RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 (! )(*+,  9 /)$5$9/ #45--$*"6,* #5./4 7 9* $ +$)#5./.$8$#/) 8$5).5,+4 7 )#5),# $7#* *# +).*#.,* +)# 8.-#*) +*... . 8.# +*./.+.. -#*:"..)#+4$8/8$#/) /55*.$/%&' 8$)*#8, ):8$*##8>.6#:7#8# +  10;((2 %<< =# $  !#   # #-# +%./ &% 0   !"#$ !" % #! &'( "     #&  &#  454#/# the meeting be held at Nabanna. The doctors, how- he junior doctors of West ever, said they would go to the TBengal on Monday called secretariat only if the meeting off their week-long strike fol- was shown live on television. lowing a “fruitful discussion” Her stance was a climb- with Chief Minister Mamata down from her Thursday’s Banerjee, who accepted all position when she told a large their demands, including strin- gathering of striking doctors at gent action against perpetrators the SSKM Hospital to join of crimes against on-duty duty in four hours or face con- medicos. sequences. She subsequently “We are satisfied with the held out threats of invoking    6#, talks being held in an extreme- Essential Services Maintenance ly cordial atmosphere,” said Act (ESMA) and cited how the he sinister design of terror- one of the 31 delegates of doc- State Governments of Gujarat, Tists to enact the February 14 tors from all over Bengal who Rajasthan, Haryana, J&K, and like Pulwama terror attack on were escorted by a Government Tamil Nadu had taken strin- Monday evening in Arihal area vehicle to the State secretariat gent actions against striking of Pulwama by triggering an Nabanna, where the Chief doctors. IED blast on a patrol party of Minister met them for more Fresh from an unimpres- 44 Rashtriya Rifles was foiled than an hour and a half. *  +,       (              # sive show in the parliamentary and damage minimised due to “This discussion was very elections and under pressure the alertness of the security fruitful as both the sides reci- Hours later the doctors assaulted physically or verbal- against the assaulters.” from all quarters to stand by forces and the troops travelling       ,,             procated to each other’s views formally told reporters at Nil ly. We assume after our con- In a remarkable display of the doctors, Mamata invited in the hardened ALS (a fortified           (         in a very positive manner,” the Ratan Sarkar Medical College versation with the Chief diplomatic skills, Mamata the doctors to a meeting where truck). !      # Chief Minister said, adding, she and Hospital (NRSMCH) that Minister that the State will turned the situation in her she was accompanied among However, in another inci- was “grateful to the doctors as they are ending the strike and have zero tolerance against favour yielding to the doctors’ others by Minister of State for dent earlier, an Army Major military troopers were killed. to powerful explosion”. “The they responded to my call for “will join our work as soon as assault on doctors. This has to demand for a live coverage of Health Chandrima was martyred and a terrorist The area, where Army entire area has been cordoned discussion and came all the way possible,” adding “we are now be remembered by the entire her meeting with them. The Bhattacharya, Chief Secretary killed, while another officer and vehicle was targeted by the ter- off and search in the area is to Nabanna. The talks with convinced that the Chief population not only of Bengal doctors initially wanted her to Malay De, Principal Secretary two troopers were injured on rorists was roughly 25 kms going on,” he added. them were constructive and I Minister will take action if any but the entire country. If there visit the epicentre of the move- Health Rajiv Sinha, State DGP Monday in an encounter away from the site of the In another anti-terrorist hope the doctors will go back doctor is assaulted in future.” is violence then that will come ment at the NRS Medical Virendra, Kolkata between security forces and the Pulwama terror attack. A operation, a Major of the and announce their withdraw- One of their representatives with consequences. The Chief College and Hospital but sub- Commissioner of Police Anuj ultras in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ministry of Defence spokesper- Indian Army on Monday al of strike as we have accept- iterated, “No doctor or nobody Minister has told us that there sequently conceded to the Sharma and others. Anantnag district, officials said. son in Srinagar claimed a attained martyrdom in Badura ed all their demands.” from any profession can be will be stringent legal action Chief Minister’s conditions that Deliberating on the 12- An intelligence report “failed” attempt was made to area of Anantnag while one ter- Drawing a loud applause point demand of the doctors about terrorists’ attempt to use attack a mobile vehicle patrol rorist, believed to be a foreign from the doctors’ delegation, the CM said the Government an IED blast on a Army convoy in the general area of Arihal in national, was neutralised dur- the Chief Minister further said, would forward allow only two in South Kashmir districts and Pulwama. ing the day-long operation. “These are like our children. It persons to go inside the subsequent alertness obiviated He said, “All troops are safe Police spokeperson in is their right to make justified Emergency enclosure, tighten the crisis. with minor injuries”. Srinagar said, “During a search demands and the Government security network, Terrorists had used a sim- Police spokesperson in and cordon operation by the will always stand by them, make a provision for public ilar strategy while targeting a Srinagar said, “Six Armymen joint forces at including in their times of dis- relation officials to handle the CRPF convoy on the Jammu- have sustained injuries in the Badura in Achabal area of tress, as they are serving the patients’ party more Srinagar National Highway on terror incident while two civil- Anantnag, terrorist fired on the society against all odds.”  $78$5). effectively. February 14 in which 40 para- ians also sustained injuries due search party.”  s the medical fraternity’s Anationwide strike hit healthcare services and left        patients and their relatives      high and dry across States, the     Supreme Court on Monday        said it will hear on Tuesday a           plea seeking safety and securi-        ty of doctors in Government           hospitals in the country.         The Indian Medical                Association (IMA), the apex body of medical practitioners,    had called for a three-day      ''    $78$5). “BJP delegation led by     nationwide strike in protest Shri@rpsinghkhalsa ji called on !"    against the assault on doctors  !  aving taken cognizance of me today regarding the inci-     O  !!  in allegedly by the Hthe attack on a policeman dent under Mukherjee Nagar   "      relatives of a patient who died  #  $78$5). by a Sikh tempo driver with a Police station in New Delhi, I    !#  on June 10 at NRS Medical sword and his subsequent spoke to CP Delhi, instructed $      %&' College Hospital in Kolkata. enior BJP leader and former thrashing by police personnel on for immediate action and to  "   ) A large number of patients            ## $%     SUnion Health Minister Jagat Sunday evening, the Union submit a detailed report,” * +       and their relatives, caught              &% Prakash Nadda was on Home Ministry on Monday Reddy tweeted.  ,  )      unaware of the strike, were seen   ' ( %   Monday appointed the working sought a report from the Delhi Police said the altercation -  !  waiting outside various hospi- president of the BJP with Amit         Police on the issue after a video took place after a Gramin Sewa  !     ! tals, appealing to authorities for at healthcare facilities. rity personnel at all State-run Shah to continue as the party ! -  & &% of the incident went viral. tempo driver’s vehicle collided    !!  help. In many Government For its part, a vacation hospitals to ensure safety and chief until December by when   # With the issue snowballing with a police van. Eight police and private hospitals across the Bench of Justices Deepak security of doctors. Assembly polls in Maharastra, into a major political row, the personnel were injured in the       country, out-patient depart- Gupta and Surya Kant of the Due to the protests, health- Haryana and Jharkhand are body, met here at its head- Delhi Police has suspended scuffle, police said. In one of #  #    ments (OPDs) remained closed SC agreed to list the matter for care services have been badly slated for completion. Sixty- quarters with Prime Minister three policemen posted with the videos, the tempo driver $ " .    and scheduled surgeries were Tuesday after the counsel for disrupted and many people are year-old Nadda is expected to Narendra Modi, Shah and Mukherjee Nagar police station identified as Sarbjeet Singh,       postponed. However, emer- the petitioner, advocate Alakh dying because of absence of become the full-fledged BJP Home Minister in northwest Delhi for “unpro- with sword in hand, was seen / O      gency services remained oper- Alok Srivastava, sought urgent doctors, the plea said. It also president overseeing the 11- Rajnath Singh, among others, fessional behaviour” and initi- chasing policemen. In another      %&  "  ational. hearing. sought directions to the Bengal crore-strong party after Shah in attendance. ated a probe. video, cops were seen thrash-   !  O Amid protests, Health The petition has also Government to take the completes his extended tenure Shah, who is saddled with Union Minister of State for ing the driver after overpow-        Minister Harsh Vardhan on sought directions to the Union strictest legal and penal action in January 2020. the heavy responsibility of Home G Kishan Reddy said he ering him.        . Monday said the Union Ministries of home affairs and against those who assaulted The announcement was Ministry of Home Affairs, spoke to Delhi Police An ACP-rank officer could    0& Government will “revisit” the health and the West Bengal junior doctors at made after the BJP would ensure continuity and Commissioner Amulya Patnaik be seen being chased by pro-  K 2      issue of drafting a Central law Government to depute NRS Medical College Hospital Parliamentary Board, the see the party through the three and asked him to take imme- testers. He had gone there to !  3   % regarding the safety of medicos Government-appointed secu- in Kolkata. party’s highest decision-making Assembly polls. diate action. pacify the mob.        P      ''    $78$5). from the Arabian Sea is expect- $        ed to continue for the next two he week in the national to three days. Thus, we expect ,     TCapital started on a pleas- scattered rain and thunder- ant note with cloudy sky and shower activities to continue moderate wind. Cloud cover, over Delhi and NCR until June ''    *#.,* gusty winds and intermittent 19,” Skymet, a private weather rain protected Delhi from the forecast agency, said. ighlighting the achievements of his sweltering heat, with the weath- In the past 48 hours, rain HGovernment’s six-month tenure, Chief erman predicting the temper- has been witnessed in isolated Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday appealed atures will remain below nor- pockets of Delhi and adjoining to the people of the State to come forward to cre- mal for another three-four days. areas of Noida, Gurugram, ate a new Chhattisgarh. Drizzle in some parts of the Faridabad, and Ghaziabad. The In a tweet, Baghel asked the people of the Capital and its adjoining areas Safdarjung observatory said State to continue their support, love, affection and brought mercury down with the city received 0.6mm rain- blessings to the Government maximum temperature being fall during the past 24 hours. so that jointly they could build recorded at 36.3 degrees Celsius The humidity recorded at 8.30 a new Chhattisgarh. while minimum stood at 28. am was 54 per cent. On Sunday, “Today the Government According to the the maximum temperature set- elected by you had completed Metrological Department tled at 36.3 degrees Celsius and six months tenure and the (IMD)’s Delhi region weather the minimum at 28.02 degrees State Cabinet has taken many wing forecast, more rain and Celsius. decisions for the development thunderstorm activities are On Monday, the maximum and welfare of the State-based on the motto expected on June 18, 19, 20. temperature at Safdarjung ‘Gadhbo Nava Chhattisgarh’”, he said. “A cyclonic circulation is observatory was recorded 33 Baghel further accepted that there was a persisting over Haryana and degrees Celsius and minimum need to speed up the decisions by the adjoining areas. Also, the 27. At Palam observatory the Government and assured that this would hap- humid wind from the Arabian maximum temperature was over in Delhi as from June 23 perature for June 23 has been heatwave for prolonged period. pen soon. He further expressed his delight that Sea is increasing moisture over recorded 32 degrees Celsius and onwards temperature will forecast 41 degrees Celsius by In fact, on June 10, the mercury people of the State were backing the the northern plains, including minimum 28. increase again, said weather the IMD. This summer, Delhi- soared to 48 degrees, the high- Government’s decisions and are contributing for Delhi. This moisture incursion The heatwave is not yet experts. The maximum tem- NCR witnessed spell of severe est in Delhi’s history. a prosperous Chhattisgarh.   !"#     $78$5). ed with a clear majority after oath. several decades, he said Union Minister Smriti     ,  O !!   P  4+  aving returned to power Later, Prime Minister Irani, who defeated Congress Hwith a bigger mandate, Narendra Modi, who is also the President Rahul Gandhi in  $78$5). requirement otherwise the due ber stamp,” he said. “When we come to Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi leader of the House, took oath Amethi, received the longest processes of lawmaking must to Most of the bills were not we should forget ‘paksh’ (trea- on Monday sought to reach out as Member amid thumping of applause when she took oath. esponding to the PM’s call, be followed by the Government sent to the standing committee sury) and ‘vipaksh’ to the Opposition parties on the desks by the ruling NDA MPS Rahul, who was missing from Rthe Congress on Monday in office,” senior Congress for legislative scrutiny which is (Opposition). We should think first day of Parliament’s mon- and slogans such as ‘Modi Modi’ the House in the first phase, alleged that the Modi leader Anand Sharma said. important for any law to be about issues with a ‘nishpaksh’ soon session saying they need and “Bharat Mata ki Jai. took oath in the second half. Government used Parliament “We will now wait for the made, Sharma said. Congress (impartial) spirit and work in not “bother about their num- The panel of presiding offi- When Union Ministers as a “rubber stamp” during its Prime Minister’s assurance in hopes that now this practice will the larger interest of the nation.” bers” as their every word is cers — K Suresh, Brijbhushan Babul Supriyo and Debashree previous tenure and hoped this this regard and whether the be honoured and dependence “The role of an opposition “valuable” to the Government. Sharan Singh and B Mehtab — Choudhury, who are from West trend is reversed and key Bills practice that was followed in the of ordinance and pushing and an active opposition is “When we come to       !  , took oath as Members after the Bengal, were called to take oath are not pushed without legisla- last five years is reversed, through the bills without scruti- important perquisite in a par- Parliament, we should forget /0 1  !    Prime Minister. Defence they were greeted by fellow tive scrutiny using “brute because in the last five years ny will not be repeated by the liamentary democracy. The ‘paksh’ (treasury) and ‘vipaksh’   &%   # Minister Rajnath Singh, Home BJP MPs with “Jai Shri Ram” majority”. what we have seen is disrespect Government, he said. opposition need not bother (Opposition) and instead think Minister Amit Shah, Transport slogans apparently as a dig at “Legislation through ordi- to Parliament, where the bills Earlier in the day, address- about their numbers. I hope about issues with a ‘nishpaksh’ about their numbers. I hope and Highways Minister Nitin West Bengal Chief Minister nance is a very unhealthy prac- were brought by the govern- ing the media outside parlia- they speak actively and partic- (impartial) spirit and work in they speak actively and partic- Gadkari, and Chemical and who had tice in a democracy. It should ment and because of its brute ment before the commence- ipate in House proceed- the larger interest of the nation,” ipate in House proceedings. Fertilisers Minister DV objected to uttering the slogan only be used in extreme cases majority in the , ment of the first session of the ings...Their every word...Every he told the media outside Their every word, every feeling Sadanand Gowda also took during some incidents. where there is an emergency Parliament was treated as a rub- 17th Lok Sabha, Modi said, feeling is valuable to us,” he said. Parliament before the com- is valuable to us,” he said even mencement of the first session as he urged all MPs to be of the 17th Lok Sabha. impartial in the House and Inside the House, many of address issues related to the larg-          the newly-elected members er interest of the nation. were seen in colourful and saf- Talking about the newly fron attire, traditional shawls constituted Lok Sabha, Modi    ,   ,1     and headgears even as two said it is historic in various Union Ministers from Bengal terms as maximum number of PNS: Prime Minister Narendra ‘Angavastram’ dotted with pic- were greeted with chants of Jai women MPs have been elected Modi and Home Minister Amit ture of party president and Shri Ram when they were called to the lower house since the Shah were in their trademark Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan         to take oath as Lok Sabha mem- Independence. Modi said as Kurta, Pyjama and half-sleeve Reddy. BJP’s Bhopal MP Pragya bers. this is the first session with new jacket, Union Ministers Singh Thakur was seen in her Outlining the importance of members, there will be a flow of Prahlad Joshi, Giriraj Singh and trademark saffron robe while  $78$5). an active Opposition in a par- new energy and a new enthusi- GK Reddy sported saffron Union Minister Arjun Ram liamentary democracy, Modi asm will be reflected in the attire or half jacket. Bihar MPs Meghwal wore the traditional JP MP from Bhopal Sadhvi said he hoped the Opposition House to realise the aspira- Gopal Jee Thakur and Ashok Rajasthani saffron and green BPragya Singh Thakur’s oath will speak actively and partici- tions of the people. Kumar Yadav came in headgear as part of the dress. taking on Monday created a pate in House proceedings. “I He said his Government traditional Maithil attire and Film star Sunny Deol, who controversy after Congress am hopeful that this session will worked on the principle of headgear, while most of the was elected to Lok Sabha from MPs objected to her adding her be productive,” he maintained. ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas’ (with Assam MPs donned the tradi- Gurdashpur in Punjab, came in spiritual Guru’s name along “The role of an Opposition all, development for all) during tional Assamese ‘gamocha’, con- shirt and trouser and was seen with her name. Amid protests, and an active Opposition is his first term and people sidered a symbol of the State’s sitting in the second last row. Thakur said that it was her full important perquisite in a par- reposed their faith in it for a sec- culture. Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir 5  617  8  9     ,       name and she had mentioned the name written in her elec- liamentary democracy. The ond time. As a result, a YSR Congress MPs from Gao wore the traditional blue ,  : *,  8  + !6+7 ,  ,    ,  that she had already men- tion certificate issued by the Opposition need not bother Government has been reelect- Andhra Pradesh sported the Arunachali jacket. /0 1  !      &%   # tioned her full name in the returning officer would go on form she had filled for oath tak- record. BJP MPs accused the !"#$ ing. Congress MPs of unnecessar-  ! $  %$! &'((## The mention of Swami ily targeting the Bhopal MP. Purna Chetnanand Thakur took oath in  & 3 Avdheshanand Giri as suffix to Sanskrit and ended it with    her name Sadhvi Pragya Singh ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogan.    +,  ;      Thakur evoked sharp reaction Later, BJP members continued     "  54 from the Opposition mem- to raise ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slo- # ")88-   bers who said that such a thing gans.     2"        ,   was not permitted. She insist- After Ganjendra Umarao     5) ! New Delhi: The Supreme year. After the May 17 order, ed that the suffix was part of Singh Patel (BJP) completed his   "     Court on Monday asked the now two sets of 2018-batch her full name, resulting in an oath with ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, 5         $78$5). Krishna Medical College. Harsh Vardhan also said Centre to file its response on a trainee IAS and IPS officers uproar from Opposition and NK Premchandran (RSP)         The Centre has announced that Ministry of Earth Science batch of pleas of over two have moved the apex court — slogan shouting in her favour urged the Pro-tem Speaker to  /!  !   ith the death toll crossing plans to set up five virological will be requested to upgrade its dozen trainee IAS and IPS offi- one group of 20 candidates has from the ruling benches. maintain the prescribed format      6 Wthe 100 mark due to labs in different districts in the IMD observatory facility for cers of the 2018 batch, who have challenged the Delhi High The Pro tem Speaker of the oath. The Pro tem speak-     6 " Acute Encephalitis Syndrome State. The location of the dis- improved monitoring of cli- sought parity in the govern- Court verdict that had quashed Virendra Kumar sought to er ruled that the members !     2 " (AES), a case has been filed trict can be decided in consul- mate related parameters such as ment’s cadre allocation scheme the entire cadre allocation know from the Lok Sabha stick to the format provided. +      2 against Union Health Minister tation with the State temperature humidity, rain- with 20 of their colleagues, process and the other group of Secretary General, the full After this, the members of BJP 4 ">    Dr Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Government and can be fund- fall, heat waves, etc., and share who were granted relief by the five officers has filed a fresh writ name. Amid noise and objec- started adding ‘Bharat Mata Ki 6       Health Minister Mangal ed through NHM, said Harsh it with the State Government top court last month. petition seeking parity with 20 tions, Kumar ruled that only Jai’ after end of every oath. Pandey in Muzaffarpur Chief Vardhan in a statement here. and NCDC for better pre- The Supreme Court had, of their colleagues.    Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) A high-level central team paredness and management of on May 17, granted relief to 20 Several other trainee IAS  &    court for not creating aware- has been sent to Muzaffarpur AES. trainee IAS and IPS officers, and IPS officers have also #    ness about the deadly disease. to set up a state-of-the-art “The central government who had challenged the gov- sought impleadment in these ! # ) 0?' !  .   The plea by the social activist multi-disciplinary research will provide all possible help ernment’s cadre allocation two petitions. !!    ",  Tamanna Hashmi will be heard centre in the wake of the chil- including financial to the state process for the 2018 batch, by A vacation bench of justices     6    on June 24. dren death due to suspected to control the situation, provide asking the Centre to accom- Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant        Harsh Vardhan, who had encephalitis. proper treatment and develop modate them by increasing said prima facie it did not *          visited the district on Sunday to In one of the decisions infrastructure needed for it,” one post each in the state agree with the High Court’s        review the situation in the taken during his visit to Health Minister said. cadres of their preference this view. PTI  $78$5). ened Kumar that he will be        hospitals there, has denied any Muzaffarpur, the Union Social activist Tamanna removed from service if he        negligence saying teams were Minister has instructed to set Hashmi in his petition has he CBI has booked a does not pay the bribe and will stationed in Muzaffarpur from up a 100-bedded paediatric alleged that Harsh Vardhan  TMilitary Engineering be murdered if he disclosed it      the very first day and were ICU at SKMCH by the State and Mangal Pandey failed to Service (MES) engineer for to anyone. Ansari allegedly      working too. Meanwhile, a Government. Also, in the fulfill their duties to control the taking bribe from the employ- took the bribe amount of 4,000 video surfaced wherein Pandey adjoining districts, 10 bedded outbreak of AES, while both ee of an air conditioning plant per month for the last five is seen asking for latest score of paediatric ICUs will be set up had done nothing to create maintenance contractor at months, according to the FIR. the India-Pakistan cricket with support from the Centre, awareness and sensitise people Army Command in In his complaint, Kumar match during the State Health so that such cases can be given in the affected areas despite the Udhampur. said that his wife remains ill Department meeting over the better and exclusive treatment fact that AES had been killing Complainant Kuldeep and he has two children and AES deaths on June 16 adding and there is no unnecessary children for years.  $78$5). sitive issues of the crime against Kumar alleged in his com- unable to run his family with to the prevailing anger among load on the facilities available Hashmi said that he has women and children. plaint, now part of the FIR, that his meager income and the the people against the at SKMCH. filed the case against the adhya Pradesh Chief “Considering the sensitiv- Junior Engineer Mohammad bribe amount being taken by Government. Emphasising the need for accused, Harsh Vardhan and MMinister Kamal Nath has ity of this issue, the state gov- Khursheed Ansari posted at Ansari is leading to immense According to official data, early detection and treatment Mangal Pandey, under 323, met Home Minister Amit Shah ernment is proposing a project Garrison Engineer (Utility0, financial hardship. 85 children have died in Sri of hypoglycemia cases, Harsh 308 and 504 of the Indian seeking over 800 crore as cen- for comprehensive set up of MES, Udhampur allegedly took The complainant also stat- Krishna Medical College and Vardhan said that a dedicated Penal Code (IPC). tral grant to check crime against investigating officers/legal advi- bribe of 4,000 per month ed that he never wanted to pay Hospital (SKMCH), while 17 team of doctors should be “Large number of children women and children in his State sors/prosecutors and counsel- from his salary of Rs 10,000 per the bribe to Ansari but con- /+ have lost their lives in Kejriwal placed in endemic PHCs with died due to negligence and lack more effectively. In his meeting lors apart from DNA labora- month. tinued doing so due to not      +   hospital in the city in the past required facilities at least for 3 of infrastructure to give them with the Union Home Minister tories and mobile forensic Kumar was working on being highly educated and was        fortnight. Most of the casualties to 4 months before and during timely proper treatment”, he on Sunday, the Chief Minister teams exclusively for dealing behalf of contractor Manjeet at unaware of the legal remedies      ! affected by the Syndrome are onset of disease and they may said. also sought for more funds for with the crime against women the AC plant of the Army available. He lodged the com-   !    between the age group of 1-10. be incentivised under NHM The National Human the police infrastructure from and children. The Budget out- Command in Udhampur plaint after coming to know of  3     AES is a viral disease, appropriately. Rights Commission (NHRC) the central schemes. lay required is 880 crore,” under the supervision of the CBI. !@&&3A&&    which causes mild flu-like As for present, the con- too has issued notices to the Nath, who took over as the Nath said. Ansari. The CBI conducted a dis-         symptoms such as high fever, cerned PHCs and CHCs Union Health Ministry and the chief minister in December, has He requested the home The CBI has booked creet enquiry following a com- /+  !   convulsions, and headaches. should take prompt corrective Bihar government over reports also written a letter to the home minister to support this initia- Ansari for alleged corruption plaint from Kumar and the ver-     !     According to reports, more measures for hypoglycaemia at of increasing deaths of children minister in this regard. In the let- tive as “this will help in dealing under Jammu and Kashmir ification by the agency revealed      than 290 children are still the facility itself to utilize the due to the deadly disease, a ter, he drew the home minister’s with one of the most sensitive Prevention of Corruption Act. the allegations to be true and    admitted in the ICU of the Sri golden hour, he added. senior official said. attention towards one of the sen- issues in the state”. Ansari had allegedly threat- genuine, added the FIR.

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on June 3 while on a flight from plane was finally spotted by a Jorhat in Assam for Mechuka MI-17 helicopter in Lipo. advanced landing ground in There are more than 100 Arunachal Pradesh and the AN-32 twin-engine turbo prop wreckage was spotted eight days transport planes with the IAF. later near the landing ground at These Russian origin planes a height of 12,000 feet amidst were inducted in the mid 1980s.  $78$5). dense jungles atop a steep ridge. After a crash in 2009 near Teams of IAF, Army and civil- Mechuka killing all 13 passen- he probe to find out the ian mountaineers trekked in gers, a contract was inked for Tcause leading to the AN-32 the black box and the court of the rugged terrain to reach the 400 million dollars with Ukraine plane crash may get delayed as inquiry will establish the cause spot to recover the black box and for upgrade. So far, 50 planes its black box or flight data of the mishap, sources said here look for any survivors. have been retrofitted. However, recorder is damaged. The black on Monday. As regards the Given the nature of terrain the plane which crashed on box was brought from the crash damage caused to the black and inclement weather, the June 3 was non-upgraded. site three days back and the box, they said the Hindustan search operation is facing a Mechuka advanced landing investigators are trying to Aeronautics Limited(HAL) help major challenge for the moun- ground located at an altitude of retrieve the data from the instru- will be sought for retrieving the taineering team and the IAF has 6,000 feet is the lifeline for ment. Meanwhile, operation is data or may be sent to some deployed more than eight heli- troops deployed on the Line of in full swing to recover the mor- other agency. It was also learnt copters for retrieval of mortal Actual Control(LAC) facing tal remains of all the 13 on that Eastern Command chief Air remains, sources said. They also China in Arunachal Pradesh. board. Scores of helicopters are Marshal R K Mathur’s scheduled said more than 200 sorties were The planes and helicopters ferry flying sorties for this purpose. visit to Bangladesh was post- carried out since the search and personnel, food and ammuni- It is feared that the plane hit poned as he is supervising the rescue effort commenced on tion from Mechuka which is    +  P&   & <=  1      /<   (    &%      , 8 a mountain top leading to the salvage operations. June 3 over an area of 1,000 about 30kms from the LAC as >(  ' ?  !    ,P   (     , ,  + , 1  ! crash. However, the data from The plane had gone missing sq.km. The debris of the ill-fated the crow flies.   ?          ,+  5     ?& <=      ,  , +? # RAIPUR | TUESDAY | JUNE 18, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 Cong govt’s six-month tenure is Awareness programme to mark World Sickle full of achievements: Lakhma Cell Day tomorrow n STAFF REPORTER ing that right after the gov- Lakhma speaking on been instructed to reserve STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR RAIPUR ernment was formed on this occasion specially at least three acres of land December 17, 2018, mentioned decision of for cow shed so that the he Sickle Cell Institute hhattisgarh ministers short-term farm loans government for returning stray cattle could not TChhattisgarh, Raipur and CKawasi Lakhma and amounting to Rs 11,000 land acquired for estab- destroy the standing crop Health and Family Welfare depart- Anila Bhedia claimed that crore of defaulting farmers lishing Tata Steel Plant in in the field, the minister ment will jointly organise an aware- the past six-month rule of were waived off by the Lohandiguda region of said. ness programme on the occasion of the Congress government government, the ministers Bastar. It was a historic The minister duo also World Sickle Cell Day on June 19 at was full of achievements appreciated the leadership decision and affected specifically mentioned the 10.30 am at new Circuit House, and many initiatives were of Bhupesh Baghel for tak- farmers were benefited by fulfillment of promise of Civil Lines Raipur. taken for the welfare of ing initiatives in the inter- it, he said. curtailing the power tariff Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel common people of the est of poor and farmers. Lakhma also claimed to half till 400 units. Now will be the chief guest at the event to state. They also cited that that Narva Garva, Ghurva the consumers have to give be presided over by Health and competition will be organised along The minister duo were the government taking yet and Badi under Suraji Rs 2.75 per unit instead of Family Welfare Minister T. S. with felicitation of senior citizens addressing a press confer- another big decision had scheme was not a mere Rs 5.30, they added. Singhdeo. affected by sickle cell disease. ence here at new circuit declared minimum sup- slogan. It would be instru- In a bid to generate The Chief Minister will felicitate The World Sickle Cell Day is house on Monday evening port price (MSP) of Rs mental in strengthening employment the state institutions and doctors working celebrated to raise the public aware- to spell out the fulfillment 2500 per quintal fro the rural economy by government had taken especially on sickle cell disease. ness about the diseases and its treat- of promises made by the paddy. This Kharif season Fulfilling yet another to all the families, includ- developing animal hus- initiative for recruitments On the occasion, the Chief ment methods. Sickle cell disease Congress in its election a payment of Rs 3000 promise made in the man- ing those from Above bandry, conservation of of 15000 teachers in Minister will also release a booklet (SCD) is an inherited genetic abnor- manifesto for the 2018 crore was made for pro- ifesto, the government Poverty Line (APL) under water and arranging green schools and 1345 assistant and posters, highlighting the mality of hemoglobin (the oxygen- assembly polls. curement of paddy at MSP, announced to provide 35 food for all scheme, they fodder for the cattle. professors in colleges, different aspects of sickle cell carrying protein found in red blood Specifically mention- they said. kgs of rice per ration card mentioned. Under the scheme it has they said. disease. Besides, a ‘Healthy Child’ cells). Need to conserve culture, history Raipur doctors hold protest in solidarity for future generation: Singhdeo with their Kolkata counterparts STAFF REPORTER n Prime Minister urging him STAFF REPORTER n also held to reveal the impor- RAIPUR to bring a strong law for pro- AMBIKAPUR tance of the hills based sites. tection of doctors while on Zila Panchayat chairper- s the stalemate over doc- duty. ealth and Family Welfare son Phuleshwari Singh said Ators' protest in West Healthcare facilities in HMinister and Surguja during this period, the hills Bengal enters the seventh Raipur were affected as doc- district in-charge T. S. beauty is revealed through day on Monday, doctors of tors at the critically impor- Singhdeo called upon all to combination of nature and AIIMS Raipur along with tant AIIMS and Medical protect and conserve the cul- culture. Ambikapur Mayor the Medical College Hospital College Hospitals joined the ture, historical and archaeo- Dr Ajay Tirkey laid emphasis and other private hospitals agitation for a day on logical sites of Ramgarh hills on development of tourism joined the agitation in soli- Monday. for the future generation. in the hills. darity with their counter- Several doctors in Surguja has several Surguja Collector Dr parts in Bengal. Raipur decided to boycott archaeological heritage sites, Saransh Mittar said that Regional centre of work for 24 hours from which can be subject of Ramgarh Mahotsav was Indian Medical Association Monday 6 a.m. 6 a.m. research to know the histori- started in 1969 and has been also called for withdrawal of Tuesday to express solidarity cal importance of the place, hill is known for the most 2019. The event helps people organised continuously with- non-essential health services with their colleagues in he said. ancient theatre in the world. to know about the impor- out a break. The caves have on Monday. The doctors Kolkata who were allegedly He was addressing the Mahakavi Kalidas had writ- tance of the region and pro- been centre of attraction. under the banner of the IMA attacked by a 200-strong inaugural session of the two- ten ‘Meghdootham’ on the vide a platform to local, After the inaugural ses- also took out a protest rally mob on last Monday night. day ‘Ramgarh Mahotsav’ as hills of Ramgarh, which is national and international sion around 33 researchers from Medical College hospi- A junior doctor was left with chief guest on Monday at considered as one of the epic level artistes to perform. read their research papers. tal to Rajbhawan. a fractured skull in the attack Ambikapur. poems in Sanskrit. The event Lundra MLA Dr Preetam This was followed by session Doctors were stopped at they handed over a memo- and District Collector, at the NRS Medical College Singhdeo said, Ramgarh’s will complete four decades in Ram said research seminar of poets. Ambedkar Chowk. Later randum to state Governor which was addressed to and Hospital. Govt ready to support players: Baghel STAFF REPORTER n BILASPUR hhattisgarh Chief Minister CBhupesh Baghel called upon the players of the state to excel in sports, assuring that government would stand by them and provide all facilities. There is no dearth of talents and the state has produced inter- national-level hockey players. Government intends to take hockey to villages so that they can be moulded for national- international level competitions. Chief Minister was address- ing the public dedication cere- mony of astro-turf stadium at Bahatarai, the first in Bilaspur district, spread over 49 acres and constructed at Rs 4 crores. It is the fourth astro-turf sta- dium of the state. He announced to name the stadium after former minister and hockey player late B. R. Yadav. CM also announced installing flood-lights and spec- As per new specifications sports ior Men Competition by hitting a Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is seen interacting with villagers of Amora in Navagarh block of Janjgir-Champa district during a ‘Choupal’ on tators’ gallery in the stadium. grounds will be prepared in each goal. He recalled his days at Durg Monday. There he announced several schemes such as setting up of a Primary Health Centre, paddy procurement centre, linking road from He further said around 55 district. where he sometimes used to play sports trainers have been He also inaugurated the 9th hockey. Around 22 state teams village Amora to Mudhapar and pond beautification. appointed in 5 revenue divisions. Hockey India National Sub-jun- are participating in the event. Santosh Pandey made chief BJP’s charges outpouring BJP instigating me against of its disappointment of BJP membership drive over poll defeat: Cong govt: Mangilal Agrawal n STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR missed call and also through RAIPUR: Terming the charges made against STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR Bhupesh Baghel thanked him pressive politics” played by slips. The target is to increase the Bhupesh Baghel government baseless, state gen- for saving him from going to Chief Minister Bhupesh ajnandgaon Member of eral secretary and chairman communication angilal Agrawal, against jail. Baghel in Chhattisgarh. membership by 20% more than whom a ‘sedition’ RParliament Santosh Pandey the previous drive. wing of the Congress Shailesh Nitin Trivedi had M “After I was out on bail, a The saffron party claimed has been made the Bharatiya charge was pressed on com- few district level BJP leaders that it was due to BJP’s oppo- Discussion was held during said that the resolution passed in the BJP execu- plaint from the State Power Janata Party’s chief of member- approached me for filing a sition that the Chief Minister the working committee meeting tive body meeting on Sunday reflected the Company and subsequently ship drive in Chhattisgarh. of the state held on Sunday on party’s disappointment over the “shameful defeat revoked after Chief Minister defamation lawsuit against had to order withdrawal of He will be assisted by Kiran different aspects of the member- in the recently concluded assembly polls.” Bhupesh Baghel’s interven- the state government and the sedition charge. Dev as co-chief. ship drive. “With the baseless allegation on the state tion, created a political storm power company. However, I The Congress party engi- Both the leaders have been Shrivastava said the party government, the BJP has accepted that they are by claiming that a few BJP do not have any such mental- neered the letter, the BJP called to New Delhi on Monday members also held talk on hold- disappointed”, Trivedi said. leaders were trying to per- ity and a few people who are claimed in a press statement. to participate in the party central ing a protest against the power It was the BJP regime when the excise rev- suade him to file a defama- approaching me for their “The public awareness meeting on the drive. failures in the state but the date enue from liquor was increased from Rs 375 tion suit against the state gov- political gains, I would like to campaign that the BJP has Meanwhile, BJP spokesper- has not yet been finalised. The crore to Rs 5500 crore and the liquor touts were ernment and the power com- tell them that the Chief launched against power cut son Sanjay Shrivastava said that BJP has been vocal against regu- powerful then, he said. pany. Minister is looking into my and other wrong policies of BJP will organise membership The programmes will be lar power cuts in the state and Regarding charges of political vendetta, The BJP, however, was case and I completely trust the state government might drive from July 6, the birthday of conducted based on the dates also the recent incident of filing Trivedi said whether it was probe into PDS scam quick to refute the charge and him,” Mangilal said in the let- have forced the Congress Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in the provided by party central leader- of sedition case and then with- or may it be Antagarh Tapes issue all were regis- alleged that Mangilal’s claim ter. leaders to put pressure on the state. It will be followed by the ship. The event will be held for drawal of it against those speak- tered when the BJP was in power. Only the probe was “Congress sponsored.” The BJP reacting on the victim in a bid to improve the organisational election of the one month and the membership ing on the power failure on was geared up by the Baghel government, he Agrawal in a letter letter said that the people image of their Chief Minister,” party. drive will be conducted through social media. added. addressed to Chief Minister were well aware of the “sup- a BJP spokesperson said.   !"#   + ;< =

 ).5# countries envisaged keen interest Innovation Zentrum (FIZ) at would go a long way in attracting to investment in the State. Frankfurt, Germany to explore investments for the State. fter returning from his foreign He said that he also invited the areas of collaboration in the fields He said the State Government Atrip to woo investments in the Industry captains of other the of Ayurgenomics, precision med- also signed MoU with Chief state, Himachal chief minister Jai Nations to be a part of the Global icine and precision agriculture. He Minister Corps to develop golf Ram Thakur on Monday said the Investors Meet being held at said that MoU was also signed resort in Kangra district and state government got a positive Dharamshala. with ASSOCHAM EUROPE in another MoU with Takshinda response from the entrepreneurs Thakur said that the globally Netherlands to strengthen and Foundation for establishing an and business community of renowned Wageningen University expand in the area of agriculture, international Skill University in Germany and Netherlands and Netherlands showed keen interest horticulture, logistic and infra- the State. they showed keen interest to invest to cooperate in post harvest structure. Earlier, on his arrival at the State in sectors such as agri- research and agro-food robotics in Thakur said that before pro- Annadale, Chief Minister was culture, Horticulture, food and the State. ceeding on foreign visit he also accorded warm welcome by fruit processing, tourism and hydel He said that the university is called on the Prime Minister Health Minister Vipin Singh etc. already engaged in some projects Narendra Modi and invited him Parmar, State BJP President Satpal Talking to reporters after his in Himachal Pradesh particularly for the Global Investors meet slat- Satti, Chief Whip Narendra arrival from his foreign visit where in the area of controlled atmos- ed for 7th and 8th November, this Bragta, Mayor MC Shimla Kusum he participated in the Road Shows phere (CA) stores. year at Dharamshala. Sedrate, Chairman HIMFED organized in Germany and He said MoU was also signed He expressed confidence that Ganesh Dutt, counsellor of Netherlands, the Chief Minister between the Government of the Road shows held by the State Shimla Municipal Corporation said that entrepreneurs in both the Himachal Pradesh and Frankfurt Government in both the countries and others. 0 $ , "(  -! $" %# .# !  " %! 1   # 8.  +)# 8.-#*) the incident. streets despite pleas of his son Jai Kishan Rori and Manjit of the saffron party and its Hitting out at the Delhi to defuse the situation. Later Singh Bilaspur, sought dis- NDA partners ruling the housands of devotees con- day after a Sikh auto dri- Police for the alleged assault the son was also attacked and missal of the police officials country. Tverged on the 9000-feet Aver and his son were bru- on a man at Mukherjee Nagar beaten up mercilessly,” he behind this dastardly act. Expressing their grave high valley of Prashar falling tally thrashed by Delhi Police in the national capital, Capt said. They demanded that the concern over the apathetic in Mandi district to com- personnel after their vehicle Amaridner tweeted, Urging the Home Modi-led government at the stance of the government memorate the meditation of allegedly bumped into the “Shameful incident of Minister to award exemplary Centre should show a little toward the minority commu- Sage Prashar who is believed police van in New Delhi’s @DelhiPolice ruthlessly beat- punishment to the cops sensitivity towards the minor- nities, AAP legislators said to have meditated at this very Mukherjee Nagar area, the ing up Sarabjeet Singh and involved in this dastardly act, ity communities across the that if the Sikhs and others in place, according to mytholo- issue was heard loud and clear Balwant Singh over a petty Sukhbir said that this was country and protect their reli- minority across the country gy and local customs and some 250 kms away by all issue. Request HM @Amit necessary to send the right gious identities and senti- were not safe to protect their beliefs. major political players in Shah to ensure justice.” message to society that atroc- ments to send out a clear mes- religious identities and senti- In the two-day fair, devo- Punjab, cutting across party SAD president Sukhbir ities by men in uniform would sage that those behind such ments in their own country, tees come from the adjoining lines demanding strict action Badal also urged the Union not be tolerated under any cir- acts against minority com- how the government would be six districts along with gods and in the matter. Home Minister Amit Shah to cumstances. munities won’t be spared no able to protect the communi- goddesses with hill music Punjab Chief Minister take strict action against the Besides urging for imme- matter how high and mighty ties in other countries of the instruments and Capt Amarinder Singh on police personnel responsible diate dismissal for all the they were. world. enjoy glimpses of flower valleys Monday sought the Union for brutal attack by dismissing police personnel involved in AAP leaders have also Modi government should and sprawling grazing lands. Home Minister Amit Shah’s them from service and regis- the incident, he also urged the demanded a judicial probe immediately intervene in the Three fairs are held in War accompanied by Bara is said to have built this intervention in the matter, tering an attempt to murder Home Minister to register an into the barbarous act of beat- matter and secure justice for Prashar round the year. Dev Kamru Nag. wooden temple. Thousands of while the SAD has demanded case against them. attempt to murder case against ing and pulling hair of the the victims as police dispen- Located on the lap of the The entire valley since tourists from home and dismissal of the cops respon- “Delhi police personnel the cops. auto driver and his son and sation was directly under the grand Himalayas amidst lush then is known to be the val- abroad visit this place every sible for “brutal” attack. behaved like animals yester- Severely criticizing the their turbans in the public, control of BJP-SAD alliance green forests, flower valleys ley of Kamru Nag, revered by year mostly from Russia, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), day by brutalizing an old Sikh Delhi police’s “dastardly”, which they said, was a case of government lorded over by and pastures where herds of the people. USA, Europe , China and which is running the govern- man and his son in front of party’s senior leaders and highhandedness on the part of Union Home Minister Amit animals from the plains of Prashar lake is also other countries. ment in Delhi and is main the Mukherjee Nagar police MLAs Kultar Singh Delhi police, which had been Shah instead of the Delhi Punjab, Haryana and known for another wonder of They are intrigued to opposition party in Punjab, station. The old man was Sandhwan, Prof Baljinder reduced to a mere government led by Kejriwal, Rajasthan come with their its floating islands. The Bara observe that how could such has sought judicial probe into beaten up and dragged on the Kaur, Kulwant Singh Pandori, ‘jungle raj’ during the tenure they said. cattle and spend three months Dev Kamru Naga was so a beautiful spot on earth had and breath the cool healthy air much enchanted by the cap- remained neglected for cen- of the green hills. tivating valley that he made turies. Legend has it that the Prashar Valley his permanent An English movie, The (*   high altitude lake was built by abode. On the premises, there Frog was shot at Prashar. the Pandavas during their exists a wooden temple in They camped in Munish 14-year exile on their way pagoda style. Resorts and used to go for back after the Mahabharata Raja Ajber Sen of Mandi shoots everyday. +  )*  - 6     secure his seat and lost to with The Pioneer “off the * , )*% +)# 8.-#*) greenhorn Sunny Deol in record”, maintained that giv- 5  ! Gurdaspur. ing Sidhu power which, in any ith no sign of end to the Secondly, there are talks way, would mean building a # ? Wprevailing hostility of appointing Sidhu as the parallel power centre to Capt !%- $* between Punjab Chief deputy to the Chief Minister Amarinder may prove harm- Minister Capt Amarinder which seems unlikely as the ful for the party as a whole,  #  3#  Singh and his Cabinet party high command could where the Congress has man-  +)# 8.-#*) through election by members of 4,*,4)$/*# Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, not afford to challenge Capt aged to maintain its strong- its Board will also be put forward the Congress high command Amarinder’s authority by hold. hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to the Home Ministry,” he urukshetra Development is considering the options of appointing a Deputy Chief Even after 10 days of re- Swould approach the Union added. KBoard (KDB) and GIEO giving a “bigger role” to the Minister — a post which he allocation of portfolios done Home Ministry to demand He said that SAD will also GITA (Global Inspiration and former cricketer. had refused to retain in the by Capt Amarinder, Sidhu action against senior Congress formally urge for grant of Enlightenment Organisation of Sidhu, the four-time MP first place. has not assumed the charge of leader and Madhya Pradesh clemency to Balwant Singh Gita) would jointly organise the and currently the Minister in After the Congress swept the Power Department. Sidhu Chief Minister Kamal Nath for Rajoana, main accused in for- Gita Jayanti Samaroh at London Punjab, was the Congress’ the Punjab assembly polls in was divested of Local allegedly leading a mob which mer Chief Minister Beant Singh in UK from August 9 to 11 in its star campaigner during the 2017, speculations were rife Government and Tourism attacked Sikhs during the 1984 assassination case, by commut- effort to propagate the teachings recently-concluded Lok Sabha that the party would appoint Departments after the Chief genocide committed against the ing his sentence to life impris- of holy Bhagwad Gita at the elections, and a leader which Sidhu as Deputy Chief Minister blamed him for Sikh community. onment, formation of a time- International level. the party could not afford to Minister to Capt Amarinder. party’s poor performance in Announcing this, the SAD bound committee for release of This was stated by Swami lose in any way, especially at But, Capt Amarinder had the urban pockets as he failed president Sukhbir Badal on “Bandi Singhs” (Sikh political Gyana Nand Maharaj, head of this point of time. reportedly refused to have a to perform well as the Monday said that a delegation of prisoners) and award of com- the GIEO GITA organisation But on the other side is post of Deputy Chief Minister Minister. Delhi Sikh Gurdwara pensation to Sikh “Dharmi while presiding over a meeting the party’s veteran Capt in his Cabinet. Sidhu, on the other hand, Management Committee Fauji” (who resigned from the of advisory committee to chalk Amarinder, who has defied Another alternative that had argued that the Congress (DSGMC) led by its president forces in protest against out the plan for the Gita Jayanti the Modi tsunami across the the party high command is has won 64 percent in the Manjinder Singh Sirsa would Operation Blue Star). to be celebrated at Kurukshetra country to secure eight, out of considering is to appoint purely urban assembly seg- call on the Home Secretary The party will also urge for from November 22 to December the total 13 seats, in Sidhu as one of the four vice- ments by winning 16 out of 25 Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday and compensation to all Jodhpur 10. Punjab. Capt Amarinder, who presidents in case the party seats, and in rural areas, hand over a memorandum in Sikh detainees as only 40 out of Besides representatives of defeated the BJP stalwart decides to replace party pres- Congress bagged 35 this regard to him. 365 detainees have been paid various religious and social Arun Jaitley in his first ever ident Rahul Gandhi, who is out of 63 seats, making it 55 “SAD will urge the Home compensation, he said. organisations of the area, the electoral hustings in 2014 adamant to step down from percent. Ministry to direct the SIT to Besides, the delegation will Member of Parliament, Nayab general elections despite the coveted post, with four in- Sidhu, making the re- record the statements of noted urge for giving formal permis- Singh Saini, DC Kurukshetra, SS nationwide Modi wave, is charges by grouping the coun- allocation of portfolios as an journalist Sanjay Suri and sion for the DSGMC’s Nagar Phulia and honorary Secretary of currently ruling Punjab try into four segments. issue of prestige, has taken the Muktiar Singh, who are prime Kirtan to Nankana Sahib in KDB, Madan Mohan Chhabara enjoying two-third majority In case it happens, the issue right up to the party witnesses against Kamal Nath,” Pakistan on the occasion of and members of KDB attended in the State. party is considering Sidhu’s high command, which has he said. 550th parkash purv of Sri Guru the meeting here. What exactly the name for the northern region. reportedly asked the former Sukhbir said that other Nanak Dev Ji. Gyana Nand said that with Congress means by “bigger” is In the recently-concluded cricketer to continue working pending issues would also be It will also urge for grant of the help of Haryana yet to be ascertained, but it elections, Sidhu had for the party. taken up for resolution. “We also citizenship to thousands of Government, we are trying to has been learnt that the party addressed several rallies in the Despite that, Sidhu has stand for formation of a special Afghan Sikhs living in India restore the sanctity of many is juggling between three northern states, except his not take over his Department. court for day-to-day trial of all besides urging that Jammu and religious places in the 48 ‘Kos’ options. First, to appoint him home state Punjab, and In fact, no effort was being cases of 1984 genocide in Delhi Kashmir Sikhs be given minor- area of holy Kurukshetra. as the state Congress chief as received tremendous made to appease Sidhu by the so that justice is delivered in a ity status in J&K and immediate He said that it was in this the incumbent Sunil Jakhar response. state leadership with no leader time bound manner. A request redevelopment of Punjabi regard that Haryana Chief has already submitted his res- However, a senior or even the Chief Minister for appointment of the President Colony, Mumbai which has Minister Manohar Lal had per- ignation after he failed to Congress leader, while taking contacting him. of the Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded, been declared as dangerous. sonally visited 41 important reli- gious places during the past to take stock of the situation for their improvement. # (*  )*+    Haryana Government is tak- ing steps to propagate the mes- sage of Gita to the extent that  +)# 8.-#*) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), whenever someone comes to who got the West Bengal cadre. India for tourism, they must visit aryana Governor Satyadeo She said that she selected IPS Kurukshetra, the birthplace of HNarain Arya on Monday considering the duty and com- Gita, he said. interacted with 22 officer mitment of police officers. Speaking on the occasion, trainees of Indian Police On this, the Governor con- MP Nayab Singh Saini suggest- Service who visited on an edu- gratulated her and said that due ed that the event of Gita Jayanti cational and cultural tour of to the apt policies of women should be conducted in such a India from Sardar Vallabh Bhai empowerment, the women way that visitors are taken care Patel National Police Academy, are showing their mettle in of by the volunteers and nobody Hyderabad. every field. This shows the is cheated. He suggested the par- The Governor learnt about prosperity and progress of the ticipation of village Sarpanches their experiences related to country. and Panches in the functions and their training. Five of these offi- Arya said that today, to hold International ‘Dangal’ to cers were of Royal Bhutan Haryana is the leading state in attract youths in the celebrations. Service. The officers of Bhutan's the field of cleanliness, educa- Saini said that big hoardings police and civil service are also tion, health and safety and about Kurukshetra should be trained in Hyderabad and they are very fortunate to have erected throughout National Dehradun academy. got the opportunity to come to Highway-44 (GT Road) to Arya first spoke with Haryana during their India attract pilgrims here. Aishwarya Sagar of tour.    !"#  / 0 !  (     , 2     # #  

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But after America’s pullout Ager and journalist known hospitalised, he said. “Pakistani activist and 44-year-old Indian- (DPS) confirmed that he was Istockpile limit set by Tehran’s President Hassan Rouhani, and escalated sanctions, Tehran for criticising the country’s The suspect used a dagger journalist Mohammad Bilal AAmerican IT professional an IT professional employee in nuclear deal with world pow- greeting France’s new ambas- set a July 7 deadline for Europe powerful military and the spy to kill him, Naeem said, adding Khan was shot dead last night and his three family members, the Technology Services ers in the next 10 days, the sador to Tehran on Monday, to come up with better terms agency ISI was hacked to death that some people heard gun- in Islamabad. Khan was known including two minor sons, have Bureau for the the depart- spokesman for the country’s similarly warned that time was for the deal, or it would take by an unidentified men here, shot firing as well. for his criticism of the all-pow- been found dead with gunshot ment. atomic agency said on Monday running out for the deal. additional steps away from the police said on Monday. Apart from being a social erful military and its notorious wounds inside their home in “Our hearts and prayers go while also warning that Iran “The current situation is accord, likely meaning it would Muhammad Bilal Khan, media activist, Khan was also spy agency,” a man said in a the US state of Iowa, authori- out to the family and friends of could enrich uranium up to 20 very critical and France and the boost enrichment further. having over 16,000 followers on a freelance journalist. tweet. ties said Monday. the Sunkaras,” the DPS said in per cent — just a step away other parties to the (deal) still Kamalvandi enforced that Twitter, 48,000 on his YouTube He hailed from Gilgit- The deceased’s father The bodies of a statement. from weapons-grade levels. have a very limited opportuni- stance, saying that Tehran will channel and 22,000 on Baltistan and was a Shariah Abdullah said that his body had Chandrasekhar Sunkara, Officers with the West Des The announcement by ty to play their historic role for increase uranium enrichment Facebook, was with his uncle graduate from the International marks of a sharp tool. Lavanya Sunkara, 41, their 15- Moines Police Department Behrouz Kamalvandi, timed saving the deal,” Rouhani said, levels “based on the country’s Ehtesham, when he received a Islamic University of Islamabad “My son’s only fault was year-old and a 10-year-old sons were sent at around 10 am On for a meeting of EU foreign according to his website. needs.” Enriching a supply of phone call after which a man (IIUI), according to Express that he spoke about the were found in their home on Saturday to the 900 block of ministers in Brussels, puts Under terms of the nuclear uranium means boosting its took him to the nearby forest News. Prophet,” he said. Saturday morning. Autopsies 65th Street, where they found more pressure on Europe to deal, Iran can keep a concentration of the type of on Sunday night, Dawn news Soon after his killing, A case was registered were pending to determine the bodies. come up with new terms for stockpile of no more than 300 uranium that can power a quoted police as saying. #Justice4MuhammadBilalKhan under various sections includ- the official causes of death, but The police said they all Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal. kilograms of low-enriched nuclear reaction. Superintendent of Police started trending on social ing the Anti Terrorism Act. police said all had gunshots died of apparent gunshot The deal has steadily uranium. That type, or isotope, is Saddar Malik Naeem said Khan media. The incident has created wounds, West Des Moines wounds but an autopsy has unraveled since the Trump Kamalvandi said that given called U-235. Enrichment was attacked in the G-9/4 area Several Twitter users said fear among people, Khan’s police said in a statement. been scheduled to determine administration pulled America Iran’s recent decision to basically means stripping away of Islamabad and was shifted to that his criticism of the father said. Chandrasekhar was known the exact cause of death. out of the accord last year and quadruple its production of atoms of another isotope, re-imposed tough economic low-enriched uranium, it called U-238. Boosting its puri- sanctions on Iran, deeply cut- would pass the 300-kilogram ty to 20 per cent means remov- ting into its sale of crude oil limit on Thursday, July 27. ing 22 more unwanted isotopes *)*/ )1 , abroad and sending its econo- The United Nations per atom of U-235, while going 4 my into freefall. Europe has so nuclear watchdog, the from there to 90 per cent puri- far been unable to offer Iran a International Atomic Energy ty means removing just four  )3 ) way around the US sanctions. Agency, said last month that more per atom of U-235. The development comes in Iran still remained within its Ninety percent is considered the wake of apparent attacks on stockpile limits. The Vienna- weapons-grade material. * ),   ) -4 - to the demands of all the pro- and a spacious nearby park. oil tankers last week in the based agency declined to com- That means going from testers, but now is the time to Activists had called on Mideast, assaults that ment Monday on Iran’s 20 per cent to 90 per cent is a rotesters in Hong Kong left talk about strategy, and talk Hong Kong residents to boycott Washington has blamed on announcement. relatively quicker process, '  ) -4 - plan to allow extraditions to Pthe streets, averting possible about strategy is to how about classes and work, though it was Iran. While Iran has denied Kamalvandi said Iran something that worries nuclear China. clashes Monday after haggling how to make the whole struggle unclear how many might heed being involved, it has used needs 5 per cent enrichment nonproliferation experts. Iran ong Kong democracy But the movement has for hours with police by moving into a long-term struggle and that call. Nearly 2 million of the mines in the past against com- for its nuclear power plant in maintains its nuclear program Hactivist Joshua Wong since morphed into the latest to areas near the city’s govern- not a day struggle, so if Carrie city’s 7 million people turned out mercial traffic around the cru- southern Iranian port of is for peaceful purposes. called on the city’s pro-Beijing expression of public rage ment headquarters. Lam does not respond to the five on Sunday, according to esti- cial Strait of Hormuz, through Bushehr and it also needs 20 Iran reached its nuclear leader Carrie Lam to resign against both the city’s leaders The demonstrators who demands by the protesters, peo- mates by protest organizers. which a fifth of the world’s per cent enrichment for a deal with world powers in after he walked free from and Beijing. stayed after a massive protest ple will come back and the Police said 338,000 were crude oil passes. Tehran research reactor. 2015, agreeing to limit its prison on Monday, as historic Speaking to the media out- march the day before, demand- struggle will continue,” said Lee counted on the designated Kamalvandi accused The nuclear deal had lim- enrichment of uranium in anti-government protests side Lai Chi Kok Correctional ing that Chief Executive Carrie Cheuk-yan, a former legislator protest route in the “peak peri- Europeans of “killing time” as ited Iran to enriching uranium exchange for the lifting of eco- rocked the city. Institute, 22-year-old Wong Lam abandon a proposed extra- and activist. od” of the march. A week earli- the clock runs down. only to 3.67 per cent, which is nomic sanctions. “She is no longer qualified called on protesters to contin- dition bill, were seen streaming Shortly after daybreak, the er as many as 1 million people to be Hong Kong’s leader,” ue their protests and civil dis- Monday morning into a space police had asked for cooperation demonstrated to voice their Wong told reporters. “She obedience campaign. outside Hong Kong’s Legislative in clearing the road but said the concern over Hong Kong’s rela-     must take the blame and resign, “We demand Carrie Lam Council after police who had protesters could stay on the tions with mainland China in be held accountable and step to step down, completely with- cleared it reopened the area. sidewalks. one of the toughest tests of the down.” Wong was sent to draw the extradition law, and Their decision to move allowed For a time, the protesters, territory’s special status since -      prison in May after he lost an retract the ‘riot’ label,” he said, police to reopen streets to traf- many in masks and other gear Beijing took control in a 1997 attempt to quash a jail sentence referring to Lam’s previous fic. The activists have rejected an to guard against possible use of handover. The scenes were  ! over the huge democracy term to describe protesters apology from Lam for her han- tear gas, responded with chants, similar to those seen nearly protests he helped lead in 2014. earlier in the week. dling of the legislation, which some kneeling in front of the five years earlier, when protest-    */ His release comes as Hong He also condemned has stoked fears of expanding officers. ers camped for weeks in the Kong is rocked by historic authorities for firing tear gas control from Beijing in this for- Hundreds were lying or sit- streets to protest rules that pre- anti-government protests. and rubber bullets during vio- mer British colony. ting on the roads until they vented the direct election of the '  *$: They were initially sparked lent clashes between protesters “We are very angry that agreed to move to the plaza out- city’s chief executive, the top by mass public opposition to a and police on Wednesday. Carrie Lam has not responded side the government building local official. apua New Guinea will not Prenew a contract with an Australian company providing security at Pacific refugee camps,  A      &8  5 a senior minister has told AFP, in another setback for the deeply controversial policy. 6 Singapore-registered  ,       Paladin Holdings provides secu- '  4#  around 9:00 pm (1800 GMT), rity and other services at three  $.6. - president to give up the nuclear Ali Hassan, the leader of a self- “transition centres” for refugees programme. Their summit at hirty people were killed defence group in the town, said. being held on Papua New resident Xi Jinping would Hanoi, Vietnam in February Tlate Sunday in a triple sui- The owner of hall pre- Guinea’s remote Manus Island Pmake his maiden visit to failed and Trump staved off cide bombing in northeast vented one of the bombers after trying to get to Australia. Pyongyang this week - the first pressure to agree to lift crippling Nigeria, emergency services from entering the packed Canberra has turned back by a Chinese leader in 14 years UN sanctions. reported, in an attack bearing venue. thousands of refugees arriving - in a big boost to the North Kim, who shares close ties the hallmarks of the Boko “There was a heated argu- by sea, instead putting them in Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with President Xi, has travelled Haram jihadist group. ment between the operator offshore camps where mental ill- who is under heavy pressure to China ahead of his proposed Three bombers detonated and the bomber who blew ness and suicide attempts are from the US to give up nuclear meetings with Trump, prompt- their explosives outside a hall himself up,” Hassan said by rife. The policy has cost Australia weapons programme. ing the US president Tump to in Konduga, 38 kilometres (24 phone. billions of dollars and earned it Xi will visit Democratic reeling under UN sanctions for allege that the Chinese President miles) from the Borno state Two other bombers who international opprobrium, but People’s Republic of Korea pursing nuclear weapons pro- was negatively influencing the capital Maiduguri, where foot- had mingled among the crowd remains a vote winner at home. (DPRK) - the official name for gramme, comes ahead of his North Korean leader from ball fans were watching a match at a tea stall nearby also deto- Yet the new government in North Korea - from June 20 to proposed meeting with US clinching a deal to give up the on TV. nated their suicide vests. Port Moresby, Papua New 21, at the invitation of Kim, the President Donald Trump on nuclear programme. The North “The death toll from the Hassan said most Guinea’s capital, plans to “ter- spokesperson for the the sidelines of G-20 summit Korean leader has visited China attack has so far increased to of the victims were from out- minate (the) Paladin contract by International Department of scheduled to be held on June 28- four times in recent years. 30. We have over 40 people side the soccer viewing centre. end of this month” said the ruling Communist Party of 29 in Tokyo. Commenting on Xi’s visit, injured,” Usman Kachalla, head “Nine people died on the spot, Immigration Minister Petrus China, Hu Zhaoming, The last state visit made by Chinese strategic experts said of operations at the State including the operator, and 48 Thomas. announced here. a Chinese president to North that making such a significant Emergency Management were injured,” Hassan Thomas said his His visit coincides with the Korea was in 2005 by then visit before the G20 summit Agency (SEMA), said on said.Kachala said the Government had notified 70th anniversary of the estab- Chinese president Hu Jintao at shows that China is trying to fur- Monday. high number of fatalities Australia’s home affairs depart- lishment of diplomatic ties the invitation of the former ther highlight its unique influ- An earlier toll from the was because emergency ment that it will launch a “trans- between the two countries. North Korean leader Kim Jong- ence to push forward the peace blasts, the bloodiest in months, responders had been unable parent tender process” that Xi’s visit, the first by a il.Kim, who had two summit process on the Korean Peninsula gave 17 dead and 17 wounded. to reach the site of the blast focuses on local firms’ partici- Chinese leader in 14 years to the meetings with Trump, is under nuclear issue. The attack happened quickly. pation. internationally isolated country immense pressure from the US OB   P  + &8  !   -

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The Left parties had a decent presence in            0 "      +   several States in the early decades after inde-                        pendence. The undivided Communist Party "       0           of India (CPI) won 16 seats in the first Lok Sabha election in 1951-52. It rose to 29 seats                   in 1962 and got around nine per cent of the              0    votes polled. After the party split, the CPI and             0      the Communist Party of India (Marxist)- CPI(M) bagged 42 seats in 1967 but their vote       "           share hovered around nine per cent. This            &    /      trend continued for three decades. The two                      parties put up their best performance in 2004 when they together secured 53 seats in the Lok "               Sabha, although their vote share had dropped              A   *&   to around seven per cent. Thereafter, their for- "  +.        0  " .B0".C tunes crashed. In 2014, the two parties         0".         could win just 10 seats and their national vote to kindle the entrepreneurial vides free cooking gas connection which have rendered the two share dropped to just four per cent. This time spirit among poorer sections of to families below the poverty line. communist parties unpopular.                0    around, they are well below the danger mark society and to bring about a dra- Thus far, over 70 million fami- The first of these is their approach        "7 "  9  having secured just five seats and about two matic shift in their social and eco- lies have benefited from it. to secularism. The two parties <                  per cent of the national vote. nomic conditions. Another such scheme with far- have moved far away from the The decline of the two communist par- Under the scheme, the reaching impact is the aim to Shah Bano days when Somnath         "            ties and their fellow travellers in the Left Government provides loans to 7).5$/ build homes for the poor and toi- Chatterjee, Saifuddin Choudhury                 @  Front can be traced to the loss of popular- individuals from poorer sec- 5./.+#5 lets in every home. Though and several others took on the            / *  /)      ity in their strongholds in West Bengal and tions of society to establish their some of these schemes were ini- Muslim clergy and strongly Tripura and their fluctuating fortunes in own businesses and pursue #*/.$#*, 8 tiated by previous Governments, opposed the Rajiv Gandhi   + *     0 -  7)!  Kerala. The Left’s fall is most noticeable in entrepreneurship. The idea is to /)$7*58" their implementation was slug- Government’s decision to bring "                0  West Bengal where its vote share has “fund the unfunded.” They get . +5,8. - gish in the absence of motivation in a law to prevent Muslim  D0   %   =   *   %     crashed from 50.70 per cent and 32 seats in loans ranging from 50,000 to and commitment. Delivery of women from taking benefit of a 2004 to 6.28 per cent and zero seats in 2019. 10 lakh. These small entrepre- +, ./ these schemes has picked up pace civil law and a Supreme Court        %"          While most political parties around the neurs and businessmen in turn after Modi became the Prime judgement providing mainte-                 world, including communist parties, re- employ five to 10 people to run #*/.$" Minister in 2014. nance to divorced women. That   *  0  4          invent themselves to stay afloat and win pop- their enterprise — be it a small *$3. >$ / All these schemes are aimed was in 1986. However, over the ular support, the CPI and the CPI(M) have eatery, a bakery, a garment or at ensuring the dignity of women last three decades, the Left has             "    stubbornly stuck to the theories and slogans leather-goods-making micro /)$$5>$/ and children, improving their become the standard-bearer of that defined them decades ago. Their ideas unit or a tea stall. These Mudra /#:#95#/# 8 living environment and health the pseudo-secular brigade, about the working class and organised beneficiaries can be found all and offering them incentives to become hostile to the Hindu labour and about the capitalist-proletariat over the country and the pro- 7. ,5#* better the quality of lives. One majority in the country and is binary remain unchanged, even though the gramme has the potential to ,*/"/)$+. would have thought that pro- pretending as if radical Islam is world has moved on. bring about noticeable change in grammes of this kind would be not an issue at all. The most 0 This writer found examples of this dur- the living conditions of the # 8/)$ hailed by the communists, but recent example of its contempt ing the Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal, where under-privileged classes. This that has not happened. The for Hindu sentiment is the way during the road shows, CPI(M) cadres kept writer met many beneficiaries +.EF)#>$ spokespersons of these two par- it handled the Sabarimala issue            chanting “Inquilab Zindabad” while waving during travels in several States /,* 5: ties have been consistently run- and encouraged individuals to      their red hammer and sickle flags. Which rev- recently. Available data on the /,+4//)$ ning down the Mudra Yojana deride Hindus, their customs and  olution were they talking about in this day and Mudra scheme is indeed heart- and all other schemes meant way of life. Where will they go            age when the market economy rules the roost? ening. Women entrepreneurs /)$*.$# 8 exclusively to better the lives of from here? Will they do what the           The best example of how these two parties are the major beneficiaries of the poorer classes, simply British Labour Party did some            are completely out of sync with today’s real- Mudra loans across sectors and 5-# /)#/ because they were launched by decades ago and change the way ity is their refusal to acknowledge the advan- constitute 70 per cent of those 8$9. $8/)$ Prime Minister Modi and he is they think and work? If they           tages accruing to the poorest of the poor who have taken advantage of this the driving force to ensure their again turn left, it’s a dead-end. If            through many innovative schemes like the scheme. Early this year, the 8$+#8$#- completion within the shortest they turn right, they will cease to           Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, the Pradhan Government announced that it possible time. The election be left! Where are they headed?            Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan had disbursed loans amounting results show that this kind of The nation wants to know. Dhan Yojana and the direct benefit transfer to 7.23 lakh crore. negativity has not gone down (The writer is an author spe-            scheme. Mudra is an innovative programme Under the Ujjwala pro- well with the people. cialising in democracy studies.   !  "     launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gramme, the Government pro- There are many other factors Views expressed are personal)                                            "  %  $  S        $        7     " .   !  7   EN   "  $     $>                  !    ! .   HF     /      .   7      ! .     . 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Now new Andhra 1(23 %    4S/         ed on various aspects in agitat-  3     "    L3 Pradesh Chief Minister            ing against the ruling Bharatiya   M#  "        Jaganmohan Reddy is toeing                 Janata Party (BJP). All those    !!         his predecessor’s line. Odisha leaders have maintained a curi-    .     !               and Bihar, too, are in the queue               ous silence over the lawful agi-     "   !   3 .   4  "   demanding special status.     *               tation by doctors of Government          ! !!    "  !       !!  Special status will ensure that 90        %      +    hospitals in Bengal, which   /+  -     3  /         per cent of the Central funds for affected healthcare services in   K       3 4         3 State projects, routed through                     other parts of the country as           !   3        !     the National Development          &     well, with doctors standing unit- + "    3   !             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Nearly two million peo- extradited to mainland China on Instead, they must focus on Government doctors earlier. She Madhu Agrawal ple have taken part in a mass mere suspicion of serious implementing wider reforms                 should take strict action against New Delhi protest. It is clear that most peo- crimes. Hong Kong is but an and more equitable investment    :            those guilty of beating doctors in ple in Hong Kong fear this pro- example of boldness in the face throughout the State.       4-  ;0       Government hospitals. It is  posed law as it is a matter of his- of power. It will remain in a cycle KV Seetharamaiah praiseworthy that Union Health torical conflict between China of protests unless fears and con- Hassan          $      Minister Harsh Vardhan made a and Hong Kong. The Bill itself cerns of protesters are addressed.                    humble appeal to Banerjee to Sir — The proposed extradition was ill-conceived, flawed and P Senthil    ,,! 4  7          ; ensure an immediate end to the Bill in Hong Kong has become open to abuse. Had it got a Via email !!$(!181"$95: 041:   !"#   3     ( #$"&   ** "#$" $# "#$      &     #   '3 # = ' ! * )   0 #;    #3   3    #    #   '   0 3 #3 &   0 9.  " +O   !   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It must be appreciated across the board            P     that the MHRD has again invited inputs that  Q       "  =   =    9 people, institutions, organisations, experts "  "        0 9   and others may like to submit after going       % S   $    through the draft. The MHRD shall be con-           %     sidering these before the final policy is        *        announced. The draft report clearly indicates how relevant it has become in the globalised      *       F2(( world to ensure active dynamism in education          *0     policy formulation to ensure it remains rele-     R   S  &  & ,  1(2? vant to absorb challenges that are emerging    9$              before nations at an unprecedented pace. thought out plan of action in preparation of years, the NCTE decided to sail along with the system or are ready to enter it. When the   *              The deliberations — before and after the teachers, who are supposed to be “passionate, tide, the number of private BeD colleges mush- Teachers Eligibility Tests were conducted  R= 0 S          0     finalisation of the policy — shall invariably motivated and well qualified, and well trained roomed and today it is touching 20,000. It will during the initial years, those who could clear    & 9 make references to the earlier education poli- in content, pedagogy and practice.” The NPE- be a tough task to create a regulatory mecha- it ranged from one to seven per cent.       " =  =  "  cies, particularly those of 1968, 1986 and 1992. 92 had assured overhauling of the system of nism that will enjoy credibility among the But there is a ray of hope. The objectives D              The contents of these earlier reports — at least teacher education and in pursuance of the aspiring teachers. Comprehension of ‘Why the of teacher preparation could indeed be    %          in academic and professional circles — shall same, several schemes were launched by the NCTE; or other regulatory bodies could not achieved effectively if everyone learns sincere- be scrutinised in the context of what was pro- Union Government. One of these was the attain and maintain credibility’ will determine ly and seriously from the success of the past       $      0  posed and to what extent it was really achieved enactment of the National Council for Teacher the fate of the success or otherwise of the pro- and more than that from the failures encoun-    = *-        in actual implementation. Chapter five of the Education (NCTE) Act and also the formula- posed mechanism that separates funding, tered so far. One wonders how long teachers R/ + S            draft NEP-19 on “teachers” begins with the tion of a scheme of restructuring and revital- standard setting, regulation and accreditation. in sarkari schools shall continue to be assigned            "  objective: “Ensure that all students at all lev- ising teacher education. Education policy-makers were knowl- non-teaching functions by district administra- D            0   els of school education are taught by passion- Let us take up NCTE first. It was the ful- edgeable enough to include in the NPE-86 that: tions in spite of repeated recommendations not     R0 4-$ ,  S   ate, motivated, highly qualified, professional- fillment of demand of senior and sincere “Teachers form the very heart of the educa- to do so and even court judgments being in                   ly trained and well-equipped teachers.” Indeed, teacher educators for over 20 years to create tion process — all teachers will have academ- support of it. Is it not cruel to children in a two- : %  *   *        this is a very well thought out comprehensive a regulatory body for teacher education insti- ic and professional support within a motivat- teacher school if both teachers are sent out for    *  28     policy statement that encompasses every tutions as they were not satisfied with the man- ing environment and culture.” Towards this, the months together for census, cattle-head count-     0 S        aspect of what a child, community or society ner universities were handling recognition and Government of India offered extensive finan- ing, vaccination or elections being held rather  P    Q %         * could expect from a teacher. regulation of teacher education institutions. cial and professional support to State regularly? States have shunned their respon- It will be relevant to recall the initial state- There were serious concerns about the restruc- Governments to re-energise their teacher sibility for decades together by not appoint-               ment of the National Policy on Education of turing and renewal of programmes, content education institutions. The scheme of estab- ing regular teachers. One simply hopes that            :  1986/92 (NPE 86/92): “The status of the and pedagogy, which had become out of date. lishing a District Institute of Education and official hypocrisy will vanish in future and rec-   =     P      teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of the It was inadequate and unable to respond to Training (DIET) had the potential to transform ommendations made (once again) regarding       Q@      society. It is said that no people can rise above fast-changing scenarios in school education the very face of school education in India. It teacher recruitment will sincerely be imple- 0   %   + @      the level of its teachers. The Government and with the advent of computers, internet and uni- had all the potential to create a vibrant pro- mented within a time-frame. The Indian *            community should endeavour to create con- versalisation of the accessibility of the fessional community of teachers. However, teacher education system still has — though     " =  S    ditions, which will help motivate and inspire Information and Communication Technology. most State Governments did not make regu- in a small proportion — dedicated institutions      P  Q   teachers on constructive and creative lines. The demand for the creation of a statutory lar appointments to academic positions even and academics who are convinced that they are 0    + @      Teachers should have freedom to innovate, to NCTE was also accentuated by the mushroom- against posts for which the Union Government lucky enough to get an opportunity to prepare    P      Q    0   develop appropriate methods of communica- ing of correspondence courses that were ini- provided full financial support. They preferred teachers for tomorrow. Thus, they are making tion and activities relevant to the needs and tiated by some universities to clear the back- to bring in people on deputation. the future of India. Let them be identified,          &    capabilities of and the concerns of the com- log of large number of untrained teachers in Similar was the fate of colleges of Teacher given the responsibility, inspire and encour-            munity.” The NPE-86/92 made a very strong schools. State Governments had begun to Education and Institutes of Advanced Studies age others to become partners in building new  + @      0 S   statement that “the system of teacher educa- squeeze the grants to universities, some bril- in education. These and similar schemes India. India can learn a lot from how Japan —    " =  =   *    tion will be overhauled.” It went ahead to rec- liant minds converted correspondence cours- were revisited — and redesigned — a couple a highly demoralised nation after World War <1(28           ommend the reorganisation of the methods of es into degree-awarding resource generating of times but the originally expected vibrancy II — could achieve an unprecedented trans-      0     P    Q   P     recruitment of teachers to ensure “merit, objec- adventures. Every policy implementer in edu- always evaded actual implementation. When formation through its teachers: Known for pro- Q   *      A+  tivity and conformity with spatial and func- cation must comprehend that the decline in the private entrepreneurs witness Government ducing worst products in 50s, the best of the               0  tional requirements.” One was privy to the quality of teacher education began mainly institutions being ignored and neglected — no products now come from Japan. Yes, teachers    A+       0  ,  =   deliberations of the 1992 policy revision and because of gross misuse of the distance edu- regular recruitments and no promotions— did it. It was the teacher community that con-    + @        formulation and it was agreed upon that there cation mode by university dons, vice chancel- they follow the suit, appoint staff only on paper vinced young impressionable children that was no need to make any changes in what was lors and the University Grants Commission and manage inspections following the well- anything they do must be for the welfare of + @    P   Q         already stated in the NPE-86 on teachers and (UGC). The UGC was granting “yearly” per- established — though unstated — practices. their country. That they owe it to Japan to work         0    + @   teacher education. mission to continue the BeD courses through The result in over 92 per cent of the private hard, never waste time and equip them con-      )     &  Practically, all that was envisaged in ear- correspondence, without in any way assessing institutions “do not even attempt to provide tinuously to perform better. India has the expe-                lier policies finds a place again in the new draft, the quality of courses and products. The NCTE a good education; instead many are function- rience. It can achieve a real change after the                which has comprehensively captured the became functional around 1994-95 and in spite ing as commercial shops.” And hundreds of new education policy is formally announced.              teacher-education scenario as it exists today. of serious hurdles, could discipline the truant thousands of young people with BeD degrees (The writer is the Indian Representative on          It has given indications for formulating a well- universities. Things changed within five-six from such institutions are either already in the the Executive Board of UNESCO)                       ("# , 5         

that starts from the reality that all care along with lack of civic sense and ilar training? Can our policy-makers in which they practise. A healthcare needed bed-side manner is nothing human beings need and receive care ethical behaviour in “care receivers.” mandate a physical fitness training, provider can become a powerful advo- but a sneering jibe in today’s state of and also give care to others. Care rela- This is a reflection of the lack of atten- push a law and create a legal cell for cate for a climate of caring because of healthcare system where every patient tionships among humans are part of tion to the state of healthcare in a frontline medical staff? The other unique perspectives. A lack of it may is eagerly awaiting his turn and com- what mark us as human beings; we are country that touches millions of lives option, of course, is to provide a lead to a collapse of healthcare services, peting with one another for the doc- always inter-dependent. In today’s in the corridors of an over populat- healthy environment in Government pushing many to the death hole or tor’s attention when they are com- context, we can argue that care work ed Government hospital, resulting in hospitals in spite of overcrowding so complicate the state of diseases, lead- pelled to complete/accomplish care- . >$/.-#/$*$#5 in India has been normalised as “vol- outbursts and breakdown of the that doctors (and healthcare providers) ing to prolonged sufferings. giving with optimal use of time and untary.” A moral tone has been given health ecosystem at the grassroot level can apply their minds to the best of Social movements have also exchange of words. >.5$ +$ (4#!#& to the highest skillful worker and the as well as in tertiary care centres. This their capability instead of staying fuelled new problems, namely de-per- Patients argue that healthcare  6 0'"   unskilled care-giver all alike. unsettles the morale of healthcare pro- alert, anticipating assaults and threats sonalisation of the patients and viola- providers fail to recognise that illness  .  he Indian healthcare sector, In recent times, health and allied fessionals, who invest a whole decade from a care-seeker from among the tion of the right to self-determination, and disability are states charged with mostly comprising Government policies have resulted in a major or more acquiring degrees and expe- crowd that encircles him/her waiting as witnessed in the disability rights personal meaning. Instead of commu- ! $ O  #4 Thospitals, saves more lives, restructuring of the healthcare sys- rience and in the process, losing the around his/her table, jostling and movement, AIDS movement, queer nicating with patients, they often   ! relieves more pain and suffering with tem. However, the structural transfor- larger picture of the society they pushing one another as they wait for movement and campaign against establish distance that diminishes  O    available resources (India’s health- mation most visible to us is the “pri- belong to. Incidents of assaults on their turn for treatment. clinical trials among others. De-per- them. They withhold information in    care GDP percentage is 2.5 in contrast vatisation” of healthcare, coupled health practitioners demoralise them The social aspect of the state of sonalisation is reflected in all spheres a manner that precludes hope, use       to 11.2 in Europe and 17.9 in North with hardline nationalist language. If and degrade the noble profession of affairs hindering medical care delivery of healthcare and in the context of aloof manners and misuse powers. America) than any other country in we trace history, we will see that medical care giving. calls for a public health approach Government hospitals — with corri- These discourage patients. Patients  /    the world. Yet, the sector has become changes during the first few decades It is understood that such intoler- around the perspective that provision dors and doctors’ chambers choking appreciate the care-provider to value      a public punching bag. Care-related after independence were at least at the ant behaviour is not seen in other pro- of basic needs is the key to good health. with patients — there is hardly a cul- interactive reasoning and thereby      / work has metamorphosed into a level of planning and there was some fessions like the police, who also deal And it includes sanitation, safe drink- ture of courtesy and social grace. In enact a climate of caring. It is impor- "    " notion of seva, allowing room to cur- commitment to public health. But by with agitated people or one’s over- ing water, right to treatment, security these over-populated set-ups, the first tant to realise that we are all receivers     tail the rights of health workers the 1990s, health investments were at whelmed with emotions. This is sim- for care providers and mandatory good casualty is basic human empathy — as well as givers of care, acted upon as (skilled and unskilled like the ASHA the lowest and public-private partner- ply because people are aware of the civic sense among care receivers at the all we get is brusqueness, negligence well as agents. This is a difficult posi-    !  workers and the like) and their resis- ships took over. dire consequences of misbehaving hospital interface. A healthy working of ‘good’ manners or the right words, tion to understand politically, but  O     tance is being labelled as “immoral.” Fundamental deficiencies of the with the trained individual who is climate allows a practitioner to re-com- disregard for bed-side manner, which strength and human cooperation can      As per Joan Tronto’s theorisation country maintain status quo, which equipped with arms and trained in mit to caring, continue the profession’s to a patient means bringing him/her arise only from our recognition of our    of “care ethics”, it is an approach to are the lack of provision for safe drink- legal affairs. Can the Government pro- tradition of arguing the dignity of peo- hope and comfort to his/her recum- mutual interdependence.      personal, social, moral and political life ing water, sanitation, basic medical vide the doctors’ community with sim- ple and shape the social climate with- bent or expiring patient. 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 ,#. explicit objective of monetary improve commercial viability of policy,” Das told a group of urban co-operative banks like a  $78$5). inancial stability has emerged senior IAS officers at the Lal proposal to establish an umbrel- Fas a key consideration for Bahadur Shastri National la organisation and a centralised rivate sector lender ICICI monetary policy formulation in Academy of Administration in fraud registry for them and gov- PBank on Monday the post-2008 financial crisis Mussoorie. ernance reforms. approached the National world beyond the imperatives of “The fact remains that “We are also encouraging Company Law Appellate inflation and growth, Reserve though the focus of monetary voluntary merger and consoli- Tribunal (NCLAT), seeking a Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das policy is mainly inflation and dation in the sector to help direction to NCLT Allahabad said Monday. growth, the underlying theme has reduce operating costs, diversify to hear urgently its insolvency A healthy financial sector is always been financial stability,” he risks and economise on capital,” petition against Jaiprakash a pre-requisite to improve growth stressed. he added. Associates Ltd (JAL) and pass prospects, he said, and expressed The RBI will focus on effec- Pointing to the 2013 taper the order without any confidence that the end of polit- tive communication and coor- tantrum experience, he said mar- further delay. ical uncertainty with the recent dination to “achieve broader ket volatilities in emerging mar- In its plea before the appel- polls and continuation of eco- macroeconomic objectives of kets could have been avoided late tribunal, ICICI Bank sub- nomic reforms may lead to a price stability, growth and finan- through clear advance commu- mitted that there has been no reversal of the current weak- cial stability,” he said, adding a nication on calibrated with- progress in its insolvency peti- nesses. healthy financial sector is a must drawal of monetary policy tion filed against JAL, which the dues by filing an insolven- Allahabad Bench to hear the The comments come amid a to “reinvigorate” the sagging accommodation. was filed in September last year. cy plea against the company (matter) ... On an urgent and  $78$5). 937.13 crore in these 11 trad- slew of troubles plaguing the growth by improving invest- Das said even after more The bank alleged that Jaypee under section 7 of the day-to-day basis and pass final ing days. NBFCs which account for a fifth ment climate. than a decade since the global group’s flagship firm is delay- Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code order of disposal ... hares of Jet Airways plunged Stock exchanges will of the credit market. Das said the Reserve Bank has financial crisis and six years after ing admission of the insolven- (IBC). Expeditiously and without any S18 per cent on Monday as impose restrictions on trading The central bank is taking a accorded high policy attention to the taper tantrum, the “global cy plea by approaching sever- However, JAL challenged further delay.” stock exchanges last week in Jet Airways shares from “fresh look” at shadow banking reform both banking and non- economy is still not on a stable al judicial forums. the ICICI Bank petition before ICICI Bank also alleged decided to impose restrictions June 28 as part of preventive regulation and supervision, and banking sectors, and exuded con- growth path.” ICICI Bank also said that the Allahabad High Court but that JAL is delaying the insol- on its trading from June 28. surveillance measures to curb is also monitoring the activities fidence that the new NPA guide- “India has continued to hearing before the Allahabad the same was rejected. Later, vency resolution process by The scrip tanked 16.76 per excessive volatility, according to of large NBFCs with a view to lines will “sustain the improve- exhibit robust growth driven by bench of National Company JAL moved Supreme Court, approaching several judicial cent to close at 68.30 on the a circular issued last week. ensure financial stability, Das ments in credit culture.” consumption and investment Law Tribunal (NCLT) was which too refused to stay the forums “only to prolong and BSE. During the day, it plum- The cash-starved airline said. On the crisis-hit NBFC sec- demand in recent past. However, adjourned almost 12 times application. delay the admission of the meted 19.56 per cent to hit a suspended operations in April. He said while a “delicate bal- tor, he said RBI has issued draft we have seen a loss of speed since from September 10, 2018, to “However, despite this, Insolvency Application”. multi-year low of 66. In a circular on ance” is necessary between infla- guidelines for liquidity frame- the second half of FY19 as some May 27, 2019, and such there is no development in this “It is submitted that the At the NSE, shares plunged Wednesday, the NSE said tion and growth in setting the work and is “taking a fresh look drivers of growth, notably invest- adjournments were “unfairly matter,” said ICICI Bank coun- Respondent (JAL) has been 18 per cent to close at  66.95. shares of the company would monetary policy in a flexible at their regulatory and supervi- ment and exports, slowed down,” delaying” the resolution sel on Monday. deliberately abusing insolvency On the traded volume be shifted from “Rolling inflation targeting framework sory framework”. he said, adding activity in agri- process. “We want direction to resolution process by approach- front, 26 lakh shares were trad- Segment to Trade for Trade like the one we adopted since the “It is our endeavour to have an culture and manufacturing mod- Hearing the matter, a sin- NCLT to expedite the matter,” ing different forums to stay or ed on the BSE and over two Segment, wherein the settle- past two years, financial stabili- optimal level of regulation and erated sharply. gle-member NCLAT bench of the counsel said, alleging that set aside the Insolvency crore shares on the NSE during ment in the scrip will take place ty is also important in the present supervision so that NBFCs are It is expected that the end of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat directed the proceedings before NCLT Application,” it added. the day. on gross basis with 100 per cent context. financially resilient and robust,” he political uncertainty associated to list ICICI Bank’s plea on July are being played into the hands JAL was in the RBI’s sec- In 11 trading days since upfront margin and 5 per cent “Financial stability has said, and reiterated that RBI will not with an election season and con- 1 for hearing. of the JAL promoters. ond list of 26 defaulters, against May 30, the scrip tumbled price band”. emerged as another key consid- hesitate to take any step to main- tinuation of economic reforms JAL owes around 1,296 In its petition, ICICI Bank which banking sector regula- 54.72 per cent from 150.85 on There are restrictions in eration for monetary policy, tain financial stability. would lead to a reversal of the crore and the bank had has requested the appellate tri- tor had directed to initiate the BSE. The company’s mar- trading of shares that are under though the jury is still out as to The governor also said a current weaknesses in some of approached NCLT to recover bunal to “direct NCLT, insolvency process. ket valuation has fallen by Trade for Trade Segment. whether it should be added as an number of steps were taken to the indicators in our economy.    6 #  ;B   , 15 ?  "       +5/ #       4   ,#. ?@ 6>6> tate Bank of  $78$5). Monday. SIndia-led  $78$5). “SG Barkindo reaf- consortium of il cartel OPEC member firmed India as an impor-  $78$5). rent fiscal. lenders lectric vehicle makers’ body OUAE has assured India of tant partner for OPEC India’s GDP growth Monday decid- ESMEV Monday called for uninterrupted supply of oil and expressed keen inter- itch on Monday cut India’s declined for the fourth con- ed to send the imposition of ‘green cess’ on and LPG despite disruptions in est to further strengthen Fgrowth forecast for the cur- secutive quarter in January- grounded Jet polluting vehicles besides seek- the Strait of Hormuz, Oil the India-OPEC partner- rent fiscal for a second time in March, with the economy Airways to the ing putting of EVs in priority Minister Dharmendra Pradhan ship,” he said. a row to 6.6 per cent as manu- expanding by 5.8 per cent, National lending sector to accelerate said Monday. Pradhan has been facturing and agriculture sec- down from a cyclical high of Company Law of Tribunal -Shaman Wheels and Gaggar creation of a robust ecosystem. India is 83 per cent depen- making calls to leaders of tors showed signs of slowing 8.1 per cent in the March (NCLT) as they have not yet Enterprises — had moved the In its Budget wish list, the dent on imports to meet its oil oil-rich nations ever since down over the past year. quarter of 2018. received any concrete propos- NCLT seeking bankruptcy pro- Society of Manufacturers of needs and is reliant on nations the BJP came back to The global rating agency “This is the lowest growth al for the airline. ceedings against the airline Electric Vehicles (SMEV) also like the UAE to meet half of its power and he was reap- had earlier in March lowered outturn in five years. The slow- The decision was taken and on June 13 the tribunal, asked the government for a cooking gas (LPG) needs. pointed petroleum min- the growth estimate for 2019- down over the past year has after a meeting of the lenders. which is yet to admit the peti- dedicated allocation for ‘clean Pradhan in Twitter posts ister. 20 to 6.8 per cent, from 7 per been driven by steadily cooling “After due deliberations, tions put off the matter for fur- air’ campaign, which could be said he held telephonic dis- State and Group CEO “Reviewed current devel- cent projected earlier, on weak activity in the manufacturing the lenders have decided to seek ther hearing to June 20. integrated under the Swachh cussions with UAE Minister @AdnocGroup H.E. Dr. Sultan opments in oil markets and momentum of the economy. sector and, to a lesser extent, resolution for Jet Airways under The tribunal asked these Bharat Mission. and Abu Dhabi National Oil Ahmed Al Jaber and discussed ongoing supply disruptions. The cut in growth forecast agriculture. Weaker momen- the bankruptcy code since only parties to serve legal notices to “We strongly advocate the Company (ADNOC) Group ways to collaborate and work Expressed concern over sig- comes ahead of the presenta- tum has been mainly domesti- a conditional bid was received,” the grounded Jet Airways. imposition of a notional green CEOP Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber together to strengthen our nificant oil price volatility and tion of the Union Budget on cally driven, though export SBI said in a statement. The airline, which was cess on the polluting vehicles over tensions in the Gulf region hydrocarbon engagement,” resulting challenges to Indian July 5. growth has also faltered more The statement further said grounded on April 17, owes and use it to accelerate electric following attacks on two oil Pradhan said. consumers,” he said on his dis- Indian economy grew at its recently,” Fitch said. the move was necessitated as 8.74 crore to Shaman Wheels mobility,” SMEV Director tankers last week. During the telephonic call, cussions with OPEC Secretary slowest pace in five years at 6.8 It said the Reserve Bank the prospective investor wants and 53 lakh to Gaggar. General Sohinder Gill said in “Expressed concern at the he also discussed UAE’s lead General. per cent in 2018-19. In the has cut interest rates by 0.25 per some Sebi exemption deal the Jet Airways owes more a statement. supply disruptions in the Strait role in ongoing India’s strategic India, he said, “will con- January-March quarter, the cent in its June meeting - the deal which can be worked out than 8,000 crore to a consor- He further said funds gen- of Hormuz. Dr. Jaber assured petroleum reserves pro- tinue to work with OPEC growth slumped to a five-year third cut so far this year- in the better under the IBC. tium of banks led by the State erated from such a cess can me of oil and LPG supplies to gramme. membership on responsible low of 5.8 per cent. Following face of weak growth momen- The bank said lenders have Bank of India, which now run help reduce burden on the India despite the disruptions,” The UAE has hired stor- oil pricing, which is the best this India lost the fastest grow- tum and contained inflation. been taking efforts to find a res- the airline, while it has a much Government exchequer. he tweeted. ages in the underground stor- interests of both producers ing economy tag to China, “We expect another 25 olution for the grounded car- larger debt pile by way of accu- “This fund could be The attacks on oil tankers ages India has built as insur- and consumers.” which grew at 6.4 per cent in basis point cut later in 2019, rier outside IBC but now have mulated losses to the tune of utilised in the frontloading of last week raised concerns over ance against supply disrup- Also, it was decided to the same quarter. which will push the policy decided to seek a resolution 13,000 crore and vendor dues incentives to customers and supplies through the Strait of tions. work towards an early con- “We see growth for repo rate down to 5.50 per cent. within the IBC. of over 10,000 crore and bring electric two-wheelers Hormuz that is the conduit for Pradhan said he also spoke vening of the 4th India-OPEC FY2019-2020 printing at 6.6 per Monetary and regulatory eas- It can be noted that on June salary dues of over 3,000 prices down to the level of a fifth of the world’s oil. to OPEC Secretary-General high-level institutional dia- cent, before stepping up to 7.1 ing from the RBI, along with a 10, two operational creditors- crore. petrol two-wheelers,” Gill said. “Spoke to UAE Minister of Mohammed Barkindo on logue, he added. per cent in FY 2020-2021 and recovery in portfolio inflows, 7.0 per cent in FY 2021-2022,” should support a recovery in Fitch Ratings said in its latest credit to the private sector and Global Economic Outlook. reverse the drag from the neg- RBI has projected a growth ative credit impulse,” Fitch rate of 7 per cent for the cur- added.

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9   B  %  ,, >   ,,     Patna: Six more children died in on deaths from suspected AES Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on cases and people dying due to Monday, taking the toll due to heatwave. Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief cipal should be done under the Vidyalaya up to secondary level suspected Acute Encephalitis The State Government Minister Yogi Adityanath on Uttar Pradesh Public Service and to check the quality of milk Syndrome (AES) to 103 and would bear the cost of treatment Monday directed officials of Commission and ‘Shiksha Seva which is distributed once a prompting the state govern- of the affected children and the Basic and Secondary Ayog’ should be formed to week in the schools. ment to announce a slew of reimburse the people reaching Education Department to not maintain transparency in the Adityanath said teachers in measures to tackle the situation. hospital by private vehicles if hold files for more than three recruitment process. the state should be awarded and According to a release they do not get the ambulance days otherwise strict action will During the meeting, he the criteria for honouring them issued by the district adminis- facility, which is free, the official be initiated against them. directed the officials to take fixed. tration, 18 deaths were report- said. He asked the officials to measures to improve the quali- He added that ‘Basic ed from the Kejriwal hospital The chief secretary stated form ‘Shiksha Seva Ayog’ for ty of education in schools and Shiksha Adhikaris’ (BSAs), who and 85 from the Sri Krishna that all the primary health cen- recruitment of teachers. asked them to conduct surprise are serving at one place for Medical College and Hospital tres (PHC) had been activated, Adityanath was holding a visits at the educational institu- many years, should be trans- (SKMCH), where Union Health adding that the units were review meeting with the officials tions. ferred. Minister Harsh Vardhan had equipped with administering of the state’s Basic and Secondary Adityanath also emphasised The Chief Minister has visited the patients on Sunday saline and glucose. Education Department. on installing solar panels in asked the officials to visit the and assured their families of all He emphasised on the need “If any file stays for more schools and asked principals to schools and communicate with possible help from the Centre. to create awareness to prevent than three days in the depart- work under the Kayakalp the principals, teachers and While doctors have main- the disease and said children ments, strict action will be taken Scheme. employees twice in a year. tained that the deaths occurred should be given ORS, should not against the officer concerned,” he He also asked them to link Deputy Chief Minister due to AES, State officials be made to sleep with an empty told the officials, reprimanding Akshay Patra of Lucknow and Dinesh Sharma, Minister of claimed that most of the victims,  ,            , B      6B 7    stomach and reach the PHC as them for the delay in providing Mathura with Aadhaar cards State for Basic Education and below the age of 10, have died        ,,     # soon as possible. textbooks, bags and uniforms to under the mid-day meal scheme. Child Development Anupama due to hypoglycemia — a con- The chief secretary, howev- children. According to the official Jaiswal and UP Chief Secretary dition caused by low level of by senior officers of the Health Government over the deaths. It year. er, claimed that the percentage According to an official release, instructions have also Anup Chandra Pandey were blood sugar, electrolyte imbal- Ministry, Indian Council of observed that despite reported The chief secretary said the of deaths vis-a-vis the number release, the chief minister said been issued to upgrade the also present in the meeting. PTI ance due to high temperature Medical Research and the measures taken by the Government had also decided to of admissions of children in that selection to the post of prin- Kasturba Gandhi Balika and extreme humidity. AIIMS. Government agencies, deaths of send a team to each household, hospitals had declined to 26 per On Monday, five more chil- Vardhan directed another children in such large number where children died due to sus- cent this year, which he said was dren died at the SKMCH and high-level team to immediately indicated a possible flaw in the pected AES cases, in order to 35-36 per cent in earlier. one at the Kejriwal hospital, visit the district and undertake implementation of vaccination find out their social and eco- He added that the India 1 while the condition of 12 necessary groundwork for the and awareness programmes. nomic background, Meteorological Department patients at the two hospitals was setting up of a state-of-the-art Chief Secretary Deepak The purpose, he said, was to had said the heatwave condi- stated to be serious, the release multidisciplinary research cen- Kumar said no clear cause of find out whether the deaths had tions would continue for the 8 said. tre, according to a statement. deaths could be ascertained so any link with the background of next two days in various parts Union Health Minister The National Human Rights far and indicated that one of the the deceased families. of the State. The department Harsh Vardhan reviewed the sit- Commission (NHRC) sent reasons could be that no rainfall, The official was speaking to has forecast rainfall and thun- uation at a high-level meeting in notices to the Union Health even pre-monsoon rain, reporters after a meeting chaired derstorm on Wednesday in New Delhi, which was attended Ministry and the Bihar occurred in the district this by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar parts of the State. PTI Thrissur (Ker): A State-run Vijayan. We had never attempt- Aizawl: After the proposed Akademi on Monday rejected ed to change that decision deportation of over 200 the Left Government’s advice to also,” he said. Myanmarese refugees from +    (   % *)3) ) *Q) review its decision to honour a The cartoon ‘Viswasam Mizoram were deferred two cartoon, depicting Bishop Rakshathi’ had appeared in a days ago, the administration Franco Mullakal as a rooster Malayalam magazine last year has taken up fresh initiative to !  8  (  and alluding to the rape charge after Mullakal was accused of repatriate them, State Home   '636667)* against him, saying the jury’s rape by a nun. Minister Lalchamliana said ,   ,  ! decision was final and Showing Mullakal as a Monday. Saharanpur (UP): A man was Police (SSP) Dinesh Kumar P to the couple. The couple had Akademi would stand by it. rooster, it also has a pink A total of 219 Myanmarese arrested on Monday for said, the accused, Praveen, is a three girls, the officer said. The decision was taken coloured lingerie in the crosier refugees belonging to 54 fami- Pathankot: The special court, He said it was needless to allegedly abducting and selling relative of the boy. The boy’s As the child’s parents unanimously at the executive (staff), carried by a bishop as a lies are staying in four villages of which convicted six people in say the commission of this a five-year-old boy to a couple parents worked as labourers. reported the matter to the committee and the general symbol of the pastoral office, southernmost Mizoram’s the murder case of an 8-year- “devilish and monstrous crime for 20,000 in Uttar Pradesh’s The child’s parents were police, Praveen was ques- council of the Kerala while a group of nuns is shown Lawngtlai district since old nomadic girl in Kathua in has sent shockwaves across the Shaharanpur district, police out on work when Praveen tioned. He later confessed to Lalithakala Akedmi Akademi, fleeing. November 2017. Jammu region, has termed the society and the actual guilty said. along with his wife Renu came the crime. which met at its headquarters Pushparaj, however, made “The Centre instructed us to crime “devilish and monstrous” needs to be brought under the The boy, however, was res- to their house in Saloni village The accused was taken to here. it clear that no religious sym- deport the foreigners who were committed in the most “shame- sword of justice.” cued within an hour and Rs of Sarsava area here and took Sultanpur village where the An autonomous cultural bol was shown in a poor light in Lawngtlai district’s ful, inhumane and barbaric He also observed the crime 19,000 cash recovered from the Saurabh to nearby Sultanpur police rescued the boy, but the organisation of the govern- in the award-winning cartoon. Hmawngbuchhuah village and manner” for which “poetic jus- committed against the minor is accused, they said. village, he said. couple who had bought the ment,the Akademi also turned “What had been depicted even use force if necessary,” the tice” needs to be done to its per- “shameful, inhumane and bar- Senior Superintendent of Praveen then sold the boy child managed to flee. PTI down the criticism that the car- in the cartoon was the symbol minister said. Lalchamliana said petrators. baric” but said the evidence toon,titled ‘Viswasam of power and not any Christian identification of the refugees was District and sessions court brought on record has to be Rakshathi’ (protection of faith) symbol. being conducted again as the fig- here, hearing the matter on the tested on a “touchstone in order drawn by K K Subhash of When the staff is carried by ures given by the Lawngtlai dis- direction of the Supreme Court, to find out the real culprits, so Chengalam, had hurt the sen- a person, whom we can trict administration and the convicted six people on June 10 that no innocent person is timents of the Christian com- describe even as an anti- Assam Rifles authorities did in the case which included crushed under the wheels in an munity. social,it is just a symbol of not tally. Inspector General of Sanji Ram, dismissed police- unjust manner.” “We have unanimously power.. there is no need to Police John Neihlaia told PTI man Deepak Khajuria and After hearing prosecution decided not to intervene into attach any holiness to it,” he that the government took firm Parvesh Kumar, who have been lawyers, comprising S S Basra, the decision of the expert jury said. stand on the issue of foreigners sentenced to life in jail. J K Chopra, Harminder Singh Jaipur: Amid the ongoing cele- which had selected the cartoon Two members of the entering the state illegally and “Heaven and hell are no and Bhupinder Singh, as also a bration of Mahatma Gandhi’s for the award. akademi’s general council that stringent action would be geographical locations, our battery of 57 defence lawyers, 150th birth anniversary, Chief Their decision is final and belonged to the same church taken against illegal immigrants. thoughts, actions and character the judge said, “There is noth- Minister Ashok Gehlot on we will not make any change in denomination, which had The district administration create the situation of heaven or ing on record which could Mumbai: The Mumbai Police awaiting the forensic report of Monday urged youths to imbibe it,” Akademi chairman Nemom raised objection to the cartoon on Saturday deferred the pro- hell for us,” judge Dr Tejwinder show that there is a false impli- on Monday opposed the bail the mobile phones of the Gandhian values of truth, non- Pushaparaj told PTI. and they were also of the opin- posed repatriation of the refugees Singh wrote in the beginning of cation (as contended by defence plea of three women doctors, accused as well as the victim, violence, peace and simplicity in “Last time, the award was ion that there was no need to to Myanmar on ‘humanitarian his 432-page judgment, a copy lawyers) of accused persons in arrested for allegedly abetting the police said that if the their lives. given to a cartoon criticising review the jury’s decision, he ground’, Lawngtlai district offi- of which is with PTI. this case”. PTI the suicide of a junior colleague, accused were released on bail, He also called upon them to Chief Minister Pinarayi said. PTI cials said. PTI saying recording of statements they will hamper the probe. spread these values around them. of eye witnesses was underway. The accused-- Hema Addressing the concluding The Mumbai crime branch, Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and session of 10-day National Unity probing the suicide of Payal Ankita Khandelwal, attached to Camp here in which youths Tadvi, filed its reply to the bail the BYL Nair hospital here, from different states had come to plea before special Judge P B were arrested on May 29 and participate, Gehlot said the cel- Jadhav on Monday. are currently in judicial custody. ebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s The police said that since They have been charged birth anniversary would contin- Tadvi belonged to a Scheduled under relevant sections of the ue for a year even after October Tribe, the three accused doctors IPC, the Maharashtra 2 this year. tortured her mentally, ragged Prohibition of Ragging Act as Mohandas Karamchand her and forced her to commit well as the Scheduled Castes Gandhi was born on October 2, suicide. and Scheduled Tribes 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. The accused were abscond- (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Gehlot also urged youths ing for about five days after the Meanwhile, the prosecution attending the National Unity incident and during this peri- moved an adjournment appli- Camp here to carry the spirit of od, they planned on how to cation saying it was not in their the country’s unity and integri- tackle police interrogation, they hand to arrange the equipment ty to their respective states and said. required for video-recording of impress it upon the people Stressing that they were the court’s proceedings. PTI around them. PTI       5      -  ,%:4$,,

Ahmedabad: A man in Aizawl: The proposed meeting round of repatriation of Brus Gujarat’s Valsad district has of the Joint Monitoring Group from October and that the been booked for allegedly giv- (JMG) on Bru repatriation to process should be completed ing triple talaq, prohibited by be held in Delhi on Tuesday before December this year. law, to his wife through a was postponed on the request Preparations are in full WhatsApp message, police said of the Mizoram Bru Displaced swing from May 28, the day on Monday. People’s Forum (MBDPF) lead- after the election process for An official identified the ers, a senior State Home Parliamentary polls was over accused as Jailun Javed Kalia department official said here by holding a meeting of the (27) and said he has sent the on Monday. district core committee on Bru divorce message to his father The JMG comprised of repatriation at the border town Javed Kalia a few days ago. top officials of the Ministry of of Kolasib, followed by a meet- “The victim, a 25-year-old Home Affairs, senior Home ing at Mizoram-Tripura- woman now residing with her department officials of both Bangladesh border Mamit parents in Umargam town in Mizoram and Tripura govern- town and later at Bangladesh Valsad, filed a complaint on ments and leaders of the border Lunglei town. Sunday. Jailun, a resident of MBDPF, the official said. “The repatriated Brus Sanjan, works in a shipping The JMG meeting was would be resettled within the firm and is currently abroad,” called to deliberate on the pre- Assembly constituencies where said Inspector PM Parmar of paredness of the stake-holders they had resided in 1997, Umargam police station. for the repatriation process. before the exodus in accor- “Upon getting the divorce The official said the dance with the guidelines of message from his son, Javed MBDPF said that they would the repatriation,” the official Kalia took a print-out and not be able to attend the meet- said. approached a cleric to for- ing due to ill-health of their While 4,185 Bru families malise the separation,” he said. leaders and the time for hold- were proposed to be resettled The couple were married ing the next meeting was yet to in Mamit district, 822 Bru four years ago and have a three- be scheduled. families would be resettled in year-old son, he said, adding Meanwhile, the Mizoram 10 villages in Kolasib district, that the victim has complained government has already 371 families would be resettled that she was tortured in her announced its proposal to in south Mizoram’s Lunglei marital house. PTI commence the ninth and final district. PTI  9 ● ,+ * + 01(+ * # & ( &  3 +) %*   (+% , (+   + +  , (++% +% ( . /&   !"#

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You Snation right when they take on the game, Morgan insisted there is no need to that includes the likes of Tom Curran and However, the players from the war- Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil look over at where they are practising, they low-ranked but spirited Afghanistan in hit the panic button just yet. His fitness will Moeen Ali. torn nation can take confidence from the Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, are practising against quicks, and look over their bid get closer to a semi-final berth be monitored over the next 24 hours before After suffering a shock loss to Pakistan, fact that they almost pulled off a win James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood. at our nets and we’re practising against spin. today. the final call is take on his participation England have got their act together, against Sri Lanka. 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'  $5)*.N /$ Petersburg event in January to Sharapova will face “I wasn’t really thinking have surgery on a long-standing Slovakia’s Viktoria Kuzmova in about being excited about the uis Suarez and Edinson shoulder injury. the first round of the grass-court way I was playing, even though LCavani were on target as Sharapova has struggled to Wimbledon warm-up event, there were some great matches Uruguay thumped 10-man find top form since coming and could play three-time Grand that I played in the start of the Ecuador 4-0 in their opening back from a 15-month doping Slam title winner Angelique year.” Group C match at the Copa ban in 2017. Kerber in round two. Sharapova has slipped to America on Sunday. “When you go out in a tour- The Russian star beat for- 86th from 29th in the rankings Nicolas Lodeiro opened nament, anything can happen,” mer world number one Caroline during her lay-off. the scoring after just six min- the 32-year-old former world Wozniacki at the Australian “I took this time in order to utes before Ecuador full-back number one told wtatennis.com. Open earlier this year, but has come back to my first event and Jose Quintero was dismissed “You want to go out on the only reached one major quarter- feel like I have a really good for a flailing arm. court and you want to show the final since being suspended for chance at it. With a numerical advan- type of tennis you think you can taking meldonium. "Being away from the game tage, Uruguay ran riot at the produce. I certainly have expec- Sharapova thinks that, due for a few months is always chal- Mineirao stadium in Belo tations for myself... And I enjoy to the injury, she was not enjoy- lenging, because you miss a lot Horizonte as Cavani and Suarez getting better every day. ing her tennis six months ago. of things, but from a shoulder netted before the break. The “The injuries are very frus- “I’ve been through it before. perspective, I’m giving it a real- rout was completed 12 minutes trating... But then the next day, My shoulder has been trouble- ly good chance here. Every from time with an Arturo Mina you start feeling better. some for a majority of my match is going to be a really own goal. “The next day, you get bet-                   career,” she said. good test.” “We had chances in the first half, we managed to take them and that gave us the tranquility to manage the        ,  game,” said Cavani, who final- = ly scored his first Copa America goal in his fourth participation. “It was an important step.” It was the ideal beginning for Uruguay in a tough Group  ).*).# C alongside champions Chile 1  !  ,    ; P        and guests Japan, who meet on ackling a lower-ranked Monday in Sao Paulo. Brazilian referee tional goal. TFiji should not be prob- Uruguay were off Anderson Daronco — lem for the Indian hockey to a dream start. whose bulging arm  # #&# team at the FIH Women’s Suarez crossed muscles put even Nahitan Nandez wasted a Series Finals but chief coach from the right and Ecuador's strapping good chance, shooting straight Sjoerd Marijne says the job Lodeiro proved the players to shame — ini- at Dominguez but Suarez put will get easier if his side could coolest customer in tially showed the full- the game to bed a minute improve its “conversion rate”. the Mineirao stadium as he back a yellow card but after before the break, stealing in at      ,             :    At number nine, India is beat one defender with his consulting VAR he changed the back post to poke home a top ranked side in the tour- chest control, flicked the ball that to red. flick-on from Martin Caceres. '  /,//-#*/ didn't face a break point in the nament and has conceded over another and then hit a That left Ecuador with a With the game all but over final. just one goal in two match- crisp, low volley into the bot- mountain to climb. as a contest, the second half was anadian rising star Felix "On grass, beating these unbe- es played so far. India beat *  P  (   (  B        tom far corner. On 27 minutes, Alexander a damp squib of an affair. CAuger-Aliassime's wait for a lievable guys... there were a lot of Uruguay 4-1 before blanking Uruguay were rampant and Dominguez made a brilliant The fourth came in calami- maiden ATP title was extended on tough moments," said Berrettini, Poland 5-0. if that happens, it will be eas- Dutchman said his team is had the ball in the net soon low save to turn behind tous fashion as Gaston Pereiro Sunday as the teenager was beat- who did not lose a set during his A victory against World ier for us to win the match- now gelling well. afterwards only for Cavani to Cavani's half-volley from 15 tried to pick out Suarez from en by Italian Matteo Berrettini in run, ousting second seed Karen No 44 Fiji in their last Pool es,” said Marijne. “The most important be given offside in the build-up. yards. Cavani's cross even though he the Stuttgart final. Khachanov in the second round. A match will ensure a semi- “What has impressed aspect for me, is to see how Ecuador brought a physi- Paris Saint-Germain for- was only six yards from goal. The 18-year-old has risen to Auger-Aliassime is one of a final place for the Rani me in the first two matches the players enjoy playing cality to the contest that upset ward Cavani was denied again His header dropped to Ecuador 21st in the world rankings this sea- number of Canadian youngsters Rampal-led Indian side on has been the fact that we together, and how they com- the Uruguayan players and when Dominguez stunningly center-half Mina, who inadver- son, but fell to his third defeat from climbing through the tennis ranks, Tuesday. have created good field bine on and off the field. Quintero was perhaps lucky to tipped his clever back-flick tently volleyed into his own as many finals, as Berrettini won including Denis Shapovalov and “There is no doubt that opportunities, and have also When you keep trying to escape punishment when onto the post one-handed. goal. 6-4, 7-6 (13/11). Bianca Andreescu. the team has played well in been able to earn more combine on the field, it catching Diego Laxalt with an But it was third time lucky “The important thing was The victory in the grass-court He saw five set points come the first couple of matches, penalty corners. The team is results in everybody getting elbow in an aerial challenge. on 33 minutes as Diego Godin that the team won and now Wimbledon warm-up was the and go in the second-set tie- but we want to be perform- enjoying themselves on the an opportunity to play and But moments later, his arm headed the ball into the danger we'll prepare for the next 30th-ranked Berrettini's third title, break, before the 23-year-old ing at the highest level pos- pitch, and that is good to see perform as well,” he said. made contact with Lodeiro's area and Cavani acrobatically match,” against Japan on after triumphs on clay in Gstaad Berrettini — the first Italian grass- sible, and I believe that there as a coach that your players The chief coach said the face when challenging for rasped a bicycle kick from Thursday, said Suarez, who last year and Budapest in April. court finalist since Andreas Seppi is still room for improve- are enjoying each other’s team is focused on winning another header, this time draw- seven yards past a helpless notched his 57th goal for The Italian won all 50 of his at Eastbourne in 2011 — took his ment. Our conversion rate company,” he added. all the matches and won't ing blood. Dominguez, his 47th interna- Uruguay. service games in Stuttgart, and third match point. can definitely be higher and The 45-year-old take any opponent lightly.