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P rinted at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Siddhartha cremated in family estate SC takes note of Body was recovered from Nethravati river near Mangaluru; thousands pay their last respects complaint by rape Special Correspondent Hassan/Mangaluru/ CDE tanks 20% Chikkamagaluru survivor’s family Cabinet nod for more Café Coffee Day founder and for second day judges in Supreme Court billionaire entrepreneur V.G. Letter to CJI surfaced after accident NEW DELHI Siddhartha, whose body was The shares of Coffee Day Acting at the request of the traced in Nethravati river Enterprises were locked at Chief Justice of India, the near Mangaluru 36 hours af­ their lower circuit of 20% for Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase the ter he went missing, was on the second successive day number of Supreme Court Wednesday cremated in his on Wednesday. On the BSE, judges from 31 to 34. The family’s coffee estate in Cha­ the company’s shares move comes against the tanahalli village in Hassan dropped 20%, or ₹30.80, to backdrop of the rising district. close at ₹123.25, a new low number of cases in the top His eldest son Amartya for the company. Ī page 15 court, which stands at nearly Hegde lit the funeral pyre af­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 60,000. At present, the ter the last rites were per­ sanctioned strength of the formed in an atmosphere Oppn. targets court is 30, excluding the marked by quiet grief, as his Chief Justice of India. mother Malavika Hegde and probe agencies N EWS Ī PAGE 12 grandfather and former Taking to the streets: Students organising a protest march DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at Delhi University on Wednesday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Several Opposition leaders struggled with their emo­ Search ends: The body of V. G. Siddhartha being removed from the banks of the Nethravati questioned the role of DERC cuts fixed charges, tions. river near Hoigebazar on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Legal Correspondent mising that an order would investigating agencies in V.G. hikes energy rates Earlier in the day, thou­ New Delhi be passed to ensure the safe­ Siddhartha’s death. A letter, NEW DELHI sands of people paid their 300­strong team on Tuesday The Supreme Court on July ty of and better conditions supposedly written by him a The Delhi Electricity last respects to Siddhartha at had failed to find the body. 31 took suo motu cognisance for the rape survivor. Wife may take over as few days before his death, Regulatory Commission on Coffee Day Global Ltd, a firm Three fishermen found it of a letter written by the fa­ The accident, which hap­ “discusses tax terrorism, an Wednesday announced a owned by him in Chikkama­ floating near the Hoigebazar mily of the Unnao rape sur­ pened near Rae Bareli on Ju­ slew of changes in power ugly face of politically galuru. Siddhartha’s biggest area, where the river joins CMD of Coffee Day vivor on July 12 to Chief Jus­ ly 28, claimed the lives of tariffs, including reduction in motivated institutions...,” entrepreneurial innovation, the Arabian Sea, at 6.30 a.m. tice of India Ranjan Gogoi two of her aunts. Kuldeep fixed charges of various Congress leader CCD, had its roots in the cof­ They brought it ashore and Mini Tejaswi sibilities. But all these things on the threats received from Singh Sengar, four­time BJP categories, an increase in Siddaramaiah said. Ī PAGE 8 fee­growing hilly districts of informed the police. The pol­ Bengaluru can happen only when she the accused persons. MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s energy charge rates and DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD other changes, which will be Chikkamagaluru and Has­ ice have also recovered his Malavika Hegde, wife of bil­ recovers from the personal It came to light two days Bangermau, is an accused in applicable starting Thursday. san, where his father owned mobile phone. lionaire coffee entrepreneur trauma she’s suffered,” said after a truck collided with the rape case and was ar­ large estates. The police are continuing V.G. Siddhartha Hegde, who a top company source. Letter as dying her car, causing serious in­ rested last April. CITY Ī PAGE 3 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD investigations into the cir­ died under mysterious cir­ Siddhartha was the CMD juries to her and her lawyer. The letter narrates the in­ Mobile phone recovered cumstances leading to his cumstances in Mangaluru, of the company, and on con­ declaration? cidents of July 7­8 when It was in the early hours of death, with a letter purport­ may be appointed as chair­ firmation of his death, the ‘Volatile situation’ some people allegedly asso­ Wednesday that the body of edly written by him blaming person and managing direc­ board on Wednesday ap­ The letter V.G. Siddhartha The CJI called it a “highly vo­ ciated with Sengar threa­ Siddhartha was found by a the Income Tax Department tor of Coffee Day pointed former IAS officer supposedly wrote, blaming latile situation”. He said he tened her family. It also group of local fishermen in for his “succumbing to the Enterprises. and a member, S.V. Ranga­ the I­T Department for his was informed about the let­ sought a direction for regis­ Nethravati river. situation”. “She is already on the nath, as interim chairman. decision, will have to be ter only on Tuesday ( July tration of an FIR against He had gone missing from board of the company, and treated as a dying 30). He asked why the regis­ them. the bridge across the river on CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 the board will have to dis­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 declaration after its veracity try had not brought it to his Monday evening and an in­ SIDDHARTHA’S DEATH RAISED cuss the possibility of dele­ TRIBUTES POUR IN AS COFFEE is checked, say legal experts attention. He listed the case CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 tensive, all­day search by a IN LOK SABHA Ī PAGE 13 gating to her bigger respon­ KING BIDS ADIEU Ī PAGE 15 and police officials. 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Ashok Kumar said Mr. Ram. FARIDABAD His family, comprising Kude Ram was only 20 24 members, later took years old when he landed rounds of the village in a government job, no the helicopter. mean feat for someone from a family of landless Months of preparation farmers. Through over The grand retirement four decades of working plan didn't come cheap. It as a Class IV employee at took months of Government Higher preparation and a tab of Secondary School, ₹3.25 lakh to hire the Neemkaa, he harboured a helicopter for two­odd dream of finishing his hours, besides securing a service life on a high. On whole host of permissions Tuesday, the day of from several retirement, the dream departments. was literally lived sky­ “We started preparing high: farewell over at for it in March. We sought school, Mr. Ram, along the permission of the with his brother, took a Public Works three­kilometre Department, the Deputy helicopter ride from the Commissioner of Police, Raja Jait Singh ground Ballabgarh, the Deputy nearby to his village, Commissioner and fire Sadpura. brigade among others. We paid around ₹40,000 as Rousing reception fees to the PWD and fire Sporting a turban and a brigade,” said younger white kurta­pyjama, brother Shiv Kumar, 49, flower garlands and wads also the village sarpanch. of currency notes slung The flight may have around his neck, he ended in minutes but it stepped out of the has ensured the retired helicopter to loud man his fifteen minutes of cheering and the beating fame. of drums. “I have been getting “I have seen politicians calls from media persons reaching rally grounds on since last [Tuesday] helicopters since evening. I got a couple of childhood but this was calls from Delhi too,” said the first time I sat in one. Mr. Ram, basking in his It was a proud moment,” post­retirement glory. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF If more people were happy, Form action plan to make Delhi crime­free for women: HC to govt. litigation would end: Gogoi Court asks why over ₹3K crore of Nirbhaya Fund is unused ‘AAP won’t form political CJI attends inaugural session of ‘happiness conference’ organised by Delhi govt. Staff Reporter H C junks plea to amend alliance with anyone’ New Delhi sexual harassment law NEW DELHI Staff Reporter NEW DELHI The Aam Aadmi Party has “The success of the pro­ Why can’t the Capital be NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court on decided to not form a political gramme is a feeling that safe for women, the Delhi Wednesday declined to alliance “anywhere in the Chief Justice of India Ranjan eight lakh students of Delhi High Court remarked on entertain a plea seeking country” as the idea of Gogoi on Wednesday said government schools expe­ Wednesday while compar­ directions to the Centre to associating with the Congress that if India had more happy rience every single day. Ev­ ing the city to Mumbai consider amending the law on for the Lok Sabha election people, the problem of liti­ ery parent is observing this where “women can walk sexual harassment at work earlier this year went against gation would be over. change,” he said. freely in the night”. place to make provisions for it, said senior AAP leader “There will be no cases, Talking about spreading A Bench of Justices G.S. protecting victims and Gopal Rai on Wednesday. He because everybody would the happiness curriculum Sistani and Jyoti Singh asked witnesses from retaliation. also ruled out the possibility of be happy,” Mr. Gogoi said. across the country, Deputy the city government, the police officials be given mo­ The court stated that it cannot an alliance with the Jannayak The CJI was speaking at CM Manish Sisodia said: Delhi Police and other sta­ torcycles so that they can advise the legislature to Janata Party in Haryana for the the inaugural session of a “We are working on a certif­ keholders to prepare an ac­ access darkspots in the city. amend a law. PTI coming Assembly election. ‘happiness conference’ or­ (From left) Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal, Chief icate course for those who tion plan to make the Capi­ After considering the sug­ ganised by the Delhi govern­ Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal want to start the Happiness tal”crime free for women”. gestions given by advocate HC directs Tihar jail to ment as a part of its Happi­ and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia during the Happiness Curriculum in different “In Mumbai, women can Meera Bhatia, who was ap­ as having areas under their produce Christian Michel ness Utsav to celebrate a Education Conference-2019 on Wednesday. * R.V. MOORTHY parts of the country and the walk freely in the night, why pointed amicus curiae to as­ jurisdiction that have been NEW DELHI year since the launch of World. We feel the need for can’t it happen in Delhi? We sist the court in the case, flagged as vulnerable spots The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed happiness classes in Delhi He added that the happi­ “Catch them young when this as India’s position on have the best resources and the Bench asked the Public for crime based on a crime­ AgustaWestland VVIP chopper government schools. ness classes was a big they are still open. Teach the World Happiness Index officers in Delhi, where are Works Department to en­ mapping exercise. case accused Christian Michel Mr. Gogoi said that he achievement and a brilliant them to be happy. Teach has dropped from 118 to 140. things going wrong,” the sure that all streetlights are The Bench said that wo­ to be produced in court on was happy that the new gen­ idea. “Without happiness, them the values,” he added. Our dream is that India Bench asked. functional. men police officers in plain August 21 on a plea of Tihar jail eration was being taught to education can never be should be on top of this list.” The HC was hearing a pe­ clothes be deployed so that authorities challenging a trial be mindful and said that complete. There is a serious ‘True nation-building’ The conference was at­ Special Task Force tition initiated by it in 2012 repeat offenders are court order allowing him to there was a need for the problem with the younger Speaking at the conference, tended by the education Mi­ It also questioned why over after the December 16, brought to book. It also make international calls for 15 country to work towards in­ generation. They are a de­ Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­ nisters from Madhya Pra­ ₹3,000 crore is lying un­ 2012, gangrape of a young asked the police to file an af­ minutes a week in violation of creasing its position on the jected lot, unhappy seeing wal said that the Happiness desh, Manipur, Mizoram used in the Nirbhaya Fund, woman in a moving bus. fidavit complying with the prison rules. global happiness index. what is happening around Curriculum is not just and Telangana, apart from which was announced in The woman later suc­ court’s direction and to sub­ “I have seriously thought us. It is very important that another government the Executive Councillor 2013, when it “could have cumbed to the injuries. mit a monthly report. about this... we should per­ this curriculum is carried to scheme and called it “true Education of Ladakh Auto­ been used for installing It further directed that In a status report, the haps have happiness classes its fullest extent, perhaps in­ nation­building as the fu­ nomous Hill Development CCTVs and streetlights”. It more staff be recruited in 44 police said that CCTVs had in our judicial academies al­ troduced in schools across ture of the nation was being Council and advisor to the also said that a special task police stations. These sta­ been installed in 179 of 182 so,” Mr. Gogoi said. India,” he said. built in schools”. Nagaland government. force should be formed and tions have been identified police stations. Green panel junks plea Kejriwal reviews AAP public outreach programme DU releases 6th cut­off list Staff Reporter an analysis of the Lok Sabha wever, said that “nothing like has to be increased,” the DELHI TODAY on ‘illegal’ water tankers New Delhi election failure showed that that” was mentioned during MLA added. Staff Reporter Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) na­ the party needed more work the meeting. “The CM asked AAP Malviya Nagar MLA New Delhi Exhibition: "Fontwala: Stone to Staff Reporter environmental activist Vik­ tional convener Arvind Kejri­ at the ground level. MLAs to stick posters and Somnath Bharti said: “The Delhi University released mobile, what remains?” by Rajeev New Delhi rant Tongad. “While the DJB wal on Wednesday chaired a “The Chief Minister said distribute pamphlets so that CM said that the people vot­ the sixth list of cut­offs for Prakash Khare and Shubhra Prakash. The show surveys the development The National Green Tribu­ sends around 900 water meeting of party MLAs to re­ we have to distribute pam­ people know they are com­ ed us [the AAP] to be availa­ its undergraduate courses of Devnagri letter form from it’s nal (NGT) on Wednesday tankers everyday to supply view ‘Aapka Vidhayak Aapke phlets and stick posters and ing,” he siad. ble for them and he asked us on Wednesday. DU had earliest stone engravings to its di- gital adaptations at Digital Art Gal- dismissed a petition alleging water to households, there Dwar’, a public outreach invite people ahead of the to fulfil this mandate.” planned to release only five lery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205 illegal operation of water are more than twice as ma­ programme launched in June programme... this is being Mohalla clinics “He [Mr. Kejriwal] asked lists but there are seats Tansen Marg, 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. tankers in the Capital. ny private and unregistered after the party lost the Lok done by only a few MLAs Another MLA said that the us about what people are tell­ empty in various colleges. Exhibition: “Liminal spaces”, a solo The panel junked the water tankers that are tra­ Sabha election in Delhi. right now,” said an AAP MLA meeting focused on mohalla ing us during the programme Under the sixth list, can­ art show by Kanwal Singh at Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat plea, which alleged illegal versing throughout the NCT, Under the programme, who attended the meeting at clinics, a flagship healthcare and said that if there are any didates solicited under a Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. extraction of groundwater where there is no level of MLAs go to a particular area Mr. Kejriwal’s residence. project of the Delhi govern­ problems that we cannot special drive by DU, can al­ Exhibition: A solo painting show by by water tankers not regis­ regulation with regard to in their constituency at a de­ “The CM asked us to in­ ment. “There was discussion solve, then we should inform so take admission. Many Nitin Gupta, at Convention Centre tered with the Delhi Jal where they are sourcing signated time and interact crease our public contact,” on the availability of land for him. He also asked about courses at north campus Foyer, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Board (DJB), for lacking con­ their water from or to whom with the public. A senior par­ the MLA added. AAP MLA the clinics... there was con­ areas where the mohalla clin­ colleges are still open for (Mail your listings for this column at crete evidence. it is being supplied,” the ty leader said the pro­ and party chief spokesper­ sensus that the number of ics are not being built,” said unreserved and reserved [email protected]) The petition was filed by plea had alleged. gramme was launched after son Saurabh Bharadwaj, ho­ clinics in each constituency AAP MLA Surender Singh. category students. 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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF Fixed power charges reduced, energy rates increased New power tariff to apply from today as DERC announces slew of changes Staff Reporter BJP, Congress demand total New Delhi The Delhi Electricity Regula­ Mobile library service tory Commission (DERC) on launched in city rollback of fixed charges NEW DELHI Wednesday announced a Mobile library bus service slew of changes in power ta­ was flagged off on riffs, including reduction in Parties want discoms to pay compensation to consumers Wednesday by Minister of fixed charges of various cate­ Culture Prahlad Singh Patel gories, an increase in energy Staff Reporter months, electricity consum­ riff is proof enough that it under the “Ghar Ghar Dastak charge rates and other New Delhi ers have paid crores of ru­ has admitted to looting the Ghar Ghar Pustak” scheme of changes, which will be ap­ The BJP and the Delhi Con­ pees on account of wrongly people of Delhi over the past the Delhi Public Library. It plicable starting Thursday. gress on Wednesday called imposed increased fixed one and a half years by hik­ aims to provide books to the Fixed charges for consum­ for a total rollback of fixed charges. The consumers ing the fixed charges.” They citizens of Delhi, especially to ers with a sanctioned load of charges in electricity bills must be repaid the en­ added that the AAP govern­ resettlement colonies, slums up to 15kW have been and demanded that the AAP hanced amount extracted ment had put an unneces­ and rural areas. The Minister slashed. For consumers with government order power from them,” he argued. sary burden on the citizens of Culture visited the mobile a sanctioned load of up to companies to return the mo­ of Delhi by increasing the library and encouraged two kilo watts, the fixed ney collected by them. ‘Victory for BJP’ fixed charges and surcharge students and young readers charges has been revised The BJP also claimed cre­ Terming the reduction of in power bills to benefit the to develop reading habits. from ₹125 to ₹20. dit for a reduction in power fixed charges a “big victory private discoms. The Minister emphasised on For sanctioned load bet­ tariffs for consumers even as for the BJP”, Mr. Gupta ar­ the role, books play in the all ween 2 kilo watts to 5 kilo it argued that a reduction in gued that the party had been ‘Election stunt’ round development of a watts, the fixed charges have ments and hoardings. 20 kW. A fixed charge of electricity tariff hike. On the fixed charges was incom­ fighting against the increase Mr. Yusuf, former Power Mi­ person and the impact they been reduced from ₹140 to Apart from this, the com­ ₹200 will be applicable for contrary, for fifth consecu­ plete without a rollback of in such charges. nister, said that the AAP was create on young minds. ₹50. And for a sanctioned mission has introduced a them with rates of ₹6.50 per tive yr [year], tariffs re­ Power Purchase Cost Adjust­ The BJP leader had taken pulling an election stunt to load between 5 kilo watts new sub­category of “non­ kWh. To encourage electric duced. Delhi has lowest elec­ ment Charges (PPAC) in ad­ up the demand for their roll­ fool the people of Delhi by and 15 kilo watts, the fixed domestic consumers” which vehicles, tariffs for charging tricity tariffs in the country dition to other similar back at a Delhi Electricity reducing the fixed charges Former Congress charge has been reduced will be applicable small have also been reduced for now. And Del [Delhi] is the charges. Regulatory Commission after looting them in the leader joins AAP from ₹175 to ₹100. shopkeepers. A sanctioned both low transmission (LT) only place in India wid It demanded that discoms (DERC) public hearing on Ju­ name of fixed charges and NEW DELHI load of up to 3 kVA and an supply and high transmis­ [with] 24 electricity [sic],” pay compensation to elec­ ly 10 where AAP MLAs, lead­ pension fund for the past Former Congress leader Haji New sub­category energy charge rate of ₹6 per sion (HT) supply. Mr. Kejriwal tweeted. tricity consumers for the fi­ ers and workers, he alleged, one and a half years. Taj Mohammed and his On the other hand, however, kVAH. Additionally, psychol­ Speaking at a press confe­ nancial loss on account of “shamelessly defended the “Fixed charges were supporters took membership the energy charge rates have ogists and physiotherapists CM congratulates rence, Deputy CM Manish Si­ payment of fixed charges government” on increased hiked six times and pension of the Aam Aadmi Party on been increased for multiple will be extended benefits of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind sodia said that electricity since April 1, 2018. tariffs. funds at the rated of 3.8% Wednesday. AAP, however, did not share the membership categories. These include domestic category. Kejriwal said that there has rates in Delhi had been one “The Kejriwal govern­ were collected by the power form of Mr. Mohammed domestic category consum­ In a move to “encourage been no hike in electricity ta­ of the lowest in the country ment has allowed systematic ‘Looting people’ distribution companies despite multiple requests. A ing above 1,200 units, non­ mushroom cultivation”, the riffs in the Capital for the and has been declining con­ loot of electricity consumers Congress Committee Work­ though according to the press releases issued by AAP domestic categories con­ DERC also announced a fifth consecutive year. He tinuously. With this move, by turning blind eye to the ing presidents Haroon Yu­ agreement with the dis­ said that Delhi convener suming above 3 kilo Volt­ change in category of mush­ further said that Delhi had electricity rates would furth­ cunning manipulation by suf, Devender Yadav and Ra­ coms, it was the responsibil­ Gopal Rai was at the event Ampres, industrial consum­ room cultivators from the the lowest power tariffs in er reduce he said. He com­ discoms,” alleged Leader of jesh Lilothia in a statement ity of the power companies and AAP national spokesman ers, public utilities, Delhi agriculture category, allow­ the country. pared electricity rates with the Opposition in the Delhi said, “ the very fact that the to contribute to the pension Dilip Pandey gave the party International Airport Limit­ ing it an increased sanc­ “Congratulations Delhi that of neighbouring Harya­ Assembly Vijender Gupta. Kejriwal government has re­ funds.” the Delhi Congress cap to Mr. Mohammed. ed (DIAL) and for advertise­ tioned load of 100 kW from For fifth consecutive year NO na and Gurugram. “During the last 16 duced the fixed charges ta­ alleged. Former Central govt. bureaucrat, wife ‘Segment of rapid rail corridor to be operational by March 2023’ press trust of india agency of the Regional Rapid Duhai­Sahibabad section of 2025,” the official said. cluding two depot­cum­sta­ and son sent to jail for dowry death new delhi Transit System (RRTS), said the corridor. The opening of the Duhai­ tions at Duhai and Modipu­ Commuters will be able to that the entire Delhi­Ghazia­ It will have four stations: Sahibabad section will con­ ram. “The RRTS trains have a Local court also slaps a fine of ₹1.8 lakh on them travel on the country’s first bad­Meerut RRTS corridor, Duhai, Guldhar, Ghaziabad nect the Ghaziabad RRTS sta­ design speed of 180 kmph, rapid rail transit corridor in spanning 82 km, will be op­ and Sahibabad, besides a de­ tion to Delhi Metro’s Ghazia­ operational speed of 160 Press Trust of India of ₹1.8 lakh by Additional of their house in Kendriya just four years as its 17­km­ erational by 2025. pot at Duhai. bad New Bus Adda station, kmph and the average speed Noida Sessions Judge Indrapreet Vihar in Sector 82, Noida. long Duhai­Sahibabad sec­ The corridor will cut tra­ while the Sahibabad RRTS will be 100 kmph. The trains A former bureaucrat in the Singh Josh. Her parents then filed a dow­ tion in Uttar Pradesh’s Gha­ vel time between Delhi and More connectivity station will integrate with the will be three times faster Central government, his Swatantra retired as a de­ ry death complaint against ziabad is expected to be op­ Meerut to around 55 minutes “This priority section is ex­ proposed Vasundhara Sector than the Delhi Metro trains wife and their son were con­ puty secretary in the Central the in­laws and an FIR was erational by early 2023, an from the current three­four pected to become operation­ 2 metro station and bus in terms of operational victed on Wednesday for the government, his wife retired lodged at the Phase 2 police official said on Wednesday. hours by road. al by March 2023, while peo­ terminal. speed,” the official added. death of his pregnant as an official in the Union station. Sejal and Anurag The National Capital Re­ The NCRTC has already ple can avail the benefit of The Delhi­Ghaziabad­ The distance between the daughter­in­law over dowry Public Service Commission, married in May 2013 and she gion Transport Corporation commenced civil construc­ fast and safe commute on the Meerut RRTS corridor will stations will vary from 5 km pressure. while their son was educat­ was pregnant at the time of (NCRTC), the executing tion work on the 17­km­long 82­km­long full corridor by have a total of 24 stations, in­ to 10 km. They have been sen­ ed abroad and worked at a her death. tenced to jail terms ranging private company in Noida. “The husband will serve a between three and 10 years 10­year rigorous imprison­ by a local court. ‘Fell off balcony’ ment and his parents will North municipal corporation moves Speeding car kills Swatantra Kumar Jain, 72, Swatantra’s 28­year­old serve a three­year term wife Kamla Jain, 65, and daughter­in­law Sejal died in each,” the judge ordered. their son Anurag Jain, 37, February 2014, after she al­ The bureaucrat’s family resolution to amend building by­laws youth in north Delhi were also slapped with a fine legedly fell from the balcony had refuted the charges. Civic body proposes increase in FAR for plots up to 250 sqm STAFF REPORTER tive exams and were staying NEW DELHI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC at Wazirabad. Staff Reporter In another case of drunk On Monday evening, they New Delhi A welcome change driving, a 22­year­old man both were sitting on a divid­ The North Delhi Municipal was killed after a speeding er on Jagatpur flyover after Corporation on Wednesday car allegedly hit him on a having dinner. A speeding introduced a resolution to flyover in north Delhi’s Wa­ car came and hit Rishabh, make amendments to the zirabad, the police said on the police said. Rishabh was building by­laws. It reiterat­ Wednesday. rushed to a hospital where ed a resolution passed in De­ The deceased has been he was declared brought cember 2017 to increase the identified as Rishabh, a resi­ dead, an officer said. Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of dent of Mainpuri in Uttar The two car occupants constructions up to 250 sq Pradesh. Rishabh and his were drunk at the time of metres and to regularise friend Krishna Kant (22), the incident. They have “projections”. were preparing for competi­ been arrested.

Rate for regularisation The resolution had pro­ determine the rate for regu­ ter seeking approval from posed an increase in FAR larisation based on which to the DDA. Foreigner held with drugs (the ratio of the building’s to­ undertake work. However, The move was being un­ tal floor area to the size of these rates had not been de­ dertaken to remove the the plot it is built on) for termined as of yet, the reso­ “sword of sealing” hanging worth ₹45 cr. at airport plots up to 250 sq metres lution passed on Wednesday over the heads of citizens of from the previous figure of noted. Additionally, an ac­ Delhi, said Leader of the Press Trust of India The foreigner, who ar­ 300­350 to 400. It also pro­ tion­taken report on work House Tilak Raj Kataria who New Delhi rived at Terminal 3 of IGI posed to regularise the pro­ undertaken following introduced the resolution. A Mozambican woman was Airport from Addis Ababa jection or chhaza portion of amended FAR was to be pre­ Municipal corporation of arrested at the Delhi airport on Tuesday, was intercept­ plots up to 250 sq metres, sented to the standing com­ Delhi have been facing back­ for allegedly carrying more ed by officers of the Air In­ built before December 2016, mittee but this was not done lash from the Supreme than 10 kg of heroin worth telligence Unit and Air Cus­ which are “up to one metre either. It directed the com­ Court­appointed monitoring approximately ₹45 crore toms Preventive. During a above three metres from the missioner to implement the committee which has de­ concealed in pipes, a Cus­ search of her baggage, two

Schoolchildren walk past a wall painting in Lodhi Colony. * V.V. KRISHNAN ground level”. amended FAR and rates ap­ nounced attempts to regu­ toms official said on wire/pipe rolls made of plas­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Municipal officials were to plicable for regularisation af­ larise illegal constructions. Wednesday. tic were discovered. Delhi police arrest three Youth ‘honeytrapped’, booked in rape case for supplying illegal arms Mastermind nabbed; says he was settling an old dispute; victim’s father denies claim

STAFF REPORTER Staff Reporter On July 3, I received Mahinder, can resolve the mat­ property dispute between him New Delhi New Delhi <> a call from one ter if I pay ₹20 lakh. Later, they and Mr. Kumar with the latter Three men were arrested for A 22­year­old youth, who was Javed who said that reduced the amount and de­ winning the case in 2017, the allegedly supplying illegal planning to go to the United my son [Pushkar manded ₹12 lakh,” Mr. Kumar police said. arms in the national capital Kingdom for higher studies, was said. On Monday, Mr. Kumar In order to take revenge, Ma­ Hira] was in trouble and its peripheral areas, the allegedly honeytrapped by four had filed a complaint that his hinder, along with Javed, Vaisha­ police said on Wednesday. persons in south­east Delhi’s inside the jail and son was honeytrapped by some li and her mother, planned to The accused have been Sarita Vihar, the police said on he, along with people and now he is getting honeytrap Mr. Hira. identified as Shahzad Ali Wednesday. Mahinder, can calls from them to settle the Vaishali’s mother asked her to (24), a resident of Ranholla, According to the police, Push­ resolve the matter if matter, they said. contact Mr. Hira through social Gurmeet Singh (25), a resi­ kar Hira, who was honey­ I pay ₹20 lakh. media befriend him. dent of Tilak Nagar, and trapped, met a minor girl Vaish­ Later, they reduced Case registered However, Mr. Kumar said that Yashpal (38), a resident of The accused in police ali (name changed) on Facebook the amount “We have registered a case un­ there was no property dispute Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pra­ custody on Wednesday. around three months ago and Pramod Kumar der Sections 384 [punishment between them. “I did not have desh. “The police received * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR started chatting with her. Father of victim for extortion] and 120B [punish­ any property dispute with Ma­ information on July 27 that However, Vaishali had filed an ment of criminal conspiracy] of hinder and he planned it just to Ali was going to purchase pal was arrested on July 28 FIR against Mr. Hira on June 26 er said. Mr. Hira’s father Pramod the Indian Penal Code and ar­ extort money,” Mr. Kumar said. arms near Dwarka Sector 16, from Muzaffarnagar, the under Sections 376 (punishment Kumar (50) received a call early rested the main accused Mahin­ Mahinder was earlier arrest­ following which a trap was DCP said. Nine country­ for rape) and 506 (punishment in July from one person to settle der on Monday,” said Deputy ed in 2018 for honeytrapping a laid and Ali and Singh were made pistols, 26 live car­ for criminal intimidation) of IPC the matter. “On July 3, I received Commissioner of Police (South­ doctor, the police said. apprehended,” said DCP tridges, six motorcycles and and Section 6 of POCSO Act, fol­ a call from one Javed who said East) Chinmoy Biswal. The police are trying to nab (Crime) Ram Gopal Naik. one car were seized from lowing which he was sent to jail that my son was in trouble in­ During interrogation, Mahin­ the absconding persons, Mr. Bis­ On their instance, Yash­ their possession. on June 27, a senior police offic­ side the jail and he, along with der said that there was an old wal added. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 4 CITY THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Maliwal meets U.P. Governor, SC frees man charged with selling Bodies of two youth recovered from canal GHAZIABAD adulterated milk 40 years ago The bodies of two youth have been recovered from a canal seeks relief for Unnao victim Milkman was awarded 6­month imprisonment, fined ₹1,000 in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, police said on Press Trust of India circumstance even if the oth­ Wednesday. The deceased Will fight for rape survivor, says DCW chief; urges U.P. govt. to act before it is ‘too late’ New Delhi er aspects are not adverted have been identified as Rohit Staff Reporter Yuva Sangathan (KYS) held a Facing legal ordeal for 40 to, the very fact that the ana­ (23) and Nikhil Sachan (20). NEW DELHI Onlookers told the police demonstration outside Delhi years, a milkman booked for lyst’s report being served that Sachan, a third­year Delhi Commission for Wo­ University’s Arts Faculty de­ selling adulterated milk in not being proved and the B.Tech student, and Rohit, men (DCW) chief Swati Mali­ manding an apology and re­ 1979 and handed 6­month sample being taken in an ap­ who ran a shop and catering wal on Wednesday met Uttar signation from Mr. jail term with ₹1,000 fine, propriate manner not being business had jumped in the Pradesh Governor Anandi­ Adityanath. was finally acquitted by the established, it would be suf­ canal near Kushaliya village ben Patel and demanded “It should be noted that Supreme Court on ficient to hold that the prose­ for swimming.The bodies that the Unnao rape survivor the rape survivor and her la­ Wednesday. cution has not proved the have been sent for post­ be airlifted to Delhi for wyer were critically injured When an accused is made guilt of the appellant beyond mortem. PTI treatment. and her aunts died in the ac­ to suffer the penal conse­ reasonable doubt and the Ms. Maliwal also demand­ cident on Sunday. It is evi­ quences, the legal provi­ a prosecution witness was conviction is not justified,” ed that the rape survivor and dent from the circumstances sions of law have to be con­ not sufficient. the Bench said. Man held for bursting her family be compensated surrounding the incident strued strictly, the top court “In that circumstance The top court set aside crackers at deserted spot following the accident that that the accident was observed. when the appellant/accused the June 2, 1987 verdict of a NEW DELHI took place on Sunday. planned...” read a statement A Bench of Justices R. Ba­ is made to suffer the penal magistrate court holding A 29­year­old man has been The chairperson of the Students hold a protest march and burn an effigy of issued by the KYS. numathi and A.S. Bopana consequences, it [provisions Ghaziabad resident Vijendra held for bursting crackers at women’s commission had suspended BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, outside the Condemning the incident, said that there is a dispute of law] will have to be con­ guilty under provisions of deserted area in Vijay Chowk, earlier termed the accident Faculty of Arts, DU, on Wednesday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR the students’ group added, on timely delivery of a re­ strued strictly,” the Bench Prevention of Food Adulter­ the police said on Thursday. A as a “conspiracy” against the “The KYS demands that a port of a public analyst on said. ation Act, 1954 and the 6­ senior police officer said that rape victim for her having and why has no compensa­ “The DCW will fight for judicial inquiry be instituted the milkman that would The top court also noted month jail term with ₹1,000 a man identified as Mizoram named BJP MLA Kuldeep tion been awarded? Despite the victim and her family. to probe the nexus among have enabled him to seek re­ that an independent witness fine. Subgha, who hails from Sengar as the accused in the 33 complaints made by the We urge the Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Police, ac­ ference to the Central Food has turned hostile and the Vijendra was out on bail Sikkim was held from a lawn near Vijay Chowk where he matter. victim in the past one year government to act before it is cused MLA and the State go­ Laboratory, Calcutta. manner as to whether the all these years. had burst crackers and raised Urging Uttar Pradesh why no action was taken? too late. With delay of every vernment. The Chief Minis­ It said that in the facts and sample was appropriately ta­ It also set aside the Gha­ pro­India slogans. The police Chief Minister Yogi Aditya­ Why was no action taken passing minute, they are ter should publicly apologise circumstances of this case, ken after properly stirring ziabad Sessions Court order are verifying background. No nath to ensure that the fami­ against the personal security strangulating the flow of jus­ to the people for failing to the report of the analyst has the milk and whether the of 1988 and Allahabad High suspicious item has been ly is compensated, Ms. Mali­ guard of the victim who used tice,” Ms. Maliwal further protect the victim and not been served on the ap­ same was sent for analysis as Court order of December 9, recovered from the wal said, “Why haven’t you to leak information to Mr. said. should immediately resign pellant and its mere des­ required has not been esta­ 2014 upholding his convic­ possession of the accused. [CM] met the victim till now Sengar.” Meanwhile, the Krantikari from his post.” patch as per the statement of blished. “Therefore, in that tion and sentence. Wanted man arrested Man kills self; harassment by wife, in­laws alleged Voices raised against after gunfight in Noida ‘His wife’s parents were threatening to implicate him if he did not pay ₹15 lakh’ Bill for Muslim women Press Trust of India Krishna said. Hemani Bhandari ₹15 lakh as settlement. His in­ married, but the couple tied that he had consumed poi­ noida “He had six cases of loot, NEW DELHI laws had also allegedly said the knot in 2018 in a temple. son and asked him to come ‘It is an attempt to criminalise men’ A man wanted in connec­ robbery and murder regis­ A 24­year­old man died alleg­ that they would slap dowry “Her [deceased’s wife] pa­ and collect his bike from a tion with half­a­dozen crimi­ tered against him at Gautam edly after consuming poison charge against him in case of rents did not stop interfering certain location in Dwarka. Staff Reporter nant at the mercy of her ma­ nal cases was held here on Buddh Nagar and Buland­ in Dwarka, the police said on non­payment. in the couple’s life and sub­ “The friend then took him NEW DELHI trimonial family, liable to Wednesday following a gun­ shahr,” he said. His aide Wednesday. The man took The police have registered mitted several complaints in to a hospital from where he Several individuals and civil turn hostile and vengeful to­ fight with the police. managed to escape. the extreme step allegedly a case under Section 306 Bindapur and Mohan Gar­ was referred to another. He, society groups on Wednes­ wards the wife for putting This is the third such en­ On Tuesday, a gangster because he was being ha­ (abetment to suicide) and 34 den police stations against however, died during treat­ day condemned The Muslim him behind bars. Her finan­ counter in as many days in carrying a reward of rassed by his wife and her (common intension) of the my son [deceased]. Tired of ment,” a police officer said. Women (Protection of Rights cial security and that of her Gautam Buddh Nagar. ₹25,000 and wanted in parents, the police said. Indian Penal Code and be­ the situation, even my The police said that a case on Marriages) Bill, 2019 and children is of no concern in Accused Anil alias Padaka nearly a dozen cases of loot He died in a hospital here gun probe. daughter­in­law submitted a was registered on Tuesday called it an “attempt to crimi­ this bill,” the statement said. was arrested on the FNG­ and illicit liquor trade was on July 26. A senior police of­ complaint with the police in and the claims made by the nalize Muslim men in the They added that personal Pusta Road. “Anil was carry­ held after a gunfight with ficer said that the deceased ‘Against their marriage’ 2018. But she gradually sided deceased’s father are being guise of protecting Muslim laws of all communities are ing a reward of ₹25,000 on the police in Greater Noida. hailed from Haryana and The deceased’s father, in his with her parents and went to probed. Nobody has been ar­ women”. civil matters, not criminal his arrest. He suffered a bul­ On Monday, the Noida lived in Dwarka North. His complaint to the police, said stay with them,” the father rested in the case so far, they In a statement, they said matters. let injury during the en­ Police had nabbed Sachin father alleged that the decea­ that his son had met his told the police. said. that at a time when all right­ Over 50 signatories, in­ counter with the police and Thakur, mastermind of a sed’s wife and her parents daughter­in­law in 2016 and On July 25, the father ad­ Suicide prevention hel- thinking Indians are alarmed cluding writers, historians, was taken to a hospital for robbery at the corporate of­ had been threatening to im­ the two fell in love. The wo­ ded, the 24­year­old called a pline: Sanjivini, Society for at the daily barbaric acts of activists, researchers and treatment and then taken fice of Mahagun Group, after plicate his son on charges of man’s parents were allegedly friend and lent his bike. In Mental Health, 011-4076 lynching of Muslims and the journalists also hit out at the into custody,” Senior Supe­ a gunfight. He was carrying harassment and under SC/ST against the relationship and the evening, he called the 9002 (Monday-Saturday, 10 impunity to the perpetrators Opposition for “ineffective rintendent of Police Vaibhav a bounty of ₹1 lakh Act if he did not give them did not want them to get friend again and told him a.m. -7.30 p.m.). being provided by the go­ floor management”. “The vernment, the Bill was a com­ time Opposition leaders have plete charade. “You cannot spent in making passionate CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC pretend to save Muslim wo­ speeches against this Bill Forum orders firm to pay ₹42,000 men, while seeking to bring would have been better Oh deer! the Muslim community to its spent in reaching out to all knees,” the statement said. parties and ensuring their for arbitrarily repudiating mediclaim “Does this bill really care presence for this vote. This is about Muslim women’s ac­ not the kind of Opposition Panel says company is guilty of deficiency in services cess to justice? Imprisoning that many Indians voted for, the husband for three years and we deserve and demand Staff Reporter it wrongfully refused and ar­ original bills or copies and leaves the aggrieved complai­ better,” the statement said. New Delhi bitrarily rejected her [com­ discharge certificate,” the pa­ A district consumer disputes plainant] claim, which is un­ nel observed. redressal forum here has di­ justified, amounting to The insurance firm had, rected an insurance firm to deficiency in services.” however, contended that the Class XII student found compensate a complainant The directions came on a complaint was filed on the ₹42,000 for repudiating a complaint moved by a Noida “basis of false and concocted mediclaim on arbitrary resident who alleged that story”. Dismissing the con­ dead at Saket residence grounds. despite furnishing relevant tentions put forth by the Directing National Insu­ documents, the insurance firm, the consumer panel No foul play suspected, say police rance to pay the compensa­ company repudiated the stated: “Perusal of the file tion, the panel said: “The mediclaim raised by her. shows that the complainant Staff Reporter dent outside the school on company has every right to “After being discharged had supplied all the relevant NEW DELHI Monday. investigate any claim and ask from the hospital, the com­ medical records as and when A 17­year­old Class XII stu­ “The deceased’s mother the hospital to furnish the re­ plainant lodged her claim demanded even submitted dent of a government school was called but when she quired documents but in­ with the company for reim­ fitness certificate issued by A herd of deer seen at the Delhi Zoo on Wednesday afternoon.* SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR was found dead at her house reached the school on Tues­ stead of discharging its duty, bursement along with all the the doctor.” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC in South Delhi’s Saket on day, the teachers had left. Tuesday, the police said on She was asked to come on Wednesday. No note left be­ Wednesday,” Mr. Kumar ‘Delhi must hind by the deceased has said. Her father alleged that Ten foreign nationals arrested for duping people online been recovered, they said. he was told by his daughter’s DCP (South) Vijay Kumar friends that the mother of make laws to said that she was found dead the Class XI student had en­ Staff Reporter (28), Emmaunel (26), Fidelis ing person. self as Anita Owen. She Anita Owen had foreign cur­ by her father around 5.30 tered her daughter’s class regulate NEW DELHI and Nnekwe, all from diffe­ The accused chatted with sought details of travelling rency above the authorised p.m. “The PCR received a and rebuked her in front of Ten foreign nationals were rent countries in Africa. them and after a while asked in India and told that she limit, the officer said. The call regarding the incident at everyone. gambling’ arrested for allegedly cheat­ They were found to be living them to send money as cus­ would further contact him executive was asked to pay 5.41 p.m. When they The police have not sus­ ing people by befriending illegally in India. tom charge on the pretext of after getting her tickets, Mr. as the woman did not have reached the spot, she was pected any foul play in the Staff Reporter them online, the police said sending “precious gifts”, the Alphonse said. Indian currency and told found hanging,” he said. case so far. The post­mor­ New Delhi on Wednesday. Chatting apps police said. On April 2, he again re­ that the woman would not During preliminary inves­ tem was conducted on Wed­ The Delhi High Court was Deputy Commissioner of The police said that the ac­ In another modus ope­ ceived a message from the be allowed to board the Del­ tigation, it was revealed that nesday and inquest pro­ informed by the Centre on Police (Dwarka) Anto Al­ cused targeted people aged randi which led the police to woman who said she had hi flight. He transferred the parents of a student of ceedings have been Wednesday that gambling phonse said that the ac­ between 30 and 50 through the accused, a sales execu­ reached Mumbai and would ₹45,500 in the account pro­ Class XI had submitted a initiated, the police said. was a State subject and the cused have been identified online chatting apps and tive of a tour and travel com­ be taking a flight to Delhi. Af­ vided to him. Thereafter, he complaint with the school Suicide prevention hel- city government has to as Philip (27), Augustime were running a call centre in pany said he received mes­ ter an hour, he received a was unable to contact the principal on Tuesday, alleg­ pline: Sanjivni, Society for make laws to regulate such (26), Franklin (26), Simon Mohan Garden. They would sages from a foreign number call from an Indian mobile woman as well as the caller ing that the deceased, along Mental Health, 011-4076 activities in the Capital. Chukuwnemeka (28), Simon befriend people by sharing regarding some query and number. The caller in­ from the airport, the police with two other boys, had 9002 (Monday-Saturday, 10 The Centre’s submission (26), Chinoo (26), Denial fake photos of a good­look­ the sender introduced her­ formed him that his guest said. thrashed the Class XI stu­ a.m. -7.30 p.m.) came during the hearing of a plea seeking an end to op­ eration of websites, which allow people to gamble, bet 34th edition of symposium held in and play games of chance, ED traces witness in money laundering case like poker, online. It urged the High Court to make the Probe agency likely to record his statement; nephew of M.P. CM is an accused Capital on Premchand Jayanti Delhi government a party to the case. Nirnimesh Kumar Counsel for the probe Special Judge Arvind Kumar na fide so far the investiga­ Event titled ‘An Enigma called Nation & the Question of Identity’ The court has asked it to New Delhi agency, Special Public Pro­ that only four of his em­ tion was concerned, they first file its response to the In a volte­face, the Enforce­ secutors D.P. Singh and N.K. ployees had come forward to submitted. Staff Reporter tam Agarwal, Ananya Vaj­ the life of a farmer and that plea by Avinash Mehrotra, ment Directorate on Wednes­ Matta, informed the court cooperate, and one of them The court has been hear­ New Delhi paye, Faizan Mustafa, is relevant even today. who has alleged that online day submitted before a Delhi that the witness, K.K. Khosla, had since disappeared. ing arguments on the antici­ Every year on the occasion Hartosh Singh Bal were the Premchand was the voice of gaming websites are illegal. court that they were able to had surfaced and it was very They also submitted that patory bail application. Con­ of Premchand Jayanti, the guests of the 34th edition of the common man”, said De­ The petition contends trace the whereabouts of a likely that the probe agency they were not in the know of cluding their argument, the Hindi literary magazine, the symposium. vina Kandwal, an MA stu­ that gaming and gambling witness who had gone mis­ would record his statement his whereabouts and had ap­ investigating agency submit­ Hans, holds its annual sym­ People who came to at­ dent at DU. websites are encouraging sing in a money laundering in connection with the case prehensions about his life. ted that if the accused was posium. This year it was tit­ tend the event included stu­ Akhil Singhal, a student people to spend their hard­ case related to the ₹3,600 in the days to come. They also alleged that the granted bail, they would lose led ‘An Enigma called Na­ dents, senior citizens, teach­ of BA (Journalism), said he earned money on games of AgustaWestland VVIP chop­ Rebutting the claim by accused had suddenly disap­ an important tool of interro­ tion & the Question of ers, professors and admirers came to know the difference chance, like poker and per deal. counsel for the accused that peared midway through his gating him, if required, in the Identity.’ of Premchand’s works. between national and na­ blackjack. It said success in Ratul Puri, the nephew of about 80 employees of his interrogation on July 26 and custody. On Thursday, the ac­ The event was held at Ai­ “When we talk about tionalism after attending the these games was based Madhya Pradesh Chief Minis­ client had joined the investi­ the very next day applied for cused’s counsel will rebut wan­e­Ghalib Auditorium at Premchand, the very first event, adding that he also solely on the turn of cards ter Kamal Nath, is an accused gation, the prosecutors on anticipatory bail. It showed ED’s submission in opposi­ Mata Sundari Road. Maka­ thing I think of is ‘ Godan’. gained knowledge about and no skill was involved. in the case. Tuesday submitted before that his conduct was not bo­ tion to the bail plea. rand Paranjape, Purushot­ Through ‘Godan’ he depicts “identity”. 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DELHI Timings Thursday, Aug. 01 RISE 05:43 SET 19:13 Bargari case: Punjab govt. seeks Don’t forget Pragya’s ordeal RISE 05:37 SET 19:33 Friday, Aug. 02 RISE 05:43 SET 19:12 in jail, says senior RSS leader RISE 06:45 SET 20:26 withdrawal of CBI closure report Saturday, Aug. 03 RISE 05:44 SET 19:11 ‘Congress conspired against her, did her injustice’ RISE 07:55 SET 21:11 Agency overlooked crucial aspects in sacrilege case probe, says Amarinder Sidharth Yadav more adverse forms of VIKAS VASUDEVA nored in the CBI probe,” said The CBI, it may be re­ Bhopal lynchings, he said: “Don’t CHANDIGARH the Chief Minister in a state­ called, had filed its closure Defending Bhopal MP Pra­ forget the massacre in Jam­ Days after the Central Bu­ ment here, seeking a review report on July 4, giving a gya Thakur for her remarks mu and Kashmir that led to reau of Investigation filed a of the closure decision. clean chit to the accused in on slain Mumbai Anti­Terro­ the exodus of hundreds of closure report giving a clean “The CBI had also not the 2015 Bargari sacrilege rist Squad chief Hemant Kar­ people from there and the chit to the accused in the identified and examined cer­ case. The agency had reject­ kare ahead of the Lok Sabha political mob lynchings of 2015 Bargari sacrilege case, tain key witnesses, suspects ed the findings of the Punjab election, senior RSS leader opposition workers by the the Punjab government on whose examination could Police SIT in the case. Indresh Kumar on Wednes­ Trinamool, the Congress Wednesday said the report have shed light on the cas­ The Chief Minister point­ day said one should not for­ and the Left in West Bengal should be immediately with­ es,” he added. ed out that the CBI was con­ get her ordeal in custody at and Kerala. Moreover, don’t drawn to ensure further de­ trolled by the Central go­ the hands of the Congress forget those who raised slo­ tailed investigations in the Three cases vernment, led by the BJP government at the Centre BJP MP Pragya Thakur gans at universities to divide matter. The previous Punjab govern­ which was an ally of the rul­ then. the country. Even the Su­ Chief Minister Amarinder CM Amarinder Singh ment had, in November ing Shiromani Akali Dal at “No one denies that Mr. be destroyed. I told him his preme Court is delaying the Singh said the CBI had not 2015, handed over to the CBI the time of the sacrilege inci­ Karkare is a martyr,” said Mr. entire dynasty will be Ram Mandir issue. Isn’t that only overlooked certain cru­ sons best known to them”, investigation of three sacri­ dent. Kumar, national executive erased,” she had said. lynching of democracy?” cial aspects of the investiga­ the CBI had unexpectedly lege cases — theft of a ‘bir’ of member of the Rashtriya Speaking at a meeting of Mr. Kumar, however, ad­ 0 tion but had also failed in its closed the case in an un­ Guru Granth Sahib from ‘Highly questionable’ Swayamsevak Sangh. “But, the RSS­backed Forum for ded that those involved in DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to duty to identify the culprits usually hurried manner, Burj Jawahar Singh Wala “The needle of suspicion in don’t forget the injustice Awareness of National Se­ any kind of lynching should verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of and bring them to book, as which raised several ques­ Gurdwara on June 1, 2015; the Bargari case had been perpetrated on Ms. Thakur curity in Bhopal, he said: be punished. an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG was expected of the premier tions on its handling of the putting up of hand­written pointed at SAD by the Justice by the Congress as part of a “Don’t stoke sentiments of PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch agency. matter. sacrilegious posters in Bar­ Ranjit Singh (retd) Commis­ larger conspiracy.” those who revere cows. Re­ ‘Scrap Article 35A’ for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s Demanding reopening of “Many aspects of the gari and Burj Jawahar Singh sion,” he observed, adding Malegaon blast accused member, what led to the mu­ Demanding that Article 35A products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- the case for further investi­ case, including financial Wala on September 25; and that, given this context, the Ms. Thakur in April had said tiny of 1857 and eventually of the Constitution be ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in gations by the country’s top transactions and linkages torn pages of the holy book CBI decision to file closure the death of Mr. Karkare in galvanised into the freedom scrapped, he said that espe­ any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in investigative agency, Capt. with foreign­based entities, being found at Bargari on report was highly questiona­ the 26/11 Mumbai attacks movement. Playing with the cially after the strikes follow­ this newspaper. Amarinder said: “For rea­ had been conveniently ig­ October 12, 2015. ble. was a result of her curse af­ sentiments of people could ing Pulwama and Uri at­ ter being treated “very bad­ take the form of mass tacks, at least 70% of the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ly” by him while in custody movements.” people believed that like the in the 2008 case. Stating that attacks on rest of the country was open Child-lifting rumours Action time “Hemant Karkare falsely those indulging in cow to people from Jammu and implicated me. He died of slaughter were being singled Kashmir, even its door keep students away his karma. I told him, he will out as lynchings when there should open to them. Attendance in M.P. schools drops 15% Lawyers to

Sidharth Yadav a toilet on the premises intensify stir Bhopal alone and don’t talk to One night, a woman visited strangers. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Sawani’s village and stopped Rumors of child­lifters on CHANDIGARH by her father’s shop to ask the prowl, being spread Lawyers of the Punjab and for water. Getting a whiff with a sinister swiftness on Haryana High Court, who that she was out to kidnap social media in the State are on an indefinite strike children, the villagers notably after the charred against the setting up of the shooed her away into the body of a three­year­old kid­ Haryana Administrative forest. napped boy was found near Tribunal, have now decid­ In Sumit’s village, for his house in Bhopal, have in­ ed to intensify their three days after being stilled fear among school­ protest. thrashed with sticks by the children and thereby The Punjab and Harya­ villagers, eight­ten child­lif­ slumped their attendance na High Court Bar Associa­ ters kept skulking behind a by 15% in schools, according tion on Wednesday asked behind a bush, waiting for to the Education Depart­ all the district bar associa­ an opportunity to strike. ment. tions in Punjab and Harya­ At Mohammed’s house, na to support the call given two strangers who had slept ‘Miss my friends’ Police use water cannon to disperse protesters who were demanding release of pending by them for the strike. on the rooftop knocked on Class VI student Hira Lal, at wages and regular work under MGNREGA, in Patna on Wednesday. * RANJEET KUMAR As lawyers staged prot­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the door the next morning. a school in Chopra Kalan vil­ est and abstained from at­ The were beaten up and lage, said though he was tending the courts against handed over to the police. scared to walk alone to the newly formed adminis­ While, Sawani heard the school, he’ll continue at­ Man arrested for allegedly running trative tribunal, work re­ tale from her aunt, Sumit tending it and “deal with mained suspended at the and Mohammed said their child­lifters on his own” if High Court. uncles narrated the inci­ ever confronted. “But I bad­ pro-Pakistan group on WhatsApp dents to them. ly miss my friends Vivek, Ri­ Neither had seen a child­ tesh and Neha. Their pa­ Police act on complaints by locals in Bettiah, Bihar lifter being beaten up or rents have asked them to were accosted by one, but stay home from some time,” Amarnath Tewary called 'Pakistan Zindabad'. Singh, the SHO. West Cham­ were sure the lifters wore he says. Patna The police also seized the paran Superintendent of military uniforms while on Kailash Makwana, Addi­ A man was arrested in Bet­ mobile phone he allegedly Police Jayant Kant con­ the prowl. tional Director General of tiah town of West Champa­ used to administer the firmed thearrest, saying Now, each of the Class VI Police, Intelligence Wing, is­ ran district in Bihar on Tues­ group. Mr. Quraishi is a resi­ some local people had com­ students and their class­ sued an advisory to district day for allegedly running a dent of the Sant Ghat area of plained against Mr. Quraishi mates at the Government authorities on Sunday ask­ pro­Pakistan group on social the town. and the WhatsApp group he Secondary School at Sukhi ing them to devise a plan to media and disturbing com­ “Saddam Quraishi was ar­ was running. “Following the Sewaniya village in Bhopal check the spread of ru­ munal harmony. rested on the charge of dis­ complaint police conducted district stick to a set of pre­ mours and involve local Police said Saddam Qu­ turbing communal harmony an inquiry and found it to be cautions, especially meant journalists in quelling the raishi, 22, was arrested from and conspiring to disturb true. Quraishi was arrested for girl students: never walk fear of suspected child­lif­ Nazni chowk in Bettiah for the unity and integrity of the and sent to jail under rele­ to school alone, never go to ters among parents. running a WhatsApp group country,” saidShri Ram vant sections,” Mr. Kant said. Madrasa para-teachers withdraw stir Minister assures them of looking into their demands Special Correspondent JAIPUR Madrasa para­teachers in Rajasthan, who were staging protests for the last 10 days demanding an increase in remuneration and regulari­ sation of posts, withdrew their agitation on Wednes­ day following an assurance by Energy Minister B.D. Kal­ la to look into the matter. However, the State govern­ ment has refused to absorb Madrasa para-teachers holding a demonstration in Jaipur. them in regular service. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The ruling Congress had promised to regularise the demands. ₹6,000 to ₹7,000 in his Bud­ services of para­teachers Madrasa Para­teachers’ get speech, did not pay at­ and increase their salaries in Association president Ma­ tention to the plight of para­ its 2018 Assembly election sood Akhtar told The Hindu teachers who are struggling manifesto. About 6,500 pa­ that the para­teachers were to survive,” Mr. Akhtar said. ra­teachers working in 3,500 working for remunerations Despite its promise in the registered madrasas across which were almost equiva­ election manifesto, the Con­ the State get a remuneration lent to the minimum wages gress government had no of ₹7,000 to ₹9,000 a month for unskilled labourers, plans to form a cadre of pa­ for teaching school subjects while Shiksha Karmis of Sar­ ra­teachers with the benefits other than the religious text va Shiksha Abhiyan and oth­ of leave, provident fund and in seminaries. er contractual employees medical insurance. Since July 21, most of the were being paid much high­ The Association agreed to madrasas have been closed er salaries. withdraw the agitation after and para­teachers have held some ruling party MLAs in­ demonstrations, begged on ‘A qualified lot’ tervened and took a delega­ the roads and swept the “Para­teachers were a quali­ tion to Mr. Kalla, who as­ streets with brooms as prot­ fied lot with degrees in the sured the para­teachers of est at the district headquar­ education stream and some looking into their demands ters. Earlier this week, the of them had a research expe­ after some time. Mr. Kalla para­teachers laid siege to rience as well,” he said. heads a committee appoint­ the Madrasa Board’s office “Chief Minister Ashok ed for considering regulari­ here in an attempt to exert Gehlot, who announced a sation of contractual em­ pressure on the State go­ hike in the remuneration of ployees working in different vernment to accede to their Anganwadi workers from government departments.

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BJP wins 95% seats in Cong. questions BJD’s support Tripura panchayat polls Syed Sajjad Ali ti district in north Tripura. to Bills passed in Parliament Agartala Security forces resorted The ruling BJP has registered to baton charge to disperse victory in 9% of 14% seats in the mobs. At least four per­ Party says it exposes Naveen’s equidistant policy, shows his ‘double standards’ panchayat bodies in Tripura sons suffered minor injuries. that went to polls on July 27. In other areas, counting was Special Correspondent and the Congress," he asked. The State government's The party had earlier won peaceful amid presence of BHUBANESWAR chief whip and senior BJD 86% seats uncontested. police and paramilitary Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata ‘Open support’ MLA Pramila Mallick defend­ The counting of votes in troops. MNS chief Raj Thackeray with West Bengal CM Mamata Dal’s stand that it will remain The senior Congress MLA al­ ed her party’s stand on the the three­tier panchayat The BJP has thanked peo­ Banerjee at a joint presser in Howrah on Wednesday. * PTI equidistant from both the BJP so pointed out that the BJD Triple Talaq Bill. The BJD polls was marred by clashes ple for making it win in 95% and the Congress was ques­ had supported the NDA go­ supported the Bill since it between the Congress and seats across gram pan­ tioned by the Congress in the vernment in the RTI (Amend­ pertained to the security and BJP supporters in Kailasha­ chayats, panchayat samitis MNS chief asks Mamata to Assembly on Wednesday. ment) Bill a few days ago and dignity of Muslim women, har, headquarters of Unako­ and zila parishads. Seeking a clarification had also extended open sup­ she said. from Chief Minister and BJD port to a BJP candidate in the Defending her party’s back anti-EVM movement president Naveen Patnaik on recently concluded Rajya "equidistant policy", Ms. Mal­ Farmers seek his party’s support to the Tri­ Sabha election in the State. lick further sought to know Campaign to be launched on August 21 ple Talaq Bill in the Rajya Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik “You are criticising the BJP from Mr. Bahinipati about the ‘fair price’ Sabha on Tuesday, Congress during elections and fighting transfer of Congress votes to Special Correspondent Mr. Thackeray said his MLA from Jeypore Tarapra­ Hour, alleged that Mr. Pat­ it in Odisha. At the same the BJP in the recently held Staff Reporter Kolkata party was launching an anti­ sad Bahinipati said it showed naik’s party has been sup­ time, you have been support­ elections in Odisha. The BERHAMPUR Maharashtra Navnirman Se­ EVM movement. “It is not the ruling party’s “double porting the BJP on all the Bills ing the NDA government on same thing happened in the On its second day of nation­ na chief Raj Thackeray met anti­Modi [PM Narendra standards”. and issues. “Why do you different Bills. Is this not dou­ election in the Patkura As­ al general council meet in West Bengal Chief Minister Modi]. But if being anti­EVM Mr. Bahinipati, who raised claim to be maintaining equal ble standard,” asked Mr. sembly constituency too, she Berhampur on Wednesday, and Trinamool Congress means being anti­Modi, we the issue during the Zero distance from both the BJP Bahinipati. added. the All India Kisan Mazdoor chairperson Mamata Baner­ are okay with it,” he said. Sabha demanded the go­ jee on Wednesday and Ms. Banerjee too joined vernment to ensure that the urged her to join his party’s Mr. Thackeray in demand­ procurement price of all campaign to shun electronic ing that EVMs should be agricultural produce is one voting machines (EVMs) and done away with. “If some­ Workers’ arrest triggers protest in Ganjam and a half times the total return to ballot papers. one can say exactly how ma­ production cost. Leaders of The campaign will be ny seats his party will get Tata Steel ferrochrome plant workers allegedly created ruckus, attacked policemen the organisation alleged the launched on August 21. even before the election is present fixation of procure­ Speaking to journalists af­ held, how will the people Staff Reporter ers and assaulting police per­ arrested workers, the agita­ mised during displacement. ment price is too arbitrary. ter the meeting at the Secre­ keep faith [on EVMs]. EVMs Berhampur sonnel who tried to convince tors have also filed a case “Till afternoon neither the tariat in Kolkata, Mr. Thack­ are not used in developed Protesting against the arrest them to end the stir, said pol­ against a few policemen for administration nor the com­ eray claimed that there were countries like Japan, the Un­ of 78 workers of Tata Steel ice sources. harassment. pany authorities came over reports of glitches in the ited Kingdom and the Unit­ ferrochrome plant in Odish­ Sub­Divisional Police Offic­ to hold discussion with them EVMs in 370 constituencies ed States,” she argued. a’s Ganjam district, their fa­ er, Chhatrapur, Utkal Keshari Permanent job demand [agitating family members]. across the country in the re­ She said before the Lok mily members and villagers Dash said the workers had The arrested workers are The protesters have decided cent Lok Sabha election. Sabha poll, 23 opposition launched an indefinite strike staged a demonstration in from villages where land was to continue the strike till parties had approached the in front of the plant at Gopal­ front of the plant and were acquired by Tata Steel for the some conclusion is reached,” Morcha in Maharashtra Election Commission and pur Industrial Park on preventing other workers project. The legal adviser of he added. “I came to meet Mamata ji moved the Supreme Court Wednesday. from entering the premises. the arrested workers, Mr. T.K. According to Tata Steel for discussing the develop­ on the EVM issue but the The workers were arrested Adequate police arrange­ Reddy, said for the last three sources, production has ments regarding EVMs and case was set aside. “This is on Tuesday night for alleged­ ment has been made in the years they have been de­ stopped at its ferrochrome VVPATs. We will take out a not an old issue. This has ly vandalising the infrastruc­ area to prevent escalation of manding permanent employ­ plant due to "large­scale dam­ Morcha in Maharashtra re­ been going on since 1995,” ture of the ferrochrome tension. While four cases ment in the company or its age to the infrastructure" by garding this,” he said. she said. plant, attacking fellow work­ have been lodged against the subsidiary, as they were pro­ agitating workers on June 27. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 WEST 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘New, young faces will get a chance’ Heavy rains in western Maharashtra Right time to bring forward those awaiting opportunity for long, says Ashok Chavan fill up dams, boost water stocks Alok Deshpande who have won three to four possible new faces to lead Mumbai times or a zilla parishad the party in the future. “We Deficit in Vidarbha down to 19% from 29%; will persist in Marathwada Undeterred by the ongoing member who has been win­ need people who will not go exodus from its ranks, the ning consistently. We must on the defensive under pres­ Shoumojit Banerjee for a while. However, there Congress has decided to field now ensure that they get due sure from the dirty tricks Pune are signs that the rainfall will new and young faces from opportunity,” Mr. Chavan used by the BJP­led govern­ Heavy rains continued to pick up after August 8,” he those Assembly constituen­ told The Hindu, on a day ment. This is the right time pummel western Maharash­ said. cies where senior leaders when one Congress and to bring forward the leader­ tra through the day on Wed­ Meanwhile, with districts have quit to join the Bharati­ three Nationalist Congress ship which did not get an op­ nesday, affecting traffic in in the verdant Konkan belt ya Janata Party (BJP) or Shiv Party MLAs joined the BJP, in portunity for the longest of Kolhapur, Sangli and parts of being relentlessly buffeted Sena. the presence of Chief Minis­ time,” he said, adding that Pune city. by showers, dams in Ratnagi­ Former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan ter Devendra Fadnavis. the youth will get total sup­ Incessant rain in the past ri district have filled up to Ashok Chavan said on Wed­ He said the new faces can port from the party. 72 hours have resulted in the 99% of their total capacity. nesday that he has sent a constituencies where there also be from the different The Maharashtra unit of four major dams in Pune dis­ Heavy showers continued proposal to the Maharashtra has been a defection. sections of the society hav­ the Youth Congress has al­ trict — Khadakwasla, Pan­ to lash Sangli and Kolhapur unit Congress committee “We have a number of se­ ing a rapport with the voters. ready been given the respon­ shet, Varasgaon and Tem­ in the western part of the president Balasaheb Thorat cond rung leaders who have Mr. Chavan said the team sibility of 75 Assembly seg­ ghar — filling up to 75% of State, with several parts of to form a team of expe­ been winning the local body of senior leaders could visit ments for which a war room their storage capacity. Shirol tehsil in the latter dis­ rienced leaders to visit the polls. There are corporators such areas and scrutinise the has been set up in Pune. The dams collectively A motorcyclist negotiates a flooded road near Alka Talkies in trict, notably Nrusinhawadi, have a storage capacity of Pune on Wednesday. * MANDAR TANNU submerged by water. 29.15 TMC. The total storage The relentless rain till Tuesday morning was said Dr. Anupam Kashyapi, of 26%, while central Maha­ prompted the opening of In season of yatras, NCP’s to roll out on August 6 22.59 TMC and continued to Head, Weather & Air Pollu­ rashtra has recorded an ex­ three sluice gates of the Rad­ increase due to rainfall in the tion Monitoring Unit, India cess of 28% rainfall. Steady hanagari dam in Kolhapur, Staff Reporter pati Shivaji Maharaj. ago. Be it farmers or workers the respective constituen­ catchment areas. Meteorological Department. rains in Gadchiroli and Nag­ long filled to its capacity of Mumbai Interestingly, the reel life or youth or women, it has cies will be the taking the Discharge of excess water “The city is expected to pur over the past 24 hours 8.36 TMC (thousand million After Shiv Sena’s Jan Ashir­ Chhatrapati Shivaji and NCP failed everyone on every lead to organise the yatra,” from the Khadkwasla dam receive moderate rainfall on and other parts of the usual­ cubic feet), leading to the wad Yatra and Bharatiya Ja­ MP from Shirur, Amol Kolhe count. Instead of working to said Mr. Varpe. resulted in the submergence Thursday while the showers ly parched Vidarbha region Panchganaga river crossing nata Party’s Maha Janadesh will lead the yatra with fulfil the aspirations of the The second phase of Yuva of the Bhide bridge on Tues­ are expected to reduce par­ have brought the deficit the danger mark. The rain Yatra, opposition Nationalist Udayanraje Bhosale, a des­ people, the ruling coalition Sena chief Aaditya Thacke­ day, leading to traffic snarls tially by the end of the week. down to 19% from 29% [for completely disrupted traffic Congress Party (NCP) is set cendent of Chhatrapati Shi­ parties have already gone on ray’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra be­ on several arterial roads. However, heavy rains are ex­ Vidarbha],” said Dr. between tehsils and villages to hit the streets with its Shiv vaji and party MP from Sata­ the campaign mode and are gan on Wednesday from So­ It continued to rain steadi­ pected to resume in the State Kashyapi. along the Kolhapur­Panhala Swarajya Yatra from August ra, being the star busy organising yatras,” said lapur, while Chief Minister ly over the city on Wednes­ from August 3 and is likely to However, despite these route.High alert has been 6. campaigner. The yatra also NCP youth wing’s executive Devendra Fadnavis’ Maha Ja­ day as well, though with less prevail till August 6,” Dr. positives, Marathwada conti­ sounded by district authori­ The yatra, which will tra­ aims to instil confidence president Ravikant Varpe. nadesh Yatra will start from intensity. Kashyapi told The Hindu. nues to be problematic with ties to vulnerable villages in vel primarily through As­ among party workers, and In the first phase, the ya­ Thursday. Pune has already received He further said that Maha­ the rainfall deficit figure the Kolhapur, Sangli and Sat­ sembly constituencies tar­ will kick start the NCP’s elec­ tra will start from Fort Shivn­ On Wednesday, the youth surplus rainfall barely two rashtra had already received down to 27% from 30%. ara districts along the banks geted by the NCP for the tion campaign. eri, the birthplace of Chha­ wing of the NCP held a de­ months into the monsoon, a surplus rainfall of 7% des­ “While Beed, Nanded, of the Krishna. Assembly polls, will be or­ “The yatra is aimed at ex­ trapati Shivaji. The second monstration at the gates of recording 561.8 mm till Tues­ pite the deficiency in the Hingoli and some other parts Heavy rains in Satara and ganised around the theme of posing the State govern­ phase will begin from Tulja­ Mantralaya to protest the go­ day morning and exceeding arid Marathwada region. in Marathwada have been re­ Sangli districts have ensured bringing real swarajya (self­ ment’s failures to fulfil the pur on August 16. “The pos­ vernment’s failure to create the normal rainfall figure of “The Konkan region and ceiving steady rain, we fear a healthy water stock in governance) as by Chhatra­ promises made five years sible party candidates from two crore jobs every year. 545.7 mm for this period, Goa have recorded an excess that the deficit will persist dams in these areas.

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Labourers replant paddy saplings in a field near Sarkhej village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on Wednesday following bountiful rains in Gujarat. * VIJAY SONEJI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Goa planning to reserve 80% jobs in factories for locals

Labour, employment policies to be drafted in six months: CM

Press Trust of India mandatory for the industrial Panaji units to hire 80% Goans in Taking a leaf from the And­ jobs. The Chief Minister also hra Pradesh Assembly, Goa said a task force has been set is now planning to reserve up to ensure that industries 80% jobs in industrial units adhere to the Minimum receiving State government Wages Guarantee Act. subsidies for people of Goan Mr. Sawant said since the origin, the Legislative As­ private sector, especially in­ sembly was told on dustrial units, enjoys various Wednesday. subsidies from the State go­ Chief Minister Pramod Sa­ vernment, they are expect­ want also said that “60% to ed to reserve 80% of the to­ 80% jobs” would be on a Goa Chief Minister Pramod tal jobs to the people with permanent basis. Sawant in the Assembly. the Goan origin. “But there While the labour and em­ * ATISH POMBURRFEKAR is no regulatory authority to ployment policies will be keep a tab. Once the policy is drafted in the next six consider reserving “80% in place, we will come to months, all industries in the jobs for Goans in the private know whether they are ad­ State have been directed to sector, especially in the in­ hering to the requirement or register with the govern­ dustrial units that get va­ not,” he said. ment and submit details rious subsidies from the The Andhra Pradesh Le­ about the workers and the State government, out of gislative Assembly had last sectors they are currently which 60% jobs should be week passed the AP Employ­ employed in, he said. on a permanent basis“. ment of Local Candidates in Mr. Sawant said the BJP­ Responding to a question Industries and Factories Bill, led government will draft by Congress MLA Aleixo Re­ 2019, that mandates employ­ the labour and employment ginaldo Lourenco, Mr. Sa­ ment of at least 75% State policies in the next six want said the upcoming pol­ candidates in the respective months in which it might icies might make it units. Over 28,000 Gujarat medicos join strike

Press Trust of India across the country against However, officials at Ah­ Ahmedabad the Bill, dubbing it as “anti­ medabad civil hospital, the More than 28,000 doctors poor, anti­student and largest facility in the State, in Gujarat on Wednesday anti­democratic”. said the strike did not have joined the 24­hour nation­ “We believe that more any major impact on wide strike against the pas­ than 28,000 doctors in Guj­ services. sage of the National Medical arat have joined the strike “Civil hospital is function­ Commission (NMC) Bill 2019 on Wednesday beginning 6 ing as usual. Our doctors in Lok Sabha, which seeks to a.m.,” said Dr. Kamlesh Sai­ have not joined the strike. It replace the graft­tainted ni, secretary, Gujarat Chap­ is up to the doctors to join Medical Council of India ter, IMA. the strike or not. Doctors as­ (MCI). “This is not a full­fledged sociated with the govern­ The Indian Medical Asso­ strike. Doctors in Gujarat ment­run hospitals have not ciation (IMA) had given a call have expressed solidarity joined the strike,” said civil for a 24­hour withdrawal of with agitating doctors across hospital superintendent non­essential services the country,” Dr. Saini said. M.M. Prabhakar. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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I N BRIEF IS suspect from Kerala After verification, police may treat dies in U.S. drone strike Siddhartha’s letter as dying declaration He had joined the group one year ago Staff Reporter year mechanical engineer­ PALAKKAD ing student at a college in A.P. CM Jagan allowed to visit Jerusalem Clerk’s statement Fishermen A young engineering under­ Thrissur, Muhsin had quit HYDERABAD graduate from Edappal in his studies and left for Ben­ to be recorded Malappuram district, who galuru after having been in­ A special Central Bureau of helped trace Investigation (CBI) court here and corroborated reportedly joined the terror fluenced by the IS ideology. on Tuesday granted group Islamic State (IS) From Bengaluru, he went permission to Andhra with call records body in river more than a year ago, was to Dubai. Family sources Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. suspected to have been said he was missing from Jagan Mohan Reddy to visit Staff Reporter Staff reporter killed in an American drone Dubai. The police said he Jerusalem and the U.S. Bengaluru Mangaluru attack in Afghanistan. reached Afghanistan as part between August 1 and 25. With the body of V.G. Sidd­ Attikatta Jagannath and The police confirmed of an IS assignment after un­ The court also permitted hartha, founder of Cafe Cof­ Shivanna, close associates that the family of Mo­ dergoing training in the use Rajya Sabha member and fee Day (CCD), being reco­ of V.G. Siddhartha for hammed Muhsin, 22, at of arms. Police sources said national general secretary of vered from the Netravati on years, were outside the Edappal got a message in a few other Keralites too had YSR Congress V. Vijaysai Wednesday morning, the let­ mortuary of Wenlock Hos­ Malayalam a couple of days joined the IS along with Reddy to tour Malaysia, ter he purportedly wrote — pital here, holding the ago saying that he was mar­ Muhsin. Singapore, Europe, America in which he blamed his fi­ hands of Rithesh D’Souza, tyred in God’s path as per Rumours are being and Australia between nancial troubles and “ha­ 40, and Pranesh, 35, as his wish. A top police offic­ spread about Keralites August 1 and September 30. rassment” by the Income Former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna paying last respects to the mortal remains of his they struggled with their er, without going on record, reaching the IS camps even Tax Department for “suc­ son­in­law and Cafe Coffee Day founder V.G. Siddhartha on Wednesday. * PTI emotions. The two were said Muhsin had been killed when their families are be­ L oan moratorium: Kerala cumbing to the situation” — among the local fishermen in the drone attack along ing warned by some sources yet to get reply from RBI has gained legal significance. cial overseeing the case, ho­ the police that Siddhartha tha’s call records. “Even if who traced the body in the with an IS leader in Afghan­ against disclosing any de­ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM It will now have to be treated wever, told The Hindu that had dictated the letter to her the letter was written a few Nethravati on Wednesday. istan more than 10 days ago. tails about them. The Kerala government is yet as a dying declaration, after given the circumstances of a few weeks ago and he weeks ago, his call to the Yatish Baikampady, Muhsin’s family had re­ “Distance between God to receive a reply from the checking the veracity of the his death and how the letter called her on Monday even­ clerk asking her to release it leader of the local fisher­ gistered a complaint at the and IS is minimal. This is the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on letter, say legal experts and has surfaced, it could be con­ ing, hours before he went as his statement the next day men, said the fishermen, Changaramkulam police gist of what they indoctri­ its request that the senior police officials. sidered a dying declaration. missing, asking her to re­ clearly indicates it was his based on the current factor station in Malappuram dis­ nate to get mercenaries for moratorium on farmers’ loans “We recovered the letter Sources said a clerk in lease it to over 200 people, dying declaration,” said cri­ in the river and at its trict in October 2017 stating their acts of terror,” said a be extended till December 31, from his family members. Siddhartha’s office handed including CCD employees, minal lawyer C.H. Hanuman­ mouth had guessed — go­ that he was missing. A final­ senior police officer. Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil We will take necessary ac­ over the letter to his imme­ investors, and the media on tharaya. ing by the location where Kumar has said. The moratorium, declared in the tion,” said Kamal Pant, Addi­ diate family, hours after he Tuesday morning. The pol­ (Those in distress or hav- Siddhartha was last seen — aftermath of the August 2018 tional Director­General of went missing near Mangalu­ ice will record the clerk’s ing suicidal tendencies can that the body would be floods, ended on Wednesday Police (Law and Order), Kar­ ru on Monday night. The statement and would then call Arogya Sahayavani Ph: pushed to the banks on the Maoist ‘commander’ (July 31). The Minister told nataka. A senior police offi­ clerk has told the family and corroborate it with Siddhar­ 104 for help.) Hoige Bazaar area. reporters here on Wednesday that he would discuss the shot dead in Telangana matter with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to decide the Special Correspondent the exchange of fire. A few future course of action. Opposition leaders slam Central probe agencies BHADRADRI-KOTHAGUDEM other armed cadres man­ The CPI (ML­New Democra­ aged to escape, the police Hashish oil worth ₹22 cr. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah hit out at their role cy) district secretary, P. Lin­ said. The slain person was seized in Palakkad ganna, 42, was killed in an later identified as Linganna. PALAKKAD Special Correspondent entrepreneurs? Our party could not run his business in impediments for ease of alleged encounter with the In one of the major drug hauls Bengaluru and I shall always stand with a peaceful manner.” business.” police early on Wednesday. Fighting for rights in recent times in Kerala, the The death of Cafe Coffee Day Shri. S.M. Krishna in his fight Karti Chidambaram, the Fugitive business tycoon The incident occurred in a As the news of the “encoun­ Excise Enforcement Squad founder V.G. Siddhartha in for justice,” former Chief Mi­ son of former Union Minister Vijay Mallya, who is in the forested area near Rollagad­ ter” spread, agitated Adiva­ seized 23 kg of hashish oil Mangaluru triggered attacks nister Siddaramaiah said on P. Chidambaram and who is U.K., also took to Twitter da village in Gundala man­ sis from nearby villages from a car coming from Tamil by several political personal­ Twitter. In another tweet, he facing charges from the En­ against government agen­ dal of Telangana’s tribal rushed to the “encounter” Nadu at Nombikkode, near ities in the Opposition who said the government was fa­ forcement Directorate, cies. “I am indirectly related dominated Bhadradri­Koth­ site. They raised slogans Elappully, on Wednesday. The questioned the role of inves­ vouring “a few crony tweeted on Wednesday: to Siddhartha. Excellent hu­ agudem district. against the police accusing drug is worth more than ₹22 crore in the international tigating agencies. capitalists”. “Forget about dealing with man and brilliant entrepre­ Police sources said the them of killing Linganna, an market. Acting on a tip­off, “A letter, supposedly writ­ West Bengal Chief Minis­ markets/suppliers/custom­ neur. I am devastated with face­off took place between Adivasi leader fighting for the squad intercepted the car ten by Siddhartha a few days ter Mamata Banerjee tweet­ ers/investors/employees/sta­ the contents of his letter. The a group of armed under­ the rights of “Podu on the Palakkad­Pollachi before his death, discusses ed: “From what he has ex­ keholders. Managing the sys­ Govt Agencies and Banks can ground cadres of the Naxal cultivators”. Highway and found the huge tax terrorism, which is an ug­ pressed, it appears that he tematic harassment by the drive anyone to despair. See faction and a police squad The villagers allegedly quantity of the hashish oil ly face of politically motivat­ was greatly depressed due to State n it’s pliant agencies is what they are doing to me during combing operations. threw stones at the police hidden in the car’s door ed institutions. What signals harassment and pressure the biggest challenge. IT, ED, despite offer of full The police recovered the squad prompting the latter panels. Anoop George, 35, of Siddaramaiah are we sending to budding from agencies, for which he CBI, ROC etc. are the biggest repayment.” body of a slain cadre along to “open fire” in the air to Idukki was arrested. with a self­loading rifle after control the situation.

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Special Correspondent murder and the Social De­ Special Correspondent From November 2011 to Thrissur mocratic Party of India NEW DELHI December 2016, MSTPL al­ A Congress activist who was (SDPI) was behind the at­ The Enforcement Directo­ legedly transferred another hacked by a gang at Punna, tack. The police identified rate (ED) has seized the Hyd­ sum of $39.80 lakh (equiva­ near Chavakkad, suc­ four SDPI workers in the erabad­based Q City Tech lent to ₹24.30 Crore) to the cumbed to his injuries at a gang. But they are Park of Mack Soft Tech Priv­ United Arab Emirates­based private hospital here on absconding. ate Limited (MSTPL), worth Senat Legal Consultancy FZ Wednesday. The deceased over ₹86 crore, in lieu of as­ LLC and Cresco Legal Con­ was identified as Puthuvee­ KPCC demand sets held abroad in alleged sultancy FZ LLC, ostensibly til Noushad, 44, a Congress Kerala Pradesh Congress contravention of the Fo­ for legal services. booth president. Committee president Mul­ reign Exchange Manage­ “It was revealed that this An unidentified gang of 14 lappally Ramachandran, ment Act (FEMA). was a sham transaction,” people, who came on seven Leader of the Opposition The agency initiated the said the agency. motorbikes with their faces Ramesh Chennithala, and probe on the basis of infor­ The ED alleges that these covered, hacked Mr. Noush­ T.N. Prathapan, MP, have mation that MSTPL had al­ remittances were made ad, who was chatting with demanded a detailed inves­ legedly remitted huge funds overseas to siphon off funds three of his friends at Punna tigation into the attack. outside India in violation of from India and park them Centre on Tuesday evening. “The government should the Act. abroad. The three friends who tried take action to control the “Illegal holding of foreign to protect Noushad also suf­ violence unleashed by the Non-existent licence assets outside the country is fered injuries. SDPI in the State,” said K. It found that $1.25 crore a contravention of Section 4 Mr. Noushad, who was Sudhakaran MP. (equivalent to ₹62.08 crore) of the Act and, accordingly, critically injured, died at the Meanwhile, a special was transferred to Orient ED initiated action to seize hospital on Wednesday. team has been formed to in­ Guide Investments Limited equivalent assets in India in Others are undergoing treat­ vestigate the murder. Mr. (Hong Kong) on the pretext the form of physical assets River ritual: A man performing ‘vavu bali’ ritual in Periyar river at Aluva in Kerala on Wednesday. People pay obeisance to their ment. The Congress alleged Noushad’s body was handed of purchasing a “non­exis­ of Q City Tech Park,” the ancestors during the new moon day in the Malayalam month of Karkidakam.* H. VIBHU that it was a pre­planned over to his relatives. tent” software licence. agency added. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

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181, Tamil Nadu’s emergency contact number for women in distress, has received 45,000 prank calls Serish Nanisetti the same day. The State go­ Hyderabad vernment had a plan to Vivek Narayanan prank calls by men who violence, alcoholism, extra­ details of various Welfare Department have The Salar Jung Museum has launch battery­powered tax­ CHENNAI insist that the counsellors marital affairs, cybercrime government schemes. But a now consolidated all the become a bigger grosser is between the museum and Listening to songs often sing for them or listen to and sexual harassment. majority of the calls were by phone numbers from which than the iconic Charminar, Charminar. We have created serves as a stress buster at them singing. Some of them Many callers also sought pranksters. they received such calls and which is considered the top space for the Tourism De­ work, especially for those turn abusive and at times handed it over to the city draw among visitors and partment for the parking handling distress calls and speak in a child’s tone to Abusive callers police for action. tourists to Hyderabad. Ac­ bay but the project has not offering counselling to engage the counsellors. “On an average, we get 60 “There should be strict cording to figures available taken off,” says A. Nagender harassed women. But it is prank calls a day. action against such with the Archaeological Sur­ Reddy, Director of Salar Jung certainly no music to one’s Works 24 hours Sometimes the callers miscreants as they are vey of India and Salar Jung Museum. ears when a stranger calls The round­the­clock are very abusive. We preventing a genuine caller Museum, the ticket collec­ The Salar Jung Museum. * The Telangana Tourism up and belts out a filmi helpline, run by the pick every call from accessing the helpline. tions from Charminar were ₹ Department’s plan was to number with lewd lyrics. Department of thinking it is a These men will not have the 2,27,10,455 while those at hush of whirring air­condi­ turn the SJM into a hub with For counsellors handling the Social Welfare and genuine caller courage to call the police SJM were ₹ 2,30,39,920 for tioners occasionally broken a feeder service to take the 181 helpline, Tamil Nadu’s Nutritious Meal and disconnect it control room and abuse the 2017­18. The Golconda Fort by noisy tourists. The Char­ visitors to other nearby sites. exclusive emergency contact Programme, once we realise it staff,” said a senior official of raked in ₹ 2,85,77180 over minar on the other hand is a Transport to Charminar number for women in operates from the is a prank call. the Social Welfare the same period. densely crowded square that remains a big issue with visi­ distress, though handling Amma Call Centre The same Department. While both Charminar has been taken over by ven­ tors and tourists left to their such perverts and at Ambattur. miscreant calls The helpline has sought and SJM are a few kilometres dors. Some of the vendors own devices. A 100­metre pranksters has become a Till now, the five from another more staff members to apart and visitors should and hawkers accost visitors space on all four sides of routine. staffers, handling 11 number and troubles handle the calls. “It is ideally visit both the places, and tourists selling everyth­ Charminar has been turned Since its launch in connections, have the staff. They mimic essential considering the many tourists give a miss to ing from pani puri to fake into a pedestrian zone. But December 2018 by Chief answered over one lakh children and even ask us number of calls we are Charminar. The Salar Jung pearls and cheap sunglasses. most of the walking spaces Minister Edappadi K. calls. to sing songs,” said an getting,” said V. Amuthavalli, Museum is an orderly chore­ “We want the SJM and leading up to this zone have Palaniswami, the helpline Of them, over 7,520 calls employee. Director, Social Welfare ographed experience of dif­ Charminar to be expe­ been occupied permanently ILLUSTRATION: DEEPAK HARICHANDAN has received close to 45,000 pertained to domestic Officials of the Social Department. ferent galleries with the rienced by the tourists on by shopkeepers.

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More than half of them are from the reserved category; experts seek assessment surveys

S hiv Sahay Singh out of IIT­Bombay, 190 higher education abroad”. lar number of students drop sor said.While Prof. Kumar Kolkata dropped out of IIT­Kanpur “The dropout in the un­ out there is nothing unusual said there was nothing un­ More than 2,400 students and only 128 from IIT dergraduate programmes is in it,” he said. Referring to usual in the dropout figures, S tolen books found at Azam Khan’s university have dropped out of the ­Madras. attributed to withdrawal due the reservation in the IITs, he there were other who want LUCKNOW most sought after IITs in the Another interesting aspect to wrong choices filled, poor said 15% seats were reserved the matter to be investigated SP leader Azam Khan’s MLA past two years, reveals data which emerges from the data academic performance, per­ for the SC category, 7.5% for further. son was detained on provided by the Ministry of is that 1,171 of the dropouts, sonal and medical reasons,” the STs and 27% for the OBC “The usually high dro­ Wednesday for allegedly Human Resource and Deve­ which is 47.5%, are from the the MHRD said, adding that category, which makes it pouts from the two IITs re­ obstructing officials during a lopment (MHRD) to the Rajya Scheduled Castes, Scheduled the institutes were taking 49.5%. flect that that there could be raid at Mohammad Ali Jauhar Sabha. Of the 2,461 dropouts Tribes and Other Backward correctional measures to According to the Dean, IIT some institutional factors. University in Rampur, recorded from the 23 IITs, Class category. “de­stress students”. ­Kharagpur has set up a They should undertake a so­ triggering a protest by party about 57% were from the IIT­ In its response to the ques­ Asked why students from counselling centre and a wel­ cial climate assessment sur­ workers. Till now, 2,500 rare, Delhi and the IIT­Kharagpur, tion asked by Rajya Sabha the reserved category are fare group that helps stu­ vey,” Harsh Agarwal, co­ stolen books have been the data tabled on July 25 MP from Andhra Pradesh V. dropping out in such a high dents cope up with stress. founder of CURE, who has recovered from the points out. Vijayasai Reddy, the MHRD number, Somesh Kumar, For instance, a student been working on preventing university, founded by Azam The IIT­Delhi recorded 782 said the reasons could be at­ Dean of Students Affairs at gets a chance to pursue B. ragging in educational insti­ Khan, in the raid which began dropouts and Kharagpur tributed to “shifting to the IIT­Kharagpur, said the fi­ Tech in Agriculture and Food tutions for the past two de­ on Tuesday, police said. SP 622. The number in the oth­ other colleges/ institutions, gures were not alarming. Technology but drops out if cades, said. MLA from Suar Assembly seat er IITs like Kanpur, Bombay personal reasons, medical “The intake of students from he/she gets other streams Mr. Agarwal said factors Abdullah Azam has been and Madras was far less. reasons, placement during the weaker sections in the like Computer Science in like ragging cannot be com­ detained for obstructing the While 263 students dropped PG courses and pursuing IITs is almost 50% and if simi­ other institutes, the profes­ pletely ruled out. raids and creating hurdles in government work, Rampur SP Ajaypal Sharma said. PTI

CJI permits CBI to file 10% quota case for case against HC judge Good July rain brings Cabinet approval for NEW DELHI Cracking the whip on statute Bench? corruption in the higher revised Chit Funds Bill judiciary, Chief Justice Ranjan monsoon deficit to 9% Gogoi has allowed CBI to Three-judge SC Bench reserves orders lodge a regular case against Bill had lapsed last March serving Allahabad High Court krishnadas rajagopal Looming fear of an El Niño has now largely receded NEW DELHI judge Justice S.N. Shukla on Special Correspondent in Parliament. However, it allegations of graft for A three­judge Bench of the Jacob Koshy New Delhi is likelt to be along the lines NEW DELHI favours to a private medical Supreme Court led by Jus­ The Union Cabinet has ap­ of the 2018 Bill, while also college for MBBS admission. tice S.A. Bobde on Wednes­ India’s monsoon deficit per­ proved the introduction of incorporating some of the The permission to the CBI day reserved its orders on centage has for the first time the Chit Funds (Amend­ recommendations of the came after the agency wrote the question of referring a this year narrowed down to ment) Bill, 2019, in Parlia­ Parliamentary Standing a letter to the CJI stating that batch of petitions challeng­ single digits thanks to better­ ment, to reduce the com­ Committee. a preliminary inquiry was ing the validity of a constitu­ than­expected July rainfall. pliance burden of the The 2018 Bill incorporat­ registered by it against the tional amendment provid­ As of July 31, data from the registered chit funds in the ed several provisions to im­ judge and others on the ing 10% economic quota in India Meteorological Depart­ country while also protect­ prove the regulation of chit advise of the previous CJI government jobs and educa­ ment (IMD) says that the ing the interest funds as set Dipak Misra, when the matter tional institutions to a Con­ country got 28.5 cm of rain­ of the subscrib­ G OVT. DECISIONS out in the regarding the alleged stitution Bench. fall in July, about 4% more ers, Minister of original misconduct by the judge was The Bench, however, re­ the quota law. Earlier, se­ than what’s normal for the IMD said the improvement in rainfall was distributed in all Information and Broad­ Chit Funds Act, 1982. brought to his knowledge. PTI frained from staying the nior advocate Rajeev Dha­ month. This has reduced the regions, except the southern peninsula. * VIJAY SONEJI casting Prakash Javadekar Among the provisions was 103rd Constitutional van made a strong pitch for seasonal deficit (calculated said on Wednesday. that a chit fund could be N ew high for Assam tea Amendment of 2019 provid­ referring the issue to a Con­ from June 1 to Wednesday) less rain than what’s normal looming fear of an El Niño, a Speaking to reporters af­ created only with the sanc­ at ₹70,501 per kg ing 10% reservation in go­ stitution Bench. Mr. Dhavan from 32.8% as on June 30 to for July climate phenomenon ter announcing the deci­ tion of the relevant State GUWAHATI vernment jobs and educa­ argued that economic reser­ 9%, as Wednesday’s num­ Currently, the monsoon is known to dry up monsoon sions of the Union Cabinet, government. The 2018 Bill A kilogram of seasonal tional institutions for the vation violates the 50% re­ bers suggest. in an active phase and, be­ rainfall. The threat of an El Mr. Javadekar said the Bill also specifies that a chit orthodox gold tea fetched “economically backward” in servation ceiling limit fixed July rainfall exceeds the cause of the likelihood of a Niño has now largely reced­ follows the Chit Funds will be drawn in the pre­ ₹70,501 in an auction on the unreserved category. by a nine­judge Bench in the prediction by the weather rain­bearing low pressure ed. “Currently, weak El Niño (Amendment) Bill, 2018, sence of at least two sub­ Wednesday, breaking the At the end of a day­long Indra Sawhney case. Furth­ agencies in May. The IMD, system in the northern part conditions are prevailing ov­ which was introduced in scribers, who can even join record of ₹50,000 per kilo for Assam tea in 24 hours. hearing, Justice Bobde clari­ er, the 1992 judgment had for instance, had forecast Ju­ of the Bay of Bengal, steady er equatorial Pacific Ocean Parliament last March, but via video­conferencing. It The Assam Company India fied that the Bench would barred reservation solely on ly rainfall to be 5% less than rain is likely over Central In­ and forecasts indicate that then lapsed. The govern­ also sought to increase the Limited (ACIL) sold a kilogram first pass orders on whether economic criterion. normal, and private weather dia as well as India’s western transition of El Niño condi­ ment has not released any maximum commission of of gold tea from their Maijan or not to refer the challenge Responding for the go­ agency Skymet had said the coast until the first week of tions to El Niño Southern Os­ details about the 2019 Bill the chit fund manager to plantation in eastern Assam’s to a Constitution Bench. vernment, Attorney­Gener­ deficit would be 9%. August. cillation (ENSO) neutral con­ as it is yet to be introduced 7% from 5%. Dibrugarh district for the Once that order is pro­ al K.K. Venugopal submitted The improvement in rain­ ditions is likely during the record price to Guwahati­ nounced, the court would that the amendments were fall was distributed in all re­ El Niño effects end of the monsoon sea­ based Mundhra Tea specifically hear arguments in tune with past decisions gions except the southern The pessimism by forecas­ son,” the IMD’s latest out­ More subsidy Company traders. on the question of stay of of the Supreme Court. peninsula, which got 10% ters in May was due to the look indicates. OBC panel for sulphur gets extension Weather Watch fertilizers for 6 months Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday ‘Minister has allayed dairy farmers’ fears’ Special Correspondent Special Correspondent NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Unions had submitted memorandum against opening up dairy market The Centre has hiked the A commission appointed subsidy for sulphur­based in 2017 to examine the Special Correspondent forts would be made to put unable to independently ducts and exports 19 million fertilizers, while keeping sub­categorisation of NEW DELHI dairy on the negative list of confirm the details of this tonnes. However, there are unchanged the subsidy Other Backward Classes Agriculture and dairy must the RCEP,” Kannaiyan Subra­ meeting or the assurance only 12,000 dairy farmers in rates for nitrogen, (OBCs) within 12 weeks be kept out of the Regional maniam, southern secretary from the Minister. the country; in fact, there phosphorus and potash­ was on Wednesday given Comprehensive Economic of the Indian Coordination The memorandum warns are more dairy cows than pe­ based fertilisers in a bid to an extension of six months Partnership, currently being Committee of Farmers that 15 crore Indian livestock ople in New Zealand. India, correct imbalances and by the Union Cabinet negotiated by the Indian go­ Movements (ICCFM) told farmers who depend on dai­ on the other hand, has 15 ensure better soil health. headed by the PM. vernment with 15 other The Hindu after the meeting. ry for their livelihood would crore dairy farmers who pro­ The decision was taken Information and countries, Indian farmers’ Representatives of ICCFM, be left devastated if the dairy duce 156 million tonnes, by the Cabinet Committee Broadcasting Minister unions said in a memoran­ which includes 12 major market is opened up. RCEP most of it consumed domes­ on Economic Affairs on Prakash Javadekar said the dum submitted to the Minis­ farmers’ movements includ­ member­countries New Zea­ tically. R.S. Sodhi, managing Wednesday. The expected decision to extend the ter of State of Fisheries, Ani­ ing the Bharatiya Kisan Un­ land and Australia are ag­ director of major milk coop­ expenditure for nutrient­ commission's term till mal Husbandry and Dairying ion, Shetkari Sangathan and gressively seeking “to access erative Amul, also made a based subsidies (that is, January 31, 2020 was to Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Tamilaga Vivasayigal San­ India’s massive dairy market presentation to Mr. Goyal non­urea subsidies) in enable it complete its work Wednesday. gam, also plan to submit the to dump their products,” last week, urging the Centre 2019­20 is expected to be with the States “where “Dr. Balyan assured us memorandum to Commerce said the farmers’ unions. to leave the dairy sector out ₹22,875.50 crore, said an there are some Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 17.00 Hrs) that milk imports would not Minister Piyush Goyal on New Zealand produces 22 of RCEP, a senior Amul offi­ official statement. anomalies”. Forecast for Thursday: Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated be allowed and that all ef­ Thursday. The Hindu was million tonnes of milk pro­ cial told The Hindu. places over Konkan & Goa and heavy rainfall at isolated places over J&K, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West U.P., Ra­ jasthan, Assam & Meghalaya, M.P., Gujarat, West Bengal, Sikkim and Maharashtra. Centre told to city rain max min city rain max min Food doesn’t have religion. 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Bpersistent doubts whether it ought to be treated under hate lynching, it is so­ ment and all the major States to ex­ GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO persons. punishment for any act by a mob as a crime or just a civil case. It is true that the Muslim Abering to remember that it plain what action has been taken cials, holding a police officer guilty Both sensitively and expansive­ which indulges in violence in the Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, is took the United States Senate 100 to prevent these growing incidents of this crime if he or she “omits to ly lay down official duties to pro­ name of cow vigilantism from six a diluted version of the Bill as it was originally con­ years to approve a bill to make of lynching, including passing a exercise lawful authority vested in tect victims and witnesses. They months to three years of imprison­ ceived. Earlier, it did not specify who could set the law lynching a federal crime. Over 200 special law to instil a sense of fear them under law, without reasona­ state that a victim shall have the ment and a fine. It is unclear what anti­lynching bills were intro­ for law amongst vigilantes and ble cause, and thereby fails to pre­ right to reasonable, accurate, and deterrence such amendments in motion. Now the offence is cognisable only if the af­ duced in the U.S. Congress since mobsters. Kunwar Danish Ali, a vent lynching”. Dereliction also in­ timely notice of any court pro­ would instil, since existing laws fected wife, or one related to her by blood or marriage, 1918, but all were voted down until first term Bahujan Samaj Party MP cludes the failure to provide ceeding and shall be entitled to be contain much greater punish­ files a police complaint. A man arrested under this law the Justice for Victims of Lynching from Amroha, raised the same protection to a victim of lynching; heard at any proceeding in respect ments for murder and aggravated may get bail, after the Magistrate grants a hearing to the Act of 2018 introduced by three Se­ question in Parliament, describing failure to act upon apprehended of bail, discharge, release, parole, attacks. In its present form, it ap­ wife. Thirdly, the offence is compoundable, that is, the nators of African­American des­ mob lynching as “an assault on de­ lynching; and refusing to record conviction or sentence of an ac­ pears a weak, half­hearted and parties may arrive at a compromise. The government cent including Kamala Harris was mocracy”. His inquiry was met any information relating to the cused, and to file written submis­ poorly thought­out measure. The says its main objective is to give effect to the Supreme approved unanimously in the win­ with noisy disruptions, but he got commission of lynching. This sions on conviction, acquittal or Ashok Gehlot­led government in ter of 2018. no answer. crime carries the penalty of one to sentencing. They also explicitly re­ Rajasthan has also tabled an anti­ Court’s 2017 verdict declaring instant triple talaq illegal. The U.S. bill describes lynching three years and a fine. The UPLC quire the Superintendent of Police lynching bill. This prescribes high­ It claims that despite the court ruling, several instances as “the ultimate expression of ra­ Significant statutes goes further to include also a new to inform the victim in writing of er punishments, investigation by have been reported. Making it an offence, the govern­ cism in the United States”. Senator The Uttar Pradesh Law Commis­ crime of dereliction of duty by Dis­ the progress in the investigation. senior police officers, and manda­ ment says, will deter further resort to triple talaq, and Cory Booker said the bill recog­ sion (UPLC) earlier last month trict Magistrates. The victim shall have the right to tory compensation but not the provide redress for women in the form of a subsistence nised lynching for what it is: “a took the initiative, unprompted by The creation of this new crime receive a copy of any statement of critical elements of dereliction of allowance and custody of children, besides getting the bias­motivated act of terror”. the Uttar Pradesh government, to was also the key recommendation the witness recorded during inves­ duty or victim rights. Without erring husband arrested. However, the core question When will Parliament here recog­ recommend a draft anti­lynching of the Prevention of Communal & tigation or inquiry and a copy of all these, they will make little diffe­ nise, similarly, that lynching is “a law. It commends a law which Targeted Violence (Access to Jus­ statements and documents. rence on the ground. regarding the necessity to criminalise the practice of ta­ bias­motivated act of terror ” and closely follows in almost every ma­ tice and Reparations) Bill, pro­ Where the UPLC goes further Home Minister Amit Shah now laq­e­biddat has not been convincingly answered. “the ultimate expression of com­ jor detail the first law against posed by the National Advisory than the Manipur statute is in lay­ heads a committee to propose ac­ In the light of the Supreme Court ruling on its valid­ munal hatred in India”? lynching passed in this country, a Council of the erstwhile United ing down the right to compensa­ tion against lynching. The ques­ ity, there is really no need to declare instant triple talaq remarkable ordinance introduced Progressive Alliance government tion. It places the duty squarely on tion remains: do we expect Mr. a criminal offence. The practice has no approval in Is­ Tool of fear by the Manipur government late (full disclosure: Farah Naqvi and I the Chief Secretary to provide Shah, or indeed Uttar Pradesh lamic tenets, and is indeed considered abhorrent. Se­ Some may dispute this descrip­ last year, indeed the most signifi­ were co­convenors of the working compensation to victims of lynch­ Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to condly, once it has been declared illegal, pronouncing tion, citing the relatively small cant statute against religious hate group which drafted this proposed ing within 30 days of the incident. propose a law against lynching talaq obviously does not have the effect of “instantane­ numbers of such mob crimes. crimes in the country. bill, which however was never It states that while computing which punishes public officials They miss the point that hate A noteworthy observation in even introduced in Parliament). compensation, the State govern­ who fail in their duties, protects ous and irrevocable divorce” as this Bill claims in its de­ lynching is designed as an act to the text of the United States bill is We were convinced that it is only ment must give due regard to bodi­ victims and witnesses, and en­ finition of ‘talaq’. The provisions that allow a woman to terrorise an entire community. that it records that at least 4,742 the creation of such a crime that ly, psychological and material in­ sures comprehensive reparation, claim a subsistence allowance from the man and seek The number of lynch murders in people were lynched in the U.S. will compel public officials to per­ juries and loss of earnings, as proposed by the UPLC and pro­ custody of her children can be implemented in the the U.S. mentioned in the bill aver­ between 1882 and 1968, but 99% of form their duty with fairness, in including loss of opportunity of vided in the Manipur statute? event of the husband abandoning her, even without the ages around 55 annually, but des­ all perpetrators remain unpun­ conformity with their constitu­ employment and education, ex­ “Someone is finally recognising man’s arrest. If triple talaq, in any form, is void, how pite these small numbers, these ished. It is significant to remember tional and legal duties, to ensure penses incurred on account of le­ our pain,” said the great­grand­ the questions of children’s custody and subsistence al­ performative acts of violence suc­ that the first anti­lynching legisla­ equal protection to all persons, re­ gal and medical assistance. It also daughter of Anthony Crawford, an ceeded in instilling intense fear tion proposed as far back as in 1918 gardless of their faith and caste. lays down a floor of ₹25 lakh in African American, who was lowance arise while the marriage subsists, is not clear. among all African­Americans for in the U.S. targeted state officials case lynching causes death. lynched in 1916. I wonder how And then, there is the practical question of how a man decades. for failing to provide equal protec­ Some recommendations The Congress government of long survivors of lynching who lost can provide a subsistence allowance while he is impri­ The same purpose is being tion under the laws to anyone vic­ Both the Manipur law and UPLC Madhya Pradesh has announced their loved ones to merciless mob soned. It has been argued by the Bill’s proponents that served by lynching in India; again timised by a mob. Impunity cha­ recommendations also lay down its resolve to pass legal provisions hate in India will have to wait for a dowry harassment and cruelty towards wives are treat­ performative acts of hate violence, racterises lynching in India as elaborate duties of police officials against lynching. It chooses cu­ government which will recognise ed as criminal offences even while the marriage sub­ but now using modern technolo­ well. Addressing this squarely, in the event of lynching. These in­ riously to not do this by an anti­ their pain. sists. It is a patently wrong comparison, as those acts in­ gy, video­graphing of mob lynch­ both the Manipur statute and the clude taking all reasonable steps to lynching law, but instead by ing, widely circulating these imag­ UPLC draft create a new crime of prevent any act of lynching includ­ amendments to the Madhya Pra­ H arsh Mander is a human rights worker, volve violence and cruelty and are rightly treated as es through social media, and dereliction of duty by police offi­ ing its incitement and commis­ desh Cow Progeny Slaughter Pre­ writer and teacher criminal offences. The same cannot be said of a man in­ voking a prohibited form of divorce. The BJP projects the passage of the Bill as a historic milestone in the quest for gender justice. Such a claim will be valid only Fortifying the Africa outreach if there is a non­sectarian law that addresses abandon­ ment and desertion of spouses as a common problem There is a disconnect between India’s developmental assistance to and economic engagement with the continent instead of focusing on a practice, which is no more le­ forts are also noteworthy for being cash cow for Africa, particularly two­thirds of its trade and half its gally valid, among Muslims. countercyclical: India escalated its when its own economy is slowing exports to the continent; yet, they commitments to Africa in an era of down. do not figure commensurately in low­commodity prices when most India’s developmental pecking or­ other partners, including China, Steps forward der. India’s own needs for raw ma­ Logged out have scaled back theirs. We need to ask ourselves these: terials, commodities and markets Brazil must recognise that the Amazon M ahesh Sachdev India has substantive economic for all the development billions should be factored in its aid calcu­ engagement with Africa. Its trade spent, how many mega­projects lus. Third, we ought to prefer aid­ rainforest is a universal treasure with Africa totalled $63.3 billion in did Indian companies get and how ing countries which are willing to

t is a matter of global concern that deforestation in his week two important In­ 2018­19. India was ranked the third PTI many natural resources does India help us — from access to their nat­ the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is increasing rapidly dian dignitaries began their largest trading partner of Africa remove the statues of Mahatma have access to in Africa? We ural resources to using our gener­ since January, when Jair Bolsonaro took office as Trespective visits to Africa. having edged past the United Gandhi in Ghana to the travails of should reorient our developmen­ ics. Fourth, the aided project se­ I President Ram Nath Kovind com­ States during the year. The figures Indian investors in Africa, from oc­ tal profile to be more economical­ lected should be compatible with President. Satellite images show that about 4,200 sq km menced his seven­day state visit to for Indians’ investments (estimat­ casional demonisation of the long­ ly productive. local requirements. They should of forests have been destroyed up to July 24 under the Benin, Gambia and Guinea­Conak­ ed at $50 billion) and Indian dias­ standing Indian community to the To this end, a number of steps be cost­effective, scalable, future new government. While most nations tend to view their ry ( July 28 to August 3) and De­ pora (approximately three million) non­recognition of Indian academ­ can be considered: First, we need ready and commercially replica­ land and forests through the narrow prism of short­ fence Minister Rajnath Singh ar­ are a bit imprecise but are also ic degrees, India’s large develop­ to take direct control of our deve­ ble. Fifth, for greater transparen­ term economic gain, climate science data show that rived in Maputo on a three­day substantive when put in the conti­ mental footprint in Africa does not lopment programme instead of cy, India should prefer its public they play a larger environmental role. The Amazon ba­ visit ( July 28 to July 30) to Mozam­ nental perspective. Although produce commensurate empathy. handing our funds to intermediar­ sector to implement the aid pro­ sin, spread across millions of hectares in multiple coun­ bique. The simultaneity of the two these statistics are impressive, India’s aid being unconditional, ies such as the African Union, the jects. Sixth, the Indian Head of visits may be a coincidence, but it they are well below the potential the recipients often take it as an African Development Bank Group Mission in the recipient African tries, hosts massive sinks of sequestered carbon, and also indicatesenhanced priority to for India­African economic syner­ entitlement. and the Techno­Economic Ap­ state must be an integral part of the forests are a key factor in regulating monsoon sys­ Africa. This should be welcomed. gy and are often dwarfed by the But India is neither a rich coun­ proach for Africa­India Movement the aid stream including project tems. The rainforests harbour rich biodiversity and corresponding Chinese data. try nor has its hands been tainted (TEAM 9), whose priorities are of­ selection, co­ordination and im­ about 400 known indigenous groups whose presence Economic links There seems to be a conspicu­ by a history of slavery, colonisa­ ten different from India’s. To make plementation. Apart from empo­ has prevented commercial interests from overrunning During the past five years, Indian ous disconnect between Indian tion and the exploitation of Africa. an impact, our aid should be dis­ wering our diplomacy, this would the lands. Much of the Amazon has survived, despite re­ leaders have paid 29 visits to Afri­ developmental assistance to and In fact, it is a developing country bursed bilaterally and aligned with ensure better harmonisation bet­ lentless pressure to convert forests into farmlands, pas­ can countries. Forty­one African India’s economic engagement with similar domestic challenges national priorities of the recipient ween our aid and economic objec­ leaders participated in the last In­ with Africa. The t ime has now of poverty, infrastructure deficit state, which should be a substan­ tives. tures and gold mines, and to build roads. That fragile le­ dia­Africa Forum Summit in 2015, come to integrate these two axes and underdevelopment. India’s tial stakeholder and co­investor in Finally, the aforementioned gacy is now imperilled, as Mr. Bolsonaro has spoken in where India agreed to provide for a more comprehensive and funds committed and seats in our schemes and projects from initia­ should not distract us from our du­ favour of “reasonable” exploitation of these lands. Alth­ concessional credit worth $10 bil­ sustainable engagement. It would prestigious academic institutions tion to operation. ty to provide the needed humani­ ough the forest code has not been changed, his com­ lion during the next five years. By also facilitate aided pilot projects offered to Africa are at the expense Second, India’s development tarian assistance to Africa: to be ments have emboldened illegal expansion into forests. 2017, India had cumulatively ex­ being scaled up seamlessly into of the tax­paying Indians. India’s assistance should prefer the coun­ rendered promptly and with sensi­ Armed gold­hunting gangs have reached tribal areas tended 152 Lines of Credit worth commercially viable joint aid to Africa should be reciprocat­ tries with its substantial interests, tivity, but without noise. and the leader of one tribe has been murdered in Ama­ $8 billion to 44 African countries. ventures. ed by acknowledgement and quid both existing and potential. For in­ India has also unilaterally provid­ Any objective cost­benefit ana­ pro quo in terms of goodwill stance, Nigeria, South Africa, M ahesh Sachdev was the Indian High pa in anincursion. These are depressing developments, ed free access to its market for the lysis of India’s development assis­ (beyond the easy­flowing official Egypt, Ghana, Angola and Algeria Commissioner to Nigeria and the and the Brazilian leader’s criticism of satellite data and exports of 33 least developed Afri­ tance to Africa is unlikely to im­ rhetoric), and institutional prefe­ are India’s top six trading partners Ambassador to Algeria. He is the author denial of the violence are not convincing at all. can countries. These sizeable ef­ press. From the demand to rence. India cannot simply be a in Africa, accounting for nearly of ‘Nigeria: A Business Manual’ As the custodian of forests in about 5 million sq km of Amazon land, Brazil has everything to gain by engaging with the international community on meeting the op­ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. portunity cost of leaving the Amazon undisturbed. Mr. Bolsonaro lost a valuable opportunity to seek higher An entrepreneur dies Practitioner like me, running outraged at the manner in Unnao accident rocks LS,” certain sections, can be Talaq Bill sails through Rajya funding for forest protection by refusing to host the an­ V.G. Siddhartha’s journey, a clinic in an urban area which the case, where a July 31). cancelled. There can be a Sabha,” July 31). However, to nual convention of the UN Framework Convention on from being a management requires several regulatory ruling party MLA is an S.K. Choudhury, token one­hour event to vindicate its stand that it is Bengaluru Climate Change this year, but he has been wise not to trainee at a firm to owning permissions. To begin with, accused, has been handled remember the great men and really a well­wisher of the India’s largest retail coffee we need to obtain a by the Yogi Adityanath then we can return to the minority community, the exit the Paris Agreement. Abandoning that pact would chain, was phenomenal Corporation Trade Licence, government. Questions have Remembering icons more important nation­ government should enact jeopardise Brazil’s access to the important European (Front page, “Coffee Day’s then get a private medical been raised about whether The Yediyurappa building activities. with equal alacrity, laws to Union market. Globally, there is tremendous momen­ Siddhartha goes missing,” establishment licence, then a the truck­car collision was an government’s first K.M. Srinivasa Gowd, deal with mob lynchings. tum to save the Amazon forests. Brazil must welcome July 31). People of clearance from the Pollution accident or a conspiracy to ‘momentous’ decision has Bengaluru Further, the need of the hour initiatives such as the billion­dollar Amazon Fund Karnataka’s Malnad region Control Board for waste eliminate the survivor and been to cancel Tipu Jayanti. is also to take stock of the backed by Norway and Germany, which has been oper­ fondly remember him as he disposal, then get others. Factors like the While there is a case for Triple Talaq Bill stark educational and ating for over a decade, instead of trying to shut them expanded the market for commercial electricity and smudging of the truck’s cancellation of the many With the Triple Talaq Bill economic backwardness the coffee grown there. water connections and so on. registration plate have only ‘jayantis’ celebrated with a clearing the final hurdle, the among the minorities and down. Remedial funding, accounting for the value of Further, he provided We also have to bribe the strengthened such holiday, which cause an Narendra Modi government their dismal representation environmental services, is the most productive ap­ employment to thousands local officials. Governments suspicions. What is even enormous loss of productive can heave a sigh of relief. It in government and private proach, because forest removal has not helped agricul­ of youngsters. His have failed to make more disturbing is that her work hours, it looks blatantly has finally managed to services. ture everywhere due to soil and other factors. One esti­ entrepreneurial flair, vision transparent the process to family members were unfair and communal to criminalise instant divorce — Mohammad Abdul Hakeem, mate by the World Bank some years ago noted that 15 and humility would inspire start an enterprise. pressurised to withdraw the single out Tipu, who a practice prevalent mostly H yderabad million hectares had been abandoned due to degrada­ budding entrepreneurs. Dr. Mohan, case. That the Bharatiya heroically fought against the among the poorer sections of more letters online: tion. Brazil’s President must recognise that rainforests Mithun H.N., Bengaluru Janata Party has not expelled British rule (“Yediyurappa the Muslim society (“Triple www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ Chikkamagalur the legislator, Kuldeep govt. scraps Tipu Jayanti,” are universal treasures, and the rights of indigenous corrections & clarifications: Call for justice Sengar, speaks volumes July 31). communities to their lands are inalienable. The interna­ UPI stands for Unified Payment Interface — not United Payment ■ I fully agree with the story, While the entire nation is about the clout he still Nonetheless, holidays Interface as the front­page story on Truecaller bug (July 31, 2019, tional community must use diplomacy to convince Mr. “It is not easy to do business praying for a speedy enjoys. This is a fit case for a associated with many of some editions) said. Bolsonaro that no other formulation is acceptable. in India” (Business page, July recovery of the Unnao rape Supreme Court­monitored these jayantis, whose sole The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; 31). For a General survivor, we are also investigation (“Protest over aim seems to be to appease E-mail:[email protected]

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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The perils of being a woman and a Muslim Transforming livelihoods Problematic narratives about Muslims make the present moment in Sri Lankan politics dangerous through farm ponds discourse on Islamophobia and ‘bur­ ka’ bans in the West, these groups Ponds can be an effective tool for rainwater harvesting support similar reactions at home. Invariably, Muslim women are However, in parts of peninsular India, the made the pretext for any urgent calls idea of a farm pond as an in­situ rainwater for liberal reform of Muslim religious harvesting structure has taken a complete U­ Niyanthini Kadirgamar practices, laws, attire, educational turn. Here, some of them are benefiting institutions and curriculum in the farmers at an individual level, but not contri­ post­Easter attacks scenario. There is buting to water conservation and recharge . As Sri Lanka struggles to bring itself little reflection on the discursive con­ Nirmalya Choudhury They are being used as intermediate storage together three months after the structions of saving the ‘oppressed & Sachin Tiwale points, accelerating groundwater depletion deadly Easter Sunday attacks, the Muslim woman’ and how it might and increasing evaporation losses as the country’s Muslims continue to face lead to more repression. groundwater is brought to the surface and constant scrutiny, with the security The underlying focus on women With an increased variability of monsoons stored in relatively shallow structures. apparatus and reactionary forces enables the ideological attack on and rapidly depleting groundwater tables, turning their violent gaze on them. Muslims to permeate via misogynis­ large parts of India are reeling under water Need for inlet, outlet provisions The enhanced surveillance across tic forces deep into society. Even the stress. A number of peninsular regions like In Maharashtra, the State government is pro­

the country since the bombings has AFP male Muslim leadership prohibited Bundelkhand, Vidarbha and Marathwada moting farm ponds under a flagship pro­ disrupted the educational and eco­ women from attending Tarawih have been facing recurring drought­like sit­ gramme that aims to dig over one lakh struc­ nomic life of Muslims . Chauvinist the global Islamophobic narrative, democratic governance. The starkest prayers in mosques this year, and uations. Given the enormity of the crisis, at a tures by offering a subsidy of up to ₹50,000 groups have repeatedly called for Sinhala­Buddhist majoritarian asser­ manifestation of this is seen in the re­ responded mutedly to face veil bans. recent NITI Aayog meeting, Prime Minister per farmer. However, most of them are being boycott of Muslim businesses and tions, glaring economic rivalry and surgent campaigns of Sinhala­Budd­ If chauvinist forces are attempting Narendra Modi explicated the need to imple­ constructed without inlet and outlet provi­ trade, even though Muslim commun­ control of women’s bodies. hist chauvinist forces that enjoyed ta­ to demonise the entire Muslim com­ ment innovative water management mea­ sions and their walls are raised above the ities have unequivocally condemned The dialogue in Jaffna, which in­ cit support by the previous munity, Left and liberal actors are sures, stressing particularly the importance ground level by only a few feet. They cannot the Easter blasts attributed to a local cluded religious leaders and progres­ Rajapaksa regime. They have again engaged in inculcating the Muslim ci­ of rainwater harvesting both at the house­ arrest the excess run­off as there is no inlet, hard­line Islamist group. sive activists from across the country, gained ground, with an obvious tizen worthy of acceptance by Sri hold and community levels. Here, one inter­ and therefore they cannot be used effective­ Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority, con­ helped identify the central challenge agenda of constructing Muslims as Lankan society. Liberals adopt a lan­ vention that has been tried out in various ly for rainwater harvesting. Further, farmers stituting about 10% of the island’s of confronting the powerful ideologi­ the new enemy for the ‘Sinhala na­ guage of tolerance, where differenc­ States, and perhaps needs to be taken up on line them at the bottom with plastic, restrict­ population, has faced several bouts cal attack on Muslims and the need tion’. Again, they turn to Sinhala wo­ es are permissible, only as long as a bigger scale, is the construction of farm ing seepage and converting the ponds into of violence in the past. The LTTE ev­ to bust the many Islamophobic and men implanting fears about threats they are acceptable to the main­ ponds. intermediate storage points. icted the Muslims en masse from the misogynistic myths that would to their reproductive ability, and the­ stream and adhere to majoritarian Farm ponds can be cost­effective struc­ Such farm ponds have an adverse impact north in 1990 and carried out mas­ heighten discrimination. reby to the Sinhala race. governance. Their preferred image tures that transform rural livelihoods. They on the water tables and accelerate water sacres against them in the east. In the While there appears to be a gra­ Spreading fabricated stories of of a ‘good’ Muslim is one that is syn­ can help enhance water control, contribute loss. The usual practice here is to lift water years following the civil war, hate dual softening of security measures, forced sterilisation, making contort­ onymous with elite middle­class to agriculture intensification and boost farm from a dug well and/or a borewell, store it in and violence have largely originated the myths built around “dangerous” ed claims about a declining Sinhala Muslims, favouring a return to a ro­ incomes. However, this is possible only if the pond and then draw it once again to irri­ from Sinhala­Buddhist chauvinists, Muslims continue to circulate. Al­ population and flagging unsubstan­ manticised past before the influence they act as rainwater harvesting structures gate the fields, often using micro­irrigation. often led by influential saffron­robed most no conversation is had without tiated statistics on religious conver­ of ‘Arabisation’. The liberals claim and not as intermediate storage points for an While offering secure irrigation facility, this monks. Over the last decade, Sinha­ the mention of the ‘burqa’, a term sions — all unfailingly use a gendered Muslim religion and lifestyle were Sri increased extraction of groundwater or di­ intensifies competition for extraction of la­Buddhist majoritarianism has pri­ that is unfamiliar even among Mus­ discourse, focusing on Sinhala wo­ Lankan before working­class mi­ version of canal water. The latter will cause groundwater from the aquifer, which is a marily targeted Muslims, whereas lims in Sri Lanka. Apart from claim­ men’s bodies. Such an attempt at grants returned from the Gulf . The greater groundwater depletion and inequita­ common pool resource. previously Tamils earned their ire. ing the attire to be a security threat, consolidating a pure Sinhala Budd­ classist liberal discourse attempts to ble water distribution. In such cases, in the command area of the the attire is dissected for its suitabili­ hist identity will repress not only alienate some Muslims while em­ In a recent study on farm ponds in Jhark­ irrigation project, farmers fill up their farm Targeting Muslim women ty in terms of colour, material and Muslims and other minorities, but al­ bracing others as Sri Lankans. hand and West Bengal, we found that they ponds first when the canal is in rotation and In this context, there is an urgent shape, with men asking whether it so those seen as dissidents within the Convergence of different proble­ aided in superior water control through the then take it from the pond to the field. This need to resist efforts to alienate the was imposed or worn out of free will. Sinhala majority community. matic narratives about Muslims is harvesting not just of rainfall but also of sur­ can impede circulation of water. Muslim community. Of greater con­ It is the construction of the Mus­ With presidential elections ex­ what makes the present moment in face run­off and subsurface flows. Some of During canal rotation, the aquifer will get cern is the systematic targeting of lim woman as the subject of a sup­ pected this year, it is the contest for Sri Lankan politics dangerous and them functioned exclusively as recharge recharged because of the return flow of wa­ Muslim women through attempts to posed ‘security concern’ after the state power and those political forces slippery. Muslim women are resist­ points, contributing to groundwater replen­ ter coming from the irrigated fields. This re­ regulate their attire and mobility, in Easter attacks that is giving explicit, seeking to gain electorally by riding ing these attacks by defying the res­ ishment. They also helped in providing sup­ turn flow benefits all, as most of the farmers the name of security, as was seen in a racialised speech a new level of per­ on the anti­Muslim rhetoric that will trictions placed on their mobility plemental irrigation in the kharif season and access water though wells in this command. circular of the Ministry of Public Ad­ missibility. Engaging only with the likely intensify the attacks in the and confronting the myths being an enhanced irrigation coverage in rabi. The But if canals fill up the farm ponds first, it ministration. Discrimination began objects of attack, like the burqa, or months to come. In this interregnum spread about their community. Ho­ yield of paddy, the most important crop in restricts their benefits only to the pond own­ to manifest in every corner of the is­ the halal certification trade, or Mus­ of forming new alliances, regressive wever, Muslims alone cannot take on kharif, stabilised, thus contributing to grea­ ers and, in the long term, reduces the overall land following the blasts, as accounts lim personal law will not suffice in Tamil and Hindu nationalist forces the ideological onslaught. Only a col­ ter food security. return flow at the system level. by Muslim women at a recent forum confronting the centres of power de­ too will likely fuel protests against lective struggle by progressive sec­ Overall, farm ponds can act as effective on coexistence, in Jaffna, showed. ploying this ideological assault. Muslims to gain political points. tions of society confronting the Sin­ Retention of water harvesting structures and also yield healthy They spoke of harassment in mar­ The prevailing discourse about hala Buddhist chauvinist, global Farm ponds retained water for 8­10 months financial returns. But if they are promoted kets, government offices and hospi­ Muslims, who are widely perceived Complicity of liberals, the Left Islamophobic and misogynistic nar­ of the year; thus farmers could enhance merely for on­farm storage of groundwater tals, and their insights challenged re­ as prosperous and upwardly mobile, It is not just the supporters of the Ra­ ratives building against Muslims can cropping intensity and crop diversification and canal water, they could accelerate, rath­ ductive, patronising readings of “the is related to Sri Lankan politics drift­ japaksa camp who are being swept prevent the country from heading in within and across seasons. The area used to er than reduce, the water crisis in the coun­ plight of Muslim women”. ing towards right­wing xenophobia, by the troubling anti­Muslim senti­ the direction of a disastrous, possibly cultivate vegetables and other commercial tryside. These women pointed to a larger exploiting the growing discontent ments. The complicity of liberal and fascist, path. crops also increased. Further, figures indi­ and deeper ideological attack un­ among people due to the govern­ Left groups in abetting the discourse cated that the ponds were also a financially Nirmalya Choudhury works with VikasAnvesh leashed on them. The onslaught had ment’s failure to revive the economy makes an alternative politics a chal­ Niyanthini Kadirgamar is a researcher and a viable proposition, with a fairly high Internal member of the Jaffna People’s Forum for Foundation. Sachin Tiwale teaches at the Tata originated from different sources: to benefit the majority and establish lenging task. Influenced by the global Coexistence Rate of Return, of about 19%, over 15 years. Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Cauldron of sexual misconduct CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC FROM THE ARCHIVES So often do Indians encounter the horrific act in their consciousness that it has escaped their conscience FIFTY YEARS AGO AUGUST 1, 1969 Bengal policemen storm Assembly Madhurika Sankar ical environment, one that pivots it­ self on the narratives of India’s an­ Three thousand angry policemen in un­ As India boldly leaps into space and cient texts and scriptures to excoriate iform, carrying the body of a constable who proudly increases its tiger popula­ women, that brings about their sub­ had been killed while on duty in a clash at tion, feats deserving praise, foreign jugation, for selfish gain. Basanti in 24­Parganas, to­day [July 31] investors leave this increasingly dis­ stormed the West Bengal Assembly which turbing landscape of cultural hege­ Cycle of violence was in session, smashed furniture and beat mony and faux­nationalistic fervour. There is violence even before birth of up the members. They also gheraoed Mr. I am drawn to understanding the a girl child. India has one of the high­ Jyoti Basu, Deputy Chief Minister who is in connection, if it exists, between the est incidences of female foeticide. charge of Police portfolio, for over an hour current economic and sociopolitical Then, as a young child, a girl is part of demanding justice in the case of their col­ landscape in India and the violence an incontrovertible landscape where league who, they said, had died at the hands against women. Naysayers will argue there has been a 336% rise in sexual of political elements. Mr. Basu expressed that the sharp rise in statistics of vio­ crimes against children in the last de­ concern at the death of their colleague, but lence against women cade. As a young woman, rebuked them for their disorderly beha­ and children in India is she is in the most unsafe viour. He took them around the Assembly on account of better re­ country in the world, ac­ premises and showed them the vandalism porting and accounting cording to a recent Thom­ committed by them in their moment of an­ of crimes, as well as son Reuters Foundation sur­ ger. Mr. Basu succeeded in pacifying the de­ more legislation. In­ vey, which recorded around CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC monstrators and their leader shook hands deed, the recent intro­ 40,000 rapes a year. She is DATA POINT with him. The policemen later left the As­ duction of the POCSO subject to the routine sembly premises with the body of their col­ Amendment Bill, 2019, threats of honour killing and league to the burning ghat. The policeman in the Rajya Sabha, creating 123 fast­ trafficking. As a widow or single had been reportedly killed on Tuesday in a track courts for women, is a step in mother, she is ostracised in a patriar­ clash with the workers of the Socialist Unity the right direction. But this is pallia­ chal society. Indian women do the Centre. tive care in a system where the emer­ most unpaid domestic work of any gency room is filling up at a faster country globally, next to Kazakhstan. rate than the system can address. The insensitivity, reluctance, and A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 1, 1919. hostility of the police, legal and med­ Unique circumstances ical fraternity, coupled with the fact On Communal Representation. Why is this happening? The bare that most assaulters are known to the branches of a skewed sex ratio, po­ victim, creates an increasingly intimi­ In to­day’s sitting of the Joint Committee [in verty, unemployment, confusing so­ dating environment in which to London on July 28] Lord Southborough re­ ciocultural signals, social media and move forward with justice. Courts in plying to Mr. Bennett said, he was of opinion connectivity are all incendiary the country are severely back­logged. that Bombay was probably ahead of other matchsticks to an already marginal­ The worst narrative is perhaps Provinces with regard to the franchise of wo­ ised, frustrated and pathologically what psychologists refer to as a kind men. Evidence was divided with regard to vulnerable brain. We attribute this to of ‘emotional contagion’ for the ra­ whether elections in Madras were entirely sociopathy and, with that labelling, pist, where he sees others commit­ governed by caste considerations. He con­ neatly cocoon such men into a space ting the crime and has become in­ cluded that one of the reasons of the trouble separate from ‘us’. But even so, why ured to it, thus, taking the leap in Madras was that a considerable body of in­ has there been an increase in this ‘so­ towards crime. Similarly, we as a na­ telligent political thought which was spring­ ciopathy’? Outside of genetic and bi­ tion, have perhaps become inured by ing up found itself bumping up against Brah­ ological factors, which are also slaves contagion, to sexual crimes against mins. Replying to Lord Sydenham, Lord to epigenetical influences, India off­ women. So often do we encounter Southborough said that, if they were to pro­ ers up uniquely subjective and inor­ the horrific act in our consciousness vide a constitution with an absolutely free dinately challenging circumstances that it has escaped our conscience. hand, he would scout the principle of com­ for this cauldron of sexual miscon­ Imparting healthy sex education in munal representation. He agreed that the duct to foment. schools, providing means by which non­Brahmins were not a homogenous com­ First, there is the narrative that socially and emotionally marginal­ munity. Indian Christians were given three this is the clash of ‘traditional cul­ ised men are given the opportunity seats because they had no chance of elec­ ture’ with modern values. But this to be identified and rehabilitate tion. There was a great deal to be said for In­ behoves further examination: Secre­ themselves, is paramount, before it dian Christians, because they were more tary of the All India Progressive Wo­ leads to further tragedy. likely to break down caste restrictions than men's Association, Kavita Krishnan, any other body. The Franchise Committee in the International Journal of Hu­ thought the proper way to deal with Indian man Rights , argues that it is a mis­ Madhurika Sankar is a writer based in Christians was to give them some represen­ placed narrative. She claims it is the Chennai tation so that they could make their views insidious caste, capitalistic and polit­ known.

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DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Rebels join BJP in Maharashtra Plan for single water Siddhartha cremated Party denies dissidence within saffron ranks over exodus from Opposition disputes tribunal in family estate Special correspondent from Satara, Sandeep Naik New Bill stipulates two­year deadline Mumbai from Airoli and Vaibhav Pi­ While the I­T department The board of Coffee Day A day after resigning from chad from Akole in Ahmed­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT has expressed doubts about Enterprises Ltd. (CDEL), their parties, four Opposi­ nagar district, all of the NCP, NEW DELHI the veracity of the letter, the that met on Wednesday, is tion legislators in Maharash­ and Kalidas Kolambkar from The Lok Sabha on Wednes­ police say that it would be also considering getting an tra joined the BJP on Wed­ Wadala (Congress) in Mum­ day passed a Bill that pro­ treated as a dying declara­ independent forensic study nesday. bai were the four MLAs who mises faster redress of water tion, after checking its auth­ of the letter. They need not BJP State chief Chandra­ joined the BJP. Mr. Naik is the disputes between the States enticity. wait for the police investiga­ kant Patil inducted three son of Navi Mumbai strong­ by putting in place a new ar­ Kamal Pant, Additional tion to take up an indepen­ MLAs from the Nationalist man Ganesh Naik, while Mr. chitecture for tribunals that Director­General of Police dent inquiry, said a source. Congress Party (NCP) and Kolambkar is a seven­time handle inter­State water (Law and Order), Karnata­ The day saw many politi­ one from the Congress, in MLA, and was originally in disputes. ka, confirmed to The Hindu, cians in the Opposition the presence of Chief Minis­ Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with former NCP leaders the Shiv Sena before joining Moving the Inter­State “We have recovered the let­ camp, including former ter Devendra Fadnavis. He who joined the BJP in Mumbai on Wednesday. * PTI the Congress. Mr. Bhosale is River Water Disputes ter from his family mem­ Chief Minister Siddara­ put at rest rumours of a re­ a descendant of Chhatrapati (Amendment) Bill, 2019, for Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra bers. We will take necessary maiah, saying that “harass­ bellion brewing within the Pawar for alleging that the tuencies did not develop Shivaji. passage in the Lok Sabha, Jal Singh Shekhawat in the Lok action.” In a statement, ment” by Central agencies saffron ranks as another 50 ruling party is using pres­ during the Congress and the The BJP has been facing Shakti Minister Gajendra Sabha on Wednesday. * PTI Mangaluru Police Commis­ had pushed the entrepre­ legislators are speculated to sure tactics, including NCP rule. Road works, pro­ stiff resistance within its fold Singh Shekhawat said the sioner Sandeep Patil said neur to the brink. join the BJP­Shiv Sena al­ searches by the Enforce­ jects related to the monsoon, with several local leaders op­ existing tribunals constitut­ and water scarcity are issues the city police team in Ben­ (Those in distress or those liance in the run­up to the ment Directorate and the In­ nothing progressed,” Mr. Pa­ posing the entry of both Mr. ed to resolve river water dis­ that need our immediate at­ galuru was continuing with having suicidal tendencies Assembly election in Octob­ come Tax Department, to til said, adding that thou­ Naik and Mr. Kolambkar. putes had failed and in some tention,” he added. its inquiry. They were wait­ can call Arogya Sahayavani er. coax MLAs into leaving his sands of other Opposition Senior BJP leaders said cases, even after 33 years, Giving a background of ing for the autopsy report. Ph: 104 for help.) At the induction ceremo­ party. party workers were ready to doors were open to those the tribunals were yet to the history of tribunals, the ny, senior BJP leaders criti­ “These people are leaving join the BJP. who wanted to work for the give an award. Minister said only four of cised NCP supremo Sharad only because their consti­ Shivendraraje Bhosale party. The Minister said though the nine water tribunals the original Inter­State River could submit their report. Siddhartha’s wife may Water Disputes Act, enacted And these too came after a in 1956, was amended 17 seven­ to 28­year delay. LS clears Bill years ago to make five years take over Coffee Day Govt. promised scrutiny the maximum period within Irregular sittings to evict illegal which river water disputes Mr. Shekhawat said irregu­ The board has also appoint­ ticity of the letter purported need to be resolved, the lar sittings were one of the ed Nitin Bagmane as an inte­ to have been written by occupants reality had been different. reasons for delayed orders. rim Chief Operating Officer. Siddhartha cannot be veri­ of triple talaq Bill: Azad The new Bill proposes The new Bill provides for “The board met today fied as of now. Special Correspondent that the final award will be the constitution of a single [Wednesday] to take stock “While the authenticity NEW DELHI delivered in two years and tribunal with different of the situation and also to of the letter is unverified ‘We were in the dark and hence could not inform our MPs’ The Lok Sabha on Wednes­ whenever it gives the order, Benches, and the setting of put a working structure in and it is unclear whether day passed the Public Pre­ the verdict will be notified strict timelines for adjudica­ place. It will meet again on these statements pertain to Special Correspondent my party, identified six Bills mises (Eviction of Unauth­ automatically. tion. A retired Supreme August 8,” the source the company or the perso­ New Delhi as ‘A’ category and two Bills orised Occupants) Court judge will head the added. nal holdings of VG Siddhar­ After failing to drum up sup­ under ‘B’ category,” he said. Amendment Bill, 2019 that ‘Rise above regions’ tribunal and Benches will be The board constituted an tha, the board took serious port against the triple talaq The Leader of the Opposi­ was introduced by Minister Mr. Shekhawat also said that formed as and when re­ executive committee com­ note of the same and re­ Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Ghu­ tion said the talaq Bill was of Housing and Urban Af­ any law passed now should quired. The States can ap­ prising Mr. Ranganath, Mr. solved to thoroughly investi­ lam Nabi Azad of the Con­ number one in the ‘A’ cate­ fairs Hardeep Singh Puri in factor in the water scenario proach the tribunal for reso­ Bagmane and R. Ram Mo­ gate this matter,” the com­ gress accused the govern­ gory. “Since we were in the the Lok Sabha on July 8. that may arise in a few lution of their disputes and han (CFO) to exercise the pany said in the filing. ment of keeping the dark, we could not inform The Bill amends the Pu­ decades. once resolved, the Bench powers previously vested The board took cogni­ Opposition in the dark and our Members of Parlia­ blic Premises (Eviction of “When we think of the would wind up. with the Chief Executive Of­ sance of statements in the resorting to unfair means to ment... So, my submission to Unauthorised Occupants) water issue, we have to do Congress member Man­ ficer of the company and purported letter from Sidd­ pass the controversial Bill. the government is, on one Act, 1971 that provides for so keeping in mind the sit­ ish Tewari opposed the Bill, the administrative commit­ hartha relating to financial Mr. Azad alleged on Wed­ side, you are seeking a list the eviction of unauthor­ uation of 30 years from and said it did not have any tee constituted by the board transactions outside the nesday that the government from the Opposition of the ised occupants from public now. Water is a resource provision for consultation in 2015. knowledge of the senior introduced the legislation in Ghulam Nabi Azad speaking Bills to be sent to select com­ premises in certain cases. that we have to conserve with the States. In a stock exchange filing, management, the auditors the Rajya Sabha after assur­ in the Rajya Sabha. * PTI mittees. But you don’t come The Minister said the Act and use judiciously; other­ Dayanidhi Maran of the the company said the board and the board. ing the Opposition that it back. You bring it for pas­ pertained to all govern­ wise there will come a time DMK said tribunals had took note of a message from The board will, in due would be sent to the select Mr. Azad said the Parlia­ sage and get it passed. You ment premises. The when laws alone will not been “toothless” as their Mrs. Malvika Hegde who course, prepare a detailed committee first for scrutiny. mentary Affairs Minister ap­ tell your members to be pre­ amendments under con­ work. We have to rise above awards were not respected was also on the board ex­ charter of authorities vested The Muslim Women (Pro­ proached the Opposition sent and we remain under sideration were related on­ regions and States and riv­ by the States, and suggested pressing support and trust in the executive committee tection of Rights of Mar­ and gave a list of 23 Bills. the illusion that this Bill is ly to accommodations oc­ ers and see this resource that all rivers be national­ in the management team. and approve the same, it riage) Bill, 2019 that crimi­ “We wanted at least half of going to a select commit­ cupied by government and problem in its totality ,” ised. It further said the authen­ said. nalises instant divorce by them to be sent to select tee...This is not fair,” he said. officials. the Minister said. He alleged that Karnataka Muslim men was passed in committees, but they said, Chairman M. Venkaiah The three­day notice for “Disputes have to be re­ didnt abide by the Cauvery the Rajya Sabha on Wednes­ make it as few as you can. Naidu said he would discuss evacuation would be given solved and they have to be river water tribunal award day, paving the way for it to So, we, collectively, all the the matter with the only after all other means done in a time­bound man­ and is in “contempt of SC takes note of rape become law. Opposition, not me alone or government. were exhausted. ner. Today, climate change court”. survivor family’s plea ED quizzes The letter, signed by the girl, their letter they were also NC, PDP stoking fear in Kashmir: Ram Madhav her mother and aunt, stated annexing the video of the Farooq that on July 7, Naveen Singh, car in which these persons BJP leader says son of an accused in the came to their house. Poll in­charge appointed Abdullah rape case; Shashi Singh, Ma­ An FIR, lodged a day after stage is set for noj Singh, brother of anoth­ the road accident, names Assembly polls Special Correspondent Announcing this in New Special Correspondent er accused Kuldeep Singh; the BJP legislator, his broth­ NEW DELHI Delhi, general secretary NEW DELHI and one Kunnu Mishra visit­ er Manoj Singh Sengar, Vi­ Peerzada Ashiq BJP president Amit Shah on Arun Singh said directions The Enforcement Directo­ ed their house and threa­ nod Mishra, Haripal Singh, Srinagar Wednesday appointed party for ramping up booth­level rate (ED) on Wednesday tened them. The next day, Naveen Singh, Komal Singh, Any decision taken by the vice­president Avinash Rai preparations, specifically in questioned former Jammu another person came to Arun Singh, Gyandendra Central government or court Khanna as in­charge of the the Valley, had also been and Kashmir Chief Minister their house. The girl and the Singh, Rinku Singh and on Article 35 A would be for party’s poll preparations in given to the leaders. The Farooq Abdullah in con­ family said that along with Awadhesh Singh as accused. the betterment of Jammu J&K, a day after the core Lok Sabha had, in this nection with a money laun­ and Kashmir and “the issue group from the State unit Parliament session, voted to dering case involving State is currently raked up with was told to start work for extend the President’s Rule cricket association funds of selfish motives”, BJP nation­ Bolstering base: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav the Assembly elections. in the State by six months. more than ₹43 crore. al general secretary Ram at an event in Srinagar on Wednesday. * NISSAR AHMAD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Dr. Abdullah’s statement Officials keep vigil Madhav said in Srinagar on was recorded at the ED's Wednesday. kehlan [playing with explo­ On the ongoing enhance­ is only due to selfish motives. test every seat in the State. Chandigarh office, accord­ as Godavari rises The National Conference sives] to keep herself politi­ ment of the security grid, he They are doing drama to pro­ “We would also like to see va­ ing to the ED. The case is (NC) and the People’s Demo­ cally relevant. To protect said these extra forces were tect themselves, now when rious other parties which based on an FIR registered cratic Party (PDP) “are creat­ their slipping political base, deployed during the Amar­ action against corruption is have a clean past and pre­ by the CBI in September The level at Bhadrachalam measures has been rea­ ing hysteria in Kashmir at a fear is being created among nath Yatra. being taken. Security forces sent to fight elections so that 2015. is likely to remain steady died, said Bhadrachalam time when the stage is set for people. We have to take for­ being deployed or taken the two parties, which have The CBI took over the for the next 12 hours, offi­ sub­Collector Bhavesh Mis­ the Assembly polls,” he said. ward the work going on in ‘Selfish motive’ back from J&K, especially ruined the State by resorting case from the State police cials said. hra. Pre­monsoon mainte­ “She [PDP president Meh­ J&K, Assembly polls have to “We also have to conduct Kashmir, is a continuous pro­ to rampant corruption, are following a directive from As a precautionary mea­ nance works including re­ booba Mufti] is using such be conducted,” the BJP lead­ block­level elections. But cess,” he said. kept out of power,” Mr. Ma­ the Jammu and Kashmir sure, the district authori­ pairs to sluice gates of the language like ‘ barood seay er said. linking this to something else The BJP planned to con­ hav said. High Court. ties have appointed secto­ flood bank along the Goda­ ral officers for seven vari have been completed mandals along the Godava­ and two launches have ri in the district as per the been deployed in the tem­ flood contingency plan. ple town as part of the Motor Vehicles Bill won’t Thailand in talks with India to A comprehensive action flood preparedness and plan including flood prepa­ emergency response redness, and response measures. usurp rights of States: Gadkari buy BrahMos cruise missiles Cabinet nod for more Rajya Sabha clears Bill that calls for increase in penalties Agreement most likely to be reached in 2020 Special Correspondent road accidents in the world try of which only 1.70 lakh Dinakar Peri Thailand in mid­June to dis­ Supreme Court judges New Delhi occurred in India. He said were State­run buses. “We New Delhi cuss the issue,” a defence Union Transport Minister Ni­ five lakh road accidents take do not have any plan to take In possibly the first sale of source said. Press Trust of India net meeting. tin Gadkari on Wednesday place in the country, causing over the State’s rights in any BrahMos supersonic cruise In addition, the Thailand New Delhi According to a written asserted in the Rajya Sabha 1.5 lakh deaths. way,” Mr. Gadkari asserted. missiles to another country, Navy is looking to increase Acting at the request of the reply by the Law Ministry to that the Motor Vehicles He lauded the Tamil Nadu Earlier joining the debate, Thailand is in talks with In­ its capabilities and planning Chief Justice of India, the a Rajya Sabha question on (Amendment) Bill, 2019 did government as road acci­ B.K. Hariprasad, Congress dia for their purchase, offi­ to induct more ships, de­ Union Cabinet on Wednes­ July 11, 59,331 cases are not in anyway infringe on dents were down by 29% in MP from Karnataka, said that cial sources said. A few other fence sources said. day decided to increase the pending in the top court. the rights of State govern­ the State. He said the Centre out of the 92 clauses in the countries have also ex­ number of Supreme Court Due to paucity of judges, ments. The Rajya Sabha would emulate the Tamil Na­ Bill, only five speak of road pressed interest in BrahMos Ship design judges from 31 to 34. the required number of cleared the Bill. du model across the country. safety. “I admit that there is but nothing has fructified In line with that, the Indian The move comes against Constitution Benches to de­ The legislation seeks to corruption in the Regional yet. Navy is exploring opportuni­ the backdrop of the rising cide important cases were improve road safety through Opposition’s charge Transport Offices but you “Negotiations are on. It ties wherein India could number of cases in the top not being formed, the CJI multifold increase in penali­ The Opposition criticised are handing it over to the may not happen this year, help in ship design and has court, which stands at near­ wrote. “You would recall ties for traffic violations. It al­ the Bill on two issues — in­ dealers. The issue of tax col­ but most likely next year,” even “offered ship construc­ ly 60,000. that way back in 1988, about so aims to streamline the li­ creased privatisation of the lection should be with the diplomatic sources said. tion at the various defence At present, the sanc­ three decades ago, the judge censing and road permit transport sector, from regis­ government and not with While Thailand expressed The BrahMos missile public sector undertaking tioned strength of the court strength of the SC was in­ process. It has already been tering of vehicles by auto private bodies,” he said. interest in the missiles some system. * FILE PHOTO shipyards.” is 30, excluding the Chief creased from 18 to 26, and passed in the Lok Sabha, but dealers to driving schools, CPI(M) member Elama­ time ago, discussions picked “The Indian Navy’s fo­ Justice of India. then again after two de­ the government has intro­ and infringement of rights of ram Kareem said the Bill pace after the visit of Royal Thailand has made a request reign cooperation initiatives Once the Bill gets parlia­ cades in 2009, it was in­ duced two new amend­ States. The Minister clarified would encroach on State go­ Thai Navy Chief Admiral for repair and refurbishing include highlighting the cap­ mentary approval, the num­ creased to 31, including the ments and it will need to re­ that there was no plan to vernments’ powers. DMK Ruddit to India in December their Dornier maritime pa­ ability of various defence ber of judges will go up to CJI, to expedite disposal of turn to the Lower House shut down any of the State MP M. Shanmugam said road last year. trol aircraft. “A joint team of public sector undertakings 33, excluding the CJI, Union cases to keep pace with the again. transport corporations. Se­ accidents could not be re­ As part of the expanding the Indian Navy, Bharat Elec­ and Indian defence industry Minister Prakash Javadekar rate of institution,” he Introducing the Bill, Mr. venteen lakh passenger bus­ duced by amending the Mo­ defence cooperation bet­ tronics Ltd. and Hindustan to friendly foreign navies,” told reporters after the Cabi­ wrote. Gadkari said the maximum es were running in the coun­ tor Vehicles Act. ween the two countries, Aeronautics Ltd. visited the defence source stated. 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CBI forms team to probe U.P. Minister’s son-in-law named ‘Desi’ focus in new U.K. govt. accident case in FIR on rape survivors’ accident could ease migration curbs Special correspondent NEW DELHI The CBI has taken over the He is among the 10 accused of plotting the vehicle collision in Rae Bareli Envoy says the PM has called for a ‘radical rewriting’ investigation into a truck­ car collision in which the Special Correspondent Mr. Arun Singh had defeated Suhasini Haidar Unnao rape survivor was LUCKNOW Maya Singh, Mr. Awadesh NEW DELHI seriously injured along An Uttar Pradesh Minister’s Singh’s wife, to win the post. Describing the new U.K. with her lawyer in Rae Ba­ son­in­law is one of the 10 Mr. Arun Singh said he government led by Prime reli on Sunday. A team has persons accused of plotting was a litigant in the 2006 Minister Boris Johnson as been constituted to pursue the Rae Bareli vehicle colli­ murder case of a Dalit block the “most desi Cabinet the case. sion in which the survivor of pramukh, Ram Naresh Nir­ ever”, the British High The CBI has named the alleged Unnao gang rape mal, in which Mr. Awadesh Commissioner to India, jailed BJP MLA Kuldeep was critically injured. Singh is an accused. Dominic Asquith, said that Singh Sengar, his brother Arun Singh, the Nawab­ “Awadesh Singh is a histo­ revising immigration rules, Manoj and eight others in ganj block pramukh and son­ ry­sheeter with over 40 cri­ including those unpopular the FIR, which was regis­ in­law of Ranvendra Pratap minal cases and my political in India, would be a tered by the police on Mon­ Singh, alias Dhunni, a Minis­ opponent,” he said. “He is “focus” of the government. day. Murder charge has al­ ter of State holding the Agri­ using the uncle as a shield... At a press conference in so been invoked as the culture, Agriculture Educa­ Call for action: Congress MP Savitribai Phule staging a protest he feels if he falsely impli­ Delhi ahead of a meeting in victim’s two aunts were tion and Agriculture in Lucknow for justice to the Unnao rape survivor. * PTI cates me or sends me to jail, Bangkok on Friday killed after the speeding Research portfolios, is listed then he will be able to man­ between the new British truck rammed against the as accused no. 7 in the FIR midating the family of the murder, attempt to murder, age his case,” Mr. Arun Singh Foreign Secretary, Dominic car. lodged by the uncle of the rape survivor. The complai­ criminal conspiracy and cri­ said. Raab, and External Affairs The family members survivor of the alleged rape. nant, her uncle, said he and minal intimidation. In the FIR relating to the Minister S. Jaishankar, Mr. Diverse stand: Home Secretary Priti Patel’s stance suggests were on their way to a Rae She is battling for her life his family had faced repeat­ collision, the uncle mentions Asquith pointed to a that the U.K. will be more welcoming of Indians. * REUTERS Bareli jail, where the vic­ in a hospital in Lucknow ed threats from Kuldeep ‘Falsely implicated’ Mr. Awadesh Singh as being Parliament speech by Mr. tim's uncle is lodged in a with multiple fractures, Singh Sengar, MLA, and his Asserting that he was being among the people who Johnson last week calling strong public supporters of periods for students, and a separate case, when the in­ head and chest injuries. men and were being intimi­ falsely implicated due to would come to visit him in for a “radical rewriting” of revising the immigration contentious MoU on cident took place. Mr. Arun Singh confirmed dated to change their state­ “personal and political rival­ jail. the immigration system, as system, and I can only “illegal migrants’ return” The CBI officials have to The Hindu that he was in ments in court or compro­ ry” with a former block pra­ The police have so far well as the public stand of assume that that will be a with India. collected the necessary fact the same person named mise with the MLA or face mukh in Nawabganj, Awa­ traced the owner of the the new Home Secretary, focus,” he added. documents and plan to vi­ in the FIR. dire consequences. desh Singh, he alleged that truck to Fatehpur, which Priti Patel, to suggest that “Certainly, with more Sailors’ return sit the crime scene for The FIR lists him as one of Along with the rest, Mr. his rival shared a link with shares boundaries with Un­ the U.K. will be more personalities of Indian The meeting between examination. the persons accused of inti­ Arun Singh faces charges of the jailed uncle of the victim. nao and Rae Bareli. welcoming of Indian visa origin in the Cabinet, we External Affairs Minister The complainant al­ seekers after its exit from should be better placed to Jaishankar and his U.K. leged that the truck driver the European Union in make things easier. Not counterpart Dominic Raab was linked to the MLA and October. only for the good of in Bangkok comes against the accident was orches­ The safety of Indian Indians but also for the the backdrop of the trated with the intention to Congress stages walkout in Lok Sabha sailors in the Gulf region is benefit of British industry continued confinement of kill the victim and her rela­ also expected to be and educational Indian sailors on board the tives. discussed at the Bangkok institutions which have Stena Impero, the British­ He had also requested Government does not respond to the Opposition’s demand for a reply meeting. been facing competition flagged oil tanker in Iranian for a probe by the CBI, from other countries,” custody, and an Iranian oil which is already pursuing Special Correspondent Though the CBI had taken mentioned the issue. Impact of diaspora former Indian High tanker, Grace 1, in U.K. the gang rape case and cus­ New Delhi over the case, the rape survi­ Mr. Birla said members “This is the most desi Commissioner to the U.K. custody that was seized todial death of the victim's The Rae Bareli accident case vor’s family members had had decided that issues relat­ Cabinet ever seen, which is Navtej Sarna told The near Gibraltar last father. involving the Unnao rape claimed a threat to their ed to the States would not be a testament to just how Hindu. fortnight. The local police arrested survivor caused a walkout lives. In the absence of a go­ raised in the Lok Sabha. “I diverse U.K. is, and also to He said India had The release of the sailors the truck driver and owner. on Wednesday by Opposi­ vernment response, mem­ don't have any problem if what an impact the Indian “constantly flagged” its has not made progress, Following an outrage by tion parties in the Lok Sabha bers of the Congress, includ­ members want to raise is­ diaspora makes in the concerns with the previous with neither Iran nor U.K. the victim's family mem­ as the government did not ing Sonia Gandhi, as well as sues related to the States,” he U.K.,” said Mr. Asquith, government led by Prime agreeing to a formula. bers and protests by the respond to their demand for members of the DMK, the said. Trinamool leader Sudip speaking for the first time Minister Theresa May. “There is no question of Opposition, the State go­ a reply from it on the alleged NCP, the RSP and the IUML Bandyopadhyay pointed out since Mr. Johnson was Of particular concern a swap,” Mr. Asquith said, vernment recommended a threats to her life and her Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury walked out of the House. how questions about the law sworn in on July 24. were proposals to put India explaining that the Indian CBI investigation. family. After returning, Mr. and order situation in West “There are, and it’s a amongst “high­risk” sailors of both the ships The victim and her la­ Congress leader in the did not respond at all to the Chowdhury tried raising the Bengal were being asked matter of record, a group countries for visa would not be released in wyer are currently under­ House Adhir Ranjan Chowd­ issue despite the Opposition issue again but Speaker Om multiple times despite agree­ of Ministers within the violations, cutting down an exchange between Iran going treatment in a Luck­ hury, raising the issue, said taking up the matter Birla pointed that they had ing not to raise State sub­ Cabinet who are very postgraduation work­ and the U.K. now hospital. Home Minister Amit Shah repeatedly. staged a walkout and had jects. Siddhartha’s death raised in Lok Sabha

MPs want harassment charge probed

Special Correspondent New Delhi The death of Cafe Coffee Day founder V.G. Siddhar­ tha and alleged harassment of him by the Income Tax Department were among a host of issues raised during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. When Congress member V.G. Siddhartha Manish Tewari, who had gi­ ven an adjournment notice raised by the doctors. on the issue, raised the mat­ A day after Parliament ter, Speaker Om Birla said passed the triple talaq Bill, he should not refer to a let­ BJP member Nishikant Du­ ter circulating in the public bey said the country should domain, as its authenticity now adopt a Uniform Civil was yet to be verified. Code as mentioned in the However, Mr. Tewari then Directive Principles of the urged the government to Constitution. look at allegations of harass­ “If there is an Indian Pe­ ment without mentioning nal Code, then why can’t the details. there be a Uniform Civil Code,” he asked. ‘Review NMC’ Congress member K. Su­ The doctors’ strike over the resh requested the govern­ National Medical Commis­ ment to extend an invitation sion (NMC) Bill, recently to Pope Francis as the last passed in the Lok Sabha, Papal visit to India was in was also raised. Trinamool 1999. MP Saugato Roy asked the Mr. Suresh said the Pope government not to hurry had recently visited Myan­ the Bill through and instead mar and was eager to visit urged a re­look at the issues India. Quota for economically weaker sections in J&K

Special Correspondent Weaker Sections (EWS) in New Delhi educational institutions and The Cabinet on Wednesday public employment along­ approved a Bill to provide side existing reservations,” up to 10% reservation in it said. jobs and educational institu­ The Bill is expected to be tions for the economically tabled in Parliament soon as weaker sections in Jammu the proposed legislation and Kashmir. could not be brought before The Union Cabinet, the Jammu and Kashmir As­ chaired by Prime Minister sembly, which has been dis­ Narendra Modi, approved solved. the Jammu and Kashmir Re­ The State is under Presi­ servation (Second Amend­ dent’s Rule. ment) Bill, 2019, an official The 10% quota Bill for statement said. economically weaker sec­ The approval “would tions was introduced in the pave the way for extending country through the 103rd the benefit of reservation of Constitution Amendment in up to 10% for Economically January.

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bernie, Warren clash with rest in debate Afghan highway blast kills at Healthcare and immigration policies highlight the divisions between the two Democratic camps least 35 on bus, wounds 27 Reuters sals could not be realistically that has been put forward by DETROIT achieved, saying: “I get a lit­ Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders, No group has claimed responsibility for the attack Elizabeth Warren and Bernie tle bit tired of Democrats arguing Americans who like Sanders offered an un­ afraid of big ideas.” private insurance should be Reuters abashed defence of their As the front­runners in able to keep it. HERAT progressive policies during a polls among the candidates “Why do we have to be the A roadside bomb in Afghan­ Democratic presidential de­ debating on Tuesday, Mr. party of taking something istan on Wednesday killed at bate on Tuesday, as their Sanders and Ms. Warren away from people?” said Mr. least 35 people travelling on more moderate rivals criti­ vowed not to attack each Delaney. He pointed to Ms. a bus, including children, cised their proposals as un­ other, but needed to distin­ Warren and Mr. Sanders: and injured 27, officials said. realistic and politically guish themselves in their bid “They are running on telling Security has been deterio­ untenable. to gain ground on the leader half the country that your rating across Afghanistan The debate frequently pit­ in the race, former Vice­Pre­ health insurance is illegal.” this year, with the Taliban ted the two U.S. senators sident Joe Biden. Instead, Ms. Warren interjected to and the Islamic State fighters against the other eight candi­ they often found themselves defend a government takeov­ mounting attacks on Afghan Fight for survival: Afghan men being treated at a hospital dates on stage, with health­ teaming up to defend policy er of health insurance. forces, government em­ after their bus was hit by a bomb in Farah province. * REUTERS care and immigration policy Crucial debate: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren positions they share instead “We’re not trying to take ployees and civilians. highlighting the divisions at the 2020 presidential debate in Detroit. * REUTERS of drawing contrasts. healthcare away from The blast on the main planted by the Taliban insur­ cial said the group was not between the two camps. anyone. That's what Republi­ road linking the provincial gents to target Afghan and responsible for planting On the first night of back­ times by Montana Governor Ms. Warren rebuked form­ Healthcare system cans are trying to do,” she capitals of Herat and Kanda­ foreign security forces,” he landmines in the area. “The to­back debates, Democrats Steve Bullock, argued Demo­ er U.S. Representative John The first section of the de­ said. Mr. Sanders, who has har occurred in the Ab Khor­ said, adding most of the blast has not been conduct­ were united in stressing the crats risk losing voters after Delaney, who often played bate centred on a dispute introduced a Medicare for ma area of Farah province, dead or injured were wo­ ed by the Taliban, we are in­ urgency of defeating Repu­ moving too far to the left in the role of foil to the progres­ about the future of the U.S. All bill in the U.S. Senate, said police spokesman Mohi­ men and children. vestigating the incident,” blican President Donald the opening debate last sives during the debate. healthcare system, and said: “Healthcare is a human bullah Mohib. No militant group claimed said spokesman Zabihullah Trump in the November month in Miami. “I don’t understand why whether Democrats should right, not a privilege. I be­ “The bomb was freshly responsibility. A Taliban offi­ Mujahid. 2020 election. But they deli­ anybody goes to all the trou­ embrace Medicare for All lieve that, I will fight for vered bruising critiques of Big ideas ble of running for President proposals that would have that.” their party rivals’ positions In contrast, progressives ar­ of the U.S. to talk about what the government take over The candidates also dif­ as detailed policy disagree­ gued their policies would ex­ we really can’t do and the health insurance fered on immigration policy ments dominated the nearly cite voters and allow them to shouldn’t fight for,” she said. industry. — disagreeing on whether il­ U.S. envoy Khalilzad set to three­hour event. draw a distinct contrast to Mr. Sanders also bristled Mr. Delaney attacked the legal border crossings The moderate wing, led at Mr. Trump. at arguments that his propo­ Medicare for All proposal should be decriminalised. resume talks with Taliban China bans individual Trump denies racist strategy He says a deal will be concluded ‘if the Taliban do their part’ Reuters held meetings with Presi­ permits to visit Taiwan KABUL dent Ashraf Ghani, top se­ Lawmaker heckles him, holds up sign reading ‘Deport hate’ The U.S. special representa­ curity officials and senior ‘Travellers could consider group travel’ tive for peace in Afghanis­ opposition leaders. Agence France-Presse town, celebrating the found­ tan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will Reuters ties, such as Beijing, Shang­ Jamestown ing of the first local legisla­ resume peace talks with the Security guarantee Beijing hai and Xiamen, were al­ President Donald Trump on ture there by English Taliban soon. “Wrapping up my most pro­ China will stop issuing indi­ lowed to visit Taiwan Tuesday denied any racist colonists 400 years ago. Mr. Khalilzad, who has ductive visit to Afghanistan vidual travel permits for Tai­ independently. “strategy” behind a string of “We remember every held eight rounds of talks since I took this job as Spe­ wan to people in 47 main­ Travellers who had verbal attacks on African­ sacred soul who suffered the with the Taliban to end the cial Rep. The U.S. and Af­ land cities from August 1, its booked individual trips but Americans, but found him­ horrors of slavery,” Mr. 18­year war in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad ghanistan have agreed on Culture and Tourism Minis­ had yet to obtain permits self being accused of hate by Trump said. is scheduled to travel to Qa­ next steps,” he said on Twit­ try said on Wednesday, cit­ could consider group travel, a heckler at a high­profile But black Virginia State tar’s capital of Doha from Mr. Khalilzad, an Afghan­ ter, adding that a negotiating ing the state of ties with the travel agency Ctrip said. speech. Donald Trump lawmakers boycotted the Kabul, via Pakistan. born American diplomat, team and technical support self­ruled Island, but gave China’s military held ex­ “I have no strategy. I have event, saying it had been “I'm off to Doha, with a was appointed last year to group were being finalised. no details. ercises this week in waters zero strategy,” Mr. Trump majority black city of Balti­ “tarnished” by Mr. Trump. stop in Islamabad. In Doha, negotiate a political settle­ Sources with knowledge People from the main­ near Taiwan, following a told reporters at the White more. “I’m not angry at any­ A Virginia state lawmaker if the Taliban do their part, ment with the Taliban, of the talks said they could land need permission to tra­ warning last week that it House, when asked about body,” he said. heckled Mr. Trump and held we will do ours, and con­ which now controls more conclude with a deal on the vel to what Beijing regards was ready for war if there his recent tirades against Earlier, Mr. Trump de­ up a sign reading “Deport clude the agreement we territory than at any point withdrawal of foreign forces as a renegade province. was any move towards inde­ black and other non­white nounced the “horrors” of hate” and “Go back to your have been working on,” Mr. since their ouster. He ar­ in exchange for security gua­ Only travellers from 47 ci­ pendence by the Island. opponents, as well as the slavery in a speech in James­ corrupted home.” Khalilzad said on Twitter. rived in Kabul in July and rantees by the Taliban. ELSEWHERE Johnson visits N. Ireland, U.S., China to hold further talks U.S. Fed cuts interest rate heart of Brexit battle after ‘constructive’ meeting for first time since 2008 He holds talks with allies on way forward It is now 2­2.25%, 25 basis points lower

Reuters Both sides to hold next consultations in the U.S. in September Agence France-Presse Trump something else he Belfast Washington has demanded in his unre­ ‘Not kept in the loop on Britain’s Prime Minister Bo­ Agence France-Presse with punitive tariffs covering The U.S. Federal Reserve cut lenting attacks: an early end Easter attack warnings’ Shanghai COLOMBO ris Johnson held talks with more than $360 billion in the benchmark lending rate to a policy known as “quan­ Sri Lankan President allies in Northern Ireland on U.S. and Chinese negotiators two­way trade in a row on Wednesday for the first titative tightening” or QT. Maithripala Sirisena claimed Wednesday in a bid to solve agreed to meet again in the centred on demands for Chi­ time since the 2008 reces­ Beginning August 1, that that he was not aware of the the Irish border conundrum United States in September na to curb the alleged theft sion, moving to stimulate means the Fed will stop re­ warnings by the Indian that has scuppered all ef­ after holding “frank” and of American technology and the economy after a year of ducing the huge amount of intelligence agencies about forts to secure an orderly “constructive” talks in provide a level playing field sustained pressure from securities it built up during the Easter Sunday attacks, withdrawal from the Euro­ Boris Johnson Shanghai on Wednesday, to U.S. companies. President Donald Trump. the global financial crisis. saying it could have been pean Union. State media said following The target for the federal “In light of the implications prevented had he been kept Mr. Johnson held talks the backstop were effective­ meetings overshadowed by Farm purchases funds rate is now in the of global developments for in the loop by the concerned with the Democratic Union­ ly dead, she said a “sensible a Twitter tirade from Presi­ Xinhua said that the negotia­ range of 2% to 2.25%, 25 ba­ the economic outlook as officers. PTI ist Party, the pro­Brexit par­ way forward” was possible if dent Donald Trump. U.S. representative Robert tors discussed “the issue of sis points lower, and the well as muted inflation pres­ Lighthizer with Chinese Vice Pak. evacuates 50 ty whose 10 lawmakers prop the Irish government agreed U.S. Treasury Secretary China increasing its purchas­ central bank vowed to “act sures, the committee decid­ Premier Liu He. * REUTERS Chinese nationals in PoK up his government. The par­ to engage. The backstop Steven Mnuchin and Trade es of U.S. agricultural pro­ as appropriate to sustain the ed to lower the target range ISLAMABAD ty’s leader said she believed would force Britain to obey Representative Robert Light­ ducts according to its dom­ expansion.” for the federal funds rate to Over 50 Chinese nationals a compromise could be some EU rules if no other hizer met with Vice Premier constructive in­depth ex­ estic needs” and the U.S. However, two officials on 2 to 2­1/4%,” the FOMC said. working on a hydroelectric reached. way could be found to keep Liu He in the Chinese finan­ changes on major issues of creating “favourable condi­ the policy­setting Federal While the panel conti­ project in Pakistan-occupied “There are ways to deal the land border open bet­ cial hub for the first face­to­ common interest in the eco­ tions for these purchases”. Open Market Committee op­ nues to expect sustained Kashmir were evacuated after with this issue if there is a ween British­ruled North­ face negotiations since a nomic and trade field,” ac­ “The two sides will hold posed the move to provide economic expansion and skirmishes along the Line of willingness on both sides,” ern Ireland and EU member trade war truce was de­ cording to the official Xin­ the next economic and trade more stimulus to the econo­ gradually rising inflation to Control with India, Pakistani Arlene Foster said. Ireland. Dublin says this is clared last month. hua news agency. consultations in the United my and dissented in the the Fed’s 2% target, “uncer­ authorities said on While she agreed the crucial to maintaining peace “The two sides conducted Washington and Beijing States in September,” the vote. tainties about this outlook Wednesday. PTI Withdrawal Agreement and on the island. frank, highly efficient and have so far hit each other news agency added. The Fed also gave Mr. remain.”

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31-07-2019 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 37,481 ddddddddddddddd0.22 Oppenheimer buys 11% stake in ZEEL US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 68.79 ddddddddddddddd0.08 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 35,780 ddddddddddddd-0.27 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 65.11 ddddddddddddddd1.51 The ₹4,224­crore deal will help Essel Group to partially meet debt obligations of about ₹12,000 crore

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Securities. The group was The group had earlier said Mumbai N IFTY 50 open to selling stake to a glo­ that it had entered into an PRICE CHANGE Media baron Subhash Chan­ bal player in the media enter­ agreement with lenders who Adani Ports...... 377.55...... 4.10

Asian Paints...... 1521.10...... 12.35 dra’s Essel Group has sealed tainment business, which had taken pledged shares of Axis Bank ...... 674.10...... -33.50 a deal with private equity would have helped them to the group flagship and listed Bajaj Auto ...... 2516.50...... 52.65 fund Invesco Oppenheimer expand footprint overseas, entities — Zee Entertainment Bajaj Finserv...... 7097.85...... 19.80

Bajaj Finance ...... 3252.05...... 2.10 Developing Markets Fund, but was not averse to any fi­ Enterprises and Dish TV In­ Bharti Airtel ...... 337.60...... -8.15 which will pick up 11% stake nancial investor. dia — to not declare the CAPA’s idea for successful privatisation of AI includes easing BPCL...... 345.50...... 10.00 in Zee Entertainment Enter­ “I’m extremely glad to group as a defaulter till Sep­ the requirement of the buyer to keep the brand intact. * PTI Britannia Ind ...... 2605.00...... -12.05

Cipla ...... 521.10...... 1.10 prises Ltd. (ZEEL) for ₹4,224 share that the Fund [Oppen­ tember end despite a fall in Coal India ...... 204.45...... 4.90 crore. The proceeds will help heimer] as a financial inves­ share price. Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2574.60...... 14.60 the group, which was scout­ tor has further reposed its “Essel Group had initiated Eicher Motors...... 16348.05. .... 184.50 ‘AI divestment may see GAIL (India)...... 128.85...... -0.30 ing for an investor for faith in ZEEL ,” said Punit the process of divesting its Grasim Ind ...... 788.35...... 25.80 months, to partially meet its ZEEL MD & CEO Punit Goenka said Oppenheimer, as a financial Goenka, managing director key assets, with an aim to re­ HCL Tech...... 1034.55...... 10.95 debt obligations. investor, has further reposed its faith in his firm. * PAUL NORONHA and CEO, ZEE Entertainment pay all the lenders by Sep­ HDFC ...... 2121.80...... -5.45 global participation’ HDFC Bank...... 2251.65...... -0.60 Oppenheimer, which al­ Enterprises Ltd. tember 2019,” the statement Hero MotoCorp ...... 2356.10...... 97.30 ready has 7.74% stake in debt, which will stand at financial fillip to initiate the Along with ZEEL, Essel said. “During this divestment Hindalco ...... 190.55...... 0.45 Jet’s exit may raise chance of success Hind Unilever ...... 1726.65...... 6.75 ZEEL, will buy 11% from the around ₹8,000 crore post repayment process,” the Group is also in the process process, the group has re­ Indiabulls HFL ...... 535.60...... 11.70 promoter group. By infe­ the deal. company said in a statement. of divesting some of its non­ ceived positive response SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ICICI Bank ...... 424.60...... -0.75 rence, this works out to ₹400 “The deal is ideal for Essel media assets like solar and from multiple partners ex­ time. “CAPA has long main­ IndusInd Bank ...... 1412.85...... 75.55 NEW DELHI

Bharti Infratel ...... 245.75...... -3.80 per share, a 10.6% premium ‘Strong step’ promoters as they will conti­ road projects to raise funds. pressing interest to buy the tained that the Indian mar­ Infosys ...... 793.65...... 0.95 to Wednesday’s closing “The announcement of 11% nue to run the company and “Essel Group is confident stake in ZEEL and the other A second attempt at disin­ ket can only sustain two full­ Indian OilCorp...... 139.30...... 5.80 price. The promoters of stake sale of ZEEL to the fund provide continuity for busi­ of completing the overall key non­media assets,” it ad­ vestment of Air India is like­ service carriers, and that ITC ...... 270.20...... 1.30

JSW Steel...... 237.45...... 7.20 ZEEL currently hold 35.79%. is a strong step in the overall ness, a critical thing for me­ process of repayment, well ded. ZEEL stocks ended ly to see strong interest from the operation of three such Kotak Bank ...... 1519.55...... 20.85 Still, the group has a long divestment process, giving dia businesses,” said Ab­ within the agreed timeline,” 5.18% lower than its previous private players, including airlines – Air India, Jet Air­ L&T...... 1387.30...... 10.95 way to go to bring down the promoters the required neesh Roy of Edelweiss the statement said. close, at ₹361.45 a share. participation from leading ways and Vistara – was not M&M ...... 550.00...... 1.25

Maruti Suzuki ...... 5469.70...... -37.45 global airlines such as those sustainable.” NTPC ...... 126.55...... -0.65 from the Gulf, according to However, the remote ONGC ...... 138.85...... 0.10 aviation consulting firm chances of a revival of Jet PowerGrid Corp ...... 210.80...... 2.55 Reliance Ind ...... 1166.25...... -14.65 Core sector growth CAPA. Airways, along with the State Bank ...... 332.20...... 4.65 ‘India and U.S. very close There is a likelihood of in­ “current global and national Sun Pharma ...... 426.75...... 16.40 ternational entities seeking economic environment and Tata Motors ...... 135.60...... 2.15

Tata Steel ...... 432.05...... 17.00 slows to 0.2% in June to form joint ventures with geopolitical instability” may TCS ...... 2205.70...... 26.55 to resolving all trade issues’ Indian companies to bid for dampen investor sentiment, Tech Mahindra ...... 636.25...... -4.00 Air India to comply with CAPA warned. Titan ...... 1056.35...... -22.85 Oil, cement contribute to slowdown UltraTech Cement...... 4346.90...... 29.35 norms that cap foreign di­ The aviation consultancy UPL...... 595.25...... 21.55 Press trust of india ‘Market access, the bone of contention, close to settlement’ rect investment into the na­ reiterated what it consi­ Vedanta ...... 154.10...... 3.50 new delhi tional carrier at 49%. dered were key factors to Wipro ...... 265.30...... 3.00 TCA Sharad Raghavan YES Bank...... 91.20...... 5.15 Growth of eight core indus­ ween the two countries over ensure a successful attempt NEW DELHI Zee Entertainment ...... 361.60...... -19.50 tries dropped to 0.2% in the last year or so. Increased valuation at privatisation of the na­ June mainly due to a con­ India and the U.S. are “very “The market access issue The Centre for Asia Pacific tional carrier. These in­ traction in oil­related sec­ close” to resolving all their will also be resolved soon, Aviation (CAPA) has recom­ clude: the government exit­ E XCHANGE RATES tors as well as in cement trade­related differences, when the [Commerce] Mi­ mended that the govern­ ing completely from the I ndicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4 p.m. on July 31 production, according to of­ with Commerce Minister Pi­ nister meets the U.S. Trade ment allow FDI for a higher airline, allowing the new CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL ficial data. yush Goyal planning to meet Representative either late number of bidders and in­ owner flexibility in dealing

US Dollar...... 68.59...... 68.91 The eight core sector in­ the U.S. Trade Representa­ next month [August] or ear­ creased valuation for Air with Air India’s employees Euro ...... 76.49...... 76.85 dustries viz. coal, crude oil, tive in the coming month, a ly the month after that,” the India. and easing the requirement British Pound...... 83.59...... 83.98 natural gas, refinery pro­ Steel production increased senior Commerce Ministry official said. The Indian go­ This will be necessary as of the ‘Air India’ brand being Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 63.17...... 63.47

Chinese Yuan ...... 9.96...... 10.01 ducts, fertilizer, steel, ce­ by 6.9% in June. official told The Hindu. vernment is demanding major Indian corporations kept intact by its buyer. Swiss Franc ...... 69.32...... 69.65 ment and electricity had ex­ “All the issues that have Piyush Goyal greater market access in the from outside aviation may Minister of State for Civil Singapore Dollar ...... 50.12...... 50.36 panded by 7.8% in June last zone. happened, on aluminium, U.S. for dairy products, not have the appetite to in­ Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri Canadian Dollar...... 52.25...... 52.49 Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.61...... 16.71 year. Steel and electricity pro­ steel, retaliatory tariffs by we are very close to seeing medical devices, and infor­ vest in a complex project told Parliament that the go­ Source:Indian Bank According to the data re­ duction, however, in­ us, are all done now,” the of­ an agreement coming into mation and communication without an experienced vernment may launch its se­ leased by the government, creased by 6.9% and 7.3%, ficial said on the condition of place.” technology (ICT) services, strategic partner, it noted. cond attempt to privatise crude oil output contracted respectively, during the anonymity. “The focus now The key bone of conten­ he added. The exit of Jet Airways, the national carrier before by 6.8% while the refinery month under review. is to look ahead and to calm tion between India and the The U.S. government, on Air India’s biggest full­ser­ the end of August. segment de­grew by 9.3%. During April­June, the the heightened tempers on U.S. is market access, the of­ the other hand, is demand­ vice competitor, from the An earlier attempt last ICRA puts Cement output declined eight sectors grew by 3.5% both sides. The officials from ficial explained, adding that ing increased market access market has further en­ year failed to yield any inter­ by 1.5%. Fertiliser produc­ compared with 5.5% in the our side and their side have this was at the bottom of on a wider range of hanced the chances of a suc­ est, with no entity coming Coffee Day tion was also in the negative same period last year. been meeting regularly, and most of the tensions bet­ products. cessful disinvestment this forward to bid for Air India. ratings under watch Tributes pour in as coffee king bids adieu Coffee Day shares tank 20% more SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Mumbai Bad news for sector that is roiling in a concoction of labour, price, output issues DSP Mutual Fund marks down NCD exposure by 50% Rating agency ICRA has placed term loan rating of Mini Tejaswi ryone around him. He was that he was a failure; but, for S pecial Correspondent a new low for the company. Coffee Day Enterprises Li­ Bengaluru so compassionate and greet­ the coffee world, he is an Mumbai Meanwhile, DSP Mutual mited (CDEL) under rating Tributes poured in for coffee ed everyone with a smile,’’ ace. He’s an achiever, a Shares of Coffee Day Enter­ Fund that has an exposure to watch with negative impli­ baron V.G. Siddhartha, remembered Mr. Rebello. dreamer, a pioneer and a prises were locked at their the troubled entity by way of cations after the group’s whose demise has come at a According to Ramesh Ra­ man of substance.’’ lower circuit of 20% for the non­convertible debentures promoter V.G. Siddhartha time when the sector has jah, president, Coffee Expor­ Mr. Siddhartha would al­ second successive day even (NCDs) of Coffee Day Natural went missing and was been beset by falling prices, ters’ Association, the indus­ ways be remembered as a as the board of directors of Resources Private Limited found dead on Wednesday soaring production cost and try has no one else who can great contributor towards the company tried to as­ (CDNRPL) has marked down morning. a host of labour issues. fill the vacuum. making coffee a pan­India suage investor concerns by the investment by 50%. “The ratings have been Coffee farmers from Chik­ “He was truly a people’s beverage, said M.B. Gana­ appointing an interim chair­ exchanges. “While the auth­ “The scheme (DSP Credit put on watch with negative kamagaluru, Hassan and Ko­ person. He touched the lives pathy, chairman, Karnataka man and chief operating enticity of the letter is unver­ Risk Fund) has an exposure implication as the develop­ dagu districts are mourning of some 50,000 coffee farm­ Planters’ Association officer. ified and it is unclear wheth­ to secured NCD issued by ment may have a negative the death of an icon who has ers in the Malnad region. Jairam Ramesh, MP and a The board also said the er these statements pertain CDNRPL of the face value of impact on the operations been instrumental in in­ V.G. Siddhartha “He always looked for a friend of Mr. Siddhartha company had decided to in­ to the company or the perso­ ₹69 crore as on July 29, 2019. of CDEL, the extent of creasing the domestic con­ social angle in everything said, “I had known Siddhar­ vestigate the financial tran­ nal holdings of Mr. V. G. CDNRPL is one of the com­ which cannot be ascer­ sumption of coffee while were preparing for the that he did. He was in the tha for some 20 years. He sactions that found a men­ Siddhartha, the board took panies owned by the promo­ tained as yet, given the nas­ building significant interna­ World Coffee Conference process of setting up a 500­ was really an icon for Indian tion in the letter purportedly serious note of the same and ter of Coffee Day Enterprises cent stage of develop­ tional brand equity for the scheduled to take place in bed cashless super specialty entrepreneurs. He was a ve­ written by the company’s resolved to thoroughly inves­ Limited (CDEL). ments,” the rating agency commodity. Bengaluru in December,’’ he hospital in Chikkamagalu­ ry genial and self­effacing late founder V. G. tigate this matter,” the com­ The exposure is secured said. ICRA also said as the Anil Kumar Bhandari, said. ru,’’ said Dr. Amshumanth, a human being whose modes­ Siddhartha. pany said in the statement. by a pledge of listed shares of development may have a president, India Coffee Upasi Coffee Committee coffee grower and a social ty was natural in spite of “The board took cogni­ CDEL and a land parcel,” critical bearing on the Trust, said, “He was very fo­ chairman Jeffry Rebello said worker based in what he had achieved. sance of statements in the Law firm to advise wrote the fund house in a group’s operations and cre­ cussed right from his young Mr. Siddhartha exited the Chikkamagaluru. “The news of his passing purported letter from Mr. V. The board has also roped in note. The NCDs constitute dit profile, the rating agen­ age. Whatever he did, he did scene at a time when the mo­ Rohith Halase Rajagopal, away is truly shocking and G. Siddhartha relating to fi­ noted law firm Cyril Amar­ 2.6% of the scheme’s total as­ cy would continue to mon­ it so diligently with complete rale of the sector was at its a coffee farmer from Mudig­ shattering. He was a busi­ nancial transactions outside chand Mangaldas to advise sets, as per the note, which itor further developments sincerity. Indian coffee has lowest, ever. ere, Mr. Siddhartha’s home nessman with a deep social the knowledge of the senior the company on this matter. added that “CDNRPL has and finalise the rating ac­ lost its pillar and there is no “It is not easy to find a bu­ town, fondly calls the coffee conscience and he was able management, auditors and On the BSE, the compa­ asked for two weeks to come tion once more clarity replacement. sinessman who is not selfish icon anna (elder brother). to touch the lives of a large the board,” said the compa­ ny’s shares dropped 20%, or back with a concrete plan re­ emerged on the same. “He left at a time when we and who has worked for eve­ “Anna left with a belief number of people.’’ ny in a statement to the stock ₹30.80, to close at ₹123.25 — garding the exposure.” Start­ups write to govt. Fiscal deficit A fiscal hawk and a skilful chef IOC Q1 net touches 61.4% slumps 47% on on equalisation levy As RBI Deputy Governor, Gokarn regularly urged government to cut fiscal deficit of estimate fall in refinery Tax adding to cost burden, they say Special Correspondent that the government’s failure from St. Xavier’s College, Press trust of India NEW DELHI to keep the fiscal deficit in Mumbai, and his Masters’ in margins TCA Sharad Raghavan operating in India despite new delhi Former Reserve Bank of In­ check was making it difficult Economics (Hons.) from the NEW DELHI having sizeable sales and The government’s fiscal dia Deputy Governor Subir for the RBI to control infla­ Delhi School of Economics. Press Trust of India Domestic SMEs and start­ marketing activities and re­ deficit touched ₹4.32 lakh Gokarn, who passed away in tion. He was also a vocal pro­ He was awarded a Ph.D in New Delhi ups have written to Revenue venues in India, continue to crore for the June quarter, Washington DC on July 30, is ponent of the central bank’s Economics from Case West­ State­owned Indian Oil Secretary Ajay Bhushan invoice Indian start­ups and which is 61.4% of the Bud­ best known among his peers autonomy, a fact that drew ern Reserve University of Corporation (IOC) on Wed­ Pandey complaining about SMEs from their overseas of­ get Estimate for 2019­20 and friends — apart from be­ the ire of the government at Cleveland, Ohio. nesday reported a 47% the equalisation levy they fice,” the letter submitted to fiscal. ing an outspoken economist the time, leading to his term Prior to his duties at the drop in its first quarter net have to pay to foreign com­ Mr. Pandey, following the In absolute terms, the — for his wry sense of hu­ as Deputy Governor not be­ RBI and IMF, Mr. Gokarn was profit due to a fall in refin­ panies doing business in In­ meeting, said. fiscal deficit, or the gap mour and also his skill as a ing extended. Associate Professor at the In­ ery margins and inventory dia, resulting in increased “As a result, Indian start­ between expenditure and chef. Having battled a brief “Saddened by the passing dira Gandhi Institute of De­ gains. IOC reported a con­ costs as well as lost revenue ups and SMEs are required revenue, was ₹4.32 lakh illness, Mr. Gokarn was only Subir Gokarn of Subir Gokarn. He was RBI velopment Research and solidated net profit of for the government. to deposit 6% equalisation crore at June­end, as per 59 when he passed away. Deputy Governor when I was subsequently was appointed ₹3,737.50 crore compared The start­up sector, re­ levy on behalf of these fo­ the data released by the News of Mr. Gokarn’s (1959-2019) Central Board Director & he Chief Economist at the Na­ with ₹7,092.42 crore in the presented by LocalCircles, reign companies which Controller General of Ac­ passing drew condolences helped India recover from tional Council of Applied year­earlier period, the held a meeting with Mr. Pan­ leads to additional com­ counts (CGA). from around the world, in­ MD of the IMF, said. the 2008 global financial cri­ Economic Research. He then company said in a dey on July 16 and discussed pliance and cost burden on The fiscal deficit was cluding from the Interna­ At the RBI, where he sis,” Rajeev Gowda, Member moved to CRISIL, where he statement. several aspects of direct and the start­ups and SMEs,” 68.7% of the 2018­19 Bud­ tional Monetary Fund (IMF), served as the youngest­ever of Parliament, Rajya Sabha was executive director, fol­ “The variation is mainly indirect taxation affecting they said in the letter. get Estimate in the year­ where he was an executive Deputy Governor, Mr. Go­ from Karnataka, tweeted. lowing which he took over as on account of lower inven­ the sector. The equalisation levy, in­ earlier period. The govern­ director, with colleagues and karn was in charge of the “The Union Finance Mi­ chief economist at Standard tory gain during the quar­ Among the issues dis­ troduced in 2016, is a direct ment estimates the fiscal friends lamenting India’s loss monetary policy department nister, while paying her last and Poor’s Asia Pacific till his ter,” it said. IOC recorded cussed was the equalisation tax on payments made by deficit to be at ₹7.03 lakh of an astute economist. from November 2009 till Ja­ respects, recalled his [Mr. appointment to the RBI in an inventory gain of ₹2,362 levy that SMEs and startups residents to non­resident crore during 2019­20. “I am deeply saddened by nuary 2013. From all ac­ Gokarn’s] intellect and artic­ 2009. crore as opposed to ₹7,065 have to pay to foreign com­ companies for online adver­ The government aims to the death of Subir Gokarn, counts, Mr. Gokarn was a fis­ ulation of India’s concerns at What is less known about crore gain in the April­June panies sending invoices tisement, provision of digi­ restrict the fiscal deficit to who represented India, Ban­ cal hawk, regularly calling the IMF,” the Ministry of Fi­ Mr. Gokarn is he was a movie 2018 period. Revenue was from abroad for services tal and advertising space or 3.4% of the GDP in the cur­ gladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhu­ for the government to cut the nance said in a statement. buff and a very skilled cook, almost flat at ₹1.53 lakh rendered within India. any other facility or service rent fiscal, the same as last tan at the IMF Executive fiscal deficit. The argument Mr. Gokarn completed his especially when it came to crore in the first quarter of “Many foreign companies for online advertisement. financial year. Board,” David Lipton, Acting he made time and again was B.A in Economics (Hons.) dishes from Dharwad. 2019­20.

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It was suggested that owners for protection MUMBAI exchanges can form working against freight rate fluctua­ Special Correspondent With signs of CHENNAI <> For the first time ever, the Se­ groups to examine specific tions. “One of the working slowing demand, curities and Exchange Board issues and give suggestions groups has been tasked to Ashok Leyland Ltd., the flag­ we are closely of India (SEBI) is actively exa­ to SEBI,” said a person fami­ look at new products and it is ship of the Hinduja Group, watching the Eicher Motors net falls mining the feasibility of al­ liar with the development. looking at the feasibility of reported a drop of 45.49% in developments 21.5% on weak demand lowing derivatives contracts Incidentally, a vision doc­ launching derivatives on its standalone net profit for CHENNAI Gopal Mahadevan based on intangibles such as ument prepared by CDAC in freight and rainfall, ETFs on the first quarter ended June C FO, Ashok Leyland Eicher Motors Ltd., the firm weather or freight in the In­ 2016 touched upon the issue silver and base metals along 2019 to ₹230 crore on weak that makes Royal Enfield dian commodity segment. of derivative contracts based with options based on spot volumes. at 9.4%, despite a decline in motorbikes, reported a As part of its attempts to on intangibles like freight prices of commodities,” ad­ During the period under revenues, signifies efficient 21.53% drop in its standalone make the commodity seg­ and rainfall but it was never ded another person, wishing review, the firm’s revenue cost management,” said net profit to ₹452 crore for ment more efficient and in­ taken up for active not to be named. declined 9% to ₹5,684 crore. Dheeraj G. Hinduja, chair­ the first quarter ended June vestor friendly, the regulator Task at hand: SEBI has formed 5 working groups, each looking deliberation. An email query sent to SE­ “While the industry has man, Ashok Leyland. 2019 compared with the is also looking at exchange­ at an issue related to the commodities segment. * REUTERS BI on Monday remained un­ witnessed a decline in vol­ Earlier, addressing share­ corresponding year­earlier period, on weak consumer traded funds (ETFs) on me­ Hedging against risk answered till the time of go­ ume of 17%, Ashok Ley­ holders, he had said that the demand. During this period, tals, better designed options tasked with a specific issue select proposals to the Com­ Globally, energy companies ing to press. land’s market share has firm was well on course to Royal Enfield sold 1.82 lakh contracts and ways to in­ related to the commodities modity Derivatives Advisory and even those dealing with The other working groups grown by 4%. introduce BS­VI vehicles. motorcycles, marking a 19% crease participation of hedg­ segment. Committee (CDAC) for furth­ agricultural products use are looking at different issues “Despite a drop in total “With signs of slower de­ decline. Revenue from ers and encourage delivery­ The working groups have er deliberation before a for­ weather derivatives exten­ like allowing delivery from a industry volume by 5%, our mand, we are closely watch­ operations dropped 7% to based settlement. been told to submit their re­ mal submission could be sively to hedge against ad­ seller’s warehouse in addi­ light commercial vehicle ing the developments in the ₹2,382 crore. According to two persons port to the Commodity De­ made to the SEBI board. verse or unexpected weath­ tion to the current practice (LCV) business continues to industry. We continue to familiar with the matter, the rivatives Market Regulation “A brainstorming session er behaviour. Freight of delivery only from ware­ do very well and posted a take cost out and drive pro­ Wipro announces capital markets regulator has Department (CDMRD) by was held recently wherein derivatives available on the houses accredited by the Wa­ growth of 12%. Our earnings ductivity and growth initia­ buyback dates formed around five working end of August. Thereafter, SEBI officials and exchange Baltic Exchange are quite rehousing Development and before interest, taxes, de­ tives,” said Gopal Mahade­ BENGALURU groups, with each group the regulator may forward representatives were pre­ popular and are used by ship Regulatory Authority. preciation and amortisation van, CFO, Ashok Leyland. Tech major Wipro on Wednesday said that its more than ₹10,000­crore buyback offer will open on August 14, HDFC cuts while the date of closing of Apollo Tyres to double Tea Board accepts IIM recommendations the offer will be August 28. home loan The last date for settlement radial truck tyre output of bids on the stock rates by 10 bps on recasting e-auction system across India exchange has been scheduled for September 9. Firm to invest ₹3,800 crore in A.P. unit Shareholders whose names SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New system aims at enhancing quality of tea on offer at auctions, among others Mumbai appear on the record date of Special Correspondent ple segments, we are confi­ Special Correspondent June 21 will be eligible to CHENNAI dent of gaining traction in Mortgage lender HDFC has of these features had been KOLKATA participate in the buyback, Apollo Tyres Ltd. remained Europe in the coming years reduced the home loan incorporated. “These in­ the company said in a filing. bullish on its growth pros­ as we start catering to the rates by 10 basis points The Tea Board has, in­princi­ clude designing a compre­ pects despite uncertain original equipment manu­ (bps) with effect from ple, accepted the recom­ hensive e­catalogue, fixed CUMI first quarter times ahead, said its chair­ facturers (OEMs) from the Thursday. The reduction mendations submitted by a reserve price and logistic profit increases by 15% man Onkar S. Kanwar in his Hungary plant,” he said. will benefit the existing team of IIM Bangalore pro­ support for buyers,” a press CHENNAI address to shareholders. Pointing out that Apollo and new customers . The fessors to recast the present note from the Tea Board Carborundum Universal Ltd. He said the company had Tyres was the only Indian revised rate for loans of up pan India e­auction system. said. (CUMI) has reported a invested close to ₹4,000 company to supply tyres to to ₹30 lakh will be 8.6%, “We will implement this The deficiencies of the standalone net profit of crore in a greenfield facility various OEMs in Europe, while for loans between in a phased manner with an present pan Indian e­auction ₹45.08 crore for the first in Hungary and earmarked such as Volkswagen, Ford ₹30 lakh and ₹75 lakh, it eye on improving the ease of system rolled out in 2016 quarter ended June 2019, ₹3,800 crore for a new pro­ and Audi, he said: “The stra­ will be 8.85%. For loans business,” Tea Board Deputy were many. The system had marking a 15% increase over ject in Andhra Pradesh. tegy of replicating our suc­ above ₹75 lakh, the rate Chairman Arun Kumar Roy neither improved price dis­ the corresponding period last cess with OEMs in India will will be 8.9%. Women bor­ said. Many a slip: The system rolled out in 2016 had neither covery nor boosted volumes. year. Total income for the improved tea price discovery nor boosted volumes. * AFP period rose to ₹448.65 crore Upgrading plant go hand­in­hand with in­ rowers will be charged 5 The new system aims at The modified system aims at from ₹425 crore. On a It was also committed to up­ creasing our market share in bps lower than the above improving price discovery, addressing these issues consolidated basis, sales grading its existing manu­ the replacement markets.” rates. simplifying the process ele­ since 2014,” Professor B. Ma­ way into the alternative auc­ while creating equal oppor­ grew 6% to ₹664 crore, facturing plant in Chennai, Standalone net profit for Union Bank of India has vating industry standards, hadevan of IIM Bangalore tion platform to be rolled out tunities for all. driven by growth in electro and double its radial truck the first quarter ended June reduced the one­year mar­ and enhancing the quality of said at a stakeholders’ meet by mjunction. The SAIL­Tata Among the stakeholders minerals and ceramics’ tyre production to 12,000 2019 dipped 30% to ₹149.86 ginal cost of fund­based tea on offer at the auctions. here on Wednesday. Steel joint venture has won a present at the meeting, pro­ segments. At a consolidated units a day, he said. “While crore. Sales rose to lending rate (MCLR) by 5 “Tea prices have re­ Mr. Roy said that nearly tender for putting up an in­ ducer associations such as level, CUMI spent ₹38 crore in India, we are achieving a ₹3,044.42 crore from bps to 8.5% with effect mained flat at around ₹140 75% of these recommenda­ novative platform based at the Tea Association of India on capital expenditure. leadership position in multi­ ₹3,021.14 crore. from August 1. per kg for nearly four years tions had already made their Assam’s Jorhat, where many welcomed the initiative. 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dark studio, Ranvir Shorey (Shahid PEOPLE A day on the show’s Khan, a new addition to this sea­ shoot promised a son) was pointing at a laptop screen while Luke Kenny (as the as­ Being Bassi On set with the more thrilling and sassin Malcolm Mourad) and a complicated Singh- bearded Siddiqui, looked on. On Anubhav Singh Bassi, the 28-year-old internet comedy approaching the group to field sensation is back for another show Gaitonde universe questions, Anurag chuckled and re­ with several new fused to explain what the three Sacred Games were conniving at in the scene. cast faces Contemporary vision Anahita Panicker While Gaitonde’s story continues to be told via flashbacks this sea­ Straining their eyes at a tiny moni­ Thrill to the bone Stills son, Singh’s countdown happens in tor in a dark studio in Mumbai , a from the upcoming present­day Mumbai, and Anurag group of journalists take the first season of Sacred Games. said that Chandra was kept in the look at a short scene from the se­ * ISHIKA MOHAN MOTWANE/ loop on the decisions to turn his cond season of Sacred Games . NETFLIX 2006 novel into a contemporary With his hand bandaged, Inspector show. Behind this process is Varun Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) slowly Grover as the lead writer and wri­ approaches a seated Batya Abel­ ters Dhruv Narang, Pooja Varma man (Kalki Koechlin) who dons and Nihit Bhave. mustard robes with a brown shawl About the backdrop for Gai­ draped across her shoulders. Singh tonde’s track, Anurag said it was sits opposite her on the floor, an or­ now unwraps beyond the country’s nate mandala on the wall behind borders — “Kenya, Croatia, South them centres the framing, and she Africa, and we also ‘cheated’ some places a bowl in front of him as the locations.” Siddiqui, donning a goa­ camera gradually dollies towards tee and moustache when he met us He made a few jokes about someone drinking from a Rs.110 them. “This is a turning point in later, had just come from finishing water bottle and the audience couldn't stop laughing.The the episode,” whispered showrun­ another Gaitonde scene. The actor 28-year-old comedian and recent Youtube sensation Anubhav Singh Bassi was in full form during one of his ner Vikramaditya Motwane, care­ spoke about shooting abroad and current shows, which he is doing as part of his ongoing ‘Bas fully tiptoeing around spoilers. All how he couldn’t help missing Kub­ Kar Bassi’ tour. The constant themes in this set have he offered was that the scene is in­ bra Sait’s character, Cuckoo the ca­ centred around his career — he went from being a lawyer, tegral to Singh’s investigation of baret dancer. He recounted a coin­ to a UPSC aspirant, opening a food business with friends, Guruji (Pankaj Tripathi) — a cult­ cidence: “We were shooting in a ending up now, as a stand-up comedian. leader and the man who mobster bar in Nairobi. I left the bar, turned “It was a coincidence,” recalls Bassi. In 2017, he’d tried Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Sid­ and saw [the name] ‘Cuckoo Bar’.” his luck at an open mic at the Canvas Laugh Club, of which diqui) regards as his “third father”. The show’s success was evident he was always a fan. The audience and organisers loved his All this transpired on an afternoon while filming abroad. The first sea­ set and contacted him to do another at a following open in late January when the shooting son packed together the multilin­ mic event.Since then, there has been no looking back. On for Netflix’s first Indian original se­ gual experience of Mumbai and the sidelines of a show, Bassi spoke about his journey in ries’ upcoming second season was sprinkled in frequent references to comedy, how he’s been a performer since childhood, and well underway. characters’ conflicts, and the coun­ why he prefers live shows to internet videos. About six months later, on Au­ try’s political and religious climate, gust 15, the stories of Gaitonde and through metaphors from Hindu What was your reaction when your first Youtube video Singh will be back on Netflix in mythology. But the specifics didn’t went viral? eight episodes directed by Anurag <> Is the world a good appear to have deterred interna­ Actually that wasn’t my first video. The first was a Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan. place, and should it be tional audiences, as reportedly two recording of a set on lawyers, which I uploaded to saved at all of every three viewers of the first Facebook. It didn’t get a really good response. I’ve worked Existential questions Saif Ali Khan about his character season were outside India. Wheth­ really hard on the “Cheating” set [the first video on Sacred Games , based on Vikram Sartaj Singh er from the Indian diaspora, or not, Youtube, which went viral]. Before posting it, I thought, ‘If Chandra’s over­900­page long however, is another question. For this video hits 5 million views, I would feel like I’ve 2006 novel, unpacks the foaming that having cinematographer now what remains to be seen is if achieved something for my hard work’. The video started nexus between Mumbai’s police, Swapnil Sonawane ( Newton, Zu­ the new season — with additions to gaining views by a million a day. I stopped looking when it politicians, gangsters and the film baan, Angry Indian Goddesses ) the cast like Tripathi (with an ex­ reached 4 million. industry through the separate yet brought a consistency to the visual tended role as Guruji), Kalki, Sho­ overlapping narratives of Singh vocabulary, lifting the huge burden rey and Surveen Chawla (the new Who do you look up to in stand-up comedy? and Gaitonde. Spanning four de­ that weighed heavy on him as the mother will return to portray Jojo I would be really satisfied if I could write a joke like Sumit cades of Mumbai’s — and even the director. Mascarenas) — will be able to entice Anand. As far as content is concerned, my biggest country’s, history — the show fea­ Vikramaditya admitted to being more viewers. inspiration is Zakir Khan. But I look up to everyone, even tures the honest but unassuming less nervous about passing the ba­ those people who aren’t doing well, but are really funny. cop Singh who is warned by Gai­ ton on to Neeraj. “He was the only Sacred Games season two will première on tonde (before the gangster kills director in my head who I could August 15 on Netflix What was your family’s reaction, when you told them himself ) that the city will be razed trust to have his own vision,” he you were going to be a stand-up comedian? in 25 days. said, adding that Neeraj was meant They were a little sceptical in the beginning, but as I started It is suggested that the disaster Dealing with these questions, At the helm to be a co­director in the first sea­ progressing in the field and making some money, they will be the result of a nuclear at­ with half of the show through The soft­spoken Neeraj’s debut fea­ son as well — when the plan was to A SLED RIDE started to [accept it]. tack. “It has become more of a Singh’s narrative, director Neeraj ture Masaan (a 2015 film of which have more than two directors han­ thriller,” said Saif Ali Khan whose has taken the mantle over from Vik­ Motwane was one of the producers dle the show’s spliced stories. But Three Yankee Were you always this funny? Singh has less than half the time at ramaditya who was juggling the of ) bagged two awards at Cannes about the other director, Vikra­ Clipper sleds were I don’t think that all the stand-up comedians are funny in made for the 1941 hand this season, “There’s a ticking responsibilities of both showrun­ 2015. Neeraj had previously assist­ maditya said jokingly, “Anurag is real life; some of them are really serious. Even I am not filming of ‘Citizen bomb and higher stakes. Where it ner and director for the first sea­ ed Kashyap (who directs Gai­ my worst enemy. We are best funny all the time. I am funniest when I am with my friends, Kane’, two of which but I also believe that all my friends are funnier than I am. used to be sleeping pills, now it’s son. “This is my second day on set tonde’s narrative) on Gangs of Was­ friends, and we drink a lot togeth­ were burned during It is all about who has the power to perform while being grade A drugs.” Singh’s moral con­ in our entire schedule! I completely seypur (2012) and Ugly (2013). Yet it er, but we will not go on each oth­ filming. Steven Spielberg audacious. flicts, the actor explained, builds trust him,” Vikramaditya laughed felt slightly daunting for him to er’s sets.” purchased the last into larger complicated questions: as he grinned at Neeraj, remarking helm the project alongside his It was apt then, that Gaitonde’s surviving sled at a 1986 At The Piano Man, Gurugram; 3rd August, 3:00 p.m. For tickets, “Is the world a good place, and that nearly 40 days of Sartaj Singh’s mentors who had made the show narrative was being shot in Gore­ auction for $60,500. Bookmyshow.com should it be saved at all?” shoot had already been completed. successful. However, Neeraj added gaon’s Film City the same day. In a Rahat Hussain

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LECTURE DANCE FOOD BOOK LAUNCH MUSIC Academic Bharatanatyam Malabar special The Discerning Eye Album release Acclaimed biologist Dr. Gagandeep Kang will Dance exponents Ramya Kapadia and Seema Indus Express, otherwise a North Indian and A class XII student of Modern School, Ayesha Singer, songwriter and poet, Hanita Bhambri is deliver the inaugural lecture in a new series Viswanath will perform Vande Mataram: This Mughlai restaurant has organised a two-week Kapoor will release her debut book, The all set to release her EP, Nothing of Our Own, at titled Friends, Heroes, Scientists, Women. This Land, Our Home, a themetic Bharatanatyam long Malabar food festival. The dishes on the Discerning Eye, which is a compilation of Akshara Theatre this evening. Hanita's music is year-long series of lectures hopes to inspire presentation this evening. Conceptulised and festival menu are made with coastal Malabar conversations by 16 leading Indian contemporary influenced by Damien Rice and Ben Howard, her budding women scientists, doctors, and choreographied by Ramya Kapadia, the flavours and rich spices. The main course include photographers, and highlights their special songs are often soul-searching reflections about engineers, and also to discuss key issues relating production seeks to drive home the idea that Meen Mulagittathu, Chemmeen Porichathu, photographic moments.Ayesha will release the love and loneliness, revolving around her to the inclusion of women in these fields. home is truly where the heart is. Mutton Pepper Fry, and more. book in the presence of her parents. personal experiences. Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Venue: Vivanta New Delhi, Dwarka Venue: Casurina Hall, India Habitat Centre Venue: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg Time: 6:30 p.m. Time: 7 p.m. Time: 7:30 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. Time: 3.30 p.m. Time: 7:30 p.m.

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Basav Biradar Place for mindfulness (Clockwise from left) The Great Stupa, Sir John Marshall, the house where he The visit to Sanchi World Herit­ lived and a close-up of the carving on an archway age Site was exhilarating but ex­ * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK AND BASAV BIRADAR hausting. The assumption that late October would be suitably cooler was not true. In addition, my inherent need to understand each of the stories in the carved panels on the gateways took a toll. As my wife and I sat in our taxi, breathing a sigh of relief upon the AC being switched on, there was a knock on our driv­ er’s window. A smiling man introduced himself as a guide who wanted to hitch a ride till the ASI museum. With an urge to be kind in the holy land of Buddhism, we agreed. Hearing us discuss Ma­ hayana and Hinayana, he insist­ ed that we visit the museum. We responded with silence. After the three­minute descent from the Sanchi hill, he got off, and said, “Trust me, you will love the museum.” We obliged.

Treasures at the museum Unlike at the Great Stupa, there was no one in the museum ex­ cept for two attendants, who promptly switched on the air­ treasure seekers. One infograph­ conditioning for us. The mu­ ic elaborated on how the Great seum, set up in 1919, has a collec­ Stupa was opened top to bottom tion of historically important ar­ in 1822, leaving a vast breach, by tefacts, most of which were A PRAYER Captain Johnson. Another one found during the excavations on said that the destruction was the Sanchi hill. continued by Alexander Cun­ We stood in silence as we ningham and Captain Maisey in gawked at the magnificent Lion 1851. Capital in the centre of the main Although in 1881, Major Cole, hall. Although we had seen the the then curator of ancient mon­ remains of the Ashokan pillar uments, conducted cleaning of near the stupa, we had not ima­ IN STONE the site, re­erection of fallen ga­ gined the capital to be so beauti­ Sanchi’s draw lies both in it being a centre of Buddhist heritage teways and re­filling of the great ful. Incredibly, even though the and a lesson in passionate archaeology breach in the Great Stupa, it was pillar is dated to the 3rd Century only in 1912 that conservation BC, the lustre of the stone is in­ seum, in addition to many Bod­ operations were carried out by tact. The four lion faces adorn hisattvas, Nagas, Yakshas and Sir John Marshall, which lasted the capital on the top of an aba­ Yakshis. till 1919. The name reminded me cus, with intricate duck carv­ of the time I had seen his picture ings, mounted on an inverted lo­ Rediscovery of Sanchi in the Archaeological Survey of walked the few paces to the love­ building, marvelling at the study tus. The most fascinating part of the India regional office in Bengalu­ ly little bungalow. As we wan­ table and resting chair, we ima­ Among the many sculptures museum is a gallery dedicated to ru. Marshall was responsible for dered through the rooms of the gined Marshall burning the mid­ displayed in the hall, Buddha in the story of the rediscovery and the Indus Valley excavations at double­storeyed Gothic­style night oil trying to document ev­ meditation, carved in sand­ the conservation efforts at San­ Harappa and Mohenjo­Daro. But ery finding. We admired the stone, is a stand­out because of chi. Once Buddhism declined in I was not aware of his work in three massive volumes of The the beautifully­lined cheever central India by the 13th Centu­ Sanchi. Monuments of Sanchi — his semi­ (drape). It gives us a glimpse of ry, the monuments in Sanchi It was now past 2 pm and our TEMPLE RUN nal work on Sanchi. Aptly, they the imagination of the artist, and were abandoned till they were stomachs were growling with Borobudur, a 9th- are placed in protective glass also of the 5th­Century Gupta rediscovered by General Taylor hunger, but again, as we were ex­ Century Mahayana casing. It is admirable that he period, which encouraged such in 1818. Not surprisingly, this led iting the museum, the enthusias­ Buddhist monument and his team lived in Sanchi for high art. A lesser replica of the to suspicions of hidden treasure tic attendant suggested that we in Indonesia, is the seven years, enduring the long Ashoka pillar from the Gupta pe­ in the Great Stupa, and soon, the see Marshall’s house. Fascinated world's largest miserable summers, helping us riod is also on display in the mu­ site became a hunting ground for by the conservation story, we Buddhist temple. learn about our heritage.

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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Laker’s feat is 63 years old England sets sights on a historic double On July 31, 1956, he became the first Australia seeks to end an 18­year Ashes drought in Edgbaston as well as Old Blighty bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings

Agence France-Presse who has been captaining En­ Birmingham glish county side Durham, England returns to ‘Fortress has recent experience of lo­ Edgbaston’ for the first Test cal conditions. against Australia on Thurs­ The way an England side day looking to round off an featuring several World Cup already memorable season stars was dismissed for just by completing a World Cup 85 by Ireland at Lord’s last and Ashes double. week before winning the first There’s arguably more at Test between the countries stake for both sides than the tells its own story of ongoing series result. top­order woes. For England, a home sea­ England captain Joe Root son billed as the most impor­ plans to move back to No. 3 tant in a generation started to help shore up a top­order brilliantly with its impressive featuring novice Surrey run to a first men’s World openers Rory Burns and Ja­ Cup title. son Roy. For Australia, an Ashes se­ Dream spell: Jim Laker is presented with the two balls with ries win under the dignified Archer dropped which he took nine and 10 wickets in a Test against Australia

leadership of Tim Paine James Anderson, England's at Old Trafford. * DENNIS OULDS/ GETTY IMAGES would help draw a line un­ all­time leading Test wicket­ der the ball­tampering scan­ taker, returns to the side fol­ ANI first inning of the same dal in South Africa that led to lowing a calf injury and will NEW DELHI match, he bagged nine wick­ long bans for former captain team up again with regular It has been 63 years since ets giving away just 37 runs. Steve Smith, David Warner new­ball partner Stuart Jim Laker’s feat of becoming Due to his remarkable and Cameron Bancroft. Broad. Jofra Archer, who has the first bowler to take all 10 performance, England de­ All three batsmen are like­ been struggling with a side wickets in a single Test in­ feated Australia in the match ly to feature at Edgbaston, injury, however, will have to nings against Australia. by an innings and 170 runs. with Bancroft set to hear the wait for his Ashes debut. “#OnThisDay in 1956, Jim In his 46 Tests, Laker same booing that greeted Australia, meanwhile, is Laker became the first bow­ claimed 193 wickets at 21.24 Smith and Warner during poised to put its faith in a ra­ ler to pick 10 wickets in a with a best of 10 for 53. the World Cup. Australia has pid four­man attack featur­ Test innings. He picked up a Laker also featured in 450 not won an Ashes in England ing James Pattinson and Pat total of 19 wickets in that First Class matches and took for 18 years, with its batsmen Cummins. Test against Australia. Do 1,944 wickets. struggling against the heavily Australia has not won at you remember which other In the history of Test stitched Dukes ball on pitch­ Edgbaston in any format bowler has picked up 10 cricket, Indian leg­spinner es that offer seam since 2001, a run that in­ wickets in an innings?” ICC Anil Kumble is the second movement. cludes its recent World Cup tweeted on Wednesday. bowler to take all 10 wickets Yet the first Test will be semifinal loss to England. In 1956, Laker returned fi­ in a Test inning — 10 for 74. Australia’s opening First England, by contrast, has gures of 10 for 53 in the se­ Kumble completed his feat Class match of the tour, alth­ won its last 11 internationals cond innings of the Ashes against Pakistan here in ough the likes of Bancroft, at the raucous ground. Test against Australia. In the 1999. Sri Lanka Malcolm Nash Shaw suspension should ring an alarm bell makes it 3-0 The punishment meted out to Prithvi is harsh, says Vengsarkar Agence France-Presse passes away Colombo S. Dinakar From now on he out to Prithvi is harsh. The Became famous after Sobers hit him Chennai <> Sri Lanka defeated Bangla­ [Prithvi Shaw] will suspension should have desh by 122 runs in the for six sixes in an over Prithvi Shaw’s suspension be very careful, even been for a lesser period be­ third and final ODI to win for consuming a substance cause I genuinely believe it Agence France-Presse when he orders a the three­match series 3­0 banned by WADA should bowl of soup was an innocent mistake. LONDON serve as a warning for other And he is a player with so at the R. Premadasa Stadi­ Dilip Vengsarkar um on Wednesday. Malcolm Nash, the Glamor­ emerging cricketers. Former Indian captain much potential.” The scores: Sri Lanka 294 for gan bowler who entered The youngster with loads The former Indian captain eight in 50 overs (Dimuth Ka­ cricket folklore when Gar­ of talent committed several proved a roadblock and now said, “He cannot play cricket runaratne 46, Kusal Perera field Sobers struck him for breaches while drinking comes the latest setback. before mid­November and 42, Kusal Mendis 54, Angelo six sixes in an over, has died what he claims to be a cough Things are going wrong for faces a tough period ahead.” Mathews 87) bt Bangladesh at the age of 74. syrup, one that contained this prodigy from Mumbai. 172 in 36 overs (Soumya Sar­ Nash’s name was forever Terbutaline. When The Hindu asked Need for a mentor kar 69, Taijul Islam 39 n.o.). linked with that of Sobers af­ Now Terbutaline, prohi­ Indian batting great Dilip What Shaw needs now is a ter the West Indies star went bited in and out of competi­ Vengsarkar for his opinion, mentor, someone who can on the attack during a Coun­ tion, is known to increase he said, “You know, he guide him through the diffi­ West Indies-A ty Championship match bet­ muscle strength and en­ comes from a very humble cult phase and Vengsarkar ween Glamorgan and Not­ hance endurance. background. Prithvi lost his would only be too happy to begins well tinghamshire at Swansea in Cricketers, particularly mother and his father used take up the responsibility. 1968. those who have been at the to lead a hand­to­mouth Shaw needs to stay strong Press Trust of India It was the first time any NCA or with the India un­ existence.” and focused, banish the de­ PORT OF SPAIN batsman had hit six sixes in der­19, ‘A’ and the senior mon of self­doubts. Ability, West Indies­A made a pro­ an over in first­class cricket. team, have attended classes Limited knowledge he has in plenty. mising start against India­A The first five balls were and sessions that specifically Prithvi Shaw. * GETTY IMAGES Dilip Vengsarkar. * PTI Vengsarkar added, “Prithvi’s His suspension ends on in the second unofficial dispatched cleanly by the deal with the dangers of us­ knowledge about things oth­ November 15 but Shaw is un­ Test with openers Kraigg West Indian and the sixth ing banned substances. they are supposed to get the least, the Mumbai Ranji team er than cricket is limited. He likely to be drafted into the Brathwaite and Montcin was carried over the ropes Shaw has been a part of all approval of Dr. Abhijit Salve doctor. wouldn’t have thought of a Indian team immediately Hodge taking their team to by a fielder. three sides. of the BCCI or physio Patrick But then, Shaw is a 19­ banned substance when he since he would have to prove 71 for no loss at lunch on Nash, a left­armer, took Farhat, or NCA physio Aash­ year­old top­order batsman purchased the cough syrup his form and match fitness in Wednesday. 993 first­class wickets in a 17­ Malcolm Nash. Clear protocol ish Kaushik. with enormous potential and at night from the pharmacy. domestic cricket.

Brathwaite was batting year career between 1966 * COURTESY: GLAMORGAN CC And there is a clear protocol These men, who have a made such a dazzling start to From now on he will be very But then, light often on 29 off 95 balls and and 1983, while also scoring to be followed. When cricke­ complete understanding of his international career careful, even when he orders emerges from darkness. Hodge on 38 off 91 in the 7,129 runs and holding 148 London after being taken ill ters, especially those who the subject, can guide the against the West Indies last a bowl of soup!” Shaw could come out of the morning session which catches. at a function at Lord’s Crick­ have represented India re­ cricketers. Shaw did not con­ year. Vengsarkar observed, “I ordeal stronger and wiser. comprised 31 overs. Nash died in hospital in et Ground on Tuesday. cently, take a new medicine, sult them, nor, at the very Then fitness concerns think the punishment meted He has to keep the faith. Vintage Sharath helps Lions pip Goa Pawar delights, Hooda delivers for Panthers

Madhurika clinches the decisive game for the Chennai side PKL

UTT Nandakumar Marar MUMBAI Rakesh Rao NEW DELHI Ajinkya Pawar’s stretch, turn, leap away to safety, Just when it mattered, Sha­ touching two rivals in his rath Kamal shifted gears to range were on view for Jaipur produce some vintage stuff Pink Panthers in the seventh in singles and mixed dou­ Pro Kabaddi League tie bles. Claiming the ‘golden against Haryana Steelers. point’ that decided both Teammate and ace raider these rubbers, Sharath con­ Deepak Hooda (14 points tributed four points in Chen­ from 23 raids) had laid the nai Lions’ thrilling 8­7 tri­ stage for a commanding 37­21 umph over Goa Challengers victory over Haryana Steel­ in the Ultimate Table Tennis ers. Defenders Sandeep league here on Wednesday. Dhull (six tackle points), The battle between these Vishal Mane (four tackle teams, expected to go deep points) played their roles to into the 18­day competition, perfection. was decided in the final Swinging it: Sharath’s wins in singles and mixed doubles tilted the scales in Chennai Lions’ game. Madhurika lost the favour. * COURTESY UTT Early action first two games of the final Panthers’ defence got into All­out aggression: Haryana Steelers’ defence faced constant pressure from Jaipur Pink singles to Archana Kamath search of early leads did not lead, but Sharath and Petris­ the script, winning two action early into the match, Panthers raiders. * COURTESY PKL and that left the score locked quite work this day. It pretty sa were not to be denied. games and making it 7­7. But left­ corner Sandeep Dhull at 7­7. The Thane girl even­ much went as per the world They clinched the next two Madhurika held her nerve as quelled Naveen, with team­ ers, though big­made Naveen The Panthers ace ap­ chin Narwal on the sidelines tually clinched the final rankings in the first two sin­ games, the decider on gol­ the Lions had the last roar. mates quickly rushing across could not escape from an an­ peared to have been trapped on his own. game and proved the tie­win­ gles and the score was 3­3. den point to put Lions ahead The results: the mat to keep the raider kle­hold by Dhull on a do­or­ near the centreline, but re­ Naveen did his bit, a flying ner for her team. World No. 8 Cheng I­Ching for the first time. Chennai Lions bt Goa Challen­ from escaping. die raid and found himself view supported the umpire’s kick connecting with Dhull at “We, at Chennai Lions, be­ put Goa ahead by beating the Amalraj raced away with gers 8­7 (Petrissa Solja lost to Steelers’ right­corner de­ shoved out of the arena. Sa­ decision about the raider left­corner, but the match lieve that Goa is one of the 26th­ranked Petrissa Solja the first game against Sha­ Cheng I­Ching 10­11, 2­11, 11­6; fender Sunil displayed sharp chin Narwal’s acrobatic leap touching the line before get­ was firmly in Panthers’ grasp. Tiago Apolonia bt Alvaro Robles most complete teams in the 2­1, a score that Chennai’s rath before the latter re­ instincts while facing Deepak over catchers did not work ting pulled back into the The results: Jaipur Pink Panth­ fray. So it feels great to take Taigo Apolonia, ranked 52, gained his touch in the se­ 11­5, 2­11, 11­7; Sharath Kamal & Hooda, keeping away from on another raid. Steelers’ half. Petrissa bt A. Amalraj & Ching I­ ers 37 (Deepak Hooda 14, San­ eight points off them,” said needed to stop Alvaro Ro­ cond in a contest marked by his range and dipping under The five­point lead at the Ching 9­11, 11­6, 11­10; Sharath deep Dhull 6) bt Haryana Steel­ Sharath after leading the way bles. Both these matches long rallies and deft touches bt Amalraj 2­11, 11­9, 11­10; to grab the reputed raider’s Double strike break earned by Panthers got ers 21 (Vinay 6, Sunil 6). for Chennai. produced some thrills, but from both players. It was Madhurika Patkar lost to Archa­ ankle. Steelers’ attempt to pull level boosted by an all­out on UP Yoddha 27 (Monu Goyat the higher­ranked player Sharath who had the last na Kamath 9­11, 10­11, 11­8). Raiders opted for caution, fell away after Hooda sent out Steelers, taking the lead to 6, Sumit 6) bt U Mumba 23 (Ro­ Going by rankings eventually prevailed. laugh after tossing away four Thursday’s fixture: RP­SG Ma­ seeing the catchers’ early rival captain Dharmaraj 17­8. Down to four players at hit Baliyan 6, Surinder Singh 4). The strategy of the teams to The mixed doubles saw match­points from 6­10. vericks (Kolkata) v U Mumba (7 form. Hooda got a toe touch Cheralathan and Vikas Kale one stage, Sunil displayed Thursday’s match: Gujarat For­ field their overseas players in Amalraj and I­Ching take the Archana almost altered p.m.). down the middle for Panth­ in one stroke. the grit to force out raider Sa­ tunegiants v Dabang Delhi.

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Partners in pursuit: Archana Kamath playing well helps in bringing out the best in him, says G. Sathiyan. * FILE PHOTO: BISWARANJAN ‘BCCI has done a fantastic work on anti­doping’ ROUT Players should take blame, says former BCCI official Shetty

Sathiyan-Archana duo eyes G. Viswanath has followed suit, position­ water and hence certain Mumbai ing educational programs things did not appear in Ratnakar Shetty, former for the teams that play in urine samples. BCCI General Manager, domestic tournaments. “So in 2017 the ICC intro­ Olympic berth Game Development, waxed “A pocket diary is given to duced blood tests. But no In­ eloquent about the efficient each and every player who dian cricketer has given ad­ way the BCCI has been plan­ plays in the BCCI tourna­ verse results which actually ‘Though it is not easy to make the grade for Tokyo, we will give it a shot’ ning and implementing its ments, seniors, juniors and reflects on the BCCI’s educa­ anti­doping programmes. women and the girls. tional programmes and me­ T ABLE TENNIS Games bronze medallists So far, only Germany has Looking back at his recent Surprised by the young The WADA announces a chanisms. Sharath Kamal and Manika booked its berth in the four­medal haul, comprising and promising cricketer fresh list of prohibited sub­ “The Indian team physio RAKESH RAO Batra. mixed doubles after gaining two gold and two silver me­ Prithvi Shaw caught in the stances every January. has also taken lot of effort. NEW DELHI the lone spot on offer in the dals, from the Common­ doping net, Shetty said: It keeps on changing. And there is a reporting sys­ “Right now, Archana and I “The BCCI is doing fantastic Once the WADA publishes tem. The Indian players will Things are looking bright for European Games in June. Ja­ wealth championship in Cut­ are ranked 31 (as per Olym­ work in so for as putting in the list, the anti­doping de­ always ask the physio about G. Sathiyan. Moving with the pan, as a host is assured of tack, Sathiyan said, “I am pic rankings for July) whe­ place anti­doping pro­ partment of the BCCI brings a particular drug.” current, this hardworking an entry. Other 14 places will pleased with the overall per­ reas Sharath and Manika are grammes are concerned. If out a pocket diary and it is Referring to the cough sy­ engineer from Chennai is be accounted as follows: formance but it could have 19th. Should we break into there is one thing that the sent to all the associations rup that Shaw consumed keen to build on the reputa­ the top­20 of the World rank­ Four from the 2019 World been better. Playing so many BCCI has done correctly, it’s for distribution to its players Ratnakar Shetty. * PTI which had Terbutaline, tion of being the first Indian Tour Grand Finals, two each back­to­back matches in one ings before the qualification on the anti­doping aspect. and physios.” Shetty explained: “There to breach the top­25 rank­ from 2020 World Tour Ger­ week probably took its toll cycle ends (in April next “The BCCI can be proud According to Shetty, the on anti­doping for seven, are two types of cough sy­ ings bracket. year), we have a great man Open and 2020 World towards the business end (in Tour Qatar Open, and one of this fact, thanks to Dr. pocket diary gives all infor­ eight years,” revealed Shet­ rups. One contains the With precisely 51 weeks chance,” said Sathiyan, who singles and doubles). each from the qualification Vece Paes. He was very par­ mation on anti­doping. ty. banned substance which is left for the 2020 Olympics in along with Archana, recently events of North America, ticular on this serious issue. “The diary has the prohi­ not supposed to be con­ Tokyo, the 24th­ranked is claimed the Commonwealth Pat for Harmeet Africa, Asia, Latin America, I am very firm and clear that bited list. The BCCI has also Pleased with outcome sumed and the other not only looking to grab a gold mixed doubles. Oceania and the 2020 Japan Sathiyan, while regretting no cricketer who plays for set up a 24x7 hotline. There Shetty is pleased with the doesn’t. It’s the player’s res­ place in the singles draw of “Archana is playing unbe­ Open. the loss of the singles title to India, India­A, Under ­19, is also an educational pro­ outcome of dope tests done ponsibility to ensure that he 64, but also ready to make a lievably well in mixed dou­ Harmeet Desai by letting go women’s teams and in the gramme conducted for ev­ on Indian players since is consuming the right sy­ serious bid, with Archana bles. That also helps in bring­ Going forward, Sathiyan of a 6­3 lead in the decider, domestic tournaments can ery team of every State. It’s 2010. rup. The player knows eve­ Kamath, for a slot in the 16­ ing out the best in me. said, “In the upcoming hailed the eventual cham­ claim excuse, other than his compulsory. “I will say that no current rything. Today every State pair draw in mixed doubles. Though it is not easy to make World Tour events, we plan pion. “He played as though own mistake.” “The BCCI has all also put Indian player since 2010, team has a qualified physio; Since there is a cap of one the grade for Tokyo, we will to take our rankings higher. he had nothing to lose. I pan­ the anti­doping information when the ICC started dope he’s part of the educational pair per country, Sathiyan give it a shot in the right ear­ We need to train harder and icked and paid the price. But Pocket diary on its website. If people feel tests, has ever been charged. programme and he is and Archana will be compet­ nest,” assures the ONGC look to work on areas that credit to Harmeet for dealing It’s been ten years since the that there is lack of educa­ There was an occasion when trained. And all the States ing with the reigning Asian employee. need attention.” so well with the pressure.” ICC started the anti­doping tion, I disagree with that. the WADA believed that cer­ cooperate with anti­doping activities and the BCCI too The BCCI has been proactive tain substances dissolve in programmes.” SPSN’s Harmanpreet up for the challenge Olympics Captaincy came as surprise, says the drag­flicker bonanza HOCKEY the Indian team at a time Special Correspondent when there were stalwarts Mumbai Press Trust of India from whom I could learn a Bengaluru lot. Sony Pictures Sports Net­ The captaincy announce­ “Players like Sardar Singh work (SPSN), the official ment came as a surprise to and V.R. Raghunath had a broadcaster of Olympic him but India drag­flicker positive impact during my Games 2020, will start an Harmanpreet Singh said on nascent days in the senior on­air campaign, Hum Wednesday he is up for the team and their guidance Honge Kamyab. challenge in the upcoming helped me soak up the pres­ It includes India­centric Olympic Test event. sure of international hock­ content featuring Indian In the absence of regular ey,” he said. athletes and Olympic disci­ skipper Manpreet Singh, Talking about the upcom­ plines. The film showcases who has been rested along ing tournament, Harman­ aspiring athletes in train­ with a few senior players, preet said he is eyeing noth­ ing, inspired by their real­ Harmanpreet will wear the ing less than the top spot in life heroes and past captain’s armband in the his maiden assignment as Olympians. Test event involving India, skipper. With less than a year to Malaysia, New Zealand and “Malaysia, Japan and New go for the multi­games glo­ hosts Japan. Zealand are good teams to bal event in Tokyo, a spe­ The tournament starts on Harmanpreet Singh. play against and see where cially customised line­up of August 17. * FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR we stand as a unit ahead of programmes will also be “When I was told that I the Olympic Qualifiers. Ma­ aired on Sony Ten 1 chan­ would be leading the team, it outing in the FIH Champions laysia recently beat Germa­ nels every Friday night at 8 was a pleasant surprise. It is Trophy in London only ny in a match and Japan too p.m., including India­spec­ an honour and big responsi­ months before the sporting are doing well while New ific series under ‘ Hum bility. I am excited and look­ extravaganza. Zealand is coming into the Honge Kamyab’ and non­ ing forward to the chal­ event with good exposure India content under ‘The lenge,” said Harmanpreet, Rising star from the FIH Pro League,” Olympic Dream’, accord­ who was part of India’s Ju­ India won a historic silver he said. ing to a media release. nior World Cup winning side medal at the 2016 FIH Cham­ “In the absence of senior The on­air campaign in 2016. pions Trophy, and Harman­ players who are rested, it is will have a section ‘Land of Harmanpreet was one of preet was adjudged the Ris­ important we step up our Legends’, highlighting sto­ the youngest in the Indian ing Player of the game. We are well­prepared. ries of India’s medal­win­ team that played at the 2016 Tournament. We will be playing every ning hockey teams. Anoth­ Rio Olympics, a place he se­ “When I look back, I feel match with the intent to er episode ‘Can’t Stay cured after a memorable fortunate to have come into win.” Down’ focuses on India’s wrestling akharas, ‘Foul Play: Dutee’ features the story of Dutee Chand’s Shooting team for Rio WC named trials with gender­testing policies. No place for Heena Sidhu ‘Shakti: India’s Super Women’ focuses on female Special Correspondent tain her spot. It will be the last World sportspersons Dipa Karma­ NEW DELHI The 14­year­old Esha Cup offering Olympic quota kar, Deepika Kumari, Olympian Annu Raj Singh Singh, who has been making places. Sakshi Malik and Sandhya and the Asian Games medal­ impressive strides in the Ju­ The team: Shetty who have overcome list Shweta Singh have nior World Cup, after having Men: Anish Bhanwala, Kiran obstacles to achieve their fought their way into the wo­ swept all the three gold me­ Ankush Jadhav, Anhad Jawan- da, Deepak Kumar, Parul Ku- sporting dreams. men’s air pistol team for the dals in the women’s, junior mar, Swapnil Kusale, Sanjeev The non­Indian content last World Cup of the season and youth sections in the Rajput, Gaurav Rana, Saurabh includes sections like ‘Un­ scheduled to be held in Rio last Nationals, will also shoot Chaudhary, Adarsh Singh, Chain forgettable Olympic Mo­ from August 26. the MQS section. Singh, RAvinder Singh, San- ments’, ‘Olympics on the Heena Sidhu who had In the men’s section, Ki­ deep Singh, Sarabjot Singh, Record’, Olympic docu­ competed in the last two ran Jadhav enters the air rifle Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, mentaries from Five Rings Olympics and won the team, in place of Ravi Ku­ Yash Vardhan, Abhishek Verma. Films. World Cup Final gold with a mar. Yash Vardhan has also Women: Manu Bhaker, Apurvi The network will also World record, loses her made the cut while Asian Chandela, Sunidhi Chauhan, launch an Olympic Chan­ place. Games silver medallist Dee­ Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Me- huli Ghosh, Anjum Moudgil, nel section on its app, fea­ While Manu Bhaker, who pak Kumar retains his place. Gaayathri NIthyanandam, Ab- turing 50+ original series won the Olympic quota in Divyansh Singh Panwar who hidnya Ashok Patil, Kajal Saini, and more than 10 films, the last World Cup in Mun­ won the Olympic quota in Rahi Sarnobat, Tejaswini Sa- themed on the Olympic ich, would shoot the MQS air rifle, will shoot in the want, Annu Raj Singh, Esha Games performers and section, Yashaswini Singh MQS section, along with San­ Singh, Shweta Singh, Elavenil achievements. Deswal has managed to re­ deep Singh. Valarivan, Chinki Yadav. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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TV PICKS The red and gold The Ashes: 1st Test, Sony Six Satwiksairaj and Ashwini cause a flutter (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. UTT: Star Sports 1 & Star brigade’s remarkable Sports Select 1 (SD & HD), The duo stuns Olympic silver medallists Soon and Ying; Saina returns in style; Srikanth made to sweat 7.30 p.m. PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), journey 7.30 p.m. T HAILAND OPEN TNPL: Star Sports 3 (SD & HD), 7.15 p.m. Press Trust of India Kapil to be honoured Bangkok I N BRIEF India’s mixed doubles pair of with Bharat Gaurav Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Wed­ Amitabha Das Sharma nesday recorded one of the KOLKATA biggest wins of their career, In a city used to political ral­ stunning Olympic silver me­ lies and processions, a sea dallists Chan Peng Soon and of humanity descended on Goh Liu Ying in the first Kumartuli Park in north Kol­ round of Thailand Open. kata last Sunday to celebrate World Cup winning coach The unseeded Indian pair something the metropolis is Jill Ellis to step down battled for one hour and two equally passionate about — WASHINGTON minutes to get past the fifth football. Jill Ellis, who coached the seeded Malaysian pair of It was at this park that United States to a second Soon and Ying 21­18, 18­21, East Bengal, the iconic foot­ consecutive Women’s World 21­17. ball club, began its journey, Cup title earlier this month, In women’s singles, star playing its first match soon will step down after her shuttler Saina Nehwal re­ after its formation in 1920. team’s US Victory Tour in turned to the court in style, The venue was awash in red early October, US Soccer registering a 21­17, 21­19 win and gold as thousands of announced on Tuesday. Ellis, over local hope Phittayaporn East Bengal fans (approxi­ who was appointed to the job in May 2014 after Tom Chaiwan. mately 60,000, according to Sermanni was removed a the club), across genera­ month earlier, has compiled Five Indian men through tions, came together to wit­ an overall record of 102­7 It was good news for Indians ness the beginning of their Kapil. * FILE PHOTO with 18 drawn ahead of her in the men’s singles event club’s centenary farewell tour with the US too as K. Srikanth, H.S. Pran­ celebrations. noured posthumously. squad. AFP noy, P. Kashyap, B. Sai Pra­ The occasion marked a The decision of Quess neeth and Shubhanker Dey spectacular prelude to East Corp, the club’s present in­ progressed to the next round Smashing away: Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy recorded one of the biggest wins of their career.* FILE PHOTO Bengal’s efforts to immortal­ vestor, to delink itself after Fifth seed Srikanth was ise its entry into the select the current season cast a made to toil hard for one Lady luck smiled on Sub­ However, it was curtains Malaysia. bt Sameer Verma 21­23, 21­11, club of centurions which in­ shadow over the celebra­ hour and seven minutes by hankar Dey as he was hand­ for the Verma brothers, Sou­ The results (first round): 21­5; Subhankar Dey w.o. Kento cludes celebrated rivals Mo­ tions as many of the current Chinese qualifier Ren Peng ed a walkover by top seed rabh and Sameer. Sourabh Men: K. Srikanth bt Ren Peng Momota. hun Bagan and Mohamme­ players and coach, Alejan­ Bo (Chn) 21­13, 17­21, 21­19; Women: Saina Nehwal bt Phit­ Bo before winning 21­13, 17­ and World No. 1 Kento Mo­ fought hard for 64 minutes dan Sporting. dro Menendez, were absent. 21, 21­19. mota of Japan. against seventh seed Kanta H.S. Prannoy bt Wong Wing Ki tayaporn Chaiwan (Tha) 21­17, Vincent (Hkg) 21­16, 22­20; P. 21­19; Chen Xiao Xin (Chn) bt This, however, did not Prannoy defeated Hong In the second round, Sub­ Tsuneyama of Japan before The list Kashyap bt Misha Zilberman 18­ Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka 21­17, dampen the atmosphere as Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vin­ hankar faces compatriot Sai going down 21­23 21­19 5­21 in 21, 21­8, 21­14; Sai Praneeth bt 21­7. East Bengal will officially a large number of legendary cent of 21­16, 22­20, while Praneeth who rallied from a his opening match. Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Tha) Mixed doubles : Satwiksairaj kick off the centenary cele­ names from the past joined Janette Brittin gets Kashyap came from a game game down to beat Kanta­ Sameer squandered a first 17­21, 21­17, 21­15; Kanta Tsu­ Rankireddy & Ashwini Ponnap­ brations on its Foundation the multitude of supporters honour at The Oval down to beat Israel’s Misha phon Wangcharoen of Thai­ game advantage to lose 23­ neyama (Jpn) bt Sourabh Verma pa bt Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Day on Thursday with a glit­ in a colourful procession OVAL Zilberman 18­21, 21­8, 21­14. land 17­21, 21­17 21­15. 21, 11­21, 5­21 to Lee Zii Jia of 23­21, 19­21, 21­5; Zii Jia (Mas) Ying (Mas) 21­18, 18­21, 21­17. tering ceremony at the Neta­ that concluded at the club’s The Oval cricket ground on ji Indoor Stadium. present address opposite Wednesday named a room in At the function, the club the Eden Gardens after co­ the member’s pavilion after will award India’s first World vering a six­km distance. Janette Brittin, a woman Cup­winning captain Kapil It’s Lady Legend vs. Accolade Gujrathi wins Biel tourney There was a carnival at­ cricketer from England. It is Dev with its highest honour, the first time an English mosphere as supporters B ENGALURU: Stablemates Lady (6) Srinath 60, 2. Star Cracker (3) 1. SNOWDON, 2. SPIRITOUS, P.K. Ajith Kumar Bharat Gaurav. Kapil is no ground has named a facility waved the club flag, march­ Legend and Accolade may fight T.S. Jodha 59, 3. Gypsy (5) Suraj 3. SHESMYSCRIPT Kozhikode stranger to football as he after a woman cricketer to out the finish of the Bangalore 57.5, 4. Striking Grey (8) Darshan ing alongside tableaux dep­ KUNIGAL STUD PLATE It is not every day that you had donned the club’s co­ honour her contribution to City Sprint Championship Gold 56.5, 5. Good Time Indeed (4) icting its history. Cup (1,200m), the chief event of Trevor 56, 6. Super Smart (1) 6 (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 4­y­o would find an Indian player lours in an exhibition match both Surrey and England the races to be held here on Chetan G 55.5, 7. Standout (12) & over, 5­00: 1. Star Man (9) Tre­ cricket. A veteran of 27 Tests Thursday (Aug 1). Antony 54.5, 8. Starry Wind (9) Ir­ vor 60, 2. Colonel Harty (4) other than Viswanathan against Mohun Bagan in Rajesh K 58, 3. Kerazano (1) Bhowmick’s wish and 63 ODIs, Brittin is False rails (width about 8.5m van 54, 9. Aaron The Baron (7) Anand making a final, win­ 1992. from 1,600m to the winning post) Sandesh 58, 4. Venus Bay (3) Ant­ “Let us hope that East Ben­ Surrey’s all­time leading Sandesh 53, 10. Masada (11) Ar­ ning move in a prestigious Stalwarts like Manoran­ will be in position. shad 53, 11. Torsoro (2) R. Manish ony 58, 5. Game Changer (5) gal wins the I­League this female batsman and played a 53 and Wild Wild Angels (10) Chetan G 57.5, 6. Bold Move (7) S. chess tournament. So what jan Bhattacharya and Bhas­ AUGUST PLATE (1,100m), Shareef 57, 7. Amazing Skill (6) time and make the centen­ vital role in developing maiden 3­y­o only, (Terms), 2­ Dhebe 53. Vidit Gujrathi has achieved kar Ganguly will be ho­ 1 1. STRIKING GREY, Mark 56.5, 8. Black Whizz (8) T.S. ary celebrations more mem­ women’s cricket in the 30 p.m.: 1. Altair (4) Irvan 56, 2. in the Swiss town of Biel on noured with lifetime 2. STAR CRACKER, 3. DR LOGAN Jodha 56, 9. Bernardini (2) Suraj orable,” said Subhash Bhow­ county. ANI Caesars Palace (8) Mark 56, 3. 53.5, 10. Incitatus (11) Kiran Rai Tuesday is creditable. achievement awards. Country’s Jewel (3) R. Shelar 56, BANGALORE CITY SPRINT mick, the man who, as 53.5 and 11. Scarlet Princess (10) Even more creditable is 4. Knotty Oak (5) Antony 56, 5. CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD CUP M. Kumar 53.5. coach, helped the club win Siroco (2) Dhebe 56, 6. Donna 4 the way the 24­year­old Special awards (1,200m), 3­y­o & over, (Terms), 4­ 1. KERAZANO, 2. BERNARDINI, the ASEAN Club Champion­ Bella (1) Suraj 54.5, 7. Sandarina 00: 1. Accolade (4) Suraj 60, 2. 3. COLONEL HARTY from Nashik won the Biel In­ There will also be special (7) Arshad 54.5 and 8. Will To Win Dream Catcher (1) John 60, 3. ship in 2003. COMMANCHE PLATE (DIV. I) ternational Chess Festival. Vidit Gujrathi * SIMON awards for two iconic names (6) Zervan 54.5. Smile Stone (3) Arshad 60, 4. , Bhutia, named the “big­ 1. KNOTTY OAK, Southpaw (2) Srinath 60, 5. Star 7 (1,400m), rated 00 to 20, 5­y­o Not merely did he clinch the BOHNENBLUST / BIEL CHESS FESTIVAL — Bhaichung Bhutia and P.K. 2. WILL TO WIN, 3. DONNA BELLA Baron (5) A. Imran 60, 6. Subah & over, 5­30: 1. Only Prince (6) R. title with a round to spare, Banerjee — who contributed gest find of the century” by COMMANCHE PLATE (DIV. II), Ka Tara (7) Zervan 60 and 7. Lady Ravi 60, 2. First Step (9) John but he finished with a 3­0 ter Abhijit Kunte, who has to the club’s growth as the club, and legendary for­ 2 (1,400m), rated 00 to 20, 5­y­o Legend (6) Trevor 58.5. 59.5, 3. Indian Brahmos (2) T.S. ward Sukumar Samajpati & over, 3­00: 1. Barog (6) Irvan 1. LADY LEGEND, 2. ACCOLADE, Jodha 59.5, 4. Above The Rest (4) demolition of Iran’s promis­ worked with him on several player and coach respective­ 60, 2. Noble Splendor (1) Nazerul 3. DREAM CATCHER Chetan G 59, 5. All By Myself (1) ing teenager Parham Magh­ occasions, told The Hindu ly. wished the club a great 59.5, 3. All Said And Done (9) M. Naveen 58.5, 6. Bravado (5) A. future. KARNATAKA SUB-AREA CUP Merchant 58.5, 7. Savisa (8) Vinod soodloo in the final round — over phone from Pune. The function will also fel­ Adarsh 56.5, 4. Winx (4) T.S. (1,400m), rated 60 & above, 4­ “East Bengal has re­ Jodha 56.5, 5. Purity (10) Antony 5 Shinde 58, 8. Able Master (7) Dar­ when he could have opted “The way he played at Biel icitate the family members 30: 1. Merlot (5) John 60, 2. Busca­ shan 57, 9. Good Word (10) S. mained one of the biggest 56, 6. String Of Pearls (5) Rayan dero (6) Vinod Shinde 57.5, 3. to play it easy. was remarkable. I have al­ of three founder­members — 54.5, 7. Aafrikaan (8) Kiran Rai Shareef 55.5 and 10. Seaborn (3) names in Indian football ev­ Haedi’s Folly (8) Irvan 57.5, 4. Into Rayan 55. And Gujrathi won the ways believed that he had Suresh Chowdhury, Sailesh 53.5, 8. Racy Princess (7) A. Mer­ The Groove (3) Suraj 57.5, 5. er since its inception. chant 53, 9. Zedclass (3) 1. ABOVE THE REST, tournament in a demanding the potential to reach the Bose and Ramesh Chandra Shesmyscript (10) Trevor 57.5, 6. 2. ALL BY MYSELF, 3. FIRST STEP Jagadeesh 52.5 and 10. Proudwish Castaway (2) Zervan 56.5, 7. Rum format that combined all the World’s Top 10.” (Nasha) Sen. “That it is now complet­ Baily set for long lay­off (2) Indrajeet Singh 52. Day’s best: SNOWDON 1. BAROG, 2. PURITY, 3. WINX Runner (4) B. Harish 56, 8. Regal three formats of chess — “Vidit has age on his side, Three former secretaries ing a century with the same after knee surgery Music (1) Vaibhav 55.5, 9. Fire Double: LADY LEGEND — KERAZANO classical, rapid and blitz. though to score Elo points — Jyotish Chandra Guha, intensity makes its achieve­ LONDON LT. COL. GAUNT MEMORIAL Glow (7) T.S. Jodha 55, 10. Snow­ TROPHY “This could be a turning after crossing 2700 is never Nripen Das and Dipak (Pal­ ment unique,” Samajpati Manchester United defender 3 (1,600m), rated 45 to don (11) Sandesh 55 and 11. Spirit­ Jkt: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Tr (i): 2, 3 and 65, 5­y­o & over, 3­30: 1. Dr Logan ous (9) Antony 54.5. 4; (ii): 5, 6 and 7. point for him,” Grandmas­ easy,” said Kunte. tu) Das — will also be ho­ said. Eric Bailly will be out until the end of the year after suffering a knee injury, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Tuesday. ‘Never asked umpire to cancel four off overthrow’ Elizabeth reigns in rifle 3­position Bailly, 25, hurt his knee in last Thursday’s 2­1 win against I went straight to Tom Latham and said ‘Mate, I am so sorry’: Ben Stokes Bests a top­class field that included Tejaswini and Anjali Tottenham Hotspur in the International Champions Cup CRICKET Stokes, his bat out­ ulation play before swing­ SHOOTING (ICC) and had successful stretched, accidentally de­ ing his bat again in the Sup­ surgery on Tuesday. REUTERS flected the ball coming er Over, said he apologised P ress Trust of India from the deep mid­wicket to New Zealand skipper S pecial Correspondent London region to the third man Kane Williamson and wick­ NEW DELHI With his “hand on heart”, boundary. etkeeper Tom Latham as It was like old times for Eliza­ CAB gives England’s World Cup hero “I saw all of that. I was the ball rolled past the beth Susan Koshy. The 25­ Ben Stokes says he never thinking to myself, did I say boundary. year­old Kerala girl gained voting rights to asked the umpires to cancel that? But hand on heart, I “I went straight to Tom plenty of confidence by win­ the four runs off an over­ did not go up to the um­ Latham and said ‘Mate, I ning the women’s rifle 3­po­ internationals throw during the epic final pires and say something am so sorry’, looked over to sition gold, in a top class against New Zealand. like that to the umpires,” Kane (Williamson) and said field, in the 12th Sardar Saj­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT One of the biggest turn­ Stokes said in the latest epi­ ‘I’m sorry’,” he said. jan Singh Sethi Masters KOLKATA ing points of the July 14 final sode of BBC podcast ‘Tuff­ Stokes’ England team­ shooting championship at The Cricket Association of was the overthrow on the ers and Vaughan’ mate James Anderson had the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Bengal (CAB) has agreed in fourth ball of the final over earlier claimed that the all­ Tughlakabad, on principle to give voting bowled by Trent Boult. Apologies rounder had asked for the Wednesday. rights to former In a bid to complete his Stokes, who remained not four overthrow runs to be With the final staged at Crack shots: The rifle 3­position gold champion Elizabeth internationals. Ben Stokes. * AFP second run, a diving out on 84 at the end of reg­ cancelled. the final hall, instead of the Susan Koshy, centre, along with Tejaswini Sawant, left, and Following a Special Gen­ 50­metre range, the at­ K.C. Hema. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN eral Meeting (SGM) of the mosphere added to the aspi­ CAB here on Wednesday, rations of Elizabeth who re­ place after 15 shots in kneel­ The results: Men: 25m stan­ CAB president Sourav Gan­ Real’s pre­season woes continue membered that she had won ing with 152.1, on par with dard pistol: 1. Gurpreet Singh guly said, “We will give the gold in 2017. Anjali Bhagwat, and 1.6 577, 2. Vijayveer Sidhu 576, 3. them voting rights if the “Honestly I was not think­ point behind leader Lajja Adarsh Singh 574. Juniors: 1. Vijayveer 576, 2. Adarsh 574, 3. court does not change the ing about winning. In the Gauswami. Goes down to Tottenham, which plays Bayern in final Anish Bhanwala 573. verdict. After this we will last year and a half I have After 15 more shots in 50m rifle prone: 1. Tarun Yadav be fully Lodha (Committee against a Turkish side that been struggling with my prone, Elizabeth was firmly FOOTBALL 622.6, 2. Sanjeev Rajput 619.6, finished its game against the recommendation) shooting. Coach Stanislav in the lead ahead of Tejaswi­ 3. Sateyndra Singh 618.2. Ju­ compliant.” host in disarray. Lapidus was the backbone ni Sawant, Anjum Moudgil A gence France-Presse niors: 1. Abid Ali Khan 620.5, 2. At present, CAB has 121 For Spurs, Harry Kane to my shooting. After he left and Lajja. Elizabeth en­ Munich Gohil Harsharjsinhji 617.4, 3. members with voting scored the only goal of the Indian shooting, I lacked the hanced the lead in the stand­ Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar rights. At least 15 cricketers Real Madrid’s disastrous pre­ game with a deft finish after guidance. ing position to triumph with 614.7. from the State have played season continued as it lost pouncing on a disastrous “Of course, I have worked a 4.5 point margin over Te­ Women: 50m rifle 3­position: at the international level. 1­0 to Tottenham in Munich. pass by Marcello, who was with many other coaches. I jaswini, while K.C. Hema 1. Elizabeth Susan Koshy 460.1 The CAB will wait for the “Our defeat was well de­ trying to prevent a throw in, was not getting the feel in sneaked to the bronze, after (1161), 2. Tejaswini Sawant Supreme Court hearing on served,” Real midfielder To­ after 22 minutes. my shooting. However, I told having qualified in the 455.6 (1161), 3. K.C. Hema August 8 before changing ny Kroos told German TV af­ In the late game, Bayern myself that it would not be eighth place. “Hard work 444.5 (1158). Juniors: 1. Ayushi its constitution to incorpo­ ter the match on Tuesday. scored five in the first half an excuse,” said Elizabeth, has paid. I guess, I still have Podder 444.9 (1147), 2. Pra­ siddhi 444.4 (1148), 3. Shirin rate the new provision, as In the second match of the with two goals from Thomas after receiving a congratula­ the national record in final. Godara 432.3 (1135). per the decision taken at evening, Bayern Munich Muller and one each from tory hug and peck from her Today, I did not have the Mixed air pistol: 1. Air India the the SGM. thrashed Fenerbahce 6­1. Renato Sanches, Leon Go­ mother Sosa. feel, but forgot about eve­ (Annu Raj Singh, Deepak Shar­ “After the amendment Champions League run­ retzka and Kingsley Coman. After qualifying in the rything else and focused on ma) 17 (385, 572), 2. ONGC we will appoint an electo­ ner­up Tottenham will play Fenerbahce’s German in­ sixth place, with a modest my technique. The shots (Shweta Singh, Amanpreet ral officer. We will proceed Bayern in Wednesday’s final. ternational attacker Max score of 1161, Elizabeth was went very well. I think, God Singh) 5 (386, 580), 3. Rail­ with the AGM after August Real will have a chance to Kruse scored a late consola­ The star: Thomas Muller fired in two goals for Bayern Munich in a different zone in the fi­ was pulling the trigger,” said ways (Ruchita Vinerkar, He­ 8," Ganguly said. find winning form run tion goal. against Fenerbahce. * REUTERS nal. She was in the third Elizabeth with a smile. mendra Singh) 17 (384, 568).

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A team of two dozen researchers and volunteers from eight countries are preparing to sail on a reed boat for 1,300 km

Agence France-Presse that they could not have crucial for proving his initial short of Portugal’s Azores Beloslav from the east hypothesis, he added, as the Islands. Were the ancient Egyptians Mediterranean.” Minoan civilisation which “I am 100% sure that this Meghan launching able to use reed boats to tra­ Mr. Goerlitz, 53, and his flourished there from 2700 ship will never sink. And as clothing line in U.K. vel as far as the Black Sea team say they drew inspira­ B.C. to 1200 B.C. was long long as the ship is floating we LONDON thousands of years ago? tion for the design of the 14­ proven to have traded with have a safety raft here,” said The Duchess of Sussex is A group of adventurers be­ metre boat from ancient rock Egypt. volunteer Mark Pales, a 42­ launching a clothing line to lieve so, and will try to prove drawings from upper Egypt year­old electrician from the support a charity that helps their theory by embarking and the Caucasus. Soaking water Netherlands. unemployed women find on a similar journey in The construction was car­ Once hoisted into the water Another volunteer, Heike work. Meghan has teamed up reverse. ried out with the help of vo­ on Thursday, the boat will Vogel, a parcel company em­ with designer Misha Nonoo In mid­August, the team of lunteers and two members need two and a half weeks to ployee from Germany, was and British retailers Marks & two dozen researchers and of the Aymara indigenous soak, taking in between five looking forward to her first Spencer, John Lewis & Partners and Jigsaw to create volunteers from eight coun­ community from Bolivia’s and 10 tonnes of water. time sailing, after helping on a workwear collection to help tries will set off from the Bul­ Lake Titicaca, Fermin Lima­ Thanks to the billions of two previous expeditions the charity Smart Works. AP garian port of Varna, hoping chi and his son Yuri. air chambers inside its po­ without venturing on board. their Abora IV reed boat will It is no accident that the rous construction material, “It will be a new situation take them the 700 nautical Abora IV bears a striking re­ the boat cannot crack or for me,” said Ms. Vogel, 35. miles through the Bospho­ semblance to the famous Ra sink, according to Mr. In order to communicate rus, the Aegean and as far as II reed boat that Norwegian Goerlitz. with large cargo vessels on the island of Crete. adventurer Thor Heyerdahl During his last such expe­ their way — a major danger The team is specifically used in his 1970 attempt to dition, on the Abora III in on the high seas — Mr. Goer­ seeking to prove a hypothe­ cross the Atlantic; Mr. Lima­ 2007, he set out from New litz’s crew will have modern

sis lent credence by ancient chi’s father helped build that Ahoy there: Members of the crew assembling the reed boat Abora IV in Beloslav, Bulgaria. * AFP York bound for southern satellite and radio communi­ Greek historian Herodotus, vessel. Spain in a bid to prove that cation equipment on board. U.S. restores grizzlies to said the expedition’s German Large bundles of totora mast and two reed compart­ will have two sails — measur­ to cross the difficult island Stone Age man made similar “Of course, it would be to­ protected species list leader, Dominique Goerlitz. reed were lashed together ments for sleeping. ing 62 sq.m. and 40 sq.m., shelfs of the Aegean Sea,” Mr. trans­Atlantic journeys. tally arrogant and stupid (not WASHINGTON Herodotus wrote: “Egyp­ with ropes to form the main In all, 12 tonnes of totora Fermin Limachi said. Goerlitz said. Mr. Goerlitz’s team sailed to use modern equipment). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife tians sailed through the body of the vessel before it reed and 2 km of rope went “The main question of all Reaching the Cyclades is­ for 56 days before a storm It is an experiment of science Service has restored federal protections to grizzly bears in Black Sea to get materials was equipped with a wooden into making the boat, which is whether this boat... is able lands and then Crete will be ripped apart his boat 900 km and not of risk,” he said. and around Yellowstone National Park, abiding by a court ruling last year that removal of the bears’ Robots trained to make threatened status violated Study tests diet link to cancer treatment the Endangered Species Act. The reinstatement came after independent choices several years of legal Tumour growth slowed in mice when an amino acid, found in red meat and eggs, was restricted wrangling. 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They found that a low tested in humans. healthy humans, and found ern Federal University (FE­ precision in the operation of Scorsese’s long­awaited film, red meat and eggs signifi­ The study focused on res­ dose of chemotherapy, “What it’s showing is that that the effect on human me­ FU) in Russia developed and robotic tools, including the The Irishman — a major cantly enhanced cancer tricting intake of the amino which on its own had no ef­ there are very interesting in­ tabolism appeared similar to implemented a new princi­ actions that require addi­ project for the streaming treatment in mice, slowing acid methionine which is key fect on colorectal cancer, led teractions between the food that seen in mice. ple for smart industrial ro­ tional force application. giant featuring Oscar winners tumour growth. to a process called one­car­ to “marked inhibition of tu­ we eat, how it changes meta­ That suggests that the diet bot control. 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One of those pieces, plan to relocate them and forced authorities in Thai­ widely believed to have close the island next year in land last year to close a never come out in English, a bid to conserve rare Komo­ beach made famous by the appears this week in the do dragons. Leonardo DiCaprio film The summer issue of The Last week, Indonesian Beach to give its ecosystem Strand Magazine, a literary authorities said the island of A Komodo dragon time to recover. quarterly which has pu­ Komodo would be closed But shutting down desti­ blished rare works by He­ next year to allow for the re­ the park, and suffered as nations is not the right ap­ mingway, F. Scott Fitzger­ covery of the reptiles and authorities prioritised tou­ proach unless it is an ecolog­ ald and many others. the Komodo National Park, rism. Now they will lose ical emergency, said Megan “Steinbeck is seen as a the only habitat for the again,” he said. 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Archaeological excavation Homegrown fashion emerges in troubled Somalia cut short in U.S. site Designers are challenging the idea that imported garments are for the well-to-do while locally made clothes are for the rest Water table made digging unsafe Agence France-Presse traditionally adhere to a sim­ she says, adding that she that these clothes are de­ Associated Press Researchers had hoped Mogadishu ple formula: imported gar­ now finds inspiration in the signed and made locally, Boston to turn up artefacts shed­ Every time young fashion de­ ments for the well­to­do, lo­ likes of Lebanese fashion de­ they run away because they An archaeological dig in ding new light on Boston’s signer Hawa Adan Hassan cally­made clothes for the signer Elie Saab. have a negative impression Boston’s historic Chinatown immigrants not only those makes a new gown for a pay­ rest. In her home studio, Ms. about locally­made clothes,” has been cut short after it from China but also Syria, ing customer, she also makes But Ms. Hassan and others Hassan sketches and inks says the 24­year­old. turned up a 1980s music Ireland and England who her dreams come true. are starting to alter that pic­ new designs of abaya gowns Like Ms. Hassan, Ms. Ab­ cassette, a toy dinosaur and sought new lives in China­ “My whole life, fashion de­ ture with locally­designed, and hijab headscarves, in a dulahi is self­taught. other bric­a­brac. town from 1840 to 1980. sign was a dream,” says the handmade attire for the high variety of black or bright co­ “A designer creates The city’s Archaeology 23­year­old university stu­ end of the market. lours, tight and loose fittings, clothes with a story, but a tai­ Program said that it was Deeper down dent, who last year began In such a nascent indus­ with plain or embroidered lor makes it without think­ wrapping up its three­week City archaeologist Joe Ba­ running a cottage business try, Ms. Hassan is, by necessi­ finishes. ing, they just duplicate,” Ms. excavation because re­ gley said the dig was the first out of her family’s home in ty, self­taught. “I used to Fashion has also become a Abdulahi says. searchers reached the water in Chinatown, and his team Hamarweyne, the historic watch fashion design shows family affair, with Ms. Has­ The designers’ customers table, and it was unsafe to will “now have a better un­ heart of Somalia’s coastal Sleek lines: Muna Mohamed Abdullahi at work. * AFP on TV, and every time I san’s father — a tailor by are mostly young, like them, dig further. derstanding of how com­ capital Mogadishu. watched one, I tried to grasp trade — and older sister help­ and affluent. “I like clothes In recent days, research­ plex and deeply buried For Ms. Hassan, it began “I realised this could be jihadists still trouble Mogad­ the ideas by drawing what I ing cut and sew the clothes. designed by Somalis because ers have been humorously backyards may be” there. with art, when she found my field of expertise,” she ishu today. saw,” she says. Muna Mohamed Abdula­ they fit and make you look at­ tweeting some of their “We were tantalising herself drawn to sketching says. But a creeping cosmopoli­ Her favourite was “Project hi, another start­up fashion tractive,” says 22­year­old “finds”, including a cassette close to the older deposits,” clothes rather than the ani­ For decades, war and tanism is challenging en­ Runway”, a U.S.­made reality designer, is on a mission to student Farhiyo Hassan Ab­ by Boston R&B group New Mr. Bagley said. “It was frus­ mals and landscapes pre­ upheaval left ordinary Soma­ trenched conservative atti­ programme fronted by Ger­ encourage local people to di. “Imported costumes are Edition, a dinosaur toy, lino­ trating to see the water on ferred by her peers. lis focussed on the daily mat­ tudes and many Somalis are man model Heidi Klum. take pride in products made mostly out of shape and leum flooring and other the site after weeks of work Then she set to work on ters of life, death and undaunted by wanting a look “When I started I had no in Somalia. don’t look good on you.” items from the 1970s and trying to get down to deep­ tailoring to turn her images survival. that stands out. one as a role model. It is just “Some people come to my “I don’t go for imported 1980s. er/older deposits.” into reality. Bombings by Al­Shabaab Somalia’s clothing stores something I dreamed up,” shop and, when they realise clothes anymore,” she adds.

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