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Congress, Left together

Sobakrithu: Margazhi 19
Tithi: Ashtami
Star: Astham
Rahukalam:
UDHAYA STEPS IN
TO STALIN’S SHOES, BJP may field
in looting people: Modi mins in South
1.30 pm to 3 pm
Yamagandam:
OPENS BOOK FAIR,
6 am to 7.30 am
PRAYERS
TO MEET PM MODI DC CORRESPONDENT
Fajar: 4.45 am
Zuhar: 1.00 am
■ PM addresses massive women’s rally in Thrissur G. BABU JAYAKUMAR
D. SEKAR | DC
CHENNAI, JAN. 3
NEW DELHI, JAN. 3

In a bid to increase the nu m

Asar: 4.00 pm GILVESTER ASSARY I DC ber of MPs in the impend-
Maghrib: 5.59 pm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Sports minister ing general election, the
JAN.3 Udhayanidhi Stalin BJP is likely to field many
Isha: 7.30 pm stepped into the shoes of of its Rajya Sabha mem-
In an all-out attack on the his father and Chief bers, including some of the
opposition INDIA alliance, Minister M.K. Stalin on Union ministers who are
Prime Minister Narendra Wednesday by inaugurat- members of the Upper
Modi on Wednesday ing the 47the Chennai House of Parliament.
accused the CPM-led LDF Book Fair, though the Among other focus areas, home state of Himachal
and Congress-led UDF of invitation for the event the BJP is eyeing the five Pradesh, will be contesting
staging a drama of ruling had the name of the Chief southern states and three his first Lok Sabha polls in
and opposition parties in Minister printed on it, and Union territories, from the coming elections.
Kerala for decades. then took a flight to New where the party currently The BJP is likely to field
Addressing a mammoth Delhi to personally invite has 30 MPs. Development its Rajya Sabha members
‘Stree Shakthi Modikku Prime Minister Narendra and Sanatana Dharma in parliamentary constit
Oppam’ (Women Power Modi for the Khelo India will be the BJP's main poll uencies considered a str
with Modi) meet at the Youth Games to be held planks in the South to onghold of the Opposition
Thekkinkadu maidan in from January 19 in four increase its seat share. parties. The party leader-
Thrissur, the Prime cities. Though the BJP leader- ship, sources said, will
Minister said the Left and The inauguration of ann ship has yet to take a final constitute core groups
the Congress were always ual mega event, an honour call on fielding the Rajya consisting of senior lead-
one. that is usually bestowed Sabha members, specula- ers from the state and the
“They are two parties on chief ministers, by tion is rife that Union min- Centre for each such con-
only for namesake. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed as he arrives for the 'Sthree Shakthi Udhayanidhi Stalin even isters V. Murleedharan, stituency to get a daily
Smoke billows during a fire at a it comes to corruption, Modikkoppam' women’s meet in Thrissur on Wednesday . — PTI when the Chief Minister Hardeep Puri, S. Jaishan update from every block in
flyover on the national highway crime and dynastic poli- was in town, set tongues kar, among others, are that constituency.
at Khana in Ludhiana district on tics, they are together. alliance. “The BJP will only because of their oppo- The state does not want wagging in the political likely to contest. Speculation is also rife
Wednesday. — PTI They have now made it defeat the ‘Indi’ alliance in sition to Modi. the Union government to circles on his quick gro Union minister that the BJP leadership
clear that there is no dif- Kerala”, he said, adding The Left and the seek accountability for the wth in the party and gov- Dharmendra Pradhan has could start declaring its
103 killed in bomb ference between their ide-
ology and policy,” he said.
that the BJP wanted fast-
paced development, broad
Congress want a free hand
for looting the state.
funds granted for infra-
structure development,
ernment in his first term
as MLA and just over a
already said that he will be
contesting the coming Lok
candidates after January
15, the auspicious day of
blasts near grave Mr Modi said the people
of Kerala have now
highways, modern rail-
ways and airports.
Indirectly referring to the
chief minister’s office, Mr
and the welfare of the
poor. They try to create all
year after becoming a min-
ister. His immediate
Sabha elections.
The BJP Himachal Prad
Makar Sankranti. In doing
so, the party will not even

of Iranian General realised that if anyone can

bring development in the
state it is only BJP and
However, the ‘Indi’
alliance government is not
allowing such develop-
Modi said it is not hidden
that gold smuggling was
carried out through offices
sorts of obstacles to imple-
menting central schemes
in the state, the Prime
departure to New Delhi to
reportedly invite Union
sports minister Anurag
esh unit is abuzz that pa
rty president J.P. Nadda, a
member of the Rajya
wait for the Election
Commission to announce
the Lok Sabha election
Dubai: Two bombs exploded NDA and not the ‘Indi’ ment projects in Kerala and staff. Minister said. ■ P8 Singh Takur. ■ P8 Sabha representing his schedule.
Wednesday at a commemo-
ration for a prominent Iranian
General slain in a US drone
strike in 2020, Iranian offi-
cials said, killing at least 103
people as the Middle East
remains on edge over
SC frames SOP for courts PM PAYS TRIBUTE
TO RANI NACHIYAR,
Israel’s war on Hamas in the
Gaza Strip. No one immedi-
ately claimed responsibility
for what appeared to be the
to summon govt officials SAVITRIBAI PHULE
New Delhi, Jan. 3: Prime
deadliest militant attack to New Delhi, Jan. 3: Courts Constantly summoning The verdict came on an Minister Narendra Modi
target Iran since its 1979 must refrain from sum- officials of the govern- appeal of the Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday paid trib-
Islamic Revolution. At least moning government offi- ment instead of relying government challenging utes to Savitribai Phule
211 people were wounded. cials as “first resort” as on the law officers repre- the Allahabad High Court and Rani Velu Nachiyar
The blasts minutes apart asking them frequently to senting the government order by which the secre- on their birth anniver-
shook the city of Kerman, appear without a just cause tary (finance) and the spe- saries, saying both
about 820 kilometers south- is not permissible, the runs contrary to the cial secretary (finance) of inspired society with their
east of the capital, Tehran, Supreme Court said on scheme envisaged by the the state were taken into compassion and
and sprayed shrapnel into a Wednesday and framed Constitution, it said. custody for seeking recall courage.While Phule was
screaming crowd fleeing the standard operating proce- of the orders pertaining to a pioneer in women's edu-
first explosion. — AP dure for courts across the cases where the govern- notification of rules for pr cation, Nachiyar was a
country to follow while ment is a party and can oviding domestic servants Tamil queen lauded for
seeking their presence. only be resorted to in limit- to retired chief justices and waging war with the colo-
Assam: 12 killed in Constantly summoning
officials of the government
ed circumstances. The use
of the power to summon the
judges of the high court.
“The High Court did not
nial empire in the 18th
century.
bus-truck collision Workers remove oil from the body of pelicans, rescued from Ennore after the recent
instead of relying on the
law officers representing
presence of government
officials must not be used
have the power to direct
the state government to no
In a post on X, Mr Modi
said, “Tributes to
Golaghat/Jorhat: At least 12 oil spill and are under rehabilitation at Guindy National Park, in Chennai on the government runs contr as a tool to pressurise the tify rules proposed by the Savitribai Phule and Rani
people, including three chil- Wednesday. Migratory birds often take temporary shelter every year at Ennore Creek ary to the scheme envisag government, particularly, chief justice pertaining to Velu Nachiyar on their
dren, were killed and 38 — E.K. Sanjay ed by the Constitution, it under the threat of con- post-retiral benefits for for- jayanti. Both of them
others suffered injuries in a said. tempt,” a bench compris- mer judges of the high inspired society with their
head-on collision between a “The appearance of gov- ing Chief Justice D.Y. court. The chief justice did compassion and courage.
coal-laden truck and a bus
in Golaghat district of
Assam. The accident took
place at Balijan near
KEJRIWAL SKIPS
ED DATE AGAIN,
Govt scraps plans to ernment officials before
courts must not be reduced
to a routine measure in
Chandrachud and Justices
J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj
Misra said.
not have the competence to
frame the rules under Artic
le 229 of the Constitution.
Their contribution
towards our nation is
invaluable.” ■ P8

Dergaon on NH-715.
ALLEGES PLOT sell Salem steel plant
AMRESH SRIVASTAVA,
SANJAY KAW | DC
New Delhi, Jan. 3: The Affairs (CCEA) approved MAHUA: SC ASKS No SIT in Adani
COUNTER POINT
Union government on the strategic sale of these
NEW DELHI, JAN. 3 Wednesday said it has three units of Steel Aut
FOR LS SG’S REPLY
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on
Wednesday skipped for
decided to scrap the pri-
vatisation plans of SAIL’s
Salem Steel Plant (SSP) in
Tamil Nadu.
hority of India Ltd (SAIL).
Accordingly, global Exp
ressions of Interest (EoIs)
were invited on July 4,
New Delhi, Jan. 3: The
Supreme Court on Wedn
the main relief.
“We will consider your
case, orders SC
the third time the sum- This is the third unit of 2019, by SAIL for SSP. esday sought a reply from plea for interim relief in RAKESH K. SINGH |DC SC directed market
mons issued by the ED public sector major SAIL “Multiple EoIs had been the Lok Sabha secretary March,” Justice Khanna NEW DELHI, JAN. 3 regulator to complete
in the Delhi excise poli- where the government has received and bidders were general on Trinamul Abhishek Singhvi, who its probe into two
cy case, with the AAP decided not to go ahead shortlisted. However, due Congress leader Mahua appeared for Ms Moitra. The Supreme Court on pending cases within
alleging that the repeat- with the strategic sale. to the lack of interest of Moitra’s plea challenging The current Lok Sabha Wednesday junked pleas three months.
ed notices were part of a Earlier in 2019, it decided shortlisted bidders to pro- her expulsion from the will have one more ses- to transfer the probe into
conspiracy to arrest him to halt the privatisation of ceed further with the lower House. sion- the budget Session- the allegations of stock Pardiwala and Manoj
to stop him from cam- Durgapur-based Alloys transaction, the Governm A bench of Justices San before the general elec- price manipulation and Misra, said, “No valid
paigning in the Lok Steels Plant (ASP) while in ent of India, with the jiv Khanna and Dipankar tions are held. The top accounting fraud by grounds have been raised
Sabha polls. The BJP 2022, the sale of Visve approval of Alternative Datta also refused to pass court also refused to issue Adani Group, as claimed for this court to direct
claimed that Mr Kejri svaraya Iron and Steel Mechanism (Empowered an order on her interim notice to Lok Sabha by American short-seller Sebi to revoke its amend-
wal was “shaking in Plant (VISP) in Bhad Group of Ministers) has prayer that she be permit- Speaker Om Birla and the Hindenburg Research in ments to the FPI (Foreign
fear” because he knows ravati, Karnataka, was decided to annul the cur- ted to attend the Lok committee on ethics of the January last year, to a Portfolio Investors) regu-
he is the “kingpin” and called off citing a lack of rent EoI thereby terminat- Sabha proceedings, say- House. Both were made special investigation team lations and the LODR
does not want the truth interest from bidders. ing the present transac- ing that allowing it will respondents by Ms Moitra and directed market regu- (Listing Obligations and
to come out over the In 2018, the Cabinet tion,” the department of amount to granting her in her plea. lator Securities and Exc Disclosure Requirements)
alleged scam. ■ P8 Committee on Economic investment said. hange Board of India (Se regulations that were
bi) to complete its probe made in exercise of its del-
into two pending cases egated legislative power.”
within three months. The term delegated leg-

Hamas top gun killed in drone attack in Beirut

Beirut/Cairo/Gaza, Jan. forces were in a high state Lebanese civil redoubt, the Lebanese state Mark Regev, an adviser to
Holding that the power
of the apex court to enter
the regulatory domain of
Sebi in framing delegated
legislation is limited, the
islation or secondary leg-
islation refers to laws
made by individuals or
bodies authorised by the
legislature to create detai
3: Israeli forces kept up of readiness and prepared defence members news agency said. Two the Israeli Prime Minister bench led by Chief Justice led regulations under a
their assault on the Gaza for any scenario. spray with water security sources said the Benjamin Netanyahu, said of India D.Y. Chandra specific act of Parliament.
Strip on Wednesday and Arouri, 57, was the first the street by the drone targeted a meeting in an interview with chud said, “The court “The procedure followed
told civilians to leave a senior Hamas political building that was and Hamas' Al Aqsa TV said MSNBC TV that Israel “has must refrain from substi- in arriving at the current
refugee camp in the north of leader to be assassinated hit by an Israeli commanders of the group's not taken responsibility for tuting its own wisdom shape of the regulations
the Palestinian enclave since Israel launched a strike targeting armed wing in Lebanon - this attack.” over the regulatory poli- does not suffer from irreg-
after the war reached into shattering air and ground Hamas deputy Samir Findi Abu Amer and “But whoever did it, it cies of Sebi. The scope of ularity or illegality. The
Lebanon with the killing in offensive against Gaza's leader Saleh al- Azzam Al-Aqraa Abu must be clear - this was not judicial review when exa FPI regulations and
Beirut of the Hamas deputy Hamas rulers almost three Aruri in the south- Ammar - were among the an attack on the Lebanese mining a policy framed by LODR regulations have
leader. months ago after a shock dead. state,” he said. “Whoever a specialised regulator is been tightened by the
ern suburb of Beirut
Israel has neither con- Hamas militant rampage Asked to confirm that did this did a surgical strike to scrutinise whether it amendments in ques-
into Israeli towns. on wednesday. Israel was behind Arouri's against the Hamas leader- violates fundamental tion,” the bench said.
firmed nor denied that it
killed Saleh al-Arouri in a Hamas radio and TV and movement's politburo based Hamas office in south slaying, Israeli military ship”. rights, any provision of Sebi has completed
drone strike in the Lebanon's pro-Iranian abroad and a co-founder of Beirut. spokesman Daniel Hagari Israel had accused Arouri the Constitution, any twenty-two out of the
Lebanese capital on Mayadeen TV confirmed Hamas' military wing, the In all, the drone attack told a media briefing: “We of ordering and supervising statutory provision or is twenty-four investiga-
Tuesday. But military word from security sources Izz-el-Deen al-Qassam killed six people in the city's are focused on killing Hamas attacks in the manifestly arbitrary.” tions into the allegations
spokesperson Rear Admiral that Arouri, a member of Brigades, had been killed southern suburb of Hamas.” He declined to Israeli-occupied West Bank The CJI-led bench, also levelled against the Adani
Daniel Hagari said Israeli the Palestinian Islamist when a drone struck a Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah elaborate. for years. More on ■ P9 comprising Justices J.B. group. ■ P8
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OTHER STORIES
Scholarships for
RUSHDIE STABBING Early Mickey
Mouse version
students with
disabilities
Coimbatore: Sakthidevi
TRIAL MAY BE DELAYED to star in
Charitable Trust, part of
Sakthi Masala Group, provid-
ed educational scholarships
for poor students with physi-
Hadi Matar, the man
charged with repeatedly
stabbing Salman Rushdie
audience and Rushdie
himself could testify.
“There were recordings of
horror movies
cal disabilities who are pur- as the renowned author it,” Schmidt said of the
suing higher studies in agri- was being introduced for a assault. Matar, 26, of New Los Angeles: The earli- people,” director Jamie
cultural and allied sciences. lecture, listens during an Jersey has been held with- est iteration of Mickey Bailey said in a statement
The trust is extending finan- arraignment in the out bail since his arrest Mouse is on a rampage, cited by trade publica-
cial support to such deserv- Chautauqua County immediately after Rushdie barely three days in the tions. “It’s ridiculous. We
ing students every year. Courthouse in Aug. 2022, was stabbed in front of a public domain. ran with it and had fun
The beneficiaries were 15 in New York. Rushdie's stunned audience at the Slashed free of Disney’s doing it and I think it
first year undergraduate stu- plans to publish a book Chautauqua Institution, a copyright as of Monday, shows.”
dents of Tamil Nadu about the 2022 attempt on summer arts and educa- the iconic character from The second movie is
Agricultural University, his life may delay the trial tion retreat in western “Steamboat Willie” is from director Steven
Coimbatore. The financial of Matar, his alleged New York. already the focus of two LaMorte, who previously
assistance will cover all their attacker, scheduled to Schmidt has said Matar horror films. On Monday, directed a horror parody
educational expenses for the begin next week, attor- was on a “mission to kill just hours after the 1928 of “The Grinch,” which is
programme duration of four neys said. AP Mr. Rushdie” when he short entered the public not in the public domain
years. The trust presented a Mayville (US): Salman rushed from the audience domain, a trailer for (the movie is thus called
demand draft of Rs. 4.69 lakh Rushdie’s plans to publish to the stage and stabbed “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” “The Mean One”).
to the university towards the a book about a 2022 him more than a dozen dropped on YouTube. “A late-night boat ride
educational expenses of the attempt on his life may times until being subdued Another yet-to-be-titled turns into a desperate
students delay the trial of his by onlookers. A motive for film was announced fight for survival in New
The event saw the participa- alleged attacker, which is the attack was not dis- Tuesday. York City when a mischie-
tion of the founders of Sakthi scheduled to begin next closed. Matar, in a jail- “Steamboat Willie” fea- vous mouse becomes a
Masala Group Dr. P. C. week, attorneys said. Salman Rushdie (above) and Hadi Matar (below) who stabbed him repeatedly. — AP house interview with The tured early versions of monstrous reality,” is the
Duraisamy and Dr. Santhi Hadi Matar, the man New York Post after his both Mickey and Minnie logline for the untitled
Duraisamy, and higher offi- charged with repeatedly arrest, praised late Mouse. Directed by Walt film, per a post on
cials of Tamil Nadu stabbing Rushdie as the hand in the Aug. 2022 Iranian leader Ayatollah Disney and Ub Iwerks, it LaMorte’s Instagram.
Agricultural University author was being intro- attack, announced in Oct. Ruhollah Khomeini and was the third cartoon fea- “Steamboat Willie has
including Dr. V. duced for a lecture, is enti- that he had written about said Rushdie “attacked turing the duo they made brought joy to genera-
Geethalakshmi, Vice tled to the manuscript and the attack in a memoir: Islam.” Rushdie, 75, spent but the first to be tions, but beneath that
Chancellor, Dr. R. Thamizh related material as part of “Knife: Meditations After years in hiding after released. In it, a more cheerful exterior lies a
Vendan, Registrar, Dr. N. his trial preparation, an Attempted Murder,” Khomeini issued a 1989 menacing Mickey, bear- potential for pure,
Venkatesa Palanisamy, Chautauqua County Judge which is available for pre- edict, a fatwa, calling for ing more resemblance to unhinged terror,”
Principal, and Dr. P. G. David Foley said during a order. Trial preparation his death after publication rat than mouse, captains LaMorte said in a release
Kavitha, Assistant Professor. pretrial conference. was already well under of his novel “The Satanic a boat and makes musical cited by the trades. The
Foley gave Matar and his way when the attorneys Verses,” which some instruments out of other movie has yet to begin
attorney until Wednesday involved in the case Muslims consider blas- animals. production.
to decide if they want to learned about the book. phemous. Over the past It’s perhaps fitting, With the expiration of
delay the trial until they District Attorney Jason two decades, Rushdie has then, that the first proj- the 95-year copyright, the
have the book in hand, Schmidt said Rushdie’s travelled freely. ects announced are seem- public is allowed to use
either in advance from the representatives had Matar was born in the ingly low-budget and only the initial versions
publisher or once it has declined the prosecutor’s US but holds dual citizen- campy slasher movies — of Mickey and Minnie —
been released in April. request for a copy of the ship in Lebanon, where and not unprecedented. not the more familiar
Defence attorney Salman Rushdie was I’m entitled to. Every dis- manuscript, citing intel- his parents were born. His Winnie the Pooh — sans character designs.
Nathaniel Barone said stabbed onstage last year. cussion, every recording, lectual property rights. mother has said that her red shirt — entered the “We will, of course, con-
after court that he He’s releasing a memoir anything he did in regard Schmidt downplayed the son changed, becoming public domain in 2022; tinue to protect our rights
favoured a delay but would about the attack. “It’s not to this book.” relevance of the book at withdrawn and moody, scarcely a year later, he in the more modern ver-
consult with Matar. Jury just the book,” Barone Rushdie, who was left the upcoming trial, given after visiting his father in was notching up a heavy sions of Mickey Mouse
selection is scheduled to said. “Every little note blinded in his right eye that the attack was wit- Lebanon in 2018. body count in the and other works that
begin Jan. 8. Rushdie wrote down, I get, and with a damaged left nessed by a large, live — AP microbudget “Winnie the remain subject to copy-
Pooh: Blood and Honey.” right,” Disney said in a
In the trailer for statement ahead of the
REC Chennai to VISIONARY TRIUMPH AFTER JOURNEY FROM PATNA TO CHENNAI “Mickey’s Mouse Trap,”
directed by Jamie Bailey,
characters entering the
public domain.
FROM ICU TO help incubate procedures were clubbed
what appears to be a
human in a comically
LaMorte told Variety
that the producers of his
‘I SHALL SEE THE
Chennai: Eye injury can
be a life-changing impact- into one major procedure small Mickey mask ter- film are working with a

WORLD’ startups ful event. One such tragic

event happened in the life
and was done by a team of
surgeons consisting of
rorizes a group of young
people at an arcade. “A
legal team so as not to run
afoul of Disney, and will
Chennai: Rajalakshmi of 6-year-old Ayush Dr.Mohan Rajan , place for fun. A place for call their raging rodent
Engineering College, Kumar and his family Dr.Sujatha Mohan, Dr. friends. A place for hunt- Steamboat Willie instead
M.S. NEELAKANTAN Chennai launched an when he injured his right Supriya Gautham, ing,” text flashed during of Mickey Mouse. “We
ambitious Startup eye with a bottle cap hit Dr.Vaishnavi and the trailer reads. “The are doing our due dili-
There are self-help books like Incubation Program while opening a bottle, Dr.Jeenender Gothi. mouse is out.” gence to make sure
Dale Carnegie’s ‘I am OK You aimed at nurturing which led to severe vision The surgery which last- “We just wanted to have there’s no question or
are OK’ series but little may entrepreneurial talent loss to the extent had he ed over 2 hours under gen- fun with it all. I mean it’s confusion of what we’re
we have been inspired by among its students and could only appreciate light eral anaesthesia was done Steamboat Willie’s up to,” he said.
them. They may have, at best, faculty. in that eye. His left eye free of cost under the Mickey Mouse murdering — AP
been a feel-good factor for a The program, under was also poor due to a ROPES (Rotary Paediatric
short while. Dr. Thangam birth defect in the retina Surgery) Project of Rajan
However, ‘Inspiring M e g a n a t h a n , and optic nerve and he Eye Care and Chennai
Through Stories’, authored Chairperson and was totally blind when he Vision Charitable Trust.
by Ahmedabad based Murli Mr.Abhay Meganathan, came to Rajan Eye Care. The transformation in
Menon promises to inspire Vice-Chair man, Coming from a village on Ayush’s vision was noth-
and does so creditably with R a j a l a k s h m i the outskirts of Patna, ing short of miracle. What
his experience of finding Institutions, is designed Ayush and his family had was once a world covered
himself in the ICU of a pre- to support budding little knowledge regarding in darkness became a
mier hospital in Bangalore entrepreneurs through a the management or prog- vivid panorama of clarity.
on Dec. 31, 1994, after a road structured process from nosis of such severe Having recovered com-
accident in which he suffered ideation to commercial injury. After being Dr Mohan Rajan (centre) and his colleague with the boy pletely one month after
a brain haemorrhage with launch. informed regarding poor whose sight they restored through surgeries. surgery, he is able to read
glass pieces lodging in his "Our goal is to trans- to nil visual prognosis in up to the very last line of
brain and paralysing his left form innovative ideas multiple local eye hospi- not only in the front part tion, all the blood that had the eye test chart parents
side when he was barely 24 into successful business tals. The family of four of his eye, but he also had pooled inside the back expressed their gratitude
years old. He recovered to ventures," said Mr. had very little hope of get- developed traumatic part of his eyes was to the surgical team.
start training sessions with Abhay Meganathan. "We ting vision back for their cataract and also there removed and retina Ayush’s newfound joy
the astra he had used effec- believe that by providing 6-year-old boy. was dense bleeding in the attached. His iris was and his ability to navigate
tively to recover completely. the right guidance, They were referred to back part of his eye, vitre- repaired by surgery called the once-familiar sur-
With his knowledge of Zen resources, and environ- Rajan Eye Care by a well- ous haemorrhage and reti- ‘pupillopasty’ where roundings with confi-
meditation, he helped create ment, we can signifi- wisher. Ayush underwent na detachment. sutures are passed dence brought tremen-
with Dr John Kennedy, a US- cantly contribute to the a complete and detailed Little Ayush underwent through the iris stitching dous happiness to the fam-
based person with expertise entrepreneurial ecosys- eye examination; he had a cataract surgery with it back to a near round ily. He has started going to A scene from Mickey’s Mouse Trap, a horror movie
in neuro linguistic program- tem and empower our sustained severe injury intraocular lens implanta- shape. All these complex school again in Bihar. starring Mickey Mouse, now shorn of copyright.
ming, the ZenLP. The pro- students to become the
gramme integrates the change-makers of
Occidental skills of creative tomorrow." The institu-
thinking and visualisation,
auto-suggestion and positive
thinking with the calming
Oriental art of Zen medita-
tion aims to incubate 25
startups in the year 2024,
focusing on a variety of
sectors including tech-
French cinema split over film icon Depardieu
tion, along with a vegan diet. nology, biotech, and sus- Paris: The case of actor the Liberation daily "I signed it," Carole
All that combined with the tainable solutions. The Gerard Depardieu, signed by luminaries Bouquet said on
chanting of the potent program includes dis- charged with rape and fac- including theatre director Instagram. "However, I do
Gayatri Mantra ensured he tinct stages such as idea ing other accusations of Thomas Jolly, who is to not support the ideas and
travelled to more than 15 generation, concept vali- sexual assault, has mastermind the 2024 values associated with the
countries on invitation to dation, prototype devel- exposed a major split in Olympics opening ceremo- journalist behind this plat-
conduct nearly 1,000 work- opment, and several oth- French cinema, extending ny, and actor Swann form. Giving him visibili-
shops on learning through ers, each tailored to nur- into politics and wider Arlaud who starred in ty through Gerard makes
stories and ZenLP in the last ture startups at various society. "Anatomy of a Fall". me, as you can imagine,
two decades. He visited development phases. A petition to support the 'Not perfect': The contro- deeply uncomfortable."
Kailas Mansarovar thrice, Additionally, a spe- actor has been challenged versy has also been reflect- The former head of
once by foot, which he credits cialised one-page tem- by a wave of open letters ed in politics, with Culture Paris' prestigious
to ZenLP’s efficacy. This is plate has been intro- denouncing years of rep- Minister Rima Abdul- Cinematheque francaise,
commendable considering duced to streamline the rehensible behaviour, Malak in December saying Serge Toubiana, who also
able-bodied people find it idea submission while the case has caused Depardieu's behaviour signed the petition, told
arduous. process, encouraging an apparent rift between "shames France" and a AFP he had not been
He has addressed TAAI del- efficient and clear com- French President procedure would be start- aware who was behind the
egates, Rotarians, club of munication of innova- Emmanuel Macron and ed that could see him text, which he acknowl-
expatriates overseas while in tive concepts. his culture minister. stripped of France's top edged was "not perfect".
in India he has travelled to An icon of French cine- French film icon Gerard award the Legion of It gives the impression
interact and learn from the ma for half a century after Depardieu who has been Honour. "that because he
charged with rape.
stories of the Kohl tribe in
Odisha, the secret lives of UK docs to start rocketing to fame in the
mid-1970s, Depardieu was
But Macron days later
contradicted his minister,
(Depardieu) is
immense actor, that could
an

Brok-Pa Aryans of Ladakh, charged in 2020 with rape Canada's Quebec region Depardieu's former part- "It's a sinister and perfect complaining that put him above the law", he
African Siddi tribals, the syn-
chronicity at Angkor Wat,
longest strike and has been targeted by
two other complaints
stripped him of its top
honour while Swiss public
ner, actor Carole Bouquet.
Another celebrity sign-
illustration of an old
world that refuses to let
Depardieu, an "immense
actor" was the target of a
noted.
Actor and director
Bon-Pa tribals in Tibet, long
necked Karen tribals., the
in NHS history alleging sexual assault, as
well as other accusations
broadcaster RTS halted
the broadcast of films
ing the text was director
Bertrand Blier who made
things change," the count-
er petition said. Another
"manhunt" and dismissing
the minister's suggestion
Jacques Weber expressed
regret for signing the doc-
story of Buriyo, as also les- London: Hospital doc- published in media. He where he plays a leading the 1974 movie "Les critical petition, entitled he could be stripped of the ument, saying he had put
sons we have to learn from tors in England on denies any wrongdoing. role. Valseuses" ("Going "Address to the old world", award. his name "in haste... as a
ants and turtles. Wednesday began their With his career on hold, This prompted dozens of Places"), which was one of was published on Sunday Meanwhile, scrutiny has reflex of friendship with-
ZenLP also has made him a longest consecutive debate over whether the friends and colleagues of Depardieu's first hits and on the Mediapart website in the last days intensified out inquiring. “Despite
better face, mind and palm strike in the seven- 75-year-old's back cata- the actor to sign a contro- which has long been con- with some 70 signatures on the original petition the love or admiration that
reader, childhood hobbies he decade history of Br- logue of some 200 titles versial petition published troversial over the vulgar from cinema personalities supporting Depardieu, his friends, his family and
pursues full time now. Among itain's National Service should be shown at all in the right-wing Le attitudes expressed including Anouk with some of its signato- the cinema family have for
thousands of participants at (NHS). Junior doctors -- intensified last month Figaro daily denouncing a towards women. Grinberg, Blier's former ries now distancing them- him, we must not prevent
his workshops, he takes the those below consultant when a French television "lynching of Depardieu" But in a sign of the dis- partner. selves from the text. the truth from emerging,"
most pride in having India’s level -- started a six-day documentary entitled and saying he was entitled comfort caused by the "No one wants to erase Disquiet grew after it he wrote.
only astronaut - Wing walkout at 0700 GMT, in a "Fall of the Ogre" showed to "presumption of inno- open letter, a counter-peti- the artist. But the talent of emerged that the initiator Ezziadi himself strongly
Commander Rakesh Sharma- major escalation of their him making a litany of cence". tion signed by 8,000 people Gerard Depardieu does of the text was little defended the petition in
who attended his workshop at long-running pay dispute sexual comments at 'Old world': Those sign- including singers Angele not permit the indignity of known actor Yannis comments, saying "we
HAL Bangalore. with the UK government. women during a trip to ing the letter - titled "Don't and Louane and rapper his behaviour," it said. Ezziadi - who writes for don't want to cancel him,
‘Learning through Stories’ The industrial action, North Korea in 2018. Erase Gerard Depardieu" - Medine swiftly appeared, "Defending art also means the ultraconservative and we don't want to do
by Murli Menon, which is one which ends next Tuesday, His wax sculpture was included former French contending that the text saying that being an artist magazine Causeur, and is without him" and
among 40 books he has comes at one of the hurriedly removed from first lady and singer Carla supporting Depardieu should not exempt us from close to Gerard denouncing a "climate of
authored, is available on busiest times of the year the Musee Grevin wax- Bruni, British actor "spat in the face" of his all responsibility," added a Depardieu's daughter terror".
Amazon India. for the state-funded NHS. work museum in Paris, Charlotte Rampling and accusers. third petition published in Julie Depardieu. — AFP