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However, the 4   '     Assembly that they would take aircraft became necessary as he BJP top brass has put the $ % just 24 hours to topple the State rushed to the spot whenever brakes on the State unit’s Government if the BJP Central there was a natural calamity or “urgency” to form the next  #    leadership desires so. any other kind of emergency, Government, saying that it will the BJP national leadership #    Meanwhile the Congress unlike his successor. send an observer from Delhi to will have to deal with several  *  ! Central leadership has report- This led to loud protests by witness the entire process — other issues, including some 03   4     edly asked both the Chief Congress legislators, leading to from electing the BJP legisla- within the party.     "  ! Ministers — Nath and an adjournment for five min- ture party leader to formation The majority is wafer-thin   #    Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot utes. of a Government. despite the help of rebels from $        — to be cautious enough and When the House reassem- Preferring a gentle pace to the Opposition. And the lead- 5  ! +   keep the flocks intact to foil the bled, Bhargava took exception prevent any last-minute hiccup ership will also have to balance 6   % ulterior motives of BJP to break to questioning of expenditure to form a Government in internal equations, especially the legislators’ composition. on aircraft used by the previous Karnataka, the BJP legislative with former Chief Minister &  &  During the division of Chief Minister. party meeting, which was Jagadish Shettar, former    #  votes on the Criminal Law         !   #$%&    '     He went on to say that “it scheduled at 11 am in Deputy CMs KS Eshwarappa  & 3 ! (Madhya Pradesh   %  !      #   (   &) would not take more than 24 Bengaluru on Wednesday, was and R Ashoka. $    4 Amendment) Bill 2019, a total hours to topple the Kamal cancelled as the party chose to The possibility of disqual-           of 122 MLAs voted in favour of Prajapati, who did not take part “ghar wapsi” (homecoming). own MLAs, supported by four Nath Government if our num- tread cautiously. ification of rebel coalition *57!5 0      the seven-month-old Congress in the voting. Besides the 120 The Congress, which independents, two BSP and one ber one and two leaders Yeddyurappa is expected to MLAs continues to haunt      Government. In the 230-mem- MLAs of the Congress and its returned to power in the State Samajwadi Party MLA. The (apparently referring to Prime come to Delhi after meeting the Yeddyurappa and the BJP, with     ber House, the ruling Congress allies, two BJP MLAs support- after 15 years, has a slender Opposition BJP has 109 MLAs Minister Narendra Modi and Governor to hold discussions Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar yet       has the support of 121 MLAs, ed the Bill and went up to the majority in the 230-member and the halfway mark is 116. Union Home Minister and BJP with top leaders of the party. If to take a decision on their res-         including Speaker NP extent of saying it was their House with 114 MLAs of its Tripathi and Kol said they president Amit Shah) ordered”. he is to become Chief Minister, ignation.    %    #             % &               &  (9$ +9:"- Russian Government has con-      veyed that they are unable to oscow has conveyed to find any documents in the  !  MNew Delhi that it was Russian archives pertaining to unable to find any documents Netaji and even after additional &   (9$ +9:"- &  (9$ +9:"- in the Russian archives per- investigations made based on taining to Netaji Subhas request from the Indian side, elhi Chief Minister Arvind nion Home Minister Amit Chandra Bose. India has made they could not find any docu- DKejriwal on Wednesday UShah on Wednesday said several requests to Russia since ments giving more information suggested and requested the he didn’t consider urban 2014 seeking on the subject,” Central Government to regu- Maoists as ideologists and information on Muraleedharan late uauthorised colonies, be it would strongly deal with them Netaji. said. affluent or non affluent, by for unleashing terror in tribal , -   %  '   ' !  #! In a written The Netaji’s dis- charging one per cent cost of regions. Defending the amend-        *  (   &) reply to a question appearance mystery land at circle rate for up to 200 ments to the Unlawful in the Lok Sabha, is back in focus square metre plot from occu- Activities Prevention Act ments unleashing terror in 287 MPs supported it and only Minister of State once again. On pants and a nominal penalty. (UAPA), which was passed by tribal region and using the eight opposed it. for External Tuesday, the Uttar Kejriwal said three affluent *    %          *   the Lok Sabha, he reiterated poor tribal people. We have no Hitting out at the Congress Affairs V Pradesh Cabinet unauthorised colonies — (   *   strong laws are needed to tack- sympathy towards them. We for opposing the amendment, Muraleedharan approved a propos- Sainik Farms, Mahendru le terrorists as well as their sup- will deal with them sternly,” he he said if the UPA was correct said India sought al to table in the Enclave and Anant Ram Dairy penalty, which will be nearly new cut-off date of March, porters and fund-raisers. said, responding to NCP’s in amending anti-terror laws in information on next session of the — should also be regularised in half of the circle rate. 2019 for ownership rights Explaining the need for Supriya Sule’s objections on their tenure, then so is the Netaji such as whether he was Assembly the report of Justice the first phase. “Our purpose is to regu- instead of January 1, 2015, strengthening the National police “atrocities” against NDA. Shah reminded that in Russia anytime before or (retired) Vishnu Sahai on “To keep these colonies larise these colonies and pro- and allowing mixed land use. Investigation Agency, Shah Maoist ideologists and booking UAPA Bill was first introduced after August 1945 and whether whether Gumnami Baba, alias out of regularisation is a viola- vide basic amenities like — As per the 12-point sug- asked the Opposition to shed them under UAPA. by Indira Gandhi and many he escaped to Russia in August Bhagwanji, who lived in tion of Article 14, hence these water, electricity and roads. gestion, SHO, SDM and MCD their vote-bank politics while The Congress and the amendments were made dur- 1945 or thereafter as reported Faizabad until his death in colonies should also be regu- We have accepted all conditions officials will keep track on dealing the terror related cases. TMC boycotted the proceed- ing Congress regimes till by some researchers. 1985, was actually Netaji larised,” he added. of the Centre to regularise construction of unauthorised “Left-wing violence was ings ahead of voting on the Bill. Manmohan Singh. The Indian Government, Subhas Chandra Bose? As per the new parameters unauthorised colonies. We have colonies and if new construc- initially considered as ideolog- “What can we do if you are “I am supporting all those in several requests since 2014, Sources said though there proposed by the Aam Aadmi also sent our 12 suggestions to tion takes place these officials ical and gullible people were boycotting. You are angry over and have no objection to it. We sought documents or material were several similarities Party (AAP) Government, an the Centre,” Kejriwal said. will be sacked. misguided to kill others. I don’t vote bank,” Shah said. are just strengthening your relating to Netaji, which may be between Gumnami Baba and occupant having more than 200 The Government has sent The Government has cat- consider these urban Maoists as During a division of votes, UAPA Act,” he said, slamming in the custody of the Russian Netaji, the report did not back square metre plot will have to 12 point suggestions to regu- egorised the land in three cat- ideologists. These people are demanded by AIMIM’s the Congress MPs for objecting side, he said. the popular belief that both pay two per cent of circle rate larise unauthorised colonies egories titled — Government, the supporters and propagan- Asaduddin Owaisi for consid- the amendments to strengthen “In its response, the were same person. as the land cost, apart from to the Centre, including the private and farm land. da agents of the Maoist ele- eration of the Bill, as many as NIA.  '( %     

&  (9$ +9:"- Ministers by giving them such  *+,(  - !.  titles that they should not be rime Minister Narendra remembered,” Modi said in an &  (9$ +9:"- which will result in at least a PModi on Wednesday said apparent reference to the 0.25 per cent more reduction, his Government will set up a Congress. he economy will not be able as per RBI Governor grand museum dedicated to all He also said attempts were Tto achieve the official fore- Shaktikanta Das. former Prime Ministers and made to malign the image of cast of 7 per cent growth in The report expects the called for a “new political cul- BR Ambedkar and Sardar Patel FY20, making it a second con- focus on fiscal consolidation ture” to get rid of “political after Independence, and added secutive year of sub-7 per cent and low inflation will help the untouchability”. that today’s generation hardly expansion, says a report. monetary policy to be more Speaking at the launch of a know about leaders like Singaporean lender DBS esti- growth-oriented. Listing out its book written by Rajya Sabha Morarji Desai and Lal Bahadur mates FY20 growth to stay at reasons for slower growth, DBS Deputy Chairman Harivansh Shastri. 6.8 per cent, the same as FY19. said rural income and con- on former PM Chandra “They were intentionally The economic survey earlier sumption will be pressured by Shekhar, Modi said a section of erased from memory of people. this month had pegged growth the persistent negative terms of political class tried to erase the But, I am sorry to say there is to rise to 7 per cent. trade in the agricultural sector memories of former Prime a political section which did so. “FY20 growth is likely to be and a poor monsoon and said Ministers. But with blessings of all you I sub-7 per cent for a second cessive rate cuts, the note said the income transfer scheme will Referring to the padyatra have decided to set up a grand straight year,” its economists led lower rates will also help prop help demand only at the carried out by Chandra museum of all former Prime by Radhika Rao, said in a note up growth number in the sec- margins. Shekhar across the country, he Ministers,” he said. on Wednesday. ond half. FY19 growth was support- said efforts were made to Mentioning names of IK The report said growth It can be noted that the RBI ed by public sector participa- malign it by levelling allega- Gujral, Deve Gowda and will “soften” in the first half of has cut its key rates by a cumu- tion and the same will contin- tions that it was funded by Manmohan Singh. the fiscal and rise in the second lative 0.75 per cent so far in ue this year as well, especially businessmen. “A section of Modi said all of them con- half on base effect. Alluding to 2019 and has also shifted its as the election-related uncer- political class tried to erase the        'O  'K&  )  ) !   P  - tributed and this should be the Reserve Bank’s three suc- stance to accommodative tainties ease up. memories of all former Prime * # * 12 3   2 ' '  ' 4#      &) acknowledged.    !"# 

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As per Supreme Court subsidies will enable weeding his childhood trauma of being too made case for creating 30 per cent cases. arrears worth over 15,000 decisions. he Union Cabinet on order, Aadhaar is allowed out of fake beneficiaries. “molested” in a bus in Kolkata awareness among children to AIADMK leader Vijila crore. Since the 2019-20 mar- TWednesday approved where the funds are going for The Cabinet meeting while speaking on The report about “good touch and Sathyananth also supported The Government will keting year is likely to com- changes to Aadhaar and Other beneficiary schemes coming chaired by Prime Minister Protection of Children from bad touch”. the bill and demanded chem- spend an estimated 1,674 mence with huge Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 straight from the central gov- Narendra Modi also gave Sexual Offences (Amendment) Rajya Sabha passed the bill ical castration of convicts who crore for this purpose. The carryover/opening stock, build- that incorporates a clause to ernment. It will enable the approval to dissolve National Bill, 2019, which was passed by entailing amendments to the do such heinous crimes and buffer stock will help maintain ing a sugar buffer stock will allow use of Aadhaar data for use...The way subsidies to the Institute of Miners’ Health the Parliament following its POCSO Act by including death demanded that all public build- demand-supply balance and help maintain demand-supply State schemes and subsidies. central schemes are trans- (NIMH) and merge it with passage in Rajya Sabha on penalty for aggravated sexual ings should have close circuit stabilise sugar prices. It also balance and to stabilize sugar The amendment to the ferred from the central fund, ICMR-National Institute of Wednesday. The bill provides assault on children, besides TV cameras and the entire decided to keep Fair and prices, an official statement Aadhaar Act entails use of Aadhaar can be used for trans- Occupational Health. for death penalty for aggravat- providing stringent punish- expenses on treatment of such Remunerative Price (FRP) of said. India’s national biometric ID ferring state subsidies,” The merger/amalgamation ed sexual assaults on children. ments for other crimes against victims should be borne by the sugarcane unchanged at 275 The buffer stock will be by states governments for their Information and Broadcasting of NIMH with NIOH will While “happily and minors. Now the bill, would be state. per quintal for 2019-20 mar- created for one year from schemes that are funded Minister Prakash Javadekar prove beneficial to both the strongly” supporting the send to the Lok Sabha for its In an emotionally charged keting year (October- August 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020, through the ‘Consolidated told reporters while briefing institutes in terms of enhanced Protection of Children from approval. The Protection of speech, Jaya Bachchan of the September). FRP is the mini- for which the government Fund of the State’. This is a post about the Cabinet decisions. expertise in the field of occu- Sexual Offences Children from Sexual Offences Samajwadi Party recalled the mum price which mills have to would be reimbursing the car- fact approval to the recently Javadekar said there are pational health besides the (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in (Amendment) Bill, 2019 also Nirbhaya case involving the pay to farmers for purchasing rying cost of about 1,674 passed amendments to about 128 crore Aadhar cards efficient management of pub- the Rajya Sabha, Derek also provides for fines and impris- gangrape-murder of a 23-year- of sugarcane. crore to participating sugar Aadhaar amendments. registered so far, and use of lic money, said the statement. suggested more and more peo- onment to curb child pornog- old woman in the national The move will help to mills, it said. ple in public life come out and raphy. It was introduced in the capital in December 2012. She reduce the sugar inventory and “This would improve the ately withdraws 4 million speak about sexual abuses. Rajya Sabha on Tuesday by said only amendments will not to stabilise domestic sugar liquidity position of sugar mills. tonnes of sugar from the mar- He said children should be Women and Child solve the problem and time- price amid expectations of The reimbursement available ket for the next 12 months,” he encouraged to speak up and Development Minister Smriti bound investigation was crucial bumper domestic production. under the scheme would be said. not hide incidents wherein Irani along with prosecution and The Cabinet Committee on directly credited into farmers’ India’s sugar output is like- they have been traumatised in Cutting across party lines, proportionate compensation. Economic Affairs (CCEA) account on behalf of sugar ly to be 32.95 million tonne in this manner. Rajya Sabha members sup- Stating that NCPCR is tooth- approved the food ministry’s mills against their cane price the current 2018-19 marketing “With a lot of pride and ported amendments to POCSO less, she said government proposal to create 4 million dues,” the Government added. year (October-September), as sadness and hurt but I think Act seeking death penalty for should provide for an inde- tonnes of sugar buffer stock. Welcoming the decision, against the annual domestic India needs to know because aggravated sexual assault on pendent national children tri- In August 2018, the Centre industry body ISMA Director demand of 26 million tonnes. my family knows, that on a bus children besides providing bunal. had created a buffer stock of 3 General Avinash Verma said it According to Indian Sugar in Kolkata as a 13-year-old after stringent punishments for Sarojini Hembram of the million tonnes of sugar, costing will help reduce a substantial Mills Association (ISMA), doing tennis practice, wearing other crimes against minors. BJD supported the Bill and said Rs 1,175 crore to the exchequer, part of the burden of sugar opening stocks of sugar are short pants and a T-shirt, I got Rising to support the bill, social media and television to improve the liquidity posi- mills. expected to be at an all-time on to a crowded bus and I don’t Congress leader Vivek K were negatively impacting the tion of the sugar mills, enabling “Not only will it give extra high of around 14.5 million know who it was, but with my Tankha said, “I welcome the minds of children. She said them to clear cane price arrears cash flows to sugar mills, but tonnes on October 1, 2019, as short pants and T-shirt I was bill. But the stringent provi- school children should be edu- of farmers and stabilise domes- will also hugely improve mar- against the normative require- sexually molested,” he said. sions are not stopping such cated on a ‘good touch, bad tic sugar price. ket sentiments, because cre- ment of around 5 million The senior TMC member incidents.” He highlighted the touch’ and that imparting self “To protect the interest of ation of buffer stock immedi- tonnes. recalled that he did not speak poor conviction rate under the defence training was essential.

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The other members of the ical dispensations. There was imposition of curfew used to be “Available data shows that there reconstituted GoM are: Finance no rise in communal violence common earlier but now this is is no common pattern of mob Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and the government had a not the case. lynching and incidents have HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “zero tolerance” policy towards Differing with the minister, happened in different states at ‘Nishank’, and Women and Child it, the House was informed. Azad said during the last five different times. Incidents have Development Minister Smriti Asserting this, Minister of years, incidents of lynching happened in different states Irani. Apart from Singh, who is State for Home Affairs G and violence ruled by different political par- now the defence minister, the Kishan Reddy said while 823 against minorities and ties,” he said. Such incidents GoM in the last government incidents of communal vio- Dalits have become too com- have been reported from had then-External Affairs lence were reported in 2013, mon. He also said while inci- Tripura, West Bengal and Kerala Minister Sushma Swaraj and the figure stood at 708 in 2018. dents of communal violence and had occurred previously then-Women and Child The assurance of zero tolerance were earlier confined to one also, the minister added. Development Minister Maneka policy came after some MPs area but now communal Reddy said “public order” Gandhi as its members. from the Opposition including atmosphere prevailed all across and “police” are state subjects The GoM was set up to KK Ragesh and leader of oppo- the country. as per provisions of the examine and give recommen- sition Ghulam Nabi Azad He said while incidents of Constitution and the responsi- dations for strengthening the claimed there was a deliberate terrorising the minorities and bility of maintaining law and legal and institutional frame- attempt to divide the society on Dalits were not shown on tele- order including dealing with works to deal with and prevent communal lines and rising vision but whatsapp messages communal violence and main-       (      !!   * * ,   )        *     sexual harassment at work- atrocities against minorities circulating show that minori- taining data rests with respec- 5**,)*6         ! !            17                   place in October 2018. PTI and Dalits. ties were forced to chant slo- tive state governments.      ! M*  ' 9(  !%   *   N      )#      P 1 -    ;<==      O' :0      !7              &   !P     New Delhi: Two Karnataka &  (9$ +9:"-  !"! " #$!$%!"& Independent MLAs on & ' ! **$ && >  "  cases, when such a protectee is Wednesday urged the Supreme he Rajya Sabha on ! +&! '     in Delhi, the Delhi police will Court to allow them to with- TWednesday bid farewell to provide cover to such people, draw their plea seeking its direc- five of its retiring members ,!' ! "     they said. tion to State Assembly Speaker from Tamil Nadu after com- - **! #+!& ' !    2 Review is a regular exercise KR Ramesh Kumar to conduct pletion of their terms, with one - "$  *! undertaken by the Government “forthwith” floor test on a trust retiring member V Maitreyan 7    after taking into account the motion moved by the HD turning emotional during his !"$!$%!"&& ' threat perception reports of Kumaraswamy Government. farewell speech. Apart from ! +&! ** such individuals, prepared by The Congress-JD(S) coali- him the other four included D "!$!$%!" !$. " central security and intelli- tion government in Karnataka Raja(CPI), KR Arjunan, R &  (9$ +9:"- gence agencies, they said, headed by Chief Minister , *     ! ' Lakshmanan and T Rathinavel, ! "- " %+ & adding the review was long Kumaraswamy collapsed on   ' !  #!     all from the AIADMK. ' ..!"!  & ' ollowing a comprehensive overdue. Tuesday with 99 members vot-     *  (   &) The retiring members said /!' !"! +"  Freview of nearly 350 VIPs The top level ‘Z+’ catego- ing for the motion and 105 they will miss the House and including politicians and edi- ry NSG cover of former Uttar against it in a House of 225 &  (9$ +9:"- He said it was agreed under between US President and the thanked their colleagues and ! +&! # tors, as many as 1,300 trained Pradesh Chief Minister members, including the Shimla Agreement after 1971 Prime Minister in Japan recent- the chairman, while other men of the Central paramili- Akhilesh Yadav, ‘Z’ cover of for- Speaker and a nominated efence Minister Rajnath war that there would not be any ly and there is no question of members said the House will speech, Maitreyan remembered tary have been freed from roles mer Bihar CM Lalu Prasad member. DSingh on Wednesday main- third-party participation in any mediation on the issue. remember them for their con- his leader J Jayalalithaa, who securing important personali- Yadav, BJP MP and former The counsel for the law- tained that there was no discus- kashmir and it would be a bilat- Referring to the statement of tributions in different ways had reposed faith in him and ties. minister in Modi Government makers - R Shankar and H sion on Kashmir in the meeting eral affair. Chourdhury said foreign minister S Jaishakar on and hoped they return to the sent him to this House for three The 1,300 commandos Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former BJP Nagesh - told a bench headed between US President Donald now Trump says Modi request- the issue, Rajnath said, nothing House again. consecutive terms. He also drawn from paramilitary forces members Kirti Azad and by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Trump and Prime Minister ed for “interference”. could be more authentic” as the Chairman M Venkaiah wished member Arun Jaitley like CRPF, CISF, NSG and Shatrughan Sinha, newly- that the MLAs wanted to with- Narendra Modi in Japan recent- DMK’s TR Baalu too latter was himself present dur- Naidu said the retiring mem- good health so that he contin- Delhi Police stand to be appointed Himachal Pradesh draw the petition as the floor ly and “there is no question of sought presence of the Prime ing talks. Rajnath said if there bers have contributed signifi- ues to guide many in the future. relieved after this review and Governor Kalraj Mishra, for- test has been conducted. any mediation the issue.” But the Minister in the house. was a talk it would not only be cantly to deliberations of this The AIADMK leader will be engaged in the roles of mer Lok Sabha speaker Meira The bench, also comprising Congress walked out of the Lok Speaker Om Birla who on Kashmir but also on the House and the Parliamentary lamented that this House did their respective forces. Kumar, two granddaughters Justices Deepak Gupta and Sabha demanding Modi’s clari- allowed Congress to speak on occupied Kashmir. US President Committees. Leader of the not make obituary reference in On Monday, the Union and a grandson of former pres- Aniruddha Bose, however, fication on the US president’s the issue after the question Trump had on Monday claimed Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad May 2009 when a large num- Home Ministry conducted a ident Pranab Mukherjee, sought the presence of senior controversial comment. hour sought opposition parties that Prime Minister Modi had recalled the contributions of ber of his Tamil brethren lost comprehensive security review daughter and grandson of for- lawyers Mukul Rohatgi and A Congress leader in the Lok to also hear out government’s asked him to play the role of a each of them from the south- their lives in Sri Lankan vio- of about 350 Central pro- mer prime minister M Singhvi, who represented the Sabha Adhir Ranjan version, “baat sun kar jayein”. mediator on Kashmir. ern part of the country. He lence and called upon the tectees, officials said. Manmohan Singh as also edi- lawmakers and Speaker, respec- Chowdhury said neither Modi (go out after hearing the trea- Earlier, during Question lauded Maitreyan for choosing House not However, about 3,000 per- tors of Punjab Kesari, Samachar tively, for passing the order nor Trump has denied. “Modi sury side), he said. However, Hour, the Congress, DMK and politics to serve the nation to give an obituary for sonnel of the Central paramil- Plus and Ananda Bazar Patrika allowing withdrawal of the plea. is sending his men to com- Congress MPs, including Sonia a few other parties came to the despite being a specialist in him, when the time comes. itary forces will still be part of have removed from the Central “Where is Mukul Rohatgi? ment, we want it from horse’s Gandhi, walked out of the well demanding the presence of oncology. Azad also appreci- Raja said this country is very the VIP security setup of the List or security category has Where is AM Singhvi?” the mouth.. Ghode ke muh se house after Chowdhury con- Modi in the House and a state- ated Raja for his contribution diverse and people should treat Central Government. been downgraded. bench asked, adding that it will sunna chahte hain, we want it cluded his statement. ment from him. They were in the House, especially all like human being and A number of those who Security of a number of pass the order only in the pres- from Modi,” Chowdhury said Responding to the continuously engaged in slo- through his speeches on every respect everyone equally and have been removed from the other such personalities was ence of the senior counsel who adding “ it may be correct or Congress, Rajanth said there ganeering, trying to disrupt the legislation and issue. not discriminate on basis of Central List will be secured by also scaled down after the had taken a lot of time of the incorrect” (Trump’s comment). was no discussion on Kashmir proceeding of the House. In his emotional farewell caste, creed or economic status. state police forces. In certain review. court in arguing the case. PTI RAIPUR | THURSDAY | JULY 25, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 CM discusses state’s biofuel potential with US envoy Judicial probe ordered into STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR have good opportunities for Kabirdham custodial death business for which he would S Ambassador to India take the initiative. STAFF REPORTER n An accused of being a liquor UKenneth Juster paid Chief Minister briefed the KABIRDHAM courtesy visit to Chhattisgarh US Ambassador on initiatives peddler, Harishchandra was found fter suspending two Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel taken by the state government hanging from the ceiling in the at his official residence on in Naxal infested areas mainly Acops, including a lady Wednesday and held discussion in the fields of education, sub inspector, and termi- bathroom of the control room of on expertise of America in health and infrastructure nating a home guard, a excise department on Wednesday biofuel production. development, return of judicial probe has been During interaction Chief acquired land of 4200 acres to ordered into suspicious morning, where he was under Minister said the state has a Lohandiguda farmers, free death of one custody for interrogation high production of paddy and medical treatment in local Harishchandra Maravi, so it’s exploring the possibility markets, serving hot food to who was found hanging at sub inspector Leena Singh, was found hanging from the of generating ethanol from its anemic and malnutrition an excise control room on had been suspended and a ceiling in the bathroom of husk. Similarly, the state also affected women, hiking tendu Wednesday. home guard had been ter- the control room of excise produces sugarcane, which can leaves collection rate, allocation District Collector, minated. department on Wednesday also open new avenues. of forest land rights, and free Kabirdham, Avanish He further informed morning, where he was Kenneth Juster intimated education up to class 12th. Sharan informed The that “a judicial probe has under custody for that several American compa- He also spoke on the Pioneer that as per report of also been ordered apart interrogation. nies are working in biofuel sec- government’s flagship the District Excise Officer, from departmental Harishchandra was tor and he would intimate programme on watershed Kawardha prima facie dere- enquiry by excise depart- accused of being a liquor them. management and animal liction of duty was found ment and Chief Judicial peddler and was arrested Chief Minister during husbandry development and hence the action had Magistrate (CJM), by the excise cops on interaction said Amercan Principal Secretary to CM land availability in Nava Chhattisgarh stands in fourth through integrated scheme of been taken against the cops. Kawardha would be prob- Tuesday with 33 quarter companies have better Gaurav Dwivedi gave brief Raipur and capable human position in ease of doing busi- ‘Narva, Gurva, Gharva aur Avanish further informed ing into the matter”. bottles of liquor in his opportunities in IT sector also. information on surplus power, resources. Juster said ness, so American companies Baari’ (NGGB). that two cops, including a Notable, Harishchandra possession. Electricity consumers to be Finance Commission members Kaushik demands high-level charged 13 paise as VCA probe into custodial deaths meet elected representatives STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n He added that for RAIPUR power generation, coal n eader of the Opposition and STAFF REPORTER BJP leader Dharamlal and oil are required as RAIPUR L lectricity consumers fuel to run the power Kaushik, expressing dismay over Eof Chhattisgarh will houses. The cost of both embers of 15th Finance the functioning of the state have to pay variable cost these items changes MCommission, who are police, demanded a high-level adjustment (VCA) charge according to market on a three-day tour to probe into all custodial deaths of 13 paise per unit for rate fixed by the central Chhattisgarh, had a meeting that took place in Chhattisgarh next two months due to government. Based on with elected representatives after the Congress government increase in cost of coal it, the electricity tariff of three-tier panchayati raj came to power. and oil. charges are also institutions, urban bodies, Speaking to the reporters at The charge has been changed by the CSERC. and political parties here on BJP divisional headquarters on Balrampur, Bilaspur, Surajpur, fixed as per provision of Based on increase and Wednesday. Wednesday, he alleged that Panduka, Jashpur Nagar, Electricity Act section decrease, the power tar- In the meeting, public administration was trying to Munegli, Korba and other places. 62(4) and rules and direc- iff is then hiked or representatives told commis- cover up the suspicious death of In all these cases, a cover-up tives of Chhattisgarh State decreased through sion members about the pref- Harichand Maravi in Excise attempt was made by dubbing Electricity Regulatory VCA. erences of development Control Room, Kawardha on these deaths suicide, he said. Commission (CSERC). Shukla said the state works and the funds required Wednesday (July 24) under The BJP leader said the party According to Power has decided to adjust 51 for those works. Chilphi police station limits. had constituted two fact-finding Companies Chairman paise per unit in the Ajay Narayan Jha, Dr He alleged that within six teams to probe two such Shailendra Shukla all the billing cycle of April and Anup Singh, Dr Ashok Lahidi, months of Congress government incidents where evidences electricity consumers May 2017 in electricity secretary Arvind Mehta, joint coming to power in the state pointed at foul play in police across the country pay the bills and now it will secretary Dr Ravi Kota, finan- around seven suspicious deaths custody and suicidal deaths. He VCA time to time and it adjust 13 paise per unit in cial advisor Antony Siriak, Kumar, and Vijay Kumar of state government, addi- development department have occurred in police and said government has so far not also fluctuates. In the billing cycle of com- ADG and media advisor Maane and assistant secretary tional chief secretary of Alarmelmangai D gave infor- excise department custody. initiated stern action against Chhattisgarh, the new ing July 19 and August Mausami Chakravarty, direc- Vasuman Pant are the mem- Panchayat and Rural mation regarding preferences “Home Minister has not “guilty” policemen even though VCA charge will be 19, retaining the 400 unit tor Gopal Prasar and bers of 15th finance commis- Development Department R and important development given a single statement over the cases of custodial deaths are implemented from June half electricity bill Jasvindar Singh, deputy direc- sion on tour to Chhattisgarh. P Mandal and special secre- schemes of their respective these deaths,” he said listing out continuing, so a high-level probe 30, 2019. scheme. tor Nitin Saini, Sandeep In the meeting, on behalf tary administration and departments. incidents of custodial deaths in is a must in all the cases. CM sanctions `5 Lakh for Baij seeks direct rail link biopic on Guru Ghasidas between Bastar and Raipur STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR ongress Member of Parliament CDeepak Baij on Wednesday said a direct rail line between Bastar and state capital Raipur be laid and lamented that despite government earning crores of rupee from miner- al-rich Bastar, the development of the backward region is overlooked. RAIPUR: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Raising his voice under rule-377 on Wednesday sanctioned `5 Lakh for in Lok Sabha , Baij said state capital is making a biopic on religious saint of Satnami around 300 kms from Bastar district community Guru Ghasidas. but there is no means of rail trans- According to official sources a port between the two areas. delegation of Satnami community on At present the Bastar people had Wednesday met the Chief Minister during to use road transport to reach the Jan-Chaupal programme and demanded his state capital, Raipur which is a very assistance for making a biopic on the saint. cumbersome and is also expensive, hours. The fund has been sanctioned under he said. Thus, there is an urgent need to Swechchhanudan head, official sources said. There is a rail connectivity lay rail network between Raipur and Prominent citizens of the community between the two areas via Odisha but Bastar for speedy development of the K.P. Khande, Dr J.R. Soni, B.S. Patre, Babloo it takes 15-16 long hours to reach the backward Bastar region, he said. This Trivendra and Sunder Jogi were present in destination, he added. If rail-line is will make available and affordable a Members and officials of 15th Finance Commission are on a tour of the state. They on Wednesday visited Nava Raipur and had a laid between Bastar and Raipur one glimpse of development works being undertaken there. the delegation. The delegation also handed convenient means of transport over a memorandum to the Chief Minister. can travel the distance in mere four between the two areas, he added. New accreditation rules for Daughters of jail inmates receive journalists to be enacted gifts, best wishes from Baghel STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR n STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR said the communiqué. hief Minister Bhupesh Baghel New Accreditation Rules hhattisgarh government will New Accreditation Rules include the Cduring ‘Jan Choupal-Bhent include the provision of accredita- Mulakaath’ programme at his offi- Csoon enact new accreditation provision of accreditation for tion for correspondents, photogra- rules for working journalists in the phers and cameraman of TV news cial residence on Wednesday pre- state making provision for provid- correspondents, photographers and channels, news portals, news mag- sented school bags, gifts and other ing accreditation by Directorate of azines etc, besides newspapers. educational materials to two minor Public Relation to even block-level cameraman of TV news channels, Commissioner Sinha also daughters of women jail inmates of press representatives. informed that like before, state and Central Jail, Raipur. Both have The government will publish a news portals, news magazines etc, division-level representatives will been admitted to a private residen- gazette notification to promulgate be responsible for providing tial school at Abhanpur. the new rules, said a government besides newspapers. accreditation to news media repre- Raipur Collector S communique. sentatives. But clear provisions Bharatidasan during inspection of Likewise, the provision of hon- in 2001 after formation of about major change in media work have been made for committees to Central Jail, Raipur had found orary accreditation for retired sen- Chhattisgarh state were effective. environment. include electronic media. these two girls were studying at a ior journalists of the state has also But in past 18 years, media sector To make accreditation rules Sinha has expressed hope that school in jail premises. In a bid to been included in the new rules. has undergone major relevant and suitable for the with implementation of the new bring them out of the four-walls In the context, Commissioner- transformation. current scenario and to accreditation rules, the previous of jail, he took the initiative to get boarding and education. He also appreciated the efforts of cum-Director Public Relations Meanwhile, many TV news acknowledge the role of new news complaint of news media these girls admitted in a Chief Minister handing over the private school authority for Taran Prakash Sinha informed that channels, news web portals etc media, major changes have been representatives not getting residential school. The school had to them the bags and other pres- taking responsibility to educate till date, accreditation rules made came into existence, bringing made in the accreditation rules, accreditation will be resolved. taken the responsibility of their ents wished them a bright future. the two girls. 0     !"# '()* decided on the Session dates, drugs and unemployment in AAP’s Sunam MLA Aman be discussed threadbare to the making promises which it did son,” he said adding that the 4    '   ?   demanded a two-day special Punjab forcing the youth get- Arora, who has written to the satisfaction of Punjabis. not fulfil. The people want to party also wanted to discuss assembly session each on core ting hooked to drugs, among Speaker, dubbed the Cabinet “The announcement of a know when the complete loan the mismanagement and fail-         issues concerning Punjab and others. decision to fix the monsoon two-day operative session by waiver scheme will be imple- ure of take advance steps to its people, while its senior The delegation demanded session from August 2 to 6 as the State Cabinet is akin to mented. They are also keen to prevent breaches in the             MLA Aman Arora demanded special debate over the worst- “injustice to the residents of making a mockery of democ- know the fate of the ‘ghar ghar Ghaggar river which had to extend the session by 15 ever law and order situation in Punjab” adding that all the racy. Though the assembly naukari’ scheme as well as Rs caused widespread damage to &  7"0(+-#0" the 8th Session of the 15th days at least. the state, politicisation of issues cannot be discussed in session has been announced 2,500 per month unemploy- standing crop and property. Punjab Vidhan Sabha, as per The party also demanded police administration and such a short period of time. officially from August 2 to 6, ment allowance promised to Dhindsa said the party unjab Cabinet on clause (1) of Article 174 of the live broadcast of the House active mafia having direct He pointed that as per there are two holidays in the youth. This has already also wanted to raise issue of PWednesday decided to Constitution of India. proceedings. access to prisons across the Section14-A of the ‘Rules of between and the first day is resulted in suicides by youth discrimination against the summon the monsoon session As per the spokesperson Lashing out at the State. Procedure and Conduct in the reserved for obituaries, which including the recent suicide by poorer sections with blue of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha of the Chief Minister's Office, Congress Government for Another serious issue fig- Punjab Vidhan Sabha’, mini- means the effective session a highly educated UGC NET cards being deleted at the from August 2 to 6, having the Session would commence “running away from dis- ured in the memorandum mum 40 sittings are manda- will be for two days only,” scholar,” they said. whims and fancies of just three operative days. In in the afternoon of August 2 cussing burning issues of was the falling standards of tory in a year. “But unfortu- pointed former ministers and Stating that farm suicides Congress leaders to deny fact, with the first day dedi- with obituary references, fol- Punjabis”, the Akali Dal government school or college nately over a period of time, SAD MLAs Bikram Singh had crossed the 1200-mark, ‘aata-dal’ facility to the poor. cated to just the obituaries, lowed by two holidays — sought extension to three education and badly hit gov- successive Speakers have Majithia and Parminder Singh the Akali leaders said that sui- “Similarly, the Congress there would be just two sit- August 3 (Saturday) and weeks. ernment health services in played to the tune of the Dhindsa. cide victims were also not get- leaders are misusing the tings during the Monsoon August 4 (Sunday). A delegation of AAP the state. Governments thus leading to They declared that the ting the promised Rs 10 lakh MNREGA scheme and a scam Session. The Legislative Business MLAs, led by Leader of The AAP delegation also the suppression of the voice of SAD would “protest” against compensation and govern- in this regard has already Unhappy, the Opposition would be transacted on Opposition Harpal Singh sought a detailed debate on the people and the opposition, this in the meeting of the ment job promised to them. been unearthed in Faridkot parties — Aam Aadmi Party August 5 and 6, said the Cheema, submitted a mem- the issue of allotment of five- which is highly detrimental to Business Advisory Committee “Urgent steps also need to be district,” he said. (AAP) and the Shiromani spokesperson adding that the orandum to the Speaker seek- marla plots to the homeless a democratic setup,” he said. and demand that the session be taken to stop the new trend of SAD also wanted to raise Akali Dal (SAD) — has raised House would adjourn sine-die ing a two-day special assem- Dalit community, MGNREGA In the same voice, the extended for a three week spell. suicides by youth and farm the issue of denial of arrears objection over the “short ses- after the proposed legislative bly session each on all core scheme, SC scholarship, etc. Akali Dal urged the Vidhan SAD leaders said that by labourers,” they said. to State employees, denial of sion” accusing the businessissues concerning Punjab and The issue of high rate of Sabha Speaker to hold a announcing a two-day session, Majithia said that the power to landing cost of Rs Government of running away on August 6. its people including serious electricity in the state, scrap- “three-week operative session” the State Cabinet was riding common man had been bur- five per unit to industrial from debate on “people’s This will be the first water crisis, debate on all ping of anti-state power pur- so that people’s issues includ- roughshod over the aspira- dened with an unbearable 25 units and discrimination issues”, while seeking exten- Vidhan Sabha Session after geographical, social, politi- chase agreements (PPAs) ing increase in farm suicides, tions of the common man who percent hike in power tariff in against 27,000 contractual sion of the session. the resignation by Navjot cal, administrative and legal signed between the then BJP- new phenomenon of suicides wanted all public issues to be the last more than two years employees who were still not The Cabinet, chaired by Singh Sidhu, who would now aspects associated with the SAD government and private by educated youth, unbearable discussed in the august House. of Congress rule. “Besides getting regularized despite the Chief Minister Capt occupy the seat as an MLA. polluted river waters, farm cri- thermal plants, and winding increase in power tariffs, dis- “It seems the government this, power supply is also fact that the erstwhile SAD- Amarinder Singh, authorised AAP, which met the sis, heavy debts and unabated up government thermal plants crimination against the poor is afraid that it will be exposed erratic and farmers have suf- BJP government had even the Punjab Governor VP Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana suicides committed by farm- in state also figured in the by deletion of blue cards and and will be held accountable fered greatly on this account moved a bill in this regard Singh Badnore to convene KP Singh after the Cabinet ing community, menace of memorandum. denial of SC scholarship could for cheating the people by during the current paddy sea- during its tenure, he said.     ' @@= '    &  7"0(+-#0" unjab Chief Minister Capt    &"99 $99 A2 "5!9! bylaws will be charged Rs 300 for PAmarinder Singh, along 7"0(+-#0" * ::-(# 70& 0(+ first offence, Rs 400 for the sec- with his Council of Ministers, 70-0#9!0! *9 &"9 ond and Rs 500 for the third. on Wednesday released the he Chandigarh While no registration and first volume of the State TAdministration’s move to .A&" :-?9!&57 79(! ! driving licence is required for a Government’s coffee table book make driving licence and regis- +0&0 0(+ 9!&- 0&9+ cycle, only two persons will be on the 550th prakash purb cel- tration mandatory for the rick- 2 -7!"0$! *:> &"9 allowed to ride a cycle and the ebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. shaws, loading rehris and animal children above the age of 10 The coffee table book con- powered cart has drawn mixed 7-&> 50+! years will be eligible to drive sists of 70 pages that vividly reactions from various corners. cycle without guardian on the depict the special events being The Administration, in a istration fee or fee for the driving city roads. Boota Singh, popu- held, from November 2018 to move to regulate the plying of licence should be very nominal, larly known as ‘Traffic Man’ said June 2019, as part of the cele- rickshaws, loading rehris and he said. Daily wagers like rick- that the UT Administration’s brations. animal powered cart on the city shaw pullers or rehri wallas aim should not be to generate The events listed include roads, has notified the earn small amount of money revenue but to ensure regulation the Kartarpur Corridor foun- Chandigarh Cycle/ and thus, fee for the registration of such vehicles. dation laying, as well as various Rickshaws/Loading and driving licence should be The fee for registration and other infrastructural develop- Rehri/Animal Powered cart very nominal, Bansal added. driving licence should be nom- ment works dedicated to the (Regulation and Control) Bye- He further said that the use inal in the beginning and there historic occasion. Laws 2019. of animal powered carts should should not be any harassment of Various projects launched Nanak Bagichi, Sarbat Sehat seminars, debates and confer- Sangeet Sammelan, songs, manuscripts, Bhai Mardana’s For registration certifica- be discouraged and the owners rickshaw pullers, rehris wallas or by the State Government have Bima Yojana and the cleaning ences, kavi darbars, essay writ- debates and poetry, quiz con- Rabab etc. tion, the owners of rickshaws, should be incentivized to change owners of animal carts, said been highlighted in the publi- of the holy Kali Bein. ing competitions, weekend tests, Rabab Utsav and Dastaar The Book has been con- loading rehri and animal pow- to other mode of transportation. Boota Singh, a former Indian cation including Pind Babe The book also highlights league sports, etc. Bandi. ceptualised and prepared by the ered carts will have to shell out There were 95 horses pulling Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) Nanak Da, Bebe Nanaki other activities or programmes Other special attractions The coffee table book also state’s Information and Public Rs 600 for five years, Rs 1000 for cart and carriages in urban and officer. College for Girls, state-of-the- seeking to propagate the life and include commemorative gives an account of book fairs Relations Department and 10 years and Rs 1500 for 15 years rural areas of Chandigarh, as per Sanjay Tandon, Chandigarh art Auditorium, planting of teachings of Guru Nanak Dev medallions, documentary on the life and philosophy of printed by the state Controller registration. the 19th livestock census data. BJP president, said, “I welcome 550 saplings in every village, amongst the people through movies and plays, Gurmat Guru Nanak Dev, besides rare Printing and Stationery. Similarly, for getting a dri- Also, an estimated 5000 rick- the move of the Administration. ving licence, the owners have to shaws ply the city roads. However in the beginning, the pay Rs 300 for a period of 15 According to the new bylaws, Administration should incen- years and thereafter, Rs 200 for the rickshaw and loading rehris tivize or give rebate to the  - renewal for each five years. An have to ply on the cycle tracks, rickshaw pullers, rehri wallas to ;              amount of Rs 100 will be wherever available and the max- encourage them to get charged for a new number disc imum weight of the load should registered and get their driving   7"0(+-#0" “I would present a bill in the in as many as 2651 doctors which is government aided med- ical colleges at the cost of the tax- or plate. Commenting on the not exceed Rs 150 kg. The licence, he said. upcoming monsoon session of have been deputed. More than ical college is charging Rs one payers money, leave the state or UT Administration’s move, for- licence to ply rickshaws and Regulating and shifting of n a move that could go a long the Vidhan Sabha, which begins 450 posts of doctors are lying lakh per annum as fees for an the country at the first given mer Union Minister and ex-city rehris will only be issued to bona slow moving vehicles like cycles, Iway in strengthening health- from August 2, mooting one year vacant over the last many years. MBBS seat while around Rs 54, opportunity. State is facing a MP Pawan Kumar Bansal said fide residents of the city, above rickshaws, animal carts to the care in Haryana, the State gov- of government service for med- A senior health department 000 per annum in remaining shortage of human resources in that it is a welcome move as far the age of 18. cycle tracks, wherever available ernment has planned it to make ical students studying in gov- officer said that there are five above government medical col- health, especially in rural areas, as regulation of such vehicles is Besides, any rickshaw, load- will also help in addressing the one year of government service ernment-run medical colleges. government run medical colleges leges, he added. where the population remains concerned in the union territo- ing rehri and animal cart getting traffic congestion problem here, mandatory for all medical stu- For this all the necessary prepa- in the state, which include Pandit Sources in the department vulnerable due to lack of med- ry of Chandigarh. But the reg- impounded for violating the he added. dents studying in government- rations have been completed,” Bhagwat Dayal Sharma said that the average annual ical resources and medical pro- run medical colleges. Health Minister Anil Vij said on University of Health Sciences, tuition fees for MBBS in private fessionals. After this bill gets Wednesday. Rohtak, Haryana; Kalpana colleges varies from about Rs 5 passed, the MBBS pass-outs The minister said that after Chawla Govt. Medical lakh to Rs 25 lakh or even from government medical col- this bill gets passed in the Vidhan College,Karnal; Maharaja more, with deemed universities leges will have to serve for one Sabha, 730 new MBBS pass-out Agrasen Medical College, typically charging the most, year compulsorily in the com- students will join state based gov- Agroha; Bhagat Phool Singh compared to just less than Rs one munity health centres (CHCs) ernment hospitals every year. Medical College at Khanpur lakh per annum in the govern- and primary health centers This will strengthen the health Kalan, Sonepat and Shaheed ment medical colleges. (PHCs) and other government services in the state, he added. Hassan Khan Mewati A large number of doctors hospitals. Meanwhile, the problem of Government Medical College, who study in Government med- an acute shortage of doctors in Nalhar, Mewat. Haryana is a very real one, 250 medical students get largely because of an unwilling- admission in Pandit Bhagwat ness to serve especially in rural Dayal Sharma University of areas of the state. The state gov- Health Sciences, Rohtak each ernment has set up as many as year while 120 students each 2643 sub-health centres, 513 in remaining above four med- primary health centres, 128 com- ical colleges. munity health centres and 22 dis- Maharaja Agrasen trict hospitals in the state where- Medical College, Agroha    !"#  "*'1

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The CTD on July 3 States over its nuclear pro- accuse Pakistan of providing terrorist whom the US has had registered 23 FIRs against gramme and sanctions. safe haven to the Afghan placed a USD 10 million boun- 13 top leaders of Jamaat-ud- “We don’t want tensions Taliban, the Haqqani network, ty on, was travelling to Dawah (JuD) including Saeed with some European coun- Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar- Gujranwala from Lahore to on the charges of “terror tries,” Rouhani said in com- e-Taiba and other militant get pre-arrest bail in terror financing” in different cities of ments to a cabinet meeting groups, which carry out terror financing cases registered Punjab province. posted on the official website of attacks in the two countries.      '       '   ) against him there when he US President Donald his government. In a clear ref- India has not been engag-          ' %  (!  % was arrested on July 17. On the Trump had hailed Saeed’s erence to the British, Rouhani ing with Pakistan since a dead- same day, he was presented detention and said it was a said if they were to “cease the ly attack on the Air Force base forward to continued progress He said that convergence before the ATC that sent him result of “great pressure” exert- incorrect acts that they have at Pathankot in 2016 by from Pakistan on shared secu- on promoting a political solu- on judicial remand for seven ed by his administration on done, including that of “In this regard some coun- Pakistan-based terrorists. India rity priorities, including defeat- tion in Afghanistan had creat- days. Pakistan in the last two years. Gibraltar, Iran’s response would tries are intermediaries, though has told Pakistan that talks and ing terrorist organisations, ed the opportunity for region- be” appropriate to their actions. they themselves say they are 0 terror cannot go together. which he hoped would form al peace and stability. He added Iran and the United not mediators and are just During his talks with the basis of a reinvigorated that a peaceful and stable #  !     Kingdom are in the midst of a expressing their own views,” 2 Prime Minister Khan, Pompeo partnership,” Ortagus quoted Afghanistan was vital for tense standoff over British said Rouhani. emphasised the continued the Secretary of State as saying Pakistan. He emphasised the authorities’ seizure of an “There has been corre- importance of the US and to Prime Minister Khan during importance of close collabora-            Iranian tanker off Gibraltar in spondence from both sides on Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Pakistan working together to the call on. tion between Pakistan and US early July and Iran’s detention this issue and we are continu- Guards on Wednesday denied advance shared priorities, Pompeo had met Khan to advance that objective.  ,     of a UK-flagged ship in Gulf ing this,” he added. losing a drone and challenged including Pakistan’s significant last in Islamabad on September Khan said that a strong waters last week. Japanese Prime Minister arch-enemy the United States role in supporting the Afghan 5, 2018. Pakistan-US partnership &  $0!"-(#&5(;-!:0 040+ of dollars in security assis- Rouhani also said Iran Shinzo Abe visited Tehran in to prove President Donald peace process and counter- During the meeting with remained vital to the promo- tance to Pakistan, accusing it of would be open to talks should June for talks aimed at defus- Trump’s claims they could find terrorism, State Department Khan, Pompeo discussed tion of the mutual interests of akistan Army chief Gen offering “nothing but lies and there be a “ceasefire” in US eco- ing tensions between Iran and it at the bottom of the sea. spokesperson Morgan Ortagus opportunities for enhanced the two countries as well as PQamar Javed Bajwa has deceit” while giving safe haven nomic sanctions against the the United States. “I officially declare that said in a readout of the meet- cooperation, including expand- broader regional peace, stabil- met America’s top military to terrorists staging deadly Islamic republic. Earlier this month French none of Islamic Iran’s drones ing here on Tuesday. ed trade and investment ity and prosperity. leadership and discussed the attacks on the Afghan side of Hostilities between Iran President Emmanuel Macron have been downed,” Major- Prime Minister Khan avenues. Reiterating his govern- regional security situation as the border. and the United States have risen sent his top diplomatic advis- General Hossein Salami was undertook his first visit to the In Islamabad, the Foreign ment’s support to a broad- well as bilateral defence coop- Islamabad rejected the since last year when President er, Emmanuel Bonne, to Iran quoted as saying on the Guards’ US this week to reset strained Office issued a statement on the based and enduring Pakistan- eration, according to the charges and in turn accused Donald Trump withdrew the “to piece together a deescala- official website. bilateral ties with Washington, Khan-Pompeo meeting during U.S. Relationship, Khan Pakistani military. Washington of trying to make US from the 2015 nuclear deal tion” strategy. Both Japan and “If our enemies have any held wide-ranging talks with which the Pakistan Prime emphasised the need to further Last year, US President Pakistan a scapegoat for US aimed at limiting Tehran’s France have denied acting as claims on downing Iranian President Donald Trump at the Minister expressed satisfaction enhance and diversify the bilat- Donald Trump suspended mil- military failures in Afghanistan, nuclear programme and began intermediaries between Iran drones, they should show their White House on Monday. at his wide-ranging talks with eral content of the relationship itary training programmes and plunging bilateral ties to his- reimposing sanctions. and the United States. proof,” he added. AFP Pompeo said he “looked President Trump. in a wide range of areas. cancelled hundreds of millions toric lows.     -3    P  Q  -' <& 4 !!9:! &  :5(+5( &  :5(+5( he European Union’s chief heresa May was applauded as TBrexit negotiator said on Tshe made her farewell speech oris Johnson officially Wednesday that he was looking on the steps of 10 Downing Bbecame Britain’s new Prime forward to working with Street in London on Wednesday Minister on Wednesday and incoming prime minister Boris just before she was driven down promised to leave the European Johnson to agree Britain’s to Buckingham Palace to for- Union on October 31 “no ifs, orderly departure. mally submit her resignation to no buts” under a “new deal” But Michel Barnier made it Queen Elizabeth II. with the 28-member econom- clear that Brussels has no plans The 62-year-old outgoing ic bloc. to renegotiate the divorce deal British Prime Minister spoke of The 55-year-old former it signed with Johnson’s prede- the “heavy honour” of having foreign secretary and London cessor Theresa May in served as Prime Minister of the Mayor met Queen Elizabeth II, November last year. UK and wished her successor, who asked him to form a new “It’s a very important Boris Johnson, the best in his successors in the post of British administration, Buckingham moment for the Brexit. We look endeavour to see the country prime minister. Palace said in a statement. forward to hearing what the through the crucial challenge of “Brexit must be finished in A picture released by the # P   # $      ;=* !  new prime minister Boris leaving the European Union a way that works for the whole palace showed Johnson shaking     (   % Johnson wants. What are the (EU). of the UK. Then Britain can hands with the 93-year-old choices of the UK? Is it an “Their successes will be our move to a bright future,” she monarch and bowing. forced to resign amid a mount- without a deal. orderly Brexit?” Barnier told country’s successes,” she said of said, in her final speech at Speaking outside Downing ing rebellion from within her The prospect will prove the BBC. Johnson and her other future Downing Street. Street after his appointment by party over her Brexit strategy divisive as the Opposition “The ‘no deal’ will never be the Queen, Johnson said he that failed to clear the Labour Party and pro-EU the choice of the EU, but we are wanted to “change the country Parliament votes threshold Liberal Democrats have already prepared... We will work all for the better”. three times, earlier in the day voiced plans to bring down his along the next few weeks or 5 He said the UK would formally tendered her resigna- government if he attempts a months with the new UK gov- leave the EU on October 31 “no tion to the Queen. drastic no-deal exit from the EU. ernment in the best possible (6 ifs, no buts”. As the face of hard Brexit Labour leader Jeremy way, in a very constructive “The buck stops with me,” in the ruling Conservative Corbyn has demanded that spirit to facilitate the ratifica- & 9:45 (9 Mohamed and he added. The newly appoint- Party, Johnson has pledged to Johnson call a General Election tion of the withdrawal agree- Moukhaiber had both denied ed Prime Minister said “his job get Britain out of the European and promised to table a motion ment.” hree Sunni Muslim men any involvement. Chaarani is to serve the people”. Union (EU) within the dead- of no confidence in him “when Asked what he thinks of Twere sentenced on admitted his role, but argued he Theresa May, who was line of October 31 - with or it is appropriate to do so”. Johnson, who has demanded Wednesday to prison terms of had been part of an act of the deal be reopened, Barnier 16 and 22 years on convictions protest, advocacy or dissent, said he had only met him including engaging in a terror but not terrorism. They each once, at the opening ceremony act by burning down a Shiite faced a potential sentence of life O#   #    P of the 2012 London Olympics, mosque in the Australian city in prison. and added: “We will work with of Melbourne three years ago. Chaarani and Mohamed <& :5(+5( Johnson fronted the official earlier this year about the his- him. I think he is clever.” A Victoria state Supreme were also found guilty of “Vote Leave” campaign which toric vote to leave the bloc Earlier, Barnier had briefed Court jury convicted Abdullah attempting to commit a terror ncoming British Prime won the referendum on called “Brexit: The Uncivil the European Parliament’s Chaarani, 28, Ahmed act over a failed attempt to burn IMinister Boris Johnson will Britain’s EU membership, but War”. Brexit steering group, under Mohamed, 26, and Hatim the mosque down two weeks bring in Dominic Cummings, Cummings is credited with Little known by the wider former Belgian premier Guy Moukhaiber, 31, in May over earlier. the controversial head of the playing a decisive role behind public, Cummings insisted on Verhofstadt. The MEPs also the firebombing of the Imam The words “Islamic State” 2016 Brexit campaign, as a the scenes. a data-driven social media stuck to Brussels’ line that the Ali Islamic Center in December were also spray painted on the senior adviser, a source close to He was played by Benedict campaign rather than tradi- withdrawal agreement will not 2016. No one was injured. exterior of the building. Johnson said Wednesday Cumberbatch in a TV drama tional electioneering. be renegotiated.   4 4 /  8      

#9): =     '   ..   3  26 <& $0!"-(#&5( ken by phone twice in the last        two weeks in the bid to jump   7    <& $0!"-(#&5( nation as to whether the pres- S and Chinese officials are start the negotiations.  $ % & ident committed a crime. That Urestarting negotiations in Mnuchin said on CNBC he       #  obert Mueller said on was our decision then and it an effort to resolve the year- hopes to make progress but         B   RWednesday he did not remains our decision today,” long trade dispute, with two added there are “a lot of issues”       % exonerate Donald Trump in his Mueller said in his opening days of talks due next week, US pending so he expects anoth- two-year Russian meddling remarks. Treasury Secretary Steven er round of talks would follow #   ;< investigation but also told law- But when asked at the start Mnuchin said on Wednesday. in Washington.     makers he will not say if the of the hearing before the House The dialogue in Shanghai At a meeting in Japan last 5:'.,7 0     president committed a crime, Judiciary Committee if his on Tuesday and Wednesday month, US President Donald       as he launched into a marathon report completely cleared the will be the first face-to-face Trump and his Chinese coun-      day of congressional testimony. president of wrongdoing, meetings since negotiations terpart Xi Jinping agreed to $     Three months after releas- first time in front of two sepa- Mueller said “no.” collapsed in May after cease further hostilities in the       O ing the final report on his rate, Democrat-run commit- “The president was not President Donald Trump year-long trade war while the       probe into the 2016 election, tees in the House of exculpated for the acts he accused Beijing of reneging on two sides worked to revive  % much of the American public Representatives. allegedly committed,” Mueller its commitments. negotiations. The countries remains unclear about the for- Mueller — who made a few said, adding that it was “true” Mnuchin and US Trade have imposed tariffs on USD 8 # & mer special counsel’s findings public remarks at a press con- that Trump could be prose- Representative Robert 360 billion in two-way trade =4    on whether Trump criminally ference on May but did not take cuted for obstruction of justice Lighthizer will lead the US del- and Trump has threatened 8',):(5) & $  4 ' obstructed justice and whether questions and has resisted tes- after he leaves office. egation. The White House said even more punishing duties on    $   his campaign colluded with tifying — reiterated that he As the questioning volleyed in a statement the talks, with Chinese goods.       C Russians. would “stay within the text” of back and forth from Vice Premier Liu He, will That truce halted Trump’s      + With Trump declaring he his report, and was visibly Democratic to Republican “cover a range of issues, includ- plan to hit China with another 7       9  was “exonerated” in the probe uncomfortable once the ques- committee members, the ten- ing intellectual property, forced round of punishing tariffs on '% &     and Democrats saying the tion period began. sion mounted and ebbed. technology transfer, non-tariff USD 300 billion in goods. The    !+ .  report supplied ample evidence “Based on Justice Mueller offered many one- barriers, agriculture, services, International Monetary Fund   '     9  for impeachment, the notori- Department policy and prin- word answers and repeatedly the trade deficit and enforce- warned that that step added to   0 1.B% ously taciturn Mueller ciples of fairness, we decided referred lawmakers back to ment.” existing tariffs would cut global answered questions for the we would not make a determi- the report. Senior officials have spo- economic growth by 0.5 per cent.    !"# / 2 !  !  '% ;   E&+*     % ; ;

'('78+/'(+ ( 2 7 *     "  %+,   & :       1..            %- .   "                    /         % &           7      (    +       0+ 1  $.                          2              3      2        %+,S            "#$%                             S    hina has mastered the art of infor-      " "      mation warfare. We saw it during     "          the Doklam episode. Though 56   57              caught on the wrong foot on the ridge at the border of Sikkim and , -    -     S     S  CBhutan, the Chinese spokespersons managed      "   P)   %  Q *    "  to convince many Indian scribes of the valid-   .                 ity of a defunct 1890 Convention between the Manchus and British India. More recently, the      "            Dalai Lama was the victim of Chinese pro-   %    *    S &       paganda. For the purpose, Beijing used some     :            Indian journalists, “inviting” them to Tibet for a trip to “see the facts” for themselves.     " &( /   .   "    On their return, one of the correspon-                   dents, quoting the Chinese authorities, wrote:            “The successor of the Dalai Lama has to be decided within China and any interference 3  "     /     by India on the issue will impact bilateral ties.”       %+,S;<6 +0 1     S==  The message that Beijing wanted to pass &                  was faithfully reported by the gullible Indian scribe, who quoted one Wang Neng Sheng, !   ><-3 ;?      +0 1 Director General (of Propaganda) in the    -3       (     Tibet Autonomous Region’s administration: !  % ,-3   (   +0 1& %+, “The current Dalai Lama was recognised by Beijing and his successor must be found            "      through the ‘draw of lots in golden urn      ?<       -3   process’ within China. The Dalai Lama’s rein-  "         2       carnation is not decided by his personal wish or by some group of people living in other .      "       !  *    countries.”The ignorant Wang was probably Lama said with his characteris- and later a teenager for two Tibetan Government by China,      "          "  unaware that no golden urn was used for the tic humour that his successor decades at the helm. The other against a candidate selected by              ! selection of the present Lama but propagan- could be a woman, but she ought solution would be an “emana- Lhasa. From his early years, the                 da does not need to stick to facts. to be “attractive.” Vaidyanathan tion.” The latter system is boy was groomed by commu- Another official, Zha Luo, director of the used her Twitter account to favoured by many as it would nist China as a “model Lama”   %+,   $        China Tibetology Research Centre in Beijing, spread excerpts of the “controver- bring some stability in the sys- but slowly over the years, he  %        @   " confirmed that “any refusal by India to recog- sial” video in the social media; the &"9 ! 779!!-5( tem (and disarm the Chinese became his own man. In 1964,   /           " S     nise the next Dalai Lama to be chosen with- Tibetan leader had to sadly apol- -! -(+99+ 0 ‘religious fervour’); it practical- a few years after the Dalai in China will impact bilateral ties.” In other ogise for his “misogynist” ly means that the Dalai Lama Lama had taken refuge in India, &              words, if Delhi does not kowtow to Beijing’s remarks. !9-5 ! 0==0- would “emanate” in a young boy in a speech in Lhasa, the so- !     A              choice, there will be “consequences.” I remember asking him this (5& 5(:> =5 and groom him as his successor. called puppet Panchen Lama            S$      It was enough to provoke a flurry of reac- question about a female Dalai Though the Indian told a large audience: “Long tions from Dharamsala, the headquarters of Lama more than 15 years ago; he 7"-(0 $"-7" "0! Government would probably Live to His Holiness the Dalai &           S the Central Tibetan Administration and had smiled and explained that it 499( $5-(# not interfere, it still has vital Lama.” He was immediately           "   "  from elsewhere in India. A Tibetan official, was possible, there was no bar on stakes in the outcome (particu- arrested and only released in           !     Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, stated: “The Chinese this in Tibetan Buddhism. He "0+ &5 larly in relation to the Himalayan 1978 with the help of Xi officials pointed out two things as important had added that if it was useful for *9*09 0 *5!& populations from Ladakh to Zhongxun …President Xi     3            historical criteria for the selection of the Lama’s the Buddha Dharma and the Arunachal Pradesh). After the Jinping’s father.    !          "      reincarnation. First, the selection should be Tibetan cause, “why not?” The +0:0- :0 0 BBC incident, the Dalai Lama Again in 1989, while visiting                     within China based on the 200-year-old his- issue remains that his office !79(0-5 $-&" 0 declared: “One day you will his monastery near Shigatse, he torical process. Second, it should have the should be aware that the world hear that the Dalai Lama has had questioned the 30-year occu-      $  !     approval of the Chinese Central Government.” has changed and today, rogue =9$ *:-04:9 passed away, but I will come pation of China. A few days later, ;===3 S  2     " Arya argued that the Golden Urn pro- journalists are only interested in &-49&0( :0 0! back, even if the institution of he died of a heart attack. The case    "        "    cedure and the approval of the Chinese sensationalism. Dalai Lama is no longer recog- of the Tenth Panchen Lama Central Government were not mandatory for In any case, Chinese propa- :-?-(# -( &-49& nised. I will be back.” proves that China would be    A ,         '  the recognition of a Lama: “It is an aggres- ganda and “modern” journalism That is the real question: wrong to take a Tibetan for   !  )  ><<>     sive and ignominious attempt on the part of do not help clarify the complicat- 4 & -! 0:!5 Will Tenzin Gyatso come back granted, even if he is chosen by               the Chinese leadership to distort the ancient ed issue. The succession is indeed 7 7-0: =5 &"9 as a Dalai Lama? In another the party. religious tradition of Tibet to serve its current a serious affair, not only for statement to The Week, he said In 2011, the Dalai Lama had          %       political agenda.” China, which has been working &-49&0(! J-( that the rule-by-reincarnation clearly stated: “I shall leave clear    "           The problem is that the sometimes mis- hard to prepare a post Dalai 9N-:9 0(+ -( system is feudal and may be dis- written instructions about this.”  !             chievous Dalai Lama has in the past given Lama scenario with a few pliable &-49&K 0(+ -(+-0 continued. The result of all It is, perhaps, time that he                 “controversial” statements to the Press. One Tibetan Lamas presently living in these declarations is that the announces that instructions that made headlines recently was to Rajini Tibet, but is also crucial for the 0! $9:: Chinese are confused, but for about his “succession” have        ! %+,    %     Vaidynathan, a BBC journalist, who was obvi- Tibetans (in exile and in Tibet) them to bank on their own already been given, thus remov-        "            ously more interested by her audience rating and India as well. Dalai Lama may be risky. ing the doubt in everybody’s than by a deeper understanding of a compli- The succession process They should also remem- minds and cutting out the cated question. could go two-ways. First a “tra- ber the case of the Tenth Chinese propaganda. When Vaidyanathan asked the Tibetan ditional” reincarnation with the Panchen Lama, who in May (The writer is an expert on  leader about “returning” as a female, the Dalai huge problem of having a child 1951 was forced on a weak India-China relations) 2       $     $       -G      -    7    6                      '   *' *      0*0% $                   6  % >       0                  '        6 % &    4*% $                  %        %    %       %                      & B C:)>',+>('> +(5> 5):>,,?') '.> K! > K!   K4 !  K0 5                 !  "                                              #       ""    "      grandmother, Indira Gandhi,       who visited the affected families        "    in Bihar’s Belchi village in 1977,              Sir — Leaders these days, even        L&    M J after 11 members of the Dalit         "       those holding powerful posi- 1K% ! *  +  & O 6  community had been massacred tions, like to speak their mind — &        *'  *  by an upper-caste gang. This                 it does say something about them   -          proved to be a crucial moment for           "   — and for that brief moment             6 her political life, leading to a turn- $        %   "   when they address the audience 6  -    *'      around from a recent electoral or when they tweet, they forget  O    % &    6 defeat. Now, 42 years later,   &            who they are and what they               Priyanka’s reaction to the             ! "  stand for. Jammu & Kashmir     6'% 4     Sonbhadra incident could yield a   "             Governor Satya Pal Malik’s 9  0  J 90K      6    similar outcome. Was it because      % &  0  *     %             seemingly off-the-cuff remark, of this fear that Uttar Pradesh where he appealed to the terror-           Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath       "        "  ists to kill the “corrupt who have   - O          stopped Priyanka’s visit?   '           '   robbed their State” was in bad              Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee Faridabad                   taste. Such statements do not   % & O           behove a Governor, who holds a 0       9  0  % $    '     J- K             !   top Constitutional post, more so   !  '         J(   K                            when the State is under   *  & % "     *        6  % &           "      President’s rule.       L                On the one hand, the Centre   % 5  &    *        6% &          Sir — The successful launch of    $         &  has been proposing anti-lynching (        '               % Chandrayaan-2 demonstrates              (   !    laws and on the other, an    % +  ! *  6 :)' what India is capable of doing if  &              "   appointee of the Centre is appeal-    *     M +     there is unwavering focus and ing the ultras to lynch and kill. funding. The successful model of            " Governor Malik may have    Q ISRO should be replicated in the   "       $     expressed regret over his remarks ilies met Congress general secre- Interestingly, Priyanka was defence sector, especially when               — saying he had spoken in a fit tary Priyanka Gandhi at a guest detained, delegations of other India is spending billions of of anger and frustration — after Sir — This refers to the article, house in Mirzapur where she political parties were allowed to rupees buying arms.              %   a chorus of condemnation but “Post debacle, rumour mill has spent a night in detention. Earlier, visit Sonbhadra. Anita Saini             what has been said cannot be eas- it...” (July 24) by Kalyani Shankar. power and water supply had Priyanka’s spontaneous ges- Via email      )      ily undone. The political drama surrounding allegedly been cut when Priyanka ture of compassion is a rare JS Acharya Sonbhadra reached its peak when sat on dharna, demanding to be instance of humanity in Indian     ' 9             Hyderabad 15 members of the affected fam- allowed to visit the village. politics. It is reminiscent of her ((>,(5@5)>A:?'6+5?    !"# *& & 3 !  !  $    &'()&'()  B        E   8C  G   <  & "        #    E&   "     6   &    G    &   6 <  $   $" &     6 &           L     L      '   % 0                8    *(+$,$-  22          + >;2     " +        80             )         .                   + 2  /            S                                    !                                             " !                                    -  .')$ 4   (                         his month marks the completion of two     #        years since the Goods and Services Tax ( %              T(GST) was rolled out. To mark the celebra-   - !        "    tion, the Finance Ministry is planning to come up ,    "         with further reforms in the indirect tax system with     ! " "         the introduction of a new return system, rational-            !     isation of cash ledger system and a single refund-           (     disbursing mechanism, among others. This in itself proves the fact that the GST is still a work in "           progress. In fact, GST and demonetisation were              considered to be the two landmark reforms that       !          would help formalise the Indian economy.          To recall, on November 16, 2016, the NDA &           Government announced the demonetisation of      ' /    "  all 500 and 1,000 banknotes. This announce-    P-          ment was followed by prolonged cash shortages "     Q$             across the country, which led to chaos and dis-          P     Q  ruptions in economic and industrial activity.   P &       Demonetisation was a big step to weed out unac- counted money from the economy as well as to           O  increase tax compliance. But the exercise put busi-       C         nesses as well as the common man through var-     &      C   &  ious stages of hardships, so much so that the busi-     D E          Q ness sector is still feeling its aftershocks. !2  /  P         The true impact of demonetisation, especial-           O      ly on the farm sector and the industry, became         @ O        evident with the passage of time. In fact, the culture sector. Growth slowed down to a four-year of GST, stability is yet to materialise.        %   - S    Ministry of Agriculture presented a report to a par- low of 6.7 per cent. Demonetisation, coupled with This July, India officially completed two years  (           liamentary panel two years after demonetisation the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax of GST regime but businesses that were impact-    "  Q where it admitted that the farmers were badly hit (GST) in July of 2017, led to disruptions and tur- ed due to the move are yet to get back on track. by notebandi. Demonetisation had made 86 per bulence in economic and industrial activity, even- The situation will most likely worsen in the com- $                 cent of the existing currency (denominations of tually causing lower domestic Gross Domestic #5?9( 9(& ing times unless the Government ensures that the  &                 500 and 1,000) illegal tender. The farmers, par- Product (GDP) growth. widening chasm between realisable amounts of  P      "     ticularly the smaller ones, depend on cash for the Demonetisation and GST served a double 9==5&! &5 businesses and tax payments is controlled. In order             &  purchase of seeds and fertilisers and due to the whammy to the economy due to which average -(! :0&9 ! 0::9 to ensure this, swift rotation of money in the econ-     &   ""     lack of cash, millions of them were unable to pur- businesses are struggling to recover. As the busi- omy must be ensured. Currently, there is not much    Q)             chase raw materials ahead of the rabi season. ness community tries to meet GST compliance 4 !-(9!!9! of liability on debtors, who owe huge amounts to        "        The Agriculture Ministry informed a com- and payments month after month, recoveries from &"5 #" &"9 businesses. Business owners, on the other hand, O (    &  @A   /   mittee that when demonetisation was implement- the market are dwindling rapidly, bringing about are forced to pay tax on time every month for ed, the farmers were either selling their kharif yield a cash crunch and working capital crises for even 75 *5!-&-5( billings for which the money is still to come from     )        Notebandi @        or sowing rabi crops. rendered all the the most robust businesses. Added to the prob- the market. Here, the Government must intervene cash they had in hand useless. This drastically lem is the absolute lull in the economy wherein !7"9 9 09 and ensure that a minimum time is fixed for the '@       - @ S affected the farmers. Even Government seeds the spending sentiment is at its lowest ebb, result- 75 9(+04:9% debtors to pay the firms the billed amount. This               P% could not be sold, said the report. The drastic move ing in big industries witnessing stagnating sales will get the money rotating in the economy and          (        also affected big farmers as they had to pay wages even in the best of months. "5$9?9 &"9 tax compliance and GST collections, too, will           A F   to the labourers working on their fields. But they Government efforts to resuscitate small and improve significantly.  "   "        C went cash-strapped post demonetisation, the medium businesses by providing sops to encour- 7:0 !9 $"-7" Given the evident slowdown in the economy   "            Q Agriculture Ministry report said. The Ministry said age digital payments are not helping since these !&-* :0&9! &"0& and a fall in the spending pattern, the Government %        "      that due to the shortage of cash, about 1.38 lakh businesses are facing rising working capital must take immediate steps to boost common         0  ; quintals of wheat seeds of the national seed cor- shortages coupled with spiralling debtors. The -(&96!&0&9 man’s confidence in the economy. This is partic- ><;51  % "        poration were not sold. stringent action for delaying GST payments over ! **:-9 5= #55+! ularly true in the case of the business communi- :   $            The Government later allowed the use of old two months, leading to suspension of one’s reg- ty, which is also a tremendous source of employ- notes of for the purchase of wheat seeds. But this istration, is not helping as well. The sentiment in $5 :+ 49 ment. The Government’s efforts to insulate             O  relaxation did not improve their situation much. the MSME sector is that of being harassed by pay- smaller businesses through the composition    @      O    A week after the report was tabled in front of the ments that are agonisingly slow to come from the 0 &5 0&-70::> scheme are commendable. However, the clause,      " parliamentary committee, the Union Agriculture market on the one hand and strict GST payments which stipulates that inter-State supplier of goods $         "     Ministry did a u-turn and decided to prepare a to be made every month without fail on the other. 9N7: +9+ =5 &"9 would be automatically excluded from the com-                 fresh report. Similarly, the Reserve Bank of India’s The higher the GST bracket the business falls 75 *5!-&-5( position scheme facility, has hit many regional               (RBI) annual report for 2017-18, confirming that under, the worse the cash rotation problems are. businesses hard whose operations spanned a few    !  ' -  )  2     most demonetised notes — up to 99.3 per cent The GST, founded on the notion of “one !7"9 9 =07-:-&> States at best. These businesses had to opt for GST     &     ##  !  — were returned to the Central bank, affirmed nation, one market, one tax” with a single stroke "0! "-& 0(> by force. India needs to become the global hotspot  P  D          E " the opinion that the decision to ban specified notes converted India into a unified market of 1.3 bil- for ease of doing business. No matter what scale   R          S   not only failed in its stated objective of flushing lion citizens. This new tax regime fundamental- 9#-5(0: of business one wants to set up, the experience of out hidden wealth but also ended up causing dam- ly helped the $2.4 trillion economy transform itself acquiring licences through a single-window "     "   $      age to the economy. by doing away with the internal tariff barriers and 4 !-(9!!9! "0+ facility, which is transparent and corruption-free,     "      P   H The sudden decision had a two-fold impact subsuming central, State and local taxes into a uni- is crucial and so is a perceptive tax regime which            Q on the Indian economy: An aggregate demand fied tax. When such mega exercise is undertak- is designed in such a way that it intuitively under-      %   O"  O shock by reducing the supply of money and an en, there are bound to be difficulties and India Inc stands the growing needs of businesses and levies           F   aggregate supply shock by constraining cash avail- weathered these teething troubles bravely. But now taxes accordingly. This will nurture India Inc and         ability as a critical input for specified economic it is the time when the economy should have sta- truly herald achhe din for the economy. "#  $   % &  &    ' activities, such as purchase of inputs in the agri- bilised. However, even after two years of the launch (The writer is an environmental journalist) 9                        5                     E  

this State have become a perennial are also one of the reasons for requiring short and long-term mea- problem. Given their perpetuity, poverty. A large portion of the State’s sures. Short-term prescription apprehensions have been raised population is involved in agriculture includes confining the flow by about the Government’s approach in and for a significant time of the year, embankments, anti-erosion mea- addressing the issue. Largely, the they remain unproductive since vast sures, dredging the river as a siltation public perceives its action plan to be tracts of agricultural land remains management measures and drainage an emergency response than having under water. Additionally, flood development works. Most common a mitigating impact. Dealing with injects a feeling of insecurity among long-term measures suggested >90! 5= 0 7:5$( flood requires a holistic approach. the people. The fear of becoming include the building of a reservoir in    O     '-)$ 4 Assam is famous for its rivers — homeless is the most prevalent, higher areas and relocation of the      Brahmaputra and Barak — with especially among the poor. A major people in higher grounds. Such a he deluge that hit Assam their tributaries traversing the length cause of worry is the destruction of measure will require large resources   recently has left 33 districts and breath of the State. People in this houses during floods because they and is, of course, a time consuming 7  % Tbadly affected. It caused mis- State have a unique relationship of are mostly thatched and cannot process. *       eries to more than four million peo- love and fear with the river. The withstand the raging water. It is time for the Government to   7   ple and thousands of acres of land rivers bring joy to them as they have mon practice in the hilly regions of measure to control the floods. These Rebuilding houses becomes look for alternative ways to address #       were submerged by floodwater. special influence on the socio-eco- the eastern Himalayas, is the reason resulted in the establishment of another challenge for locals even as the flood problem. A new approach Around 18 deaths were reported and nomic lives of the citizens. Hence, for sediment load in the river. The human habitats in the flood plains. their economic condition deterio- must consider blending of crisis        more than one lakh people were res- floods make people fear the rivers. rivers also carry a large quantity of Unfortunately, the maintenance of rates. Their agony further deepens response and impact mitigation.        cued. The Kaziranga National Park, The simplest explanation for water due to excessive raining in these embankments has not been sat- due to soil erosion. Assam lost Flood should be at the centre for  % &O  a world heritage site, which is famous flooding is heavy rains. However, a higher reaches. Due to heavy silt isfactory. On several occasions, these around seven per cent of its land due developmental planning. Assam’s     for one-horned rhinos, too, had to close look suggests that floods are deposits, the rivers are unable to hold barriers fail to withstand the pressure to soil erosion since 1950. Majuli, the flood management should include       face the wrath of the mother nature. caused due to both natural and off the access water and, thus, spill of water and break, thus increasing world’s largest river island and a cen- urban and rural planning, livelihood As an immediate response to the man-made causes. The mighty over in the catchment area. Other the severity of impact. The establish- tre of Assamese cultural heritage, is issues and health perspective.    &  % flood situation, the State Brahmaputra, the primary river, prominent causes of floods include ment of habitats in the flood plains faced with the threat of disappear- Notably, Assam’s floods manage-        % Government pressed in relief and flows from the Tibet and carries with drainage congestions and encroach- also brings humans much closure to ance due to soil erosion. Besides, ment measures require sustained 4     rescue operations for the flood vic- it loads of sediments, thus deposit- ment of the riverine areas among the river and this increases sufferings floods increase the risk of an epidem- monitoring to attain success. (The writer works with the       ' tims without delay. The Central ing silt on its bed. Deforestation in other things. of the people. ic and it also implies health concerns.      '% Government, too, released 250 the hilly areas, primarily because of Traditionally, the construction of Floods impact people both eco- Controlling flood is a necessity Observer Research Foundation) crore as relief to the State. Floods in Jhum (shifting cultivation), a com- embankments has been a prominent nomically and emotionally. They for the development of the State,          !"# 6

$ N !  O                '       &  1        L      M     A      9'Q     ' 0  # '    0  !      !       #       0 (  &  5:0&0;(9$ +9:"- the Prime Minister. urban Naxal and incarcerated Aparna Sen followed up on They said they regretted because of dissent against the the issues raised in the letter L$          -           xpressing concern at the that “Jai Shri Ram” has been government.” If someone crit- with a Press conference in                  Enumber of “religious iden- reduced to a “provocative war icises the ruling party, it does Kolkata on Wednesday.      M       tity-based hate crimes” in India, cry that leads to law and order not imply they are against the She said it was depressing a group of eminent citizens has problems, and many lynch- nation, the letter said. to read about lynchings across said in a letter to Prime Minister ings take place in its name”. “No ruling party is syn- the country and asked the Narendra Modi that ‘Jai Shri It is shocking, they said, that onymous with the country media to not give the letter a Ram’ has become a provocative so much violence should be per- where it is in power. It is only political colour. - war cry with many lynchings petrated in the name of religion. one of the political parties of “This has nothing to do taking place in its name. “These are not the Middle that country. Hence anti-gov- with Bengal, this has to do with The July 23 letter, which Ages! The name of Ram is ernment stands cannot be lynchings. Do not try to turn  also stressed that there is “no sacred to many in the majori- equated with anti-national sen- this into something political. democracy without dissent”, is ty community of India. As the timents. An open environment This is simply something done signed by 49 celebrities from highest executive of this coun- where dissent is not crushed, out of concern for the human- various fields, including film- try you must put a stop to the only makes for a stronger ity,” Aparna said. ' makers Adoor Gopalakrishnan name of Ram being defiled in nation,” the letter read. Aparna, whose upcoming    &  5:0&0 the Left rule? Even during and Aparna Sen as well as this manner,” the letter stated. The signatories to the let- film “Ghawre Baire Aaj” takes Mamata Banerjee’s rule we saw vocalist Shubha Mudgal, his- A ' %     '  (   &) Criticising the lynchings in ter also include Bengali cinema off from the killing of journal- engal civil society seemed cases of lynching taking place. torian Ramchandra Guha and Parliament is not enough, the thespian Soumitro Chatterjee, ist Gauri Lankesh and looks at Bdivided over the contents of Is the BJP or the Prime sociologist Ashis Nandy. no less than 840 instances of indatabase” and the “Citizen’s civil society leaders said. “What southern filmmaker-actor the issue of lynching, said peo- “lynching” letter to Prime Minister responsible for that?” “We, as peace loving and atrocities against Dalits in the Religious Hate-Crime Watch” action has actually been taken Revathy, directors Mani ple are beaten to death either Minister Narendra Modi. A However, speaking to the proud Indians, are deeply con- year 2016, and a definite and said the number of “reli- against the perpetrators? We Ratnam and Shyam Benegal because they are accused of eat- parallel section of celebrities in media senior actor-director cerned about a number of decline in the percentage of gious identity-based hate strongly feel that such offences and social activist Binayak Sen. ing beef or trading cows. Bengal have refused to side Aparna Sen said, “we have to tragic events that have been convictions,” it continued. crimes” had gone up in the last should be declared non-bail- with the galaxy of intelligentsia watch with pain that how in a happening in recent times in Responding to the letter, nine years; 62 per cent of the able, and that exemplary pun- who have written an open let- pluralist democracy like India our beloved country,” the open Union Minister Mukhtar victims belonged to the Muslim ishment should be meted out ter to the Prime Minister con- people are still being lynched in letter to Modi said. Abbas Naqvi told PTI that community. swiftly and surely.” &         demning lynching in the name the name of case and religion… “The lynching of Muslims, minorities and Dalits are safe in “About 90 per cent of these It also underscored the sig- of religion, caste etc. “So what if I do not chant Dalits and other minorities India and criminal incidents attacks were reported after nificance of dissent in a democ-     !    Questioning the neutrality Jai Shri Ram? So what if I do not must be stopped immediately. should not be communalised. May 2014, when your racy. “There is no democracy of some celebrities when it shout Allah Ho Akbar? Does We were shocked to learn from The letter also referred to Government assumed power without dissent. People should came to the BJP-led NDA that mean that I am anti-India the NCRB that there have been findings of the “FactChecker nationally,” the signatories told not be branded anti-national or    9B Government film actor Locket … I have the full liberty not to Chatterjee, said a number of follow any religion. I have the &  5:0&0 ment’s alleged silence on vio- those who have written to the full liberty to be an agnostic. But )49A     lence and rising intolerance. Prime Minister are politically should that be a reason to be nion Minister Mukhtar In order to deal with such prejudiced and should not be killed?” The letter written to the !    Q+. UAbbas Naqvi asserted on crimes, law enforcement agen- taken seriously. “Such letters are Prime Minister seeking his Wednesday that Dalits and cies and State Governments part of a political campaign,” attention and demanding 3C minorities are safe in the coun- have taken effective and strong Chatterjee, BJP MP and a immediate action is signed by try after a group of eminent cit- actions, the Minister said. known face in Bengal film and a host of intellectuals from       <( izens wrote to the Prime “But a few people, who television world said adding “I film world to the field of histo- Minister expressing concern claim to be custodian of human know many of those who have ry, literature and other arena. &  49(#0:  &  40- and Aurangabad in January this Shreemadh Bhagwat Katha, over lynching incidents, and rights and secularism, are trying written the letter. They are The letter has been signed by year and foiled their plans of was organised in December last said those “yet to recover from” to communalise such type of mostly politically biased.” the likes of Adoor he first earth-bound orbit embers of an “IS- mass-casualty attacks using year at the temple, where thou- the defeat in the Lok Sabha criminal incidents,” Naqvi said. Backing Chatterjee’s con- Gopalkrishnan, Shyam Bengal, Traising manoeuvre for Minspired” terror group poisonous chemical mixtures at sands of devotees consumed polls are trying to communalise These people are yet to come out tention another Bengali actor Saumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was arrested from Maharashtra in big gatherings. the ‘prasad’, he said. One of the “criminal incidents”. of the “depression” after the requesting anonymity said that Sen, Kaushik Sen, Wriddhi performed successfully on January for allegedly planning After a detailed investiga- arrested accused, Talha Potrik, The letter, signed by 49 resounding victory of Modi for the letter to the Prime Minister Sen, doctor and activist Vinayak Wednesday, the Indian Space mass killing at a temple were tion, the ATS earlier this month had tried to poison the prasad, celebrities from various fields, a second time and has started was more of a “political move Sen and others. Research Organisation said. inspired by speeches of con- filed a chargesheet containing the chargesheet said. including film-makers Shyam the “second edition of award to malign a government” than “If someone calls me a The manoeuvre was carried out troversial Islamic preacher stunning revelations before a “The group members had Benegal and Aparna Sen, stat- wapsi” movement, he said. anything else. “Even if we con- Pakistani for not chanting Jai at 2.52 pm using the on-board Zakir Naik, according to an Mumbai court. According to also obtained information ed, “The lynching of Muslims, “I want to clearly state that sider that the cases of lynching Shri Ram or for not backing a propulsion system for a firing ATS charge sheet filed in a the chargesheet, “the accused through the internet and social Dalits and other minorities minorities and Dalits are safe in have happened in some States particular outfit then I am not duration of 57 seconds, two Mumbai court. were inspired by speeches of media about making explosives must be stopped immediately.” our country. Their socio-eco- … then what the Prime ready to take that. By which days after the successful launch They had tried to poison Naik”, against whom charges of and poison and conducted blast Talking to PTI over phone, nomic, religious rights are com- Minister has to do with that? stretch of imagination do I into elliptical Earth orbit of the temple’s ‘maha prasad’ (holy money laundering have been trials in hills near the Mumbra Union Minority Affairs pletely secured. It is proved by These celebrities must have become an anti-national if I 170x45,475 km, ISRO said. food) at the temple, it said, filed by the Enforcement bypass,” the ATS official said. Minister Naqvi said, “No one the fact that not a single major known that law and order is a criticise the Government or a The new orbit will be 230 adding that they also under- Directorate. The ATS found The ATS identified Abu Hamza should communalise criminal communal riot took place State subject.” party running a Government? X 45163 km, the space agency went training for making several videos featuring Naik as the group leader, who con- incidents. Dalits and minorities under the Modi Government,” A third Bengali actress Are we goingmad?” Kaushik said. According to ISRO, the explosives and poison and par- and his images on social media ducted the blast trials, he said. are safe in this country. Those he said. The July 23 letter to the who recently joined the BJP in Sen asked pointing at how the second orbit raising manoeu- ticipated in blast trials at a hill profiles of the accused, it said. According to the charge who are yet to recover from the prime minister also stressed Delhi said “lynching is bad but Government was becomingin- vre is scheduled in the early near the Mumbra bypass in “The group had planned a sheet, some of the accused defeat of 2019 Lok Sabha polls that there is “no democracy how do you prove that the BJP tolerant. “Not only the cases of hours of Friday about 1 am. Thane district. mass killing of devotees at the arrested also attended physical are trying to do it.” without dissent”. The signatories is behind it. And truth to be lynching or branding a person India had on Monday The Maharashtra Anti- 400-year-old Shree training sessions for terror “We have seen the same said they regretted that “Jai Shri told you had cases of lynching anti-national on a flimsy launched the country’s second Terrorism Squad arrested 10 Mumbreshwar Temple at activities at a stadium in thing after 2014 (elections) in Ram” has been reduced to a in Bengal too in the past. ground but also the legal moon mission Chandrayaan- members of the Ummat-E- Mumbra by poisoning the ‘maha Mumbra. A few group mem- the name of ‘award wapsi’, this “provocative war cry that leads What happened when 19 reforms through the dilution of 2 on-board its powerful rock- Mohammaddiya group, prasad’ there” a senior ATS offi- bers were also in contact with is just part two of that,” the min- to law and order problems, and Anand Margis were publicly the RTI Act is a case point at an et GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the allegedly having links with the cial said, quoting the chargesheet. their foreign-based handlers, it ister said, referring to the protest many lynchings take place in its burnt to death at posh intolerant Government which spaceport of Sriharikota in terror group IS, from Mumbra A spiritual event, added. by writers against the govern- name”. Ballygunge in Kolkata during must mend its ways,” he added. Andhra Pradesh with the aim of landing a rover in the unexplored lunar south pole. The 3,850-kg     '   Chandrayaan-2, a three-mod- = ule spacecraft comprising orbiter, lander and rover, has &  0+" 40(- &  0 police. Since then the security Magazine of AK, 01 Pouch and been injected into the earth’s forces were tracking other edible items from the orbit. It will be subjected to a celestial object, weighing joint team of security movement of a large arrested terrorist. “He was car- series of orbit manoeuvres in Amore than 10 kg and hav- Aforces early Wednesday group of at least 7 ter- rying a reward of 05 lacs”, offi- the coming weeks to take it to ing magnetic properties, land- morning arrested one terrorist rorists active in the erst- cial sources said. the vicinity of moon, with the ed in a village of this north of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) while Doda district. rover soft landing planned on Bihar district a couple of days from Phagsoo forest area of On receiving credible September 7. “Further major ago, a senior official said on Thathri in Doda. input about the presence of ter- activities include Earth bound Wednesday. Madhubani The arrested terrorist has rorists in the Thathri belt a manoeuvres, Trans Lunar District Magistrate, Shirsat been identified by the police joint team of security forces Insertion, Lunar bound Kapil Ashok said, the object authorities as Jamal Din Gujjar had launched search and cor- manoeuvres, Vikram was found in Mahadeva village % !        &) S/O Khair Din R/O Pathna don operations in the thickly Separation and Vikram Touch under Laukahi police station Keshwan Kishtwar . forested area. Down,” the space agency said. area on Monday evening. “We have written to the Earlier, on June 22, Jamal During the search opera- As per schedule, Vikram, “A group of farmers were State’s Principal Secretary, Din was injured in an tions, Jamal Din Gujjar, who moonlander will soft land on working in the fields when they Science and Technology encounter which had taken was active for the last one year, the moon and then Pragyaan heard an unusually loud thud. #      department, informing him place in Sarawan forest area was arrested from Phagsoo will roll out to explore the When they looked around to Prime facie, it looks like a    3 '     about this peculiar object that in Kishtwar with the special forest area. Police teams also moon surface. The ISRO is find the source of the sound, they meteorite and weighs about 13   (   &) looks like a piece of rock but its operations group of Kishtwar recovered 01 AK Rifle, 01 aiming for a soft landing of the spotted the object lying in a hole kg, he said. The villagers extract- glitter is much more than that lander (spacecraft) in the South — about five feet deep — that ed the object with some effort session and it was, subsequent- of an unpolished stone. Its Pole region of the moon where was dug into the ground by the and informed Government offi- ly, placed in the custody of the magnetic pull makes it even no country has gone so far. impact of the fall”, the DM said. cials who took it into their pos- district treasury, the DM said. more intriguing,” he said. > =   &&  7"9((0- secular democratic Left forces. We are planning State-wide amil Nadu is all set to strategy to take on the BJP,” Raja Temerge as the epicentre of told immediately after his elec- a series of major agitations tion as the party chief. planned against the Narendra The appointment of Raja Modi-led Union Government. has been welcomed by the The appointment of D Raja as DMK and its alliance partners. the secretary of the Communist The Dravida Kazhakam , a Party of India is being seen as Tamil chauvinist outfit buoyed the beginning of a new wave by the elevation of Raja, under- of attacks against the Centre as took a procession to IIT- well as the Sangh Parivar, Madras Kendriya Vidyalaya Raja, the first ever Dalit and disrupted a seminar on chief of the CPI is known for New Educational Policy of the his uncompromising stance Union Government. against the BJP. “He has suf- Raja, who has been working fered a lot in the hands of the out of New Delhi for the last caste Hindus of his village in two decades and who enjoys Vellore district. Since the good rapport with all the non- Congress is in a pathetic situ- BJP leaders is also being seen as ation as of now, the responsi- Tamil Nadu’s face in the nation- bility of bringing together all al capital. Since the senior lead- other opposition parties has ers of the DMK who have been fallen on Raja,” said a close elected to Lok Sabha in the 2019 associate of the new CPI boss. general election are handi- “I am totally against your capped by a series of scams in idea of India. It will not work their names, ranging from 2G and we will never allow that to Spectrum Scam, illegal tele- happen ,” Raja had told a meet- phone exchange scam, FERA ing held under the auspices of violation case to land grab- Thuglaq magazine in 2016 bing, D Raja with no charges January. The meeting was con- against him is the ideal repre- vened by the then editor Cho sentative of Tamil Nadu in New Ramaswamy, his last ever pub- Delhi, said a political com- lic meeting. “We are planning to mentator who is close to the launch a united campaign by all DMK leadership.    !"# 7 .3=?@. ing which he resigned. <=    Meanwhile, the outgoing Chief Minister, who organised a tea party for senior govern-  ment officials of various &  49(#0:  to strengthen the party and they departments, Wednesday pre- have also taken the responsi- dicted that the political insta- day after the collapse of the bility to work towards it. bility would continue in the ACongress-JD(S) Gover- Not wishing to discuss on State in the coming days. nment in Karnataka, the coali- the alliance with Congress, he Speaking to reporters, he tion leadership, including out- said, “I don’t know...Congress said, “Anything may happen... going Chief Minister HD leaders have not discussed the no one can predict what will Kumaraswamy on Wednesday issue with us...They are very happen. Looking at the devel- remained non-committal on free and we are also very free. opments taking place, more the future of their alliance. If the coalition works out and than public representatives, Kumaraswamy also predicted if they want, we will join hands after the May 2018 Assembly responsibility of officials will be that the political instability with them. Otherwise we will polls threw up a hung verdict. important in fulfilling the would continue in the State. work ourselves and strengthen Both parties were routed in needs of the people. This is The 14-month old our party.” Stating that his the recent Lok Sabha polls, what I have advised them.” Congress-JDS coalition party has already petitioned the winning just one seat each of He noted that even as he Government headed by Speaker for disqualification of total of 28 seats in the State, as demits office, he was able to Kumaraswamy resigned on three rebel party MLAs who grassroot level workers of both give a gift to the people of      !     !   #  Tuesday after losing the vote of resigned, Kumaraswamy, in parties were not happy with the Karnataka by issuing a    % (   &) confidence in the Assembly response to a question on alliance. Government Order (GO) on after a three-week long bitter whether he has regrets about Coalition worries and dis- Tuesday on the Debt Relief Act,  # $0"0&- Nagaon, Golaghat and Jorhat jockeying for power. the coalition said, “...Whatever sidence within had repeatedly to which the President had districts with 2,00,525 inmates “Let us see...I don’t know. issues we have taken, there is threatened the Government’s given his assent on July 16. t least six persons died in and 107 Relief Distribution I don’t know about the stand of no regret.” stability and raised questions Aflood-related incidents in Centres,” they said. Congress leaders for the Meanwhile, Karnataka about its longevity. Assam in the last 24 hours, tak- The Central Water future...We have not discussed Congress chief Dinesh Gundu The resignation of 15 7 #% ing the death toll to 75 even as Commission said the anything yet,” Kumaraswamy Rao, speaking after meeting MLAs — 12 from the Congress - 34,82,170 people continued to Brahmaputra river is flowing told reporters on the issue of senior party leaders, including and three from JD(S) and inde-      be affected by the deluge in 20 above the danger level at the alliance ahead of a meeting CLP leader Siddaramaiah, also pendent MLAs R Shankar and districts of the state till Neamatighat and Dhubri while with his party legislators. maintained that the alliance H Nagesh withdrawing their   !  Wednesday evening. the Jia Bharali river is flowing JD(S) supremo HD Deve was decided by the high com- support to the coalition  Officials of the Assam State above the danger mark at Gowda and Kumaraswamy, mand and they would have to Government, compounded &  : 7(5$ nering 99 votes against 105 to Disaster Management Authority Sonitpur. Similarly, Puthimari who is the JDS legislature party follow what they said high- matters, pushing the O   !P the BJP. The coalition needed (ASDMA) said that 2,933 vil- river is flowing above the dan- leader and party State unit command says on it. Government to the brink. SP president Mayawati on 103 votes to win the trust vote lages in 20 districts remained ger level in Kamrup while the chief, were part of the meeting The Congress and the In the trial of legislative BWednesday said the man- as 20 MLAs — Congress-JDS inundated by the floods. Manas and Beki rivers are also with party legislators. JD(S), considered arch rivals, strength after resignation of the ner in which the JD(S)- (17), BSP (1), Independents (2) Officials said although there was flowing above the danger level Speaking to reporters after especially in old Mysuru MLAs, Kumaraswamy had gar- Congress Government in — skipped proceedings, reduc- a slight improvement in the followed by the Gaurang at the meeting, Kumaraswamy region, had joined hands to nered 99 votes against the 105 Karnataka has been pulled ing the effective strength of the flood situation in the last two Kokrajhar and Sonkosh river said MLAs have been advised form a coalition Government by the Opposition BJP, follow- down will go down in the his- House to 205. days, incessant rainfall has led flowing above the danger mark tory of democracy as a “black Kumaraswamy later sub- to swelling of the rivers partic- at Golakganj. chapter”. Mayawati, who on mitted his resignation to the ularly in the western Assam dis- Tuesday night expelled its lone Karnataka Governor, capping tricts inundating more villages. party MLA in Karnataka hours an intense power struggle trig- A total of 2,933 villages in : after Chief Minister HD gered by a raft of resignations Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Udalguri, &  49(#0:  Kumaraswamy lost the trust by rebel MLAs. Darrang, Baksa, Barpeta, vote in the State Assembly, He has been asked by the Nalbari, Chirang, Bongaigaon, ; xpelled BSP MLA N said in a tweet, “The manner in governor to continues as care- Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South EMahesh said on which BJP kept all constitu- taker CM until his successor Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, 5G Sujitsinh Thakur has been Wednesday his expulsion tional norms aside and used takes over. Kamrup (M), Morigaon, entrusted with the responsibili- from the party for abstaining money and power to pull down Mayawati expelled her lone Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat and 1HI( ty of organizing the mega-yatra. from voting in favour of Chief Opposition-led government in MLA in the state for skipping Cachar are still under water, the All ministers have been asked to Minister HD Kumaraswamy Karnataka will be registered in the trust vote. She said in a ASDMA officials said. remain present at the inaugura- was an outcome of a “com- the history of democracy as a tweet that the absence of “There are total of 826 relief   tion on August 1, local legislators munication gap” between him black chapter.” Bahujan Samaj Party legislator camps operational in districts of and ministers would be with him and the party leadership “Any amount of condem- N Mahesh during the trust vote Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang,  # during the course of the yatra. because he does not know nation of such an act is not and he violating the directives Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri,      40- & Fadnavis’ decision to anything about Twitter. enough,” Mayawati said. On of the party high command to Goalpara, Kamrup, Morigaon, restrict himself to touring 15o Soon after the HD Tuesday, the Kumaraswamy support the Congress-JD(S) n an effort to recapture seat mark this time). of the total 288 Assembly con- Kumaraswamy Government government collapsed after los- coalition amounts to indisci- Ipower in Maharashtra in the The Yatra — during which stituencies should be seen in lost the majority in the floor ing the confidence motion, gar- pline. Assembly polls due in October he will reach out the BJP-led State the context of the fact that the test in the Assembly on this year, Chief Minister Government’s achievements dur- ruling BJP will contest the Tuesday, BSP supremo Devendra Fadnavis will launch ing the last five years — will take Assembly polls in alliance with Mayawati expelled him from an exhaustive 4,384 km-long him to all regions — Konkan the Shiv Sena. the party. “Our party MLA N ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’ across (638 km), Western Maharashtra It may be recalled that on Mahesh has violated the high the State from August 1. (812 km), Vidarbha (1232 km), June 2, Chandrakant Patil said command’s direction to vote Fadnavis will kick off his North Maharashtra (633 km), had gone to town saying that the in favour of Kumaraswamy yatra at Mozari in Amarvati Marathwada (1069 km) — in the BJP and ShivSena would contest by abstaining from voting, district in eastern Maharashtra State. 135 seats each in the State which is indiscipline. on the occasion of the birth Fadnavis will travel on a Assembly polls, setting aside the Defending himself, anniversary of social reformer special rath (van) equipped remaining 18 seats for our allies. Mahesh said, “Our party’s Tukaram Bhaurao Sathe, pop- with a special LED screen to During his tour, Fadnavis will Karnataka in-charge and ularly known as Annabahu highlight the achievements of mostly be concentrating on the Rajya Sabha member Ashok Sathe and death anniversary of the BJP-Shiv Sena Government seats currently held by the BJP Siddharth had told me to free fighter Bal Gangdhar Tilak. during the past five years. and the ones it had contested remain neutral after talking “The Chief Minister will In the first phase of his and fared well in the 2014 to Behen Mayawati,” Mahesh conclude his campaign tour at Yatra from August 1 and 9, Assembly elections. said at a Press conference Nashik in north Maharashtra Fadnavis will travel across 14 In the 2014 polls which the here. Since he did not know on August 31,” Maharashtra districts of Vidarbha and north saffron alliance partners had anything about Twitter, he BJP president Chandrakant Maharashtra, during which he contested on their respective was unaware that Mayawati Patil said, while giving details will pass through 57 Assembly strengths, the BJP had put up had directed him through of the ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’. constituencies. In the second candidates in 260 out of the her Tweet to support the With the BJP having phase of his tour that will begin total 288 constituencies. The Kumaraswamy Government. already gone to town that it -- on August 17, Fadnavis will visit BJP had won an all-time high “I don’t know anything together with its alliance part- 93 Assembly constituencies in of 122 seats in the polls. about Twitter or anything ner Shiv Sena -- will win more 18 districts of the State. On its part, the Shiv Sena like that. Hence, I came to than 220 out of 288 seats in the During his tour of 15o had walked away with 63 seats know (about expulsion) State, Fadnavis will go to peo- Assembly constituencies, the out of 282 seats it had contest- when I was on my way to ple with twin poll planks “Phir chief minister will address 85 ed, while the Congress bagged Bengaluru. My expulsion ek bar Shivshahi Sarkar” big rallies, 75 small rallies and 42 seats out of 287 seats it had was due the communica- (Saffron alliance government meet people in as many as 238 contested. The NCP emerged tion gap. I feel that in the once again) and “Ab ki baar villages en route. fourth by winning 41 out of 278 coming days, it will be rec- 220 ke par”. (We’ll cross 220 BJP state general secretary it had contested. tified,” he said. The heavy downpour since midnight caused water-log- ging in low-lying areas of Sion, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Kurla, Andheri and Sakinaka, slowing down vehicular movement on roads, the BMC official said. Nearly 171mm rainfall was recorded at the India Meteorological Department observatory at Colaba in south Mumbai between 8.30am on Tuesday and 5.30am on Wednesday, an IMD official said. The observatory in sub- urban Santacruz recorded 58mm downpour in the same period, he added. Some buses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were diverted due to water-logging on a few routes in the city, BMC &) said.

&  40- Brihanmumbai Municipal &) Corporation spokesperson said. fter a week-long dry spell, Two of them, who worked Aheavy rain lashed Mumbai at a five-star hotel in Juhu area, and neighbouring districts dur- were admitted to a private ing the night and on hospital, he said. The rain, Wednesday morning, causing however, brought good news flooding in some areas and for city residents facing water slowing down local trains and woes due to drying up of lakes road traffic movement. and reservoirs around the Eight people were injured metropolis, the official said. after three cars collided in sub- The weatherman has pre- urban Andheri due to poor vis- dicted more rains in the city ibility amid the heavy down- and its suburbs during the pour early Wednesday, a next two days.    !"# $ !8

J- 0= , F@    = A ' 6 &  (9$ +9:"- The bill also provides a    D<4  <& deadline for completion of &  (9$ +9:"- India maintained its top $0!"-(#&5( he Government on CIRP (Corporate Insolvency !     place in the Central and TWednesday introduced The Resolution Process) within an ndia improved its rank by Southern Asia region. S regulators on Insolvency and Bankruptcy overall limit of 330 days,        Ifive places to stand at 52nd in The country improved its UWednesday Code (Amendment) Bill 2019, including litigation and other an index of the world’s most position the most in certain pil- slapped a record $5 that seeks to ensure timely judicial processes.  !) innovative economies and lars including labour produc- billion fine on completion of debt resolution The proposed amended maintained its position as the tivity growth, knowledge and Facebook for pri- process and provide more clar- Code is also aimed at provid- &  (9$ +9:"- top exporter of IT services, technology outputs, intellectu- vacy violations in a ity on rights of stakeholders. ing greater clarity on permis- according to a report released al property related variables. It settlement requir- Finance Minister Nirmala sibility of corporate restruc- s many as 83 Look Out Wednesday. The country’s also witnessed improvement in ing the world’s Sitharaman introduced the bill turing schemes, clarity on ACirculars have been issued three cities, Bengaluru, institutions, human capital and biggest social net- seeking as many as seven amend- rights and duties of autho- by the Government against Mumbai and New Delhi, also research, and market sophisti- work to “submit to ments to the Insolvency and rised representatives of voters, promoters of companies who featured in the world’s top 100 cation indicators. new restrictions Bankruptcy Code, which pro- manner of distribution of have defaulted on their bank science and technology clus- Notable gains were also and a modified cor- vides for resolution of bad loans. amounts amongst financial and loans, preventing them from ters, according to the Global found in political and opera- porate structure.” The minister referred to operational creditors as well as leaving the country, Union Innovation Index (GII) 2019. tional stability where a new The Federal few points about importance of applicability of the resolution minister Nityanand Rai said on The GII ranks 129 indicator is used this year and Trade Commission the Bill in the Rajya Sabha. plan on all statutory authorities. Wednesday. economies based on 80 indica- in ease of starting a business. said the penalty was But leader of opposition The bill provides for an Speaking in the Rajya tors, ranging from intellectual It, however, lagged logistics the largest ever imposed on any mittee within Facebook’s board “will require a fundamental Ghulam Nabi Azad told the explanation in the definition of Sabha, the Minister of State for property filing rates to mobile- performance and females company for violating con- of directors, “removing unfet- shift in the way we approach chair that she can talk about it “resolution plan” to clarify that Home maintained that immi- application creation, education employed with advanced sumers’ privacy and one of the tered control by Facebook’s our work and it will place at the time of consideration of a resolution plan proposing the gration authorities can detain spending and scientific and degrees. “The largest drops are largest penalties ever assessed CEO Mark Zuckerberg over additional responsibility on the bill and sought continua- insolvency resolution of corpo- as well as prevent any person, technical publications. found in logistics performance, by the US government for any decisions affecting user priva- people building our products at tion of the discussion on The rate debtor as a going concern including a willful defaulter, Switzerland retained its females employed with advanced violation. cy,” the FTC statement said. every level of the company.” Protection of Children From may include the provisions for from leaving the country number-one spot on the GII degrees, and printing and other “Despite repeated promis- Two commissioners of the In a separate agreement Sexual Offences (Amendment) corporate restructuring, includ- against whom an LOC has rankings. It was followed by media,” the report said. es to its billions of users world- five-member FTC dissented with stock market regulators, Bill 2019. The proposed ing by way of merger, amalga- been issued. Sweden, the US, the DPIIT Secretary Ramesh wide that they could control in the settlement, saying the Facebook agreed to pay a $100 amendments to the Code are mation and demerger. “The Bureau of Netherlands, the UK, Finland, Abhishek said that the gov- how their personal information penalty was insufficient. million penalty for making aimed at filling critical gaps in This is to enable the mar- Immigration has opened 83 Denmark, Singapore, Germany ernment is working to improve is shared, Facebook under- “The proposed settlement “misleading disclosures regard- the corporate insolvency reso- ket to come up with dynamic LOCs till now at the behest of and Israel in the top 10 places. its intellectual property rights mined consumers’ choices,” does little to change the busi- ing the risk of misuse of lution framework while at the resolution plans in the interest banks,” he said in reply to a Commerce and Industry (IPR) regime. FTC Chairman Joe Simons ness model or practices that Facebook user data” in an same time maximising value of value maximisation. written question. Minister Piyush Goyal released “We are increasing man- said. led to the recidivism,” FTC investigation into the hijacking from resolution. It also provides that the A look out circular can be the Global Innovation Index power, simplifying procedures “The magnitude of the $5 commissioner Rohit Chopra of data by political consultan- The changes in the law are votes of all financial creditors opened by the Bureau of (GII) rankings here. and using technology to signifi- billion penalty and sweeping said. cy Cambridge Analytica. aimed at timely admission of covered under section 21(6A) Immigration in respect of Goyal said that the gov- cantly reduce the time for exam- conduct relief are unprecedent- “The settlement imposes “We allege that Facebook applications and timely com- shall be cast in accordance Indian citizens and foreigners ernment is committed to fur- ination of applications,” Abhishek ed in the history of the FTC. no meaningful changes to the exacerbated its disclosure fail- pletion of the corporate insol- with the decision approved by on the request of an authorised ther improving the ranking as said. The GII rankings are pub- The relief is designed not only company’s structure or finan- ures when it misled reporters vency resolution process. the highest voting share (more originator, which includes an innovation is key for the coun- lished annually by Cornell to punish future violations but, cial incentives, which led to who asked the company about The bill also provides that than 50%) of financial creditors officer, not below the rank of try’s economic growth. “I University, INSEAD and the UN more importantly, to change these violations. Nor does it its investigation into if an application has not been on present and voting basis. Deputy Secretary to the assure you that going forward, World Intellectual Property Facebook’s entire privacy culture include any restrictions on the Cambridge Analytica,” said admitted or rejected within 14 This will have retrospective Government of India or an offi- the country will not rest until Organisation (WIPO) and GII to decrease the likelihood of company’s mass surveillance or Erin Schneider, head of the days by the adjudicating effect where the resolution cer not below the rank of Joint we achieve the target of com- Knowledge Partners. Industry continued violations.” advertising tactics.” regional enforcement division authority, it shall provide the plan has not attained finality or Secretary in the State ing in the top 25th and then in body CII has been the GII The agreement establishes Facebook lawyer Colin of the Securities and Exchange reasons in writing for the same. has been appealed against. Government. top 10th in the world.” knowledge partner since 2009. an independent privacy com- Stretch said the agreement Commission.     E     *   <=@=          % 2   )       )' > & (9$ +9:"- den of both the companies. The       & (9$ +9:"- & (9$ +9:"- need for this bill to save Sabha due to paucity of time, regulator had, at that time, gullible investors from ponzi causing it to lapse. he Digital Communications stopped short of recommend- henzhen Guowei Network he Lok Sabha on schemes. That is why the Union TCommission, the telecom ing cancellation of their tele- &  40- and mixed Asian currencies SService Limited, a Mobile TWednesday took up the He, however, questioned Government promulgated an department’s apex decision- com licences saying it may against US dollar weighed on Equipment OEM/ODM sup- Banning of Unregulated the Government for bringing ordinance, he said. making body, on Wednesday lead to significant consumer he Indian rupee furthered rupee,” said V K Sharma, plier headquartered in Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019, for an ordinance to this effect, say- “It’s a comprehensive bill approved imposing cumula- inconvenience. Tits weakening trend for a Head-PCG & Capital Market Shenzhen, China on discussion with Union Minister ing its tendency to bring law that gives first right to depos- tive penalty of 3,050 crore on Trai’s recommendation had third session in a row on Strategy, HDFC securities. Wednesday announced that it Anurag Thakur pitching for its through an executive order is itors. It also gives states pow- Bharti Airtel and Vodafone come on a complaint by RJio Wednesday, edging lower by 4 Forex traders said the has partnered conglomerate, passage, saying the proposed “deleterious to the ethos and ers to frame rules,” he told the Idea for not providing points of that over 75 per cent of calls on paise to 68.98 against the US rupee is expected to trade in a Golden Impex to launch its law is comprehensive and will fabric of democracy”. House, adding that it has incor- interconnection to Reliance Jio. its network were failing as dollar as foreign fund outflows narrow range ahead of the mobile brand, ZoomMe and protect small depositors’ inter- Thakur, the minister of porated suggestions of parlia- “DCC has accepted Trai incumbents were not releasing and higher crude oil prices much crucial European Kytes in the India market. The est by giving primacy. state for finance, said the bill mentary panels. Speaking on recommendation on penalty on sufficient number of PoIs. weighed on sentiment. Central Bank (ECB) policy company is looking at bringing Leader of the Congress in was passed by the previous Lok the bill, Chowdhury said he Airtel, Vodafone Idea. It will The Digital An unabated sell-off in statement to be released on 3 Smart phones & 7 Feature the House Adhir Ranjan Sabha in February this year but supports the intent behind the send same recommendation Communications Commission, domestic equities also impact- Thursday. Phones in the market under Chowdhury supported the could not be taken up in Rajya bill . to competent authority in gov- the apex decision-making body ed trading pattern in the forex Other major global cues both this brand. ernment for their decision,” of DoT, last month, approved market.The rupee opened that are going to dictate terms The brand was launched by Telecom Secretary Aruna imposing penalty on Airtel sharply lower at 69.10 but pared to the rupee include the US famous Bollywood actress & 547   7   -      Sundararajan told reporters on and Vodafone Idea for not most of the the losses during second quarter preliminary Model, Neha Sharma. Wednesday. In October 2016, providing points of intercon- the day and finally settled at GDP print on Friday and the Speaking at the launch, *    :& "  ! 3 &  : Trai had recommended impos- nection to Reliance Jio. But 68.98 against the American Federal Open Market Rajeev Tiwari, Vice President — ing a total penalty of 3,050 before imposing the penalty, currency, lower by 4 paise over Committee (FOMC) meeting Sales & Distribution said that New Delhi: Oriental Bank of loan agreement by a consor- of 405.83 crore into equity, out crore on Airtel, Vodafone and the Commission decided to its previous close at the inter- on July 31, traders said. the primary business objective Commerce (OBC) has filed tium of banks and institutions of total debt of 1,003.55 crore Idea (now merged) for alleged- seek Trai’s views on revising bank foreign exchange market. Brent crude futures, the at the outset is to provide the Insolvency & Bankruptcy which included Allahabad payable to the consortium of ly denying inter-connectivity to 3,050 crore suggested penal- The domestic currency global oil benchmark, rose right product, at the right time, Application u/s 7 of the Bank (as lenders' representative banks. As the company failed Reliance Jio. ty, citing the “present financial had settled at 68.94 against the 0.25 per cent to $63.99 per bar- at the right price and forge a Insolvency and Bankruptcy and escrow bank). to comply with the conditions The penalty on Airtel and health of the sector”. US dollar on Tuesday. rel. strong business relation- Code, 2016 against L&T Halol The loan account turned mentioned in the Master Vodafone works out to be The Telecom Regulatory “The rupee opened on a Foreign investors ship.”Our target customers pri- - Shamlaji Tollway Ltd for NPA in 2016 and the financial Restructuring Agreement, about 1,050 crore each. In case Authority of India, however, weak note and settled 4 paise remained net sellers in the cap- marily would be people who are default in repayment of creditors, along with other OBC had given a recall notice of Idea, it comes to about 950 maintained its stand saying it is down against the US dollar ital markets, offloading shares possibly fence-sitters in the fea- 76,68,75,126/- as on lenders, entered into a Master on September 12, 2018, crore. Since Vodafone and Idea not in a position to modify its amid sustained foreign fund worth 2,607.97 crore on ture phone segment but eager- December 27, 2018. Restructuring Agreement in demanding repayment of part- have now merged their busi- previously recommended penal- outflows and rising crude oil Tuesday, provisional exchange ly anticipating an opportunity to OBC had disbursed 155 2017 with L&T Halol-Shamlaji B debt of 78.27 crore within nesses, the new entity Vodafone ty on the operators as it is bound prices. Lower domestic equities data showed. enter the smartphone segment.” crore in 2009 under a common Tollway for conversion of debt seven days. PNS Idea will have to bear the bur- by the provisions of Trai Act.    !"# &/ " 88 ,(/%%$-("'+)  $%    & ''( ) *$  +  %* ,  -

minutes at the BWF World Tour second-round exit from the Indonesia Xiang Huang and Cheng Liu. Super 750 tournament. Open last week. But the women’s doubles combina- It was disappointment for It was good news for India in the tion of Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Sameer Verma as well as he lost men’s doubles competition as Reddy crashed out after losing 16-21, &  &5>5 to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag 14-21 against Korea's So Yeong Kim straight games in another men’s Shetty defeated the English pair of Korea and Hee Yong Kong. ce Indian shuttlers P V singles match. The unseeded Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge 21- The Indian mixed doubles pair of Sindhu and HS Prannoy Indian lost 17-21, 12-21 in the 16, 21-17 to enter the second round. Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy Amoved into the second contest that lasted 46 minutes. They will next be up against the also bowed out of the tournament, los- round of Japan Open with con- The eighth seed Srikanth, winner of another first-round match ing 11-21, 14-21 to top seeded Chinese trasting wins over their respective who holds a superior head-to- between Korean pair of Solgyu Choi duo of Zhend Si Wei and Huang Ya rivals in the women’s and men’s head record against Prannoy, and Seung Jae Seo and China’s Kai Qiaong in just 26 minutes. singles events here on Wednesday. started of well clinching the first Fifth seed Sindhu, who came game 21-13. out second best in last week’s However, the unseeded Indonesia Open, took 37 minutes Prannoy came back strongly tak- to get the better of unseeded ing the second game 21-11. The     Chinese Han Yue 21-9, 21-17 and decider went down to the wire set up a clash against Aya Ohori with Prannoy having the last of Japan. laugh. He will face Rasmus <& !"0(#"0- Sindhu came agonisingly       GA     -        Gemke of Denmark in the second close to winning her first title of round. ottenham Hotspur manager the year before losing to another But it was curtains for eighth out after suffering defeat at the Prannoy stunned the higher- Srikanth, the former world TMauricio Pochettino on Japanese Akane Yamaguchi at seed K Srikanth, whose poor run hands of compatriot Prannoy ranked Srikanth 13-21, 21-11, No 1, has been struggling for con- Wednesday heaped praise on Son the Indonesia Open last week. of form continued as he crashed earlier in the day. 22-20 in a match that lasted 59 sistency this season. He made a Heung-min and said he regarded the South Korean superstar as Asia’s answer to David Beckham. The 27-year-old forward was undoubtedly the focus of attention for ?@ fans in Shanghai, where Spurs play Premier League rivals Manchester United in a friendly on Thursday. Pochettino’s side, beaten by Liverpool B in the final of the Champions League, all the fans and people, not only here arrived in China from Singapore, in Asia but in the whole world. &  49(#0:  The skipper said the constant where Son was similarly feted. “His first season was tough, it was reminder also provides a boost to “We can see how people love tough to adapt to England, to new foot- he Indian men’s hockey team players to improve upon their indi- Sonny in Asia, he’s an icon. We joked ball, new culture, new habits. Tcaptain Manpreet Singh on vidual games and ensure they are a bit, but I compare him with David “But after the first season his Wednesday said the eight-time doing their best for the nation’s cause. Beckham,” said Pochettino. adaptation was unbelievable and he champions are focussed on qualify- “It’s not just us players but the “But I’m not surprised and it’s good became a very important player for us.” ing for next year’s Tokyo Olympics coaching staff too remind us to see how people love him and how The affable Son, who was men- with just a year left for the start of about how many days are left for important he is to people.” The tioned by some experts as a potential the showpiece event. 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Argentine manager, who will be player of the year in the Premier The final countdown for Tokyo goals we need to achieve ahead expected to mount a Premier League League last season, said that he was Games started on Wednesday with of this milestone event,” title challenge with his side this season, proud to be a flag-bearer for Asian exactly 12 months remaining for the Manpreet said. praised the way that Son bounced back footballers. quadrennial event to start. The 2020 “We have set short goals to from a difficult first year in England. He said the Spurs players, among Olympics will be be held from July work on our grey areas, besides, Son joined the Londoners from them striker Harry Kane, “deserved” 24 to August 9 next year with the pre- which team we intend to play Bayer Leverkusen four summers ago, to win a trophy this season — some- liminary rounds of hockey for both against at the upcoming tour- but showed only flashes of his poten- thing that has eluded them under men and women scheduled to start naments such as Olympic tial in his debut season and was linked Pochettino since he arrived at the club on July 25. Test event, Belgium Tour and with a move away from Spurs. in 2014. “We have a countdown chart as what implications this would But he has gone on to become a “Seeing how hard the players #        well and we frequently keep on have on the Qualifying event in key player and last season was out- work, how professional we are, I am so reminding ourselves about how November. We have mapped out standing, scoring 12 goals in 31 proud of this team,” said Son. many days are left for the qualifying every detail to ensure we do better.” Premier League matches and racking “Until now we don’t have anything, &  $0!"-(#&5( effort off his left foot 10 min- and how many days before the first Manpreet said remaining up seven assists. it’s tough, but we are looking forward utes from time. hockey match at the 2020 Tokyo injury-free is another aspect which Pochettino praised Son’s “fantastic to being successful. areth Bale shrugged off Eddie Nketiah, who scored Olympics. We are on our toes to the players need to take care of in mentality” and desire to keep improv- “I am sure we can do better than Guncertainty over his Real three goals in Arsenals two qualify,” Manpret said. the run up to the Olympics. ing, saying: “He is a good example for last season.” Madrid future on Tuesday, his prior friendlies — a 3-0 win second-half goal helping the La over Fiorentina and a 2-1 vic- Liga giants rally for a friendly tory over Bayern Munich — win over Arsenal. missed two good chances late. * &  7     Madrid clawed back from Bale’s fortunes dipped in the two goals down to finish full shoot-out, when he came up time at 2-2, and prevailed 3-2 first for Madrid and saw his in the penalty shootout dictat- effort saved easily before the    9 :  ed by the International Spanish side prevailed. Champions Cup exhibition Arsenal had appeared on &  (9$ +9:"- come together. We have been working tournament format. their way in the early stages at with or without a national coach. I have Welsh star Bale didn’t play FedEx Field, home of the NFL’s ndia's seniormost paddler Achanta done it for 15 years, Sathiyan has been in Madrid’s 3-1 loss to Bayern Washington Redskins. ISharath Kamal is hoping that new doing it, Manav (Thakkar) is also learn- Munich in Houston on Madrid’s Nacho, cautioned national coach Dejan Papic does not try ing because it's an individual sport," said Saturday, manager Zinadine for a clumsy tackle on Sead to reinvent the wheel with just one year Sharath, who will be competing in his Zidane saying Monday he Kolasinac in the first five min- left for the Tokyo Olympics. fourth Olympics. declined to dress for the match utes, received a second booking On Tuesday, the Canadian Papic "The coach can help us but we need as the club pursued options for and was sent off for a deliber- accepted the one-year contract offered by to work on ourselves individually. So I off-loading him. ate handball in the eighth after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to think we need to come to terms with coach First-half goals from sticking his arm out to stop a coach the Indian team. he has to come along with us instead of Alexandre Lacazette — who ball from Lacazette on the line. Sharath, who is currently the world trying to create a new system. He can do converted a penalty in the 10th Lacazette took the ensuing number 32, said the new coach will have         that after Olympics. He needs to follow the minute — and Pierre-Emerick penalty, his attempt hitting to be content with just tweaking things existing system," Sharath added. Aubameyang had put Arsenal both posts before crossing the to enhance the performance of the play- Coast Commonwealth Games and Talking about the Olympics, Sharath up 2-0 at the break — by which line to put Arsenal up 1-0 with ers. Jakarta Asian Games, where the country said Indian table tennis is progressing in time both teams were reduced a man advantage. Lacazette "We are growing and we have found ended a 60-year-wait for a table tennis the right direction with a strong team in to 10 men. then turned provider for a system. The new coach will have to medal. place. Bale pulled one back in the Aubameyang, who doubled the make changes within the existing system. "It is very difficult to coach India "We have improved tremendously 56th minute, latching onto a score in the 24th minute. Because if he tries to put in place a new because it is such a huge country. It will since the last Olympic games. In 2016, in loose ball and slotting it home. But Arsenal’s comfort level system this close to the Olympics things take a while for the coach to understand the men's team event we finished 25th and Marco Asensio drilled the dropped in the 40th, when might go haywire," said Sharath, who will the system and the players. Our main now are world number 11. We also got our (     7   *!# equalizer three minutes later, Sokratis Papastathopoulos was play for the Chennai Lions in the new focus will be the Olympics," Sharath first medal in 60 years at the Asian Games." blasting a low Marcelo cross sent off for a second bookable season of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT). said. "We are in the right direction and are <& *0-! tie. past Emiliano Martinez. offense — a foul on Luka The long-serving coach Massimo The 37-year-old also asserted that doing quite well, it's because of the system He also recently posted a 10- Minutes later Asensio was Modric — minutes after he’d Costantini had quit after the Asian both the paddlers and Papic will have to created by TTFI, UTT and SAI that we eymar will travel on an second video of himself in a on the ground, apparently been shown a yellow card for Games last year citing personal reasons. meet halfway to make their association have been able to build a strong team and Nupcoming tour of China Barcelona shirt and a quote injured with little contact to be yanking back Toni Kroos on the Under him, India had made rapid strides successful. not individual excelling at singles events," with Paris-Saint Germain, the from the Bible: "No weapon stretchered off. counter. with historic performances at the Gold "The coach and paddlers need to he added. club said on Tuesday, as the trou- turned against you will prosper." Bale continued to offer Real Madrid take on bled Brazilian superstar's future It has been a troubled sum- reminders of his worth—clear- Atletico Madrid on Friday at remains up in the air amid mer for Neymar. ing a goal-bound Aubameyang Metlife Stadium in East mounting signs he is unhappy at He missed Brazil's tri- drive off the line following a Rutherford, New Jersey, home the French champions. umphant Copa America cam- goalmouth scramble, and miss- of the NFL’s New York Giants 4 O  H   !   The 27-year-old, who has paign on home soil due to an ing just wide with a curling and New York Jets. been repeatedly linked to a move ankle injury and was also ques- to Barcelona, failed to show up tioned by Brazilian police over <& !"0(#"0- friendly against Tottenham to PSG's pre-season training on allegations he raped a woman — Hotspur in Shanghai. July 8, with his camp maintain- accusations he denies. (0 $  anager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer meanwhile ing he had a prior agreement to PSG referenced the ankle MSolskjaer risked anger- urged patience and denied stay away. injury in its statement naming ing Manchester United fans that he was frustrated by the The club threatened to take the squad on Tuesday, saying that 23456  on Wednesday, saying it was club’s failure to sign more "appropriate action" against the "daily physical work will contin- only a “loud minority” who players this summer. world's most expensive player, ue and complete recovery and <& 0+-+ nosed with a rupture of the have turned against Paul United have bought who said he had stayed in Brazil integration with the group is anterior cruciate ligament and Pogba. winger Daniel James and to attend a charity five-a-side scheduled for training in China". eal Madrid winger Marco the external meniscus of his left The French midfielder full-back Aaron Wan- football tournament run by his It added that x-rays of the RAsensio ruptured his ante- knee,” the club said in a state- has made clear his determi- Bissaka. But they are yet to foundation. fracture showed "completely rior cruciate ligament during a ment. nation to leave the Premier seal a deal for Leicester City Neymar, who joined PSG in normal progress and a very friendly against Arsenal, the “The player will be surgi- League giants, with Real defender Harry Maguire and 2017 for 222 million euros ($264 good improvement". Spanish club announced on cally operated on in the next Madrid and his former club Solskjaer is also reportedly million at the time), rejoined the PSG land in Shenzhen, Wednesday, and is expected to few days.” Juventus both said to be At United’s final game doubters he’s the right man eyeing Portuguese playmak- team a week later on July 15. China on Wednesday, and will miss most if not all of the next Spanish media reported interested. last term, a 2-0 defeat to for one of the biggest jobs in er Bruno Fernandes. He also didn't help the play friendlies against Inter La Liga season. that such an injury would rule But Solskjaer has made already relegated Cardiff City football, said: “Of course “I am very happy with the strained relationship by contro- Milan in Macau on Saturday and The club said the Spanish him out for six to eight months. clear that he wants to keep the at home, a section of fans bar- there are some loud and two mentioned (James and versially saying that his best Sydney FC in Suzhou on July 30. 23-year-old will soon undergo Spanish media reported World Cup winner, as he racked Pogba. small minority (against Wan-Bissaka), we have got to football memory was beating Their first competitive surgery for the injury, which that Asensio’s injury could attempts to steer the Old Asked if he expected even Pogba), but Paul has been be patient,” said the 46-year- PSG when he played for match of the season will be occurred just minutes after he affect the future of his team- Trafford club back into the more of a backlash against the absolutely top in the group. old former United predator, Barcelona. against Rennes in Shenzhen on scored an equalising goal in mate Dani Ceballos, who was Champions League. Frenchman when the season “Me and the players will adding that he “believed in” Just days before rejoining August 3 in the Champions Real’s win over Arsenal in the reportedly close to being trad- The 26-year-old Pogba’s begins, Solskjaer said: “I think testify to that — that he’s his squad as it is. PSG, he cited as his favourite Trophy, the traditional curtain- United States on Tuesday. ed to Arsenal. publicly stated wish to leave our fans know what Paul has never ever been a problem “It’s a long haul and very football memory his role in the raiser to the French campaign. “After tests carried out on However the Spanish club, and his tepid displays at the given the club and can give and we are just grateful that important we get the right 2017 Barcelona team that over- PSG also announced on our player Marco Asensio by which is also looking to part end of last season have infu- us.” he performs as well as he ones (players) in, we can’t just turned a 4-0 first-leg deficit by Tuesday that 16-year-old Dutch the Real Madrid Medical with Bale, could now hold on riated many United support- The Norwegian, who will does,” said the manager, jump on a different path winning 6-1 in the second leg of midfielder Xavi Simons would Services he has been diag- to midfielder Ceballos. ers. need a fast start to convince speaking on the eve of a when you hit a hurdle.” their last-16 Champions League join the club from Barcelona.    !"# &/ " 8     ) '  7!  D@ ;   P&  <& :5(+5( bigger challenges ahead. Test debutant Jason Roy, reland ended England’s fresh from his World Cup hero- World Cup honeymoon in ics, fell for five when the Idramatic style on Wednesday, Murtagh, short of express pace bowling out the host nation for but remorselessly attacking the a derisory 85 on the first day at top of off stump, squared him up, 2        !     !)P     Lord’s as they eyed one of the with Stirling holding the ensu- biggest shocks in Test history. ing edge low down at first slip. Tim Murtagh took five Debutant Mark Adair (3-32)    ' 9 on a ground where he had his first Test when plays for Middlesex and at tea Denly was leg before wicket and Ireland’s batsmen were cruising he also captured the prize wick- at 127 for two in replay — a first- et of Root, plumb lbw for two.    !)   innings lead of 42 runs. When Jonny Bairstow was Andrew Balbirnie and Paul bowled for a duck — one of three  40- finals at the hands of New Stirling, also both Middlesex noughts in the England innings Zealand, the eventual runners- players, were 51 and 35 — off an inside edge by Murtagh aptain Virat Kohli has up of the tournament. in a match only scheduled to as he attempted a booming Cinsisted that the environ- “It’s very difficult to digest last four days rather than the drive, England were 42-5. ment in the Indian change because you know you didn’t usual five for a Test. Ten days And when Murtagh had room is very friendly where make many mistakes to be after winning won the World Moeen Ali caught behind for a each and every person is knocked out. When you make Cup at the same ground against duck, the seamer had a place on allowed to express their opin- mistakes, you can point them New Zealand and a week ahead the honours board for all those ion in a free manner. out and take ownership of that of the Ashes, Ireland exposed who take five wickets in a Test In an interview with the but when you have been out- England's batting fragility in innings at Lord’s. Times of India, Kohli said he played then the acceptance brutal fashion. Stone stylishly drove three treats all the players with equal becomes difficult. You wake up Just three England batsmen fours in four balls of Stuart respect in the dressing room and think you didn’t do much made it into double figures — Thompson before he was and resists from scolding wrong but we are still out.” Joe Denly, who top-scored bowled by Adair to end a stun- youngsters whenever they Kohli further said that set- with 23, Olly Stone and Sam ning morning’s play. commit any mistake during the backs, which he has faced in his Curran — in an innings that Ireland openers William course of a game. cricketing career till now, have was over inside 24 overs on a & !     !  3'  &  !;     P&  ! 7!  (          Porterfield and James McCollum “The culture of scolding helped him improve as a per- baking day in London. made a steady start before skip- people isn’t there in the change son. But of those only Denly is 7-4&7&)))&7&5#  6 per Porterfield, hit on the head room now. As friendly as I am “I have learnt most in my a top-order player, with fast by a Stone bouncer, pulled with Kuldeep (Yadav), I am the life from failures and setbacks. bowler Stone making his debut +5>, #', @@5))( ")7 '> ,7( Curran to midwicket on 14. same with MS (Dhoni). The The worst setbacks have not in the first-ever Test between B2 .1 -  : G 1.A 0 Curran also bowled atmosphere is such that anyone only motivated me but also England and Ireland. BA .B $  4   .AA2 :  McCullum but Balbirnie had a can say anything to anyone.” improved me as a person, It was the fourth time in 34 reprieve when, on 10, he edged “I am like walking up to made me understand the Tests that England had lost all P1 .BB 0 : G .BBB :  Stuart Broad between Bairstow people and telling them ‘listen, importance of those times 10 wickets in a session — a Q. .AQ $    .AQP :  and first slip Root for a chance I have committed these mis- more than the success,” he worrying sign ahead of the 2 1 0 : G .BBB :  that belonged to the wicketkeep- takes, make sure you don’t do said. five-Test series against A%)7A7%&,7 er. them’,” he added. “It makes you sit down and Australia. Stirling had made 17 when The 30-year-old further think about what you need to Much of the pre-match Root, compounding a miserable said he believes in giving play- do now, build a roadmap for talk had contained warnings first-class wicket, gave a classic O<      G the honours board.... It’s a fan- England’s collapse followed day for the captain, dropped a ers a space to express them- yourself. Secondly, these about Murtagh's ability but a demonstration of his skill after “I’m not quite sure what’s tastic first session for us.” their 77 all out against the West low slip catch off the unlucky selves and tries to intervene moments show you the people return of five wickets for 13 England captain Joe Root won happened in the last two hours,” “I should know how to bowl Indies in Barbados in January. Broad. only when he feels that the who are going to stand by you runs in nine overs was the stuff the toss and batted on an an elated Murtagh told Sky on this ground— I’ve been here The home side were soon in Balbirnie, driving impres- players are feeling jumbled. in tough times and the people of schoolboy fiction. emerald green pitch prepared Sports during the lunch interval. long enough,” added Murtagh, a deep trouble despite Root’s insis- sively, rubbed salt into England's “I believe in empowering who will jump ship. The 37-year-old seamer, by Irish groundsman Karl “It’s a dream just to play here Middlesex player for more than tence they did not want to wounds with a 56-ball fifty that people. I believe in giving them “Most importantly, it builds who recently took his 800th McDermott. in the first place. But to get on a decade. “sleepwalk” into this match, with included nine fours. space to express themselves and your character because sudden- when they come to a stage ly this thing happens. When when they feel jumbled then I’ll your belief is right up there and have a conversation,” he said. everyone’s playing so well, and P:     ;  $ Q “I’ll talk to them like, ‘this suddenly, you know, you’ve is where you are heading and been outplayed,” he added. this is where you have to head. Talking about the upcom- These are the kind of things ing Test series against West  4-!40(9 accordingly. That’s a bit of maturity and if he’s not one of the best field- ble and they needed something, you should be doing. You’ll Indies, which will be a part of and understanding his own game ers in the world at the moment, I’ll they tend to go to those sort of guys, regret not correcting those the ICC Test Championship, ormer Australia captain Ricky and understanding what his team be very surprised,” Ponting said. and Australia need to keep him quiet things early like I did. I don’t Kohli said that it was happen- FPonting feels a “matured” needs him to do.” Stokes did not play the 2017-18 if we’re going to win the series. want you to waste two-three ing for the right time for the England all-rounder Ben Stokes will Stokes was the Player of the Ashes in Australia due to his ongo- “I think it’s important that the years of your career. You have longest format of the game. be the key in the Ashes. Match in the final of the World Cup ing involvement in a court case fol- Australian players don’t let him find to play more than what you “It’s very exciting. I think “It seems like he’s playing with a which England won for the first time lowing a street fight in Bristol. (form) early in the series. There are have played’,” he added. it’s happening at the right time lot of maturity,” Ponting told on 14th July at Lord’s Since making a return, Stokes is certain players you know that you’ve Speaking about the recent- for . Although you cricket.com.au. “He doesn’t seem Ground. He had a World Cup to yet to score a century or take a five- just got to hopefully get on top early ly concluded World Cup where are going to play bilateral series, like he’s in much of a rush now as he remember especially with the bat wicket haul in 13 matches. — Stokes is one that I think they India made an exit in the last- the meaning and importance might have been. where he scored important runs for Ponting though, said Stokes can need to — make sure that he does- four stage, the Indian skipper are way more. You have to plan “The thing about his personali- Eoin Morgan’s England. be the ‘heartbeat’ of the England n’t get away from (them) — and he said the team didn’t do much for every series. I was excited ty as well, he’s a big, strong, brash guy “He’s a very, very good player,” he team like Andrew Flintoff was pre- doesn’t have much of an impact on wrong during the course of the about something of this sort with a bit of an ego … and I think said. “Some of the innings I’ve seen viously. the series. tournament but were still out and now it’s coming to life,” he as a younger person probably every- him play in Test cricket have been as “He’s a key man and more a key “His Test record hasn’t been of it. said. thing was flat out — one speed. good a ball striking innings as we’ve man because I think he’s that real great of late, he’ll know that, he’ll The Indian team, which India will play three T20Is, “To me, (during the World Cup) seen from the best batsman in the heartbeat for their team, a bit like understand that and it’s up to the stayed at the top after the three ODIs and two Test it seems like he (was) able to under- world. ‘Freddie’ Flintoff in Ashes series gone Aussie boys to make sure that they round-robin stage, had to face matches against Windies stand situations and play situations “He can back it up with the ball #  '       by — whenever they were in trou- don’t let him dominate the series.” a shocking defeat in the semi- beginning August 3. ( '   ! ! #- !.&!*!- "         5+-   $ & - **! # #9 %    9    (9$ +9:"- are many in the squad who can play all !!";  $ $ formats ..surprised not to see shubman ith the Indian ODI team struggling gill ..Rahane in the one day squad..” &  007"- &  (9$ +9:"- score at least a couple of hundreds Wto find a solid hand in the middle- This is not the first time that Ganguly in those fifties. But I will learn from order, former skipper Sourav Ganguly has has backed Rahane to be a part of the ODI akistan’s outgoing chief selector Inzamam-ul- e was expecting an India recall this experience,” said Gill, who has once again made it clear that the five wise team. Last year he had said the same dur- PHaq says the tenure has been the most challeng- Hafter a stellar show in the A played two ODIs in New Zealand men of Indian cricket need to give Test ing India’s tour of England. ing of his professional career as he was subjected series and even though Shubman before the World Cup. deputy Ajinkya Rahane a go in the lim- “I have no doubt that India needs to “hurtful criticism” for picking his nephew Gill is disappointed by the snub for Having spoken to Rahul ited overs format. Rahane in the middle-order in both Imam-ul-Haq in the team. the West Indies tour, the youngster Dravid, the biggest takeaway for Taking to Twitter, Ganguly wrote that Tests and ODIs. Being dropped after Inzamam, whose tenure ends on July 31, said is not ready to “spend time think- Gill from the limited overs series it was important for the selectors — led doing well in the shorter-format could that critics and some former players focussed mere- ing over it.” has been playing as per the by MSK Prasad — to pick same players have hurt his confidence. Rahane seems ly on criticising his nephew. Gill, along with Manish demands of the condi- across format and give them a long run like someone who is a big confidence “Imam, I think would not have survived for so Pandey and Shreyas Iyer, was tions rather than depend- just as has been the case with great teams player and this is where Kohli’s role long in the Pakistan team and international crick- tipped to make it to the limited ing on his natural flair. over the years. He also went on to add that becomes important. et if he was not a performer. He had already played overs squad but despite being “The biggest lesson the selectors shouldn’t try to please “He needs to put his arms around junior cricket for Pakistan and done well in domes- adjudged ‘Player of the Series’ that I have learned from everyone. Rahane’s shoulder and give him that tic cricket even before I became chief selector but with 218 runs and three half-cen- my first West Indies tour is “Time has come for indian selectors boost. In the past generation, most of the this fact was ignored by the critics which was hurt- turies, he was the one to miss out. to try to curb my natural to pick same players in all formats of the top players played both formats for India ful for me,” he said. “I was waiting for the Indian game depending on match game for rhythm and confidence.. too few — Tests and ODIs. If after so many years, “Being chief selector has been the most challeng- senior team to be announced on condition. It’s important to are playing in all formats ..great teams had the team management still hasn’t been ing role of my cricket career as I was heavily criti- Sunday and I expected to be select- block the good balls as well consistent players ..it’s not about making able to show him that confidence and cised for my decisions and I couldn’t respond much,” ed for at least one of the squads. It and remain at the crease all happy but picking the best for the faith, then that needs to be worked on he added. was disappointing not to get picked for as long as possible. country and be consistent..@bcci There immediately,” he had said. The 23-year-old Imam has played 10 Tests and but I am not going to spend time Person who is set at the 36 ODIs for Pakistan and his selection has often thinking over it. I’ll keep scoring crease needs to bat been criticised by ex-players. runs and through the difficult The former captain and batting mainstay con- perform- period,” he said. ceded that working as chief selector has been tough. ing to the Gill is happy Inzamam, who appeared in 120 Tests, stepped best of my that the quality of down after a three-year tenure which ended with ability to opposition was  (9$ +9:"- 1992 World Cup. While the Pakistan not qualifying for the semi-finals of the impress the good and the standards of Indian fielding World Cup in England. selectors,” pitches in the first ormer South Africa cricketer has also improved in recent But during his tenure, Pakistan won the Gill told few games were FJonty Rhodes has applied times, the functionary said that Champions Trophy in 2017 in England and also CricketNext web- tough to bat on. for the position of India's field- him working with Mumbai became world number one in the ICC T20 rank- site. “The West ing coach and is undoubtedly Indians means that he also ings. The Punjab Indies team that one of the biggest names to have understands the way Indian Inzamam said cricket is his life and he would youngster is pretty sat- we faced here applied for the job after the players function. always be involved with the sport in some capaci- isfied with his perfor- in the series Board of Control for Cricket in "His involvement with MI ty even after stepping down as chief selector. mance in the just- was very India (BCCI) invited application till the last season will also come “I can’t leave cricket it is my passion,” he said. concluded A good. The for the position of head coach in handy if he does get the posi- Inzamam, who came under fire for going to series which pitches — and support staff for the Indian tion because he understands England before the World Cup and getting direct- India won 4-1. especially team. how Indians function and what ly involved in team matters, said he had gone there “It was a fan- in the first Speaking about it, a senior are their areas of strengths and with the permission of the Pakistan Cricket Board. tastic series for me few ODIs BCCI functionary confirmed weaknesses," the functionary “I did my best to help them out. Our team did- and team as well —were very that Rhodes has applied for the $             added. n’t do badly but luck didn’t favor us many times. As since we won with tough to bat position of fielding coach and R Sridhar is the current chief selector I did my best to pick new talent and a 4-1 margin. on. It was while he hasn't worked with any n't coached any international sons if not an international fielding coach and the Indian give them proper opportunities as they are the future Personally, I tough challeng- national team, he is eligible team, he has been involved with team," the functionary said. support staff has been given a of Pakistan cricket,” he said. would have ing cricket and because he has coached Mumbai Mumbai Indians for nine sea- Rhodes changed the idea of 45-day extension after their Inzamam is tipped to get a fresh assignment liked to it’s good that we Indians for nine seasons. sons and as per the eligibility cri- fielding in world cricket with contracts came to an end dur- when the cricket board sits down next week to carry on managed to come "Yes, Rhodes has applied teria, you need to have worked his famous run out of ing the 2019 World Cup in review the performance of the team in the last three and out on top,” he said. and while it is true that he has- with an IPL team for three sea- Inzamam-ul-Haq during the England and Wales. years.