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Jammu & Kashmir and the situation to turn into union territories and cease special status to Jammu & which approved the resolu- According to the resolution Ladakh. The union territory in another battle torn Kosovo, special rights enjoyed by its cit- Kashmir as “historical” saying / 0 ! 1 tion and the Jammu & Kashmir moved by the Home Minister, Ladakh will have no legislature he said. izens on land, business and it came in the way of integra- .23P Reorganisation Bill. Both will Article 370 ceases to be oper- like Chandigarh. The Government hopes employment. tion of the State into India. 5 ! now come up in the Lok Sabha ative from Monday itself. “The The other union territory that abrogation of Article 370 As the Government moved While tabling the resolu- on Tuesday. President on the recommen- of Jammu & Kashmir will have that accorded special status to a Bill to convert J&K into a tion in the Rajya Sabha, Shah the supreme sacrifice for a standing demand for repealing The Government’s effort to dation of Parliament is pleased a legislature like Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir and the union territory with an said Article 370 was intro- united India. Congratulations Article 370 will be fulfilled. tackle head-on the vexatious to declare as from 5th of Puducherry, where key subjects consequential end of Article Assembly and a Lieutenant duced in the Constitution on to the entire nation. Today, Shah, who received a 72-year-old problem wrack- August 2019, all clauses of the like law and order are with the 35A that defines the permanent Governor and thereby the October 17, 1949, and almost Modi Govt has corrected a standing ovation from his ing the soul of the nation sent said Article 370 shall cease to Centre. residents of the State will help Centre wielding major power 70-year-long provision led to long overdue historic wrong,” party colleagues when he a wave of jubilation among BJP be operative...,” the resolution Shah said full statehood in the integration of the erst- over it, the State has “lost” its lack of development, corrup- Shah tweeted later congratu- entered the House minutes supporters and others, but pro- stated. will be restored to Jammu & while J&K State into the Union privileged status like Assembly tion and loot by “three families’ lating Modi for “his unwaver- before proceedings in the Rajya enjoying six-year tenure, out- for so long. ing commitment towards Sabha commenced, termed siders not allowed to buy land Shah said decision to abro- ensuring unity and integrity of the move as “historical”. )* and Kashmiri women marry- gate Article 370 ensures that our motherland”. In his half an hour reply, ing outside forfeiting their there will be no “do nishan, do The revocation comes Shah highlighted the “monu- rights over land in Kashmir. samvidhan” (two flags, two against the backdrop of Shah mental injustices” of the past + Twenty four seats which Constitutions) in Jammu & asserting during the election and presented the fall in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. rallies before the recent Lok Government’s vision for the ,) Kashmir (PoK) shall remain “This decision is a tribute Sabha elections that if his people of J&K in the Rajya vacant in new Assembly of J&K to all the patriots who made party retains power, the long Sabha in the presence of the PM. union territory. over India despite being of the Parliament. same religion because he trust- Former Home Minister P akistan Prime Minister he Congress, along with ed in our secular framework. Chidambaram said, “We antic- PImran Khan on Monday Tsome regional parties, on But, that trust has been bro- ipated a misadventure, but did termed India’s move to revoke Monday vehemently opposed ken,” Azad said. not think in our wildest Article 370 of the Constitution the Modi Government’s move “Lakh of people from the dreams that they will take which gave special status to to abolish the provision of the State, including political party such a catastrophic step. Today Jammu & Kashmir as “illegal” Article 370 of the Indian leaders, sacrificed their lives to is a black day in the constitu- and said it will “further deteri- Constitution, terming the deci- uphold the unity of India since tional history of India.” orate” relations between the sion as a “catastrophic step”. then and revoking the Article Former Law Minister nuclear-capable neighbours. Registering his protest in is tantamount to ‘murder’ of Kapil Sibal pointed several Imran made the remarks the Rajya Sabha, Leader of the Constitution,” said Azad. flaws in the the Jammu & while speaking separately with Opposition Ghulam Nabi He said the entire Kashmir Kashmir Reorganisation Bill in his Malaysian counterpart Azad said Article 370 was his- valley is under curfew and the current format and said it Mahathir Mohamad and torical as people of J&K joined three former Chief Ministers of will fail the test of judiciary if Turkish President Recep Tayyip India in 1947 after then the State and political leaders challenged. Erdogan. Maharaja Hari Singh signed have been arrested. Azad said the Government He said changing the sta- the Instrument of Accession. He wanted the situation to had on Monday “cut off the tus of Kashmir was “illegal and “I say that Maharaja Hari be discussed first before the head of India” and destroyed a violation of UN resolutions”. Singh didn’t chose Pakistan resolution was moved in the history of J&K for votes. (
wo former Chief Ministers Tof Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were arrested within hours after the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Bill to bifurcate State into two Union Territories (UTs). According to official sources, first PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was escorted to the State guest house by the security personnel and later Omar Abdullah was taken into police custody. Early in the day, both these politicians had reacted adverse- ly to the historic move of scrapping of Article 370. Omar in a press statement ! ) *+ said, “The Government of , India (GOI)’s unilateral and . ' M N shocking decisions today are a ‘total betrayal of trust’ that the State acceded to it in 1947”. ! "#$ people of Jammu & Kashmir “The decisions will have far %M "#$ N ' had reposed in India when the reaching and dangerous con- sequences. This is an aggres- sion against people of the State as had been warned by all par- !& ties meeting in Srinagar on .% Sunday. " A long and tough battle lies " ! ahead,” he added. ! & ! &D Mehbooba, Omar Abdullah and Sajjad Lone, the three most prominent politi- cians from Jammu and O 000" Kashmir, were earlier placed !"# !!D under house arrest after mid- ! & night on Sunday in an unprece- % dented lockdown. && '( %! !! Mehbooba tweeted, “Today & ! # ! marks the darkest day in Indian !! % democracy. Decision of J&K *+,- leadership to reject 2 nation theory in 1947 & align with India has backfired.” !"
), 6 ! Sabha last week. "The NMC Bill 2019 is he Indian Medical unacceptable to the medical TAssociation (IMA) has fraternity in the current for- Jaipur: The Rajasthan arliament on Monday passed given a call for a strike on mat. The community health Assembly on Monday passed a Pamendments to the Motor August 8 to protest against providers envisaged in the Bill providing for a significant Vehicles Act as well as the certain provisions of the bill is a direct threat to thou- raise in salaries and allowances National Medical Commission National Medical sands and thousands of poor payable to State Ministers. (NMC) Bill after Lok Sabha Commission (NMC) Bill. vulnerable marginalised rural The House passed the approved minor changes made It said the medical stu- patients. The health of the Rajasthan Ministers' Salaries by Rajya Sabha. On August 1, dents will continue their strike nation is at stake. We demand (Second Amendment) Bill, Rajya Sabha cleared the National across the country under IMA that the government of India 2019 by a voice vote. Medical Commission Bill for Medical Students Network. engage the modern medical The bill was introduced by replacing the Medical Council of "The call is for all the fraternity on meaningful dia- state's Parliamentary Affairs India (MCI) with a new body. out corruption, improve road ders. The Minister said accord- modern medicine doctors to logue and address the issue Minister Shanti Dhariwal today The Bill was already passed by safety and usher in use of tech- ing to the 2011 census there are leave their work place across urgently," the IMA said. and was passed after a brief Lok Sabha but since the Upper nology to regulate traffic, with more than 4.80 lakh transgen- the sectors at all levels," The NMC Bill provides debate on it. House made two amendments certain amendments. Since ders in the country. according to a statement by for setting up of a National Introducing the bill, it came back to Lok Sabha. some changes were made by A contentious provision the IMA. Medical Commission in place Dhariwal said looking to the (>( 9 house where he had gone to Health and Family Welfare Rajya Sabha, it was again that criminalised begging by The doctors' body has of the MCI for development present level of prices, the exist- have his dinner. But he did not Minister Harsh Vardhan moved brought to Lok Sabha for clear- transgender people has been also called for demonstra- and regulation of all aspects of ing salary and sumptuary and nce again a BJP supporter return till late in the night. At the Bill for passage mentioning ance. removed from the bill. The pro- tions and hunger strikes at its medical education, profession other allowances payable to Owas found dead in myste- around 11 pm, a local, who was about amendments made by This apart, the Lok Sabha vision was part of the bill when local branches and urged and institutions. the chief minister and other rious circumstances at Naranga passing by the area, saw a Rajya Sabha in the Bill. This passed Transgender Persons it was introduced by the previ- medical students to boycott Doctors are demanding state ministers, including par- Dighi village at Pingla, West body hanging from the tree. including providing for a med- (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 ous government. classes and proclaim solidar- certain amendments in the liamentary secretaries appeared Midnapore, sources said. When police came, we found ical education system that and Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, Moving the Surrogacy ity with the IMA. bill. According to them, if not to be inadequate. Pintu Manna (19), a out that it was him,” a relative improves access to quality and 2019. The transgender protec- (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the On Sunday, resident doc- amended, the bill will lead to "Under these circum- reported BJP supporter was on of Manna said, adding sus- affordable medical education tion of rights bill was passed by Lok Sabha for consideration tors of AIIMS and Safdarjung deterioration of medical edu- stances, it has been considered Monday found hanging from a pecting TMC hand in the and ensures availability of ade- a voice vote amid noisy protests and passage, Vardhan said that Hospital had called off their cation and degradation of expedient to increase the salary tree near his house on Sunday killing. quate and high quality medical by some opposition parties over "A rough estimates says there are strike and resumed duties healthcare services. and allowances payable to morning, sources said. The However, Sheikh Sabrati, professionals in all parts of the Congress leader Adhir Ranjan about 2,000-3000 surrogacy after Union Health Minister The fraternity was oppos- them," Dhariwal told the incident happened at TMC's Pingla block president country. Chowdhury not being allowed clinics running illegally in the Harsh Vardhan assured them ing section 32(1), (2) and (3) House. Following the passage of Narangdighi area of Pingla. said he had committed suicide Minister of State for Road to speak on his adjournment country and a few thousand for- that their concerns over the of the bill, saying it will the Bill, the salaries and various The body of the boy had been alleging the BJP was trying to Transport and Highways Gen notice. Replying on the bill, eign couples resort to surroga- NMC Bill will be duly encourage quackery by pro- allowances payable to various sent for autopsy, police said. add political colour to the inci- (Rtd) VK Singh on Monday Minister of State for Social cy practise within India and the addressed. viding licence to practice categories of ministers, includ- The BJP later alleged a dent. The BJP claims to have moved the Bill to amend Motor Justice Rattan Lal Kataria said it whole issue is thorougly unreg- The doctors had been modern medicine as commu- ing the chief minister, ministers Trinamool Congress hand in lost scores of supporters to Vehicles Act in the Lower makes provision for establishing ulated." The bill, he said "was the demonstrating against cer- nity health providers for per- of State, deputy ministers and the death of the person. “He political violence in the past House. On July 31, Rajya Sabha a national authority for safe- need of the hour." It seeks to ban tain provisions of the bill sons other than those pos- parliamentary secretaries will (victim) had gone to his uncle’s couple of years. cleared the bill that seeks to weed guarding rights of transgen- commercial surrogacy. since its passage in Rajya sessing MBBS degrees. go up. PTI 1) / 7 / * * + & !1 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on obtained" to ascertain as to The woman, allegedly raped by Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh whether she was she was in "a fit BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in New Delhi: The Supreme Court is an issue which is "something Government to "airlift" during the condition to be transferred". 2017 when she was a minor, is bat- on Monday said it would con- institutional". day the Unnao rape survivor, who "In case the doctors opine that tling for life after a truck rammed sider on the administrative side The apex court said the Minister, he had held meetings on the suffered critical injuries when her she is in fit condition to transfer, into the car she was travelling in as to whether there would be issue would be considered on the prospective modernisation of the parlia- car was hit by a truck last week, then she shall be transferred to with some family members and her recording of day-to-day hearing administrative side. ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya ment premises. from Lucknow for better medical AIIMS at New Delhi. In view of the lawyer. Two of her aunts died in the in the Ayodhya land dispute case On September 26, 2018, LSabha Chairman and Vice President M "I want to assure the public that the par- care at AIIMS here if her treating request of the mother, we direct the accident recently. which is scheduled to com- the apex court had allowed live- Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged Prime liament's sovereignty will be held intact. doctors declare her "fit" for the State of Uttar Pradesh to airlift the The bench was informed that mence before a Constitution streaming of court proceedings Minister Narendra Modi to include the The country's most sacred institution transfer. victim by air-ambulance to Delhi Mahesh Singh, uncle of the Unnao bench from Tuesday. of cases of constitutional and expansion and modernisation of responsibility has increased and has raised The lawyer of the rape survivor and transfer her to AIIMS today rape survivor had been trans- A plea, filed by former RSS national importance, saying this Parliament building in his resolution for the the expectations of the people too. The par- came rushing to the courtroom itself, if so permitted," it said in the ferred to the Tihar jail in Delhi ideologue KN Govindacharya openness was like "sunlight" 'New India' on the completion of the 75 liament should become even grander," said minutes after the apex court order. from a jail in Uttar Pradesh in pur- seeking live streaming or record- which is the "best disinfectant". years of India's freedom in 2022. Both made Naidu. adjourned to August 9 the issue of The authorities at AIIMS are suance of its earlier direction to ing of the day-to-day hearing in Govindacharya referred to this statement in Lok Sabha and Rajya Presiding over the proceedings of the transferring her and her injured directed to make necessary ensure his safety. the Ayodhya case, was men- the last year's verdict and said Sabha during the proceedings. House, Birla said it is the aspiration of all advocate to AIIMS in Delhi and arrangements for her proper treat- Singh's wife was in the ill tioned for urgent hearing before that the right to know is a fun- "I want to make a request to the Prime of us that Parliament building of the sought a direction for airlifting her. ment and care, it said, adding that fated car and had died in the acci- a bench comprising Justices SA damental right and necessary Minister that on the 75th anniversary of the largest republic and the largest democra- "At this stage, counsel appear- the responsibilities of the AIIMS dent. He participated in her cre- Bobde and BR Gavai. orders be passed for live stream- freedom of India in 2022, the modernisa- cy of the world should be the most mag- ing for the family members of the "starts from the tarmac of the mation on Wednesday after the "We don't know if we have ing of proceedings in the tion of the Parliament House is undertak- nificent and attractive. Stating that all polit- victim has put in appearance and Airport of Delhi". Allahabad High Court granted equipment for live streaming or Ayodhya matter. en. The parliament is the biggest temple of ical decisions were taken in this most hal- states that since the victim has It also said the same facility be him parole for a day. recording of proceedings," the A five-judge Constitution the Indian republic. It has completed 92 lowed temple of the Indian republic, Birla developed Pneumonia, her moth- accorded to the injured lawyer also He has been convicted in a 19- bench told senior lawyer Vikas bench headed by Chief Justice golden years. All political decisions of the said the Parliament building has complet- er now wants that she be shifted to if his family members make the year-old case and sentenced to 10- Singh, appearing for Ranjan Gogoi had on August 2 world's biggest democracy are taken in this ed 92 glorious years of its existence. He also All India Institute of Medical same request. year jail term on a case filed by Govindacharya. said it would hold day-to-day temple of democracy," said Naidu address- assured, on behalf of all Members of Sciences (AIIMS) at New Delhi," "In case the family members of Sengar's brother, Atul Singh. Singh told the bench that if hearing from August 6 to decide ing Rajya Sabha. Parliament, that the sanctity and dignity of said a bench of Justices Deepak the lawyer of the victim make a The top court had on Friday there was difficulty in live- the politically-sensitive Ram On the need to modernise the Parliament will be kept intact. Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. similar request to the State author- put on hold its earlier order trans- streaming of the proceedings, Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Parliament complex, Naidu said the The Parliament House was designed in The top court made clear that ities at Lucknow..., he shall also be ferring the case of the collision then recording of the hearing land dispute in Ayodhya, as the Parliament Building has become quite old 1912-13 by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert before transferring the girl to airlifted along with the victim, fol- from a Lucknow court to Delhi to may be done. The bench, while efforts to arrive at an amicable and during his tenure as Urban Baker. The construction of the building Delhi, the opinion of the doctors lowing the same procedure as laid enable the CBI to complete its refusing to accord urgent hear- settlement through mediation Development and Parliamentary Affairs began in 1921 and was completed in 1927. at the Lucknow hospital "shall be down for the victim," it said. investigation. PTI ing on the plea, observed that it have failed. PTI Chennai: Vellore parliamen- endorsement of Chief Minister tary constituency recorded near- K Palaniswami's two year rule, stituency and once from It may be recalled that Ahir ly 72 per cent polling on although the party had little to Mumbai: The Bombay High judges noted. sel, Additional Solicitor General Anushakti Nagar constituency had quit the NCP and joined Monday, officials said. boast of in the April 18 polls. Court on Monday dismissed a In his plea, the prosecution Anil Singh, had, however, leven days after its Mumbai in north- central and north-east the Shiv Sena on July 25. There were no untoward If DMK wins, it will be per- plea filed by a witness in the witness in the encounter case of opposed Zala's plea in the court Eunit chief Sachin Ahir quit Mumbai respectively. “Sometimes one has to take incidents, police said, even as ceived as a verdict against the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin, his wife and their during its hearing in the past. the party and joined the Shiv Born at Duswa in Uttar hard decisions. Only time will there were some reports of ruling party, with the state suspected gangster aide Tulsiram Prajapati, had The central agency had Sena, Nationalist Congress Pradesh, he migrated to tell whether my decision (to EVMs and VVPATs malfunc- poised to face the general elec- Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his Wife termed the lower courts verdict argued that Zala's plea was not Party (NCP) on Monday Mumbai in 1970. He was a min- join the Shiv Sena) is proper or tioning. tions in 2021 at the end of the Kasuar Bi and their aide, chal- as a mockery of justice". maintainable since Section 372 appointed its senior leader and ister the erstwhile Congress- not. I am happy that I am join- Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral current term. lenging the acquittal of 22 peo- Zala had alleged that some of the Criminal Procedure chief spokesperson Nawab NCP governments handling a ing the Shiv Sena. At the same Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo Both Palaniswami and ple in the case by a special court of the accused policemen in the Code (CrPC) permitted only Malik in Ahir’s place as the variety of portfolios. He, how- time, I am not so happy to leave said "about 72 per cent" of the Stalin had embarked on a hec- here. case, including former Gujarat the prosecution, the state and party’s Mumbai unit president. ever, resigned as the minister in the NCP," Ahir had said. total 14.32 lakh voters cast their tic campaign schedule, fighting The witness, Mahendrasinh ATS chief D G Vanzara, had the central government, the Making an announcement 2005 following allegations of Forty-seven-year-old Ahir, votes on Monday in the six hard to reaffirm their respective Zala, had challenged the tried to extort Rs 15 lakh from complainant or the victim in a at the behest of party-founder corruption made against him who had steadily moved up Assembly constituencies covered parties' dominance. December 2018 order of the him and threatened to "kill" him case to file an appeal. president Sharad Pawar, State by social crusader Anna within the NCP ranks to under the Vellore Lok Sabha seg- Though polling was origi- sessions court acquitting 22 in "another fake encounter sim- Since Zala was merely a NCP president Jayant Patil said Hazare. Later he returned to the become its Mumbai unit pres- ment. "The final figures are still nally scheduled in Vellore on accused, 21 of them junior-level ilar to Sohrabuddin's" incase he witness and not a victim, his that Malik’s appointment as cabinet and was appointed a ident, had said: “I am going awaited," he said. The con- April 18 along with the rest of policemen from Gujarat and failed to pay the amount. appeal must not be entertained, the party’s Mumbai would Guardian Minister of Mumbai. from one stream of ideology to stituency is witnessing a fight the 38 Parliamentary segments Rajasthan, in the case, which He thus, approached the Singh had argued. come in handy in not only He is considered close to the another. I tried to meet Pawar between AIADMK and DMK, in Tamil Nadu, it was then was probed by the Central high court arguing that since The high court took note of strengthening the party in Pawar family. saheb. I wanted to tell him with A C Shanmugam of the rul- rescinded after Income Tax offi- Bureau of Investigation (CBI). the now acquitted police offi- Singh's arguments and also of Mumbai, but it would also help With Malik at the helm of about my plans to join the Shiv ing party taking on Kathir cials seized money allegedly A bench of Justices Indrajit cers had also been charged for the provisions of Section 372 of reach the party’s policies and the party affairs in Mumbai, the Sena. But, I could neither meet Anand, son of senior DMK meant to bribe voters. Earlier, the Mahanty and A M Badar dis- extortion in the Sohrabuddin the CrPC. The bench noted programmes to the common NCP hopes to expand its base him nor talk to him over phone. leader Durai Murugan. DMK-led alliance had swept the missed Zalas plea, saying the case, and that the same officers that Zala did not have any people in the metropolis. in the metropolis in the run-up But, Pawar saheb will always Counting of votes of will be April 18 Lok Sabha elections in same was not maintainable had tried to extort money from direct connection with the Sixty-year-old Malik is a to the State Assembly polls to have a permanent place in my taken up on August 9. Tamil Nadu, winning 37 con- since he was not a victim in the him, he be considered a victim Sohrabuddin encounter case four-time MLA — elected to be held in Uttar Pradesh. The heart. But, I had in the past The poll outcome is being stituencies in the state and the case. in the matter and his appeal be and therefore, could not be the State Assembly thrice from party thinks he is an apt briefed him about the situation keenly awaited as a win for the lone segment in the neighbour- Therefore, he did not have entertained. considered as a victim in the Kurla’s Nehru Nagar con- replacement for Ahir. in my constituency in the past". AIADMK would be seen as an ing Puducherry. PTI the legal right to appeal, the The CBI, through its coun- same matter. PTI ) 8) 7+1 Ahmedabad: Congress leader ly through single ballot, and not illegal. Gaurav Pandya has filed an through two ballots. The Supreme Court had Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala election petition in the Gujarat The petition is likely to earlier rejected a plea by the IAS officer Sriram High Court challenging the come up for hearing this week. Gujarat Congress just after the Venkitaraman was suspended New Delhi: Against the back- up to 33, plus the CJI, accord- the required number of con- Election Commission's deci- It claimed the EC notifica- EC notification was issued. on Monday and a special inves- drop of nearly 60,000 pending ing to the Supreme Court stitution benches to decide sion to hold separate bypolls to tion was unconstitutional and The SC, in its June 25 tigation team formed by the cases in the Supreme Court, a (Number of Judges) important cases involving two Rajya Sabha seats in the violated the Representation of order, had, however, granted G`overnment, two days after Bill to increase the number of Amendment Bill introduced by questions of law were not State. People Act 1951. liberty to Congress to file an his arrest for alleged drunken judges in the top court from 30 Law Minister Ravi Shankar being formed, the CJI said. The elections to the seats Through his lawyer As per the Constitution, 'election petition' after conclu- driving that caused the death of to 33 was introduced in the Prasad. "You would recall that way which fell vacant after BJP Babubhai Mangukiya, Pandya election to the vacant seats of sion of polls. a journalist here. Lok Sabha on Monday. The apex court is func- back in 1988, about three leaders Amit Shah and Smriti has sought the court's direction the Rajya Sabha should be The EC notification had The 33-year-old officer, As of now, the Supreme tioning with its full strength. decades ago, the judge strength Irani were elected to the Lok to quash the election, as well as held together so that the system clarified that vacancies for under judicial remand, was Court has a sanctioned The bill comes days after of the SC was increased from Sabha from Gujarat's notification issued by the EC of proportional representation bypolls to all Houses, including under observation at the strength of 30 judges, plus the Chief Justice of India Ranjan 18 to 26, and then again after Gandhinagar and Uttar announcing the holding of by means of single transferable the Rajya Sabha, are considered Intensive Care Unit of the chief justice of India -- 31 Gogoi requested Prime two decades in 2009, it was Pradesh's Amethi respectively polls separately. vote can be applied, he said in "separate vacancies" and sepa- Government Medical College judges. Minister Narendra Modi to increased to 31, including the were held on July 5. He has also sought the his petition. rate notifications are issued Hospital here even as police said Once the bill gets increase the number of CJI, to expedite disposal of Pandya had lost from one court's direction to the poll He said the EC notification and separate polls are held, the result of his blood test was Parliamentary approval, its Supreme Court judges. cases to keep pace with the rate of the seats to Minister of panel to hold the election to the announcing bypolls to the two though the schedule can be the negative for alcohol trace. PTI sanctioned strength will go Due to paucity of judges, of institution," he wrote. PTI External Affairs S Jaishankar. two seats afresh simultaneous- seats in Gujarat was therefore same. PTI chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | AUGUST 6, 2019 SC provides relief BJP cadres celebrate decision to Abhishek, Punit to scrap spl status to J&K
STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR bail to Punit in a multi-crore DKS scam. The upreme Court on Monday Chhattisgarh government Sprovided relief to Abhishek appealed in the apex court Singh, the son of former against the high court order Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and sought rejection of the Raman Singh by putting a stay bail. on his arrest in a chit-fund Advocate Mahesh scam till further order. Jethmalani pleaded on behalf The High Court of of Abhishek and Punit in the Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur had apex court. earlier dismissed his petition Assistant Advocate for the for interim bail. petitioners, Vivek Sharma A division bench of Justice informed that “the court has Deepak Gupta and Justice given order in Abhishek’s case Aniruddha Bose of the apex that no coercive steps could be court gave the stay order on taken till the further orders his arrest till further orders. and had issued notices to the The Supreme Court also state government and the dismissed the petition of applicant”. Chhattisgarh government “Similarly, the Supreme for rejection of interim bail Court also dismissed the of Punit Gupta, son-in- law appeal of the state government of the former chief minister. for cancellation of interim bail Chhattisgarh High Court, provided to Punit Gupta”, he STAFF REPORTER n legislature and Ladakh BJP national vice presi- Welcoming the decision, Singh said it would help find Mukherjee has been hon- Bilaspur, granted interim informed. RAIPUR without one. dent and former chief minis- BJP national general secre- solution for the infrastruc- oured. BJP Rajya Sabha MPS BJP state president ter Raman Singh said Modi tary and MP Saroj Pandey tural problems of Jammu- Ranvijay Singh Judeo, he Chhattisgarh unit of Vikram Usendi said under and Shah had rectified the said it’s a moment of joy and Kashmir and Ladakh area Santosh Pandey, Sunil Soni, Tthe BJP termed historical the leadership of Prime historical mistake and spread emotions. BJP Scheduled along with eliminating sepa- Vijay Baghel, Mohan Suspected Maoist the Centre’s move to repeal Minister Narendra Modi and the message of nationalism. Tribe Cell national president ratists and terrorist forces. Mandavi, Chunnilal Sahu, Article 370 and Article 35-A Union home minister Amit The much trampled dream of and MP Ramvichar Netam Leader of Opposition Arun Sao, Gomati Sai and of the Constitution of India Shah, the Central govern- nationalists for so many years said Modi government has Dharamlal Kaushik said a Guharam Ajgale, state BJP from Jammu-Kashmir, which ment by taking a decision to now has been realized. The hit hard on the separatists. It historical work has been spokespersons have also wel- will pave the way for bifurca- repeal the two contentious dream of Jan Sangh founder would further strengthen done by finding a permanent comed the decision terming IED expert held tion of the northern states Articles has worked towards Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee nationalism. solution to the problem of it as a new hope for people of into two Union Territories – integrating Kashmir with rest and former PM Atal Bihari Union minister of state Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu-Kashmir and a posi- STAFF REPORTER n SUKMA around Errabore weekly mar- Jammu and Kashmir with a of the country. Vajpayee has been fulfilled. for tribal affairs Renuka sacrifice of Dr Syama Prasad tive political decision. ket,” a local police official stat- suspected Naxal, who ed. Aaccording to police is an Based on intelligence expert in planting IEDs, was input, Kawasi Hunga (25), a DGP Merit Scholarship arrested during an anti-Naxal Maoist Janmilita member and operation in Sukma, police resident of Bodagubali village Raipur to host 46th officials informed here on Errabore was nabbed, Sukma Monday. police said. for students belonging to “A district police party He was involved in plant- from Errabore police station ing IED near Errabore weekly had received input that a market, which was detected Maoist who is an expert in on July 21, 2019, police nat’l expo for children police families gets nod IED planting was spotted informed. STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR hhattisgarh police on Monday Cdecided to launch a scholar- Firoz and Raees ship for meritorious students belonging to police families. A proposal to start the DGP Siddique sent to 14 scholarship got a nod at a meeting of the Chhattisgarh Police Central Welfare Committee and Joint days judicial remand Advisory Committee chaired by the state’s police chief DM Awasthi at the conference hall of Police consideration. Service in police The duo were arrested on Transit mess on Monday. department would prove beneficial As per the decision, students only if by the time police blackmailing and extortion charges STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Meeting was informed that and on final day all participants will who will score 85% or more marks personnel/officials get retired, leveled by Pappu Farishta around 200 models across the tour prominent tourist spots of the in 10th board exam will be given a their children complete their high- hhattisgarh will host the 46th scholarship of `1500 to `2000 per er education. country will be exhibited having state. n Police later also added the Jawaharlal Nehru National month and students who have Awasthi said that a committee STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR C topic ‘Scientific Solutions for Dwivedi said selected children charges of ‘common intention’ Science, Mathematics and scored 80% or more in 12th board has been constituted under the challenges of life.’ Sub-subjects will from all districts be called to partic- ejecting the bail plea of and ‘criminal conspiracy’ in Environment Exhibition-2019 at exam will be provided scholarship chairmanship of ADGP Ashok be agriculture and bio-farming, ipate for which a letter be written to RFiroz Siddique in a black- the charge-sheet presented on B.T.I. Ground, Raipur from October of `3000 per month. Juneja to prepare SoP for equal health and cleanliness, resources all district education officers to mailing case, a local court here Monday. 15 to 20. management, solid waste manage- organize science exhibition for class For graduation and post promotion opportunities for all the sent him and his brother Raees officials/employees of state police. Brother of Firoz, Raees It will be organized jointly by ment, transport and communica- 9th to 12th students of government graduation from any prestigious to a 14 days judicial remand. School education department and In the meeting, proposal of was arrested the other day and tion and mathematical models. schools. Similarly, 50-60 students institution of the state, eligible The order was issued by National Council of Educational according to police they have Around 400 students and 200 from private schools should also be meritorious students will be higher education loan on the court of chief judicial mag- Research and Training (NCERT). minimum interest rate for collected enough and substan- teachers from across the country are selected. He directed officials to provided scholarship of `5000 per istrate Bhupendra Wasnikar tial proofs against the duo. Principal secretary school meritorious children of police expected to participate. From the ensure cultural programmes based month, under this scheme. on Monday. The petitioner Pappu education Gaurav Dwivedi chaired state around 200 students and on Chhattisgarh's culture. In his address to members of personnel was also approved. Notable, both brothers himself have provided sub- a meeting on preparation of the teachers will also participate. He directed officials to extend advisory committee, DGP Awasthi Police officials/personnel will were arrested by Raipur police stantial proofs of audio tapes event at Chhattisgarh Infotech Additional to exhibition on invitation to those 5 children having said that proposals related to now have access to financial aid of on a complaint from one of Firoz to the police, alleging Promotion Society (CHiPS) state current affairs and other subjects, contributed for launch of 105 satel- welfare and development of police `1.50 lakh from crisis fund, twice Pappu Farishta on blackmail- that he used them to blackmail data centre. renowned scientists will give lecture lites and also ISRO scientists. families should be taken into in their entire service period. ing and extortion charges. him and also for extortion. ‘Provide immediate power Jogi welcomes move to connections to farmers’ scrap special status to J&K STAFF REPORTER n category people living RAIPUR in that state were not able to draw the benefits anta Congress of reservation system, JChhattisgarh (Jogi) which now they will on Monday welcomed easily get,” Ajit Jogi said the Centre’s decision to while adding it was per- scrap the special status sonally a matter of joy to Jammu and Kashmir for him. STAFF REPORTER n auditorium, Singhdeo instructed the and removal of section Jogi opined that in BALODABAZAR: power company officials for uninter- 35A. the next state assembly rupted power supply and immediate Terming the bill session, legislators in he rainfall deficit so far this replacement of faulty transformers. presented by Union Chhattisgarh should Tmonsoon has worried farmers Deputy director of agriculture home minister Amit pass a motion of thanks of the state. Considering this grim department citing rain data of past Shah in Parliament as to Prime Minister situation, Panchayat and Rural 10 years informed the meeting that historic, JCCJ founder Narendra Modi, Home Development minister T S only 65% of rainfall was received and former Chief Minister Amit Shah and Singhdeo reviewed the situation in till date. He apprised that the agri- Minister Ajit Jogi said the central government. the district of which he is the minis- culture works was hampered due to that his party whole- “Scrapping of ter in-charge here on Monday and scanty rainfall till date. heartedly welcomes the Section 370 , which was instructed the concerned officials to MLAs Chandradeo Rai, decision. a temporary provision immediately provide power connec- Shakuntala Sahu, Shivratan “Due to special brought 72 years ago will tion to farmers who sought for it for Sharma, Pramod Sharma, Shailesh status given to Jammu be a great help in finding Two wrestlers jostled in the annual traditional wrestling competition organised to mark ‘Nagpanchmi’ at century-old installation of irrigation pumps. Pandey and President Zila and Kashmir, a large permanent solution to ‘Shankar Akhara, Gudhiyari’ premises in capital city, Raipur on Monday. Around 50 teams from across the state In the review meeting with district Panchayat Poonam Markandey number of Tribal, Kashmir problem,” Jogi participated in the event. Photo Santosh Sahu officials held at district collectorate were present in the meeting. Gujjar and backward told reporters. !" * + ,-
7 < parties said "it is the senti- chalenge (There cannot be 154 promises it made before promises made by the BJP ment of the House and it is two Constitutions, two Prime assembly polls in Haryana. before assembly polls. Khattar he Haryana Assembly on not a party matter." Ministers and two flags in one Finance Minister asked the Congress member TMonday passed by voice Indian National Lok Dal nation). Abhimanyu asked Hooda not not to mix up issues and vote a resolution hailing the (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Congress members, to do petty politics as the mat- restrict himself to the resolu- Centre's decision to revoke Chautala supported the reso- including Karan Singh Dalal, ter is of national interest. tion. Article 370 and 35 A which lution and added the Article asked the leader of the House This led to heated exchanges Congress Legislative Party gave special status to Jammu 370 should have been revoked to explain the technical between treasury and oppo- leader Kiran Choudhary said and Kashmir, with the oppo- much earlier. aspects of the Centre's move. sition benches. since Independence many sition Congress too support- Sharma described the However, cabinet minister When Parliamentary Congress leaders have given ing it. revocation of Article 370 as a and BJP's Anil Vij said he Affairs Minister Ram Bilas sacrifices for country. "The Chief Minister Manohar "historic day". "We should should make it clear whether Sharma asked about his stand Congress always stood with Lal Khattar moved the reso- congratulate the PM, the HM he supports the revocation of on the resolution, Hooda said, what is in the country's inter- lution hailing the Centre, and the Centre for the step Article 370 or not. "I have no problem in sup- est," she said. Agriculture Home Minister Amit Shah taken in the nation's interest," Congress MLA and for- porting it". BJP members minister O P Dhankar asked and Prime Minister Narendra he added. In this context, mer CM Bhupinder Singh raised slogans of "Bharat Mata Choudhary if she is support- Modi for the decision. Sharma also referred to BJP's Hooda said it was part of the Ki Jai". ing the resolution. The Seconding the resolution, founder Syama Prasad BJP's election manifesto to Hooda was again on his Congress leader replied that Parliamentary Affairs Mookerjee and his solgan "Ek scrap Article 370. He asked feet to clarify that he supports she supporting it. Minister Ram Bilas Sharma desh mein do vidhan, do Khattar whether the BJP has the resolution, but sought to 0) 9 : 1 0! ) Later, the resolution was while seeking support from all pradhan aur do nishan nahi implemented even one of the know about the fate of passed by voice vote in House. " 7! .. /
,, elhi Customs officials have 01 Darrested three persons for allegedly trying to smuggle gold and foreign currency in separate ,, O ./0/ incidents in national Capital on /12'131.2'3 Saturday. '( )1/.60 In first incident, two per- 21 year-old girl student of 6/'/ /'/8)1619 sons including an Air India and AJawaharlal Nehru 3')/'/''3 SATS (Singapore Airport University (JNU) had alleged 06( 2131'6 Terminal Services) employee that she was drugged and 12'1/./0/ for their alleged involvement in ' ) raped by a cab driver while she '2'0 11''6 smuggling gold bars worth over ' ) 7! 5 was returning from her friend’s 26 lakh at Delhi’s Indira house on Friday night. '1/0'//0/ Gandhi International (IGI) air- intercepted by the customs offi- senior Customs official. venture between Air India sonal and baggage search result- Police said that they have Mandir Marg on Friday night. 1'/01/. port. While in another incident, cials at the multilevel car park- “Those three gold bars were Limited and Singapore-based ed in the recovery of foreign registered a First Information “The woman was found 13)1/./.'/P a Bangkok bound passenger was ing and brought to the arrival recovered from a washroom SATS Limited which offers currency equivalent to Report (FIR) and manhunt unconscious by locals in a nabbed at IGI for allegedly try- hall along with his baggage,” said near the Arrival Gate number end-to-end ground handling 42,61,920 concealed in his has been launched to nab the park near IIT Delhi on been reported after a gap of ing to illegally export foreign the senior Customs official. 11 and 13. The recovered gold services such as passenger and check-in baggage,” said the accused driver. Saturday morning. She was two days. During medical currency equivalent to over 42 “During search, four gold bars have been seized under baggage handling, aircraft inte- senior Customs official. Police said that the woman taken to Safdarjung hospital examination, no injury mark lakh concealed in his check-in bars weighing 466 grams worth Section 110 of the Customs Act, rior cleaning and cargo han- “During interrogation, the alleged that the cab driver had and was discharged after treat- was found on the body of the baggage. 15,03,277 was recovered. and both the passenger and the dling services among others”, arrested passenger admitted to offered her something to drink, ment. Later she returned to her victim. Apart from the delayed In first incident, according Besides, he had handed over Air India SATS employee have they said. his involvement in smuggling of due to which she fell uncon- hostel and narrated her ordeal reporting the incident to to a senior Customs official, on three gold bars weighing 350 been arrested,” said the senior In another incident “The foreign currency in his last scious following which, he to the JNU authorities. She was police, there are also some Saturday, a passenger arrived at grams worth 11,29,071 to the Customs official adding that passenger was about to board a visit as well,” the Customs offi- raped her. Police said that they then taken to the police station other inconsistencies in the the Terminal-3 of IGI Airport Air India SATS’ Passenger further investigation is going on. flight to Bangkok on Saturday cials said. are trying to trace the cab for recording her statement version which are being veri- by an Air India Flight. “He was Service Assistant,” said the “There is a 50:50 joint when he was intercepted. A per- based on her description. The and a case under appropriate fied during investigation,” said woman is from western Uttar sections was registered at the police official privy to Pradesh and is pursuing a for- Mandir Marg police station of investigation. eign language course in JNU. New Delhi district and inves- “Police teams are also According to a senior tigation has been taken up,” scanning CCTV cameras in police official, the woman had said a police official. the area to nab the accused dri- + 7 < by Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Kotkapura MLA Sandhwan was demanding to advance the boarded the taxi from the “The alleged incident has ver,” said the police official. Kultar Singh Sandhwan during the Question Hour paddy transplantation dates to June 5 or 10 ater woes flowed into Punjab Vidhan Sabha on advancing paddy transplantation date, cate- citing that “short duration between two crops com- Won Monday during the ongoing monsoon ses- gorically made it clear that there was “no possibil- pels the farmers to indulge in burning their paddy sion with the lawmakers, cutting across party lines, ity of advancing the dates from June 20”. residue”. putting their heads together to resolve agricultur- Highlighting the “serious” water problem “Advancing the date even by 10-15 days would, " 5 al-related issues cropping out of water shortage. Punjab is facing, Capt Amarinder announced that at least to some extent, resolve the problem of pol- As the MLAs from all political parties soon, an all-party meeting would be convened to lution from paddy burning,” he added. exchanged their views on various aspects of water formulate a comprehensive strategy “by discussing Capt Amarinder, categorically declining the ,, “During investigation, for ransom of victim with the problem confronting Punjab, the Chief Minister not only the depleting ground water level, but also demand, said that considering the predictions that about 5.30 pm, while examin- help of his mother and sister Capt Amarinder Singh announced to soon convene the cropping pattern, irrigation techniques, and to Punjab may turn into desert in the next 10-15 years, ith the arrest of brother, ing the CCTV footage of a and disclosed that they shifted an all-party meeting to discuss the matter. take all precautions after taking everyone’s opinion “what we would give to our next generation. It is Wsister and their mother, camera, a suspicious move- him to their new rented house Capt Amarinder, responding to a query raised on how to save Punjab”. our responsibility to give a better Punjab”. the Delhi Police on Monday ment of a commercial TATA at Village Daryapur, where the claimed to have solved a kid- Ace vehicle was observed. It victim was found with his napping for ransom case of a was revealed that, Dhruv owns hands and legs tied with tape three year old boy within six the vehicle and reside on rent and her mother and sister were hours in national Capital’s in the colony but was shifting also nabbed from their itself, Bawana area. The accused to a new address and on the DCP added. claimed that they followed a day of incident the victim child “Dhruv further disclosed modus operandi which they and other two children were that he had recorded his voice saw in an episode of a crime offered Frooti by Dhruv,” said by changing the pitch for send- R serial on television. the DCP. ing the same to the com- The siblings were identified “It was found that Dhruv plainant through whatsApp. as, Dhruv (18) year and had made several calls to the He learned the modus operan- “Given the sensitivity of the er minority community. “It is Meenakshi (21) (name complainant but complainant di through an episode of Crime E ! . Kashmir issue, any decision saddening to note that Akalis, !&&# ! 3-4! G changed) and their 40-year-old could not identify the number, Serial,” said the DCP . should have been taken after fol- who once championed the cause mother, Kamla (Name as he was not much acquaint- “They hatched the con- lowing due process of democ- of a federal India and autonomy 7 . H! 7 Changed), all resident of ed with him. Later, victim’s pic- spiracy because, Dhruv’s elder ratic and legal norms. Even the of states, is now supporting a Daryapur Kalan, Delhi. tures were also there in Dhruv’s sister’s marriage was fixed but 7 < Presidential order reorganising draconian law to snatch the con- According to Gaurav phone and three audio record- due to lack of money it was Jammu and Kashmir and scrap- stitutional guarantee provided to imachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday said Sharma, the Deputy ings were also there in the annulled. Hence he needed olitical parties in Punjab, ping Article 370 had effectively J&K and to further reduce it to Hthe revocation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu Commissioner of Police phone, in which, he was money for which he planned to Psans SAD-BJP, on Monday bypassed the parliamentary a municipality by making it a and Kashmir, was a victory of India's Constitution, honour and unity. (DCP), Outer-North district, demanding 75 Lakhs ransom kidnap his neighbour’s son, condemned the BJP-led Central requirement for a two-thirds UT,” he said. In a tweet, Thakur said: "Today is a historic day. It is the victory of on Sunday about 1 pm, com- from the family members for who used to deal in sale pur- Government’s decision to revoke majority through a constitu- Khaira urged Badal to quit the country's Constitution, honour and unity. I congratulate Prime plainant reported about miss- the safe release of the kid- chases of second hand cars, Article 370 in Jammu and tional amendment,” he pointed the NDA pull out his daughter- Minister Narendra Modi and UnionHome Minister Amit Shah on ing of his three year old son napped child,” said the DCP. owns an Audi car and all his Kashmir, which granted “special out. in-law from the cabinet and sup- taking a historic decision of scrapping Article 370." On the occa- from his house since 11.50 “During interrogation, family members have i- status” to the border state. He said that the port the cause of J&K and sion, the CM also congratulated the countrymen. am. Dhruv confessed kidnapping Phones,” said the DCP. Punjab Chief Minister Capt Government had made a total restoration of democracy. Amarinder Singh, terming the mockery of the constitutional Meanwhile, senior Punjab decision as “totally unconstitu- and democratic foundations of BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia tional”, flayed the manner in the nation. welcomed the decision. “After 72 E ! % %F ! && &( which the Centre had imposed Dubbing the Centre’s act of years of independence, the its decision on Kashmir saying putting political leaders in dream of Dr Shyama Parsad Chandigarh: Amid apprehen- by Pakistan to create disturbance lightly and could resort to some them personally. the state have been on height- that the democratic fabric of the Kashmir under house arrest Mukherjee has been realized in sion of an adverse reaction from in the state. act against India,” the Chief The Chief Minister, who is ened alert for the past two days, nation had been ripped apart ahead of the announcement as regard to making India as ‘one Pakistan to the developments in Reviewing the law and order Minister warned, asking the personally monitoring the situ- since tourists and Amarnath with this “unprecedented viola- despotic, he said that the voice nation with one constitution, Kashmir, Punjab Chief Minister situation in the state in the state police to be ready for any ation, has ordered scaling up of Yatris were asked to leave the tion of the Constitutional of the people had been com- one premier and one flag’,” he on Monday prohibited any kind wake of revocation of Article 370 eventuality. security in Punjab’s districts that Valley, citing security concerns. norms”. pletely suppressed, which could said adding that its sole credit of celebrations or protest that in Kashmir, Capt Amarinder Capt Amarinder has border Kashmir. He reiterated Capt Amarinder has, mean- “It is a dark day for the have serious negative repercus- goes to Prime Minister could vitiate the atmosphere in held the meeting with the top ordered increased security for his earlier directions to the while, appealed to all, within and Indian democracy,” said Cap sions for India. Narendra Modi. the State. police and civil brass taking note the 8000-odd Kashmiri stu- police and the district adminis- outside Kashmir, to remain calm Amarinder, adding that the Bholath MLA and Punjab “Modi has scripted the his- With tension escalating at of the volatile situation post the dents in Punjab, and directed the tration to ensure smooth and and not do anything to disturb Constitution of India had been Ekta Party (PEP) president tory by integrating the state of the border, the Chief Minister Central Government’s Superintendents of Police (SPs) safe movement of those leaving the peace and harmony of the rewritten without following any Sukhpal Singh Khaira said that Jammu and Kashmir with India directed the Punjab Police to be announcement on Kashmir. and Deputy Commissioners Kashmir via Punjab. nation in these difficult cir- legal provisions. Such a historic the BJP has committed a his- in Toto,” he said adding that prepared to thwart any attempts “Pakistan may not take this (DCs) to meet them and talk to Notably, the border areas of cumstances. decision should not have been torical blunder and breach of ‘Modi Hai, Toh Mumkin Hai’. taken and pushed through in faith by ending statehood and this arbitrary manner, he said. special status of Kashmir. This will set a bad precedent He said that BJP as it would mean that the Centre Government’s decision to revoke ! "#$ + % + !7 could reorganise any state in the two important sections of arti- country by simply imposing cle 370 of Indian constitution 7 < 2019, had been effectively engi- the fact that the Government of have been a constitutional stances, all these requirements said the AG. President’s rule, the Chief and erasing Section 35A was an neered without following the India also simultaneously seeks amendment of Article 370. “And have been bypassed – a clear vio- Undoubtedly, the old 1962 Minister said, adding that the unconstitutional, undemocrat- eacting on the developments due process laid down in the to declare the J&K as a UT, this should have been done by lation of the Constitutional pro- Supreme Court judgment in Constitutional provisions had ic and dictatorial act. Rin Jammu and Kashmir, Constitution itself. which may be rendered unnec- following the procedure laid visions. Puranlal Lakhanpal v. President been abused as never before. “The Modi-Amit Shah duo Punjab Advocate-General Atul He said that the un-amend- essary as Clause 2 of the Order down under Article 368, to Nanda further cited judicial of India has held that in exercise None of the stakeholders has reversed the meaning of Nanda on Monday said that the ed Article earlier empowered the states that all the provisions of include the changes now effect- decisions to corroborate the of his powers to apply provisions were taken into confidence, and democracy through this anti- constitutional propriety apart, President to declare Article 370 the Constitution of India shall be ed through the presidential argument that the Constitution of the Constitution of India, the there was no discussion with people decision as the people of the Presidential Order revoking as inoperative, but the “recom- applicable to J&K, he added. order,” he said. itself had been negated in the President may ‘amend’ a provi- other political parties preceding Kashmir have been demanding Article 370 is patently illegal as mendation” of the “Constituent Elaborating further on the Clearly, this would have process of revoking Article 370. sion for its application to J&K, the unilateral decision of the and agitating for autonomy and it would defeat the very legal Assembly of the State” was nec- legal and Constitutional posi- required the introduction of a He pointed out that the Supreme according to the AG. Central Government, the Chief independence for many decades structure of Article 370, which essary. This has now been tion, Nanda said that the key separate Bill in each House to be Court 2018 ruling in SBI v. However, he observed that Minister pointed out. The BJP is but instead the BJP govern- has in fact been laid down by the amended to read “on the rec- question here was whether such approved by two-third of the Santosh Gupta had decided sev- it was unclear whether such using its brute majority to bull- ment has further curtailed the apex court to be ‘not temporary’. ommendation of the Legislative a sweeping Presidential Order majority present and voting, he eral issues, including that Article power of modification could be doze democratic and constitu- powers that J&K had been guar- Nanda said that the Assembly of the State”, he point- could have been passed at all. said. What is more, given that 370 is not a temporary Article, used to amend Article 370 itself tional norms, the Chief Minister anteed by the Constitution,” he amendment to clause 3 of ed out, adding that the next step Pointing out that the Order this also affects the representa- even though so named. Further, or simply to sweepingly apply said. said. Article 370 as per the would be to declare Article 370 is clearly an amendment of tion of States in Parliament, the it had laid down that the Union the entire Constitution to J&K Chief Minister said that no At the same time, Khaira Presidential Order, called the as inoperative based on such Article 370(3), which is a consent of half the States in India has the power to make laws only as has been done. This, he effort was made to evolve a con- questioned the duplicity of the Constitution (Application to “recommendation”. Constitutional provision, he said would also have been needed, he on those matters not covered by added, would defeat the very sensus on this vital matter of Badals and SAD over such a Jammu and Kashmir) Order However, the catch lies in that the first step, ideally, should added. In the present circum- the Instrument of Accession, legal structure of Article 370. national security and concern. burning issue facing their broth- !" !"#$
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He sug- Over the weekend, Trump Americans to condemn white shooting, Walmart CEO Doug and order and are pushing our gested early on Twitter that a tried to assure Americans he supremacy after two shootings McMillon posted a note on city, the city that we all love and Kong has been ruled since it a press conference on Tuesday. network that millions of peo- background check bill could be was dealing with the problem left 29 people dead and sparked Instagram saying he “can’t many of us helped to build, to returned from British to Lam spoke on a day that ple use daily. paired with his long-sought and defended his administra- accusations that his rhetoric believe” it was the second such the verge of a very dangerous Chinese rule in 1997. saw widespread civil disobedi- In the afternoon they held effort to toughen the nation’s tion in light of criticism fol- was part of the problem. in a week. situation,” Lam said. “I dare say they are trying ence across the city. Activists simultaneous rallies at seven immigration system. lowing the latest in a string of “The shooter in El Paso “My heart aches for the She later referenced chants to destroy Hong Kong,” said descended on subway stations locations and besieged multiple But he didn’t say how or mass shootings. posted a manifesto online, con- community in El Paso, espe- by protesters for a “revolution”, Lam, who was appointed by a during morning rush hour, police stations, stretching the why he was connecting the “We have done much more sumed by racist hate,” the pres- cially the associates and cus- describing this as a challenge to pro-Beijing committee. deliberately keeping open resources of a force that has issues. Both shooting suspects than most administrations,” he ident said in a televised address tomers at store 2201 and the the “one country, two systems” China’s cabinet-level State doors to stop trains departing become a lightning rod for were US citizens, and fderal said, without elaboration. “We to the nation from the White families of the victims,” he framework under which Hong Council said it planned to hold and paralysing large parts of a public anger. officials are investigating anti- have done actually a lot. But House. wrote. Q ++ ! + < =,, * + 7 12'= ,A&& %" Q R , > December 2015. " 8 The judge in the northern %. ! ! , 9< programme and began reim- Nigerian court on Monday city of Kaduna “ordered that 6!# posing sanctions. Tensions , E < Agranted bail to a detained Zakzaky be flown to India for 0 he US is acting alone have soared since the Trump Shia leader and his wife to fly proper medical attention”, Tagainst Tehran and its allies administration began stepping hinese officials are threat- to India for medical care, in a lawyer Femi Falana told AFP. , * * * are too “ashamed” to join its up a campaign of “maximum Cening to stop all police move that could defuse ten- Another member of the <+ *+ !"+ & forces in the Gulf, Iran’s top pressure” against Iran. Drones cooperation with France after sions after his group was defence team said his wife was *1'= A4&& diplomat said Monday, dis- have been downed and tankers it gave political asylum to the banned following a spate of also allowed abroad for treat- %" &#! missing Washington’s calls for seized by Iranian authorities or wife of the former Interpol bloody protests. ment. ## !! talks as a sham. Foreign mysteriously attacked in Gulf chief, a Chinese national now Ibrahim Zakzaky, the The Government late last ! # Minister Mohammad Javad waters, while Britain has languishing in prison on founder of the pro-Iranian month outlawed the IMN on #& 7. Zarif also confirmed he had detained an Iranian tanker off charges of bribery, a French Islamic Movement in Nigeria “terrorism” grounds after #& turned down an offer to meet Gibraltar. source close to the matter said (IMN), has been in custody protests demanding Zakzaky’s 0 President Donald Trump last At the height of the crisis, Monday. along with his wife Zeenah release descended into blood- month despite the threat of US Trump called off air strikes “There hasn’t been any Ibrahim since their arrest in shed. ,*, sanctions against him. against Iran at the last minute official request to suspend the *++ ++> “Today the United States is in June after the Islamic repub- cooperation but an informal )= # & ! alone in the world and cannot lic’s forces shot down a US expression of intent,” the source &! create a coalition. Countries drone. Iran said on Sunday its told AFP. ( & that are its friends are too forces had seized a “foreign” French daily Le Monde ! # ." # ashamed of being in a coalition tanker carrying smuggled fuel reported over the weekend & !% # with them,” Zarif told a news in what would be the third such that the security attache at !.&! ! 0 conference. seizure in less than a month in France’s embassy in Beijing “They brought this situa- Gulf waters — a conduit for had been told of the impend- ? + !"# tion upon themselves, with much of the world’s crude oil. ing move. +< ++ = lawbreaking, by creating ten- Last month the Guards 1= A4*+ sions and crises.” Tehran and said they had impounded the ! # % Washington have been locked Panama-flagged MT Riah for !.!!# in a battle of nerves since last alleged fuel smuggling as well % year when Trump withdrew the as the British-flagged Stena & O 6% US from a landmark 2015 deal Impero for breaking “interna- % "0 placing curbs on Iran’s nuclear tional maritime rules”. 129 . : , >
alks between the US and the Taliban Tstretched into a third day on Monday, with no immediate indication that a historic deal between the longtime foes had been reached. The two sides are meeting in Doha for an eighth round of talks to thrash out a deal that would slash the presence of American troops in Afghanistan. In return, the US is demand- ing that the Taliban prevent the country from being used as a safe haven for jihadist groups including Al-Qaeda. !" % & !%"0!8 & J9 E #0!8 &8 * ; 8 *228 0 9 :;< 7 8 R 9# # #5 # 9 % % ! !!"& . !& % # ' # &! . K & && % ! ! # ' # 3 : S ( ;/" ;,( # 0 < (# ( ;/" $ 0 0 3 1 !-8/ #3= S ormer Mumbai Police > 3? Commissioner and Director- ' General of Police, Gujarat and Punjab, Julio Ribeiro, recently 3 0 0 1 expressed unhappiness with the : 5S #0 (# S BharatiyaF Janata Party (BJP) for inducing 10 . ( # Congress MLAs to its side in Goa, deviating 0 #5 ' from its political philosophy and ethics. Recalling his friendship with Laxmi Kanta #5 0 Chawla and Hit Abhilashi in terrorism-afflict- $ # ed Punjab, Ribeiro says he felt the BJP would #0(# % 0 uphold “a different type of politics.” He himself “never voted for the BJP $ % 0# because the general run of minority think- @1 : A 5 ing is that it is an exclusively Hindu party.” P Q #$ # 0S What a strange political orthodoxy to espouse. However, he explains, “My Hindu ancestors + $ # S : in Goa were converted by the Portuguese 5 0 : more than four centuries ago. Since then, we # $ have become a minority in our own country and our vote goes to those who will protect : # our culture and identity.” B =C 0S !-,; The officer misses the deep introspection # 1 this should have triggered. He does not say if his ancestors converted out of attraction !-D- # 9 # < towards the faith of the new conquerors or : : : 0 : out of fear to escape the cruel Inquisition. of their letter proves that free dle security forces that were demanding a teacher of English 1 E Historical evidence suggests it was the latter. media and free speech are compelled to retaliate — all and computers; temples were Did the new converts in Goa feel inferior to blooming in India. Interestingly, aimed at showing the world that vandalised in Kaliachak, #5 O F 1 the White invaders, and does the sense of one of the signatories was con- the Indian state is keeping Deganga, Baduria and Raniganj. # # # being “a minority in our own country” orig- victed of sedition in 2010 and is Kashmir by force. There have been many episodes S inate with those tyrants? Or was it vis-à-vis on bail during pendency of his 9 Despite ignoring the truth in of violence against BJP workers, the British, who dominated India until 1947, appeal. Jammu & Kashmir, these emi- but not one eminence called the # though Portugal retained its Goan colony till The senior police officer >< 9D nences cringe from accepting the Chief Minister or Trinamool India expelled it in 1961? and 49 eminences (minus one) anti-national tag. They profess Congress (TMC) workers to S Obviously, this refined sense of minor- are part of an ecosystem unique 7> compassion for the suffering account. 0 ityhood began with independence in Hindu- to India. The Hindu majority is multitudes but have never said a In July 2019, a temple was majority India, possibly due to subtle men- dubbed as communal and > F word in support of the Kashmiri vandalised in Chandni Chowk $ toring by the outgoing colonial masters. demonised; vicious propaganda Pandit community which was in the heart of the capital; pub- % # 1 Unlike Jinnah and the Muslim League, is spread against it within the = 7 > driven out of the Valley in the lic anger ensured that the inci- # ( ;/"# Christians did not demand a separate country and in the West (main- E<>E winter of 1989-1990. Later, they dent could not be hushed up. homeland but the church did eye and con- ly London, Washington and UN shamelessly blamed the then But the “Lutyens united fami- +31# S tinues to eye large tracts of India as a bodies), even as the “conscience E< 9 Governor Jagmohan, who ly” remained unfazed. Its great- # 0 ( Christian lebensraum. The church has an keepers” are embedded in 9 9 9 arrived in Srinagar on the morn- est moment came in September # P Q P Q0 > acute political sense and has instilled deep Government structures in India ing of the exodus and was pow- 2018, when the Supreme Court psychological separatism in the minds of its or receive other forms of State 7> 9
&' ( >< B # ?@ > ( # S $ $ 1 B P # # R S Q = # % !-D- 0' # $ SC : ' P #Q ( # )! * # ' # B I B + 5 S : n this article, I have divided my view into two ( . # P parts. In the first, I have asked why the super- # Q F # # Irich must pay their fair share in nation-build- ing and other avenues to raise future revenues. P $ S Q+ + 5 The second half is a plea to facilitate and enthuse the industry instead of throttling India Inc, the B golden goose that pays taxes and creates jobs. 5 $ “Gandhiji’s trusteeship principle stated that #$ 1 # + 5 legitimate profit earnings cannot be devoid of F ## social responsibility.” This means individuals, # # who are recipients of windfall gains unprecedent- # 3 ed in the economic history thus far, must pay B their fair share of progressive taxation on + #% $ income — whether it’s the highest high net worth individuals (HHNI), the affluent farmers or CSR $ 1 non-compliant companies. The Indian economy @ -- A J# is in a “negative uncharted territory” with fewer + 5 avenues left to collect revenue. Perhaps it’s time for the Government to even think of taxing big- 9 < % # # # tech internet companies, unafraid of US President 7 #% 1 S9 # + 5 S Donald Trump’s tantrums, by taking a leaf from 9 9 S$ J% $ 4# ' the French Government. France became the first 9 0P Q% + country to approve a three per cent tax on local 7> 9D revenues (instead of taxing only profits) from US < %3 + tech giants. Japan and Singapore are expected to follow suit. E< 79 9D. + ## While super-rich individuals are obliged to 9 9D>? + 5 pay higher taxes relative to their income, the con- E> 7 0 # # % verse is also true that India needs to enthuse 9 + # 4 entrepreneurial spirit to realise its distant dream > 9 # J of becoming a $5 trillion economy. It must 9 herein where philanthrophic instincts in ed the attachment of assets premature- power tariffs, labour and land laws. # # % @ remove the impediments to its growth. This can >=< 99> India are so minimal that the ly when the assessments were incom- Lastly, the build up of toxic assets in # # #+ 5 A 0 start with the lowering of corporate taxes on the <7 < 9 Government had to make Corporate plete and his business needed to mon- the banks has hampered their ability to F# 6 6,000 largest firms, who continue to be taxed at Social Responsibility (CSR) mandatory etise assets to repay debt? Businesses fail lend further. The much-needed liquid- E> 7D0? <9<. + # !--/ 30 per cent, as compared to 17-21 per cent in the < under Section 135 of the Companies Act but failure cannot be criminalised. ity infusion of 10,000 crore must find + developed countries in next year’s budget; firm- in 2013. Despite making two per cent of This has made India Inc unite in vent- its way into priority sector lending by ly admonishing overzealous tax officials to stop 79 = < profits earned over an average of three ing suppressed anger at using coercive providing credit for MSME’s, automo- tax terrorism; addressing liquidity crunch that ?><9 years compulsory, many profitable measures to raise arbitrary demands by bile, retail and housing finance compa- $ has bought credit supply to a standstill; and industries remain non-compliant as assessing officers, forced to meet unre- nies to lend for affordable housing — all ," # fuelling a virtuous cycle of consumption. Till eco- CE><979>< per the latest findings by the Comptroller alistic targets upon which their of which will raise the Gross Domestic + 5 1 2 3 nomic activity does not revive on all cylinders, 6 and Auditor General of India (CAG). appraisals are based. Product (GDP). Because India’s $2.7 tril- 2 # neither will jobs, savings or Government’s rev- > 9 > The rich are now getting richer with Consider this factoid that the IT lion economy needs real growth rates $ # # enue improve from the current six per cent. <9 sharper increases in the value of their department is the biggest litigant with close to nine per cent if we have to reach $ With dismal economic data on sectoral loss- CE><9 9> personal wealth, relative to national per a petition rate of above 80 per cent and the $5 trillion-mark by 2024-25. : 2 5 es due to contraction in investments, consump- E<>979 > 9 capita income and savings. India today success rates of under 30 per cent. In The other great worry is the rise of # tion and external demand coming to light on a E> 7 >? struggles with a Gross National Income its haste to cleanse the system, is the leverage in sovereign, personal and cor- R S ) daily basis, there is a prevailing sense of déjà vu (GNI) of around $2,000 per capita as Government failing to distinguish porate debt globally with the national that presages a 2008-like economic crisis. Each 99 compared to China, with a GNI per capi- between genuine business failures and average debt of advanced economies S 1 day, post the budget, the Sensex has chipped away ta of $9,800. wilful defaulters and tax evaders, who surpassing 100 per cent of the GDP. ( ## a few hundred points. This has been attributed To widen the tax net, the previously gamed the system? Easy credit in the past fuelled asset bub- S # #% to the 9,400 Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) Government must find ways to tax the These are challenging times and bles in stocks markets and the housing $ pulling out a net of 11,000 crore in July from rich farmer. The CAG found that agri- what the business community needs are sector, presaging recession, which last- # the Indian markets in a tantrum response to the cultural income of nearly 500 crore predictability, stability of policies and ed longer and made deeper cuts. G S surcharge on the super-rich. Policy interventions was allowed as exemption in 2017-18 sustained dialogue with the Government borrowings through sov- # S 0 are desperately needed to ring-fence specific FPI’s by the income-tax authorities without Government to recalibrate policy. The ereign loans at low interest rates could 1 S9 # trust entities through the directive under Section adequate verification. The TARC had Indian economy was driven by the twin become a dangerous practice of relying 119 of the IT act as their exodus has weakened recommended that farmers with agri- engines of growth: Domestic con- on cheap loans to continually fund pop- # % 0 market sentiments, affecting retail investors and cultural income of 50 lakh plus should sumption and Government-funded ulist schemes. Though sovereign bor- not only HNI’s. Once resolved, considering the pay income tax. As the decision to levy public investments — both of which rowings bring money into the econo- + 5 F earning opportunities in India, this is a tempo- a tax on agriculture income lies with the need expansionary monetary and fis- my at lower interest rates, it is impor- ## rary phase as FPIs will ultimately return and State Governments, this can be imposed cal stimulus. Further, newer incentives tant “monetary policies support growth, $ increase their holdings as valuations turn more only if they pass a resolution under are needed for the dwindling export without the risky build-up of leverage”. # attractive once the markets bottom out. Article 252 of the Constitution, autho- sector as de-globalisation has hurt Modi 2.0 will hopefully get more S # As the Budget did not increase the tax burden rising the Centre to do so. exports due to protectionist policies of proactive instead of a reactive stance $ S # on the middle classes, the surcharge specific to indi- One grants that Governments can- the West. Besides, while Phase I of the to economic challenges as even reme- + 5 # viduals was one avenue for the Government to not have a “rob from Peter to pay Paul globalisation relied on outsourcing dial policies take a minimum of six mobilise revenue for its welfare schemes. Across attitude” towards the rich, nor resort to from low-wage countries, in Phase II, months to kick in. The first step is to # developed nations, the ultra-rich, 0.01 per cent of oppressive tax terrorism — a pre- that wage-arbitrage has narrowed with enthuse India Inc, the golden geese S ## the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and big-tech existing malady of the IT department only 18 per cent of the global goods cur- that lay the golden eggs. ! "S " # $" % companies, are volunteering to pay higher taxa- from the UPA era. In the case of the rently traded involving exports to (The writer is an author, columnist and tion, proportionate to their windfall gains. tragic suicide of Cafe Coffee Day higher-wage countries. Key enablers for chairperson for the National Committee for && ' # Second, there is a moral quotient involved founder VG Siddhartha, what warrant- global competitiveness are rationalising Financial Inclusion at Niti Aayog)
wrongdoers to their graves. At the unturned to launder the money. appointed the National Building that the buyers have been asked to than 500 crore as stated by both same time, the court also unearthed They obtained loan from banks in Construction Corporation (NBCC), deposit the balance money as per authorities. As per the court order, one of the biggest real estate scam the name of home buyers and which has been assisting it in assess- the builder-buyer agreement under the lease has been terminated and conducted under the very nose and swindled it. The bank officials ing the cost and time, for the com- the supervision of the court receiv- RERA registrations of all projects connivance of officials and politi- worked in tandem with the pletion of the housing projects that er. It further directed the authori- have been cancelled. The authority cal leaders. The court was ably Amrapali group, ignored regula- have been lying in limbo. The NBCC ties to smoothly register the prop- had no claim on this as they failed assisted by senior lawyer ML tions and turned a blind eye to the has pegged its fee at eight per cent erties and that the dues to the tune to check the fraud. This amount <?>< ?><>> Lahoty, the National Company Law fraud committed by the directors of of the construction cost. The court of 3,600 crore should be recovered should immediately be deposited Tribunal, forensic auditors and flat Amrapali. On top of all this, these also rightfully debarred the Noida by selling off the attached proper- with the NBCC so that it can start the 9 K % +# buyer crusader, Amit Gupta, who thugs did not prepare accounts and Greater Noida authorities from ties of the Amrapali group. work as per its project report submit- % K took a lot of personal risk in pur- from 2015 to 2018, knowing it well staking claim to the 3,600 crore bal- However, a few niggling issues ted before the court. This fund can % 09 n July 23, a two-judge Bench suing the case to its logical end. that it was all going to be over. ance with the Amrapali group. remain. First, once the buyers be used as “seed capital” to kick off "# ! of the Supreme Court of While quoting the forensic To set things right, the court This writer had always been deposit 100 per cent of the due construction, may be as an alterna- #&& OIndia, consisting of Justice auditors appointed by it, the apex ordered the cancellation of the reg- highlighting the fact that the author- amount in the Supreme Court, a tive to the demand of “stress funds” Arun Mishra and Justice Uday court stated that a “serious fraud” istration of the Amrapali group ities had no business to make money committee of buyers should be by Amrapali home buyers. & & . Lalit, delivered a historic judgement has been played by the Amrapali under the Real Estate (Regulation out of an acquired land from the formed for each project so as to The Government of India needs & in the case of writ petition (civil) No group. It was done in connivance and Development) Act, 2016, can- farmers by invoking extraordinary assist the court receiver. This com- to use this judgement to reform the ! 940/2017, Bikram Chatterji and with authorities in Noida and celled the lease deeds signed between clauses and then auction them for mittee should also help the receiv- real estate sector. At the same time, 09 others vs Union of India and others, Greater Noida. Money was divert- the builder and the authorities and housing to mint money. In fact, this er in auditing the work of the the Uttar Pradesh Government ! # to bring governance back on the ed to personal accounts of the vested the rights of these deeds to the is a very lethal concept of befooling NBCC so that payments are linked needs to take strict action against rails. The move has, thus, ensured company’s directors and other receiver, senior advocate Venkat the political leadership to create to the progress of construction. officials and authorities, who made # & justice to more than 42,000 hassled dummy firms. Bogus bills in viola- Ramani, appointed by the court. these agencies to get away with Second, the court invoked the a mockery of governance. This %# home buyers of Noida and Greater tion of the Foreign Exchange It is of equal importance that Government rules and then do violation of the Public Trust Doctrine judgement may bring a new era in 0 Noida. The Executive miserably Management Act (FEMA) were besides pulling up the Amrapali whatever they like to do. The Central by the Noida and Greater Noida the real estate sector and prevent ! %! % failed on this count. created as they obtained invest- group, the court castigated the Noida and State Government must review authorities and held them equally frauds. But the Centre as well as The verdict will long be remem- ments and over valued them to and Greater Noida authorities as well this culture of constitution of such accountable for the fraud. The home State Governments will have to fol- & O # bered as one of the finest judicial siphon off the home buyers’ money. as the banks for their connivance and pompous bodies and put proper buyers’ funds were utilised by the low the court orders in the true # decision taken in recent times. The The court has ordered the palpable negligence. In order to checks and balances. Amrapali group’s directors/promot- spirit to end it for all. ! !0 court’s decision came after a deep Enforcement Directorate to nab the ensure that the buyers get possession However, the best part of the er vis-à-vis payments to the land (The writer is a former civil study of facts and chasing the culprits. The criminals left no stone of their dream homes soon, the court Supreme Court’s judgement was authorities, which amount to more servant) !" *
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Asked about Karan Singh amongst others deep crisis and elected repre- B %>"& from the membership of the his future plans, he said he will voiced concern over lack of sentatives at national and State & <# <# ! 7& ' O ! ? Rajya Sabha opposing the disclose them after a few days. clarity over the leadership issue level including Karnataka and ( <# &! < *QT ! " party’s stand and senior party He did not confirm if he was The party on Sunday Maharashtra have quit the % ## ( &&#E" ## ! &%# ( leader Janardan Dwivedi pub- joining the BJP. announced that Congress grand old party to join the rul- licly supporting the ruling dis- For his part, Dwivedi’s Working Committee (CWC) ing BJP. Leaders of the party pensation’s decision. assertion came even as the will meet on August 10 to find have cited indecision and con- Rajya Sabha Chairman M Congress staunchly opposed a successor to Rahul Gandhi to fusion within the rank and file Venkaiah Naidu announced the Government’s decision. lead the party. The meeting of the party after Rahul’s res- in the House that he has accept- Dwivedi said: “My political would be the first since Rahul ignation as a reason to quit. ed Kalita’s resignation. guru Ram Manohar Lohia ji announced his decision to quit A host of leaders holding “I was asked by the party to was always against this Article. as the party chief following the party positions, a majority of no dynamic nation can allow gration of the state into India @narendramodi ji and issue a whip but this is against A mistake of history has been party’s Lok Sabha debacle. them in the middle-level, had this situation to continue. “A has been “honoured”. @AmitShah ji on this historic the mood of the nation. The corrected today, albeit late. I Many have opined that resigned after Rahul quit to JP leaders termed historical wrong has been The national general sec- decision regarding #Article370. party as it is on its way towards welcome this.” Priyanka Gandhi was the need enable restructuring of the BGovernment’s decision to undone today. Article 35A retary and the party’s point per- This has opened up the path of destruction and I can’t be a con- Dwivedi speaking against of the hour. However, Priyanka party. Top Congress leaders revoke Article 370 as “bold”, came through the back door son in the state said that the growth and development for tributor to it,” he said in a letter. the party’s line of action isn’t has said she is not ready to take have been pondering over who “historic” and “monumental”. without following the proce- complete integration of Jammu #JammuAndKashmir,” tweeted Kalita is a Rajya Sabha surprising, as it comes when the baton since she was newer could succeed Rahul and sev- Over the years, abrogation of dure under Article 368 of the and Kashmir was a longstand- party spokesperson Shahnawaz member from Assam. He had the Congress is facing a severe to the party as compared to her eral rounds of meetings have Article 370 has had always Constitution of India. It had to ing demand of the nation. Hussain. only a few months left in his leadership crisis — one that has sibling Rahul too has ruled out taken place, but a decision on been one of BJP’s pre-poll go,” he said. “What a glorious day. After scrapping of Article tenure and was due to retire on led the party to lose its the possibility of a Gandhi his successor has not been promises in its manifestos. “The decision of the Finally the martyrdom of thou- 370, the government’s next April 9, 2020. He is the second Government in Karnataka and family member succeeding him taken yet. Party patriarch LK Advani Government will help the peo- sands starting with Dr Shyam agenda should be to get back saw it as “historic” decision ple of Jammu and Kashmir the Prasad Mukherjee for complete the Pakistan occupied Kashmir towards strengthening “nation- most. More investment, more integration of J&K into Indian (PoK), Rajya Sabha nominated al integration”. Advani, the industry, more private educa- Union is being honoured and member Subramanian Swamy. 5 longest serving BJP president, tional institutions, more jobs the seven decade old demand “Return of the territory in said the scrapping of Article and more revenue will come,” of the entire nation being the possession of Pakistan is the 370 has been a part of the BJP’s he said. realised in front of our eyes; in next agenda item for us. I core ideology since the days of Kashmir’s regional leaders our lifetime. hope the decisiveness with .23/'! Jan Sangh. “I congratulate now feel that they will not be Ever imagined?” he tweet- which Prime Minister and Prime Minister Shri Narendra able to whip up the fake issue ed moments after Shah made Home Minister have taken this Modi and Home Minister Shri of ‘sentiment verses benefit to the announcement in step, will take the next step also Amit Shah for this historic ini- the people’, Jaitley said. Parliament. when we are ready to recover <<= tiative and pray for peace, “A bold and historic deci- Amidst acrimonious the land as per the resolution prosperity and progress in sion. We salute our Great India scenes in Parliament, the gov- of this Parliament,” he said Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh,” — one India,” former ernment also moved a bill supporting the resolution on Narendra Modi government he said in a statement. foreign Minister Sushma proposing bifurcation of the removal of Article 370. with regard to the number of He said he is happy with Swaraj tweeted. State of Jammu & Kashmir into fter the abrogation of assembly constituencies only. the government’s decision to BJP leader Ram Madhav two Union Territories — AArticle 370 that gives spe- Presently, the state of revoke Article 370 and hailed the government’s deci- Jammu & Kashmir division , . cial status to Jammu & Jammu and Kashmir has 87 believes that it is a bold step sion on Article 370 in and Ladakh. 7 Kashmir, the Modi assembly constituencies and towards “strengthening nation- Jammu and Kashmir and said “PM @narendramodi ji ne 3 P . Government is expected to set six Lok Sabha constituencies. al integration”. the martyrdom of its ideo- kamaal kar diya. Desh ki ! up a Delimitation Commission Of them, four assembly and Former Finance Minister logue Dr Shyama Prasad ummeedon pe khare utre. to redefine the electoral one Lok Sabha constituencies Arun Jaitley in a blog said that Mukherjee for complete inte- Many many congrats to boundary of the constituencies are in Ladakh region, which is in the State. going to be a separate Union The Jammu and Kashmir Territory. !!# A4** Reorganisation Bill, 2019, pro- Kashmir Valley has 46 7 . && vides for an increase in seats (more than 50 per cent) assem- I ( = from 107 to 114 through a bly and three (half of) parlia- QR.RR.,-5 +Q0,4T delimitation exercise and all the mentary constituencies allocat- 09 # seven new ones will be created. ed to Jammu and Kashmir. *50-3T O Top sources said that the Jammu has 37 assembly and two . , 2)0))!0! 2 / 0 N L :F A%5,1 ;<>;: E>< kets currencies and get out as /340%")0!)40'0)0 China seems more than willing he Reserve Bank of India is %670!080)79*:1$%0!60;< he rupee on Monday to let its currency crumble in an Texpected to cut key policy quity benchmark Sensex Tcrashed by 113 paise — the effort to shore up trade vol- rates by 25 basis points on EMonday crashed over 418 !)9$:$%0!60;< biggest single-day drop in past umes and negate the pricing Wednesday taking the bench- points to slip below the 36,700- 0! !#9 : %0!60;< 9 : * six years — to close at a five- impact from US tariffs, said mark repo rate to 5.50 per cent, , 1 !1> ? 7 1 0 1 7 level, a near five-month low, as %0!60;#-77 month low of 70.73 due to Rajesh Cheruvu, The Chief says a DBS report. 1)( 8) ) 1 massive global sell-offs and 9 :1 %0!60; heavy capital outflows by Investment Officer, Validus According to DBS, mone- :$<@ 1)( 8) ) 8! growing political uncertain- investors anxious over the US- Wealth. tary policy easing will have to ties in Kashmir rattled China trade tension, a sharp “The ramifications for continue with a sub-target investors’ sentiment. devaluation in yuan and uncer- China would, of course, be the inflation on hand. Moreover, Likewise, the NSE gauge On the other hand, Bharti Jammu and Kashmir and tainty over Kashmir issue. capital markets outflows from soft numbers (auto, cement Nifty dived nearly 135 points to Airtel, TCS, Tech Mahindra, moved a separate bill to bifur- This was the third straight the country. The INR should sales, production, PMIs, con- close at 10,862.60. HDFC and Bajaj Auto emerged cate the state into two separate session of fall for the rupee, also mirror some of the same struction sector) underscores Both benchmark indices — as top gainers. union territories of Jammu during which it lost a massive weakness and FPIs may con- weak economic activity. Sensex and Nifty — saw an Sectorally, except IT other and Kashmir, and Ladakh, 194 paise. tinue their dumping spree of “Consensus expects the intense volatility throughout indices ended in the red led by amid massive opposition The US-China trade-relat- Indian assets resulting in a Reserve Bank of India to the session due to multiple energy (down 2.7 per cent) fol- uproar in Rajya Sabha. ed concerns weighed on the bleak near term outlook for the lower its repo rate by 25 bps headwinds like escalation in lowed by metal, bank, auto, The rupee declined sharply investor community and kept INR,” he projected. to 5.50 per cent at its mone- US-China trade war, weak cor- FMCG, infra and pharma. BSE by 90 paise to 70.50 in after- the pressure on the Indian In a highly volatile trade, tary policy meeting on August porate earnings, rupee down- Smallcap and Midcap index fell noon trade following jitters in rupee, forex traders said. the rupee opened at 70.20 at the 7,” DBS said in a research fall and political tensions in over 1 per cent. the global currency markets. “India’s rupee tumbled the interbank forex market and report. The Monetary Policy Jammu and Kashmir. “Multiple headwinds led to The Chinese yuan slipped to most since December triggered touched a low of 70.74 and a Committee (MPC) will meet After cracking over 700 market volatility for the day. 7.03 level against the US dollar, by depreciating Yuan. Chinese high of 70.18 against the during August 5 to 7, 2019 for points in day trade, the 30- Concerns of political crisis which investors consider as a key Yuan weakened beyond 7 per American currency. the Third Bi-monthly A , !B ' ) ! share index pared losses to developing in J&K and no fur- threshold, amid reports that dollar for the first time since The currency finally settled Monetary Policy Statement ,))) C /D , > heng Saisai knocked off U # !" % " * Zher fourth seeded oppo- nent of the week to capture her first career WTA title with a ing for her even before she three-set quarter-final straight sets win over Aryna won on Sunday. marathon. In the semis, Zheng Sabalenka in the final of the "Five years ago I got my U ousted No.7 seed Maria San Jose WTA tournament on first WTA singles win here and 7 79 Sakkari in straight sets. Sunday. now I win my first WTA title Zheng, who was not bro- The unseeded Zheng, who here," she said. = 79> ! ' ! - 9 <$;;!" 2 0? ;0 @ C + D he series pocketed, India are likely to experiment with Ttheir line-up in pursuit of a whitewash when they take on an embattled West Indies in the third and final T20 International here today. India concluded the two- match US leg of the series by tak- ! 8 :F< ! ' ing an unassailable 2-0 lead after notching up a 22-run win in the second game on Sunday. Their performance wasn't the ! 8! most fluent in the first match but Virat Kohli and his men were back to being a dominant force in the , < !/1'!9!P1,7781'A 1 offering turn and bounce and he had second match, though, the out- ,B/ 1 8 79! 5% Joe Denly (11) caught off bat and pad come was decided by the athan Lyon took six wickets as by Cameron Bancroft at short leg to Duckworth-Lewis method after NAustralia thrashed England by 1./ &/) '/ leave England 80-3. thunderstorm and consequent 251 runs at their Edgbaston 'fortress' 5QA 9 > *+3, And the Australia pair combined rain did not allow the game to to win the first Ashes Test on Monday. ,4+ O *+,R again to dismiss Root for 28. continue. England, set a daunting 398 for England's 85-4 at lunch soon While the batting line-up may victory, lost four wickets for 12 runs ,45 O A4*5 became 85-5 when Jos Buttler (one) not change much, India may try either side of lunch on the last day as AQR ! *++- was bowled by a Cummins delivery a new combination in bowling. they collapsed to 97-7. AQ, # *++- that kept low. "...Sealing the series gives the They were eventually dismissed Cummins then had his 100th Test chance to bring few guys in. Idea for 146 in their second innings, with A5* # A4*+ wicket when Jonny Bairstow (six) is always going to be to win first. off-spinner Lyon taking 6-49 — a haul ? ? gloved a rising ball to Bancroft in the But winning the first two games that included his 350th Test wicket — slips. gives the cushion," Kohli said and fast bowler Pat Cummins 4-32. But in a match full of overturned England's collapse continued after Sunday's win. Victory gave Australia their first decisions, Root successfully chal- apace when Ben Stokes was also out It will not be a surprise if KL win at Edgbaston in any format since lenged the verdict. for six, well caught by wicketkeeper Rahul is drafted into the playing 2001 — the last time they won an Root had made eight when he Tim Paine off a sharply spun Lyon XI, replacing the struggling Ashes series in England — and ended nearly played on to Cummins before delivery. Rishabh Pant. The young Delhi England's run off 11 successive wins Jason Roy, who made a superb 85 in Moeen Ali, who in the first batsman managed scores of 4 at the Birmingham ground. eventual champions England's World innings had succumbed to Lyon when and 0 in the first two matches. England resumed on 13 without Cup semi-final win over Australia at he was bowled for a duck playing no Skipper Kohli has backed loss after Australia star Steve Smith's Edgbaston last month, drove him shot, fell to the bowler for the ninth Pant to the hilt and it will be inter- second hundred of his comeback through extra-cover for four. time in 11 Ashes knocks when caught esting to see if the 21-year-old ris- Test following a ban for his role in a Root had moved on to nine when in the slips for four to leave England ing star gets another chance. ball-tampering scandal had allowed he was again given out leg before by 136-8. Neither Rohit Sharma nor ':$ A the tourists to declare late on Sunday's Wilson, this time off the bowling of It marked the end of a miserable Shikhar Dhawan are likely to be fourth day. paceman Peter Siddle. But the bats- match for England off-spinner Moeen, rested. Saini. are due a big knock. Washington Sundar, Rahul Rory Burns, whose first-innings man's immediate review revealed an comprehensively outbowled by Lyon. For Dhawan, it's his first Deepak Chahar, cousin of If they can manage to walk Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 133 was his first century at this level, inside edge. Lyon had Stuart Broad caught in series after missing the World Cup Rahul, may also find a place in the away with a win on Tuesday, it will Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, became just the 10th cricketer to have That meant umpire Wilson had the slips next ball before James due to a thumb fracture and since playing XI and Ravindra Jadeja be a confidence-booster for the Navdeep Saini. batted on all five days of a Test. equalled an unwanted record with an Anderson survived the hat-trick after he has not scored many runs in could be the one who is rested. side ahead of the ODIs and Tests. West Indies: John Campbell, But he had added just four runs eighth overturned decision in a Test not bowling at all in Australia's second the first two matches, he will be For hosts, putting up a coher- Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, to his overnight seven when he was match. innings because of a calf injury. eager to get some before the ent performance remains a chal- G Nicolas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, undone by an excellent seaming and Roy swept Lyon for four but Chris Woakes, who played sever- ODIs and Tests. lenge. Considered a force in the India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite rising Cummins delivery that lobbed then, in a shot more appropriate for al fine shots, was dropped in the slips There is a strong possibility shortest format, they have not Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, (c), Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine, off his gloves to Lyon in the gully. a one-day match than a side trying to by Smith. But former Australia captain that leg-break bowler Rahul lived up to their reputation. KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Number three Root, on four, was save a Test, charged down the pitch Smith had the last word, catching Chahar may make the cut in The likes of Kieron Pollard Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Krunal Anthony Bramble, Jason given out leg before to James Pattinson and was clean bowled for 28 Lyon Woakes (37) in the slips off Cummins, place of young paceman Navdeep and skipper Carlos Brathwaite Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed, Khary Pierre. by umpire Joel Wilson. remained a threat on a wearing pitch with England all out inside 53 overs. # 77 7 ! 2 9 9 7 , < , < ustralia captain Tim Paine on Monday Ahailed Steve Smith as "probably the best < Kohli said the pitch was good to bat oe Root described England's comprehensive 251- Test batsman we've ever seen" after his man- on early on. "The new ball was com- Jrun defeat by Australia in the first Ashes Test at of-the-match performance in the first Ashes eries in their bag, India may exper- ing on nicely. We set up a good foun- Edgbaston on Monday as "bitterly disappointing". Test at Edgbaston. Siment with their line-up in the final dation. Good finish from Jadeja and World Cup winners England, set an imposing The tourists beat England by 251 runs to match against the West Indies, skip- Krunal to get us past 160. The way we target of 398 to win, collapsed to 97-7 in the post- win the first game of the five-match series. per Virat Kohli has hinted. were going, could have got to 180, but lunch session on the fifth and final day before being England, set an imposing target of 398 to Kohli lauded his players for "clin- pitch slowed down considerably in the bowled out for 146. win, collapsed to 97-7 in the post-lunch ses- ical" performance and dropped hints latter half," he said. The match sion on the fifth and final day before being that he may try out players, who did The Indian skipper had words of was a personal bowled out for 146. not get chance to play in the first two praise for spinner Washington triumph for Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took 6-49 and matches. Sundar, who was asked to open the Australia's Steve fast bowler Pat Cummins 4-32 as Australia "Winning is always going to be a bowling in both the matches. The Smith, who in enjoyed their first win in all formats at priority. But sealing the series gives the Chennai bowler succeeded in provid- his first Test Edgbaston since 2001 — the last time they chance to bring few guys in. Idea is ing the breakthrough in both the since a 12- won an Ashes series in England. always going to be to win first. But games. month ban for The match was a personal triumph for winning the first two games gives the "Starting with the new ball, the his role in a ball- Australia's Steve Smith, who in his first Test cushion," Kohli said during the post way Sundar has bowled against guys tampering scan- since a 12-month ban for his role in a ball- match presentation ceremony. who come hard at the ball, he's done dal, scored 144 tampering scandal, scored 144 and 142. The teams will now travel to a tremendous job. The composure and 142. Smith was the hero for Australia as they Guyana for the final match, to played he's shown has been outstanding. He's "It does hurt. battled back from 122-8 in the first innings. at Providence stadium on Tuesday. become fitter, leaner and is very It is bitterly dis- "I thought we were certainly up against it Shreyas Iyer and leg-break bowler handy with the bat as well. He is def- appointing," said at that stage but we had the best player in the Rahul Chahar stand a good chance to initely going to be a factor for us," he captain Root. world at the crease," said Paine. compete in the third Twenty20. It will said. "We played really good cricket in the majority "Steve showed his class in both innings. not be a surprise if Deepak Chahar, West Indies captain Carlos of the Test match. Credit to Australia. They fought We're running out of things to say about cousin of Rahul, too finds a place in Brathwaite said his side could have hard to get back in it. Smithy. He's probably the best Test batsman the playing XI. won if the match could be complet- "Smith two brilliant innings. We have to keep we've ever seen. We're lucky to witness it. It remains to be seen if Kohli per- ed. working hard to get him out. Obviously it was hard "Nathan bowled superbly but our three 1 1 sists with wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant, “I really don't think it went wrong. that we lost Jimmy early on. These things happen. quicks took a lot of pressure off him at the who scored 4 and 0 in the two We didn't have the start with the ball We have to take it on the chin and come back hard other end as well. The seamers were sensation- morning all four of them were sensational. matches or gives him another chance. we wanted but we pulled it back. Had at Lords." Aus capitalised on the absence through al. "We know every Test we play in England, KL Rahul can replace him if the team a solid base with the bat. We backed injury of Anderson, who only sent down four first- "We thought we could improve on our the crowd will be against us. I thought the guys management decides to drop Pant. ourselves to get 70 off 26 even though innings overs before breaking down with a calf prob- first-innings performance with the ball. All handled themselves really well and we've come Talking about the second match, 6 3 it's a difficult task," he said. lem that meant he did not bowl again in the match. those guys are world-class performers. This out on top." '0!0!0) < M?>< N job quite easy. If they are 2-3 was also adjudged man-of-the- =!/0)6!670 down then we (spinners) can match, said the wicket aided O ll-rounder Krunal Pandya, come and focus on the middle spinners and performances like , > < Awho starred in India's win in order," Krunal said at the post- these help boost the confidence. ( < 7 the second T20 against the West match conference. He returned with the figures outh African Dale Steyn, one of Indies, said support from pace Rohit Sharma's half-century of 1/20 and 2/23 in the first and Sthe great fast bowlers of the akistan head coach colleagues makes the job powered India to 167 for five second game respectively. modern era, on Monday PMickey Arthur has easy for spinners in target- after electing to bat. "I'm happy with how I've announced his retirement from recommended to the ing the middle-order line India's new-ball bowlers bowled in the series. I bowled Test cricket in a bid to extend his PCB's Cricket Committee up. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and four overs in the first game and longevity in the shorter forms of that Sarfaraz Ahmed be The 28-year-old spinner Washington Sundar today also I bowled three. The the game. sacked from captaincy as smashed a quick-fire 20 off then provided early wicket was slightly helpful for spin Steyn, who made his interna- he himself sought two 13 balls before dis- breakthroughs to which helped me as well. It's a tional debut against England in more years to deliver missing Nicholas reduce West Indies good confidence booster when 2004 and last played a Test in "remarkable results". Pooran (19) and to eight for two in you represent your country, con- February against Sri Lanka, is The Committee danger-man the first three tribute to wins and get these kinds still contracted in the white-ball tests you mentally, physically, reviewed team's perfor- Rovman overs. of wickets." form of the game for the 2019/20 emotionally. It's terrible to consid- mances in the last three given the reins of the Test Committee, headed by Powell (54) "In both the Nisarg Chokshi, one of season and therefore remains er never playing another Test years, including the World side. PCB Managing Director with his left- games we got the Krunal's childhood friend had available for South Africa in one- again but what's more terrifying is Cup, where Pakistan could "Arthur did have some Wasim Khan. arm spin in breaks up front, come to watch and support his day internationals and T20s. the thought of never playing again not qualify for the semifi- negative things to say about Khan will have one the weather Washington also Gujarat mate play. "Today I walk away from a for- at all. nals. Sarfaraz's captaincy skills to more session with the hit game on bowled well and "It's a proud feeling for me (to mat of the game I love so much," "So I will be focusing on ODIs According to a source, the members," the source members on Wednesday Sunday. Bhuvi is world class. bowl in front of friends and fam- said the 36-year-old Steyn, his and T20s for the rest of my career Arthur suggested to the said. before forwarding recom- "When It's a good that every- ily) and I'm sure they are proud country's leading Test wicket- to maximise my full potential members that Shahdab "I need two more years mendations on the your fast one is contributing in also. He is my childhood friend taker of all time and one of the top and ensure my longevity in this Khan should replace with the Pakistan team appointment of the new bowlers pick the team with the bat and we used to play together in 10 in the history of the game. sport... I look forward to contin- Sarfaraz as captain in the and then I can deliver team management to the up early wick- and the ball." the under-12 and under-14. Good "In my opinion Test cricket is uing to play for the Proteas in the limited-over formats while remarkable results," Arthur board Chairman Ehsan ets, it makes our The 28-year-old, who to see him come and support me." the best version of this game. It shorter formats." Babar Azam should be is believed to have told the Mani.