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Talwars freed 

in Arushi's 

murder 

Indo-Asian News Service 

ALLAHABAD: Serving life 

term, dentist couple Rajesh and 

Nupur Talwar were on Thursday 

acquitted by the Allahabad 

High Court in the murders of 

their teenage daughter Aarushi 

and domestic help Hemraj giving 

them the benefit of doubt, a 

verdict that left questions still 

unanswered on who was behind 

the sensational killings nine 

years ago. Continued on page 13 

Melanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, in Parvasi Studio on Wednesday. (More on page 9) 

Brampton allows short-range 

fireworks to celebrate Diwali 

Arvind Kejriwal's famous 

personal car stolen 

Agencies 

15-year-old boy charged in 

10 Toronto bank robberies 

The Canadian Parvasi 

BRAMPTON: Brampton 

residents will be allowed 

to use short-range fireworks 

on their private 

properties to celebrate 

Diwali on October 18 and 

19. 

Short-range fireworks 

are described as 

those which should not 

travel more than three 

metres or 10 feet. These 

include sparklers, fountains, 

wheels, and ground 

spinners. 

No other rocket-type 

fireworks are allowed. 

No fireworks are allowed 

on the street and sidewalks, 

in City parks and 

on municipal or school 

properties. 

The city has urged 

residents to follow these 

guidelines while using 

short-range fireworks: 

You must have a container 

of water or a hose line 

that’s filled with water 

available to extinguish 

fireworks. 

Continued on page 02 

NEW DELHI: A personal 

car of Delhi Chief Minister 

Arvind Kejriwal was stolen 

here on Thursday outside 

the government's headquarters 

in the capital. 

The blue colour WagonR 

car, registered in the 

name of the Aam Aadmi 

Party (AAP), was gifted to 

Kejriwal by an NRI. 


The Canadian Press 

TORONTO: A 15-year-old boy and a 

30-year-old man are being charged in connection 

with 10 bank robberies in Toronto. 

Toronto police say the pair is accused 

in robberies beginning in early August, the 

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October 06, 2017 | Toronto 

NEWS 

EventS this week 

Event: Diwali Razzmatazz ( Delicious Food, samosa, Dosa & 

competition) 

When: October 13, 

Time: 8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 

Where: Celebration Square, Mississauga 

300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga ON, L5B 3C1 

Contact info: 905-615-4311 

Event: : I love Beer Fall 

When : October 14 

Time: 1 PM - 8 PM 

Where: The International Centre 

6900 Airport Road, Entrance 6, Mississauga ON 

Contact Info: : Calendar Google Cal 

Event: Diwali Dhamaka ( DJ , Dance , Dinner, Face Painting, 

Door Prizes) 

When : October 15 

Time: 5 PM - 11:59 PM 

Where: Versailles Convention Centre 

6721 Edwards Blvd , Mississauga ON, L5T 2v9 

Contact Info: 647-883-4445 

Event: Canadian pizza show( pizza making competition) 

Date : October 16 

Time: 9 AM - 4:30 PM 

Where: The International Centre 

6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga ON, L4V 1E8 

Contact Info: 519 428 3471 

Event: School Information Night 

Date : October 18 

Time: 6:30 PM - 11:59 PM 

Where: West Credit Secondary School 

6325 Montevideo Road, Mississauga ON, L5N2P8 

Contact Info: 905-858-3087 

Brampton allows short-range fireworks to celebrate Diwali 

Continued from page 01 

You must never light a firework or hold a lit firework 

in your hand, other than a sparkler. After using sparklers, 

place them in a container of water to fully cool before disposal. 

Allow all fireworks to fully cool before disposal. As per 

the new Fireworks and Licensing by-laws were approved by 

City Council in 2016, residents must buy fireworks from only 

those vendors who are licensed to sell them. The city has introduced 

a mandatory annual course for fireworks vendors 

before they can be licensed to sell. 

The names of licensed vendors for Diwali will be posted 

on the City website. Brampton has designated Diwali as one 

of four approved holidays a year when short-range fireworks 

are allowed on private property, without the need for a permit. 

The other three holidays are Victoria Day, Canada Day 

and New Year’s Eve. 

What to do when your house catches fire 


TORONTO: The Office of the Fire 

Marshal and Emergency Management 

kicked off Fire Prevention Week 2017 

on Tuesday. 

The campaign started with a reminder 

that: "Every Second Counts: 

Plan 2 Ways Out!" 

Residents are being advised how 

time is a critical factor because fire 

and smoke can spread so quickly that 

firefighters may not be able to arrive 

in time to rescue you and your family. 

That’s why it is important to have two 

ways out of the area engulfed by fire 

and smoke. 

Every home should have working 

smoke alarms and a home fire escape 

plan. 

"There is no time to plan your escape 

after a fire starts. That's why it's 

Indo-Canadian man 

missing for over a 

month 


BRAMPTON: 

Peel Regional 

Police are 

searching for a 

34 year-old Indo- 

Canadian man 

from Brampton who has been missing 

for more than a month. Abhijeet 

Singh has been missing since Friday, 

September 8, from his matrimonial 

home in Brampton. 

He is a medium complexion, 

5'10" tall, 160 lbs. 

and with a medium build. 

Singh short black 

hair and a well trimmed 

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right forearm. Anyone with any information 

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must contact police. 

2 charged in Toronto teen's 

killing 

TORONTO: Two men have been 

charged with second-degree murder 

in the stabbing death of a 15-yearold 

in Stan Wadlow Park in Toronto 

around 8:45 p.m. on Saturday. The 

so important to have a home fire escape 

plan that you practice on a regular basis 

with your family. Once you hear the 

smoke alarm, you need to react quickly 

and know ahead of time what to do,’’ according 

to Ross Nichols, Ontario Fire 

Marshal and Chief, Emergency Management. 

Because of the materials used in 

construction these days, homes burn 

up to eight times faster than 50 years 

ago. 

It is mandatory for all homes in Ontario 

tot have working smoke alarms 

victim, identified as Isaiah Witt, was 

taken to hospital where he died from 

a stab wound. 

Reports say Witt was attending 

a so-called park party when he was 

attacked. Police arrested four people 

after the stabbing. Two - an 18-yearold 

man and a 19-year-old man - have 

been are charged with second-degree 

murder. A GoFundMe page set up to 

help Witt's family had raised more 

than $6,000 by Tuesday afternoon. 

'Suspicious' death in 

Markham 

MARKHAM: York regional police 

are appealing for witnesses 

following the death of a 

man in Markham. 

Officers responding to a 

call about an unconscious 

man, located a 30-year-old 

man, suffering from injuries. Police 

say he was taken to hospital where 

he died of his injuries. Investigators 

say they believe the death is suspicious, 

but the cause of death has yet 

to be determined. 

Toronto man tries to kill 

two kids with hammer 

Agencies 

TORONTO: Toronto police say a 

53-year-old man has been charged 

with attempted murder after two 

installed on every storey and near 

sleeping areas. 

It has been found over the past five 

years that in 36 per cent of fatal home 

fires, there was no smoke alarm warning. 

About 18 percent the homes destroyed 

in fires had no smoke alarm 

and in 18 percent the smoke alarm did 

not work.Residents should keep these 

tips in mind when a fire takes place: 

Have two ways out of every room, if 

possible. Identify anyone who requires 

assistance to get out of the home safely, 

such as small children and older adults. 

Make sure everyone in the home 

knows the sound of the smoke alarm. 

Test smoke alarms monthly. 

Choose a meeting place outside and 

make sure everyone knows where it is. 

Practice your home fire escape plan 

with all members of the household at 

least twice a year. 

young children were hit in the head 

with a hammer and choked. 

Police say the suspect was in 

a north Toronto home with the 

children — both under the age of 

10 — when they were attacked on 

Saturday. The victims suffered lifethreatening 

injuries but police say 

both are expected to make a full recovery. 

The accused appeared in 

court Thursday on charges including 

two counts of attempt murder, two 

counts of assault with a weapon and 

two counts of uttering threats. Police 

aren't releasing the man's name to 

protect the identity of the victims. 

Hunt for killers 

MISSISSAUGA: Peel Regional Police 

are on the 

hunt for the killers 

of a man in 

Streetsville. The 

victim - 23-yearold 

Alan Connor 

Drew - was seriously 

injured 

at about 2.45 am on Saturday morning 

in the Queen Street South and 

Tannery Street area. Police said he 

suffered from blunt force trauma 

injuries after a physical altercation 

with some unknown people. He was 

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Premier Wynne joins Indo-Canadians 

in Diwali celebrations 


BRAMPTON: Ontario Premier 

Kathleen Wynne, her Cabinet colleague 

Dipikia Damerla and Indo- 

Canadian caucus members joined 

the Indo-Canadian community in 

celebrating Diwali at the Dreams 

Convention Centre here on Tuesday. 

Clad in a red saree to match 

the colourful occasion, the Ontario 

Premier said the festival of lights 

comes at the right time in Canada 

“when it starts to get dark and 

cold. We need Diwali to show us 

light at the other end of winter.’’ 

Lighting the traditional diyas 

along with other Indo-Canadian 

MPPs, the Ontario Premier said 

Diwali is the embodiment of India’s 

rich spiritual heritage and 

enlightenment. It stands for the 

victory of good over evil. 

The Premier, who took a trade 

mission to India last year, said just 

everybody she met there had a 

relative in Ontario. This shows the 

deep bonds between Ontario and 

India, she said. 

Welcoming the Premier, Minister 

Dipika Damerla explained 

the significance of the festival of 

lights which is celebrated by Hindus 

and Sikhs and other communities 

with enthusiasm. 

The local MPP Harinder Malhi, 

who represents Brampton-Springdale 

at Queen’s Park, welcomed 

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End of Sears Canada as it seeks 

court approval to liquidate all stores 


TORONTO: Sears Canada 

Inc. said Tuesday it is 

seeking court approval to 

liquidate its roughly 130 

remaining stores, leaving 

approximately 12,000 employees 

without a job. 

The embattled retailer 

has been operating under 

the Companies’ Creditors 

Arrangement Act since 

June. It said that it had 

failed to find a buyer that 

would allow it to continue. 

The court overseeing 

Sears Canada’s operations 

is expected to hear 

a motion Friday seeking 

approval for the liquidation 

and wind−down of 

the business. Sears last 

week received a revised 

bid from a group led by 

Agencies 

OTTAWA: A spokesman 

for Public Safety Minister 

Ralph Goodale says 

an RCMP questionnaire 

that singled out Muslim 

asylum seekers has been 

deemed inappropriate 

and taken out of circulation. 

The questionnaire 

was used at the Quebec 

border crossing that saw 

an influx of thousands of 

asylum seekers from the 

U.S. this summer. 

Among other things, 

the questionnaire asked 

opinions about freedom 

of religious practice, 

head coverings associated 

with Muslim women 

and terrorist groups 

with mainly Muslim 

members. 

A copy of the questionnaire 

was given to 

its executive chairman 

Brandon Stranzl to buy 

the business. 

A lawyer for Sears 

Canada’s court−appointed 

monitor told the court 

last week it would consider 

the bid, but the company 

was running out of 

money and time. On Tuesday, 

the retailer said in 

a statement that "following 

exhaustive efforts, no 

viable transaction" was 

made. 

The company plans to 

start liquidation sales no 

later than Oct. 19 and expects 

them to continue for 

10 to 14 weeks. 

Sears Canada currently 

has 74 full−line locations, 

eight Sears Home 

Stores, and roughly 49 

Sears Hometown stores, 

according to Sears Canada 

spokesman Joel Shaffer. 

The retailer has approximately 

12,000 employees, 

three−quarters 

The Canadian Press by 

Toronto lawyer Clifford 

McCarten. 

Public Safety Spokesman 

Scott Bardsley says 

the department was im- 

of whom are part−time, 

Shaffer added. Of the 

roughly 800 employees 

in Sears Canada’s head 

office, the vast majority 

will exit next week, he 

said. That tally doesn’t include 

the 2,900 job reductions 

Sears Canada had 

announced in June, with 

wishes you 

the closure of 20 full−line 

locations, 15 Sears Home 

stores, 10 Sears Outlet 

and 14 Sears Hometown 

locations. Sears Canada 

said in the statement 

Tuesday it "deeply regrets 

this pending outcome and 

the resulting loss of jobs 

and store closures." 

Litigators for a group 

of lenders who have provided 

debtor−in−possession 

financing to Sears 

Canada to keep it afloat 

pushed to enter into a 

liquidation agreement by 

Oct. 7 at the latest. The 

lenders pushed for approval 

no later than Oct. 

13, in order to liquidate 

before the crucial holiday 

season and maximize value. 

The retailer was spun 

off from Sears Holdings in 

2012. 

RCMP stops using 'inappropriate' screening of Muslims 

Toronto doctor had sex with teen 

girl in hospital office, say police 

mediately concerned 

when it learned of the 

document because some 

questions were inappropriate 

and not consistent 

with government policy. 

Bardsley says the RCMP 

has suspended use of the 

questionnaire. 


TORONTO: Police say a doctor — who 

allegedly paid to have unprotected sex 

with a 15-year-old girl in his office at a 

Toronto hospital — is facing multiple 

charges. 

Toronto police say investigators 

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Ready for anything on NAFTA, says 

Trudeau as he reaches Mexico 


WASHINGTON: Justin 

Trudeau departed the U.S. 

capital for Mexico City on 

Thursday, leaving behind 

one country with mixed feelings 

about the North American 

Free Trade Agreement 

and landing squarely in another. 

The prime minister finally 

acknowledged Wednesday 

the possibility of North 

America without NAFTA 

after a day of Washington 

meetings that included 

pointed pessimism from U.S. 

President Donald Trump 

about the fate of trilateral 

trade pact. Prior to sitting 

down with Trudeau, Trump 

said it would be fine if the 

North American Free Trade 

Agreement was just terminated, 

although members 

of Congress expressed hope 

earlier in the day it could be 

reworked. A similar tension 

appears to exist in Mexico, 

where President Enrique 

Pena Nieto has pledged to defend 

the deal, but some of his 

senior leadership appear to 

be laying groundwork for it 

to fail. The country's foreign 

relations secretary said this 

week it would not be a big 

deal for Mexico to just walk 

away from the talks, and that 

Mexico won't accept "limited, 

managed trade" — an apparent 

reference to demands 

for higher U.S. and regional 

content rules on products 

like auto parts. 

Meanwhile, a veteran 

Mexican diplomat has expressed 

fears about the possibility 

that NAFTA could be 

ditched in favour of bilateral 

agreements, an issue raised 

by Trump as well. 

"Some of us in Mexico 

think that on several occasions 

our Canadian friends 

have come close to throwing 

us under the bus," said Arturo 

Sarukhan, the former 

Mexican ambassador to the 

U.S., said at a NAFTA-related 

event hosted by Dentons 

law firm in D.C. on Wednesday. 

"How do we Mexicans 

ensure (our) Canadian 

friends stay focused on a trilateral 

approach?" 

Trudeau was asked 

whether a bilateral deal with 

Mexico could be in the cards 

should the trilateral talks 

fail. He said he knows there 

are other paths that could be 

pursued, and they'll be followed 

if necessary. 

For now, he remains optimistic. 

"I continue to believe 

in NAFTA; I continue 

to believe that as a continent 

working together in complementary 

ways is better for 

our citizens and better for 

economic growth, and allows 

us to compete on a stronger 

footing with the global 

economy," Trudeau said. "So 

saying, we are ready for anything 

and we will continue 

to work diligently to protect 

Canadian interests, to stand 

up for jobs, and look for opportunities 

for Canadian 

business and citizens of all 

of our friends and neighbour 

countries to do well."or her 

accomplishments. 

Be ready for life without NAFTA: 

Stephen Harper 

Agencies 

WASHINGTON: Former 

Canadian Prime Minister 

Stephen Harper broke 

his public silence on current 

events by offering 

a gloomy assessment on 

the state of international 

trade, describing antitrade 

sentiment in the U.S. 

as a long-term problem 

that predates the Trump 

administration, that lacks 

an easy fix, and could well 

result in the end of NAF- 

TA. 

Harper stepped into 

the role of political analyst 

during a panel discussion 

in Washington 

with a coincidence of timing 

that bordered on the 

surreal Wednesday. At 

the very same moment, 

Harper's successor, Justin 

Trudeau, happened to be 

a few blocks away at the 

White House, discussing 

the North American Free 

Trade Agreement with 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump himself. 

Powerful anti-trade 

forces that extend beyond 

Trump's presidency are at 

play in American society 

and aren't going away any 

time soon, said the former 

Conservative leader, 

who's an ardent free trader. 

Harper said he is advising 

companies to start 

planning for the possibility 

of life without NAFTA. 

"I believe that it is conceivable. 

I believe Donald 

Trump would be willing 

to take the economic and 

political risk of that under 

certain circumstances," 

Harper said in a panel at 

the Dentons law firm. "I 

would not want to simply 

bet that this is just all going 

to work out. What's 

driving this are some 

very powerful political 

currents that, frankly, 

nobody — including Mr. 

Trump — has really figured 

out how to address, 

and they're going to keep 

coming at us." 

Harper said he doesn't 

believe a simple fix to NAF- 

TA, with a few tweaks, will 

satisfy Trump. He called 

the president unpredictable, 

but said one thing is 

predictable — the political 

need for Trump to point to 

significant changes, given 

that he's repeatedly blasted 

NAFTA as a horrific 

deal: "I just don't know 

how you get from here to 

there," Harper said. 

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Agencies 

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horrific, traumatizing and 

unnecessary." 

The petition has attracted 

over 4,500 digital 

signatures from around the 

world and prompted a slew 

of one-star reviews for the 

restaurant on Facebook and 

Yelp. 

Toronto-based Anishinaabe 

artist Aylan Couchie 

launched a counter-petition 

in response, which has been 

shared by musician Tanya 

Tagaq and has nearly 

matched the support of the 

original campaign. 

Lenore Newman, the 

Canada Research Chair for 

Food Security and Environment 

and author of "Speaking 

in Tongues: A Canadian 

Culinary Journey," considers 

some of the practices in 

raising chicken and pork 

for consumption to be far 

more cruel — and far more 

common — than the seal 

hunt. 

"Even if (the original petition) 

is well-intentioned, 

there are literally thousands 

of restaurants in Toronto 

that serve meat that 

is produced in much worse 

ways," says Newman, adding 

that seal meat is an easy 

target for criticism because 

its roots are Inuit. 

"I do think there is 

some underlying racism in 

our culture around other 

people's food. In Canada we 

have this huge history of 

oppressing Indigenous cuisine, 

and telling Indigenous 

people how they should be 

eating. "Controlling people's 

food is about controlling 

them." 

The practice of hunting 

seal, whether for meat 

or fur, has been controversial 

for years. High-profile 

animal rights advocates including 

Pamela Anderson, 

Paul McCartney and Morrissey 

have criticized Canada's 

seal hunt and imports 

of seal products are banned 

in the United States and the 

European Union. Defenders 

of the seal hunt cite its 

economic and cultural significance, 

particularly in 

Inuit communities. 

The author of the original 

petition, whose name is 

no longer attached but who 

has been identified elsewhere 

as "Jennifer," said 

she was not singling out 

any specific cultural practice. 

"Although this is an 

Indigenous restaurant, 

the seal meat comes from 

a commercial company 

called SeaDNA therefore 

has nothing to do with 

the Indigenous hunt," she 

wrote online. In her counter-petition, 

Couchie wrote 

that she disagreed with 

that assessment. 

Sex for fame: I said 'no' to 

powerful men, says Toronto's 

famous singer Liona Boyd 

Agencies 

TORONTO: Toronto-based famous singer 

and classical guitarist Liona Boyd says the 

mounting allegations of sexual harassment 

against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein 

have stirred up painful memories. 

The five-time Juno Award winner says she 

encountered powerful entertainment leaders 

in the 1970s and 1980s who pressured 

her to trade sex for a chance at fame. 

"I was in that position too 

many times," Boyd recalled 

Wednesday after writing a social 

media post in support of the 

women who have spoken up 

against Weinstein. 

"Thank goodness I was strong enough 

to say no, but I did lose all kinds of opportunities." 

She said she likely missed out on 

a chance to appear on the TV series "The 

Love Boat" and perform at the White House 

with Frank Sinatra because she wouldn't 

have sex with a man involved in both projects. 

A role alongside actress Nastassja Kinski 

was also dangled as bait by a screenwriter 

who wanted to see her audition in 

his hotel suite, Boyd recalled. 

She decided to return to Toronto instead 

of forging a career in Los Angeles because 

"the price became too evident." 

"I felt angry sometimes, I felt used. I felt 

disappointed," Boyd said. "I was furious 

at the time. They were taking advantage 

of my naivety." The Toronto-based singer 

first wrote about Hollywood's "casting 

couch mentality" in her 1999 memoir "In 

My Own Key: My Life in Love and Music." 

But the four stories of sexual harassment 

she shared were mostly ignored, as attention 

centred on details about her eightyear 

romance with former prime minister 

Pierre Trudeau. 

"Nobody asked me about it at all," she 

said. "(The book) got reviews but nobody 

mentioned that, all they wanted to know 

was about Pierre Trudeau." 

One of her memories outlined in the 

book involves a French film director who 

invited her to a business breakfast 

and then changed plans 

at the last minute, telling her 

to meet him at his hotel room 

instead. Boyd quickly realized 

it was a mistake. "A heavily 

perfumed monsieur, making what he had 

calculated to be a dramatic and irresistible 

impression in a black silk robe, lunged towards 

me in greeting while his lecherous 

hands slid below my waist," she wrote in 

her memoir. 

"Angrily extricating myself I told him 

I was expecting a business meeting. He 

laughed sardonically, 'Cherie, you look so 

sexy when you are angry. Let me tame you, 

my gorgeous lioness.'" 

Boyd said she felt deceived and stormed 

out, went back to her own room and reprimanded 

herself for "being so naive in regard 

to men." "Times were really different, 

I guess," the musician said in reflection. "I 

never thought of reporting it. I told my parents, 

I told my girlfriend ... but there was no 

question about seeing a lawyer or reporting 

any of these men." 

Boyd hopes her stories will serve as a 

warning to industry newcomers. 

Toronto District School Board to 

remove 'chief' from job titles 


TORONTO: Canada's largest 

school board is phasing 

out the word "chief" from 

senior staff job titles, saying 

the move is being made 

out of respect for Indigenous 

peoples. 

The Toronto District 

School Board's decision 

raised eyebrows in some 

quarters, but a spokesman 

said the action was taken 

"in the spirit" of recommendations 

made by the Truth 

and Reconciliation Commission. 

However, Ryan Bird 

said that to his knowledge 

no Indigenous people had 

reached out to ask the 

board to remove the phrase 

from its job titles. 

The Truth and Reconciliation 

Commission 

spent years documenting 

the long-standing impacts 

of Canada's residential 

school system and made 

many recommendations to 

further reconciliation with 

Indigenous people. 

For the TDSB, tackling 

the word "chief" was a proactive 

move, Bird said, explaining 

that the term has 

come under fire in certain 

contexts in recent years. 

"It may not have originated 

as an Indigenous 

word, but the fact is that 

it is used as a slur in some 

cases, or in a negative way 

to describe Indigenous 

people," he said in an interview 

Wednesday. "With 

that in mind, as it has become 

a slur in some cases, 

that's the decision the administration 

has made to 

be proactive on that." 

The board's effort has 

been underway for a few 

years and is close to completion, 

Bird said. 

From here on out, the 

word is being replaced 

with terms like "manager" 

and "executive officer" 

within the school board. 

For instance, Bird said, 

the person once called the 

chief of social work is now 

the manager of social work. 

Word of the TDSB's efforts 

drew questions from 

observers online who wondered 

if the board may 

have gone too far. Some 

questioned the need for the 

move while others pointed 

out that the word "chief" 

is widespread in job titles 

across the world. 

Mark Morton, who 

works at the University 

of Waterloo's Centre for 

Teaching Excellence 

and studies the origin of 

words, said the root of the 

word "chief" is believed 

to predate Latin, and also 

spawned words such as 

"captain." 

The word "chief" in its 

modern sense was first 

used to describe leaders of 

Irish and Scottish clans in 

the 1570s, and it wasn't until 

the 18th century that it 

was applied to the leaders 

of First Nations, he said. 

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Acquittal of teacher who secretly filmed 

female students' breasts upheld 

Agencies 

TORONTO: A high school teacher who used a camera 

pen to secretly video female students' chest areas did 

so for sexual purposes, but his acquittal on voyeurism 

charges will nevertheless stand, Ontario's top court 

ruled in a split decision on Thursday. 

In dismissing a prosecution challenge to a lower 

court verdict, the Court of Appeal found the students 

had no reasonable expectation of privacy — a key element 

of the offence of voyeurism. 

Police in London, Ont., charged the English teacher, 

Ryan Jarvis, over secret recordings he made in 2010 

and 2011 of the students while he was chatting with 

them. The images, captured in various places in and 

around the school and lasting from seconds to a few 

minutes, involved 27 female students aged 14 to 18. 

Another teacher spotted what was happening and 

alerted the principal, who observed the same 

conduct and called in the police. 

Key to the voyeurism charge was that several 

of the videos, admitted as evidence at trial, focused 

on the teens' chest areas. 

In November 2015, Superior Court Justice Andrew 

Goodman found Jarvis not guilty, despite 

deciding his behaviour had been "morally repugnant 

and professionally objectionable." While 

Goodman ruled the students had a reasonable 

expectation of privacy, he found the videos were 

not sexually motivated. 

Among other things, Goodman said, Jarvis 

had no other pornographic material, sometimes 

filmed faces, and none of the images showed nudity 

or sexual activity. The judge also noted that 

the images showed what could be "readily seen" 

by anyone. 

"While a conclusion that the accused was photographing 

the students' cleavage for a sexual 

purpose is most likely," Goodman found, "there may be 

other inferences to be drawn." 

The Crown appealed, arguing it should have been 

a no-brainer that Jarvis, who did not testify, had been 

sexually motivated: The subjects were females, and the 

camera was deliberately pointed downward at their 

breasts. 

In coming to opposite conclusions than Goodman 

did — but still upholding the acquittal — the majority 

of the Appeal Court panel that heard the case rejected 

his analysis of the sexual aspect, which leaned on parallels 

to child pornography. Goodman was wrong, the 

higher court ruled, to consider the lack of nudity as negating 

the sexual purposes Jarvis had. 

The judge also failed to identify what other purposes 

the teacher might have had, the higher court said. 

"This was an overwhelming case of videos focused 

on young women's breasts and cleavage," Justice Kathryn 

Feldman wrote on behalf of herself and Justice David 

Watt. 

However, in looking at the second element of the 

offence, Feldman and Watt disagreed with Goodman 

that the teens had a reasonable expectation of privacy 

at school even though they could be recorded, for example, 

by security cameras. 

In coming to that conclusion, the majority noted 

that we live in an open society "where visual interaction 

is part of everyday life and is valued" and that 

while school should be a protected and safe environment, 

students know they can be observed in places 

where they gather. 

"If a person is in a public place, fully clothed and 

not engaged in toileting or sexual activity, they will 

normally not be in circumstances that give rise to a 

reasonable expectation of privacy," the court ruled. 

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before 2 p.m. 

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Police used a robot to probe the package and 

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When people wake up 

Air pollution adds to the already 

pervading chaos in India - whether it is 

traffic chaos or noise-related chaos. In such 

a scenario, the Supreme Court of India has 

done well to ban the burning of firecrackers 

in the national capital - which is one of the 

most polluted cities in the world - around 

Diwali 

But this ban has not gone down well with 

the so-called guardians of Indian culture. 

They say the ban on firecrackers amounts 

to banning celebration of Indian culture. 

One wonders whether these jokers know 

that there were no firecrackers when Lord 

Rama returned to Ayodhya with Sita after 

14 years. People celebrated his return by 

lighting lamps. That’s how Diwali became 

the festival of lights. 

Anyone who has lived in the Indian 

capital knows that pollution caused by 

Diwali fireworks hangs in the air for days. 

The city has a record number of people 

suffering from pollution-related diseases. 

It is a good thing that Indians are 

becoming increasingly vocal on public 

issues and the governments and courts are 

taking note of public sentiments. That’s 

why green tribunals are imposing ban on 

stubble burning in states such as Punjab 

and Haryana. 

It is hoped that just as open defecation 

is becoming a thing of the past because of 

mass awareness, pollution-related issues 

will also become the target of public anger. 

India needs more public participation on 

these burning issues because political 

leaders and bureaucrats have never acted 

as facilitators is streamlining things. 

Politicians can keep bragging but it is 

only when citizens participate will India 

change. It is heartening to see that public 

awakening is happening in India very fast. 

Thought for the week 

Religion was invented when the first con man 

met the first fool. 

~Mark Twain 

Why Indians are more divided 

on foreign lands 

Brig Nawab Heer and 

Ms Preet Heer 

Having lived in North America 

for the past five years, I have seen immense 

progress by the Indian Diaspora 

in many fields. But I have failed to understand 

is: why they are more divided 

on foreign lands than in India. 

I spent my earlier years in Punjab 

whereI saw and learnt to live in respect 

for all religions and communities. 

Even during the Punjab problem in the 

eighties, all communities lived in harmony. 

Thereafter, I served in the Indian 

Army for 36 years and we all lived like 

true brothers, respecting each other, 

celebrating all religious festivals as 

your own. Not even once we thought 

that someone is South Indian or Hindu 

or Muslim or a Sikh. Indian defence 

forces are the best examples of secularism 

in the world with no place for any 

discrimination. I have always wondered 

why a human being starts disliking 

another human being just based on 

his caste, creed, and colour despite the 

fact no one has any control over where 

and which family he/she is born in. 

My point is that when we migrate 

to a distant lands, we emigrate as nationals 

of India. Initially, when we 

are settling down we look up to any 

person form our country and we meet 

and greet himher with great interest. 

But slowly and slowly as we make 

more progress and more people from 

the same country join hands as immigrants, 

suddenly we start discriminating 

- he is South Indian, he is Gujarati, 

he is Muslim or he is Hindu. We start 

creating barriers. 

Even in India, we may live in harmony 

but we never lived as Indians. 

We are all happy to be known as Punjabi, 

Bihari, Madrasi, Maharastrian, 

Assames, and Bengali etc., etc. Alternatively, 

we are happy living as Sikhs, 

Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jatts, 

Sainis, Dalits, etc. Very few call themselves 

Indians. Maybe we have not 

been able to knit ourselves as Indians 

or maybe it is due to our long history. 

Let us take in Canada where we 

have Punjabis in majority, Gujaratis, 

South Indians and the rest of Indians. If 

we analyze these groups, it is only that 

Punjabis are in the forefront of Politics 

and many other fields. Gujaratis are 

doing well in businesses and so are 

Punjabi Hindus. South Indians are doing 

well in IT sector or technical fields. 

Possibly, Punjabis account for 

about 25 percent of all Indians in Canada. 

If only 25 percent can produce 33 

MPs and many MPPs, we can imagine 

how much power we can wield if all Indians 

get together ion one platform and 

what a difference we can make. 

I have spoken to some leaders of 

the Gujarati Community and South 

Indians. They all admire Punjabis 

and also accept the fact that the type of 

leadership Punjabis can provide they 

cannot match it. They also complain 

that Punjabis do not approach them. 

Even among the Punjabis too, there is 

a gap between Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi 

Hindus. Though one can understand 

that the Sikh community is still 

anguished by the happenings of 1984 

and riots at behest of those in power at 

that time, you cannot blame the whole 

Hindu community for the act of those 

individuals in power at that time. We 

have been taught `Manas kee jaat Eko 

Pahchanvo’ by our gurus and we live 

for `Sarbat Daa Bhalla”. That’s why I 

do not see any reason for what I see in 

Canada because Hindus and Sikhs in 

harmony in Punjab. In Canada, we do 

not trust each other. Now that the second 

and third generation Indian diaspora 

is coming up, I really expect them 

to live better harmony among groups 

hailing from India. Such cohesion will 

make for better representation of the 

talent, better projection of Indian culture 

and the diaspora will be able to 

project itself more distinctively. 

We as NRIs, having seen better 

civilized world, must take initiate in 

showing our unity and togetherness 

across caste, colour, and creed and 

send a positive message to brethren living 

in India. We can also set up a good 

example of cohesiveness for our Indian 

brethren. Through these columns, I 

request to leaders of all organizations 

across all groups hailing from India 

to start celebrating all religious functions 

of all religions. Can we start next 

year from Baisakhi Day through Janmashtami, 

Id and Diwali? We is ready 

for a joint stage for an Indian cultural 

fair next year. Let us see a very positive 

approach. 

With our small initiative, we can 

join hands with global Immigrants one 

day. After all, Guru Nanak had said 

that we are all one. 

(Brig Nawab Heer can be contacted 

atnawabheer@gmail.com) 

Can Trump cut Pakistan's Gordian knot? 

By C. Uday Bhaskar 

Almost 16 years to the 

day since the US embarked 

upon its war on terrorism 

against the Afghan Taliban 

on October 7, 2001, as reprisal 

for the enormity of the 

9/11 terrorist attacks, it appears 

that a White House administration 

is again issuing 

dire warnings to Rawalpindi 

(GHQ of the Pakistan Army) 

while still dangling the familiar 

"carrot". 

At a congressional hearing 

of the US Senate Foreign 

Relations Committee in 

Washington DC on Tuesday 

(October 4), General Joseph 

Dunford, Chairman, US 

Joints Chiefs of Staff, observed 

candidly: "I think it's 

clear to me that the ISI has 

connections with terrorist 

groups." This is not the first 

time that an incumbent in 

his chair has come to such a 

determination. 

US Defence Secretary 

Jim Mattis had a similar assessment, 

adding that while 

Pakistan may have come 

down on terrorism, "the 

ISI appears to run its own 

foreign policy". This is an 

unusually unambiguous assertion 

by a senior US offical 

but General Mattis added the 

caveat too: "We need to try 

one more time to make this 

strategy work with them; by, 

with and through the Pakistanis. 

And if our best efforts 

fail, the President (Trump) is 

prepared to take whatever 

steps are necessary." 

The war in Afghanistan, 

where Pakistan was accorded 

the status of a major 

non-NATO ally, has been 

expensive for the US both in 

terms of blood and treasure. 

A study by the Brown University 

estimates that, as of 

2016, the US may have spent 

up to $ 2 trillion towards the 

Afghan campaign, which 

still remains inconclusive 

and messy. 

As a benchmark, it may 

be relevant to note that India's 

GDP in 2016 was estimated 

to be $ 2.26 trillion. 

The total number of people 

killed since the US led war 

against terror began in October 

2001 has crossed 370,000 

and the number displaced is 

upwards of 800,000. And the 

violence continues. 

Will the latest warning 

by the Trump team have the 

desired effect on the Pakistani 

Inter Services Intelligence 

(ISI) and the "deepstate" 

in that country? It is 

difficult to be optimistic. 

Three high-level political 

visits in end September 

frame the intractable nature 

of the Afghan war. They 

were dramatically illustrated 

by events in Kabul. Mattis 

arrived in Kabul from 

Delhi (September 26) and a 

few hours later the airport 

was subjected to rocket fire 

by the local Taliban. This 

attack on the Kabul airport 

led to a delay in the visit of 

Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of 

Afghanistan, to Delhi. 

It is pertinent to note 

that in their public remarks 

in Kabul and Delhi, the two 

men reiterated the imperative 

of closing down safe havens 

and sanctuaries for terror 

groups and dismantling 

the infrastructure in the 

region that supports such 

bloodshed. 

The not-so-subtle reference 

was to Pakistan and 

its deep-state that continues 

to support groups such as 

the Haqqani network, the 

Lashkar-e-Taiba and its affiliates. 

This brings us to 

the third visit -- that of Pakistani 

Prime Minister Shahid 

Khaqan Abbasi in end 

September to the US, where 

he asserted that charges of 

Pakistan sheltering terrorists 

were "untrue", and that 

the only cross-border movement 

of terrorists was "from 

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Talwars acquited, freed in daughter Arushi's murder 


A bench of Justice B.K. 

Narayana and Justice 

A.K. Mishra set free the 

couple in the murder of 

14-year-old Aarushi Talwar 

at their Jalvayu Vihar 

home in Noida on May 

16, 2008. 

Tanveer Ahmed Mir, 

lawyer for the couple, said 

they were able to prove 

that the CBI case had no 

basis or legs to stand on. 

"Once the basis of the 

prosecution was knocked 

out because it was unbelievable, 

then there was 

no motive. There was no 

sterling witness." 

Aditya Wadhwa, another 

defence lawyer, said 

just because there was no 

other person present in the 

room, where Aarushi was 

found dead, it was unjustified 

to blame the parents 

for the murder. 

He said both the judges 

found the charges against 

them baseless and there 

was no strength in the allegations 

of the CBI. 

Dhruv Gupta, another 

counsel for the accused 

parents, said there was no 

eyewitness and in a case 

which depended on circumstantial 

evidence "the 

law of the land is that the 

benefit of doubt goes to the 

accused". 

"Also when is an alternative 

hypothesis (of some 

other killer), the benefit of 

doubt again goes to the accused." 

The couple is expected 

to be set free from Dasna 

jail in Ghaziabad on Friday. 

Their relatives expressed 

happiness over the 

judgement, saying finally 

the ordeal is over for the 

couple. 

"I am thankful to the 

judiciary for giving a positive 

verdict. It has been a 

stressful life since Aarushi 

Talwar was killed. I am 

grateful for the acquittal of 

Rajesh and Nupur. Allow 

us to soak in the news. We 

always knew they were not 

guilty," Aarushi's maternal 

grandfather B.G. Chitnis 

said. 

Reacting to the verdict, 

the CBI said it would study 

the Allahabad High Court 

order and "decide the future 

course of action". 

Pinaki Mishra, the 

lawyer who appeared for 

the couple in the Supreme 

Court, said the CBI will 

have no case to argue in 

the Supreme Court. "In 

fact, they will have to answer 

a number of questions 

in the Supreme Court 

as to why they did not investigate 

properly." 

After a Special CBI 

Court in Ghaziabad convicted 

them for the murders 

in 2013 and handed 

them life terms, the Talwars 

appealed in the Allahabad 

High Court against 

the verdict. 

Former CBI Director 

A.P. Singh, who then headed 

the agency when it took 

over the case, said: "There 

were loopholes in our investigation 

and that is why 

we had closed the case saying 

it was inconclusive." 

He said the High Court 

verdict "does not say that 

the Talwars didn't do it" 

but that there was not 

enough evidence against 

them. 

Aarushi was found 

murdered in her bedroom, 

following which Hemraj 

was initially a suspect. 

However, his body too was 

found in a pool of blood a 

day later on the terrace of 

the house. 

The Uttar Pradesh Police 

accused Rajesh Talwar 

of killing his daughter in 

a fit of rage after he allegedly 

found Aarushi in a 

compromising situation 

with Hemraj. Rajesh Talwar 

was arrested on May 

23, 2008. On May 31, the 

Central Bureau of Investigation 

(CBI) took over the 

case. It initially absolved 

the parents of conspiracy 

and murder but later held 

them responsible. 

On June 13, Rajesh Talwar's 

compounder Krishna 

was arrested by the CBI. 

Ten days later, Raj Kumar, 

a servant of a doctor friend 

of the Talwars, and Vijay 

Mandal, the domestic help 

of the Talwars' neighbour, 

were also nabbed. 

The three were later 

freed after no evidence was 

found against them. 

How high court order ended 9-year ordeal of Talwars 

Agencies 

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad 

High Court on Thursday 

observed that dentist 

couple Rajesh and Nupur 

Talwar could not be held 

guilty of killing their daughter 

Aarushi and domestic 

help Hemraj just because 

they were present in their 

house when the murders 

took place in 2008 -- a verdict 

that ended a nine-year 

ordeal of the parents who 

were found guilty by a court 

in 2013. 

Justices B.K. Narayana 

and Arvind Kumar Mishra 

said in their judgment that 

the circumstantial evidence 

provided by the Central Bureau 

of Investigation (CBI) 

was insufficient to prove 

that the Talwars were guilty, 

giving the couple, serving 

life terms awarded by a 

special court, the benefit of 

doubt. 

Stating that the basic legal 

tenet was that an accused 

is innocent until proven 

guilty, the judges said: "The 

CBI has not provided the 

court with evidences that 

prove beyond doubt that 

they were guilty. In such cases, 

even the Supreme Court, 

in the absence of proper 

facts and proof, doesn't give 

such harsh punishments. 

"The parents cannot be 

held guilty just because they 

were present in the house 

when the murder took place. 

They should get the benefit 

of doubt. They are being set 

free in this case." 

The court order also negated 

the CBI court's observation 

that since Talwars 

were the only people present 

in the house at the time 

of the murder, the burden 

of furnishing satisfactory 

proof of their innocence lay 

with them. 

Following the court 

order, Aarushi's aunt Vandana 

Talwar said the 9-year 

journey since her niece's 

death was a struggle. 

"It was emotionally 

draining... We are tired. We 

thank the court for correcting 

the injustice. 

The relief by the Allahabad 

High Court ended the 

injustice meted out to Rajesh 

and Nupur. We are happy 

we can now move forward. 

At this point, we want to 

thank all those who did not 

even know us but supported 

us - emotionally, physically. 

Some even supported us financially." 

The Talwars, who have 

been describing their portrayal 

in the media as a 

witch-hunt, were accused 

of killing their daughter 

after they saw her in a compromising 

position with 

Hemraj. The allegation was 

first made by Uttar Pradesh 

Police and later repeated by 

the CBI but there was no no 

evidence to substantiate the 

premise. 

Arvind Kejriwal's famous personal car stolen 


Currently being used by party's media 

coordinator Vandana Singh, the blue colour 

car was stolen from outside the Delhi Secretariat 

Gate No.3, a police officer said. 

This was the car which was used by Kejriwal 

during his 2014 election campaign. He 

used this car when he became Delhi's Chief 

Minister for the first time in 2014. 

The car symbolized his opposition to 

VIP culture. 

The car became famous when as the 

newly elected Chief Minister, Kejriwal took 

to streets in 2014 to protest against Delhi 

Police. He was seen sleeping by his car on 

the road. AAP Chief Spokesperson Saurabh 

Bharadwaj said "Chief Minister's personal 

car was stolen today" and added that "there 

can never be a bigger question mark on the 

law and order situation (of Delhi)". 

Bharadwaj said the Lt. Governor's primary 

responsibility was to look after the 

law and order situation of the national capital 

and check whether the police were doing 

their duty properly. 

Deputy Commissioner of Police Mandeep 

Singh Randhawa said, "We have received 

a complaint regarding theft of a blue 

colour WagonR car bearing registration 

number DL9CG9769 from AAP. It was stolen 

at around 1 p.m. The police are examining 

the CCTV camera's footage of the secretariat 

and efforts are on to identify the accused 

person."

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'Parallel jathedars', SGPC men clash 

at Golden Temple 

Agencies 

AMRITSAR: Many people 

were injured when supporters 

of rival jathedars fought 

with swords outside the Golden 

Temple Complex here on 

Thursday. 

The violence took 

place when Master Johar 

Singh, president of Chhota 

Ghallughara Gurdwara in 

Qadian, came to appear before 

the parallel jathedars in 

connection with the immoral 

behaviour one of the gurdwara 

employees. 

When the parallel jathedars 

marched towards the 

Akal Takht to gain entry, the 

SGPC task force tried to stop 

them and the two sides got 

into heated arguments. 

As the SGPC task force 

was trying to remove Master 

Johar Singh from the complex, 

the supporters of the 

two sides took out swords. 

Why Shatrughan Sinha is not invited 

by his alma mater Patna University 


The devotees fled in panic as police 

intervened to stop the clashes. 

The two sides blamed each other 

for the clashes. 

While SGPC secretary Roop Singh 

demanded that a case be registered 

against the supporters of the parallel 

jathedars, the ‘acting jathedar’ Dhyan 

Singh Mand from the other side said 

SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar 

should be booked on charges of attempted 

murder. 

PATNA: Actor-turned-politician 

Shatrughan Sinha has 

expressed his pain at not being 

invited by his alma mater 

Patna University to its centenary 

celebration function on 

October 14 at which Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi will 

be chief guest. 

"Patna University is my 

alma mater but I was not invited 

to participate in its centenary 

celebration. I am yet to 

receive an invitation. It is really 

unfortunate," Sinha told 

media here. 

Sinha, popularly known 

as Bihari Babu, is a BJP MP 

from Patna Saheb and former 

student of Patna University. 

"There should not be any politics 

during such a historical 

celebration of an educational 

institution like Patna University," 

he said. 

Sinha said Patna University 

is part of his parliamentary 

constituency too. He said 

he was a student of the then 

prestigious Patna Sience College 

of Patna University. "It 

is wrong not to invite me due 

to differences of opinion with 

the Prime Minister." 

He also demanded that 

Patna University should invite 

senior BJP leader and 

former Finance Minister Yashwant 

Sinha to the centenary 

celebration. 

Shatrughan Sinha said 

Yashwant Sinha and RJD 

chief Lalu Prasad are both 

students of Patna University, 

and are yet to get invitations. 

Shatrughan Sinha in series 

of tweets on Thursday 

welcomed Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi's trip to Patna on 

Saturday but called the centenary 

celebrations at Patna 

University as "tame". He exhorted 

the Prime Minister to 

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Amit Shah's son Jay Shah can be 

probed if there is evidence: RSS 

Agencies 

BHOPAL: The RSS on 

Thursday said the charges 

against Jay Shah, son of 

BJP President Amit Shah, 

can be probed if there is 

prima facie evidence but 

it is for those who allege a 

scam to prove it. 

"Necessary enquiry 

should be done and action 

can be taken accordingly," 

senior RSS functionary 

Dattatreya Hosabale told 

reporters here, responding 

to queries related to 

the alleged spike in the 

turnover of a company 

owned by Jay Shah. 

He said there must be 

prima facie evidence for 

the charges to be enquired 

into. At the same time, he 

put the onus of proving 

the charges on those levelling 

them. "Those making 

the allegations should 

prove them first." 

The RSS leader also 

distanced itself from senior 

BJP leader Yashwant 

Sinha, who on Wednesday 

criticized the government 

for defending Jay Shah. 

Sinha had earlier created 

a furore after attacking 

the government's management 

of economy. 

"They are in the BJP 

and they should discuss 

the issues within the party. 

We will not discuss it 

as it is not our obligation," 

Hosabale said, when a reporter 

asked about questions 

being raised vis-a-vis 

government by some BJP 

leaders including Sinha. 

He also downplayed 

a question by a journalist 

who said senior leader 

Murli Manohar Joshi had 

given in writing a complaint 

about the government 

and had met RSS 

chief Mohan Bhagwat in 

this connection. "He might 

have come here for some 

other reason," he said. 

30 Punjab farmers face 

action for stubble burning 

Agencies 

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government will present 

over 30 farmers on Friday before the National Green Tribunal 

(NGT) in response to the latter's directive to produce 21 

farmers incentivized to check stubble burning. 

The NGT had on Wednesday directed the state government 

to bring before it the 21 farmers it had said had been 

helped through incentives and infrastructural facilities to 

prevent them from burning paddy residue in a bid to check 

air pollution. 

"Not only will the government produce over 30 such farmers, 

the Department of Agriculture will also update the court 

on the action taken so far to manage paddy straw in Village 

Kallar-Majri, Nabha (Patiala)," an official spokesperson said 

here. The detailed list of activities, which include installation 

of machines to farmers in the village, will be provided to the 

court, the spokesperson said, adding that the equipment was 

already operational across 67 acres of land.The department 

is also taking steps in six other villag es of Patiala district to 

facilitate residue management and the same will also be apprised 

to the court, the spokesperson added. 

Cobra rescued from JNU campus 


NEW DELHI: A four feet cobra was rescued from 

the staff quarters of the Jawaharlal Nehru University 

(JNU) on Thursday. The reptile was rescued by 

an animal welfare organisation Wildlife SOS, which 

had earlier this week rescued a Bluebull fawn with 

several dog bites from the JNU campus. 

"We spotted the cobra in the area several times in 

the past week. It had moved into the area behind the 

staff quarters, so we decided to keep a close eye on its 

movement till the wildlife team arrived," said Manju 

Tripathi, a resident. 

One of the four venomous snake species found in 

India, the common cobra has been rescued several 

times from JNU as the campus, located in a green 

belt of the national capital, offers a safe abode to reptiles 

and animals like civet and Bluebull (Nilgai). 

Delhi is home to 13 species of snakes, of which 

only two -- the common cobra and common krait -- 

are venomous. Earlier this month, a five-foot cobra 

was rescued from the Delhi Tourism and Transportation 

Development Corp (DTTDC) office. 

Illegal casino found in 

Gurgaon, 43 arrested 

Agencies 

GURGAON (GURUGRAM): Police have busted a 

casino being run illegally by a suspended Haryana 

Police constable in an upscale locality here and arrested 

43 people, including four women, in this connection, 

police said on Thursday. The illegal casino 

in K Block of Sushant Lok-1 was being run by constable 

Paramjeet, resident of a village near Haryana's 

Jhajjar. Paramjeet was part of a police team that 

killed Gurugram gangster Sandeep Gadoli last year. 

Gangster Gadoli, who was allegedly killed in a 

staged gun fight by a Haryana Police Crime Branch 

team in Mumbai on February 7 last year, was cremated 

on September 2 in his native village here. 

After a seven-month wait, Gadoli's family on September 

1 finally claimed his body, which had been lying 

in Mumbai's JJ Hospital morgue since his death. 

Paramjeeet had been absconding with his service 

pistol since then. "Sector 40 Police Station chief Sudhir 

Kumar and Crime Branch teams raided the house and 

arrested people for gambling," a senior police officer 

said. The three arrested women were illegally serving 

liquor to gamblers while the fourth one was helping 

them in playing. Paramjeet and his partner Kapil, a 

resident of Sector 40, have been arrested under relevant 

sections of Gambling, Arms and Excise acts.

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Victims of sexual offences, acid 

attacks must be compensated: SC 


India issues more medical 

visas for Pakistani nationals 


NEW DELHI: The Supreme 

Court on Thursday 

directed the National Legal 

Services Authority (NAL- 

SA) to prepare model rules 

regarding compensation to 

be paid to victims of sexual 

offences and acid attacks 

across the country. 

"We are of the opinion 

that it would be appropriate 

if NALSA sets up a committee 

of about four-five 

persons who can prepare 

the model rules for victim 

compensation for sexual offences 

and acid attack... " a 

bench of Justice Madan B. 

Lokur and Justice Deepak 

Gupta said. 

Noting the offer of Solicitor 

General Ranjit Kumar 

and amicus curiae 

Indira Jaising to assist the 

committee to be set up by 

NALSA for preparing the 

model rules, the court said 

that the "Chairperson or 

nominee of Chairperson of 

the National Commission 

for Women should be associated 

with the committee". 

The court asked NAL- 

SA to file the committee report 

on or before December 

31. 

In another matter, the 

apex court said it would 

hear on December 7 matters 

related to regulation 

of public transport, including 

app-based taxi services 

after amicus curiae Indira 

Jaising said that operators 

of these app-based companies 

were headquartered 

in foreign locations and did 

not submit to local jurisdiction 

where their taxis were 

operating. 

She told the court that 

Uber's operations were 

stopped in London as its 

operators did not submit to 

the jurisdiction of authorities 

there. 

Referring to the Internet-based 

platforms, Jaising 

told the court that none 

of them have offices in 

India. "They have officers 

overseas, like in Norway, 

and you can't reach them. 

They are not subjecting 

themselves to local jurisdictions." 

The apex court did not 

accept Jaising's plea to 

waive the procedure of subjecting 

a 10-year-old minor, 

who gave birth to a child 

following sexual assault 

in Chandigarh, from being 

put to cross-examination 

during ongoing trial in the 

case. She said the fact that 

the minor gave birth and 

forensic evidence in the 

case should be sufficient for 

the trial court to decide the 

matter. 

However, citing the legal 

rights of the accused, 

the court refused to entertain 

the plea and refused 

to interfere with the trial 

going on a day-to-day basis. 

NEW DELHI: Continuing 

a trend that started after a 

promise made on Independence 

Day this year, India 

has issued medical visa for 

a one-year-old Pakistani 

seeking open heart surgery 

and a man seeking a 

liver transplant. 

"We have approved 

the visa request for liver 

transplant surgery of your 

uncle Mr Azhar Hussain 

in India," External Affairs 

Minister Sushma Swaraj 

tweeted on Wednesday in 

response to a request from 

a Pakistani national Abbas 

who describes himself as a 

social activist and a liberal 

on his Twitter handle. 

Swaraj had earlier on 

Tuesday night announced 

medical visa for a oneyear-old 

Pakistani girl. 

"We are giving visa for the 

open heart surgery of your 

one-year-old daughter 

Shireen Shiraz in India," 

she tweeted in response to 

a request from the child's 

mother Hira Shiraz. 

So far this month, India 

has issued five medical visas 

for Pakistanis seeking 

urgent treatment. India 

had last month also issued 

a medical visa to a Pakistani 

child seeking open 

heart surgery in India. 

On Independence Day, 

the External Affairs Ministry 

had announced that 

India would provide medical 

visas to all bona fide 

Pakistani patients. As ties 

between the two countries 

soured over various issues, 

the ministry had announced 

in May that only 

a letter of recommendation 

by then Pakistan Foreign 

Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz 

would enable a Pakistani 

national to get a medical 

visa for India. 

The action was termed 

"highly regrettable" by Islamabad, 

which said that 

asking for a letter from the 

Foreign Affairs Advisor 

violated diplomatic norms 

and such a requirement 

had not been prescribed 

for any other country. 

However, on July 18, 

a patient from Pakistanadministered 

Kashmir, 

seeking treatment in New 

Delhi for liver tumour, got 

a visa. Swaraj then said 

that he needed no recommendation 

from the Pakistani 

government for a 

medical visa because the 

territory "is an integral 

part of India". 

SC moved for lifting of cracker ban 

citing cultural, religious rights 


New Delhi : A Chennaibased 

civil rights organisation 

on Thursday moved 

the Supreme Court seeking 

lifting of the ban on the sale 

of firecrackers in the national 

capital and NCR citing 

"cultural and religious 

rights of the Hindus and 

other communities" guaranteed 

under Article 25 of 

the Constitution. 

The lawyer for the petitioner 

-- Indic Collective 

Trust -- mentioned the matter 

for the lifting of the ban 

before the bench headed by 

Justice Ranjan Gogoi. 

The matter will come 

up for hearing on Friday. 

Temporary licence 

holders too had moved the 

top court for the recall of 

the October 9 order banning 

the sale of firecrackers 

till October 31. Seeking 

restoration of the September 

12 order lifting the ban 

on sale and stocking of 

firecrackers, the Trust said 

the Centre did not appear 

to have placed before the 

court the implication of 

the ban order on the fundamental 

rights of Hindus of 

Sanatan Dharma and Arya 

Samaj variant, Sikhs and 

Jains. 

The petitioner organisation 

has contended that 

the festival is celebrated in 

the North and South of India 

based on different traditions, 

while retaining certain 

commonalities such 

as lighting of lamps, chanting 

of prayers, exchange of 

gifts and bursting of firecrackers. 

"While in the North, the 

festival marks the celebration 

of the return of Lord 

Ram, in the South it is celebrated 

to commemorate 

the victory of Lord Krishna 

over Narakasura," the application 

seeking the lifting 

of the ban read. 

Stating that "regardless 

of whether these beliefs 

and traditions pass muster 

on the anvils of modern 

secular rationalism", the 

application by the Chennaibased 

organisation said: 

"These are nevertheless 

cherished beliefs and traditions 

which have been 

practised for centuries." 

"Consequently", the 

Indic Collective Trust said 

that "they form part of 

the religious and cultural 

rights of Indic communities 

under Article 25". 

The top court had by its 

November 11, 2016 order 

banned the sale and stocking 

of firecrackers. This 

ban was lifted by the top 

court on September 12 this 

year. However, on a plea 

for the recall of the September 

12 lifting order, the 

top court restored the ban 

till October 31, saying the 

September 12 order would 

come into operation from 

November 1. 

The top court by its October 

9 order had said that 

the impact of the ban on the 

sale of firecrackers on the 

air pollution in Delhi on 

Diwali should be tested at 

least once. 

Sex with wife below 18 is rape, 

rules Indian Supreme Court 

Agencies 

NEW DELHI: The Supreme 

Court on Wednesday 

said sex with wife below 18 

years of age is rape, striking 

down the provision of 

criminal law that permitted 

sex with wife aged between 

15 and 18. 

The husband is liable to 

be prosecuted if the woman 

files a complaint within a 

year of the sexual act, the 

Supreme Court said. The 

landmark order comes at a 

time when the apex court 

is already hearing petitions 

calling for marital rape to 

be declared crime and a debate 

over the age of consent. 

The court, however, 

made it clear that it was not 

saying anything on the larger 

issue of marital rape even 

though the verdict would 

have a prospective affect on 

that. Rape and child marriage 

laws of India disagree 

on age of consent. Section 

375 of the Indian Panel says 

sex with a girl less than 18 is 

rape but it makes an exception 

allowing sex with wife 

who is 15 or above, saying it 

is not rape even if it is without 

her consent. 

A bench of Justice 

Madan B. Lokur and Justice 

Deepak Gupta -- in separate 

but concurring judgements 

-- said the exception was "arbitrary, 

discriminatory and 

capricious". 

Justice Lokur said the 

exception has no rational 

nexus with the objective 

sought to be achieved by the 

different statutes. 

Describing as artificial 

the distinction between 

minor girl and a minor girl 

in child marriage, Justice 

Lokur said it was contrary 

to the philosophy of many 

statutes like Prohibition 

of Child Marriage Act and 

Protection of Children from 

Sexual Offences Act. 

The court also urged the 

Centre and the state governments 

to take proactive 

steps to discourage child 

marriages. 

Justice Gupta said the 

exception carved out in Section 

375 of the Indian Penal 

Code was violative of Article 

14, ArticLe 15 and Article 

21 of the Constitution.

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By Subhash K. Jha 

MUMBAI: Veteran 

actor Anupam Kher's 

appointment as Chairman 

of the Film and Television 

Institute of India (FTII) has 

sparked murmurs about a 

'clash of interest' that his 

new job poses with his own 

acting school. But he is 

unfazed and says naysayers 

have always been there 

whenever he has held a 

government position. 

What does Anupam 

have to say about those not 

happy with his new post? 

"Oh, them," he said. 

"They have always been 

around whenever I have 

been given a governmental 

position. When I was 

made the Chairperson of 

the CBFC, they said there 

would be a clash of interest 

with my relationship with 

producers and the film 

fraternity. When I took up 

stage acting very seriously, 

they said there would be a 

clash of interest with my 

film assignments. 

"So if they had not 

come forward now, I'd 

have missed them. But no, 

I am not worried about any 

I don't care 

about 

critics, 

says 

Anupam 

clash of interest. I prioritise 

my various commitments 

in a very systematic way," 

Anupam added. 

What would Anupam 

like to say to the students 

of FTII? 

"Wait and watch. Let 

me first catch my breath, 

interact with you and then 

let me do my job. Judge me 

after that." 

On Thursday, the FTII 

Students' Association 

wrote an open letter to 

the actor, drawing his 

attention towards nine key 

issues of the institute. 

Has Anupam thought 

of what he would like to 

do at the FTII, a premier 

institute for filmmaking 

enthusiasts. 

"It is too early to start 

planning. I first need to 

appraise the situation and 

meet all my team members 

there. From what I gather, 

the FTII is running 

smoothly, so I won't ruffle 

the status quo just to let the 

world know of my presence. 

But yes, eventually there 

will be changes. 

"I've never been 

scared of failing. If I was, 

I wouldn't have played a 

65-year-old man when I 

was only 25 (in Mahesh 

Bhatt's 'Saaraansh'). Today 

when I am approaching 65, 

I don't think there is any 

responsibility I wouldn't 

be up to," said the 62-yearold. 

Anupam said he enjoys 

every challenge equally. 

"I had already started 

making 'Ranchi Diaries' 

in Jharkhand when I 

suggested to the local 

administration, why not 

have proper film industry 

in the state? 'MS Dhoni...' 

was shot there, so was 

'Begum Jaan'. They said, 

'Yes, why not?' By the time 

I landed back in Mumbai, 

they had already appointed 

me the Chairperson of 

the Jharkhand Film 

Development Corporation. 

"I decided, why not? 

Every challenge is fine 

by me. I am being asked 

why I did that small role 

in 'Judwaa 2'? I did it for 

the fun of being in both 

parts of the franchise and 

for my long association 

with David Dhawan. I 

don't forget friends or 

abandon associations as 

per my convenience or 

inconvenience. I think 

that's one reason why 

I am given such huge 

responsibilities." 

How a Japanese girl falls in love with Urdu calligraphy 

By Mohammed Shafeeq 

H Y D E R A B A D : 

Calligraphy may be 

dying in an increasingly 

digitalised world, but the 

sheer love of the art has 

attracted a Japanese girl to 

India. 

At a time when very 

few youngsters are 

taking to Arabic/Urdu 

calligraphy, Yuko Takaji 

took up the pen and is 

learning the intricacies 

of the art from Muqtar 

Ahmed, a Bengaluru-based 

calligrapher. 

For someone born 

and brought up in Tokyo, 

Urdu is an alien language, 

but the 32-year-old speaks 

it with a fluency few 

can match even in the 

subcontinent. 

After learning Urdu 

from Tokyo University of 

Foreign Studies (TUFS), 

Takaji decided to explore 

something which only a 

few dare to experiment 

with. 

It looks strange as 

there are no similarities 

between her mothertongue 

and Urdu. She learnt 

calligraphy in Japanese 

but the same art in Arabic/ 

Urdu is a totally different 

ball game -- but she was 

determined. 

It was 15 years ago that 

she decided to try her hand 

at Arabic calligraphy. "I 

saw a picture in a book. I 

thought it's just a picture 

but was surprised when I 

read the caption that it's 

made from the word 'Allah'. 

It was so beautiful and I 

decided that I should learn 

Arabic calligraphy," Takaji 

told IANS. 

"There is a huge 

difference between Arabic 

and Japanese characters. 

I like Arabic characters 

because they look so 

beautiful," Takaji said. 

She learnt anaskh, an 

initial style of calligraphy, 

from her teacher Koichi 

Honda in Japan and, on 

his advice, came to India to 

learn other styles. 

She is currently 

learning aruq'ah and is 

keen to continue learning 

till the anasta'liq level. 

She aims to master the art 

to the stage where she can 

write the characters the 

way she wants. 

She first visited India in 

2011 and learnt the basics 

at a madrasa in Delhi for 

a week. She came again in 

2012 and this time spent a 

month to learn the art. 

Takaji has so far visited 

India 16 times, not just to 

learn calligraphy but also 

to explore different parts of 

the country. 

"Mujhe India ke log 

pasand hain. Logon se baat 

karna bohut accha lagta 

hai," (I like people of India 

and love to talk to them), 

she said in Urdu. 

Takaji, who has also 

visited Pakistan, believes 

calligraphy can serve as 

a medium to bring the 

people of the two countries 

together. 

Muqtar, who is trying 

to revive calligraphy, 

is happy that the art is 

getting support from 

an unexpected quarter. 

"There are 17 Urdu/Arabic 

calligraphy centres in 

Japan and 350 Japanese 

are learning this art," said 

Muqtar, whose works were 

displayed at an exhibition 

at Kyoto City International 

Community House last 

month. 

Muqtar, who teaches 

calligraphy at the Institute 

of Indo-Islamic Arts and 

Culture in Bengaluru, said 

more youngsters in Japan 

were learning calligraphy. 

"They understand the 

importance of this art, 

which brings out the best in 

a man. Unfortunately, this 

is not happening in India 

where calligraphy once 

enjoyed royal patronage," 

said Muqtar, who plans to 

work together with some 

calligraphy centres in 

Japan by imparting skills 

to their students. 

Muqtar, whose art has 

been recognised at many 

international events, said 

three Americans also learnt 

calligraphy from him.

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Omar Khadr's ex-brother-in-law, wife 

released from captors by Pakistan 


TORONTO: A Canadian 

man, his American wife 

and their three young 

children have been 

released from captivity 

after being held hostage for 

years by a network with 

ties to the Taliban. 

Joshua Boyle and his 

wife Caitlan Coleman 

were abducted five years 

ago while travelling in 

Afghanistan and were held 

by the Haqqani network, 

a group U.S. officials call 

a terrorist organization. 

Coleman was pregnant 

when she was captured, 

and the couple had three 

children while in captivity. 

Pakistan secured the 

release of the family this 

week, U.S. officials said 

Thursday. 

Foreign Affairs 

Minister Chrystia Freeland 

said Canada was "greatly 

relieved" that Boyle and his 

family had been released 

and are safe. 

"Joshua, Caitlan, their 

children and the Boyle and 

Coleman families have 

endured a horrible ordeal 

over the past five years. 

We stand ready to support 

them as they begin their 

healing journey," she said 

in a statement, thanking 

the U.S., Afghan and 

Pakistani governments for 

their efforts in the case. 

As of Thursday 

morning, however, 

the family's precise 

whereabouts were unclear 

and it was not immediately 

known when they would 

return to North America. 

The family was not in 

U.S. custody, though they 

were together in a safe, 

but undisclosed, location 

in Pakistan, according to 

a U.S. national security 

official, who wasn't 

authorized to discuss the 

case publicly. 

U.S. officials had 

planned on moving the 

family out of Pakistan on a 

U.S. transport plane, but at 

the last minute Boyle would 

not get on, the official said. 

Another U.S. official 

said Boyle was nervous 

about being in "custody" 

given his background. 

Boyle was previously 

married to the sister of 

Omar Khadr, who spent 10 

years at Guantanamo Bay 

after being captured when 

he was 15 in a firefight at 

an al-Qaida compound 

in Afghanistan. Officials 

discounted any link 

between that background 

and Boyle's capture, with 

one official describing it as 

a "horrible coincidence." 

The couple has told U.S. 

officials that they wanted to 

fly commercially to Canada, 

according to the official, 

who spoke on condition 

of anonymity because 

he wasn't authorized to 

speak publicly about the 

situation. 

In Pakistan, its military 

said in a statement that U.S. 

intelligence agencies had 

been tracking the hostages 

and discovered they had 

come into Pakistan on Oct. 

11 through its tribal areas 

bordering Afghanistan. 

The release, which 

came together rapidly 

Wednesday, comes nearly 

five years to the day since 

Boyle and Coleman lost 

touch with their families 

while travelling in a 

mountainous region near 

the Afghan capital, Kabul. 

The high commissioner 

of Pakistan to Ottawa said 

he had no details on the 

operation but said it was 

clear it had to happen 

quickly once Pakistani 

authorities received 

intelligence about the Boyle 

family's whereabouts. 

"Once we knew they had 

been moved to Pakistan we 

took the action," said Tariq 

Azim Khan. 

The couple set off in the 

summer 2012 for a journey 

that took them to Russia, 

the central Asian countries 

of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan 

and Kyrgyzstan, and then 

to Afghanistan. Coleman's 

parents last heard from 

their son-in-law on Oct. 8, 

2012, from an internet cafe 

in what Boyle described 

as an "unsafe" part of 

Afghanistan. 

The couple appeared in 

a series of videos beginning 

in 2013 proving that they 

were alive. 

US says bye-bye to Unesco 

for its 'anti-Israel' bias 

By Arul Louis 

UNITED NATIONS: The US has 

announced it is pulling out of the 

Unesco, the scientific, educational 

and cultural arm of the UN family, 

citing what it decried as "anti- 

Israel biases". 

US membership in the UNESCO 

will formally end next year, the 

State Department announced on 

Thursday. 

But already in 2013, 

Washington had lost its voting 

rights in the UNESCO because 

Congress stopped paying the dues 

to the organisation starting in 2011 

because it had admitted Palestine 

as a full member. 

The US contribution was 22 

percent of UNESCO's budget and 

the organisation had to cut its 

programmes with US arrears 

totaling more than $600 million 

For the US, which has 

consistently complained about the 

Paris-based organisation's policies 

and resolutions, the breaking point 

came when UNESCO designated 

the Old City of Hebron and a 

sanctuary considered by both Jews 

and Muslims in the West Bank as 

part of Palestinian territory while 

designating it a World Heritage 

Site. 

The area, which Israeli claims, 

is under its occupation and Hebron 

is called Al-Khalil by Palestinians. 

The sanctuary is called the 

Tomb of the Patriarchs by Jews and 

the Ibrahami Mosque Muslim, and 

both religions trace it to Abraham, 

whose legacy is claimed both those 

religions as well as Christianity. 

The July meeting of the World 

Heritage Committee in Krakow 

that declared Hebron and the 

sanctuary a World Heritage site 

also gave the same designation to 

Ahmadabad. 

"The Tomb of the Patriarchs 

decision was just the latest in a 

long line of foolish actions, which 

includes keeping Syrian dictator 

Bashar al-Assad on a UNESCO 

human rights committee even 

after his murderous crackdown 

on peaceful protestors," US 

Permanent Representative Nikki 

Haley said in a statement. 

President Donald Trump 

is a strong supporter of Israel 

and a skeptic of international 

organisations, who has threatened 

cuts to contributions to those 

bodies. 

Americans fear World War III: Survey 

Agencies 

NEW YORK: Frequent 

spats with North Korea and a 

"reckless" attitude displayed by 

US President Donald Trump 

have prompted the fear of a 

World War III among most 

Americans, a survey has 

revealed. 

Led by researchers at 

Chapman University in the 

US, the "Survey of American 

Fears 2017" showed that the 

fright of a menacing world war 

looms large. It is also a new 

entrant into the list of "Top 10 

fears" since the first survey was 

conducted in 2014. 

"Americans need to unlearn 

'Duck and Cover' and replace 

it with 'Get inside. Stay Inside. 

Stay Tuned'," said Ann Gordon, 

Director at the university's 

Henley Lab. 

"Duck and Cover" that 70 per 

cent of Americans are familiar 

with came up during the Cold 

War with the USSR, which is 

now "obsolete", Gordon said. 

This fear was corroborated 

by Republican Senator Bob 

Corker earlier this week. 

Corker had warned that 

Trump was treating his office 

like "a reality show" with 

reckless threats toward other 

countries that could set the 

nation "on the path to World 

War III", the New York Times 

reported on Monday. 

The survey showed that 

48 per cent of Americans fear 

North Korea using nuclear 

weapons and 41 per cent fear a 

nuclear attack. The prospect of 

a nuclear meltdown troubles 31 

per cent of all Americans. 

Concern and fears about the 

environment, which had never 

cracked the Top 10 fears in any 

previous surveys, also figured 

more prominently in the 2017 

edition. Environment fears 

included pollution of oceans, 

rivers and lakes (53.1 per cent), 

closely followed by pollution of 

drinking water (50.4 per cent), 

global warming and climate 

change (48 per cent) and air 

pollution (44.9 per cent). 

Following the reversal of 

the environmental policies of 

the previous Barack Obama 

administration by Trump, the 

researchers felt these green 

fears grew. 

Trump, who had called 

the Climate Change a "hoax", 

earlier had pulled the US out of 

the Paris Agreement on curbing 

global warming. Three out of 

five Americans reported fear 

of Islamic extremists/Jihadists 

as a threat to national security. 

White supremacists featured 

as a threat to national security 

among 51 per cent. 

For the survey, the team 

included more than 1,207 adults 

from across the nation and all 

walks of life. The 2017 survey 

data is organised into four 

basic categories: personal fears, 

natural disasters, paranormal 

fears and fear of extremism.

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Google goes to end of the Earth 

Agencies 

TORONTO: It's official. Google 

Street View has now gone to the 

ends of the Earth. 

As part of a deal with Parks 

Canada, the internet giant is now 

showcasing Street View images 

of one of the remotest places 

on the planet — Quttinirpaaq 

National Park on the northern 

tip of Ellesmere Island. 

"We want people to care 

about the places that we 

protect," said Emma Upton, who 

manages the park. "Bringing it 

into people's homes seemed a 

really good idea. 

"It is a difficult place to reach." 

That is an understatement. Only 

a tiny sliver at Greenland's apex 

reaches further north. 

To reach Quttinirpaaq 

(pronounced kih-TURN-ihpak), 

you first fly to Iqaluit, the 

capital of Nunavut. Your next 

flight takes you to Resolute on 

Cornwallis Island. Then you 

must hire a Twin Otter to fly 

to the park, where there are no 

communities, no services, no 

nothing. 

It takes days and thousands 

of dollars. Fewer than 25 souls 

manage it each year. 

For those intrepid travellers, 

however, the rewards are rich. 

"It's a place where we can 

still find true solitude and 

we can still experience real 

silence," said Upton. "You can 

hike for days and you will not 

see a single jet flying over you. 

You will hear the wind in your 

ears and a few birds and the 

water rushing." 

Mountains, glaciers clinging 

to their sides, soar thousands 

of metres from icy seas. Rivers 

carve through rugged valleys 

past gentle hills. 

"I could read the landscape 

like an open book," said Upton. 

Wildlife includes herds of 

muskox, Arctic fox, wolves 

and 10-kilogram Arctic hares. 

Gyrfalcons and owls slice the 

skies. 

Parks Canada staff were 

trained in the use of Google 

trekker cameras and spent July 

2016 carrying them around the 

park as part of their regular 

work, said Upton. 

"The camera itself is a very 

sturdy piece of equipment. It 

can be mounted on Ski-Doos, 

ATVs, on boats. In the case of 

a lot of our visits to national 

parks, it was actually a person 

carrying the Google trekker on 

their back." 

Parks Canada is trying to 

make Quttinirpaaq a little more 

accessible. Once a year, the 

agency charters a Twin Otter 

from Resolute and sells eight or 

nine return seats to the public, 

price available upon request. Or 

you could volunteer to cook for 

park staff. 

Most people will have to rely 

on a high-definition monitor for 

the view and their imagination 

for the light, the wind, the 

silence. 

"It's quite special to me that 

we still have places in the world 

that we can have that," said 

Upton. 

Shraddha Shashidhar to represent 

India at Miss Universe 

Omega-6 rich nuts, 

soybean oil may cut 

diabetes risk 


MUMBAI: 

Shraddha 

Shashidhar, who hails from 

Bengaluru, was crowned 

Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva - 

Miss Universe India 2017 by 

actor Shahid Kapoor here. She 

will compete at the prestigious 

Miss Universe pageant on 

November 26 in the US. 

Shahid crowned Shraddha 

the winner of Yamaha Fascino 

Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 

2017 on Wednesday, read a 

statement. 

Peden Ongmu Namgyal 

(Sikkim) was crowned 

Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 

- Supranational 2017, and 

Apeksha Porwal (Mumbai) as 

Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2017. 

The judges' panel included 

the likes of former Miss 

Universe and actress Lara 

Dutta, actor Rajkummar Rao, 

filmmaker Kabir Khan, boxing 

champion Vijender Singh 

and Miss Universe 2016 Iris 

Mittenaere. 

"It has been a wonderful 

journey. All the girls are winners 

in their own right, however 

there can be only one winner. It 

was difficult for the panelists to 

choose that one winner from 15 

divas who were all very talented 

and promising," said Lara. 

Agencies 

SYDNEY: Eating a 

diet rich in Omega-6 

polyunsaturated fats, 

found in bean and seed 

oils such as soybean and 

sunflower oils and in 

nuts, could significantly 

reduced the risk of 

developing Type 2 

diabetes, a study has 

showed. 


findings, 

published in the journal 

The Lancet Diabetes & 

Endocrinology, showed 

that individuals who had 

the highest blood level of 

linoleic acid -- the major 

omega-6 fat -- were 35 per 

cent less likely to develop 

Type 2 diabetes than those 

who had the least amount. 

Linoleic acid is not 

formed in the body and 

can only be obtained 

from the diet. "Our 

findings suggest that a 

simple change in diet 

might protect people from 

developing type 2 diabetes 

which has reached 

alarming levels around 

the world," said lead 

author Jason Wu, from 

The George Institute for 

Global Health in Sydney 

For the study, the 

team analysed data from 

20 studies involving 39,740 

adults from 10 countries 

who were laboratory 

tested for levels of two key 

omega-6 markers -- linoleic 

acid and arachidonic acid. 

Linoleic acid was 

associated with lower 

risk, while levels of 

arachidonic acid were not 

significantly associated 

with either higher or 

lower risk of diabetes. 

Some previous studies 

have raised concerns 

that omega-6 may have 

negative health effects, 

such as inflammation 

leading to the increased 

risk of chronic diseases. 

Yet those who had the 

highest levels of blood 

omega-6 markers had 

a much lower chance 

of developing Type 2 

diabetes, the researchers 

noted. "Some scientists 

have theorised that 

omega-6 is harmful to 

health," Wu said. 

"But based on 

this study, we have 

demonstrated little 

evidence for harms, 

and indeed found that 

the major omega-6 fat is 

linked to lower risk of 

Type 2 diabetes."

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India has 97 million underweight kids 


LONDON: Nearly 97 million 

of the world's underweight 

children and adolescents lived 

in India in 2016, a new study by 

science journal Lancet said. 

The findings showed that 

India had the highest population 

of "moderate-to-severely" 

underweight children and young 

adults aged between 5-to-19 years 

in the past four decades. 

Although the number 

remained high, there was 

a decline in the number of 

underweight children from 24.4 

per cent of girls and 39.3 per cent 

of boys in 1975 to 22.7 per cent and 

30.7 per cent in 2016 respectively. 

In contrast, an estimated 192 

million -- 75 million girls and 117 

million boys -- were moderately 

or severely underweight 

worldwide in 2016. 

Being underweight has been 

associated with higher risk of 

infectious diseases. 

For girls of childbearing 

age, being underweight was 

associated with adverse 

pregnancy outcomes, including 

maternal mortality, delivery 

complications, preterm births 

and intrauterine growth 

retardation, said Majid Ezzati, 

Professor at the Imperial College 

London. 

Unlike the underweight 

trend, the number of obese 5-to- 

19-years-olds rose more than 10- 

fold globally, from 11 million in 

1975 to 124 million in 2016. 

Obesity rates increased from 

less than 5 million girls and 6 

million boys in 1975 to nearly 

50 million girls and 74 million 

boys in 2016. If post-2000 trends 

continue, global levels of child 

and adolescent obesity would 

surpass those for moderately 

and severely underweight for 

the same age group by 2022, the 

researchers warned. 

"These worrying trends 

reflect the impact of food 

marketing and policies across 

the globe, with healthy nutritious 

foods too expensive for poor 

families and communities. 

Cracking myths about eggs 

Agencies 

NEW DELHI: Winter is 

set to knock on doors soon 

so its time to get your dose 

of eggs on a regular basis. 

Go for it without holding 

yourself back. 

"Research has proven 

that, as opposed to the 

previous beliefs, eggs are 

actually good for health. 

Researchers have looked 

at the diets of people, and 

they have suggested that 

consuming eggs every 

day is not associated with 

cholesterol problems or 

heart disease," said Angeli 

Misra (Director Lifeline 

Laboratory). 

Added Saumya 

Satakshi, 

Senior 

Nutritionist and Wellness 

Consultant, Healthians: 

"Eggs are low in saturated 

fat and they have no transfat, 

only a small amount of 

cholesterol. Most of the fat 

present in the eggs are the 

'good' unsaturated fat that 

we need to be healthy." 

Take a look at some of 

the common myths and find 

out the fact behind them. 

* Myth: Eggs increase 

the blood cholesterol level 

and should be avoided! 

* Fact: Eggs should not 

be avoided as they are an 

excellent source of protein. 

While measuring the 

impact of a food item on our 

blood cholesterol levels, 

saturated and trans-fat (the 

'bad' fats) levels should be 

taken into account. 

* Myth: Washing eggs 

before use can eliminate 

salmonella bacteria 

present on them 

* Fact: Salmonella 

bacteria are present inside 

the egg and not on the 

surface of eggs or the egg 

shell. Hence, washing 

eggs will not really help in 

removing the bacteria. 

* Myth: Having a lot 

of eggs in a day is bad for 

health! 

* Fact: Scientifically 

it has been seen that up 

to three whole eggs per 

day are perfectly safe for 

healthy people. 

* Myth: White eggs 

vs brown egg, which is 

healthier! 

* Fact: Eggs come 

in many colours. The 

different eggshells colour 

comes from the pigments 

the hens produce. Hence, 

both white and brown have 

the same nutritional values 

and are healthy. 

* Myth: Eating eggs can 

cause heart disease! 

* Facts: Eating eggs 

and heart disease are not 

linked. 

* Myth: Eating eggs 

can help in preventing 

blindness! 

* Fact: Eggs can help 

in protecting our eyes 

with age-related blindness 

because of the various 

kinds of nutrients they are 

loaded with. 

* Myth: Salmonella is 

found only in the yolks of 

raw eggs, so eating raw 

white eggs is safe! 

* Fact: Salmonella 

bacteria is mostly found in 

egg yolk but even the egg 

whites are contaminated. 

So it is always advised 

not to eat raw or even 

undercooked eggs. 

* Myth: Buying eggs 

from local farmers is safer 

than those purchased from 

the grocery store! 

* Fact: Eggs come from 

chickens, and chickens 

harbour Salmonella 

bacteria. So there is no 

guarantee that farmers' 

market is a safer option as 

compared to the grocery 

store. 

Arthritis is on rise among 

women than men in India 

Agencies 

NEW DELHI: Arthritis affects more 

than 180 million people in India and its 

prevalence is much higher than many 

well-known diseases such as diabetes, 

AIDS and cancer, said the company 

in a statement. The findings based 

laboratory tests showed that women 

had higher levels of abnormal ESR 

(Erthrocyte Sedimentation rate) - at 

52.07 per cent - than men. 

Similarly, the levels of rheumatoid 

factor (RF), at 13.08 per cent, were also 

higher in women than in men. In the 

pan India data analysis, the abnormal 

ESR values were more commonly 

observed in women while the abnormal 

CRP values (59.34 per cent) were more 

Agencies 

NEW YORK: Love to eat salads? Adding a 

spoonful or two of soybean oil as dressing 

may help you derive the optimal nutritional 

benefit from your veggies, suggests a 

research. The findings showed that eating 

salad with added fat in the form of soybean 

oil promotes the absorption of seven 

different micronutrients that promote 

human health including cancer prevention 

and eyesight preservation. 

These nutrients include four 

carotenoids -- alpha and beta carotene, 

lutein and lycopene -- two forms of vitamin 

E and vitamin K, said researchers from the 

Iowa State University in the US. 

The oil also promoted the absorption of 

vitamin A, which formed in the intestine 

from the alpha and beta carotene. 

"The best way to explain it would be 

to say that adding twice the amount of 

salad dressing leads to twice the nutrient 

commonly seen in men. 

"In India, arthritis is more common 

in women than men and in people who 

are overweight," said Sonal Mehra, 

Associate Consultant (Rheumatology 

and Clinical Immunology) at Jaypee 

Hospital, Noida, in a statement on 

Wedesday. 

"If current trends pursue, India 

is likely to emerge as the capital of 

Osteoarthritis by 2025 with more than 

60 million affected," added Avinash 

Phadke, President - Technology and 

Mentor (Clinical Pathology), SRL 

Diagnostics. Increasing longevity of 

India's population and rising obesity, 

caused by lack of physical exercise and 

sedentary lifestyle are the main reasons 

behind this, the statement said. 

Oil in salads boosts 

nutritional benefits 

absorption," said Wendy White, Associate 

Professor at the varsity. 

The study also found that the amount 

of oil added to the vegetables had a 

proportional relationship with the amount 

of nutrient absorption. That is, more oil 

means more absorption. 

Conversely, eating the same salad 

without the added oil lessens the likelihood 

that the body will absorb the nutrients. 

The study showed that the results may 

ease the guilt of countless dieters who fret 

about adding dressing to their salads. 

For the study, appearing in the 

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 

the team included college-age women who 

consumed salads with various levels of 

soybean oil. The results showed maximal 

nutrient absorption occurred at around 

32 grams of oil, which was the highest 

amount studied, or a little more than two 

tablespoons. However, some variability 

was observed among the subjects.

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Falling Toronto home market drags 

down Teranet-National Bank index 

Agencies 

TORONTO: Falling home 

prices in Toronto in September 

dragged down the 

Teranet–National Bank 

national composite house 

price index as it posted 

its first monthly decline 

since January 2016. 

The national index, 

which includes 11 cities, 

fell 0.8 per cent compared 

with the previous month, 

the largest monthly decline 

since September 

2010. 

The move lower came 

as the index for Toronto, 

Canada's largest housing 

market, fell 2.7 per cent 

on a month-over-month 

basis. 

David Madani, senior 

Canada economist at 

Capital Economics, said 

a sharper slowdown in 

price inflation in the coming 

months is unavoidable. 

"And with interest 

rates on the rise and 

mortgage financing rules 

likely to be tightened significantly 

later this year, 

the worst is still to come," 

said Madani, who has 

been long-time bear on 

the housing market. 

Home sales in Toronto 

have fallen since April 

when the Ontario government 

moved to cool the 

hot housing market with 

a package of changes including 

the introduction 

of a tax on foreign buyers. 

The Bank of Canada 

has also raised its key 

interest rate target twice 

this year, prompting the 

big banks to raise their 

prime rates, pushing the 

cost of variable rate mortgages 

higher. The cost of 

new fixed rate mortgages 

have also climbed in recent 

months as yields on 

the bond market have 

risen. 

In addition to Toronto, 

the price index 

for Quebec City lost 2.3 

per cent, while Hamilton 

slipped 1.9 per cent, Halifax 

dropped 0.4 per cent 

and Winnipeg lost 0.3 per 

cent. 

The index for Victoria 

was flat, while Vancouver 

increased 1.3 per cent, 

Calgary added 0.7 per 

cent, Montreal climbed 

0.3 per cent, Ottawa- 

Gatineau gained 0.3 per 

cent and Edmonton edged 

up 0.2 per cent. 

Compared with a year 

ago, the national composite 

house price index was 

up 11.4 per cent. 

Metro to eliminate 280 

jobs in modernization 

Agencies 

TORONTO: Grocery store chain Metro Inc. says it 

will eliminate about 280 jobs starting in 2021 as part 

of a $400-million overhaul of its Ontario distribution 

network. 

The company says the move to modernize and automate 

its network will mean the loss of about 180 

full-time and 100 part-time positions. 

The announcement follows comments by Metro in 

August that it would study automation as it looked to 

cut costs in the face of the Ontario government's plan 

to raise the minimum wage next year. 

Metro has six distribution centres in Ontario including 

four in Toronto and two in Ottawa that employ 

a total of more than 1,500 workers. 

It says its existing distribution network in Toronto 

no longer meets the needs of its business. 

The company plans to modernize the operations 

in Toronto between 2018 and 2023 with the building 

of a new fresh distribution facility and a new frozen 

distribution centre. 

"This investment will enable Metro to continue 

its growth and expansion in the Ontario market," 

Metro chief executive Eric La Fleche said in a statement. 

"With a new and modernized supply chain infrastructure, 

we will be even more responsive to the 

needs of our customers." 

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TORONTO: General Motors 

has declared "war on 

Canada" by threatening 

to move more production 

of the Equinox sports utility 

vehicle from Ontario 

to Mexico, Unifor national 

president Jerry Dias said 

Thursday. 

Dias said the automaker 

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He said General Motors 

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low pay scales for Mexican 

workers at the expense of 

higher-paid workers in the 

United States and Canada, 

as permitted by the North 

American Free Trade 

Agreement. 

"General Motors did 

declare war on Canada," 

Dias said, in a phone interview 

Thursday from 

Washington, D.C., where 

NAFTA trade talks are being 

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its efforts to defend Unifor 

jobs throughout Ontario's 

auto sector. 

The CAMI plant is a 

prime example of a trend 

that has been happening 

for years, with GM adding 

plants in Mexico while 

closing Canadian and U.S. 

plants, Dias said 

"This is the ugly side of 

NAFTA, that people don't 

want to talk about. Mexican 

workers are being exploited 

and, as a result of 

that, we're losing hundreds 

and hundreds of thousands 

of manufacturing jobs in 

Canada and the United 

States. It has to stop." 

The fiery union leader 

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Prime Minister Justin 

Trudeau was beginning 

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bad phase in her life 

MUMBAI: Actress Parineeti Chopra says she was 

"down in the dumps" for almost a year, but her brother 

Sahaj helped her in overcoming depression. 

Parineeti talked about the person close to her heart 

ahead of the TV premiere of Hollywood romantic drama 

film "Me Before You" on Romedy NOW on Saturday. 

"I think every human being who considers themselves 

to be emotionally evolved, always have this 

one very big event or one person who comes into their 

lives and completely changes the way they think. And 

I can say very confidently that happened in my life," 

Parineeti said in a statement. 

"A couple of years ago, I went through a very low 

phase emotionally in my life where I was really down 

in the dumps. It wasn't like a person especially came 

into to my life, but it was a person who has always been 

in my life -- my brother Sahaj. 

"Sahaj was the guy who was my voice of reason, he 

was the calming factor. He is the guy who knows me, he 

knows my pulse, he understands me, he understands 

the grain that I am made of. So, speaking to him, being 

with him everyday really used to give me that confidence 

in myself and really took me out of that phase," 

she added. 

Parineeti said her fight against depression lasted 

for "almost a year", but she fought it and emerged a 

"more positive" person. 

Neena Gupta's daughter Masaba says: 

I'm a proud Indo-Caribbean girl 

Agencies 

Feminism is not about 

hating men, says Priyanka 

MUMBAI: New-age designer 

Masaba Gupta, daughter 

of actress Neena Gupta 

and cricket legend Vivian 

Richards, after facing trolls 

for supporting the ban on 

firecrackers, said she is a 

proud Indo-Caribbean girl. 

She was called names 

like "B*****d child" or "illegitimate 

West Indian". On 

Wednesday, she took to her 

Instagram to share an open 

letter. 

"Recently, I re-tweeted 

in support of the firecracker 

ban by the Supreme 

Court and like every other 

issue in this country, big 

or small... The trolling and 

bashing began. 

"By calling me names 

like 'B*****d child' or 'illegitimate 

West Indian' only 

makes my chest swell with 

pride. I'm the illegitimate 

product of two of the most 

legitimate personalities 

you'll find and I've made 

the best life, both personally 

and professionally... Out 

of which I am proud of," she 

wrote. 

The designer, known 

for her colourful and 

quirky prints, added that 

she is "immune" to this as 

she has been called these 

names since she was 10. 

"My legitimacy comes 

from the work I do and 

what my contribution to 

society has been. And you 

can try but you will not be 

able to raise a single finger 

on either of the two," she 

added. 

Masaba also said she is 

proud of her roots. 

"So, please if you must... 

go ahead and continue 

calling me these names 

if it makes you feel glorious. 

But know this... I am 

a proud Indo-Caribbean 

girl who doesn't know how 

to shrink and crumble in 

shame of something you or 

your society cannot handle. 

It's just in my 'illegitimate' 

genes," she said. 

Agencies 

LOS ANGELES: Actress Priyanka 

Chopra feels proud to call herself a feminist 

and says people should not think the 

term means "berating or hating men". 

"Feminism is not about berating 

or hating men or disliking or trying to 

make sure we're better than men," Priyanka 

told variety.com. 

"Feminism is just saying give me opportunities 

without judging me for the 

decisions that I make, the same freedom 

that men have enjoyed for so many centuries. 

Feminism needs men," added the 

"Quantico" star. 

Priyanka feels frustrated with those 

who reject the label. 

"I see so many girlfriends of mine 

who are like, ‘No I'm not that much of a 

feminist.' I don't even understand that. 

The need for feminism was created because 

there were no rights for women. 

That's why there is not a man-ism because 

they always had it," she said. 

Priyanka said she was raised to be 

an open-minded person by her parents. 

"I was raised to be fearless when it 

came to opinions. My dad always used 

to tell me, ‘Women are always told to 

say this is the right way to be or this is 

the right way to dress or this is the right 

way to speak,'" she recalls. 

"But my parents always said, ‘We believe 

in our upbringing. You'll be fine'," 

she said.

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Bowler Ashish Nehra to retire on November 1 

Agencies 

HYDERABAD: Veteran 

India pacer Ashish Nehra 

on Thursday said he will 

call an end to his cricket 

career after the first Twenty20 

International (T20I) 

against New Zealand at 

the Feroz Shah Kotla in 

Delhi on November 1. 

"I have spoken to the 

team management and 

the selection committee 

(about retiring). The game 

against New Zealand is in 

Delhi so you can't get better 

than that when you retire 

in front of your home 

crowd," the 38-year-old 

said at a press conference 

ahead of the third T20I 

against Australia here. 

"It is always better to 

retire when people are 

saying why rather than 

why not. I always wanted 

to retire on a high," he 

added. 

"I think Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar 

Kumar) and 

(Jasprit) Bumrah are doing 

really well. And that 

this is the way forward for 

me." 

Nehra is currently 

part of three-match T20I 

series against Australia 

but he didn't feature in the 

first two matches. 

Nehra has so far played 

17 Tests (44 wickets), 120 

One-Day Internationals 

(157 wickets) and 26 T20Is 

(34 wickets) for the country. 

He was part of the Indian 

squad which won the 

2011 Cricket World Cup at 

home. 

He was also a member 

of the Indian squad 

that finished runners-up 

to Australia in the 2003 

World Cup. 

Nehra, who made his 

debut in 1999, said that he 

is also done with his Indian 

Premier League (IPL) 

career. 

"There will be a gap of 

five months between the 

next edition of IPL and 

November. So I can easily 

play in IPL. But I train 

only to play for India and 

once I retire from international 

cricket, I will not 

play in the IPL as well," 

the left-armer said. 

FIFA kicks out Pakistan over 

‘third-party interference 

Agencies 

ZURICH: FIFA on Wednesday suspended the Pakistan 

Football Federation (PFF) on account of undue thirdparty 

interference. 

"The Bureau took this decision as a result of the fact 

that the PFF offices and its accounts remain in control of 

a court-appointed administrator, which constitutes a violation 

of the PFF obligations to manage its affairs independently 

and without influence from any third parties 

in accordance with the FIFA Statutes," the world football 

governing body said in a statement. 

"The suspension will be lifted once the PFF offices 

and access to the PFF accounts are returned to the PFF," 

the statement added. Following its suspension, the PFF 

loses all its membership rights as defined in article 13 

of the FIFA Statutes. The PFF representative and club 

teams are no longer entitled to take part in international 

competitions until the suspension is lifted. 

The suspension also means that neither the PFF nor 

any of its members or officials may benefit from any development 

programmes, courses or training from FIFA 

or the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 

Moreover, and in accordance with Article 16 Paragraph 

3 of the FIFA Statutes, other member associations 

may not entertain sporting contact with the PFF during 

its suspension. 

Over: India fail to win even one 

match in football U-17 World Cup 


NEW DELHI: India ended 

their campaign on a poor 

note, suffering a heavy 0-4 

defeat to Ghana in their 

last Group A match of the 

FIFA U-17 World Cup here 

on Thursday. 

Ghana skipper Eric 

Ayiah (43rd, 52nd minutes) 

struck a brace, bulging 

the net on either side 

of the break before Richard 

Danso (86th) and Emmanuel 

Toku (87th) scored 

in quick succession towards 

the end. 

Ghana finished the 

group stage with six 

points from three matches. 

They took the top spot 

in the group due to a superior 

goal difference ahead 

of the US and Colombia 

who also finished with six 

points each. India ended 

their maiden appearance 

at a football World Cup 

in any age group without 

opening their account and 

only one goal to show for 

their efforts. Ghana dominated 

right from the start 

but were held at bay by 

some tough, stubborn defending 

by the Indians. 

The home team however, 

ran out of ideas in 

the final third, showing a 

distinct lack of composure 

when in possession and 

committed a lot of missed 

passes and errors as a result, 

losing the ball easily. 

Lack of combination 

and poor awareness upfront 

repeatedly saw Indian 

players in possession 

but with no team mates in 

good positions to pass to. 

Their job was made 

even tougher by a wellorganised 

Ghana defence 

which allowed them very 

little time and space, 

while showcasing excellent 

skills, tactical awareness 

and athletic ability. 

Ghana right winger 

Sadiq Ibrahim was a constant 

threat down the 

flanks with his speed and 

accurate balls into the Indian 

penalty box. 

Rashid Alhassan was 

also excellent on the left 

wing and Ayiah in the centre 

had a constant stream 

of excellent passes and 

crosses as he used his superb 

technique and dribbling 

skills to trouble the 

Indian defence. 

Only some desperate 

defending by the hosts 

prevented them from conceding 

more goals. 

Central defenders 

Anwar Ali and Jitendra 

Singh put in a tireless performance 

for India. 

Hockey: India aim to outplay Bangladesh in Asia Cup 

Agencies 

DHAKA: After a dominant 

performance against 

Japan in their campaign 

at the Hero Asia Cup, the 

India hockey team, led by 

Manpreet Singh, will take 

on hosts Bangladesh in 

their next Pool A encounter 

here on Friday. 

Apart from an initial 

set back when Japan equalised 

in the fourth minute, 

India sailed through the 

match improvising their 

game hooter-to-hooter 

and rarely ever stumbled 

against the Japanese counter-attack. 

"Yes, we are good with 

our counter-attacks but 

India just proved to be 

very fast for us in the end. 

I was happy with how our 

boys kept up the first two 

quarters but India stayed 

fast-paced throughout the 

game and they are a very 

very fit team," pointed out 

Japanese national coach 

Siegfried Aikman. 

On Friday, the Indian 

team will look to carrying 

forward their sublime 

form and build on the confidence 

they have gained 

from a fine start to the 

tournament when they 

take on Bangladesh. 

"As a coach, I am always 

critical so I have to 

say I am not 100 per cent 

happy with how we played. 

I believe we can do better 

but this was our first 

match and now that the 

team is done with shaking 

off the initial jitters, I 

think we can focus on improved 

performance in the 

next game," stated India's 

Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne. 

The match against 

Japan saw India's experienced 

Sardar Singh play a 

role as freeman defender. 

He was commanding in 

the position, steering the 

game from the back, giving 

enough room for defender 

Harmanpreet Singh 

to make the long runs in 

the midfield. Which also 

worked well as he assisted 

forward Lalit Upadhyay 

with a long scoop that was 

brilliantly struck into the 

post earning India's second 

goal. 

"I think Sardar is very 

good in that position. We 

have played many practice 

matches before we came 

here where he played fullback. 

He is accurate with 

his long passes and he 

can guide the team in the 

front. This is working well 

for us," expressed skipper 

Manpreet on his compatriot's 

role as a freeman 

defender.

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