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n JP Nadda STF ROPED IN TO NAB ACCUSED
HISAR: The special investigation The DGP said the special task force police, the DGP said.
NADDA: WE ARE team (SIT), probing the gangrape (STF), a police unit constituted to
MOVING TOWARDS of a 20-year-old Rewari woman at tackle organised crime and gangs, “On Monday, we will hold a video
Kanina in Mahendragarh dis- has been roped in to nab the conference with all the district
UNIVERSAL BANGKOK MEET India leads multilateral grouping’s renewed trict, on Sunday arrested three accused. STF deputy inspector SPs to reiterate that prompt
HEALTH COVER men, including one of the prime general (DIG) B Satheesh Balan will action has to be taken in cases
convener and Delhi chief minister (SAD) held a “show of strength” CHANDIGARH: Punjab
Arvind Kejriwal in the city on inFaridkotonSundayevenasthe chief minister Capt
Sunday. Leaders across parties Sikh hardliners staged a protest Amarinder Singh on The 2-hour barrier
and states had gathered to despiteheavypolicedeployment. Sunday announced to Last year, Kipchoge took part in the Nike Breaking Two project,
attend a fund-raising function for Therally,describedbyformer hold a rally in his prede- which he finished in 2:00:25. That run, however, was not counted in
martyrs. ››P3
chief minister Parkash Singh cessor and Shiromani official records as he finished the course with the aid of “illegal” in
Badal as a “victory”, was held in n Former CM and SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal and party Akali Dal (SAD) patron and out pacemakers. Kipchoge ran behind a six-man pacesetting
Sex abuse claims rock team and was trailed by a time-keeping vehicle on a racing circuit
Dutch Catholic Church the ‘fortified’ city amid tension. president Sukhbir Singh Badal at the ‘Pol Khol’ rally in Faridkot on Parkash Singh Badal’s
in Monza, Italy. He came agonisingly close to sporting immortality,
Thousands of policemen stood Sunday. SANJEEV KUMAR/HT constituency Lambi missing the mythical mark by just 25 seconds
THE HAGUE: More than half of the guard to provide safe passage to once the zila parishad
Netherlands’ senior clerics were Akali leaders and their support- action at Kotkapura. defending the cause of peace and elections are over in the n Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge
involved in covering up sexual
assault of children between 1945
ers and ward off trouble, but The radicals have been point- communal harmony in the state. Though no date Modern era’s greatest celebrates winning the Berlin
failed to stop 100-odd Sikh radi- ingthefingersatBadals,particu- state,” he told a 40,000-strong was given, the rally is Kipchoge is seen as the greatest distance runner of the modern era. He Marathon and breaking the
and 2010, a press report claimed has dominated marathon racing since his debut in Hamburg in 2013 after world record. REUTERS
calsbelongingtotheSAD(Amrit- larly former deputy CM Sukhbir gathering of supporters from likely to be held in the
Saturday, engulfing the Catholic a track career that saw him win world gold and silver (2003, 2007) in the
Church in a global abuse scandal. sar) and the Dal Khalsa from Singh Badal, for the “pardon” across the state. The former CM last week of September.
Over the course of 65 years, 20 of sneaking in and damage two granted to Dera Sacha Sauda claimed he had been informed Hours after the CM’s 5,000m and Olympic silver and bronze (2008, 2004) over the same Berlin’s place
distance. He has notched up 10 wins from the 11 marathons he has raced,
39 Dutch cardinals, bishops and buses and one car. chiefGurmeetRamRahimSingh that Sikh radical had been announcement, SAD
winning three times not only in Berlin but also London, with victories in in history
their auxiliaries “covered up The meeting was the second in 2015. The former CM, who nabbed with a pistol meant to president Sukhbir Singh Berlin has now seen the last six
assembly of supporters held by was maintaining a rather low assassinatehimandhissonatthe Badal also announced to Rio for Olympic gold as well as in Hamburg, Rotterdam and Chicago
sexual abuse. ››P12 men’s world records over the
the SAD to counter the nonstop profile since the party’s rout in rally, asking the police to reveal hold a rally in Patiala on distance set on its quick course. In
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J&K: PANCHAYAT
onslaught mounted by the rival
Congress and Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) as well as the radicals in
the state polls, has been forced to
come out to launch the counter-
offensive to try and blunt the
the identity of the person.
Badal also lashed out at chief
minister Capt Amarinder Singh
the same day. ››P2
10 second
barrier
is the psychological mark in men’s
4 minute
mile
was once an elusive record.
Sunday’s race, Berlin debutant
Amos Kipruto came second in 2
hours, 6 minutes and 23 seconds,
the past one month. attackandliftthesaggingmorale and his cabinet colleagues, say- them (Sikh radicals) because 100m sprint. American Jim Hines Britain's Roger Bannister followed by a third Kenyan,
POLL IN PHASES The Akalis are facing their of party cadres. ing that they had endorsed the they have been holding secret was the first man to surpass it first achieved it in 1954 former world-record holder
Panchayat elections would be worst political crisis in recent Operation Bluestar and the Sikh meetingswith the government.” Wilson Kipsang, who was 25
memory following the former ‘CONSPIRACY TO KILL genocide in 1984 by accepting He accused Congress minis- seconds behind. It was the largest
held in Jammu and Kashmir in
nine phases in November and chiefminister’sindictmentbythe ME AND SUKHBIR’ berths in the Congress govern- ters Navjot Singh Sidhu and
They say you miss two times but you single improvement on the
December, the state’s chief RanjitSinghCommission,which Playinganemotionalcard,Badal ment. Cautioning the people Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa of can't miss the third time marathon world record since
electoral officer announced looked into sacrilege cases and said there was a threat to his and againsttheSikhradicals,hesaid: going all-out to capture gurd- KIPCHOGE, in reference to his two previous failed Derek Clayton improved the mark
on Sunday. ››P6 subsequentfiringbycopsonSikh hisson’slives.“IandSukhbirare “If people make mistakes, they waras. attempts to break the world record by 2:23 in 1967
protesters in 2015, for the police ready to sacrifice our lives for havetobeartheloss.Don’tfollow CONTINUED ON P2
Pact almost sealed with BJP, Telangana tie-up could herald Andhra alliance
will announce it soon: Nitish Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
n [email protected]
Waryofhavinganytruckwith
the YSR Congress Party, the
Congress on its own is not in a AGREEMENT IF WE GET A GOOD
have ruled out an alliance with
any political party, although
with a caveat that the final deci-
HT Correspondent
n [email protected] THE REMARK CAME TWO
ment (on seat-sharing).”
“We will fight the elections
NEWDELHI: The alliance between
the Congress and the Telugu
position to form the government
in Andhra Pradesh where the
SEAT SHARE, SAYS MAYAWATI sion rests with the high com-
mand.
MONTHS AFTER KUMAR with honour and pride. The NDA DesamParty(TDP)inTelangana hold of the grand old party has LUCKNOW: BSP chief Maya- get a respectable share of For its part, the state Congress
PATNA: The Janata Dal (United) is will fight the elections unitedly. could be a prelude to the two par- weakened significantly after the wati on Sunday said she seats, then I could even con- has kept up its attack on both the
in the final stage of an “honoura- MET AMIT SHAH, WHO Do not go by the speculation in ties joining hands in Andhra bifurcation of the state in 2014. would join the proposed test alone,” she said. Maya- TDP and the BJP over the
ble agreement” with the Bharat- PUT TO REST RUMOURS the media. We have to focus on Pradesh, according to two party The assessment within the anti-BJP front only if she wati claimed Chandrashe- National Democratic Alliance
iya Janata Party for the 2019 Lok winning the maximum number functionaries familiar with the Congress, another senior func- gets a “respectable” khar, who had been (NDA) government’s failure to
Sabha elections and an official
OF A RIFT IN THE NDA of seats in Bihar,” the leader, developments. tionary said, is that the YSR Con- number of seats arrested last year grant special category status to
announcement will be made speaking on the condition of A Congress leader from gress Party chief, YS Jaganmo- while dismissing following caste vio- Andhra Pradesh as per the com-
soon, Bihar chief minister Nitish almost been completed. “It (seat- anonymity, quoted the Bihar Andhra Pradesh said on Sunday han Reddy, might go with the Bhim Army chief lence in Saharanpur, mitments under the AP Reorga-
Kumar said on Sunday amid sharing detail) is likely to be CM.KumarandShahmetinJuly that the tie-up in Telangana has BJP and there is also no chance Chandrashekhar was out to split nisation Act of 2014.
speculations over the contours announced in a week,” he said in this year amid buzz of a formula brightened the chances of an alli- of any reconciliation between as a stooge of the Dalit votes at the BJP’s But aseries ofrecent moves by
of the alliance between the two Patna after a state executive for the distribution of 40 Lok ance between the two parties in the TDP and former ally BJP. ruling party. behest. ››P8 both the TDP and the Congress
parties. meet of the party that inducted Sabha seats between four part- the other Telugu-speaking state Jana Sena Party founder “If I do not has triggered speculation of the
The remark came two months election strategist Prashant Kis- ners of the NDA for next year’s as well. “The only way to oust the Pawan Kalyan is also an impor- two coming together for the first
after Kumar met BJP chief Amit hor into the fold. general elections. Ram Vilas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at tant player in the state’s politics, time in Andhra.
Shah, who put to rest rumours of A JD(U) leader present at the Paswan’s Lok Janshakti the national level is if all the like- and has dismissed talk of being a midable one for both the assem- TDP in Andhra Pradesh. It started in March with the
a rift in the National Democratic meet quoted Kumar as saying: “I Party and Upendra Kushwaha’s minded secular parties unite part of any grouping. In this sce- bly and the Lok Sabha elections. Both Congress general secre- decision of Andhra Pradesh
Alliance (NDA) camp in Bihar. am in direct contact with Amit Rashtriya Lok Samta Party are against the communal forces,” nario, the two functionaries said Officially, the Congress has tary in charge of Andhra Pra- chief minister N Chandrababu
JD(U) general secretary RCP Shah over the matter. We will the two other partners in the said the leader on the condition the Congress feels that an alli- maintained that it will go it alone desh, Oommen Chandy, and Naidu to quit the BJP-led NDA
Singh said the alliance talks had soon reach an honourable agree- state. of anonymity. ance with the TDP could be a for- and not have any tie-up with the state chief,N RaghuveeraReddy, government at the Centre.
htpunjab FARIDKOT RALLY WOULD ACT AS THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE MODERN
AKALI DAL, WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARNAGE OF SIKHS IN BARGARI.
> SUNIL JAKHAR , Punjab Congress chief
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MAJITHIA STAGES
DHARNA IN
AMRITSAR
Cong, SAD announce
AMRITSAR: Former Akali minister
and Majitha MLA Bikram Singh
Majithia sat on a dharna, Sunday
about 9pm, at Jandiala Guru,
15km from here, alleging that
Congress workers had thrashed
rallies in rival bastions
Shiromani Akali Dal workers and RALLY FOR RALLY Akali Dal says will hold show of strength in Patiala on the
candidates during campaigning
for the panchayat polls. Delhi Sikh same day CM Amarinder holds Lambi rally the date for which not announced yet
Gurdwara Management Commit-
tee (DSGMC) general secretary HT Correspondent
Manjinder Singh Sirsa, former n [email protected]
Tarn Taran MLA Harmeet Singh
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minis-
CM’S ANNOUNCEMENT SHOWS
Sandhu and urban president
Gurpartap Singh Tikka accompa- ter Capt Amarinder Singh on HIS NERVOUSNESS: SUKHBIR
nied him. “At Chugawan village, a Sunday announced to hold a
SAD worker was thrashed by rally in his predecessor and CHANDIGARH: Shiromani
catching him from the hair. “This Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Akali Dal president Sukh-
is daylight murder of democracy. patron Parkash Singh Badal’s bir Singh Badal on Sunday
The Congress is stopping SAD constituency Lambi once the zila said the Punjab chief minis-
candidates from campaigning,” parishad elections are over in ter Capt Amarinder Singh’s n Sikh hardliners protesting against the Shiromani Akali Dal rally in Faridkot on Sunday. SANEEV KUMAR/HT
Majithia alleged. HTC the state. announcement to hold a
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the Chandigarh Group of Colleges,
Landran (Mohali), for allegedly
Sukhbir Singh Badal also passions by spreading its rally in Patiala on the
threatening a present trustee and
announced to hold a rally in
Patiala on the same day. a web of lies around
same day. “I am amused
that the success of the
I am amused that
the chairman of the institute. CIA
in-charge inspector Kikkar Singh
In a press release, the CM
the elections. I will SAD-BJP has forced the the success of the
said the complainant, Rajvinder claimed that the efforts of Badal
and his son and Shiromani Akali expose him.
people-shy CM to come out
of the luxury of his palace SADBJP has forced Gagandeep Jassowal
[email protected]
rallysidelights
Singh, a resident of Teacher’s n
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the open manhole, near which
they had spotted the slipper of the case under Section 304 A (causing
boy. Gurnoor was brought out
I had directed the death by negligence) of the IPC
and taken to the civil hospital, sewerage board has been registered against Bat- n A procession being taken out to mark the 531st wedding anniversary of first Sikh master Guru Nanak in Batala on Sunday. SAMEER SEHGAL/HT
where doctors declared him dead. ala municipal council and sewer-
officials to cover all age board officials.
VICTIM’S KIN Meanwhile, Gurdaspur dep-
manholes. I have marked
HOLD PROTEST
On Sunday, a protest was held on
Jalandhar Road by the victim’s
a probe into the matter.
uty commissioner Vipul Ujwal
said, “I had directed the sewerage
board officials to cover all man-
Motor accident Farmers seeking complete debt Kidnapped
relatives, who were also joined by
local AAP workers. They raised
VIPUL UJWAL, Gurdaspur DC
holes when I was in the city for
inspection few days back. But Tribunal awards waiver protest in Tarn Taran Ferozepur boy
slogans against the sewerage
board for its laxity.
reached the spot and assured
them of the registration of a case
they failed to comply. I have
marked a probe into the matter. ₹61 lakh to HT Correspondent
rescued from Moga
The protesters refused to cre- against the guilty that the dharna Responsibility will be fixed
WARN OF DISRUPTING “If the new policy is not abol-
mate the boy’s body until the err-
ing sewerage board officials were
was lifted.
Batala senior superintendent
within 24 hours.”
As per locals, the manhole victim’s kin n [email protected]
RAIL TRAFFIC IN PUNJAB
ished, farmers of the state will
disrupt rail traffic across the
MOGA: Police rescued an 11-year-
old kidnapping victim, Mahi, of
brought to book.
It was only after sub-divisional
of police (SSP) Opinderjeet Singh
Ghuman said on the complaint of
near civil hospital was covered
with a jute bag, which was later
TARN TARAN : Hundreds of farm-
ers, labourers and women,
ON OCTOBER 10 IF THEIR state on October 10,” KMSC
state president said.
Ferozepur, from the Sadhan Wali
Basti in the town, after it con-
magistrate (SDM) Rohit Gupta victim’s uncle, Kirpal Singh, a removed by someone. under the banner of Kishan- DEMANDS AIN’T MET Committee’s general secre- ducted raids based on suspicious
Majdoor Sangharsh Committee tary Sarwan Singh Pandher, movements in the area. Police
(KMSC) held a state-level pro- skyrocketing prices of fuel in said, “Before coming into claim that Manjit Kaur of Dhar-
NUN RAPE B L A S T S AT P O L I C E S TAT I O N test at grain market in the town, the country. power, the BJP had promised to amkot locality had taken tempo-
in support of their demands and The rally started at 10am and implement the Swaminathan rary custody of the boy from two
TAKE ITS COURSE day. 8am. pened.” found that child had been lifted
Tigers Force not Jaglal Singh, the victim Farm leaders announced that State president of KMSC, Sat- from Ferozepur about 1.30pm on
n
they will disrupt rail traffic in nam Singh Pannu, told the gath- DEMAND 90% SUBSIDY Sunday. His parents, when con-
capable of attack
n [email protected]
Their key demands are com- Central government has been The farmers have also caller had demanded ₹20 lakh,”
BISHOPS’ BODY SANGRUR: Eight months after a
56-year-old treasury officer was
plete waiver of debt of Punjab’s
farmers and laborers, immedi-
making a new agriculture pol-
icy. It also plans to implements
demanded 90% subsidy for
small and marginal farmers to
the father told the police. He
added that kidnappers had
HT Correspondent killed in a road mishap while on ate release of ₹716 crore to clear the report of the Shanta Kumar purchase implement for manag- warned them against informing
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Denying n [email protected] his way to office in Sangrur, the the dues of the state’s sugarcane Committee that has anti-farmer ing stubble, to start paddy pur- the police. The child was handed
that it wanted the Jalandhar Motor Accident Claims Tribunal farmers, implementation of the recommendations.” chase from October 1 and to pro- over to his parents. SSP Gurpreet
bishop accused in the rape of a JALANDHAR: Punjab director gen- (MACT) has awarded a compen- Swaminathan Commission He added that a similar police vide pension for farmers and Toor said investigation was on to
nun to step down, the Catholic eral of police (DGP) Suresh sation of ₹61.48 lakh to the mother report and rolling back of the had failed in Madhya Pradesh. free flats to labourers. trace the two accused. HTC
Bishops Conference of India Arora on Sunday ruled out the and wife of Jaglal Singh.
(CBCI) on Sunday said law should involvement of the Bhindran- Sanjeev Goyal, counsel of the
take its course in the matter. wale Tigers Force in four low- victim’s family, said Jaglal’s wife
“(Our) silence should in no intensity blasts at the Maqsu- Bhupinder Kaur and mother Kul-
way be construed as siding with dan police station in Jalandhar deep Kaur along with his two sons
either of the two parties. We have on Friday night, claiming that had moved the tribunal for com-
learnt of certain statements the organisation does not have pensation. “The tribunal has
attributed to our president Cardi- the capacity to execute such ordered New India Assurance
nal Oswald Gracias that attacks. n Suresh Arora, Punjab DGP Company Limited to pay the com-
(accused) bishop Franco Mulak- The DGP, who was in Jalan- pensation to be divided between
kal of Jalandhar diocese should dhar for a fundraising function office and a police station in Bhupinder and Kuldeep in 70:30
step down,” CBCI secretary gen- for martyrs, said a National Chandigarh but the police did ratio. As Kuldeep has already
eral Theodore Mascarenhas said Security Guard (NSG) team has not disclose them. died, her share will be given to
in a statement issued here. inspected the blast site and “This mail was sent to few her daughters.”
“We wish to clarify that he has investigation is going on. journalists only who all are “The tribunal found that Bhu-
made no such statement and “We will investigate any- from Jalandhar. Few journal- pinder and Kuldeep were depend-
wishes to disassociate himself thing which comes to our notice ists in the mail even had left the ent on Jaglal and directed the
from any such statement. Bom- but the claims by the organisa- journalism a few years ago but insurance company to pay the
bay Archdiocese spokesman’s tion (Bhindranwale Tigers the sender kept focused on the compensation with interest at
comments are in his personal Force) in a letter are incorrect. Jalandhar reporters only,” said 7%,” the counsel added.
capacity and have to be taken as This organisation doesn’t have a senior police official who is Goyal said Jaglal, along with
such,” the statement read. the capacity to carry out such part of the investigation. his son, was coming to Sangrur in
“We reiterate what we said attack,” said Arora, on the side- The investigators have yet a bus run by a private operator on
earlier: The CBCI has no jurisdic- lines of a private function. not found any concrete lead in January 4. “The driver stopped
tion over individual bishops. On Saturday evening, Bhin- the case. the bus at a traffic point near San-
Besides, a police probe is on. dranwale Tigers Force had The NSG team continued grur bus stand. When Jaglal was
One party has approached the issued a circular to the media, their investigation on Sunday deboarding the bus, the vehicle
Kerala High Court... Church claiming responsibility for the and also collected some samples started moving and he was
authorities will take a decision attack. to ascertain the explosive used crushed under its tyre,” he added.
once police file a definitive report In the circular, they also for the blast. The verdict was pronounced by
after investigations,” the state- claimed that they had also The team left the city for tribunal presiding officer Sumit
ment added. IANS attacked the Nawanshahr SSP’s Delhi in the evening. Ghai.
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extreme, they desire a change
and the AAP’s existence is the
result of that change.”
Congress leader from Haryana
Randeep Singh Surjewala and
receiving threats,” he added.
Surjewala told the media, “It is
If they (Akalis) fail to
Apart from Sidhu, Jakhar and Odisha governor Professor Gane- condemnable that the Haryana safeguard religion,
Kejriwal, state cabinet ministers shi Lal were also present. government has given an open
OP Soni, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot In his interaction with the shelter to criminals and goons people will remember and
and Sunder Sham Arora were
present.
media, Kejriwal condemned the
Rewari gangrape and demanded
who are raping daughters in the
state. If the Haryana government
bring forward leaders like
Chief principal secretary to the arrest of all the accused. can’t control the crime in the Sidhu, Jakhar or Kejriwal.
CM, Suresh Kumar, and “The victim and her family state, chief minister Manohar Lal NAVJOT SIDHU, local bodies minister
DGP Suresh Arora also attended. need protection as they have been Khattar must resign,” he said.
“The complainant stated that the QUIZZED ABOUT THE said,addingthattheychargedRs HISAR: Body of a six-year-old girl n [email protected] KARNAL: Haryana chief minister
accused forcibly entered her house,
abused and threatened her,” said
CHANDIGARH: The five students
involvedinthecheatingthrough
MODUS OPERANDI OF 5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh per candidate.
TheSHO saidwhile thephoto-
was found at a deserted place in
Sampla town of Rohtak district CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress
Manohar Lal Khattar on Sun-
day inaugurated and laid foun-
Ashok. HTC
remote hacking in Indian Air THE GANG INVOLVED AND graphs of those on the run are on Sunday night. leader Randeep Singh Surjewala dation stones of developmental
Three booked for stealing Force’s online test for airmen at THE DETAILS OF beingpastedatpublicplacesnear The body was found drowned on Sunday demanded resigna- projects of around Rs 14 crore in
data from realty firm the Rohtak centre on September their possible hideouts in Hary- in a pit with 3 to 4 ft stagnant tion of Haryana chief minister Panipat.
13 may Be let off after warning, EXCHANGE OF MONEY, ana and Gurugram. water, police said. Manohar Lal Khattar, saying the These projects included a
GURUGRAM: The firm of a building police said on Sunday. SAY ROHTAK POLICE Atotalof350candidates—175 Talking to Hindustan Times, “insensitive and arrogant state parking lot constructed under
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contractor filed a complaint with
Talking to HT, Rohtak city eachinthemorningandevening Sampla station house officer government has failed to control the elevated highway in the city
the police, alleging that a former
employee of the company, had
SHOJagbirSinghsaid,“Keeping
in view the future of these chil-
across the country as IAF had
officialshadonSaturdaysaidthe
shift — appeared for the test in
Rohtak.Itwasintheeveningtest
(SHO)KulbirSinghsaid, “Prima
facie, it looks like that the girl,
crimes against the daughters of
Haryana”.
It is shocking constructed at a cost of Rs 6.73
crore.
misappropriated its property and
sold confidential data from the dren, they will be let off after a test would not be cancelled if the that the hackers were spotted by whomaybeplayingnearthespot, Surjewala said the fact that that despite the The parking with a capacity
warning. However, they are crime is local in nature. a vigilance team. got drowned. We have sent the Khattar got angry with a jour- to accommodate around 3,000
company’s records to a rival firm,
police said on Sunday. The police, being quizzed about the modus TheIAFconductedthetestfor The hackers were allegedly body for autopsy for further nalist for asking question on the nationwide concern, the vehicles would provide relief to
the complaint stated that, the
accused tampered with electronic
operandioftheganginvolvedand
thedetailsofexchangeofmoney.
induction in the Airmen cadre
from September 13 to 16 across
givinganswerstothecandidates
through a parallel network with
investigations into the matter.”
However, forensic expert
police failure to arrest the cul-
prits behind the Rewari gan-
culprits of the heinous the people from traffic jams in
the city.
records of the company to access “Theseboyswouldbeaskedto the country.TheSHOsaidtwoof the help of various experts. Saroj Bala, who inspected the grape case reflects his anti-peo- crime have been roaming The chief minister also
confidential information, before identifytheaccused asafterthey the seven accused, identified as The IAF had entrusted the spot, said the possibility of ple and anti-women mindset. inaugurated a a multipurpose
sharing it with a competitor. HTC are nabbed,” he added. Hardik and Sombir, have so far Centre for Development of attempt to rape and murder can- “It is shocking that despite the free for four days. sports complex and laid the
been arrested. Advanced Computing (C-DAC) not be ruled out. “The victim’s nationwide concern and loud RANDEEP SINGH SURJEWALA , foundation stone of a godown
Portions of road in Gurugram FRAUD LOCALISED, The Haryana police is con- withconductingtheonlineexam salwar was not on her body. claims by the police, all the cul- senior Congress leader for electronic voting machines,
cave in, residents worried SAY POLICE ducting raids in Delhi and Gur- The C-DAC, an autonomous Someone may have attempted prits of the heinous crime have which would be built at a cost of
GURUGRAM: The road in Sector 23A Meanwhile, the SHO said the gaon to nab the remaining five body of thedepartment of elec- rapeon her,”she said. She added been roaming free for four days,” women have increased by 47% Rs 4.2 crore.
caved in at two places, at the turn, operation of the fraudsters was accused behind the hacking. tronicsandinformationtechnol- that the family of the victim told he said in a statement here. since the BJP government came Later, the chief minister also
due to leakage from the under- “localisedandnippedinthebud.” “Among those on the run are ogy under the Ministry of com- police that the girl was missing “Haryana has become a crime to power”, Surjewala added. attended a mushaira organised
ground sewer line. Distressed This may mean a sigh of relief Aditya,whorunsacomputercen- munications and information since10am.“Herbodywasfound hub under the Khattar govern- It is a matter of shame that in the memory of former prime
residents in the area voiced their for the nearly 5 lakh candidates tre in Gurgaon; JS Dahiya, a technology, had further in the evening from a deserted ment as the official figures given Haryana has got the highest minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
concern over the cave-ins, calling whose appeared in the examina- former principal of the ITI, Jhaj- employedanotherprivateagency and remote place. Why a child in the recent state assembly ses- average of gangrape cases in the organised by the Haryana Urdu
them a safety hazard. HTC
tion at 524 centres in 97 cities jar; Sanjay Ahlawat, an aide of to conduct the examination. will go to such a place for play?” sion showed that crimes against country now, he said. Akademi.
REGIONALBUZZ KEEPING TABS ON POWER POLITICS IN PUNJAB, HARYANA, HIMACHAL PRADESH AND JAMMU AND KASHMIR
INHOUSE POLITICS: A Jakhar and local government minister the ministers, health minister Anil you utter another word, I will not
Navjot Sidhu held a joint press confer- Vij’s biting remarks often caused help”. If this was not enough, the min-
BUNGALOW FOR CHEEMA ence in Amritsar last week. As usual, uproar. And opposition MLAs hit back ister was again caught on camera a
Punjab leader Sidhu was in full flow. Hitting out at at Vij with words which were unwor- day later, lashing out at media for the
of opposition those who say that Jakhar being a thy of being recorded. Once, Vij viral video.
(LOP) Harpal Hindu cannot interfere in religious referred to INLD and Congress MLAs
Singh Cheema matters of Sikhs, Sidhu said he as “...maindko ki tarah uchlne lag jatte
was not happy (Jakhar) is 100 times better Sikh than hain”. Congress’ Jhajjar MLA Geeta UNDER GREEN
with an official Langah. The Punjab Congress chief Bhukkal hit back, saying, “Aik mantri TRIBUNAL’S LENS
bungalow allot- interrupted him, telling the minister ne batmiji karne kaa vibhag sambhal
ted to him by the not to compare him with Langah. rakha hai.” It was ‘batmiji’ (miscon- The Kullu dis-
Captain Ama- Sidhu immediately said sorry to him. duct) that dominated the short spell of trict adminis-
rinder Singh n Harpal Singh the monsoon session. tration has pre-
government in Cheema pared a list of
one of southern AAP’S LIP SERVICE PLOY 740 hotels that
sectors of Chandigarh. Like some of Call it clever thinking or a change of SHATTERING THE have violated
his predecessors, the Aam Aadmi strategy. Rocked by the revolt in its HOUSE DECORUM building norms.
Party (AAP) MLA wanted an accom- Punjab unit, the Aam Aadmi Party, The list was pre-
modation in one of the tony northern which used to throw out the party It has been almost four years since the pared after the
sectors where the chief minister, most rebels at the slightest hint of dissi- BJP legislators, most of them first-tim- Supreme Court n Mahender Singh
ministers and top bureaucrats reside, dence, has changed tack this time in ers, were sworn in as members of the ordered it to Thakur
but he has now settled for the far-off dealing with dissenters led by Bholath Haryana assembly. However, some of demolish the
Sector 39. “I need some place to meet MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira who them, including a cabinet minister, illegally constructed portions of the
party leaders and supporters when- have openly challenged the party lead- continue to display ignorance as far buildings. Among these are properties
ever I am in the city. The department is ership’s authority and are seeking the decorum is concerned. The worst owned by several politicians of the rul-
carrying out repairs. It may take some “khudmukhtyari” (autonomy). AAP offenders are Panipat (rural) MLA ing Bharatiya Janata Party and the
time,” he said. Though Cheema and national convener and Delhi chief reporters also to get a pass made defence ke liye aadmi kuch bhi kar Mahipal Dhanda and social justice opposition Congress. Irrigation and
his party colleagues, including former minister Arvind Kejriwal, leader of before entering the building. Earlier, sakta hai. Yeh to maine joota dikhaya minister Krishan Bedi who are often public health minister Mahender
leader of opposition Harvinder Singh opposition Harpal Singh Cheema and they were allowed to go in after show- tha. Agar us waqt mere haath mein seen making remarks and entering Singh Thakur also owns a hotel in
Phoolka, had taken up the issue with state unit co-president Dr Balbir Singh ing their identity cards. At the revolver hota to shayad main goli bhi into a direct war of words with the Manali that was constructed in viola-
Amarinder, the CM did not accede to have repeatedly talked about resolv- entrance, a register is being main- maar deta,’’ the INLD leader said. Con- opposition benches while remaining tion of building bylaws. Thakur made
the request. He told the AAP leaders ing the differences. “We are talking to tained in which they are asked to give gress MLA Dalal was quick to retort. firmly seated in their chairs. Accord- a quiet visit to the National Green Tri-
that even some ministers were waiting them (dissidents) to sort things out. their particulars as well as name the “Agar who asli mard ki aulad hai to ing to the rules of procedure and con- bunal, giving an assurance that he will
for houses as there was shortage and Two-three MLAs are in touch with officers they are visiting. All this, as chala ke dikhaye goli mujh par. He is duct of business in the state assembly, voluntarily raze the illegal portion of
none had been specifically earmarked them,” says Cheema. But Khaira, per security guards at the gate, is being acting like a bouncer of the BJP a member who desires to speak shall the building.
for the leader of opposition. A sprawl- whose removal from the post of LOP in done on the recent orders of director government. I am having a workers’ rise when he speaks and address the
ing government accommodation is July triggered the revolt by eight of the general of police, security. meeting at Palwal on Sunday and will speaker.
among the privileges of those from the 20 party legislators, is still to hear from visit every district to expose Chautala. NOW, APPLES IN
ruling party with lobbying and tan- them. None of the pro-Delhi MLA or
ALL FOR SELFDEFENCE
I challenge him to hurt me,’’ he said.
MINISTER’S RUDE PREZ RETREAT
trums being a routine. leaders has got in touch with him. The
rebels have made it clear they would The ugly turn
MLAS’ FLAIR FOR BEHAVIOUR Constructed in the British era back in
not settle for anything less than of events in the 1850, the presidential retreat in
SIDHU COMPARES “autonomy” and other resolutions Haryana SWEARWORDS Himachal food and civil supplies min- Mashobra, 14 kilometres from Shimla,
JAKHAR WITH LANGAH passed at Bathinda convention. Of assembly ear- ister Kishan Kapoor remains in the will have new varieties of apples. A
course, not all their demands are lier this week – The recently news for wrong reasons. The other team from Rashtrapati Bhawan has
Akali leader and former minister acceptable to the party and, hence, the where shoes concluded Har- day, he drew flak after a video of him planned to rejuvenate the apple trees
Sucha Singh Langah, who was lip service ploy. were almost yana Vidhan aggressively countering activists of planted around the retreat. President
recently acquitted in a rape case regis- hurtled at each Sabha session the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Pari- Ram Nath Kovind had visited the
tered against him in Gurdaspur last other by experi- brought to the shad (ABVP), the student wing of the retreat this summer and stayed there
year, is not going to like this. After CHECKS ON enced lawmak- n Abhay Chautala fore the honour- Rashitiya Swayamsevak Sangh, who for five days along with his family
handing over a memorandum to Akal SCRIBES’ ENTRY ers Abhay able male legis- had gone to meet him to raise some members. The retreat is managed by
Takht seeking excommunication of Chautala and Karan Dalal – continue lators’ flair for demands, went viral on social media. the President’s office.
former chief minister Parkash Singh Punjab Police has put checks on to escalate. After the assembly session swearwords. “Tum sobhagyashali ho ki minister iss (CONTRIBUTED BY NAVNEET
Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal presi- “unhindered” entry of mediapersons got over, Chautala told a television Their conduct n Anil Vij tarah se tumhari baat sun raha hai SHARMA, SURJIT SINGH, RAVINDER
dent Sukhbir Singh Badal for allegedly visiting its headquarters in Chandi- channel that he would have opened on the floor of (you are fortunate that a minister is VASUDEVA, HITENDER RAO, PAWAN
shielding the Dera Sacha Sauda chief, garh. Like other visitors, the depart- fire instead of taking out the shoe in the House was no different from high listening to you in this manner),” SHARMA, GAURAV BISHT,
Punjab Congress president Sunil ment has now made it mandatory for self-defence if he had a revolver. “Self school boys in the playground. Among Kapoor told the students, adding: “If NARESH K THAKUR)
JALANDHAR: Environmentalist
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dam that he said was filled only Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal on
up to 79% of its capacity, secre- Sunday initiated cleaning
HT Correspondent My sister got married reached Patti on September 11 tary, Union ministry of water and beautification of 28 kilome-
and found that Vipul had resources, UP Singh, has said the tre long Bebe Nanki road on the
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to Vipul in May, cremated my sister without power generation and irrigation Kapurthala- Sultanpur Lodhi
TARNTARAN: A man was booked for this year. After marriage, informing us,” the victim’s in the areas fed by the dam could stretch, ahead of 550th birth
allegedly abetting the suicide of brother told police. be impacted. anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev,
his 20-year-old wife and cremat- they shifted to Patti He said they also came to know “This year, overall rains were here on Sunday.
ing her body secretly in Patti, that his sister committed suicide good particularly in north India, Seechewal, along with his fol-
23-km from district headquar-
in Tarn Taran district. by hanging herself with a ceiling but water level in Bhakra is low,” lowers, removed garbage from
ters, here on Sunday. CHINU PRASHAD , victim’s brother fan as she was upset over her hus- said Singh, who was in town to both sides of the road with trac-
The woman had allegedly com- band’s behaviour. launch a website on ‘First Inter- tors , JCB machines and also
mitted suicide on September 10 ASI of Patti city police station, national Conference on Sustaina- planted saplings. n Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal during a plantation
but the police registered the case Tarn Taran district as Vipul had Santokh Singh, said, “Following ble Water Management’ to be He said that the drive will con- drive on Sunday. HT PHOTO
on Sunday following a complaint been working as a labourer in a a complaint from the victim’s organised by the Bhakra Beas tinue till the birth anniversary
from the deceased’s brother. junk dealer’s shop there. Few brother, a case has been regis- Management Board in December celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev dhar to Sultanpur Lodhi via let. He said he will clean the holy
The victim has been identified n Manisha Devi with her days ago, my sister called me and tered under Sections 306 (abet- this year. The BBMB manages in November 2019. Kalasingia and Dalla will be bein and Chhoti Bein, falling in
as Manisha Devi while the husband Vipul Prashad. HT FILE complained that Vipul is physi- ment of suicide) and 201 (causing the Bhakra dam. The roads leading to Sultan- cleaned and beautified with sap- Kapurthala, from its hyacinth
accused is her husband, Vipul cally assaulting her.” disappearance of evidence of The filing period for the dam pur Lodhi, mainly Kapurthala- lings of fruits and flowers. and under-water vegetation.
Prashad, of Gartholi village of victim’s brother Chinu Prashad “On September 10, Vipul called offence, or giving false informa- closes on September 20, and Sultanpur Lodhi via Pajjian, Seechewal appealed to the The Bein is associated with
Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar said, “My sister got married to me and informed about my sis- tion to screen offender) of IPC according to Singh, “It is also of Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi via state government to take stern first Sikh master, who took bath
Pradesh. Vipul,23, in May this year. After ter’s death,” said Chinu. against the accused, who is concern that the subsoil water is Fattudhinga, Malsian to Sultan- action to prevent release of dirty in this rivulet during his early
In his complaint to the police, marriage, they shifted to Patti in “I along with my family absconding.” falling at a fast pace.” HTC pur Lodhi via Lohian and Jalan- water into holy Kali Bein rivu- years.
Whistleblower booked
for ‘pressurising’
government officials
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3 KILLED IN
J&K panchayat polls KATHUA ROAD Local bodies polls: Why NC’s decision
to be held in 9 phases MISHAP, DRIVER of not participating is the right one!
ARRESTED GUEST COLUMN jobs, scholarships and avenues
of growth and prosperity. This
the pretext of urban local bodies
election, it only reflects the non-
not all. Not taking part in these
elections is also meant to send a
STARTS FROM NOVEMBER 17 Panchayat elections HT Correspondent
would be a sacrilege that the
National Conference would not
seriousness and its mala fide
intent. Therefore, we chose not
message to the Centre. We want
to make it clear that for any
in worst militancyhit districts of south Kashmir from Nov 24 [email protected] only not accept but also resist. to participate in the urban local encroachment on Jammu and
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leaders whether to contest the killed in a road mishap in he National Confer- When the J&K’s Standing through the motions of democ- the Constitution. It is our choice
SRINAGAR: Panchayat elections polls. State Congress chief Hiranagar of Kathua district on ence is not participat- Counsel sought adjournment racy in the state. Democracy is and prerogative to decide
would be held in Jammu and unlike the municipal polls. Ghulam Ahmed Mir said his Sunday. ing in the urban local on petitions challenging the not only about elections but it is whether or not to contest these
Kashmir in nine phases from
November 17, chief electoral
The number of electorate party had earlier expressed res-
ervations as there was no clarity
Police said, the incident took
place around noon near Katal
bodies and the pancha-
yat elections are based on a
validity of Article 35A of the
Constitution on account of the
also about substantive partici-
pation, which, under the pre-
elections. We made a principled
decision and decided not to.
officer Shaleen Kabra in each polling station has on the election schedule. “Now Gujrian Sherpur, Hiranagar, principled philosophy. Being ongoing preparations for the vailing conditions in the state,
announced on Sunday. that the schedule has been when a mini-bus coming the premier political party of panchayat and municipal elec- would not have been much with POLITICS CANNOT BE
The announcement came a been kept small. announced and the confusion from Rajpura Ghagwal hit a Jammu and Kashmir, repre- tions in the state and subse- people’s alienation at its peak. REDUCED TO
day after the schedule for multi- SHALEEN KABRA, J&K chief electoral cleared, we will take a view on motorcycle. senting all regions of the state, quently when the additional ELECTIONS
phased municipal polls from officer our participation,” Mir added. All the three persons riding on and being the vehicle of politi- solicitor general Tushar Mehta NO POLITICS OF Furthermore, we also want to
October 8 to October 20 was The Congress has been a motorcycle died on the spot. cal articulation of the people’s agreed to the contention that OPPORTUNISM make it clear that politics of
announced. strong votary of the dissolution Locals along with police rushed voice, we chose to echo their Article 35A and certain aspects We believe in the fundamentals Jammu and Kashmir cannot be
The local bodies’ polls are out was recorded when pancha- of the powers to the grassroots them to a district hospital in sentiment and after reviewing needed to be debated upon and and principles of democracy reduced to elections. The state’s
being held in the state amid a yat polls were last held in 2011. level. It cannot be seen boycott- Kathua where they were the conditions — political and said “it can’t be denied that and not in the politics of oppor- politics warrant a more sub-
spike in violence. The state government has ing the elections and club itself declared brought dead. security — we decided not to there is an aspect of gender dis- tunism. And, we also believe stantive approach than only
The announcement for the deputed over 15,000 additional with the NC and the PDP. The deceased, residents of contest the polls. To give con- crimination in it (Article 35A)”. that while acquisition of state elections. There is a conflict
civic election schedule coin- paramilitary forces to conduct Kootah in Hiranagar, were iden- text to the prevailing conditions Such a statement, made on power, for enhancing the wel- here and it must be resolved, of
cided with the killing of a civil- the polls. BJP WELCOMES ULB, tified as Ram Dass, 51, Anita in Jammu and Kashmir, soon behalf of Jammu & Kashmir fare of people, representing course, within the framework
ian in clashes following a gun- PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS Devi, 40, and Pallavi, 8. Their after the People’s Democratic government indicated that them and giving voice to them of possibility. We are a party
fight between militants and ELECTIONS DESPITE The state leaders of Bharatiya bodies were handed over to the Party(PDP) allied with the BJP instead of defending Article 35A via the medium of the state is that aspires to reflect and artic-
security forces in South Kash- BOYCOTT FROM PDP, NC Janata Party (BJP) have wel- legal heirs. and formed the government, and asking for the challenge to important but is not a sufficient ulate the people’s aspirations
mir’s Kulgam district. Five mili- The elections are being held comed the administration’s Police have arrested the the state gradually slid into be dismissed based upon earlier goal. As a party, that has been at and protect their interests. We
tants were also killed in the even as the state’s two main par- decision to hold the local bodies driver of mini-bus Ashok Kumar near anarchy. constitution bench judgment, the forefront of the state’s poli- have never asked to boycott
gunfight. ties, the National Conference elections. who had managed to flee from The proverbial straw that the state government had virtu- tics, we owe a certain responsi- elections nor are we running
The rural polls will be held on (NC) and the Peoples Demo- “The ULB and panchayat the spot. broke the camel’s back is the ally conceded that some parts of bility to the people of the state. any ‘election boycott cam-
non-party basis, unlike the cratic Party (PDP), announced elections in the state will The driver is also a resident of BJP’s insistence on abrogating Article 35A deserve to be struck The most important of these are paign’. The Government of
municipal polls, Kabra said. He their poll boycott over the strengthen the power of com- Nai Basti Jandi, Hiranagar. Article 35A, which is the back- down. If the state government protecting, maintaining the India and the state government
added the polling will begin at 8 attempts to undo the state’s spe- mon man. The BJP has followed A case under relevant bone of Jammu and Kashmir’s does not defend the interests of state’s special status and resist- did not clear their position on
am and continue until 2 pm. cial constitutional status. the policy of development for all sections of the Ranbir Penal accession to the Indian Union. the people of the state and ing any effort to encroach upon Article 35A and did not take
Kabra said the counting will A bunch of petitions chal- and appeasement of none,” state Code was registered against The Article 35A is a constitu- instead asks for deferment of it. The conditions in Kashmir effective steps for its protection
start immediately after the polls lenging the validity of the Con- president Ravinder Raina said, Ashok Kumar at local police sta- tional guarantee to the people of the hearing of Article 35A on suggested to us that the present in and outside the courts. We
end. “An important aspect, stitution’s Article 35A, which during the state working com- tion. Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh time was one where we had to made our decision not to con-
which has been kept in view, is prevents outsiders from buying mittee meeting here on Sunday. for preserving their distinct STATEMENT FROM take a stand and echo peoples’ test, which reaffirms the NC’s
that the number of electorate in property in Jammu and Kash- The committee, including 3 PERSONS, INCLUDING identity and dignity, irrespec-
ADDITIONAL SOLICITOR sentiment. If we would have commitment to protecting the
each polling station has been mir, is pending before the minister of state in the Prime tive of religion or caste. The opted for contesting the urban state’s interest and identity, but
kept small,” Kabra said. Supreme Court. The case was Minister’s Office Jitendra THE MOTHER DAUGHTER state enjoys a special position GENERAL REFLECTED local bodies elections, it would yes, if anyone wants to contest,
The panchayat polls in the last month adjourned to Janu- Singh, criticised the Kashmir- DUO, WERE KILLED because of Article 35A within
THAT SOME PARTS OF have meant a politics of oppor- they are free to do so.
worst militant violence-hit ary 2019 after the government centric parties for their decision the Union, so besides re-engi- tunism for power. Hence, we (Tanvir Sadiq is an NC leader and
South Kashmir districts will be argued that it could have an to boycott the polls. “The Kash-
WHEN A MINIBUS neering the demography of the ARTICLE 35A DESERVE opted out, despite the fact that adviser to former chief minister Omar
held on November 24. impact on the law and order sit- miri leadership of these parties COMING FROM state, the abrogation of Article TO BE STRUCK DOWN our party is steadily gaining Abdullah. Views expressed are
As many as 16 sarpanches
(panchayat heads) and panches
uation ahead of the local polls. are trying to shove their deci-
sions on Jammu. If Jammu-
RAJPURA GHAGWAL 35A would rob J&K’s youth of ground in the state. But, this is personal)
(rural bodies’ members) have CONGRESS TO TAKE based leaders have slightest of RAMMED INTO THEIR
been killed over the last four FINAL CALL ON MONDAY self-esteem left, then they can MOTORCYCLE
years. A record 75% voter turn- The Congress on Sunday said it approach BJP,” Singh said.
HP govt likely to scrap state Man kills father by
electrocution in
THREE
MANIMAHESH
4 employees suspended health commission: Minister Jammu
PILGRIMS DIE IN
HP’S CHAMBA
for assaulting minors at HT Correspondent
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CHECK UNETHICAL against women seems to be going and sell the two-acre plot. This is PROTESTS ARE
PROFITEERING BY LETTER OF THE up. The only feasible solution is to a tragedy. The Kapoor family WASTE OF RESOURCES
HOSPITALS WEEK AWARD overhaul the administration of has dominated and contributed With 2019 polls approaching,
Private hospitals are not passing Ranpinder Singh Gill the criminal judicial system. immensely to the Indian film political rallies and other forms
on the price reduction in medical of Moga for ‘Kanu- Mansi Bhardwaj, industry and Bollywood, like no of protest will be in vogue. This
implant equipment that the priya’s election Ambala City other family. They should greatly disrupts life and incon-
National Pharmaceutical Pric- creditable’ published convert the studio into a Raj veniences the common man.
ing Authority (NPPA) had on September 11 STUBBLE TROUBLE: BE Kapoor family museum, with Organisers of such protests and
announced recently. For PREPARED THIS TIME the memorabilia of their movies rallies must invest resources
instance, the rates of cardiac tions in public life. Denouncing From this week, governments of and throw it open to the public. they use in such events to solv-
stents were slashed by 85% English language is unfortunate. Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Ticket sales would pay for main- ing problems of people in small
n BJP president Amit Shah being welcomed by minister Gajendra Singh and state party president recently, but hospitals continue The language has its own place Uttar Pradesh and the Centre tenance. The memories of Raj towns instead. A small number
Madanlal Saini at a public meeting in Jodhpur on Sunday. HT PHOTO to charge the same rate for an in many parts of the world and its need to be prepared and exhibit Kapoor and his glorious family of protesters can be given
angioplasty package. Similarly, importance cannot be under- their resolve to tackle the burn- and movies need to honoured charge of specific localities.
GAURAV YATRA CM says Congress ‘BJP has no faith for knee-replacement surgery,
patients have not been given the
mined .We must understand that
along with our mother tongue,
ing issue of stubble burning.
Harvesting is expected to start
and preserved.
Rajendra Aneja
Such gestures will attract much
more support .
governments laid only foundation stones necessary relief, even as its rate and national language Hindi, we from September 20 and continue Jagdish Singh Jassal,
in democracy,
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was also slashed. The govern- should try to learn other langua- till November 20. One thing is J&K MUST HAVE Patiala
HT Correspondent ment needs to ensure that its ges as well. Researchers have sure, farmers have to be stopped FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
Our government is
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WANTED
CASH REWARD UP TO RS. 50,000/- EACH
ICA-T6409(5)/2018
htnation IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND THAT KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL, SKILLS AND ABILITY WHICH CANNOT
BE USED TO HELP THE POOR AND NEEDY WILL NOT BRING CONTENTMENT AND PEACE WITHIN.
> JUSTICE DEEPAK MISRA, CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
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tion. She said the Congress ward in the party by the virtue would win a majority in the the 41-year-old into the party by seeks to reverse this approach. calibrated policies do not
believes in democratic
principles and freedom of
of their work. He called upon
party workers to publicise
upcoming Rajasthan polls.
“Rahul (Gandhi) should give up
presenting him with an “angav-
astram” (stole), and the poll
(Prashant) Kishor date of the Bharatiya Janata
Party, which went on to register
“We will now need to scientif-
ically determine threshold lim-
work,” said Pravesh Sharma, a
senior visiting fellow at the
speech. “Our party’s priority is development work and welfare the hope to form a Congress gov- strategist was given a seat next to understands the its best-ever electoral perform- its of quantities of key commodi- Indian Council for Research on
the people of the country, schemes of the state and central ernment.” He called upon Rahul the chief minister at the meeting. ance. ties which will have to remain International Economic Rela-
whereas BJP wish to retain governments in the run-up to Gandhi to clarify the Congress’s JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay dynamics of politics and A year later, he collaborated free for exports,” agriculture tions, a think tank.
power to fulfil their self inter-
ests,” she said.
upcoming assembly elections in
Rajasthan.
stand on the National Register
of Citizens. “After clarifying his
Singh confirmed Kishor’s join-
ing. “Now Prashant Kishor is a
his presence would with Kumar, who returned to
power for his third consecutive
secretary SK Pattanayak said.
To finalise the policy, author-
Sharma said for a trade policy
to work, it is also important to
During the meeting, Shah Targeting the proposed tie-up stand, he should demand votes JD-U leader,” Singh told news strengthen the JD(U) term after registering a victory ities will need extensive data also have an open import policy.
said he had begun his political between Opposition parties from the public.” agency IANS. in the Bihar state polls, which crunching, fairly reliable out- “For instance, our non-farm
It was not immediately known organisation. the JD(U) fought in alliance with put estimates and harmonizing imports tariffs are around
what role Kishor had been given RCP SINGH, JD(U) general secretary the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of domestic production with ASEAN levels, between 18-20%,
picoftheday
‘CONSTRUCTION in the party, which he joined
barely a few months ahead of the
Lok Sabha polls in 2019. campaign planning. “Kishor
and the Congress.
Kishor also worked with the
Congress in Punjab where the
global demand, officials said
after a review by the Prime Min-
ister’s Office last week.
but agricultural tariffs are still
very high,” he said. ASEAN is
short for the Association of
OF RAM TEMPLE Amid speculations over
whether Kishor will contest the
understands the dynamics of
politics and his presence would
party returned to power by dis-
lodging the Shiromani Akali Dal
These are tough challenges,
independent experts say. The
South-East Asian Nations.
Pattanayak, the agriculture
2019 ELECTIONS’
Kenneth John
ishes the ambition to participate
in electoral politics”.
Singh said the JD(U) will ben-
the state, Kishor was in the lime-
light in 2014 when he managed
the poll campaign for Modi, the
fruit as it won less than 10 seats
in the 403-member assembly in
2017.
about prices, supply and
demand. Middlemen often rig
the system to their advantage.
tional demand and prices. “We
aim to do this through farmer
producer organizations,” he
n [email protected] efit from Kishor’s experience in then prime ministerial candi- (With agency inputs) The government’s Doubling said.
concepts of freedom, dialogue, inclusion and the rule of law. HT construction in place of the
demolished Babri Masjid. KOLKATA: A massive fire that
shortstories “The BJP (Bharatiya Janata erupted in a building in Kolkata’s KOLKATA: The West Bengal gov-
Party) has resolved to build the Bargi Market during the wee ernment has made it mandatory
CLASS 7 STUDENT DRDO successfully Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The hours of Sunday and gutted more for cinema halls and multiplexes
tests antitank missile construction of Ram Mandir will than 400 shops broke out two in the state to screen at least one
GANGRAPED BY NEW DELHI : The Defence Research begin before the election of 2019 months after the six-storey struc- Bengali movie during the prime
MINORS IN U’KHAND and Development Organisation takes place,” Vedanti told
reporters at a function organised
ture received a safety clearance,
officials familiar with the matter
time for a minimum of 120 days a
year. Prime time for multiplexes
(DRDO) on Sunday successfully
DEHRADUN: A minor girl was as part of his national campaign said. and cinema halls is scheduled
tested a low-weight indigenously
gang-raped allegedly by three
developed man-portable anti-tank ‘Mission Modi Again as PM’ in The fire continued to rage on at between 12 noon and 9 PM.
minor boys at Bhurani village in
guided missile (MPATGM) at its Ahmedabad. the time of filing this report even A notification signed by the
Uttarakhand’s US Nagar district on
Ahmednagar range, officials said. It He said a mosque will also be as 35 tenders were pressed into principal secretary of the infor-
Saturday, police said on Sunday. The
was the second MPATGM test, the constructed in Ayodhya but not service in an attempt to douse it . mation and cultural affairs
accused have been apprehended.
DRDO said, adding that the first in the name of any terrorist or “The clearance was granted on department, Vivek Kumar, was
The girl, a class 7 student, went to
was tested on Saturday. “The two dacoit. He said it will be built in the condition that the building issued Saturday. “The Governor
buy some household items from
flight-tests were for different the name of Allah and Islam. authorities will put in place ade- is hereby pleased to issue the fol-
nearby shop on Saturday. When she
ranges, including maximum range Vedanti, a former BJP parlia- quate fire-safety arrangements lowing directive to all licensees of
was returning, a boy from the same
capability,” a defence ministry ment member, called Mughal within a month. It now seems that the State, except the licensees of
village took her to a secluded area,
statement said. “All the mission
where he and his two accomplices emperor Babar a dacoit and said no steps were taken in this the GTA areas, with immediate
objectives have been met.” Defence
allegedly raped her in turns. When he demolished “temples, regard,” said an official of the effect,” it read.
minister Nirmala Sitharaman
she didn’t return home in time, her mosques and churches in India”. state fire services department on According to Kumar, the move
congratulated the DRDO, Indian
parents, daily wage labourers from He lashed out at the Congress’s the condition of anonymity. aims to encourage the Bengali
Army and associated industries for
Bihar, launched a manhunt. After alleged attempts to delay the tem- The Opposition was quick to film industry. He said the state
the success of the MPATGM weapon
sometime, she reached home and ple construction. Vedanti said the target the fire services depart- government will bring amend-
system.
narrated the ordeal to her family, party did so by pleading before ment and the state’s Trinamool ments in the West Bengal Cinema
who in turn informed police. 2 boys ragged, sexually the Supreme Court through Kapil Congress (TMC) government (Regulation of Public Exhibi-
.Kailash Chandra Bhatt, inspector of
abused in Maha school Sibal to stop hearings in the Babri over the alleged negligence in tions) Rules, 1956 in due course.
Rudrapur police station, said, “We
MUMBAI : The 42-year-old director Masjid case till the Lok Sabha handing out safety clearance. Welcoming the decision, film
have apprehended all accused and
booked them under the POSCO Act. of a vedic school in Maharashtra’s polls. He said the construction “Almost all the buildings in the director Aniket Chattopadhyay
Accused are minor.” Parbhani district was arrested and would commence before Lok area lack proper fire safety meas- thanked the chief minister, say-
two juvenile students were de- Sabha polls even as the hearings ures and the state fire services ing “it is a great news.”
India not lowering guard on tained for the alleged assault and in the case will continue. minister is silent on this,” said the However, Eastern India
china border: Sitharaman ragging of two other minor stu- Vedanti refused to announce a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Motion Pictures Association has
dents, police said Sunday. The specific date when the construc- state chief Dilip Ghosh. However, expressed concern that this deci-
NEW DELHI: India will not lower its
victims, in the age group of 9 to 10 tion would begin. He said state fire services minister and sion of the state government
guard along the Line of Actual
years, were allegedly ragged and whether a verdict comes in the Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee might pose financial difficulties
Control with China, while maintain-
their private parts tied with ‘manja’ ongoing legal battle in the said there was “no lapse” on their for certain cinema hall owners,
ing border peace in sync with the
(string) by the accused, Parbhani’s Supreme Court or not, the temple part as they had “hauled up the whose halls are located in places
“Wuhan” spirit, defence minister
deputy superintendent of police will be constructed. The BJP had building authorities earlier and with very few viewers Of Bengali
Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Nearly
Sanjay Pardeshi said. The incident earlier this year denied reports cautioned them”. movies. “There are certain cin-
a month after talks with her Chinese
occurred at the Ganesh Ved Path-
counterpart Wei Fenghe, Sithara- that BJP chief Amit Shah had Bengal Congress chief Adhir ema halls in localities like Burra-
shala, located on Basmat Road in
man said both sides recognised that said the temple would be built Ranjan Chowdhury trained his bazar, Sealdah, Mitabruz, Espla-
Parbhani, 500 km from Mumbai,
the broad decisions arrived at the before the 2019 LS polls at a rally guns on chief minister Mamata nade and Park Street, where
between August 26 and September
informal summit between Prime in Hyderabad in July. Banerjee, stating: “The CM there are very few viewers of Ben-
12, and it came to light last Wednes-
Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adity- dreams of turning Kolkata into gali movies. So this decision
day when parents of the two
Chinese President Xi Jinping in anath last month said the temple London but the fire department might pose financial difficulty for
victims complained to the police
Wuhan should govern management will be built and Lord Ram will has failed to ensure that buildings n Smoke billows out of a building in Kolkata’s Bargi Market after fire broke out in the sixstorey structure these hall owners,” said associa-
about it, he said.
of the border. decide its date. implement safety measures...” in the wee hours of Sunday. SAMIR JANA/HT tion chairman Ratan Saha. HTC
P
rime Minister Naren- The programme gives health are on the list or not, and then is coming on board the day assembly polls by “manipulat-
dra Modi will launch insurance coverage to 107.4 people will go to Arogya after tomorrow (September ing” voters’ lists, and sought the
the Ayushman Bharat million families and more than Mitras. That’s when the dis- 13). Kerala is still dealing with Election Commission’s inter-
scheme on September 550 million people. As it will be cussions will start. the floods. Punjab is going to vention in verification and sani-
23 in Ranchi, followed by the digital, paperless and cashless, come, Telangana is on board. tisation of electoral rolls.
nationwide launch of his gov- we have got the best in the field What about approval for medical “The TRS dissolved the Telan-
ernment’s flagship health of IT on board. There are three emergencies? Are Delhi and Odisha resisting gana assembly prematurely to
insurance programme that financing models — insurance In a medical emergency, you because of upcoming state elec swing elections in their favour
aims to provide ₹5 lakh hospi- model, trust model and hybrid can get pre-approval for proce- tions? by manipulating and contami-
talisation cover to up to 107.4 model— and 19 states have cho- dures. If the approval doesn’t They know their minds best, nating the voters’ list,” said Con-
million poor and vulnerable sen a trust model. come in half an hour, it is but I will appeal to them time gress spokesperson Abhishek
families. How prepared is India deemed to be approved. and again (to come on board). Manu Singhvi at a news confer-
for the rollout? Union health What is the level of preparation in How will you prevent and detect Today (September 11) I ence.
minister JP Nadda tells the states? fraud? appealed to Delhi again. People ARVIND YADAV/ HT FILE “Any election held on the
Sanchita Sharma why he is The letters with individual QR There are 94 types of automatic should get the benefits. I also basis of these deeply and deliber-
confident about the pro- codes are being printed and checks in the digital system said this to Naveen Patnaik ji. within 15 days. We have to give How will you ensure there is an ately flawed and inaccurate vot-
gramme being on track, and will start getting distributed. that will set off alarms if it penalty if the payment is What is the delay? uninterrupted supply of drugs? ers’ list would undermine the
how the remaining challenges Around 10,000 ‘Arogya Mitras’ detects aberrant data. There Tamil Nadu has a scheme where delayed beyond 15 days. The data has to be absolutely The free drugs and diagnostics entire process and would lead to
will be overcome. from empanelled hospitals will be social audits. We will higher grade hospitals have correct. People spell their supply chain is being made a distorted mandate. It would be
are being trained by the also learn as we go forward. higher packages. How much will the penalty be? names in different ways. Pra- more robust. We are using a fraud on democracy and on the
How ready are the states for the National Skill Development We also have gradation — a It will be according to the rates. kash may be spelt ‘Parkash’ or IT-enabled systems to monitor people of the country,” he said.
Ayushman Bharat launch on Sep Corporation to act as an inter- What about data privacy? hospital and a nursing home The NHA will decide, but all ‘Prakash’. Balvinder may be medicines stocks in commu- Accompanied by senior Con-
tember 23? face between patients and Data security of international can’t have the same payment payments have to be made spelt ‘Balvindra’. We have to nity health centres (CHC), pri- gress leader from Telangana M
We’ve come a long way since hospitals. Individual beneficia- standards has been main- system. As services improve, within 15 days, so budget is no get the right person, and IT has mary health centres (PHC) and Shashidhar Reddy, Singhvi said
the scheme was announced in ries will take letters with QR tained. We did not have SOPs the packages go up accord- issue. to catch that and use that QR sub-centres to ensure stocks the move will not only further
the Union Budget on February codes to an Arogya Mitra at the (standard operating proce- ingly. Ayushman Bharat is code to also include the family don’t run out. Under free drugs deepen the doubts of the com-
1. In February itself, we held hospital to get a card with the dures) for it in India, so we applicable for district hospitals Does this mean India’s public members. and diagnostics, around 50 mon electorate in the electoral
consultations with states to names of all the family mem- have adopted international and above. It is for lifesaving health spending will increase next types of drugs and five tests are process, owing to such glaring
discuss their concerns, how bers. Around 80% of the identi- SOPs as our own. This is the procedures in hospitals with year? How will the eight EAG (empow being done at PHCs, more than anomalies, but further erode the
they wanted to get involved, fication process in rural areas first time such data security the capacity to do it. It will increase after this. You ered action group) states with the 100 drugs are available at faith that the people of this coun-
their level of involvement, and 70% in urban areas are systems are being used in see, when health coverage weakest health infrastructure and CHCs, and more than 600 drugs try need to have in the institution
what they wanted from this complete. This week, ANMs India. What about primary healthcare, expands so much, it will auto- human resources meet supply at district hospitals. It will all of the Election Commission.
scheme, et cetera. We next had (auxiliary nurse midwife, a vil- screening and referrals? matically go up. demand gaps? be digitally managed. The Cen- Singhvi claimed that there
consultations with stakehold- lage-level health worker) will Are you saying my data with the We have projected to have They are working very hard. tre has assisted states with were around 70 lakh discrepan-
ers and the DGHS (director start distributing the letters. Ayushman Bharat system will be 150,000 health and wellness By how much do you expect it to Once you have the common more than ₹16,000 crore over cies in the voters’ list in Telan-
general of health services) Doctors can prescribe 1,350 safer than with a corporate pri centres by 2020. There is a road go up next year? man with ₹5 lakh support for four years for drugs and diag- gana. Out of those, names of over
office was asked to identify sec- procedures and packages and, vate hospital? map. At this point, 2,500-plus As needed. The way it works is, treatment, hospitals will come nostics. 30 lakh voters were duplicated
ondary and tertiary care proce- after a patient is admitted, Private hospitals follow secu- are ready, and by the end of the we write to the finance depart- up. And with hospitals, doctors and 20 lakh deleted on the pretext
dures (offered free under treated and feedback taken, the rity, but they don’t have stan- year, we will cross 10,000. Next ment and we get it. The finance will come. How will patients’ grievances be that they have left for Andhra
Ayushman Bharat). In March, payment will be done within 15 dardised data protection proce- year, we’ll add 40,000 and keep minister has openly said that The changes will happen in redressed? Pradesh, he added.
we got the approval of the cabi- days of the patient being dis- dures. scaling it up. The reason why it whatever you need for it, you’ll tier-two and tier-three cities, Complaints can be made online “But the same have not been
net very fast. charged. is 10,000 to 15,000 initially is be getting it. where more hospitals will and offline to the state health added to the voters’ list of
How many hospitals have applied because manpower is being open. agency and within 15 days, Andhra Pradesh. Besides, the
Is it the fastest approval for a Do the beneficiaries fully under for empanelment? trained. Once we have trained How often does the PM take Doctors, who work in large they need to submit the report. names of around 18 lakh voters
health programme in India? stand the benefits? We have more than 10,000 staff and more trainers, we will review meetings? What does he hospitals, will become mobile were found in the electoral rolls
Yes, we got it on March 20. We Things are still unfolding. Only applications. scale up. discuss? and visit different hospitals in Is Ayushman Bharat a step of Telangana and Andhra Pra-
next established the National when the letters reach the ben- Every week. All details, all pre- other towns on different dates towards universal health cover? desh,” the Congress leader said.
Health Agency (NHA) and eficiaries will they understand It’s not enough to treat 107.4 mil What is the expected budget after sentations are discussed — and days. They will visit, oper- It is a major step towards it. The Congress is likely to move
asked for state health agencies and react. The common ser- lion families... a full rollout? how will it be rolled out, what ate, and come back. On the one hand, it takes the court to ensure that the
to be formed. By June, 19 states vice centres — around 300,000 No, but it’s a start. The IMA It’s an open-ended budget. I’m are the systems being used. There is portability. Where care of the secondary and terti- alleged discrepancies and anom-
came on board and we started are being set up — will tell (Indian Medical Association) reiterating that the Prime Min- there are no hospitals, people ary health of the poor, vulnera- alies in the electoral rolls are cor-
working jointly. every individual whether they has signed an MoU — it is on ister’s priority is to see change What is the biggest challenge? will go to other places for sur- ble and marginalised, and on rected before the elections . The
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board. Other hospitals will on the ground. I’ll give you one We need to strengthen IT to roll geries, like they are doing the other, it offers universal party has already moved a peti-
come on board.
Data security of international standards has been example. The PM came up with out a programme on such a big today. health screening of cervix can- tion in the Supreme Court on the
a programme called Pradhan scale. But today they don’t have cer, breast cancer, oral cancer, alleged discrepancies in elect-
maintained. We did not have SOPs (standard Why are you so confident? Mantri Dialysis Yojana. Where money; tomorrow they will hypertension, diabetes, tuber- oral rolls in poll-bound Rajast-
It’s a ₹5 lakh cover for 55 crore was the budget? But in the first Why do several beneficiaries still have money. culosis and diabetes. Then we han and Madhya Pradesh.
operating procedures) for it in India, so we have adopted people! The whole scenario year, ₹900 crore was provided do not know about Ayushman And when the money stays have free drugs and diagnostic Singhvi said the Congress has
will change because of the
international SOPs as our own. This is the first time such numbers that will come to get
for it. In the same way, the Bharat. in hospitals, they will use it to facilities for all. When univer- demanded that thorough process
National Health Agency (NHA) That is going to happen only consolidate and develop infra- sal screening begins, it of verification and sanitisation of
data security systems are being used in India. treated. Today (September 11) will get the money because the when they get letters, not structure and capacity. becomes universal health cov- the voters’ list be initiated before
Tamil Nadu signed, Karnataka payments have to be done before that. erage. We are on track. the elections are announced.
HTSPOTLIGHT | BATTLE FOR CHHATTISGARH 3/4 Mallya case helps India perk
‘Only a regional party can up paperwork in UK courts
Prasun Sonwalkar
do justice to Chhattisgarh’
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am contesting against him (Raman and some positive initiatives.
Singh) from Rajnandgaon. If I was What are your key election issues?
There is rampant corruption. to help the BJP, I would not be con- There is rampant corruption. Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi a fac NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nar- ~200 crore for Varanasi during has been set up in each of the 538
Unemployment has peaked… testing against him. Raman Singh Unemployment has peaked… tor and will his campaign help the BJP endra Modi will celebrate his his two-day visit there, Uttar primary schools in Varanasi.
had filed serious cases against me There are about two million unem- in defeating the antiincumbency? 68th birthday in the presence of Pradesh minister of state Neel- Project communication head
There are about two million unemployed and my son. A murder case was reg- ployed youth in Chhattisgarh. Modi is not a factor in Chhattis- 300 children — 200 primary kanth Tiwari said. Sanjay Singh told Hindustan
istered against me. But the judici- Farmers are not getting the MSP garh. Our tribals are not aware of school students and the remain- “PM Modi will arrive in Vara- Times that the PM will then
youth in Chhattisgarh. Farmers are not ary came to my rescue. A case of (minimum support price) to their ‘Modi magic’ and that is why it ing from a slum — in his parlia- nasi around 4pm on Monday. address slum children being
getting the MSP to their satisfaction. robbery was also filed. I had gone to satisfaction. would not work here. And inrecent mentary constituency Varanasi Soon after, he will go to the gov- taught by a group of 10 students
a temple and they alleged I had They have huge debts and are times, the Modi factor has come Monday. ernment primary school in Nar- of state-run Mahatma Gandhi
They have huge debts... committed robbery and snatched a committing suicides. Women’s down substantially and faded He is expected to announce aur where he will inspect the Kashi Vidyapith.
garland of gold, R10,000 and a cam- safety is another issue. But the nationally. developmental projects worth Room to Read library and inter- As part of the celebration, 68
over ~400 crore, and lay founda- act with some students,” he cakes of 1kg each will be cut at 68
tion stones of schemes worth said. Under the project, a library locations, Tiwari added.
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straightforward
areatstake EachMPshouldadoptapoorplayer
The law must find ways to deal Rather than just felicitate them, India must invest triesrich in resources, itshouldbeperceived
asavictoryforthecommonman.I’veusedthe
phrase‘commonman’deliberately.Ourcoun-
with online abuse of children in infrastructure to create champions of the future try is divided into two classes. One that takes
decisions and passes orders and the other
L S
ir if you want to invite us, it’ll cost anybodybotherabouthercoach?Atthemost deprived class thatsilentlycarriesthese out.
ast week, Supreme Court judge, Justice Madan money. Nobody offers us anything. he’ll get a round of applause and words of Since Independence, this tragedy has
Lokur, brought up an issue that often fails to get ade- Athletesputinalotofhardworkand respectfrom thestarpupil.Butrespect alone becomebiggerwitheverypassingyear.Politi-
money to win medals.” One of my isn’t enough to fill one’s stomach. calfamilieshavetakentheplaceofroyalfami-
quate notice, unless things really get out of hand: the senior colleagues was shocked to Our Republic loves to wear roses on its lies today. The result, not just do children
online abuse of children. Justice Lokur emphasised hear this from the coach of a woman athlete chest,butitneversparesathoughtforthegar- borninfamiliesofbillionairesownenormous
who had returned home after winning a dener. That is why a country with a popula- wealthfromthedaytheyenterthisworld,but
the need to look at violence against children in a medal. We wanted to invite her to an event tion of 125 crore is gloating after winning 69 power awaits them on a platter. While on the
larger context — going beyond physical organised by Hindustan where really medals in the Asian Games. subjectofpolitics,letmetellyouthat450ofthe
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providers, civil society and regulatory authorities can help t has become fashionable for analysts, emerged as the dominant power in Asia.
diplomats and politicians to question Nehru said that the United States Presi-
redress it. Young lives are at stake and there is no time to waste. our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal dent should recognise and appreciate the
n An online video about USChina trade tensions produced by China's state television Nehru’s policies and strategies with factthatIndiahadwonindependencebarely
broadcaster plays in Beijing, August 23 AP regard to China. Such views are, however, twoyearsago,afteralongstruggletothrow
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surely do better than this The future could be more difficult for Beijing since China
The date of the Nehru-Parthasarathi
meeting was March 18, 1958, and the venue
was Nehru’s grand office at his residence,
the next two days, after some discussions
thatinvolvedAchesonandour then intelli-
gence czar, BM Mullick, chief of the Intelli-
M
yanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, facing V PANT technology. Foreign companies wanting to Hindi Chini, bhai, bhai? (Indians and Chi- grow. Depending on how it develops, he
operateinChinahavetoworkwithaChinese nese are brothers? ) asked Nehru. The PM [Nehru]wouldcomebacktoTrumanabout
criticism for her government’s handling of the partner in a way that means they can easily then went on to say that he did not trust the wideningitsscope,anddeepeningittoapos-
Rohingya refugee crisis , has finally conceded that the lose control of their technology. But the EU Chineseonebit.Hesuggestedthattheywere sible military cooperation agreement.
has refrained from unilaterally imposing an arrogant, hegemonistic and imperialist In September 1950 Mao Zedong invaded
situation in Rakhine state “could have been better handled”. additional trade barriers on China like the nation which had, throughout its long his- Tibet. This development had a profound
This, however, will be cold comfort for the more than 700,000 Trump Administration. While China has tory,beencharacterisedbyperfidytowards effect on Jawaharlal Nehru. Subsequently
I
t is a full-on trade war between two of the responded with a tit-for-tat approach, the all external powers. So he advised GP that in June 1951, he made his first visit to Mos-
Rohingya who fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape a mightiest global powers and both sides futurewillbedifficultforBeijingsinceChina eternalvigilanceshouldbehis watchword... cow after becoming prime minister.
are trying to play hardball. After impos- importsmuchlessfromtheUSthanitexports I recall my father quoting Nehru as say- Joseph Stalin told Nehru in great detail
crackdown by the Myanmar Army — a campaign so brutal that
ingtariffson $34billionworthofChinese there. There are reports about growing criti- ing,“Ifyoufeelthataparticulartelegramof about his own deep suspicions of Mao’s
United Nations rights officials described it as nothing short of goods in July, US President Donald Trump cism of Xi Jinping in China as the future eco- yourstoDelhishould,becauseofitsextreme China. Stalin also offered Nehru a compre-
ratcheted up the pressure by going in for nomic prospects of the country look tough. sensitivity,beseenonlybyme,doso.There hensive and strictly bilateral military and
ethnic cleansing. Report after report by rights activists and another $16 billion worth last month and Since the end of the Cold War, the Ameri- is no need to bring the whole of the Foreign intelligence cooperation agreement.
journalists has documented extrajudicial killings and rapes by orderinghisadministrationtopreparetocol- canstrategyvis-à-visChinawaspremisedon Officeintothepicture.Youneedtobepartic- Nehru’s response was on similar lines as it
lect tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese trade on theassumptionthatthemoretheUSengages ularly careful to see that Krishna [VK was to Acheson and so such a top-secret
Myanmarese troops and the destruction of complete villages in topof that. Chinahas responded with its own China, the faster China would become more KrishnaMenon]doesnotseeanyofyourtel- intelligence-sharingagreementwithpartic-
Rakhine, with most estimates putting the death toll in last set of reciprocal sanctions on US products. like the US and emerge a responsible stake- egrams. Why do I say so? Because Krishna, ular reference to China was signed.
Trump has long accused China of unfair holder in managing a global order set by the you and I share a common world view that After his interactions with both the
year’s bloodshed at 10,000. In her latest remarks on the issue at trade practices such as subsidies, currency US and its allies after the end of the Second isbroadlyleftofcentre,stronglynationalis- superpowers,andevenaftersigningthe1954
an international forum in Hanoi, Ms Suu Kyi sought to imply manipulation and, in particular, of stealing World War. But this strategy has a fatal flaw: tic and zealous of our nation’s freedom of “Panchsheel” agreement — five principles
Americanintellectualpropertyintheformof major powers react to their own set of struc- action both at home and internationally.” of peaceful coexistence agreement with
that her civilian government wields “only 75% of the power” in cutting-edge technology. Against this back- tural incentives, they don’t necessarily Then Nehru talked about how Krishna China — Nehru was continuously getting
drop,ChinesePresidentXiJinping’sflagship respondtotheassumptionsunderpinningthe MenonwaswronginbelievingthatCommu- adverseintelligencefromtheUnitedStates
a power-sharing arrangement with the military, but it is hard
“MadeinChina2025”initiativeisviewedwith policies of their competitors. The US policy nist China would not attack a non-aligned and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
to square her remarks with her reputation as the person who suspicion as it is aimedat strengtheningChi- underestimated the resolve of the Chinese country such as India. (USSR) regardingChineseintentions,com-
nese foothold in key sectors, including phar- Communist Party to maintain its position in Nehruconcludedthefactthattheycould, pletely opposite of what the Chinese were
almost single-handedly took on Myanmar’s junta and paved the maceutical products, aircraft and robotics. the nation’s domestic politics and its will to andmightverywelldoso,istherealityIndia feeding India. Simply put, Nehru was in a
way for democratic reforms that culminated with the 2015 elec- This is reflected in the Office of the US Trade attainglobalpower.Thishasbeen manifestin hadto contendwith. It was a highly reflect- greatdilemma.HeconcludedthatIndiahad
Representative’sdescription oftheinitiative the Chinese behaviour on issues from East ive GP that went home at 12.30 am. noalternativebuttoadopta“balancingact”
tions, which was swept by her party. as part of a plan of “seizing economic domi- andSouthChinaSeastotheBeltandRoadIni- To understand Jawaharlal Nehru’s with China.
Even more damning was Ms Suu Kyi’s defence of the jailing nance of advanced technology sectors”. tiative andChina’s military build-up. Where approachtoforeignandsecuritypolicy,one Hebelievedthat thepolitical,ideological
Whileonecanviewthesedevelopmentsas in the beginning, Chinese leaders were cau- has to go back to 1949-50. In June 1949, the andsovereigntycostsofdeepeningrelations
of two Reuters reporters — Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — last a function of President Trump’s worldview, tious in challenging the US for global hegem- then United States President, Harry Tru- witheitherUSAorUSSRintoaformalmili-
week for, as she put it, breaking the Official Secrets Act. Most thereisawidershifthappeningintheUSinso ony,thereisnowarealsenseinBeijingofhav- man, sent Dean Acheson, the then United tary cooperation agreement would deal
far as China is concerned. There is a funda- ing arrived and Beijing now wants the global StatesSecretaryofState,onaspecialassign- suchamortalblowtothetrueindependence
rights groups and journalists’ bodies believe the two reporters mentalre-evaluationofAmerica’sChinapol- order to reflect its interests and values. ment to New Delhi. He said that the United of the nation, that they could not be paid.
icy going on at the moment with questions In the US today, there is a greater aware- States wanted to enter into a very special, He finally decided to do what his critics
were given seven-year jail terms for their role in exposing the
being raised about the nation’s past posture. nessofhowChinahasmanipulatedtheinter- oneofitskind,bilateralsecurityagreement erroneouslycall“muddlingalong”withhis
massacre of 10 Rohingya men at Inn Din village in Rakhine last Asa2017reportfromtheUSTradeRepresent- nationalsystemtoserveitsagenda.Andsothe with India. policy regarding China. Sad as it may have
ative to the US Congress underscores: “It pushback on the economic front is the first been, all three of us — Indira, GP and I —
year. In the speech delivered on Ms Suu Kyi’s behalf by her son
when she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she had said she
seems clear that the United States erred in
supporting China’s entry into the WTO on
major attempt to redirect US-China ties. In
global relations, economic order rests on the
IN JUNE 1951, JAWAHARLAL believe, even in hindsight, that Nehru’s
decision was correct.
terms that have proven to be ineffective in politicalorder.Underthegarbofatradewar, NEHRU MADE HIS FIRST VISIT TO There are few instances in the world
was accepting the award “in the name of all the people of securingChina’sembraceofanopen,market-
oriented trade regime.”
thisisahigh-stakesstrategicconflictbetween
a power which wants to preserve the status
MOSCOW AFTER BECOMING wheresuchimportantmattersofacountry
are amenable to a “neat” and logical solu-
Burma”. Clearly, as the de facto civilian leader of Myanmar
These concerns about China’s economic quoinitsfavourandonewhichwantstousurp PRIME MINISTER. JOSEPH STALIN tion. To misunderstand Nehru’s policy,
today, Ms Suu Kyi no longer has the interests and rights of all behaviourarenotAmerica’salone.Anumber that throne. The rest is all theatre! TOLD NEHRU IN GREAT DETAIL eithergenuinelyormaliciously,asnaiveté,
the people of her country at heart. of other leading trade powers, including the Harsh V Pant is professor, King’s College London is completely incorrect.
European Union (EU), share them. The EU, and distinguished fellow, ABOUT HIS OWN DEEP Ashok Parthasarathi is a former science and
for example, has been asking China to deal Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi SUSPICIONS OF MAO’S CHINA technology advisor to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
withitsexcesssteelandaluminiumcapacity, The views expressed are personal The views expressed are personal
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htinsight POLITICS OF POWER 1/5
T
he Indian economy is among State political economy of power
the fastest growing in the
world. Sustaining this growth Demand for Demand for
requires a healthy electricity service quality subsidies
sector that is able to meet
increased demands, ideally alongside an
eye to environmental sustainability. Yet, Available Cost of
electricity consumers continue to face financial space supply
unreliable supply, distribution utilities
are in poor financial health, and, most
problematic, power plants remain under- Reforms
utilised even as universal 24 X 7 supply
remains an unfulfilled promise. Far from n Regulators n Bailouts
buttressing growth, the sector risks act- n Privatisation n Renewable energy
ing as a drag on the economy as its poor n Rural electrification Promotion
finances reverberate through the Indian
banking sector in the form
of stubbornly intractable
Tomorrow non-performing assets.
Transformation These long-standing deeper, but more careful, engagement Maharashtra, and high loss levels and between them as shown in the figure, con- point in opposite directions. In an effort to companies.
in Uttar Pradesh problems have not per- with politics. theft in Uttar Pradesh. stitute a way to map the political economy limit their losses, discoms have strong But unless the breathing room created
sisted for w ant of Is productive political engagement As this suggests, mapping power of power in states. disincentives to connect new citizens to by UDAY is explicitly and intentionally
attempted solutions: open- possible in the power sector, leading to requires exploring politics beyond the Third, applying this understanding to the grid and provide only minimal quan- used to fundamentally alter some mix of
ing up the sector to private generation; simultaneous electoral and electricity power sector alone, including party poli- a forward-looking analysis, how can state tity and quality of supply to the connected the four key factors described above
regulatory reforms; an omnibus federal gains? To explore this question, we tics, the politics of regionalism within governments pursue a virtuous cycle poor, because most pay below-cost tariffs. —political demands for access and subsi-
Electricity Act in 2003 to introduce com- worked with a set of talented researchers states, and patterns of economic develop- between electoral and electricity politics? Simply calling for tariff increases to dies, or supply costs and fiscal space – the
petition; and successive efforts to restruc- to examine the politics of electricity in fif- ment. While national-level politics and In a state such as Bihar, the answer lay in match costs is unlikely to win voter con- result will only be to kick the financial
ture discom finances. The persistence of teen states from the mid-1990s to the technology drivers are also important, promising and delivering on energy sent, given the low credibility of discoms can down the road.
utility failures speaks to an underlying present. In this introductory article we the starting point must be dynamics that access, taking advantage of low cost to deliver improvements. Solving India’s electricity problems by
flaw in the approach taken thus far. All explain what our work suggests, not only are state-specific. power in surrounding states. In Gujarat, Resolving this situation requires continuously devising ways to shut out
past reform efforts have had, at their core, for why politics is important for India’s Second, four categories are crucial to creatively managing farmer pressure developing a state-specific pathway that politics and pretend the sector can be run
a common effort to insulate the sector power sector but how it is best examined understand the political economy of through a mix of technical solutions and appropriately sequences politically cred- apolitically simply will not work.
from politics. and addressed. In articles that will appear power: demand for access and service political promises was key. ible quality improvements and tariff This is not to be naïve and suggest that
In our recently released book Mapping throughout this week in these pages, four quality, demand for subsidies, cost of sup- Other states are trapped in a vicious increases alongside, expanding the finan- the power sector must be swayed by every
Power, we argue that this approach is of our colleagues share their state-level ply, and available financial space. cycle, and the starting point is to tackle cial space to actually implement such a political gust. Rather, we need more crea-
misplaced. Electricity reform will suc- case study findings. The first two—demand for access/ the driving factors, whether the expand- pathway. tive politics, based on a careful analysis of
ceed only by providing greater political Our framework for mapping power quality and subsidies—represent politi- ing scope of subsidies in Tamil Nadu, or Moreover, distribution company state-specific links between politics and
payoffs than the flawed status quo. In a can be summarised in three steps. cal demands placed on the system, and high cost supply and high losses in Rajast- finances could be further squeezed by electricity, which can credibly promise
developing country like India, where citi- First, start with understanding state- the last two represent the extent of han. Applying this framework, which slower growth in industrial electricity and deliver on long-term electricity
zens’ life chances are strongly influenced specific factors driving politics and breathing room that enables states to leads to diverse state-specific explana- demand, which would limit the amounts gains, and reap long-term political
by electricity access, costs, and perform- power. Thus, electricity politics may be manage those political demands. While tions, also allows us to comment on the of cross-subsidies available to compen- rewards.
ance, electricity is invariably political, driven by subsidy and quality of service the importance of each of these factors national-level electricity challenges sate for low paying customers. (Dubash is Professor, Centre for Policy
and this is how it should be in a demo- in Delhi, procurement politics in Jhark- may vary across states, collectively these described earlier. Periodic bailouts, the most recent of Research, Kale is faculty at the University of
cratic polity. Far from de-politicising the hand, farmer subsidies in Punjab, the bal- four categories, combined with the With regard to electricity for the poor, which is UDAY, are intended to alleviate Washington, and Bharvirkar is Principal at the
sector, successful reform will require ance of farmer and industrial interests in reform process and the interaction electoral gains and electricity outcomes this financial pressure on distribution Regulatory Assistance Project.)
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unit set up by the church. offences were said to have taken WaLone,32,andKyawSoeOo, The ruling also sparked a the two jailed reporters. The UN says a campaign of Saturday on a medical transport according to a source familiar
“Thenamesofseveralbishops place. 28,weresentencedtwoweeksago globaloutcryagainstMyanmar’s “The image of the country has widespread murder, rape and plane,saidJakaBizilj,managing with the matter. The hospital
correspond to those named in a Local bishopBruno Grua said tosevenyearsbehindbarsunder armyandagainstdefactocivilian beenhurtby the courtdecision,” arson forced more than 700,000 director of the Berlin-based Cin- declined to comment.
report commissioned by the Saturday the his diocese was the Official Secrets Act. leaderAungSan SuuKyi for fail- protester Thin Zar Shun Lei Yi Rohingya to flee over the border ema for Peace organisation. The German newspaper Bild,
Church in 2010,” the spokes- “shocked by these unspeakable The judgement sent shock- ing to speak up for the pair. added. into Bangladesh. UN investiga- human rights group paid for the which first reported Verzilov’s
woman said. acts”.Theyarethelatestinaslew wavesthroughthecountry’snas- “We are very angry. We are While journalists haverallied tors say the violence merits the transport, and Bizilj said that arrival,onSaturdayquotedfam-
Most of the accused clerics ofassaultallegations againstthe cent community of journalists disappointed in the new govern- to the reporters’ cause -- some prosecution of top generals for Russiahadbeen“cooperative”in ilymembersassayinghehadlost
havesincedied,andthestatuteof Catholic Church spanning sev- because it echoed life under the ment. Shame on them,” activist using the hashtag #arrestmetoo genocide,warcrimesandcrimes the matter. his sight, his ability to speak and
limitations has expired in all eral continents. formerjunta,whenthepresswas Maung Saung Kha, 25, told AFP. --thegeneralpublichasbeenapa- against humanity. PhotographstakenbyBiziljat to walk. REUTERS
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Numbersdon’tback Serena’srant
NO GENDER BIAS Grand Slam data shows men penalised more for verbal abuse
New York Times sets in singles, whichamounts to
Classification of
n India coach Ravi Shastri is [email protected] whatserenasaid 61.5 percent of the men’s figure. fines at Slams
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Ravi Shastri responsible for the goingtotakethisawayfromme?” That does not apply to coach-
4-1 debacle in the Test series in
England and said Shastri should
sheprotestedtoBrianEarley,the For you to attack my character is wrong. You will ing, for which women have Audible 344
tournament referee. “Thatis not received152finesoverthe20-year obscenity 140
be removed before the Australia right.” never be on a court with me as long as you live. You span, compared with 87 for men.
tour in November. “Ravi Shastri
should be removed as head coach
Each situation shouldbe eval-
uated on its own merits, but
are the liar. You stole a point from me. You’re a thief too ILLEGAL COACHING
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like conduct
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before the Australia tour. Ravi SERENA WILLIAMS, to chair umpire Carlos Ramos
67
according to data compiled by The first of Williams’ three code
Shastri is very good cricket
officials at Grand Slam tourna- violations during the Open final 87
commentator and he should be Coaching
allowed to do so (that),” Chauhan, ments for the past 20 years, men was for illegal coaching, and her 152
now the Uttar Pradesh Sports are penalized more often for ver- coach, Patrick Mouratoglou,
Minister, said while agreeing to bal abuse. later acknowledged that he had 49
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demands raised by former 35
cricketers for removal of Shastri as NewYorkTimes,showthatfrom not certain that Williams had
coach. The former Test opener 1998 to 2018 at the four Grand seen them. 62
Verbal
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abuse 16
Virat Kohli-led present Indian for misbehaviour with much at all Grand Slam tournaments
team as the ‘best travelling team more frequency than women during main-draw singles and
in the world’. “I do not agree. In Visible 20
with one significant exception: doubles matches.
1980s, the Indian team was the coaching violations. It is unclear why women are obscenity 11
best travelling team in the world.” Fines are a result of investiga- penalizedmoreoftenforviolating
tions by the tournament referee the rule. They are accustomed to No press
6
Pujara, Jadeja in and the Grand Slam supervisor receivingin-matchcoachingdur- 10
Saurashtra squad into code-of-conduct violations ing regular tour events, where
RAJKOT: India players Chetesh- assessedbythechairumpiredur- coaches are allowed to come on Time 7
war Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja ingamatch.Thefiguresfromthe court once per set with certain violations 3 Totals
have been included in the Sau- Grand Slam tournaments are exceptions.Thattypeofcoaching
rashtra team for the upcoming from all matches in qualifying, has been allowed during WTA 2
Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, Best effort
main-draw singles and doubles matches since the 2009 season, 0
Pujara, a Test specialist, and
Jadeja, an all-rounder, may miss
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the fifth match, to be played on
sands of matches.
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selected in the national side for unsportsmanlike conduct. set of her 6-2, 6-4 loss to Naomi the men’s andwomen’s fines can forfemaleplayerssincecoaching 2
Doubles attire
the next month’s Test series at Women have been fined 99 times Osaka.TheGrandSlamrulebook beexplained by the fact that men became legal on the WTA Tour. 1
home against the West Indies. forracquetabuseand67timesfor defines verbal abuse as a state- play more tennis at Grand Slam (It should be noted that all but a n Serena Williams was
unsportsmanlikeconductduring ment about an official that tournaments. They play best-of- handful of coaches in women’s Late for 1 penalised for three code
Pant needs to improve that span. “impliesdishonestyorisderoga- five-set matches in singles at all tennis are men.) match 1 violations at the US Open final
glovework: Chief selector The disparities are similar for tory, insulting or otherwise abu- four majors and best-of-five in Women received 65 fines for against Naomi Osaka. NYT
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant’s audible obscenity fines (344 for sive.” men’s doubles at Wimbledon, coaching from 1998 through 2008 First-round 2
fearless batting has impressed the men, 140 for the women) and, Though Williams did not use while women play best-of-three- at Grand Slam tournaments. In retirement 0
chairman of selectors MSK Prasad, most relevant to Williams’ com- an obscenity, she did accuse set matches in all instances. the nine-year period since 2009,
who now wants the youngster to plaint, verbal abuse (62 for the Ramosofdishonesty,whichtrig- To take one example, at the they received 87 fines for coach-
complement it with quality men, 16 for the women). gered the code-of-conduct viola- 2018 US Open, men played a total ing.
glovework at the highest level. ‘’I Williams was penalized for tion and, later, a $10,000 fine for of 460 sets or partial sets in the But in both periods, the
am really happy the way Rishab verbalabuseaftercallingRamos that offense. main draw in singles. Women women’sfiguresremainedsignif-
batted in the last Test in England. a“thief”anda“liar”inthesecond Some ofthe disparity between playedatotalof283setsorpartial icantly higher than the men’s.
In fact we never had any doubts
about his batting skills. My only
between the hosts and India. The KATUNAYAKE, SRI LANKA: Skipper HT Correspondent
five were initially asked to leave Mithali Raj’s career-best knock n [email protected] DUBAI: Pakistan romped home to
the ground at Katunayake, just of 125 not out went in vain as Sri an eight-wicket win over Hong
north of Colombo, and later Lanka women shocked India LUCKNOW: Opener Yashasvi Bhu- Kong in their Asia Cup opener
detained by police. “We felt their women by three wickets in the pendra Jaiswal hit a sparkling here on Sunday.
behaviour was suspicious at the inconsequential third and final century and took two wickets to The inexperienced south-east
grounds and all of them were One-day International, here on help India A register a 152-run Asian side could make only 116
seen excessively communicating Sunday. win against India B in the last before Imam-ul-Haq’s unbeaten
on their phones,” a Sri Lanka India had already sealed the league match of the quadrangu- half-century took Pakistan past
Cricket official told AFP. series by winning the first two lar series at the Ekana Interna- the finish line.
ODIs but in the 3rd match they tional Cricket Stadium here on The highlight of the match
todayontv could not defend the total of 253 Sunday. though was Babar Azam becom-
for five, built around Raj’s Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, ingthesecondfastesttogetto2000
unbeaten 125 and opener Smriti who received the man-of-the- runs. Azam took just 45 innings,
CRICKET Mandhana’s 51. match award from team’s chief same as countryman Zaheer
ASIA CUP 2018 They had shared a 102-run coach Rahul Dravid, struck 103 Abbas, to reach the mark. South
5.00pm: Sri Lanka v stand for the second wicket after (11x4) off 108 balls. Africa’s Hashim Amla was the
Afghanistan, live on Star young Jemimah Rodrigues (0) Yashasvi’s performance is fastest, taking just 40 innings.
Sports 1, 1 Hindi, 1 Tamil, made an early exit. Mithali’s likely to hold him in good stead Electing to bat, Hong Kong
1HD, Hindi HD1, Select 1 & seventh ODI hundred and first before the Asian Cricket Coun- took11runsoffthefirstoverfrom
SHD1 in 14 months, came off 143 balls cil’s Under-19 Asia Cup in Bang- MohammedAmirbut thereafter
with 14 fours and a six. ladesh later this month. His it was hard grind as they strug-
FOOTBALL 72-run second-wicket stand with gled get going with Usman Shin-
SERIE A KNOCK THAT COUNTED n India skipper Mithali Raj scored a careerbest unbeaten 125 during YV Rathod (39, 37b) and a 58-run wari (3-19), Hasan Ali (2-19) and
12.00am (Tue): SPAL v Sri Lanka skipper Chamari the third and final onedayer against Sri Lanka on Sunday. AP stand for the third-wicket with Shadab Khan (2-31) bundling
Atalanta, live on Sony Ten Attapattu’s century though Sameer Choudhary (62, 61b) them out in 37.1 overs.
2 & HD counted as her 115-run knock Sri Lanka needed six runs insufficient in the end. helped the side post 287/8 in 50 Top-scorer Aizaz Khan (27)
and a gutsy 101-run stand with from the final over. The five-match Twenty20 overs. andKinchit Shah (26)fought val-
GOLF fellow opener Hasini Perera (45) Coming out to bat at number series between the two teams Despite a good start, India B iantly during their sixth wicket
PGA CHAMPIONS set the tone for the chase. nine, Kavisha smashed a four in will begin on Wednesday at the collapsed for 135 in 45.3 overs. stand of 53 runs to offer some
TOUR 2018 There were a few hiccups the penultimate ball of the same venue. Opener Vamsi Krishna (40, 72b) resistanceafterHongKongwere
6.00am: The Ally Chal- after the two batswomen match off Deepti Sharma to earn Brief scores was the top scorer. Spinners left reeling at 44/5. n Pakistan's Usman Khan (left) celebrates with teammate Shadab
lenge, live on Neo Sports returned to the pavillion as a consolatory win for the India women 253/5 (M Raj 125*, S Ayush Badoni (2/18) and Shinwari returned to remove Khan the dismissal of Hong Kong's Tanvir Afzal. AP
Indian bowlers made in roads hosts. Mandhana 51, D Sharma 38, K Yashasvi (2/10) did the damage . Aizaz and two others as Hong
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but tail-ender Kavisha Dilhari
held her nerves to push her side
Jhulan Goswami and Mansi
Joshi took two wickets each to
Prabodhani 1/20) lost to Sri Lanka
women 257/7 in 49.5 overs (C NEPAL UPSET
Konglostthreewicketswithouta
run at 97.
scorecard
sport-news to the finish line with one ball to rip through the Lankan middle Atapattu 115, H Perera 45, J Goswami AFGHANISTAN Pakistan’s left-handed open- n HONG KONG 6-97, 7-97, 8-97, 9-99.
spare. order but their effort proved 2/39, M Joshi 2/43) In an upset, minnows Nepal ers Imam and Fakhar Zaman n Bowling: Amir 7-1-20-0, Usman
defeated Under-19 Asia Cup beganwellandtooktheirteamto N Khan run out 13 (11)
7.3-1-19-3, Faheem 4-0-10-1, Hasan
defending champions Afghani- 35 without loss at the dinner A Rath c Sarfraz b Faheem 19 (34) 7.1-0-19-2, Shadab 8-1-31-2, Malik
D AV I S C U P stan by 25 runs. The two teams break. Zaman fell soon after the 3-0-17-0, Fakhar 0.3-0-0-0.
B Hayat st Sarfraz b Shadab 7 (29)
will play again on Tuesday for break. Imam (50*) was then
0 (2)
n PAKISTAN
I Haq not out
F Zaman c McKechnie b Ehsan 24 (27)
50 (69)
Associated Press the first violation of the match, it raf struck an unbeaten 78 to help took two for 34 to end as the only A Khan b Usman 27 (47) B Azam c McKechnie b Ehsan 33 (36)
n [email protected] was only a warning. No points Nepal post 189 in 49.3 overs. At successful bowler from his side. S McKechnie lbw Usman 0 (3) S Malik not out 9 (11)
were deducted and Cilic did not one stage, they were three down T Afzal b Usman 0 (1) n Extras (nb 1, w 3) 4
ZADAR (CROATIA): Borna Coric exchangeanywordswithRamos, for seven in 4.3 overs. BROADCASTER CAN’T n Total (for 2 wkts in 23.4 ovs) 120
sealed Croatia’s passage into the who gave Serena Williams three Afghanistan openers Reyaz DECIDE TEAM: BCCI E Nawaz run out 9 (21)
n FoW: 1-41, 2-93.
final of the Davis Cup with a code violations in US Open final. Hassan (38) and Abid Moham- India captain Virat Kohli’s N Ahmed not out 9 (11)
n Bowling: Tanwir 4-2-13-0, Ehsan
thrilling win in five sets over “It’soneofthebestmatchesof madi (9) stitched together a absence from Asia Cup has got n Extras (w 4) 4 4-0-27-0, Aizaz 3.4-0-19-0, Ehsan
USA’s Frances Tiafoe in the my career,” Querrey said. 40-run partnership . But as soon BCCIintoaheadoncollisionwith n Total (all out in 37.1 ovs) 116 8-0-34-2, Nadeem 4-0-27-0.
deciding fifthrubber of the semi- US got a lifeline on Saturday as slow left-arm orthodox Sagar Asian Cricket Council (ACC) n FoW: 1-17, 2-32, 3-39, 4-44, 5-44,
Pakistan won by 8 wkts.
final tie on Sunday. whenMikeBryanandRyanHar- Dhakal was brought into the afterbroadcastersStarexpressed
In a match that lasted four rison defeated Ivan Dodig and attack, wickets started falling their displeasure.
hours and six minutes, Coric Mate Pavic in doubles. like nine pins. The BCCI, however, in a coverage.“Theannouncementof “Please note that selection of
edged out Tiafoe 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6-7 BRIEF SCORES tersely worded reply to ACC has theabsenceofoneofworld’sbest bestavailableteamforparticipa-
(11), 6-1, 6-3. INDIA LOSE 4-0 India A: 287/8 in 50 overs (YB Jaiswal madeitclearthatneitherthemor batsmenfromtheAsiaCup,only tion in a tournament is sole pre-
In the title clash, Croatia will KRALJEVO(SERBIA): Turning out to 103, S Choudhary 62, YV Rathod 39, RS broadcasters have any say in 15 days before the commence- rogative of BCCI,’’ BCCI CEO
take on France, who defeated play the dead fourth rubber, N Hangargekar 2/47) beat India B 135 in national team selection matters. ment of the Asia Cup, is a severe Rahul Johri replied to Perera.
Spain 3-2 in the other semi-final. n US’s Sam Querrey (left) won his match to force a decider. REUTERS SriramBalajilosttoPedjaKrstin 45.3 overs (V Krishna 40, S Rizvi 34, Kohli was rested after an denttous(eventbroadcaster)and “It is not open for ACC or its
Earlier, substitute Sam Quer- 3-6, 1-6 as India ended the Davis Jaiswal 2/10, A Badoni 2/18, R Mohanty 84-day tour of England. willseverelyimpactourabilityto broadcastertoinsistonselection
rey rallied from a deep hole to even the best-of-five series at 2-2. ing Querrey. World Group Play-off tie against 2/23, SA Desai 2/30). In an email to ACC Game monetise the tournament,” the ofanyparticularplayerand/orto
keep the United States alive. Afterwinningtheopeningset, Chair umpire Carlos Ramos Serbia losing 0-4. The hosts had Nepal 189 in 49.3 over (P Sarraf 78, L Development Manager Thusith email stated. question the expertise of any
The American, who was play- Cilic wasted a 6-1 lead in the sec- issuedacodeviolationtoCroatia taken an unassailable 3-0 lead Bam 35; NM Kabir 3/36, AK Dawlatzai Perera, the host broadcaster However, BCCI made it clear selection committee as to which
ing in place of Steve Johnson, ond-settiebreakthencompletely after Cilic slammed his racket to on Saturday. The two sides 2/13, ) beat Afghanistan 164 in 47.4 expressedtheirdispleasure,stat- thatselectionofthenationalteam isthebestavailableteam forpar-
beatsixth-rankedMarinCilic6-7 fell apart with a series of errors the clay and mangled the frame agreed not to play the fifth rub- overs (IA Mehran 57, R Hassan 38; S ing how Kohli’s absence will is its prerogative and no outside ticular tournament,’’ Johri fur-
(2), 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to underpressurefromthebig-serv- late in the third set. Since it was ber. Dhakal 4/29, R Khan 2/26. impactthefinancialaspectofthe interference would be allowed. ther wrote.
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trailer of Chetan
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parties. Instead, I love small is collaborating with a credible
get-togethers with my family.
That’s also because I hardly
get to spend time with them.
bunch of people. She has
written a wonderful script and
they start shooting in
You recently opened up
about your casting couch
experiences at the start of
was like, ‘You are not from
the industry, so you should
do and have to do these
STOP PRESS
On my birthdays, I don’t want February. your career… things’. However, I feel that if PHOTO: AFP
to do anything. This year, too, I you have talent, there are no
Nay?
Yes, that happened in 2008.
was at home the entire day, This is your sixth year in the At that time, I was quite two ways about it. I think
doing nothing (laughs). industry. Would you call it a shocked, because that person these things exist in every
smooth ride so far? had called me for an audition, sphere, not just in the Hindi
You recently said that not playing It’s been a very fruitful choices I have made. What’s and surprisingly, asked me film industry. But since
safe has worked for you as an journey. I am having a lot of heartening is that they have for this favour. I was really Bollywood is always in the
actor… fun, and I feel, as an artist, you clicked with the audiences as taken aback; I was very new spotlight, such topics are
I think playing conventional should have fun. Otherwise, well. I just want to take things to the industry back then. I often highlighted. You have
[parts] is unsafe now. We have there’s no point [in doing forward in my own way. I can politely refused, and I told negative people everywhere
reached a point in the film anything]. I am content with only be thankful and have lots him, ‘If I have talent, I will who take advantage of Sonam
industry where vanilla won’t the way things have panned of gratitude for all of this. definitely get work’. So, he certain situations. Kapoor
sell, so something different out for me. More importantly, n [email protected] PHOTO:
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benefit my performance
SING FOR A
BOLLYWOOD FILM
ctor and singer Selena
A Gomez is open to
singing in a Bollywood film,
greatly: Harshvardhan
and says it will be a
beautiful experience. When
asked if she would consider
singing for a Bollywood
film, she said, “I’ve never
been asked that! Why not, I
think that would be
Shreya Mukherjee not complete yet. “Once the spent time with Abhinav beautiful.”
casting is done, it’s going to be Bindra. He is an introvert. He is Gomez found fame as a
or younger actors, sharing an interesting ensemble, quite restrained and does not
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child through the Disney
screen space with their because there are a couple of get carried away by his show Wizards of Waverly
seniors can be other great roles in the film,” achievements. He has a very Place, and is known for her
intimidating, and that’s likelier he says. dry sense of humour and keeps songs ‘Come and get it’,
when the senior in question Meanwhile, the actor is his cards close to his chest. ‘The heart wants what it
happens to be your father. But happy with the response to his Even when the man won the wants’, ‘Bad liar’, ‘Wolves’
Harshvardhan Kapoor — all last project, Bhavesh Joshi Olympic gold medal, he was so and ‘Back to you’.
set to aim down the sights in his Superhero, on online calm.”
As an actor and a voice-over
next role as Olympic Gold streaming platform. And while Harshvardhan says he’s
artiste, she has been a part
medalist, Abhinav Bindra — is he never expected the response doing his best to make his
of films such as Another
more than happy to work with to be so good, he says his father portrayal of Bindra as
Cinderella Story (2008), The
his father, Anil Kapoor, in the was sure about it. “I knew authentic as possible. “I’m
Big Short (2015), Neighbors
biopic. The senior Kapoor is set when Bhavesh Joshi would trying to figure out how he
2: Sorority Rising (2016),
to take his real life role to the come to digital platforms, reacts without being
Monte Carlo (2011), The
screen in this Kannan Iyer people would appreciate it, but melodramatic, because that’s
Muppets (2011), and the
directorial as he portrays I never expected such a not what he is. This biopic is ctor Sonam K Ahuja is pair of white sneakers.
Abhinav’s father, AS Bindra, in
the film.
Harshvardhan says, “I think
response. [Dad] knew that the
film was good and had the
potential to do well on the right
going to be an authentic one.
We aren’t going to think that
this is a Bollywood film and
A known for pushing
fashion boundaries,
and she can make the
Her hair was tied in a
bun and she completed the
look with a pair of black
Hotel Transylvania
franchise.
— IANS
my performance is going to platform. He saw it coming. therefore needs to be made weirdest of things look chic. sunnies and a tote bag.
benefit greatly from his He happens to know about in a certain way. We are going During a recent airport The 33-year-old
presence. We can watch the things before they’re going to to try and stick to the truest sighting, the actor was clicked has always brought NOTE TO READERS: Some of the
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readers.
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steady. The actor says that Pooja Sharma your movies have 11:05AM 02:25PM 05:20PM The Predator (A) English
she is currently reading potential to be remade? 08:25PM 11:35PM 04:00PM
scripts and hoping something obby Deol is shooting for The Nun (A) Hindi 09:00AM Mar Gaye Oye Loko Punjabi
good works out soon. “You
have got to challenge yourself
and it has to be something
B his next, the multistarrer,
Housefull 4. The actor,
who is the newest addition to
I have never really looked
at my films that way. But I
really think that some of
my father’s (Dharmendra)
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that I have not done before. I the cast, says that he is open to films can be made again. 11:30PM Manmarziyaan 01:15PM
love mixing it up and bringing different genres but is more I’d love to play my dad’s The Predator (A) English 04:30PM 07:45PM 09:50PM
in variety. I would be bored if interested in exploring role in a remake of 04:15PM 09:05PM 10:55PM
I have to do the same thing entertainers. Pratigya (1975) if it is Stree 11:40AM 05:40PM 10:30PM The Nun (A) Hindi 01:45PM
over and over again, and play “I look to do more remade today. Mar Gaye Oye Loko Punjabi 06:15PM
the same kind of characters or entertainers for the family 11:55AM Stree 02:45PM 10:30PM
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doesn’t like performing under main lead. It should be
pressure. something that I enjoy. In Kurmayian Punjabi 09:15AM 09:10AM 06:20PM 11:15PM
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one of those who can walk on Diana Penty house offers me a great 11:05PM 01:00PM 04:15PM 07:30PM
the set and suddenly pull off a role. Web series are great. The Predator (A) Hindi 10:45PM
scene. I need time to doing a slightly heavier Streaming content has 01:50PM Kurmayian Punjabi 10:15AM
mentally prepare for it. It’s a role or an emotional scene become the next big Manmarziyaan 09:30AM 04:00PM 09:45PM
process, especially when you in a drama, then for thing,” says the Race 3 10:15AM 01:20PM 04:30PM Stree 10:40AM 04:15PM
are getting into something sure I definitely need actor. 07:40PM 10:45PM 11:15PM 09:50PM
more intense. But if you are more time.” Not many know, but Bobby The Nun (A) English 11:40AM The Nun (A) Hindi 11:30AM
doing a comedy, you don’t Diana says that she is now is also a sports enthusiast. 08:50PM 03:55PM 08:50PM
need to do that, because open to exploring different “Cricket is my favourite sport, Mar Gaye Oye Loko Punjabi Love Sonia (A) 01:15PM
it is lighter and more formats as well, be it the it’s my passion,” says the 12:05PM 08:30PM 07:00PM
spontaneous. But if you’re digital platform or working in actor, adding, “I have even Love Sonia (A) 12:30PM Mitron 01:30PM 07:05PM
international productions if played for a popular celebrity 08:20PM
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something exciting comes her tournament. However, I have PANCHKULA
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“Web just opens up your and squash, ever since I was CHANDIGARH 06:15PM
audience fivefold. It’s a kid. We had a badminton Manmarziyaan 10:00AM The Predator (A) Hindi
amazing how can you literally court in our house. We’d get 01:15PM 04:30PM 07:45PM 10:00AM 12:00PM 02:00PM
sit on your couch in Mumbai, up early in the mornings to 11:00PM 10:15PM
and watch content from Korea play every day. I’ve also tried Mitron 10:00AM 07:50PM Stree 10:05AM 05:15PM
to Germany, or America. It is to learn tennis but it’s not an The Nun (A) Hindi 10:00AM Manmarziyaan 10:30AM
quite amazing, and it is the easy game. You really have to The Nun (A) English 05:25PM 04:30PM 07:20PM 10:00PM
other way around as well, give a lot of time to it. We have Stree 12:05PM 03:05PM Mitron 12:30PM 07:45PM
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world. So, I think it is a sports.”
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brilliant platform and it has a So does the actor feel that he get out of working out. I am and happy, especially, when amazing. It’s a new side of
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lot more potential,” says the is at his fittest best currently? enjoying every bit of it. It you meet people and they say mine that I have discovered.”
Cocktail (2012) actor. He says, “It’s a high that you makes you feel clear-headed the energy is palpable. It’s n [email protected]
for an extensive first schedule of The crew shot in the the films are very different.
For instance, AndhaDhun is a
outskirts of the city, and thriller, which is something I
Maharshi, his next, in the scenic even interacted with the haven’t tried before and that’s
exciting because people will
locals. By the end of the
capital of Uttarakhand shoot, the crew had
see me in a different light
altogether. Plus, it’s the first
time that I’ve worked with
Rishabh Suri down-to-earth residents. gotten along really well Sriram Raghavan.
A source close to the actor, with the locals, and Conversely, Badhaai Ho is
elugu actor Mahesh who enjoys a loyal fan base slice-of-life drama, and is like
Miss Right in an
D there has been a surge
in the demand for
bodybuilding supplements
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SUPPLEMENTS
chunk of the target market.
They are also clueless on
how health supplements
in the country. However, work, thus making the
IN INDIA ARE MADE IN
arranged marriage an industry body study
indicates that as much as 60- EXTREMELY LOW
perfect market for fake
products.
70% of dietary supplements Amaresh Ojha, CEO &
setup because you are being peddled across India QUALITY FACILITIES founder of a fitness-based
are counterfeit. Not only are WHERE THE website tells you how to
too choosy? Experts the manufacturers of these
fake supplements duping TECHNOLOGY TO
identify fake supplements:
Check the hologram:
their customers, but they One of the best ways to tell a
PROPERLY REPLICATE
predict trying times are also using unapproved
and potentially harmful THE HOLOGRAM
fake product from the
genuine one is to look for
ahead for you chemicals in their fake
offerings and putting
DOESN’T EXIST the brand’s hologram. Most
fake supplements in India
youngsters in harm’s way. are made in extremely low-
Moreover, a sizeable quality facilities where the
number of youth who are recovery. Health supplements technology to properly
into bodybuilding, consume bridge this gap which, in turn, replicate the hologram
one or the other form of aids in muscle growth. doesn’t exist.
dietary supplement. The However, most of the high- Check the barcode:
same study estimates that quality health supplement Most smartphones today
the market for dietary brands available in the market support apps that can read
supplements is set to double today are imported which barcodes and QR codes.
from the current $2 billion to makes it expensive (taxes, Just do a quick scan; the
$4 billion by 2020. Why? customs and overheads on scan of an original brand
Well, most Indian diets imports), especially for young should ideally lead you to
are vegetarian- its website.
heavy and lack Check the packaging:
the fast-acting This can be a bit tricky.
COMMON REASONS proteins Watch out for spelling
FOR REJECTION necessary for
quick muscle
mistakes, bizarre
fonts, wrong logos
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important role in nutritional
relationships, and the information.
same applies when it Check the seal: If the
comes to arranged seal of the product looks
Collin Rodrigues rejection in one’s stride and BUT NOT TOO CHOOSY marriages, too. weird or of bad quality,
Dharmadhikari says,
also to be strong enough to Being picky in search of a chances are that it has
“Nowadays, people focus
inding the right match, turn down someone who is not flawless relationship makes been tampered with.
F
a lot on external
especially if you are going an apt match in good time. The one lose the best of matches. Dissolve a spoonful
for an arranged marriage
One should look for following factors can be kept Clinical psychologist
appearances. So, instead
in water: Add a
of knowing a person,
setup, is one of the most compatibility. The in mind while searching for a Tanushree Bhargava says, people judge a potential spoonful of the
difficult aspects of a person’s
life. It is time-consuming and
values, attitude, ideas, partner: “Due to our social beliefs,
younger is considered more
spouse on his or her looks.” supplement to water at
room temperature and
He adds, “Also, people
often takes months or years. beliefs and ambitions DON’T STRETCH IT OUT eligible, and thus, people tend these days want a spouse, stir for a few seconds.
While some people zero in on of the two people One should take a call after a to be interested in younger whose lifestyle matches The original
their future spouse soon few dates with the potential partners. Also, people tend to their own. Though one can supplement will
enough, others take far too should also match. The partner. Mental health look for a partner with more adapt to a lifestyle change dissolve easily, whereas
long. two should understand counsellor Kavita Mungi says, childbearing capabilities. So, post marriage, people the fake product usually
One of the reasons could be “Meet his or her family and as you grow older, you tend to don’t realise this and tend leaves behind clumps of
because they become picky
each other. understand each other’s be the one who is getting to make wrong decisions. powder as residue in the
about their choices. But in the DR AMBRISH cultural, monetary and social rejected by potential spouses.” Judging a potential glass. IANS
bargain, such people don’t DHARMADHIKARI, value systems. Do not use Mungi narrates the case of spouse based on the
realise that they may have PSYCHIATRIST delaying tactics if you are gynaecologist Dr Anita Nair family situation and not
on the individual is also
missed the bus and they unsure or because you think (name changed), who had high
common.”
themselves are getting The two should understand someone else better-suited or expectations. She says, “Nair,
Relationship expert
rejected by potential spouses. each other.” better-looking might come an average looking lady, Vishnu Modi talks about
Here, we delve deeper into this Also, in arranged along.” was looking for a fellow doctor an IT professional, Anand
issue and get experts to speak marriages, rejection is part as a groom who was tall, rich Kubra, who started
about it. and parcel of the process. In TAKING A DECISION IN and good-looking. The looking for an arranged
the search for a life partner, A HURRY prospective grooms would be match after two break-
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DEALING WITH people get rejected and also Though time is a major factor moneyed, qualified, good- ups. But, once he started
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES reject as many potential while looking for a partner in looking or tall but rarely a meeting potential
It’s very important that people matches. Doing so can have a an arranged marriage setup, combination of all these. spouses, he would mostly
who go in for arranged major impact on a person taking a decision in a hurry When she did find have issues with their
marriages set their priorities mentally. without giving enough time people who fit her families. For example,
right. Dr Ambrish Dr Dharmadhikari says, “In can also have its own share of expectations, they were once he didn’t like the way
Dharmadhikari, psychiatrist, arranged marriages, repercussions. intimidated by her aggression someone’s father spoke to
says that the most important compatibility is one of the Mungi agrees and says, “In and expectations. This led to a him and decided not to
aspect is to have a connection factors for rejection. But many an arranged marriage setup, it series of meetings over the meet the woman again.
with a person you are looking people take this rejection is very important to be years with no result, But eventually, after his
options started getting
to get married to. personally and have to deal cautious before taking the leading Anita to become bitter
slimmer he realised this
He says, “One should look with issues of self-esteem and plunge. A certain degree of over time. Her high and
behaviour wasn’t helping
for compatibility. The values, confidence. Such people even maturity and understanding is unrealistic expectations left his cause and changed his
attitude, belief systems, ideas, develop depression and key to a good marriage. Reality her without a partner even mindset.”
beliefs and ambitions of the anxiety.” can be very different from after several years.”
two people should also match. It is important to take dreams.” n [email protected]
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POWER
Chandigarh:
MC sanitation workers extend Speeding car
support to pvt waste collectors leaves HC staffer
Power supply will
remain suspended at Punjab
Engineering College, Sector 12,
from 9am to 5pm on Monday.
› ›
The Chandigarh municipal
the streets. The city generates The driver then stopped the (causing death by negligence),
corporation has rolled out a
new waste management plan,
540 tonnes of waste daily. ‘WILL STOP VEHICLES We will not budge Southern sectors are other associations declared their vehicle, got into another car that 337 (causing hurt by act endan-
Unable to break the deadlock, AT PROCESSING PLANT’ support to the protesters. was accompanying him and fled. gering life or personal safety of
which seems quite sound on
the paper. But past experience the MC has decided to “deploy its However, the MC’s problems are till the demands of the worsthit. MC has SK Khosla, general secretary, Police recovered around 30 others) and 338 (causing griev-
has shown that the civic body own resources” to collect gar-
bage from the city from Monday.
set to increase with sanitation
workers joining the protest.
garbage collectors are met. failed to resolve the issue. welfare association, MIG
houses, Sector 40, said: “It is
boxes of Indian made foreign
liquor and countrymade liquor,
ous hurt by act endangering life
or personal safety of others) of
proposes only to dispose.
After garbage collectors Safai karamchari union presi- KRISHAN KUMAR CHADHA , safai DEVINDER SINGH BABLA, Congress unfortunate that the MC is not meant to be sold only in Chandi- the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
What can we as citizens do to
didn’t attend the meeting on Sat- dent Krishan Kumar Chadha karamchari union president councillor and leader of opposition serious about the issue and garh, from the car. Sources said besides relevant sections of the
make waste management a
success? And what role should urday, MC commissioner KK said: “We have decided to sup- seems to be waiting for an epi- it is suspected the liquor was Excise Act. We are trying to trace
the MC play? Send in your Yadav had said that the civic port independent garbage collec- the garbage processing plant at Party (BJP) councillors — demic to break out in the city.” being transported for distribu- the car owner, he said.
inputsin not more than 150 body will not allow the city to tors. We will be holding a mas- Dadumajra on Tuesday. Rajesh Kalia and Bharat Singh Devinder Singh Babla, Con- tion ahead of panchayat elec- Meanwhile, HC employees’
words to chandigarh@hin- stink and will invoke “Plan B”, sive protest on Tuesday and will “We will not budge till the — chaired the meeting of gar- gress councillor and leader of tions. association president Sanjeev
dustantimes.com by wherein tractor-trailers will be not clean the city.” demands of garbage collectors bage collectors at the medical opposition in the House, too Majri station house officer Verma condoled Sewa Singh’s
September 20. visiting various localities to lift Chadha said the union will not are met,” he said. officer, health, office in Sector 17, slammed the MC for failing to (SHO) Jagdeep Singh said a case death. He said the incident had
the garbage. even allow MC vehicles to enter Earlier, two Bharatiya Janata where sanitation workers and resolve the matter. has been registered under Sec- left everyone in shock.
RWAs’ apex body in city Zirakpur SHO suspended for dereliction of duty
splits into 2 after 30 years HT Correspondent
n [email protected]
At PGI, it’s a long wait for patients to get medical tests done
Singh Bittu, current vice-chair-
man Hitesh Puri announced the
formation of Chandigarh Resi-
dents Associations’ Welfare Fed-
eration (CRAWFED) during a Tanbir Dhaliwal
meeting at Chandigarh Club on [email protected]
Sunday. He claimed the support
n
‘APPOINTMENT SYSTEM IN A WEEK’
of 51 RWAs. n Hitesh Puri (garlanded) after being named the head of Chandigarh CHANDIGARH : Sitting on a “The PGIMER is overburdened,” 150 scans per day. We conduct
FOSWAC was conceptualised Residents Associations’ Welfare Federation (CRAWFED), which wooden chair in the waiting said PGIMER director Dr Jagat MRI scan for emergency cases
in 1987 and got registered on Sep- claims support of 51 RWAs, in Chandigarh on Sunday. KARUN SHARMA/HT hall of the Nehru building at Ram, while admitting there is a and indoor patients too,”
tember 3, 1988. It has 270 mem- Post Graduate Institute of need to have a system in place he said.
bers. Bittu and Puri have been at theysay Medical Education and to ensure time slots are given to
›
Dr Khandelwal said slot-ap-
loggerheads for some time over Research (PGIMER), 14-year- patients and at least children are pointment system for MRI
“personal and political” differ- FOSWAC has turned undemocratic. Many members old Singh (name withheld) examined on priority. patients referred from the OPD
ences, said sources. could not control his tears. Dr N Khandelwal, head of the and other centres is planned to
During the meeting on Sun- claim Bittu remains inaccessible to them. I’ll rectify He left his house in Dera radio diagnosis and imaging start within a week.
day, Major DP Singh (retd), pres-
ident of the Sector Development
this. Politics will be kept away from CRAWFED’s working. Bassi at 5:15am to get an MRI
(magnetic resonance imag-
department, said there are four
MRI machines while daily
“We have already started it for
HITESH PURI, chairman, CRAWFED patients from the Nehru
and Residents Welfare Associa- ing) scan done at 10am – n There is one to six months of waiting period for various tests requisition forms received from
›
building. Now a patient will get
tion, Sector 38, was called upon according to the date given to at the PGIMER. In the absence of an appointment system, all the out-patient department message on phone, getting
to nominate members for the
executive body of the new federa-
CRAWFED has been him three months ago. But it patients are called in the morning, mostly empty stomach, and
they end up waiting till late evening.
(OPD) are 250 on average. information about the time slot
was 1pm and he was still wait- HT FILE “The capacity is to conduct just for the MRI scan,” he said.
tion. He named Hitesh Puri for formed to weaken ing, struggling to control
the post of chairman, which was hunger and tears.
passed unanimously. FOSWAC. Any grievance At the PGIMER, there is a They reached the hospital and have been sitting here like a case of breast cancer, ment can be started.”
Other FOSWAC office-bear-
ers present there included Wing
should have been brought long – one to six months — at 6:30am and deposited ₹2,500 since morning.” which might have spread to Dr BR Mittal, head, nuclear
waiting period for various fee for the test and ₹1,300 for other organs,” said a woman, medicine, PGIMER, said:
Commander NS Malhi (secre- up in the House. tests. In the absence of an medicine. “It’s 1pm and we 4-6 MONTHS EVEN who did not wish to be named. “Currently, there is a waiting
tary) and Gurdev Singh Ahlu- BALJINDER BITTU, chairman, FOSWAC appointment system, all are still waiting,” she said. IN URGENT CASES “They marked the case as period of four months for PET
walia (patron). patients are called in the A couple sitting next to Similar is the scenario in ‘urgent’ and asked us to get scan, but urgent cases are
morning, mostly empty stom- Kaur is from Kurukshetra. other diagnostic centres. The the PET scan done. But the seen on priority. Our doctors
‘WILL KEEP POLITICS process highly undemocratic.” this group,” he said. “It has been ach, and they end up waiting They had left at 5 in the morn- waiting time for PET (posi- date we got was February 26, sit till 3 at night and conduct
AWAY FROM WORKING’ he alleged. “Many members formed with the ulterior motive till late evening. ing and changed two buses to tron emission tomography) 2019.” tests.”
Vowing to keep politics away claim that Bittu remains to weaken FOSWAC. Any griev- “We visited the PGIMER reach the institute on time – scan, even for “urgent’ “After several requests, we Dr Mittal said second PET
from the working of the new inaccessible to them. I’ll be recti- ance should have been brought in June and were asked to get 9am. They too were waiting cases”, is four to six months. got today’s date, that too if scan machine is to be
body, Puri said FOSWAC had fying this.” up in the House meeting or with an MRI scan done. We got a for their turn at 1pm. “In August, I brought my any other patient doesn’t turn installed within a fortnight.
turned undemocratic. Hitting back, FOSWAC chair- the executive body.” test date for September and Naresh Kumar, patient’s mother to the PGIMER as she up,” she said. “My mother, 62, “Funds for the third machine
“On being nominated to the man Bittu termed the decision Speaking about RWAs that were called at 10am,” said husband, said: “In April, she complained of severe pain in is waiting empty stomach, but have also been sanctioned.
post of chairman, Bittu told me “unfortunate”. have joined CRAWFED, Bittu Rajwant Kaur, mother of was asked to get an MRI scan breasts and loss of appetite. our main concern is getting With this, the waiting time
that he would nominate me in “I am surprised and shocked said: “The list includes ‘farzi’ the child. done. We were given this date The doctors told us it looks the tests done, so that treat- will come down,” he said.
the next elections. I find this to learn about the formation of (fake) associations.”
HealthsecyturnsdownPGIMER’s MYCITYMYVOICE
proposalforcaponpatientload
BURSTING AT THE SEAMS Hospital admn to take up the agenda in next governing body meeting
HT Correspondent
n [email protected]
product suppliers’ info Now, panic alarm system at ZEBRA CROSSING OF location. Pictures can also be sent to the traffic
police’s Facebook and Twitter handles or to my
P’kula parks, shops, industries NO USE TO PEDESTRIANS Twitter handle @ssptfchd and we will issue a
HT Correspondent “Shop owners should display traffic violation information slip (TVIS) to the
Pedestrians face serious hazards while crossing
details of milk and other dairy offender
n [email protected] most of the sector dividing roads or traffic light
product suppliers in their units,” junctions in Mohali. There is no clear passage on
MOHALI: In an attempt to check he added. HT Correspondent
IN THE FIRST PHASE, ent colours, — green (for ambu- the zebra crossings at the two traffic lights cross- STRAY CATTLE RULE
food adulteration in the upcom- District health officer RS lance),red(forpoliceassistance) ings on the Fortis Hospital junction. One has to risk
ing festive season, the district Kang said the details should be
n [email protected]
PANIC BUTTONS WILL BE and yellow (for fire assistance). avoiding hazardous blockades on both the light THE ROADS IN MOHALI
points. The cars stopping right on the zebra cross- Stray cattle are free to roam around near the
administration has directed
sweet shops and restaurants to
displayed in appropriate place.
“This is necessary to check sup-
PANCHKULA: After planning out a
first-of its-kind initiative to have
INSTALLED AT 2 BUS “Awebdashboardwillbecom-
missioned in the control room of ings further add to the woes. The authorities deputy commissioner’s office. The animals create
display details of milk and other ply of spurious and adulterated panic buttons at the bus queue QUEUE SHELTERS, 2 Sector 14 police station, where concerned should look into the matter. hurdles in traffic leading to serious congestion and
sometimes accidents as well. The officials should
dairy products’ suppliers. milk and other dairy products,” shelters in city to help women or PARKS, 2 SHOPS AND the alerts and notifications will HS Sethia, Mohali
curb the menace at the earliest.
The administration and he said. Teams will be consti- elderly people in distress, the be received in real time. A stan-
health department officials will tuted to check compliance of the Panchkula municipal corpora- 2 INDUSTRIAL UNITS dalone Wi-Fi siren alarm unit OFFICIAL’S TAKE SC Dhall, Zirakpur
inspect shops and the violators orders in district. He cautioned tion (MC), on Saturday, has willalsobeinstalledin thepolice Mohali superintendent of police (traffic) HS Atwal
will be punished. The corrective the sweet shopsand manufactur- decidedtohavesuchpanicalarm pleted successfully. We have station to notify when the panic said, “We will start a campaign to create awareness OFFICIAL’S TAKE
measures are being taken to ers to sell unadulterated sweets. systematpublicparks,shopsand selected two bus queue shelters, button is pressed at a specific among the drivers to halt at the stop line instead Mohali municipal commissioner Bhupinder Pal
avoid sales of adulterated food The health department offi- industrial units as well. two shops, two public parks and location. Such panic buttons of the zebra crossing. We will take the issue of Singh said, “We have enhanced the fine for stray-
products, including sweets. cials will check license and regis- MCcommissionerRajeshJog- two industrial units of installa- havenotbeeninstalledanywhere obstruction with the civic administration.” ing cattle and also decided to outsource the work
During festive season, more tration papers of food business palsaidthat theyhave writtento tion of wireless panic buttons in else in India or abroad, by the of catching stray cattle to some agency. We are
anticipating positive results after the new system
cases of food adulteration are operators. The health official the commissioner of police (CP), the pilot phase,” Jogpal said. government,” Jogpal said. CHALLAN VEHICLES is rolled out.”
reported as there is a steep rise in said that as per law, people asso- deputycommissioner(DC),chief “The panic buttons at com- Recently, the civic body, with
demand of sweets, officials said. ciated with food business and medical officer (CMO), and fire mercialandindustrialestablish- an NGO, had conducted a safety PARKED NEAR HOUSES
Additional deputy commis- having a turnover of ₹12 lakh per stationofficerregardinginstalla- mentswillbepaidforbytheown- auditof1,246locationsinthecity. There are certain sectors in the city wherein houses BROKEN ROAD AN OPEN
sioner Charandev Singh Mann annum and above have to pro- tion of the wireless system. ers, but the ones at public places Ofthese,897werefound‘uncom- are located just next to the markets, like in sectors
said quality of food products has cure a license. “We have asked the depart- will be free and the MC will bear fortable’ for women, while 112 8, 9, 22, 23, and 34. Vehicles are illegally parked here INVITATION TO MISHAPS
to be ensured. He cautioned food Also, outletshavinganannual ments concerned to appoint a its expenses,” he added. He fur- were ‘frightening’ as there was near the houses, causing huge inconvenience to Many broken slip roads see heavy traffic in Mohali.
business operators to use una- turnover of less than ₹12 lakh nodal officer for coordination so theraddedthattherewillbethree ‘poorsecurityandhadnon-func- the residents. Such practice should be banned and The slip roads must be fixed so that any mishap can
dulterated products only. have to get registration done. thatthetestingphasecanbecom- wireless panic buttons, in differ- tional street lights’. the erring vehicles should be challaned. be prevented.
Manjinder Pal Singh
Mohit, Chandigarh
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Tricity music lovers are in for four with the thumri and daras of the Chairman of Worldwide Immigration
evenings of delight as the North Patiala gharana of music. The third Consultancy Services (WWICS) and 30
Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), day will see Hindustani classical owner of Forest Hill Resort Lt Col BS
Patiala, is organising a ‘folk and semi- singer from Kanpur, Shalini Ved Sandhu (retd) and three employees 25
classical music festival’. present semi-classical songs. A disci- of Forest Hill Resort — liaison offi- 20
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Guleria, the daughter Ved is famous for her soulful devo- Tarsem Singh and security 15
of Padma Shri Surin- tional songs and ghazals. On the final in-chargeBalwinderSingh—will
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daughter Sunaini mashri winner Malini Awasthi will gence anddestruction ofevidence
and granddaugh- enthral the audience with traditional in the case involving the death of
songs and folk tunes. n Singer CTU employee Abhishek Guleria.
n Singer Where: Tagore Theatre, Dolly Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
Indira Naik Sector 18, Chandigarh Guleria n Lt Col BS Sandhu, Sky Sky Sky Sky Sky Sky Sky
When 6.30pm (Sept 20-23) chairman, WWICS
EXHIBITION
her troupe will present a Bhar-
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enter the account number
CHANDIGARH
FUN CARNIVAL
FESTIVAL
CELEBRATIONS ₹40,000, BAG Donation box stolen Hoshiarpur man
Fun Carnival a month long fair
showcasing amusement rides, food
stalls and merchandise stalls for the
ISKCON will organise Sri
Radhashtami Mahama-
hotsava
STOLEN FROM from festival pandal ‘kidnapped’ from
shoppers
Where: Exhibition ground, Sector
Where: ISKCON Temple,
Sector 36, Chandigarh
CAR AT MOHALI HT Correspondent
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34, Chandigarh
When: 11am onwards
When: 11am
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Do you think that private graded on a scale of 1 to 10 for
There is a need to create more job educational institutions need to employability. The skills n Students with certificates after a workshop on animal protection and welfare laws at PU. HT PHOTO
opportunities. I feel we should focus on be made more accountable? development ministry is final-
Private educational institu- ising the National Skills Quali- NIPER HOLDS BLOOD held under the leadership of Dr Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
SME sector as it can generate maximum jobs. tions should definitely be fication Framework (NSQF)
DONATION CAMP
Niranjan Khandelwal, professor and Delhi, organised a workshop on
made more accountable as for adoption by 2019, which head, department of radio diagnosis virtual laboratories on September
ANEET BEDI, director of Gian Jyoti Institute of
long as the idea of accountabil- seeks to create employability MOHALI: The students and faculty of and imaging. The organising 13 and 14. As many as 34 faculty
Management and Technology
ity moves from compliance benchmarks. National Institute of Pharmaceutical secretaries of the conference were members and 217 students partici-
Education and Research (NIPER), Dr Kushaljit Singh Sodhi and Dr pated in the workshop. During
Mohali,organised a blood donation Akshay K Saxena, professors, the workshop, a total of nine
department of radio diagnosis and stream-based virtual laboratories
schoolnotes camp in Mohali. Around 95 units of
blood were collected during the imaging, PGIMER. were demonstrated by an experts,
camp. All NIPER students and faculty, Prateek Sharma and Ashish Moudgil,
ST XAVIER’S SCHOOL telling, essay-writing and poem including director RR Akkinepally NN Wig oration at PGI from IIT Delhi.
recitation were organised to cele- participated in the camp. CHANDIGARH: The first NN Wig
Workshop on good brate the day. Principal Pathak urged oration of the Postgraduate Institute Engineer’s day celebrated
parenting organised the students to respect the mother Workshop on animal of Medical Education and Research MOHALI: The Indo Global Group of
tongue and read literary works of protection held (PGIMER), Sector 14, was delivered Colleges celebrated Engineers’ Day
PANCHKULA: A workshop on good noted writers. by professor R Srinivasa Murthy, in the memory of Mokshagundam
parenting was organised for the CHANDIGARH: A two-day workshop
ST TERESA CONVENT SCHOOL on animal protection and welfare laws who is the former head of the Visvesvaraya. On the occasion, the
parents of students of Classes 7 to 9 department of psychiatry at students showcased their engineer-
at St Xavier’s High School, Sector 20, was concluded at Panjab University,
School holds Sector 14. The event was organised by National Institute of Mental Health ing acumen through the display of
Panchkula. Resource person Seema and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), various projects. Apart from it,
Sharma touched upon various special assembly the NSS wing of the varsity. Over 100
participants from Chandigarh, Punjab, Bangaluru. The NN Wig oration was technical events such as quiz,
problems faced by adolescents and PANCHKULA: Students and the staff instituted in the name of professor poster-making competition, presen-
how they can be handled. Mean- Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were
of St Teresa Convent school, Panch- sensitised on various existing laws Narendra Nath Wig, who is the tation on technical issues and
while, various activities such as kula celebrated Hindi Diwas to mark founder head of the psychiatry bridge-making were organised.
slogan-writing, poem- writing, related to protection and welfare of
the importance of the country’s the animals of India. department, PGIMER. Questions related to science and
essay-writing, debate and quiz were most widely spoken language. A technology were the centre of
organised. Paintings, cartoons and Workshop on virtual
special assembly was organised. Annual chefs conclave attraction of quiz. Chairperson
slogans on swachhta activities were laboratories held Sukhdev Singla told the students
displayed in the school. Teachers and
Students delivered speeches high- held at Chitkara varsity
lighting the birth of the Hindi MOHALI: The Universal Group of about the life history of
students in association with local CHANDIGARH: The third chefs
language. Institutions in collaboration with Visvesvaraya.
representative propagated the conclave and awards, an annual
theme of ‘pakhwada’ among the NAV BAL NIKETAN SCHOOL culinary event, was organised
residents. Principal George S Shear at Chitkara University in association
appreciated the efforts of the Students take part with the Chefs Association of
students. in poem recitation Five Rivers (CAFR) on Sunday.
n Students of St Soldier’s School, Sector 16, Panchkula, during a rally on road safety; and (below) The theme of the event was
THE MILLENNIUM SCHOOL CHANDIGARH: Hindi Diwas was
students during an activity at DAV School, Sector 8, Panchkula. HT PHOTOS Sapta Sindhu, a release said,
celebrated at Nav Bal Niketan Smart adding that the aim was to
Fun with shapes School, Sector 29B, Chandigarh. express support to chefs and
activity organised Students participated in creative entrepreneurs who have put Indian
writing and self composed poem cuisine on the world culinary map.
MOHALI: A ‘fun with shapes’ activity recitation competitions on ‘Hamari
was organised at The Millennium Celebrity chefs Tej Razdan and
Rashtriya Bhasha Hindi’. During the Sanjeev Verma were among those
School, Mohali. Students took part in special morning assembly, students
various activities such as clay-model- who participated.
stressed on the importance of Hindi.
ling, circle- painting ,circle-printing, Principal Jasleen Kaur appreciated
sandwich-making and circle snack Threeday joint congress
the efforts of the students. concludes at PGI
party. The students created different
shapes and patterns such as square, ST SOLDIER’S SCHOOL CHANDIGARH: The three-day joint
rectangle, circle, triangle , oval and congress of the 18th annual meeting
heart. Road safety rally held of Asian Oceanic Society for Paediatric
DAV-8, PANCHKULA PANCHKULA: A road safety rally Radiology (AOSPR) and the 16th
was organised at St Soldier’s annual meeting of the Indian Society
Students take part in School, Sector 16, Panchkula for of Paediatric Radiology (ISPR),
Class 8 students. The students organised by the department of the
essay-writing raised slogans in Sector-16 radio diagnosis and imaging, at the n Corporate chef Manjit Singh Gill and Chitkara University
PANCHKULA: Hindi Diwas was market and sensitised people Postgraduate Institute of Medical vicechancellor Dr Madhu Chitkara during the third chefs
celebrated at DAV School, Sector 8, on road safety. School authorities Education and Research (PGIMER), conclave and awards, an annual culinary event, at Chitkara
Panchkula. Activities such as story- appreciated the students’ efforts. Sector 14, concluded. The event was University on Sunday. HT PHOTO
htsectorscan SECTOR 23
n With its oldworld charm, Chandigarh’s Sector 23 comes across as that quiet cousin who always has her nose buried in a book and spends her weekends gardening. SANJEEV SHARMA/HT
42 Number of 51
green belts 1 kanal
₹4,000
₹6.5 cr abandoned babies were
left outside. A nun said,
popular among city
residents fond of
gardening since a
“Now there are no children variety of rose species
2,100 No. of
houses
1,522 here. We look after adults
with disabilities.”
are found here.
Govt houses
A I TA S U P E R S E R I E S
Madhya Pradesh carve out
Parveen, Sukhpreet log win, impressive win over Punjab
secure main draw berths
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Vivek High School beat Sunrise
HEALTH CHECKUP CAMP Two-day boxing XI in final to clinch cricket title
meet on anvil HT Correspondent
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n [email protected] venue from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CHANDIGARH: Mridul Chawla’s
and the entry fees will be accepted brilliant 52-ball knock of 71 runs
CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh at the spot. During the champion- went in vain as Sunrise XI,
Amateur Boxing Association will ships Chandigarh State boxing Zirakpur, lost to Vivek High
conduct 33rd Sub Junior Men and teams will be selected for School, Mohali, by 19 runs in the
15th Junior Women Chandigarh National championships. final of St Joseph’s Sub-Junior
State Boxing Championships Challenger Trophy for under-13
from September 29 to 30 at PML JUNIOR GOLF CAMP at St Joseph’s School, Sector 44,
SD Public School, Sector 32, FROM SEPTEMBER 22 Chandigarh, on Sunday.
Chandigarh. Chandigarh sub- CHANDIGARH : A weekend junior On winning the toss, Vivek
junior men boxers born in the golf camp will be conducted at the captain Aryaman opted to bat
year 2004 and 2005 in the weight Chandigarh Golf Club by coach and posted total of 138 runs for
categories from 34 to 66 Kg are eli- Ajay Gujral from September 22. the loss of four wickets in 20
gible to participate. The programme is open to the overs.
Junior women boxers born in public, members as well as non- Karman (14) and Bhavik (17 n Vivek High School, Mohali, team with the winners’ trophy. HT PHOTO
the year 2002 and 2003 in the members. no) were the main scorers for
weight categories from 46 to 80 Kg Golf equipment and balls will Vivek High School. Karman (2 for 19) bagged two BRIEF SCORES
are eligible. be provided free to all partici- For Sunrise XI, Moon (2 for wickets for Vivek High School. Vivek High School:138 for 4 in 20
All boxers are required to pants at no extra cost. This pro- 12) and Ansh (1 for 29) were the Mridul Chawla was named man overs (Karman 14, Bhavik 17 no,
n A multispecialty health checkup camp was held at the Chandigarh Golf Club in association with bring original date of birth certifi- gramme will be for 10 days (5 main wicket-takers. of the match. Aryaman 11, Moon 2 for 12,
Fortis Hospital on Sunday. Specialist from cardiologist, medicine, gastroenterology, cates along with identity card weekends) and sessions will be Sunrise XI captain Mridul Meanwhile, Ishaan Gaba, Ansh 1 for 29) beat Sunrise
dermatology, orthopedic, dietic, urologist and physiotherapist were present to check more than duly signed and stamped by the conducted for all juniors, boys Chawla led the chase and played who scored heavily in the com- XI: 119 for 5 in 20 overs (Mridul
100 members. Free diagnostics like ECG, blood test and bone density test were administered. The school Principal and also the and girls aged 6 to 15 years. Inter- brilliant knock of 71 runs but petition, from St Joseph’s Chawla 71, Tanishk 10, Emanual
camp was inaugurated by president BS Gill, with other officebearers. HT PHOTO medical book of BFI, if already ested can contact coach Ajay Guj- failed to get support from the School, Sector 44, was adjudged 11, Karman 2 for 19) by
issued at the weighing in. The ral at the club or 9814356013. other end. man of the tournament. 19 runs.
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UNIDENTIFIED
BODY RECOVERED
Pakhowal rly crossing project Civil engineer wins from
LUDHIANA: A body of a man, aged
between 35-40 years found lying
on a vacant plot in Transport
Nagar on Sunday. The man has
not been identified yet. After
receives only two bidders Sherpur seat unopposed
receiving the alert, the Moti
Nagar police reached at the spot
MORE DELAY The project, for which the foundation stone was laid in September HT Correspondent
n [email protected] MARKAN IS MOST
and initiated investigation.
According to police, the man
2017, has not kicked off even after a year; MC to float fresh tenders soon LUDHIANA: A civil engineer, who is
EDUCATED CANDIDATE
appears to be a beggar. “There HT Correspondent in the fray in block samiti elec- AMONG ALL CANDIDATES
was no mark of injury on his body
and the cause of death will be
n [email protected] tions here, is contesting election OF ALL 16 ZONES OF
for the first time and has won
known after the post mortem
LUDHIANA: With the municipal unopposed from the Sherpur MACHHIWARA; HE IS
report,” said Sub Inspector
Parveen Randev, SHO Moti Nagar corporation (MC) receiving only zone block samiti as his oppo- CONTESTING ELECTIONS
two bids for the railway over- nent withdrew his nomination.
police station. The body has been
bridge and underpass project on He is most educated candidate
FOR THE FIRST TIME
kept at the mortuary of civil
hospital. HTC Pakhowal road railway crossing, among all candidates of all 16
which was taken up under the zones of Machhiwara. “My brother Kasturi Lal Mar-
Water contamination Ludhiana smart city project, the Husan Lal Markan, 48, of n Husan Lal Markan kan, who is secretary of the Pun-
in Eldeco Estate1 civic body will have to float fresh Machhiwara, is exuberant after jab Pradesh Congress Commit-
LUDHIANA: Irked over the supply tenders for the third time. being elected unopposed and unopposed winner. tee, inspired me to join politics.
of contaminated water and While the first tender said he is committed to to the Markan said the villages – Otherwise, I was busy in busi-
unavailability of facilities of received ...bids, the second ten- welfare of the people and would Sherpur Basti, Chakk Lohat, ness and farming,”he added.
school and dispensary, the der floated in July received only do his best to provide basic Fatehgarh Bet and Garhi Sainia He has completed civil engi-
residents of Eldeco Estate-1 near two bids. amenities to the villagers. – fall under Sherpur zone and neering from the Central Poly-
Jalandhar bypass protested As per the directions issued by Supported by Congress, Mar- need immediate attention. technic College, Chandigarh,
against the coloniser and have local bodies minister Navjot kan had filed his nomination as a “There is a problem of dispos- and worked in military engi-
filed a complaint with the Greater Singh, there should be at least block samiti member from Sher- ing of sewer waste, as village neering service (MES). After
Ludhiana Area Development three bidders in the fray for a pur zone. The Shiromani Akali ponds are too small. I will work sometime, he left the job and
Authority (GLADA) against them. project. Dal (SAD)-supported candidate for widening of ponds. Repair of joined family business.
Residents claim that they are With fresh tenders on the Balwinder Singh was also in the streets of the villages and ensur- He added that education is a
suffering due to supply of cards, the project that has been competition. However, helater ing potable water to every house- key factor for the development of
contaminated water since past pending since long is set to see withdrew his nomination. hold of these villages is his prior- people and all poll candidates
seven months. ››P3
further delay. Local bodies min- Hence, Markan was announced ity,”said Markan. should be educated.
Political climate heats up ister Navjot Singh Sidhu has laid
over ban on carrying arms the foundation stone for the
D I G I T I S AT I O N
LUDHIANA: Political climate is
project in September, 2017 but a n Residents have been demanding an overbridge at railway crossing on Pakhowal Road in Ludhiana
Contractor booked
heating up over the administra-
tion’s decision to impose Section
144 of the CrPC under which
carrying of firearms has been
year on, work on the project is
yet to start.
Earlier in the first week of
September, supporters of the
which remains heavily crowded all through the day.
opinion that the government the delay. In a symbolic protest, the contract to anyone till the under smart city mission, LUDHIANA: The Dehlon police MOVE MAY FACE
should have ordered the deposit- the agitators had observed a time three bidders come for- including establishment of toi- SHOULD BE AT LEAST have booked a 27-year-old LUDHIANA: With an aim to go cash- HURDLES
ing of weapons in police stations barsi (death anniversary) of the ward. “We will float the fresh lets, Sarabha Nagar market reju- labour contractor for allegedly less and improve its ranking in
and gun houses before the project. tenders soon,” said Aggarwal. venation among others have also THREE BIDDERS IN THE raping a 19-year-old factory the digitisation contest organised As residents will have to go to
MC offices for making cash
elections, instead of banning Meanwhile, MC additional Residents have been demand- been delayed in the past due to FRAY FOR A PROJECT employee. by the Union government for
payments, the move might
them. ››P3 commissioner-cum-chief execu- ing for a railway overbridge and the ‘single bid’ issue. The case under Section 376 smart cities, the Ludhiana
hit a hurdle as it might slow
(rape) of the IPC was registered municipal corporation (MC) has
down the recovery process of
on Saturday on the complaint of decided to restrict cash payment the fund-starved civic body.
VEHICLELIFTING CASE
Police delay FIR for over 2 Work at brick-kilns halted for four months,
years, SSP orders probe prices likely to shoot up, 3L workers to be hit
›
Mohit Khanna
Tarsem Singh Deogan I reported the matter that action can be taken against
the officers concerned. “No one
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to Sudhar police found guilty will be spared,” said LUDHIANA: With Punjab Pollution
UNITS WITH
LUDHIANA :The Mullanpur Dakha the SSP. Control Board’s (PPCB’s) direc- ZIGZAG PATTERN
police registered a missing vehi- station immediately. The It is learnt that a stolen motor- tion to stall the work at all brick CRY FOUL
cle case on Saturday two-and-a-
half years after Davinder Singh
Sudhar police asked me cycle was used in the murder of
RSS leader Ravinder Gosain,
kilns across the state coming
into effect from October 1, prices On the other hand, the brick
of Saholi village, who is an auto to contact Dakha police who was gunned down by two of bricks are expected to rise. kiln owners, who have
mechanic, reported that his masked assailants outside his The order, which will be in place converted their units on the
motorcycle was stolen on May station as the spot did not house on October 17, 2017 in Lud- till January 31, has been taken government recommended
zig- zag pattern, are crying
25, 2016.
The case was registered after
lie under their jurisdiction. hiana.
The bike was stolen from
to reduce air-pollution levels
during winter. foul. “We have spent so much
senior superintendent of police However, they were also Dholewal a week before the kill- Currently, 1,000 bricks are money on converting the
brick kiln to zig- zag pattern.
(SSP) Varinder Singh Brar ing. sold at a price of ₹6,000. Once the
ordered the police to do so and first reluctant to receive However, after the registra- order comes into force, the pri- Our units are no longer
causing pollution. But even
marked an inquiry to fix the
responsibility for not lodging an
my complaint. tion of the FIR, the case taken a
peculiar turn with Jagsir Singh
ces are expected to shoot up to
around ₹10,000 for 1,000 bricks.
we have been told to close
DAVINDER SINGH, complainant down the brick kilns. What is
FIR for two-and-a-half years. of Mullanpur Dakha claiming Meanwhile, the decision to our fault, why we should
Davinder Singh said that he that two persons had snatched a halt work has also left brick kiln suffer the losses,” lamented a
had parked his motorcycle at the handbag of one of his relatives in owners a harried lot. group of brick kiln who have
Hissowal toll barrier on the Lud- addicts,”he added. 2016. When he chased the Tarsem Jodhan, general sec- converted to zig- zag pat-
hiana-Bathinda road on May 25, He said he had informed the ‘snatchers’, they fled from the retary of the Lal Jhanda Punjab n The ban order, which will be in place from October 1 to January 31, has been brought in to control tern. When contacted KS
2016. However, when he came police about the bike being used spot leaving the bike on the spot. Bhatta Mazdoor Union, said the pollution levels in the winter season. GURPREET SINGH/HT Pannu, director Tandarust
back to the spot after some time, by Jagsir Singh, but they did not Jagsir Singh added that he closure of brick kilns will Punjab, said, “During a
he did not find his bike there.
“I reported the matter to
take any action. Jagsir is still
driving the same motorcycle.
himself informed the police that
snatchers had left their bike and
directly affect nearly three lakh
workers associated with the
CURRENTLY, 1,000 civil supplies Bharat Bhushan
Ashu said indicated that brick
brick kiln operators,” said
Ashu. He assured that all neces-
meeting conducted recently,
we had observed that only A
Sudhar police station immedi- Finding no help from the asked them to take the vehicle business. BRICKS ARE SOLD AT A kiln association could be given sary efforts will be made to con- few brick kilns have turned to
zig- zag pattern. So it was
ately. The Sudhar police asked
me to contact Dakha police sta-
police, Davinder Singh met San-
tokh Singh Gill, leader of the All
into their custody, but the police
refused to do so.
“The closure of units will lead
to hoarding and soaring of brick
PRICE OF ₹6,000. ONCE some relaxation.
“Next week, we will hold a
trol the price rise of bricks.
Inderpal Singh Walia, gen- decided to impose a ban on all
tion as the spot did not lie under India Transport Workers Feder- “I wrote to all senior police price. Barely four months ago, THE ORDER COMES INTO meeting with the association to eral secretary of the pro-govern- brick kilns from October.
During the timing of closing
their jurisdiction. However, the ation and former MLA Tarsem officers and even the chief minis- 1,000 bricks were being sold at a FORCE, PRICES ARE address their issues. Obviously, ment Punjab Brick Kiln Manu-
of brick kilns, we will observe
Dakha police was also first reluc- Jodhan. They, along with Devin- ter about the motorcycle, but no price of ₹3,500 to ₹4,000. How- saving the environment is our facturer Association said, “We
tant to receive my com- der Singh, met SSP Brar on Sat- one paid any heed. Now I came to ever, the government’s move of EXPECTED TO SHOOT UP top priority, but we cannot support the government’s move
other factors which are
polluting the environment.”
plaint,”said Davinder. urday and brought the matter to know that after two-and-a-half introducing a zig-zag technique TO AROUND ₹10,000 ignore the problem being faced and we will close down our brick
“After eight days, the Dakha his notice. years, the police have registered led to the price rise. The closure the brick kiln manufacturers kiln from October 1. We have
police accepted the complaint, The SSP said that he ordered a case of vehicle-lifting against of units for nearly four months and labourers. This year, we enough stocks and the closing of
but did not register any case the Dakha police to lodge an FIR me,”said Jagsir Singh. will lead the prices to go up to at which is representing 2,806 have witnessed a healthy mon- brick kilns will affect the price government to rope in a bank to
despite repeated requests. In in the case immediately. He “I have filed complaints least ₹10,000,” said Jodhan. brick kiln in the state, to convert soon. During the monsoon only marginally.” provide easy loan to brick kiln
2017, I found a man, Jagsir Singh, added that it is a matter of great against some of police officials Meanwhile, PPCB chairman their units on the zig- zag pat- period, the brick kilns remained “However, we need an exten- owners as setting up the brink
driving my motorcycle. On being concern and he has marked an and they want to pressurise me Prof SS Marwaha has also tern by March 31, 2019. closed. As the operation cost of sion of over a year to set up new kiln on zig zag pattern costs any-
asked, he said that he had bought inquiry to fix responsibility for by implicating me in fake issued direction to Punjab Brick While speaking to Hindustan brick kiln is high, we will look brick kiln unit on the zig zag pat- where between ₹25 lakh to ₹30
the bike from some drug the delay in lodging the FIR so cases,”he claimed. Kiln Manufacturer Association, Times, state minister of food and forward to some relaxation for tern. We have also asked the lakh,” said Walia.
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PARHO PUNJAB, PARHAO PUNJAB Of 19 blocks, Jagraon emerged as the best, it HT Correspondent
has improved from 43.65% to 79.78%; 54,807 students of 532 govt schools took test n [email protected]
Deepa Sharma Sood joined the school in July and due LUDHIANA: A 10-day ICAR-spon-
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THE LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT to them our school results in
mathematics was not able to
sored short course on ‘proteom-
ics and its applications in agri-
LUDHIANA: The quality of teach- An endline test for mathematics was conducted on improve. The students have no culture’ concluded in the depart-
ing being provided to students of August 21. It has improved from 54.13% to 79.04%. idea on how to solve the word ment of biochemistry, Punjab
Classes 6 to 8 at Ludhiana gov- Baseline test was held in May to judge the learning problems and we have started Agricultural University (PAU),
ernment schools has witnessed ability of the students of Classes 6 to 8 in govt schools. teaching them from the basics.” on Saturday. A total of 21 partici-
a substantial rise as the endline District education officer, sec- pants from across the country
test, conducted on August 21 in BLOCKWISE BASELINE END LINE GROWTH ondary, Swaranjit Kaur, said, attended the course.
mathematics, saw 79.04% chil- Jagroan 43.65 79.78 36.13 “We will improve the results in Proteomics involve the large-
dren meeting the standards mathematics further and dis- scale study of proteins, their
under the ‘Parho Punjab Parhao Mangat 3 55 88.02 33.02 trict mentor trainer (DMT), structure and physiological role
Punjab’ project.The result, Sidhwan Bet 1 49.56 78.91 29.35 block mentor trainers (BMT) or functions
released on Friday, recorded Ludhiana 2 54.39 82.74 28.35 have been directed to monitor Speaking at the valedictory
24.91% rise from the baseline the schools which have not been function, chief guest Dr Gurin- n A match in progress between Amritsar and Ludhiana during the SubJunior Softball Tournament
test which was conducted in Macchiwara 49.65 76.13 26.48 able to improve their results in der Kaur Sangha, dean, Post- at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Sunday. GURPREET SINGH/HT
August. Khanna 1 55.74 81.83 26.09 the endline test. The school graduate Studies, and dean, Col-
The endline test result of the Ludhiana 1 49.01 75 25.99 principals can also interact with lege of Basic Sciences and
students of Classes 6 to 8 in subject teachers to make class- Humanities, PAU, said, “The
mathematics improved from the Samrala 2 53. 34 79.13 25.79 room teaching effective.” PAU has played a pivotal role in DRUG MENACE
previous baseline result which Doraha 52.73 78.26 25.53 heralding green revolution in
was 54.13%.It has improved
from 54.13% to 79.04%. In the
endline test, 54,807 students of
532 schools participated.
Pakhowal
Samrala 1
Raikot
57.04
58.34
55.43
82.34
82.17
79.17
25.3
23.83
23.74
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To evaluate the teaching qual-
ity, the state education depart-
the country.”
Congratulating the course
director, her team and the partic-
ipants on the successful comple-
Youth find new ‘high’ in
Out of the 19 blocks of Ludhi-
ana, Jagraon block emerged as
the best. In mathematics, base-
Sidhwan Bet 2
Khanna 2
55.91
54.82
79.65
78.52
23.74
23.7
ment had organised two tests —
baseline and endline— under
the ‘Parho Punjab Parhao Pun-
tion of the course, she said that
such trainings should be con-
ducted more often to improve the ICE, PGI doctors worried
›
line result of Jagraon was 43.65 Delhon 1 49.35 72.89 23.54 jab’ project. The baseline test status of teaching and research.
% which was improved to Sudhar 57.47 79.65 22.18 was conducted in May to judge Later, she gave away the certifi- Tanbir Dhaliwal Its popularity is worrying as
79.78% in the endline test. the learning capability of the cates to the trainees. n [email protected]
Jagraon block was the worst Mangat 2 59.3 81.04 21.74 students of Classes 6 to 8 in all Sucheta Sharma, course there is no medicine for it,
performer during the baseline Delhon 2 53.91 75.08 21.17 government schools of Punjab. director and head of the depart- CHANDIGARH : Partying in Kasol
test conducted in May but now figures in % On August 21, with an aim to ment, said that the participants one night, a 23-year-old landed
though there are other forms of
they have improved by 36.13% check the progress of the stu- were imparted knowledge about in the emergency ward of Post treatment like counselling and
which is considered highest in problems, accounting for 54,807 fraction subtraction problem. dents after the poor show in the theoretical and practical aspects Graduate Institute of Medical
terms of growth among the of those who took the test. A government school teacher baseline test in mathematics, an of proteomics. Lectures were Education and Research psychotherapy.
other blocks. A total 10,254 students failed said, “Our school has improved endline test was conducted for delivered on relevant topics by (PGIMER) the next day with DR DEBASISH BASU, professor, drug de-
As many as 11,913 students to solve decimal subtraction and by 21% in the endline test. We Classes 6 to 8 at 534 government the guest speakers and the fac- dilated pupils and a worryingly addiction and treatment centre, PGIMER
could not solve division word 22,528 students could not solve have five students who have schools in the district. ulty of the department. high blood-pressure and heart-
rate. When doctors asked him,
he revealed that he was given ₹20,000 whereas, one gram of diction and treatment centre at
educationnotes
Attire and Harish Ahuja BCom-1 won
BVM SPREADS the Mr Best Attire.
MESSAGE OF
Talent hunt at
CLEANLINESS GGN Khalsa College
LUDHIANA: Recognising the vital role LUDHIANA: The talent hunt of the
of schools in spreading the swachhta session 2018-19 was organised at the
awareness and its implementation Guru Nanak Hall of Gujranwala Guru
was observed at Bhartiya Vidya Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana. The
Mandir School, Udham Singh Nagar. students participated in activities
Keeping this ‘mission cleanliness’ in such as dance, bhangra, folk song,
mind, several activities were orga- mimicry, mono-acting, etc. Gubhajan
nised on the campus. The event Singh Gill, president, Punjabi Sahit
culminated with ‘Shram Dan’ activity Akadmi, advised the teachers to
in which the students of Classes 6 to shape the students rather than
9 participated and painted pots with pressuring them only to keep a pace
a golden colour. Principal Bandana with the present world. College
Sethi motivated the students to principal Arvinder Singh appreciated
spread the message of clean and students’ enthusiasm.
garbage-free India.
Yoga session for DAV staff
World ozone day celebrated
at Science College LUDHIANA: DAV Public School,
Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana, organised a
LUDHIANA: S Government College of ‘fitness with yoga’ session for its staff
Science Education and Research, on Saturday. Satwant Kaur Bhullar,
Jagraon, celebrated world ozone day the initiator of the event, said that
on Saturday. To create an awareness being principal, it is her duty to ensure
among students regarding the ozone the good health of the staff. A healthy
layer depletion, a programme was teacher with fit physique and relaxed
sponsored by the Punjab Pollution mind is necessary to implement
Control Board. SS Marwaha , chair- effective classroom management.
man, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Therefore, to guide the teachers to
was the chief guest on the occasion. care for their health is an integral part
The event started with the keynote of the school system as it is directly
address by Davinder Mehta, profes- proportional to the teaching learning
sor, department of physics, Panjab process and performance of the
University, Chandigarh. He discussed students.
the causes of ozone layer depletion,
electromagnetic rays, solar spectrum, Fresher’s party at
UV rays. He also discussed the Arya College n Students of Gulzar Group of Institutes, Khanna, during a cultural programme on the campus. HT PHOTO
consequences of ozone layer deple-
tion in the future through PPT. LUDHIANA: A fresher’s party was
organised in Arya College for girls
NCC cadet of Devki Devi section, Ludhiana, to welcome
College honoured students of BCom and BA on Satur-
day. Satisha Sharma, secretary of the
LUDHIANA: A student of Devki Devi college managing committee, graced
Jain Memorial College for Women, the occasion as chief guest and
Ludhiana, Pushpa has been given the principal Savita Uppal was the guest
‘Best Cadet’ award by 19th Pb Bn, of honour. The programme included a
Ludhiana. A total of 30 institutions number of dances and songs per-
with 1,800 students in the senior and formed by the senior students of the
junior wing fall under the jurisdiction college. Satisha Sharma congratu-
of 19th Pb Bn. Pushpa was awarded lated the new entrants for having
with the honour due to her overall joined the Arya family. Simerpreet
excellent performance. Sarita Bahl, Kaur was adjudged Miss Fresher while
principal of the college, congratulated Neelam and Garima were the first and
the winner and appreciated the second runners-up.
efforts made by her.
Award function at Gulzar
Fresher’s party at Shree Group of Institutes
Atam Vallabh Jain College
LUDHIANA: Gulzar Group of Institutes
LUDHIANA: The senior students of Khanna, Ludhiana, welcomed the new
Shree Atam Vallabh Jain College, batch by organising a cultural and
Ludhiana, organised a Fresher’s Party literary extravaganza Anubhav on its
to welcome graduate and postgradu- campus. About 3,500 students from
ate students on Saturday. The func- various streams of engineering and
tion started by offering prayers to the management participated in this
almighty with ‘navkar mantra’ and event. In the programme, events such
lightening the lamp by the college as mime, skits, giddha , gatka, rock
managing committee, the principal band, solo and duet songs, etc were
and the coordinator. The function was also performed. The message of
a blend of singing, freestyle dance, cultural activities was importance of
bhangra, solo and group dances. Mr family, college life, selfie time and
and Miss Fresher titles were bagged drug addiction. The function com-
by Chanveer Singh of BCom-1 and menced with shabad and lighting of
Angela Ahuja of BCom-1 respectively. the lamp by chief guest Sukhbir singh n DD Jain College student Pushpa with a college staff member after
Payal of BCom-1 won the Miss Best Walia. n Students and the staff during a fresher’s party at Arya College in Ludhiana. HT PHOTO being honoured as ‘Best Cadet’ by 19th Pb BN in Ludhiana. HT PHOTO
LONGPENDING DEMAND MET Area outside bus stand and Atam Park Chowk were among main LUDHIANA: Irked over the supply
of contaminated water and una-
black spots; traffic police department had been seeking cooperation of MC for long for these measures vailability of facilities of school
›
and dispensary, the residents of
HT Correspondent
n [email protected]
With coordination of Eldeco Estate-1 near Jalandhar
bypass protested against the
the MC, iron grills coloniser and have filed a com-
LUDHIANA: To ensure the safety of plaint with the Greater Ludhi-
pedestrians and curbing road were installed on the ana Area Development Author-
mishaps, the traffic police
department has designated road
divider near bus stand. ity (GLADA) against them.
Residents claim that they are
crossing points on the busy bus Grills will also be installed suffering due to supply of con-
stand road. The department, in taminated water since past
collaboration with the munici- soon near Atam Park seven months. “Earlier such
pal corporation (MC), marked
zebra crossing signs near the bus
Chowk. Pedestrian lights water was supplied in intervals,
and temporary arrangements
stand and the Atam Park Chowk will be also put up soon at were done by the coloniser
on Sunday. every time. But since past 10
The department also installed the designated points. days, contaminated water, with
iron grills on the divider near the GURDEV SINGH, ACP-traffic foul smell, is being supplied in
main bus stand of the city to close the colony,” they claimed.
multiple crossing points. Varinder Sehgal, a resident,
It was a long-pending demand sengers keep on crossing the said that many people have
of the traffic police department. road. Hence, the zebra crossing fallen ill, but the coloniser has
The department, through the and designating a particular failed to find a solution.
police commissionerate, had point for pedestrians urgently There are no schools and dis-
written several times to the needed. “It is a good effort of the pensaries, among other facili-
former commissioner of munici- traffic department, but they ties, in the area, as was listed in n A resident of Eldeco Estate1 showing the contaminated water
pal corporation Jaskiran Singh, n Iron grills installed on a road divider outside the ISBT in Ludhiana on Sunday. GURPREET SINGH/HT should make sure that public the agreement. being supplied to the colony in Ludhiana on Sunday. HT PHOTO
demanding zebra crossing and make proper use of the zebra “We had filed a complained
traffic lights at some of the iden-
tified accident-prone points in
our long-pending demands. She
acted immediately on them,”
Hence, with proper coordina-
tion of the MC, iron grills were
RESIDENTS LAUD
TRAFFIC POLICE
crossing as people are in the
habit of violating rules,” he said.
with the GLADA authorities in
August. We expect that the
that the problem will be
resolved soon.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE
the city, but all efforts went in said assistant commissioner of installed on the divider near the EFFORTS Another commuter, Anchal department will take strict The administrator added FALLEN ILL IN THE AREA,
vain.
The last letter was written in
police (ACP-traffic) Gurdev
Singh.
bus stand. The grills will also be
installed soon near the Atam
Lovepreet Singh, a resident of
Model Town, said that the bus
Jain of Civil Lines, said spread-
ing awareness of traffic rules
action against the coloniser,”
Sehgal added.
that the department has taken
note of the complaints regard-
BUT THE COLONISER
June. He added that the area outside Park Chowk. Moreover, pedes- stand road is a chaotic and risky should be a regular process. Peo- Chief administrator PS Gill ing non-establishment of HAS FAILED TO FIND A
“Around a fortnight ago, I met the bus stand and the Atam Park trian lights will be also installed area where there is regular ple usually resort to the old said that an executive engineer school, dispensary, etc in the SOLUTION, SAYS A
new MC commissioner Kamal- Chowk were among the main at the other designated crossing movement of three-wheelers and ways. They should be sensitised of GLADA had visited the area area and required action will be
preet Kaur Brar and discussed black spots. points. buses and a large number of pas- to follow traffic rules. and the coloniser has assured taken in the coming days. PROTESTER
Over 100 physicians join critical care meet No occupancy certificate sans Man attacked at
HT Correspondent
n [email protected] THE THEME OF THE
a place for integration of vari-
ous specialists for treating criti-
conference, said that besides the
challenges faced by specialists
completion papers: Punjab RERA wedding, injured
cally ill patients. The theme of in treating critically ill patients, ZIRAKPUR: One person was injured
LUDHIANA: A regional level con- CONFERENCE WAS TO the conference is to address the intensivists have also to deal Munieshwer A Sagar expected to live in an isolated the case bought a semi-built villa after a group attacked him during
ference of critical care physi- ADDRESS CHALLENGES challenges we face in our day-to- with the worrying family of the n [email protected] building without any develop- in Omaxe’s Mulberry Villa a wedding in Zirakpur. The
cians was held at the Fortis Hos- day practice of managing patient. ment in other parts of the project in October 2015. He paid injured has been identified as Jas-
pital here on Sunday by the
FACED BY PHYSICIANS patients in the intensive care It is also equally important as MOHALI:While directing Omaxe, a project,” held the adjudicating 95%, about ₹1.33 crore, of the total preet Singh, a businessman from
Punjab chapter of Indian soci- IN DAYTODAY PRACTICE unit. There is a need to find everyone should be well Delhi-based developer, to pay officer of the authority, JS sale consideration upfront and he Patiala.
ety of critical care medicine and
the Ludhiana society of critical
OF MANAGING PATIENTS ways to bridge the growing
gap between patients and
informed about the condition of
the patient and the possible out-
interest to a buyer for delayed
possession of a villa in New Chan-
Khushdil in the case, Sanjay
Sharma (complainant) versus
was promised possession in six
months. but, it was offered to him
The police said the group
attacked Jaspreet owing to old
care medicine. IN THE ICU doctors.” come of the treatment so that digarh,, the Punjab real estate Omaxe Chandigarh Extension only in May 2017. The complain- rivalry. In his complaint, the
More than 100 medical pro- violent incidents at healthcare regulatory authority (RERA) Developers Pvt Ltd. ant claimed the developer threat- injured told the police that he had
fessionals from north India par- logy and nuclear medicine, For- DEALING WITH centres could be reduced and held there can be no occupancy The officer also held that an ened to cancel allotment even come to the city to attend the wed-
ticipated in the event, which tis Hospital. FAMILIES OF PATIENTS the age-old bond between certificate without a completion individual villa cannot be treated after he paid 100% of sale consid- ding of the son of another busi-
was inaugurated by Jagdev Sekhon said, “An intensive Vinay Singhal, who was also the doctors and the society is certificate. “A buyer cannot be as a project. The complainant in eration. nessman. HTC
Singh Sekhon, director, onco- care unit (ICU) is now becoming organising chairperson of the strengthened.
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PROVIDE MORAL
SUPPORT
If you witness a person battling tough
days, try to talk to him, make him/her
believe that you care for him/her,
inform his near and dear ones, ask him
for an outing just to divert his mind
and make him feel how beautiful the
life really is. Take him away from the
negatives and indulging him in some
activities that’ll lit his mind and build
his moral as well.
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PERSONAL COUNSELLORS
MAY BE OF HELP
To handle anxiety, a person can
appoint a counsellor as it is easier to
talk to an unknown person about per-
sonal problems. Having someone to
talk to about the reasons of anxiety,
reduces stress and calms a person’s
n Consultation and counselling with a psychiatrist can prevent suicidal thoughts to a large extent. GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO mind.
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BEFRIEND WITH THE EMPATHISE WITH MEDITATION, SPIRITUALITY psychiatrist can prevent suicidal must increase the prices of their crops
DEPRESSION PATIENTS DEPRESSED PEOPLE CAN BRING SOME RELIEF thoughts to a large extent. Some of the and some the policies should be imple- EDUCATION SYSTEM
Several signs indicate that a person is On an average, one person commits People, especially the youngsters, take causes of suicide cases are overthink- mented in favour of the farmers. CAN BRING DIFFERENCE
suffering from stress. The affected per- suicide in every 16.2 minutes. Suicide the extreme step because of depres- ing, financial constraints, loneliness Veerinderpreet Singh Our education system is the only thing
son tends to avoid everyone around, is the tenth leading cause of death in sion which may be because of various and loss of some near and dear ones. A that can make a difference. For both
remains silent and often remains con- the US. As the World Suicide Preven- reasons. Some people feel depressed close watch is a must. Unluckily there ACCEPT PEOPLE, THEIR MISTAKES youth and older generations, learning
fined to himself/herself. To make a tion Day has just passed, all of us can because of the monetary reasons. is a scarcity of qualified psychiatrists We need to realise that problems are a the right way to live the life is impor-
person come out of their deep thought do our part to prevent such cases. Youngsters should share their prob- in our country and visiting a psychia- part of life and each problem has a tant.
process, is to be his/her friend. A good Treating psychological and psycho- lems with their parents. Parents trist is taken as a stigma. solution. It may take a lot of time and Arshdeep Singh, Ludhiana
friend plays a great role in handling physiological symptoms of depression should also guide their children and SK Mittal, Khanna efforts to solve them but nothing is
several situations. is the first way out. We must empa- tell them about the various means of worth more than a life. We, as society, BE HAPPY, CONTENDED
Isha Bajaj thise with depressed people and help keeping calm and quiet. The adoption POSITIVE MIND MAY have to become more accepting of peo- A person needs to be happy and cheer-
them hope for a better life. of spirituality and meditation can EASE PROBLEMS ple and their mistakes. We should ful and needs to avoid bad company to
PARENTS HOLD THE KEY Gurleen Kaur bring solace for the depressed souls. A positive mind and positive thinking encourage them to speak up about any be satisfied and by avoiding stress and
FOR FIRST STEP Ravinder Kumar Jain, are the solution to beat stress and difficulties they face and should also anxiety, a person can avoid his sui-
If a depressed person starts sharing LAUNCH PSYCHIATRIC HELPLINE Haibowal Kalan bring down the rates of suicide. Par- help them figure out a solution. cidal thoughts. Practising meditation
his thoughts with someone, it can AT DISTRICT LEVELS ents should not punish and scold their Sanjana Vij, South city and yoga are another ways to prevent
lower or can even fade away the root of Prevention strategy has to be different ADDRESS THE ISSUE too often, instead, they should provide such thoughts
anxiety. Parents, instead of moulding in each type of case having suicidal AT THE EARLIEST them moral support when the kids fail OVERCOME SUICIDAL THOUGHTS Laveena sharma, Haibowal kalan
their children’s thinking, must tendency. The banks or lenders should The issue of increase in suicide cases at some task or academics. Try to If you feel suicidal, try to overcome the
befriend them and find out a solution not exert too much pressure on the need to be addressed at the earliest. behave normal and love the people thoughts by consulting a psychologist SEEK PSYCHIATRIST’S HELP
rather than avoiding the problem. defaulters. A psychologist, counseller According to the World Health Orga- under depression. or expert. Such experts may help you Committing suicide does not make the
Everyone goes through tough time but or other professional experts must be nisation (WHO) data, the age stan- Kushpreet Kaur beat grief and depression. things correct , it makes things more
suicide is not the solution. If parents appointed in educational institutes. dardised suicide rate in India is 16.4 Riya Arora, Model Gram worse. So, if a person has any kind of
take the first step themselves, I think Every hospital must have a psycholo- per 1,00,000 for women and 25.8 for PRACTISE WRITING stress or anxiety, he/she should con-
suicide cases might decline by 50%. gist to guide the patient deal with the men. This rate is increasing year by DIARY ENTRIES DAILY LISTEN TO THEIR PROBLEMS sult a psychiatrist .
Shubham Sharma, Ludhiana stress. At the district level in every year. Don’t just end yourself for little Some youngsters keep their secrets It can be difficult to handle when some- Tanvi Anand, Pratap Chowk
state, there is a need to have a psychi- things. and worries hidden from their parents one you know is considering suicide.
TIMELY HELP CAN BE atric helpline number so that a person Sehmeen Khokhar and loved ones. Such youths can To prevent such a situation, you can ORGANISE YOGA CAMPS
A DETERRENT in need can take help of an expert and develop habit of writing diary entries support him/her over time. Pay atten- Yoga and meditation camps must be
Nowadays, even school-going children find a solution. KEEP BUSY TO PREVENT daily in order to reduce their stress. tion to risk factors, notice their emo- regularly initiated free of cost. Par-
are committing suicides, many a times HB Singh, Ludhiana SUICIDAL THOUGHTS Try to open and share your feelings tions and look for a change in behav- ents, teachers and friends are the
for scoring less than their friends aca- A busy mind can prevent someone without any worries, find a good role iour. Access their intent, listen to their backbone of a person. We need to
demics or due to cut-throat competi- EMPATHISE WITH PEOPLE from taking the extreme step. It is model whom you trust the most who problems and seek professional help shower love and affection on the ones
tion and intense family pressure. A HAVING SUICIDAL TENDENCIES shocking that 200 persons have com- can help you in every situation. for them. who long for it.
number of farmers have taken the The administration must launch help- mitted suicide within the span of only Jasdeep Kaur Sakshidutta, Dugri Sanskriti Verma, Dugri
extreme step after being unable to pay lines for assistance to the needy. This one year. Hopelessness becomes the
debts or other economical reasons. requires selflessness, understanding, only pivotal feature of such people’s HOLD MOTIVATIONAL OVERCOME CHALLENGES OF LIFE GOOD CLINICAL PRAXIS TO HELP
Suicide cases are reported from every sympathetic nature and empathetic lives. Keeping oneself busy in some LECTURES, SEMINARS Life is not a bed of roses. We go Reliable and precise tools to predict
category and every class. People bat- behaviour besides dedication and work, reading good literature and The only solution to this problem is through many obstacles in our day-to- suicidal behaviours and to get support
tling depression must consult a psy- devotion on part of the experts and writing can help a person beat stress making people realise the value of life. day routine. These obstacles are our in the clinical practice are frequently
chiatrist on time or attempt to share other service providers. Additional and avoid unnecessary thoughts. Some motivational organisations challenges which we have to overcome requested. We will probably never be
their hardships with near and dear help will be to establish a psychiatrist J B S Nanda, should be formed to serve this pur- sooner or later. If we do not succeed in able to have perfect measurements to
ones. help cell at each sub division under the Model Town Extension, Ludhiana pose. These organisations should hold the first trial, we should try again and predict if an individual will or will not
Tanvi Singh, Ludhiana sub-divisional magistrate. seminars and lectures to make people not give up by ending our lives. No commit suicide due to the complexities
Jasjit Singh Gill DON’T BE OVERAMBITIOUS realise the worth of their lives. problem is worthy of our precious of human behaviour. However, with a
SPREAD AWARENESS Stress is a major killer in our country. Khushleen Kaur lives. good clinical praxis, suicides can be
Peer pressure, personal situations or SPREAD JOY, BROTHERHOOD Stress is caused by pessimistic think- Ganiv Kaur reduced to much extent.
mental problems lead them to suicidal We can help to prevent a suicide by ing, oversensitiveness, imaginary DEVELOP YOUR WILL POWER Abhishek Sharma
tendencies. Such people often harm paying attention to the behaviour of a expectations, self criticism and mod- Some people think that suicide is the ENDING LIFE NOT THE SOLUTION
themselves seeking relief from the person. A depressed person often feels ern lifestyle. Parents should not over- only way to tackle their problems. A number of people end their lives to COMMUNICATION HELPS
problems of life. Some adults also find that nobody understand or cares for burden their children in studies. Over- Such people need to develop a will get rid of the problems they are sur- Suicide can not only be committed
it as an easy way to back out. The rea- him/her. We can bring down the num- burdening them and expecting much power. We must help by offering them rounded by. We get to hear and read when a person is under pressure or is
son sometimes is that they don’t share ber of suicides by talking to such peo- more than their capability results into help, suggesting alternatives and articles on suicides everyday. Such being abused but can also be commit-
their feelings in the fear and getting ple, building a connection with them stress which further leads to suicides. advising them to consult a doctor or people should understand that life is ted under depression, anxiety, stress
embarrassed. There should be more and let them know that we care. Best One should not be over-ambitious. counsellor. full of ups and downs, and ending your or other mental problems. The only
awareness about counselling and psy- way to prevent such actions is spread- AK Bhandari Harsh Kaur, Ludhiana lives is not the solution. way to prevent suicide is to talk to the
chiatric treatment among people who ing happiness the feeling of brother- Muskan Arora people who you think need someone to
live even in the smallest of areas. hood. PRACTISE MEDITATION ACCEPT FAILURES communicate to.
Gurleen Kaur Ravleen Kaur, Suicide is a big problem which is is Societies must teach the youngsters to OBSERVE ONE’S Ishita Sharma
Model Town Extension increasing in the society with every accept failure lightly in everyday life. BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES
passing day. Increasing work and aca- If one fails, he/she must try once The best thing that can be done for the SEEK IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
experttake demics pressure and run to be the first
lead people to commit suicides. A per-
again. One must have friends to com-
municate with, loneliness provokes
prevention of suicides is observation
of one’s behaviour. If a person shows
If anyone is having suicidal thoughts
or feelings, he should seek immediate
son battling depression must calm such thoughts. Participation in recre- signs of loneliness and depression, he/ assistance, preferably from a mental
LACK OF SOCIAL down and think about his/her fam- ational activities such as sports or she must be talked with about how health professional. Whatever the
SUPPORT THE LEADING ily.They should go for counselling ses- yoga classes helps in developing a his/her feelings. source of your feelings be, they can be
sions and practise meditation to calm healthy body and a healthy mind. Karan Sharma, Civil Lines dealt with appropriately and things
CAUSE OF PROBLEMS their mind and soul. P K Chhabra, Ludhiana can get better. If anyone is having sui-
Lack of social support and rising stress are the Naman Sharma, Bajwa Colony TAKE SUICIDAL SIGNS SERIOUSLY cidal thoughts or feelings, he should
major factors leading to the increased number LISTEN, BUT DON’T JUDGE A suicidal person may not ask for help seek immediate assistance.
of suicides. Many people can’t handle the SET REALISTIC GOALS One must speak to a depressed person but that doesn’t mean that help isn’t Arjun Patiyal, Model Town
stress and take the extreme step. Suicide also The problem of stress is also found in calmly and in a reassuring tone. wanted. Suicide prevention starts Extension
reflects intense mental pain of an individual case of children as their parents set a Assure them that his/her suicidal with recognising the warning signs
which results in complete failure to cope up
busy schedule for them. Many parents thoughts are temporary and hard time and taking them seriously. If you think SPEAK TO FAMILY MEMBERS
with internal and external conflicts. Many
don’t ensure that their children play will pass. Remove guns, knives, medi- a friend or family member is consider- If you feel alone, call a friend, a family
people suffer from undiagnosed anxiety,
tension, insomnia, depression, alcohol and or indulge in some recreational activ- cation and other items which can ing suicide, you might be afraid to member, a neighbour, a doctor, chat to
drug abuse, and feel socially isolated. They ity. Such a situation results into harm them. Listen to them but don’t bring up the subject but talking openly someone online or do whatever you
even fail to share their problems with others. depression and stress. Parents must judge, argue or yell at them. about suicidal thoughts and feelings can to not be alone during this time.
One should get emotional support, share and set realistic goals for their children Abhilasha Singh, Phase 3 can save a life. If you believe that a Talk with someone on the phone and
communicate with others, and opt for and not overburden them. friend or family member is suicidal, have someone come over to stay with
professional counselling from an expert. Karanpreet kaur PREVENT FARMER SUICIDES you can play point out the alterna- you so that you are not alone and nega-
As the suicidal rates of farmers are on tives, showing that you care, and get a tive power of mind could be easily
Dr Rajiv Gupta, psychiatrist
SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP rise, the government must take some doctor or psychologist involved. averted.
Consultation and counselling with a steps to help them. The government Manpreet Kaur, Ludhiana Kran Plaha, Dashmesh Nagar
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Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says
he is proud of his quirky, outof
trailer of Chetan
Bhagat’s next book
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or conventional is actually a professionally shot two-
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Yay or
parties. Instead, I love small is collaborating with a credible
get-togethers with my family.
That’s also because I hardly
get to spend time with them.
bunch of people. She has
written a wonderful script and
they start shooting in
You recently opened up
about your casting couch
experiences at the start of
was like, ‘You are not from
the industry, so you should
do and have to do these
STOP PRESS
On my birthdays, I don’t want February. your career… things’. However, I feel that if PHOTO: AFP
to do anything. This year, too, I you have talent, there are no
Nay?
Yes, that happened in 2008.
was at home the entire day, This is your sixth year in the At that time, I was quite two ways about it. I think
doing nothing (laughs). industry. Would you call it a shocked, because that person these things exist in every
smooth ride so far? had called me for an audition, sphere, not just in the Hindi
You recently said that not playing It’s been a very fruitful and surprisingly, asked me film industry. But since
safe has worked for you as an journey. I am having a lot of choices I have made. What’s for this favour. I was really Bollywood is always in the
actor… fun, and I feel, as an artist, you heartening is that they have taken aback; I was very new spotlight, such topics are
I think playing conventional should have fun. Otherwise, clicked with the audiences as to the industry back then. I often highlighted. You have
[parts] is unsafe now. We have there’s no point [in doing well. I just want to take things politely refused, and I told negative people everywhere
reached a point in the film anything]. I am content with forward in my own way. I can him, ‘If I have talent, I will who take advantage of Sonam
industry where vanilla won’t the way things have panned only be thankful and have lots definitely get work’. So, he certain situations. Kapoor
sell, so something different out for me. More importantly, of gratitude for all of this. PHOTO:
and novel has to be done. I am proud of the kind of n [email protected] YOGEN SHAH
benefit my performance
SING FOR A
BOLLYWOOD FILM
ctor and singer Selena
A Gomez is open to
singing in a Bollywood film,
greatly: Harshvardhan
and says it will be a
beautiful experience. When
asked if she would consider
singing for a Bollywood
film, she said, “I’ve never
been asked that! Why not, I
think that would be
Shreya Mukherjee not complete yet. “Once the spent time with Abhinav beautiful.”
casting is done, it’s going to be Bindra. He is an introvert. He is Gomez found fame as a
or younger actors, sharing an interesting ensemble, quite restrained and does not
F
child through the Disney
screen space with their because there are a couple of get carried away by his show Wizards of Waverly
seniors can be other great roles in the film,” achievements. He has a very Place, and is known for her
intimidating, and that’s likelier he says. dry sense of humour and keeps songs ‘Come and get it’,
when the senior in question Meanwhile, the actor is his cards close to his chest. ‘The heart wants what it
happens to be your father. But happy with the response to his Even when the man won the wants’, ‘Bad liar’, ‘Wolves’
Harshvardhan Kapoor — all last project, Bhavesh Joshi Olympic gold medal, he was so and ‘Back to you’.
set to aim down the sights in his Superhero, on online calm.”
As an actor and a voice-over
next role as Olympic Gold streaming platform. And while Harshvardhan says he’s
artiste, she has been a part
medalist, Abhinav Bindra — is he never expected the response doing his best to make his
of films such as Another
more than happy to work with to be so good, he says his father portrayal of Bindra as
Cinderella Story (2008), The
his father, Anil Kapoor, in the was sure about it. “I knew authentic as possible. “I’m
Big Short (2015), Neighbors
biopic. The senior Kapoor is set when Bhavesh Joshi would trying to figure out how he
2: Sorority Rising (2016),
to take his real life role to the come to digital platforms, reacts without being
Monte Carlo (2011), The
screen in this Kannan Iyer people would appreciate it, but melodramatic, because that’s
Muppets (2011), and the
directorial as he portrays I never expected such a not what he is. This biopic is ctor Sonam K Ahuja is pair of white sneakers.
Abhinav’s father, AS Bindra, in
the film.
Harshvardhan says, “I think
response. [Dad] knew that the
film was good and had the
potential to do well on the right
going to be an authentic one.
We aren’t going to think that
this is a Bollywood film and
A known for pushing
fashion boundaries,
and she can make the
Her hair was tied in a
bun and she completed the
look with a pair of black
Hotel Transylvania
franchise.
— IANS
my performance is going to platform. He saw it coming. therefore needs to be made weirdest of things look chic. sunnies and a tote bag.
benefit greatly from his He happens to know about in a certain way. We are going During a recent airport The 33-year-old
presence. We can watch the things before they’re going to to try and stick to the truest sighting, the actor was clicked has always brought NOTE TO READERS: Some of the
monitor together and he can happen,” says Harshvardhan. representation of his story — in an oversized double denim unconventional styles to coverage that appears on our pages
tell me how I can do something Speaking about preparing the way Abhinav would jacket with a twist. The jacket mainstream fashion. Would is paid for by the concerned brands.
better or differently. Him being for the biopic, which is have wanted it. It will be gave an illusion of another you like to own one of these No sponsored content does or shall
in the film is going to get the expected to go on the floors cinematic in a different way,” jacket attached to it with the oversized jackets? What appear in any part of HT without it
best out of me.” The actor adds next January or February, the he says. collar on the side. She teamed do you peeps think of the being declared as such to our valued
readers.
that the casting of the film is Mirzya (2016) actor says, “I’ve n [email protected] it with a long black dress and a trend? HTC
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for an extensive first schedule of The crew shot in the touching, as he says, “Music
has always been in my blood.
outskirts of the city, and But it was while learning to
Maharshi, his next, in the scenic even interacted with the play instruments like guitar
and keyboard at the age of 15,
locals. By the end of the
capital of Uttarakhand shoot, the crew had
that I realised my potential
and passion for singing.”
Akshay has won many
Rishabh Suri down-to-earth residents. gotten along really well awards in singing during his
A source close to the actor, with the locals, and school time. He has also been
elugu actor Mahesh who enjoys a loyal fan base working on various cover
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in the demand for
bodybuilding supplements
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SUPPLEMENTS
chunk of the target market.
They are also clueless on
how health supplements
in the country. However, work, thus making the
IN INDIA ARE MADE IN
arranged marriage an industry body study
indicates that as much as 60- EXTREMELY LOW
perfect market for fake
products.
70% of dietary supplements Amaresh Ojha, CEO &
setup because you are being peddled across India QUALITY FACILITIES founder of a fitness-based
are counterfeit. Not only are WHERE THE website tells you how to
too choosy? Experts the manufacturers of these
fake supplements duping TECHNOLOGY TO
identify fake supplements:
Check the hologram:
their customers, but they One of the best ways to tell a
PROPERLY REPLICATE
predict trying times are also using unapproved
and potentially harmful THE HOLOGRAM
fake product from the
genuine one is to look for
ahead for you chemicals in their fake
offerings and putting
DOESN’T EXIST the brand’s hologram. Most
fake supplements in India
youngsters in harm’s way. are made in extremely low-
Moreover, a sizeable quality facilities where the
number of youth who are recovery. Health supplements technology to properly
into bodybuilding, consume bridge this gap which, in turn, replicate the hologram
one or the other form of aids in muscle growth. doesn’t exist.
dietary supplement. The However, most of the high- Check the barcode:
same study estimates that quality health supplement Most smartphones today
the market for dietary brands available in the market support apps that can read
supplements is set to double today are imported which barcodes and QR codes.
from the current $2 billion to makes it expensive (taxes, Just do a quick scan; the
$4 billion by 2020. Why? customs and overheads on scan of an original brand
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are vegetarian- its website.
heavy and lack Check the packaging:
the fast-acting This can be a bit tricky.
COMMON REASONS proteins Watch out for spelling
FOR REJECTION necessary for
quick muscle
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fonts, wrong logos
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relationships, and the information.
same applies when it Check the seal: If the
comes to arranged seal of the product looks
Collin Rodrigues rejection in one’s stride and BUT NOT TOO CHOOSY marriages, too. weird or of bad quality,
Dharmadhikari says,
also to be strong enough to Being picky in search of a chances are that it has
“Nowadays, people focus
inding the right match, turn down someone who is not flawless relationship makes been tampered with.
F
a lot on external
especially if you are going an apt match in good time. The one lose the best of matches. Dissolve a spoonful
for an arranged marriage
One should look for following factors can be kept Clinical psychologist
appearances. So, instead
in water: Add a
of knowing a person,
setup, is one of the most compatibility. The in mind while searching for a Tanushree Bhargava says, people judge a potential spoonful of the
difficult aspects of a person’s
life. It is time-consuming and
values, attitude, ideas, partner: “Due to our social beliefs,
younger is considered more
spouse on his or her looks.” supplement to water at
room temperature and
He adds, “Also, people
often takes months or years. beliefs and ambitions DON’T STRETCH IT OUT eligible, and thus, people tend these days want a spouse, stir for a few seconds.
While some people zero in on of the two people One should take a call after a to be interested in younger whose lifestyle matches The original
their future spouse soon few dates with the potential partners. Also, people tend to their own. Though one can supplement will
enough, others take far too should also match. The partner. Mental health look for a partner with more adapt to a lifestyle change dissolve easily, whereas
long. two should understand counsellor Kavita Mungi says, childbearing capabilities. So, post marriage, people the fake product usually
One of the reasons could be “Meet his or her family and as you grow older, you tend to don’t realise this and tend leaves behind clumps of
because they become picky
each other. understand each other’s be the one who is getting to make wrong decisions. powder as residue in the
about their choices. But in the DR AMBRISH cultural, monetary and social rejected by potential spouses.” Judging a potential glass. IANS
bargain, such people don’t DHARMADHIKARI, value systems. Do not use Mungi narrates the case of spouse based on the
realise that they may have PSYCHIATRIST delaying tactics if you are gynaecologist Dr Anita Nair family situation and not
on the individual is also
missed the bus and they unsure or because you think (name changed), who had high
common.”
themselves are getting The two should understand someone else better-suited or expectations. She says, “Nair,
Relationship expert
rejected by potential spouses. each other.” better-looking might come an average looking lady, Vishnu Modi talks about
Here, we delve deeper into this Also, in arranged along.” was looking for a fellow doctor an IT professional, Anand
issue and get experts to speak marriages, rejection is part as a groom who was tall, rich Kubra, who started
about it. and parcel of the process. In TAKING A DECISION IN and good-looking. The looking for an arranged
the search for a life partner, A HURRY prospective grooms would be match after two break-
PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK
DEALING WITH people get rejected and also Though time is a major factor moneyed, qualified, good- ups. But, once he started
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES reject as many potential while looking for a partner in looking or tall but rarely a meeting potential
It’s very important that people matches. Doing so can have a an arranged marriage setup, combination of all these. spouses, he would mostly
who go in for arranged major impact on a person taking a decision in a hurry When she did find have issues with their
marriages set their priorities mentally. without giving enough time people who fit her families. For example,
right. Dr Ambrish Dr Dharmadhikari says, “In can also have its own share of expectations, they were once he didn’t like the way
Dharmadhikari, psychiatrist, arranged marriages, repercussions. intimidated by her aggression someone’s father spoke to
says that the most important compatibility is one of the Mungi agrees and says, “In and expectations. This led to a him and decided not to
aspect is to have a connection factors for rejection. But many an arranged marriage setup, it series of meetings over the meet the woman again.
with a person you are looking people take this rejection is very important to be years with no result, But eventually, after his
options started getting
to get married to. personally and have to deal cautious before taking the leading Anita to become bitter
slimmer he realised this
He says, “One should look with issues of self-esteem and plunge. A certain degree of over time. Her high and
behaviour wasn’t helping
for compatibility. The values, confidence. Such people even maturity and understanding is unrealistic expectations left his cause and changed his
attitude, belief systems, ideas, develop depression and key to a good marriage. Reality her without a partner even mindset.”
beliefs and ambitions of the anxiety.” can be very different from after several years.”
two people should also match. It is important to take dreams.” n [email protected]
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‘WHAT USED TOBE trailersintheliteraryworld
CONVENTIONAL
ISNOW PHOTO:
ABHEET
GIDWANI
UNSAFE’
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says
he is proud of his quirky, outof
trailer of Chetan
Bhagat’s next book
Etti Bali
T
hroughout history,
e an
MONDAY, Astrologer Prem Kumar Sharma can be contacted at: Delhi: 91-11-26449898, Sanaya Irani: The television actor has been part
Excellent opportunity for a fun trip is likely to This is the right time to seek a favour from Your self-confidence will play a key role in Something favourable is likely to happen on the
come your way. Your reputation is set to superiors. You are likely to make up for the fetching good opportunities. Students are professional front. Job seekers will manage
enhance, due to your helpful attitude on lost time in completing something likely to perform well. Your investment has to land a suitable job. Those appearing for
the social front. Some of you may afford important. Money saved may come in bright chances of multiplied returns. a competition stand a good chance of
shifting into a bigger accommodation. handy. You may go out of your way to Winning an argument with spouse clearing it. Fitness will be on your mind
Some financial aspects may warrant impress someone on the romantic front. should not be your aim today, as it will and may prompt you to take up an
your personal attention. Be regular with Choosing the right mode of travel is cause bad blood. Commuting today will CANCER exercise routine. Distinct improvement
ARIES your exercise routine.
TAURUS likely to make the journey comfortable. GEMINI be easy. in love life is indicated for those in love.
(Mar 21 - apr 20) (apr 21 - May 20) (JuNE 22 - JuLY 22)
(May 21 - JUn 21)
Lucky Number: 1 Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Number: 22 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 4 Colour: Slate Grey
You will implement something that you had There is much that you can do to salvage a You will manage to balance the budget for an Inform superiors before taking the step
planned on the social front. Chance to put problem, so don’t lose confidence. Some important event. Things turn favourable as contemplated by you. Pending work on the
somebody you dislike on the mat may relief can be expected in the hectic pace you go all out on the professional front. academic front may need your attention
materialise on the family front. Expect on the professional front. Those staying Someone ignoring you on the social front urgently. Arrival of an outsider may thaw
your love life to rock. Ego problems with separate from family may get an may warm up to you, so remain cordial. strained relations on the family front.
higher-ups at work cannot be ruled out. opportunity to come home. Spending Something you have launched may pay You may take time out meet someone
Don’t be sweet talked into investing in quality time with lover is indicated. A VIRGO handsomely. An invitation to a party or you are attracted to on the romantic
something dubious.
LEO home remedy is likely to work wonders. event is on the cards. LIBRA front.
SCORPIO
(JuLY 23 - auG 23) (auG 24 - sEPt 23) (OCt 24 - NOV 22)
(sEPt 24 - OCt 23)
Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 5 Colour: Turquoise Lucky Number: 3 Lucky Colour: Lemon Lucky Number: 18 Lucky Colour: Red
Trying out new eating joints is on the cards. A There is a chance of meeting someone you have Concern for the well-being of someone may Take the help of someone who is good at
business trip is likely to be turned into a not met in years. At work, you are likely to keep you tensed today. You are likely to planning and you won’t go wrong. You need
leisure trip. Achievements of a family make good progress in whatever has been perform well in a competition or get to bring your career prospects in sharp
youngster can make you proud. Window tasked to you. Acquiring extra selected in a talent hunt. Romance rocks focus. Remaining in saving mode is
shopping with partner will be qualifications for getting a break in the as you take special pains to ignite the advisable. Problems on the health front
pleasurable. Leave applied for is likely to job market is possible. Someone’s good flames of passion! A dubious investment will need to be addressed promptly, if
be sanctioned. You will maintain your financial advice may result in profits. is best avoided. Meeting people is on the you want to stay healthy. You may find it
CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES
SAGITTARIUS tempo on the academic front. (DEC 22 - JaN 21)
Domestic front promises to be peaceful.
(JaN 22 - FEB 19)
agenda today. (FeB 20 - Mar 20)
difficult to attend a social event.
(NOV 23 - DEC 21)
Lucky Number: 9 Lucky Colour: Rose Lucky Number: 8 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange
order
symbols + x - /. The
number is the result of eeryc p
the operation represent-
ANSWER: Patience is the companion of wisdom - St Augustine
ed by the symbol to the SOLUTION MATHDUKU
SCRAMBLE SOLUTION: Verge, await, typing, creepy
digits contained.
roleinaremakeofPratigya’
who has been sending the
star letters since 2016.
Mybeingchoosywillnot
PHOTO: HTBS
Varun’s an expert
My character has to tell stories, and these stories
both entertain and help us
learn various aspects learn something. As an actor, I
of weaving and was very clear that I didn’t
want to do anything that
handloom. To would not let me enjoy
riter-director Vasan
PHOTO: AALOK SONI/HT at dyeing fabrics! become like him, I
had to learn the art
of dyeing fabrics,
which needed a lot of
watching myself… I’m open to
anything from masala
entertainers to period drama
and political satire, but the
story needs to be appealing
W odern-day actors are Katariya’s (of Dum Laga Ke enough. If things are in place
M
Mumbai filmmaker told the
Bala’s sophomore packed auditorium before known to go out of Haisha fame; 2015) film. patience. then I’d love to do something
vehicle Mard Ko Dard Nahin the screening at the their way to ensure Varun, on his part, feels VARUN DHAWAN ACTOR on the lines of Harry Potter or
Hota (The Man Who Feels Ryerson University convincing portrayals of that Sui Dhaaga has The Lord of the Rings, too,”
No Pain) made history at the auditorium in Toronto. their characters. The same “enabled me to learn such says the actor who has been
stroke of midnight on “Having my film screen here holds true for Varun new, amazing skills that I Pradesh. “I had a week or so part of films such as Chef
Friday. It became the first- for such an audience is a Dhawan, who plays a tailor will always cherish”. He to sit with them, watch them (2017) and Kaalakaandi.
ever Indian film to play in dream come true,” he from the heartland of India adds, “Mauji is an work and learn everything Elaborating more on what
the Toronto International added. Bala was on the in his next, Sui Dhaaga – entrepreneur at heart and from them. I was sure that makes her choose a project,
Film Festival’s Midnight stage with the lead actors Made in India. he passionately wants to before I give the shot, I have she says, “I don’t think
Madness, a section devoted of his film, Abhimanyu “To ensure that he realise his dreams. In order to master their body anybody cares about me. So
to genre and shock cinema. Dassani and Radhika Madan, portrays his character, to become multi-talented, language and the way they my being choosy won’t affect
”I grew up watching films both newcomers. PTI Mauji, convincingly, Varun my character has to learn went about the intricate anyone. Who does not want to
with audiences like you,” the ensured that he prepared various aspects of weaving process of dyeing. be a part of films that reach
well. Since Mauji is and handloom. To become Thankfully, I had the best out to more audience and
supposed to look well-versed like him, I had to learn the teachers who guided me make money? So when it
with handloom, Varun art of dyeing fabrics, which thoroughly,” he says. comes to saying yes to one film
FREEZE FRAME decided to perfect the same
and met real handloom
was really tough and needed
a lot of patience.”
In the Maneesh Sharma-
produced film, Varun is
among the few that I have in
hand, I only trust my instinct,”
Sobhita Dhulipala will next
be seen in the Bollywood
workers to learn the art of The young actor learnt paired opposite Anushka adds Sobhita, who will next be film Body opposite actor
dyeing fabrics,” says an dyeing from real handloom Sharma, who plays the role seen in the film Body opposite Emraan Hashmi
insider, close to Sharat artists in Chanderi, Madhya of an embroiderer. HTC Emraan Hashmi.
n [email protected]
Miss Right in an
D there has been a surge
in the demand for
bodybuilding supplements
MOST FAKE
SUPPLEMENTS
chunk of the target market.
They are also clueless on
how health supplements
in the country. However, work, thus making the
IN INDIA ARE MADE IN
arranged marriage an industry body study
indicates that as much as 60- EXTREMELY LOW
perfect market for fake
products.
70% of dietary supplements Amaresh Ojha, CEO &
setup because you are being peddled across India QUALITY FACILITIES founder of a fitness-based
are counterfeit. Not only are WHERE THE website tells you how to
too choosy? Experts the manufacturers of these
fake supplements duping TECHNOLOGY TO
identify fake supplements:
Check the hologram:
their customers, but they One of the best ways to tell a
PROPERLY REPLICATE
predict trying times are also using unapproved
and potentially harmful THE HOLOGRAM
fake product from the
genuine one is to look for
ahead for you chemicals in their fake
offerings and putting
DOESN’T EXIST the brand’s hologram. Most
fake supplements in India
youngsters in harm’s way. are made in extremely low-
Moreover, a sizeable quality facilities where the
number of youth who are recovery. Health supplements technology to properly
into bodybuilding, consume bridge this gap which, in turn, replicate the hologram
one or the other form of aids in muscle growth. doesn’t exist.
dietary supplement. The However, most of the high- Check the barcode:
same study estimates that quality health supplement Most smartphones today
the market for dietary brands available in the market support apps that can read
supplements is set to double today are imported which barcodes and QR codes.
from the current $2 billion to makes it expensive (taxes, Just do a quick scan; the
$4 billion by 2020. Why? customs and overheads on scan of an original brand
Well, most Indian diets imports), especially for young should ideally lead you to
are vegetarian- its website.
heavy and lack Check the packaging:
the fast-acting This can be a bit tricky.
COMMON REASONS proteins Watch out for spelling
FOR REJECTION necessary for
quick muscle
mistakes, bizarre
fonts, wrong logos
These days, looks play an and even wrong
important role in nutritional
relationships, and the information.
same applies when it Check the seal: If the
comes to arranged seal of the product looks
Collin Rodrigues rejection in one’s stride and BUT NOT TOO CHOOSY marriages, too. weird or of bad quality,
Dharmadhikari says,
also to be strong enough to Being picky in search of a chances are that it has
“Nowadays, people focus
inding the right match, turn down someone who is not flawless relationship makes been tampered with.
F
a lot on external
especially if you are going an apt match in good time. The one lose the best of matches. Dissolve a spoonful
for an arranged marriage
One should look for following factors can be kept Clinical psychologist
appearances. So, instead
in water: Add a
of knowing a person,
setup, is one of the most compatibility. The in mind while searching for a Tanushree Bhargava says, people judge a potential spoonful of the
difficult aspects of a person’s
life. It is time-consuming and
values, attitude, ideas, partner: “Due to our social beliefs,
younger is considered more
spouse on his or her looks.” supplement to water at
room temperature and
He adds, “Also, people
often takes months or years. beliefs and ambitions DON’T STRETCH IT OUT eligible, and thus, people tend these days want a spouse, stir for a few seconds.
While some people zero in on of the two people One should take a call after a to be interested in younger whose lifestyle matches The original
their future spouse soon few dates with the potential partners. Also, people tend to their own. Though one can supplement will
enough, others take far too should also match. The partner. Mental health look for a partner with more adapt to a lifestyle change dissolve easily, whereas
long. two should understand counsellor Kavita Mungi says, childbearing capabilities. So, post marriage, people the fake product usually
One of the reasons could be “Meet his or her family and as you grow older, you tend to don’t realise this and tend leaves behind clumps of
because they become picky
each other. understand each other’s be the one who is getting to make wrong decisions. powder as residue in the
about their choices. But in the DR AMBRISH cultural, monetary and social rejected by potential spouses.” Judging a potential glass. IANS
bargain, such people don’t DHARMADHIKARI, value systems. Do not use Mungi narrates the case of spouse based on the
realise that they may have PSYCHIATRIST delaying tactics if you are gynaecologist Dr Anita Nair family situation and not
on the individual is also
missed the bus and they unsure or because you think (name changed), who had high
common.”
themselves are getting The two should understand someone else better-suited or expectations. She says, “Nair,
Relationship expert
rejected by potential spouses. each other.” better-looking might come an average looking lady, Vishnu Modi talks about
Here, we delve deeper into this Also, in arranged along.” was looking for a fellow doctor an IT professional, Anand
issue and get experts to speak marriages, rejection is part as a groom who was tall, rich Kubra, who started
about it. and parcel of the process. In TAKING A DECISION IN and good-looking. The looking for an arranged
the search for a life partner, A HURRY prospective grooms would be match after two break-
PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK
DEALING WITH people get rejected and also Though time is a major factor moneyed, qualified, good- ups. But, once he started
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES reject as many potential while looking for a partner in looking or tall but rarely a meeting potential
It’s very important that people matches. Doing so can have a an arranged marriage setup, combination of all these. spouses, he would mostly
who go in for arranged major impact on a person taking a decision in a hurry When she did find have issues with their
marriages set their priorities mentally. without giving enough time people who fit her families. For example,
right. Dr Ambrish Dr Dharmadhikari says, “In can also have its own share of expectations, they were once he didn’t like the way
Dharmadhikari, psychiatrist, arranged marriages, repercussions. intimidated by her aggression someone’s father spoke to
says that the most important compatibility is one of the Mungi agrees and says, “In and expectations. This led to a him and decided not to
aspect is to have a connection factors for rejection. But many an arranged marriage setup, it series of meetings over the meet the woman again.
with a person you are looking people take this rejection is very important to be years with no result, But eventually, after his
options started getting
to get married to. personally and have to deal cautious before taking the leading Anita to become bitter
slimmer he realised this
He says, “One should look with issues of self-esteem and plunge. A certain degree of over time. Her high and
behaviour wasn’t helping
for compatibility. The values, confidence. Such people even maturity and understanding is unrealistic expectations left his cause and changed his
attitude, belief systems, ideas, develop depression and key to a good marriage. Reality her without a partner even mindset.”
beliefs and ambitions of the anxiety.” can be very different from after several years.”
two people should also match. It is important to take dreams.” n [email protected]
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‘WHAT USED TOBE trailersintheliteraryworld
CONVENTIONAL
ISNOW PHOTO:
ABHEET
GIDWANI
UNSAFE’
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says
he is proud of his quirky, outof
trailer of Chetan
Bhagat’s next book
Etti Bali
T
hroughout history,
literature has often been
accompanied by
imaginative artwork and
n
Prashant Singh Whatever we used to call safe author Chetan Bhagat release Amish’s Scion of Ikshvaku also had a trailer
or conventional is actually a professionally shot two-
ight from his big screen unsafe, so we have to give minute trailer for his upcomin writers, I am not convinced
Yay or
parties. Instead, I love small is collaborating with a credible
get-togethers with my family.
That’s also because I hardly
get to spend time with them.
bunch of people. She has
written a wonderful script and
they start shooting in
You recently opened up
about your casting couch
experiences at the start of
was like, ‘You are not from
the industry, so you should
do and have to do these
STOP PRESS
On my birthdays, I don’t want February. your career… things’. However, I feel that if PHOTO: AFP
to do anything. This year, too, I you have talent, there are no
Nay?
Yes, that happened in 2008.
was at home the entire day, This is your sixth year in the At that time, I was quite two ways about it. I think
doing nothing (laughs). industry. Would you call it a shocked, because that person these things exist in every
smooth ride so far? had called me for an audition, sphere, not just in the Hindi
You recently said that not playing It’s been a very fruitful and surprisingly, asked me film industry. But since
safe has worked for you as an journey. I am having a lot of choices I have made. What’s for this favour. I was really Bollywood is always in the
actor… fun, and I feel, as an artist, you heartening is that they have taken aback; I was very new spotlight, such topics are
I think playing conventional should have fun. Otherwise, clicked with the audiences as to the industry back then. I often highlighted. You have
[parts] is unsafe now. We have there’s no point [in doing well. I just want to take things politely refused, and I told negative people everywhere
reached a point in the film anything]. I am content with forward in my own way. I can him, ‘If I have talent, I will who take advantage of Sonam
industry where vanilla won’t the way things have panned only be thankful and have lots definitely get work’. So, he certain situations. Kapoor
sell, so something different out for me. More importantly, of gratitude for all of this. PHOTO:
and novel has to be done. I am proud of the kind of n [email protected] YOGEN SHAH
benefit my performance
SING FOR A
BOLLYWOOD FILM
ctor and singer Selena
A Gomez is open to
singing in a Bollywood film,
greatly: Harshvardhan
and says it will be a
beautiful experience. When
asked if she would consider
singing for a Bollywood
film, she said, “I’ve never
been asked that! Why not, I
think that would be
Shreya Mukherjee not complete yet. “Once the spent time with Abhinav beautiful.”
casting is done, it’s going to be Bindra. He is an introvert. He is Gomez found fame as a
or younger actors, sharing an interesting ensemble, quite restrained and does not
F
child through the Disney
screen space with their because there are a couple of get carried away by his show Wizards of Waverly
seniors can be other great roles in the film,” achievements. He has a very Place, and is known for her
intimidating, and that’s likelier he says. dry sense of humour and keeps songs ‘Come and get it’,
when the senior in question Meanwhile, the actor is his cards close to his chest. ‘The heart wants what it
happens to be your father. But happy with the response to his Even when the man won the wants’, ‘Bad liar’, ‘Wolves’
Harshvardhan Kapoor — all last project, Bhavesh Joshi Olympic gold medal, he was so and ‘Back to you’.
set to aim down the sights in his Superhero, on online calm.”
As an actor and a voice-over
next role as Olympic Gold streaming platform. And while Harshvardhan says he’s
artiste, she has been a part
medalist, Abhinav Bindra — is he never expected the response doing his best to make his
of films such as Another
more than happy to work with to be so good, he says his father portrayal of Bindra as
Cinderella Story (2008), The
his father, Anil Kapoor, in the was sure about it. “I knew authentic as possible. “I’m
Big Short (2015), Neighbors
biopic. The senior Kapoor is set when Bhavesh Joshi would trying to figure out how he
2: Sorority Rising (2016),
to take his real life role to the come to digital platforms, reacts without being
Monte Carlo (2011), The
screen in this Kannan Iyer people would appreciate it, but melodramatic, because that’s
Muppets (2011), and the
directorial as he portrays I never expected such a not what he is. This biopic is ctor Sonam K Ahuja is pair of white sneakers.
Abhinav’s father, AS Bindra, in
the film.
Harshvardhan says, “I think
response. [Dad] knew that the
film was good and had the
potential to do well on the right
going to be an authentic one.
We aren’t going to think that
this is a Bollywood film and
A known for pushing
fashion boundaries,
and she can make the
Her hair was tied in a
bun and she completed the
look with a pair of black
Hotel Transylvania
franchise.
— IANS
my performance is going to platform. He saw it coming. therefore needs to be made weirdest of things look chic. sunnies and a tote bag.
benefit greatly from his He happens to know about in a certain way. We are going During a recent airport The 33-year-old
presence. We can watch the things before they’re going to to try and stick to the truest sighting, the actor was clicked has always brought NOTE TO READERS: Some of the
monitor together and he can happen,” says Harshvardhan. representation of his story — in an oversized double denim unconventional styles to coverage that appears on our pages
tell me how I can do something Speaking about preparing the way Abhinav would jacket with a twist. The jacket mainstream fashion. Would is paid for by the concerned brands.
better or differently. Him being for the biopic, which is have wanted it. It will be gave an illusion of another you like to own one of these No sponsored content does or shall
in the film is going to get the expected to go on the floors cinematic in a different way,” jacket attached to it with the oversized jackets? What appear in any part of HT without it
best out of me.” The actor adds next January or February, the he says. collar on the side. She teamed do you peeps think of the being declared as such to our valued
readers.
that the casting of the film is Mirzya (2016) actor says, “I’ve n [email protected] it with a long black dress and a trend? HTC
MONDAY, Astrologer Prem Kumar Sharma can be contacted at: Delhi: 91-11-26449898, Sanaya Irani: The television actor has been part
Excellent opportunity for a fun trip is likely to This is the right time to seek a favour from Your self-confidence will play a key role in Something favourable is likely to happen on the
come your way. Your reputation is set to superiors. You are likely to make up for the fetching good opportunities. Students are professional front. Job seekers will manage
enhance, due to your helpful attitude on lost time in completing something likely to perform well. Your investment has to land a suitable job. Those appearing for
the social front. Some of you may afford important. Money saved may come in bright chances of multiplied returns. a competition stand a good chance of
shifting into a bigger accommodation. handy. You may go out of your way to Winning an argument with spouse clearing it. Fitness will be on your mind
Some financial aspects may warrant impress someone on the romantic front. should not be your aim today, as it will and may prompt you to take up an
your personal attention. Be regular with Choosing the right mode of travel is cause bad blood. Commuting today will CANCER exercise routine. Distinct improvement
ARIES your exercise routine.
TAURUS likely to make the journey comfortable. GEMINI be easy. in love life is indicated for those in love.
(Mar 21 - apr 20) (apr 21 - May 20) (JuNE 22 - JuLY 22)
(May 21 - JUn 21)
Lucky Number: 1 Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Number: 22 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 4 Colour: Slate Grey
You will implement something that you had There is much that you can do to salvage a You will manage to balance the budget for an Inform superiors before taking the step
planned on the social front. Chance to put problem, so don’t lose confidence. Some important event. Things turn favourable as contemplated by you. Pending work on the
somebody you dislike on the mat may relief can be expected in the hectic pace you go all out on the professional front. academic front may need your attention
materialise on the family front. Expect on the professional front. Those staying Someone ignoring you on the social front urgently. Arrival of an outsider may thaw
your love life to rock. Ego problems with separate from family may get an may warm up to you, so remain cordial. strained relations on the family front.
higher-ups at work cannot be ruled out. opportunity to come home. Spending Something you have launched may pay You may take time out meet someone
Don’t be sweet talked into investing in quality time with lover is indicated. A VIRGO handsomely. An invitation to a party or you are attracted to on the romantic
something dubious.
LEO home remedy is likely to work wonders. event is on the cards. LIBRA front.
SCORPIO
(JuLY 23 - auG 23) (auG 24 - sEPt 23) (OCt 24 - NOV 22)
(sEPt 24 - OCt 23)
Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 5 Colour: Turquoise Lucky Number: 3 Lucky Colour: Lemon Lucky Number: 18 Lucky Colour: Red
Trying out new eating joints is on the cards. A There is a chance of meeting someone you have Concern for the well-being of someone may Take the help of someone who is good at
business trip is likely to be turned into a not met in years. At work, you are likely to keep you tensed today. You are likely to planning and you won’t go wrong. You need
leisure trip. Achievements of a family make good progress in whatever has been perform well in a competition or get to bring your career prospects in sharp
youngster can make you proud. Window tasked to you. Acquiring extra selected in a talent hunt. Romance rocks focus. Remaining in saving mode is
shopping with partner will be qualifications for getting a break in the as you take special pains to ignite the advisable. Problems on the health front
pleasurable. Leave applied for is likely to job market is possible. Someone’s good flames of passion! A dubious investment will need to be addressed promptly, if
be sanctioned. You will maintain your financial advice may result in profits. is best avoided. Meeting people is on the you want to stay healthy. You may find it
CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES
SAGITTARIUS tempo on the academic front. (DEC 22 - JaN 21)
Domestic front promises to be peaceful.
(JaN 22 - FEB 19)
agenda today. (FeB 20 - Mar 20)
difficult to attend a social event.
(NOV 23 - DEC 21)
Lucky Number: 9 Lucky Colour: Rose Lucky Number: 8 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange
order
symbols + x - /. The
number is the result of eeryc p
the operation represent-
ANSWER: Patience is the companion of wisdom - St Augustine
ed by the symbol to the SOLUTION MATHDUKU
SCRAMBLE SOLUTION: Verge, await, typing, creepy
digits contained.
roleinaremakeofPratigya’
who has been sending the
star letters since 2016.
Varun’s an expert
shooting for his 25th “Mahesh shot in Dehradun Dehradun delicacies.
film, Maharshi, across for the first time, and found it A SOURCE
Dehradun, Goa and extremely serene and My character has to
Hyderabad. The actor peaceful. They shot in the
recently shot in Dehradun for outskirts of the city, and even
learn various aspects
of weaving and
at dyeing fabrics!
an extensive first schedule of interacted with the locals. By
the movie, and was fascinated the end of the shoot, the crew
by the city. After playing a had gotten along really well
handloom. To
range of roles in his last few with the locals, and even become like him, I
films, including a politician in
Bharat Ane Nenu, Mahesh
binged on some Dehradun
delicacies.” odern-day actors are Haisha fame; 2015) film.
had to learn the art
will go back to playing a
college student in Maharshi.
The scenic mountain
Revealing further, the
source adds, “Mahesh was
totally impressed with the
M known to go out of
their way to ensure
convincing portrayals of
Varun, on his part, feels
that Sui Dhaaga has
“enabled me to learn such
of dyeing fabrics,
which needed a lot of
patience.
retreat impressed the Spyder city and enjoyed every bit of their characters. The same new, amazing skills that I
(2017) actor, who spent more the schedule. Though the holds true for Varun will always cherish”. He VARUN DHAWAN ACTOR
than a month shooting in the shooting schedule was hectic, Dhawan, who plays a tailor adds, “Mauji is an
city. The actor, along with co- he explored the city while from the heartland of India entrepreneur at heart and
star Pooja Hegde, shot at real travelling from one shoot in his next, Sui Dhaaga – he passionately wants to work and learn everything
locations across the location to another.” Made in India. realise his dreams. In order from them. I was sure that
Uttarakhand capital. Mahesh And for the film, Mahesh “To ensure that he to become multi-talented, before I give the shot, I have
was not only mesmerised by will sport a thick beard and portrays his character, my character has to learn to master their body
the natural beauty of the moustache for the first time. Mauji, convincingly, Varun various aspects of weaving language and the way they
place, but also touched by the n [email protected] ensured that he prepared and handloom. To become went about the intricate
well. Since Mauji is like him, I had to learn the process of dyeing.
supposed to look well-versed art of dyeing fabrics, which Thankfully, I had the best
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“Nowadays, people focus
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F
a lot on external
especially if you are going an apt match in good time. The one lose the best of matches. Dissolve a spoonful
for an arranged marriage
One should look for following factors can be kept Clinical psychologist
appearances. So, instead
in water: Add a
of knowing a person,
setup, is one of the most compatibility. The in mind while searching for a Tanushree Bhargava says, people judge a potential spoonful of the
difficult aspects of a person’s
life. It is time-consuming and
values, attitude, ideas, partner: “Due to our social beliefs,
younger is considered more
spouse on his or her looks.” supplement to water at
room temperature and
He adds, “Also, people
often takes months or years. beliefs and ambitions DON’T STRETCH IT OUT eligible, and thus, people tend these days want a spouse, stir for a few seconds.
While some people zero in on of the two people One should take a call after a to be interested in younger whose lifestyle matches The original
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long. two should understand counsellor Kavita Mungi says, childbearing capabilities. So, post marriage, people the fake product usually
One of the reasons could be “Meet his or her family and as you grow older, you tend to don’t realise this and tend leaves behind clumps of
because they become picky
each other. understand each other’s be the one who is getting to make wrong decisions. powder as residue in the
about their choices. But in the DR AMBRISH cultural, monetary and social rejected by potential spouses.” Judging a potential glass. IANS
bargain, such people don’t DHARMADHIKARI, value systems. Do not use Mungi narrates the case of spouse based on the
realise that they may have PSYCHIATRIST delaying tactics if you are gynaecologist Dr Anita Nair family situation and not
on the individual is also
missed the bus and they unsure or because you think (name changed), who had high
common.”
themselves are getting The two should understand someone else better-suited or expectations. She says, “Nair,
Relationship expert
rejected by potential spouses. each other.” better-looking might come an average looking lady, Vishnu Modi talks about
Here, we delve deeper into this Also, in arranged along.” was looking for a fellow doctor an IT professional, Anand
issue and get experts to speak marriages, rejection is part as a groom who was tall, rich Kubra, who started
about it. and parcel of the process. In TAKING A DECISION IN and good-looking. The looking for an arranged
the search for a life partner, A HURRY prospective grooms would be match after two break-
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DEALING WITH people get rejected and also Though time is a major factor moneyed, qualified, good- ups. But, once he started
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES reject as many potential while looking for a partner in looking or tall but rarely a meeting potential
It’s very important that people matches. Doing so can have a an arranged marriage setup, combination of all these. spouses, he would mostly
who go in for arranged major impact on a person taking a decision in a hurry When she did find have issues with their
marriages set their priorities mentally. without giving enough time people who fit her families. For example,
right. Dr Ambrish Dr Dharmadhikari says, “In can also have its own share of expectations, they were once he didn’t like the way
Dharmadhikari, psychiatrist, arranged marriages, repercussions. intimidated by her aggression someone’s father spoke to
says that the most important compatibility is one of the Mungi agrees and says, “In and expectations. This led to a him and decided not to
aspect is to have a connection factors for rejection. But many an arranged marriage setup, it series of meetings over the meet the woman again.
with a person you are looking people take this rejection is very important to be years with no result, But eventually, after his
options started getting
to get married to. personally and have to deal cautious before taking the leading Anita to become bitter
slimmer he realised this
He says, “One should look with issues of self-esteem and plunge. A certain degree of over time. Her high and
behaviour wasn’t helping
for compatibility. The values, confidence. Such people even maturity and understanding is unrealistic expectations left his cause and changed his
attitude, belief systems, ideas, develop depression and key to a good marriage. Reality her without a partner even mindset.”
beliefs and ambitions of the anxiety.” can be very different from after several years.”
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about your casting couch
experiences at the start of
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to do anything. This year, too, I you have talent, there are no
Nay?
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doing nothing (laughs). industry. Would you call it a shocked, because that person these things exist in every
smooth ride so far? had called me for an audition, sphere, not just in the Hindi
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actor… fun, and I feel, as an artist, you heartening is that they have taken aback; I was very new spotlight, such topics are
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[parts] is unsafe now. We have there’s no point [in doing well. I just want to take things politely refused, and I told negative people everywhere
reached a point in the film anything]. I am content with forward in my own way. I can him, ‘If I have talent, I will who take advantage of Sonam
industry where vanilla won’t the way things have panned only be thankful and have lots definitely get work’. So, he certain situations. Kapoor
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benefit my performance
SING FOR A
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ctor and singer Selena
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singing in a Bollywood film,
greatly: Harshvardhan
and says it will be a
beautiful experience. When
asked if she would consider
singing for a Bollywood
film, she said, “I’ve never
been asked that! Why not, I
think that would be
Shreya Mukherjee not complete yet. “Once the spent time with Abhinav beautiful.”
casting is done, it’s going to be Bindra. He is an introvert. He is Gomez found fame as a
or younger actors, sharing an interesting ensemble, quite restrained and does not
F
child through the Disney
screen space with their because there are a couple of get carried away by his show Wizards of Waverly
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intimidating, and that’s likelier he says. dry sense of humour and keeps songs ‘Come and get it’,
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Harshvardhan Kapoor — all last project, Bhavesh Joshi Olympic gold medal, he was so and ‘Back to you’.
set to aim down the sights in his Superhero, on online calm.”
As an actor and a voice-over
next role as Olympic Gold streaming platform. And while Harshvardhan says he’s
artiste, she has been a part
medalist, Abhinav Bindra — is he never expected the response doing his best to make his
of films such as Another
more than happy to work with to be so good, he says his father portrayal of Bindra as
Cinderella Story (2008), The
his father, Anil Kapoor, in the was sure about it. “I knew authentic as possible. “I’m
Big Short (2015), Neighbors
biopic. The senior Kapoor is set when Bhavesh Joshi would trying to figure out how he
2: Sorority Rising (2016),
to take his real life role to the come to digital platforms, reacts without being
Monte Carlo (2011), The
screen in this Kannan Iyer people would appreciate it, but melodramatic, because that’s
Muppets (2011), and the
directorial as he portrays I never expected such a not what he is. This biopic is ctor Sonam K Ahuja is pair of white sneakers.
Abhinav’s father, AS Bindra, in
the film.
Harshvardhan says, “I think
response. [Dad] knew that the
film was good and had the
potential to do well on the right
going to be an authentic one.
We aren’t going to think that
this is a Bollywood film and
A known for pushing
fashion boundaries,
and she can make the
Her hair was tied in a
bun and she completed the
look with a pair of black
Hotel Transylvania
franchise.
— IANS
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benefit greatly from his He happens to know about in a certain way. We are going During a recent airport The 33-year-old
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readers.
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Varun’s an expert
My character has to tell stories, and these stories
both entertain and help us
learn various aspects learn something. As an actor, I
of weaving and was very clear that I didn’t
want to do anything that
handloom. To would not let me enjoy
riter-director Vasan
PHOTO: AALOK SONI/HT at dyeing fabrics! become like him, I
had to learn the art
of dyeing fabrics,
which needed a lot of
watching myself… I’m open to
anything from masala
entertainers to period drama
and political satire, but the
story needs to be appealing
W odern-day actors are Katariya’s (of Dum Laga Ke enough. If things are in place
M
Mumbai filmmaker told the
Bala’s sophomore packed auditorium before known to go out of Haisha fame; 2015) film. patience. then I’d love to do something
vehicle Mard Ko Dard Nahin the screening at the their way to ensure Varun, on his part, feels VARUN DHAWAN ACTOR on the lines of Harry Potter or
Hota (The Man Who Feels Ryerson University convincing portrayals of that Sui Dhaaga has The Lord of the Rings, too,”
No Pain) made history at the auditorium in Toronto. their characters. The same “enabled me to learn such says the actor who has been
stroke of midnight on “Having my film screen here holds true for Varun new, amazing skills that I Pradesh. “I had a week or so part of films such as Chef
Friday. It became the first- for such an audience is a Dhawan, who plays a tailor will always cherish”. He to sit with them, watch them (2017) and Kaalakaandi.
ever Indian film to play in dream come true,” he from the heartland of India adds, “Mauji is an work and learn everything Elaborating more on what
the Toronto International added. Bala was on the in his next, Sui Dhaaga – entrepreneur at heart and from them. I was sure that makes her choose a project,
Film Festival’s Midnight stage with the lead actors Made in India. he passionately wants to before I give the shot, I have she says, “I don’t think
Madness, a section devoted of his film, Abhimanyu “To ensure that he realise his dreams. In order to master their body anybody cares about me. So
to genre and shock cinema. Dassani and Radhika Madan, portrays his character, to become multi-talented, language and the way they my being choosy won’t affect
”I grew up watching films both newcomers. PTI Mauji, convincingly, Varun my character has to learn went about the intricate anyone. Who does not want to
with audiences like you,” the ensured that he prepared various aspects of weaving process of dyeing. be a part of films that reach
well. Since Mauji is and handloom. To become Thankfully, I had the best out to more audience and
supposed to look well-versed like him, I had to learn the teachers who guided me make money? So when it
with handloom, Varun art of dyeing fabrics, which thoroughly,” he says. comes to saying yes to one film
FREEZE FRAME decided to perfect the same
and met real handloom
was really tough and needed
a lot of patience.”
In the Maneesh Sharma-
produced film, Varun is
among the few that I have in
hand, I only trust my instinct,”
Sobhita Dhulipala will next
be seen in the Bollywood
workers to learn the art of The young actor learnt paired opposite Anushka adds Sobhita, who will next be film Body opposite actor
dyeing fabrics,” says an dyeing from real handloom Sharma, who plays the role seen in the film Body opposite Emraan Hashmi
insider, close to Sharat artists in Chanderi, Madhya of an embroiderer. HTC Emraan Hashmi.
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Miss Right in an
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chunk of the target market.
They are also clueless on
how health supplements
in the country. However, work, thus making the
IN INDIA ARE MADE IN
arranged marriage an industry body study
indicates that as much as 60- EXTREMELY LOW
perfect market for fake
products.
70% of dietary supplements Amaresh Ojha, CEO &
setup because you are being peddled across India QUALITY FACILITIES founder of a fitness-based
are counterfeit. Not only are WHERE THE website tells you how to
too choosy? Experts the manufacturers of these
fake supplements duping TECHNOLOGY TO
identify fake supplements:
Check the hologram:
their customers, but they One of the best ways to tell a
PROPERLY REPLICATE
predict trying times are also using unapproved
and potentially harmful THE HOLOGRAM
fake product from the
genuine one is to look for
ahead for you chemicals in their fake
offerings and putting
DOESN’T EXIST the brand’s hologram. Most
fake supplements in India
youngsters in harm’s way. are made in extremely low-
Moreover, a sizeable quality facilities where the
number of youth who are recovery. Health supplements technology to properly
into bodybuilding, consume bridge this gap which, in turn, replicate the hologram
one or the other form of aids in muscle growth. doesn’t exist.
dietary supplement. The However, most of the high- Check the barcode:
same study estimates that quality health supplement Most smartphones today
the market for dietary brands available in the market support apps that can read
supplements is set to double today are imported which barcodes and QR codes.
from the current $2 billion to makes it expensive (taxes, Just do a quick scan; the
$4 billion by 2020. Why? customs and overheads on scan of an original brand
Well, most Indian diets imports), especially for young should ideally lead you to
are vegetarian- its website.
heavy and lack Check the packaging:
the fast-acting This can be a bit tricky.
COMMON REASONS proteins Watch out for spelling
FOR REJECTION necessary for
quick muscle
mistakes, bizarre
fonts, wrong logos
These days, looks play an and even wrong
important role in nutritional
relationships, and the information.
same applies when it Check the seal: If the
comes to arranged seal of the product looks
Collin Rodrigues rejection in one’s stride and BUT NOT TOO CHOOSY marriages, too. weird or of bad quality,
Dharmadhikari says,
also to be strong enough to Being picky in search of a chances are that it has
“Nowadays, people focus
inding the right match, turn down someone who is not flawless relationship makes been tampered with.
F
a lot on external
especially if you are going an apt match in good time. The one lose the best of matches. Dissolve a spoonful
for an arranged marriage
One should look for following factors can be kept Clinical psychologist
appearances. So, instead
in water: Add a
of knowing a person,
setup, is one of the most compatibility. The in mind while searching for a Tanushree Bhargava says, people judge a potential spoonful of the
difficult aspects of a person’s
life. It is time-consuming and
values, attitude, ideas, partner: “Due to our social beliefs,
younger is considered more
spouse on his or her looks.” supplement to water at
room temperature and
He adds, “Also, people
often takes months or years. beliefs and ambitions DON’T STRETCH IT OUT eligible, and thus, people tend these days want a spouse, stir for a few seconds.
While some people zero in on of the two people One should take a call after a to be interested in younger whose lifestyle matches The original
their future spouse soon few dates with the potential partners. Also, people tend to their own. Though one can supplement will
enough, others take far too should also match. The partner. Mental health look for a partner with more adapt to a lifestyle change dissolve easily, whereas
long. two should understand counsellor Kavita Mungi says, childbearing capabilities. So, post marriage, people the fake product usually
One of the reasons could be “Meet his or her family and as you grow older, you tend to don’t realise this and tend leaves behind clumps of
because they become picky
each other. understand each other’s be the one who is getting to make wrong decisions. powder as residue in the
about their choices. But in the DR AMBRISH cultural, monetary and social rejected by potential spouses.” Judging a potential glass. IANS
bargain, such people don’t DHARMADHIKARI, value systems. Do not use Mungi narrates the case of spouse based on the
realise that they may have PSYCHIATRIST delaying tactics if you are gynaecologist Dr Anita Nair family situation and not
on the individual is also
missed the bus and they unsure or because you think (name changed), who had high
common.”
themselves are getting The two should understand someone else better-suited or expectations. She says, “Nair,
Relationship expert
rejected by potential spouses. each other.” better-looking might come an average looking lady, Vishnu Modi talks about
Here, we delve deeper into this Also, in arranged along.” was looking for a fellow doctor an IT professional, Anand
issue and get experts to speak marriages, rejection is part as a groom who was tall, rich Kubra, who started
about it. and parcel of the process. In TAKING A DECISION IN and good-looking. The looking for an arranged
the search for a life partner, A HURRY prospective grooms would be match after two break-
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DEALING WITH people get rejected and also Though time is a major factor moneyed, qualified, good- ups. But, once he started
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES reject as many potential while looking for a partner in looking or tall but rarely a meeting potential
It’s very important that people matches. Doing so can have a an arranged marriage setup, combination of all these. spouses, he would mostly
who go in for arranged major impact on a person taking a decision in a hurry When she did find have issues with their
marriages set their priorities mentally. without giving enough time people who fit her families. For example,
right. Dr Ambrish Dr Dharmadhikari says, “In can also have its own share of expectations, they were once he didn’t like the way
Dharmadhikari, psychiatrist, arranged marriages, repercussions. intimidated by her aggression someone’s father spoke to
says that the most important compatibility is one of the Mungi agrees and says, “In and expectations. This led to a him and decided not to
aspect is to have a connection factors for rejection. But many an arranged marriage setup, it series of meetings over the meet the woman again.
with a person you are looking people take this rejection is very important to be years with no result, But eventually, after his
options started getting
to get married to. personally and have to deal cautious before taking the leading Anita to become bitter
slimmer he realised this
He says, “One should look with issues of self-esteem and plunge. A certain degree of over time. Her high and
behaviour wasn’t helping
for compatibility. The values, confidence. Such people even maturity and understanding is unrealistic expectations left his cause and changed his
attitude, belief systems, ideas, develop depression and key to a good marriage. Reality her without a partner even mindset.”
beliefs and ambitions of the anxiety.” can be very different from after several years.”
two people should also match. It is important to take dreams.” n [email protected]
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POLICE STATION Alcoholic murders 7yearold 5 months after man One booked for
COMPOUNDS TURN
commits suicide, outraging
INTO JUNKYARD
MOHALI: Covered with multiple
layers of rust and dust, the sight of
piles of junked vehicles lying
daughter in Sangrur, booked wife among 6 booked
woman’s modesty
PATIALA :The Sadar Patiala police
on Saturday booked a man, iden-
around is what catches your
attention whenever you visit any
CRIME The 35yearold man, who had HT Correspondent
THE VICTIM SUSPECTED tified as Gurdeep Singh, 23, for
police station in Mohali. As per an
estimate of the police department,
two daughters aged 7 and 9, said he WOMAN, DAUGHTER SHOT OVER n [email protected]
HIS WIFE OF INFIDELITY
outraging the modesty of a
26-year-old woman.
there would be about 30,000
unclaimed vehicles stacked at the
was unable to manage the expenses PROPERTY DISPUTE IN SANGRUR PATIALA :Five months after a man
committed suicide, the Passiana
FOLLOWING WHICH, As per the police, the woman
was at her home along with her
25 police stations and police posts HT Correspondent
VICTIM WENT MISSING HT Correspondent SSP Sandeep Garg said police booked 6 persons, includ- HE ENDED HIS LIFE sister-in-law on Wednesday
in Mohali district. Some of these
vehicles have now been lying at
n [email protected]
ON SATURDAY; HER BODY
n [email protected] that the incident took place
in the morning and pertains
ing the deceased’s wife for abet-
ment to suicide, on Saturday
WITH HIS FATHER’S GUN when the accused, her neigh-
bour, came to her house around
these police stations for more than
10 years. ››P2
SANGRUR :An alcoholic man mur-
dered his 7-year-old daughter
WAS FOUND BURIED SANGRUR :A 60-year-old
woman and her 25-year-old
to a property dispute as they
women were trying to con-
evening.
The victim was identified as plaint with the police against the
12.30 pm and molested her. She
raised an alarm following which,
allegedly because he was ‘una- NEAR RAILWAY TRACKS daughter were allegedly struct a wall on a disputed Lakhvinder, 40. six accused. he fled from the spot.
PCA falls in line, adopts new ble’ to keep up with the expenses shot by their relative on land but Deepshivjot’s Others who have been booked Station house office at Pass- Station house officer of Sadar
constitution as per SC order of his two daughters as his wife ing disappearance of evidence of Sunday at Naiwala village of cousin Jatinderpal Singh include the wife’s brother and iana said that in the recovered police station said that a case was
MOHALI: The Punjab Cricket had left him, said senior police offence, or giving false informa- Sangrur. The injured opposed the act and fired at father, her alleged lover and two suicide note, the deceased had registered under Section 354
Association held it’s 70th annual officers on Sunday. tion to screen offender) of the women were rushed to the the women. others. They were booked fol- cited his wife’s external marital (assault or criminal force to
general body meeting and also Police said that the deceased Indian Penal Code at Sadar Sangrur civil hospital from “Jatinderpal fired from lowing a complaint by Lakhvin- affair with one Gurjitender woman with intent to outrage
extraordinary general body girl, identified as Harjinder Dhuri police station on Satur- where they were referred to his .32 bore pistol while der’s father Kirpal Singh. Singh as the reason for him tak- her modesty) of the Indian Penal
meeting to not only adopt the Kaur, from Bhullerheri village day. Government Rajindra Hos- opposing the wall’s con- Police said that Kirpal alleged ing the extreme step. The couple Code (IPC) against the accused,
revised memorandum of associa- in Dhuri sub-division, had gone “The accused was an alcoholic pital in Patiala. Police said struction. A police team has in his complaint that Lakhvin- has an 11-year-old boy. Now the who is still absconding. HTC
tion and rules and regulations with missing on Saturday and when and also took some drugs. His that they were further been sent to PGI Chandi- der suspected his wife, Amrinder victim’s wife is staying at her
or without modifications as
his uncle Pargat Singh and other wife had left him with two daugh- referred to PGIMER in garh to record the state- Kaur, of infidelity since many parents’ home.
directed by the Committee of
relatives tried to find her, her ters aged 7 and 9. He strangled Chandigarh due to serious ments of the victims. Fur- years. As a result, he committed The police have registered a
THE WOMAN WAS AT
Administrators on behalf of the
Supreme Court on Saturday. As per body was found buried near rail- Harjinder and buried near the injuries. ther action will be taken suicide with his father’s licensed case against the accused under HER HOME ALONG WITH
the supreme court order the BCCI way tracks.
The accused father has been
railway track,” said SHO Jatin-
derpal Singh.
The injured have been
identified as Parampal Kaur
after their statements,” said
Satpal Sharma, deputy
gun five months ago.
The complainant said that he
Sections 306 (abetment of sui-
cide) and 120-B (punishment of
HER SISTERINLAW
members had till September 20 to
amend their constitution in terms identified as Dharampal Singh, “The accused is on the run but and her daughter Deepshiv- superintendent of police had received a photo of his sui- criminal conspiracy) of the WHEN THE INCIDENT
with the boards and report 35, who was booked under Sec-
tion 302 (murder) and 201(caus-
we will arrest him soon,” he
added.
jot Kaur. (rural). cide note on his mobile phone
after which, he lodged a com-
Indian Penal Code (IPC). No
arrest has been done so far.
TOOK PLACE
compliance by September 20. ››P2
P A N C H AYA T S A M I T I P O L L S
Donations transform city govt school in four years Speeding car leaves HC staffer
Sunil Rahar
n [email protected] dead, three injured in Mohali dents’ welfare fund of the school,
so that these children also get
good facilities.”
PATIALA :The Government Senior In fact, the government school HT Correspondent Sources said it is suspected
Secondary School at Model provides education to boys from n [email protected] the liquor was being trans-
Town in Patiala is no less than a Classes 6 to 8 and from Classes 9 ported for distribution ahead of
prestigious private school in to 12, only girls are enrolled here. MOHALI : A speeding car left a panchayat elections.
terms of quality of teachers, Seven students of Class 12 had 55-year-old employee of the Majri station house officer
amenities and infrastructure. bagged state merit in 2015-16. In Punjab and Haryana high court (SHO) Jagdeep Singh said a case
This has been made possible by 2016-17, three students each of dead and three other has been registered under Sec-
the school’s authorities as they Class 10 and 12 secured state pedestrians injured at Majri vil- tions 279 (rash driving),
utilised all the funds collected merits. “I secured board merit in lage in Mohali on Sunday morn- 304A (causing death by negli-
from various sources in the past Class 10 in 2016. This time, I am ing. gence), 337 (causing hurt by act
four years in the best possible hoping to achieve the same in The deceased has been identi- endangering life or personal
manner. Class 12 too,” said Yukta fied as Sewa Singh, who had safety of others) and 338 (caus-
The school collected ₹35 lakh Sharma, a medical student. retired from the army and was ing grievous hurt by act
in four years since 2014 through Komalpreet Kaur of non-med- posted as a chowkidar in the endangering life or personal
students’ welfare fund, NRI ical stream in Class 12 said that high court (HC). After finishing safety of others) of the Indian
donors, social reformers, busi- she had joined the school three the night shift, he had taken a n Sewa Singh, deceased Penal Code (IPC) besides rele-
nessmen and general public. years ago. “The school is bus to Majri, where he stayed, vant sections of the Excise
The school has 1,375 students, n The The Government Senior Secondary School at Model Town in Patiala. HT PHOTO equipped with all modern facili- and called up his son to pick him the roadside. They have been Act.
including 250 boys. The school ties, especially practical labs. I up. hospitalised. We are trying to trace the car
facilitates both English and machines and physics, chemis- enrolled. He further said, “We have can surely say that we are get- Around 6am, a rashly driven The driver then stopped the owner, he said.
Hindi mediums. try, biology and mathematics School principal Balbir Singh been able to avail all modern ting better education than many Maruti Swift car hit him. The vehicle, got into another car Meanwhile, Punjab and Har-
Presently, the school is labs. Jaura said that the school is an facilities in the school from the private schools,” she said. victim received head injuries that was accompanying him and yana High Court employees’
equipped with two modern com- Besides, the school has been ‘undeclared’ smart school with donated money. Also, our three “The school provides excel- and succumbed on the spot, said fled. association president Sanjeev
puter labs and smartrooms each, running two vocational courses all modern facilities. “We had teachers received state teachers’ lent facilities in sports, academic a cop. Police recovered around 30 Verma condoled Sewa Singh’s
an English park, three reverse — beauty and wellness and applied for the smart school cate- award over the last three years.” and cultural activities. Smart The car then hit three other boxes of Indian made foreign death.
osmosis (RO) water coolers, a healthcare — for skill develop- gory but due to some technical KS Sindhu, a UK-based NRI classes help us learn a lot to people – Dilbar Singh, Raj- liquor and countrymade liquor, He said the incident had left
modern library, a mid-day meal ment in which, students from glitches, the school couldn’t said. “I had donated ₹2 lakh each achieve our goals,” said Ayush of winder Kaur, and Gurwinder meant to be sold only in Chandi- everyone associated with the
shed, winding and incinerator Classes 9 to 12 have been make its place in,” he said. in 2015 and 2016 towards stu- Class 6. Singh — who were walking on garh, from the car. deceased in shock.
D R UG M E N AC E
ANOTHER CASE
PAU police booked a resident of
of Post Graduate Institute of one gram of heroine costs feel more empathetic,” Dr harm of ATS increases mani- Ghosh of Focal Point. Rishi Nagar for allegedly raping
Medical Education and and psychotherapy. about ₹3,500 in Chandigarh,” Basu adds. These drugs rank fold, the moment it is com- ASI Sukhdev Singh, the inves- a married woman on the pretext
Research (PGIMER) the next DR DEBASISH BASU, professor, drug de- Dr Basu adds. as the world’s second most bined with other drugs.” tigating officer in the case, said of marriage. The accused was
day with dilated pupils and a addiction and treatment centre, PGIMER widely abused drug type after On why it is a cause of the accused and the victim were identified as Anand Jain of Rishi
worryingly high blood-pres- NO MEDICINE cannabis. worry, Dr Basu says, “Firstly, working together for the last five Nagar. The victim told police that
sure and heart-rate. When Though their number is mini- In one year, the drug de-ad- it is very easy to prepare, years. As per the victim, the during an ongoing dispute with
doctors asked him, he amphetamine-type stimu- ble in Chandigarh and other mal, doctors fear that its pop- diction and treatment centre because these are synthetic. accused proposed her for mar- her husband, she went into rela-
revealed that he was given lants (ATS)—a list of five to parts in the region, however, ularity will do unmanageable at PGIMER has received at Secondly, there is no medi- riage around three years ago and tionship with the accused. Dur-
ICE among other drugs. six illicit drugs that include the use of ATS drugs is more damage as there is “no spe- least six patients who have cine to treat ATS drug addic- since then they were in a relation- ing the time, the accused was also
PGIMER doctors say that ICE- crystalline methamphet- common in North-eastern cific medicine to cure or con- been taking ATS. tion. And then people are tak- ship. The victim alleged that the had a tried to have a relationship
they have been seeing an amine. states,” said Dr Debasish trol this addiction”. Though “Cases are still rare, but in ing it with a combination of accused raped her and later with her daughter. When the vic-
increase in such cases, where “It is called ICE, as it looks Basu, professor, drug de-ad- counselling and psycho-ther- the coming years, this culture other drugs and that make it refused to marry her. tim warned the accused, he
youth are consuming costly like crushed ice and is availa- diction and treatment centre. apy is there, they add. of ATS consumption can more dangerous.” A case under Section 376 started threatening and black-
(rape), 420 (cheating and dishon- mailing her. HTC
No occupancy certificate sans Guv approves street vending bylaws wal, is a manager at ICICI
Bank’s branch in Sector 38. His
wife, Mamta Kanwal, a home-
›
[email protected] the main gate besides the auto-
Munieshwer A Sagar
n
6X5 FEET EARMARKED RESPONSIBILITIES AND matic lock on the wooden door.
If the villa, for which the occupancy certificate has CHANDIGARH : UT administrator- PENALTIES UNDER THE ACT She returned at 12:50pm to
n [email protected]
been obtained on November 2, 2015 even prior to cum-Punjab governor VP Singh
SPACE IN EACH OF find broken locks and an open
n The Act states that registered three months in case of another
MOHALI:While directing Omaxe, a Badnore gave approval to bylaws THE VENDING ZONES vendors can carry out their breach. front door. The house had been
Delhi-based developer, to pay execution of the allotment letter, was ready for delivery under the Chandigarh street business on the alloted space n Monthly vending fee has also
ransacked, main cupboard was
interest to a buyer for delayed vending policy, which allows is a provision in this Act for the broken into and the contents of
possession of a villa in New Chan- immediately, then why did the respondent took so much only registered vendors to do civic body to do so,” he added.
but will have to permanently
display ID and certificate of
been fixed on the basis of
its locker were scattered on the
zones. As per rules, 10% increase
digarh realty project, the Punjab
real estate regulatory authority
time to handover,” said Khushdil. business in Chandigarh, besides
fixing regulations and penalties
Illegal vending has become a
huge concern in the city with Sec-
vending. Besides, the vendor is proposed in vending fee floor, she told police.
The missing items included
JS KHUSHDIL , adjudicating officer, RERA
has to ensure the cleanliness, every year, which has to be paid
(Rera) held there can be no occu- to streamline their working. tor 17, 22, 19 being the worst safety and sanitary require- on a monthly basis by the 10th two gold bangles, a chain, a dia-
pancy certificate without a com- So far 9,100 vendors have got affected. As per rules, Sector 17 is ment of the vending space. He of every month. mond-studded mangalsutra,
pletion certificate. in October 2015. He paid 95%, obtained on November 2, 2015 themselves registered with the a no-vending zone where only will not obstruct traffic, n Vendors will have the option of
two diamond earrings, four
“A buyer cannot be expected to about ₹1.33 crore, of the total sale even prior to execution of the municipal corporation (MC) that those in essential services, such entrance or exit adjacent to paying through all digital and rings, a silver bowl, two silver
live in an isolated building with- consideration upfront and he was allotment letter, was ready for will rehabilitate them across 44 as tea stall vendors, will be streets or occupy more space manual gateways available at coins, a digital camera and some
out any development in other promised possession within six delivery immediately, then why vending zones. Confirming the adjusted. In Sector 22 and 19, the than allotted to him. e-sampark centres. cash.
parts of the project,” held the months. but, it was offered to him did the respondent took so much approval of Badnore, MC com- total number of vendors will not n The penalty of breaching these Police believe it to be the
n IT department’s SPIC has been
adjudicating officer of the author- only in May 2017. The complain- time to handover,” said Khushdil. missioner KK Yadav said the be more than 150. At present, Sec- violations has been fixed from roped in to create a special handiwork of “professional
ity, JS Khushdil in the case, San- ant claimed that the developer Omaxe was directed to pay the bylaws will be notified by next tor 22 alone has over 1,000 ven- ₹500 to ₹2,000 for the first four portal for vendors. The agency thieves” who conducted a recce
jay Sharma (complainant) versus threatened to cancel allotment complainant interest at the State week, paving the way for the cor- dors. MC joint commissioner Tej- offences after which vending will also prepare ID for vendors before striking on Friday.
Omaxe Chandigarh Extension even after he paid 100% of the sale Bank of India’s highest marginal poration to rehabilitate the regis- deep Singh Saini, who heads the license will be cancelled for too. A case under Sections 454
Developers Pvt Ltd. consideration. cost of lending rate plus 2% on tered vendors in designated areas enforcement branch, said that (lurking house trespass or
The officer also held that an Significantly, the developer principal amount and ₹50,000 for and then take action against town vending committee will house breaking in order to com-
individual villa cannot be treated claimed an occupancy certificate mental agony. those sitting illegally elsewhere. spreadhead the finalisation of OPPOSITION BY They say that vending mit offence) and 380 (theft in
as a project. for the villa was received in According to the complain- He added that this time, the notifi- vendors zone, on September 17. TRADERS CONTINUES zones should not be opposite dwelling house, etc) of the
The complainant in the case November 2015. ant’s representative Ved Pra- cation will be done by the MC. Each vendor will get 6X5 feet As most of the vending zones are their shops as it will hit their busi- Indian Penal Code (IPC) has
bought a semi-built villa in “If the villa, for which the occu- kash, the interest amount is “Normally, the notification is earmarked space in each of the planned in market areas, local ness and create traffic impedi- been registered at the Sector 49
Omaxe’s Mulberry Villa project pancy certificate has been around ₹40 lakh. done by administration, but there vending zones. trade unions are opposing it. ments. station.
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You recently said that not playing It’s been a very fruitful choices I have made. What’s and surprisingly, asked me film industry. But since
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actor… fun, and I feel, as an artist, you clicked with the audiences as taken aback; I was very new spotlight, such topics are
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[parts] is unsafe now. We have there’s no point [in doing forward in my own way. I can politely refused, and I told negative people everywhere
reached a point in the film anything]. I am content with only be thankful and have lots him, ‘If I have talent, I will who take advantage of Sonam
industry where vanilla won’t the way things have panned of gratitude for all of this. definitely get work’. So, he certain situations. Kapoor
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SING FOR A
BOLLYWOOD FILM
ctor and singer Selena
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singing in a Bollywood film,
greatly: Harshvardhan
and says it will be a
beautiful experience. When
asked if she would consider
singing for a Bollywood
film, she said, “I’ve never
been asked that! Why not, I
think that would be
Shreya Mukherjee not complete yet. “Once the spent time with Abhinav beautiful.”
casting is done, it’s going to be Bindra. He is an introvert. He is Gomez found fame as a
or younger actors, sharing an interesting ensemble, quite restrained and does not
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child through the Disney
screen space with their because there are a couple of get carried away by his show Wizards of Waverly
seniors can be other great roles in the film,” achievements. He has a very Place, and is known for her
intimidating, and that’s likelier he says. dry sense of humour and keeps songs ‘Come and get it’,
when the senior in question Meanwhile, the actor is his cards close to his chest. ‘The heart wants what it
happens to be your father. But happy with the response to his Even when the man won the wants’, ‘Bad liar’, ‘Wolves’
Harshvardhan Kapoor — all last project, Bhavesh Joshi Olympic gold medal, he was so and ‘Back to you’.
set to aim down the sights in his Superhero, on online calm.”
As an actor and a voice-over
next role as Olympic Gold streaming platform. And while Harshvardhan says he’s
artiste, she has been a part
medalist, Abhinav Bindra — is he never expected the response doing his best to make his
of films such as Another
more than happy to work with to be so good, he says his father portrayal of Bindra as
Cinderella Story (2008), The
his father, Anil Kapoor, in the was sure about it. “I knew authentic as possible. “I’m
Big Short (2015), Neighbors
biopic. The senior Kapoor is set when Bhavesh Joshi would trying to figure out how he
2: Sorority Rising (2016),
to take his real life role to the come to digital platforms, reacts without being
Monte Carlo (2011), The
screen in this Kannan Iyer people would appreciate it, but melodramatic, because that’s
Muppets (2011), and the
directorial as he portrays I never expected such a not what he is. This biopic is ctor Sonam K Ahuja is pair of white sneakers.
Abhinav’s father, AS Bindra, in
the film.
Harshvardhan says, “I think
response. [Dad] knew that the
film was good and had the
potential to do well on the right
going to be an authentic one.
We aren’t going to think that
this is a Bollywood film and
A known for pushing
fashion boundaries,
and she can make the
Her hair was tied in a
bun and she completed the
look with a pair of black
Hotel Transylvania
franchise.
— IANS
my performance is going to platform. He saw it coming. therefore needs to be made weirdest of things look chic. sunnies and a tote bag.
benefit greatly from his He happens to know about in a certain way. We are going During a recent airport The 33-year-old
presence. We can watch the things before they’re going to to try and stick to the truest sighting, the actor was clicked has always brought NOTE TO READERS: Some of the
monitor together and he can happen,” says Harshvardhan. representation of his story — in an oversized double denim unconventional styles to coverage that appears on our pages
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best out of me.” The actor adds next January or February, the he says. collar on the side. She teamed do you peeps think of the being declared as such to our valued
readers.
that the casting of the film is Mirzya (2016) actor says, “I’ve n [email protected] it with a long black dress and a trend? HTC
MONDAY, Astrologer Prem Kumar Sharma can be contacted at: Delhi: 91-11-26449898, Sanaya Irani: The television actor has been part
Excellent opportunity for a fun trip is likely to This is the right time to seek a favour from Your self-confidence will play a key role in Something favourable is likely to happen on the
come your way. Your reputation is set to superiors. You are likely to make up for the fetching good opportunities. Students are professional front. Job seekers will manage
enhance, due to your helpful attitude on lost time in completing something likely to perform well. Your investment has to land a suitable job. Those appearing for
the social front. Some of you may afford important. Money saved may come in bright chances of multiplied returns. a competition stand a good chance of
shifting into a bigger accommodation. handy. You may go out of your way to Winning an argument with spouse clearing it. Fitness will be on your mind
Some financial aspects may warrant impress someone on the romantic front. should not be your aim today, as it will and may prompt you to take up an
your personal attention. Be regular with Choosing the right mode of travel is cause bad blood. Commuting today will CANCER exercise routine. Distinct improvement
ARIES your exercise routine.
TAURUS likely to make the journey comfortable. GEMINI be easy. in love life is indicated for those in love.
(Mar 21 - apr 20) (apr 21 - May 20) (JuNE 22 - JuLY 22)
(May 21 - JUn 21)
Lucky Number: 1 Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Number: 22 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 4 Colour: Slate Grey
You will implement something that you had There is much that you can do to salvage a You will manage to balance the budget for an Inform superiors before taking the step
planned on the social front. Chance to put problem, so don’t lose confidence. Some important event. Things turn favourable as contemplated by you. Pending work on the
somebody you dislike on the mat may relief can be expected in the hectic pace you go all out on the professional front. academic front may need your attention
materialise on the family front. Expect on the professional front. Those staying Someone ignoring you on the social front urgently. Arrival of an outsider may thaw
your love life to rock. Ego problems with separate from family may get an may warm up to you, so remain cordial. strained relations on the family front.
higher-ups at work cannot be ruled out. opportunity to come home. Spending Something you have launched may pay You may take time out meet someone
Don’t be sweet talked into investing in quality time with lover is indicated. A VIRGO handsomely. An invitation to a party or you are attracted to on the romantic
something dubious.
LEO home remedy is likely to work wonders. event is on the cards. LIBRA front.
SCORPIO
(JuLY 23 - auG 23) (auG 24 - sEPt 23) (OCt 24 - NOV 22)
(sEPt 24 - OCt 23)
Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 5 Colour: Turquoise Lucky Number: 3 Lucky Colour: Lemon Lucky Number: 18 Lucky Colour: Red
Trying out new eating joints is on the cards. A There is a chance of meeting someone you have Concern for the well-being of someone may Take the help of someone who is good at
business trip is likely to be turned into a not met in years. At work, you are likely to keep you tensed today. You are likely to planning and you won’t go wrong. You need
leisure trip. Achievements of a family make good progress in whatever has been perform well in a competition or get to bring your career prospects in sharp
youngster can make you proud. Window tasked to you. Acquiring extra selected in a talent hunt. Romance rocks focus. Remaining in saving mode is
shopping with partner will be qualifications for getting a break in the as you take special pains to ignite the advisable. Problems on the health front
pleasurable. Leave applied for is likely to job market is possible. Someone’s good flames of passion! A dubious investment will need to be addressed promptly, if
be sanctioned. You will maintain your financial advice may result in profits. is best avoided. Meeting people is on the you want to stay healthy. You may find it
CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES
SAGITTARIUS tempo on the academic front. (DEC 22 - JaN 21)
Domestic front promises to be peaceful.
(JaN 22 - FEB 19)
agenda today. (FeB 20 - Mar 20)
difficult to attend a social event.
(NOV 23 - DEC 21)
Lucky Number: 9 Lucky Colour: Rose Lucky Number: 8 Colour: Electric Blue Lucky Number: 11 Lucky Colour: Indigo Lucky Number: 7 Lucky Colour: Orange
sudoku
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson
‘All actors have their
distinct zone’
>> CONTINUED FROM P1
Last year, your two films (Bareilly
Ki Barfi and Shubh Mangal
Saavdhan) released within a gap
of two weeks. Now, AndhaDhun
and Badhaai Ho are also set to hit
theatres in the same month. You
must be used to it by now?
(Laughs) I am really excited.
But now, I’m in a slightly
better position unlike last
did you know? year, since the textures of both
the films are very different.
iT waS acTor anUpam Kher’S wife, Kirron Kher, who had For instance, AndhaDhun is a
SUggeSTed The TiTle Dilwale DUlhania Le Jayenge To film- thriller, which is something I
haven’t tried before and that’s
Fill in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and
maker adiTya chopra. He waSn’T convinced becaUSe, aT exciting because people will
each of the 9X9 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. ThaT Time, majoriTy of filmS had ShorT TiTleS. BUT laTe yaSh see me in a different light
altogether. Plus, it’s the first
MatHdoku chopra convinced hiS Son To go ahead wiTh iT. time that I’ve worked with
SOLUTION SUDOKU Sriram Raghavan. Conversely,
Place numbers into the sCraMble - 2847 Badhaai Ho is slice-of-life
puzzle cells so that each drama, and is like another
row and column contains Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each Now arrange the letters marked with an
square to form four ordinary words
feather in my cap because this
each of the digits from 1 asterisk (*) to form the answer to the riddle or
to fill in the missing words as indicated. is my zone which, according to
to 5. No number is to be me, I own. Plus, I have a ready-
repeated in any row or grvee _____ iS The companion of wiSdom made audience for that. It will
column. Each bold-out- be entertaining and
lined cells contain a hint at wa i - ST aUgUSTine (8) interesting for people. Both the
of a number and one of
the mathematical gipyn t films are very different.
symbols + x - /. The
number is the result of eeryc p Many, including critics as well as
the operation represent- trade experts, feel that you are
ed by the symbol to the
ANSWER: Patience is the companion of wisdom - St Augustine
SOLUTION MATHDUKU extremely good in films that are in
digits contained.
SCRAMBLE SOLUTION: Verge, await, typing, creepy the quirky, outofthebox zone...
I think every actor has been
treading a [particular] path Ayushmann
since his/her first film. So, if Khurrana
roleinaremakeofPratigya’
the patriotic and social issues especially as a kid?
zone while I have a quirky My father never believed