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'()*) (% ( % '+% operation that lasted for near- ly eight hours. M n a massive joint operation, Beginning its journey amid M! INational Disaster Response pouring rain, the Kolhapur- " Force (NDRF), Navy, Army bound Mahalaxmi Express — #$% & Q( and Air Force, on Saturday res- which had left Chhatrapati *+ ,-% . cued amid heavy rain as many Shivaji Terminus at 8.20am on " # M as 1,050 marooned passengers Friday — got stuck at Chimtoli & — including nine pregnant village near Vangani station. # women — from the Mumbai- “What made matters diffi- " M Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express cult was the Ulhas river flow- " / " which remained stranded in ing in the vicinity was in spate. " & heavy floodwaters for more With tracks under knee-deep " + than 17 hours near Vangani, 69 water, the train could not pro- *0 & km away from Mumbai. ceed further. The passengers on " The authorities used three board were safe, but the raising " #& helicopters — two Seaking of water levels on tracks became Navy, one Mi-17 of Air Force a cause for concern,” a senior " — and several inflatable boats Thane district official said. # for the first-of-its-kind rescue Turn to Page 6 P! $ % % & " 1 # R , P Q/ " / " # # n a big blow to the Jaish-e- " M " IMohammad (JeM) leader- M #2 + #2 ship in Kashmir Valley, a joint mid a heightened threat team of security forces early on Aperception ahead of the Saturday morning eliminated Independence Day and the a dreaded Pakistani terrorist, !" # turf war between terror groups, also an expert in making ! %"# the Centre has decided to Improvised Explosive Devices " 30 deploy 10,000 additional troops (IEDs), along with his accom- & ! % on an “immediate basis” in plice in Bunbazar area of Meanwhile, an Indian Jammu & Kashmir. The addi- Shopian. Army jawan sacrificed his life ! ( ) tional deployment will serve The Pakistani terrorist, while foiling a desperate infil- !*# & M the twin agenda of strength- killed in the operation, has tration bid by heavily armed ening the counter-insurgent been identified as one of the terrorists in Machhal sector of # & %"# grid and maintaining law and top JeM Commanders Munna Kupwara district on Saturday. M! order situation in the Valley. Lahori (code name). The clinical operation in * &"%+ The Centre’s move has not According to police records, Shopian was conducted by the ! +- # gone down well with former Kanwaria security will be Pakistan-based terror groups said they needed the addition- Munna Lahori was active in security forces after a gap of Chief Minister Mehbboba replaced by nine companies of like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and al deployment in North the South Kashmir area for a almost three long weeks in !" % ( ( Mufti, who criticised it claim- the BSF. Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Kashmir. “100 companies have long time and was also respon- South Kashmir, in view of the ing it has created a “fear psy- The security challenges in Qaeda Kashmir on the one side been airlifted and that’s what sible for recruiting fresh cadre ongoing Amarnath Yatra. + ! "" + %!# chosis” among the people. the Valley have been aggravat- and the Islamic State on the we had asked for,” said Dilbag. in the terror outfit. Turn to Page 6 # % ## ( "" The decision assumes sig- ed by a gang war between other. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh Turn to Page 6 nificance as it comes shortly !" after National Security Adviser " Ajit Doval’s two-day visit to the .%# Valley. Sources said he met #!% ( # ! & senior officers and reviewed the - law and order situation in the State that’s still under Musa on May 23 when the have ordered the ground are hiding. “This may result in geted hiding place,” officials in $&! President’s Rule. response time of the security troops to desist from cor- the terrorists escaping but the the security establishment said. 03$3 In all, 50 additional com- forces after getting the tip-off doning the hamlet where security forces are Elaborating upon these panies of Central Reserve was less than 30 minutes. The the terrorist or terrorists determined to standard operating procedures & !30 ( Police Force (CRPF), 30 com- success rate against the terror- ensure that inno- now in force, officials said this # 3 panies from the SSB, and 10 ists too has increased with 23 cents are not has come about due to perfect companies each from the BSF ultras neutralised in 13 harmed during synergy between the Army, " and ITBP will be deployed. encounters in June alone there- the firefight or Central Reserve Police Force Sources said the troops are he synergy between the by proving the effectiveness of when they (CRPF), the local police and 0 ! being airlifted from various Tsecurity forces in Jammu & these measures. are closing intelligence agencies. parts of the country for deploy- Kashmir is at an all-time high. Also, with a view to cause in on to On the response time, they $&! ment in Jammu & Kashmir. In This is resulting in reduction of minimum trouble to the locals, the tar- said vastly improved coordi- / an order issued by the CRPF, reaction time in carrying out the fire services has been co- nation between all the stake- the nodal force for operations anti-terrorist operations and opted to douse fire in the holders in the counter-insur- # & 4 in the Valley, the paramilitary ensuring that there is no col- houses damaged during the fire gency grid has seen anti-ter- 4 $ $&! said out of the 50 companies of lateral damage. fight. In fact, to ensure that rorist operations launched only the CRPF being moved to the The biggest example of ordinary citizens are not incon- on the basis of hard and real State, nine deployed in Delhi the co-ordination is the neu- venienced during the opera- time intelligence. Q # for Parliament duty and tralisation of top militant Zakir tion, the local commanders Turn to Page 6 # & ( # # ,& ( # 1 0 # 64 over 65,000 crore will be All roads connecting with Chairman Naresh Trehan, # M ! laid. These projects are expect- the venue have been repaired HCL Group founder- # M nion Home Minister Amit ed to generate 2.5 lakh jobs. and flower pots have been Chairman Shiv Nadar, 6 UShah will inaugurate Uttar These projects were placed on road dividers. PepsiCo India President & 0 30 Pradesh government’s second announced at the UP Besides, roadside CEO Ahmed El Sheikh, Tata # n a curious turn of events, the groundbreaking ceremony of Investors’ Summit held in encroachments have been Sons Chairman IEnforcement Directorate has projects worth 65,000 crore Lucknow in February last year cleared and elaborate security Chandrashekharan, Samsung # # arrested Hyderabad-based in Lucknow on Sunday. during which the Yogi has been made for the guests. India President & CEO HC # businessman Sana Satish Babu, The memoranda of under- Adityanath government signed Union Home Minister Hong, Adani Group Chairman # the complainant whose allega- standing (MoUs) for these 1,047 MoUs for investments Amit Shah’s participation and Managing Director tions triggered a war among the money laundering case but projects were signed during totalling 4.68 lakh crore. highlights the political signif- Gautam Adani and Torrent # CBI top brass last year, in con- with the latest development, he the UP Investors’ Summit held A number of top indus- icance of the event as he is also Group Chairman Sudhir # nection with a money-laun- becomes an accused. in Lucknow in February last trialists are to grace the occa- the Bharatiya Janata Party Mehta. dering probe against contro- Babu was arrested late on year. sion and the state govern- national president. The projects lined up for " ( versial meat exporter Moin Friday night under the provi- The state capital has been ment has accorded them the Nine government depart- laying of foundation stones at ## Qureshi and others. sions of the Prevention of decked up like a bride for the status of state guests. ments have been assigned the the second groundbreaking Babu was grilled for a few Money Laundering Act ceremony which will be held Industrial Development task of looking after guests. A ceremony relate to different + hours and was taken into cus- (PMLA) as he was “not coop- at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan. Minister Satish Mahana said in total of 200 VIPs are expected sectors, including electronics, ( tody as he was “not cooperat- erating” in the probe, officials On Saturday evening, Lucknow on Saturday that to turn up for the event along infrastructure, food processing " ing” in the probe. Following said. Chief minister Yogi arrangements for the smooth with 11 VVIPs. and textiles. & Babu’s complaint, the CBI His links with Qureshi, an Adityanath hosted a dinner for conduct of the second ground- Among industrialists The companies and indus- # headed by Alok Verma then accused in a CBI and ED case, the corporate honchos, breaking ceremony had been accorded state guest status are trial houses whose projects are had registered a criminal FIR as also in certain financial investors and other guests completed. Aditya Birla Group Chairman likely to be launched include on charges of corruption transactions, are suspected to who will be participating in The entire state capital Kumar Mangalam Birla, Aditya Birla Group, Vivo, ( against its former special direc- be dubious by the agency the ceremony on Sunday. has been decked up with LED Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Azure Power, Adani Gas, + Q! tor Rakesh Asthana last year. which will be probed during his In Sunday’s groundbreak- lights and bill boards have Chairman Anand C Samsung, Torrent, Medanta 789: . Babu was earlier sum- custodial interrogation. ing ceremony, foundation been put up to welcome the Mahindra, ITC CEO Sanjeev Hospital, JK Cement, among moned as a witness in the ED Turn to Page 6 stones of 292 projects worth guests. Puri, Medanta Group others. " +,- +./0 " +,- +./0
! !&# .% > "*"# ( ! Lucknow (PNS): Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh & % 64 her find a house. Meanwhile, an 18-year-old laid emphasis on the need to The unsuspecting woman girl, identified as Archana of strengthen the health system. n the pretext of helping fell in the trap and went to see Aurangabad Khalsa locality in Speaking at a workshop on Oher, a youth spiked the a house in Ratan Khand Ashiyana, was found hanging ‘Core competencies for public drinks of his acquaintance and (Ashiyana) along with Sangeet. at her house on Saturday after- health professionals’, jointly allegedly raped her in “Sangeet offered me soft noon. Her family rushed her to organised by the Uttar Pradesh Ashiyana. The victim kept drinks laced with sedatives. As Lok Bandhu Hospital where Government, Johns Hopkins pleading the police to register I passed out, he raped me and she was declared brought dead. - . % %! Bloomberg School of Public a case in this connection for also made a video clip. The hospital administration /& 0%% Health, State Institute of Health about two months, but to no Thereafter, he kept forcing me later sent a memo to the and Family Welfare and The avail. On Saturday, she narrat- to meet him alone, threatening Krishna Nagar after which the Bill and Melinda Gates ed her ordeal to mediapersons to share the video on social cops reached there and sent the Foundation, Singh said the and the police swung into media. Not only this, Sangeet body for autopsy. Interestingly, ( Health department had many action after the news went gave my contact numbers to the Ashiyana police had no qualified doctors. “We need to viral on social media. two youths and later shared the information about the inci- develop a strong and effective The police said probe into video clip on a WhatsApp dent. “Since the family of the health system wherein the the allegations was on and group consisting of my rela- girl did not call the Ashiyana health professionals are skilled they were yet to register an FIR tives,” she alleged. police, they did not get to 2 and trained to deal with the against the accused. She said she could not know about the incident,” new and emerging challenges As per reports, the victims speak out earlier due to social police spokesman AK Dwivedi of public health,” he said while is a native of Unnao and works stigma and out of fear. “I had said. & % 64 Meanwhile, the city is all port. Municipal coming from Faizabad and speaking at the first-of-its- with a private company in approached the police but they Meanwhile, a 58-year-old decked-up for the ground Commissioner Indramani Barabanki side will not be kind in India on Saturday. Lucknow. She met the accused, did not take up the case. The paan vendor, identified as uge police force will be breaking ceremony. The route Tripathi said they had deco- allowed to move towards Singh said building capacities identified as Sangeet of Sisendi incident took place about two Suresh Chandra Chaurasia of Hdeployed in and around from the airport to Indira rated the crossings along the Kamta Shaheed Path, and will of human resource in health in Mohanlalganj, on board a months back and I contacted Banthra, was fatally knocked Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Gandhi Pratishthan has been route with LEDs and spiral be diverted towards Itaunja. sector would help in strength- bus while on way to work. the police on July 20 last,” she down by an unidentified vehi- view of the second ground- illuminated with crossings lights. No vehicles will be allowed ening the health system in the Sangeet advised her to get a claimed. However, the police cle in Naka on Saturday morn- breaking ceremony on Sunday. flaunting tri-coloured and Traffic diversions will be from Lohia Path towards state. “Improving health of the house on rent in Lucknow and said that the woman contacted ing. Police said the profusely Police spokesman AK Dwivedi multi-coloured lights. The in effect from 6 am till 11 pm. Indira Gandhi Pratishthan via public is a priority for us and stay there instead of going all them only on Saturday. “We are bleeding victim was rushed to said four officers of SP rank, 19 Charbagh railway station bears All heavy vehicles coming PIC-UP overbridge. Private we have made considerable the way back to Unnao after job probing the allegations,” they KGMU Trauma Centre where of ASP rank, 36 of CO rank, 27 a sparkling look with its illu- from Banthra will not be cabs will remain prohibited on improvements,” Singh said. hours. He also offered to help said. he was declared brought dead. SHOs, 20 inspectors, eight minated façade. allowed to move towards Shaheed Path, Kathauta cross- senior sub-inspectors, 434 Industries Minister Satish Kanpur road and Amausi, and ing, PIC-UP overbridge and sub-inspectors, 21 woman Mahana and Chief Secretary will be diverted towards High Court crossing. sub-inspectors, 429 head con- Anup Chandra Pandey con- Gosainganj and Mohaan road. No traffic will be allowed ' stables, six woman head con- ducted a route march from No vehicle will be allowed to move from Railway grounds stables, 1,323 constables, and Amausi airport to Indira to move from Shaheed Path crossing towards Indira & % 64 157 woman constables would Gandhi Pratishthan on crossing towards Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, and will be deployed in view of the Saturday. They also visited Gandhi Pratishthan. Vehicles be diverted towards Kisan n World Head and Neck mega event. Five companies of the domestic terminal of the coming from Buddheshwar Bazaar. & % 64 on Saturday. The accused, OCancer Day, senior dental PAC, sleuths of LIU, traffic airport to review the arrange- crossing will not be allowed to No vehicle will be allowed identified as Amit Prajapati, surgeon of Ajanta Hospital Dr cops and commandos will also ments. District Magistrate move towards Barabirwa to move from Vijaypuri under- he chairman, director and owned up his crime and dis- Himangi Dubey on Saturday be guarding the venue. Kaushal Raj Sharma and crossing, and will be diverted pass towards Indira Gandhi Ta staff member of ‘Hello closed that he had hit Usha organised a free camp and “Besides, there will also be Municipal Commissioner towards Kati Bagiya. Pratishthan, and will be divert- Ride Limited’, a company pro- with a heavy object. He said he seminar to make people aware some cops in civvies on duty,” Indramani Tripathi were also Vehicles coming from Rai ed towards the service road. viding traveling facilities to and his family members later about oral cancer and preven- the spokesman said. He added present on the occasion. Bareli road will not be allowed During the VIP move- consumers, were accused of tied the hands and legs of Usha tion. Dr Dubey said there was that the cops would be A senior district adminis- to move from Mohanlalganj ment, regular traffic will not be defrauding a Mirzapur resi- before dumping her into the a need for awareness about self- deployed in outer, inner and tration official said that 70 sec- crossing towards PGI, and allowed to move from CCA dent, who lodged a case at river. To hide their crime, examination and oral hygiene. isolation cordons in which tor magistrates had been will be diverted towards Airport to Indira Gandhi Vibhuti Khand police station they had told Usha’s parents She said most of the people suf- the area had been divided. deployed at the venue and air- Junabganj. Heavy vehicles Pratishthan via Shaheed Path. on Saturday. SHO, Vibhuti and police that she left the fering from oral cancer con- tongue, unusual bleeding or Khand, Rajeev Dwivedi said a house without informing any sulted doctors only when the pain in mouth, boils persisting case of fraud and criminal one. However, her sister disease was in last stage. at the same place, perennially breach of trust was registered Komal smelled a rat after she “With self-examination, pointed or pricking teeth, prob- +,;" against Neelam Verma (direc- saw her sister’s body with her one can get the treatment start- lem in breathing or speaking, tor), Abhay Kushwaha (chair- hands and legs tied. She ed at earlier stages so that oral change in voice and coughing man) and Mohammed Azam approached senior officials cancer can be cured,” she said. may be the symptoms or early Ali. The complainant, Karan who rebuked the BKT police The visitors were told signs of oral cancer. Patients Kumar Sharma, alleged that he and asked them to arrest the about self-examination vis-a- need to consultant doctors at was duped of more than Rs 3 accused. vis oral cancer. Red patches the earliest,”Dr Dubey lakh by the trio. inside mouth, on gums or explained. & % 64 three million acute cases of Hepatitis E, and As per reports, Karan 70,000 Hepatitis E-related deaths,” he said. Sharma, his wife Seenu Devi / % n the eve of World Hepatitis Day (July He said it was estimated that there were and their nephew Suresh Two unidentified miscre- O28), Dr Sanjay Kumar Somani said that eight million Hepatitis B and 2.5 million Kumar had invested Rs 3.05 ants looted a trader of his gold both Hepatitis B and C were easily treat- Hepatitis C patients in Uttar Pradesh. lakh after having signed a chain when he was returning able with oral medicines. In addition, “Many people infected with chronic viral deal with Kushwaha. At that home in Bangla Bazaar on hepatitis was a largely silent but persistent hepatitis have no symptoms for many years time, Kushwaha and others Friday night. The victim tried epidemic, he said while addressing medi- even though their liver is being damaged. had assured Karan profit to chase the miscreants but apersons on Saturday. After years or decades, the liver can against the investment. “We they fled towards Kila crossing “Worldwide, nearly 325 million peo- become completely scarred, which is got cash for two months but even as there were no police- ple are living with chronic Hepatitis B virus known as cirrhosis. Those who have liver after that the company stopped men on the road to challenge or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. One cirrhosis are at risk of life-threatening com- the payment. We went to com- them. Rajendra Prasad Verma in 12 people are infected with either plications such as bleeding, ascites (fluid in pany’s office on the 8th floor was returning home after clos- Hepatitis B or C. These infections cause 1 & the abdomen), liver cancer and even slip- of Cyber Heights in Vibhuti ing his shop around 9.30 pm on nearly 1.04 million deaths annually. Most -% % ping into a coma. It is important to pro- Khand. We were promised Friday. Near his house in Tonde persons with chronic viral hepatitis are tect yourself against these viruses. Have safe that we would be extended the Kheda in Ashiyana, the mis- unaware of their infections,” he said. times more common than HIV worldwide. sex and do not share toothbrushes, razors, profit share, but we did not get creants targeted him. “The Dr Somani said that the objective of The investment required in eliminating needles or unsterilised medical equipment,” a single penny. When we bike-borne miscreants came World Hepatitis Day was to raise global Hepatitis B and C by 2030 is $6 billion every he added. reached the office recently, from behind and the pillion- awareness and encourage prevention, diag- year. Hepatitis B or C, if left untreated, can Hepatitis B is spread through contact we found it closed,” Karan stat- rider snatched my gold chain nosis & treatment. “WHO aims to eradi- lead to advanced liver cirrhosis and other with blood or other body fluids of an infect- ed in his complaint. before speeding off towards cate hepatitis by 2030. This year, the complications, including liver cancer or ed person and from mothers with Hepatitis Meanwhile, the husband Kila crossing. I raised an alarm theme is ‘Invest in eliminating hepatitis’,” liver failure. Hepatitis A and E also cause B to their newborns. Dr Somani said that of Usha Prajapati, who was and gave them a chase, but they Dr Somani said. “Hepatitis B and C is the acute liver disease. Hepatitis A occurs in a safe and effective vaccine against Hepatitis killed and the body dumped managed to escape. I found no second major infectious killer disease 1.4 million cases annually. Every year, there B was available, but one should also prac- into Gomti river, was arrested policemen on the road to help after tuberculosis. Viral hepatitis is nine are 20 million Hepatitis E infections, over tise safe sex and take other precautions. by the Bakshi-Ka-Talab police me out,” he said. !(4 $!-
0 were organised for the IIM-L The 36th meeting of community members to mark Lucknow Metro Rail the occasion. Corporation Limited Board of Directors was held under the 0%1**# chairmanship of Secretary A ceremonial parade was (Ministry of Housing and Urban held in the Officers Training Affairs) Durga Shankar Mishra College, Army Medical Corps on Saturday. The board Centre and College on conclusion approved the internal audit of Medical Officers Basic Course report of the fourth quarter of (MOBC)-226 on Saturday. The financial year 2018-19. The 120 newly-commissioned med- board also reviewed the work ical and dental officers of AFMS, and progress of Kanpur and including 37 lady officers, four Agra Metro projects. Naval officers. 18 Air Force offi- cers, 17 dental officers and two / ( officers from Assam Rifles, par- IIM-Lucknow celebrated its ticipated in an impressive cere- 35th Foundation Day this week. monial parade. Aditya Pisharadi The foundation stone of the was adjudged the best overall institute was laid on July 27, officer and awarded 1984. The festivities started on Commandant’s Rolling Trophy July 20 with various sporting while Ashish Kurian Shaji was events. On Saturday, more than awarded Maj Laishram Jyotin 200 saplings were planted dur- Singh, Ashok Chakra Memorial ing a drive launched by director Trophy for being the best offi- Archana Shukla. Sporting events cer in field events. 3##%)*
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64 Shekhar also disclosed that son’s joining the BJP would cer- % the Prime Minister himself tainly boost the morale of ormer Rajya Sabha mem- had asked him to work with party cadre. 64 chief said that investigations Veera said that though the ber of Samajwadi Party, him for the country. Shekhar quit Rajya Sabha were underway. farmhouse was owned by FNeeraj Shekhar, was given “I have not joined the BJP membership on July 15, a year ix persons were arrested Ruchi Veera had parted them, they had no connection primary membership of the for political ambitions, I want before his term was to end. He Sfrom Bahujan Samaj Party ways with the Samajwadi Party with the illegal slaughter of Bharatiya Janata Party by state to work as a common party was a member of Rajya Sabha leader Ruchi Veera’s farmhouse to join the BSP ahead of the last animals. He said that the chief Swatantra Dev Singh in worker. I am overwhelmed by since 2014 and was due to retire at Begwal area of Bijnor on Lok Sabha polls and had con- watchman of the farmhouse Lucknow on Saturday. the love, affection and respect on November 25, 2020. charges of slaughtering animals tested the election. should be held responsible The former parliamentar- I got in the BJP after joining the Shekhar was an aspirant of on Friday night. Ruchi’s husband Udayan for it. ian along with hundreds of his party,” the former MP said. Samajwadi Party ticket from Superintendent of Police of supporters joined the party in Welcoming Shekhar in the Ballia in the recent Lok Sabha Bijnor, Laxmi Niwas Mishra, the presence of senior BJP party, Bhupendra Yadav said it elections. SP president said the police raided the leaders, including party gener- was his second joining as he Akhilesh Yadav had assured Bahujan Samaj Party leader’s al secretary Bhupendra Yadav. had joined the BJP in Delhi on him that either he or his wife farmhouse at Begwal after Son of former Prime July 16. “Neeraj has set a new Sushma would be fielded from being tipped off about animal Minister Chandra Shekhar, ethics by resigning from Rajya Ballia but Akhilesh ditched slaughter. Neeraj Shekhar said that he Sabha before joining the BJP,” him and fielded Sanatan The Bijnor district police resigned from the Rajya Sabha Yadav said. Speaking on the Pandey from that seat. Irked by chief said six persons were and decided to join the BJP due occasion, Bhupendra Yadav the SP chief’s move, Shekhar arrested from the farmhouse to the popularity of Prime hailed the Narendra Modi-led finally resigned from Rajya and the police recovered two Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government’s plan for Sabha and also from the party. quintals of animal flesh from support the party received in the making India a USD 5-trillion there. recent Lok Sabha elections. economy. 2 1 A case has been registered “How can anyone reject the Handing over the mem- $& against 13 persons and those BJP when everyone in the bership card to Shekhar, $% .3 4 P,& arrested have been sent to country is supporting it,” he Swatantra Dev Singh said that $ jail. said while admitting that ear- former Prime Minister & 0% Though no case has been lier he was opposed to the ide- Chandra Shekhar was a leader % & registered against Ruchi Veera ology of the BJP. beyond comparison and his as yet, the Bijnot district police + & +* /$% 64 Gradually all government departments will go to a select ,&/% ashtriya Lok Dal vice-pres- group of industrialists. The Rident Wasim Haider took a government will pat its back by 64 travelling in collided with a pot shot at the Uttar Pradesh presenting figures of jobs pro- truck on Karhal road near government’s second ground- vided to youths, who in fact will ystery shrouds the death Singhmai village in Firozabad breaking ceremony for launch get jobs in private sectors,” Mof a 32-year-old police on Friday night. of industrial projects, saying Haider said. constable whose body was While one person died on that multinational companies The RLD leader said that found in a canal in Shamli dis- the spot, three others suc- would enslave the youths of the the Central government would trict on Friday evening. cumbed to their injuries at a country. hand over Bharat Sanchar The police suspect that the hospital. “The Bharatiya Janata Party Nigam Limited and India Posts constable was murdered and The deceased were identi- government is organising the to industrialists in the name of later his body was thrown at fied as Rajesh Kumar (42), second groundbreaking cere- development. the canal. Raksha (35), Vimlesh (40) and mony in Lucknow on Sunday “By selling out govern- As per reports, the body of Ajmesh (25). but their claim of bringing job ment departments to private constable Umesh Chauhan The truck driver fled the opportunities for youths seems players, the BJP is weakening was found in Purvi canal near scene abandoning his vehicle, hollow. After the first Investors’ the economy of the country. Mundet village on Friday which had overturned due the Summit, the Union govern- Youths had voted for the BJP in evening. collision. ment started privatisation of the hope of getting jobs, but Chauhan, who was posted In Muzaffarnagar, a four- Railways and also involved pri- they have got nothing as yet,” in Bijnor district, had come to year-old girl was killed and 64 vate players in airports. the RLD leader said. his village in Baghpat on leave. four others were seriously According to Circle injured in two incidents of roof ormer Governor of Madhya Officer Vinay Gautam, it is collapse due to heavy rains in FPradesh, Anandiben Patel, suspected that Chauhan was the last 24 hours. will be sworn in as the 25th killed and his body was Humera was killed while Governor of Uttar Pradesh in % % dumped in the canal by the her mother Sanjida (35) and Lucknow on July 29. assailants. sister Sofia (7) were seriously Patel was formerly the Lakhimpur Kheri: A The deceased’s family injured on Friday evening Chief Minister of Gujarat. wild male elephant estimated members said that Chauhan when the roof of their house in The oath-taking ceremony to be around 40-year-old had gone to buy medicines but Khalapar village collapsed. of the new Governor will be was electrocuted to death when he did not return, they In another incident, held at Raj Bhawan at 12:30 pm after it accidentally came into called him on his mobile Dayawati (45) and her son on Monday. contact with a transformer NOTICE phone but did not get any Ram Kumar were seriously Present Governor Ram installed in a sugarcane field response. injured on Friday evening Naik will set a new tradition by in Ghola village in Dudhwa Later, his body was spot- when the roof of their house being present at the swearing- buffer zone on Saturday, ted by some passers-by, who collapsed in Ratanpuri village in ceremony of his successor. Deputy Director of Dudhwa intimated the police about it. during the downpour. Patel will reach Chaudhary Tiger Reserve, Manoj Sonkar, In Aligarh, a six-year-old The injured were rushed Charan Singh Airport in told PTI. girl was kidnapped and raped to district hospital. Lucknow at 9:30 am on by a local villager in It another mishap in Monday and will be formally Palimuqeempur village on Muzaffarnagar, a kanwariya welcomed by Chief Minister Wednesday night. was killed while four others Yogi Adityanath and other The girl was sleeping with were seriously injured after senior leaders at the state hang- her family in the house when two motorcycles collided on er at Amausi. her neighbour Bhagwan Singh Delhi-Dehradun highway near Later, the Chief Minister kidnapped and raped her. Barla village on Friday night. will also give a send-off to out- Singh was caught by the The kanwariya was iden- going Governor Ram Naik at villagers and handed over to tified as Arun 923) from the airport around 2:45 pm the REQUIRED the police. He has been sent to Haryana. same day. jail while the girl is undergo- In another incident in the Patel will be the first ing treatment at Jawaharlal same village, daily wager Arif woman Governor of UP Nehru Medical College was killed on Friday night at a though Sarojini Naidu was the Hospital in Aligarh. kanwar camp along the high- Governor of United Province Meanwhile, seven persons way when he accidentally fell from August 15, 1947 to March were killed in separate mishaps in a huge ‘kadhai’ (cooking 2, 1949. since Friday night. pot) of boiling oil. Arif’s fam- Patel was appointed Four persons were killed ily staged a protest after laying Governor of Madhya Pradesh and six others were injured the body near the camp and in January 2018. 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, lamming Pakistan for Sindulging in deceit since 1947, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the S aerospace company Kargil war of 1999 had changed UBoeing on Saturday hand- the world’s perception about ed over the first four of the 22 India, which took military Apache attack helicopters to the action to evict the Pakistani Indian Air Force at its Hindon Army and foiled the neighbour’s Air Force Base while another attempt to redraw the boundary. batch of four helicopters will be Addressing a gathering to delivered next week. The eight commemorate the 20th helicopters will then move to anniversary of the Kargil war, the Pathankot air station for the Prime Minister said mod- formal induction. ernisation of the armed forces The AH-64E Apache is one ments. “The arrival of the its standing as the world's best was a priority of his govern- of the world's most advanced Apaches, ahead-of-schedule, attack helicopter. The AH-64E ment as the wars have now multi-role combat helicopters, validates Boeing's commitment Apache for the Indian Air reached the space and are and is flown by the US Army to delivering on its promise of Force completed successful being fought even in the cyber and several other countries. modernising India's defence first flight in July 2018. The world. The IAF had signed a contract forces. Boeing has ensured first batch of Indian Air Force In 1999, Pakistani Army with the US government and high rate of mission readiness crew began their training to fly had captured the mountainous Boeing Ltd in September 2015 and increased operational the Apache in the US in 2018 heights in Kargil in Ladakh & 2 5 61 2 for 22 Apache helicopters. capabilities through its current “It is the only available region of Jammu and Kashmir % 7 1 Additionally, the Defence partnerships with the IAF,” combat helicopter with a spec- and India undertook military .,83 - 4 .2 &$ Ministry in 2017 approved the Boeing said in a statement. trum of capabilities for virtu- action to evict the intruders in procurement of six Apache heli- The company has delivered ally any mission requirement. a three-month war. While quoting the then throw out the Pakistani Army, More” and said the late officer's armed forces for safeguarding copters along with weapons more than 2,200 Apaches to For the AH-64 E, this includes “We foiled Pakistan's Prime Minister Atal Bihari the Prime Minister said. “heart wasn't asking for him- the borders of the country, he systems from Boeing at a cost of customers around the world greater thrust and lift, joint dig- deception in Kargil... This war Vajpayee on the episode, Modi Hailing the armed forces self, not for a religion, language emphasized modernization to Rs 4,168 crore for the Army. since the aircraft entered pro- ital operability, improved sur- changed the perception of the said Pakistan had launched for their exceptional valour or caste, but for the whole make them in tune with the This will be its first fleet of attack duction and India is the 14th vivability and cognitive deci- world towards India... We the misadventure, thinking displayed while recapturing Bharat, for 'Maa Bharati'.” modern warfare scenario. helicopters to be flown by the nation to select it for its military. sion aiding. It is uniquely suit- exposed the deceitful plans of that India would seek the help the mountain peaks of Kargil, Batra, who belonged to “Today, the wars have Army pilots. “By 2020, the IAF will operate ed to meet the commander's Pakistan to re-draw the Line of of the international communi- Modi named a few of those Himachal Pradesh, was killed reached the space. Wars are Senior IAF officials said the a fleet of 22 Apaches, and these needs, including reconnais- Control (LoC). The world wit- ty and foreign powers would decorated for their bravery. in close combat with Pakistani being fought even in the cyber addition the Apache fleet will first deliveries are ahead of sance, security, peacekeeping nessed that we never initiated step in to mediate. He recalled the Param Vir troops while recapturing a world. So, the modernization of significantly enhance the force's schedule,” Boeing said. operations, and lethal attack - any act of violence and instead However, India did noth- Chakra awardee Captain peak after having taking over defence forces is not only a combat capabilities as the The aerospace major said in both land and littoral envi- gave a befitting reply,” Modi ing like that and on its own Vikram Batra, who had one peak already. necessity but also our priority”, chopper has been customised the AH-64E has the latest tech- ronments - all without recon- said. used the military power to famously said, “Yeh Dil Maange Paying tributes to the said Modi. to suit IAF's future require- nology insertions, maintaining figuration,” it said. 3,4 =$: %9'6 9+# oppose the bill,” he said on to the BJP, was yet another tions and was involved in the Saturday. instance of “Muslim appease- planning of the 2016 surgical =>-0 DU (U), an ally of the BJP in After having passed the bill ment”. JDU's stand to oppose is he Government has appoint- strikes on terror launch pads Jthe ruling National in Lok Sabha, the government also seen in the similar light by Ted Lt General Paramjit Singh, across the LOC in Jammu and condemnable”. Democratic Alliance (NDA), needs the approval of the Rajya the BJP. who has vast experience in Kashmir. An alumnus of “Action should have been would oppose the triple talaq Sabha to convert it into a law The JD(U), led by Bihar counter-terror operations, as the Defence Services Staff College, midst uproar in the Lok taken against Azam Khan by bill that aims to remove the ret- to end the retrograde practice Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, next Director General of Military Wellington and Mhow-based ASabha over the “double now. The Speaker should rograde practice in the coun- which leaves a wife at the had not voted in the bill's sup- Operations (DGMO) of the Army War College, Lt Gen meaning” comments of the ensure that stringent action try in the Rajya Sabha too. The mercy of his husband. port in Lok Sabha and had Indian Army. He will take over Singh has held various opera- Samajwadi Party (SP) MP should be taken against him if bill passed by the Lok Sabha on Even after government has staged a walkout. It made from the incumbent Lt General tional and staff positions in the Azam Khan against BJP MP he does not apologise,” she said. July 25 may come up for con- passed an ordinance for its though little difference as the Anil Chauhan who will now Army in Kashmir valley. Rama Devi , the Lok Janshakti Cutting across party lines, sideration in the Rajya Sabha implementation and Supreme BJP enjoys a strong majority in head the Eastern Command. He has vast experience in Party (LJP) said on Saturday Lok Sabha members on Friday on Monday. The practice is Court made it illegal, there the Lower House on its own Singh, currently serving as high-altitude warfare, including that the Lok Sabha should demanded exemplary action abolished in over 20 Islamic have been nearly 350 cases of but the same may not be the General Officer tenure at the Siachen Glacier. have acted against the against Khan. countries including Pakistan instant talaq with Muslim case in the upper house where NDA constituent, has six mem- Commanding(GOC) of He spent most of his career Parliamentarian by now and Speaker Om Birla has con- and Bangladesh. women left to fend for them- BJP does not have a majority. bers in Rajya Sabha, whose cur- Nagrota-based XVI Corps, will conducting counter insurgency demanded that the Speaker veyed to Khan's party that he JD(U) spokesperson KC selves. The bill provides jail to Just as in case of the RTI rent strength is 240. take over as the new DGMO on operations in Jammu and take strict action against him if must apologise or action will be Tyagi slammed the bill, which the offender husband if wife or Amendment Bill, the BJP “We believe that ours is a October 15, sources said here Kashmir, besides taking part in he does not apologise. taken against him. criminalises instant divorce by any blood relative makes a case expects `friendly parties` like nation based on a delicate bal- on Saturday. As DGMO, Lt operations against the LTTE in In a party statement issued Parliamentary affairs Muslim men ( by uttering the against him in case of triple BJD, TRS and YSR Congress to ance in respect of laws and gov- Gen Singh will oversee various Sri Lanka. He was commis- by its Lok Sabha MP Veena Minister Pralhad Joshi has also term Talq three-times) with a talaq. back it.. erning principles for different operations of the Indian Army sioned into the Army in 1982 Devi, the LJP, which is the BJP's sought an exemplary action on jail term of up to three years, The Congress, TMC and The Bihar-based party may religious and ethnic groups. including along the LOC in in Madras Regiment and he NDA ally, said Khan's remarks the issue saying all MPs are saying it is of “imposing nature” SP, among other parties, are adopt a similar tactic in Rajya We must not impose any view Jammu and Kashmir. was shifted to the elite in the House “cannot be con- expected to uphold the digni- and will “definitely create a lack opposed to “criminalizing” Sabha and stage a walkout. The without obtaining substantive He has extensive experi- Parachute Regiment (Special doned and were extremely ty of the august house. of trust in society”. “We will triple talaq, a stand, according JD(U), which is otherwise a consultations,” Tyagi said. ence of counter-terror opera- Forces) in January 1984. - %/ % +9$(!) :/ $& $ ' 1 He also posted the Vadra focused on her battle- Environment Ministry's reply ground as she hit out at the BJP he Congress on Saturday in the Lok Sabha that it per- government in Uttar Pradesh ) Assembly after the disqualifi- government would not have Tlashed out at the Modi mitted cutting of over 1 crore over issues being faced by cation of three MLAs was 221 collapsed if the MLAs of Government for allowing cut- trees in the last five years for farmers and questioned the enior Congress leader and the halfway mark was 111. Congress and the JD(S) were ting of over 1 crore trees for development work. “Is BJP efficacy of farm and loan waiv- SSiddaramaiah on Saturday However, the BJP has only not confined. development projects since destroying our future?” he er schemes. said the government of the BJP 105. “They (BJP) confined our 2014 as the party wondered if asked. She cited a media report in Karnataka was not “consti- Asserting that the BJP has MLAs illegally by luring them the “BJP is destroying our Responding to a question which said that five farmers tutionally or ethically formed” to give the list of 111 MLAs, and now they (BJP) are saying future”. The Congress also hit in the Lok Sabha on Friday, have committed suicide in as and called it “a victory of Siddaramaiah underlined the it is the victory of people. No, out at the BJP government in Minister of State for many days in Bundelkhand's walkout over what it said was horsetrading.” fact that the names of rebel it is not the victory of people. Uttar Pradesh over issues being Environment Babul Supriyo Banda. “Farmers grow crop, “intimidation” tactics by trea- Siddaramaiah, who is the MLAs camping in Mumbai It is the victory of horse-trad- faced by farmers and ques- said the ministry gave permis- don't get the price for it. ongress leader Rahul sury benches to influence vot- leader of the Congress Legislature cannot be given as they were ing,” Siddaramaiah said. tioned the efficacy of farm sion to cut 1.09 crore trees for Famine occurs, compensation CGandhi on Saturday ing on the motion to send the Party, accused the BJP of “mis- from Congress and the JD(S). The former Chief Minister and loan waiver schemes. development purposes between is not given,” Priyanka said in alleged that the Modi govern- Bill to a Select Committee for using” the office of governor to “This (BJP's) is not a con- claimed that two rebel MLAs “Trees are 'life'. Tress are 2014 and 2019. Out of the a tweet in Hindi. ment is “diluting” the RTI Act greater scrutiny. form the government. stitutionally or ethically formed had called him regarding their 'oxygen'. Tress absorb 'carbon total, the highest number of “Farmers in Bundelkhand to “help the corrupt steal from “Government is diluting “Yeddyurappa taking oath government. disqualification but he did not dioxide'. Trees protect 'envi- trees (26.91 lakh) was cut in are getting threats of confisca- India”. RTI in order to help the corrupt itself is against the constitution How will they (BJP) prove receive their calls. ronment'. Modi Govt has cut a 2018-19, he said. Supriyo said tion every day. What kind of While the Lok Sabha steal from India. Strange that by misusing the office of the majority then? Has it got any Four days after the coali- whopping 1,09,75,844 trees in data on trees destroyed in for- farm policy and loan waiver passed the Right to the normally vociferous anti- Governor though they don't recognition within the frame- tion government collapsed, the past 5 years! (Parliamentary est fires is not maintained by schemes is it that farmers are Information (Amendment) corruption crowd has sudden- have the majority,” he told work of constitution?” BJP leader Yeddyurappa staked Reply),” Congress' chief his ministry left with no option but to com- Bill, 2019 on Monday, the ly disappeared,” Rahul said in reporters here. Siddaramaiah asked. claim to form the government spokesperson Randeep For her part, Congress gen- mit suicide,” the AICC in- Rajya Sabha gave its approval a tweet, using the hashtag Explaining the equation, he He said the H D and took oath as chief minis- Surjewala said on Twitter. eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi charge (UP) said. on Thursday after opposition “GovtMurdersRTI”. said the strength of the Kumaraswamy led coalition ter on Friday.
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&* 9( 0:,: < New Delhi: The high-powered furnishing statement containing Raipur: Seven naxals, includ- GST Council on Saturday the details of the self-assessed & # ' ing three women, were killed in decided to reduce the tax rate on tax in Form GST CMP-08 for an encounter with security electric vehicles (EVs) to 5 per the June quarter (by taxpayers forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar cent from the existing 12 per under composition scheme) !:2- ; (#R # district on Saturday, police cent, a move aimed at acceler- has been extended to August 31. said. The gunbattle took place ating the adoption of eco- The earlier deadline was July 31. New Delhi: The auto industry create an ecosystem that will around 4 pm in the forest near friendly mobility solutions. The Central Government Ahmedabad: India has put in mainly be on two-wheeler and on Saturday welcomed the encourage faster mass adoption Tiriya village under Nagarnar The new Goods and has been taking initiative to place a game plan for electric three-wheeler vehicles and reduction in GST on electric of EVs in our society," Hyundai police station area bordering Services Tax (GST) rate on EVs popularise environment friend- vehicles (EV) and its compo- public transport. vehicles (EVs) and chargers, Motor India Ltd (HMIL) MD Odisha, Deputy Inspector will be effective from August 1, ly electric vehicles. nents like batteries to ensure "We have a game plan to saying it will help in creating an and CEO S S Kim said in a state- General of police (anti- naxal the Finance Ministry said in a In the Union Buget 2019- clean cities, reduce imports drive electric vehicles, partic- ecosystem that will encourage ment. operations) Sundarraj P told statement after the 36th meet- 20, the Government provided and utilise solar power, NITI ularly two and three-wheelers, faster mass adoption of eco- The company had recently PTI. A joint squad of District ing of the GST Council. Sitharaman, was held via video additional income tax deduc- Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant public transport and manufac- friendly mobility. launched its full electric SUV Reserve Guard and STF of The GST rate on all EVs has conferencing. tion of 1.5 lakh on the interest said here on Saturday. turing of batteries in India. Our While terming the step as yet Kona priced at 25.3 lakh. Chhattisgarh police was carry- been reduced from 12 per cent The GST Council, headed paid on loans taken to purchase He said domestic battery objective is that we should another bold move, the manu- "We are thankful to ing out an anti-naxal operation to 5 per cent. Additionally, the by the union finance minister, EVs. manufacturing for electric first work on about 80 per cent facturers, specially electric two- Government of India for fulfill- in the forests along the inter- tax rate on chargers or charging has state finance ministers as Besides, customs duty has vehicles provides a "massive of components of two and wheeler makers, sought similar ing their promise as this strate- state border, he said. stations for EVs has been members. been exempted on certain parts market opportunity", and also three-wheelers and buses and reduction of 18 per cent GST on gic decision by GST Council will When the team was slashed from 18 per cent to 5 per It also took certain decisions of EVs to further incentivise e- quickens the transition to such also push manufacturing of spare batteries, claiming it would further strengthen confidence of advancing through the forest of cent. regarding changes in GST law. mobility in the country. The environment-friendly trans- batteries in India," Kant said. help maintain low running cost prospective buyers for electric Tiriya, around 400 km from the The council also approved The last date for filing of Centre has also approved port, which is vital for the "From the perspective of of EVs over their lifetime. mobility in future," he added. capital Raipur, the skirmish GST exemption for hiring of intimation, in Form GST CMP- 10,000 crore to encourage country to help combat pollu- energy security and competi- "We welcome the GST Expressing similar senti- broke out, he said. Afterwards, electric buses (of carrying 02, for availing the option of faster adoption of EVs in the tion, congestion, strengthen tive advantage, new mobility Council's historic decision to ments, Mahindra & Mahindra bodies of seven ultras, includ- capacity of more than 12 pas- payment of tax (by exclusive country under the FAME II energy security and create jobs. solutions will reduce oil import reduce the GST on electric vehi- Managing Director Pawan ing three women, were recov- sengers) by local authorities supplier of services) has been scheme, which aims to encour- Addressing a conference costs, lower India's trade deficit cles from 12 per cent to 5 per Goenka tweeted, "One more ered from the spot, he said. from August 1, the statement extended from July 31 to age faster adoption of such vehi- on sustainable mobility and limit our vulnerability to cent and on EV chargers from 18 bold enabling step by GoI (gov- One INSAS rifle, four .303 said. The meeting, chaired by September 30, the statement cles by right incentives and through video link, Kant said oil supply disruptions," Kant per cent to 5 per cent. ernment of India) to support EV rifles and several muzzle- load- Finance Minister Nirmala added. Further, the last date for charging infrastructure. PTI the country's EV focus should said. PTI "The tax benefit will help movement. PTI ing guns were also recovered.
% Party (PDP), said the Centre % / ! of Special Operations Group of successor in an encounter on This is the second major needs to “rethink and overhaul J&K Police after receiving cred- May 23 night in Pulwama dis- He is suspected to be troop deployment instance in its Kashmir policy.” ible inputs about the presence trict. The entire grid including involved in the bribery case the Valley this year. In However, development deploy additional 10,000 troops sengers. The Seaking helicopter expert teams from NDRF, of two to three terrorists in the the Army, CRPF and local and had made payments to February, around 100 compa- works relating to Prime to the Valley has created fear and IAF MI-17 helicopter pro- Army, Navy, Local adminis- Bunbazar area of Shopian”. police were in place around Qureshi which are illegiti- nies of additional Central par- Minister’s package for the eco- psychosis amongst people. vided aerial surveillance and tration, Police, Railway Colonel Shaitan Singh said, Musa’s hideout within 30 min- mate, sources claimed. After liamentary forces were airlift- nomic development in the State There is no dearth of security supported the ground rescue Ministry”. Union Minister of “The operation was launched utes of receiving the tip-off,” submitting a written com- ed and deployed there with the during Mehbooba’s rule could forces in Kashmir. J&K is a teams in the rescue efforts. State for Home Nityanand Rai around 7 pm on Friday they pointed out. Hiding in the plaint against Asthana to the Government saying it was not be implemented success- political problem which won’t “Along with the NDRF and called up Fadnavis and offered evening. He said at least 20 staircase of the house, Musa CBI, Babu had recorded a being done for the Lok Sabha fully due to corruption in the be solved by military means. State Government teams, the all help from the Centre for the houses were cordoned by the was killed in the firefight after statement under Section 164 of elections in the region. administrative machinery. In GOI needs to rethink & over- Navy teams successfully evac- train passengers. Later in the security forces to carry out the he refused to surrender and the Criminal Procedure Code Reacting to the develop- fact, the then CRPF DG as also haul its policy,” Mehbooba stat- uated all the passengers to day, a satisfied Chief Minister searches which continued retaliated by opening fire on (CrPC) before a Magistrate. ment on Twitter, Mehbooba the State police chief had com- ed. J&K People’s Party president safety by the afternoon. The tweeted: “Happy to inform that through the night”. the security forces. He was car- Following his statement under said Jammu & Kashmir is a plained about it during the Shah Faesal felt it was a sign of Western Naval Command was all the passengers stranded in “During search, the ter- rying rocket, grenade launch- Section 164, the CBI then “political problem” which DGPs conference in 2017 that “something sinister”. in constant touch with State #MahalaxmiExpress have been rorists were switching houses er, projectiles, huge ammuni- under Verma registered an would not be solved by military was attended among others by Administration and continues evacuated safely. and at last were cornered in a tion and war like stores. FIR against Asthana. means. The former Chief Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remain prepared to respond Congratulations & Thank you cowshed. When challenged, Highlighting the issue of In his statement to the Minister, who is also the pres- and National Security Adviser “The train had proceeded as required to provide neces- to @NDRFHQ, Army, @indi- they opened fire and tried to response time in Musa CBI, Babu had said he paid a ident of Peoples Democratic Ajit Doval. “Centre’s decision to on its way as water had begun sary assistance,” a Navy annavy, Airforce, Police, Indian break the cordon. Our parties encounter, officials said the bribe of Rs 2 crore to Asthana receding, but after a sudden spokesperson said. Personnel Railways, Local administra- fired and neutralised the ter- entire machinery moved in to be spared from any adverse spell of intense rainfall, coupled from various agencies, includ- tion and entire team for this rorists at close range,” said Col tandem and information was action in the investigation with overflowing of the Ulhas ing the NDRF, Navy and local coordinated & great efforts!” Shaitan Singh. He said, the first shared between the comman- linked to Qureshi. The money river, the train was completely volunteers, brought down the Detailing the role played by terrorist neutralised in the ders at ‘need-to-know-basis’ to was paid over a 10-month stuck in deep water at Vangani,” passengers from the stranded the Central Railway in the operation was, Zeenat-ul - prevent leakage. period -- starting from a Central Railway spokesper- train and carried them and operation, its spokesperson Islam from Shopian town. The The security forces are December 2017. son said. A majority of the pas- their luggage in inflatable rub- said: “The Central Railway second terrorist was identi- now desisting from cordoning Babu was being investi- sengers on board the ber boats to a nearby village had an escort party in the fied as Munna Lahori. The the entire village and asking gated by a special investigation Mahalaxmi Express were bliss- where they served drinking train that pacified passengers senior Army officer also the inhabitants to come out team (SIT) of the CBI, head- fully unaware of their train hav- water, hot tea and biscuits. and teams of the local city extended thanks to local resi- which many a times led to ed by Asthana, when he had ing been stranded near Vangani Later, the rescued passen- police and the RPF reached the dents in the area for their protests. The orders now clear- accused him for accepting railway station till Saturday gers boarded buses, tempos and compartments to distribute cooperation due to which there ly stipulate that the particular bribes. morning. Some of the passen- smaller vehicles to go to food and biscuits. They also was no collateral damage. house where the terrorists are Taking cognisance of the gers who were awake when the Badlapur, 7 km away. The assured the passengers and Jammu & Kashmir Police hiding will only be targeted complaint filed by Babu, the train came to a grinding halt at Central Railway then took by told them not to get down from spokesman in their statement and operations in built up CBI had registered a First Vangani had stories to narrate. a local train to Kalyan where a the train” “The Central Railway said, “the Jaish commander areas in thickly populated Information Report (FIR) “We were stranded. We did not 19-coach special train was kept then alerted the Disaster Munna Lahori was responsible localities have to be short, against Asthana and others, know where we were. We were ready to take them to the tem- Control of the Maharashtra for car blast attack on security swift and to be conducted by including a few other agency helpless. Meanwhile, we were ple town of Kolhapur. Government that took a deci- force convoy on 30/3/19 at small teams to retain the ele- officials. further scared when a snake The rescued passengers sion to air-lift stranded pas- Banihal and fatal car blast on ment of surprise, they said. Later, Asthana had also sneaked into our com- included nine pregnant women sengers. By 11 hrs, one coach Army vehicle at Arihal The fire services also now accused then CBI Director partment,” said an aggrieved - one of whom went into labour had been evacuated by the Pulwahma on 17/6/19. form an integral part of the Verma of being corrupt and passengers Asha Barode. “We pains during the stranded peri- Thane Disaster Management Police spokesman said, counter-militant operations filed a complaint against him ran out of drinking water on od -- several senior citizens, Cell,” the spokesperson added. “Munna Lahori, a Pakistani ter- and quickly move in to extin- with counter allegations of the train,” said another pas- infants and kids and some rorist, was known for IED guish the fire caused by fire shielding Babu and not allow- senger Dilip More. physically-challenged persons. ) P making and responsible for a fight in the targeted house ing the SIT to go against him. Around early morning, As many as 37 doctors includ- So far, more than 130 ter- series of civilian killings in the and prevent the blaze from Asthana, in an exhaustive let- some of the passengers tried to ing gynaecologists were part of rorists have been eliminated by local area. JeM had used him spreading to the adjacent ter to the Cabinet Secretary on reach out several rescue agen- the rescue teams. the security forces this year. for carrying out recruitment in buildings. In many cases the August 24 last year, had given cies, including the Railway Meanwhile, the stranded Post Pulwama attack on CRPF the South Kashmir districts.” police and fire officers have a list of 10 instances of alleged police. The rescue operation nine-month old pregnant convoy on February 14, around rescued old men and women corruption by Verma in which began in the morning. The woman, Reshma T Kamble, three dozen terrorists belong- ((% besides children from the it was alleged that Sana paid Navy mobilised nine flood res- who went into labour pains, ing to Jaish-e- Mohammad They said most of the burning building where the the CBI chief Rs 2 crore to get cue teams, including five div- was also shifted to the Shushrut terror outfit have been elimi- operations at an average are terrorists were holed up and clean chit in the case. The ED ing teams with rescue materi- Hospital in Badlapur where she nated by the security forces in now completed within three to managed to reduce the extent had registered a criminal case al, inflatable boats and life is now under observation. the ongoing ‘all out’ operations. four hours from getting the of damage caused due to fire, under the anti-money laun- jackets. It launched a Seaking In a tweet put in the morn- Relentless operations by the real time intelligence unlike in they said. Given better co- dering law against Qureshi in Helicopter with divers and ing, the Chief Minister’s Office security forces have left these the past when it used to take ordination across the board in 2017 for alleged corruption in auto inflatable craft for deploy- stated: “Maharashtra CM terror outfits leaderless in much longer, thereby, raising the counter-insurgency grid, connivance with Government ment in the area as advance @Dev_Fadnavis appeals the Kashmir Valley. Briefing medi- the risk of collateral damage security forces have in this year officials. It had also arrested assessment party. Despite the citizens stranded in apersons, a senior Army officer and local populace being put to so far have accounted for 120 Qureshi as part of the probe heavy rain, the rescue teams #MahalaxmiExpress to not involved in the operations, Col hardship. “The best example terrorists including two dozen and attached his assets. managed to reach the spot worry & has ensured that all Shaitan Singh said, “The oper- of this is the neutralisation of foreign terrorists in different Former CBI Director AP and immediately rendered measures & rescue operations ation was launched by the Zakir Musa, the most wanted operations in the Kashmir Singh is also being probed in assistance to the stranded pas- are taken care of roping in all security forces along with men terrorist and Burhan Wani’s Valley this year. this case by the ED. )
eavy rain that lashed the Island Hcity and suburbs since Friday night affected the normal life in the metropolis on Saturday, inundating low-lying areas and railway tracks at several places and disrupting road, railway and air traffic. Owing to heavy rain all through Friday night, water-logging was reported from various parts of the city in the morning. With railway tracks under thick sheets of water at some places, trains on the suburban networks of the Western and Central Railways ran 15 to 20 min- utes behind the schedule. Traffic snarls were reported from several parts of the city on Friday night. Eleven flights were cancelled on Saturday mornign at the Mumbai airport due to poor visibility. “Though delayed there were con- Alluding to a complaint from Heavy rainfall was reported tinuous operations at the airport. the passengers about water dripping from Thane and Ratnagiri with Few flights were diverted,” a from the ceiling, the MIAL official towns of Ulhasnagar, Murbad, Mumbai International Airport Ltd said it was basically due to disloca- Badlapur, Tiwala, Vangani, Khed, (MIAL) official said. tion of rainwater pipeline joint due Mangaon, Mandangad, Chiplun Waterlogging was also reported to heavy in flow of rain water in one and surroundings practically sub- outside the domestic airport depar- of the pipe causing leakage. "It was merged. Meanwhile, Indian ture gate leading to hardships to pas- addressed within no time and the Meteorological Department has sengers who had managed to reach required actions were taken to clear forecast intermittent rains/showers the airport after having been stuck the water without disturbing the with heavy to very heavy falls at a in traffic jams on the Western passengers," the official added. few places in the Island city and sub- Express highway. "With non-stop Meanwhile, the Kalyan- urbs for the next 24 hours. rain, we did observe water-logging Ulhasnagar-Badlapur belt of the In a related development, the at the landside area. The situation Mumbai Metropolitan Region Central Railway cancelled four long- was immediately addressed by received heavy rainfall - between distance trains and diverted five MIAL’s on-duty staff. Within a few 280 to 330 mm rainfall on Friday other trains. The cancelled trains minutes, the issue was addressed and and Saturday. Following a landslide were: CSMT Mumbai — Bidar subsequently, the water level was near Khed, the busy Mumbai-Goa Express, Bidar — CSMT Mumbai brought down with de-watering Highway was blocked on Saturday Express and CSMT Mumbai — pumps," the MIAL official said. afternoon. Pandharpur fast passenger. " +,- +./0 ' 3
4 64 acting quickly enough to pro- At least one woman was that would have allowed sus- building's surveillance cam- tect the victims and even col- knocked down when police pects to face trial in mainland eras and threw eggs and black ong Kong police on luding with the mob, an alle- used the rods. China, where critics say their ink at the Chinese national HSaturday fired tear gas and gation that police have firmly Later in the evening, pro- rights would be compromised. emblem, an act that Beijing has swung batons at protesters who denied. testers encircled a smashed-up The bill was eventually sus- vehemently condemned. defied authorities' warnings The streets of Yuen Long black car. The windows of the pended, but protesters' In response to the police's not to march in a neighborhood became a sea of umbrellas as car were shattered and its body demands have grown to objection to Saturday's march where six days earlier a mob the march began Saturday was covered with posters include direct elections, the dis- in Yuen Long, protesters have apparently targeting demon- afternoon. A symbol going denouncing the police. It was solution of the current legisla- cheekily labeled the procession strators brutally attacked peo- back to the Occupy Central not immediately clear who ture and an investigation into a "shopping trip," as well as a ple in a train station. protests that shook Hong Kong owns the vehicle or who alleged police brutality. memorial service for former Protesters wearing black in 2014, umbrellas have destroyed it. A former British colony, Chinese Premier Li Peng, who streamed through Yuen Long, become tools to help protesters Hong Kong's public transit Hong Kong was returned to died on Monday. Li was a even though police refused to conceal their identities from network had announced earli- China in 1997 under the frame- hard-liner best known for grant permission for the march, police cameras as well as shields er Saturday that its trains would work of "one country, two sys- announcing martial law during citing risks of confrontations against tear gas and pepper not be making their usual stops tems." The arrangement the 1989 Tiananmen Square between demonstrators and spray. Some also wore masks to in Yuen Long, but protesters promises the city certain demo- protests that ended in blood- local residents. obscure their faces. reported being able to disem- cratic freedoms that are not shed. For the protesters, it was a "Hong Kong police know bark at stations in the neigh- afforded mainland citizens, but Some Yuen Long residents show of defiance against both the law and break the law," pro- borhood. Several area busi- some residents say these liber- participated in the march, the police and the white-clad testers chanted as they made nesses and public facilities were ties have been steadily eroded while others stood outside with assailants who beat dozens of their way through the streets. closed in anticipation of the in recent years after the arrests signs warning protesters not to people last Sunday night, Less than three hours after march. Service at a nursing of booksellers and democracy enter. For their part, demon- including some demonstrators the start of the march, police center was temporarily sus- activists. strators pasted calls for democ- heading home after the latest fired tear gas to try to disperse & % .%0 8 5 % & pended, and sports venues shut A distrust of China's racy on sticky notes around the mass protest in the Chinese ter- crowds that had ignored down early. Communist Party-led central area. ritory's summer-long pro- authorities' appeals to leave endangered police officers' lives shields. Live footage from demonstrators who were stand- A few hours before the government in Beijing has "After the violence (last democracy movement. the area. Police said in a state- by surrounding and vandaliz- broadcaster RTHK showed ing their ground. march started, a man was undergirded the protests this Sunday), as a resident of Yuen Police said some of the ment that they were clearing ing an occupied police vehicle, protesters on one street forcing Soon afterward, many of arrested in Yuen Long for summer. After last Sunday's Long, I think I have the respon- attackers at the train station out the protesters, who were the statement added. back riot police by throwing the protesters dispersed, but injuring someone with a knife, march, a group of protesters sibility to come out," said a 24- were connected to triad gangs "holding iron poles, self-made As the demonstration umbrellas and waving rods at others stayed put. A group of police said. vandalized Hong Kong's year-old man surnamed Man. and others were villagers who shields and even removing rolled into the evening, officers them. On another street, offi- officers appeared with batons Massive demonstrations Liaison Office, which repre- "After all these protests in past live in the area. Demonstrators fences from roads." in riot gear faced off with pro- cers repeatedly raised warnings and held up banners that read, began in Hong Kong in early sents the mainland govern- months, the government still accused law enforcement of not Some protesters also testers using wooden sheets as and fired tear gas at masked "Stop charging or we use force." June against an extradition bill ment. They spray-painted the hasn't responded to us." *Q , * !8 = > 6 - ' # , / 4 44 fled to neighbouring areas." 4 The officials spoke on condi- has simultaneously provoked The poor Sahel state has tion of anonymity to discuss an escalatory cycle with Iran 9 rmed men described as been battling a rising wave of resident Donald Trump's internal deliberations. while also making clear to Iran / )4 )4 Ajehadis raided a village in jihadist attacks over the last P"maximum pressure" cam- The mere fact that the that he is averse to conflict." / ) 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and Burkina Faso's restive north, four years which began in the paign against Iran is at a cross- administration is divided on the The public face of the pres- reimposed sanctions on the wo Iranian ships stranded killing 14 people, plundering north but have since spread to roads. issue — it's already postponed sure campaign is Secretary of ran's top diplomat country. Toff the coast of Brazil for and burning shops and motor- the east, near the border with His administration is try- an announcement twice, State Mike Pompeo, and he IMohammad Javad Zarif In retaliation, Iran said in weeks will set sail this weekend, bikes, local and security sources Togo and Benin. ing to decide whether to risk according to the officials — is rejects suggestions the strategy hosted his Omani counterpart May it would disregard certain officials said on Saturday, after said Saturday. Most attacks in the former stoking international tensions the latest in a series of confus- is less than clear cut. Yusuf bin Alawi in Tehran on limits the deal set on its nuclear a court ordered state oil giant The raid took place on the French colony are attributed to even more by ending one of the ing signals that Trump has sent "America has a strategy Saturday, his office said, amid programme and threatened to Petrobras to fill up the vessels. night of Thursday to Friday the jihadist group Ansarul last remaining components of over Iran, causing confusion which we are convinced will mounting tensions in the take further measures if The bulk carriers have with "around 20 individuals Islam, which emerged near the the 2015 nuclear deal. The US among supporters and critics of work," he said this past week. region between Tehran and remaining parties to the deal, been stuck at Paranagua port in attacking the village of Diblou Mali border in December 2016, faces a Thursday deadline to the president about just what he "We will deny Iran the wealth Washington. especially European nations, the southern state of Parana and killing 14 people," a secu- and to the JNIM (Group to decide whether to extend or hopes to achieve in the stand- to foment terror around the The talks between Zarif did not help it circumvent US since early last month after rity source said. Support Islam and Muslims), cancel sanctions waivers to off with the Islamic Republic. world and build out their and Bin Alawi centred on the sanctions. Petrobras refused to provide "The terrorists burnt shops which has sworn allegiance to foreign companies working on Some fear the mixed mes- nuclear program." "latest regional and interna- Tensions have escalated fuel for fear of breaching US and motorcycles. Almost the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Iran's civilian nuclear program sages could trigger open con- Yet the administration's tional issues", the foreign min- further in the region with a sanctions. The port adminis- entire market was looted," a Maghreb. Those groups are as permitted under the deal. flict amid a buildup of U.S. mil- recent actions — which includ- istry said in a brief statement string of incidents involving trator said the dispute "ends local resident said. believed to be responsible for Ending the waivers would itary forces in the Persian Gulf ed an unusual mediation effort posted on its Telegram channel. tankers and drones. this weekend." "Almost all the inhabitants around 500 deaths since 2015. be the next logical step in the region. by Kentucky's anti-interven- Oman has maintained The United States and Gulf campaign and it's a move "It's always a problem when tionist Sen. Rand Paul — have good relations with Iran powerhouse Saudi Arabia favored by Trump's allies in you don't have a coherent pol- frustrated some of Trump's throughout successive region- accused Iran of being behind Congress who endorse a tough icy because you are vulnerable closest allies on Capitol Hill and al crises, allowing it at times to multiple attacks on tankers in approach to Iran. But it also to manipulation and the mixed elsewhere. Those actions also play a key mediating role, the Gulf in June, which Iran would escalate tensions with messages have created the envi- have led to unease in Europe including with the United denies. Iran and with some European ronment for dangerous mis- and Asia, where the adminis- States. On July 19, a British- allies, and two officials say a calculation," said Karim tration's attempt to rally support Tensions in the Gulf have flagged tanker was impounded divided administration is like- Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at for a coalition to protect ships soared since last year when by Iran's Revolutionary Guards ly to keep the waivers afloat the Carnegie Endowment for transiting the Gulf has drawn President Donald Trump with- with its 23 crew aboard in the with temporary extensions. International Peace. "Trump only lukewarm responses. drew the United States from the Strait of Hormuz. %- / . 0
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ussian police arrested more Rthan 300 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand free and fair elec- tions, a monitor said, following a crackdown on the opposition. The rally comes a week after the capital's biggest demon- stration in years, when some 22,000 people protested the authorities' decision to block opposition candidates from standing for the city council in - - September. % & Investigators raided the & % % & homes and headquarters of sev- Rome: Italian police said questioned overnight. They eral disqualified candidates in 2012, when Putin's return to the future of the country was at Saturday that two 19-year-old were taken to a Rome jail as the the run-up to the fresh rally on Kremlin after four years as stake. "If we lose now, elections American tourists have con- investigation continues. Italian Saturday. Top Kremlin critic prime minister sparked a wave will cease to exist as a political fessed in the fatal stabbing of an authorities have not released Alexei Navalny was jailed for 30 of protests. instrument," he said. Italian paramilitary policeman their names. days for calling for the demon- Local polls are a rare oppor- "What we're talking about is who was investigating the theft The two had snatched the stration. tunity for dissenting voices to whether it's legal to participate of a bag. bag of a drug dealer in Rome Other leading opposition participate in political life as anti- in politics today in Russia, we're In a statement, Carabinieri after the man apparently gave figures and would-be candi- Kremlin parties have been talking about the country we're officers investigating the death them "a different substance" dates were also arrested in the squeezed out of parliament over going to live in." early Friday of officer Mario instead of cocaine, according to hours leading up to the event, Putin's two decades in charge. While pro-Kremlin candi- Cerciello Rega, 35, said the an Italian investigator who which comes amid declining liv- Security was tight in central dates enjoy the support of the American men were detained spoke on condition of ing standards and a fall in Moscow and police shut down state, independent candidates for alleged murder and anonymity since the probe was President Vladimir Putin's the area outside city hall where say they have been made to attempted extortion after being ongoing. AP approval ratings. protesters were planning to jump through countless hoops OVD Info, which monitors gather, forcing participants out in order to get on the ballot for protests, said at least 317 people onto side streets. the city polls. had been arrested in the first "This is our city!", "Shame!" After activists and ordinary 2 % hour of the demonstration. and "We want free elections," the Muscovites staged pickets last "Honestly, I'm scared," 42- crowd chanted as police blocked week, including outside the local year-old IT worker Alexei off the site. election commission building, % Sprizhitsky told AFP at the Politician and disqualified investigators said they were demonstration. He said the last candidate Dmitry Gudkov was launching a criminal probe into / 4 6 4 "That's the hottest tem- time he had seen this level of arrested shortly before the obstructing the work of election perature in the far north since pressure on activists was in march. Earlier he had said the officials. ordic countries are expe- 1945 and the third highest Nriencing searing tempera- temperature on record," Jon tures as Europe's record-break- Jorpeland, meteorologist at $ @ ing heatwave moves north, the SMHI, told AFP. Swedish Meteorological and Earlier in the week sever- )4 )4 opening session, reiterating his led to an influx of tens of thou- Hydrological Institute (SMHI) al places in Sweden experi- conservative government's sup- sands in Brazil. said Saturday, with some areas enced "tropical nights," mean- razil's Foreign Minister has port for Venezuelan Araujo denounced "a recording "tropical nights". ing that temperatures stayed Bplunged immediately into Opposition leader Juan regime sustained by force" that In Sweden, the most above 20C throughout the the divisive question of Guaidó over President Nicolás he said has led to extreme extreme heat has headed night. Venezuela, urging his counter- Maduro. poverty, hunger and "the exo- straight for the country's far According to Jorpeland, parts from BRICS nations Few issues divide the infor- dus of 4 million Venezuelans." north. On Friday the small temperatures in the south of Russia, China, India and South mal trade group as deeply as He agreed with Russia, how- town of Markusvinsa in the far Sweden haven't been as Africa to hear Venezuelans' how to deal with Venezuela, ever, on one key point: north recorded a temperature extreme and it's not unusual "cry for freedom." whose socialist government is Opposition to foreign inter- of 34.8 degrees Celsius (95 that the mercury reaches 30 "Brazil has heard that cry. strongly backed by Russia and vention. "We agree that the degrees Fahrenheit), the high- degrees a few days a year in the I appeal to you all to listen to China. But a mass migration solution must be constructed est mark reached in all of country, even though current it too," Foreign Minister caused by the country's eco- by Venezuelans," Araujo told Sweden so far this year. temperatures are above average. Ernesto Araujo said at the nomic and political crisis has reporters later. 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(# " &"# % start of the show, first Sikandar, then own way he paid a very nice tribute to the " * ! #"> + + ! !O D ! E !"#- !> ! !> ! # negative man Chandan, innocent soldiers who died during the Kargil War. He !! # ! ! " +!! # ! %" ! &* %& +!> # # ! + ! Bhola and now Murphy Singh. The had recently been featured in a tribute song &%" - (! &!.%"> * + % ! %+ (" & !!+- * #%(%" # beautiful bond between father- celebrating the valour and sacrifices of soldiers ) + !# (! " !" # !" & ( ! ! # ( # !> &% # ( ! daughter duo is the main attraction and officers who took part in the Kargil war. " # ( 6 "*> #+ ! ! %+ "- % ## (" (! + ! + ! + %> point of the show and the audience Dedicated to Kargil heroes, the video also " (! 6%!%" %"%!" ! ! D ! E ! * + ! ! % % ! will witness an interesting high features Bollywood megastar Amitabh &! &"" ( ! ) # 9 % % " D * &.%- point in the coming episodes. Bachchan, Olympic medallist boxer Mary E * "(> # # This is the first time where Kom, actors Salman Khan, Anupam Kher, !! + ( ! "" + Sikandar will be essaying the role of Kangana Ranaut, Suniel Shetty, and Vicky ! - + %"# a sardar and this is what he has to Kaushal of Uri: The Surgical Strike fame. !% # ( # "> # (+%! say about his new look “Playing a Kargil Vijay Diwas was on July 27. The song (! ! 9 & ! !" > sardar onscreen is exciting for me titled Tujhe Bhulega Na Tera Hindustan has #! # #! ! & ( ! because half of my relatives from my been penned by well-known Bollywood lyricist (%%! +!- ! % ( "# *& mom’s side are sardars and they are Sameer. Speaking about the song and his #+ ( ! > #! + extremely happy to see me in this experience Aniruddh says, “It is a rare "" && - look! I know for a fact that sardars opportunity for an actor like me to get are funny and bright, so I am trying something like this and for me it is a matter of % to grasp those characteristics. And pride.” Interestingly he had been brought up L :O " B # !" > now that I am playing a Sardar, for in army cantonments mostly. “My parents were ! " the first time in my life I tried to tie teachers in army schools. I have studied in # "!# !# &%! + a turban with my own hands and I Kendriya Vidyalaya. Our whole family can %# O ! !%" felt so proud.” understand the passion and pathos of an army & " &!( ! # Playing the role of a sardar for what makes the story alive and family. We have witnessed what they go & // & - *> ! the first time and that too in a show interesting as it piques the interests through when their family member who is an % # ?""!- 5! &" % ! ( ! "% ! + !+ % like this is a great opportunity as of the audience. army man goes to war. We have seen the ( ! !> + !+ # "* "* ! ! ("" ?%#+ ( ! ! very few actors get the chance to The fans are exhilarated to see emotions of their families how they miss them #!# # # (" ! (! * > 6! 6& ! 6 - portray so much diversity in one him perform in this avatar and during festivals. In fact my wife Subhi and I ! " * ( ! " #- * #> #O ( %! !&&!> show. This is definitely a great way keeping pace with the previous celebrated our first Diwali after wedding with % &" + !# )> # "" +! ( to impress the audience with his roles they are sure he will portray an army family in Jaipur.” Aniruddh also feels % #; L & !! &! + # ""- ( talent. this character in a commendable having featured in the video with all the other This shifting in characters is way. dignitaries is a huge achievement. " +,- +./0 (& )
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There is a stubbornness about me going for an MBA in HR. they realise that I carry myself well scope for executive protection asso- school in Shillong. However, she is works with an IT company in that never can bear to be frightened She worked in the HR depart- and am trained to do a job that is ciates (EPA). But that got me think- optimistic and feels that she may use Gurugram encouraged Kumari to at the will of others. My courage ment for three years. A part of her considered to be male dominated. ing that there is a market for women her certification in CCTV by setting pursue her dream. But she tells you always rises at every attempt to work profile, involved training peo- When parents hand over their kids EPAs,” Zadeng explains who prefers up a business and hire women for that the problem is the society. “The intimidate me ple in the company she worked with in our protection, they relax know- to be called Mash. the job. trend is that the minute the clock — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice to mentally train them so that they ing that their child is in good hands The problem she tells you is the Unlike Mash, Puja Kumari is strikes 8 pm, the rowdy elements are could become better at their respec- and no harm will come to them,” mindset of the men in India— it is lucky that she gets to pursue her pas- out in the streets. These are the peo- magine a scenario. A group of tive work. This got her thinking. If Yadav says and adds that the prob- patriarchal. The problem also is the sion instead of working in an envi- ple who make snide remarks. More 18-year-old girls are out par- she could train 15 employees, why lem is not the clients but the soci- women themselves who need to ronment that is considered safe for so when they realise that I am work- tying. When 20-something not more? She started looking for ety which possess roadblocks. show a stronger side. “This message women. Being the only child helped ing as a bodyguard. They make fun. boys decide to crash their avenues where she could use her “There was a time when women should be broadcasted via all forms her in pursuing her dream. But my work is to ignore such com- fun. Only this doesn’t pan out skills. This is when she came in con- were not working in the corporate of communication, be it news and “I am from Ranchi. When I ments and continue to do my job,” Ithe way that they had thought it out. tact of Veena Gupta, founder-CMD sector. Today, they are and doing or even advertisements. The change came to Delhi I was scared. I didn’t the 24-year-old tells you who is From nowhere a woman — all of 5’2 of Seam Group of companies, a pre- well for themselves. The same is true in the society will come only when have the confidence to speak with drawing a salary of 20,000. But she wearing a blue T-shirt, jeans and a eminent name in the security ser- for lady bodyguards. There are there is awareness. We have so people. I chose this profession tells you that other women with black jacket steps in and politely asks vices domain. fewer women in this industry. But many international women dele- because no one is safe in our coun- more experience are paid much the boys to move away. At first, they “When I met her, I knew I had with time, this will change and our gates who travel to our country. try. I didn’t want to do run of the higher — over 50,000. treat it as a joke and ignore the found what I was looking for. I role as protection officers will no There is so much scope for EPAs. mill job. I wanted to make a differ- The challenge she tells you request. But the lady in question trained under her and brought in longer be considered strange,” Yadav There was a three-day conference ence. When I was still studying, I comes when the family doesn’t looks directly at them and takes a my skillsets. Today, besides teaching opines and says that there is plenty last year, sadly, there were only six had no idea that I could work as a support you. Most of the girls who step towards them as a warning. The metal well-being, I work with Gupta of potential for lady bodyguards in lady EPAs. But if we look at the over- protection officer. But when I came want to work as bodyguards need move is taken seriously. A crisis is on a project to project basis as a pro- the coming years. “I don’t know $& $*& all perspective, there are so many to Delhi, after my marriage, and set- encouragement and motivation averted. The boys move away. The tection officer. I work with people what the future holds but for now, & & women guards — those who have tled in Gurugram I saw a lot of that they have taken the right girls keep having fun, the party con- of all ages — men, women and even the going is good,” she says. $& $&& passed Class X and working. What videos where they talked about decision in working in a male tinues and the lady goes back to her children. Our priority is to ensure For Vanlalhruaii Zadeng, who is we need is trained protection offi- lady bodyguards. I had done my B dominated field. “If this support is position. Meet women protection that our clients feel safe wherever from Shillong, Mizoram, it was her && + ,& cers” the mother of three tells you com (H) and wanted to do an MBA. missing, the motivation to push officers who are hiring themselves they are. When we were growing up, travelling that proved to be a turn- $& and opines that every woman But after I saw all the videos and met oneself lessens, it demotivates you. as a protection detail and call them- we did what our parents asked us to ing point. “I am a chef by profession. should be able to defend herself Gupta and trained with her for six Given the present scenario, women selves executive personal associates. do. Today, kids do what they want I was in New York, working there. & opening avenues for her in the secu- months, I knew that I would not be need to be encouraged to take up Priya Yadav, who lives in to do. The only thing that parents A part of my job was to look after & &&* & rity space. doing my PG. I was given training any job that they want to. They Gurugram, tells you that her jour- can do is provide an environment food security for the delegates. I was She tells you that there are job not only to protect others but also should be encouraged by the fam- ney may started out by working as where they are safe. As for the in-charge of food inspection, that $ & - opportunities for women at all lev- myself. This training came in handy ily to make a place for themselves an HR but today she trains people teenagers, they know that I will not the temperatures are right. This - + $&& els. “They can be guards at the gate, when one day, late at night, an as individuals,” Kumari says who to build mental strength. She also tattletale. They are comfortable that exposed me to the world of securi- -$ (& they can work in a corporate setup. autowalla thinking that I would not wants to be like Gupta — be hires herself out as a protection offi- I am there in case there is any trou- ty. I worked in Qatar as well where With proper certification and train- be able to defend myself decided to recognised and do the good work cer on a project to project basis. ble. Even parents are comfortable I learnt more about security as a ( & & ing one can be an EPA. But there are act smart and took a different route. that she is doing. “I chose to work in the securi- that a woman is there to protect chef. I made up my mind to enter L /$- 0&* some certifications that are extreme- I immediately held him from the Her advice to women who want ty industry because women in our their child. Not that a man can’t do this industry. I found out about ISA. ly expensive. Not everybody has 3 back, the way I was taught. That was to work in this field: “I want them families are not taught how to be the job. But it is an observation that But I didn’t take up the job there lakh for a course even though it may when I realised the importance of to focus on the job at hand. They confident in the face of any adver- parents feel comfortable if there is since I had to travel the world over. get them a job that pays 1 lakh,” self-defense,” Kumari says who has shouldn’t be looking at their watch- sary. Most women are not bold. a woman protection officer for So I decided to come to India and Mash says. been working for Gupta full-time es. Once they become bodyguards, They feel insecure when they step their daughter,” Yadav tells you. explore opportunities here last year. Unfortunately, Mash has had to now. there is no day or night. If there is out of their homes. I wanted to Also, the fact that Yadav is I did a certificate course in CCTV put her dreams of pursuing a career The good is that not just her work, they have to report on time change this,” the 26-year-old says well-educated makes a difference. surveillance. I spoke to a lot of peo- in security for the time being. She parents but her husband too is just and give their best on the job,” who did her BBA in HR before “Clients are more confident when ple and the feedback was there is no is all set to open her own culinary as supportive. Her husband who Kumari says. Q R 0 ' R
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ou have to be a match-winner” is 1 the golden rule to survive in vet- Yeran pacer Lasith Malinga’s gold- en words for the youngsters after playing his final ODI for Sri Lanka in front of his home crowd. On Friday, Malinga brought an end “Congratulations on a wonderful to his illustrious ODI career with a wick- One Day career, #Malinga. Wishing et off the last ball he bowled in the first you all the very best for the future,” ODI of the three-match series against Tendulkar tweeted. Bangladesh — which Sri Lanka won by Malinga’s former captain and 91 runs. He took 3/38 and went past Anil team-mate for over 10 years, Mahela Kumble’s tally of wickets in the 50-over Jayawardene recalled his early days. format. “As a 18-year-old net bowler who Malinga finished with 338 wickets in I faced in Galla 2002 to the champi- 226 matches, finishing as one of the finest on who’s going to walk out today for match-winners to have played for Sri imilar to Lasith Malinga in more your last ODI game u have been true Lanka since 2004. Sways than one, Jasprit Bumrah says to your self. Champion a team mate After the match, he insisted it was the he will “continue to admire” the Sri and above all a good friend you have right time for him to retire as Sri Lanka Lankan pace ace, who ended his done Sri Lanka proud. Enjoy every begin rebuilding for the next World Cup. career in a blaze of glory. moment Mali !!!!!” Jayawardene wrote The pacer bowler, who will turn 36 next As he has done so many times in on Instagram. month, urged the younger generation to his glittering limited overs career, Malinga’s Mumbai Indians team- step up. slinger Malinga rattled Bangladesh mate Rohit Sharma termed him one “My captains expect me to take with a fiery spell in his final ODI, sign- of the biggest match-winners for MI wickets,” Malinga said at the post-match ing off in style with figures of 3/38 in in the last decade. presentation. “I tried my best all through front of his home crowd in Colombo. “If I had to pick one match win- my career. I hope all the young bowlers “Classic Mali spell. Thank you for ner among many others for @mipal- do this as well. Because just surviving in everything you’ve done for cricket. tan in the last decade, this man will !! "%## cricket, I don’t think anyone can go far. Always admired you and will always be on the top for sure. As a captain he You have to be a match-winner. continue to do so,” Bumrah wrote on give me breather during tense situa- “That’s what I’m looking forward to his twitter handle. tion and he never failed to deliver, in the future. These young bowlers have Both have an unusual action that such was his presence within the team. ( ! & ! to get match-winning performances and inflicts tremendous pressure on their Best wishes LM for the future,” Rohit people have to say, ‘That’s a match-win- torsos, both have an uncanny ability tweeted. ning bowler!’ We have a couple of guys, to hurl the ball at high velocity and Former India all-rounder Yuvraj / 4 4 they have the ability and we have to look trouble the toes and timber at the Singh said, “Congratulations on the after them.” other end. glorious journey Yorker King ncapped fast bowler Jofra Archer has been He is the only bowler to have taken 0 ; And, both have spent time togeth- #Malinga. There will never be anoth- Uincluded in England’s 14-man squad three ODI hat-tricks. He achieved his er at IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, er toe crusher like you again. Best announced on Saturday for next week’s Ashes highest ranking of seventh in November 23 4567"8 #639 :529; 3 !37 2 often exchanging ideas with the young wishes for your future endeavours.” opener against Australia, with all-rounder Ben 2011, achieved against Pakistan in Dubai. Indian speed merchant receiving more Former Sri Lanka cricketer Stokes re-appointed as vice-captain. Malinga chose to bow out in front of ;6 6 562 276 <5!!5 ,6 ; than he could offer to his battle-hard- Rangana Herath tweeted, The pair both enjoyed starring roles in the home crowd, and they turned out in ,6<=! 244 ;! : ;! :2,!7 63 ened senior. “Congratulation to Lasith Malinga on England’s stunning World Cup final win over New huge numbers to send him off. Tributes poured in from the crick- a fantastic ODI career. He has single Zealand at Lord’s on July 14, with all-rounder “I’ve played the last 15 years for Sri ;! 465 276 24 ;! ;5!!'# <; et community as the veteran Sri handedly won many games for Sri Stokes ensuring England drew level with the Black Lanka. Really an honour to play, and real- Lankan walked out one last time. Lanka. All the best for the T20Is in Caps total in regulation play before Archer bowled ly happy to play for these people and for !56! 963 :397!; ' ,;6<; 56 Indian batting great Sachin future.” the decisive Super Over that sealed victory. all crowd that’s been behind me,” he said. 3= ,23 :" )1 53+ ;! 22= > 37 Tendulkar led the way while other Sri Upul Tharanga said the sport Archer, 24, who only became England qual- “I feel this is the time I have to move on Lankan legends, who were once the will “definitely miss you in 50 over ified earlier this year, could now make his Test because we have to build for the 2023 ,!3 ? 36 =#:!@ " 24 35-year-old’s teammates, also joined cricket”. debut when the first of a five-match series starts World Cup and that’s why I realised, ‘OK, ,6<=! 63 ;! '2/!5 425# in to praise the fast bowler’s achieve- “Go well champion,” Tharanga at Edgbaston on August 1. my time is up, I have to go’.” ments. wrote. He carried a side strain throughout the World Cup but reported fit after a brief holiday in his native Barbados, with Archer returning to action for Sussex on Friday, where he took 2-21 in a tied ) , , Twenty20 Blast match with Surrey. Meanwhile Stokes was restored to his posi- tion as Joe Root’s deputy after being stripped of / 7 7 the vice-captaincy following a late night brawl in & September 2017. He was subsequently cleared on lex Carey’s omission from the a charge of affray last year, with Jos Buttler act- AAshes sqaud was met with disbe- 4 4 ing as vice-captain. lief on Saturday by former Australian Both Buttler and Stokes were rested from a greats Mark Waugh and Shane Warne, ameron Bancroft, who was at the cen- see-saw Test against Ireland that England even- while Mark Taylor said he was surprised Ctre of the Sandpaper Gate controver- tually won by 143 runs at Lord’s on Friday, with Joe Burns and Kurtis Patterson missed sy, has been named in the 17-man Ashes veteran spearhead James Anderson also return- out. squad and is looking to leave behind the ing to the squad after missing the match with a Australia named a 17-man squad mistake he made and move forward. side injury. for the five-Test series against England Bancroft was banned last year in But while 10 of the 11 players who defeated on Friday, with opener Cameron March for his role in the ball-tampering Ireland were included, there was no place for left- Bancroft recalled alongside Steve Smith incident along with former skipper Steve arm spinner Jack Leach following his man-of-the- and David Warner following their bans Smith and fellow opener David Warner in match heroics that saw the nightwatchman make for a ball-tampering scandal in South the Cape Town Test against South Africa. a career-best 92 in England’s second innings. Africa last year. “I think being serious about cricket is Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad finished the Matthew Wade also made the important, but I think it’s also about being Ireland match in spectacular style, the seamers grade, having not played a Test for near- able to realise the game is just a game of taking six for 17 and four for 19 respectively as ly two years, following recent outstand- cricket,” cricket.com.au quoted Bancroft as the visitors collapsed to 38 all out. ing form with the bat. saying on Saturday. England squad for 1st Ashes Test: He can act as back-up wicketkeep- “One of the big lessons that I learned Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, er to captain Tim Paine, as could last year was about being true to yourself,” Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Bancroft, which meant the fast-improv- he added. Burns, Jos Buttler (wkt), Sam Curran, Joe Denly, ing Carey, who starred for Australia at The 26-year-old also insisted that he Jason Roy), Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris the recent World Cup, was controver- said on Instagram in posting what he tough to take given both made centuries used his Test cap which he received from “It’s good motivation, isn’t it? To look Woakes. sially overlooked. believes will be Australia’s team for the in Australia’s last Test, against Sri Geoff Marsh in the Brisbane Test versus at it and go ‘yeah I’m playing cricket but “Got to be kidding re Alex Carey,” opening Test at Edgbaston. Lanka. England in 2017 as a form of inspiration there’s something bigger I eventually 128-Test veteran Waugh tweeted. “For Warne has Bancroft opening with “I was disappointed Kurtis to get back into the national side. want to be able to get back to’. I guess it me Alex missing the squad is the Warner and Wade coming in at num- Patterson didn’t make the squad. You “It’s something you’re obviously very was good motivation to keep working -% (0 biggest shock particularly after his bat- ber six, while opting fot fast bowler can’t help but feel a little bit sorry for proud of,” Bancroft said of his Baggy hard... to keep my goals and keep focused,” ting during the World Cup and being James Pattinson instead of Mitchell both him and (Joe) Burns,” Taylor said. Green No 451. he added. the second best gloveman.” Starc alongside Josh Hazlewood, Pat “They’re both coming off hundreds “It’s a very prestigious item to have and The opener, who played an undefeat- Spin king Warne was also stunned Cummins and Nathan Lyon. in their last Test matches.” you take good care of it because it means ed knock of 93 in the warm-up game in at Carey’s omission. Former Australia captain Taylor Taylor said their omissions reflect- something to you... and being able to see Southampton, also said he is ready to face “Very surprised/disappointed that said opener Burns and middle-order ed the country’s current selection ethos. that is obviously really good to focus your the hostile England crowd in the Ashes Carey didn’t make the Aussie squad,” he batsman Patterson missing out was “It’s a sign of the times,” he said. goals, and where you want to be going. series beginning August 1 at Edgbaston. 4 4
ngland players Sam Curran and Jack Leach have Emade significant gains in the ICC Test Rankings 3 . , %+* /$#/ ( after a 143-run victory over Ireland in their one- off Test at Lord’s even as they prepare to host Australia for the Ashes series starting on Thursday. 6) Leach’s knock of 92 on being promoted to open 0/ %/$#?"*01 $ the innings after coming in at No 11 in the first akistan pace greats including innings, saw him not only win the Player of the PWasim Akram and Shoaib Match award but also gain 57 places to reach 117th Akhtar have slammed Mohammad position. ix-time World Championships Gold medal- Amir's decision to retire from Test Curran has gained in all three lists, moving up Slist Mary Kom and former World cricket at the age of 27. three places to 52nd among batsmen after scores Championships Bronze medallist Gaurav Bidhuri “To me Mohammad Amir of 18 and 37 and advancing six places to 67th with on Saturday staved off tough challenges in their retiring from Test cricket is a bit a first-innings haul of three for 28. His efforts have respective weight categories to make the finals surprising because you peak at 27- also lifted him eight places to 23rd among all- of 23rd President’s Cup in Labuan Bajo in 28 and Test cricket is where you are rounders. Indonesia. judged against the best, it’s the ulti- Stuart Broad has moved up one place to 18th Apart from Mary Kom and Bidhuri, nine mate format. Pakistan will need after finishing with seven wickets in the match, other Indian boxers also reached the finals. him in two Tests in Australia and while Chris Woakes’ second innings haul of 6/17 Fresh from winning the Gold at the India then three in England,” former cap- has helped him retain 33rd position among Open two months ago, Indian boxing legend tain Akram tweeted. bowlers. Mary Kom participated in this prestigious tour- Amir announced his retire- England’s players will get a chance to improve nament with the aim of testing herself and get- ment from the longest format on their rankings in the upcoming Ashes when they ting some much-needed bouts under the belt Friday having played 36 Tests in his take on some of the best in the business. ahead of the World Championships in October. chequered career that saw him England captain Joe Root slipped a place to sev- Mary (51kg) had to sweat it out against being banned for spot-fixing. enth after the Test against Ireland but will be hop- Vietnam’s Anh vo Thi Kim in the semifinal before “I am thoroughly disappoint- ing to work his way towards the top while new-ball she could prevail 3-2 over her opponent. ed that Amir has retired at the age bowler James Anderson will be looking to wrest Mary will be continuing her Gold quest where players are at the peak of back the top place from Australia’s Pat Cummins against Australia’s Franks April on Sunday. their careers. It was time for Amir There are times when you should ball cricket,” he wrote tagging after missing the one-off Test at Lord’s. India’s other star pugilist Bidhuri (56kg) also Boxing Silver medallist Dinesh Dagar (69kg) had to pay back Pakistan. In a time make money but this is the time Amir. Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner, cur- laboured to a tough 3-2 win over Philippines' confirmed their places in the final of this event. where Pakistan's run in Test match- when Pakistan needs you. I request Former opener and captain rently in fourth and sixth positions, too have the Ogayre Junmilardo. Asian Boxing Championships Silver medal- es is so poor, Amir was needed to the board to look into the matter. Ramiz Raja, too, was left disap- chance of improving their rankings, while Nathan Among the men, only Ananta Pralhad list Simranjit was flawless in her first bout of the deliver for his side and help them Amir is just 27 and his retirement pointed. Lyon will be looking to move up again after being Chopade (52kg) had a breezy win as he out- tournament and outpunched Italy’s Francesca win some series.” shows us the mentality of the play- “Amir white flagging Test overtaken by Broad. punched Sri Lanka’s Dharmasena Piyal 5-0 to Martusciello 5-0 in a commanding perfor- “I had helped Pakistan win ers. I think this is the time for Cricket at 27 is disappointing. In the Test Team Rankings, England remain in progress to the final. mance to enter the final, where she will be up series in England and New Zealand Pakistan PM Imran Khan to look Besides being dismissive of the the fourth position and on 105 points after win- India Open Gold medallist Jamuna Boro against Indonesia's Asian Games Bronze medal- despite knee injuries,” the former into the matter to bring dynamic greatest format that makes stars & ning the match while Ireland have yet to win a point (54kg) will take on Italy’s veteran boxer Giulia list Hasanah Huswatun. Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said and energetic people,” he added. legends his decision is clearly not after three matches. Lamagna after a commanding 5-0 win over Kase Dagar, a Silver medallist at the 2018 India on his You Tube channel. Former captain Waqar Younis in in line with the needs of Pak ckt In the upcoming Ashes, Australia can overtake Serlin Alin Liliwati of Indonesia. Open, posted a convincing 5-0 victory over “If I were part of the Pakistan posted a rather cryptic tweet in his which is desperately looking to England to the fourth position with a series win Earlier, World Championships Bronze Indonesian Naumeo Defri and set up a meeting selection board, I would have not reaction to Amir's retirement. reboot test cricket. Was time to while England can gain up to six points and move medallist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and GeeBee with Samada Saputra in the title clash. allowed these boys to play T20s. “All the best with your white repay & not eject,” Raja wrote. up the table. 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+ & ) $&2< 1 / 74)6 Atletico, and helped set up two Atletico’s lead swelled to 6- more. 0 in the 51st minute when iego Costa scored four Angel Correa also scored Costa teamed with Felix for his goals as Atletico for Atletico, who had run the fourth of the night, Felix slot- DMadrid embarrassed score to 5-0 at halftime and 6- ting a pass through Real La Liga rivals Real Madrid 7- 0 before Real Madrid got one Madrid’s defence for Costa to 3 on Friday in a pre-season on the scoreboard before a arc over Keylor Navas. friendly at MetLife Stadium. packed house at the East Eden Hazard helped Real Costa had a hat-trick by Rutherford, New Jersey, home Madrid pull back a goal in the halftime and added one more of the NFL’s New York Jets and 59th with a cross that Nacho goal before he was sent off in New York Giants. bundled over the line. the 63rd, when both teams Costa set the tone in the Minutes later Daniel were reduced to 10 men after first minute. Put through in Carvajal’s late challenge on a testy shoving match. the area by Felix he fired Thomas Lemar saw tempers The first meeting outside across his body to make it 1- flare, with both Costa and of Europe between the Madrid 0. Carvajal sent off. rivals proved a dismal night Felix struck in the eighth, Undeterred, Atletico for Zinedine Zidane’s Real slotting home a ball that was grabbed their seventh goal in Madrid, who saw Serbian star- cut back to him by Saul the 70th thanks’ to a superb let Luka Jovic hobble off after Niguez. solo run by Vitolo, who seized an awkward collision with Real Madrid keeper the ball from two defenders Atletico keeper Jan Oblak in Thibaut Courtois could only and beat two more to score. the 24th minute. watch Correa’s 19th-minute Karim Benzema converted an Zidane can only hope the blast into the bottom left cor- 85th-minute penalty and Javi news on his injury will be bet- ner. Hernandez scored in the 89th ter than that on Marco Costa bagged his second to trim the deficit, but there Asensio, who could miss most to make it 4-0 in the 28th, Saul was little for Real Madrid to be if not all of the La Liga season winning the ball after a poor proud of. after rupturing a knee liga- pass from Real Madrid’s Sergio Welsh star Gareth Bale — 08 6 $ ment against Arsenal on Ramos and sending a pass for reportedly on the verge of a Tuesday. Costa. lucrative move to Chinese Portuguese 19-year-old Costa made it 5-0 on the Super League outfit Jiangsu / 4 6 ) Kimi Raikkonen was fifth part tomorrow. I'm a bit disap- Joao Felix, signed from stroke of halftime, converting Suning — was sent on with for Alfa Romeo ahead of pointed, especially with the Benfica this month for 126 from the penalty spot after he less than half an hour remain- ewis Hamilton secured a Romain Grosjean of pace in Q3. Ferrari had million euros ($142 million), - % % ! was brought down in the area ing but couldn’t provide a Lgift-wrapped record-extend- Haas, Carlos Sainz of been very quick here… scored his first goal for 9 by Isco. spark. ing 87th pole position of his McLaren, Sergio Perez so we're in a good career on Saturday when he of Racing Point and place." made the most of a double dis- Nico Hulkenberg of After struggling aster for Ferrari in qualifying at Renault. with their own prob- the German Grand Prix. "Congratulations Lewis - lems, Hamilton and Bottas qual- 2310 4 The defending five-time you never stop amazing us," said ified third and sixth for world champion, who had Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff Mercedes with Gasly and struggled for pace and consis- as the Briton drove his slow- Raikkonen between them, while / 7464 third goal in the final minute after a tency in his Mercedes in prac- down lap. "Thanks, Toto," he British rookies Lando Norris of cross from 18-year-old Adrian tice, improved to clock a best lap replied. "A great job guys - I McLaren and Alex Albon of evin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling Bernabe. in one minute and 11.767 and don't know how we did that." Toro Rosso joined the Williams Kand Lukas Nmecha were all on tar- The victory ended a sometimes outpace Max Verstappen of Hamilton's lap was the only men George Russell and Robert get as Premier League champions difficult Asian tour for Pep Guardiola’s Red Bull by 0.346 seconds. one in the 1:11's all weekend at Kubica with Vettel in taking an Manchester City wrapped up their City, who kicked it off by arriving two Hamilton's Mercedes team- the Hockenheimring, where he early exit. Asian tour with a 3-1 win over Japan’s days in China and faced criticism in mate Valtteri Bottas was third last took pole in 2008, and Hamilton was first out in Yokohama Marinos on Saturday. Chinese state media for their treat- ahead of Pierre Gasly in the sec- gave his team a perfect cause for Q2 on mediums as the sun Bernardo Silva fed De Bruyne for ment of fans. ond Red Bull while Charles celebration on the anniversary returned following a dull the game’s opener in front of 65,000 “It was an incredible test, prepa- Leclerc, who had been fastest for of 125 years of motorsport and morning in Baden- fans at Nissan Stadium, just outside ration for the next games in the Ferrari in final practice, failed to their 200th Formula One race Wurttemburg. Tokyo, as the Belgian cut inside and future,” Guardiola said. run in the Q3 top-10 shootout start. His initial lap in 1:12.149 set unleashed a powerful shot with his left “It was perfect for us to play this due to a fuel systems problem "My first lap was spot-on the standard with Leclerc and foot. kind of game” before the season, he with his car. and the second lap was better in Bottas slotting into second and Keita Endo scored a surprise added. “We made mistakes but that's The Moneqasque will start places," said Hamilton. third before Gasly, defying his equaliser for Yokohama before De good.” 10th, 10 places ahead of his Verstappen said: "We could critics, split them. Bruyne released the pace of Sterling, The Sky Blues now head home luckless Ferrari team-mate have been closer, but went a bit The Q3 session began with who made no mistake as he slotted ahead of next Sunday’s Community Sebastian Vettel who was unable wide and bottomed out and I Mercedes out first again in past the goalkeeper with two defend- Shield game against Champions to take part in qualifying due to lost the rear end, but this is a their anniversary-liveried cars ers in pursuit. missed chances for both sides includ- Kazaki Nakagawa was denied by League winners Liverpool, with the a turbo problem and will start good result." while Ferrari were besieged as The fast-paced first half gave way ing an attempt by Sterling in the 58th City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo before new Premier League season starting a at the back of the grid for his Bottas said: "I think the Leclerc's car was under exami- to a slower second period, with a few minute that was ruled out for offside. Nmecha, 20, bundled in the visitors’ week later. home race. weather is going to play a big nation in their garage. , Q= 1 '2' / 64 great team since my childhood,” he added. KARAIKUDI: Defending The WGM took home Rs with Pratyusha Bodda (Andhra Rutuja Bakshi (Maharashtra) Iniesta said: “I am glad Barcelona were able champion Bhakti Kulkarni of four lakh as prize money for Pradesh) (8); Mrudul (6.5) drew with Soumya arles Perez scored his first two goals for to come here and play. It was a good game hon- Air India completed a domi- winning the title. Dehankar (Maharashtra) (8) Swaminathan (PSPB) (6.5). V CBarcelona as the Spanish giants won 2-0 estly as we played well.” nant performance to finish With eight and half points drew Vantika Agrawal (8.5); P Toshali (Andhra Pradesh) (6) against a Vissel Kobe side featuring Andres The World Cup-winner, who lifted 32 major with 10 points from 11 rounds in the kitty, Vantika Agrawal of V Nandhidhaa (TN) (7.5) lost lost to S Vijayalakshmi (Air Iniesta, a legend of the Catalan club. trophies with Barcelona, signed for Kobe last May to retain her title in the 46th Delhi finished first runner-up to Divya Deshmukh India) (7); Sanskriti Goyal (UP) As Kobe’s Iniesta, David Villa and Sergi in a deal worth a reported $30 million a year. National Women Chess after splitting the point with (Maharashtra) (8.5); Aarthie (6) lost to Swati Ghate (LIC) Samper were all reunited with their former team, Iniesta, 34, became team captain in April. Championship which con- Mrudul Dehankar of Ramaswamy (Air India) (7) (7); Isha Sharma (Karnataka) it was Perez who stole the limelight with a top- Kobe also announced the signing of Belgium cluded here on Saturday. Mahrashtra in the final round. lost to Srija Seshadri (TN) (8). (7) beat Srishti Pandey class double. defender Thomas Vermaelen, after the 33-year- She was held to a draw in Talented young Divya Nisha Mohota (PSPB) (8) beat (Maharashtra) (6). The 21-year-old, a product of Barcelona’s old reportedly turned down an offer to join coun- the final round by Pratyusha Deshmukh of Maharashtra, K Priyanka (TN) (7); Harshita Final placings: 1. Bhakti academy, played a one-two inside the box and tryman Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht. Bodda of Andhra Pradesh, a the third seed, caught up with Guddnati (Andhra Pradesh) Kulkarni 10 pts, 2. Vantika nutmegged the goalkeeper for his first goal, and Saturday’s win wrapped up Barcelona’s pre- Woman International Master. Vantika on points after beating (7.5) beat P Bala Kannamma Agrawal 8.5 pts, 3. Divya fired a stunning left-footer for his second in the season friendlies in Japan following their 2-1 loss The Andhra player had PV Nandhidhaa of Tamil Nadu (TN) (7); Mary Ann Gomes Deshmukh 8.5 pts, 4. Pratyusha dying minutes. to Chelsea earlier this week. her chances early in the game but had to be content with sec- (PSPB) (7) drew with V Bodda 8 pts, 5. Mrudul Iniesta had his chances and 28,000 fans sighed World Cup-winning French striker Antoine but she let the advantage slip ond runner-up position on Varshini (TN) (7); S Meenakshi Dehankar 8 pts, 6. Srija their frustration as he put a fierce shot just wide. Griezmann and former Ajax midfielder Frenkie away. Bhakti also failed to con- tie-break score. (Air India) (7.5) beat Michelle Seshadri 8 pts, 7. Nisha Mohota “It was my first goal for Barcelona and I’m de Jong, who both made their unofficial debuts vert the chances that came her Vantika received Rs 3 lakh Catherina (TN) (6.5); Sakshi 8 pts, 8. PV Nandhidhaa 7.5 glad to score even two,” Perez said. in the Chelsea match, played again on Saturday way and signed the peace treaty prize money while Divya pock- Results: Round 11: Bhakti Chitlange (Maharashtra) (7.5) pts, 9. S Meenakshi 7.5 pts, 10. “It’s been my dream to score goals for this with no goals. after sixty-two moves. eted Rs 2 lakh. Kulkarni (Air India) (10) drew beat L Jyothsna (TN) (6.5); Harshita Guddanti 7.5 pts. - / /
MUMBAI: U Mumba opened their home campaign by defeat- ing Puneri Paltan 33-23 in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Saturday. In the game touted as the ‘Maharashtra Derby’, Mumbai’s Abhishek Singh (5 points) emerged star performer, while Rohit Baliyan, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Narwal and skipper Fazal Atrachali (4 points each) made notable con- tributions. The two teams were locked at 2-2 before Shubham Shinde grabbed a point to take Pune 3-2 ahead. Pune then put up a strong defence and sent two U Mumba raiders Dong Kong Lee and Sandeep Narwal packing to make it 5 -2. However, Mumba were back in the game as they picked up three points to level the scores at 5-5. U Mumbai raider Abhishek Singh picked up a point in his raid, while defenders sent Pune's R Sriram out to make it 7-5, but Pune made it 7-7 again. The first half was a closely fought one. U Mumba surged 10-9 ahead and in the dying seconds of the opening half, Abhishek Singh picked up a point to make in his ‘do or die’ raid in Mumbai's favour as they went 11-9 into the break. The second half began with Abhishek Singh taking a point in his raid and later U Mumba inflicted an 'all out' on the Pune team to surge 15-10 ahead. The Mumbai side continued its dominance with successful raids and tackles to go 21-12 ahead. Later, they inflicted the second ‘all-out’ on Pune to take control of the match at 27-17. Pune were then playing the catch up game, eventually ending up as the losing side. " +,- +./0 A( 1 P Q
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rom the massage wali didis to for the first time, especially if there is high-end spas and massage cen- any fear involved by parents. With reg- tres, these have been our go to ular attendance however, 30 minutes or F options whenever one needs to relax more is often enjoyed by the babies,” and ease up on life. But, what if we tell she says and adds that there is no harm you that the concept of spas has taken in daily attendance for the therapy a step further and now it’s not merely however, from a practical view point, restricted to adults but is also serving twice or thrice a week is recommend- our tiny tots. Yes, you read it right. ed. Even fortnightly attendance is There is a baby spa based in Hyderabad beneficial for babies. that is taking care of their needs and There is no end for Kolla’s spa con- help them ‘relax and unwind’ in a cosy cept as she is looking forward to more and safe environment. advancements. “We are keen to intro- Launched in 2016, Yourbaby Spa duce a re-designed flotation device for is the country’s first such spa founded premature babies and we will also be by a 34-year-old, Hyderabad-based extending our services for babies from engineer — Swathi Kolla who was so birth to one year which till now was intrigued by this concept that she only for babies from birth to six decided to leave her job and setup a months. This is something that is on baby spa. The idea struck Kolla while my cards,” she says and tells you that she was in London. It was then when the cost of one session is 4,500. she came to know about a baby spa Handling new-borns is not as being run by Laura Sevenus, who has easy as it seems but Kolla’s team of been working for and with babies since experts are a master of this job. 1967. “Massaging new-born babies can be a The aim is to provide free move- challenge for the inexperienced. Babies ment to the babies while they relax in are sentient beings and must be water, which was not possible other- respected in the same way any adult is. wise. This was called hydrotherapy. They may not want to be massaged at Keeping in mind the need for new- any particular moment therefore we borns to have specialist hydrotherapy must know how to read babies so that treatment for a range of benefits after we are able to communicate and it had been confirmed by a research understand what they are trying to tell that water calms babies. Kolla, a moth- us. We must know what kind of touch er of a three-year-old boy decided to is acceptable and what may be over 5 #' pay a visit to the spa and learn every- mother or is being held close by her. stimulating or annoying. It is absolute- thing that there was to know. Coming up with a baby spa came ly essential for our therapists to be sen- 2 ! / 5 0 1 She tells you that touch is a fun- with its share of challenges. “First, to sitive, professional and well trained to damental requirement for the survival find the ideal location and premises in be able to deliver the best to all the 6 of the new-borns. “On leaving the com- keeping with the aim of creating a safe babies who attend our spa,” she says. fort of their mother’s womb, a new- and peaceful haven. Second, it was dif- Last but not the least, the spa fol- 50 )2 7 (!2 ' born is stressed about this next phase ficult to convince the parents that the lows stringent safety measures to make of life. Massage can reduce stress, which best time for their babies to attend spa sure it’s completely safe and reliable for 8 is as important for babies as it is for is from birth. This way, their baby is the little ones. “Baby spa is a concept adults. Regular massage helps babies never separated from being in water that has been tested and trusted across -2 !1 25 adapt to their new environment and long enough for any fears to develop. the globe. When it come to the safety reassures them. There are four main Also, just after the birth a baby is unable in the administration of the therapy at How do you define music? benefits of massage for new-borns — to move much due to gravity and the our facility, then we can assure you that Music is like my heart beat. If it’s not there, I wouldn’t be interaction, stimulation, relief and disproportionate head weight. In water, $ 1 we only have trained neonatal experts, able to survive. It’s oxygen for me. I can’t imagine a day in my relaxation. Besides these, bonding and babies have unrestricted movement paediatricians, and child development life where I had to survive without music. secure attachment is promoted, pre- and at the same time, their innate specialists appointed at the facility to What do you feel about today’s music? language communication skills devel- swimming reflexes can be honed and Now, when the spa is well-estab- attention, this practice strengthens perform the therapy and massage ses- I would say there is lack of soul and feelings in today’s music. op between the parent and child. The not lost or pruned away. Third, parents lished, the only challenge is to find muscles and bones used for movement sions. It is completely safe. We have the Technical advancements have made music bland. The intensi- positive touch instills feelings of love, were not willing to entrust their just trusted partners in other cities for the due to the water’s resistance. Being fully best-in-class pods, pools, neck rings ty is missing. But I don’t take it as a bad thing, it’s a phase. Phases respect and the sense of being valued,” born, as little as two days old, in the franchise model. Baby spa is a concept immersed in warm water produces a (Bubby’s) that is patented and has been keep on changing. Hopefully, the era of soulful music will come she says and adds that a gentle massage hands of a stranger to experimenting that is very close to Kolla’s heart and sense of containment and security and certified as safe. For babies that are yet back. to your infant by the neo-natal experts with a concept new to the country, she is willing to extend this opportu- the caress of water is soothing to babies to be vaccinated, we have a separate What are the changes in today’s music? ensures that the pressure points are however, that was just until people nity only to those who are as passion- especially when experiencing discom- pod to make sure they are not vulner- There is a lot of Punjabi songs being made, lots of gimmicks triggered, ample blood flow is received understood the benefits of the experi- ate as her, if not more, about serving fort from colic, reflux or teething.” able to any infections, the water used and strange kind of words that are being used. They are meant by all the parts of the body. ence. Once the parents saw how the babies. The allocated duration is depen- in all the facilities are sterilised and to cater to a particular set for audience, who loves partying. It’s These soothing strokes on the babies were at ease in the pool and how Talking about the process of dent on the sensory personality of each automated filtered and the products are all loud. It’s not ideal for someone who wants to sit back and relax baby’s body produce oxytocin, which the massage and hydrotherapy helped hydrotherapy, Kolla explains: “The and every baby, bearing in mind that marked baby safe. In short, we give the while listening to songs. we call the happy hormone. The only the little ones calm down, they could therapy uses water to assist in the all babies are unique. new-borns nothing but the best, What do you miss about earlier days? other time that a baby’s body generates not wait to bring them back for the next enjoyment, relaxation and develop- “A baby may only be able to toler- because that is what they deserve,” she The kind of songs that were made. They were more mean- oxytocin is when it is being fed by the session,” she tells you. ment of babies. 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here has been a spate of floods in But that being that, the weather phenome- Himalayas, the largest water tower in the world. activist in Kerala says the weakening of mon- Assam as Brahmaputra is at its full non by the name of monsoon is unique to the It is growing taller by 1 cm every year due to the soon began with the destruction of the dense fury. The disaster management units Indian subcontinent. It is this monsoon that is plate continental drift with Indian plate jutting jungles of the State. “Kerala’s jungle canopy was as well as the daredevil soldiers of the spread over six months across the length and into Eurasian plate and causing the ongoing almost 35 per cent and this had acted as a cata- Indian Army are on high alert/stand- breadth of the country that fills the coffers with dynamics of Himalayas’ growth,” says Dr lyst for the precipitation. Destruction of forests Tby to assist the administrations in rescue and grain and ‘gold’. Whenever the monsoon fails to Kalyanaraman. for hydro-electric projects, cultivation of cash relief operations. The television news channels make it in time, life in farms and factories Rameshan Nair and his poetess wife Rema crops like rubber and encroachments led to the have deployed their camera crew along the comes to a standstill. India’s share market too is reminiscence their childhood when no drought depletion of the canopy and this has played banks of the overflowing river to capture the dependent on the monsoon showers. The conditions existed in Kerala. “By mid May of havoc with the weather pattern,” says exclusive and distinct visuals of Nature’s fury vagaries of the monsoon decide the winner in every year, monsoon rains would hit and cover Peruvanthanam. and human helplessness. the bout between bears and bulls. the entire Kerala stretch like galloping horses. Kerala’s Bharata Puzha, popularly known as The same news bulletins carry reports of The word monsoon comes from Arabic. It is We always had copious rainfall accompanied by River Nila, the banks of which saw the creation drought in South India, especially Tamil Nadu, the anglicised version of mausim which means lightening and thunder. These rains would last of some of the all time great literary works and with visuals of dried up river beds, that now bear season. It has been known since the seventeenth till the end of Karkkadaka (the Malayalam art forms in the state, has almost dried up. This strong resemblance to deserts and a long queue century when Edmund Halley, the then secre- month equivalent to Sravana),” says Rema, river originates from Western Ghats, described of women walking with plastic pots on their tary of the Royal Society and the man who whose poems on nature are a treat to the soul. once as the eternal jungles. “If you want to know heads (and hands) in search of this precious found the comet, produced a remarkable mon- Though Tamil Nadu, sans any major rivers the reasons behind the changes in South India’s resource that would quench their thirst and meet soon flow chart. Though the monsoon winds other than Thamarabharani, was hot and weather pattern, please read ‘The Report of the their daily needs. There are stories highlighting constitute one of the greatest weather systems humid, the seasons in the province were enjoy- Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel” prepared the agony of farmers, who are possibly facing the on earth (and an enormous amount of research 4) able, according to Dr Nanditha Krishna, direc- by Prof Madhav Gadgil and his team of scien- worst drought in many years. In Madurai, the has been carried out since), many questions 444 4 tor, CPR Centre for Environmental Studies. tists. Irreversible damage has been done to the temple city of Tamil Nadu, water tankers and remain shrouded in mystery. “It is like the “The Madras summer was harsh those days too ecology of South India which has destroyed not tractors fitted with GPS and sensors supply water human brain. We know it and yet we don’t,” 5)4 ) - but it was bearable. The sea breeze from Bay of only the dense jungles and wild animals but to the local population. The GPS and the sensors writes Alexander Frater, the famous British trav- Bengal ensured that the temperature remained flora and fauna. This has upset the rhythm of are precautions taken by the local officials to el writer in his book “Chasing The Monsoon”. within limits. But the ever expanding Chennai Monsoon,” said Murali Parappuram, well known ensure that the water is not pilfered by the truck Frater travelled from Kanyakumari to Mumbai :)4 45 (') ( Metropolitan area and the high rise buildings do author and journalist. We can also blame El and tractor drivers. Yes, water has become a pre- and then to New Delhi and from there to not allow the sea breeze to set in the city any- Nino, a state of the ocean somewhere in Pacific cious commodity in the State. There were a cou- Meghalaya’s Cherrapunji, the then wettest place 4- 4 more and we face the worst humidity for for fluctuations in Monsoon pattern. ple of murders in Tamil Nadu over the sharing of on earth. months,” says Dr Krishna. The fact is that there is acute water shortage water drawn out from village wells. This weather phenomenon was known to 444 While Dr Krishna, Kalyanaraman and in most parts of the country. Though policy Simultaneous drought and flood situations Indians, not by the word coined by the colonial 4 Rameshan Nair are unanimous in their view makers suggest rain water harvesting as an in different parts of the country is nothing new. masters, but from much long before. Kalidasa, that the monsoon has lost its sting over the last option, it would only be a piecemeal arrange- This has become an annual ritual. When the greatest ever poet and dramatist the subcon- 4 45 few decades because of urbanisation, concretisa- ment. Our problem lies with water manage- Karnataka sneezes because of shortage of water tinent has produced and who is believed to have ) ) tion and massive deforestation, atmospheric sci- ment. “A country blessed with the Himalayas, in Kaveri River, it is Tamil Nadu which gets the lived between the 4th and 5th century CE has entists disagree. “Monsoon is a tropical atmos- the water tower, cannot have any water problem cold. If there is no water in Kaveri, farming written a khanda kavya (minor poem) by name 7 4 ) pheric phenomenon. Any small changes in the because the water can move into every part of operations in the five fertile districts of Ritusamhara in which he has described the six D 4)4 atmospheric or ocean states such as temperature the nation by gravity from the heights of over Thanjavur, Thiruvaroor, Nagapattinam, seasons — grishma (summer), varsha (mon- or wind will lead to dramatic changes in weath- 24000 ft. The northern monsoon continues to Cuddalore and Thiruchirappalli go haywire. soon/rains), sarat (autumn), hemanta (cool), 4 45 er pattern over tropics, whereas that is not the enrich the waters of the tower because every Availability of water in Kaveri depends on the sisira (winter) and vasanta (spring). )) case with mid-latitude weather events over USA drop of rain which falls on the Himalayas turns quantity of Monsoon rain received by the catch- “The six seasons that constitute this mini- )) 4 E> or Europe. Hence, tropical atmosphere is highly into snow and ice, as frozen sacred waters,” said ment areas in Karnataka and Kerala. If the mon- epic have been divided into six cantos and unpredictable” says Dr S Abhilash, Institute of Dr Kalynaraman, who heads Saraswathi soon, to be precise, the South West monsoon Kalidasa explains each climatic condition by 7 84 Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Research Centre, a Chennai based think tank on fails, it generates not only misery for the farmers elaborating the behaviour of two lovers to the ) )4 Science and Technology. water. but a series of spats between politicians in Tamil prevailing weather conditions. Only a person The truth is that the monsoon has become He wants the Central Government to take Nadu and Karnataka. who has first-hand knowledge about these sea- 7)7 weaker and haphazard over the decades. up the project to inter-link the major rivers of Political historians like N Kalyanasundaram sons could compose such a master piece,” says S “Earlier, the rainfall was well distributed within the country so that the flood waters of north always stand by the dictum that politics in Tamil Rameshan Nair, winner of this year’s Kendra the four months of monsoon season. Now we India could be transferred to the water deficit Nadu has been an extension of cinema since the Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry. receive the same amount of rainfall but the regions through a network of canals. This would advent of the Dravidian parties. And the Nair describes how varsha is portrayed by active rainy days have decreased with short be permanent solution to India’s water scarcity. Dravidian leaders have always proved that right. Kalidasa. “The rains hit us like the sound pro- spells of intense rainfall followed by extended Please remember that States like Tamil Nadu, The ruling AIADMK is criticised by the opposi- duced by the hoofs of a galloping battle horse, break during which subdued rainfall activity is Karnataka and Maharashtra reel under drought tion DMK for the former’s failure to get Kaveri which stand out in its rhythm and style...” seen. That’s why we experience torrential down- even as the Godavari River discharges 2500 water from Karnataka where a Congress govern- This is substantiated by Indologist Dr S pours which ravaged Mumbai, Chennai and TMC ft to 5000 TMC ft water into the Bay of ment is in place. Though the DMK and the Kalyanaraman, author of the seven volume, parts of Kerala in a single day,” says Abhilash. Bengal in a normal year. Congress are in alliance, Stalin, the DMK chief Saraswathi Civilisation, a work that details the He also pointed out the inherent variability in never blames the Grand Old Party for its refusal tracing and tracking of the mythological river by the monsoon that we see today. EE0 to release the water due to Tamil Nadu. the same name. “India is blessed with the John Peruvanthanam, an environmental 4 64 ) 4 > 4 4 rife 64 444 K 6 - 7A 789: 9 > * ! " !# + + 5 ! ! + ! #" !!+> * ((! ( "( " # % > ! : ) &> ! ) forward there are others that list how one must conduct ourselves in terms of food habits and lifestyle. The Ayurveda speaks in detail about the body constituency during this period and suggests ways to make sure that a balance is maintained. According to Ayurveda, due to the poor strength of Agni (digestive fire), doshas start vitiating one another, pri- marily the vata dosha and secondari- ly pitta and kapha dosha which may cause many ailments. Therefore, the food consumed should be soothing to all the three doshas and one that increase digestive capacity. Since this is the time that water borne diseases are most likely to strike, drinking water ccording to Vastu Shastra, every emotion that aris- should be boiled before consuming. es within you is generated by the energy emitted The food should have predominant Athrough the 16 zones or directions of your home. sour and salt tastes and should not be These zones are governed by the five elements (Panchtattva) in liquid state. Ginger, black pepper, — Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Sky. It is believed that these lemon can be used to aid better diges- elements are responsible for creating a harmonious envi- tion and pulses, soups, old grains and ronment, in turn influencing everything around us. When mastu (thin water of yogurt) be added these elements are out of proportion, they lead to nega- to the diet. tive forces overriding the positive ones; creating a field that The suggested Ayurvedic treat- makes your thoughts and actions negative, resulting in ments include Panchakarma treat- delays. ments in order to prevent any kind of South-West is the zone of relationship, family, mar- disorders and boost immunity. riage and stability in life. If this zone is disturbed by a toi- Application of Sugandhi or perfume is let, anti-activity, or an anti-element, then it will not only encouraged as also wearing proper delay marriage, but can even spoil a marital relationship. clothes to help protect from from cold First strengthen the South-West zone; if this corner is miss- breeze, wind and rain. Warm oil ing, then the marriage proposals will not be successfully application before bath, cover-ups to finalised. A kitchen in this area will also destroy marriage prevent mosquito bites, burning of possibilities and disturb the relationships established. camphor infusion make for some The South-East is the zone of fire. This zone should other suggestions to aid good health be treated, as it has the sacred fire that binds two people by preventing infections. in marriage and blue colour from this zone must be nside a cosy space in the heart those in love) is how the naayak in was the time when men traditionally The Yogshastra, too, recommends removed as it will delay in marriage and disturb relation- of urban Delhi, called Paro at Kalidasa’s Khand Kaavya introduces stayed put where they were possibly asanas to maintain body-mind health. ships. If this corner is cut or missing, or if there is an anti- The Chanakya, an intimate gath- this season to his naayika. While because roads are flooded or blocked. Many of these asanas are a pre-emp- fire activity in it, in such cases, a possible engagement will ering of women dressed in the Shringar rasa dominates the flavours, This pain of separation is best tive cure to problems like asthma, not convert into marriage. Here’s how it flows: the rela- Indian finery, welcome Varsha it is also referred to as the season of drawn in the melodious Kunjari arthiritis, rheumatoid that get aggra- tionship may start well as the South-West (SW) is fine, but IRitu or monsoon in traditional style. longing and desire. The women, who Malhar sung in Chamba, a raag ded- vated during the monsoon. Yoga has since the South-East (SE) zone energy is poor, it will not They are greeted with a freshly are happy, bedeck themselves with icated to monsoon. The most notable a major effect of prevention of cold and continue or end properly. stringed gajra made of jasmine flow- flowers, dab themselves with perfume : songs of Kunjari Malhar are addressed cough and is known to increase the Without the support of a partner, no relationship can ers and application of colourful pow- and dress their finest in anticipation )) 7 to kunja, a bird found in the hills overall body immunity protecting it exist. And this comes from a well-activated and healthy dered bindi on their foreheads, like of a meeting with their lovers. The around this time. “Jaa meri Kunjariyo, from all kinds of allergies. A niyam North-West area. This is the third significant vastu zone tilak. The air is fragrant with the notes ones who are lonely gaze at the clouds. )B5 )) barsat aave mere Rama, udi ke mila, comprising of Linga and Pran mudra; for the marriage area. You must also clear North-East vastu of Ruh Khas (vetiver) that reminds you Like a lover, the rainy season person- 7> 444 kaiyon udi ke mila, mere preetam, ho Pranayam (Bhastika, Kapalabhati, zone. Doing so would remove adamant thoughts of get- of petrichor, that unique fragrance that ifies the women with flowers… Rama…” the singer tells the bird to Anulom-Vilom and Udgeeth) and yog- ting married to a very specific personality and family. If the earth emits after the first rain drops Given that India has a primarily 47 4 45 carry her message to her beloved, asanas, namely, Bhujangasana, the North-East is clear, clarity will be maintained about touch its surface. Strains of kajri in the rain-fed agrarian system, the season 4- 4) promising gifts if the bird does so. Matsyasana, Sarvangasana, what you really want. backdrop set the mood. Their joy is enjoys a lot of attention. Our ancient Another example of rain inspired Shalabasana and Dhanurasana is rec- Placing a pair of Love Birds in South-West zone would evident as they reach out to the literature and now popular culture style is the Kajri, found in the Bhojpuri ommended for full body protection attract the right person into your life. A picture of a lov- chooriwala and seek their selection of makes a celebration out of this season, )) and Awadhi language. Derived from against ailments that are likely to hit ing couple may also be placed along with the Love Birds. glass bangles, the tinkle of silver jew- evoking flavours of joy. If Kalidasa’s the word kajal or kohl, Kajri is an ode during this season. The bedroom direction of a girl plays a crucial role in her ellery adding to the lure… Sawan is Ritusamhara and Meghdoot describe 4 4 ) to the dark kohl-like colour of the Even as we put on a guard to check marriage timing. As per vastu, a girl of marriageable age here. this season as one of the first chaste ) 6 clouds. Most songs in Kajri are cen- the problems that come with this sea- should sleep in the West Zone of gains. Choosing to sleep Traditionally, India celebrates six encounter the grey skies and parched tred around the imagery of divine love son, it does not take away from the joy in the South-South-East area would make her more con- seasons as mentioned in Kalidasa’s land, moisture-laden bringing dark- )4 4 between Radha and Krishna, mango of celebrations that fall in this time fident and having a bedroom in the South-West area would Ritusamhara, where each Ritu carries ness at noon and the following deluge 45 4> and kadam trees (burflower tree), the period. This is the time when India cel- make her a desirable partner for her future husband. She the sense of the correct time for cer- that lasts days, the Harivamsha in the jhoola or swing, call of the peacock or ebrates festivals like Raksha Bandhan, should, however, never have her bedroom in South-South- tain actions. Shishira, Vasant and Mahabharata, invokes the totemic :46 5 :4) papiha and the gathering of girls Janmashtami, Onam and Ganesh West zone of disposal. In addition, if the girl sleeps in attrac- Grishma are part of the Uttarayana, the images associated with the rains, such dressed in their fineries. Kaise khele Chaturthi. The Ritu brings back the tion’s zone of North-North-West, it will help her get new time of taking in, while Varsha, Sharad as dancing peacocks, croaking frogs, 45 47 jaibu saawan mein kajaria; Badariya freshness of the environment and marriage proposals. and Hemant form the Dakshinayana, the fragrance of the Kadamba, and gheri aayi nanadi (How do I go play makes it clean and green, even the Similarly, North Zone is zone of opportunities, bach- which is the time of release or visar- desire, that strikes like lightning. The with my friends in the rain when I see urbanscape comes out looking clean. elors should preferably choose this space to sleep. Always ga, dominated by the moon. Virahini of the medieval Baramasa the dark clouds gathering quickly?) As someone rightly pointed out: To avoid having a water tank in your house’s South-West zone Samagato ghanagamah kaami- (songs for the 12 months of the years) If the ancients texts speak and know the monsoon is to know India, of relationships as this could lead to delay in marriage. janpriyah priye (Monsoon, dear to talks of the pain of separation as this illustrate the traditions that we carry to love the monsoon is to love India. 6% 452# ?9! 1 ) )# $% Q3!$!!$ # %! & ! &% %! &" # " "N % ! " ( ( %! ! (! # %! %! &!& ! % #> ! )6 0/% " 3/$# dventure sports are not everyone’s cup of tea, or so goes the popular belief. It takes a hero Ato perform heroic acts. Or is it that such hero- an’s instinct to survival has led him to ic acts bring out the hero in you and throw light find out solutions to tame the drought. upon the immense power that always lay within? MSome of the best brains in India have For those who are yet to experience the glory developed scintillating solutions to counter the of extreme adventure, it is important to know that water scarcity. Scientists of Indian Institute of these sports come with benefits that can complete- Technology, Madras (IIT-M) have developed an ly turn your perspective around and enhance your innovation by which water can be generated mental health. Think of these as an HIIT (High from thin air. Intensity Interval Training) programme to reset and Ramesh Kumar Soni, a young engineering reprogramme your mind — that’s the potential these graduate who joined the IIT-M for his PhD was experiences have to impact your life for the better. greatly affected by what he saw of water scarci- ty in Chennai and elsewhere. His research work yielded an Atmospheric Water Generator which It is said that a mind that is stretched by a new captures moisture available in the air. experience can never go back to its old dimensions. “Atmospheric air has water content at any given Indulging in adventure sports releases hormones point of time and this is what we work on,” shares within your body, which directly contribute to good Soni. The AWG developed by Soni has many mental health. Adventure sports activities push your advantages including energy efficiency. “It con- mental and physical limits. When you take up a chal- sumes just 0.3 to 0.5 units power for producing lenge that takes so much out of you and you are able one litre water,” says Soni, who has launched a complete the same, it fills you with a great sense of company by name VayuJal Technologies based accomplishment which makes you confident to take in the IIT-M Research Park. An AWG that pro- on more. The more you opt for such activities, the duces 30 litres per day water costs Rs 50,000. more you develop the ability to stay calm under pres- go on to rise above it. It’s there in you, you just have people to get out of their comfort zones, and bring Prof Sundara Rama Prabhu, head of the sure. Activities such as bungy jumping and sky div- to give it a shot. together a mix of people with common interest. It alternative energy and nanotechnology labo- ing continue to attract enthusiasts as they boost men- opens up opportunities to build friendships with ratory, IIT-M and his team of young scientists tal health making one stronger from within. The people from different walks of life. Getting past chal- have developed a number of technologies adrenaline that kicks in is biologically fun for every- In a world of black and white, we are often made lenges and supporting each other, can truly form a based on nano materials to clean the Cooum body, regardless of whether you’re an adventure to live with the greys. To the point where we get used lasting bond. River and Buckingham canal in Chennai. The these innovations. So far, no one from the sports enthusiast or not. And taking up activities that to a stable, but mundane life with pent up frustra- project to set up a major water purification government of Tamil Nadu has approached bring joy and satisfaction, as an act of self love itself, tions, and more often than not, no outlet for our real plant based on nanotechnology would cost these people or their establishments with a boosts mental health. emotions. Participating in adventure sports helps in Adventure sports can really help you find your less that Rs 300 crore. This writer had attend- request to know more details about these reducing that stress and anxiety thereby checking true potential. Visiting new places and indulging in ed a demonstration by Prof Rama Prabhu innovations. It’s a pity that despite our tech- blood pressure. Experts say individuals who active- new experiences with new people always helps in when he purified the highly polluted water nologists having the know-how to address the “Face your fear”, we are often told. But seldom ly participate in adventure sports have lesser seeing different perspectives, outlooks and open up collected from Cooum River and transformed water shortage, the administrative and politi- do we know how to do this. Adventure sports help chances of getting a heart attack. But more impor- your mind. Sometimes, it takes some chaos to be it into potable water. cal will appears to be missing. you learn to stay in control in the face of your worst tantly, going extreme feels like an act of rebellion. able to deal with the calm better. There are very few National Institute of Ocean Technology “Never ever find a permanent solution to fears, by bringing you face to face with them, in a This is where one is forced to give all or be out. There experiences that make you face your ‘life’ and your (NIOT), a research laboratory under the any issues plaguing the people. These prob- highly controlled environment. You are forced to is no halfway. The act of letting go evokes a long for- ‘being alive’ as do extreme adventure sports. It forces Ministry of Earth Sciences is helping the peo- lems should last so that we would remain rel- calm you mind and learn to manage your panic and gotten passion and zest for life. you to stand on the edge and listen to life. ple of Lakshadweep by offering them drink- evant,” a Communist leader was heard telling fear impulses. This is where you learn the art of The question is: Do you choose to dwell on the ing water desalinated using the Low his acolyte in one of the Malayalam films shot transforming your fear from being an obstacle to fear or do you dare to fly? Temperature Thermal Desalination some three decades ago. Could that be a case an opportunity. Every first timer feels the fear. The There is nothing more binding between people Technology. There is something unique about here? We hope not. trick is to allow yourself that feeling of fear and then than shared memories. Sharing an adventure helps ($% (% 8 uvitiut - 7A 789: A R (/
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Interestingly, their Secretary Jeremy Hunt, his Home Secretary as remotely rent one, many observes, can speech, highlighted the shame appearing in the public. gan to stop Trump was “# political speak is replaced by voters supported him for the illiberal as Priti Patel, never had be treated as the most vocifer- of anti-semitism in his own He is, as many says, is try- Never Trump” and it came spontaneous thought, leaving top job. Throughout the cam- 5825 a Foreign Secretary as xeno- ous and right-wing Labour Party. He warned, “The ing to project himself as Britain’s from the conservatives lobby many a time, both their critics paign, he was largely invisible. phobic as Dominic Raab, never Government since 1832. Priti Union is today more at risk first French Prime Minister. It only. It was done to prevent and sympathisers enraged and After facing constant criticism even had a Chancellor as anti- Patel openly admires the than at any time in 300 years is so because that the way he is Trump from winning presi- enthralled. Johnson looks from the Opposition, he start- state interventionist as Sajid approach to law and order fol- and more in danger than when safeguarding his private life dential nomination from the remarkably inept. Unlike ed appearing in a series of Javid, and never had a Defence lowed by Benjamin Netanyahu we had to fight for it in 2014 simply resembles how in the Republican Party. In the same Trump, Johnson is not very interviews speaking about his Secretary as bellicose as Ben in Israel. She also voted against during a bitter Scottish refer- past the French President’s like manner, the establishment active in his twitter account. plan to leave the EU by Wallace. Thatcher deliberately a measure to stop pregnant asy- endum.” He also noted that François Mitterrand and Conservatives in the UK issued But like Trump, his penchant October 31 to his hobby of wrecked the social democrat- lum seekers being sent to there was much more at risk Francois Hollande did. But a call, saying “Anyone but for making politically incorrect painting buses on old wine ic society wherein many had immigration detention cen- than simply the unity and unlike the French people, the Boris”. The establishment blunders simply suggest this boxes. But he was clever grown up to live their lives. tres pending hearing. Javid, integrity of the country. To British people take keen inter- Torries rallying cry was meant public platform would suit enough to avoid his private life And this was done to destroy who is a Chancellor now, once him, the country is fast losing est in the personal lives of their to stop Johnson from becom- him very well. Moreover all the time. any capability of the working vetoed as a Business Secretary a series of values, which it used political leaders. This could be ing the next Prime Minister of Johnson is concerned with However, to be a good class people to protect them- the tariffs in Brussels against to enjoy in the past for gener- one of the few challenges that Britain. Unfortunately, like the publicity stunts than with the leader and a successful politi- selves from the wraths of the dumped Chinese steel that ations i.e. “tolerance, respect for Johnson might encounter in “#Never Trump” movement, nuts and bolts of political cian, Johnson has to take firm wealthy sections of society. finally caused the problems for diversity and being outward course of time. This might this one in Britain has miser- reform that Britain awaits des- stands, because a politician But Thatcher never brought British steel. Raab, who is now looking”. These all are threat- serve as a fatal blow even to his ably failed. Rather, it has gar- perately at the moment. can’t achieve anything tangible private players to the National handling the crucial Foreign ened by various competing political survival if he handles nered more support for Despite all the controver- without taking hard decisions. Health Service or state-run Office, had negotiated a deal narrow nationalisms. such matters recklessly. Johnson to head his sies surrounding him and his Amid the Brexit campaign, schools. She maintained free with the EU but ultimately About Johnson himself, Many say that Johnson has Westminster Cabinet for which country at the moment, what Remainer Amber Rudd, the university education in resigned because it was too people are not sure how he will taken a Trumpian path to reach he was desperately waiting for has helped Johnson coming to former Home Secretary, once England and in Wales. That bad. Thus how the new lead Britain out of the EU. He 10 Downing Street. Even quite some time. the 10 Downing Street is the said, “Boris is the life and soul was destroyed by Tony Blair Government would spearhead can easily be regarded as one of Trump called him “Britain’s Both Trump and Johnson consistent support of the of the party, but you would not during his ten years of rule. But Britain is a matter of serious the most arresting and enter- Trump” while congratulating are true evidences that demon- Conservative voters and the want him driving you home.” then many of the Britons had question for the Britons as taining political leaders of the him for his victory in the elec- strate that voters like those who party members who were But today, Boris Johnson is dri- accepted the Thatcher regime well as for the global policy country at this moment. He is tion. This former London speak their minds. Even if behind him for his hard-line ving the entire nation “home”. as the definitive most right- observers. definitely a sprezzatura who mayor resembles more to the they do not understand what stand on Brexit. Though he has wing Government possible in Around the same time, goes completely out of his way 45th President of the US, they are speaking, people voted been ducking debate with his (The writer is an expert the recent political history of former Prime Minister Gordon to look dishevelled and sound Donald Trump, than anyone for them and came out in their opponent and Foreign on international affairs) 1 , Q # R:
British Prime Minister Boris divorce agreement struck by May. Johnson on Friday “absolutely” Johnson on Saturday said Brexit is The backstop seeks to ensure ruled out initiating such a poll a “massive economic opportunity” a free-flowing post-Brexit border before Britain leaves the bloc. but had been treated under his pre- between British Northern Ireland “The British people voted in decessor Theresa May as “an and the Republic of Ireland, an EU 2015, in 2016, in 2017,” he said dur- impending adverse weather event”. member state, in all eventualities. ing a visit to the central English city In a speech in Manchester “The approach of the UK of Birmingham. “What they want where he pledged new investment Government is not going to be dis- us to do is deliver on their man- in Leave-voting areas, Johnson engaged or aloof or waiting for date, come out of the EU on promised to step up negotiations them to come to us, we are going October 31. They don’t want on post-Brexit trade deals and set to try to solve this problem,” he another electoral event, they don’t up free ports to boost the econo- said. want a referendum, they don’t my. “We can’t do it as long as that want a general election.” “When people voted to leave anti-democratic backstop, that However, Britons could be the European Union, they were not backstop that seeks to divide our headed to the polls if MPs bring just voting against Brussels, they country, divide the UK, remains in down Johnson’s new Government were voting against London too,” place. We need to get it out and in a no confidence vote in order to he said. Johnson promised to give then we can make progress.” try and prevent a no-deal Brexit more powers to local communities, The new leader earlier tried to from happening. as well as boost broadband and dampen speculation he could call Britain voted 52 per cent in transport infrastructure in a speech an early election. The former favour of leaving the European focused on domestic issues. mayor of London, who only took Union in a shock 2016 referendum “Taking back control doesn’t charge on Wednesday, has that partially reflected deep just apply to Westminster regain- promised to take Britain out of the resentment over economic ing sovereignty from the EU, it EU by the latest deadline of inequality. means our cities and counties and October 31 — deal or no deal. But Johnson said Saturday’s speech towns becoming more self gov- he has focused on domestic prior- intended to “set out his vision to erning,” he said. “Leaving the EU ities in his first few days in office, rebalance power, growth and pro- is a massive economic opportuni- including a pledge on Friday to ductivity across the UK”. May also ty to do things we’ve not been reverse drastic cuts to the police came to power promising to fight allowed to do for decades,” he said. force made under May. Britain’s “burning injustices” but Asked about the prospect of Commentators have speculat- her domestic agenda was over- Brexit negotiations, Johnson said he ed that he could be preparing to whelmed by Brexit negotiations was willing to engage with EU part- call a general election, hoping to and her failed attempts to persuade ners but only if the backstop clause regain the Conservative majority parliament to vote in favour of her $ P& $ % % %% % 7 % was removed from the current that May lost at the polls in 2017. exit deal. AFP % % '))!% % & 5) 64 )4 ) ) 4 /H<2 /H02 > axu! 5))) 4 4 4) ) 7 - 7A 789:
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It mal Shakti (Om) — comprising all ener- expected to be conscious about their enjoy the privilege of being regularly offers us educative inputs on the con- gies playing in the world — gravitated, collective obligations. It also implies guided, and so keep evolving accord- duct rules that would help us steer life first emerged Shakti-trinity – Sata, Rajas, all negative orientation of mind that ing to their level of dedication and sin- with relative ease and comfort. and Tamasa. The random mutation of may prove detrimental to harmonious cere efforts. A large majority, however, In this context, it would be inter- the three guided by the element of con- and peaceful coexistence. either not aware of the significance of esting to look at the two imageries of sciousness intrinsic to Shiva, led to the The presence of invisible existence a Guru, or not been able to find one, Lord Shiva. First, bare bodied Lord emergence of innumerable differentiated such as ghosts, make out a purposeful do also deserve to have an exposure to Shiva with tiger skin covering his pri- energies. These energies following a reference. These unseen creatures sup- the existential realities of life. For vate parts, seated in a meditative pos- course of progressive evolution eventual- posedly symbolise the invisible exis- them, a month-long self-education ture on ‘Mount Kailasa’. Second, Lord ly manifested into a multipolar world tence in the intervening period mechanism has been incorporated in Shiva mounted on a bull with his that runs in succession. The river Ganga between two successive form-exis- annual Hindu calendar. entourage comprising an assortment of flowing out of Shiva’s hair lock runs tence. They, therefore, symbolise con- The believers submit to austere multitude forms of existence, some of down the stream nourishing life all tinuum between successive lives. In a measures and make their offerings in them weird and even invisible. To through its run, ending up in ocean. way it can be said that Lord Shiva’s temples dedicated to Lord Shiva across name a few, divine presences; human Water evaporates all along, which entourage presents a picture of all seen the nation all through the month. beings; devilish existence; animals; includes the sea-body, leaving the impu- and unseen existence forming this live Seeking Lord Shiva’s grace, lakhs of birds; goblins, and even invisible exis- rities behind, forms cloud, and then rains world. devout can be seen picking up water tence such as ghost etc. Symbolically, back to recharge the water bodies afresh. To be continued... from the Ganges and then taking all his entourage stands for multipolar believes that the first live existence gence of all nature driven forces as it So does our life cycle run in succession. the pain of walking barefoot to their manifest world with all its enormity emerged in water body. Being one of gains luminosity out of the light Now coming back to Lord Shiva’s (%% designated temples covering miles at a and diversity. the highest peaks, Mount Kailash sym- extended by the Sun, as well as all the entourage, the divine existence are %% 7<< stretch. 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