was opposed by
many countries because it
would threaten the integrity
of Iraq and it could under-
mine fight against Islamic
State militants.
In addition,
neighbouring countries
such as Turkey, Iran and Syria
see that such a step would
threaten their territorial in-
tegrity, as large populations
of Kurds live in those coun-
tries. Enditem--IANS
time of this august assembly
in further engaging with
such distractions," Gambhir
said in a short 45-second re-
joinder even though she
was entitled to 10 minutes
to exercise her right of reply.
During the debate in the
General Assembly on the
annual report on UN's work,
Lodhi went off topic and
denied that India carried out
any surgical strike against
Pakistan while accusing
New Delhi of trying to pro-
voke a conflict by "falsely"
claiming it had carried out
the operation and threaten-
support for Iran nuclear deal
Washington,
US Defence Secretary
Jim Mattis said on Tuesday
that it was in America's na-
tional interest to stay in a
landmark deal clinched be-
tween Iran and six world
powers to curb Iran's
nuclear programme.
Mattis' remarks at a con-
gressional hearing came at
a time when US President
Donald Trump is weighing
whether to abandon the
deal negotiated during the
Obama administration,
Xinhua reported.
"The point I would
make is, if we can confirm
that Iran is living by the
agreement, if we can deter-
mine that this is in our best
interest, then clearly, we
should stay with it," Mattis
testified at a Senate hear-
ing.
"I believe, at this point in
time, absent indications to
the contrary, it is something
the president should con-
sider staying with," Mattis
added.
The retired four-star
general also replied "yes"
when asked if it was in
America's national interest
to stay in the deal that was
clinched in July 2015 be-
tween Iran and the six
world powers of Britain,
China, France, Germany,
Russia and the United
States after decade-long
negotiations.
Mattis' remarks were
seemingly contradictory to
ing more attacks.
"By making such false
claims and blatant threats,
are India's leaders attempt-
ing to provoke a conflict
with Pakistan,"
she asked and added
that the threats gave "Paki-
stan sufficient reason to re-
spond in exercise of its right
to self-defense".
Lodhi's statement ap-
peared to be a response to
Indian Army Chief General
Bipin Rawat's warning to
Islamabad last month
around the anniversary of
the 2016 surgical strike
Trump's speech delivered
last month at the UN Gen-
eral Assembly, who called
the agreement "an embar-
rassment" for the United
States and indicated that
he may not recertify the
deal at its mid-October
deadline.
Iranian leaders have re-
acted strongly to Trump's
remarks, saying such hostile
words will not intimidate
the Islamic Republic.
On October 15, Trump is
due to testify to Congress
whether Tehran is comply-
ing with the deal and
whether it remains in the
U.S. interests to stick by it.
If he decides it is not, it
could open the way for US
lawmakers to reimpose
sanctions, leading to the
potential collapse of the
agreement.The Iran nuclear
deal, officially known as
Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action, has helped de-
fuse the Iran nuclear crisis
and bolster the interna-
tional non-proliferation re-
gime.
The Iran nuclear deal,
officially known as Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Ac-
tion, has helped defuse the
Iran nuclear crisis and bol-
ster the international non-
proliferation regime.
Earlier last month, the
International Atomic En-
ergy Agency, a UN nuclear
watchdog, said that Iran
was playing by the rules set
out in the nuclear accord.
against terrorists inside Pa-
kistani-held territory who
had killed 18 Indian soldiers
in a cross-border attack.
"The strikes were more
of a message we wanted to
convey and these things
could follow if need be,"
Rawat had said.
Lodhi harped on its
usual fall-back issue, Kash-
mir, asserting that India was
carrying out daily ceasefire
violations along the line of
control (LOC)
to divert attention from
"its crimes against the
Kashmiri people.
suspect could face death penalty
Chicago,
A federal grand jury has
charged Brendt A.
Christensen, the suspect in
the kidnapping of visiting
Chinese scholar Zhang
Yingying, with kidnapping
resulting in death, the me-
dia reported.
The US Justice Depart-
ment said Christensen, if
convicted, could face man-
datory life in prison or even
death penalty.
The grand jury on Tues-
day said Christensen com-
mitted the offence "in an
especially heinous, cruel or
Kazakhstan to start exporting
gas to China on October 15
Astana,
Kazakhstan has
signed a trade agreement
with China covering ex-
ports of 5 billion cubic
meters of natural gas to
the Asian giant for a year,
a deal that is expected to
generate $1 billion in earn-
ings for the Central Asian
country, JSC KazTransGas
said Tuesday."The contract
was signed by JSC
KazTransGas and
PetroChina International
Company Limited on Sep-
tember 30 in Beijing. Gas
export deliveries are
scheduled to begin on Oc-
tober 15," the Kazakh
company's press service
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Dedication to the Nation of 13 National
Highway projects along with Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways,
Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin
Gadkari, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Governor ESL
Narasimhan in Vijayawada
depraved manner after sub-
stantial planning and pre-
meditation to cause the
death of a person", accord-
ing to the four-page indict-
ment obtained by Xinhua
news agency.
Christensen was previ-
ously charged with kidnap-
ping Zhang on June 9. The
superseding indictment by
a federal grand jury added
the charge that kidnapping
resulted in Zhang's death.
He could face death
penalty on the new charge.
If the prosecutors decide
not to seek death penalty, a
said in a statement, re-
ports Efe.
"Expected export
earnings will be around
$1 billion," JSC
KazTransGas said.The
natural gas will come from
fields in western
Kazakhstan, as well as re-
serves at JSC
KazMunayGas's under-
ground storage facilities.
the increase in the
volume of natural gas ex-
ports, are important stra-
tegic objectives for the
country," JSC
KazMunayGas vice presi-
dent of transportation
and gas trading Kairat
Sharipbayev said.
conviction would result in
mandatory life in prison
without parole.
He was also charged
with two counts of making
false statements to the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) agents. This could re-
sult in five years in prison on
each charge if convicted.
He is currently being
held without bond with the
tentative schedule to go on
trial before US District Court
Judge Colin Bruce on Febru-
ary 27, 2018.
Zhang went missing on
her way to sign a lease on
June 9. Investigators later
announced that she was
kidnapped. Prosecutors al-
lege that Christensen ap-
proached Zhang and lured
her into his car.
According to surveil-
lance footage, the law en-
forcement agents first
turned their attention to
Christensen after they
found his car was the same
one Zhang disappeared in.
Christensen, however,
told the FBI that he was at
home all day on the day
Zhang went missing.
He then changed his
story, saying that he came
across an Asian woman and
offered her a ride.
Christensen added that he
let her out of his car after she
panicked.The FBI con-
ducted audio surveillance
on Christensen which pro-
duced enough evidence to
lead to his arrest on June 30.
In the news
Turnbull pushes for facial
A model presents a creation by German de-
signer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Spring/Summer
2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show for
fashion house Chanel at the Grand Palais during
Paris Fashion Week, France,
UP CM joins BJP rally in Kannur
Kannur (Kerala),
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath on
Wednesday joined the
state-wide "Jana Raksha
Yatra" being undertaken by
Kerala BJP President
Kummanem Rajasekheran.
On Tuesday BJP chief
Amit Shah had launched the
state-wide "March for
People's Protection" from
Payyannur near here which
will cover 11
districts before reach-
Kerala HC issues notice to
Congress over organisational polls
Kochi,
The Kerala High Court
on Tuesday issued notice to
the Congress and its Kerala
unit on a writ petition seek-
ing judicial intervention to
ensure conduct of impend-
ing organisational polls of
the party in the state.
The petition was filed by
the Pathanamthitta District
Congress Committee Vice
President and former Youth
Congress office-bearer Anil
Thomas, who told IANS that
he was forced to seek legal
recourse after his com-
plaints against filling up
party posts on the basis of
A H M E D A B A D
ing Thiruvananthapuram on
October 17.
After offering prayers at
a temple here, Adityanath
waving to a huge gathering
of party workers, started his
walk around 11 a.m.
The padyatra is sched-
uled to cover 10 km on
Wednesday.
Adityanath is slated to
address a public meeting
here in the evening.
Union Minister of State
(Finance) Shivprasad Shukla,
consensus fell on deaf ears.
He said he had com-
plained to the Congress
high command, its central
and state Election Authority
chairpersons, the state unit
chief and also the party em-
issary in charge of Kerala but
to no avail.
As per the Congress
constitution, a majority of
members in its district, state
and national committees
are to be elected by voting
through secret ballot, and
majority of members of the
executive committees of
organisational bodies such
as Congress Working Com-
recognition database
Sydney,
Australian Prime Minis-
ter Malcolm Turnbull on
Wednesday said that his
government has proposed a
measure to include photo-
graphs and driving license
information in the facial rec-
ognition database as part of
the fight against terrorism.
"You can't allow the risk
of hacking to prevent you
from doing everything you
can to keep Australians
safe," Turnbull told ABC ra-
dio.
He added that half of the
Australians were already in
Kerala superstar and BJP MP
Suresh Gopi and party Gen-
eral Secretary Arun Singh
are among those taking part
in the yatra.
The march, a show of
strength by the Bharatiya
Janata Party and the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) is to highlight
the political violence of the
Communist Party of India-
Marxist against their cadres.
It also highlights the
spurt in Jehadi terrorism.
mittee and key office bear-
ers are also to be elected the
same way.Thomas said he
was upset that as a prelude
to the election, a member-
ship campaign was con-
ducted all over Kerala with
much enthusiasm, but then
the election machinery for
th seemed to go in slumber.
He alleged that this was at
the behest of senior leaders
who did not favour elec-
tions, and thus the party has
not made any efforts for
holding organisational polls,
forcing him to seek legal
intervention.the party's re-
quest.
the federal government sys-
tems.
The proposal, a part of a
series of measures to unify
the central government re-
sources with those of states
and territories in the fight
against terror, will be dis-
cussed during a meeting in
Canberra, Efe news re-
ported.
Turnbull said that details
of licenses would be linked
to the passport and immi-
gration information data-
base to allow the monitor-
ing of airports or shopping
centres.
Australia also sought to
harmonise the laws in the
states and territories to al-
low the detention of a ter-
ror suspect of up to 14 days
without charge.
Currently, New South
Wales is the only state
implementing the regula-
SC seeks Centre, EC reply on corporate
funding of parties through electoral bonds
New Delhi,
The Supreme Court on
Tuesday sought response of
the Centre and the Election
Commission (EC) on a plea
challenging changes to vari-
ous statutes through two Fi-
nance Acts for issuance of
electoral bonds for electoral
funding.
The bench of Chief Jus-
tice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M.
Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.
Chandrachud sought re-
sponses on the plea by pe-
titioner NGOs Association of
Democratic Reforms (ADR)
and the Centre for Public In-
terest Litigation (CPIL) who
also sought direction that
political parties must not be
allowed to accept any cash
donations.
The petitioner NGOs
have challenged various
amendments to the Compa-
nies Act, Income Tax Act,
Representation of the
People Act, Reserve Bank of
India Act and the Foreign
Contribution Regulations
Act (FCRA) made through
* M A R K E T
tion, but the government
said it hopes to see its imple-
mentation in all parts of the
country.The federal govern-
ment also sought to make
possession of instruction
materials on carrying out
acts of terror, mostly avail-
able on the internet, an of-
fence.
"In the age of encrypted
messaging applications, in
the age of the internet,
somebody can be sent from
the other side of the world
or download from the
internet an instruction
manual to build a bomb,"
Turnbull said.The govern-
ment, which has stepped up
security against potential
terror attacks in the country
after a terror alert was raised
to high in September 2014,
passed a series of anti-terror
laws to prevent attacks on
its territory.
the Finance Act 2017-2018
and the Finance Act 2016-
2017.
The petitioner NGOs
have contended the import
of these amendments was
that corporate houses could
make unlimited donations
to political parties and need
not even give details of such
donations.
Besides, the annual con-
tribution reports of political
parties to be furnished to
the Election Commission
need not mention names
and addresses of those con-
tributing by way of electoral
bonds, the petition said.
"This will have a major
implication for transparency
in political funding," said
counsel Prashant Bhushan
appearing for the ADR and
the CPIL.
Through the amend-
ments under challenge, the
earlier limit of 7.5 per cent of
the company's average
three-year net profit for po-
litical donations has also
been removed.
How IBM Watson is helping Indian retail
players decode consumers' choices
New Delhi,
With a spurt in players
selling products online and
offline to woo millennials,
and the Indian retail indus-
try scouting for solutions to
read consumer behaviour
and personalise the shop-
ping experience, IBM's cog-
nitive AI platform Watson is
helping them reach out to
the right audience.
Watson gathers insights
of the latest trends, fuses all
aspects of marketing and
combines the elements,
thus helping the brands im-
prove profitability and drive
efficiency in their busi-
nesses.
IBM deputes Watson to
analyse data collected
through various Internet of
Things (IoT) sensors. Watson
then gathers insights to pre-
dict, improve and track per-
formance of machines and
devices and enhance cus-
tomer experience by pro-
viding tailor-made solution
to its clients.
"We are now in a phase
where, whether it's market-
ing or supply chain or com-
merce, people want to be
totally personalised to and
with," Harriet Green, General
Manager, Watson IoT, Cus-
tomer Engagement and
Education, IBM, told IANS.
Rohingya refugees who just arrived from Myanmar carry their newborn ba-
bies as they make their way to a relief centre in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in
Bangladesh,
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AHMEDABAD THURSDAY, 5/10/2017
"IBM has reshaped its
entire portfolio around
three major areas -- supply
chain, marketing and com-
merce. With the power of
Watson, the decision sup-
port is not risky," Green
added.
With a market
capitalisation of over $136
billion, IBM, which tradition-
ally has been manufactur-
ing and selling computer
hardware and software, has
now forayed into areas like
artificial intelligence (AI) and
cognitive analytics.
It has made a $3-billion
investment globally to bring
AI capabilities to IoT, with a
focus on capturing the In-
dian IoT market. IBM has
doubled its growth in India
for Watson IoT in the last
one year.
"We just don't look at the
retail but at the whole expe-
rience of the channel from
the minute you envision
and create a product in your
mind till you make it and get
it out in the market," Green
noted.
According to a recent re-
port in The New York Times,
IBM employs 130,000
people in India -- which is
about one-third of its total
workforce and more than its
employee base in the US.
3
According to Nishant
Kalra, Business Unit Leader
at IBM Watson Customer En-
gagement (India/South
Asia), the retail trends in In-
dia differ from other coun-
tries.
"India is slightly more
complex as the country has
online marketplaces like
Myntra, Jabong and Flipkart
as well as the online pres-
ence of the brands them-
selves," Kalra told IANS.
"We are doing a lot of
transformational work
within India to make our cli-
ents get a full picture, abil-
ity to promise and eventu-
ally fulfil that promise. IBM is
empowering Indian retailers
to convert challenges into
opportunities," he added.
The list of Indian retail
clients includes Tata Croma,
Aditya Birla Online Fashion
(abof ), Titan Company and
Metro Shoes that are using
IBM Watson and Cloud solu-
tions to gauge customers'
behaviour.
With Watson capabili-
ties, IBM creates a 360-de-
gree view of the customer
by analysing his/her social
behaviour. This enables the
retailers make the interac-
tions with consumers more
meaningful and
personalised.
4 AHMEDABAD THURSDAY, 5/10/2017
City-State
Congress has unanimously decided
to elevate Rahul: Mizoram CM Heidi Levine: Capturing UP CM to join 'Jana Raksha
New Delhi, Yatra' in Kerala on Wednesday
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has said
that the Congress party has unanimously decided to
elevate Rahul Gandhi as its president as it needs a
leader in place of Sonia Gandhi who faces health is-
hope in destruction
New Delhi, the photograph of a girl against those stealing their
New Delhi,
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath will
one member in the 140-seat
Kerala Assembly, is high-
lighting the issue of political
human acts of the leftist par-
ties," Delhi BJP President
Manoj Tiwari told reporters.
sues. from Kashmir. For me, it truly work. I am not sure how join "Jana Raksha Yatra" or killings through this Yatra. This Yatra will start on
Photographers, ama- While inaugurating the Wednesday from Delhi BJP
Asked by NDTV if Congress Vice-President Rahul teur or professional, usually compromises the dignity of many people understand "March for People's Protec-
Gandhi should be elevated as party chief or there Rawya (the girl in the pic- that it is illegal and for sure tion" on Wednesday, a day Yatra, Shah launched a office and will be joined by
like to capture beauty -- scathing attack on Kerala's party Vice President Delhi
should be a new face, Lal Thanhawla said: "There are snow covered mountains, ture) from Gaza," Levine told it would be helpful if this after BJP President Amit
various types of leaders. Some leaders are made, some IANS in an email interview of was better known and also Shah launched it on Tuesday ruling LDF, saying Chief Min- Incharge Shyam Jaju, and
breathtaking flora and ister Pinarayi Vijayan was to Union Minister Jitender
leaders are imposed. Rahul Gandhi is not a willing fauna, beautiful landscapes the gaffe. if there are higher penal- from Payyannur in Kannur
politician but the party needs a strong, good leader- Lodhi had displayed the ties," Levine replied. district, the party said. blame for the murders of Singh and will conclude
and the like, but her camera BJP and RSS workers in the with a sit-in and demonstra-
ship. lens follows pictures of de- photograph in the UN Gen- Speaking of capturing "Chief Minister Yogi
"Unfortunately, Sonia madam has become a little eral Assembly on Septem- pictures of destruction and Adityanath-ji to lead the Jan state. tion at the CPM office at Bhai
struction and misery. Con- An aggressive Shah said Veer Singh Marg in central
unhealthy? Therefore, the Congress people wanted a flict photojournalist Heidi ber 23 while responding to misery, the gutsy risk-taker Raksha Yatra tomorrow
leader to lead the party. Now, it is a unanimous choice External Affairs Minister said: "My first experience (Wednesday) from Kechery that as many as 120 BJP and Delhi.
Levine who took breathtak- RSS workers had been mur- Tiwari said that the RSS
of Congress leaders and the Congress masses to el- ing photographs of the Sushma Swaraj's scathing with covering misery and to Kannur," the Kerala unit of
evate Rahulji as a leader and for the leadership." attack on Pakistan, saying it destruction was the refugee Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dered in Kerala since 2001 and BJP workers were being
Gaza war in 2014 has re- and asked the CPI-M-led selectively murdered in
Rahul Gandhi is expected to be elevated as party chief cently been in the news for was evidence of "Indian bru- crisis in southern Lebanon said in a tweet.
at the culmination of Congress' organisational elec- tality" in Kashmir. in the aftermath of the Is- The march, a show of LDF government to let the Kerala.
one such photograph of people know who was re- "An atmosphere of ter-
tion later this month. Lal Thanhawla, a five-time Chief hers being misused by Did she think there rael-Lebanon War of 1982. strength by the BJP and the
Minister, said that the North East Democratic Alliance should be stricter norms for Being in dangerous war Rashtriya Swayamsevak sponsible for the killings. ror is being created in order
Maliha Lodhi, Pakistan's Per- The Delhi unit of BJP will to finish the spirit of nation-
(NEDA) has been formed in the northeast under the manent Representative at the use of photographs and zones away from family, chil- Sangh (RSS), will pass
leadership of the BJP but the party will find the go- other content by third par- dren and home, for pro- through 11 of the 14 dis- also take out a Jana Raksha alism under a conspiracy.
the UN."I have dealt with Yatra in entire Delhi from When terrorists are killed by
ing tough in the assembly polls next year in the state bloggers and newspapers ties? "It seems as though longed periods, bullets tricts in Kerala and end in
which is being ruled successively by the Congress for people are disregarding the whizzing overhead, death Thiruvananthapuram on October 4 to protest the the army, then so called cus-
using my photographs brutal murder of party work- todians of human rights
the past nine years."Because of their misdeeds, the without my permission but copyright of photographers always around the corner, October 17 when Shah will
NDA government will face a very tough time in the and forgetting the fact that how difficult is it to cover be present again. ers in Kerala which will con- raise hue and cry. But when
this is the first time I have tinue till October 16. BJP workers, who are sup-
elections," he said. Asked about the Congress not dealt with a situation like even downloading and conflicts? How does her Apart from Yogi, senior
performing well in most of the elections held after copying our photographs is family perceive her work? union ministers, including "Besides 'dharna' (sit-in), porters of a nationalistic
this one and I hope it will be 'pradarshan' (demonstra- thinking, are brutally killed,
the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Lal Thanhawla said the Con- the last one. I was very up- illegal without our permis- Do they support and en- Home Minister Rajnath
gress had faced anti-incumbency as it had ruled at sion or the companies many courage her or, being appre- Singh and chief ministers of tion) and 'padyatra' (march) then the silence of these so-
set and shocked to hear that by the party leaders a photo called custodians of human
the Centre for many years. Maliha Lodhi misused my work for. Many photogra- hensive of her wellbeing, try the BJP-ruled states, will also
"Not only in India, not only in Mizoram, but other phers are taking legal action to dissuade her? join and address the Yatra. exhibition will also be rights becomes dangerous
photograph claiming it was organised to expose the in- for the country," Tiwari said.
parts of the world also, if a single party rules for a long The BJP, which has just
time, it generates anti-incumbency phenomenon
among people," he said.
Agra missing in UP Will earn Rs 15 lakh per day from BBC expands in Rohingya issue also comes
India doesn't believe in 'one tourism publication India with four up at BSF, BGB DG-level talks
community-one nation': RSS chief Agra,
upcoming airport: Parrikar
Kolkata, Tourism industry lead- Panaji,
The Goa government is
the site would be rehabili-
tated and houses as well as
more regional New Delhi, cent incidents of movement
ers are upset after realizing
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Tuesday emphasised on country's unity that Agra -- home to the Taj expected to earn Rs 15 lakh
per day from the upcoming
grazing land for them would
be allocated.
languages Curbing movement of of Rohingya Muslims across
Rohingya refugees, smug- the border during the DG-
and a distinct nationality among diversity of lan- Mahal -- does not find a New Delhi, gling of fake Indian currency
mention in a publication greenfield airport at Mopa, level talks.
guages and communities. once it is operational, Chief In its largest expansion notes, narcotics and human Senior officials of BSF's
He said India does not believe in "one language- brought out now by the
Uttar Pradesh Tourism De- Minister Manohar Parrikar Two sisters gang drive since the 1940s, the trafficking were among the frontier Inspector Generals
one nation, one community-one nation". Quoting Sis- said on Wednesday. British Broadcasting Corp issues discussed on the first and representatives of Min-
ter Nivedita, he said: "Reconstitution of a nation has partment.
"If the airport is finished
raped in Jharkhand (BBC) has launched four day of Director General- istries of Home and External
to begin with its ideals." The industry leaders and Ranchi, news services in India in level border talks between
heritage conservationists early, the state is likely to Affairs, the National Investi-
According to him, when the Ramayana serial was earn Rs 15 lakh per day of Two teenaged sisters Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi Border Security Force (BSF) gation Agency, and the Nar-
telecast, every household used to watch it and the here allege that injustice were raped by three youths and Telugu languages. and the visiting delegation
was being done to Agra and the revenue expected from cotic Control Bureau were
same also happened in Pakistan when the serial was the airport. A day's delay will living in the neighbourhood The new services are of Border Guard Bangladesh present in the meeting.
telecast there. its famous monuments. in Jharkhand's Palamau dis- available online and on so- (BGB) here on Tuesday,
The 17th-century Taj cost us around Rs 15 lakh," On the other hand, the
"This is because this land since the early ages Parrikar told a press confer- trict, police said on Wednes- cial media, with a Telugu TV sources said. Bangladesh delegation in-
through its experience created a consciousness," he Mahal, a world heritage day. The two sisters were bulletin, BBC Prapancham, The four-day talks, which
monument, is no longer a ence at the State Secretariat, cluded sector commanders
said at a programme organised to commemorate the while underlining the need studying in Chattarpur High starting on Wednesday, the will end on October 5 with concerned, high officials of
150th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita."There is no star attraction as far as the School of Palamau district news provider said in a signing of a Joint Record of
Uttar Pradesh government for speed in building the air- BGB headquarters, and
need to fight," Bhagwat said, adding that people of port and commissioning and were living in a rented statement. Discussion (JRD), went on members of Home and For-
different languages, ethnicities and religions were is concerned, say critics here. house situated in front of the BBC News already from Tuesday morning at
Chief Minister Yogi the greenfield project. eign ministries, Department
respected and recognised in IndiaHe called Bharat The Mopa airport, 50 km school. On Tuesday night, broadcasts to 28 million the BSF headquarters be- of Narcotics Control (DNC),
Mata "the base of the unity".Being a geographically Adityanath has said the Taj, three youths living in the people in India in Bengali, tween a 26-member Indian
built by Mughal emperor from Panaji, is being devel- Joint Rivers Commission
distinct nation, India had the capability of giving birth oped by GMR Goa Interna- area intercepted the sisters Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and En- delegation led by BSF Direc- (JRC), Survey of Bangladesh
to nationality and the country considered the world Shahjahan, does not repre- and took them forcefully to glish. tor General K. K. Sharma and
sent Indian culture and heri- tional Airports Limited, a and Land Record and Sur-
as its relative, he said, adding that "despite people subsidiary of GMR Airports, a nearby house and raped Director of BBC World a 24-member delegation of vey Department.
wanting to be our foes, e (India) do not have tage. His government's fo- them. The youth were in an Services group, Francesca Bangladesh led by BGB chief
cus has shifted to Mathura- on a public private partner- of Indian insurgent
enemies".Dwelling on why he opposed the Sachar ship basis. It is expected to inebriated condition. They Unsworth, told reporters on Maj Gen Abul Hossain groups based in
Committee recommendations, Bhagwat said one of Vrindavan, Varanasi, also filmed the rape and Wednesday that the Indian where they discussed the
Ayodhya and other Hindu become operational in Bangladesh, prevention of
his Muslim friends appreciated the Hindu lineage of 2020. asked the girls not to report operation has become the measures to stop the men- illegal migration, joint ef-
Indian Muslims, but the community he represented religious centres. the incident otherwise their biggest outside the UK. ace of smuggling of contra-
Braj Mandal Heritage The state government is forts for effective implemen-
largely did not believe that."Over the years there has a 36.99 per cent partner in video will be made public, "Our values will remain band items, including liquor, tation of common agenda
been so many outside influences in Bharat and we Conservation Society Presi- police said. The condition of the same with the new phensidyl, cannabis and
dent Surendra Sharma said: the venture, for which the programmes and other con-
assimilated all, we digested all. It is true. So many riv- subsidiary has already one girl worsened after the channels, which is to inform, other narcotics. fidence-building measures
ers have flowed into Ganga, but Ganga remained "If Taj Mahal does not repre- gang rape and she has been educate and entertain... We The BGB delegation also
sent India, what else does? raised Rs 1,330 crore in the in the bi-annual talks be-
Ganga. I told him once they educate themselves and form of a loan from Axis admitted in a local hospital. do not want to be restricted met Union Home Minister tween the chiefs of the bor-
understand the fact, we are ready to withdraw our The Mughal monuments The other sister has identi- to Delhi-centric, capital- Rajnath Singh on Tuesday.
are our pride and a valuable Bank. Parrikar said that 14 der guarding forces of India
opposition.""Once Rabindranath Tagore said that dhangar (a herdsmen tribe) fied two youths and revealed based reporting and will Sources said that both and Bangladesh, sources
these two communities will not die while fighting legacy of history." their names to police. bring out the stories of rural the sides discussed the re-
families who had houses on said.
with each other but they will find a way to stay India," she said.
together...that will be the Hindu way," Bhagwat said.
Goa to ban plastic
Bill to regularise guest teachers CBI conducts narco, lie-detector from all government
beyond Delhi government's
ambit: L-G tests on Shimla rape case suspects offices: Parrikar
Panaji,
New Delhi, On the way, the accused
New Delhi, and his accomplices raped Government offices in
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday said The CBI has conducted
narco-analysis and lie-de- and murdered her in a Goa will soon ban all plastic
that a bill to regularise 15,000 guest teachers in Delhi nearby forest. Her naked from their premises as part
government schools is "beyond the legislative com- tector tests on the suspects
arrested in connection with body with injury marks was of a Swachh Bharat initiative,
petence" of the assembly and asked Chief Minister found two days later. Chief Minister Manohar
Arvind Kejriwal to reconsider introduction of the pro- the gang rape and murder
of a schoolgirl in Kotkhai The case got a new twist Parrikar said on Wednesday.
posed legislation in the house. after Nepal national Suraj Parrikar said he exhorted
The bill approved by the Delhi Cabinet is slated area of Himachal Pradesh's
Shimla district, informed Singh was allegedly government officials to
to be introduced in the assembly's special session on strangled by Rajinder Singh make Swachh Bharat a "per-
Wednesday. sources said on Tuesday.
Central Bureau of Inves- in Kotkhai police station sonal agenda". Addressing
In an official statement here, Baijal said the mat- lock-up on July 19. the media at the Secretariat,
ter involved is related to 'services' and quoted a High tigation (CBI) sources, how-
ever, refused to divulge the What happened at the Parrikar also said the BJP-led
Court order: "The government of National Capital Ter- police station remained a coalition government was
ritory of Delhi cannot claim any executive power in tests conducted on particu-
lar suspects but said these mystery because the two targetting near total cover-
relation to matters with respect to 'services'." were housed in adjacent age of government financial
The statement, quoting the High Court order, were conducted last week.
Himachal Police had ar- cells with minimal security. transactions via digital mode
went on to add that 'services' is a matter in respect of Following the gang rape by March 2018. "We are pre-
which the Lt Governor is required to act in his discre- rested Ashish Chauhan alias
Ashu, 29, driver Rajender and murder, Himachal resi- paring the memo and no
tion. Baijal said the decision to introduce the bill in dents held massive protests plastic will be used by gov-
the assembly is not in accordance with the "constitu- Singh alias Raju, 32, Subash
Singh Bisht, 42, Deepak alias in the hill state. The victim's ernment department,"
tional scheme of governance of NCT of Delhi". BJP family alleged that the "real Parrikar said. The Chief Min-
MLA and Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta called Deepu, 29, and Lok Jung
alias Chotu, 19, for the crime. culprits" belonging to high- ister said that on Tuesday he As a part of 85th Air Force Day celebrations, a felicitation ceremony was
the bill a "sheer populist measure without legal and profile families had gotten addressed a meeting of all
constitutional framework". n response, Aam Aadmi The 16-year-old school- held on 04 Oct 17 for Widows (Veer Naris) of Air Force Personnel who gave
girl was offered a lift in a ve- away "scot-free".Later, on t government departments their lives to safeguard the nation during war, natural calamities and peace.
Party MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the opposi- the Himachal Pradesh High where he spelled out his
tion Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to spread con- hicle by prime accused Mrs Neelam Dhir, President Air Force Wives Welfare Association (Regional)
Rajinder Singh on July 4 Court recommended a CBI government's vision for honoured and felicitated these Veer Naris in an impressive function at the pre-
fusion regarding the bill. probe. Earlier, the Special In- Swachh Bharat, which in-
while she was returning mises of Head Quarters South Western Air Command, Vayu Shakti Nagar,
home from school in vestigation Team of the cluded banning the use of Gandhinagar.
Petrol, diesel prices likely to come Kotkhai town, nearly 56 km state police was handling plastic from government of-
from the state capital. the case. fices.
down from Wednesday
New Delhi,
Prices of transportation fuels -- petrol and diesel 10th National
-- are expected to come down on Wednesday in the
wake of the government reducing the excise duty
Communal harmony, anti-terrorism highlight Modi government putting internal Convention of SP in
levied on both by Rs 2 per litre. of Kolkata's Durga Puja immersion carnival security in peril, says Congress Agra on Thursday
As per the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas's Kolkata, selected for the road show, those themes.
calculations, the reduction in excise duty will decrease Lucknow,
Highlighting commu- were winners of Bengal's The Sree Bhumi Sport- New Delhi, Surjewala said the attack The 10th National Con-
prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 and Rs 2.25 per nal harmony, railing against 'Biswa Bangla Sharad ing Club, a major crowd The Congress on Tues- took place near the "maxi-
litre respectively in New Delhi. vention of the Samajwadi
terrorism and bringing di- Samman' award in various puller in city's eastern day accused the Narendra mum security" Srinagar Air- Party (SP) will be held in
"This measure would help reducing the prices of verse themes like the intri- categories. fringes, was the first off the Modi government of put- port Zone.
petrol and diesel and giving relief to consumers," the "It is another grim re- Agra on Thursday, a party
cacies of human mind and Banerjee and her lieu- block having won the award ting internal security in peril leader said on Tuesday.
Ministry said in a statement. the spirit of freedom to the tenants attended the event of 'Serar sera' (best of the due to "inaction and lack of minder of breach in the se-
"As a result of reduction in excise duty, the de- curity protocol. Empty The convention will take
fore, 68 community Durga along with several celebri- best). With the marquee re- direction" and said it should place at the Taarghar
crease in prices of petrol and diesel will be Rs 2.50 puja organisers paraded ties from the city and for- sembling the palace from come out with a road map phrases, chest thumping
per litre and Rs 2.25 per litre respectively at Delhi." and indulgence in TV studio grounds in Sadar Bazar of
their award-winning idols in eign delegates. Representa- blockbuster "Babubali", the to deal with Pakistan-spon- the Cantonment area in the
In effect, the government decision will act as a the West Bengal govern- tives from England and organisers decorated the sored terrorism. warfare by the BJP govern-
check against retail prices going up in case global ment have only created a Taj city, chief spokesman of
ment organised carnival Chile football team, who are immersion procession in In a statement, Congress the party Rajendra
crude rates rise further. here on Tuesday ahead of in the city to participate in tune with the theme. com- leader Randeep Singh superficial and false dis-
Earlier, informed sources here had said that the Chowdhary said.
the immersion in the the FIFA U17 World Cup to munal harmony by portray- Surjewala said there had course The reality is that an More than 15,000 del-
reduction in retail prices will "likely be reflected" from Hooghly river. be kicked off from Friday, ing the peaceful co-exist- been a spike in violence in unprecedented security
Wednesday morning. egates are expected to
The carnival, a brainchild were also present. ence of six different reli- Jammu and Kashmir with situation is being witnessed come from 25 states, where
The three state-owned oil marketing companies of Chief Minister Mamata According to the gions. The organisers put six terrorists seeking to attack in Jammu and Kashmir,
(OMCs) -- Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation the party has its
Banerjee, in its second year, organisers, apart from the people, dressed in the tradi- security installations. whereby terrorists from organisational presence, to
and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation -- revise prices showcased the prominent 20,000 spectators gathered tional attire of six different "Under the watch of across the border have re-
of petrol and diesel on a daily basis and these are attend the convention. The
idols from the city and the on both sides of the road on communities together on a the BJP Government, 253 peatedly attacked our secu- convention will also see the
announced at 6 a.m. adjoining districts in a occasion of the event, more tableau to emphasise that personnel of our brave secu- rity installations and appara-
Currently, an excise duty component of Rs 21.48 election of the National
colourful road show at the than 50 lakh people all over the different paths of reli- rity forces have been tus. "Inaction, lack of direc- President of the party.
per litre is levied upon petrol -- and, consequent to iconic Red Road here, amid the globe witnessed the one gion actually leads to the martyred and 124 civilians tion and policy paralysis re-
the reduction in excise duty, this will come down to Party's founder
tight security. of a kind Durga Puja immer- same destination.Yuba have died in 102 major ter- flect the compromise of our Mulayam Singh Yadav was
Rs 19.48.In case of diesel, Rs 17.33 excise is charged The three hour long sion carnival through live Moitri Kalighat, another ror attacks in last 40 national security. After 40
per litre -- this will come down to Rs 15.33 per litre. months, our internal secu- National President of the SP
event saw the puja streaming in the social south Kolkata puja that won months," he said. for 25 years before he was
In case of diesel, Rs 17.33 excise is charged per organisers also exhibiting media.Many of the age-old the award for best branding Referring to Tuesday's rity situation stands gravely
litre -- this will come down to Rs 15.33 per litre. in peril. A series of major ter- unceremoniously removed
samples of various artistic community puja organisers this year, highlighted their attack at a Border Security from the post by his son.
On October 3, Tuesday, the retail selling price of creations used in their puja came up with tableaux stand against terrorism and Force camp by Pakistan- ror attacks on our security
petrol in New Delhi was pegged at Rs 70.88, while that establishments validate the The tenure of the new
marquees on vibrantly aligned with various current celebrated the well being of based Jaish-e-Mohammed President, according to the
for diesel was at Rs 59.14 per litre. decorated tableaux. affairs topics. Their floats in mankind through their pro- in which three militants and seriousness of the situa-
tion," he said. party's constitution, would
All the community pujas the parade also reflected cession. a trooper were killed, be for five years.
International
Iraqi Kurdish leader
Jalal Talabani dies
Erbil (Iraq),
Veteran Kurdish leader
and former Iraqi President
Jalal Talabani has died in
Germany aged 83, the me-
dia reported on Tuesday.
Talabani, a veteran
leader of the Kurdish
struggle for self-determina-
tion, passed away after he
slipped into a coma, broad-
caster Kurdistan 24 re-
ported, citing officials from
his Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) party.
Talbani's death was also
reported by Iraqi state tele-
vision and by Kurdish
broadcaster Rudaw.
Talabani had flown to
Germany on September 11
for medical tests, Kurdistan
24 said. His health deterio-
rated after he suffered a
stroke in December 2012.
He spent a year and a
half in Germany receiving
treatment and withdrew
from public life, stepping
Trump praises Puerto Rico for
keeping down deaths from Maria
San Juan,
US President Donald
Trump said here on Tuesday
that authorities in Puerto
Rico should be praised for
keeping down the loss of life
from Hurricane Maria, which
is blamed for 16 deaths on
the island.
"Sixteen versus in the
thousands,"
Trump said, comparing
the Maria death toll with the
"thousands" who perished
in 2005 as a result of "a real
catastrophe like Hurricane
Katrina."
Katrina killed 1,833
people, mostly in cata-
strophic flooding that fol-
lowed the failure of the
levees in New Orleans, Efe
reported.
"You can be very proud
of your people and all of our
people working together,"
the president said on his
first visit to Puerto Rico since
Maria struck on Sept.
20 as a Category 4 hur-
ricane that knocked out
power, water and telecom-
munications service.
Brave Robert Nababan (top right), 37, was on his way home from work as a
security guard in Indonesia when he saw two pedestrians blocked from cross-
ing a road by a giant snake. He dived in and became locked into a bloody battle
with the python as it sunk its teeth into his arm. He is now fighting for his life in
hospital after suffering severe wounds (top and bottom right). They wrestled in
the middle of the road in the Riau Province of Indonesia where the terrified pe-
destrians could only look on. The deceased snake is now on display in his vil-
lage.
All 3 billion user accounts
were hacked in 2013: Yahoo
San Francisco,
Revealing last year that
its one billion user accounts
were affected by a data
breach in 2013, Yahoo has
now announced that all of
its users -- nearly 3 billion at
that time -- were impacted
by the massive data breach.
Yahoo, now part of Oath
-- a subsidiary of Verizon --
said late on Monday that it
is providing notice to addi-
tional user accounts af-
fected by an August 2013
data theft previously dis-
closed by the company on
December 14, 2016.
At that time, Yahoo dis-
closed that more than one
billion of the approximately
three billion accounts exist-
ing in 2013 had likely been
affected.
"Subsequent to Yahoo's
acquisition by Verizon, and
during integration, the com-
pany recently obtained new
intelligence and now be-
lieves, following an investi-
gation with the assistance of
outside forensic experts,
that all Yahoo user accounts
were affected by the August
2013 theft," Yahoo said in a
statement.
Yahoo is now sending
email notifications to the
additional affected user ac-
counts. Yahoo is now send-
ing email notifications to
the additional affected user
accounts.
"The investigation indi-
cates that the user account
information that was stolen
down as President in July
2014 after his return to Iraq.
At a rally in Sulaimani, heart-
land of the PUK, before
Kurdistan's disputed inde-
pendence referendum last
month, Kurdistan Region
President Masoud Barzani
said the quest for indepen-
dence would have been
easier if Talabani was in bet-
ter health.
The PUK, Iraqi
Kurdistan's third largest
party, has faced internal po-
litical turmoil and disunity
since Talabani's ill health.
Talabani, who was born
in November 1933 near
Erbil, now the seat of the
Kurdistan regional govern-
ment in northern Iraq,
served as the first non-Arab
president of Iraq.
He was first elected to
the post in 2005, two years
after the US-led invasion
that ousted late Iraqi dicta-
tor Saddam Hussein.
Some 12,000 civilian
federal workers and a much
smaller number of US mili-
tary personnel are in Puerto
Rico to deliver aid and assist
with relief efforts, though
many have criticized Wash-
ington for taking too long to
ramp up the response to the
devastation.
One of those critics has
been San Juan's mayor,
Carmen Yulin Cruz, whose
complaints prompted
Trump to attack her on Twit-
ter for "poor leadership."
Even so, the president
and the mayor shook hands
during Tuesday's visit, when
Trump again raised the issue
of what Puerto Rico's recov-
ery will cost and how to pay
for it.
"I hate to tell you, Puerto
Rico, but you've thrown our
budget a little out of
whack," he said.
"Because we've spent a
lot of money on Puerto Rico
But that's fine. We have
saved a lot of lives - every
death is a horror."
Trump, who was accom-
did not include passwords
in clear text, payment card
data, or bank account infor-
mation.The company is con-
tinuing to work closely with
law enforcement," the state-
ment further said.
Yahoo was acquired by
Verizon for $4.48 billion.
"Verizon is committed to
the highest standards of ac-
countability and transpar-
ency, and we proactively
work to ensure the safety
and security of our users
and networks in an evolving
landscape of online threats,"
said Chandra McMahon,
Chief Information Security
Officer, Verizon.
"Our investment in Ya-
hoo is allowing that team to
continue to take significant
steps to enhance their secu-
rity, as well as benefit from
Verizon's experience and
resources," McMohan
added.
Last yeat, Yahoo dis-
closed a new security
breach that may have af-
fected more than one billion
user accounts.
"For potentially affected
accounts, the stolen user ac-
count information may have
included names, email ad-
dresses,
telephone numbers,
dates of birth, hashed pass-
words (using MD5) and, in
some cases, encrypted or
unencrypted security ques-
tions and answers," said Bob
Lord, Chief Information Se-
curity Officer, Yahoo.--IANS
SPOILER ALERT: So she didn't kill Simon, not in that way at least. She didn't run over him in her trusty
Prius, she didn't knock him off the pavement in a fit of rage, she didn't embellish the centre seam of his jacket
with the perfect imprint of her roaring front wheel. Instead, she demolished her ex-husband by stealth; pick-
ing apart the lies of his new life, planting the bulb of doubt in the furrow of his young wife's brow, leaving him
with nothing but the clothes he stood in and the cracked husk of the opulent, successful existence he had
prized above all. Was it worth it, Simon? Are you happy now, Gemma? Don't answer at once. We've had quite
enough of you both. And so has your son. Last night's finale of Doctor Foster (BBC1) crept forward, minute by
dread-tinged minute, towards the most melancholy of endings.
panied by Federal Emer-
gency Management
Agency (FEMA) chief Brock
Long, met with Puerto Rico
Gov. Ricardo Rossello and
other officials.
The president also
planned to take a helicopter
flight over the island to sur-
vey the damage from Maria
and to confer with the
three-star general he ap-
pointed earlier this week to
oversee the relief
effort.Fewer 10 per cent of
Puerto Rican households
have electricity nearly two
weeks after the hurricane
struck.
Fewer 10 per cent of
Puerto Rican households
have electricity nearly two
weeks after the hurricane
struck.
The storm has added
greatly to the woes of
Puerto Rico's 3.5 million resi-
dents, who have endured a
decade-long recession
made worse by austerity
policies imposed to deal
with the island's $72 billion
in debt.
Iran denies using
Afghan children to
fight in Syria
Tehran,
The Iranian Embassy in
Afghanistan denied a recent
report released by US-based
Human Rights Watch on us-
ing Afghan children in the
Syrian conflict, Tehran Times
daily reported on Tuesday.
"Iran has recruited no Af-
ghan children (for fighting in
Syria)," said the statement,
adding that the country is
committed to following inter-
national regulations.
Iran is hosting the largest
number of Afgh and spares
no efforts in supporting
Afghan's rights, the state-
ment said.Iran has appeared
as a staunch regional sup-
porter of Syria's Bashar al-
Assad government in its
struggle against the opposi-
tion militants.
Human brains have
pipes to drain out waste
New York,
By scanning the brains
of healthy volunteers, re-
searchers have found long-
sought evidence that our
brains may drain out some
waste through lymphatic
vessels, the bodys sewer
system.The research team
discovered lymphatic ves-
sels in the dura, the leathery
outer coating of the brain.
The results, published
online in the journal eLife,
further suggest that the ves-
sels could act as a pipeline
between the brain and the
France approves
tough anti-terror lawsParis,
France has approved
new anti-terror laws that in-
clude easier searches of
homes and confining indi-
viduals to their home towns,
without judicial approval, a
media report said.
The new law was ex-
pected to come into force
before the latest state of
emergency extension ex-
pired on November 1, the
BBC reported.
The new law would al-
low members of the govern-
ment - rather than judges -
to approve the confinement
of individuals to their home
towns, requiring them to re-
port to police once a day.
The authorities would
be allowed to mount secu-
rity perimeters around
places deemed at risk - such
as railway stations and air-
ports - within which people
and vehicles could be
searched.
Mosques or other places
Las Vegas killer placed
cameras in hotel
Las Vegas,
Stephen Paddock, the
gunman who killed 59
people and injured more
than 500 in Las Vegas on
Sunday, set up a number of
cameras in and around his
hotel suite, police said.
Two cameras in the hall-
way and one in the peep-
hole allowed him to see if
"law enforcement or secu-
rity" were approaching, the
BBC reported.
Officers are still trying to
determine why Paddock, 64,
opened fire on a concert
from the Mandalay Bay Ho-
UN reforms inadequate for
challenges world faces: India
United Nations,
The reforms under con-
sideration for the global
organisation are not ad-
equate for meeting the chal-
lenges posed by a "creaking
and crumbling" world order
confronting a furious pace
of change, India's Perma-
nent Representative Syed
Akbaruddin has told the
General Assembly.
"If we are to not remain
prisoners of historical des-
tiny for all times to come, if
we are to keep pace with
fast-moving threats we face,
we need to go beyond
piecemeal changes," he said
at the debate on the annual
report on the work of the
UN on Tuesday.
He warned that if the UN
waited for "dramatic crises"
immune system."We literally
watched people's brains
drain fluid into these ves-
sels," said Daniel Reich, se-
nior investigator at the Na-
tional Institute of Neurologi-
cal Disorders and Stroke
(NINDS), part of the US Na-
tional Institutes of H results
provide new insights to a
variety of neurological dis-
orders," Reich
said.Lymphatic vessels are
part of the body's circula-
tory system. In most of the
body they run alongside
blood vessels.
of worship could be shut
down if preachers there
were found to be promoting
radical ideology, the BBC re-
port said.
Approved by the
country's lower house of
parliament, it was intended
to bring an end to a nearly
two-year-long state of
emergency.
It would incorporate
several measures first
authorised under the emer-
gency arrangement intro-
duced following a Novem-
ber 2015 attack here by the
Islamic State (IS) terror
group killing 130.
The state of emergency
that came into force after
the November 13 attack has
since been extended six
times.
However, as there was a
consensus that to continue
with the state of emergency
indefinitely would be un-
democratic, the new law
was approved, the BBC said.
tel. However, they do know
there was a high degree of
planning.
Clark County Sheriff Jo-
seph Lombardo told report-
ers on Tuesday: "This indi-
vidual was pre-meditated.
Obviously pre-meditated,
the fact that he had the type
of weaponry and the
amount of weaponry in that
room.
"It was pre-planned ex-
tensively and I'm pretty sure
he evaluated everything he
did in his actions."
Undersheriff Kevin
McMahill suggested the at-
to force it to confront the
challenges, "we do so at the
cost of deepening the crisis
of relevance and perfor-
mance of the United Na-
tions in particular, as well as
the legitimacy and effective-
ness of multilateralism in
general".
"Can we, in all honesty,
say that the reforms that we
are contemplating will make
us fit for purpose to address
the challenges posed by the
furious pace of technologi-
cal advances in artificial in-
telligence, synthetic biology,
geo-engineering, directed
energy systems, and addi-
tive manufacturing," he
asked.
The common spaces of
the oceans and the outer
space that no nation con-
trols but all depend on or
cyberspace are examples
"of these frontier areas
where we remain out of
depth in multilateral terms,"
he said.
For example, there are
22,000 man-made objects
orbiting the earth but na-
tions are not able to assess
their impact or figure out
how to manage them, he
said.Even as the world faced
these futuristic challenges
on top of the more immedi-
ate ones like the environ-
ment, the threats of nuclear
escalation, armed conflict,
massive refugee crisis, ter-
rorism and endemic pov-
erty, multilateralism seems
to be in retreat and the spirit
of global partnership ap-
pears muted, he said.
The bill was approved by
415 votes to 127, with 19
abstentions, as
Interior Minister Gerard
Collomb told parliament on
Tuesday that the threat level
was still "very serious", say-
ing: "We're still in a state of
war."
Most people in France
approve of the move, but it
has been criticised by rights
groups.A recent poll by the
conservative Le Figaro
newspaper found that 57
per cent of French people
were in favour of enshrining
the measures in law.Most
people in France approve of
the move, but it has been
criticised by rights groups.
But Benedicte
Jeannerod, France's director
for Human Rights Watch,
said France had been pro-
gressively "weakening" judi-
cial oversight in its counter-
terrorism efforts, and "the
normalisation of emergency
powers crosses a new line".
tack may have stopped
when Paddock was dis-
turbed, shooting a security
guard.
The shooting - the worst
in modern US history - has
sparked debate over US gun
laws, but President Donald
Trump has said the discus-
sion over what, if anything,
needs to be done was "not
for now", the BBC report
said.
Paddock had stockpiled
a total of 42 firearms in his
32nd floor hotel room and
at his home, 130 km away
from the site of the massa-
cre, officials said.
Authorities found 19
weapons from his home in
Mesquite, a small city in Ne-
vada, and 23 in the
Mandalay Bay Hotel room in
Las Vegas from where Pad-
dock opened fire on 22,000
people attending a concert
at a country music festival
on Sunday night.
Police found in the
gunman's car several kilos of
ammonium nitrate, a sub-
stance used in the manufac-
ture of explosives.
The shooter spent his
last moments firing desper-
ately at the police through
the door of his room at the
hotel, said Lombardo.
Charlotte Parker (left, with her children) had almost given up hope after doc-
tors said her egg count was so low that the fertility treatment would not work
without an egg donor. But as the 32-year-old and her husband Billy (right, with
his family) were starting to look for donors, they were amazed to discover she
was pregnant. She gave birth to son Lewis on September 6 last year. She then
defied the odds and surprised experts by becoming pregnant again just weeks
later - and this time it was triplets. Adam, Jamie and Ella were born prematurely
on August 4 and had to be cared for in a neonatal department for over a month.
But they are doing well and are now back at home. Mrs Parker said: 'Having four
babies is crazy. There's lots of feeds with 26 bottles in 24 hours and then chang-
ing... we get through around 30 nappies every day.'
AHMEDABAD THURSDAY, 5/10/2017
Sicilian judge held on child porn
5
charges
Rome,
Italian police in Messina have arrested a judge on
child pornography charges, sources at the public
prosecutor's office in the Sicilian port city said on Tues-
day.
Local daily Il Giornale della Sicilia's website named
the judge as Gaetano Maria Amato. If convicted, he faces
a prison term of 6-12 years, the paper said.The judge is
in custody and risks being suspended from his post and
having his salary payments suspended.The charges
against Amato concern his private not his professional
life, according to the sources at the public prosecutor's
office in Messina. Details of the case are being withheld
to protect the alleged victims, the sources said.
Measles outbreak spreads to Sydney
Sydney,
Health departments here in Australia on Wednes-
day are on high alert over the possible spread of
measles.
On Tuesday evening, the health departments issued
alert notices after it was revealed that two separate per-
sons who have been diagnosed with measles, visited a
number of highly populated public areas last week.
They warned the public to be aware of the potential
symptoms for the deadly disease, including fever, tired-
ness, cough, runny nose, sore red eyes and feeling un-
well, Xinhua news agency reported.So far there have
been around 12 cases of measles this year in Sydney,
and 11 confirmed cases in Melbourne over the last two
weeks, sparking major concerns.Public health Director
Michael Staff said: "People with measles symptoms
should stay home from school or work."We recommend
medical attention be sought, but if you or your child
show these symptoms you should call the doctor be-
fore you go in so they can make arrangements to see
you without the risk of spreading the vius."Drop in vac-
cinations could be the main factor behind the current
surge of cases, the authorities said.
'Emphasis on long-term peace, stability
in Rakhine rehabilitation'
Yangon,
Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission on
Wednesday said long-term peace and stability should
be emphasised upon in the rehabilitation process in the
northern Rakhine state.
In a statement released after its team visited
Maungtaw and Buthidaung throughout last week, the
Commission called for strict scrutiny of returnees to
ensure extremists were excluded, Xinhua news agency
said.
The team visited villages and refugee camps, inter-
viewing over 100 people and meeting with local authori-
ties and security personnel.It found that the Arakan
Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) terrorist group recruited
young people from the area, intimidated and trained
them in terror activities.The Commission recommended
necessary security measures to be taken to ensure peace
and tranquility; it proposed measures for the livelihood
of these people.On August 25, the Arsa launched fresh
attacks on police outposts in Rakhine displacing resi-
dents from Maungtaw district areas.Bangladesh and
Myanmar on Monday agreed to establish a joint work-
ing group soon to repatriate refugees who have crossed
over to Bangladesh.The agreement came after a meet-
ing between Bangladeshi Minister for Foreign Affairs
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and a Myanmar delegation-
led by Minister of the State Counselor's Office U. Kyaw
Tint Swe.
Disney did try to acquire Twitter: CEO
Iger
San Francisco,
Disney contemplated acquiring the micro-blogging
platform Twitter but ended up investing in the interac-
tive media firm BAMTech, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has
confirmed.
Speaking at the Vanity Fair's New Establishment
Summit in California late on Tuesday, Iger said he was
interested in buying Twitter but things did not
materialise. There were rumours last year that Google,
Salesforce and Walt Disney were in the race to buy
Twitter.The acquisition of Twitter -- struggling to add
new users amid stalled growth -- was reported to be
about $20 billion.Twitter currently has 328 million
monthly active users.According to a report in The Street,
Disney later acquired $1 billion stake in BAMTech, the
interactive media and Internet company of Major
League Baseball.Disney then purchased a majority stake
in the streaming platform for an additional $1.58
billion.BAMTech is helping Disney bolster its direct-to-
consumer streaming services.
Microsoft acquires virtual reality
platform AltspaceVR
San Francisco,
In a bid to bolster its Mixed Reality vision, Microsoft
has acquired Redwood City, California-based virtual re-
ality social network AltspaceVR for an undisclosed sum.
"With the AltspaceVR team aboard, we look forward
to building the world's pre-eminent mixed reality com-
munity," Alex Kipman, Microsoft's inventor of HoloLens,
said in a post late on Tuesday.AltspaceVR is one of the
pioneers in immersive communications."It brings
people together in virtual reality from over 160 coun-
tries to attend meet-ups, comedy shows, yoga classes,
dance parties, and large-scale events hosted by NBC,
Reggie Watts, Justin Roiland, Drew Carey and more,"
Kipman added.According to him, on October 17, Win-
dows Mixed Reality fans can enjoy more than 20,000
apps in the Microsoft Store."We recently announced that
the hottest VR games are coming to the Microsoft Store
and Windows Mixed Reality," Kipman said.
6 AHMEDABAD THURSDAY, 5/10/2017

Chinese couple held in Varanasi for Gas rescued power plants

National
flying drone, let off
Varanasi,
A Chinese couple was held here for flying a drone
equipped with a high definition camera during the
hit by coal shortage: GAIL
New Delhi, India's Chairman B.C. lenge for industry now is to
famous Ganga Aarti but was let off after a probe, Natural gas - a clean fuel Tripathi said while address- generate demand, supplies
police said on Wednesday. vastly underutilised in India ing the first Gas Infrastruc- are available," he said, add-
After the drone was spotted flying late on Tues- - came to the rescue of ture Conference here ing that the international
day over the Aarti venue at the Rajendra Prasad Ghat power plants recently faced organised by industry market is presently quite
and despite announcements on the public address with shortage of coal sup- chamber Ficci. favourable.
system, when it did not land, a team was sent and it plies, an industry leader said "These thermal power Making its bi-annual re-
was discovered a Chinese couple, on a tourist visa, on Wednesday. plants consumed around 3 vision, the government has
was flying it. "Around three weeks million tonnes of gas to tide increased the price payable
The couple was staying in a guest house at back some power plants over the coal shortage and for domestic natural gas by
Munshi Ghat. Both were immediately detained and were suddenly affected by the crisis was resolved with- around 17 per cent to $2.89
police, along with intelligence sleuths questioned the lack of availability of coal out anyone outside becom- per million British thermal
them, an official said."We have not found anything supplies and natural gas ing aware of it," he said. unit (mbtu) for the period
suspicious and the duo has told us they did not know could fortunately come to Lamenting the relatively October 2017 to March
that it was a restricted area," Circle Officer (CO) of BJP National President Amith Shah handing over the party flag to Kerala
state president Kumanam Rajasekharan, in a public meeting at Payyanur their rescue," state-run gas low utilisation of gas in the 2018.
Dashashwamedh Ghat, Sneha Tiwari told IANS."After transmission utility GAIL country "of between 6 to 7 Prior to this, the gas
a probe into their belongings, documents and the per cent", Tripathi called for prices have been revised
pictures the drone clicked we have released them," wider use of the green fuel downward by about 50 per
Tiwari said. Uttar Pradesh tops Turtle sanctuary to be across sectors, policy reform
and raising awareness for
cent since the implementa-
tion of the gas pricing for-
SC moved seeking stay of 'Swacchta Hi Sewa' rankings moving to a "gas economy", mula in October 2014.
anticipatory bail to Ryan School's Lucknow, and Thana Bhawan,
Jalalabad of district Shamli
set up in Allahabad which the government has
announced as its goal.
"In the last 10 years we
This is the first price in-
crease after five consecutive
domestic gas price reduc-
Pintos Uttar Pradesh has been
in western Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, platform to make the visi-
could not complete a single tions, and has been driven
ranked first in the "Swacchta A turtle sanctuary in tors aware of their place in
New Delhi, Hi Sewa" campaign of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Sec- pipeline mainly on account by an increase in the aver-
The father of murdered student Pradhuman Allahabad and a River the ecosystem, their roles
central government, an offi- retary Rajive Kumar said of- and responsibilities, im- of questions of economic age gas prices prevalent at
Thakur on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court chal- ficials in the remaining local Biodiversity Park at Sangam viability..because of regula- the reference gas hubs over
cial said on Wednesday. are to be set up, the govern- prove their understanding
lenging the grant of anticipatory bail to Augustine The feat was achieved municipal corporations and tory tariffs," he said. last year.
Francis Pinto and two other officials of the Ryan In- ment said on Wednesday. of the complexity of co-ex-
by the state by constructing panchayats have been istence with the environ- Detailing the economics The price ceiling for ex-
ternational School at Gurugram. asked to expedite work on The project, at an esti- in this regard, the GAIL chief tracting gas from difficult
3,52,950 toilets between mated cost of Rs 1.34 crore, ment and help generate
Seeking stay of the grant of interim anticipatory September 15 and October construction of toilets to said that building a 5-million deep-sea and high-pressure
bail to Pinto, Ryan Pinto and Grace Pinto, petitioner will include development of awareness for reducing the
2 this year in the "Swacchta ensure they are ODF by May, impact of human activities tonne liquefied natural gas high-temperature areas has
Barun Chandra Thakur has contended that the grant 2019.Additional Chief Secre- the Biodiversity Park at the (LNG) terminal plus 1,000 been raised 13 per cent to
Hi Sewa" campaign. confluence of the Ganga, on critical natural re-
of anticipatory bail was "absolutely illegal, unwar- Of the 18,24,549 built tary Chanchal Kumar Tiwari km of pipelines requires an $6.30 per mbtu.
ranted, unconstitutional, erroneous..." Yamuna and Saraswati, said sources," a ministry statem
toilets across the country, said 12,542 villages in Uttar Yamuna at Allahabad are investment of Rs 10,000 Tripathi also called for
The Pintos were granted anticipatory bail by the Pradesh of the total 98,604 the Ministry of Water crore. bringing gas under the
Uttar Pradesh got first place Resources.The approvals home to some of the most
Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 28. by constructing 3,52,950 have been declared ODF "Unless such an infra- Goods and Services Tax
Thakur argued that the anticipatory bail was have been made under the endangered turtles,
toilets.Of the 18,24,549 built and necessary action has Gangetic dolphin, Gharial structure capacity is utilised (GST) to encourage its pro-
granted to Pinto and others without hearing either been ensured to declare the Namami Gange at least 50 per cent, and not duction and distribution. It
toilets across the country, programme."This project and numerous migratory
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the com- Uttar Pradesh got first place remaining villages ODF 6-7 per cent as currently, it continues to be taxed as per
plainant in the case.Describing the grant of antici- will provide much needed and resident birds.
by constructing 3,52,950 soon. is not viable...the basic chal- the old VAT regime.
patory bail as unfortunate, he, in his petition, said that toilets.
the investigation by the CBI was at a preliminary

Online harassment on the rise in India, Mumbai leads

Rajasthan stood second
stage and granting interim bail to Pintos at this stage by constructing 2,54,953
"frustrates the criminal justice delivery system..."The toilets and Karnataka, with
matter relates to the death of 7-year-old Pradhuman the construction of 2,41,708
Thakur - a class two student of the school's Gurugram toilets, secured third posi-
branch, who was found dead in the school toilet with tion in the country.
his throat slit, within sometime of his father having Sahanpur Nagar
dropped him. Panchayat of Bijnore district
in Uttar Pradesh was de-
Woman, confined by parents for clared the first open defeca-
tion free (ODF) panchayat
marrying at will, rescued by DCW by the government in Sep-
New Delhi, tember and now, a request
has been made to the cen-
A 25-year-old woman, allegedly illegally confined
to her house by her parents for marrying against their tral government to also de-
clare 12 Nagar Panchayats
wishes, was rescued after she called the 181 helpline
number, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and city corporations of the
state ODF, the official told
said on Tuesday.
"DCW's 181 Women Helpline rescued Deepika IANS.
These Nagar Panchayats
(name changed) from her house. At present, she is
happy and united with her husband," DCW Chairper- and city municipal corpora-
tions include Bijnore,
son Swati Jaihind said in a statement.
"The girl was in love with a boy and told her par- Nazibabad, Syohara,
Dhampur, Kirathpur,
ents about the relationship. Her parents were an-
noyed and refused to get her married to him. On Sep- Zalalabad, Nagina,
Swamibagh of Agra,
tember 25, she solemnized her relationship in a
temple without her parents' consent," she said. Amroha local corporation
But as Deepika went to her husband's house and
informed her family about the marriage on phone,
her infuriated parents came over there, beat up her
husband and forcibly took Deepika with them to their
house, the statement said.Confined to the house and
her phone confiscated, Deepika managed to steal her
HC orders notice on DMK plea
father's phone and called the 181 Women helpline
on September 2.
A DCW team, along with police, rescued the
over ex-rebel AIADMK MLAs
woman on the same day and brought her to a police Chennai,
The Madras High Court
station. Police were asked to provide protection to
the couple, said Jaihind. on Wednesday ordered issu-
ance of notice to Tamil Nadu
Speaker P. Dhanapal in con-
Raising height of IGI boundary wall nection with a case filed by
the DMK seeking to dis-
won't reduce noise, IIT to NGT qualify 12 former rebel
New Delhi, AIADMK MLAs for voting
Raising height of the peripheral wall around the against the government in
IGI Airport may not help in reducing the noise pollu- February.
tion around it, IIT Delhi told the National Green Tri- The case, filed by the
bunal on Tuesday. DMK Whip, pertained to the
The tribunal in January directed the Civil Aviation Speaker not disqualifying
Ministry and aviation regulator DGCA to find the then 12 rebel AIADMK
possibilities to prevent noise pollution from air- MLAs led by former Chief
craft landing at the airport, but IIT experts told the Minister O. Panneerselvam
bench, headed by NGT chief, Justice (retd) Swatanter for voting against the gov-
Kumar, that no substantial drop in the sound pres-
sure was noticed with every metre added to the wall's
eight.
ernment during a confi-
dence vote moved by Chief
Minister K. Palaniswami.
"Air gap between the existing wall and the pro-
posed additional construction on top of the existing
wall should be effectively sealed, while allowing for
the thermal expansion of the structure," the IIT re- Karti refuses to appear before CBI,
port said.
New Delhi,
Online harassment is on
the rise in India, with eight
out of 10 surveyed report-
ing to have encountered
some form of online harass-
ment, cyberbullying and
cyberstalking, global cyber
security firm Norton by
Symantec said on Wednes-
day.
The highest threats of
physical violence were re-
ported by victims from
Mumbai (51 per cent), Delhi
(47 per cent) and Hyderabad
(46 per cent), with Delhi vic-
tims (51 per cent) experienc-
ing the highest incidence of
cyberbullying.
The most common
forms of online harassment
are abuse and insults (63 per
When the case came up
for hearing, counsel for the
DMK argued that the
Speaker had delayed in not
taking action against the
then rebel MLAs.
The court ordered no-
tices to the Speaker and the
Assembly Secretary and ad-
journed the case to October
12 for further hearing.
Panneerselvam turned
rebel in February and said
he was forced to resign from
the Chief Minister's post by
the now ousted AIADMK in-
terim General Secretary V.K.
Sasikala to enable her to
take over the reins of the
government.
Both the warring fac-
cent) and malicious gossip Norton by Symantec Chopra added. tims from Delhi and
and rumours (59 per cent). commissioned the survey Sexual harassment was Mumbai (43 per cent) fol-
Shockingly, 87 per cent through Morar HPI, an in- also a concern for the under lowed by Kolkata (37 per
of the people with disabili- sight, strategy and creative 40s, experienced by 40 per cent) and Bengaluru (36 per
ties or poor mental health consultancy, in 2017 with a cent of this age group. cent).
and 77 per cent of those sample size of 1,035 adults "It is more commonly "With India's growing
with weight issues reported aged 18 and over. encountered by women population spending more
experiences of abuse or in- The incidence of online than men but those who time on social media plat-
sults online. harassment was particularly were most likely to report forms and mobile applica-
"The level of online ha- high for people in the under this form of harassment tions, it is important that
rassment in India is ex- 40s age group, with 65 per were people who had dis- online users' take basic pre-
tremely concerning. Our lat- cent reporting online abuse abilities or mental health is- cautions to protect their
est research shows that and insults. sues, with 69 per cent re- safety and security to avoid
more serious forms of "It is also worrying that porting being victim to this unwanted contact," Chopra
online harassment includ- for over 40 per cent of inci- kind of abuse," the findings noted.Online harassment
ing threats of physical vio- dences of cyberbullying and showed. often triggered emotional
lence (45 per cent), nearly half of all cases of Sexual comments and reactions, with 45 per cent of
cyberbullying (44 per cent) cyberstalking people said messages on social media as the people saying it made
and cyberstalking (45 per that the perpetrator was a well as receiving disturbing them feel angry, 41 per cent
cent) are very high," said stranger. Indeed, many said emails were the most com- irritated and 36 per cent
Ritesh Chopra, Country that they had no idea of the mon complaints. frustrated.Worryingly, one in
Manager, Norton by true identity of the person Reports of sexual harass- four women found their ex-
Symantec, in a statement. who was bullying them," ment were highest by vic- perience frightening.
tions of the AIADMK led by
Palaniswami and
Panneerselvam merged on
August 21 and the latter was
made the Deputy Chief Min-
ister. Sasikala is now in jail.
The DMK plea follows
the Speaker's decision to
disqualify 18 AIADMK MLAs
-- supporters of ousted
AIADMK Deputy General
Secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran -
- under the anti-defection
law for withdrawing sup-
port to the present govern- Mega Srijan scam accused being produced in Civil Court in Patna
ment. --IANS
Galaxy Note8 sales beat iPhone 8,
Samsung India set for record year
tems, Counterpoint Re- cost Indian users Rs 86,000. told IANS.
New Delhi,

NGT seeks Delhi government answer

seeks withdrawal of summons Samsung Galaxy Note8
that came to India last
month and saw over
search, the fight between
Note8 and IPhone8 is finally
going to be pretty close.
The iPhone X, which
marks the 10th anniversary
of the device, will be
Gaurav Sharma said he
would not buy an iPhone 8
because "even Apple is not
New Delhi, reau of Investigation (CBI)
to AoL's claims on debris asking for the withdrawal of 250,000 registrations within "We are looking at a launched in India on No- sure of its innovation in this
Former Finance Minis- neck-to-neck fight. What vember 3 and cost the users device".
ter P. Chidambaram's Karti the summons asking him to no time is selling like hot
New Delhi, appear before the agency cakes and has left Apple changes iPhone X will make Rs 89,000 (64 GB model) and "Apple made iPhone 8
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought on Wednesday refused to to the scenario is yet to be Rs 1.02 lakh (256 GB). obsolete in a matter of min-
appear before the CBI in an for questioning.The 45-year- iPhone 8 and 8 Plus behind
explanation from Delhi government and DDA on the old businessman was asked in the race at the moment, seen but at the moment, IANS found that people, utes by announcing ultra-
claims made by Art of Living (AoL) that the debris alleged graft case, seeking Note8 is doing good in India who converged at several expensive iPhone X.The A11
withdrawal of the summons to appear before the CBI on industry sources said on
already existed on the Yamuna floodplains prior to Wednesday. withdraw the Wednesday. and Apple users are waiting Apple reseller stores in the Bionic chip is powerful, but
its mega fest last year. issued to him till the Su- for iPhone X to arrive," Delhi-NCR region after the Apple, known for its innova-
preme Court decides his notice dated September 26 According to dealers,
The Tribunal bench headed by Justice Swatanter issued to my client...and Galaxy Note8 sales are Pathak told IANS. new Apple flagships were tion, has not done anything
Kumar asked the city government, along with the petition challenging the Indian smartphone us- made available in the coun- great in the latest flgaship.
probe agency's notice. await for the orders of the ahead when compared to
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Metro, Supreme Court," Natarajan iPhone8 and 8 Plus. ers have reiterated that lack try on September 29, were There are several other fac-
to make submissions and also show the extent of The CBI is investigating of innovation, coupled with put off by "no or less inno- tors that pursue people to
how Karti allegedly man- said in the letter."I request y "For every 100 Galaxy
debris removed by them. client's appearance before Note8 being purchased, 60- high prices of iPhone de- vation". buy a device. The iPhone 8
"You have filed affidavits before us in Manoj Misra aged to get a clearance from vices, stopped them from "I am not buying iPhone doesn't have them," he
the Foreign Investment Pro- you on October 4 (Wednes- 70 iPhone8 and iPhone 8
(Yamuna) case stating that debris from the flood- day)," the lawyer wrote to Plus are being sold," a south buying iPhone8 and 8Plus. 8. It has got a hefty price tag added.
plains ofYamuna have been removed. However, they motion Board (FIPB) in the The iPhone 8 64GB costs with no or less innovation. It Talking about the price,
Aircel-Maxis deal when his the CBI.Earlier also the CBI in Delhi-based dealer told
(AoL) are saying something different. You address us its summons had asked IANS on the condition of Rs 64,000 while the 256GB is not a value-for-money Abhishek Singh, who works
on that behalf," the bench said. father was the Finance Min- variant will be available for product," Sidharath Arya, as an engineer, told IANS
ister in 2006. His lawyer Karti to appear at its head- anonymity.
The Tribunal's observation came after the lawyer quarters on September 14 According to Tarun Rs 77,000. The iPhone 8 Plus who came to check the lat- that he was disappointed
for AoL told the green panel that the debris already N.R.R. Arun Natarajan has starts at Rs 73,000 for 64GB est iPhones at iWorld in when he saw the prices of
written to the Central Bu- but he refused to do so. Pathak, Associate Director,
existed on the site before the event and the condi- Mobile Devices and Ecosys- while the 256GB variant will Kamla Nagar in North Delhi, the new devices.
tion of the floodplains was "pathetic". "Had Apple launched
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
Honest youths should join politics:
Anna Hazare
New Delhi,
Non-local shot with 'Super Retina' display, I
would have bought it on the
first day. Instead they chose
to incorporate the 'innova-
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tues-
day said there was a need for honest and principled
youths to join politics to rid the country of corrup-
dead in Manipur Imphal, Medical Sciences, Imphal.
tion' in highly-priced iPhone
X, which is beyond reach of
several iPhone lovers,"
tion. The victim has not been Singh added.
After a long lull, a non- Meanwhile, Samsung In-
Hazare said that while the youth should enter local man aged about 50 identified.
politics to take the nation forward, they need to lead Police said the man dia is consolidating its lead-
years was found shot dead ership in India -- with its
a life of principles, and honest conduct and thinking. near Manipur University must have been abducted
"They should also be ready to make sacrifices for and interrogated elsewhere market share (in terms of
campus near here on value) rising from 43 per
the country," Hazare said at the launch of a book "The Wednesday, police said. and brought near the uni-
Black Tiger" authored by Srijan Pal Singh at the Con- versity to be killed. cent in July to 46 per cent in
The victim had been August, according to the lat-
stitution Club of India here.Hazare had, on Monday, blindfolded and his hands Chief Minister N. Biren
written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging Singh denounced the est report from the market
tied before four shots were research firm GfK.
that the latter had no intention of eradicating cor- fired at his chest from close murder."In the past such kill-
ruption that had "increased during his rule".Advising ings were the order of the When it comes to the
range. "He must have died premium segment in India,
the youth to maintain a good character, Hazare said on the spot," a police officer day. However, the gunmen
he was able to take on even the biggest of Indian backed out when all sec- Samsung already rules the
said. market with over 60 per
politicians because he had not let any blot on his Legendary singer Asha Bhosle pose with her wax figure created by Madame The body was taken to tions of people objected,"
character even at the age of 80. Tussauds Delhi after unveiling it in New Delhi he said. cent share in India.
the Regional Institute of
Business SpiceJet’s big push for
regional connectivity
Gurugram,
SpiceJet, India’s largest
regional player, in its quest
to revolutionise the
country’s regional connec-
tivity today announced that
it is working closely with
Japan’s Setouchi Holdings
to explore opportunities for
small ten and fourteen
seater amphibious plane
operations to provide air
connectivity to the remotest
parts of the country.
In a groundbreaking ini-
tiative – the first by a major
Indian airline – SpiceJet is
exploring the introduction
of smaller fixed wing aircraft
to provide air connectivity
to places which have hith-
erto remained unconnected
due to infrastructural chal-
lenges.
Amphibious planes
have the ability to take off
and land from places that do
not have landing strips and
where no runway exists thus
reaching areas where there
is no other mode of trans-
port available. Reliable,
Adobe invests in Aadhaar-based
authentication for its 'e-sign' solution
New Delhi,
In a bid to facilitate bet-
ter adoption of e-signatures
in the country, Adobe on
Wednesday announced in-
vestment on integration of
Aadhaar-based authentica-
tion in its e-signature solu-
tion "Adobe Sign".
Citing the results of the
recently conducted "Adobe
E-signatures Indian Market
Study", the company said
the market for e-signatures
in India was growing at a
Compound Annual Growth
Rate (CAGR) of 57 per cent
and was expected to cross
Equities trade higher ahead
of RBI policy review outcome
Mumbai,
Positive global cues,
coupled with healthy buy-
ing in healthcare, oil and
gas and FMCG stocks,
pushed the key Indian eq-
uity indices higher during
the mid-afternoon trade
session on Wednesday.
Index heavyweights like
Sun Pharma, ITC, Power
Grid, Reliance Industries
and Dr. Reddy's Lab aided in
the upward trajectory of
the indices.
According to market
tough and resilient these
smaller fixed wing aircraft
can land on water bodies,
gravel and grass.
Demo flights of the air-
craft have been held in
Nagpur and Guwahati.
Japan’s Setouchi Hold-
ings Inc., a pioneer in the
small aircraft aviation indus-
try, is a part of the Tsuneishi
Group of Hiroshima Prefec-
ture. Setouchi Holding owns
QUEST, the manufacturer of
specialized amphibious and
non-amphibious range of
aircraft globally. While
SpiceJet today stands tall as
the country’s largest re-
gional player and has been
among the pacesetters for
the UDAN scheme kick
starting three routes in the
past three months and un-
veiling plans for more. This
initiative further reiterates
SpiceJet’s commitment for
the regional connectivity
scheme. On the occasion,
Mr. Ajay Singh – CMD,
SpiceJet said,“Even while we
are acknowledged as one of
over 90 million transactions
by 2020.
"With around 30 per
cent market penetration
and about 70 per cent of
companies yet to start their
e-signature journey, the
Aadhaar-based authentica-
tion built in 'Adobe Sign' is
the industry's first solution
to make e-signatures legally
binding in India," said
Kulmeet Bawa, Managing
Director, South Asia, Adobe.
"This legal validity will
spur adoption among busi-
nesses that have so far had
to limit the use of e-signa-
benchmark indices gained
some momentum with the
Nifty testing its crucial
9,900 mark. Gains were,
however, capped as inves-
tors stayed cautious ahead
of the Reserve Bank of
India's policy outcome
scheduled for later in the
day," Dhruv Desai, Director
and Chief Operating Officer
of Tradebulls, told IANS.
"The monetary policy
committee of the RBI is ex-
pected to keep its interest
rate unchanged today de-
spite a sharp slowdown in
the world’s fastest growing
markets, the ground reality
remains that only about 3%
Indians travel by air.
Infrastructural challenges
have been a key deterrent
for providing air connectiv-
ity to smaller towns and cit-
ies. We are extremely de-
lighted to join hands with
Setouchi Holdings and look
forward to exploring new
opportunities that will help
us serve our country better.”
“SpiceJet has been a big
supporter of the
government’s UDAN
scheme from the very be-
ginning. With the ability to
land in a small or confined
space, smaller fixed wing
aircrafts are the perfect fly-
ing machines that can effec-
tively connect the country’s
remote cities and airstrips
which can in turn
revolutionise the regional
connectivity scheme.”
“We are delighted to as-
sociate with SpiceJet for ex-
ploring opportunities in the
field of aviation.
tures to internal use," Bawa
said in a statement.
Aadhaar-based e-signa-
ture in "Adobe Sign" is
aimed at helping
organisations to eliminate
their dependency on wet
signatures and allow digital
validation of users' legal
identity.
Adobe also announced
the rollout of a new local
data centre in the country as
many Indian businesses in-
dicated their preference to
adopt a Software-as-a-Ser-
vice (SaaS) solution which is
hosted locally.
Disclaimer I Adverstisement appeared in this
News Paper have not been verified factually and
“WESTERNTIMES” does not stand responsible for the sales
proposition.
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my old name
from JINGAR LATTA
JAYANTILAL to New Name
MISTRY LEENA UMESHBHAI
Add. : V-1, D-36, Tarunnagar,
Memnagar, Ahmedabad
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State (I/C) for Ministry of Youth Af-
fairs & Sports addressing the “Industry Discussion & Facilitation Sessions” on
FIFA U-17 World Cup, organised by ASSOCHEM, in New Delhi
Eris Lifesciences Limited acquires
nutraceuticals company UTH Healthcare
Mumbai,
Eris Lifesciences Limited
(the “Company”), one of the
fastest growing companies
in the chronic category of
the Indian Pharmaceuticals
Market (IPM), has made its
first acquisition after being
listed on the stock ex-
changes – by acquiring
nutraceuticals company
UTH Healthcare Ltd. in a fully
cash deal. The Company has
acquired the entire
shareholding (100%) of
UTH Healthcare for a consid-
eration of Rs. 12.85 crore.
UTH Healthcare is largely
engaged in the segments of
Obesity, Diabetes, Gesta-
tional Diabetes Mellitus,
Maternal Nutrition, and
Cardio-vascular diseases.
UTH Healthcare Ltd. had
turnover of Rs. 25.58 crore in
FY17.
Mr. Amit Bakshi, Chair-
man & Managing Director,
Eris Lifesciences Limited,
said, “We are very happy to
have UTH Healthcare as a
part of Eris Lifesciences Ltd.
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my minor
daughter old name from
ASHKA BRIJESH PATEL to
New Name AASHKA
BRIJESH PATEL
Add. : 21, Avishkar Tenament,
Thaltej, Ahmedabad
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UTH is probably the first of
its kind nutrition focus com-
pany founded by Mr. A K
Khanna, an industry doyen
and living legend, having an
impeccable track record in
the industry. I am very
pleased to have him with us
and look forward for his
contribution to Eris at the
highest level.”
Mr. A. K. Khanna, Chair-
man, UTH Healthcare Ltd.
said,“Joining hands with Eris
Lifesciences Ltd. will help
UTH realize its true potential.
This is a unique position to
work from where the two
entities will leverage their
strengths and add value. A
renewed vision for the nutri-
tion business as envisaged
by Amit Bakshi, will provide
a shot in the arm. I've long
admired his marketing ge-
nius and am very happy to
have Eris onboard. With this,
I've signed up for a bigger
role at Eris and look forward
to making notable contribu-
tion to the industry at large.”
Effective July 1, 2016, Eris
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my old name
from MUNNI BABUBHAI
SHAIKH to New Name
MUNNIBEN BABUBHAI
GHANCHI
Add. : 5, Shaher Kotda Police
Station Chhapra, Saraspur Rly
Colony, Ahmedabad
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TENDER NOTICE NO. 04, OF 2017-18
(Tend. I.D.No 282520, 282521.282522.282523.282524,
282525, 282527, 282528, 282529, 282530,282531,
282532, 282533, 282534, 282535, 282536.282537,
282538, 282539, 282540, 282541)
D.W.S.0 (Wasmo) Surat.
Unit Manager, District Water and Sanitation Unit,WASMO, Surat
Gujarat State invites online tenders on behalf of Different Village
pani samittee for below mentioned work
1. Name of work:- Total nos. of 21 works in different villages.
2. Estimated Cost :- 2,26,89,958.00
3. Last date of submission of tender:- up to 18/10/2017 18.00 Hrs.
Lifesciences Ltd. acquired
trademarks in relation to 40
brands, from Amay Pharma
for an aggregate consider-
ation of ?32.87 crore, in or-
der to grow its product port-
folio in the cardiovascular
and anti-diabetics thera-
peutic areas. On December
12, 2016, Eris entered into a
share purchase and share-
holders’ agreement to ac-
quire 75.48% in Kinedex, for
an aggregate consideration
of ?77.18 crore. Kinedex pri-
marily focuses on products
catering to mobility related
disorders in the musculosk-
eletal therapeutic area,
within the acute pain-anal-
gesics therapeutic area.
Eris Lifesciences Limited
develops, manufactures and
commercializes branded
pharmaceutical products in
select therapeutic areas
within the chronic and
acute categories of the IPM,
such as: cardiovascular; anti-
diabetics; vitamins; gastro-
enterology; and anti-
infectives.
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my old name
from PARMAR JOSFINA
MAHESHKUMAR to New
Name KHRISTI JOSFINA
MAHESHKUMAR
Add. : Radha Vallabhni Chali,
Shahibaug, Ahmedabad
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Business Brief
SpiceJet launches Guwahati-
Dibrugarh flight service
New Delhi,
Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday
launched flights to its 50th destination -- Dibrugarh -
- by introducing daily services on the Guwahati-
Dibrugarh route.
According to SpiceJet, it is the first airline to offer
daily direct air connectivity between Guwahati and
Dibrugarh. "This is in perfect sync with the airline's
agenda to connect smaller cities and it further
strengthens SpiceJet's focus on North-East India.
SpiceJet will be operating its Bombardier Q400
aircrafts on the said routes," the airline said in a
statement."With the new flights, SpiceJet will now
operate a total of 26 flights in and out of North East
and a total of eight flights within the region.
HDFC Bank’s CODE launches
‘Industry Academia’for start-ups
New Delhi,
HDFC Bank’s Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE)
today launched‘Industry Academia’.The initiative, first-
of-its-kind in the country, aims at mentoring and
hand-holding fintechs and start-ups incubated at
country’s top technical and B-schools.
In all, over 50 such partnerships with institutes are
envisaged in phase one of the initiative beginning
with IIT-Bombay, IIT-Roorkee and CIIE atIIM-
Ahmedabad.
The objective is to identify potential fintech ideas
at Incubation and Entrepreneurship cells in these in-
stitutes at a nascent stage, andhelp them evolve into
a consumer-ready product. The Bank will use its do-
main expertise to mentor start-ups on customer ex-
perience, reduce time to market and costs, among
other things. In turn, the start-ups will get the Bank’s
platform to test their ideas in the real world, in addi-
tion to expert insights, and knowledge.
COMIO launches 'C2' smartphone in
India at Rs 7,199
New Delhi,
New entrant COMIO India on Wednesday
launched a new smartphone "C2" at Rs 7,199. The
dual-SIM device sports 8MP rear and front camera
with flash.
The device with 5-inch HD IPS Display houses a
powerful 4,000mAh battery. The smartphones run on
Quad-core 64 bit Mediatek chipset.
"With the launch of COMIO 'C2', we are moving
towards the vision of becoming leaders in the Rs 6k-
10K (mid-segment). The 'C2' has been designed keep-
ing the Indian smartphone user in mind, one who is
looking for a fully loaded handset at an affordable
price point," Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, CEO and Direc-
tor, COMIO India, said in a statement.COMIO has a data
tie-up with Reliance Jio where it offers packages with
additional data benefit. Every COMIO user receives
5GB per month for four months. Moreover, with a re-
charge of Rs 309 or above, consumers will get a 5 GB
additional data voucher on their handset, the com-
pany said.
Global IT spending to hit $3.7 trillion
in 2018
New Delhi,
Global IT spending is projected to hit $3.7 trillion
in 2018 -- a 4.3 per cent increase from 2017, market
research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.
Enterprise software and IT services are expected
to exhibit strongest growth with 9.4 per cent ($387
billion) and 5.3 per cent ($980 billion) respectively.
The Devices segment, Data Centre Systems and
Communications Services are expected to grow by 5
per cent, 1.8 per cent and 2.2 respectively to reach
$697 billion, $176 billion and $1,417 billion spend-

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N.W.R.W.S & Kalpsar Department, Gandhinagar to 6.7 per cent
Tender notice No.B-2/08 of 2017-18 Onilne B - 1 Tenders for the following are invited by the Executive
tra-day trade. per cent, to close at Engineer Unit No - 2 (Sujlam Suflam) Sector No.8 Gandhinagar Mumbai,
The BSE market breadth 9,859.50 points, while the SECOND TRIAL :- from the Contractors registered in class E-1 or above in Narmada, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday
was bullish -- 1,487 ad- Sensex closed at 31,497.38 1. Fulzar-II Irri. Scheme : Estd. Cost Rs.99.59 lacs Water Resources Water Supply and Kalpasr Department and/or lowered the country's growth projection for 2017-18,
vances and 921 declines. points -- up 213.66 points, Road and Building Department of Gujarat State and C.P.W.D./ pegging the gross value added (GVA) to fall to 6.3 per
or 0.68 per cent. Converting existing flow canal system into lift Railway/MES and other state Governments equivalent to class- cent.
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(1) The Superintending Engr. Rajkot Irrigation circle. Opp. No Cost of Bidder various factors during the fiscal, the RBI said: "The pro-
Prayag ‘C’ aparment, Near Jilla seva sadan-II, Race courese (1) Class jection of real GVA growth for 2017-18 has been re-
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HOUSING DEPARTMENT (2) The Executive Engineer Jamnagar Irrigation Division, On line Tender While announcing its bi-monthly monetary policy
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Afcfordable Housing Mission invites online (5) Date of Physical
E-Tenders from Prime Manufacture of Modular Furnlture.
Further details can be seen at www.statetenders. com & Submission of
Name of work: Providing & Fixing Modular Furniture & Civil www.nwr.nprocure.com and notice board of this office. Tender Fee. Google extends Bengali support to
last date & time of submission of on line bid - up to date
Works for office of Affordable Housing Mission in Block no.2,
9/10/2017 up to 18.00 hours IST only on Website
E.M.D and other
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2nd Floor at Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Sector-10B Gandhinagar.
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Cost Limit Downloading Time for for Technical at Chainage 15850 mt.for (2) Rs. 31,000/- tent in regional languages in India, Google India on
info/jam/456/2017-18 Linking Pond at Survey No. (3) Rs. 1500/- Wednesday announced support of the Bengali lan-
2) E M D online Tender online bid 330 (Vilage Pond) at. Village (4) Date 16/10/2017
Document Submission opening Sabosan Ta & Dist: Patan up to 18.00 Hour
guage for Google AdWords and Google AdSense.
Gujarat Water Supply & Severage Board under Khorsam Sarasvati (5) Date-17/10/2017 It will allow publishers and advertisers to reach a
of Tender larger audience and target them with Bengali-lan-
E-Tender Notice No:- 09 Year:-2017-18 Piple line project by using to 23/10/2017 up
Document UPVC 315 m.m. dia Pipe. to 18.00 Hour by guage search and display ads.
1) Rs.45,93,600/- 60 Days 05/10/2017 27/10/2017 06/11/2017 R.P.A.D/Speed In addition, content creators who have websites
Tender Invited trough e-tendering By The Executive Engineer, Post Only and blogs in Bengali will be able to monetise their
2) Rs.50,000/- from the Up to 18.00 16.00 Hrs
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issue Hrs Rajkot Road, Near New Circuit House, Surendranagar. 363001, from New Socur lvalve at Class
date of Phoone NoL. (02752)284598 Mo:-9978406824 from the Chainage 16900 mt. for linking (2) Rs. 35,500/-
work order Goverment Register Contractor having financia and technical ponds at Survey No. 159 (3) Rs. 1500/- Marico Limited adopts Microsoft
criteria Pahtari pond and Survey No. (4) Date- 16/10/2017
(1) The tender document for this work can be downloaded from
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EMD shall be in the name of Gujarat State Prescribed construction of sewer The EMD exemption oertificate certificate will not be accpeted.
Authority Payable at Gandhinagar be submitted to Project main hol for Pragna The EMD less then 180 days validity will not be accepted and
has provided Cloud-based relational database to help
splect alist Afcfcordable Housing Mission Block No. 14/7th chaxu vidyalaya of kherali the offer will not be considered.
Marico increase their data processing speed by over
Floor New Sachivalay, Saradar Patel Bhawan, Sector - 10, Under Dist. Adm. Grant
The Details of work on hand in state and outside state in
150 per cent. "We wanted to gain control over the
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Tender notice shall form a part of contract document. be uploaded on this website interest ed agencies will have to see the corporation/government web site: www.gwrdc.gujarat.gov.in or
same and it should be bounded concerns.Any addit ional information of www.statetenders.com Tender will be accepted only by online Business Process Transformation and IT, Marico, in a
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Colombia's World Cup qualifier

News in a Nutshell against Paraguay like 'a final'
Barranquilla, Paraguay, seventh in the
Defender Cristian standings, can also qualify
Zapata has said Colombia by winning their final two
Midfielder Diego cut from Brazil will treat their World Cup matches, but only if other
results go their way.
qualifier match against Para-
football squad guay on Thursday like a final "It's going to be a differ-
Rio de Janeiro, as they attempt to secure a ent game on Thursday be-
Flamengo midfielder Diego has been dropped berth at a second consecu- cause it's a final for both
from Brazil's national team for World Cup football quali- tive World Cup. teams," Zapata told report-
fiers against Bolivia and Chile due to injury. Jose Pekerman's side are ers on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old suffered an unspecified leg muscle currently third in the "We know that these
strain during Flamengo's 0-1 loss to Ponte Preta in CONMEBOL group's 10- qualifiers are very difficult
Brazil's Serie A championship on Monday, reports team standings with 26 because you can't afford to
Xinhua news agency. points from 16 matches, 11 let the opposition gain the
"We conducted a scan which confirmed a small points behind leaders Brazil, upper hand in any way. We
muscular injury that will prevent him from participat- reports Xinhua news have to stay focused for the
ing in the matches," Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar agency. full 95 minutes."
After 25 years the Premier League has seen its fair share of great goalscorers. But it has also witnessed a The Cafeteros must win The top four teams in
said on Tuesday.He added that Brazil coach Tite de- fair amount of mediocrity in its time. While its greatest players remain revered, some of its worst are equally
cided not to call up a replacement for the former their final two qualifiers -- the CONMEBOL group will
heralded. Here Sportsmail begin the countdown from Nos 60 to 41, with some names sure to spark a blast against Paraguay in earn an automatic World
Atletico Madrid player.Brazil, already guaranteed of a from the past...
berth in next year's World Cup in Russia, will play Bo- Barranquilla on Thursday Cup place while the fifth-
livia in La Paz on Thursday before hosting Chile in Sao and Peru in Lima on October ranked team will advance to
a playoff against New
Paulo five days later. U-17 World Cup features prominently in Leicester City, Man United
10 -- to be guaranteed of a
place in Russia next year. Zealand. --IANS
Mourinho inaugurates avenue named Kolkata Durga Puja immersion carnival
after him in Portugal Kolkata, tableau bearing the Indian
national flag with teenag-
set for Bengaluru EPL Live Batsman Bawne replaces injured
Young talents show- Bengaluru,
Setubal (Protugal),
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has in-
augurated an avenue named after him here in his
cased their dribbling prow-
ess, performed breathtaking
ers busy presenting their
ball juggling and soccer
skills. Hockey legend
Leicester City and Manchester United are the lat-
est English Premier League (EPL) football clubs to con-
Shubman in India 'A' squad
juggling with footballs, and firm attendance at Premier League Live, which takes Mumbai, against New Zealand ahead
hometown. photos of football legends Gurbux Singh was seen tak- of their ODI series against
The ceremony on Tuesday was attended by Setubal ing part in the procession place in Bengaluru on October 14 and 15, it was an- Maharashtra batsman
were proudly displayed as nounced on Wednesday. Nine EPL clubs will bring leg- Ankit Bawne has replaced India. Rahul Chahar will fea-
Mayor Maria das Doers Meira, reports Efe."Setubal is the upcoming FIFA U-17 carrying a replica of the ture in the squad that will
still the only city where I feel like myself, Ze Mario. Olympic torch. A giant size ends and a whole host of fun activities to the event Shubman Gill, who has been
World Cup featured in a big to give fans a fantastic football experience. Manches- ruled out of the one-day se- play two matches at CCI in
Where people treat me normally and make me feel way during the Kolkata football was part of the Mumbai India 'A' team for
good," Mourinho said."I come to Setubal because I love march of Dum Dum Tarun ter United legend Ronny Johnsen will be on hand on ries against New Zealand 'A'
Durga puja immersion car- Saturday to meet with fans, sign autographs at the after sustaining a side strain. first three One-day games:
Setubal because my friends call me Ze instead of fool- nival here on Tuesday. The Dal, while the College Prithvi Shaw, Mayank
ish things such as 'Special One' and other things," the Square Community puja dedicated club zone, accoding to a release. Leicester "Bawne will now be a
tournament, that already City former player Gerry Taggart will be taking part part of the team for the first Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer (Cap-
coach added.Before joining United, Mourinho coached seems to have found a place committee showered con- tain), Deepak Hooda, Ankit
at other elite European clubs including Benfica, fetti and included young- in his club's zone, where fans will be able to follow three matches too after be-
in the hearts of the football the story of the 2015/16 EPL Champions. Arsenal leg- ing initially named in the Bawne, Shreevats Goswami
Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, collecting an im- mad people of the metropo- sters showing their magical (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn
pressive collection of domestic and UEFA trophies. ball control on the road.Adi end and former FC Goa player Robert Pires will re- squad for the last two
lis, kicks off on Friday, with turn to India to meet local EPL fans, where he will be games," the Board of Con- Sharma, Vijay Shankar,
the city hosting its first Ballygunge community trol for Cricket India (BCCI) Shardul Thakur, Siddarth
joined by former Everton star Graham Stuart. Other
Gujarat thrash listless Dabang Delhi in match two days later. puja committee hailed
former EPL stars already confirmed to attend include said in a statement. Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil
Adding to the football world football's governing Thampi.India 'A' team for
PKL tie fervour, officials and players body FIFA and the upcom- Alan Shearer, John Barnes, Paul Dickov and Shay Given.
Manchester United and Leicester City are the latest
"The All-India Senior Se-
lection Committee has also last two One-day games: AR
Chennai, of the participating England ing tournament, with ball named Deepak Hooda for Easwaran, Prashant Chopra,
jugglers drawing allround clubs to confirm they will have a bespoke fan experi-
Gujarat Fortunegiants made short shrift of Dabang and Chile teams were ence area at Premier League Live. Other clubs that will the last two one-day Ankit Bawne, Deepak
Delhi hammering them 42-22 in the fifth Pro Kabaddi present for much of the applause. Hatibagan games." Meanwhile, the Hooda, Baba Aparajith,
Sarbojonin puja committee be at the event include Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion,
League (PKL) here on Tuesday. three-hour carnival on the Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City and BCCI announced that Rishabh Pant (Captain & wk),
It was yet another dismal showing by Delhi as they iconic Indira Gandhi Sarani tableau showcased the un- Deepak Chahar was inad- Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn
der-17 World Cup and its Watford. Stuart said "This is a terrific event and it gives
crashed to their 14th defeat of the campaign. (erstwhile Red Road), every invited EPL club an opportunity to showcase what vertently mentioned in the Shardul Thakur, Siddarth
Delhi's defence had a terrible game as they scored watched by thousands lin- mascot -- a clouded leop- Board President's XI team Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil
ard called Kheleo. they are all about.
just four points in the match.Gujarat are top of the table ing up along both sides of for the warm-up matches Thampi.
in Zone A with 67 points from 18 matches. the street and millions on
Delhi are rooted at the bottom of the table with 31 television. West Bengal
points after 19 matches. Gujarat made a blistering start Chief Minister Mamata
and led 4-1 in the fourth minute with Sachin scoring Banerjee was present all
two raid points.Delhi forced a super tackle in the sixth through the carnival, where
minute to trail 3-9. In the next minute Gujarat inflicted 68 prize winning commu-
an all out to lead 12-3. Sachin and Ranjit continued to nity Durga puja committees
pile on points for Gujarat as they led 17-5 after 12 min- participated. The visiting
utes. Delhi raiders couldn't keep up with Gujarat de- players and officials clicked
fence whereas their defenders were finding it difficult selfies and captured video
to contain the opposition raiders. Gujarat inflicted the and images on their mobiles
second all out of the match in the 15th minute to lead as they seemed awe-struck
23-7. Sriram made a two-point raid in the 18th minute at the colourful procession
as Delhi trailed 9-27 at the end of the first half. of the idols and the small
Abolfazl Maghsodlou was the lone spark for Delhi replicas of the grand and
in the second half as he got raid points for his team. marquees. Kalighat Milan
Sangha community puja
committee brought out a

France appeared in fine spirits as they trained at Clairefontaine ahead of a

World Cup qualifier that is as important as it is tricky; away to Bulgaria. Les Bleus
go into the final round of qualifying matches with a one point cushion at the top
of Group A with Sweden leading the chase and the Netherlands sitting four points
adrift, still within reach. With Sweden facing a home tie against Luxembourg on
the same night they travel to Sofia, France know they must come home with three
points to keep their fate within their grasp going into the final game.

U-17 World Cup: Chile wary of

England, Mexico in Group F
Kolkata, Colo-Colo football club in ing the film I got to know
Chile defender Nicolas Chile, said. On a different more," he said.
Aravena feels England and note, Aravena said before This is Chile's fourth U-17
Mexico are the two teams watching the Shah Rukh World Cup outing and their
they need to guard against Khan-starrer superhit second in a row. The Chil-
in their Group F when they Bollywood film "Chak De! eans' best finish of third
begin their Under-17 foot- India", he did not know place came on their debut in
ball World Cup campaign much about the 1993. La Rojita recorded
here at the Salt Lake Sta- country."Before watching their only clean sheet from
dium on Sunday. 'Chak De! India' I knew little 13 games in a 2-0 victory
"England and Mexico about India. But after watch- over Tunisia in 1993.
are the two toughest teams
in our group," Aravena told
reporters ahead of their
practice session at a private
ground here.
While England have
never won the youth World
Cup, Mexico have laid their
hands on the crown in 2011
at home.
Chile play England first
on Sunday before locking
horns with Iraq on October
11 and finishing group en-
gagements three days later
with Mexico.
"I will try hard to give my
best and keep my place in
the team," Aravena said.
Since they were ham-
mered 0-5 by Brazil in the U-
17 South American Champi-
onships earlier this year, four
new players have joined the
squad and will be vying for
a place in the side.
"We have some things to
sort out on the field. We are
working out on that,"
Aravena, who plays for CSD

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