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at AIIMS on Saturday after a prolonged illness. People started chanting “Jaitley ji amar rahen” (long live Jaitley) soon after his body which was wrapped in the national flag and taken to the cremation ground in a flower- decked carriage. Jaitley’s son Rohan per- formed the last rites as the skies opened up to heavy rainfall. Jaitley’s body was placed on the same platform where Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, the RSS thinker and president of Bharatiya Jan Sangh, was cre- mated in 1968. BJP MPs, including Vijay &"  P      P  *    +   Goel and Vinay + ,    "   "  - Sahasrabuddhe, Congress lead- ers Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kapil          Sibal, and NCP leader Praful Patel too were present at the cremation site. A visibly emotional Naidu,       who had worked closely with Jaitley in the BJP as BJP presi- dent and then in the       ,&)-'+.&/)%(0 singles players in the showpiece Governments of Atal Bihari event’s history. 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Anurag Thakur paid their last from across the political spec- for cremation. saying he cannot imagine that (*'(((&,- that lasted just 38 minutes. ver and 2 bronze between 2001 A host of dignitaries, including respects. Chief Ministers of trum and hundreds of his A huge crowd gathered at he was far away from India in ,,-/%# Two years after being and 2007. Vice-President Venkaiah Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, admirers and party workers the cremation site along the Bahrain while his “dear friend” robbed off the gold by Okuhara Prakash Padukone became Naidu, Defence Minister Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar and gathered at the departed banks of the Yamuna to bid and party colleague passed ',#,-1#(2,1''#( in an epic 110-minute final at the first Indian to win a medal Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Delhi were among the digni- leader’s residence at Kailash final farewell to the 66-year-old away in New Delhi. 21'2-4*&2 Glasgow that was considered as in World Championships with Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker taries who were present when Colony in the morning and at BJP stalwart who passed away Continued on Page 4 one of the greatest battles in a men’s singles bronze in the badminton history, Sindhu 1983 edition while Saina  finally exorcised the ghost of Nehwal bagged a silver and a that heart-wrenching loss with bronze in 2015 and 2017           a completely dominating win respectively in women’s singles.    over the same opponent. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini        “Last time, I lost in the Ponnappa also won a bronze in                                    final, before that also I lost in women’s doubles in 2011 while         the final, so it is a very impor- B Sai Praneeth was the latest to           2%2 regional and multilateral issues ror groups on its soil. tant win for me. I want to thank join the club as he settled for a      of mutual interest during the During Modi’s visit to the crowd for supporting me. bronze in the men’s singles in n a veiled attack on Pakistan, meetings. Bahrain, the first by an Indian I won it for my country and I this edition on Saturday.      IIndia and Bahrain on Sunday “Both sides called on all PM, that concluded on Sunday, am very proud being an Sindhu, who has also won       called on the international states to reject the use of ter- the two sides also discussed Indian,” Sindhu said. a silver each in the 2018        community to reject the use of rorism against other countries; ways and means to further “A big thanks to my coach Commonwealth Games and       terrorism against other coun- dismantle terrorism infra- promote cooperation in cyber Kim and Gopi sir and my sup- 2018 Asian Games, was a in     tries as both sides agreed to fur- structures where they happen security, including prevention porting staff and I dedicate this different class on Sunday as she      ther enhance cooperation in to exist and to cut off any kind of use of cyber space for ter- win to my mom, it’s her birth- towered over her Japanese   O     the field of security and of support and financing to the rorism, radicalisation and for day today,” she added. opponent in all departments of counter-terrorism. terrorists perpetrating terror- disturbing social harmony. It was third time lucky for the game. The fifth seeded     A joint statement, issued ism from all territories against The leaders also noted the Sindhu, who had lost to Indian, who enjoyed a 8-7 ! " !   after Prime Minister Narendra other states; and bring perpe- “need for concerted action by Okuhara and Carolina Marin head-to-head lead over third # #  Modi held talks with King trators of acts of terrorism to the international community of Spain respectively in the seeded Okuhara ahead of " O#     Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and justice,” the statement said against terrorism” and “under- 2017 and 2018 finals to settle Sunday’s contest, was simply          Prince and Prime Minister without naming any country. lined the importance of com- for a silver twice. unstoppable as she dished out       Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa India has been pressing prehensive sanctioning of ter- With her fifth medal of the an attacking game right from         during his two-day visit to Pakistan to end its state policy rorists and their organisations World Championships, the 24- the start to race to 8-1 lead.    Bahrain, said the two sides of backing cross-border ter-            by the UN”. year-old Indian was already one Continued on Page 4 "   O    exchanged views on bilateral, rorism and its support to ter-    42    "  - Continued on Page 4 of the greatest ever women’s Also see Page 15    -./'           $             !    " #    %&!   2%2 &!    rime Minister Narendra     PModi on Sunday launched the $4.2 million redevelop-   %&'(&)*+5)37%6' ment project of the 200-year- old Lord Sri Krishna temple he Election Commission here and said it manifests the T(EC) on Sunday strong ties between India and announced by-elections to one Bahrain. assembly seat each in Uttar Modi, the first Indian Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh Prime Minister to visit the key and Kerala. The bypolls for Gulf nation, offered prayers at Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), the Shreenathji Temple in Pala (Kerala), Badharghat Manama, the oldest temple in (Tripura) and Hamirpur the region, and also the (Uttar Pradesh) Assembly “prasad” that he bought with seats will be held on former Kerala Finance the RuPay card after launching September 23. The notification Minister, KM Mani had rep- it in the UAE on Saturday. for the by-elections would be resented the Pala constituen- -         ,"  "    "Spent time at Bahrain's issued on August 28, counting cy since its formation in 1965  /0          123  Shreenathji Temple. This is will be held on September 27, and until his death on April 9 "  - among the oldest temples in the the EC said. earlier this year. According to region and manifests the strong The bypoll in Hamirpur political experts, this round of ties between India and was necessitated by the dis- Pala bypoll may see some     1223 Before the abrogation of Bahrain," Modi tweeted and qualification of BJP MLA internal bickering that could Article 370, the J&K State was shared some of the blessed Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel decide the fate of the second- he J&K flag that fluttered permitted to fly its own flag moments from the temple in following his conviction in a biggest Kerala ally of Congress Tatop Civil Secretariat com- along with the National flag his tweet. Modi also greeted murder case. He was awarded - Kerala Congress (Mani) or plex alongside the national under Article 370. and interacted the Indian dias- life imprisonment in the mur- KC(M) party. After the recent flag in Srinagar was taken off The State flag was adopted pora, who came to witness the       " $-       "  - der case of five persons. By- death of Mani, the party was on Sunday, three weeks after by the Constituent Assembly of event at the temple. elections to 12 other Assembly split between Mani’s son Jose the abrogation of Article 370. J&K on June 7, 1952. Prime Minister then Bahraini society,” External all height of 30 meters. will be adorned with paintings seats in UP are also due as K Mani and a splinter faction With this went away the According to highly placed unveiled the plaque, thus offi- Affairs Ministry spokesperson The heritage and the 200- by various Indian and Bahraini most of the sitting MLAs won led by senior leader PJ Joseph. last sign of Article 370 which official sources, the J&K flag cially launching the redevel- Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet. year-old legacy of the temple artists and people of all faiths the Lok Sabha elections this Both groups have accused granted special status to the was removed from the Civil opment project of the iconic The facelift for the will be highlighted in the rede- are welcome. Around 350,000 year. But the dates are yet to be each other of a hostile takeover State of Jammu & Kashmir. Secretariat complex early on temple. Shreenathji (Shree Krishna) velopment and the new iconic Indian nationals, mostly from announced by the poll panel. of the party. J&K Assembly Speaker Sunday after necessary instruc- “Thank you Bahrain for temple in Manama will kick off complex will house the sanc- Kerala, live in Bahrain. The The Dantewada, Pala and The Dantewada seat in Nirmal Singh was first to tions were passed by the the warmth and affection. PM later this year. tum sanctorum and prayer Indian community comprise a Badharghat bypolls were Chhattisgarh fell vacant after remove the State flag from his authorities concerned. @narendramodi concludes his The $4.2 million redevel- halls. There are also facilities for third of Bahrain's total popu- necessitated following the sitting BJP MLA Bhima official vehicle on August 6. The decision to remove the historic visit with prayers at the opment project will be on a traditional Hindu marriage lation of 1.2 million. death of the respective sitting Mandavi was killed by alleged The tricolour alone will J&K flag was delayed partially 200 years old Shreenathji piece of land measuring 16,500 ceremonies and other rituals, Modi arrived here on MLAs. The Pala seat had Naxals in April this year. The now flutter atop the Civil due to prevailing tension in the Temple in #Manama, the old- square feet and the new four- promoting Bahrain as a wed- Saturday, the first ever by an become vacant after the Bhadarghat seat in Tripura Secretariat complex and other region. est temple in the region. The floor structure covering 45,000 ding destination and boosting Indian Prime Minister to demise of Kerala Congress fell vacant after the death of Government buildings. Continued on Page 4 temple reflects the pluralism of square feet will have an over- tourism. 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 & *   0            ,    )37%6' enior leaders and office- 123,./)'      )37%6' Sbearers of Bharatiya ’s Uttar Pradesh unit on 25-year-old man was Sunday paid rich tributes to Aallegedly beaten to death former Union finance minister   )37%6' by some youths who were told Arun Jaitley at the party head-        not to play loud music on quarters here. hief Minister Yogi Janmashtami in Barhaj area of The 66-year-old BJP stal- Adityanath may have Deoria on Saturday night. wart passed away at AIIMS in Cpromoted Suresh Rana      The incident sparked ten- Delhi on Saturday after pro- to Cabinet rank and retained sion in the Patel Nagar locali- longed illness. him as head of Cane ty following which the district Mourning the passing Development department for   )37%6' defaulting mills in the state do administration imposed pro- away of Jaitley, BJP state chief forcing sugar mills to clear not have financial resources to hibitory orders under Section Swatantra Dev Singh said, “The outstanding cane dues, the he sugar mills in Uttar improve the outstanding posi- 144 of the Criminal Procedure country has lost one of its mills still owe 7,364.82 crore TPradesh, the country’s top tion. Besides, they have not ode which will remain in force popular leaders while the party to farmers of the 2018-19 sugar producer, are likely to been provided with any gov- till September 15. has lost its real soldier. His crushing season and there is start crushing operations from ernment scheme to help them Section 144 of the CrPC death has left a void which every likelihood that they will October-end. settle their payment liabilities,” prohibits the assembly of more would be difficult to fill.” not be able to clear the dues. The projections for the said an official of a private than four persons at a place. Singh described the former “The situation is grim. It is coming season indicate record sugar mill. The incident took place in finance minister as the “ajaat- unlikely that the mills will be domestic sugar opening stock He claimed that the soft Patel Nagar and the victim shatru (a person who has no able to clear the cane dues by of 1.45 crore tones metric loan scheme had only benefit- was identified as Sumit. enemy) of politics”. 5  "   !"   5   the time the crushing season tons. While western UP units ed the big groups that were “On the occasion of “During the Emergency     6   "    starts by the first week of will start operations after amendments for the benefit of already well-heeled so far their Krishna Janmashtami, some period, Jaitley was jailed and he November. Cane dues amount- Diwali in the last week of bona fide farmers and to weed financial standing to repay youths were playing DJ in Patel opposed the oppressive govern- ing to 7,364.82 crore are yet to October, the sugar mill in out ‘sugarcane mafia’ and farmers was concerned. Nagar of Barhaj locality on ment tooth and nail,” he Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi with respects to him. be cleared and 95 per cent of central and eastern UP have unscrupulous complicity of The Indian Sugar Mills Saturday night. One Munnu recalled. full state honours on Sunday Hundreds converged at the this amount has to be paid by been asked to start crushing by government and mill officials. Association (ISMA) has pro- Lal asked them to stop the DJ The party leaders observed afternoon, with scores of his cremation ground along the private sugar mills,” a senior the end of first and second “The sugarcane survey has ject that the global sugar mar- and this led to a brawl with 10- a two-minute silence on the admirers, BJP workers and top banks of the Yamuna and bid official told this reporter weeks of November, respec- been completed and mills are ket is likely to have a deficit of 12 youths,” Deoria district occasion. leaders from across the politi- a tearful adieu to the senior BJP recently. tively. likely to start crushing after 40 lakh MT, which would police chief Shripati Mishra Jaitley was cremated at cal spectrum paying their last leader. Against the total cane The Yogi Adityanath gov- Diwali. By the middle of provide an opportunity to said. payables of 33,047 crore, the ernment has also announced November, we expect all mills Indian sugar industry. The The Superintendent of sugar mills have so far paid 77 sugarcane supply quota policy to begin their operations,” said ISMA has urged the Centre to Police said the youths first hit per cent or 25,682.87 crore to for 2019-20. The policy fixes an official of the Sugarcane announce sugar export policy Munnu Lal with sticks and farmers thus leaving 23 per supply quota of individual department. at the earliest. when his sons Sumit and *    cent or 7,364.82 crore as farmers, segregating them as Meanwhile, the private Meanwhile, UP is esti- Sachin, along with his wife arrears of the 2018-19 season. marginal, small and regular mills in UP are still burdened mated to have cane area of 23, Sanju Devi, rushed to save “Laxity on the part of the agriculturists, on the basis of by high cane arrears of the 60 lakh hectares, 2 per cent him from the attackers, they   )37%6' Omveer Singh, the incident She was taken to a prima- government to take action annual cane survey to ascer- 2018-19 season. Total arrears lower than 24,10 lakh hectares too were beaten up by the took place on Sunday after- ry health centre for treatment. against the erring sugar mills is tain the total number of cane are to the tune of 8,000 crore, in 2018-19. youths. even children drowned noon, when three girls — Police have registered a the main reason for delay in the farmers, estimated acreage and the bulk of which are due on However, the state is pro- On getting information, Swhile bathing in ponds in Gyanshri (12), Kusuma (10) case against unidentified peo- payment. Even as the govern- likely production. private mills. jected to record better yield per police rushed to the spot and Pratapgarh on Sambhal on and Kumkum (14) — went to ple in this connection. ment has given several dead- The Sugarcane depart- “The arrears are unlikely hectare due to high yielding admitted the injured to the local Sunday. take a bath in a village pond. It is suspected that the lines to the mills to clear the ment said it had affected some to subside anytime soon as the varieties. health centre, where doctors According to a report, four While bathing, the girls child was abandoned to avoid cane dues, nothing substantial referred Munnu Lal and Sumit teenagers drowned in a pond ventured towards the deeper social embarrassment. has came out of these warn- to the district hospital. while taking a bath in Kohdaur side of the pond and drowned. In Amethi, a 35-year-old ings,” a source said. ernments had announced sep- the earliest so that the mills paid on time. Sumit (25) was pro- area of Pratapgarh district on Some children playing near man, who was arrested on the He said the government arate soft loan schemes to help could start operations on time In fact, Chief Minister Yogi nounced dead by the doctors at Sunday morning. the pond raised an alarm charges of theft, died under had again given the deadline of private sugar mills pay cane dues for the upcoming cane crush- Adityanath has asked mills to the district hospital. The police “Anoop (14), Ruchi (15), and the villagers assembled mysterious circumstances in August 31 to clear the cane to the farmers in the because of ing season (October 2019- settle their outstanding dues said a case was registered and Shivani (13) and Aarti (13), all there. police custody on Sunday, an dues but it was also expected to the glut of sugar in the market, April 2020). and has cautioned them that hunt was on to nab the of Suryagarh village, had gone The victims were taken official said. pass without any major gain. export market squeeze and Last month, the govern- delay in clearing cane dues assailants. to take a bath in a pond. While out and rushed to a hospital Ram Avtar Pasi, 35, was As per an estimate, the new falling prices of sugar. ment had warned the default- would not be tolerated. Meanwhile, a 35-year-old bathing they ventured towards where they were pronounced arrested by a patrol team on crushing season will start with The Cane department, ing mills of filing that cases In the 2018-19 crushing man allegedly committed sui- the centre of the pond and brought dead. Saturday night and he died in pending cane dues of several after holding a meeting with under Section 3/7 of the season, 119 sugar mills, includ- cide following an argument were drowned,” Additional The bodies were sent for the custody at Inhauna outpost thousand crore rupees, which the representatives of private Essential Commodities Act, ing 94 private, 24 cooperative with his wife in Banda. The Superintendent of Police post-mortem and further in the early hours of Sunday, is not a good sign. sugar mills, had issued direc- 1955 would be registered and and a UP State Sugar incident took place late Surendra Prasad said. investigations are underway. Superintendent of Police Khyati “As per an estimate, even if tives for ensuring full pay- recovery certificates against Corporation unit, had operat- Saturday night in Gayatri Nagar He said the children were Garg said. the mills make some payments, ment of cane dues by August them. ed in Uttar Pradesh. The state of the district, police said. fished out with the help of   !  Deputy Superintendent of the outstanding cane dues will 31. It said the district admin- sugar output stood at about Shivpujan had an argu- divers and rushed to a nearby     Police Tiloi Rajkumar Singh not be less than 6,500 crore,” The sugar mills were also istration would seize the mill 1,182.30 lakh quintal com- ment with his wife, Mamta, hospital, where the doctor pro- Meanwhile, a newborn girl has been asked to investigate he said. asked to complete their annu- and its stock for auctioning, if pared to over 1,205 lakh quin- after which he beat up his son, nounced them dead. who was found abandoned at the matter, she added. The Central and state gov- al repair and maintenance at the farmers’ dues were not tal in 2017-18 season. Station House Officer In another incident report- the roadside in Muzaffarnagar Garg said the body was (Kotwali) Baljeet Singh said. ed from Sambhal, three girls on Sunday morning died at the sent for post-mortem. Shivpujan later went to his drowned in a pond in Mai hospital, police said. The exact cause of Pasi’s '()     room, locked the door, and Hussainpur Pukhta village of The baby girl was found in death will be ascertained once 4       hanged himself, he added. the district. the bushes in the Charthawal the post-mortem report is out, A case was registered and According to Gunnaur area on the Mathura village the district police chief * + investigation is on. Sub-Divisional Magistrate road in the district. added.   #   %

  )37%6'   )37%6' leaders were not released - "   immediately and were denied ongress general secretary amajwadi Party chief permission to reconstruct the &     CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra will SAkhilesh Yadav has temple. pay a day-long visit to her expressed shock over the The Bhim Army claimed mother and Congress president demolition of Sant Ravidas that the Narendra Modi gov- Lucknow (PTI): Thirteen Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary temple at Delhi by the Delhi ernment was shielding behind people were injured after a forest and committed the constituency Rae Bareli on Development Authority. the Supreme Court order and clash broke out between two crime. August 27 where she will partic- He said the demolition of trying to hurt the image of groups over taking water from When the family mem- ipate in a protest of railway the temple had deeply hurt the their gods and goddesses and a public hand pump in bers woke up in the night, employees against privatisation. religious sentiments of the the latest move of demolishing Muzaffarnagar, police said on they found the girl missing According to sources in the Dalit community across the the temple showed the Centre’s Sunday. and started looking for her. party, Priyanka Vadra will reach country. apathy towards the Dalit com- The incident took place on They ultimately found her in Rae Bareli at 11 am on Tuesday “Emotion of the Dalit munity. Saturday in Sakoti village, an unconscious state in the from New Delhi. community is closely linked The Delhi Development which comes under the juris- forest. At first she will go to the res- with Sant Ravidas and the temple. He said all those Authority had demolished the diction of Jhinjana police sta- The family members, along idence of Congress MLA Aditi temple at Delhi. The demoli- detained in connection with temple at Tughlaqabad on tion, said Dinesh Kumar, in- with some villagers, took her to Singh at Lalupur Chauhan vil- tion of the Sant Ravidas tem- the protest should be released August 10 following a charge of Chosana police out- the police station and lodged a lage to express condolences on ple has exposed the anti-sant, immediately and the criminal Supreme Court order. post. complaint. the death Singh’s father and mahatma mindset of the cases registered against them A large group of Dalit The Injured persons were A case was registered former MLA Akhilesh Singh. ,” the SP must be withdrawn. activists then went on a ram- rushed to a nearby hospital. against unknown persons and After staying there for chief said. Meanwhile, Bhim Army page on August 21 and at least Security has been tightened the girl was sent to Aligarh for around half an hour, Priyanka He added, “We are has threatened a mass move- 80 cars were damaged during and extra police force deployed medical examination and treat- will go to Bhue Mau guest shocked that Guru Ravidas ment against the Narendra the violent protest. A few in the village. ment, Singh said. house where she will have temple in Delhi was demol- Modi government if the party’s locals were also injured. lunch and some rest. ished and we understand the top leaders Chandrashekhar After the incident, the   ! At i pm, she will leave for anguish of the devotees as the Azad and Vinay Ratan were Delhi Police arrested more    Lalganj Rail Coach Factory Guru had himself visited and not released immediately. than 80 people, including A minor girl was allegedly where she will join the employ- stayed there. We have great Chandrashekhar Azad and Chandrashekhar Azad. raped while she was asleep at ees in their agitation against pri- respect for Sant Ravidas. The other Bhim Army leaders were The apex court had stated her home in a village in Etah. vatisation. The Congress gener- shrine symbolises the Dalits’ arrested on August 21 in Delhi that any attempt to politicise According to Circle Officer al secretary will stay at the Rail struggle for their rights and while protesting against the its order would be viewed as Jalesar Gurmeet Singh, the 10- Coach Factory for around an must be rebuilt.” demolition of the Sant Ravidas “contempt of court”. However, year-old was sleeping with her hour and then leave for Akhilesh Yadav also criti- temple. the matter has taken a politi- parents and siblings when some Lucknow at around 3 pm and cised the police action against It said the Bhim Army cal turn with various opposi- unidentified persons entered take a regular flight to New people protesting in Delhi would take to the streets across tion parties voicing support for the house at around 3 am on Delhi around 7:15 pm. against the demolition of the western Uttar Pradesh if their the protesters. Saturday, took her to a nearby 6    5 **      * 4 '1 Lucknow (PTI): Many parts of Uttar Pradesh received light to heavy showers on Ballia (PTI): The Suheldev ing between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Om Prakash Rajbhar was Sunday with Muzaffarnagar district recording Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a for- and SBSP president Om Prakash removed from the UP Cabinet by 46.4 mm rainfall. mer ally of the Bharatiya Janata Rajbhar. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a day Lucknow witnessed partly cloudy sky, with Party, will decide on the tie-up with Om Prakash Rajbhar had met after the Lok Sabha polls concluded, the maximum temperature settling at 33.7 the Samajwadi Party for the upcom- Akhilesh Yadav here on Friday. for making embarrassing statements degrees Celsius. ing bypolls in the state on August 27. The Rajbhars account for around against the BJP. During the Lok According to the Meteorological depart- SBSP national general secretary four per cent of the total electorate Sabha campaign, Rajbhar had said ment, rainfall was recorded in Varanasi (6.2 Arvind Rajbhar said here on Sunday, in the state. The community has a BJP members should be “thrashed” mm), Jhansi (1.4 mm), Meerut (5.2 mm), Ballia “On August 27, party office-bearers sizable strength in Azamgarh, Mau, with shoes. (5.4 mm), Hardoi (16.8 mm), Shahjahanpur and workers will hold a meeting in Ghosi, Ballia, Salempur, Jaunpur, As his outburst against the BJP (24.8 mm), Orai (39 mm), Aligarh (3.7 mm) Lucknow, in which a decision to forge Lalganj Ghazipur and Deoria. grew louder, Adityanath sacked him and Muzaffarnagar (46.4 mm). ties with the SP for the upcoming The Rajbhars constitute 20 per from his cabinet on May 20. The Meteorological department said that bypolls in the state will be taken.” cent of the Purvanchal population The then Governor Ram Naik rain and thundershowers were very likely to Arvind Rajbhar added that dis- and regarded as the second most accepted the chief minister’s recom- occur at a few places over eastern and western cussions were held regarding the politically dominant community after mendation and relieved Om Prakash Uttar Pradesh on Monday. upcoming bypolls at a recent meet- the Yadavs in eastern UP. Rajbhar with immediate effect.

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       )37%6' ,    n a humanitarian gesture, the IRaj Bhawan, led by Governor Anandiben Patel, will adopt TB        )37%6' after constables present at the infected children and ensure police station refused to accept that they get proper medicine man kidnapped his 6-year- the complaint and termed the and nutritious food so that they Aold old niece and alleged- incident as fake. They protest- may lead a healthy life. ly raped her at an isolated ed outside the police station. The decision was taken at place in Maal police station Soon, SP (Rural) and CO a function held at Raj Bhawan area on the intervening night of (Malihabad) reached the village here on Sunday. Saturday and Sunday. to take first-hand information Governor Anandiben Patel As per reports, father of the about the incident. They hauled has adopted Mohsina (name victim went to attend a func- up the local police and direct- changed) while 20 other chil- tion organised in the locality on ed them to register a case in this dren have been adopted by the the occasion of Janmashtami connection. The girl was later staff of the Raj Bhawan. while the girl and her mother shifted to KGMU Trauma It would be the responsibil- stayed back. When he returned Centre. ity of the staff concerned to around 2 am, he found the girl It surfaced that the ensure that these children get missing. He woke his wife up injuries, we rushed her to a accused, who is a labourer, hap- nutritious food, medicines and to ask about the girl but she had hospital where the doctors pened to be the cousin of vic- proper education, the no clue. Both went out to examined her and suspected tim’s father and is said to be Governor said. All the children search for her. They looked for sexual assault,” victim’s moth- close to the family. “We could are from an area near the Raj her around a pond near their er claimed. never have thought that he Bhawan and this will make house, but in vain. They The news spread like wild would commit such a heinous their monitoring easy. returned to the house to think fire and a huge number vil- crime,” villagers said. “The Governor had sug- set a target to make India TB- society. Those who are rich responsibility of the common welfare schemes) reach the about what to do next. lagers reached the scene. They A police spokesman said a gested that a beginning be free by 2025. Keeping this should spare some money for man to help the poor. people who need them the Around 3 am, they heard got infuriated when they learnt case of rape and illegal deten- made from the area near Raj commitment in mind, the Raj these people who need help. Patel said people of the most,” she said. District lep- the girl cry in the back side of that victim’s uncle was the cul- tion was registered against the Bhawan and later spread this Bhawan had taken the lead These are small steps but can deprived sections of society rosy officer Dr PK Gupta said the house. When they reached prit. They, along with the vic- accused and a manhunt protective ring,” a senior offi- and had decided to adopt help in achieving a big target,” could not avail the benefits of that in Lucknow, around there, the girl told them that tim’s parents, reached the police launched against him. He was cial of Raj Bhawan told this children suffering from TB. the Governor said, adding government schemes because 14,600 TB patients had been her uncle took her there. station to lodge a complaint. also booked under POCSO reporter. The Governor, in “Adopting a child is not an that the government could they did not know about them. identified and all of them “As the girl had sustained The villagers got enraged Act, the spokesman added. her address, said that Prime obligation. It is the responsi- not reach every nook and cor- “It is our responsibility to would get Rs 500 as nutrition Minister Narendra Modi had bility of a person to help a ner of the state and it was the ensure that the benefits (of allowance. '     $%4 78    !"  ;    2         )37%6' She said she went near the police.   Q$ " $ !% men who scolded her for wear- Vikas Nagar SHO DK hree youth posing as ing the ornaments at a time Shukla said a case was regis-   Tpolicemen duped a woman when robbers were on the tered in this connection. “The     )37%6' as we are talking about the gen- of her ornaments in Vikas prowl in the city. “As they miscreants were wearing plain der sensitisation which is the ‘in Nagar on Sunday morning. talked to me sternly, I was clothes even as they posed as        )37%6' he department of English thing’, we should also be talk- The incident took place close scared. They asked me to put policemen. It is a common Tand European Languages, ing about this issue touching to a police outpost in the off the jewellery and I fol- trick which the conmen have ucknow Development Lucknow University, and the very basic levels,” she locality even as the cops were lowed their diktat. I began to been using of late to dupe LAuthority (LDA) Vice- Indian Disabilities Collective added. oblivious. There were reports wrap the ornaments with my gullible people. We are check- Chairman PN Singh on Sunday will be shortly be organising the Unniyal pointed out that that the conmen were in police saree but one of the youths ing CCTV footages to track issued instructions to its anti- first international conference they would bring to the fore uniform, but the Vikas Nagar gave me a paper with his his down the miscreants,” the SHO encroachment department to on disability titled how the disabled people had SHO said otherwise. signature inscribed on it,” she said, adding that they were yet furnish the details and status of ‘Degloblalising disability: Text been talked about in literature. As per reports, Puhspa said. to get a clue about the accused. properties sealed in the past six and context’. “We are going to unearth Chaurasiya of Jankipuram She said as she was a bit Sources said efforts to curb month. He also directed the Head of the department the issues which have been (sector C) was going to puzzled over what was happen- such incidents had failed. property department to furnish Rani Unniyal, while talking to taken in English literature from Tedhipulia vegetable market ing, one of them took her “Such incidents have been details of the real estate com- The Pioneer, said the confer- times immemorial. This has when a youth reached out to ornaments. “He wrapped the common in trans-Gomti areas. panies which were recently ence would be held on October been there already but we need her. “The youth told me that he ornaments with the paper and A number of such incidents blacklisted. The real estate 21, 22 and 23. She said it was to explore it more. The discus- was a cop. Pointing towards returned it to me. When I have been reported in these companies were said to be aimed at studying disability in sions will also be on the dis- two men standing few furlongs reached home, I opened the areas over the last few months, engaged in the civil work of India and how it has been dom- abled and how they have been away, he said his boss was call- sachet and found it filled with but the police have largely LDA projects allegedly with inated by policy studies. able to make a name for them- ing me,” Pushpa said. pieces of stones,” she told the been helpless,” they said. the help of staffers despite She said the aim was to selves,” she said. being debarred. identify problems related to the Currently, there are 120 In a meeting which was disabled and to address the and dialect of disability where- have proper facilities there,” she students in PG classes in the attended by secretary MP Singh concerns through policy mea- in people use terms in deroga- said. English department. Unniyal    9   8  and chief engineer IS Singh, the sures. Unniyal said it was a tory manner, as in how lan- She said they were going to said English had always been a LDA V-C warned the senior recently emerging field of aca- guage plays with the psyche of get experts and activists from popular subject with students officials that they would not be demic inquiry and they would the disabled,” she pointed out. across the world. “We are going taking it up for professions like spared if their role was estab- try to look into how a predom- Unniyal said they would to discuss about disability and journalism, theatre etc. “People        : lished in any wrongdoing. inant solution framework could also be dealing with how the literature. Disability is a subject are more into communication The Real Estate Regulatory be evolved. disabled were struggling to and it needs to be brought into which is the language aspect. Authority (RERA) had on “It has become a part of the come up at the basic level, the mainstream. We are going Though there is a focus also on Saturday asked the LDA Vice- curriculum as well across the wherein there was lack of infra- to see how it has emerged as a the language part of the subject Chairman about the status of country in various subjects. We structure facilities for them. literary discourse,” she said. since communication plays an sealed properties as well as pri- are going to look at religion, “We need a society which Unniyal said it was unfor- important role in any subject, vate developers who were society, disability, disability is friendly and more just tunate that there was not it cannot be denied that the blacklisted. There were reports and cognitive difference, dis- towards the disabled because enough sensitisation on dis- soul remains literature from that the construction work was ability hierarchy, political con- sometimes, these children can- ability as an issue. “This should where come the passion and in progress in the buildings tours of disability, language not go to school as they do not start at the very basic level. Just ideas,” she added. which were sealed by the LDA administration in the past six months. The buildings were sealed for violation of rules and $0         regulations. The RERA officials came to about the illegal con- struction following complaints        )37%6' of the excavation activities had Antiquities, ASI, New Delhi” he being fast covered with habita- lodged by locals. Its vigilance taken place by the department said. tion was necessary, he said it team conducted inspections at he department of Ancient under the expert guidance of Faculty member Sandeep was. Regarding the choice of some of the sealed buildings THistory and Archaeology, Tewari. He said the archaeolog- Kumar Chowdhary, who has excavation site, he said they and found out that there was Lucknow University, is likely to ical excavations started in 1996 worked under Tewari, said first explored and visited the truth to the reports about resume the excavation activities with small-scale exploration they had also carried out exca- site. “When we have made a unauthorised construction soon. No such activity has in the tehsil of Nawabganj vations at Ramasrey Purwa choice, we take the surface of work there. taken place since 2015. (Barabanki) and later with the and Kali Paschim in Lucknow. the soil and carry out an analy-   6    ,    The LDA Vice-Chairman Department experts believe help of the PhD students, “The excavations were car- sis. If we find any site impor- said stern action would be ini- that the area between Ghagra Tewari carried out excavation ried out in the 90s and now, tant as per archaeology, we        )37%6' set up on the lines of a popu- ited the pandal. tiated against the engineers and Gandak rivers is a hotbed activities in village-to-village most parts of these excavations explore further,” he added. lar Kolkata temple. The interi- Pratibha Jha from Gomti and field staffers who fur- for exploration with over 1,000 explorations of Barabanki, are covered with habitation. About the process of explo- reparations for Ganesh ors will be based on a popular Nagar Patrakarpuram Samiti nished distorted information in sites waiting to be explored. Bahraich, Gonda, Shrawasti, The excavations belonged to ration, he said they had to first PChaturthi have begun in temple in south India,” he said. said the pandal construction this regard. He said the LDA Head of the department SK Fatehpur, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Gupta and early medieval peri- obtain a licence from the ASI the city. The celebrations will Like last year, there will be work had begun. “This time, administration would make Jaiswal said they were waiting Kheri, Shahjahanpur, Etawah, od. Many artefacts have been for excavation activities. commence from September 2 ‘bhoo visarjan’ to prevent river we have the theme as ‘Save sincere efforts to check such for Prof DP Tewari, who was Auraiya, Kannauj, Hardoi and collected from these sites,” Talking about the hotbed of and conclude on September 12. pollution because of the Trees and Plant Trees’. We will practices. Singh said there was earlier heading the excavation Farrukhabad. Chowdhary said, adding most excavation between Ghagra Ganesh pandals and makeshift immersion of idols. be having the projections based a group of private developers activities, to hand over the “The results of 1300 sites of of the objects they had taken and Gandak rivers, he pointed shops selling Lord Ganesha “There will be a variety of on the theme of banning plas- debarred from working for charge as he had been posted the exploration have been out from Ramasrey Purwa. out that there could be over idols have started coming up cultural programmes by tic and saving environment. LDA, but was still involved in in another University. reported to the National Asked whether the preser- 1,000 sites of neolithic age across the city. artistes from Bengal. Invitations One day will be for Sai ‘palki’ civil work at several projects. Jaiswal admitted that most Mission of Monuments and vation of the sites which were waiting to be explored. Anurag Sahu from Ganesh have been extended to the while one day has been The RERA officials were Prakatya Samiti said the cele- Chief Minister and Governor reserved for ‘dandiya’,” she said. said to have detected that brations would be organised at as well,” he said. He said that Jha pointed out that they blacklisted developers were Jhulelal Park this year. “There they celebrated Ganesh draw a huge rush of devotees still engaged in construction will be a 15-feet idol of Lord Chaturthi on a large scale every every day and their Ganesha work at the housing towers sit- Ganesha and the pandal will be year and several devotees vis- idol would be over 13-feet tall. uated on Faizabad road. 7                 )37%6' 2.5 crore for this special project in the “honour and dignity” of he Uttar Pradesh State all lactating mothers and new- TRoadways Transport born children who are travelling Corporation (UPSRTC) will set on UPSRTC buses, he said. up baby-feeding cubicles at all bus These modern cubicles will have stations of the state in a phased two baby feeding cabins and a manner, an official said on utility cabin, he said, adding that Sunday. The step is aimed towards necessary arrangements have making the state’s bus stations been made for maintaining pri- “lactating mother and newborn vacy and dignity of mothers. The baby friendly”, the official added. drawing, design and specifica- In a statement, UPSRTC tions for the cubicles have been managing director Raj Shekhar finalised and the regional man- said: “The need and requirement agers will be authorised to set was very much felt by the them up in next three months, UPSRTC in last few years. Now Feeding Cubicles) in each bus partnership) model, he said. he said. Necessary signages in looking into the importance station of UPSRTC.” “For the rest 219 bus stations, Hindi and English will also be and the requirement of this, the Of the 242 bus stations UPSRTC will construct the baby displayed at all appropriate places UPSRTC board has approved the operational in the state, 23 will feeding cubicles in next 3 months for public information and bet- project of setting up of Breast- get the cubicles in the first phase on priority,” he said. The ter utilisation of these cubicles, Feeding Cubicles/Kiosks (Baby under the PPP (public-private UPSRTC has also allocated Rs the statement said. ,              0    6   "       !" #$%   

$! "  '!('! 8+;#<*      !!           $!   !!% !   The Lucknow University registrar has written to the        )37%6' for this purpose. Use of non- nance and chick production, a which the old unusable dean of faculties, provost, chief traditional newly developed three-day programme was fridges can be converted into provost, proctor and chairman irector of Central Institute breeds by CARI like CARI- outlined, which is usually low-cost hatcheries,” Rajan of Canning College for recom- Dfor Subtropical Devendra, CARI-Shyama, completed in 15 days. In addi- said. He said that these hatch- mendations regarding the var- Horticulture (CISH) Shailendra CARI-Asheel and Kadaknath tion to this, the main objective eries would definitely increase ious medals. About recom- Rajan said that discarded was the key for the success. was to make farmers learn the number of chicks pro- mendations regarding the fridges could make mango These breeds are not available what mistakes they are com- duced, especially of required Chancellor’s medal, he the orchard poultry sustainable. in local hatcheries the and mitting at Malihabad,” he said. poultry breeds. award would be given away He said the farmers who are supply from ICAR institutes at He said that they com- CISH and CARI will enter preferably to a student getting into mango orchard poultry Bareilly was not sustainable pleted the training with full into an MoU for extending first-class marks and in no business can purchase these due to longer queue due to dedication, starting early this technology to the farm- case procuring less than 50 per discarded fridges from scrap higher demand from different hours in the morning till ers for producing breeds cent marks in his or her entire dealers and then use them for parts of the country. Therefore, evening. Happy and confident required for mango orchard      tion 2-3 years ago. They academic record. He has writ- making the hatcheries. after certain period of time, a trainees could understand poultry. A one-day training A delegation of Nawabeen- requested for the safety and ten that the students must Mahendra Pratap Singh, a “This way they don’t have small community hatchery what precautions are to be has been proposed in e-Avadh and members of security of Moharram proces- attach their entire academic meritorious student of City to make an infrastructure and was established to cater the observed while hatching. September at the institute. Afham-e-Zama Society met sions and also for proper sup- records, physical fitness, games Montessori School, Mahanagar, they can use the fridges which requirements of Malihabad “How to select suitable The parental stocks of District Magistrate Kaushal ply of electricity and water played and distinctions has been offered US $40,000 are insulated. We conducted farmers,” he said. eggs, sanitation, humidity these breeds provided by Raj Sharma and handed him besides cleanliness of roads obtained in the general help scholarship each by two pres- the training for these with the He said since the farmers maintenance. They were also CARI are being maintained over a memorandum for the and areas of Old City. The del- and membership of NCC, tigious universities of USA. help of discarded refrigerators had no background of hatch- trained for distinguishing by community farmers. This burial of Shahi Zarih of egation insisted that the distri- Corps such as land army. It was Florida Institute of Technology in our institute,” he added. ing eggs and maintaining the sex of chicken and other will ensure production of true Hussainabad and Allied Trust bution of ‘tabarruk’ should be also stated that participation in and University of Utah have He said that a collabora- hatchery, their performance hatchlings. These trained peo- to type breed maintaining on Ashura (10th day of distributed in a traditional a collective activity represent- offered him US $40,000 schol- tive programme between was almost mediocre. ple can earn extra money their characteristics. The Moharram). This Zarih and way. The delegation was led by ing Lucknow University would arship each for pursuing high- CISH and Central Avian “After a discussion with through this skill. With the farmers have tried to hatch procession was started by Nawab Jafar Mir Abdullah and also be counted for the selec- er education. The scholarship Research Institute (CARI), CARI director Dr Mandal, it growing demand of chicks of eggs produced by these Mohammad Ali Shah in1839. consisted of Nawab Masood tion of Chancellor’s gold medal. will be provided to him during Bareilly, resulted in establish- was decided to send a few new breed, it is difficult to parental stocks through com- The delegation also Abdullah, Syed Ali Meesum The bronze medal will be given the entire study period of four ing hundreds of mango projects to Bareilly for under- cater to their requirements mercial hatchery. In most of requested the DM to give per- Naqvi, Mithilesh Singh, Yusha away to the best student in the years. Apart from this, the orchard poultries. “Not only standing art and science of with small hatcheries. Dr RB the incidence they could get mission for black flags and Abid and others. They also final year of Bachelors course University of Cincinnati and in Malihabad, farmers from hatching. For the farmers’ Rai, a well-known poultry only few chicks out of these banners with sayings of holy handed him a memorandum for the year 2018-19 in each Washington State University of different parts of the state are hands-on training on various expert from IVRI, suggested valuable eggs due to several Imams on Azadari road, which addressed to the Chief faculty — Science, Arts, Fine USA have also offered admis- planning to use their orchards aspects of hatchery mainte- a workshop at CISH through limitation. was stopped by the administra- Minister. Arts, Law, and Commerce. sion to him with scholarship. R         $

  %&'(&)*+ about him. The real tribute to him will be making young he lawyers' fraternity budding lawyers learn from Tremembered former his work," Wadhwa said. Union Minister Arun Jaitley as New Delhi Bar a stalwart, helpful and a great Association's Secretary human being whose demise Nagendra Kumar said Jaitley's was a huge loss for the profes- demise has created a "vacuum" sion. in the legal fraternity and was The Bar Associations a "huge loss" for the profession. across the national Capital He also stressed on holding are planning to hold seminars seminars to highlight his works to carry forward his legacy and for the younger generation to "make the younger genera- "who have heard a lot about tion learn from his life". Jaitley, him but were not fortunate 66, passed away at the AIIMS enough to see him arguing here on Saturday. He was before the courts and learn". undergoing treatment at the A former office-bearer of hospital, where he was admit- the Delhi High Court Bar ted on August 9. Association, senior advocate Delhi High Court Bar ,  4"  5              Vikas Pahwa said, "I feel Association (DHCBA) presi-  ! "  # $ !   pained to hear about the sad dent senior advocate Mohit 7 "  &4 &          #  $!   demise of Arun Jaitley. He was Mathur, who was also from the a magnificent person, phe- same school where Jaitley helpful for lawyers and people me. He was from the same Mathur said. nomenal lawyer, an accom- studied, said it was a "person- in general. It's very recently school, where I went to study He said the Executive R K Wadhwa, Chairman so that young lawyers can was a wonderful lawyer, politi- plished politician and a great al loss" while remembering when we approached him for later. Whenever we organised Committee of DHCBA will of the Coordination learn from him. cian but above all a great leader, who achieved unprece- him as "very helpful and a stal- a lawyers' welfare association anything on behalf of the meet and decide to hold pro- Committee of All Bar "He was a great lawyer. His human being," he said. dented success both in the wart". and he helped us wholeheart- school alumni association, he grammes in Jaitley's honour. Associations of Delhi, said untimely demise is very sad for "We will be holding sem- legal and political life. He "He was a leader of the Bar edly. used to participate and help us Jaitley was 1969-batch student that seminars will be held to the entire country, especially inars highlighting his work so never walked alone; always and a stalwart. He was always "It was a personal loss for out very enthusiastically," of St. Xavier's Sr. Sec. School. highlight Jaitley's work and life for the legal fraternity. He that young lawyers can learn with his team."         ./ ! %#9      

  %&'(&)*+ against 1,321 in 2014-18, a account for two-third of LWE  (  8  reduction of 60.4 per cent, the violence. The LWE-related nion Home Minister Amit ministry said. incidents of violence between UShah on Monday will take A total of 1,400 Naxals April 2014 and May 2019 have Raipur (PTI): A District Garg told PTI on Sunday. tile terrain hampered the evac- stock of the ongoing operations were killed between 2009 and been 43 per cent lesser when Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan, Acting on a specific intelli- uation operation as three against Naxals and the develop- 2018. As many as 310 incidents comparing with the preceding who was injured in an encounter gence input about the location attempts to airlift the injured ment initiatives being under- of Naxal violence were report- five-year period,” he had said. with Naxals on Saturday in of a Naxal training camp near personnel from the forest failed taken in Maoist-hit areas, offi- ed in the first five months this The National Policy and Action Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur dis- Dhurbeda village in core area of due to continuous rainfall in the cials said. Chief ministers or year across the country in Plan, approved in 2015 to trict, has died, police said. Five the Maoist hotbed of area. “The security personnel their representatives and top which 88 people were killed. address LWE, envisages a Naxals were killed on Saturday Abhujmad, a team of DRG, brought their injured colleagues police and civil officials of 10 Union Minister of State for multi-pronged strategy involv- in the gun-battle with the DRG comprising over 100 personnel, on cots over their shoulders. Naxal-violence affected states Home G Kishan Reddy had last ing security-related measures, in a dense forest area of the dis- raided the place around 6 am on They reached Orchha, where are expected to attend the month said that the steadfast development interventions, trict, located about 350 km from Saturday, he said. The gunfight the ambulance and doctors meeting — a first of its kind development activities under- According to a home min- government policy has result- ensuring rights and entitle- the state capital Raipur. Two lasted for about an hour, follow- were arranged, around 10 pm after Shah assumed charge taken in the Naxal affected istry statistics, a total of 8,782 ed in consistent decline in vio- ments of local communities. DRG jawans, identified as Raju ing which the ultras disap- (nearly 15 hours after the about three months ago. areas,” a home ministry official cases of Naxal violence were lence and shrinkage in geo- The government is also Netam and Somaru Gota, were peared into the dense forest. encounter) on Saturday,” he Top officials of the para- said. The 10 Maoists-hit states reported during 2009-13 as graphical spread of Left Wing implementing a special central also injured in the encounter. During search, bodies of five said. While Netam was declared military forces and home min- are Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, against 4,969 during 2014-18, Extremism (LWE). assistance for most LWE-affect- “Netam received critical bullet ultras were recovered along brought dead, Gota was istry will also attend the meet- Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, a reduction of 43.4 per cent. As As a result, LWE-related ed districts with an annual injuries to his vital organs. He with a huge cache of weapons, admitted to a private hospital in ing. “The Home Minister will Maharashtra, Telangana, many as 3,326 people, includ- violence was reported in only outlay of Rs 1,000 crore to fill succumbed while being evacu- explosives and Maoist docu- Raipur where his condition review the ongoing operations Andhra Pradesh, Madhya ing security force personnel, 60 districts in 2018, he had said. the critical gaps in public infra- ated from the forest,” Narayanpur ments from the spot, he said. was reported to be out of against the Naxals and the Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. lost their lives in 2009-13 as “Of these, only 10 districts structure and services. Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg said bad weather and hos- danger, he said.    ! 7

 7   555 court smash. tinued the six-year streak of Raguvir Sahay, a BJP worker started his political career as The two sides underlined technology, solar energy, the Kashmir Zone police said, “No The Indian targeted the Okuhara had no answer to winning at least one medal in who visited party headquarters student leader with Akhil the importance of enhancing statement said. untoward incident has deep corners and unleashed Sindhu’s razor sharp returns. the prestigious event. to pay his last respect. Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad high-level political exchanges, An MoU was also signed been reported from anywhere her big smashes to gather The Indian made the Japanese Another party worker (ABVP) in the DU campus. He defence and higher education between BENEFIT, a Bahrain so far.” points at will. A precise net shot run to the deep corners with ?     555 Iqbal Ahmad from Jama was also the president of the cooperation, trade and eco- company handling ATM and On the other hand, defend- helped Okuhara to snap her acute angled returns and Recalling Jaitley’s associa- Masjid area said that Jaitely was youth wing of the BJP and the nomic relations and people-to- POS transactions among oth- ing the decision to suspend net- Sindhu’s run of straight eight then swiftly followed them at tion with Gujarat, Gujarat a very friendly person and Secretary of the Delhi Unit in people linkages. ers, and National Payments work services and internet points but the Indian quickly the net to make life difficult for Chief Minister Vijay Rupani treated everyone with dignity. the year 1980. The leaders also noted the Corporation of India (NPCI) facilities since August 5, J&K got the control back when her opponent. said the BJP would seek his I once met him at party office increasing trend of bilateral for launch of RuPay card in the Governor Satya Pal Malik on Okuhara went wide and then Okuhara seemed clueless advice on strategy whenever and he stopped and asked my  555 trade and existing potential Gulf Kingdom, it said. Sunday claimed the decision unleashed two good-looking as she ended up hitting the nets there was an election in the wellbeing after I greeted him. They also said that region- for two-way investments and During the official meet- was taken to prevent a backlash smashes to enter the break or missing the lines to allow State where the party is in I do not think there is many al connectivity projects should reaffirmed their desire to pro- ings, the two sides also under- in the region. with a massive 11-2 lead. Sindhu grab 11-4 lead at the power for two decades. like him who pays attention to be based on international law, vide favourable environments lined their close bilateral ties, Referring to media reports Okuhara tried to step up interval. “He has been a Rajya Sabha even a party’s grassroots work- including respect for sovereign- for trade and investments. deep-rooted in shared history highlighting shortage of essen- the pace but an alert Sindhu Nothing changed after the member from Gujarat. We ers,” he said. ty and territorial integrity of India also welcomed the and cultural affinities, sus- tial commodities including was up to the task. The Indian breather as a relentless Sindhu have won several elections in “I have visited his resi- states, in an apparent reference interest of Bahrain to join the tained and nourished through medicines in , targeted Okuhara’s forehand kept her stranglehold on the the State by working on his dence a number of times with to China’s push for its Belt and International Solar alliance growing economic linkages the Governor told reporters in corner to take two more points. Japanese, who crumbled under strategy. We will always feel his senior party leaders. He was Road Initiative (BRI). (ISA), recognising the impor- and close people-to-people New Delhi that there is no Sindhu used her height to pressure. absence,” Rupani told reporters. very humble and polite to all of During the meetings, the tance of it as international contacts. shortage of essential commodi- produce those attacking clears At 16-4, Sindhu made a Union Health and Family us. He used to listen to con- two sides also noted the intergovernmental organisa- ties. He said the lack of com- which Okuhara could not couple of rare errors when she Welfare Minister Harsh cerns of everyone and never increasing trend of bilateral tion, which has become an     555 munication lines is a better negotiate. At 16-2, Sindhu hit long but that did not mat- Vardhan said Jaitley’s death turned down any request for trade and existing potential effective platform to Partial restoration of nor- option than loss of lives. committed a couple of ter as she pounced on a weak was an irreparable loss and he help by party workers,” said for two-way investments and facilitate the deployment of malcy in the last one week Referring to similar situa- unforced errors before again return from Okuhara and sent will always be remembered for Vishnu Pandit, a party worker reaffirmed their desire to pro- solar energy. motivated the officials to exe- tions in the past, he said “In all taking control of the match. it to the backline and then left his contribution. from Malviya Nagar. vide favourable environments Both the sides also empha- cute the task. During the the crises that happened in Sindhu eventually grabbed her rival stranded with anoth- Party workers remembered Jaitley, who as Finance for trade and investments. sised on the urgent need to recently concluded 73rd Kashmir in the past, at least 50 as many as 13 game points er powerful smash. Jaitley, saying that he has been Minister piloted India’s biggest The two countries agreed pursue UN reforms, including Independence Day celebra- people used to die in the first when Okuhara went long and Sindhu grabbed the match one of the greatest leaders in tax reform and flagship to focus on enhancing cooper- the Security Council through tions, the State flag was seen fit- week itself.” So far, no deaths she sealed the first game with point when Okuhara went long contemporary India. “Jaitely schemes like Jan Dhan, was the ation in energy, covering the an expansion of both cate- ted alongside National flag on have been reported from the a body blow which her rival again and \sealed the title when ji’s contribution cannot be chief troubleshooter of the BJP areas of joint exploration and gories of its membership, to the official vehicles of VIPs State. sent out. another superb return before ruled out in reforming the and the Modi Government. training of human resources. make it more representative who inspected the parade after “Our attitude is such that In the second game, throwing her hands in the air economic condition in the Jaitley who completed gradu- The two leaders agreed to and effective in tackling glob- unfurling the tricolour. there should be no loss of Sindhu continued her ram- in celebration. country. He introduced the ation degree from Shri Ram enhance cooperation to al challenges. Meanwhile, situation human lives. If there’s no tele- paging form, grabbing two With Sindhu’s gold and GST Bill in the Lok Sabha to College of Commerce and his strengthen maritime security in The two countries also remained peaceful across the phone for 10 days, so be it. But quick points before Okuhara Praneeth’s bronze in this edi- simplify taxes which has great- LLB degree from the Faculty of the Gulf region, vital for the signed MoUs on cultural Valley on Sunday. Posting a we will roll back these measures earned a point with a cross tion, Indian shuttlers also con- ly benefited the nation,” said Law, University of Delhi (DU), security and safety of sea lanes. exchange programme, space tweet on Sunday evening, very soon,” he added.   !" #$%   

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This is an and the press got a taste of the Gandhi this year as a day to porate sector to come out with amazing aspect about tech- “draconian administration” and make India plastic-free and ways and means for appropri- nology,” the prime minister “brute force” unleashed on the exhorted municipalities, NGOs ate disposal of all accumulated explained. He said, with some people of Jammu & Kashmir and the corporate sector to plastic. It can be recycled; it can hesitation, people do ask him when they tried to visit come up with ways for safe dis- be transformed into fuel. This as to how could Grylls under- Srinagar. posal of accumulated plastic way we can accomplish our stand Hindi. The delegation was there waste before Diwali. The call task of ensuring safe disposal of “Was the episode edited to take stock the situation fol- for a mass movement came plastic waste before this later? How many times did the lowing massive deployment of days after Modi’s Independence Diwali,” he said. shooting happen for this troops in the wake of abroga- Day’s address in which he Diwali festival this year episode and how it happened? tion of Article 370 had urged people to shun ‘sin- falls on October 27. They ask with great curiosi- The delegation included gle-use’ plastic to protect the He said all that is required ty...There is no secret in this. Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad, environment. to take up the challenge is Many people have this question Anand Sharma and KC In his monthly radio resolve and “what can be a in their minds, so I will unrav- Venugopal, CPI(M) leader address ‘Mann ki Baat’, the greater inspiration than el this secret. In a way it is no Sitaram Yechury , Tiruchi Siva prime minister also urged peo- Gandhi?”. secret at all the reality is that (DMK), Sharad Yadav (LJD), ple to participate in the annu- In his Independence Day’s technology was used exten- Dinesh Trivedi (TMC), D Raja al ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ or ‘the address, Modi had urged citi- sively in my conversation with (CPI), Majeed Menon (NCP), ,  #        6  !# $  !0 -"  "        ! "  9 quest for cleanliness is service’ zens to eliminate ‘single-use’ Bear Grylls,” Modi said. Manoj Jha (RJD) and D         "      0 &      /0   - campaign, which will begin on plastic and suggested that shop- After the show’s broad- Kupendra Reddy JD(S). September 11 this year. “This keepers provide eco-friendly cast, a large number of people TV journalists covering Saturday’s events, showing on a flight to New Delhi. stop doing so,” Priyanka tweet- taken on their way to Delhi year, on October 2, when we bags to customers. have been discussing about the visits beamed live picture authorities reading out an order Priyanka lashed out at the ed. after the administration did not celebrate Bapu’s 150th birth “This campaign has the Jim Corbett National Park, from the Srinagar airport to the opposition leaders and Centre for the restrictions in In the video, the woman is allow them to move out of the anniversary, we shall not only enthused people ... Many of my he said. “You must also visit where policemen assaulted Gandhi addressing the media. Kashmir and accused it of seen recounting how the lock- Srinagar airport. dedicate to him an India that is merchant brothers and sisters sites associated with nature them in an attempt to prevent The video showed Gandhi being anti-national by silencing down in the Valley has affect- On his return to Delhi the open defecation-free but also have put up a placard at their and wildlife and animals. As I them from talking to anyone. speaking to the media and the people of the valley. ed the lives of those in Jammu former Congress chief said shall lay the foundation of a establishments, boldly men- have said before, and I empha- “It’s been 20 days since the alleging that media persons “How long is this going to and Kashmir. “Our children things were not normal in new revolution against plastic, tioning that customers ought to sise, that you must visit the people of Jammu & Kashmir accompanying the delegation continue? This is one out of have not been able to move out Jammu and Kashmir. “We by people themselves, through- carry shopping bags with them. northeast in your lifetime,” he had their freedom and civil lib- were mishandled and beaten millions of people who are of their houses. My brother is wanted to get a sense of what out the country,” he said. This will result in monetary said. erties curtailed,” Leaders of up. He also said it is clear that being silenced and crushed in a heart patient. He could not people are going through and He said people from all savings as well as one would be Walking through the wild the Opposition and the Press things are “not normal” in the name of “Nationalism”. see the doctor for 10 days. We help the situation if we could. strata of the society should cel- able to contribute towards pro- and taking a ride on a cold river got a taste of the draconian Jammu and Kashmir. There is NOTHING more are in trouble,” she said sob- But unfortunately we were not ebrate Gandhi Jayanti this year tection of the environment,” he in a makeshift boat were some administration and brute force Meanwhile, Rahul’s sister ‘political’ and ‘anti national’ bing. In the video, Rahul can be allowed to go beyond the air- as a day to make “Mother said. of the things that Modi put up unleashed on the people of J&K and Congress s general secre- than the shutting down of all seen trying to console the port. The press people with us India plastic-free”. Prime Minister also shared with as he teamed up with when we tried to visit Srinagar tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on democratic rights that is taking woman. were mishandled, beaten. It’s The prime minister urged his experiences in the Grylls to promote causes close yesterday,” he said. Sunday shared a video of a place in Kashmir. It is the duty The woman met Rahul clear that things are not normal all municipalities, municipal Discovery Channel’s show with to his heart -- conservation of The former Congress pres- Kashmiri woman breaking of every one of us to raise our Gandhi in the flight that he and in Jammu and Kashmir,” Rahul corporations, district adminis- Bear Grylls. “Whenever I nature and cleanliness. ident also posted a video of down before Rahul Gandhi voices against it, we will not other opposition leaders had said. >  ?             * 5  : :;<  

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(Platform for Effective Abeen developed on 4,288 According to a survey con- Enforcement of No Child acres across the country under ducted by the National Labour) may be introduced the Atal Mission for Commission for Protection of and implemented properly in Rejuvenation and Urban Child Rights (NCPCR) which the district of Koderma and Transformation (AMRUT) a came following a report by Giridih to help in effective flagship programme of Prime Terre Des Hommes, an inter- enforcement of no child labour Minister Narendra Modi. national development agency in the areas,” the NCPCR said According to the Housing mission to increase the ameni- addressed through this flag working in India, revealed last in its report. and Urban Affairs Ministry, ty value of the cities by devel- ship programme. In the first year that more than 22,000 in the districts of Koderma and also cases of collecting mica India is one of the world’s It said residential schools more than 4,288 acre is being oping greenery,” he added. phase, 496 ULBs have been children are employed as child Giridih in Jharkhand and scraps, according to the survey. largest producers of mica, with and hostel facilities should be enriched as green spaces and Around 1,768 crore was identified in 200 districts. In labourers in the mica mining Nawada district in Bihar. “As per It also found that children Jharkhand and Bihar being made available in the mica parks under the mission, a allocated for the green spaces the second phase, between areas of Jharkhand and Bihar. the survey, there are 4,545 chil- in the age group of six to 14 the main mica producing states mining areas to accommodate flagship programme of the cen- and parks sector, and a total of October 1 and November 30, Taking serious view in the dren in the age group of six to 14 years in 45 habitations of in the country. Mica is used in children who are not attending tral government. “So far, a total 2,355 park projects costing Rs the guidelines will be imple- matter, the child rights’ body years in the area of Jharkhand Koderma, 40 habitations of various sectors, including school. of 1,159 parks have been devel- 1,522 crore was taken up under mented in 260 ULBs in 55 dis- has called for making the sup- reported as not attending school,” Giridih and 15 habitations of buildings and electronics, and The NCPCR also flagged oped across the country under the AMRUT, the HUA min- tricts. In all, according to the ply chain of the mica mining the NCPCR said. Nawada go for mica scraps col- even in cosmetics and paint the issue of malnutrition AMRUT,” the official said. istry said. In addition to the ministry, 255 districts (India and industry free of child The survey on ‘education lection. production. among children in these areas. He said the components of completed projects, 990 pro- has a total of 725 districts), 756 labour. & well-being of children in Officials say selling mica The objectives of the sur- “In case of Giridih and parks developed include chil- jects worth 812 crore are urban local bodies (ULBs; In a report based on the mica mining areas of scraps is the main means of vey conducted by the NCPCR Koderma, the undernutrition dren friendly equipment, under progress, it said. The municipalities and corpora- survey, the NCPCR said it has Jharkhand and Bihar’ found livelihood for many families in were to find out the educational cases reported in 14 per cent divyang (disabled) friendly fea- AMRUT was launched by tions), and 1,597 blocks across observed that a section of chil- that 649 children in the same these areas. status of children in the mica and 19 per cent of the habita- tures, open gym, besides pro- Prime Minister Narendra Modi the country face a severe water dren in the mica mining areas age group were reported as not “Several families do not mining areas, number of chil- tions and villages, respectively viding park-related softscape in June 2015 in 500 cities crisis and shortage of drinking are deprived of opportunities attending school in Nawada see the benefit of sending their dren who are not attending in the survey area. In case of and hardscape elements and across the country, covering water from a rapid decline in and have started working as district of Bihar. children to schools and instead school, whether children are Nawada, 69 per cent habita- other horticulture works. about 60 per cent of the total ground water levels due to labourers to supplement their The reasons for not attend- prefer them working in col- involved in collecting mica tions have reported that some “Development of parks and urban population. indiscriminate extraction, family income. ing school included lack of lecting and selling mica scraps,” scraps, if vocational trainings children are undernourished,” public places is one of the According to officials, erratic monsoons, and unau- The survey was conducted aspiration, lack of interest and an official said. are provided to the adolescents, it said. major thrust areas under the water scarcity will also be thorised development. "       # $ $ % &'&( $ )  # &*+  (

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Presiding over a high- The “national importance”  ?&&/"3/*3/(+%?&&/,*(/+% Officials on Sunday said the level meeting to review the tag puts the sites on the world Ferozepur district adminis- flood situation in Ferozepur, tourism map, and ensure them 3/*%( tration is on high alert, while Jalandhar, Kapurthala and regular fund for conservation, ?+*%3&2")&+%6)+@"+*6/ /* precautionary deployment of Rupnagar districts, he direct- preservation and maintenance (+/+7@3/*%( the NDRF and the Army ed the principal secretary by the ASI on priority basis, as teams has been made in view Water Resources to ensure per archaeological norms. 8:9B>&/B6)(6)(*+ *763/,3+)(+% +% of the flood threat which strengthening of Tendiwala Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka % "3/@2*/*/ looms large in some villages. embankment on war footing and Tamil Nadu have the high- %&&2/%,6/++%/1*%O)'/(+ “Pakistan has released to avert the flooding of near- est number of sites maintained water in huge quantity which by villages, an official state- by the country’s premier con- caused damage to the ment said. servation body, an autonomous the site known as Jagatgram has Kerala’s Wayanad has been ruins of over 52 temples in the cults such as Shaivism, statue of Avalokiteshvara, the embankment in Tendiwala The Chief Minister, it said, organization under the Union remains of three fire altars recently been given national twin villages of Ranipur-Jharial Buddhism, Vaisnavism and Bodhisattva (prospective or village, and there is danger of also directed the Ferozepur Culture Ministry. where the horse sacrifices were tag. An artist’s delight, the in Odisha’s Balangir district. Tantrism. future Buddha) on lotus floods in some villages,” a deputy commissioner to keep Excavated by the ASI way presumably conducted. The temple’s huge stone pillars have The site has a famous shrine Two Mughal-era structures pedestal, in the cold deserts of spokesperson of the Punjab NDRF teams on standby to back in 1950s, Jagatgram vil- excavated remains of the three nearly 300 intricate and elabo- known as Chausathi Yogini - Haveli of Agah Khan and Ladakh’s Wanla village too government said. meet any exigency arising out lage, the 2,000-year-old site in fire altars here reveal that they rate carvings, sculpture of a temple showcasing 64 yoginis Hathi Khana, both located on have been brought under the “Being on guard, the dis- of the floods. The spokesper- Dehradun is associated with were built in the eagle-shaped fishing man, a primitive war in various dancing poses, the eastern side of Taj Mahal- ASI fold. trict administration has son said people need not the ancient practice of horse Syena Chiti form, where the scene featuring tuskers, a stone which is already a centrally pro- have been declared as ‘monu- The Ministry has notified announced evacuation in panic as the administration is sacrifice or the ritual of bird is depicted with its wings edict in old Kannada script, fig- tected monument. Dating ments of national importance.’ these structures as protected most sensitive villages along geared up for the task with Ashvamedha. It been now spread. According to experts, ures of Jain deities and sculp- back to the 9th/10th century Largely in a state of dilap- monuments under the Ancient the Sutlej river as a precau- relief work at vulnerable declared a monument of such altars are extremely rare. tures of the ‘Dashavathara’. AD, pertaining to the reign of idation, the 11th-12th Century Monuments and Archeological tionary step besides deploying points being undertaken at a ‘national importance’. Similarly, the 12th-century Yet another monument is Somavanshi Keshari kings, the old Buddhist monastery Wanla Sites and Remains Act various teams of the health fast pace. An official in the ASI said old Janardhanagudi temple in an ancient complex housing plethora of temples showcase Gompa housing 16-feet-high (AMASR), 1958.   !" #$%   6 *      * '> #* .      *'            !R 1   !    ! *'      23 %&!   +'      4     5 (      & &    *' ! '"  8    :   *      232,+ would have joined us”. Sabha from November 2005 to Legislative Council in 2015, There are not many takers April 2014. Dutts have been with the support of BJP. ashtriya Samaj Paksha to Jankar’s claim that Dutt very close to the Nehru-Gandhi Later, talking to media per-   /+% /5%&'(&)*+ R(RSP) chief and Dairy would join the RSP. An emo- family for decades now. Dutt sons, Jankar said that his party Development Minister tional person that he is, Dutt campaigned for his sister Priya continued to remain in the ost of the chemist shops Mahadev Jankar on Sunday may not have even realised as in the recent Lok Sabha polls, BJP-led ruling alliance in the Mremained open in the created a sensation by claiming that his mere greetings to Jankar in which the latter suffered state, despite the fact that it did Kashmir Valley on Sunday as that Bollywood actor Sanjay would result in Jankar’s claim. defeat at the hands of the BJP’s not get even one seat in the seat Governor Satya Pal Malik Dutt would join his party on It may be recalled that on Poonam Mahajan. allocations for the recent Lok denied any shortage of medi- September 25. May 1, 2016, the presence of Jankar said the RSP’s power Sabha polls. “Since the BJP has cines and essential commodities Jankar made the claim at Dutt — who had just then been in the State had increased con- announced reservations for the in Jammu & Kashmir, and said the RSP’s 16th foundation day released from Pune central siderably. “We have 98 mem- Dhangar community, we are communication curbs helped event here in the presence of prison after serving his sen- bers of zilla parishads. The RSP with the principal ruling party save many lives in the State. Minister of Rural Development, tence in the 1993 serial blasts holds the reign of several mar- in the state. Though we have In a statement, the Jammu Women and Child Welfare case — at a BJP’s Maharashtra ket committees. We have asked demanded 57 seats, we expect and Kashmir administration Pankaja Munde, after a video of Day function organised at for 57 Assembly seats in the at least 14 seats,” he said. said 1,165 out of 1,666 chemist the “Munnabhai MBBS” actor Dindoshi in north Mumbai Assembly after considering our Addressing the rally, shops in Srinagar remained was played out at the event. on Sunday night — had set party’s increased strength,” Pankaja Munde said that from open on Sunday. In the video clip, Dutt said: tongues wagging in the State Jankar said. being a party that was confined The Kashmir Valley has “I congratulate RSP National political circles An engineer, Jankar — to chowks had now reached 7,630 retail chemist shops and President Mahadev Jankar, my Donning an orange who is born in a poor family in Shivaji Park. “The BJP will 4,331 wholesale shops, it said, friend and my brother. if I Maharashtrian ‘pagdi’ at the Mann taluka of Satara district give befitting number of seats adding that around 65 per Union Finance Minister Arun would have been here, I would function organised by his in western Maharashtra, has for to the RSP in the State cent shops remained open Jaitley who died on Saturday, have come,” said Dutt in the 17- friend and BJP leader Mohit several years been champi- Assembly polls. “The earlier there. Malik said there was no also said no life has been lost ?; second video. Kambhoj on the occasion of that he is the son of late actor- oning the cause of the Dhangar Congress-NCP had fooled the shortage of medicines and in Jammu & Kashmir due to Later, speaking at the func- “Maharashtra day”, the actor politician Sunil Dutt and a community. Having started his Dhangar community. It tried to essential commodities any- any violence in the last 10 days 4  tion held at the historic Shivaji had pledged not only to do any- five-time Congress MP from career with then Kanshi Ram- create rift among the backward where in Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of the spe- Park in north-central Mumbai, thing for his friend (Manoj) but Mumbai and late actress Nargis led BSP, he became the presi- communities. The Dhangar and enough stocks were avail- cial status given to Jammu & Jankar claimed: “Just now you also reportedly said that the Dutt, who had also been a dent of Yeshwant Sena. After and other backward commu- able for people to buy. “In fact, Kashmir and its division into  /0 heard the byte of big boss...big BJP seats in the state “must Rajya Sabha MP. His sister floating RSP in 2003, he nities have seen through their we delivered meat, vegetables two Union Territories. brother. Sanjay Dutt has given increase”, a statement the actor Priya Dutt-Roncon is the unsuccessfully contested the game. The BJP-led ruling and eggs to people’s doorsteps “If blockade of communi- New Delhi: The Centre on date of 25 September to join did not deny later. Congress’ former MP. Lok Sabha polls from Baramati alliance will return to power in on Eid,” he said. cation helps saves lives, what is Sunday launched 85 people- (RSP).He is in Dubai (today). Jankar’s claim should be Priya had represented in 2014. He was elected a the state with a thumping Medicines worth Rs 23.81 the harm?” he told reporters oriented development Had he been in Mumbai, he seen in the context of the fact Congress for two terms in Lok member of Maharashtra majority,” she said. crore have reached end user when asked to comment on schemes, like PM-KISAN, retail shops in the last 20 days. how long the restrictions will PM-KISAN-Pension, “That’s slightly higher than the continue. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan monthly average,” the state- Malik said in the past, Yojana and Stand-Up India, in ment said. It said all 376 noti- whenever there was a crisis in Jammu & Kashmir. fied drugs are available at gov- Kashmir, at least 50 people used The Government aims to ernment shops and also private to die in the first week itself. achieve 100 per cent coverage retailers. Sixty-two essential/life “Our attitude that there should of these schemes, which come saving drugs were also avail- be no loss of human life. ‘10 din under 21 Ministries, within able. “Both categories for 15-20 telephone nahi honge, nahi one month (by September 30). days stock,” it added. honge, lekin hum bahut jaldi sab A slew of insurances The average delivery time wapas kar denge. (If there is no schemes, including the Atal from placement of order is 14- phone connection for 10 days, so Pension Yojana, has also been 18 hours from Jammu, as most be it. But, we will restore every- introduced in the newly of the distributors are from thing soon),” he said. carved Union Territory and there, the statement said. Fondly remembering the Government plans to pro- Noting that there was some Jaitley, Malik said it was the vide electricity to all the J&K shortage of baby food in the departed leader who had insist- households. Valley for nearly two days, it ed him to take up the respon- The PM’s special initia- said fresh stocks have been sibility as the Jammu & tives, like LPG connection to received and they are sufficient Kashmir Governor last year. the poor household and direct for the next three weeks. “I was advised by Arun benefit transfer (DBT) for “No cases of overpricing Jaitley to take up the responsi- LPG and kerosene, focussing received in 72 test check cases,” bility as Governor. He told me to empower women especial- !     6                it added. Governor Malik, who that it will be historic. He also ly in rural areas, have also ,    "  -        6     "  - was in the national capital to told me that his in-laws are been introduced. pay his last respects to former from Jammu,” he said. IANS    @  + +'            ! %        4       #     *     )!     /% + sion saying the people of O P/0 Khandikar had asked him for    " group of Muslim villagers the list of items needed for    6) (#2( 1(4'( ers of Birbhum had succeeded   %&'(&)*+ Ain Assam’s Kamrup district Gaur’s last rites. ((2,4-(''(1,## in reversing the induction of New Delhi: A Minority Affairs team will look at all possibili- has performed the last rites of Official sources said the he Bengal BJP seems to be %2',(11,2 turncoat TMC MLA Manirul ongress leader Priyanka Ministry team will visit the ties of social-economic devel- a Hindu man, who had stayed administration was not involved Tdivided on the induction of #((*,%*2, Islam who is also a local strong- CGandhi Vadra on Sunday Kashmir Valley for two days opment projects, he said. at a Muslim friend’s residence in the cremation but was aware alleged “corrupt” leaders from man facing a number of hit out at those accusing the from Tuesday to identify the The Minister also said with his family for over 25 of the incident. Hussain said he other parties particularly the -% (( 2'(,'%  charges against him. Opposition of “politicising” areas to implement centrally- “precautions” taken in J&K are years, officials said on Sunday. had given shelter to Gaur after Trinamool Congress. A section #'5#(#1**%1( On Chatterjee who was the Jammu & Kashmir issue, sponsored development pro- targeted at a “handful of sepa- Sixty-five-year-old he was forced to vacate the of the BJP leadership has '#(?&,'#(,2(*( once blue-eyed boy of Chief saying there is nothing more jects after provisions of Article ratists” who can mislead the Rajkumar Gaur used to stay at Railway quarters where he was objected to the induction of #2('#(2''(4'#1 Minister Mamat Banerjee a “political” and “anti-national” 370 were abrogated, Union people. “It is the job of a Saddam Hussain’s residence in living following the death of his leaders like Sovan Chatterjee (@(*'( '#(*2-1 leader said “what is the surety than the alleged “shutting minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi responsible government to not Rangia’s Khandikar village after father who had come to Assam and further talks of taking in that he will not quit the BJP if down” of democratic rights in has said. allow any misinformation the death of his father rendered from UP. some other MPs and MLAs situation changes tomorrow.” Kashmir. He also asserted that those campaign to be run,” he said. him homeless in the 1990s. “I had built a dwelling for who are facing charges of cor- Another leader from North Making massive inroads in She also asserted that the opposing the government’s Naqvi said the team will After Rajkumar Gaur died on Rajkumar inside my premises so ruption against them. 24 Parganas who have been Bengal politics the BJP won 18 Congress will not stop raising withdrawal of J&K’s special also visit Jammu & Ladakh at Saturday, Hussain and his that he could live with his fam- “I have no doubt about the instrumental in expanding the out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats its voice against it. status, acting as per their “polit- a later date. The Minority friends pooled money to pur- ily,” he said. Gaur remained a organisational capabilities of base of the party in the region in the state in the last Lok Her remarks come a day ical prejudice”, will also come Affairs Minister ruled out chase the items required for a Hindu but used to take part in Sovan Chatterjee. He is a big said, “the party will not only Sabha polls. Since then hordes after a delegation of opposition around to support the move reconsideration on abrogation Hindu cremation and arranged Muslim religious and social leader in Bengal politics but it face difficulty in explaining its of local leaders are joining the leaders, including Rahul after seeing its impact. of Article 370 provisions, say- a priest, said Shukur Ali, a res- functions, another villager is also true that he is facing stance but also we will face saffron outfit. Gandhi, which wanted to visit “A team of senior officials, ing there was no going back. ident of Khandikar village. Majibar Rahman said. His two charges against his name problem in carrying out our Meanwhile, in a separate Kashmir Valley to take stock of including the Secretary, will be “It is (Narendra) Modi’s They also carried his body daughters were married to Narada case. It will be difficult anti-corruption movement in development tension ran high in the situation there after the visiting the area (Kashmir Government. Everybody to the cremation ground and set Muslims. “The gesture is in line for the BJP to go to the people various places.” Kulri town near Asansol where abrogation of Article 370 pro- Valley) on August 27-28. The knows that in this govern- fire to the funeral pyre amidst with the traditional Shankardeb- with a clean face and a party How the BJP would carry a TMC councilor murdered visions, was not allowed to team will explore development ment, decision is made after a chanting of Vedic chants, Maidul Azan Fakir communal harmony with a difference,” a State out its anti-cut money cam- late on Saturday night. The leave Srinagar airport possibilities — where schools, lot of thinking, but there is no Islam of the same village said. culture of Assam,” All BTAD party leader said adding he paign against the local TMC TMC has accused the BJP for by the state administration colleges, skill development cen- question of a rethink after a Upen Das of a neighbouring Minority Students’ Union central would raise the issue at the leadership he wondered.After the violence while the latter and had to return to the tres can be opened,” Naqvi decision has been made,” he Hindu village backed this ver- secretary Najrul Islam said. national level. vehement protest the BJP lead- party has rejected their claims. national Capital. told PTI in an interview. The said. PTI *    *; +   $  8>  = '(26,%''%1,,& (-( P'/,',(1           6,78   2% )3/3 Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) ter- they said. It comes days after inspector Pramod Kumar told   2   rorists into neighbouring Tamil Tamil Nadu was put on high PTI that based on information    he Coastal Security Police Nadu, police said on Sunday. alert after intelligence agencies from the intelligence, all police R Q   ::R (   Tin coastal Malpe in The public notice asked the said six LeT terrorists, includ- stations had been put on alert.   %%( Karnataka has issued a public people of Malpe area in Udupi ing a Pakistani, have sneaked Following the intelligence   ,&% )3/3 notice asking people to be on to be vigilant and inform the into the state from Sri Lanka to input, an alert has also   ,&% )3/3 wo persons were killed and alert in view of intelligence police if they come across any carry out destructive activities. been sounded in Kerala, he war of words between the Congress and JD(S) Tfour others injured on reports about infiltration of six suspicious looking persons, CSP Malpe Police station Tamil Nadu. enior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tcontinued unabated with Siddaramaiah on Sunday Sunday in a clash between SSunday took a dig at Chief Minister BS slamming HD Kumaraswamy for treating him as an members of two communities Yediyurappa over the delay in allocation of “enemy” and indicated that it led to the fall of the coali- in Gujarat’s Anand district, 4 "  24  &  portfolios to his ministerial colleagues and tion Government headed by the latter. police said. 9       said he has become unwanted baby of the BJP. His comments were in response to According to police, vio-   3/3 /2 "The probe team had spe- The former Chief Minister claimed BJP Kumaraswamy’s recent interview to a news portal, lence broke out following an cific information about the     % was facing rebellion within due to which in which he reportedly said Siddaramaiah treated argument over money between rime Investigation Agency criminals who were involved in the portfolios could not be alloted even JD(S) as its first enemy. However, Kumaraswamy on the groups of the Patel and C(CIA), Palam Vihar, of the smuggling contraband drugs.   /+% / ,2*(1 4,'(1'(1 after five days of the Cabinet expansion and Sunday clarified that he had not made such remarks Molesalam Garasiya (Muslim) district police arrested four Following secret information #(6((#%2 the party high command had also been not and his interview had been ‘distorted’. communities in Undel village persons, including two buyers the police team nabbed the n a freak stone-pelting inci- giving any response to Yediyurappa. “There lies the problem. He (Kumaraswamy) in Khambhat taluka in after- for their alleged involvement in criminals red-handed on Ident, protesters on Sunday 1',(1(('*21 What has happened is, Yediyurappa has started nurturing grudge against me by treating me noon. “The clash left two dead the smuggling of cannabis Saturday and seized a truck evening hurled stones at a  (2('#1-,'# become an unwanted baby for the BJP high as an enemy. Instead of foe, had he considered me and four injured. Sharp (ganja), a contraband drug. and contraband," said Subhash civilian truck in south command...On one side there are dis- as a friend, a trusted man and an ally from the coali- weapons were used in the The accused used to smuggle Boken spokesperson of the Kashmir’s Anantnag district, '#(@%(  gruntled MLAs who went there (to BJP). tion party, nothing would have happened,” fight,” said Deputy the contraband from Odisha. Gurugram police. A police killing the driver, police said. 77B(B,2 2(( They are threatening them and then there Siddaramaiah told reporters in Mysuru. Superintendent of Police The police have seized 54 official said the culprits smug- Noor Mohammed Dar, 42, are many disgruntled within BJP too. The Congress stalwart charged Kumaraswamy (Khambat) Reema Munshi. kg of cannabis is valued at gling the drug from Odisha who belonged to the same ' ,',,& Hence portfolio allotment is not happen- with “hiding” his failure by blaming others. “How can Four to five persons from around 3 lakh. A truck and a and used to supply in the dis- Zradipora Uranhall locality, ing, Siddaramaiah told reporters here. I be an enemy? Those who don’t know how to rule each group were involved in the bike were also recovered from trict as per the demand. was returning home when pro- civilians and earlier this month, Yediyurappa had been going to Delhi say such things,” Siddaramaiah said. violence, the officer said. their possession which was "During the questioning, testers mistook his truck for a they injured an 11-year-old and coming back and was not able to meet The JD(S) leader reportedly alleged Siddaramaiah “The injured have been used to commit the crime. the culprit reveals that they security force vehicle and girl in the eye at downtown of BJP president Amit Shah (to finalise the was never happy with the government formation under hospitalised in Karamsad and The accused have been used to arrange cannabis from hurled stones at it. The driver, Srinagar city. portfolio allocation), he claimed. him. Kumaraswamy in a tweet said: “Some news chan- Vadodara,” said the Dy SP. No identified as Chagla Sahu and the forest of Odisha and sell the who was hit on the head, was Director General of Jammu Attacking the BJP, Siddaramaiah nels have distorted my interview to a news portal a few arrests have been made so far. Ramakant Pradhan of Angul, drug in the city at a profit of shifted to a hospital, where doc- & Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh alleged it never had the mandate and came days ago. “I had only said that more than BJP, “A police contingent has been Odisha. While the buyers have 5,000 to 6,000. They were tors declared him brought has directed officials to catch to power through back-door through Siddaramaiah had targeted our party during the elec- deployed at the site to maintain been identified as Govind of involved in cannabis smug- dead, they said. the culprits and ensure that Operation Lotus (engineering defections) tions but I never said Siddaramaiah is my first enemy. law and order and for investi- Bharatpur, Rajasthan and Sonu gling for the past one year," Police said protesters have stern action is taken against and horse trading. There is no need for unwanted confusion,” he said. gation,” Munshi added. of Sector-46, Gurugram. Boken said. been hurling stones even at them, police added. 7

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This can be It can be concluded from or when some farmers get for mustard, Pusa Basmati 1 While less popular varieties                   ! achieved through breeding and introduc- historical evidence based on the higher yields or less disease. (1989), Govind (1989) in paddy can be phased out after 10-12                   !  tion of newer varieties to maintain pace spread of Green Revolution in The approach to buying seeds among others are still the farm- years, more popular varieties "                   with natural evolution among pests and India that there are three is very conservative. Mostly, ers’ favorites and they have con- may continue up to 20-22          '          ! pathogens. With time, older varieties need groups — Core areas, covering varieties that have proved tinuously given yields and per- years. Preparing for the replace- replacement as they become vulnerable to Punjab, Haryana, Western themselves over a season or two formed optimally. If suddenly ment drive of a variety of seed,                   biotic and abiotic factors. Seeds bred for dis- Uttar Pradesh, Andhra in the region are sold. Smaller they are removed from the the Government can use digi-      5             ! ease resistance may lose those traits as Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; periph- farmers do not gamble with market, with no alternative to tal media to showcase effi-       :             pests/diseases keep evolving, depending on ery, covering eastern Uttar new varieties. Medium/large the farmers, this may lead to ciency, using farmer-friendly agro-climatic conditions, among other Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, farms may experiment with discontentment among the videos in regional things. 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But a one size fits all approach does not The time of adaptation or tions and water scarcity, it may economy. Instead of aiding the supply new varieties to the work in the farm sector. And why should even a variety being accepted by take a longer time for the seed farmers, the Government may farmers directly so that they can          it? The category of the Indian farmer is one zone differs to a great to perform ideally. Hence, the well push them to act complic- sow them in small patches in     (      occupied by many — starting from the for- degree. After the commercial- time of adaptation increases, itly with black marketers. The their region. Once the farmers ' est-dwelling Santhal farmers of Jharkhand isation of a variety, it may take depending on the area. rural economy will suffer and see the new varieties perform P   *Q      to the progressive cereal farmers from around one to three years for it The harshest truth of the the seed economy along with better, they will develop trust          Punjab, the Gond farmers growing corn in to be widely accepted by core seed world is that its economy the markets will see a decline, for new seeds and, thus, natur-               central India, the Assamese farmer culti- areas such as Punjab and is based on the choices made by which may translate to a al demand can be created. The   ,      vating paddy in the fields of North-East, the Haryana. For the same variety the farmers. The market is dri- decrease in crop production. 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a child who is mentally or physically chal- Hong Kong and Vietnam, in most of the with this Bill is that the following aspects child passed by a magistrate’s court. monitor altruistic surrogacy. There is lenged or suffers from life-threatening dis- neighbouring countries it’s either banned are missing from it and must be addressed. However, the Bill lacks any review or enough evidence that families can also be order or fatal illness. This apart, the cou- or there are no regulations governing it. First, the reason for not having a com- appeal procedure in case of rejection of the exploitative towards women who may be ple must also fulfill other conditions that After widespread reports of Indian women mon position on surrogacy as outlined in application. coerced to become surrogates for close rel- may be specified by regulations. travelling to Nepal once India enforced the Assisted Reproductive Technology Fifth, the surrogate mother is required atives. Thus, the argument that the altru- The Bill was introduced to clamp visa restrictions for foreigners commis- (Regulation) Bill, 2017 is not having an to be a close relative of the intending cou- istic surrogacy cannot be an exploitative down on rampant commercial surrogacy, sioning surrogacy in India in 2013, the integrated approach towards the use of ple. However, the “close relative” or the arrangement does not stand. with India fast becoming a hub. Surrogacy Supreme Court of Nepal ruled against assisted reproductive technologies. nature of this relationship is not defined. From a surrogate mother’s perspective, is a $400 million a year business with an commercial surrogacy in August 2015. Second, as per the definition of “infer- While it provides flexibility to the there are several concerns like prevention   estimated 3,000 fertility clinics in major To date, however, normative standards tility”, the Bill excludes women who con- intending couple to broaden the choice of of coercion or any other form of exploita- Indian cities, says a 2012 UN study. on surrogacy have been relatively limited. ceive but are unable to carry a child surrogates, it may also be subjected to per- tion, legal counselling for the implications he newly-introduced Surrogacy Worldwide, it is estimated that around The UN international human rights through the period of the pregnancy due ceptional scrutiny at the time of receiving of surrogacy on health and lives, informed (Regulation) Bill, 2019, passed by 15 per cent of reproductive-aged couples mechanisms have not yet taken up the to miscarriage, fibroids, hypertension the certificate of essentiality. consent, access to remuneration for sur- Tthe Lok Sabha, has once again are affected by infertility. According to the issue of surrogacy in a focussed or uniform and diabetes. In some countries like The Sixth, the eligibility criterion that rogacy, nature of the relationship with the stirred the big debate regarding reproduc- World Health Organisation (WHO), the way. The UN Special rapporteur on the Netherlands, South Africa and Greece specifies that the couple should be mar- legal family of the child, among others. tive autonomy, women’s rights and the infertility rate in India is between 3.9 to sale of children, child prostitution and medical conditions that permit altruistic ried for at least five years stops the cou- The Bill violates the fundamental extent to which the State should intervene. 16.8 per cent. Infertility rates vary from child pornography has addressed the surrogacy are well-defined. ple from deciding the size of their family rights of surrogates and potential parents. The Bill prohibits commercial surrogacy State to State. While it is 3.7 per cent in issue and highlighted the lack of regula- Third, the Bill includes a sub-clause as per their requirement. It’s not clear that The banning of surrogacy will make it but allows it for altruistic purposes. It man- Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and tion of commercial surrogacy. It has for National Surrogacy Board to define once infertility is established, why a cou- more discreet and underground, putting dates that the intending couple should Maharashtra, it’s 5 per cent in Andhra called upon countries to adopt legislation “any other condition or disease” for which ple should be made to wait for five years. a lot of these women at further risk. have a “certificate of essentiality” and a Pradesh and 15 per cent in Kashmir. to protect the rights of women and chil- surrogacy may be allowed. For a robust Seven, the criteria of not having Despite all the intricacies of the Bill, “certificate of eligibility” that are issued Hence, there’s a big population that dren and develop and implement interna- implementation, the eligibility criteria “been a surrogate mother earlier” cannot it leaves us with these questions — Where upon fulfillment of certain conditions. needs help starting a family but the new tional standards. should not be left to regulations but be part be monitored until there’s a centralised sys- is the choice of surrogate women? Will For instance, the couple must be law will make surrogacy inaccessible for Coming back to the Bill, another stick- of the law. tem to record pregnancies in the country. banning commercial surrogacy address all Indian citizens and married for at least five this cohort. There are arguments for easy ing point is that surrogacy remains only Fourth, as part of the certificate of Eight, the purpose of imposing a focus these pressing issues? Why ban surroga- years; the wife should be between 23 to 50 availability of the option for adoption in for the married heterosexual couples and essentiality, the Bill outlines the following on “altruistic surrogacy” is an assumption cy and not regulate it? years of age and the husband between 26 India, but in the end, the state shouldn’t completely excludes singles, live-in part- conditions, a certificate of proven infer- that it will not be exploitative or coercive. (The writer is Senior Technical Advisor, to 55-years-old. They must not have any decide how couples expand the family. ners and same-sex couples. tility of one or both the partners from a With commercial surrogacy, there is at Advocacy and Accountability at surviving child (biological, adopted or sur- While this Bill makes altruistic surro- The other problem that various sec- District Medical Board; an order of least an option for stringent contract and International Planned Parenthood rogate). However, this would not include gacy legal in India just like South Korea, tions of women groups and activists have parentage and custody of the surrogate legal provisions but it will be difficult to Federation, South Asia)   !" #$% )'1$ %

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Fund-Sr 2-Reg(G) 9.40 -6.07 Edelweiss Long Term 43.19 -9.78 Fund-II-Reg(D) Aditya Birla SL Infrastructure 27.15 -19.53 ICICI Pru Nifty Low Vol 30 ETF 85.88 -6.07 Equity Fund (Tax Savings)-Reg(G) Sundaram TOP 100-Sr 11.41 -13.55 Fund(G) SBI LT Advantage 9.49 -6.11 Kotak Infra & Eco Reform 18.43 -9.80 VII-Reg(G) DSP Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 47.77 -19.75 Fund-V-Reg(G) Fund(G) Axis Emerging Opp 11.29 -13.62 Sundaram Value 7.61 -19.98 Aditya Birla SL Index 106.53 -6.13 ICICI Pru S&P BSE 500 ETF 141.96 -9.83 Fund-1-Reg(G) Fund-VII-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Reliance Large Cap Fund(G) 31.15 -9.85 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(G) 28.22 -13.62 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 10.86 -20.03 PGIM India Large Cap Fund(G) 160.75 -6.15 Reliance Growth Fund(G) 1020.04-9.88 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96 28.22 -13.62 India Fund-2-Reg(G) DSP Equity Fund-Reg(G) 37.44 -6.15 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr 14.99 -10.00 (ELSS U/S 80C of IT ACT)(G) IDBI Midcap Fund(G) 9.45 -20.39 IDBI Nifty Index Fund(G) 20.03 -6.16 I-Reg(G) Franklin India Equity Fund(G) 532.47-13.67 Aditya Birla SL Midcap Fund(G) 247.25-20.43 Reliance Index Fund - Nifty 18.16 -6.20 Tata Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 50.22 -10.03 Reliance Focused Equity 41.46 -13.77 Franklin India Smaller 46.07 -20.46 Plan(G) Mirae Asset Great Consumer 31.98 -10.05 Fund(G) Cos Fund(G) Franklin India Index Fund-NSE 86.02 -6.21 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Infra Advantage 28.60 -13.79 Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) 46.28 -20.49 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 21.77 3.36 Nifty(G) HDFC Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 103.41-10.06 Fund(G) Fund(G) Fund-A(G) ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 9.60 -6.25 L&T Equity Fund-Reg(G) 76.49 -10.06 DSP World Energy Fund-Reg(G) 12.24 -13.79 DSP Global Allocation 12.62 3.08 Fund-1-(G) IDFC Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 30.32 -10.08 Reliance Capital Builder 8.99 -13.88 Fund-Reg(G) JM Tax Gain Fund(G) 16.26 -6.26 Sundaram Large and Mid 32.16 -10.09 Fund-IV-A(G) ICICI Pru Global Stable Equity 15.69 2.82 ICICI Pru Value Fund-9(G) 11.47 -6.44 Cap Fund(G) L&T India Value Fund-Reg(G) 32.46 -13.91 Fund(G) Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 9.51 -6.45 SBI LT Advantage 12.35 -10.10 Sundaram Diversified Equity(G) 91.85 -13.91 DSP World Mining Fund-Reg(G) 7.94 2.52 II-Reg(G) Fund-I-Reg(G) Sundaram Rural and 37.70 -13.99 Aditya Birla SL Global Emerging 13.06 1.83 DSP 3Y Close Ended Equity 14.17 -6.52 Sundaram Select Small Cap 13.13 -10.16 Consumption Fund(G) Opp Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Series-IV-Reg(G) UTI Focussed Equity 9.01 -14.01 ICICI Pru Value Fund-16(G) 10.59 1.63 SBI LT Advantage 9.79 -6.53 Tata Ethical Fund-Reg(G) 147.74-10.17 Fund-VI(G) Edelweiss Emerging Markets 12.31 1.20 Fund-VI-Reg(G) Tata Value Fund-Sr-2-Reg(G) 8.94 -10.22 SBI Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 47.68 -14.10 Opp Eq. 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#R !    32C&.          Q   %&'(&)*+      verseas investors have pulled out a net amount                 R Oof 3,014 crore from the Indian capital markets this month so far, but the trend may reverse follow- ing the removal of enhanced surcharge on FPIs, experts    ! said. ,+//+. According to depositories data, foreign portfolio     8F  K7++ -#/%7&0 investors (FPI) withdrew a net amount of 12,105.33 crore from equities, but pumped in 9,090.61 crore   %&'(&)*+ S into the debt segment during August 1-23.   %&'(&)*+ UPresident This has translated into a total net outflow of ndustry body CII on Sunday Donald Trump 3,014.72 crore from the capital markets (both equi- he stock markets may see a relief rally Isaid the multi-sectoral and on Sunday ty and debt). Tthis week after the government multi-dimensional policy stim- rowed back “Out of 15 trading sessions, foreign investors were removed enhanced surcharge on FPIs and ulus announced last week will from a sugges- net buyers in only two sessions. The sell off in equi- also unveiled various measures to jumpstart have significant impact, tion made just ties continued due to a mix of factors including US growth, analysts said. imparting stability and under- hours earlier Fed rate cut, US-China trade war and the post Budget Giving in to the demands of overseas pinning a new growth impetus that he regrets tax hike on high income investors,” said Harsh Jain, investors, Finance Minister Nirmala for India. his trade war co-founder and COO of Groww. Sitharaman on Friday announced rollback CII said the measures with China, The Centre on Friday announced a slew of mea- of enhanced surcharge on foreign portfo- announced come at a time saying instead sures to revive growth momentum, including rollback lio investors levied in the Budget. when the world economy is he’s only sorry of enhanced super-rich tax on foreign and domestic The Budget proposal to hike sur- buffeted by global headwinds not to have equity investors imposed in the Budget. charge on FPIs had spooked foreign and trade slowdown. raised tariffs even higher. imports — and China respond- Prior to the announcement of enhanced super- investors, who withdrew more than USD “Coming in the wake of Trump’s spokeswoman ing with billions of dollars of rich tax in the Union Budget for 2019-20 in July, FPIs 3.4 billion (Rs 24,500 crore) from domestic equities “However, sustained rally in the market will hap- several retaliatory and counter- Stephanie Grisham told tariffs of its own. were net buyers for five consecutive months. in July and August. The massive capital outflows also pen only when we have visibility on good earnings retaliatory trade measures reporters at the G7 summit in “I have second thoughts FPIs had infused a net 10,384.54 crore in June, put pressure on the rupee, which slumped to 72-level growth and reversal of the slowdown underway in between the two largest global the French resort of Biarritz about everything,” he said. 9,031.15 crore in May, 16,093 crore in April, 45,981 against the US dollar last week. the economy. This requires more reforms,” trading nations, the economic that the president’s earlier com- He also said he would hold crore in March and 11,182 crore in February into the “Withdrawal of enhanced surcharge on FPI is a Vijayakumar added. package announced by Nirmala ments had been misunder- off for now on declaring a Indian capital markets. big positive for Indian markets as it could reverse the In a bid to address slowdown in the auto sector, Sitharaman, Minister of stood. national emergency which However, the position reversed in July, when FPIs outflows seen since post Budget. It should also help the government lifted ban on purchase of vehicles Finance and Corporate Affairs, “The president was asked if would allow him to invoke an turned net sellers to the tune of 2,985.88 crore. INR appreciation. Overall, a good sentiment boost- by government departments, and allowed addition- on Friday imparts stability and he had ‘any second thought on obscure law that he says gives Now, with the withdrawal of the enhanced sur- er for the Indian economy,” said Rusmik Oza, Head al 15 per cent depreciation on vehicles acquired from underpins a new growth impe- escalating the trade war with him the power to order US charge on FPIs, confidence in the market is likely to of Fundamental Research, Kotak Securities. now till March 2020. tus for India,” it added. China’. His answer has been companies out of China. be restored, analysts said. The Centre also announced a raft of measures The revision of one-time registration fees has also “It is indeed commendable greatly misinterpreted,” she said. “I have the right to, if I “One can now expect reversal of the FPI selling. to revive growth momentum, including exempting been deferred till June 2020. that all these multi-sectoral “President Trump respond- want. I could declare a nation- The market is likely to look up from now on. However, startups from ‘angel tax’, a package to address dis- These steps are likely to prop up the automobile steps were carried out without ed in the affirmative — because al emergency,” he said. sustained rally in the market will happen only when tress in the auto sector and upfront infusion of Rs sector and revive demand, said Ashwin Patil, Senior pressure on the fiscal deficit. he regrets not raising the tar- “I have no plan right now.” we have visibility on good earnings growth and rever- 70,000 crore into public sector banks. Research Analyst (Auto Sector) at LKP Securities. With her six-dimensional iffs higher.” Trump first brandished the sal of the slowdown underway in the economy which “Withdrawal of the surcharge on FPIs is a shot “These are just the kind of measures which were announcement, FM has indeed Earlier on Sunday, Trump possibility of the drastic mea- requires more reforms. in the arm for the sagging market. One can now required to boost the economy. In the immediate hit a sixer out of the grounds,” appeared to signal he might be sure on Friday, when he tweet- “The Finance Minister has announced that she will expect reversal of the FPI selling. The market is like- term, we can expect the markets to bounce back on he added. The industry body considering a softening of his ed that American companies come back with more reforms soon. So, there is hope,” ly to look up from now on,” VK Vijayakumar, Chief Monday with a gap up opening, and continue the rally said it expects that the econo- position in the trade war, which “are hereby ordered to imme- said V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services for a few sessions to come,” said Amit Gupta, Co- my will climb up in the com- has seen Washington impose diately start looking for an Geojit Financial Services. said. Founder and CEO of TradingBells. ing months. steep levies on all Chinese alternative to China.” %7)         $        .?'  !  &     @ ( 9        .%-/3+0 ond edition of the Summit for than 10 million youths enter- in terms of hiring and training Ministers, held in Kazan on ing the workforce every year, apprentices, creating a role &  !   :& ndia, projected to have the the sidelines of the 45th he said. for Industry Chambers to be *% Ilargest working population WorldSkills Competition. “To provide access to qual- third party aggregators and between 2022 and 2034, has Ministers from more than ity skilling opportunities with- leveraging technology for   %&'(&)*+ their territories. called upon nations to join 40 countries participated in in a short time frame, India has process standardisation and The Lower Subansiri pro-   %&'(&)*+ June, 2021 to complete the hands with it to leverage its the summit and deliberated on adopted an accelerated modu- simplification,” he said. tate-run hydro power giant ject has been stuck for the past Ridge Residency housing pro- skilled manpower, with an the most advanced approach- lar competency-based pro- A National Apprenticeship SNHPC is likely to begin eight years due to various he NCLT has initiated ject in sector 135, Noida. estimated 10 million youths es to workforce training sys- gramme of 200 to 600 hours Promotion Scheme (NAPS) construction of the 2,000 MW issues. The run-of-the-river Tinsolvency proceedings Observing that there is entering the workforce per tem excellence. duration. For enhancing the was launched in August 2016 Lower Subansiri power plant project on the Subansiri, a against NCR-based real estate “overwhelming evidence to annum. Participants included employability of youths com- to extend financial benefits by in October this year as it has tributary of the Brahmaputra firm Today Homes Noida Ltd prove default” against the com- India, with a strong 48- Tatyana Golikova, Deputy ing out of these short-term the government to industries received the requisite approval river, is mostly situated in on a petition filed by a group pany, the tribunal directed the member contingent, is among Prime Minister of the Russian programmes, it is envisaged to for taking up apprentices. from the Assam Government, Arunachal Pradesh. However, of homebuyers. erstwhile promoters, directors the 63 countries participating Federation; Olga Vasilyeva, further skill them under an Targeting high population an official said. some parts of the submer- A two-member NCLT and employees of Today in the world’s biggest interna- Minister of Education of the industry-led apprenticeship of youths migrating overseas NHPC had inked a mem- gence area fall in Assam. bench, headed by President Homes Noida to “provide every tional vocational skill compe- Russian Federation; Jos de program. Youths directly enter- for good opportunities, the orandum of agreement (MoA) Work on the project is Justice M M Kumar, has assistance and cooperation” to tition -- WorldSkills Kazan Goey, Vice President for ing the labour market are minister said the government with Arunachal Pradesh for expected to be completed in appointed an interim resolu- IRP in managing the affairs of 2019, which is underway in Strategic Affairs and Chair of trained on in-house bridge has taken numerous initiatives setting up the project in 2010. three-and-a-half years with a tion professional (IRP) to take the company. the capital of Tatarstan. the Strategic Development courses by industry,” he said. to improve opportunities for However, since the project total expenditure of Rs 20,000 over the management of the The National Company “As we know, India is a Committee at WorldSkills At the same time, the min- decent overseas work and falls in the territories of both crore (on completion). company. Law Tribunal (NCLT) also young nation in an ageing International; Tang Tao, Vice ister said industry interface enhance the skills level of Arunachal Pradesh and The official said to allay There are many companies granted it protection from the world with the median age of Minister of Human Resources was equally important and emigrating workforce. Assam, the latter’s approval safety fears, the dam has been in Delhi-NCR which are facing lenders by prohibiting them to 27.6 years as compared to and Social Security, People’s one of the key strategies for Detailing initiatives, he was needed as well. designed and strengthened to insolvency proceedings, includ- recover the amount for a cer- median age of above 40 in Republic of China, amongst skilling with scale, speed and said these include a number of “NHPC inked MoA with withstand seismic activity up ing Jaypee Infratech, because of tain period. The tribunal order large parts of developed others. standard is the focus on indus- government-to-government Assam on August 23, 2019 for to a magnitude of 8 on the default to home buyers and came over a batch of petitions nations. India is also project- Pandey said India’s focus is try-led apprenticeship train- (G2G) agreements focused on Lower Subansiri project. As Richter scale, which makes it bankers. filed by home buyers of the real ed to be the region with the on ensuring that its demo- ing. testing centres and joint you know, the National Green one of the strongest dams in The tribunal rejected the estate firms, who are now a largest working population graphic dividend is appropri- “A comprehensive set of skilling programmes. Tribunal (NGT) had given India. submission of the real estate financial creditor of the com- from 2022 till 2034. In view of ately skilled, and people are legislative, policy and admin- “A case study in point is go-ahead to the project on July Work on the Subansiri firm that it has got four-year pany following amendments in this, skilling on global stan- productively employed in istrative reforms have been the Technical Intern Training 31, 2019, and NHPC is project was started in 2006, extension from UP Real Estate the IBC. dards can ensure global mobil- decent work. undertaken to create one of Programme (TITP) of expected to begin construc- but it came to a halt in 2011 Regulation Authority (RERA) The petitioners had ity of highly skilled Indian “For India, this demo- the most liberal and industry Japan...Indian workers are now tion of the plant immediately due to various issues. to complete the project, saying entered into home buying workforce,” Minister for Skill graphic dividend is a limited friendly interventions in going to Japan under this pro- after monsoon season is over In 2013, the NGT stayed that Insolvency and Bankruptcy agreement with the firm on Development and opportunity which will peak apprenticeship. gramme due to a G2G agree- by October this year,” the any further work on the pro- Code (IBC) overrides provi- March 29, 2012 and had paid Entrepreneurship Mahendra around year 2040 wherein it is “The intent behind these ment. This has also led to set- official said. ject. Thereafter, the project sions under the realty law. almost 90 per cent of their Nath Pandey said here. estimated that there would be interventions is to reduce the ting of several Japan-India Developers of power pro- was examined from every Today Homes Noida Ltd amount for flat in the Ridge He urged nations to come 46 dependents per 54 work- burden of compliance by mov- Institute of Manufacturing at jects are required to sign angle, be it safety or environ- had contended that UP-RERA Residency Housing Project, forward to encash this oppor- ers,” he said. ing towards self-certification, various locations in India,” MoAs with the respective mental issues, by national and has extended its timeline till sector 135, Noida. tunity while attending the sec- Currently, India has more provide flexibility to industry the minister said. states for setting up plants in international experts. 7?7      (      -      ??!   !!   /                  9D A,   6&   ! E   !    %&'(&)*+   %&'(&)*+      %&' ajaj Finance Limited, a Non-Banking he Central Vigilance (&)*+     BFinance Company (NBFC) and a lending TCommission (CVC) has arm of Bajaj Finserv group offers personal loan constituted Advisory Board he with Flexi Loan Feature for salaried customers. for Banking Frauds (ABBF) TGovernment New Delhi: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is Under this facility, the entire loan amount is headed by former Vigilance will soon con- planning to continue to sell diesel models in the disbursed to the customer’s account and are Commissioner T M Bhasin to sider a proposal country even as prices of such vehicles are provided with a facility of multiple part pay- examine bank fraud over Rs 50 of relaxing rules expected to go up significantly with the upcom- ment and withdrawals. Customers can part pay crore and recommend action. for complying ing BS-VI emission norms from April 1 next and withdraw from the loan amount as per The panel in its previous with the manda- year, a top company official has said. their convenience and pay interest only on the avatar called the Advisory tory 30 per cent “We still see demand for diesel variants, and loan amount utilized. A Flexi personal loan can Board on Bank, Commercial local sourcing will continue to manufacture them till we have be used by the customers to meet their imme- and Financial Frauds. norms by foreign the future technology setting in,” TKM Vice- diate cash requirements for a variety of pur- The ABBF, formed in con- single brand Chairman Shekar Viswanathan told PTI. poses such as taking a vacation, paying for sultation with the RBI, would retailers, official The company has even invested in a plant higher education, planning a wedding, med- function as the first level of sources said. made by the Government in in India to make diesel engines which is capa- ical emergency, home renovation, and a vast examination of all large fraud As per the proposal, single- the Budget. ble of manufacturing diesel BS-VI engines with array of other requirements. cases before recommenda- brand retail firms would also Finance Minister Nirmala minimum investment, he added. tions or references are made to ters with the PSB concerned,” support along with the neces- be permitted to open online Sitharaman in her Budget This was done keeping in mind the ‘Make the investigative agencies by it said. sary funding to the board. stores before setting up brick- speech had said that local in India’ philosophy, Viswanathan said. 37   +7  the respective public sector Other members of the In a bid to check such inci- and-mortar shops. sourcing norms will be eased TKM sells popular models such as Innova banks (PSBs), CVC said in an panel are Madhusudan Prasad dences, the government has Currently, online sale by a for FDI in single brand retail Crysta and Fortuner in the country and based order. - former Urban Development already issued the ‘framework single-brand retail player is sector. on its total vehicle sales from January to July 7  % ( The four-member board’s Secretary, D K Pathak - former for timely detection, reporting, allowed only after opening of In January 2018, the gov- 2019, the current diesel-petrol ratio is 82:18. jurisdiction would be confined Director General of the Border and investigation relating to physical outlet. ernment allowed 100 per cent However, considering only the passenger car    %&'(&)*+ to those cases involving the Security Force and Suresh N large-value bank frauds’ to Relaxations are expected in FDI in the sector, permitting segment, the petrol-diesel ratio is close to level of officers of General Patel - former MD and CEO of PSBs, which makes it clear a provision where foreign retail foreign players in single-brand 50:50. ranberries in India are quickly gaining pop- Manager and above in the PSB Andhra Bank. that all accounts exceeding Rs traders are presently allowed to retail trade to set up own With diesel cars set to become costlier from Cularity as three leading Delhi ice cream in respect of an allegation of a The tenure of the 50 crore, if classified as an NPA, adjust procurement of goods shops in India without gov- next year with the implementation of stricter BS- brands have updated their menus to include fraud in a borrowal account, it Chairman and members would should be examined by banks from India for their global ernment approval. VI emission norms, major automakers are con- the superfruit. Giani’s, Emoi, and Kulfiano said. be for a period of two years from the angle of possible operations for meeting the In February 2006, the gov- templating about the future of such vehicles in launched a range of cranberry ice creams dur- Lenders would refer all from August 21, 2019, the fraud, and a report be placed mandatory local sourcing ernment for the first time their portfolios. ing the US Cranberry Ice Cream Carnival, and large fraud cases above Rs 50 order said. before the bank’s Committee requirement. opened the sector for foreign Market leader Maruti Suzuki India has thanks to their popularity, have converted the crore to the board and on It further said the board for Review of NPAs based on However, “incremental” players by allowing 51 per already announced phasing out of diesel cars most popular items to permanent menu offer- receipt of its recommendation will also periodically carry out the findings of the investiga- sourcing of goods from India cent FDI. from its portfolio with effect from next year. ings. During the Ice Cream Carnival, NCR res- or advice, the bank concerned frauds analysis in the financial tion. is only taken into account In January 2012, the cap Similarly, Tata Motors is also contemplating idents enjoyed cranberry flavored desserts such would take further action in system and give inputs for pol- Besides, the PSBs have presently, and it will be allowed was raised to 100 per cent - up phasing out small diesel cars. as Cranberry Sorbet, Vanilla and Cranberry such matter, it said. icy formulation related to the been advised to obtain a certi- only for five years. to 49 per cent through auto- The company, which is a joint venture Snowmen, Cranberry Cheesecake, and Malai “Central Bureau of fraud to the RBI. fied copy of the passport of pro- “Amendments and easing matic route and beyond that between the Japanese auto major and Kirloskar Cranberry Kulfi. The 45-day event delighted Investigation (CBI) may also Headquartered in Delhi, moters/directors and other are also likely in this provision,” with the Government approval. group, said it has the technologies in place for nearly 8 lakh people in and around Delhi city. refer any case or matter to the the Reserve Bank of India will authorised signatories of com- the sources said. During April-September various kind of electric vehicles (EV) which it Over half of the carnival participants said that board where it has any issue or provide required secretarial panies taking loan facilities of The move comes in the 2018-19, FDI in India declined can introduce depending upon the market they will begin to consume cranberries regu- difficulty or in technical mat- services, logistic and analytical more than Rs 50 crore. backdrop of announcements by 11 per cent to $22.66 billion. requirements. PTI larly for their great taste.   !" #$% +#1 %

    (3      &!         %B 5  Biarritz: World leaders at the G7 Hong Kong: Hong Kong government for leaving officers summit have agreed to help the police used water cannon for to handle the brunt of the cri- countries affected by the huge the first time on Sunday, rais- sis, while also calling for an wildfires ravaging the Amazon ing the stakes against protest- independent investigation into rainforest as soon as possible , ers who have staged sometimes the police handling of the French President Emmanuel violent rallies that have rocked protests. Macron said Sunday. the city for the past three "I believe within these two "We are all agreed on help- months. months, police have got ing those countries which have Officers were also seen enough opprobrium," said a been hit by the fires as fast as with drawn sidearms as pro- woman who asked not to be possible," he told journalists at testers clashed with police in named and said she was a the summit in the southwestern the district of Tsuen Wan after police officer's wife. French resort of Biarritz. a rally at a nearby sports sta- The city's officers are often Ahead of the gathering, dium. the focus of protesters' anger Macron called on world leaders The financial hub has been because of their perceived to hold urgent talks on the wild- gripped by mass rallies that heavy handling of the rallies. fires ripping through the world's  G F        were initially against a pro- Ten people were left in largest rainforest, pledging "con-         "   posed extradition bill to China, hospital after Saturday's clash- crete measures" to tackle it. but have spun into a wider pro- es - two in a serious condition The vast forest also takes in democracy movement target- - staff said, without detailing if parts of eight other countries: '   %B ing the pro-Beijing govern- they were police or protesters. Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, ment. On Saturday police baton- French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, As thousands of people charged protesters and fired Suriname and Venezuela.   = =  = marched in the pouring rain to         7 0  "   tear gas, while demonstrators "This morning, Colombia Tsuen Wan, a group of hard- threw rocks and bottles later called on the international com- Vatican City: Pope Francis on 78,383 forest fires have been core protesters erected bricks and Molotov cocktails in economic muscle to constrict the second day of station clo- into the night in a working- munity (to help), so we must Sunday voiced concern for the recorded in Brazil this year, the makeshift roadblocks and dug violent confrontations with the protests in a strategy sures in-a-row. class neighbourhood. help out," he said. Amazon rainforest, a "vital" highest number of any year up bricks from the pavements. riot police. dubbed "white terror" by the "However bleak our future Protesters say Hong Kong's "Our teams are making con- lung for the planet, as the since 2013. After firing tear gas in an There were no immediate movement. is, we're trying to express our- unique freedoms are in jeop- tact with all the Amazon coun- worst blazes in years have The Argentine pope, who attempt to disperse the crowds, reports of injuries. The MTR - the city's metro selves rationally," said Peter, in ardy as Beijing tightens its tries so we can finalise some very sparked a global outcry. will gather bishops for a con- police drove water cannon Police had previously said - is the latest Hong Kong his 20s, before the clashes political chokehold on the concrete commitments involv- "We are concerned about ference on the Amazon in vehicles onto the streets, the vehicles, complete with enterprise to face public cen- began. semi-autonomous city. ing technical resources and the vast fires that have devel- October, met Brazilian indige- unfurling signs warning pro- surveillance cameras and mul- sure, after appearing to bend to "We have faith in our- The city had appeared to funding." Macron's bid to put oped in the Amazon," the pope nous leader Raoni in 2013 testers they would deploy the tiple spray nozzles, would only Chinese state-media attacks selves and we have faith in our have pulled back from a sharp the Amazon crisis high on the told the faithful at the Vatican. when he toured Europe warn- jets if they did not leave. be used in the event of a accusing the transport system city that some day our nosedive into violence, with agenda at the G7 angered Brazil's "That forest lung is vital for ing of the dangers of defor- The jets were later fired "large-scale public distur- of being an "exclusive" service demands will be answered." the last serious confrontation far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, our planet." He urged the estation. The pope denounced from the moving trucks bance". to ferry protesters to rallies. A second rally in the after- taking place more who lashed out over what he world's 1.3 billion Catholics to the exploitation of the Amazon towards a crowd of protesters Throughout the protests, On Sunday the MTR shut noon of a few hundred people than a week ago, shortly sees as outside interference, pray for the fires to be extin- by "huge international eco- who ran away, but hardcore Beijing has used a mix of stations near the main demon- - some of them family mem- after protests paralysed the denouncing the French leader's guished as quickly as possible. nomic interests" in a 2015 group of protesters later threw intimidation, propaganda and stration area in Tsuen Wan, in bers of police - criticised the airport. AFP "colonialist mentality". AFP Official figures show encyclical. AFP .    Q6= -  GOG$  2   

     Biarritz (France): US ing sanctions that have crip- on the eve of the summit. President Donald Trump on pled Iran's economy. He has also held telephone + :    2   Seoul: North Korea said on KCNA. Korea aims to show off its Sunday denied signing off on Macron has been leading talks with President Hassan Sunday leader Kim Jong Un The "hostile forces" likely weapons to try to get an upper a joint G7 message to Iran over efforts to defuse the crisis by Rouhani on Sunday, a diplo-    8   91 supervised the test-firing of a referred to the United States hand ahead of a possible restart its nuclear programme as finding ways of resuming dia- matic source said G7 leaders "newly developed super-large and South Korea, whose of nuclear negotiations, which announced by his French logue, meeting Iran's top diplo- had mutually agreed to task multiple rocket launcher," recently ended regular military remain largely stalemated since counterpart Emmanuel mat Mohammad Javad Zarif Macron with sending a mes- Biarritz (France): US President for Brexit, Trump replied: "He another demonstration of its drills infuriated North Korea. the second summit between Macron. for rare talks in Paris on Friday sage to Iran. AFP Donald Trump on Sunday needs no advice. He's the right expanding weapons arsenal The North has called the President Donald Trump and "No I haven't discussed backed British Prime Minister man for the job. I've been say- apparently aimed at increasing drills an invasion rehearsal Kim in Vietnam in February that," Trump told reporters Boris Johnson as the "right ing that for a long time." its leverage ahead of a possible and conducted a slew of mis- fell apart due to squabbling on the sidelines of the G7 sum- man" for Brexit and sent mixed In the lead-up to the talks, resumption of nuclear talks sile and rocket tests in response. over US-led sanctions on North mit in the southwestern French  GH   G  signals about his trade war with Johnson had appeared at pains with the US. Some experts said North Korea. AFP resort of Biarritz. China at a G7 summit domi- to distance himself from The North's Korean This contradicted Macron Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister their efforts to salvage a nuclear nated by worries about the Trump after facing accusations Central News Agency said who shortly beforehand had Mohammad Javad Zarif land- deal. global economy. in the past of being too cosy Saturday's weapons test was + Q  D      said the G7 countries "agreed ed in the French seaside resort "There will be no meetings Johnson and Trump were with the American leader. successful and cited Kim as say- on what to say to Iran". of Biarritz on Sunday for talks or negotiations with the on obviously friendly terms as And at their meeting, ing the rocket launcher is Biarritz: US President Donald G7 summit after North Korea's Trump said: "We'll do our during a G7 summit, a American delegation during they sat down for a working Johnson again pressed a com- "indeed a great weapon." Trump on Sunday said he was Kim Jong Un supervised the own outreach. But you can't spokesman for his Ministry this trip," he added. breakfast in the southern mon message from European Kim underscored the need "not happy" about North test-firing of a "super-large stop people from talking. If said. French President French resort of Biarritz where leaders at the summit about to "continue to step up the Korea's latest missile test but multiple rocket launcher". they want to talk, they can "Zarif... Has arrived in Emmanuel Macron and his Group of Seven leaders are Trump's escalating trade war development of Korean-style played down the seriousness of Trump has staked enor- talk." Biarritz, where the G7 is being Iranian counterpart Hassan gathering this weekend. with China. strategic and tactical weapons the incident. mous political capital on per- A landmark 2015 nuclear held, to continue talks regard- Rouhani have held a series of "He's going to be a fantas- "Just to register a faint, for resolutely frustrating the "I'm not happy about it but sonal diplomacy with Kim in a deal between Western powers ing the recent measures phone calls in recent weeks tic prime minister," Trump sheep-like note of our view on ever-mounting military threats then again he's not in violation so-far unsuccessful effort to per- and Iran all but collapsed after between the presidents of Iran aimed at de-escalating ten- said in their first meeting since the trade war — we are in favour and pressure offensive of the of the agreement," Trump told suade the dictator to give up his Trump unilaterally withdrew and France," spokesman Abbas sions between Tehran and Johnson took office last month. of trade peace on the whole," hostile forces," according to the reporters on the sidelines of the nuclear weapons arsenal. AFP US support last year, reimpos- Mousavi tweeted, referring to Washington. AFP Asked what his advice was Johnson told Trump. AFP @         &  C6& *     +  ?B& :     6 !  ! Tehran: Iran has blacklisted Iranian people's security and     Tehran: A high-ranking Iranian US-based think-tank the vital interests", according to the official on Sunday denied Foundation for Defense of English-language statement Iranian positions had been hit by Democracies and its chief Mark posted on the ministry's website. Israeli air strikes near the Syrian Dubowitz on accusations of They were accused of doing capital overnight. being behind "economic ter- so through "fabricating and "This is a lie and it is not rorism" against the Islamic spreading lies, encouraging, true," Mohsen Rezaie, the sec- republic. providing consultations, lob- retary of the Expediency The Iranian Foreign bying, and launching a smear Council, told ILNA news agency Ministry said in a statement campaign" against Iran. in response to Israeli claims its issued late Saturday that it had As a result, they would be air force struck Iranian positions "added the so-called Foundation "subject to legal consequences", in the war-torn country. for Defence of Democracies it said. "Israel and America do not (FDD) and its director to the The move would be "with- have the power to attack various sanctions list". out prejudice to any further legal centres of Iran, while the advi- "The American institution measures that the other admin- sory centres that we have, have with the deceitful name" and istrative, judicial or security not been harmed," said Rezaie, Dubowitz were accused of being institutions and organisations a former commander of Iran's involved in "designing, impos- may take" against them and Revolutionary Guards. "Actions ing and intensifying the impacts their "collaborators and accom- taken jointly by Israel and of economic terrorism against plices". The FDD describes itself Beirut: Two Israeli drones first one less than 45 minutes America in Syria and Iraq are Iran", it said. as a Washington-based "non- crashed in a Hezbollah strong- later, exploded in the air and against international regulations The FDD and Dubowitz partisan research institute focus- hold in the Lebanese capital crashed in an empty plot near- and defenders of Syria and Iraq were blamed for "seriously and ing on national security and for-  F     !  -    42+  "      overnight, Lebanese and by, shattering windows in sur- will soon respond to them." AFP actively trying to harm the eign policy". AFP F       "   42    "   Hezbollah officials said on rounding buildings. He said the Sunday, saying the first fell on second drone was likely armed, the roof of a building housing judging by the damage it 4!  9 the group's media office while caused. AFP the second landed in a plot behind it. $:  The spokesman for the Iran-backed Hezbollah said   Q  D #   * ! !  +R  the group did not fire on any of the drones, which crashed   @:  amid heightened tensions Kutupalong: Some 200,000 crisis. Rohingya leader Mohib Rohingya. between neighbouring Israel     Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh Ullah said the stateless minori- "Hundreds of police, army and Iran and shortly after Beirut: Lebanon condemned refugee camp to mark two years ty wanted to return home, but and border guards have been Israeli warplanes attacked tar- an Israeli "aggression" after two since they fled a violent crack- only after they were granted cit- deployed to prevent any vio- gets near the Syrian capital, drones Sunday targeted the down by Myanmar forces, just izenship, their security was lence," local police chief Abul Damascus. Beirut stronghold of the Iran- days after a second failed attempt ensured and they were allowed Monsur told AFP. Israeli aircraft continued to backed Shiite group Hezbollah, to repatriate the refugees. to settle back in their villages. The rally came three days violate Lebanese airspace warning of further regional Around 740,000 Rohingya "We have asked the after the failed attempt to repa- Sunday, flying low over Beirut tensions. from Myanmar's Rakhine state Burmese government for dia- triate the refugees, which saw hours after the drones had Hezbollah, considered a escaped in August 2017 during logue. But we haven't got any not a single Rohingya turn up to crashed, raising fears of a wider terrorist organisation by Israel the brutal offensive, joining response from them yet," Ullah return across the border. conflict. and the United States, is a another 200,000 who fled earli- told the rally. On Saturday, Bangladesh Hezbollah spokesman major political actor in Lebanon er persecution in vast camps in "We were beaten, killed and police said they shot dead two Mohammed Afif said a small, and a key backer of the southeast Bangladesh. raped in Rakhine. But still that refugees during a gunfight in a unmanned reconnaissance Damascus regime in war-torn Children, hijab-wearing is our home. And we want to go camp after the pair were accused drone fell on a building hous- Syria. The early morning inci- women, and men in long-skirt back." Police officer Zakir of killing a ruling party official. ing Hezbollah's media office in dent in south Beirut came lungis shouted "God is Great, Hassan told AFP some 200,000 The Rohingya are not the Moawwad neighborhood hours after Israel said it had Long Live Rohingya" as they thousands joined in a popular sons. I will continue to seek jus- gency operations against Rohingya took part in the peace- recognised as an official minor- in Dahyeh, the group's strong- conducted air strikes in neigh- marched at the heart of the song with the lyrics "the world tice till my last breath," 50-year- Rohingya extremists after they ful gathering. ity by the Myanmar govern- hold in southern Beirut. bouring Syria to prevent an world's largest refugee camp to does not listen to the woes of old Tayaba Khatun said as tears attacked police posts, but the Security has been tight ment, which considers them He said a second drone, Iranian force from launching an commemorate what they Rohingya". rolled down her cheeks. UN last year called for across Kutupalang camp, the Bengali interlopers despite many which appeared to have been attack on the Jewish state. AFP described as "Genocide Day". 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Finally, seeing task? that his beloved children are The words sambhavami unable to get out of the grip reen activists of Braj over visit Vrindavan, Goverdhan, Locals feel that though the yuge yuge in the Gita has led of vices and suffering, he Mandal have demanded Barsana, Gokul and other shrines Iskcon has been doing a splen- most of us to believe that came to this world to Gprotection of the original associated with the Sri Krishna- did job through its various social God’s descent takes place in remind them of their true, Sri Krishna land, with man- Radha lore. welfare projects, the white bhak- each of the four yugas or spiritual identity. God also groves, water bodies and the On Saturday, as lakhs of ts have also brought in a lot of ages in the cycle of time. reminded them about their Yamuna river restored, as devotees line up for a darshan of cultural change, not all good. Really? Well, after some relationship with him and described in ancient texts. little Sri Krishna in the temples In Goverdhan, the 21 km reflection, it becomes clear how they could regain their The right bhakti and tribute of Mathura and Vrindavan on his long parikrama marg is not only that this is not possible original, pure state by re- to Sri Krishna would be to save birthday, nature lovers, river heavily encroached upon but because the time cycle connecting with and nature, save the environment of activists and heritage conserva- large scale construction has begins with the golden age remembering him. By this the area and return to pre-devel- tionists have sounded an alarm destroyed the original ambience or the satyuga, when both remembrance, souls filled opment days, said local green over the frenetic pace of develop- and nature. Fortunately, the human souls and the elements of nature themselves with power and virtues, activists who are alarmed by the ment that is eating up all the National Green Tribunal has were in their purest state. Humans at that gradually overcoming the influence of mad race for urbanisation. green spaces and gobbling up now woken up to these threats time were replete with divine virtues and vices. Those who made the effort to get The so-called ‘development water bodies. and is addressing the issues free of all vices, for which they are wor- cleansed in this way and attained a divine lobby’ has created havoc in Braj Braj or Sri Krishna land, is eating mud he purified the soil to foist a spurious culture by promptly. shipped as deities even now. They were status became worthy of taking birth in area by disturbing the ecological losing its pristine glory and tran- and by killing the Kalia Naag, he transforming an essentially reli- Environmentalists active in blessed with health, wealth and happi- the golden age that dawned after the iron balance. quility, thanks to a spurt in con- purified the Yamuna water.” gious centre into a tourism hub. the area point out that there were ness. age. All others were also liberated from “Now you see concrete struc- struction activity and illegal sand “Lord Krishna was an envi- The intellectual, musical and more than a thousand water Evil did not exist in that age and sorrow in this process of change when tures everywhere. The holy land and stone mining. ronmentalist. He was a protector emotional wealth of Braj is under bodies in the Braj area, now you hence every soul lived in a blissful state the Almighty brought about the destruc- which was once decorated with Once upon a time there used of hills, ponds, rivers, forests and stress and on the verge of extinc- can count them on your finger through the golden and silver ages, even tion of all evil and paved the way for the a cluster of trees, attracting a vari- to be more than a dozen dense animal life. The mor pankh (pea- tion, say activists. tips. Most of them have been though they lost some of their shine over golden era. ety of flora and fauna, is now cov- forests from Vrindavan to cock feather, tulsi, bansuri, love Music maestro Acharya TN encroached, others heavily silt- the time. Thus, it is obvious that there So in the entire cycle of time, it was ered by ugly looking structures Agravan, from Kaamvan to for cows, these are all manifes- Jaimini said, “Haveli sangeet ed while a few others have been was no need for God to intervene in this only at the end of the iron age that this and garbage heaps,” said Jagan Mahavan, Kokilavan to Kotvan. tations of his bonding with parampara of the Sri Krishna reduced to waste water disposal happy state of affairs. massive and positive process of world Nath Poddar, Friends of All have disappeared, only the nature. But his followers in the temples appears to be already holes. As we all know, humans call out to transformation took place and it could Vrindavan convener, who has names remain to make way for holy towns of Mathura, gone, replaced by a loud filmy With ongoing urbanisation God in times of sorrow and when only be carried out by the Supreme. been waging a relentless war ‘demonic’ concrete structures in Vrindavan, Goverdhan are doing CD culture. The lanes of and the influx from outside, the things deteriorate beyond human toler- During the rest of the cycle, souls against deceptive beautification a most haphazard and out of sync just the opposite of what Krishna Vrindavan no longer reverberate sensitive ecology of the area is ance. So, God, the redeemer, rejuvena- underwent a process of degradation — projects by various government with local ambience manner, say symbolised,” lamented a Sri with divine music, its all cacoph- under threat. Effective pre-emp- tor and remover of sorrows, comes to which was quite slow in the beginning bodies. locals. Krishna bhakt Surendra Sharma, ony at the loudest, shops selling tive steps to stall further restore peace and happiness in this and faster as time went by. Thus, it was The 84-kos, roughly 150 Acharya Sri Vats ji maharaj, president of the Braj Mandal spurious music to lakhs of encroachment and safeguard the world. Practically-speaking, God’s only at the confluence of the iron and kilometre area around Mathura, Vrindavan’s eminent spiritual Heritage Conservation Society, tourists.” natural assets are required to descent is meant to remove human suf- golden ages, also called the sangam is described as Braj Mandal, the leader, rued that “Sri Krishna was in Agra. Vrindavan and Radha Kund preserve the heritage values of fering and rejuvenate the world. between the kaliyuga and the satyuga, leela bhoomi of Sri Krishna. Each an environmentalist. He con- Along with physical assaults, are now attracting hordes of Sri Krishna land, say activists. 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ARTO Sanjay Tiwari and ARM stadium here, Sindhu stood at the podi- she approached the finals like any other “Winning and losing is secondary lead and finished it off. “Sindhu played very speedy returns Amarnath Sahay gave away the prizes. um with moist eyes. match and it took the pressure off her but for me just going to the court and “I was very confident even though and I couldn’t move fast enough. I “It was really special when the flag as she could produce her best. giving my 100 percent is very impor- I was giving one or two points, then I couldn’t defend. It can happen in    went up and national anthem was play- “I think I just focused on my tant.” was getting those points back and final- sports, this time it didn’t work out,” said Lucknow District Chess Sports Association is organ- ing and I had goosebumps, I have no match and didn’t think it was a final. I Talking about the final, Sindhu ly I did it.” the World No 4 Japanese. ising Shivani Cup Sunday Open Prizemoney Ches words to express because you play for just thought it was just another match said, “Usually the Japanese girls play a Crestfallen after the devastating “I have lost matches in other com- Tournament at Shivani Public School on September 1. The your country and it is definitely a proud like I played the semifinals and quar- lot of rallies, so there were long rallies loss, Okuhara, the 2017 champion, said petitions so I know I will have to tournament carries a prizemoney of Rs 50,000, including moment for me,” she said. terfinals. I just went in that way and and then I was dominating all of them she just couldn’t match up to the pace improve my physical and mental fitness Rs 38,500 cash prize. Interested may contact on The Olympic Silver medallist said gave my 100 percent. and from the starting I maintained the of Sindhu. to be prepared for next time.” 9956039142. * *        ! %&'>6/ 1     erena Williams faces Maria SSharapova in a blockbuster first- round match today at the US ! %&'>6/ Open, the feature showdown on the first day of the year’s final hile a host of young rivals hope to dis- Grand Slam tennis event. Wrupt the dominance of the “Big Eighth-ranked Williams, who Three” in men’s tennis, Novak Djokovic, lost to Naomi Osaka in last year’s Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer remain the US Open final and to Simona US Open favorites. Halep in last month’s Wimbledon The year’s final Grand Slam showdown final, is seeking her 24th career starts today on the Flushing Meadows hard- Grand Slam singles title to match courts with top-ranked Djokovic, 20-time Margaret Court’s all-time record. Grand Slam champion Federer and Spanish ! "  "  P          The 37-year-old American superstar Nadal having combined to win the owns a 19-2 record against Russia’s past 11 Grand Slam titles. !-!! (! 87th-ranked Sharapova and has Federer, 38, doesn’t see a problem beaten her 18 consecutive times with the dominance by the sport’s elder dating to 2005. statesmen, who together own 54 of the past   %"  That lopsided rivalry, howev- 65 Slam titles. er, has not prevented the matchup “I don’t think it’s a problem, per se,” ! )6%(6% start of the move with the mid- from being the talk of the tourna- Federer said. “Now that Novak, Rafa and me fielder finding Oleksandr ment since Thursday’s draw are healthy again, Andy (Murray) also slow- ergio Aguero bagged a brace Zinchenko on the left, allowing announcement. ly coming back again, has made it much Sand David Silva marked his the left-back to drill in the low “Of course I’m going to watch harder for young guys to come through. 400th appearance for cross that eventually led to it,” Osaka said. “I think everyone “They are definitely knocking on the Manchester City by playing a Aguero’s finish. in New York is going to watch it.” door big-time now. I think that’s very role in all three goals as the Silva’s contribution to the Williams owns a 3-1 record - ! -! ! ! “This year I went to two quar- encouraging for those who want to see champions won 3-1 at second was even more eye- over Sharapova in Grand Slam 2" ' 46!'- ter-finals back to back and I feel somebody else win. I think also Novak’s ed over Federer and Djokovic both being Bournemouth on Sunday. catching, with his superbly matchups, having lost their first *+4# *"#+* (<+!"# very confident about how I am domination, Rafa’s domination is also not in the opposite half of the draw. First half efforts from weighted ball picking out such meeting in 2004 at right now.” normal for the game of tennis. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev has enjoyed Aguero and Raheem Sterling’s darting run Wimbledon, but this will mark the While it’s Osaka’s first time “I think there’s going to be chances a stellar US Open run-up with a win at Sterling ensured Pep into the box before the first time they have met in a US meet second-seeded French Open defending a Slam, she had her first moving forward, but it’s not surprising with Cincinnati and runner-up efforts at Guardiola’s side led at the England attacker struck Open. champion Ashleigh Barty of taste of defending a title this year the type of tennis they’ve been playing in Washington and Montreal. interval despite a stun- past keeper Aaron Williams last won a Australia in the quarter-finals. at Indian Wells. recent years.” Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem ning free-kick reply from Ramsdale. Grand Slam at the 2017 Barty, Osaka, Halep and Meanwhile, Halep, who has Third-seeded Federer also throws in a lost to Nadal in the Roland Garros final and Bournemouth’s Harry Then a positive Australian Open, Czech third seed Karolina crashed out of the US Open in the chance for Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka, will be a threat. Wilson. surge into the while pregnant. Pliskova, seeking her first first round the past two years, who like Britain’s injured Murray has won Germany’s sixth-ranked Alexander Argentina striker Bournemouth area Five-time Slam title, are among the enters with confidence after beat- three Slam crowns during the “Big Three” Zverev warns not to ignore other lower Aguero wrapped up caused confusion Grand Slam champion foes trying to deny Williams ing Williams at Wimbledon. reign, but figures a familiar face will be lift- seeds such as Japan’s seventh-seeded Kei City’s second Premier League among the home backline Sharapova, 32, failed a drug test at yet again in a quest she insists does- “It cannot be worse than the ing the US Open trophy. Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, victory of the season with his before Aguero pounced for the 2016 Australian Open and n’t dominate her thoughts. last two years, to lose in the first “Yeah, it seems like the same guys are and Greece’s eighth-ranked Stefanos second goal of the game after the third. served a one-year ban. The 2006 She has not played since retir- round,” Halep said. “I’m really the favorites again this time around,” Tsitsipas. half-time. Those moments helped US Open winner last won a Slam ing from the WTA Toronto final good. I’m feeling healthy. I’m feel- Federer said. “It will be a surprise if anybody It was Silva, though, who City maintain control of a at the 2014 French Open. She has with back spasms, handing ing fresh. else won.”    was the architect of the win and game that could easily have reached the fourth round at the Canada’s Bianca Andreescu the “The pressure of doing some- Defending champion Djokovic, seek- Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin having already announced this slipped from their grasp had past two US Opens. title. thing special, it’s off. Now what ing a 17th career Grand Slam title, has won Anderson withdrew from the tournament will be his last season at the Eddie Howe’s side enjoyed bet- Other first-day matches in comes, comes as a bonus. I’m still four of the past five Slams, denied only by on Saturday due to a right knee injury. Etihad Stadium, this display ter fortune. Arthur Ashe Stadium send Swiss   D  E working, I’m still motivated to win Nadal’s French Open win in June. The 32- The 33-year-old South African lost the only underlined how much he Aguero’s predatory finish- third seed Roger Federer against Osaka won last year’s final after titles. I’ve started to feel more and year-old Serbian says he has adjusted to the 2017 final at Flushing Meadows to Rafael will be missed. ing was the perfect tonic for India’s 190th-ranked Sumit Nagal, Williams was given a game penal- more that I’m capable to do that so extra pressure of defending over the years. Nadal and finished runner-up to Novak The Spanish midfielder City after Brazil striker Gabriel top-seeded defending champion ty by umpire Carlos Ramos, who my confidence is very high.” “It’s a paramount challenge to defend Djokovic last year at Wimbledon. remains an integral part of Jesus was withdrawn from the Novak Djokovic against Spain’s US Open officials have decided will Barty says “nothing has really a Grand Slam title,” he said. “These are the Anderson’s place in the draw will go to Guardiola’s team, with his con- squad with a hamstring prob- 76th-ranked Roberto Carballes not work on any match with changed for me” since her title at tournaments you want to win the most. This Italian lucky loser Paolo Lorenzi, the US tribution to City’s goals lem sustained in training. Baena and French Open champi- Serena or Venus Williams at this Roland Garros. is where you want to shine.” Tennis Association announced. demonstrating exactly why he City said Jesus will be back on Ashleigh Barty, the second year’s US Open. “I just come here to play and Nadal, 33, has made an impressive run World number 17 Anderson has not is so valued by his manager. to full fitness after next month’s seed from Australia, against 77th- This time, Osaka has had a do the best that I can,” Barty said. with titles at Rome, the French Open and played since his third-round exit at For the 15th minute open- international break, meaning ranked Zarina Diyas of better run-up to the Open despite “I’m focused on my first round on Montreal and a Wimbledon semi-final loss Wimbledon last month. Injury ruled him ing goal, it was Silva who oper- he should miss only next week- Kazakhstan. a first-round Wimbledon crash Monday and that’s all I’m worried to Federer. out of the recent hardcourt events at ated as the fulcrum towards the end’s clash with Brighton. Eighth-seeded Williams could out. about for the moment.” But the second-ranked isn’t too excit- Washington, Montreal and Cincinnati.  ) !" #$% $*+ %6

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  %6/*63%( to keep the scoreboard ticking. Holder now made it all-spin attack jinkya Rahane remained on course by introducing John Campbell from 7 O  P Ato score his first Test century in the other end. two years while Hanuma Vihari hit a As soon as the new ball was avail- fluent fifty as India tightened their grip able, pacers Kemar Roach and over the West Indies in the series-open- Shannon Gabriel operated in tandem + 4   er, here on Sunday. but before that West Indies part- Vihari (57) and Rahane (90) raised timers had bowled 41 overs in this   %6/*63%( chase down the total," he added. an unbeaten 100-run partnership for innings alone. Holder spoke after Virat Kohli the fifth wicket after India lost skipper While Roach and Gabriel bowled ot standing up to a challenge has (51) and Ajinkya Rahane (53) pro- Virat Kohli, taking India to 287 for four a few testing deliveries, it largely Nbecome a “common thing” for pelled India to a commanding posi- at lunch on the fourth day for an over- remained an untroubled stay for both West Indies’ top-order batsmen, tion with their unbroken 104-run part- all lead 362. Rahane and Vihari. lamented an “extremely disappointed” nership for the fourth wicket, extend- Rahane, who scored 81 in the first Opener Mayank Agarwal (16) was captain Jason Holder. ing the visitors' overall lead to 260. innings, has not scored a Test hundred the first wicket to fall for India in the Holder expressed his disappoint- He lauded his pace attack, espe- since his 132 against Sri Lanka in second innings, trapped by Chase in ment after West Indies were bowled cially Kemar Roach, for his consisten- August 2017. the 14th over although TV replays out for 222 in reply to India's first- cy. For Vihari it's only his second Test showed the ball was innings total of 297 all out in their "Bowlers are doing an exception- fifty. missing the leg opening World Championship Test al job. India is scoring at two and a half Resuming at 185 for three, stump but the match. runs per over, we are fighting very India lost Kohli (51) when batsman didn't "Extremely disappointed... It has hard. The body language has been ! 76)62,6 partnership of 143 with Tom Dimuth Karunaratne, who his leading edge off go for review been a common thing for our batsmen right up there. We got early wickets Latham, who hit 154. strained a muscle of his left leg Roston Chase flew to ion Saturday. now. We have not been able to step up and they built a partnership in the first ontrasting half-centuries Off-spinner Dilruwan and will be unable to bat until John Campbell, who After as a top-order, the middle and lower innings. We just need to play smart Cfrom BJ Watling and Colin Perera broke the marathon the fall of the fifth wicket, and took the catch on Agarwal's depar- order have done an exceptional job," cricket in the remaining match. de Grandhomme helped New stand after trapping Latham leg wicketkeeper Niroshan second attempt. ture, KL Rahul (38) Holder said. "Kemar has been brilliant. We, as Zealand lead by 138 runs in before on a delivery that Dickwella. That ended and Chesteshwar "We are behind the eight ball a fast-bowling group, have done a their first innings against Sri pitched and hurried on to the Angelo Mathews is the the fourth- Pujara (25) added 43 because we did not bat well in the first good job. Kemar keeps you guessing, Lanka on day four of the rain- batsman’s pad. stand-in-captain and substitute wicket part- runs for the second innings," he said during a media con- there is never a situation in which he hit second Test on Sunday. Latham, who started the Dinesh Chandimal is keeping nership wicket to take India ference at the end of third day's play. gets predictable. It is a plus having Only 48 of the scheduled day on 111, registered his fifth wicket in the absence of between forward. "The boys are fighting, the effort Kemar in this side. He makes some- 98 overs were possible as New 150-plus score in Tests. His Dickwella, who sustained a cut Kohli and Rahul, however, was exceptional, we have been in the thing happen with the ball. Zealand reached 382 for five at career-best 264 not out also on the little finger of his left- Rahane that gave away his wicket, match with the bowling effort. We kept "Yes, Ishant got five wickets in the stumps. The tourists resumed came against Sri Lanka in hand on day three. yielded 106 bowled by Chase. He toiling away, it is not a surface on first innings, but in my opinion, the day on 196-4. The first ses- Wellington last year. The Kane Williamson-led runs for went across which you can bowl out a side cheap- Kemar has been the standout bowler sion was washed out by rain No 7 De Grandhomme New Zealand will be looking India. his ly. We hope to restrict India and then in this match," he added. and a wet outfield at Colombo’s attacked hitting the home to bat only once and then let The other stumps P Sara Oval. bowlers around the ground, their pace duo of Tim Southee overnight bats- while going De Grandhomme scored smashing five fours and five and Trent Boult have a crack man Rahane was for a sweep, nect the ball. innings in reply to 297 with Ishant 83 in an unbeaten 113-run sixes. at the Sri Lankan batsmen in joined by only to expose all An over later, Roach went through Sharma returning with best figures of stand for the sixth wicket with Watling, who started the a bid to square the series. Vihari, who the three stumps Pujara's defence to reduce India to 81 5 for 43. Besides Ishant, Mohammed Watling, who finished the day day on 25, played a patient Play will get under way at easily worked and the West Indian for three. Shami (2/48) and left-arm spinner on 81. knock during his 208-ball stay. 9:45 am (0415 GMT) today, the ball spinner stuck as the Before that, India bowled out West Ravindra Jadeja (2/64) scalped two Watling also played the Sri Lanka were without the final day of the match, around in gaps batsman failed to con- Indies for 222 in 74.2 overs in their first wickets a piece. supporting role in an earlier captain and opening batsman weather permitting.