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Following this,    Malakpet, despite the Covid-19 the Hyderabad Race Club has pandemic situation. made a similar request to The club has already lost Telangana state government. huge revenues with peak sum- Official sources said, "The  mer racing season suspended state government is seriously due to corona lockdown. examining how betting can be Prospects for the monsoon legally conducted online as in racing season, set to com- other countries and also in mence by this month end, (other Indian) states so that we also look bleak otherwise. learnt to have requested the 2 guidelines in the race course can soon resume horse racing, Around 8,000 people take state government to allow bet- grounds in Malakpet. with punters and fans participat- In a first, Trump dons mask part in betting for horse races ting online as punters and The Karnataka state govern- ing online, to revive the exciting per day at the Malakpet Race fans are currently barred from ment recently permitted the sport and make up for losing Course on an average. attending horse races, should Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) to crores in rupees due to the ban." In this context, the club is they be resumed as per Unlock conduct online betting for  in visit to a military facility    ($%  %&      President Donald Trump, who    &       2),)3 has avoided wearing a mask in    '    % Coronavirus enters public even as the coronavirus    &  4-'6 pandemic spread, donned one    on Saturday at a military med-  %) ,-., ical facility outside Washington Telangana Raj Bhavan where he was to meet with lic or ask other Americans to do it’s a great thing to wear a >?@, .  . . wounded soldiers and front- so, saying it was a personal mask,” Trump told reporters at        = ) "'* line health-care workers. choice, although he had said he the White House just before      )      = The visit to Walter Reed would if he was in a crowd and his visit to Walter Reed.     Covid-19 has entered the National Military Medical could not maintain distance At the medical facility, Telangana Raj Bhavan, with at   & Telangana State reported 1,269 Center marked Trump’s first from others. Trump walked by media gath-    least 10 staffers, including the   & fresh Covid-19 positive cases public appearance with a face “I think when you are in a ered for a carefully staged Governor's cook, and an equal and eight fatalities on Sunday, covering since the virus began hospital, especially in that par- photo opportunity wearing a number of their family mem-  taking the death toll to 356 sweeping across the United ticular setting when you are navy blue mask emblazoned  bers testing cornona positive on  and the cumulative number of States earlier this year. talking to a lot of soldiers, peo- with a presidential seal Sunday. positive cases to 34,671. Trump had previously ple that in some cases just got embossed in gold. He said However, Governor  +  Out of the new positive refused to wear a mask in pub- off the operating table, I think only “thank you” as he passed. Tamilisai Soundararajan and ,$"$-    cases, 800 were reported her husband Dr P from areas under GHMC. In Soundararajan tested nagative. $ all, 132 persons tested posi- The coronavirus has already tive from Rangareddy and    entered the Secretariat, Chief another 94 from Medchal Minister's Office and the Chief tests were conducted, of which Governor for leading from the district.    Minister's official residence and 347 proved negative. front by not only arranging tests On Sunday, the health workplace Pragathi Bhavan. All the 28 police personnel for the Raj Bhavan staff and authorities tested 8,153 sam-    ('$ Covid-19 cases surfaced at who tested positive were isolat- police personnel, but also get- ples, of which 6,884 proved the Raj Bhavan following rapid ed immediately. ting herself voluntarily tested. negative. A total of 1,563 The Ashok Gehlot-led gov- antigen tests on Saturday and The 10 Raj Bhavan staffer She tested negative. persons were discharged ernment in Rajasthan seems Sunday. The tests were done and 10 of their family members The Governor has appealed upon recovery on Sunday, to be teetering on the brink since 28 special police battalion who tested positive were admit- to people in red zones or with taking the overall number of of collapse as Deputy Chief personel tested positive in RT- ted to Government Ayurveda the contact history to get them- discharges to 22, 482. The Minister Sachin Pilot, on PCR test, following contact Hospital in S.R.Nagar for fur- selves tested at the earliest to number of active cases now Sunday, claimed that 30 tracing with the help of Director ther treatment. contain further spread. stands at 11,883. MLAs are supporting him,     of Public Health. In all, 395 Observers have praised the   adding that the Congress    !"# government in the state is in minority now. $%&'(                  Pilot, who is also the chief  '     Cong ‘Speak Up Telangana’ social of state's Congress unit, has also decided to skip Congress BJP MP attacked for his Legislative Party (CLP) meet- media drive to elicit concerns of people ing scheduled to be held on remarks on TRS MLAs Monday at Chief Minister  , ) ,&- Task Force discussed health Ashok Gehlot's residence.  = and education issues in the    (%' Sunday. The MP accused the The Congress has 107 light of Covid-19 pandemic. MLAs of indulging in land- MLAs in the 200-member The Telangana Pradesh TPCC president Capt Uttam Persons believed to be Telangana grabbing as 'mafia'. He sought state assembly. It also has the Congress Committee's Covid- Kumar Reddy attended the Rashtra Samiti activists pelted an inquiry into alleged cases of support of independent     19 Task Force has decided to meeting, which was chaired by BJP leader and Nizamabad MP land-grabbing by the MLAs. MLAs and legislators of other 1!-# launch 'Speak Up Telangana', Marri Shashidhar Reddy. Dharmapuri Aravind's convoy Apparently angered over parties like Rashtriya Lok     an online drive on social media The Task Force expressed with stones and eggs on Sunday the allegations, TRS activists Dal, CPI (M) and Bhartiya  17)81)( platforms, on July 18 to elicit serious concern over the spike for his recent comments on leg- came in large numbers and Tribal Party (BTP). The BJP  &' (    the concerns of people with Chandrasekhar Rao, conveying in the number of Covid-19 islators Vinayabhaskar and chased the convoy of the MP, has 72 legislators and is sup- ) regard to the pandemic. its comments, observations cases in Telangana and decried Narender, alleging land-grab- pelting stones and eggs in the ported by three MLAs of    $ &$ *1*  %#*%#+  Besides, a decision was and suggestions to deal with the failure of the state govern- bing by them in Warangal. process. The MP could leave RSLP. taken to write an 'open letter' the pandemic. ment in tackling it. The war of words between the place unhurt. Pilot, who has been locked )81)0)( ,  % % - An unidentified devotee has to TS Chief Minister K At a meeting on Sunday, the  the two parties continued on  in a power tussle with Gehlot *(,*3 .     offered 20 gold biscuits to the had gone to Delhi yesterday     (0 shrine of Lord Venkateswara along with some Congress )18))( #1%2#K#4%#1 at Tirumala Hills, near here, MLAs, who are believed to be a top official of the temple 3 generations of Bachchan family hit by COVID-19 his supporters, to meet party )()+) 3)( #%--K !%!   said on Sunday. high command. ")0:)( 567 The gold biscuits totally &  ) )$      )   ( * *8) # %$4 8#2%2*  weighing 2 kg were found in the  (+  (     3*(, .     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Please :  %2#;!- amounted to Rs 16.7 crore From hospital with his father saying other family members follow all rules!” added Abhishek < %11!= during the last one month in Mumbai, Amitabh had tested negative and thank- Bachchan, 44, also an actor.   %#$>-4 after the shrine was re- Bachchan’s son Abhishek said ing Indians for their wishes and He and his father were admit-  %#*>$-  opened on June 11 following his wife and former Miss World prayers. ted on Saturday to hospital,       the coronavirus lockdown, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and “My father and I remain in where health officials said on     !"!#!#$%## Singhal said. their eight-year-old daughter new coronavirus. have also tested COVID-19 hospital till the doctors decide Sunday they were stable.  had also been infected by the “Aishwarya and Aaradhya positive. They will be self quar- otherwise. Everyone please     +  " ,-. /0/0 

;<  #% ()    )     8*,3* 0)3    = Franc: Rs.79.85, Australian $: Rs.51,950 (per kg) or Rs.3400 appreciation for the fourth )22*3,  Rs.52.22, Saudi Riyal: Rs.20.04, more than the previous week’s consecutive week, while staple With the Asian markets slip- New Zealand Dollar: Rs.49.32, closing mark. foodgrains and common edi-       &&''$ ping into a divergent mode due Kuwaiti Dinar: Rs.244.20, ble oils remained unchanged. to accelerated rate of COVID- Omani Rial: Rs.195.12 and COMMODITIES On the other hand, turmeric    &&''$ A woman died after the 19 in most of the countries and UAE Dirham: Rs.20.46, The sentiment in principal declined by 10 to 15% due to scooter she was riding the Indo-China border face- Japanese Yen: Rs.0.70, Hong wholesale commodity markets the excess old stock of about 6 Following rise in number of pillion was hit by a rash- off, standard gold continued to Kong Dollar: Rs.9.70. in the twin cities remained lakh bags in the cold storages positive cases in the state, the ly driven car on the city be buoyant though divergent. At home, though the strong. However, Rythu Bazars and warehouses at Nizamabad, officials of Peddapalli munic- outskirts at Shamirpet, Consequently New York demand for jewellery took a and the various commodity about 3 lakh bags at Metpally, ipality have decided to observe late on Saturday. gold showed an upswing and beating due to COVID-19 cou- markets located in Begum Gollapally, Jagatyal, etc; and 10-day lockdown in the town The woman was iden- finally closed at US $ 1,798.60 pled with the beginning of Bazar, Kishangunj, about 7 lakh bags of old stock beginning Monday. The deci- tified as Milli Das (43), a (per ounce), while silver fol- inauspicious days for mar- Mukthyargunj, Risala in Erode, Salem and Mysore. sion was taken at a meeting of resident of Turkapally lowed suit, and closed at $ riages, for smugglers the busi- Abdullah, Mir Alam Mandi, The AP government has municipal councillors held who was returning after a 18.68 (per ounce). Platinum already purchased 2.5 lakh here on Sunday to check the medical checkup, on a and palladium also marched bags of the new crop and still spread of the virus. scooter driven by her forward and closed at $ 812         about 2 lakh bags are expect- The meeting was organised daughter Sudeepti Das. (per ounce) and $ 1,916 (per          ed to be added from Kadapa following the death of a person According to the ounce) respectively. and Duggirala. in the district hospital on police, when the scooter Other economic parame- !"#$%&'       Common vegetables such Sunday. The municipal officials reached near Lalgadi ters too remained divergent.        as cabbage, cauliflower, ribbed and councillors, who ruled in Malakpet forest guest Brent closed at US$ 43.17 (per        gourd, snake gourd, lady's fin- favour of observing a lock- house, a car which was barrel), while Crude MCX oil ger, cucumber, potatoes, down voluntarily, opined that Corona positive cases in the Devarakonda declared self- driven in a negligent was quoted at Rs.3,043 (per  onions, tomatoes and French the spread of the virus can be state, many towns are going for imposed lockdown due to rise manner hit the scooter barrel). Whereas Gold MCX beans, along with other checked by observing the lock- self-imposed lockdown. in number of Corona positive from behind. stood at Rs.48,863 (per 10 leafy vegetables, flared down for 10 days. Imposing self lockdown curfew cases. In Vikarabad district, "Both fell on the road gms), the MCX Silver moved ness was as usual. However, Dilsukhnagar, up and became cost- The meeting decided to on the market, traders and ven- shop owners, hotels, dhabhas with Milli Das suffering a up and closed at Rs.51,362 (per both the precious metals Kukatpally, lier by about 30% allow traders to sell vegetables dors in the towns have decid- and others in Peddemul man- grievous head injury. She kg); copper closed at the high- moved within narrow limits Bowenpally, over previous and other essential commodi- ed to run their businesses dal headquarters have decided was immediately shifted er level of Rs.495 (per kg). due to prevailing divergent General week’s price ties daily for a few hours. The between a scheduled time. The to close their shops voluntar- to the nearby hospital, Sensex and Nifty 50 closed at trend in the global markets. Bazar level. officials have asked the people measure was taken to curb the ily for one week. The traders where the doctors 36594.33 and 10768.05 points Standard gold (24 carats) observed vol- % %" The of the district headquarters spread of Covid in densely urged the public representa- declared her dead," police respectively, following the marched ahead and closed at untary clo- NECC town to confine to their homes packed areas. Already many tives to extend their support in said. retreat by Indo-China forces on Rs.51,210 (per 10 gms). sure, following spike in wholesale egg price in and observe self regulation. villages across the state opted this regard as the mandal The Shamirpet police the borders. Ornamental gold too moved in COVID-19 cases. Hyderabad increased by Rs.5 It may be recalled that fol- for self- imposed lockdown. headquarter registered three booked a case and are Leading foreign currencies’ tandem, and was quoted in the During the week, common and closed at Rs.315 (per 100). lowing rise in number of Earlier, towns like Corona positive cases. investigating. exchange rates were: US $: range of Rs.46,830 - Rs 46,930 pulses such as tuar dal, masoor The highest price of Rs.398 was Rs.75.16, British Pound: on the closing day. Similarly, dal, moong dal and urad dal recorded at Burdwan and Rs.94.87, Euro: Rs.84.89, Silver (0.999) also recorded and commodities like chillies Midnapur, while Warangal Ashok Gehlot govt crisis deepens Singapore $: Rs.54.05, Swiss handsome gains and closed at and garlic recorded further recorded the lowest of Rs.313. Continued from Page 1 ing to reach out to Pilot who left messages for him," he said. said. #0 )*0 has been incommunicado for The internal rift in the party The sources also said that  !" #"$% Meanwhile, the meeting the last two days and have also came out in open on Friday the letter asking Pilot to appear , ,0>>> called by Gehlot at 9 pm to dis- left messages for him while after the Rajasthan Police for questioning in a probe into cuss the ongoing political cri- asserting that the government issued notices to Gehlot, Pilot alleged attempts to destabilise Continued from page 1    &&''$ from Bellampalli and one from tive for Covid-19. The district sis in the state with party in Rajasthan is stable and will and the government chief his own government has Srirampur towns were diag- still has 54 active cases. Results MLAs has concluded. complete its full term. whip, seeking time from them "crossed all limits" and made it She further said that early Six persons from Mancherial nosed with the acute respira- of medical reports of 36 per- Speaking to reporters after Congress general secretary to record their statements over "untenable" for those MLAs diagnosis not only protects us district tested positive for tory disease. Results of their sons are awaited. A total of 123 the meeting, Congress MLA in-charge for the state Avinash an alleged attempt to topple the supporting him to work but also protects others and Covid-19 on Sunday, taking medical reports were out on patients were discharged, and Rajendra Gudda said, "Gehlot Pande said that all party MLAs state's Congress government Gehlot. Gehlot and Pilot were urged that one should not the total number of cases to Sunday. two persons have succumbed ji has the majority. We are also in the state were in touch with ahead of Rajya Sabha elections in the race for the chief min- hesitate from getting tested 179. District Medical and Blood samples of 479 suspects to the virus so far. On Saturday, making efforts and some BJP him and that he did not know in the state last month. ister's post following the and should motivate others to Health Officer Dr M Neeraja, have been gathered so far. Of seven persons including five MLAs are in our contact. We who were the ones supposed to The letter from the special Congress' victory in the follow 4Ts-Test, Trace,Treat in a statement, said that three them, 179 contracted the virus women from Adilabad district, will bring more MLAs from have sided with Pilot. operations group (SOG) did Assembly election but the party and Teach. persons from Mancherial, two and 296 persons tested nega- tested positive. BJP than we would lose." "I have not talked to Pilot for not go down well with Pilot, high command chose the for- The Congress party earlier the last two days and I'm try- who apparently saw this as a mer for the CM post, leading today said that they were try- ing to reach out to him. I have snub, sources close to him to internal bickering. TS mulls allowing online !=  ,,, Q20)4 ))28,3/0 //,0;+3 Cong ‘Speak Up ! 1)0() betting for horse racing ... 1*0,()08>>> Continued from Page 1 -*2*>> 4) ,0,40R Continued from Page 1 tax on horse betting, which has disrupted normal life Telangana’ social... was increased steeply to 28 and livelihood of all stake- Later, TRS legislators of The horse racing industry per cent under GST regime. holders since the lockdown Warangal East and West Continued from Page 1 Continued from page 1 thing has been centralised    &&''$ in the country too suffered The Hyderabad Race Club's was suddenly enforced and Nannapuneni Narender and with the CM. With the huge losses due to the ban on turnover was about Rs 1,275 extended, with restrictions Dasyam Vinayabhaskar About 2.5 lakh devotees It was pointed out that alarming spread of the virus The National Backward horse racing due to Covid-19 crore per year prior to GST. being placed on many out- rebutted the allegations of the thronged the shrine during KCR 'disappeared' from the and the void created by his Classes Welfare Association, lockdown regulations. After GST, it came down to door sports since mid-March. MP, terming them as 'false the month, he said. scene for 13 days, despite absence, people of the state in a letter addressed to Prime The levying of 28 per cent Rs 460 crore. "With the state govern- and fabricated'. The MLAs Meanwhile, about 67,000 having indicated that a cab- felt let down," the Task Force Minister Narendra Modi GST from July, 2017 has "We have already lost peak ment's approval, we will challenged the MP to prove devotees, who had booked inet meeting would be held said. on Sunday, demanded can- already dealt a deadly blow to racing season during the develop a smartphone app his allegations or quit politics. tickets online for worship, did to decide the future course of Hence, cellation of the Report of the horse racing industry summer vacation and in the for downloading by our The TRS legislators not visit the temple for differ- action with regard to the "#SpeakupTelangana" cam- Expert over the past three years. process of losing race events members, punters and spec- ridiculed how the MP who ent reasons, including pandemic in the light of the paign would be launched to Committee-2019, headed The corona-induced lock- in the monsoon period tators to bet their money on had "failed to fulfil poll COVID-19 related issues, Unlock 2.0 guidelines issued help people voice their con- by BP Sharma, set up to down has compounded the scheduled in July-end. With a winning horse and yet promise pertaining to Singhal said. by the Centre and fresh cerns about Covid-19. The revise the income criteria to financial crisis of the indus- no let-up in the virus spread, watch the show live or later," Turmeric Board" had start- As many as 91 TTD staff assessment of the situation. online drive would be determine creamy layer try. allowing online betting will they said. ed attacking TRS leaders for members in the hills have The state government had launched simultaneously on among the OBCs. R The Hyderabad Race enable us to resume races The online betting on a his vested political gains. The tested positive for the virus so failed miserably in taking all social media platforms Krishnaiah demanded Club's annual turnover has sans punters and spectators seamless platform will also MLAs said that the MP had far after tests were conduct- steps to arrest the spread of like Facebook, Twitter, reconsideration of the entire come down by three times in the stadium," said sources ensure transparency, remov- filed with the Election ed on 3,569 employees, he coronavirus. "There is no Instagram, WhatsApp etc issue and entrust the work to after implementation of GST. in Hyderabad Race Club. ing bookmakers and illegal Commission false affidavits added. credible decision support between 10 am and 5 pm on National Commission on Previously, the state govern- A ban on all sport activi- betting that thrive offline with regard to his education- system in the state as every- Saturday ie on July 18. Backward Classes. ment had levied 7 per cent ties, including horse racing, otherwise. al qualifications.          TS caseload up by 1,269 Continued from page 1 and Gadwal; six cases each he makers of our encompasses 66 subjects in Hope, the recently constitut- consideration is not a ground from Vikarabad and Jangaon; TConstitution were indeed which each state legislature can           ed Committee for the Reform for cancellation of a registered The Covid-19 positive cases four visionaries! Their prescient legislate and such laws would            of Criminal Laws would take sale deed. reported from other districts cases each from Nirmal, minds could perceive the operate within the territory of       a serious note of such actions A division bench comprising include 36 from Sangareddy, 23 Jagtiyal, Adilabad; three cases future obstacles that the coun- each state. The main subjects by the police and reactions by Justice L.Nageshwar Rao and each from and each from Mancherial, try would have to face. They of the State list are: police, pub-           people and make appropriate Justice Indu Malhotra, while Nagarkurnool; 17 from Kothagudem, Siricilla and were also aware that as the lic order, prisons, state court          changes in the criminal laws to considering an appeal filed Mahabubnagar, 15 cases each Siddipet; and two cases from democracy matures, people fees, local government, public reinforce the people’s confi- against an order of the Gujarat from Nalgonda and Warangal Rural and one from would become more and more health and sanitation, hospi- dence in the rule of law and the High Court held: “Even if the Wanaparthy; 14 from Medak, Khammam. enlightened about their rights tals, liquors, libraries, agricul- the central government in enforcing agencies; of late often procedures laid down for whole of the price is not paid, 12 from Warangal Urban, 11 Overall, since the outbreak of and will demand, albeit ture, animal husbandry, water tackling the enemies. have shown the tendency of securing speedy justice. much of the document is exe- from Nizamabad, nine from Covid-19, the health authorities through their elected leaders, supply, irrigation, and canals, taking law in their hands. cuted, and thereafter register, Peddapally, eight from here have tested 1,70,324 sam- their share of cake. fisheries etc. Besides, there is a Encounters for killers? The police action of liq- Reform of criminal laws the sale would be complete and Mahabubabad; seven cases ples, of which 1,35,653 proved Undoubtedly, in order to Concurrent list containing 52 Hardly the ink of our uidating the criminals The recently constituted the title would pass all to the each from Yadadri, Suryapet negative. avoid any confusion or friction subjects on which both the last week’s main story in without following the Committee for the reform of transferee under the transac- between the Union and the Union and the States can make this column on police due course of law Criminal Laws by the Union tion. The non-payment of a States, the Constitution pro- laws. The main subjects in this encounters has dried and cannot be Home Ministry has invited part of the sale price would not vides three exhaustive lists of list are: criminal law, criminal here comes the dis- pardoned. If a suggestions from all stake- affect the validity of the sale. A+, ,0)* /!)2121) subjects which would fall with- procedure, preventive deten- turbing news of crime is committed holders and those interested in Once the title in the property in the purview of the Union, tion, marriage and divorce, police 'encounter' despite there being a the legal reforms. Responding has already passed, even if the /)(*1*-# " <6 States and both. Thus, there is transfer of property other than death of gangster huge police force, it to the demand for transparen- balance sale consideration is a clear-cut demarcation of the agricultural land, trust and Vikas Dubey and reflects upon the intel- cy and openness in dealing not paid, the sale could not be Continued from page 1 “It’s shocking to know that authority which could be exer- trustees etc. other co-accused in  ligence gathering by the with the matter of streamlin- invalidated on this ground.” one of the richest and most tal- cised in certain matters by the Thus, even a lay man can Uttar Pradesh.    police and preventing ing the criminal law, the com- Referring to the judgment in Seventy-seven-year-old ented, educated family (sic) Union and the States individ- understand that in matters of Obviously, the police the occurrence of a mittee expressed its intention the Vidhyadhar vs. Amitabh Bachchan is one of can get infected. We can only ually or jointly. defence, national security and action seems to be in crime or controlling the to approach the mandated Manikrao[(1999) 3 SCC 573] India’s most beloved personal- hope the family recovers as it’s The first list forming part of citizenship, among others, only retaliation to the brutal killing same with limited use of force. matter with fairness, open- and Sec. 54 of the Transfer of ities, and some fans were con- important for the morale of the Constitution covers sub- Parliament can pass laws and of eight policemen, including Still what is more worrying ness and transparency. The Property Act, 1882, the Court ducting Hindu prayer rituals for millions,” tweeted one fan jects like defence, foreign the same shall be enforced by one DSP, by the dreaded Vikas is the public reaction to the five-member committee is observed; ‘In order to consti- the whole family. Jayant Sathe.vg affairs, currency and coinage, the central government. Dubey gang. Unfortunately, encounters by police. By and headed by the Vice-Chancellor tute a cell, the parties must war and peace, atomic energy, Therefore, in this critical peri- the criminal justice formula large people from different of the National Law University, intend to transfer the owner- national resources, railways, od, when the nation is facing 'eye for an eye' seems to have walks of life rejoiced in the Delhi, Dr.Ranbir Singh, who ship of the property, on the posts, citizenship, navigation threats from three quarters been applied by the state police killing of not only the gangster has also served as the Director agreement to pay the price and shipping, foreign trade, namely COVID-19 pandemic, which is against all norms of VIkas Dubey and his hench- of the Hyderabad-based NAL- either in present, or in future. inter-state trade and com- Sino-Pak war threats and legal course prescribed by the men but also for the encoun- SAR. However, the court observed merce, banking, insurance, Tukde-Tukde gang within the criminal law to deal with any ters of killers of a veterinary that other than cancellation of national highway, sensors, elec- country, the Opposition would crime howsoever it may be doctor in Cyberabad not so SC on sale considereation the sale deed, the plaintiffs may tions, institutions of higher do service to the nation by at heinous. long ago. At that time also, the In a recent judgment, the have other remedies in law for education etc., totally in all 97 least keeping mum if it cannot It is indeed, a matter of seri- country’s police force too, cel- Supreme Court has held that recovery of the balance consid- subjects. Similarly, the State list extend constructive support to ous concern that the law- ebrated these encounters. non-payment of a part of sale eration.

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(  '         './ 00  ! 1.0 02 /     !   3   - - .  ,  ,-.   .  . +,  & ()&) made video of me singing of  +  ..-  ,* -  = me and that became viral  ,,  + *  -   too." ,--+ 2  -5  . Being in the front line, many The constable, who is very , * +  -  .,,-  policemen have acquired the happy that he encourage so ,* -2 ,+- , Coronavirus so far. Constable many, shares that he was dis- ,  & ,-.   Gurmith Singh, from charged from hospital on + - + .7   ,1- Kulsumpura PS, also found June 10. "I felt fine, so the   !A   ,-  that he was tested positive for doctors suggested that I con-   ,-+  +  + . , Covid-19 positive on June 3. tinued the treatment at ., + ,* --    "One of my collegues was home," he shares, adding, - ,,- -+ .1 + , ,)1 ,42 ,(4)* + tested positive and I had "Patients who have been +, *&-5  20$-  coughing and mild fever, so asked to be home quar- ,* - ,* -. +   I went for the test on June 2, antine need to be - -,   and was confirmed positive ' )( very careful. , * -,,1 *, the next day," shares Although they have -* 27    - 4, 32 )20)2* + Gurmith, adding, "I was -(  their own space, . -+-   * .. . -+ admitted in Chest Hospital, Negativity is there is a chance  ..-  0. +%   Erragadda." not good for that they might  . -#-. , -5     = do during the past several pressure on them advising to ed, the committee member Talking about his experi- any disease and ,*** spread the virus to .2 ,   ,,1 + days?" receive institutional treatment said. ence there, Gurmith adds, recovery. their family." . -+  ,-?BC -+B": The medical and health depart- They used to meet the rather than home quarantine. Many persons, fearing wrath "Initially I had few symptoms, "Previously, when I Talking about his experi- , $-+ -& - ,+  -. ment apparently decided to bid neighbours or their fellow A senior medical and from neighbours, have been fever would come and go. So, was well, I would go from ence, he says, "I asked my  ,-.  2 1- ,- adieu to contact tracing as it is residents in apart- health department giving false addresses and I rested as much as I could. street to street singing and family to not even come , +   +&, breaching the confidentiality of ment. There were official got tested phone numbers at the time of The staff was helpful, raising awareness about the close to my room. Even while ,**..,- -5 -*  those tested positive and complaints positive with giving samples to test for although I could see that pandemic. I noticed that it giving food, I asked them to . +0,,- . ,   2 becoming target for victimisa- against the mild symp- Coronavirus because of the they were scared with the raised the spirits of people do that from a distance. 7   .  . + -+. - tion by neighbours or fellow tracing of toms. Under activity of the police and local entire pandemic situation back then, who were glum Sometimes my mother didn't ,5 ,*. -   apartment dwellers. the contacts pressure from medical officers. The VIPs are too." due to being stuck at home. feel good that she had to  +2  *- .--,* Hitherto, police personnel done by the the occu- also furnishing false names. If But, living in isolation So, I used the same tech- almost throw the roti in my , ++,--. * 2 have also been deployed in police stat- pants of the anyone tests positive among ward can get very lonely at nique. I would sing and that plate, but we had to take   ,    --,-. -. contact tracing. From now, ing that it apartment he such persons, passing on infor- times. "I missed family. But distracted people." those precautions." ,* -,- 2$-,* - police officials are not going to became is staying, he mation has become difficult. At thank God for the smart He further added, "I am Gurmith was tested nega- *. ,-+   ,,- be involved in tracing. Only menace for had to receive least 20 per cent of the total phones, through which you tive after 15 days of home ( . :C:">!>BBB20 not a singer, but I can carry medical and health depart- the patients. institutional tested persons constitute such can at least see your loved a tune. I would sing bolly- quarantine and joined duty. ment officials or doctors will The tracing is treatment. In this elements. Even if someone ones," Gurmith smiles, wood tracks, altering the "All my colleagues are work- O'.0./ 56 78 contact those who tested pos- posing problems to context, the apex goes to the address, the reply adding, "I saw all patients lyrics to be something that ing hard to ensure the safety itive. those who live in home committee member on would be no such person has around me were also strug- encourages the patients in the of people. So, as soon as I was 7.22 57! Earlier, police used to ques- quarantine and receive treat- Coronavirus pandemic on con- been living at the address. It has gling due to the same. They ward to fight the virus with tested negative I went back to 3 . -   + tion those who tested positive ment and being subjected to dition of anonymity said that become a big headache for the all were alone in the ward. a smile. In fact, someone the PS to join my duty." ,,- ..*,*.   for the virus with a volley of severe inconvenience. the health department has authorities to pass information -  *,  ,** + questions like "Where did they Sometimes, they are facing decided to bid adieu to the to such persons. However, . +   . ,. - go during the past four days? social discrimination from oth- contact tracing. The confiden- those who gave the samples  -,. - ,- + - 2 How did they contracted the ers. In case the patient is an tiality of those who receive with wrong information are ##)0  ,+- , ,  virus? Whom did they meet in inhabitant of an apartment, fel- treatment from home quaran- trying to get the result through  *+ - + . + +D course of time? What did they low residents have been putting tine conditions will be respect- their acquaintances. ?E + ,-   . * (, 01*4   -+ - - ' ((   -,. - , . ,- 40+0)((, *.20,  . + . B';;;0,+*,0  .-  -+. +   --- -/-/   - .,* +  1#2 - *1 #* A /0(,  +   -,,- +D - ,    ,.      = for further education. It's also to give the examination. Every ( 1/0:-    = +, ,. +. + * .  ., not fair for the brilliant stu- company will understand the  .., ,-*  + Although many students' dents to be promoted same as student's side without bias."    = The Coronavirus pandemic ,-  +,,- .0. + organisation have been protest- students who haven't per- Many student organisation has hit the smaller business , 2  ,*-  ,*  ing against the new UGC formed well throughout the is also alleging that ABVP's Over 47,145 have regis- sector very hard. So bad is the +  .. + +D --.+  . guidelines to conduct final year. The universities can opt demand is because of their tered with the Central situation that many small ,,* -+ - + *. , examination, a few now have for safer ways of taking the political affiliations. General Government-run National enterprises had to pull down +  20  ** * .,+ come forward supporting the exams." Secretary of National Students' Career Service website seek- ( ' ) the shutter on their business, . * - .+  .. +   Centre's decision. Other student organisations, Union of India (NSUI) Md ing jobs during the past three with no income and no rem-  -  -+..  +  . The Union HRD Minister which have been protesting to Sohail Uddin said "ABVP is the months as Coronavirus has edy for monthly expenses. ,+#!:,. 0. +& Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank get all the students promoted students' wing of BJP. They are played havoc with the liveli-     To help female entrepre- &   $-. ,, defended the decision by the for this year, see this move of just promoting what their par- hoods of people and also led neurs, the ladies wing of the  -,. - , 2,,-  UGC on Saturday. Supporting ABVP as a betrayal. ty is saying. However, it seems to layoffs. Federation of Telangana ,* -,*  * this, the ABVP started Twitter "The Coronavirus cases are like ABVP has forgotten that at The Union Labour    = gram taken up by the TSPCB. Chambers of Commerce and * * . , .  + trend '#studentsforevaluation'. on the rise. In such grave sit- its core it is a students' organ- Ministry has created the web- "We hope this move will Industry has launched its ,+, .* - % -   Telangana joint organising uation when people are choos- isation. Students' welfare site in 2015 bringing all jobs In a move to curb pollution create awareness about the first three series online men- ,. +,,- ,+#!: secretary of ABVP Shiva ing to stay at home, how can should be their priority. They both in government sector levels in the city, the Telangana rising noise pollution and air torship programme for ,, ,,,.#*, *2 Kumar shares, "We are sup- the universities conduct are following what their party and also in the private sector State Pollution Control Board, pollution among the people. women entrepreneurs. . -+  ,-!FC,& porting the UGC guidelines as exams?" asks secretary of SFI, politicians are saying. But, we under a single umbrella. in association with Cyberabad Seeing the display, people will FTCCI President, Karun-  .,,1 + ,  -+ examinations and marks T Nagaraju, adding, "ABVP is will keep protesting against During the past five years, traffic police, has installed become curious and will endra S Jasti, said, "Our idea - . ,- 1 -2 acquired will help students trying to egg the students on them and the UGC guidelines." over 2.2 lakh have registered live noise and carbon monox- search the internet on carbon is to 'Embrace, Engage and their names with the website ide (CO)-level display units at monoxide pollution, noise Empower' women entrepre- for the past five years, while Cyber Towers Junction over pollution and the permissible neurs. Today's women entre- over 47,000 candidates regis- the weekend. levels of it. It will help in set- preneurs do not come only " # tered with the website in just The display is also to create ting a goal for them to reduce from the established business three months. awareness among the public the pollution-level and follow families or from the higher- In fact, less than 83 per about the noise pollution-lev- the rules," said Prasar Dasari, income sections of the pop- cent of the registered are els in the city. an official of the TSPCB. ulation, they come from all     under the age of 34. Besides The TSPCB and Cyberabad When the signal at the junc- walks of life. From running candidates having other qual- traffic police will install more tion turns red, these panels sports media to construc- ifications right from SSC, 17 display panels at different traf- deliver general audio mes- tion firms and security and    = the regional language speak- Ph D degree holders also reg- fic junctions in the city, sages on the permissible pol- detective agencies - women ing netizens of India. istered with the website for sources said, adding that the lution-levels. Further, the pan- are dabbling into fields that At a time when Corornavirus VacYa, is another mobile jobs. programme is an initiative of els display messages both in have traditionally been bas- induced lockdown forced application made in the city Various employment con- the National Clean Air pro- Telugu and English. tions of male domination." people to stay indoors and of pearls that witnessed sultancies have provided jobs look for avenues of social tremendous growth during to only 1,371 during the past engagement, and the recent the nation-wide lockdown three months, which reflects ban on Chinese apps created being observed for over three the alarming situation on 1 2%/-/-$ -/ a void, few mobile applica- months. The platform now the job front. tions developed by has over 1,00,000 signups as In all 11,204 SSC candi- Hyderabad-based firms have the software has been made dates registered with the web-    = staff. The municipal corpora- GHMC Chief Entomologist, caught the imagination of available for free during these site, while 9,497 are tion is spending about Rs 13 Rambabu said distribution of consumers. unsettling times of Covid-19 Intermediate students. The The Greater Hyderabad crore for distribution of the kits safety kits to entomology and These 'made in Hyderabad' and today it is the largest number of degree holders Municipal Corporation to 22,000 sanitary workers sanitary workers was being &!' #( "#%" apps have emerged hot 'Made in India' unified com- registered with the website is (GHMC) has almost complet- and 2,500 entomology work- taken up zone-wise. favourites and are witnessing munications and collabora- 20,637. The PhD holders ed the distribution of PPE ers. Meanwhile, Education tremendous downloads on tion platform, say the devel- who registered with the web- safety kits to its sanitary and Though, the municipal cor- Minister P Sabitha Indra both GooglePlay store and opers. site are 17. Others constitut- entomology workers. poration used to distribute Reddy distributed these kits to  #)#" * ) Apple iStore. Another fast-emerging ed 3,759. Last week, Municipal gloves and soaps in the past, workers and also participated The ban on popular prospect in the lot is Just-A- This year, the maximum Administration and Urban this is the first time that it is in the 'Sunday 10 AM - 10 Chinese apps, led to Sec, a location-based infor- number of applications for Development Minister KT distributing all the required minutes' sanitation pro-  ! " "+ Dubshoot emerging as a mation services app that runs registration with the website Rama Rao had launched the safety commodities in a kit to gramme organised at Chitra favourite video-sharing social on an augmented reality plat- was registered during June - distribution of the safety kits to sanitary and entomology Layout, RK Puram of networking platform among form. 30,769. the entomology and sanitation workers. Saroornagar on Sunday.    = four years, adjacent to the traditional (firewood) crema- Their fears may be unfound- tion ground with 50 bodies per ed, but, the residents of day capacity.         Bansilalpet in Secunderabad Earlier, daily bodies were are worried that the electric cremated at the crematorium crematorium that remained amidst protests from colony    = have not participated in the cel- goddess Mahankali in special- shut for more than four years residents. When people com- ebrations. Officials said restric- ly decorated pots. During the in now reopened for crema- plained about leakages in the The famous Ujjaini Mahankali tions around the temple would month-long festival, people tion of Covid-19 victims. chimney leading to spread of temple in Secunderabad wore continue till Monday when also hold 'rangam' or forecast- While the house owners at smell with particles in the a deserted look as the annual Rangam ritual will be per- ing the future, organise proces- Arun Jyoti Colony adjoining resedential area, Minister festival Bonalu was celebrated formed. The elephant proces- sions and cultural events. the crematorium are fighting Talasani Srinivas Yadav got it sans the devotees on Sunday sion will not be conducted During the festival women for its permanent closure, sev- shut. due to Covid-19 pandemic. this year. offer Bonalu, which consists of eral tenants began vacating no The Gandhi Hospital Telangana's Animal The nearly month-long fes- cooked rice, jaggery, curd and sooner than a Covid-19 vic- Medical officers requested the Husbandry Minister T Srinivas tival began on June 25 with the turmeric water, carried in steel tim's body was cremated in the GHMC in a latest move to get Yadav along with few other celebrations at the Sri and clay pots on their heads. electric furnace on July 8. it reopened as it would be con- officials made the offerings to Jagadamba temple atop the The devotees believe that the "Several families vacated venient to cremate the dead the goddess on behalf of the historic Golconda Fort. annual festival will ward off evil and some are searching for due to the virus. Since the cre- state government while the The festival will conclude and usher in peace. houses," said the colony secre- matorium has been located so temple priests conducted the with celebrations at Sri It is commonly believed that tary Sudhir. close to the Gandhi Hospital, rituals. Simhavahini Mahankali temple the festival was first celebrated On Sunday the colony res- the crematorium was All the roads leading to the in Lal Darwaza and at Sri over 150 years ago following a idents launched en masse reopened to cremate the dead temple were barricaded by the Akkanna Madanna Mahankali major cholera outbreak. People protest raising slogans against due to Coronavirus. police to prevent people from temple in Haribowli, both in believed that the epidemic was cremation of bodies at the The police have arranged a gathering for the festival. The the old city of Hyderabad, on due to the anger of the electric crematorium. temporary picket at the place government had asked the : ?  (             (  July 19 and 20. Mahankali and began offering The crematorium, built four to ensure that the crematori- people to celebrate Bonalu at The folk festival is mainly ''Bonalu'' to placate her. years ago, is at a distance of um staff would not face any home. were stopped and sent back by religious gatherings were sands of devotees every year, celebrated in the twin cities After formation of Telangana just 1 km from Gandhi problem from the locals. The Some devotees including the police. banned to contain the spread wore a deserted look. This is region during the month of state in 2014, the TRS had Hospital. The electric crema- property owners are gearing women were seen trying to Srinivas Yadav said the devo- of Covid-19. The temple, which said to be the first time in the ''Ashada'' The women make declared ''Bonalu'' as the torium was originally installed for legal battle. proceed towards the temple but tees should understand that used by thronged by thou- temple's history that devotees offerings in the form of food to Telangana state festival.   +  " ,-. /0/0   20,),#*3,2, 0,' $ %&"'   %*1) ,,) +) )+        =    44 4)0*,R Union Minister for State for  Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy    ),+)*  Sunday said that the Centre has no plans to transform   Bibinagar AIMS hospital as    (,) * +,' Covid-19 hospital, however,   the Centre will put its efforts to    = regions. Ministers KT Rama ) transform it if the state govern-  Rao, Koppula Eswar, S   # ment asks in this regard.   Chief Minister K Niranjan Reddy, Vemula   #    = Kishan Reddy said that already Chandrashekhar Rao on Prashanth Reddy, Errabelli the Centre is using Railway and    Sunday instructed officials con- Dayakar Rao, Nagarkurnool  $ # Home Minister Mohammad ESI hospitals for Covid treat-   cerned to prepare an action MP P Ramulu, Government  $  Mahmood Ali on Sunday ment. He alleged that the pri- plan so that the river water Whip Balka Suman, MLAs !  refuted the allegations lev- vate hospitals are charging     coming from the irrigation Marri Janardhan Reddy, Ala elled by the leaders of the indiscriminately as there is no     ? ? < ?? @' ,    )  ?? ! " projects, which were construct- Venkateswarlu, Jaipal Yadav, %  opposition parties over the government control over them, ?@  <       ed with lot of hard work and Ravishankar, Sanjay, K   demolition of mosques and he said stressing the need to expenditure, should be supplied Vidyasagar Rao, Kandala temple in the Secretariat and control private hospitals suggested the state govern- "Everyone residing in con- spread of the virus. He urged to as many agriculture lands as Upender Reddy, Principal   termed them as meaningless. excesses. ment to conduct tests on every- tainment zones should be test- the state government to initi- possible in the State. He made Secretary (Irrigation) Ranjit     "Leaders of the Opposition He said that the Central one in containment zones. ed. For this, the Telangana ate all steps to tackle the spread it clear that the state govern- Kumar. participated. parties criticised the move teams would give suggestions "As Coronavirus cases in government must increase the of corona in the coming days. ment had no other priority item Kathalapur ZPTC Bhoomaiah,  &' !&" even after the Chief Minister for better treatment to corona Hyderabad city are increasing, Covid test centres. A person He said that he visited Gandhi on the agenda than to create farmer Sripal, who had a tele- K Chandrasekhara Rao patients. He said that the state I have been visiting different who develops symptoms or hospital though several people water facility for majority of the phonic discussion with the announced that a new government informed that COVID-19 centres across the gets tested positive should be warned him not to visit. He farmers and for this, the gov- CM were also invited as special water in abundance. We have mosque and temple would be there is dearth of medical staff city, meeting doctors there, given proper treatment. said that he discussed with the ernment would ready to spend invitees. "The state government to utilise water completely. We built as part of the new in the state and stated that the patients, and paramedical staff. Telangana government must SLBC officials on the steps ini- any amount of money. is constructing major irrigation have to supply water to more Secretariat. CM said that the Centre will provide online I am trying to build confidence take confidence buildup mea- tiated for the implementation He said water from the pro- projects on Krishna and ayucut. Examine the capacity of inauguration of the new sec- training to the new medical among them. I request the sures in the state," he said. of Athma Nirbhar Bharath. jects should first be utilised to Godavari rivers clearing sever- canals whether they can supply retariat building would take staff in any state. Kishan Reddy Telangana government to Kishan Reddy made it clear He said that he suggested fill the tanks, later reservoirs al hurdles, spending a lot of water to the last piece of land place only after prayers are demanded the state govern- increase the number of that the Centre is ready to SLBC officials to strive to and finally the ayucut. He said money. The government has in the Ayucut. If need be, offered in the new mosque ment to speed up tests to con- Coronavirus centres in the extend any sort of help to the reach the goal kept before for the Sriram Sagar Flood flow completed the pending projects increase the flow capacity of and temple after the con- trol the deaths. He said that he city," he said. state in regard to contain the them by Prime Minister. canal, more OTs should be cre- on a fast-track. Tanks and canals. Fill the tanks first. Later struction of the new secretari- ated and with other schemes revived with the inspiration fill the reservoirs and finally at building," he said. He said water should be supplied to fill from the movement (Telangana supply to the ayucut. Supply that they are making unneces- the tanks to supply water to the statehood movement). If fruits water based on this plan. With sary propaganda in the mosque D##. )"  lands where irrigation water of these works to be passed on this water received during the and the temple issue as the was not available. He also the people, the only way is to Monsoon period can be saved leaders of the opposition par- instructed that all the wings of supply water to more agricul- in larger volumes. All tanks ties could not find any point to the Irrigation Department ture lands. Till date, Telangana and check dams should be criticise the state government.  ! "#)%"/#%#E should be brought under one faced the irrigation water prob- filled with water in Telangana He said that they could not see umbrella. He held a detailed lems. After formation of the state. This will in turn increase the development being done by    $)' houses of Nirmal town with review here on Sunday at Telangana State, the TRS gov- the water level which can sup- the state government and that the help of the filter bed. He Pragathi Bhavan on identifying ernment had given priority to ply water to the borewells their existence would be ques- The State government's added the drinking water cri- the areas where irrigation facil- the irrigation sector. With which farmers dug at a cost of tionable if these development Mission Bhagiratha pro- sis of the district centre had ity was not there and the plan Kaleswaram and other projects Rs 45 thousand Crore," the programme s continued like gramme will address the drink- become a thing of the past to supply water for those we have now availability of Chief Minister said. this in the future. ing water crisis and ensure that now. He instructed authorities the present and future genera- of rural water supply to expe- tions do not sufffer on account dite works belonging to "*:))1) 1* of water scarcity, said Minister Mission Bhagiratha and to %(    for Forests and Environment take steps for supplying drink- Allola Indrakaran Reddy. He ing water to all habitations at )1, was speaking after inspecting the earliest. a filter bed of the prestigious Later, the Minister partici- )%# Q    drinking water scheme at pated in Telanganaku Haritha  #%!!)  ! ," # Siddapur village in Nirmal Haram at the filter bed and    = rural mandal. planted saplings on the    ') On the occasion, the premises. He also took part in TPCC campaign committee ," )! !( Minister said, "The Mission a sanitation drive at his resi- chairperson Vijayashanthi on RTC employees, who have Bhagiratha programme reflects dence in Nirmal. Indrakaran Sunday alleged that the TRS been drawing only a part of the government's vision. The urged the people to ensure that government is not in a posi- their salary for the last three , 3  *  -  .   .-2  ., + government showed the way to rain water does not stagnate tion to answer to the nurses months hoped that they would *  -.,* -.,-     *-  the entire country by con- and to remove unused articles who came on to the road at least draw full salary for the .  -+ ,**,--,,- . ,+ +  ,   ceiving and implementing and home appliances. He questioning the injustice month of June. According to   . *,-  ,   + .   ,- 2  Mission Bhagiratha. Drawing opined that cleanliness plays a meted out to them in terms the RTC employees, they have  +. - ++,-  , .,,-. +, inspiration from Telangana, vital role in staying healthy. He of postings, seniority, and not got their salaries on the  .,-.     ,  ,- -   West Bengal has taken up the called upon the people to salaries issue. first of the month for the last  ,   1-  .  ,  - ,+*.2 Bengal 'Jal Swapna' pro- observe Sunday as a dry day In a statement on Sunday, few months or so. Last month, -+. -  -  -+2 $ - *-  gramme to provide drinking and keep their premises clean she said that nobody knows as the RTC employees got salary  + . ,  . ,    , water to every household," he for 10 minutes. He advised to when the Chief Minister on 7th day. ,-+ * -+ ,  . ,+ -5, said. them to wear face masks and will go to farmhouse and Like other government  -  +++. .,- .   -    , He further stated that pro- sanitisers for preventing the when he will be in Pragathi employees, the TSRTC salary for the month of June, the employees for the number    . +-     . ., +2$ - tected and purified drinking spread of the novel Bhavan. The government is employees also used to get the RTC management credit- of days of work done. There are  * 2,- ,,  ,* -,  . water was being supplied to all Coronavirus. not in a position to explain the salaries on the first day of every ed pittance in the bank many employees who have .  ,  ,  +  - -  ,  confusion prevailed in regard month, but for the last few accounts of employees, who drawn single digit salary. And  .+ -., + . . ,+ ,  *   to salaries of RTC employees. months, the workers are said to were stunned to see their pay many employees have drawn     -,- -    *. ,+  .. + The employees are not have not received their salaries slips. One employee received a their salary which is less than +  .   2       . understanding as to how to on the first day and the delay salary of mere Rs 7. No not only Rs 1,000 but also less  + .- -  ++ --,- + *+. - , +. . .*  * 2 +*.2 lead their life with meagre had been till sixth or seventh employee was found to have than Rs 100. Many employees  .+ -.,  + . ), ,   salary. She alleged the pre- day of the month. In June, the received in excess of Rs 5,000. received salary between Rs   ,*   +-, -  -    ..,* *,- , vailing conditions are best RTC employees did not receive There are over 49,000 peo- 4,000 and Rs 5,000.  *-   , -   *-,     example to the Chief their salaries even on July 9. ple working in the TSRTC in A worker in Bhadrachalam *.2 ..-,5.,  + .,-,  .  Minister K Chandrasekhar However, the RTC manage- various capacities like drivers, depot showed his payslip indi-  ,. -  +,-2 2  . +, + Rao's atrocious rule in the ment credited salaries rather conductors, mechanics and cating that Rs 7 was credited in ,* *  1  .  .,,-- . +2 state. Is it Bangaru Telangana belatedly in the bank accounts supervisors. Since buses are his bank account. Another +  +, * -  -+  .,,-. - * * - + dreamt by you? Did people only to deliver a shock treat- not running on full scale, employee in the same depot  ., +1- ,   + ,*G -  . 2 elect him for this? KCR has ment to employees. Pouring duties are not given to all has drawn Rs 57 as his wage.    ? 9  A    6 ( ,    ) to answer to these questions, cold water on aspiration of workers. Therefore, the RTC Yet another employee has  ( 5    Vijayashanthi said. RTC workers to draw full management has paid wages to drawn Rs 77 as the wage. N,- $ 1%/#2 *        -. ,,+ -1.  *.O -,& .* ( ( # ! # $  +     . ,    (%' "Though the earlier two . , .  -1.O calls on June 24 and July 2    (%' (    The family of the arrested were also worrying with his    7$G=( poet and activist Varavara Rao weak and muffled voice, inco- The marketing officials shift-          $ &$ on Sunday demanded his herent speech and abruptly ed the Kothapet fruit market   “There is a need to prioritise immediate release by stating jumping into Hindi. As an elo- to Koheda and advised the Among the two dozen pil- our efforts in increasing the that his health condition is quent and articulate public farmers to bring fruits to     grim callers, who made calls recovery percentage and cre- deteriorating fast and that the speaker and writer in Telugu Koheda market. But the !  to TTD EO Anil Kumar ating confidence among peo- state is trying to kill him in jail. for over five decades, a Telugu farmers and commission    Singhal as a part of the ple that Coronavirus is just In a release, Hemalatha, wife of teacher for four decades and agents say that it would monthly Dial Your EO like any other virus and not the poet and daughters -- known for his meticulous amount to contempt of court   Programme held on Sunday, to panic,” said BVS Kumar, Sahaja, Anala and Pavana memory, this fumbling, inco- and questioned the authori-    most of them complimented former State Committee expressed serious concern over herence and loss of memory ties the rationale behind   and thanked TTD for tele- Member, IRCS. In a state- the health condition of the were in themselves strange and shifting the market to casting live Sundarakanda ment here on Sunday, he poet. The statement men- frightening," they said. Koheda without fully devel-    Pathanam and Veda said that the known fact that tioned that the entire family Hemalatha went on to say oping amenities there.  )  Parayanam on Sri fear and tension in an effect- was worried about the deteri- that the family was informed It may be recalled that the Venkateswara Bhakti chan- ed person will minimise the orating health of the jailed poet about Rao's hallucinations. tin roofs of temporary sheds  $   nel. immunity levels to combat in Navi Mumbai Taloja Jail. "But the latest call, on July 11 set up in the Koheda fruit   Pilgrim callers, the virus. To improve the The statement maintained is much more worrisome as he market were blown away Padmavathi from recovery rate and reduce the that the health condition of did not answer straight ques- sometime back as rain injuries as the roof of the farmers and traders to move Hyderabad, Madhavi Latha Covid-19 deaths, there is a Varavara has been scary for over tions on his health and went accompanied by gales lashed temporary sheds got blown to Koheda market. The com- Koheda market. They and Ramana from dire need to make available six weeks now, ever since he was into a kind of delirious and the city. Several have been away. Since there are no mission agents said that they demanded an explanation Bengaluru, Suguna, the Convalescent Plasma to shifted in an unconscious state hallucinated talk about the injured in the incident too. arrangements for farmers would move the contempt of from the authorities ques- Ramamurthy from the patients. Convalescent to JJ Hospital from Taloja Jail on funeral of his father and moth- The farmers argue that the and traders at Koheda mar- court petition in the High tioning, "What is the hurry?" Vijayawada, Kalpana Devi Plasma is nothing but the May 28, 2020. Even as he was er, the events that happened officials are advising them to ket, the commission agents Court. Traders and The commission agents from Palakkad of Kerala, plasma taken from a person, discharged from the hospital seven decades and four sell their fruits in Koheda moved the State High Court farmers questioned the gov- alleged that some elected Vijaya from Visakhapatnam, who is a Covid-19 winner. and sent back to jail three days decades ago respectively. Then market in spite of the fact against the government's ernment whether the people's representatives, Koteswara Rao from Guntur He says that as the avail- later, there has been no his co-accused companion that there are arrangements decision to shift the market Coronavirus would subside if market committee members, lauded TTD for telecasting ability of an effective vaccine improvement in his health and took the phone from him and made at the market. There to Koheda. the market is relocated to marketing department offi- the Parayanam programme for this virus is not in sight, he is still in need of emergency informed us that he is not able are no platforms built there. The court ruled that the Koheda. cials have purchased lands live on SVBC. They also only the use of Convalescent heathcare, it detailed. The fam- to walk, go to toilet and brush During the current monsoon government should relocate The Marketing near the Koheda market. appreciated TTD scholars, Plasma is the only way to ily members say that the imme- his teeth on his own. We were season the fruits would get the market to Koheda only Department officials are not Perhaps to increase value of Kuppa Venkata Siva reduce the deaths. Kumar diate cause of concern now was also told that he is always hal- damaged, the farmers after proving all amenities to sanitising the market and the lands, the marketing offi- Subrahmanya Avadhani and said that at present only one that they were very much per- lucinating that we, family lamented. farmers and traders. not observing precautions in cials have been pressing for Dr A Vibhishana Sharma Plasma Bank was set up by turbed at the routine phone call members, were waiting at the Earlier, some farmers and Throwing the court orders to Kothapet fruit market, but relocation of market to for taking the programme Institute of Liver and Biliary they received from Varavara on jail gate to receive him as he traders, who conducted oper- winds, the Marketing asking the farmers and Koheda, the sceptical com- forward in the most success- Sciences in Delhi. Saturday evening. was getting released," she said. ations there sustained Department directed the traders to relocate to the mission agents said. ful manner.   +  " ,-. /0/0  * )+," "-.) 0* 3%,:0*),0(4, -     

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But when....it will  . * +2&, * - "Delhi has been able to min- decided very shortly," Joshi ,-+  . - -, -  imise deaths of Corona patients   said. Sabha was about 90 per cent Sabha, and in the second part,  - . * -- 2 in home isolation thru this oxygen level reaches 90 per A Delhi government state- He said with regard to the and that of Rajya Sabha was 74 there were 14 sittings of both (   * 5,, , suraksha kavach called pulse cent or below, according to ment said that of the total 691 monsoon session, the time in per cent in the budget session, the Houses. + +   ,+  -+ oximeter. If patients detect health guidelines. deaths that occurred in last statement said. The oxime- hand is till September, and the minister had earlier said in The minister had said the  * - +-+,,.    their oxygen is falling they A study of COVID-19 fortnight, only seven were of ters alert the patients of drop- many a times the session has an official statement. session was curtailed with -. - .,, ,-.,,2 reach out to us for help. We deaths reported in the last those under home isolation ping oxygen levels which is been called by August-end. The budget session com- consensus among all parties in , * -  . - immediately send oxygen con- fortnight (from June 24) con- (between June 24 and 30). an early sign of deteriorating However, the minister menced on January 31 and was view of the COVID-19 out- D .,--  , ,.2$- centrators to their home or ducted by the Delhi govern- Not a single death of any health. accepted that COVID-19 cases scheduled to conclude on April break.  - , take them to a hospital," ment has revealed that no one patient under home isolation Home isolation experience were witnessing a surge. 3. Both the Houses adjourned During the session, a total of ,**..,-  .1  , + Kejriwal said in a tweet. under home isolation has died has occurred in July. This can of patients was improved by "As far as COVID is con- for recess on February 11, and 19 bills (18 in and   +,  , ,- A pulse oximeter is a device in first week of July. The total be attributed to the chief daily tele-counselling and pro- cerned, it is on the surge now. reassembled on March 2. one in Rajya Sabha) were  + , +     that measures blood oxygen number of daily deaths too minister's decision to distrib- viding oximeters so that peo- Let's wait how it unfolds fur- The first part of the Budget introduced, the Parliamentary -+ + ., - +, ,.2 level. Coronavirus patients have shown a sharp decline, the ute oximeters to all patients ple feel safe and comfortable at ther," he said. Session yielded a total of nine Affairs Ministry had said in the 0   - - , need to be hospitalised if their report said. under home isolation, the home, government said. The productivity of Lok sittings of Lok Sabha and Rajya statement. ,**..,-   ,*E *,+ ,B *,-),-+ 2  D .-   -  -., ,,    -+.  ,* 2 . 345634"7#( # %,   &$   < " **  (" "&  .- -  .2      "27'(/#!(  ;. 0/2 / # 5 1.02 6/  . 60.    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Chief Minister Pinarayi "Will we wake up only after pened that China "took away"  2  -  Vijayan over the gold smug- the horses have bolted from India's land when Prime + +  +  + gling case detected at the our stables," he said on Twitter, Minister Narendra Modi is at the  ,5+  .  - Thiruvananthapuram airport, a day after Chief Minister helm.    -+.*. , and also accused him of Ashok Gehlot accused the BJP He also tagged a news report -,*,- .  , -* - "messing up" the COVID-19 of trying to topple his govern- quoting a defence expert, alleg- .  * -. +2$  . + situation in the state by "sup- ment by bribing Congress leg- ing that the Government is - -2 ,+- , pressing" figures. Nadda accused the LDF and islators. "misleading" the media on the .  * -  -  ., Nadda alleged that the Left the UDF of joining hands to "Worried for our party," the Chinese disengagement along ,   - . 3. government in the state was keep his party at bay, and former Union minister said. ship picked the senior leader edly pointed out that a similar the LAC and that disengage- " % 0  ,-. 0 ,  -+ "inefficient, corrupt and asserted that the saffron Congress Rajya Sabha MP for the chief minister's post, notice has been sent to him, ment at the Galwan Valley is dis- DE)1) 31*F  , ,* ,. believed" in violence. organisation was determined Vivek Tankha said his worry is appears to have deepened with the government's chief whip as advantageous to India. +  * -.2$. . < " # **  (" " Speaking from the nation- to emerge victorious there. every party member's con- those in Pilot's camp claiming well as some ministers. "What has happened that +( (=+! 5&   .., .,  -.  al capital at the inauguration Nadda attacked Congress cern. that there have been repeated Pilot, along with some under Modi ji rule, China took   ,-- . +2 of a party office in Kerala's leader Rahul Gandhi, who is a "Kapil ji your worry is every attempts to undermine his Congress MLAs, is currently away Mother India's sacred "27'" (/# , -* -.,1 . .,-. + Kasaragod district, Nadda said Lok Sabha MP from the state, as party member's concern. It's authority. camping in the national capi- land," he asked in a tweet in # (!( - .  * -  1- the CPI(M)-led LDF and the well for his criticism of the time to strengthen the party to The latest flashpoint tal and is seeking a meeting Hindi. ,  , * -- Congress-led UDF were two Modi government on the border fight forces who have only 1 between the two is a notice with top Congress leadership. Gandhi has been attacking *. ,- -  -- sides of the same coin and standoff with China. Gandhi agenda :: weaken congress and issued to Pilot by the Rajasthan The SOG on Friday regis- Modi and his government on standoff in multiple locations - ,GA -+?71 . sought people's support to his skipped 11 meetings of the our democratic values and police's Special Operation tered an FIR against two peo- the standoff in Ladakh and has in eastern Ladakh for the last   -+ . - * - -+ party. With the BJP having Parliament's committee on institutions," he tweeted. Group in a case related to ple, who have been arrested, accused the prime minister of eight weeks. The tension esca-   - . 3. - ,- ,- been unable to make a serious defence, and this shows his ded- A power struggle between alleged attempts to bribe after their call intercepts "surrendering" India's land to lated manifold after the G!". L.5 , political impact in the south- ication to the issue, Nadda said, Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Congress MLAs to switch sides allegedly indicated involve- China. Galwan Valley clashes on June *, - M2 ern state despite its increased and accused him of "demoralis- Pilot, which has been on since in the Rajya Sabha polls. ment in horse-trading of The Indian and Chinese 15 in which 20 Indian Army vote share in recent polls, ing" the defence forces. the Congress' central leader- Gehlot, however, has repeat- Congress MLAs. armies are locked in a bitter personnel were killed.  60  ! 0 2 2 2 0 )( )31)    C       ?  % ! / ! / , 20     ) )   ) **0,*3, 2, ( 3    .   + .     -+.,* / )*(!)0* 6: 9D@  86  ?? * * .,  -- +      %A  G * # #$. *   -    % %  +  - + -+  1 ,    ('$    $% ,,1 +-+  .- - As Chinese and Indian troops &    G ** -+ Test results may come out BJP general secretary Ram move to disengage in eastern  . *,    negative even if one has con- Madhav, Union Minister Ladakh after a tense standoff, the - . +,--+ 2  . tracted COVID-19, experts Jitendra Singh and other chief of ITBP and BSF on  .,-, ,#& 1. - have warned, advising that leaders on Sunday visited Sunday said all the country's   1# #  .+ . those showing symptoms of the residence of the party's land is under "full possession" of * , +, -,  the disease must be treated Bandipora district presi- our security and defence forces. * * ., G * # # without waiting for a confir- dent Wasim Bari who along S S Deswal, Director $. *   - 1 --, matory test to prevent aggra- with his father and broth- General of the Indo-Tibetan .,+- . +2 , vation of the infection. er was killed by terrorists. Border Police (ITBP) and the ,- ,* .+ .     - There have been several Madhav demanded Border Security Force (BSF), .   . +  + cases where patients showing proper security for party was speaking to reporters on %  - --,- + . clinical symptoms of COVID- workers in Kashmir Valley the sidelines of a plantation ,*  +. ..,  ,-,* 19 have tested negative for 70 per cent, Dr Neeraj sitivity of 90 per cent but they and swift action against drive held at a BSF camp in northern. The security forces Four and removed some boats , .2   + 1 -,  the virus multiple times.They Gupta, professor in the are only useful for confirming those responsible for the Bhondsi. of the country are very active, from the Pangong Tso lake in ,*%  - -+ . were confirmed positive after Department of Pulmonary, past exposure for SARS-CoV2 killings. “We have come "All the country's land is capable and dedicated. eastern Ladakh ahead of   . --    1# # repeated tests, doctors said. Critical Care and Sleep and have no value in the early here to offer condolences with us. Our land is in full pos- "They are capable to protect another round of Lt General-   &   The general perception of Medicine at the Safdarjung stages of the disease. to the bereaved family and session of our security forces," the borders against any kind of level talks between India and ,-  -   ,- ,*   , the experts now is that a high Hospital in Delhi, said. "All the treatment strategies provided them some help. Deswal told reporters here. enemy with all their might and China aimed at finalising A>.   .  .2 . degree of suspicion arising Even the rapid antigen test should be guided towards "All BJP leaders of the He made the remarks when efficiency," the 1984-batch modalities for complete disen-  ,-,  . out of the clinical symptoma- has a sensitivity of only 40 per preventing the progress of the country stand by the fam- asked to comment on the cur- Indian Police Service (IPS) gagement along the LAC. +  -,* ,-  + tology and the CT scan reports cent. disease from its mild to mod- ily in this difficult situa- rent military standoff along the officer said. According to peo- When asked if the ITBP had )  *  ,,D , . should be the guiding factor "So many patients will be erate or moderate to severe and tion. Those who are Line of Actual Control (LAC) ple familiar with the develop- moved more troops to its posts  , ++ ,   . * -. for treatment rather than rely- missed if we rely only upon for that we cannot wait on test responsible for the act in eastern Ladakh. ment, Chinese military has along the LAC, Deswal said the , -+ , - -G ** ing only on the RT-PCR test these tests," Dr Gupta said. reports. We have to go by clin- should be neutralised,” "All our borders are safe, be further thinned down its pres- forces are moved across the -+ . *2 which has a sensitivity of only The antibody tests has a sen- ical symptoms," he explained. Madhav said. it the eastern, western or ence in the ridgeline of Finger country as per requirement. 01   &2       4/0/0<3) &)/#D) / # 7# 08,,8')    ('$ However, the students con- 81*,1+ # " )## ':;% tinue to be gripped with anx- Fear of deportation in the iety waiting for further updates. middle of a global crisis, "This will be a big blow to    '  (    ('$ crisis and the border row with unpaid loans, rising risk of students who came to the US China. Hailing Prime Minister COVID-19 infection, drop- with long term plans. I stayed Samajwadi Party chief Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Narendra Modi's leadership, ping out a semester and the back in the country when the Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday Naqvi alleged on Sunday that the Naqvi said India is the only possibility of never being able campuses shut in view of the suggested the Uttar Pradesh Congress party is in "chaos" democratic country in the world to return to campus are among COVID-19 pandemic. I did government to implement a due to its "garbage of corruption" which provided free food to 81 the concerns of Indian students not want to travel as well as dif- four-day working week to and its leadership's "arrogance" crore people, free gas cylinders in the US after announcement ferent time zones would have contain coronavirus instead shows something is fishy. to 8 crore families and 'Garib of the new visa regulations. made it miserable to attend of imposing a stricter lock- “The garbage of corruption Kalyan' package worth Rs 1.70 In a move that is expected to online classes. But suddenly my down on weekends. under the dynasty's carpet is lakh crore to the poor. adversely impact thousands of stay here is now legally invalid," The SP chief, however, said crystal clear. This has caused "These steps instilled a sense Indian students, the US immi- Shobhna Mukherjee, a stu- emergency services should chaos in the Congress. of development with trust among gration authority has Hopkins University have filed raised the issue with US Under dent at Duke University said. operate round the clock on all Arrogance of these merchants of people of the country," Naqvi announced that foreign stu- a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Secretary of State for Political "What happens to the days. His reaction came on corruption proves that there is nity in the coronavirus pandem- said. The Modi government has dents will have to leave the order, some universities, Affairs David Hale during an semester, what happens to the a day the government decid- something fishy," he told ic and the China issue, he said, brought historic and path-break- country or risk deportation if including Princeton University, online meeting earlier this education loan, what happens ed to impose stricter curbs reporters. In a swipe at the accusing it of giving ignorant ing reforms in socio-economic- their universities switch to Stanford University, California week stating there is a need to to the work I was doing here at across the state from coming opposition party, Naqvi said its comments on the economy, educational fields, administra- online-only classes in this fall Institute of Technology keep in mind the role of edu- the university to aid my tuition Saturday amid a spike in leadership can not differentiate security and reforms. tion, trade, labour, defence, coal, semester due to the coron- (Caltech), and Cornell cational exchanges and people- fees? And most importantly if infection cases. Additional between solar plant and solar The BJP and the Congress civil aviation, power distribution, avirus pandemic. University have announced to-people relations between I am deported, will I ever be Chief Secretary Awanish park or "pyaz and pizza". have been locked in a war of space, forest land, agriculture, While Harvard University, their support for the lawsuit. the two countries as they able to get back? There are no Awasthi earlier said that the The Congress leadership is words over the Modi govern- communication, banking and Massachusetts Institute of India's Foreign Secretary played a key role in develop- answers to these questions," she restrictions will remain in looking for a political opportu- ment's handling of the Covid-19 investment sectors. Technology (MIT) and Johns Harsh Vardhan Shringla also ment of the overall ties. added. place at least for July.   +  " ,-. /0/0   1     ,,12 ,*K+ ,-  M  &,-  -.  *2 ,*K+ ,- K   1, 1)0)*40:,2 5#*  6 R     *82- ! 3                             )     *  +  ,   .,#  +.  * ,    .+  , +5 -..-   .,, -*+,.      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Sweets were distributed and      B A       6      the family of the eight policemen, who were martyred on July 3 in an ambush,                  /    # A6/ expressed satisfaction, saying justice                        was finally done. Even Dubey’s parents    3                     disowned him and said he deserved what he got.                     ( The saga that started on the night  A     :  > :;   C29;;       of July 3 ended on the morning of July        6  ?8           11 but the episode has many twists and :C@2;                   ( turns. Many high-profile actors — Dubey killed Saroj Shukla inside (SP) and then to the BJP. At one the Government changed in its report, the Association of who puppeteered Dubey behind the a police station where the latter time, Dubey even claimed that Uttar Pradesh. He never joined Democratic Reforms (ADR)            <1C8   7        scene — may have heaved a sigh of took shelter following a brawl . In Behenji (as Mayawati is known any political party. had said that 143 legislators —             A6/      relief following his killing. They con- reality Dubey had stage-managed among her supporters) had called There are people like Hari 36 per cent of the total strength                  3         S  ( tinue to be safe and unseen. This is this episode with his contacts in him by his first name in a crowd Shankar Tiwari, Virendra Pratap of 402 — have criminal records why this encounter will not bring an the forces to corner and eliminate of 500 people. His influence was Shahi, Mokhtar Ansari, Atiq against them. Of this, 107 — 26             @9         " ( end to the criminal-political nexus, him. Despite the grisly crime so entrenched in the region that Ahmad, Brij Bhushan Saran per cent of the total strength —     #                which thrives in every gram panchay- being committed in the after- he would hold kangaroo courts Singh, Rama Kant Yadav, Uma are facing murder charges. Who                  :?9;;    # at of Uttar Pradesh and which, accord- noon and that, too, in the pres- where his word would be the only Kant Yadav and Raghuraj Pratap gave these criminals political ing to lawmakers, is an elixir of ence several cops, Dubey’s terror law. Those who did not abide by Singh — the list is endless — patronage? Why do voters elect A6/    ?9;                Indian politics, one that has kept the was such that the police witness- what he said were beaten up by who, despite having criminal these tainted leaders despite the        "          4 political system going. es turned hostile during the trial. his cohorts. Even when the police antecedents, continued to win the ADR educating them about  "               ( The story of a young man, hav- The irony was that even the demolished his mansion and elections, both Lok Sabha and such criminals? ing political ambition, entering the investigating officer turned hos- started an investigation against Rajya Sabha. In the mid-1980s, The time has come for some    "           (      blind alley of crime to follow the orders tile — this has probably never him with vigour, people of almost Hari Shankar Tiwari and serious introspection. Is it only    1;;;          "      ( of his political masters is not new in happened in the annals of any eight villages were afraid to talk Virendra Pratap Shahi created the political system that’s respon-         @;            Uttar Pradesh. “Yeh gaon gaon ki criminal investigation. to the police. waves when they won the elec- sible for this rot? If the nexus kahani hai (this is the story of every Little wonder then that the The police officials are quite tions from the jail premises. But between the criminals and politi-             "       village),” said a lawmaker with a wry strongman’s criminal prowess candid to admit that had Dubey this was just the beginning. cians is deepening, this is the time 4 + $    +  ) /   1;;(     smile. A few hundred rupees in one’s soon attracted political attention. not been eliminated, he would Tiwari even became a Minister for the judiciary to stand up and        :C   *             ( pocket, a motorcycle and caste back- Dubey was happy to oblige and have become a lawmaker — may while Shahi was gunned down in deliver. Government records sug- ing are enough to turn any youth, job- dabbled in village and panchay- be in 2022 (Assembly election) the 1990s. gest that till 2018, 10.27 lakh cases   $  %,             A  less and restless, into a short-time at-level politics. He was first or 2024 (Lok Sabha). His polit- All these tainted names carry were pending in various lower                        criminal. In a matter of years, he would elected as the pradhan of a village ical clout would have gone up. a Robin Hood image as they help courts in Uttar Pradesh alone.                     qualify to become a full-time crimi- and later became the member of He would have engaged the the local people financially in get- Delayed justice means the crim- nal. Sometime later, he could start con- district panchayat with the back- sharpest of legal brains in India ting their daughters/sisters mar- inals can walk away. This was                    ( testing the elections and even win the ing of two regional parties. and would have proved in the ried. In turn, they live in safe very much evident in the case of                      Assembly or the Lok Sabha polls. After he decided to distance court that he was not present in mansions surrounded by body- Dubey, who, despite facing 60                        Sometimes, even from jail. himself from politics, his wife Bikaru village on July 3. Dubey guards belonging to the same or criminal charges, including that 3S                          ( Dubey’s story is no different. He took over the mantle and was would have also got a reprieve nearby villages or their own of the murder of a Minister-rank and Lallan Bajpai, who was the head elected as the district panchayat like he got in the 2001 murder caste/religion. For them, it’s easy leader, was roaming free, build-                    ( of the Shivli nagar panchayat, were member. She, too, was elected case. In 2003, the then Mulayam to earn money as they run a ing his empire.                 +          friends but in 1996, differences with support from a regional Singh Government did not even lucrative contract business and The common perception is cropped up between the two. During political party. Gradually, Dubey challenge the lower court’s order also have shares in Government that the police arrests only the the Assembly election, Bajpai support- ensured that his relatives got in the High Court. contracts for the construction of aam aadmi and spares the pow- ed Santosh Shukla of the BJP while elected in local-level elections. All of this is not a new story roads, dams and bridges in their erful. Ditto is the case with the 03+) R0,** *( Dubey supported Bahujan Samaj Chaubeypur in Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh. Dubey has only respective areas. In Government judiciary. The so-called steel Party (BSP) candidate Hari Kishan being a Brahmin-dominated brought a new dimension to the parlance, it is called the “mafia frame of our bureaucracy has (  #    2 +  Srivastava. Shukla lost that election. area, Dubey’s caste added more political-crime nexus where share.” It’s an open secret as to developed jelly in its spine, which This widened the gap further. In 2001, strength to his muscle power. He short-term criminals, who hold who the main beneficiary is in is out to please its political mas-  +       4 Dubey tried to acquire land near the preferred being called panditji — sway in 10-12 villages and can the corridors of power. Later, the ters than the people. We need a  A 6"       Shivli Inter College where he wanted as Brahmins are addressed in influence a few thousand votes, dons graduate to running big holistic change in all sectors 3     + 4   to develop a market. When the man- rural Uttar Pradesh. He was a big hold the key to any election. criminal operations, including where crime is crushed at the # ager (Sidheshwar Pandey) opposed, catalytic factor in Mayawati’s Earlier, criminals preferred to extortions and kidnappings and very beginning so that we do not        )      Dubey killed him. Then Dubey famous Dalit-Brahmin social stick to one party. But Dubey was if required, murder. birth more Dubeys.             A attacked Bajpai, killing three of his experiment. With a change of different. Instead of clinging to This criminal-political (The writer is Executive men, though the latter survived. Government, Dubey switched one party, he preferred to change nexus finds its reflection in the Editor, News, The Pioneer,            8   The same year, on October 12, loyalty to the Samajwadi Party the party flag on his car mast as 2017 Assembly elections, too. In Lucknow)      "   #                            4   ) , 5 3 . 2(-        "   ,  .- , ,- .  ,.*.   -  # $+,-O1-, *+, $.   ; &<.,,  .. 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Tushar Anand tially thought, provided it.   + ,,. ,  . ,A!)%#A: -+ Patna      *  =              Because of COVID restrictions, !A 1 ,#?" )$     - .2       3      $    (     (( a number of sporting events ) . . +  -,+ , -, E?' ,*                      (  3   have been postponed or can-   ;'< 5 .)$.1 ,  + celled, including the Olympics. '.,,-2  ++ +    .   1  ,,+  #      + 4S     #  S    The spirit of this sporting event ,  - &  , -+  1- ;& <-# Sir — This refers to the editori-        3            ( is to inspire us to be the best we . -     +  ,* - ,   '   al, “Encounter the truth” (July   4                    can, faster, higher and stronger.   ,  . 2 11). The killing of Vikas Dubey ,,-  , - %, -* - + 5  + ,. ,. ,** -.2$ .. -  +. ..,-,- F E4/,                    It does truly inspire us although has once again raised several not this year. An alternative was  &  -+',, + ,  D.,-,  - -   -+ -,,    ,  + # questions about “encounters”          E               found with the athletes compet- ?>     5 .,* ..  ,-2 ,+- - ,.  -  .-, -,5  ,  ,# being used as a tool by the   S      ,    (6       ing in a ZOOM-like approach at , &  .+, +, ,.-   -  . * -  +2 -  .* .,-+ ,-.,-  police to deliver “justice.” Ideally, -+   ,.. ..,   +  ,#,+ ,-2$,-  -.,-.   -.- - 1-, + -       3          + 4  different locations around the Dubey should have been brought world.  .. ,' . ,.  - -  ,-#  $-+ O. .+ ,  - .'. ,# to the court for his alleged      ,          A   ( ( Lyles competed in the 200m   .  -  ,.  '* +2$- ,. + .  ,. - $2 ..-,,.       crimes. Being a citizen of the     %             E   in an apparent time of 18.90 sec-  ,*,  -++,% -  ,$-+ ;%< . +  .  . D +.  . - ,* , # country, he had the right to be ,-+ -    ,* -  + ,-   L    -  -+ ,-,*2$- ,. ,. % .                  ( onds, a new world record that presumed innocent until proven even he could not believe and he  D.,--$2M$ .   +   +,+ .  + & ,-   - +  . -+ ,., # guilty. But looks like the police        (/,D3      ( was right. As it turned out, he -   , -  - + *.-     # -.2 ,-   ..   ,- - +.  . .   has little time for the due process     + 4   ,           had mistakenly started in the  . ,- 2 - ,-  +, - + +  - * -  -,*,  -  2 of law. No matter how grave the , ---, ,. ,   .+ ,+, --+ # 0!/ @/    %   !     7  ,    ( wrong lane and, thus, ran 15 m accusations, it’s not for the police less than others. He would have  -+ - - ..,- *, - . .- +   or our political leaders to decide        (          + 4 known that something was on matters related to life and                #         wrong as athletes at this level death. The country has an effi-     #                 E  know what they are doing every inspiration, watch the film,    Kanpur by history-sheeter Vikas cient judiciary. The police would second of the race. Obviously, Eddie the Eagle, a story of a Dubey and his assailants has do well to abide by principles.   *    E        3     this was his worst best day. brave or perhaps stupid ski exposed the anarchy in the Shivansh    + 4               We need to enjoy these jumper, who although hopeless, Sir — This refers to the editor- State. As per the report of the Via email         $           ( occasional, small, 15 m errors as inspired everyone. ial, “Encounter the truth” (July National Crime Records Bureau, everything is too serious at the Dennis Fitzgerald 11). The dastardly attack on a in UP, as many as 555 personnel    ?? (% 3                moment. If we need further Melbourne team of Uttar Pradesh police in were killed and 2,048 cops got   0.6./ 0A;2*7.2   +  " ,-. /0/0  7    8(")&,65'3 ! / /-/ &5 &,53-"&5   ( & '((    & '  )( &   &(  &  -(&  &(* (  /-   ('   )       (& &   '&(   &       ( & (  &  )  &* ) '  &( * -.,    .  ,. . . . L& '(? 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 '*)"!"          #    95                    (                    8 -+           # /   (                 3        P( Q   4   *  A    F $      "              (                    #              (           3      !       3      >             A      3       (                                %                            2 )-3%59                                    n the badlands of Uttar Pradesh (UP),    (    things only change to remain the same. In that 4             Iiconic film, Omkara, made by Vishal Bhardwaj and located in the diabolical landscape              #  of western UP where bahubalis (strongmen) call              /       the shots, every character, with the caste prefix 11;;  "  1;:@            ( attached most often with their surnames and on        4        1;      their foreheads, fits into this eternally-predictable           9     $  jigsaw puzzle. There is a revealing scene in this                  ( incredible gangster film of bitter realism. Langra       E          Tyagi, obviously a Brahmin, played superbly by                   # Saif Ali Khan with a pronounced limp, goes to                       a jail as a “visitor” to meet a buddy. The police-   IC;               man at the “reception” is making a loud                3   announcement. Among other instructions he is clearly stating that no arms, ammunition and so              on will be allowed to be taken inside the prison.             So Langra Tyagi walks up to him nonchalantly +             (/   ( and declares for all to hear that he has arms and   E      1;:@      # ammunition. The policeman looks up and jok- / $  3  -/$3.  :C1        ingly dismisses him, saying: “Chal jhutte (Oh '$'%=%$ #           1;:? #   1; come on, you are a liar).”  =('  C;                    In recent weeks, indeed quite apparently ($'$)&   :9  1;         4  since July 3 this year, almost a similar script played out for the world to see. And it was more $)&'= '        :9        (  27      #        volatile than the pandemic, the lockdown, the quarantine, mass migration of workers especial-  && '$( unique selling points. Not really a Robin reportedly tipped off by his contacts in that it was not the same one which was              ly in UP and Bihar, joblessness and the econo-     Hood, or a do-gooder bandit, he was the police force that a raid was about carrying him initially. Reportedly, the #                  my that’s awaiting some sort of resurrection. It $)2  soon branded as one of the most to be conducted on him. The gangster vehicle which overturned was a E                     had such a typically inevitable ending that even ( (=O wanted criminals in the countryside. and his men not only took the guns of Mahindra SUV while he had been trav-             %   3   a C-Grade Bollywood script writer would blush ( $ He liked to be called “Pandit”, the policemen but also reportedly elling in a Tata Safari earlier.    :: 4           in astonishment and embarrassment. O$ proudly flaunting his Brahmin legacy. inflicted severe wounds with an axe on Thereafter, the cops came out with           6  /   By now, the macabre story of the murder of ( $% The first murder case apparently hap- their bodies. Why he participated in a predictable version: The SUV over-  ?8 4   F #       8?<       eight policemen, including a Deputy ($'$)& ( pened in 1990. Nothing happened to this elaborate bloodbath, only he knew; turned, Dubey tried to snatch a gun -6#.    6#           /  Superintendent of Police, in UP and the him in terms of the justice system as is something, perhaps, the nation will from a policeman and run. Like Langra “encounter” of the man who led the attacks on  )(  the undeclared norm in UP in many never come to know now. Tyagi, Dubey walked with a limp; he     6  >  +   > ?;  :;2   $O 6#  :?              the cops has unfolded, with all its gory details cases. He thereby chose to become a Since then, he was known to have simply could not run. Even then, the in the media and social platforms. More than the (=$ lackey of a politician who shifted from travelled across four State borders, UP Police was forced to shoot him $   % %  >  J 6   6   detailing, which is unfolding and which is still  $ the BJP to the Bahujan Samaj Party undetected, and ended up, as if going dead. One wonders why? Was he shot , 4 #  #   #       wrapped in many hidden sleaze tales of the $&'$ (BSP). Dubey, too, joined the BSP in for a morning walk, at the in the chest? If he was running, with a                underground and the overground, mixing in a ''=( 1995-96. Both he and his wife won local Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in limp, how come he was not shot in the #                1;:@ sinister synthesis with such lucidity, there are too  O(=$ elections by hook or by crook. Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh (MP), on back? Why did he surrender in the first      # ) /    3 -)/3.    ?8 many questions. All of these surround the hith-  $% Significantly, he was the main July 9. Unarmed, he surrendered, with- place if he really wanted to run? Why         1;:<     1;:1(:? 3 erto not so popular figure of the protagonist:  ' &($ accused in the murder of BJP leader out an inch of anxiety written on his did he not hide and get holed up, with     )/3S   29    O ??    Vikas Dubey of village Bikaru in Kanpur Dehat,  %& '$$' Santosh Shukla, who was then a face, to the unarmed and untrained enough political patronage, till things     C1       3       Chaubepur block. Minister of State, no less, at the Shivli guards at the temple. He was reported- cooled down? Why did he not surren- A history-sheeter, gangster and criminal, & %$'' police station, again in Kanpur Dehat, ly identified when he repeatedly shout- der in a court with lawyers, in full pub-  (       3          ( $% '          :9     A  ( with over 60 cases against him, including mul- in 2001. In a daredevil act, sending a ed his name for all to hear, and his iden- lic view, and instead chose to send a tiple cases of land-grabbing and murders,  (O(=$ signal to all across the police force and tity was established through the use of symbolic message by surrendering in                ( Dubey was known to be a typical bahubali.    the political spectrum, he apparently the Truecaller app on the phone. a Hindu temple? What were the sleazy,          Pandering to the upper caste politicians at the $ ($ chased the Minister inside the police The MP Police handed him over to sinister and shady secrets Dubey was 3              local level with big ambitions, he not only wield- '(=$ '' station and shot him dead as a public the UP Police, which then took him in hiding in his several decades of crim-           #    3     ed the gun as an insignia of his prowess but also & '$7$( spectacle. Two policemen also died in a convoy to some unknown destination, inal life, so lucidly tangled within the               #    convinced them about his invincibility in their $  that incident. However, Dubey was not probably Kanpur, followed by intrepid web of UP politics?           #   ( grand design. It is slowly emerging that he had =) '$ arrested. reporters in their vehicles. He was Indeed, if Dubey was bumped off,           (    #     been used by politicians across the spectrum. It )% He surrendered after some months, apparently made to sit with policemen, which seems to be so at this moment,                 is also being openly said that he was bumped off reportedly accompanied by politicians, unarmed obviously, and handcuffed, in what was the hurry to enact this pub- brazenly and with a total lack of finesse in the = $% even while the entire bureaucracy and a Tata Safari. He showed no desire to lic spectacle so soon after his arrest and           ,         $$    # !  A  3 -!A3.  >    ( darkness of the night so that he would not reveal police administration tacitly refused to escape and had willfully surrendered, so shoddily at that? And why were the all the shady stories of politicians and policemen )&'O proceed against him, according to the obviously working on a bigger plot. reporters following the convoy stopped   3 6  $ / -6$/.   P# up his sleeve. brother and relatives of the BJP politi- There were speculations in the media again and again, and then finally bar-                However, uncanny questions remain, about cian he had murdered. Predictably, and amid UP-watchers that he would ricaded?             his life and especially the manner in which he again, he was acquitted. Dubey was be bumped off just like the rest of his In the badlands of UP, these ques-     A         ( died. It is common knowledge that officers of the finally arrested in 2017, booked under close aides had been. tions make little sense. Indeed, those               Q # 6$/ UP Police have a reasonably murky record in the Gangsters Act and Anti-Social On July 10, as the night unfolded reporters who would be brave enough               3   terms of the numerous “encounters” under the Activities (Prevention) Act. Two years into another macabre drama, the SUV to ask these questions are clearly not fol-                ( current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime, later he was chargesheeted. However, with Dubey inside, surrounded by lowing their beats. Law keepers have          #      despite observations against the same by the his activities continued unabated. policemen, allegedly turned turtle, on always been walking a tightrope in this           3 (#   highest court in the land. Vikas Dubey, shot dead As is well-known, for reasons best a road which did not seem to have any part of the Hindi heartland. With the         *         at the age of 43 in a striped white T-shirt with known to him, Dubey’s gang ambushed bumps or potholes. According to killing of gangster Vikas Dubey, the a pronounced and happy potbelly, started his a police party looking for him on the reports, the SUV, which had skid on a criminalisation of politics has again        3        criminal life when he was young. His early gang night of July 3 in his village and killed smooth tarmac, did not leave any tyre come a full circle. Or, should we say,    (      was conceived in his youth, with muscle-flexing, them in cold blood. Eight cops were marks or wasn’t damaged. Besides, its that it has turned turtle? -         . land-grabbing, extortion and murder as his killed and several injured. Dubey was doors were jammed. There are reports (The writer is a senior journalist) (        <" " #') 5*!"!" ##(*!#"5" "+ " !!"#7" # " ## %!%)

in the worldly workings of the new State religion? Second, the after the revolution, had agreed century French philosopher Voltaire When his faction’s acts became too communism split into various fac- Government. But there have been detractors also pointed out that the with the revolution’s pursuit of com- as follows: “If God did not exist, it radical, the moderates managed to tions. episodes where some followers of a idea of reason, in the political con- pletely abolishing the monarchy and would be necessary to invent him.” remove him through an internal JNU professor Ajay Gudavarthy secular ideology broke away to re- text at least, rationalised this sepa- neutralising the political power that Secondly, Robespierre fully coup. His faith, too, was abolished. writes that, over the years, because of mould this ideology into a new ration instead of becoming a theo- the clergy and the Church once exer- understood how, for centuries, the Robespierre’s faction, believing itself intensifying economic and political faith that was to replace the old reli- logical doctrine itself. cised. However, many of them were Catholic Church in Europe had to be purer republicans and revolu- tensions and polarisation, the nature gions. In the late 18th century, when The “Cult of Reason” was, there- also of the view that religion’s social managed to gather tremendous tionaries (compared to the moder- of internal conflicts in societies is a violent revolution in France over- fore, a short-lived idea and sidelined. utility need not be attacked. degrees of political and economic ates), could not help but fall into a changing. According to him, old class 5 $$29"&+ threw the French monarchy and However, soon it was replaced by the Ironically, Robespierre, who detest- power. But since the French revolu- “god complex,” with the right to and ethnic conflicts remain but they Catholic clergy, the intellectual lead- “Cult of the Supreme Being.” This ed his moderate colleagues, agreed. tion was directly aimed at abolish- judge what was politically correct are being increasingly added to by he concept of sectarianism is ership of the revolution looked to was mainly conceived by the radical But he suspected that remnants of ing this power along with the monar- and what wasn’t. conflicts within marginalised groups largely associated with fac- create a secular democratic republic. French republican, Maximilien the Church might be used to usurp chy, Robespierre decided to replace In the 1960s, the Red Book that who were once most likely to remain Ttions and divisions within a However, within this group were Robespierre. his faction’s power in the assembly. Catholicism with an alternative faith. carried quotes of the founder of com- united. He gave the examples of racial religion. However, there is also now also those who believed that the rev- When his faction of French rev- So, he decided to create a whole new To Robespierre, the “Supreme munist China, Mao Tse Tung, equality and women’s rights groups an increasingly used expression olution had only been able to weak- olutionaries overwhelmed the “mod- faith to fill the void left behind the Being” was a deity called Liberty. became a sacred tome in China and who, after finding the need to expand called “secular sectarianism.” This is en the political role of Catholicism erates”, Robespierre declared the receding avenues of Catholicism. This, to him, was a “living deity” Mao became a living deity of sorts. their identities beyond the usual about factionalism within a secular and that a new religion was needed new faith as the State religion. The contemporary Slovenian which was to be worshipped through Of course, in theory, communism is “binary” ways that race and gender ideology, especially one which direct- to completely expunge it from Historian Emmet Kennedy writes philosopher, Slavoj i ek, explains democracy and reason. This then atheistic, but when Mao whipped up are perceived and debated, have ly or indirectly sees itself as being as French society. US academic Keith that Robespierre insisted that a Robespierre as a highly contradicto- would lead to a life of virtue and the a “Cultural Revolution” in 1966, ended up spending more effort bat- grand an idea as the idea of faith. In Baker writes that a faith called “Cult belief in a godhead was important for ry character who placed the “neces- immortality of the human soul. The “Maoism” almost became a reli- tling other such groups who may fact, in some cases, it wants to actu- of Reason” was founded complete social order but it needed to be done sity” of violence and terror in the moderates were left horrified when gion. Those in the Chinese think otherwise. It’s like standing in ally replace it as a new kind of faith. with temples of reason. This did not through reason. This, however, did context of ideas that were actually Robespierre started to hold festivals Communist Party, who exhibited front of a mirror and shouting at your Most secular ideas, however, retain go down very well by most of their not stop him from organising festi- opposed to those that he was prop- which looked quite like the ones held distaste or concern towards what own reflection, believing the reflec- a democratic respect for religion, as compatriots who saw it as a contra- vals to honour the “god of reason.” agating. In fact, in an early exhibi- by the fallen clergy of yore. Even Mao had triggered, were cut down tion to be the enemy. In a way then, long as it remains relegated to deal- dictory act. How could secularism, This again was problematic. tion of secular sectarianism, he though he was already ordering the by fanatical mobs, waving the Red sectarianism is not unique to reli- ing with the people’s personal spir- which insists on separating Church The “moderates” in the French opposed the idea of separating faith beheading of critics, he also made it Book and claiming to be on the right gions alone. itual matters and does not interfere and State, become the source of a assembly, that had come into being from politics, by quoting the 18th unacceptable to reject the new faith. side of the revolution. International (Courtesy: Dawn)   +  " ,-. /0/0  :

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   ('$ forth an annual median GDP The finance ministry on growth forecast for 2020-21 at Sunday said financing requests Industry body Ficci on Sunday (-) 4.5 per cent - with a mini- of close to Rs 10,000 crore have &55= .   56 said its Economic Outlook mum and maximum growth been received under the spe- 6/ /  @@0 Survey has projected the coun- estimate of (-) 6.4 per cent and cial liquidity scheme worth Rs try's annual median GDP 1.5 per cent respectively for 30,000 crore for stressed - (3 ),+  ,-,* growth for 2020-21 at (-) 4.5 2020-21," it said. NBFCs and HFCs whose ,-. '+;)'< per cent. As per the survey, the quar- financials further deteriorated ..+ ,  - With the rapid spread of terly median forecasts indicate due to the COVID-19 crisis. $-+. .'+,--+ . + COVID-19 pandemic mani- GDP growth to contract by (- The scheme was launched G  - .  ,* -.1 festing into an economic and ) 14.2 per cent in the first quar- on July 1. The Reserve Bank of .  * - - healthcare crisis globally, the ter of 2020-21, with a mini- India (RBI) has provided funds   .G 55 # . + latest forecast marks a sharp mum estimate of (-) 25 per for the scheme by subscribing about Rs 9,875 crore of financ- Trust has approved invest- ;  - <, ,-2 downward revision from the cent and a maximum estimate to government-guaranteed ing as on July 7, 2020 which are ment of up to Rs 200 crore in ,* - . -  +-, - growth estimate of 5.5 per of (-) 7.4 per cent. special securities issued by a being processed," the finance commercial paper issued by  * -  G  - . cent reported in the January Economic activity-wise trust set up by SBI Capital ministry said in a statement. the applicant. Non-banking *- . +)'. + 2020 survey, it said. ed showing signs of getting had said the GDP growth dur- annual forecast indicated a Markets Limited (SBICAP). The first application has financial companies (NBFCs) - .  * -2.1 The pandemic outbreak has back to normalcy in response ing 2020-21 is likely to remain median growth of 2.7 per cent "RBI has also issued a circu- been approved and the and housing finance compa- * -  . - 1- 1 severely impacted the eco- to the staggered easing of in the negative territory. for agriculture and allied activ- lar to NBFCs and HFCs on remaining are also under con- nies (HFCs) came under stress ,  ,*, -+.  nomic activities as the country restrictions. Releasing details of the sur- ities for 2020-21. July 1, 2020 itself on the sideration, it said. The following a series of defaults by   - ) ++ +2 had to go through a lockdown "It is, however, still uncertain vey, Ficci said the present "Agriculture seems to be Scheme. SBICAP has received Investment Committee of IL&FS group firms in .1)   . + to check spread of the virus. when supply chains will be round of 'Economic Outlook the only sector with a silver lin- 24 applications requesting Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS) September 2018. ,* -.  However, the restrictions are restored fully; how long will it Survey' was conducted in June ing right now. There is an * - - ,  ,-.- being gradually eased. take for demand conditions to 2020 and drew responses from apparent upside as far as the  - --G 55  While addressing SBI normalise; and what kind of leading economists represent- performance of monsoon is A"A!2$,+  ,, Banking and Economics durable effects the pandemic ing industry, banking and concerned this year and the , ,,0 +,* .  -+- - ,-  Conclave on Saturday, RBI will leave behind on our poten- financial services sector. water reservoir levels in the * 1 .  ++ +2.1. Governor Shaktikanta Das said tial growth," he said. "The latest round of Ficci's country stand at good levels," +*,4   +G  - .  ,* - the Indian economy has start- In May, the Reserve Bank Economic Outlook Survey puts the industry chamber said.  & - .,-  -+ -.,, - .-)G 55   . 424)1*8, ,- , !A. .+ - +    ('$  G  - .  ,, >! ,9  * "#( #" Q!)  #1* ,, +  ,-+. ,-. .2 ReNew Power has given up to )444, ,3 12 per cent salary hikes and bonuses to all its employees ,?")7(+,! ()"# 440 **,R amid COVID-19-induced lockdown, probably making    ('$    ('$ an exception among its peers.  !!*"# Some clean energy firms in Alembic Pharmaceuticals is The ban on 59 apps with private sector have given looking at enhancing prof- Chinese links has opened hikes to employees but that is 1 /50/7 itability of its domestic busi- up opportunities for home- "=*"#( !  not across the board and is  7.0 /   ness and expects it to grow in grown players to accelerate very nominal for lower double digits in the current growth but they will have income categories (like below "*# 67 !0.6 financial year with focus on to ensure good user expe-    ('$ cargo data handled by these Rs 10 lakh per annum), as per - (3  + high-margin products, accord- rience and engagement on ports, in its latest report said industry sources. ,,- . -+ *   ing to the company's annual their platforms to be suc- Thermal coal imports at "percentage variation from "2020 has been a challeng- -. - . ,- .. + - report for 2019-20. cessful, according to indus- India's 12 major ports dropped the previous year" in thermal ing year for everyone. ReNew !E2>  -+,- . Sharing information with try analysts. 34.70 per cent to 17.71 million coal and coking coal han- power also had its fair share   **,.C:??B the company's shareholders, Homegrown apps like tonnes (MT) in the the first dling was 34.70 per cent and of challenges but ReNewers , - #G- D   the drug firm said it has Roposo, Chingari and oth- quarter of the current fiscal, 28.49 per cent, respectively. have faced adversity with ,   -- -    already started witnessing an ers have claimed to have according to the Indian Ports' Thermal coal is the main- determination and have ,+- ,  , uptick in domestic business seen manifold growth in Association (IPA). stay of India's energy pro- ensured continuation of oper-  - .2 ,  .* with new product strategy in downloads since the ban Impacted by the COVID-19 gramme as 70 per cent of ations. "In these difficult .. + .,+ - +!A2:  place. was announced last month. pandemic, coking coal power generation is dependent times, we consciously decid- -,.E2E 1  , - "We completed this transi- Some players imports too witnessed a on the dry fuel, while coking ed to go ahead with salary G- A"A"D   ,*  + tion in 2019-20 and started have also announced sig- decline 28.49 per cent to 10.69 coal is used mainly for steel hikes and bonuses to ensure  .!" 1  , ;  witnessing an uptick in perfor- Shaunak Amin said in a joint "In 2020-21, we expect nificant ramp up in MT in the quarter. making.India is the third- our employees do not face  . --  . ,!F2>  mance in the last quarter of the communication. The compa- (domestic) business to grow in employee base and server These ports had handled largest producer of coal after any hardship on this front. -<-  , .,-+- fiscal," Alembic ny aims to grow its presence in double digits in sync with the capacity to meet this 27.13 MT of thermal coal and China and the US, and has 299 With many sectors of the  ,+,  ,. 2 Pharmaceuticals Managing the specialty and chronic ther- growth in the market," the growth in usage on their 14.95 MT of coking coal in the billion tonnes of resources economy slowly recovering, I  . , +. - .# Directors Pranav Amin and apy segments, they added. company leaders noted. platform. April-June period of the pre- and 123 billion tonnes of expect the Indian economy to   **+ - .,?A2> vious financial year. proven reserves, which may be back on the growth path   - -+AF2:  -- The IPA, which maintains last for over 100 years. soon," Sumant Sinha said. A"A" -+) A"A"  .    ,. + " 0 !* A 6      ++-   G- A"A" D    .  -+  , *0 (,   3(: %;+<==    . ,.*,- 6   (  )?  , +. , 2  21), +* + -. - . , ,-- .,    ('$ Indian telecom market, # >=>=    , +,- .#     ('$ where data and voice con-  ** , ,- . Amid heightened anti-China sumption patterns are chart- .- .. .   -.    TVS Motor Company sentiments in India, Swedish ing new highs.    ('$ The category has been one of April at Rs 731 crore , followed *  +  7$#!: expects business environ- telecom equipment maker "We do not base our busi- the better-performing ones by Rs 815 crore in May and Rs  -+ * 2 ment to remain challenging Ericsson has said it hopes to ness plans on things which Gold exchange traded funds since last year. Since August 494 crore in June. "As the surge for most part of the current win contracts in the Indian we cannot control... we saw hefty net inflows of over Rs 2019, gold exchange traded in coronavirus cases have cast a financial year due to the telecom market on the strength believe in technology leader- 3,500 crore in the first six funds (ETFs) have received net doubt on the swift recovery coronavirus pandemic with of its technology leadership, ship. And, if you see global- months of this year as investors inflows of Rs 3,723 crore. As per hopes, investors continue to chances of some revival only and added that as a practice, ly, we have been winning on continued to hedge their expo- the data, a net sum of Rs 3,530 hedge their exposure to riskier in the later part of the year, the company does not base our technology leadership," sure to riskier assets amid the crore was pumped into gold- assets by investing a portion of according to the company's business plans on matters not Bansal told PTI. COVID-19 crisis. linked ETFs in the six months their assets in gold, as it is seen annual report for 2019-20. under its control. Other impact areas that are In comparison, investors had ended June 30 this year. Month- as a safe haven in times of The two-wheeler major Ericsson India head Nitin question on whether the anti- being keenly watched in the pulled out Rs 160 crore from wise, investors put in a net Rs uncertainty," said Himanshu ' 5/= .1 * = said that good monsoon this Bansal said that the compa- China sentiments in the telecom space are 5G trials this asset class in January-June 202 crore in January, Rs 1,483 Srivastava, senior research ana- 70  /!  year could lead to growth in ny remains "very confident" country would provide a and the mega 5G networks 2019, according to the latest data crore in February, but withdrew lyst (manager research), the agriculture sector, which of its technology prowess. competitive edge to non- that will be created in the available with the Association of Rs 195 crore in March on prof- Morningstar Investment 6.0 .  5 ! may help in reviving the Bansal was responding to a Chinese gear vendors in future. Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). it booking. Inflows resumed in Adviser India. - (3 ,, ,# two-wheeler industry.  ++  ,* - "In 2020-21, the economy , -* - -. will see significant challenges 30,:8+)* (8 -+. .  . ,- owing to the impact of the 96  ,!"+*1   ? -1, !2!" 1 COVID-19 pandemic and   ., -+     the resultant interruption to 1)0,')333*0,,340:,2 $-+ 3.!A* 5,,. -,- economic activity which is    ('$ season," Rusmik Oza, execu- )-. ) -.1 ) -+  beginning to reopen," TVS    ('$ said the housing demand will tive vice president, head of fun- . +2 ,* . -.  Motor Company said. certainly be impacted due to Foreign portfolio investors damental research at Kotak ,,,,,.  , -+-  Restriction on public Leading realty firm Godrej the economic slowdown (FPI) have pulled out Rs 2,867 Securites, said. . +20) 5,,.  mobility and impact on many Properties is well placed to caused by the pandemic. crore from Indian markets in After remaining net buyers *,-  * ,!!"""" sectors of the economy will maintain its growth momen- However, he said the July so far, mainly on account in June in the Indian equity    -+222 -1, . affect GDP, disposable tum this fiscal despite head- demand from prospective of profit booking after surge in markets, FPIs have gone slow )0   . +,+  ,- incomes, consumer senti- winds due to the COVID-19 homebuyers will further con- Indian equities. with respect to their invest- -+. . -+-+. . ,- ment and also the auto indus- pandemic, and will look to solidate towards large organ- The overseas investors ments in Indian equities in July ,),21 ,,# ++  ,* -- try, it added. "Consequently, increase market share as well ised developers with better pulled out a net Rs 2,210 crore so far, said Himanshu   ,-2(   - a very sharp decline in the as add projects available at a track record in execution. from equities and Rs 657 crore 24,053 crore by FPIs in domes- Srivastava, associate director - +*/ , ..,+ -- ,# + first quarter of 2020-21 is distressed valuation, a top Moreover, Godrej said the from debt segment, taking the tic markets in June. manager research at -+. .0)-. ,  expected, which may partial- company official said. affordability has increased due total net outflow to Rs 2,867 Besides, FPIs have been net Morningstar India. 40/*,,0* + , - ) -+  . +2 ly alleviate in the following In his message to the com- to low interest rates and stable crore between July 1-10, investors in the last quarter "This could be attributed to $-+  .!A* 5,,.2 quarter, with any upside pos- pany's shareholders in the prices over the past seven according to the depositories ended June as "valuations have intermittent profit booking by    ('$  . !A,. + -+ + sibilities only playing out in annual report, Godrej years. Home ownership would data. become extremely rich after FPIs given the surge in the F"B),  ,-  . the later part of the year," it Properties Executive also gain currency due to The latest withdrawal has the sharp rally and disap- Indian equities in June and in The GST anti profiteering - -   2 noted. Chairman Pirojsha Godrej lockdown. come after investment of Rs pointing Q4 FY20 earnings July so far," Srivastava said. authority has found Ghaziabad-based Gaursons Realtech guilty of not passing on lower tax rate benefits (  . ' +   02   :6( worth Rs 19.72 crore to homebuyers. While uphold- ing the profiteering amount,    4  0 NAA also asked DGAP to        investigate 33 other projects of Gaursons Realtech to    ('$ questioned the rationale of check whether the benefits of making an equity investment    ('$ technology for making toll lower taxes paid on raw mate- US energy upstart Tellurian at a time when gas was so payments on national high- rial used in construction were has failed to qualify in a ten- abundantly available the world The government on Sunday ways directly from the prepaid passed on to flat buyers. der for supply of competitive- over, three officials involved in said it has decided to ensure or savings account linked to it. Based on the application ly priced gas to India just as its the negotiations said. To satis- capturing of FASTag details A prepaid tag, fixed on vehi- that the realty company had USD 2.5 billion tentative stake fy promoters as well as test if while registering or issuing cles' windscreen, allows auto- resorted to profiteering when sale deal with Petronet LNG LNG terminal for 40 years. The LNG from Tellurian would be fitness certificate to vehicles all mated deduction of toll it sold flat in its '16th Park Ltd expired, officials said. deal was concurrent with competitive, Petronet invited over the country. charges, and lets any vehicle View' project on Yamuna Petronet, India's biggest gas Petronet making an equity bids to buy 1 million tonnes In a letter addressed to NIC, pass through a toll plaza with Expressway, the DGAP inves- importer, had on September investment of USD 2.5 billion per annum of LNG for 10 with copies to all the states and zero human contact. tigated the case. 21, 2019, signed a for an 18 per cent stake in years. Suppliers were asked to UTs, the ministry has informed "As such, the ministry has The applicant had alleged Memorandum of Driftwood. The September quote a price lower than 30 that full integration of National asked to ensure capturing that Gaursons Realtech had Understanding (MoU) for pur- MoU contemplated conclu- cents minus Japan/Korea Electronic Toll Collection FASTag details while register- charged 12 per cent GST chase of up to 5 million tonnes sion of the transaction by Marker (JKM) LNG price, (NETC) with VAHAN portal The VAHAN system is now vehicle registration number), it ing new vehicles, as also while from him on the considera- per annum of liquefied natur- March 31, 2020, but the time- which effectively brought the has been achieved, Ministry of getting all information on added. issuing fitness certificates to tion paid by him before al gas (LNG) from Tellurian line was extended to May 31, rate close to spot or current Road Transport and Highways FASTags through VIN/VRN FASTag employs radio fre- vehicles plying under nation- Goods and Services Tax was Inc's proposed Driftwood 2020 after Petronet promoters prices. said in a statement. (vehicle identification number/ quency identification (RFID) al permit," the statement said. rolled out on July 1, 2017. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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6 +  +  +    + <"((3%) 3. +-         4  9 +-'-) #  - "  +  .  + I started writing during Q "  & my mature years. My first poem was when I was 16           years old, but it did not get published until I was 23.        +   By 25, I started graying and my hair was white. My   '.    +     poetry was my way of coming out as gay to the  +#      9 world. I had to hide it as I couldn’t openly say that I .    ;        + was gay. My poetry is my  '  means of conveying things "       ?  N5  to the outside world. I don’t torture my readers, I N  6 +     write for boys who are coming out and there are      4    9#   four-five words that I use time and again. Unlike the #     A= Americans, I never used big words and jargon. I waited and made a proper  068330$1"6%  ,   theme vocabulary and  #$ style for myself. My second   +  +  999 poem was published when I was 40. "6; ;-") drop us back from school. My parents got divorced when I Hoshang Merchant was very young and that was  was born in 1947 very traumatic. We were told to a working-class that those who go with my Zoroastrian family father would get all the family in Mumbai, where he attend- money and those who go ed Xavier’s Lads Academy with mother, won’t. I have and St. Xavier’s College. He three sisters and they went has a Masters from with my father. I was sent for Occidental College, Los higher studies to the States Angeles and for his Ph.D. in with a meager allowance. 1981, he wrote a dissertation Though I was very poor, I on Anaïs Nin. He has lived was rich in my experiences and taught in Heidelberg, through my travels. In 1984, I Jerusalem, and Iran where he came back to Bombay but was exposed to various radi- could not find a job. After cal movements of the Left. “I two years of unemployment, I was a very good student, also joined Hyderabad Central a loner growing up who never University in 1986 after I played a game in my life. But noticed an advertisement in I was good at art, painting the newspaper. I was kicked and essay writing and always out of 13 jobs in 10 years and stood first in English. have travelled all over the However, I was not someone world before settling down in who you would call an overall Hyderabad. Even here, I topper,” he says. could not rent a room and body has served somebody mean to people like us? But I moved places 17 times in 12 for 25 years, and then he dies. can understand that people )-6(3% .,<3 (3 months because of my sexual So the other one inherits his have grown up in a hetero- +;.-"2. orientation. Thankfully property. But what about peo- sexual society and want to nobody touched me or beat ple who don’t have property? think, “Oh, I want to live with My family was the fourth me up. Or what about the kind of this person forever”. I did too. generation in Bombay back relationships that don’t last I knew no better. I’d also then. My childhood was very %; '""(%- that long? The kind of rela- grown up seeing my father that of a wealthy and pam- tionships I’ve had — two and mother. As human pered kid. We were those kids Marriages are about prop- months, three months, a few beings, we live in our heads, who had a car to pick and erty. Any marriage. Say some- days. What does marriage we don’t live in society.

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      8   fter legendary wishes began pouring in, the last 10 days are requested In a lengthy post, power Bollywood actor flooding Twitter and other to please get themselves test- star Pawan Kalyan, a die-   Amitabh social media platforms. ed!” hard fan of Sr Bachchan,  Bachchan and his Big B had tweeted: “T Bollywood celebs aside, said that he still remembers   son Abhishek 3590 -I have tested CoviD Tollywood celebs were not his family praying for the Bachchan positive .. shifted to Hospital far behind wishing the superstar’s health when he      announced that himself, wife .. hospital informing author- Bachchans a speedy recovery. got injured during Coolie’s Aishwarya and daughter ities .. family and staff Megastar Chiranjeevi, who shoot. “You always invoke Aradhya too have been test- undergone tests , results considers Big B as his role such tremendous amount of    ed positive for coronavirus. awaited .. All that have been model and mentor, tweeted, love, loyalty and affection A wave of get well soon in close proximity to me in “All our best wishes and from different age groups.    hearty prayers are with you We love you not only Amit ji! @SrBachchan Get because of your talent but "    +    + well Soon! (sic).” also for your fighting-spirit,  %A Nagarjuna Akkineni, who simplicity and humbleness.    + has family and business ties It gave me immense pain with Bachchan, wrote, “Dear when I got to know that you   Amitji,our prayers are with and Abhishek ji have tested  you for a speedy recovery positive for corona. May lord 066%6/ (sic).” Dhanvanthri bless you and  F    Filmmaker Ram Gopal Abhishek ji with healing *1-   Varma, who collaborated energies,” the actor said in a with Big B for Sarkar series statement. among other films, in his Mahesh Babu posted, “Get  usual andaaz tweeted: well soon sir! Wishing you a “SARKAAAR am sure u will speedy recovery… (Sic).” kick Corona on its butt and Other noted personalities  <# &  come back more stronger like Ravi Teja, Gunasekhar, than ever like u always did ..I Harish Shankar, Sampath pportunities for learn- aim to impact 3,000 kids wont pray for u, but I will Nandi and Chinni Krishna inod Anantoju, the on. I had to take a call. It will not be a punch-filled street food and the film has ing and development in the coming year. Avika pray for the Corona who will were among a host of others director of Middle Thankfully, my parents were comedy but more in the brack- many portions revolving are the key to nation’s Gor of Uyyala Jampala surely die in its assault on u who wished to see Class Melodies always supportive of my deci- et of Jandhyala, Bapu and around food. In fact, there is  progress. Unequal fame, has been a constant (Sic).” Bachchans recover fast.  (MCM), featuring sion to enter filmdom.” Vamsi’s comedy. It will be a even a song on different vari- access widens the supporter of Camp Anand Before Middle Class slice of life film minus the big eties of food items in Guntur. social and economic Dairies. She is helping the Deverakonda and Melodies, Vinod wrote stories stakes and outstanding drama. Raghava, however, has to divide. There are still hun- organisation to raise funds Varsha Bollamma in the lead belonging to diverse genres and The conflicts are light and the encounter problems financially dreds of schools across the through her fans and well- roles, developed interest started pitching them to pro- narrative flow smooth. Tharun and opposition from his father country where digital edu- wishers. She collaborated towards films during interme- ducers, but to no avail. “By Bhascker happened to hear it to open his hotel. He has a love cation is not yet possible, with Camp Dairies and diate, while going on to do a default I could write stories and impressed by it, referred it interest as well and her part causing thousands of stu- started a birthday bunch of short films in engi- which are serious in nature and to Anand Deverakonda. In fact, blends into his dream. dents to lose out on pre- fundraiser with online neering to hone his skills. it turned out to be a difficult post the narration, the actor Simultaneously, supporting cious hours, days, weeks crowdfunding platform Before that, he was an avid proposition to convince pro- said he was looking for a story parts around the protagonist and eventually months of Milaap. While she is reader. “My dad was a manager ducers with them. It was of this nature. Bhavya too have small story plots,” he education. encouraging her family, of Guntur branch Visalandhra around this time, I decided to Creations later endorsed it,” he reveals. Camp Diaries, an friends and wellwishers to book house. So, I cultivated the write a light-hearted drama recalls, adding that while doing Except for the lead pair, the organisation started by donate to this online habit of reading at an early age. along with my buddy short films, he was aware of film’s supporting roles have Milind Chandwani during fundraising campaign I started writing soon after and Janardhan Pasumarthi. We first Tharun’s work in the short been played by fresh faces like his stint with Teach For instead of presenting her was also into storytelling as considered the title Middle films arena, so was the Chaitanya Garikapati, Divya India in 2017, makes gifts, she is also matching well. Because of slight financial Class Melodies. There was an Pellichoopulu director of his. Sripada, Goparaju Ramana, learning fun for children all the donations received instability at home, I had to inherent story and a theme in “However, we didn’t know each Surabhi Prabhavathi, Prem from lower socio-econom- through this fundraiser. take up a software job in the title. So we thought of other personally. My friend Sagar and Prabhavathi Varma. ic backgrounds. They have Speaking of the fund- Hyderabad after engineering. doing something from it and Raviteja Girijala, who edited It was the story diktat, Vinod so far impacted over 5,000 raiser, the actress said, “I The initial plan was to do it for started developing it. The film my film, worked as an editor observes. “As I was attempting students across nine cities am a firm believer of two-three years and then follow is not a single protagonist for Tharun’s films Pellichoopulu a realistic comedy, I wanted in India, equity and therefore envi- my dream of making movies. story; other characters around and Ee Nagarinika Emaindi. It the audiences to connect to and sion a country where all However, the two years soon him have significant impor- was he who helped me forge a characters like their neigh- children follow their pas- turned into seven years,” he tance. All these characters were bond with Tharun.” bours or their own. If popular sion and unleash their : smiles in a conversation with borrowed from real people’s In the film, Anand plays a supporting actors played potential. There is a great The Pioneer. lives around us. We later bun- villager Raghava, an expert in those roles, it would give the amount of potential in He continues, “During the dled them into a thematic con- whipping out Mumbai chutney. feeling of watching a cinema, many of the underprivi- last four years of my job, I nection,” he shares. Hailing from Kolakaluru, which I didn't want. I had to leged children to couldn’t even make time to do Vinod is quick to inform that which is 20.5 kms drive from audition many actors from do anything, but !/ / short films because of the the story is not in a usual for- Guntur, he is passionate about theatre groups of Guntur and there isn’t a path demanding nature of work at mat, which is why it took him cooking and aspires to open a Tenali for the parts and it for them to reach office. It was then I decided and Janardhan two years to get hotel in Guntur and introduce took three months of time. great successes.” that if I continue to remain it green-lighted. “It’s got a new Mumbai chutney to the locals. The workshops followed soon with the job, it will go on and flavor and is a realistic comedy. “Guntur is a popular hub for after.” -   8           ven before she embarks on the arduous road to    =# ilmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who announced projects like Murder, make a biopic on %   Thriller and Power Star in the past one month, is gearing up for another  Karnam film titled Lockdown. According to the buzz, he will be making another Malleswari, one-    suspense thriller in the backdrop of coronavirus-induced lockdown. film-old director Sanjana !  Leading the cast will be Varma’s find Sri Tej from Vangaveeti and Lakshmi’s Reddy has signed another NTR, and Poojita Ponnada. The filmmaker has already made a film film. This new project with & % Coronavirus, whose trailer is already out. 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Crawley surely far and sit in hotel rooms for stand a chance because of how for 4 at tea and 57 runs from victory. has to stay in the side,” Vaughan two weeks”. good they have been over the Jermaine Blackwood was 65 not told BBC Sport. The Covid-19 pandemic past few years. out and had revived the tourists with “Joe Denly played the way he has changed the rules of the “It is going to be a tough a 73-run partnership with Roston has played in all of his 15 Tests. game, players have to be in series. It is not going to be what Chase before Chase was out for 37. It’s been the same story. He did quarantine for two weeks and it was two years back. It is going Before they came together, West the hard yards then made a mis- be tested for the virus before to be a strong Australia but our Indies was 27-3 and struggling in pur- take,” Vaughan added. they can take the field in empty team is as good,” he said. suit of a target of 200 to take the series Denly, who plays at No 3, stadiums for now. “We have the batting, we lead at the Rose Bowl. struggled with the bat in the But Ganguly is hoping that have the bowling. We just need Jofra Archer's two early wickets opener, scoring 18 and 29 in the ond innings at the Ageas Bowl on the Indian team will get some to bat better. The best teams gave West Indies problems in a seem- first and second innings respec- Saturday. relaxation during its tour of overseas bat well. ingly straightforward chase. Archer tively. The 34-year-old has failed “It’s not even a conversation. Australia, comprising four “When we were so success- removed Kraigg Brathwaite (4) and to breach the 40-run mark in You could argue that Denly was Tests, including a day-nighter, ful in England, in Australia, in Shamarh Brooks (0), and Mark Wood eight innings. very lucky to have played 15 Test later in the year. Pakistan we were getting 400- bowled Shai Hope for 9. Denly, who made his debut matches. There are a lot of play- “...We have confirmed that 500-600 in Test matches. I said West Indies had the added problem last year, averages 29.53 in 15 ers who have played only eight tour. In December we will be that to Virat as well.” of opener John Campbell retiring hurt Tests and has failed to capitalise Tests and got hundreds,” said coming. We just hope the num- Ganguly said that the series after being hit on the toe with a york- on good starts. His highest score Vaughan, who led England in 51 ber of quarantine days get will be more important to er from Archer. The West Indies team  6 C    (    ) 4$8   )? ? ? :   of 94 came against Australia in of his 82 Tests. reduced a bit,” Ganguly told Kohli’s tenure as captain of the said Campbell would come out to bat 2019. “He has missed his chance India Today show The side than the World Cup. again if needed. &  four to ease the early pressure but Wood On the other hand, 22-year- and they have to stick with Inspiration. “Because you are Virat The indications were that he might came into the attack and knocked out old Crawley scored his second Crawley. I’m sorry for Denly — “Because we don’t want Kohli your standards are high. be needed after pace pair Archer and %$'$$($ Hope's off stump as he tried to hit half-century in five Tests with a he’s just not good enough,” he the players to go all that far and When you walk out to play, James Anderson pinned the West B#FB ( another and England had the upper superb 76-run knock in the sec- added. PTI sit in hotel rooms for two when you walk out with your Indies batsmen down and made it hand. weeks. It is very, very depress- team, I, watching on TV, don’t tough going for them at the start of their $$ Blackwood's half-century settled sion. its second innings. ing and disappointing. We are expect you to just play well second innings.  ''$%( the West Indies in the second session. Shane Dowrich (15 not out) joined Pace bowler Shannon Gabriel fin- looking at that, the quarantine against Australia. I expect you Archer, the fast bowler who was He hit eight fours and was aided by Blackwood to put on an unbroken ished with 5-75 for the West Indies after thing,” he said. to win. So you have to live up born in Barbados, made the break- ($  = Chase. strand of 43 for the sixth wicket. West collecting the two wickets on Sunday “And, as I said Australia to the standards. For his cap- through in the sixth over when ) $% Chase was caught behind off a Indies had a minimum of 42 overs left morning that wrapped up the England and New Zealand have been in taincy tenure this will be a Brathwaite played on. Archer had mean bouncer to give Archer 3-35 in in the last session of the match to make innings. good position except milestone series — more than Brooks lbw in his next over and the vic- (&& & the second innings but the West Indies the 57 runs it needed. England scored 204 in its first Melbourne. So from that point the World Cup,” said the former tory target didn't seem so easy anymore. %'$$% fightback was in full flow and that was Archer earlier made 23 with the bat innings and West Indies replied with of view we will be going there India captain. Hope played two cover drives for the only wicket to fall in the second ses- as England was bowled out for 313 in 318. 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The goal made Ronaldo almost put trophy later in the week. for three weeks, ruling &+    *..-     . . .,- +  , with six matches remaining “The interpretation of Atalanta the first Serie A Juve in front with 10 min- If they beat Granada,   E      7  him out of Thursday’s -5  &  .,   . -  - + . as Ronaldo took his tally to the rule is not the club in almost 70 years utes to play, but visiting Madrid will win La Liga by   ?  ) P    home game against  +  .  2 28 league goals this season. same here as else- to have three players goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini prevailing at home to Villarreal Osasuna and their final “We can’t make calcu- where. Other score 15 times in a made an excellent save to on Thursday, regardless of defenders, triggered more match, away to Alaves, lations yet, we can’t take our countries don’t give league season, with keep out the Portuguese Barcelona’s results. remarkable milestones. next Sunday. AFP ZAHA SUBJECTED TO ONLINE RACIAL ABUSE foot off the gas until we are penalties like that. Zapata joining Ilicic and star’s half-volley. Overall, Madrid As well as matching London: - .  & *  '   .+  .  mathematically champi- Atalanta Luis Muriel. Malinovskiy did put need only five points the best La Liga total for in 2002-03. &  3.( +Q  . -.5  +,   ons,” said Juve captain grabbed the lead The reigning cham- Atalanta back into the lead from their remaining assists by one player in the Later, third-placed Atletico .  ,- .,   * +    , + .  + Leonardo Bonucci. in the 16th minute, pions were gifted a route in the 81st minute, as three matches to secure last 11 years, Messi Madrid made sure of their .  -. ,. + , -+ 3. & *  '  It was an ultimately scoring for the 25th consec- back into the game nine Muriel picked out his fellow their third La Liga title extends his own career- place in the Champions League *  .,-7 2L(,1 , .,+ MQ frustrating outing for utive match in all compe- minutes after half-time as sub to hammer a fierce shot in eight years. best number of assists in a sin- next season with a 1-0 win over ,  ,-      ,. ,-      Atalanta who stay third, titions. Marten de Roon was past Wojciech Szczesny. 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You before sliding the ball back this term, drawing him spot-kick after Muriel was Vidal in the 15th minute, a goals and 20 assists in the same minute after VAR had earlier can at most put your arms for the Colombian to drill within two of Lazio’s Ciro penalised for handball. scoop between two Valladolid campaign, after Thierry Henry ruled out two goals.