Modi Letter Calls for Positive Engagement

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NEARBY U.K. conﬁrms Nirav’s presence Modi letter calls for CBI seeks his detention and initiation of extradition proceedings

Special Correspondent positive engagement ports that he had been spot NEW DELHI ted in several countries, in The United Kingdom has cluding the U.K. It is alleged Writes to Imran Khan of shared vision for South Asian peace confirmed to the Indian that he had also attempted to agencies that Nirav Modi, in get permanent residency in Kallol Bhattacherjee Plea opposes dropping NEW DELHI of case against U.P. CM volved in the ₹13,578crore Singapore. NEW DELHI Punjab National Bank fraud Prime Minister Narendra The Supreme Court on case, is staying there. Multiple reminders Modi has called for con Monday sought the Uttar The Central Bureau of In The CBI had sought the help structive engagement with Pradesh government’s vestigation has sought his of its counterparts in as ma Pakistan, sources confirmed response on a petition detention and initiation of ny as six countries to deter on Monday. In a letter to his challenging the dropping of extradition proceedings. mine his location. Multiple newly swornin Pakistani the 2007 Gorakhpur riots “In response to our diffu reminders were sent to the counterpart Imran Khan, case against Chief Minister sion notice, issued through Interpol coordination agen Mr. Modi called for building Yogi Adityanath. the Interpol, we received cy in the U.K. good neighbourly ties for se NATION Ī PAGE 6 confirmation a couple of authorities through the Ex Mr. Nirav Modi, his wife Mr. Choksi, who was ear curity and prosperity in the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD days ago about Mr. Nirav Mo ternal Affairs Ministry. Ami, who is a U.S. citizen, lier in the U.S., has taken re South Asian region. di’s presence in the U.K. The The Enforcement Directo brother Neeshal, a Belgian fuge in Antigua. He had ap “PM expressed India’s refore, based on the Interpol rate had earlier moved an ex citizen, and uncle Mehul plied for Antiguan commitment to build good Red Notice issued against tradition request in connec Choksi, had left the country citizenship in May last year neighbourly relations bet him in June, we have sought tion with its money in the first week of January, and got it about six months ween India and Pakistan and his detention,” said a CBI laundering cases, to be sent days before the bank lodged later. pursue meaningful and con official. to the United Kingdom and a complaint with the CBI. On India has approached the structive engagement for the Pak. Minister offers The agency has also sent the United Arab Emirates, as the request of investigating Antiguan government seek benefit of the people of the the extradition request to Mr. Nirav Modi’s exact whe agencies, his passport was ing cooperation in getting his region,” said an official the Union Home Ministry to reabouts were not esta revoked in February. custody to ensure that he source. ‘continued dialogue’ DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES be forwarded to the U.K. blished then. Since then, there were re faces trial in the case. Counters Qureshi Press Trust of India course” as the two The Indian response came Islamabad countries could not afford soon after the newly ap Pakistan’s new Foreign any “adventurism”. pointed Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Speaking to the media at Road, rail services partially restored in Kerala Minister Shah Mehmood Qu Qureshi on Monday the Ministry of Foreign reshi said Mr. Modi had indi extended the hand of Affairs after being sworn in, cated at dialogue in his letter friendship to India soon Mr. Qureshi said Islamabad Domestic flights begin from Kochi naval air base; focus on communications, power & water supply that was sent on August 18. after taking oath by offering wants to rebuild ties with However, the official said “uninterrupted” dialogue to eastern and western Special Correspondent partially restored. India had not called for dia resolve all outstanding neighbours and create Thiruvananthapuram Efforts were on to resume logue so far and said, “Prime issues. Mr. Qureshi stressed peace in the region. A battered Kerala began communication services and Minister wrote of construc that it was the “only wise CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 picking up the pieces on power and water supply. Dis tive approach or engage DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Monday as the rain abated tribution of relief material ment for the benefit of the and water began receding was stepped up, even as peo people, by which he meant lephone conversation, in engagement”. from floodaffected areas ple began returning to their Pakistan should create a which they spoke of their Mr. Qureshi, in his first re even as the Central govern houses. Local collectives conducive atmosphere.” shared vision to bring peace, marks after taking charge, ment said the situation in the were constituted to help resi Mr. Modi’s call for engage security and prosperity in said he would remove the State had been categorised dents clean up their houses ment comes in the backdrop the Indian subcontinent, in trust deficit with neighbours as an L3 level disaster under and disinfect water sources. of recent Indian insistence order to make it free of ter and try to build new bridges. the National Disaster Man Medical teams began fan that Delhi will hold talks on ror and violence, and to fo “We know the issues are agement Guidelines. (L3 is ning out across the districts. ly if Pakistan acts against ter cus on development”. tough and will not be solved the highest disaster categori Domestic flights from Ko ror suspects and outfits. Pakistan’s Ministry of Fo overnight, but we have to sation by scale and popula chi began from the naval air The PM also reminded Mr. reign Affairs later clarified engage,” he said. tion of the devastated area. ) base on Monday with car Khan to rid the region of vio Mr. Qureshi’s statement and As many as six deaths riers using small aircraft. A lence, the source hinted, said the Indian leader had POLITICAL PARTIES IN J&K were reported in the State on medical team began an ardu saying, “He recalled their te sought “constructive BACK DIALOGUE Ī PAGE 10 Monday, taking the toll since ous trek to Palakkad’s Nelli August 8 to 223. A total of yampathy hill station, which 10,28,073 people, including was cut off by landslips. 1,01,049 children, were Long way to normality: A girl having breakfast at a relief camp opened in a government school housed in 3,274 relief camps. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 in Ernakulam on Monday. * THULASI KAKKAT Road, rail and air traffic were MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGE 7 Rupee’s recovery spurs stock market Sensex, Nifty close at new highs

Special Correspondent resolve trade disputes. Nik Mumbai kei, however, lost marginal Indian benchmark equity ground on Monday. indices rose to new highs on Back in India, the overall Monday as investor senti market breadth also re ments were lifted on ac mained slightly on the count of a positive trend stronger side with 1,437 ad across most leading Asian vances against 1,307 de markets and a recovery in clines. The broader BSE the rupee against the dollar. Midcap gained over 1% The 30share Sensex while the BSE Smallcap also gained 330.87 points or moved marginally up on 0.87% to close at a new high Monday. of 38,278.75 with 23 of its constituents gaining Stocks gaining ground ground. Midcap and smallcap Auto and metal majors stocks have been gaining like Tata Steel, Tata Motors, ground in the last few trad Bajaj Auto and Vedanta ing sessions. were among the top gainers “Despite the correction of the day. this year, we still believe Infosys, meanwhile, was that midcap stocks are ex the first performer among pensive,” said Mukul Koch the Sensex pack on Monday, har, Head Institutional shedding over 3% or ₹46.15 Sales, Investec Capital to close at ₹1,385.20 after Services. the company’s chief finan “The only difference now cial officer M.D. Ranganath (versus a few months back) resigned on Saturday. is that politics looks more The broader Nifty stable – prospects of an Op breached the 11,500mark position coalition are look for the first time, gaining 81 ing a little shaky,” he said, points to close at 11,551.75. while adding that rupee re Among other major Asian mains at risk and that could markets, Hang Seng gained help technology companies. 385 points. The rupee opened stron The benchmark indices ger on Monday compared to of South Korea, Indonesia its previous close of 70.16 a and Taiwan also gained dollar and appreciated ground amid hopes that the 0.47% or 33 paise to close U.S. and China would soon the day at 69.83 a dollar. CM A ND-NDE YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI Timings Tuesday, Aug. 21 CM Raje’s ‘Gaurav Yatra’ loses RISE 05:54 SET 18:55 Shelter home rape case: NGOs RISE 15:23 SET 00:37 Wednesday, Aug. 22 steam after PIL, Gujjars’ protest RISE 05:54 SET 18:54 RISE 16:11 SET 01:21 offer to surrender contracts Thursday, Aug. 23 Rajputs, Jats to hold parallel events in Jodhpur on Aug. 24 RISE 05:55 SET 18:53 CBI speeds up investigation, conducts searches and questions many people RISE 16:57 SET 02:07 Mohammed Iqbal frontal attack on Ms. Raje’s Amarnath Tewary past few months. He added JAIPUR Yatra and demanded its im Patna that some Department offi Rajasthan Chief Minister Va mediate cancellation, alleg In the wake of the Muzaffar cials too have been trying to sundhara Raje’s muchpubli ing that it is misusing the go pur shelter home rape case get transferred to other de cised ‘Gaurav Yatra’ has vernment funds. Pradesh and Aasra shortstay home partments. seemingly lost its steam after Congress president Sachin case in Patna, NonGovern “We’ve asked the NGOs to Gujjars’ threat to disrupt it in Pilot said on Monday that ment Organisations manag continue till alternative ar Bharatpur division and the tenders were being invited ing the governmentfunded rangements are being made High Court’s notice on a pu for the ‘Gaurav Yatra’ pro 110 such homes in Bihar are and we’ve also floated ten blic interest litigation alleg grammes even after the mat offering to surrender their der for a new setup man ing that public money was ter had gone to the High contract with the State’s So aged by the government,” he being spent on it. Court.

cial Welfare Department. said. The Yatra was suspended Vasundhara Raje. * FILE PHOTO The CBI, investigating the Officers of the CBI and the Central Forensic Science Earlier, the State govern last week following the death ‘Unethical march’ Muzaffarpur sexual abuse Laboratory at the shelter home in Muzaffarpur. * FILE PHOTO PTI ment had announced that it of former Prime Minister munities was raised. Col. While Mr. Pilot described the case, has speeded up the would run all shelter and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Bainsla said the socially Yatra as Ms. Raje’s “unethical investigation. winner Sister Sudha Vargh ese was awarded the Padma shortstay homes. BJP State president Madan backward communities march” when the farmers in ese. Sister Varghese runs an Shri in 2006 for her pioneer Meanwhile, the CBI has Lal Saini has announced that would wage a “joint strug the State were committing TISS report NGO to manage a shelter ing work with the marginal speeded up its probe and the Yatra’s second leg will gle” to get their rights and ac suicide, AICC general secre Earlier, in its 100page re home for trafficked women ised section of society. She conducted searches at sever start in Jodhpur division on cused the ruling BJP of going tary Ashok Gehlot said the Man gets death penalty port, the Tata Institute of So and girls in the border dis also runs an adoption agen al places and questioned ma August 24. The Yatra will by back on its promises. misuse of public money for raping, killing minor cial Sciences (TISS) had trict of Purnia. cy in Danapaur locality, near ny people. pass the Assembly segments Amid indications that the through government offi SAGAR (M.P.) raised fingers at several “I’ve written to the Social Patna. State Urban Development in eastern Rajasthan where BJP has skipped the Bharat cials, engineers and contrac A court here on Monday NGOs running shelter and Welfare Department that I Department Minister Suresh Gujjars have been holding pur division fearing Gujjars’ tors was unprecedented. sentenced a man to death for shortstay homes in different want to surrender my con 23 contracts cancelled Sharma, though, has refused protests demanding 5% re protest, Col. Bainsla said the The PIL in the High Court raping and killing a 14year districts of Bihar where in tract for Purnia shelter home “Until now, six NGOs have of to resign from his post as de servation and withdrawal of Yatra would be opposed in has been listed for hearing old girl in December last year. stances of sexual and physi as I feel it is difficult to man fered to surrender their con manded by the Opposition police cases against the com Jodhpur as well. The State on Tuesday. After the State Rabbu alias Sarvesh Sen (22) cal abuse with the inmates age that from Patna… if so tracts with the Depart RJD leader, Tejaswi Yadav. munity members who were government had earlier invit government informed the and a minor accused entered were reported. mething unpleasant hap ment… this has come in the Mr. Yadav also ‘threatened’ detained during the previous ed Gujjars to Jaipur to dis court that the orders issued the house of the victim in Besides Muzaffarpur, the pens, I cannot reach there wake of the Muzaffarpur to ‘expose’ if Mr. Sharma did agitations. cuss their demands with a on August 1 to the PWD to Deval village here and raped her on December 7 last year, TISS social audit report had before 8 hours… so I decided shelter home and Aasra not resign. Cabinet subcommittee, but make arrangements for the Additional District redflagged 14 other such to surrender my contract,” shortstay home controver “I’ll file a defamation suit ‘Joint struggle’ only a splinter group led by Yatra had been withdrawn, Prosecution Officer M.D. homes for abuse. Ms. Varghese told local jour sies,” said Department Direc against Tejaswi Yadav for Ahead of the Yatra in the Himmat Singh attended the the court has asked the BJP Awasthi said. When the victim Among the several NGOs nalists. tor Raj Kumar. dragging my name into the Jodhpur region, Gujjar su talks, adding to the prevail to submit the details of ex resisted, the accused poured which have offered to sur The Purnia shelter home The Department, he said, Muzaffarpur shelter home premo Kirori Singh Bainsla ing confusion. penses incurred. kerosene and set her afire, render their contract with run by her keeps about 65 has also cancelled contracts rape case,” said Mr. Sharma visited the city on Sunday The Congress, which Meanwhile, Rajputs and Mr. Awasthi said. The girl died the State Social Welfare De girls, some of them traf of 23 NGOs running shelter who represents the Muzaf and addressed events where plans to start its own ‘San the Jats are planning to hold of burn injuries on December partment is the one man ficked, some mentally chal homes for girls, boys and farpur Assembly seat on a the demand for reservation kalp Yatra’ from Chittorgarh parallel events in Jodhpur di 14. PTI aged by Padma Shri award lenged and sick. Ms. Vargh beggars in the State in the BJP ticket. for Rebari and Rajput com on August 24, has launched a vision.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and the DadupurNalvi CHANDIGARH canal. The Indian National Lok Dal “We have decided to ob on Monday announced that serve a Statewide bandh on it would observe a ‘Haryana September 8. We want early Bandh’ on September 8 to completion of the SYL and press for early construction DadupurNalvi canals,” said and completion of the Sutlej Abhay Singh Chautala, lead Yamuna Link (SYL) canal er of the Opposition.

Passersby at Hazratganj in Lucknow on Monday look at an old building that collapsed partially, crushing six twowheelers

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Hailing from a ﬂoodprone State, I can feel the suﬀering of the people: CM Sonowal Akhil Assam Bhojpuri Parishad, a body of Hindispeakers in Assam, up in arms

RAHUL KARMAKAR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT sation of Hindispeakers in Monday. Our case has been and lodged them in detention GUWAHATI GUWAHATI Assam, has been pegging this deferred to Friday, when it camps. Floodprone Assam has The Gauhati High Court on case as an example of dis will hopefully be disposed of. The Dvoter tag on Dinesh pledged ₹3 crore in aid to Monday rescheduled the case crimination against the com We have been told my uncle and Sarita was the reason floodhit Kerala. This follows of Dinesh and Sarita Prajapa munity and misuse of the sys can perform his mother’s fi why all 17 members of the the ₹1 crore announced by ti, settlers from Ballia district tem for detecting and nal riteson August 26,” Suraj Prajapati family, settled for Nagaland, where rainfallin of Uttar Pradesh, who are in deporting foreigners. Prajapati, Dinesh’s 22year three generations at No. 6 duced landslides have cut off separate detention camps for old nephew, told The Hindu. Pakhorijan village in eastern many areas. foreigners after having been Final rites Dinesh’s mother Chhotki Assam’s Tinsukia district, Announcing the financial declared doubtful or Dvoters “The case of our uncle and Devi, 70, had died on August were left out of the complete aid on Monday, Assam Chief more than three months ago. aunt was numbered 46, but 16. She had stopped eating af draft of National Register of Minister Sarbananda Sono The Akhil Assam Bhojpuri the High Court could hear on ter the authorities took away Citizens that was published wal said he could feel the suf Parishad, an umbrella organi ly up to case number 35 on her son and daughterinlaw on July 30. fering of the people of Kera la. “I represent Majuli, an Assembly constituency that experiences flood up to four Night curfew times a year. I can very well Flood-ravaged: Villagers move towards a safer place from a flooded village in Morigaon district empathise with what the of Assam. * FILE PHOTO: REUTERS in Shillong floodaffected people in Ker ala are going through,” Mr. States battle with calamities out for the suffering,” he ment should look at us too,” lifted after Sonowal said. caused by heavy rain, may said. Lurin Jyoti Gogoi, AASU gen we find comfort in knowing The All Assam Students’ eral secretary, told The Hin- eighty days Large-scale devastation that the rest of India stands Union (AASU) has appreciat du. “Floods have destroyed “Looking at the largescale with us. The people of Naga ed Prime Minister Narendra Assam’s agriculturebased SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT devastation caused by the land pray for you.” Modi’s instant package of economy and thousands of GUWAHATI flood, our contribution Mr. Rio represents the Na ₹500 crore for floodhit Kera people have lost land due to The East Khasi Hills district might look meagre. But we tionalist Democratic Progres la. But it resented the “step erosion. Former Chief Minis administration on Monday sincerely feel the intense suf sive Party, a ruling ally of the motherly treatment” by New ter Tarun Gogoi had come lifted night curfew from ferings caused to the people Bharatiya Janata Party. Delhi towards Assam, which out with an advertisement a Meghalaya capital Shillong and the mammoth task of has been experiencing floods decade ago saying the Centre in view of improvement in rehabilitation that Kerala fac ‘Bond of Indianness’ regularly since 1950. has acknowledged Assam’s the law and order es. We can very well internal His gesture earned applause floods as a national problem, situation. ise the pain perpetrated by from BJP’s national general ‘Look at us too’ which was proved to be un The curfew was im the flood to the people of secretary Ram Madhav. “Ges “The VicePresident [Ven true,” Mr. Gogoi said. posed 80 days ago on June Kerala as the people of As ture by a State which itself is kaiah Naidu] is believed to “Assam has perhaps suf 1, a day after a quarrel over sam face such kind of fury ev facing nature’s fury. Remem have said that the govern fered more than the rest of the parking of a bus in Pun ery year,” he said. ber Nagaland is at the other ment has declared the Kerala India on account of floods. jabi Lane or Harijan Colony His Nagaland counterpart corner of India and strug flood as a calamity of a sev But it seems the Centre snowballed into a commu Neiphiu Rio said: “We stand gling with rain. What con ere nature given its intensity thinks we are too used to nal standoff between the in solidarity with the people nects is the bond of Indian and magnitude. That’s good floods to be given attention Dalit Sikhs of the area and of Kerala. Even as both the ness and a heart that goes for Kerala, but the govern to,” he said. local tribal people. Odisha: Fishermen allege bungling in subsidy money

Staff Reporter ceived new boats, nets or en has been misappropriated. BERHAMPUR gines. But loans with subsidy In 2015, former manager Marine fishermen in Odisha have been sanctioned in of Gopalpur branch of UCO coast have alleged that the their name for it. The irony bank V. Kamma and Chinta racket in misappropriation is that banks are deducting mani Behera, Additional Dis of subsidy money for provi money from their savings ac trict Fisheries Officer (AD sion of boats, nets and boat counts towards repayment FO) of Ganjam district in engines was still continuing. of these loans. It is alleged Odisha, had been arrested There are fishermen in that through loans provided by the police on charges of Ganjam, Puri and Khurda on pen and paper, large misappropriation of subsidy districts who have not re amount of subsidy money money.

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5 years after Dabholkar Arms seizure: Jalna Sena 2 years on, 2.5 lakh farmers killing, MANS leader in ATS custody await power connections more popular No money, says MSEDCL; power regulator unimpressed

Press Trust of India Former councillor was funding accused in explosives seizure, alleges prosecution Renni Abraham Pune Mumbai Press Trust of India probed. A pen drive, hard ber of bombs and weapons. Despite being promised pow The killing of antisupersti Mumbai tion crusader Narendra disks and some incriminat All three men are in ATS er connections within two Dabholkar five years ago Former Shiv Sena council ing documents were reco custody till August 28. months of applying, more hasn’t stop the expansion of lor from Jalna Shrikant Pan vered from his residence in The ATS had alleged that than 2.5 lakh farmers in the his citybased organisation, garkar, arrested in connec Jalna district, the prosecu the accused were planning State have been waiting for which has spread to several tion with the seizure of tion said. Prime facie he to carry out blasts in the over two years for one. With States, including Assam. explosives and arms, was was funding the other three State ahead of Indepen the Maharashtra State Elec The Maharashtra Andhash remanded in Maharashtra accused, arrested earlier dence Day and BakriEid. It tricity Distribution Company raddha Nirmoolan Samiti AntiTerrorism Squad (ATS) this month following sei also said it would probe if Ltd (MSEDCL) saying it (MANS) has intensified its custody till August 28 by a zure of a large cache of ex the accused had any con doesn’t have the funds to give activities, a functionary said city court on Monday. plosives, the prosecution nection with the killings of connections, there appears on Monday. Additional Sessions Judge said, adding that Mr. Pan rationalists Narendra Dab to be no early solution to Dabholkar, a doctor who Vinod Padalkar remanded garkar’s bank transactions holkar and Govind Pansare, their problem. Long wait: Farmers need power connections to run agricultural pumps. * FILE PHOTO gave up his profession to Mr. Pangarkar in ATS custo also need to be probed. and journalist Gauri Lan Last month, Ramdas Na take up the rationalist dy for further probe. He On August 10, Vaibhav kesh. The accused have rayanrao Wanjari, a farmer Mr. Singh said the State go deprived of power for almost cause, was shot dead by was arrested by the ATS on Shrikant Pangare. Raut, Sharad Kalaskar and been booked under rele from Nagpur, was awarded vernment will be inviting bids two years. It is clear he will gunmen here on August 20, Sunday in connection with Sudhanwa Gondhalekar vant provisions of the Ex ₹15,000 as compensation un this month to clear this back remain so deprived for a 2013. Today is his fifth death the seizure of crude bombs Arguing for his remand, were arrested by the ATS plosives Act, the Explosive der the Elecricity Act, 2003, log of 2.5 lakh agricultural further period, that is not anniversary. Milind Desh and weapons from different the prosecution said Mr. from Palghar and Pune dis Substances Act and the Un by the Electricity Ombud power connections through a specified. For this harass mukh, state chief secretary, parts of the State between Pangarkar’s link to the sei tricts in connection with lawful Activities (Preven sman. Mr. Wanjiri had ap scheme in two years. ment being caused to him, MANS, said till 2013, the or August 9 and August 11. zure of arms needs to be the seizure of a large num tion) Act. plied for an electricity con While rejecting similar ar for the mental agony and the ganisation had around 250 nection on August 7, 2016. As guments made by P.N. Lande, cost he has incurred for litiga branches. In the last five per the Act, farmers are entit Executive Engineer (opera tion and travel, he is entitled years, this count has gone led to compensation if the tions and maintenance), to compensation.” up to 350 with fulltime vo Dabholkar murder: probe delay questioned power utility is unable to pro MSEDCL, Electricity Ombud Ms. Zutshi also rejected lunteers increasing every vide a connection within two sman Chitkala Zutshi penal Mr. Lande’s argument that year, he said. Arrest Sanatan Sanstha chief, outlaw outfit, demands State Congress months of applying for one. ised the power utility for the compensation was time Mr. Deshmukh said, Confirming the high pen situation being faced by barred as per Rule 12.2 of the “When Dr. Dabholkar was Shoumojit Banerjee jagruti Samiti held a demon dency, Arvind Singh, Princi farmers. Maharashtra Electricity Reg alive, besides Maharashtra, Pune stration against MANS in Kol pal Secretary (Energy, Indus Her order issued on July 20 ulatory Commission (MERC). we had branches in Goa and Braving showers, a coalition hapur city in support those tries and Labour), said, “As stated, “Lande argued that She said exceptions have to Karnataka, but now we have of civil rights activists, com arrested in the Dabholkar on March 31, 2018, there are the application for agricultu be formally endorsed by the branches in Madhya Pra moners, artistes and intellec case. one lakh applications pend ral connection of Wanjari was MERC, and no such endorse desh, Delhi, Assam and tuals congregated on Mon ing from Vidarbha and Ma complete and he was placed ment was provided on record Andhra Pradesh. Now, due day under the banner of the Arrest Athavale: Cong. rathwada regions, and 1.5 on the “paid (but) pending in Mr. Wanjiri’s case. She has to our work and outreach Maharashtra Andhashradd Demanding that the State go lakh applications from the list” and the connection will ordered MSEDCL to compen programmes, several organ ha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS) vernment ban the Sanatan rest of Maharashtra. Howev be given to him in due sate Mr. Wanjiri by cheque isations in States like Punjab on Monday to question the Sanstha, the Congress called er, we have provided 4.5 lakh course, as per the seniority immediately, and submit a and Haryana are inviting delay in the State govern for the arrest of Dr. Jayant new connections in the past list. Wanjari completed all compliance report in 30 our members for guidance ment bringing the culprits to Athavale, who heads the three years.” formalities and still remains days. on issues such as supersti justice. Hindutva outfit. tion and social boycott.” The Jawab Do campaign Speaking in Mumbai, se He said MANS is now marked the fifth anniversary nior Congress leader Rad Mahadayi dispute: Goa approaches tribunal campaigning for an antisu of Dr. Dabholkar’s murder Hundreds of MANS supporters take out a protest march, in hakrishna VikhePatil said, perstition and black magic with a protest march from Pune on Monday. * MANDAR TANNU “If the State government is law at the Central level. Omkareshwar bridge, where really intent on finding out Special Correspondent junction dated April an affidavit saying it won’t Panaji Nandini Jadhav, Pune dis the eminent rationalist was Baba Adhav and Tushar enough to stop at a couple of who masterminded the mur 17,2014. divert the water. Following trict executive president, gunned down on August 20, Gandhi, the greatgrandson arrests. We know that all ders of rationalist Dr. Naren The Goa government on In January, Karnataka this, Goa withdrew the MANS, said social media 2013. It saw participation by of Mahatma Gandhi. four murders are linked. So, dra Dabholkar, Communist Monday filed an applica had built earthen bunds to contempt application. Ho outreach, too, has in Megha Pansare, daughterin Dr. Dabholkar’s daughter there is a major plot that leader Govind Pansare, tion before the Mahadayi block the flow of the Maha wever, in July, it was not creased with over 80,000 law of slain Communist lead Mukta Dabholkar said, needs to be unraveled.” scholar M.M. Kalburgi and Water Dispute tribunal in dayi river’s water into Goa, iced that on account of the followers. “This year, 5,000 er Govind Pansare, Kavitha “While there is some satis In a counterprotest, sup journalist Gauri Lankesh, New Delhi, seeking action for which the latter had gradient slope that Karna new people, mostly youth Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lan faction that the wheels of the porters of radical Hindutva then it must arrest and ques for disobedience against filed an contempt applica taka built, the Mahadayi and college students, have kesh, actors Amol Palekar investigation have begun outfits including the Sanatan tion Athavale.” said , speak Karnataka for breach of tion before the tribunal. water was flowing to the associated with MANS.” and Sonali Kulkarni, activist grinding at last, it is not Sanstha and the Hindu Jana ing in Mumbai. the tribunal’s order of in However, Karnataka filed Malaprabha basin.

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Gold seized from Death toll put at 12 as multiple agencies remove 4,320 people to safety passenger from Dubai Special Correspondent VISAKHAPATNAM MYSURU Customs officials at the Kodagu Visakhapatnam International The continuing rescue and Airport have arrested a relief operations in Kodagu plantations passenger from Dubai on district have reached their charges of smuggling gold last phase with the Army disappear weighing 1.2 kg valued at and National Disaster Res ₹33.74 lakh. The passenger ponse Force personnel R. Krishna Kumar arrived by an Air India flight searching isolated villages SUNTIKOPPA on Sunday. The passenger even as the authorities con As the spectacle of destruc allegedly tried to smuggle firmed the death toll at 12 in tion unfolds in the flood the gold by concealing it in the district. ravaged district of Kodagu, Falling apart: A bridge that was damaged due to floods at Tadavai village in West Godavari the shoes and wrapping Multiple agencies in where more than 5,000 district on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT around waist in the form of volved in the operations people have been evacuat paste, Commissioner of have so far rescued 4,320 ed to relief centres, those Customs D.K. Srinivas said on people. displaced are waking up to Monday. A team of experts from the reality of a new crisis, Water level in the Godavari the National Geophysical Re Woman falls into Tirupati the magnitude of which is search Institute, headed by valley, rescued yet to sink in: their liveli H.M.S. Prakash, former De continues to increase steadily TIRUMALA hood in the future. A woman, Neeraja of puty DirectorGeneral of Ge The camps are teeming Jaggayyapeta in Krishna ological Survey of India, has with owners and workers Steps on to relocate residents of lowlying areas to safer places district, slipped and fell into a started geotechnical studies In tough terrain: Karnataka State Reserve Police involved in dependent on coffee plan valley at Avvacharikona while in areas where there have rescue in Kodagu district on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT tations, many of which no Staff Reporter trekking up to Tirumala hills been landslips. longer exist. KAKINADA 650 devotees trapped on Monday. The other Having lost their proper With the water level in the pilgrims who noticed this Sanitation drive Revanna throws biscuits ty, the owners have to start Godavari increasing steadily, immediately alerted the local Relief Commissioner Ganga from scratch. “The entire in temple rescued the revenue and the police police, who rushed to the ram Baderia said the district swathe of land around my to victims, lands in a row officials of the East and the spot along with special administration is working on house, and the property of RAJULAPUDI SRINIVAS trapped there due to flash West Godavari districts were parties equipped with ropes. combating the outbreak of my aunt and the staff quar VIJAYAWADA floods in the Kondavagu and on high alert on Monday and In a brief operation that diseases and is ensuring Special Correspondent relief centre. Around 200 fa ters, have been flattened, Nearly 650 devotees other rivulets which were in shifted their attention to re lasted 30 minutes, the police cleanliness and hygiene. Hassan milies of Ramanathapura and there is nothing left trapped in floods at the Gub spate due to continuous locating the residents of low pulled her up from a depth of For the sanitation drive, A video clip of Karnataka are affected by the flood. atop the hills,” said Gana bala Mangamma temple in downpour in the hilly areas. lying areas to safer places, about 150 feet, said Deputy additional staff have been Public Works Minister H.D. A.T. Ramaswamy, Arkal pathi of Iggodlu near Ma Buttayagudem village in As the water did not re Superintendent of Police restoring the road traffic and deployed from other cities, Revanna throwing biscuit gud MLA, who was also pre dapura, who evacuated his West Godavari district were cede till late in the night, the Eswar Reddy. power supply in the vulnera including 300 pourakarmi packets to flood victims at sent at the relief centre, ex family members and work rescued by the National Dis pilgrims stayed put at the ble places. 2 girls rescued, child kas from the Bruhat Benga Ramanathapura in Arkalgud pressed regret over the ers in the nick of time. aster Response Force, the temple. Officials could not By Monday evening, the trafficker arrested luru Mahanagara Palike, be taluk has gone viral. incident on Monday. “It was Recalling the dance of 10th Battalion, the A.P. State take up any rescue opera water level was 14.3 feet at YADADRI-BHUVANAGIRI sides seven health As the video went viral on unintentional. That day Mr. destruction, he said: “It Disaster Response and Fire tions immediately due to the Dowleswaram barrage, Continuing the crackdown on inspectors and engineers. social media platforms, ma Revanna was in a hurry to was terrifying as the entire Services, the ITDA and the the heavy rain. prompting the officials to re trafficking of children in ny people took serious ex leave for Kodagu to monitor hillock seemed to roll police on Monday. On Monday, they reached tain the second warning le Telangana’s Yadagirigutta, the Toilets rushed ception to his conduct. The relief work,” he said. down, the earth split wide The devotees visited the the temple by boats and res vel. In all, 13.71 lakh cusecs Rachakonda police rescued Biotoilets and mobile toilets Minister has been accused open as a torrent of mud temple on Sunday and were cued the devotees. was discharged into the Bay two more girls and arrested are being rushed to relief of being insensitive and ar BJP demands apology slid down at tremendous of Bengal from the barrage. an accused on Sunday. centres while the district ad rogant. Mr. Revanna, who is The Opposition Bharatiya speed.” Movement of vehicular traf rajapulanka island to take the currents and efforts According to Yadagirigutta ministration has taken mea also Minister in charge of Janata Party has demanded There is largescale de fic was suspended on the care of their cattle. were on to locate him. police, it was conducting raids sures to ensure supply of Hassan, visited a relief that Mr. Revanna apologise vastation of coffee and car to curb prostitution in the barrage since the morning. The countrymade boat in This incident prompted clean drinking water to the centre at Ramanathapura for allegedly showing “dis damom plantations temple town, and in the which they were travelling the officials to suspend the villages. on Saturday and provided respect”. around Makkandur, Muku process rescued two girls Washed away capsized in the return jour operations of countrymade A decision has been taken packets of milk, biscuits and In a press release here, dlu, Mandalpatti, Hatti bought from professional A farmer was washed away ney. A major tragedy was boats all over the district. In to provide employment op other products to the vic BJP State general secretary hole, Kandankolli, Madap mediators at ₹40, 000 each. in the Godavari while 19 averted since the boat was the absence of mechanised portunities for the displaced tims. In the video clip, the N. Ravi Kumar said the Mi ura, Madenad, Sampaje, A woman named Kamsani managed to swim back to close to the shore and all of boats, residents in the low under the MGNREGA Minister is seen throwing nister would not have acted Kiggodlu and other places, Jyothi, “habitually trafficking the shore near Mummidiva them knew swimming. Nalla lying areas and island villag scheme and also involve biscuit packets at floodaf in this manner if he really where the estates are as innocent women and running ram in the morning, when a Buchi Maheswara Rao, ho es faced severe hardship them in clearing debris. fected people gathered in a had concern for the victims. good as lost for ever. brothels”, was arrested. group of farmers left for Gu wever, was washed away in during the day.

State had been facing water stress for decades, says Water Resources Minister

Staff Reporter tions, including from the in the diverted/transferred Bengaluru Krishna basin, where it got water from links under the Seeking its rightful share for 907 tmcft against the 1,012 Peninsular River Develop Karnataka in water alloca tmcft it demanded, Cauvery ment. tion as part of river inter basin (284.75 tmcft against a In the modiﬁed link pro linking, Water Resources Mi demand of 465 tmcft) and posal of the MahanadiGoda nister D.K. Shivakumar on Mahadayi basin (13.42 tmcft variKrishnaCauveryVaigai Monday said that the State against a demand of 36.55 Gundar river, the State was had been facing water stress tmcft). again not considered for al for decades on account of Mr. Shivakumar said that location. The allocation demands for drinking water to the government’s sur made by National Water De and irrigation. prise, the State was com velopment Agency without Speaking during the 15th pletely left out in the 2010 re consulting all basin states of meeting of the Special Com D.K. Shivakumar port on assessment of the Cauvery and the Krishna mittee for Inter Linking of surplus water for transfer to is arbitrary,” he said. Rivers held in New Delhi, he ment Programme (DDP) deﬁcit river basin under Pe The State would be forced said that the State had been areas which have been fac ninsular River Development to approach the Union go denied of its rightful share ing water stress for decades. by National Water Develop vernment for the constitu from the transferred water — “The situation had risen be ment Agency. tion of a tribunal if its inter from surplus basins under cause demand is more than “The State government in ests were not taken care of the Inter Linking of Rivers the allocations to the State several letters to Ministry of by the National Water Deve Scheme. He said that the by various river water tribu Water Resources and Nation lopment Agency in deciding State had a large Drought nals,” he said. al Water Development Agen water share under the river prone Areas Programme He cited examples of how cy has been persistently urg interlinking proposals, he Fishermen returning to the coast as dark clouds hover on the horizon due to the presence of a low pressure area, at Jalaripeta in

(DPAP) and Desert Develop the State got lower alloca ing them to restore its share said Visakhapatnam on Monday. * K.R.DEEPAK

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Disease CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Karnataka mulling law asking officials strikes Crowdfunding plea to save Dalit women’s radio to send children to govt. schools arecanut Officials told to examine laws and court rulings again Sangham Radio, India’s first community radio station, is struggling to stay alive R. Avadhani lakhs,” states the appeal. Tanu Kulkarni an Act would run into legis V.P. Niranjan Aradhya, Raviprasad Kamila MACHANOOR “We could not collect Bengaluru lative hurdles. fellow at the Centre for Mangaluru India’s first community donations from outside The Karnataka government The issue came to light in Child and Law, National After a fiveyear gap, the radio station, Sangham India as we have to run the is busy browsing through November last year when G. Law School of India Univer fruit rot disease, or ‘kole ro Radio, owned and run by community radio on our court orders and legislation Raghu Achar, Congress sity, Bengaluru, welcomed ga’, has become a cause for 5,000 poor, mostly Dalit own,” said M. Narsamma, to find out whether all go MLC, introduced a private the move and said the Alla concern again in the areca women in one of India’s one of the two women who vernment employees can be Bill in the State legislature to habad High Court had re nut plantations of Dakshina most underdeveloped areas, run the station. mandated to send their chil make it mandatory for go cently passed a similar or Kannada. When the disease is on the verge of closing “Some of our listeners dren to government vernment employees and der as they felt that the struck a large tract of plan down, unless its have been asking us why schools. elected representatives to education department offi tations in 2013, the Karna crowdfunding campaign they cannot hear our Last week, officials of the send their children to go cials were not owning up to taka government had to de raises enough funds. broadcasts. We told them Department of Primary and vernment schools. the government schools. clare a compensation Ears to the ground: The content for Sangham Radio is that we need new Secondary Education met He had pointed out that “The situation is the package of ₹30 crore for Self-help groups generated entirely by around 5,000 women. * MOHD ARIF transmitters and each one Krishna Byre Gowda, Law the move would help im same across the country around 25,000 hectares. In The radio station, an costs about ₹3 lakh. This is and Parliamentary Affairs prove the quality of govern where a majority of the chil the 2007 monsoon, it af initiative of the Deccan years. The programme crowdfunding webpage, the reason we are trying to Minister, who said that offi ment schools in the State dren go to private schools fected about 20,000 farm Development Society (DDS), content is generated entirely https://milaap.org/ raise money.” cials had been asked to exa and enrolments in govern and government officials ers, for whom the govern a local grassroots by the 5,000odd women, fundraisers/ddssangham “As the first authentic mine if any other laws or ment schools. and elected representatives ment subsequently organisation, was started in largely agricultural workers. radio. community radio in India, court rulings are to be con are not worried about the declared a compensation of 1998 in Machanoor village in “When it was born 20 The radio station’s Sangham Radio has put the sidered before framing the 21 recommendations public school system,” he ₹4.59 crore. Manchi Srini Telangana’s Sangareddy years ago and was ‘licensed financial crisis stems in large small and marginalised legislation. The Kannada Development said. vasa Achar, president of the district. It caters to the to broadcast’ 10 years ago, part from the upaid dues woman at the frontier of An official of the Depart Authority, which had sub Once made mandatory, it AllIndia Areca Growers’ Sanghams (selfhelp groups) Sangham Radio heralded a from the government for communication... any ment of Public Instruction mitted 21 recommendations would eventually be the Association, Puttur, said of underprivileged, rural new media space for the advertisements aired on the extinction of this radio said the meeting was con to improve the State of go first choice for them later as that the disease was now women. It got its licence to underprivileged, rural station. “Dues to Sangham station would be a travesty,” vened to discuss the pros vernment schools, had also the quality of the schools severe between 30% and broadcast in 2008, and has peasant women of India,” Radio over the last three said P.V. Satheesh, director, and cons of this rule and recommended this mea would eventually improve, 60% of the plantations. been in operation for 10 notes the appeal on the years has gone up to ₹3.25 DDS. whether introducing such sure. he said.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Teachers fume over attack on Bihar prof. Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Write to Union HRD Minister seeking high-level inquiry into incident; allege ‘forgery’ by university V-C

Amarnath Tewary sion of Professor N.K. Sanghi league of Prof. Kumar. Patna in 1992”. “Such a corrupt The injured professor was The All India Federation of VC... can only spread cor first admitted to Patna Medi Bengal’s focus on renewable energy University and College ruption,” said the letter. cal College and Hospital but KOLKATA Teachers’ Organisations (AI later on Monday he was shift The Bengal government is FUCTO) on Monday wrote a Protest against V-C ed to the All India Institute of drawing up several schemes twopage letter to Union Hu A large section of the univer Medical Sciences in Delhi as to promote solar power and man Resource Development sity teachers have been prot he complained of some eye other sources of renewable Minister Prakash Javadekar esting against the “fascists sight problem. energy, CM Mamata Banerjee demanding a highlevel in and dictatorial attitude” of The police said two per said on National Renewable quiry into the attack on an the VC since May 29. On Au sons have been arrested for Energy Day on Monday. She assistant professor of Mahat gust 17, Prof. Kumar, who the attack so far. Earlier, made a reference to ma Gandhi Central Universi had also been protesting Prof. Kumar had lodged a ‘Aloshree’, a scheme taken up ty of Bihar and “forged” doc against Prof. Agrawal, was case against 12 persons for to fit solar panels in all uments submitted by the dragged out of his thirdfloor attacking him at the town government offices and university’s vicechancellor. flat by a mob and beaten up police station in Motihari in educational institutions. PTI “On behalf of AIFUCTO for making a comment on so East Champaran district. we express our concern over Up in arms: RJD leaders sitting on a dharna in protest against cial media on the demise of State BJP leader and Tou Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Seven dead in landslide the brutal attack on the assis the assault on Assistant Professor Sanjay Kumar, in Patna on former Prime Minister Atal rism Minister Pramod Ku in Jammu and Kashmir Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy/very heavy rain is likely at isolated tant professor of the Mahat Monday. * RANJEET KUMAR Bihari Vajpayee. The attack mar alleged that Professor places over Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Konkan & Goa, KISHTWAR ma Gandhi Central Universi ers allegedly also tried to set Kumar was a part of the “di Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub Seven persons, including a Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand, Himachal policeman, were killed and 12 ty at Motihari, Sanjay Kumar, ter, a copy of which is with alleged that the VC , Arvind Prof. Kumar on fire after visive forces” as his com The Hindu Pradesh, Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, central others injured on Monday as and also over corruption and . Agrawal, has furnished pouring petrol on him. ment on Vajpayee on social tyranny of the ViceChancel “false information that he “The attackers were, in media was not acceptable. Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Karnataka the two vehicles they were city rain max min city rain max min travelling in came under a lor Prof [Dr.] Arvind Agrawal ‘False information’ has been awarded PhD from fact, goons sent by the VC to The Opposition party lead Agartala...... 4.... 33.4.... 26.4 Kozhikode ...... 7.6.... 31.1.... 23.4 massive landslide on Doda who has been made VC on In the letter undersigned by Heidelberg University, Ger teach us all protesting teach ers and students’ organisa Ahmedabad...... 19.7.... 32.5.... 24.8 Kurnool...... 0.1.... 31.0.... 24.8 Kishtwar highway, a senior the basis of false and fabri AIFUCTO general secretary, many, in 1989, whereas he ers a lesson… The social me tions have extended their Aizwal ...... —.... 29.8.... 12.9 Lucknow...... 1.2.... 33.9.... 25.4 Allahabad ...... 39.9.... 33.2.... 27.8 Madurai...... —.... 37.0.... 26.2 police officer said. A mini bus cated statements and testi Prof. Arun Kumar, and presi has been awarded the de dia post was just an excuse support to Professor Kumar, Bengaluru...... —.... 26.5.... 20.2 Mangaluru...... 1.6.... 28.5.... 23.4 and a car plying on the road monials in his application for dent, Prof. Kesab Bhatta gree by the University of Ra for the attack,” said Mritun while demanding removal of Bhopal...... 2.2.... 28.5.... 23.8 Mumbai...... 15.9.... 29.0.... 24.2 were hit with massive the post,” said AIFUCTO let charya, the organisation has jasthan under the supervi jay Kumar Yadavendu, a col the ViceChancellor. Bhubaneswar ...... 3.4.... 30.2.... 26.0 Mysuru...... —.... 28.3.... 18.8 boulders and debris. An ex Chandigarh ...... —.... 32.5.... 27.8 New Delhi ...... 40.5.... 35.7.... 27.0 Chennai ...... —.... 35.1.... 28.0 Patna ...... 0.2.... 33.8.... 27.2 gratia relief of ₹4 lakh has Coimbatore...... —.... 31.4.... 22.6 Port Blair ...... 5.3.... 31.0.... 25.8 been announced for the next Dehradun...... 48.8.... 32.2.... 23.7 Puducherry...... —.... 35.6.... 25.0 of kin of the deceased. PTI Gangtok...... 7.9.... 22.7.... 18.0 Pune ...... 3.... 26.1.... 21.4 SC notice to U.P. on plea opposing Truck carrying animal Goa ...... 8.3.... 29.5.... 24.0 Raipur ...... 0.4.... 31.7.... 25.1 Guwahati ...... —.... 35.5.... 26.5 Ranchi...... 13.2.... 28.3.... 22.6 Huge quantity of Hubballi...... —.... 25.0.... 21.0 Shillong...... —.... 26.9.... 19.0 explosives seized parts set afire in U.P. Hyderabad ...... 19.6.... 27.2.... 20.5 Shimla...... —.... 23.6.... 16.6 PAKUR (JHARKAHND) dropping of riot case against CM Imphal...... 1.9.... 30.3.... 22.0 Srinagar ...... —.... 32.9.... 18.4 Jaipur...... 26.6.... 32.4.... 22.7 Trivandrum ...... 1.9.... 30.5.... 23.6 A huge quantity of explosives Kochi...... 2.4.... 30.4.... 23.2 Tiruchi ...... —.... 36.5.... 26.6 has been seized from a village ‘Kanwariyas suspected prohibited meat’ Kohima...... —.... 29.0.... 19.6 Vijayawada...... 85.4.... 27.0.... 24.4 Apex court seeks reply from State government in four weeks Kolkata...... 12.5.... 32.1.... 26.6 Visakhapatnam .....57.4.... 32.0.... 24.0 in Pakur district. Based on a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tipoff, a police team on fire by Kanwariyas, In (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Press Trust of India LUCKNOW conducted a surprise raid on es of promoting enmity bet drajeet Singh Bhadauria, Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday New Delhi the house of one Bhagat ween two groups. It was al A group of Kanwariyas on Station House Officer of Ka CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ahmedabad ...... — .73 ...9 ....55 .....— ....* Murmu and seized 10,000 The Supreme Court on Mon leged that several incidents Monday allegedly set a truck laan blamed “antisocial ele In observation made at Bengaluru...... 10 .38 .89 ....53 .112 ....* 4.00 p.m., Ghaziabad, detonators, 5,000 power gel day sought the Uttar Pra of violence were reported in on fire in the Shahjahanpur ments” among the yatris for Chennai ...... 32 .25 .50 ..178 .....— ....* Uttar Pradesh recorded an and 65 sacks of ammonium desh government’s response Gorakhpur on that day after district after they suspected the incident. Delhi ...... 11 .19 104 ..209 .191 ....* overall air quality index * (AQI) score of 174 nitrate. Murmu, however, on a petition challenging the an alleged hate speech by that the vehicle was carry “Some antisocial ele Hyderabad ...... 9 .16 .13 ....49 ...79 .... indicating a moderate Kolkata...... 2 .29 .60 ....23 ...23 ....* managed to escape. PTI level of pollution. In dropping of the 2007 Go Mr. Adityanath. ing prohibited meat. ments created a ruckus that Lucknow...... 10 .34 .33 ....96 .....— ....* contrast, Nashik, rakhpur riots case against On February 1, the Allaha According to the police, the truck was carrying Mumbai ...... 14 .26 .47 ....42 ...74 ....* Maharashtra recorded a healthy AQI score of 29 Dalit student killed for Chief Minister Yogi bad High Court had upheld early on Monday, a truck la meat. So 1015 of these anti Pune...... 34 .13 .56 ....37 ...24 ....* not withdrawing case Adityanath. Yogi Adityanath the quashing of a magis den with animal parts over social elements set the tyres Vishakhapatnam ..— ..— .53 ..... — .....— ....— SEONI (M.P.) A Bench of Chief Justice trate’s order that had taken turned near a Kanwad Mela of the truck on fire,” Mr. Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) A 23yearold Dalit student SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Dipak Misra and Justices hence. Rejoinder, if any, be cognisance of a chargesheet in the Kalaan area of Bhadauria told The Hindu. was killed here on Monday by making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. filed within two weeks there against Mr. Adityanath in Shahjahanpur. The fire was doused by fire particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues a man who was allegedly Chandrachud issued notice from. List after six weeks,” connection with the riot Irked by the stench com tenders and no injuries and monuments. putting pressure on her to NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by withdraw a sexual harassment and sought a reply from the the Bench said. case. The HC had dismissed ing from the truck, some were reported. reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. complaint against him. She State government in four On January 27, 2007, an the petition against the Ses Kanwariyas, who were pass The truck was found to be CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to weeks. FIR was lodged at Kotwali sions Court verdict filed by ing by, allegedly set the veh laden with dried tails of ani critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause was dragged by her hair and dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. her head was smashed with a “Issue notice. Let a copy police station in Gorakhpur Parvez Parwaz, at whose in icle on fire. mals, most likely buffaloes, PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, stone, the police said, adding of the petition be served on against Mr. Adityanath, then stance the FIR was regis While the official Twitter said Mr. Bhadauria. nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced the caveator. Counter affida a Member of Parliament, tered against Mr. Adityanath handle of the Shahjahanpur The samples will be sent lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and that the accused has been premature death in people with heart or lung disease arrested. PTI vit be filed within four weeks and several others on charg and others. police said the truck was set for testing in a laboratory.

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE In Kerala’s rice bowl, life moves on in camps Majority of the 2.5 lakh population of Kuttanad have been moved to relief camps in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts

Sam Paul A. Alappuzha Sitting on a verandah of the SDV School for Boys in Alap puzha, Omana Raveendran, 65, is listening carefully to a volunteer who is reading loud the names of people from a list. Inside the room, women, children and the el derly are picking clothes closest to their size from a collection donated by gener ous people and voluntary or ganisations. “We came to the relief camp with just the clothes we were wearing. Our house was submerged and we took a small country boat to es cape drowning,” says Ms. Ra veendran. She along with her son, daughterinlaw and granddaughter are among 538 people from different parts of Kuttanad living un Picking up the pieces: Checking out new clothes at a camp in Alappuzha and, right, food being distributed at a camp in Ernakulam.* SURESH ALLEPPEY & THULASI KAKKAT der one roof for the past four days. and Kottayam districts. ferring to the recurring can I expect in a difficult gannur where, at the relief gest thing is that we are all In Kuttanad, the rice bowl A fragile Sarojini, 68, walk floods in the region. time like this? They are pro camp at the Christian Col alive.” of Kerala, normal life has ing with heavy steps past a viding enough food, water lege, Sajini’s little daughter is All though there were is come to a standstill for a se group of children who are ‘Nothing left at home’ and clothing. But there is asleep on her shoulder. “She sues regarding toilet facilities cond time in a month owing playing after a meal of fish Ms. Sarojini is sharing space nothing left in my home. My is tired after being stranded in some of the camps, offi to the floods. curry from the food distribu with 16 others in a class house at Kainakary is com on the terrace of our house cials said biotoilets had been Of the 2.5 lakh population tion centre in the com room, and sleeps on a mat pletely submerged,” she (at Kallissery) for four days,” set up in most camps. Over of the region, a majority of pound, says: “The people of provided by the government. says, wiping a tear. says Ms. Sajini. “We can go 2.7 lakh people are staying in the people have been moved Kuttanad are destined to live “I am happy with the facili Apart from Kuttanad, the through this ordeal, but our 662 relief camps in the dis to relief camps in Alappuzha in relief centres.” She was re ties provided here. What else floods also badly hit Chen children can’t. But the big trict.

emotional impact on floods being guided by rescue workers to Nenmara on the foothills on Monday. * K. K. MUSTAFAH Sabha Secretariat said the operations in the State. preme Court said. Maldives. This donation is a small gesture to a neighbour and friend who has always stood by Maldives in need,” Use MPLADS funds to Ambassador of the Maldives CPI(M) slams hate campaign on social media to India Ahmed Mohamed told The Hindu on Monday. It shows utter social media that the floods Ms. Karat’s comments religion or own problems contribute, MPs told inhumanity, says in Kerala are a reflection of came after a recent tweet by have been pitching in. Keralite in Oman loses god’s anger on the Sabrimala RBI board member S. Guru “Some organisations Venkaiah Naidu, job for social media post Brinda Karat case. Others who have car murthy on August 18. “Su stand out in their toxic hate THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ried out campaigns on social preme court judges may like ful lies and false claims. The Mahajan give a A Keralite working in a Special Correspondent media against donations to to see if there is any connec Sangh Parivar and the Sewa month’s salary supermarket in Oman has New Delhi the CM’s relief fund have tion between the case and Bharati are asking people not been terminated from his job The CPI(M) on Monday hit Brinda Karat brought in their communal what is happening in Sabari to donate [to the] CM’s dis Special Correspondent following a highly insensitive out at the selective social me politics, saying don’t donate mala. Even if there is one in a tress relief fund. The CPI(M) New Delhi post he wrote in the wake of dia hate campaign from the Supreme Court to allow to the CM relief fund because million chance of a link peo refuses to engage with their Rajya Sabha Chairman M. the floods in the State. Rahul C. Palayattu, who worked as rightwing affiliated organi women to enter the Sabari the money will go to minori ple would not like the case lowlevel politics. For the Venkaiah Naidu and Lok cashier at the Lulu sations, persons asking not mala shrine. The party said ties alone. This kind of cam decided against Ayyappan,” party and thousands of Left Sabha Speaker Sumitra Ma Hypermarket, Bousher, was to donate to the Chief Minis such instances showed utter paign, which is not refuted he tweeted. volunteers, the only aim is hajan on Monday urged handed his termination letter ter’s Disaster Relief Fund inhumanity. or criticised by a single lead Ms. Karat said such hate rescue, relief and rehabilita Members of Parliament to that stated that the action is since the money may go to “A newly appointed RBI er of the BJP and the RSS, campaigns should be com tion. People of Kerala will generously contribute from prompted by his highly minorities, and those calling board member, known for shows their utter inhumani pared to the rescue work answer those who indulge in their MPLADS funds for re Sumitra Mahajan insensitive and derogatory the Kerala floods the wrath his close contacts with the ty,” CPI (M) Politburo mem done by the fisherfolk in Ker politics of division amidst lief and rehabilitation works comment in his post. IANS of god for the ongoing case in Sangh Parivar, has posted on ber Brinda Karat said. ala, who regardless of their suffering,” she added. in Kerala, besides consider trict. The guidelines further ing donating a month’s say that from the day an MP salary. makes such contribution, Both the Presiding Offic concerned authorities have ers of Parliament took the to identify relief works in Hero for a little hero Three flights land at Kochi naval base lead by announcing their one month and the same decision to donate a should be implemented S. PRASAD IndiGo to operate nakulam, Alappuzha, Kot month’s salary for relief within eight months. VILLUPURAM tayam and Nagercoil junc work. The two issued a joint “We appeal to all the The largehearted eight Bengaluru, tion. The only corridor in the appeal after a meeting at Mr. Members of Parliament to yearold schoolgirl from Chennai services railway network of the State Naidu’s residence. contribute generously from Villupuram, who broke that is out of bounds for their MPLADS funds for re open her piggy banks to Special Correspondent trains is PunkunnamGuru Guidelines for aid lief and rehabilitation works contribute to the flood New Delhi, vayur, where restoration The guidelines of Members in the affected areas of Kera THIRUVANANTHAPURAM relief in Kerala, was work is on in full swing. of Parliament Local Area la, as permissible under the rewarded on Monday for Flight connectivity to Kochi In the Palakkad railway di Development Scheme has MPLADS guidelines accord her generous gesture with resumed on Monday as Air vision, 90% of trains have provision that in the event ingly,” Ms. Mahajan said. a brand new bicycle. Hot wheels: Anupriya with India subsidiary Alliance Air been restored. The holding of a ‘calamity of severe na The two Presiding Offic Hero Cycles gifted a her bicycle on Monday. operated three flights to the up of rakes belonging to the ture’ in any part of the coun ers will also be writing let bicycle to S. Anupriya, a naval airbase, which was Thiruvananthapuram divi try, an MP can recommend ters to individual members Class II student, who the post, appreciating okayed for commercial Back in the air: Passengers of an aircraft from Bengaluru that sion in Palakkad due to sus works up to a maximum of of both the Houses with this donated her piggy bank Anupriya’s gesture. flights last week after the lo landed at the Kochi naval airbase on Monday. * THULASI KAKKAT pension of trains in the Er ₹1 crore for the affected dis request. savings of the last four “Anupriya, pranam to cal airport was shut due to nakulamShoranur section is years. you. You are a noble soul flooding on August 15. sector on Monday. tional institutions remaining leading to full restoration of Daughter of K.C. and wish you spread the IndiGo announced three The Railways commenced closed for Onam, bus sta trains, a Railways spokesper Shanmuganathan and good around. Hero is too flights connecting the city services on the Ernakulam tions and railway stations son said, adding that this Lalitha of K.K. Road in pleased to give you one with Bengaluru and Chennai ThrissurShoranur section, have become busy. would take days. Villupuram, Anupriya had bike every year of your from Tuesday. and the Kerala State Road Unprecedented rush is be Out of the 91 Mail and Ex been saving her pocket life. Pl share your contact The Thiruvananthapuram Transport Corporation ing witnessed on longdis press trains handled daily at money to buy a bicycle. on my account. Love you International Airport, which (KSRTC) was able to ply bus tance trains. Thiruvananthapuram, 75 On Sunday, a Twitter and best wishes. Prayers became a beehive of activity es on all routes, except to the With the Railways restor were restored on Monday. post about the child’s for Kerala,” Pankaj M. following the closure of the hill station of Munnar. ing traffic on the Ernakulam “Cent per cent trains will be gesture caught the Munjal, chairman and Kochi airport, operated 18 ThrissurShoranur section, back in two to three days,” attention of Hero Cycles managing director of Hero rescheduled flights in the in Rush on trains trains can run from Kasara Divisional Railway Manager which promptly retweeted Cycles, said in a tweet. ternational sector, and With Onam and Bakrid god to Kanniyakumari via Shirish Kumar Sinha told another nine in the domestic round the corner and educa Shornur and Palakkad, Er The Hindu on Monday.

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE An enduring threat Intelligence agencies have a terrible track record in anticipating religious-oriented terrorism Hardly any intelligence agency longing to disparate terror organi and the role of organisations such in the mid20th century was able sations, including the IS, carried as the JaisheMohammed ( JeM) to comprehend the danger posed out four major terror attacks, kill and the LashkareTaiba (LeT) in Stay with RCEP by the teachings of Islamist scho ing over 160 people. In succeeding sponsoring terror attacks from India must not take the easiest way out lar, Sayyid Qutb. Few saw in what months, there have been several across the border. Notwithstand he said the seeds of allembracing similar attacks, leading to the ing this, India must not be obli on the trade deal and walk out of talks M.K. Narayanan religious terrorism that would deaths of many more civilians and vious to attacks from other radical egotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Eco plague the world for years to soldiers. Killings have been indis Islamist sources. According to re nomic Partnership, among 16 Asian and Pacific ntelligence is often referred to come. Today, no doubt, it is possi criminate and a majority feature ports, both the IS and alQaeda are NOcean countries, have entered a decisive phase. as the ‘missing dimension’ ble to see the connection between REUTERS suicide bombers. Targets tend to engaged in a fierce competition to Most potential membercountries of the grouping, that Iwhen there is a failure to antici Qutb’s views and the establish wined with religious extremism, it be indiscriminate; in a recent sui enlarge their activities in India. comprises the 10 ASEAN members and their Free Trade pate critical developments of a ment of alQaeda, and how his becomes an even more potent cide attack, the target was a con There are also attempts being political and strategic nature. His teachings spawned an entire gen mixture. Behavioural patterns voy of Sikhs and Hindus on their made to secure more recruits from Agreement partners, Australia, China, India, Japan, tory is replete with many such in eration of Islamist terrorists. contribute to escalation, from way to meet the President of Af India. The territorial demise of the New Zealand and Republic of Korea, would like to see a stances. In recent times, re It was only after alQaeda car grievance redress to mobilisation, ghanistan in Jalalabad city in IS in Syria and Iraq is likely to exa “substantive agreement” on the trade deal by the end of nowned historians like ried out its spectacular attack on and on to violent extremism. which at least 19 persons were cerbate insurgencies elsewhere, as this year. At a meeting in Singapore, which is drivin g Christopher Andrew have also the World Trade Cent er in New killed. was witnessed after the ‘Afghan Ji the effort as the current ASEAN chair, countries which talked of a lack of ‘theologians’ York in 2001, that the world truly The Islamic State Given the climate of violence, had’ in the 1980s and 1990s. Mili still have issues with the outline of the agreements compounding this situation. Com woke up to this reality. The failure Consequently, any premature ce and the determination of radical tants fleeing the ‘Caliphate’ could reached so far may be told politely to step aside and al bined, these are seen as reasons or inability to piece together mis lebrations of the socalled destruc groups to wage war, India cannot enlarge the ranks of those already for failing to anticipate many of sing pieces of nonsecular tion of the Islamic State (IS) ‘Cali afford to be oblivious to what is present. As it is, there are reports low a smaller group to go ahead with finalising the the serious developments that thought, leading to a lack of under phate’ would be uncalled for. IS happening around us. It cannot af from many nations in the West of RCEP, with the option to join it at a later date. In dia is took place during the late 20th standing of the expanding saga of stormtroopers have moved from ford the luxury of amnesia, given stray attacks by returning IS re among the countries that will have to take a call at this and early 21st centuries. revolutionary violence, mostly of strongholds in Syria and Iraq to the kind of terror threats that we cruits from the Syrian and Iraqi point, and the government’s decision to set up a group To this day, for instance, many the religious variety, constitutes countries across Europe, Asia and faced in the past. battlefields — in cities as far apart of four ministers to advise Prime Minister Narendra Mo still wonder how the West and its one of the most spectacular fai Africa. Many regional franchises as London, Toronto and Paris. di on the path ahead indicates the seriousness of the sit intelligence agencies failed to real lures of intelligence in modern linking individual IS and alQaeda The ‘Khalistan’ revival It is important to appreciate the uation. India’s concerns with RCEP negotiations thus ise the dimensions of Iran’s reli times. groups are already in the works. Very recently, we have seen a ma fact that the strength of Islamist gious revolution, leading to the es Ethnicoriented violence and As the IS lost ground in Syria nifest attempt by Sikh extremist terror groups, and especially that far are manifold, but some have been addressed. The tablishment of a theocratic state terrorism is no less sanguinary in and Iraq, parts of Africa became groups residing in Canada and the of the IS, lies not only in their mil first is the greater access Chinese goods will have to the under Ayatollah Khomeini. In re many instances, as the history of the new battleground. More than a U.S. to revive the demand for Khal itary capabilities but more in their Indian market, a problem given India’s massive trade trospect, the Iranian Revolution ‘peoples’ uprisings’ in different dozen African countries across istan and of selfdetermination for ideology and propaganda. Jihad deficit. To circumvent this, given that India is the o ne was much larger than most pre parts of the world confirms. Some two broad belts of Africa — from Sikhs. They have the backing of and martyrdom continue to in country that doesn’t have an FTA with China, the go vious secular uprisings, including of the better known struggles of Somalia and Kenya in the east sections of the Sikh community in fluence young Muslims to join vernment has proposed a “differential market access” the French Revolution. The gener recent times, such as that of the through Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Bur the U.K. as well. As a result, a fresh their fold. Socalled polarisation strategy for China, which others are inclined to accept. ally accepted view, hence, is that Kurds in West Asia, have attracted kina Faso and Senegal in the west wave of Sikh radicalisation is be and the plight of religious minori intelligence agencies and policy international attention. Many oth — are facing a wave of Islamist ter ginning to be seen in quite a few ties present them opportunities as After the Wuhan summit, India and China have made makers are usually unable to re ers, however, have had a more li rorism. During the past two years, Western nations. well as soft targets. progress on addressing the trade deficit, with China in cognise the potential of move mited shelf life. Some are based on unverified reports indicate the The August 12 proKhalistan ral creasing access for Indian goods such as pharma and ments about which they know lit local grievances, and many are deaths of more than 10,000, and ly in London, sponsored by a body No time for complacency agricultural products. The second concern is about de tle or understand even less. sponsored by outside forces an the battle continues in unrelenting styling itself as ‘Sikhs for Justice’ The enduring message is that mands by other RCEP countries for lower customs du xious to create turbulence and dis fashion. based in the U.S. has the backing the ideological battle against reli ties on a number of products and greater access to the Grave lacuna order in another country. Hardly Boko Haram, a onetime affiliate of the U.K.based Khalistan Sikh giouslyoriented terror groups like market than India has been willing to provide. On the Intelligence analysts are better off any of them, however, have the of the IS, has been even more san Federation and the Dal Khalsa. It is the IS is far from over. No short when it comes to matters arising same broad sweep or appeal as re guinary than the IS or alQaeda. Al the clearest sign yet of the resur cuts are available as of now. Above other hand, the more developed RCEP countries such from more pedantic issues and ligiousoriented terrorism, espe Shabab in Somalia, the Jama’at gence of proKhalistan sentiments. all, India must realise that some of as Australia and Singapore have been unwilling to ac events. For example, in the case of cially Islamist terrorism. This is Nusrat alIslam wal Muslimeen in The August event has come in the the world’s top 10 most wanted commodate India’s demands to liberalise their services nondenominational terrorism, not to say that they do not pose a Mali, and several others continue wake of proKhalistani activists terrorists are located in its vicinity regime and allow freer mobility of Indian workers. which has been around for a long threat, or that the danger they to thrive in parts of Africa. ripping off the Indian flag in Parlia (the Haqqani brothers, LeT Chief Naturally, none of this is made easier by the fact that time, intelligence is better placed pose is any less. Afghanistan is the other main ment Square, London during the Hafiz Saeed, JeM leader Masood some of the RCEP countries, including India, are head to understand its dimensions than What is apparent as one surveys epicentre of radicalised Islamist Indian Prime Minister’s visit ear Azhar and Zakiur Rehman Lakh ed for elections next year, a point where government s that of religiousoriented terro the global scene today is that the terror. The years 2017 and 2018 lier this year . A revitalised move vi). India, hence, cannot afford to traditionally turn protectionist. Despite these con rism. Any number of instances can number and variety of terror have been particularly bad in ment for a separate Sikh state can be complacent. be cited, wherein agencies failed groups is larger and more wides terms of the number of terror at cause problems within India, cerns, the government must take into account the deep to understand the emerging di pread than at any time previously. tacks and casualties resulting from sooner rather than later. M.K. Narayanan is a former National er strategic pitfalls of either slowing down India’s RCEP mensions of religiousoriented Ideology remains the main source these attacks. In a single month in India is currently preoccupied Security Adviser and a former Governor engagement or walking out of the talks at this stage. Do terrorism. of violent extremism. When intert January this year, terrorists be with terror attacks from Pakistan, of West Bengal ing so would cut India out of the rulesmaking process for the RCEP and give China further space in the region al trade and security architecture. At a time when t he U.S. has broken from the global concord on multilateral A brief history of the rupee trade agreements, an Indian walkout would endanger the united message that RCEP countries, which repre As the currency trades at around 70 to the dollar, a recap of its revaluation soon after Independence sent 40% of the global GDP, would wish to send out. It Dollar securities held by private tan would have had no forex other The Indian side, led by Finance would also be a sharp departure from India’s “Act East” individuals were compulsorily ac than the sterling balances to pay Minister John Mathai, agreed to slogan and its extended outreach to ASEAN. quired, and compensation was in for imports. The urgency of reach two types of deductions from the rupees at the market price on an ing an agreement increased. The sterling balances. First, towards arbitrary date, resulting in losses impossibility of a writeoff was ac the pensions of former British to many. The Bank of England cepted. But limits were placed on members of the ICS. Second, the Muqtada’s turn? Puja Mehra (BoE) sold the securities so ac their use by the two countries — as value of military equipment, re The decks have been cleared quired, adding the dollars to its unrestricted spending would have gardless of the condition and for government formation in Iraq coffers. Dollars for the war were al run the British balance of pay worth, the British forces had left he rupee’s depreciation to so raised by selling silver bullion ments, and consequently its eco behind. The subtractions added to he Iraqi Supreme Court’s ratification of the re more than 70 to a dollar just from India’s reserves to govern nomy, to the ground. £100 million. sults of the May 12 parliamentary election has set Tahead of Independence Day ments outside the sterling area. Under this interim agreement, Limits were placed on how the stage for government formation. After claims led to historical comparisons of Dollars could be spent on im India could spend from the ba much could be drawn in a given T GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO of widespread irregularities during voting, Iraqi law the value of the rupee. These can ports of essential consumables, lances in dollars, as Britain had period from the balances. be misleading, as political free not capital goods. What was essen tiator, B.K. Nehru, has described agreed to make the pound conver makers had ordered a recount. The only change after dom did not automatically result tial was defined by the war re the protracted settlement in his tible under the terms of a loan The Cripps mission the recount is that the AlFatah bloc, which had com e in India’s monetary independence quirements until 1946, when civi memoirs. from the U.S. But Britain soon re At the talks, the British side gave second with 47 seats, now has 48, gaining one from the in 1947. The rupee’s association lian requirements were included. Winston Churchill had been pudiated the convertibility clause, credible warnings of an imminent Baghdad Coalition. The Sairoon Alliance led by fire with Britain was prolonged by fac The restrictions on capital goods threatening to write off the sterling in turn altering the character of sterling devaluation. India failed to brand Shia cleric Muqtada alSadr remains the largest tors beyond India’s control. imports continued because the balances. In the first round of ne the agreement entered into with capitalise on them. The telegram, bloc with 54 seats, while incumbent Prime Minister On a sterling standard 1931 on BoE had blocked what were called gotiations, in 1946, by which time India. Pound convertibility was ‘For ( Jawaharlal) Nehru from At Haider alAbadi’s Victory Alliance has 42. Now that the wards, the rupee, linked to a de India’s sterling balances. By the Churchill was out of power, the ruled out by the sorry state of Brit tlee’, received on September 21, preciating currency, depreciated end of World War II, India had ac British delegation sought a consid ish production after the war years. 1949, announcing a devaluation results are official, lawmakers have about 90 days to along with the sterling. cumulated a sizeable sterling ba erable scalingdown of the sterling Pentup demand for consumer from $4.03 to the pound to $2.8 to elect a Prime Minister. The MPs must elect the Speaker lance of £1,300 million — India’s balances. India sought word that goods could only be met with im the pound, took India completely in the first session of Parliament. Within 30 days they War distortions earnings in foreign currency on its the sterling — that had become ports from the U.S. Pound conver by surprise. It effectively wrote off are to elect, with a twothirds majority, the next P resi Britain (and France) declared war exports for the war, deposited in much overvalued — would not be tibility would have exhausted Brit a third of the sterling balances. dent. The President will then, within 15 days, ask the on Germany in 1939. In prepara the BoE in the form of sterling to devalued. The visitors refused. ish forex reserves. B.K. Nehru noted that Churchill’s largest coalition’s representative to form the govern tion, India’s economy was geared the credit of the Reserve Bank of The sterling to them was still the A delegation was sent back to threat was partially achieved by ment. The Prime Ministerdesignate will have 30 days up by the colonial government to India (RBI) account. The balance premium currency against which London to renegotiate the conver Stafford Cripps, then Chancellor to come back to Parliament to approve a Cabinet, with wards the war effort through im had grown with import controls other currencies were valued. tible portion of the sterling balanc of the Exchequer. India devalued position of controls. The first was limiting forex outflows. The cor The next sterling balances nego es. It returned emptyhanded. The the rupee proportionally: from each member required to be approved by a majority the exchange control. Completely responding increase in rupee cir tiations were held in London in Ju negotiations were concluded in ₹3.309 to a dollar to ₹4.762. vote. If this process fails, the President has 15 more days convertible into any currency until culation stoked war inflation in ly 1947 against the backdrop of the the summer of 1949, after the com The sterling was floated against to invite another candidate to be Prime Minister. A wor then, the rupee was made incon India. Government of India having been pletion of the bitter separation of the major international currencies kable coalition will need the support of 165 MPs in the vertible. Transferring money out After the war ended, the transf thrown into chaos by the advance Indian and Pakistani finances. (Till in the early 1970s, the rupee as late 329member House. side the sterling area required per er of the sterling balances was ne ment of the date Independence/ July 1, 1948, the RBI continued as as 19931994. The two currencies For now, four Shia blocs — Mr. Sadr’s Sairoon that in mission under rules that were laid gotiated between India and Bri Partition to August 15, 1947, from the central banker for the Govern were delinked in 1975. cludes the Sadrist movement and the Iraqi Communist down in London. The maze of con tain. (After Partition, Pakistan June 30, 1948. ment of Pakistan. India national trols grew as the war went on. joined the talks.) India’s key nego After August 15, India and Pakis ised the RBI on January 1, 1949.) Puja Mehra is a Delhi-based journalist Party; Mr. Abadi’s Victory Alliance; Shia cleric Amm ar alHakim’s National Wisdom Movement; and secular LETTERS TO THE EDITOR politician Ayad Allawi’s Wataniyah — have formed a Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. grand alliance. This Shia coalition has the support of about 140 lawmakers, and has sought support from oth Sidhu’s Pakistan visit mean that an inimical architect of the Kargil according to a written reply strange actions and Christian lyrics set to er parties. The second largest bloc, Hadi alAmiri’s pro I wonder why Navjot Singh stance needs to be conflict, for a summit at Agra by Minister of State for utterances of its leaders and Carnatic music. It is always Iran Fatah Alliance, is yet to join hands with Mr. S adr. Sidhu, who is a Minister in maintained all the time. as a diplomatic gesture to External Affairs M.J. Akbar to cadre. the ignorant who create During the campaign, Mr. Sadr had attacked the grow the Punjab government, is Sports and cultural improve bilateral relations. the Rajya Sabha — why C.M. Umanath, spurious schisms in society now the target of much programmes are great steps Even though it turned out to question Mr. Sidhu’s gesture? Kozhikode and use them to further their ing influence of the U.S. and Iran in Iraq. Fatah, made criticism just because he that can help usher in be a flop, the Opposition . As long as we maintain bigoted agendas. Anyone up of the Irantrained Popular Mobilisation Forces that hugged Pakistan Army chief peace between any two then did not demand diplomatic ties with A collaboration willing to investigate the were at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa warring nations. Vajpayee’s resignation. We Pakistan, all such actions are Carnatic music has no matter dispassionately will State, ran a proIran campaign. In June, Mr. Sadr and during Imran Khan’s T. Anand Raj, need to grow as a nation and to be viewed through the religion, which the writer has invariably come up with a Mr. Amiri had announced a surprise alliance in Najaf, swearingin as the Prime Chennai not get worked up over such prism of diplomacy. succinctly brought out nuanced narrative. To use as but later Fatah backed out. If Mr. Sadr’s grand coalition Minister of Pakistan trivialities. Mudgal Venkatesh, (Editorial page, “A chronicle universal a language as music ■ Kalaburagi, Karnataka does not get Fatah on its side, it will have to seek sup (“Wrong of Sidhu to hug The controversy is not only S.K. Choudhury, of collaboration”, August to drive a wedge between Pak. Army chief, says an overreaction but also Bengaluru 20). It is the mindset and people can only be the work port from Kurdish or Sunni parties. Mr. Sadr cannot be Amarinder”, August 20). It uncalled for. Punjab Chief ■ The actions and utterances milieu which have changed of diseased minds. Amidst all come Prime Minister as he did not contest. But being is silly to question a Minister Amarinder Singh ■ The hue and cry in some of Mr. Sidhu show the recently, which this, the deafening silence of the leader of the largest bloc, he will play a crucial role person’s patriotism because too is only playing to the quarters over Mr. Sidhu’s Congress party in a bad light. unfortunately have resulted both the purveyors of in selecting the Prime Minister and setting the agenda of this act. gallery with his public gesture is perhaps Was he trying to emulate his in the present atmosphere of Carnatic music as well as the for the government. His nationalist, propoor rhetor ic When South Korea and disapproval of what unjustified. It has to be party president? The manufactured hate that cognoscenti who flock to during the campaign focussed on policies independent America could hold direct happened. But more construed as a spontaneous Congress president needs to some people are trying to mainstream concerts is of foreign interference. The next government’s bigge st talks with North Korea — ridiculous is the BJP’s gesture. When India has rein in his partymen, which exploit. Please leave Carnatic worrying. Those who know which made it a point to demand for Mr. Sidhu’s accorded Pakistan the ‘Most is a tall order given that music alone. better should never allow early task is to improve security and address Sunni re maintain bitterness all resignation; the party needs Favoured Nation’ (MFN) Rahul Gandhi attacks the S. Viswanathan, lumpen elements to take sentment in the north against the Shia elite in Baghdad. around — there is nothing to be reminded of former status, and when the Prime Minister almost every Chennai over such discourses. Mr. Abadi’s government has succeeded in regaining ter wrong in Mr. Sidhu’s Prime Minister Atal Bihari government clarified in day without rhyme or S. Bhashyam, ritories from the IS, but the task of reaccommodati ng gesture. It is a fact that Vajpayee inviting then January this year that there reason. The Congress is ■ It is good to see that sanity Bengaluru Sunnis into the national mainstream remains. Pakistan is a troublesome Pakistan President General was no proposal to withdraw desperate and is shooting is being restored in the more letters online: country, but that does not Pervez Musharaff, the the MFN status to Pakistan, — itself in the foot with the ongoing debate on singing www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 OPED 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE What Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ignores Educating people about The profession of of waste removal needs to be made caste-neutral through adoption of technologies climate change Shimla, which was formerly called the Viceregal Lodge, has three en Vulnerable populations should be made aware of the trances: one for residents and guests, potential risks and how to cope with them one for servants, and one exclusively for sweepers and scavengers. The reach of the court’s order, climate change sweepers’ pathways — which form an seems to find low salience in everyday lives Ravichandran Bathran invisible and intricate network of and conversations. Most of the country’s corridors, stairwells and gangplanks plans for vulnerable populations are direct In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra leading to the many toilets in the ed towards poverty alleviation, improving Modi pledged to clean the “filthiness building — have now been closed off. living standards, enhancing access to educa all around us”, which, according to Significantly, in colonial Indian archi Sohini Mitra tion, sanitation, healthcare and ensuring hu him, is an obstacle for promoting the tecture, the scavengers’/sweepers’ man rights. Climate change finds little men tourism that offers jobs to the poor staircase did not intersect with the Climate change has the potential to disrupt tion. It must receive greater prominence est of the poor. Mr. Modi announced servants’ staircase. The original plan and reshape lives. There are several alarm because the lives of a large number of the his government’s resolve to accom ning document of the Viceregal ing predictions about its impact. The UN Sus population is at risk. It is important that they plish the vision of a clean India by Lodge has clear references to this se tainable Goals Report, 2018 notes that cli know how to address and minimise the risks 2019, on the 150th birth anniversary cluded pathway. mate change is among the key factors in they face. So, what more can be done?

of Gandhi. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY It is significant that ‘toilets’ are not rising hunger and human displacement. The (SBA) was an unprecedented nation viewed as essential parts of buildings World Health Organisation estimates that cli The way forward wide initiative aimed to inspire the Empowerment to the Lok Sabha in their hygiene and health. and public architecture in India. For mate change will cause an additional At present, climate change does not find public to voluntarily clean public December 2017, over 300 cases of The doortodoor service has dark instance, the Delhi Metro did not in 250,000 deaths per year between 2030 and specific mention in Schedule VII of the Com spaces as a service to the nation. The deaths due to manual scavenging, er undertones. Until they were clude toilets in all the stations in its 2050, due to malnutrition, malaria, diar panies Act, 2013. However, if it were to be ar campaign initially highlighted imag mostly from particular caste groups, banned in 1993, dry latrines were original plan. It was only after a PIL rhoea and heat stress. Undoubtedly, much of ticulated and specified as an activity for cor es of celebrities “voluntarily” sweep were reported that year. emptied through a similar doorto that the Delhi High Court directed this loss will be accounted for by lowincome porate social responsibility (CSR), rather ing the streets, in protective gear. Cir Punitive measures should exhort door service. On arrival, the munici the Metro authorities to construct groups in developing nations, including In than be implied in the umbrella term of envi culated by a pliable commercial the public to learn where and how pal servant would blow a whistle and toilets and provide other facilities in dia. The World Bank projects that climate ronmental sustainability, organisations may media, these images trended on so one should urinate, defecate and dis the respective houses would move all stations. This ‘oversight’ is only change could cost India 2.8% of its GDP, and be encouraged to view it with increased im cial media. Concurrently, municipal pose of garbage. The campaign, ho away from their toilet bowl or pots, compounded by the location of the diminish living standards for nearly half the portance and clarity and lend more weight ities began to employ more contrac wever, burdens the contractual la which she would come to empty toilets. For instance, temples usually country’s population, in the next to creating awareness, mitigation tual labourers — mostly scavengers bourer with an ‘exclusive’ right to through an exclusive entrance. The did not construct toilets. And when 30odd years. and resiliencebuilding. Schedule forced into the profession by their cleaning public spaces, while making whistle does not merely announce they are constructed, they are built These bleak scenarios raise VII would then need to be amend caste — to remove waste. it a voluntary act for the ‘public’ to the presence of the worker; it also away from the boundary. questions. Do those most at risk ed from “ensuring environmental not defecate, urinate or litter in ran announces the presence of a lower know about climate change? Is sustainability, ecological balance, Adopting the Western approach dom spaces. caste body from whom all contact Addressing the stigma there sufficient awareness about protection of flora and fauna, ani This approach is an uncritical adop In India, waste carries the stigma has to be avoided. The contempor Similarities between the secular SBA its causes, especially about an mal welfare, agroforestry, conser tion of the 19th century Western mo that is attached to pollution and ary whistle echoes older practices, and the casteist form of manual sca thropogenic contributions? Do vation of natural resources and

del of removing waste from the pu caste, as does the process of removal where members of the lower castes venging are evident, but they have vulnerable groups know the ma GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK PHOTO maintaining quality of soil, air and blic gaze. Although stopping the (‘scavenging’), and the occupation had to whistle, ululate, etc., while gone unnoticed. The secular sound nifestations of climate change, water” to include climate change spread of disease was the primary in (‘scavenger’). The waste remover in walking in public spaces in order to ing Swachh Bharat offers nothing but and are they aware that it could potentially as an area for investment. tention in the West, sanitation is now India is not a professional, like in the warn caste Hindus from crossing concealment of caste. The SBA ena affect the health, livelihoods and lives of Scaling up current initiatives of the corpo largely an extension of visual aesthet West. Also stigmatised are the spaces their paths. As much as the waste it bles a disjunction between the clean their families and communities, of present rate and social sectors to regional or national ics — sanitation means the absence of in which the removal takes place and self, it is the presence of the body of ing and disposing of waste, where and future generations? levels would be an early, albeit challenging, “filthiness all around us”. where the waste is disposed. All of the ‘scavenger’ which is seen as pol the cleaning is a voluntary ‘service’ solution. Efforts on this front could be facili The West introduced technologies these are considered to be contami luting by the larger public. This no which caste Hindus are called upon Various initiatives tated and amplified by companies’ CSR activ to systematically remove waste. For nated by caste pollution. In short, tion has a spatial correlate — toilets to undertake, while collecting and Several initiatives have been implemented to ities. The National CSR Data Portal reports example, when Londoners expe stigma resides in the profession, the are usually built away from living disposing waste is a ‘duty’ relegated create awareness about climate change — corporate spends on environment, animal rienced the ‘Great Stink’ in 1858, the labour, the body, and in the space. spaces; this is the case even today. to municipal workers from particular about how to mitigate it and adapt to it. In welfare and conservation of resources to be government realised that it would In the past, municipalities erected In Agraharams (exclusive Brahmin castes. Any tangible achievement of 1991, the Supreme Court directed the Central ₹801 crore in 201415 and ₹912 crore in 2015 need a holistic sewerage plan, which bins in common places for shops and quarters), and even in some non a clean India is possible only if the government and all State governments to 16. Clearly, business organisations are willing would become part of the London households to dispose of waste. Brahmin households, for example, stigma attached to sanitary labour, provide compulsory environmental educa to invest their money in issues related to the water infrastructure, to remove filth These bins were the first to be re toilets are constructed behind the place and waste are critically ad tion to all students in schools and colleges. environment. Similarly, the film industry and treat waste from the river moved, as the mission offered door house so that the scavenger is ‘unsee dressed by casteneutralising these This directive was reiterated in 2003 ( M.C could consider ways to incorporate key as Thames in a sustainable way. Soon, todoor collection. Workers are now able’ while walking down an ‘exclu professions and through adoption of Mehta v. Union of India ). Corporate organi pects of climate change in films, writers the construction of toilets in house expected to whistle to announce sive’ lane to the toilet to empty the technologies. Until then we are un sations, research and education institutes, could introduce climate change in adult and holds and shops became mandatory. their presence upon arrival in their bucket. Similarly, traditional Indian likely to succeed in any mission to NGOs and foundations have committed children’s literature, and gaming companies The Swachh Bharat campaign designated areas. Thereafter, mem houses had toilets that were often lo keep our cities clean. Even if we suc themselves to educating people about cli could develop games on this theme. hardly addresses a reworking of the bers from the households bring un cated at the boundary of the com ceed in putting up a façade of cleanli mate change and providing the knowhow Given the startling forecasts about the im underground sewerage system. This segregated garbage, workers collect pound with an exclusive path for the ness, we need to remember that a for mitigation, adaptation and resilience pact of climate change, it is the need of the is a cause for grave concern, since those in a sack, and store garbage in ‘scavengers’. Clearly, Hindu notions clean village exists because an ‘un building. These initiatives target urban and hour to educate and equip both rural and ur many labourers have died recently a designated place from where it is of pollution on the one hand, and clean’ caste has absorbed all the rural populations including schoolgoing chil ban communities to build resilience against while cleaning jammed manholes taken to the composting yard. The secular notions of stigma on the oth ‘filth’ of the village. dren. Their thrust ranges from inculcating natural disasters, adapt to environmental that open into the sewerage system. workers, as per the campaign, have er, influenced the building of toilets. the concept of environmental sustainability changes, and manage potential risk. Most disturbingly, these deaths have to go to the yard to segregate the This particular trait reflected in Ravichandran Bathran is the founder of the to driving home the impact of climate a caste pattern. According to a reply waste. Manually segregating the colonial architecture as well. The In YouTube channel, Dalit Camera change on food, water, nutrition and health. Sohini Mitra is a Bengalurubased market research by the Ministry of Social Justice and waste at the landfill compromises dian Institute of Advanced Study in (@dalitcamera). Email: ravi.ciefl@gmail.com However, despite these efforts, and the professional. Email: [email protected]

FIFTY YEARS AGO AUGUST 21, 1968 Erasing the past Indo-Pak confederation suggestion untenable

Why rename old roads and stations The Union Defence Minister, Mr. Swaran Singh today [August when new ones are waiting to be named? 20, New Delhi] turned down as unacceptable and unten able the suggestions for the confederation of India and Pakist an. Anuradha Raman Answering a volley of questions arising from a calling atten tion motion in the Rajya Sabha on Pakistan’s military prepara To rename the 150yearold Mugh tions, the Defence Minister said: “With the type of tension that alsarai railway station in Uttar Pra now exists, with their (Pakistan’s) forces in Jammu and Kash desh after Rashtriya Swayamsevak mir and with their throwing to the wind their obliga tions un Sangh ideologue Deen Dayal Upad der the Tashkent agreement the proposal is untenable.” Mr. hyaya, who was mysteriously Swaran Singh stated that the two countries were sovereign and found dead on the railway track any suggestion that would compromise the sovereignty of the close to the station in 1968, doesn’t country would not be acceptable to India or Pakistan.

GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK make much sense if the objective is to systematically erase Mughal history. Islamic and Hindu A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 21, 1918. cultures mingled in India for centuries, leaving a plethora of shared or overlapping nomenclature — too many to wipe Suicide by Revolver Shot. out. How far do we go back in history and what do we choose to excise? Yesterday [August 19] forenoon at 1030, a European Lady re Yet this prominent example is but one in a long list of sta siding at No. 8 Waterloo Street [Calcutta], with her husband, tions, roads and other venues that are slowly and steadily CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Mr. W.B. Monk, was found dead with a bullet wound on her head and a five chambered revolver lying by her side on t he being renamed. Are we witnessing a movement that seeks to CONCEPTUAL ABSTRACT rewrite or erase parts of history? floor. The deceased who was about 44 years old had been mar Some seek to justify this process and draw parallels to ried about 19 years and there is a son who is being educated in movements in other countries, such as the movement Schelling point Dynasties and development England. It is stated that at about 1030 A.M. on Monday when against Confederate monuments and memorials in the U.S., Game theory Mr. Monk was putting on his hat to go to office his wife shouted or the movement to bring down the Cecil Rhodes statu e in Comparing dynastic and non-dynastic politicians out something and immediately afterwards he heard the re Oxford in the U.K. But these are not the same. In the U.S., This refers to the common port of a revolver shot. He ran into the dining room whence he fierce debates continue to rage over allowing Confederate solution to a problem that Srinivasan Ramani parliamentary elections tive responses in surveys heard the report and found his wife lying motionless on the statues — symbols of the country’s dark history of slaver y is chosen by individuals in from 2003 onwards. They when people were asked floor. Near her side was a five chambered revolver. and white supremacy — to stand, and parks bearing the a group when there is an Dynastic politics is an oft compiled dynastic con about a legislator’s perfor CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC names of Confederate leaders have been renamed Justice absence of coordination repeated term in Indian nections using the nomi mance. They found that DATA POINT Park and Emancipation Park. The net impact has been to between them. In other political discourse. Most nation papers of the can the performance of dynas bring a measure of solace or closure to those who su ffered words, it refers to people’s major political parties are didates, and combined tic politicians and legisla racist attacks. And in the U.K., students have led protests to expectations of what oth helmed by people who are that with the data collect tors was poorer compared bring down the statute of Cecil Rhodes, the Britishori gin ers expect them to do in the sons, daughters or re ed by Patrick French (who to nondynastic ones in all Prime Minister of Cape Colony who espoused racist views, the absence of sufficient latives of prominent lead had also tabulated dynas the three categories. This yet left behind a generous and lasting corpus of fund s in information to coordinate ers. At the parliamentary tic politicians before finding is consistent with higher education. This hints at a broader social realisation of their actions. Two stran constituency level, how 2014). In order to study studies in other democra the legacy of colonialist racism. gers agreeing to meet in a does a dynastic politician the outcomes of the pre cies. In India, the last of the Mughals became the symbolic large city, but without any perform, both during sence of dynastic and non The authors concluded leaders of a revolt against white rulers. Yet, Aurangzeb, not predetermined time or ve elections and as a legisla dynastic candidates, the that dynasts are overre the most popular of Mughal rulers in public memory, h as nue, for instance, might tor, compared to other authors restricted the presented in Indian polit been so demonised in school textbooks that alternative decide to gather at a pro candidates who do not comparison between ics as they have electoral readings of him have become impossible. As historian Na minent locality of the city come from dynasties? This them to closely contested advantages, but “dynastic rayani Gupta once remarked to this newspaper, “Ultimately, at a significant moment. It is the question that re races, as in such races descendants underper it comes down to the appalling way we teach history in is named after American searchers Siddharth Ea there are no particular form in office”. This is be terms of good and bad kings. It shows a lack of imagination, economist Thomas Schell pen George and Dominic reasons for a candidate’s cause while dynasts inhe a lack of a sense of history, a smallness of mind.” ing who proposed it in his Ponattu sought to answer close victory over his/ her rit voters easily from their The clamour for renaming roads is also unlike the move 1960 book, The Strategy of in their working paper, immediate competitor. predecessors, the very ment to erase the names of British rulers from the roads of Conflict. “How do political dynas The authors measured fact of a loyal vote base Delhi. Colonialism differed from Mughal rule in that the Brit ties affect economic deve the following variables to could “mute performance ish government’s motives were resource extraction and stra CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC lopment? Theory and Evi study the impact of the incentives”, thereby lo tegic control. Thus, an argument could be made for relabell MORE ON dence from India”. It was winning candidate: night wering their performance ing roads named Chelmsford, Curzon, and Connaught after THE WEB recently presented at the light variation (as a proxy levels. Indian leaders. However, isn’t India’s Mughal legacy an in 3 Annual Bank Conference for economic growth); pu Interestingly, the auth dispensable part of its history, culture and cuisine? There on Development Econo blic goods distribution (ef ors also found that politi Kerala floods: In are always new roads and railway stations waiting to be conversation with the mies hosted by the World ficacy of public schemes cians who have sons per named after Indian leaders. So, why attempt to wish away Ernakulam District Bank. effected by the legislator, form better in office, history? Collector The researchers looked such as availability of which suggests that this is at 1,05,000 Indian politi schools, healthcare servic an incentive to establish a The writer is an Associate Editor with The Hindu in New Delhi http://bit.ly/keralainterview cians across Assembly and es, and so on); and subjec dynasty (“bequesting”). CM A ND-NDE YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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FROM PAGE ONE SC to review Kashmir backs IndiaPak. dialogue Perarivalan Road, rail services Mirwaiz says the two countries should come closer and resolve the longpending J&K dispute pardon plea

partially restored Peerzada Ashiq of the Joint Resistance Lea the two countries had made Legal Correspondent Srinagar dership along with Syed Ali an encouraging beginning by NEW DELHI The State government has tribution of LPG cylinders. Major political parties and Shah Geelani and Yasin Ma speaking of talks. The Supreme Court on convened an allparty meet The Chief Minister said the Hurriyat in Jammu and lik, hinted at holding a meet “We hope the new govern Monday gave the Rajiv ing on Tuesday to discuss volunteers had been enlist Kashmir on Monday ex ing of various leaders over ment in Pakistan walks the Gandhi assassination con the flood havoc. ed to clean up damaged pressed support for a Kash the latest engagement bet talk and gets adequate res vict A.G. Perarivalan a fort Chief Minister Pinarayi houses. Electrical and mircentric dialogue bet ween India and Pakistan. ponse from this side too. night’s time to place on re Vijayan said the rescue op plumbing jobs would be ween India and Pakistan, Kashmir, he said, was a Jammu and Kashmir is di cord a copy of his erations would continue till done free of cost and hospi welcoming the intent for complex issue, and Pakistan rectly hit by the hostility bet application made to the Ta the last of the marooned vic tals supplied with antive “constructive engagement” had rightly suggested an un ween the two countries and mil Nadu Governor two tims were brought to safety. nom to deal with snake expressed by the former and interrupted dialogue. the progress in the region is years ago seeking grant of Responding to a public bites. “uninterrupted dialogue” by “The dialogue is the need held hostage to security con pardon. interest petition in the High Mr. Vijayan said the State the latter. of the hour. We always sup cerns. We expect a serious A threejudge Bench of Court, Assistant Solicitor would require almost as Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, port any such initiatives,” he dialogue to follow up the Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Na General N. Nagaresh said much as the annual Plan chairman of the All Parties said. The Mirwaiz, however, statements,” Mr. Akhtar said. vin Sinha and K.M. Joseph there was no provision in outlay of ₹37,248 crore for Hurriyat Conference, de was quick to add that India The National Conference listed the case for Septem the statute or manuals to de reconstruction of infrastruc scribed Prime Minister Na needed to show reciprocity termed the statements of In ber 6. clare a disaster as ‘National ture. rendra Modi’s letter to Pakis and “change its current mili dia and Pakistan “a crucial In a court hearing that Calamity.’ He, however, said He said the Central go tan Prime Minister Imran lopment”. “It reflects new terest of the entire region if tary approach in Kashmir to development”. coincided with the 74th the Centre considered the vernment was expected to Khan and the Pakistan Fo positivity. We hope that the the two countries come clos a political one”. “Dialogue needs to be ta birth anniversary of the flood situation in Kerala as a provide assistance to help reign Minister Shah Mah channels of communication er and resolve the longpend ken forward. All groups will late leader, Perarivalan, re disaster of serious nature. the State tide over the crisis. mood Qureshi’s remarks of will remain open to build ing Kashmir dispute,” he told Good beginning: PDP appreciate it,” party general presented by advocate Go The Union Ministry of Revenue Minister E. “uninterrupted dialogue on trust. It is in the interest of The Hindu. Peoples Democratic Party secretary Ali Muhammad Sa pal Sankaranarayanan, Health airlifted 52 tonnes of Chandrasekharan said all Kashmir” as “a positive deve Kashmir and also in the in The Mirwaiz, who is a part leader Naeem Akhtar said gar said. submitted that his mercy emergency medicines to flood victims would be com petition was pending since Kerala. pensated for losses based on December 30, 2015. Another 20 tonnes was reports and verification by In his letter to the Gover on the way, the National Cri revenue authorities. Dawood aide to appear nor, he had written how he sis Management Committee The State Level Bankers Congress misinformed had already undergone 24 which met in New Delhi was Committee which met here years of solitary confine informed. on Monday announced a in London court today ment, while life imprison A consignment of bleach moratorium on repayment ment is for a maximum of ing powder and chlorine ta of interest on crop loans for He was arrested at a hotel on Friday on Rafale: Anil Ambani 20 years after which the blets would be despatched a period of one year. convict could be consi on Tuesday and 12 medical Based on a request from Vidya Ram A warrant had been is dered for release. teams were put on standby. Agriculture Minister V.S. Su LONDON sued by the Westminster Says it’s the handiwork of vested interests, corporate rivals “The main culprits who The Ministry of Petro nil Kumar, the committee al An aide of Dawood Ibrahim Magistrate’s Court, where designed the bomb made leum and Natural Gas said it so resolved to restructure is set to appear in a London he appeared later on Friday, Special Correspondent tions. More than 100 medi of RDX were not nabbed till had sanctioned 12,000 KL of the repayment of the loan court on Tuesday morning, and is due to appear again Mumbai um, small and micro enter date. They are scotfree kerosene for Kerala and amount over a period of five following his arrest by the on Tuesday, the police said. Reliance Group chairman prises will participate in this, and investigation is still made arrangements for dis years. Metropolitan Police’s extra Earlier this year, Yasin Anil Ambani has said that along with public sector un pending into the vital as dition unit at a hotel here on Mansoor Mohammed Fa the Congress has been “mis dertakings like BEL and De pects of the crime itself,” Friday. rooq, aka Farooq Takla, 58, informed, misdirected and fence Research and Develop the letter said. Perarivalan Jabir Motiwala, or Jabir also an aide of Ibrahim, was misled by malicious vested ment Organisation. This role was 19 years old when the Pakistan offers Siddiq, is said to be an aide extradited to India by the interests and corporate riv strengthens Indian manufac CBI arrested him in June of Ibrahim, the key accused UAE. als” on the Rafale deal. turing capabilities, and is in 1991 for his involvement in in the 1993 Mumbai serial In early August, a Thai In a letter to Congress pre Anil Ambani pursuance of the Offsets Pol the assassination . He was ‘continued dialogue’ blasts that killed 257 people court ordered the extradi sident Rahul Gandhi last icy introduced by the Con found guilty of purchasing and injured over 700. tion of an aide of Ibrahim’s week, Mr. Ambani termed all ported to India, with Re gressled UPA Government two ninevolt batteries for Stating that Pakistan wants rists attacked India’s finan Motiwala was arrested in former associate Chhota allegations against the Re liance making not even a itself from 2005 onwards,” the Improvised Explosive to resolve all issues with In cial capital. the Paddington area of cen Shakeel, Press Trust of India liance Group “baseless, ill single component. Hence, Mr. Ambani said. Device used in the killing. dia through talks, Mr. Qu The IndiaPakistan ties tral London and is due to reported. informed and unfortunate”. the allegations about the Mr. Gandhi had alleged The Supreme Court had reshi said, “We need a conti have nosedived in recent appear at the Westminster India believes Ibrahim to He expressed anguish over group’s “lack of experience” that Reliance Defence was confirmed his death sen nued, uninterrupted years with no bilateral talks Magistrate’s Court. be in Pakistan. The U.K’s what he called “continued were irrelevant. set up 10 days before the tence on May 11, 1998 on a dialogue. It is the only wise taking place. The ties furth consolidated list of financial personal attacks” by Mr. He said the Defence Minis April 10, 2015 announce death reference. His death course for us.” er deteriorated after the ter Allegations against him sanctions’ targets updated Gandhi on him. try had not awarded any ment in Paris to buy 36 Ra penalty was commuted to Mr. Qureshi, who is also ror attacks by Pakistan He was arrested in relation earlier this month, lists Explaining the role of Re contract related to the Rafale fale jets. life sentence by the court vicepresident of the Pakis based groups in 2016 and In to an allegation of “conspi three addresses for Ibrahim liance in offset exports and jet to a Reliance Group com Mr. Ambani said: “The Re in February 2014. Now, in tan TehreekeInsaf, said Ex dia’s surgical strikes inside racy to commit blackmail, (who has 21 aliases accord work share with Dassault, he pany. Allegations that Re liance Group announced its his midforties, Perarivalan ternal Affairs Minister Sush Pakistanoccupied Kashmir. import class A drugs and ing to the same list) in Kara said Reliance or the Dassault liance had benefited by thou decision to enter the defence has spent over 26 years in ma Swaraj had sent a letter The sentencing of alleged money laundering in the chi, including one described Reliance Joint Venture would sands of crores of rupees manufacturing sector in De prison. On an earlier occa on Sunday to congratulate Indian spy Kulbhushan Jad U.S.A,” London’s Metropoli as a “palatial bungalow.” not build the Rafale jets. All were a figment of imagina cember 2014January 2015, sion, the CBI had objected Prime Minister Imran Khan hav to death by a military tan Police said in a state He first appeared on the 36 planes would be manu tion. “Our role is limited to months before the intention to the apex court going in and mentioned talks to re court in April last year ad ment on Monday. list in 2003 factured in France and ex offset exports/export obliga for purchase of Rafale.” for a relook into his case. solve issues. ded to the strain. “I welcome her letter,” he said. Message for Kabul Responding to External On Afghanistan, Mr. Qureshi Affairs Minister Sushma said he will make a phone Vajpayee put country, democracy first: Modi Swaraj’s letter, he said, “I call to the foreign minister want to say to Indian Fo of Afghanistan and also visit reign Minister that we are Kabul with a “solid mes Political leaders across party lines and representatives of various faith groups pay homage to former PM in New Delhi not only neighbours but al sage” that both countries so nuclear powers. We have have the same destiny. Special Correspondent the way when it came to coa compatriot of over sixanda es came from the three form old issues and we both “There will be no peace in NEW DELHI lition politics,” he said. half decades, stating that he er Chief Ministers of Jammu know what these issues are. Pakistan without peace in Political parties and senior He mentioned the Pok “never imagined that he and Kashmir — Mr. Azad, Fa We need to address these is Afghanistan,” he said. Ministers led by Prime Minis hran tests of 1998, which would be addressing a public rooq Abdullah and Ms. Mufti. sues,” Mr. Qureshi said. “I want to tell people of ter Narendra Modi paid strengthened India’s defenc meet without him Mr. Azad recalled his deal The Foreign Minister said Afghanistan to understand homage to former Prime Mi es, and credited him with [Vajpayee].” ings with Vajpayee when he the two countries could not each other’s problems and nister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at changing the narrative on “We read books together, was Parliamentary Affairs Mi afford any adventurism due bilaterally try to resolve all a prayer meet in New Delhi Kashmir, to shifting focus on watched films, he even nister in the minority Nara to close proximity. “We can issues,” he said. on Monday, each remarking the terror being sponsored cooked for me. We were simha Rao government , stat not afford any adventurism Talking about relations specific facets of his public from across the border. compatriots and I learnt a lot ing that Vajpayee was the kind as response time is so short. with the U.S., the foreign mi life. In a remark aimed at the from him,” said Mr. Advani. of man who even when he The only option is to engage nister said there is a trust While Mr. Modi spoke of erstwhile ally Telugu Desam He said it would be a satisfac criticised you, did it with a with each other. We cannot deficit between the two his holding strong on ideolo Party, the Prime Minister tion that they lived their lives sweetness and light touch. live in enmity and we have countries but Pakistan gy and nationalistic priori Shared grief: Former Deputy PM L.K. Advani comforting the made a special mention of by the values taught by the Dr. Abdullah spoke of his to accept that there are out wants to have good ties ties, former Jammu and kin of A.B. Vajpayee in New Delhi on Monday. * R.V. MOORTHY the creation of three new RSS. patriotism and toughness in standing issues,” he said. based on its interests. Kashmir Chief Minister Meh States — Chhattisgarh, Jhark RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat the face of the sanctions after He said Kashmir is an is booba Mufti termed him a the Indira Gandhi Indoor democracy first. hand and Uttarakhand — termed Vajpayee a model the Pokhran test and during sue and both countries Economic diplomacy messiah for the State. Stadium, said Vajpayee had “When Atal ji formed the without any “acrimony and swayamsevak. the Kargil war, ending his know about it. “Whether we Mr. Qureshi said the foreign Leader of the Opposition braved political untouchabil government for 13 days, no bitterness.” The meet was also ad speech with a rousing cry of wish or not, Kashmir is an policy of the new govern in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam ity accorded to his party’s party was willing to support dressed by Yoga guru Baba ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. issue and both countries ment will be based on the Nabi Azad recalled his go ideology and had a very long him. His government fell. He Advani’s tribute Ramdev and chief of the Ja “He was the first national have recognised it. In my interests of Pakistan and it vernment’s collegial ways, stint in the Opposition to did not lose hope and re Former Deputy Prime Minis mateUlemaeHind, Maula politician who trusted Kash opinion there is no option can be finetuned according now “absent”. emerge as a statesmanlead mained committed to serv ter L.K. Advani made an na Madani. miris and who won their other than talks to resolve to the needs of the nation. Mr. Modi, in his address at er, who put the country and ing the people. Atalji showed emotional speech about his The most rousing speech trust,” Ms. Mufti said. it,” he said. He said former He said the foreign policy prime minsiter Atal Bihari priority will be to change Vajpayee visited Lahore and the lives of common people Islamabad and recognised through economic diploma Nation remembers the reality of Pakistan and cy. “We will try to change Curb intolerance: Manmohan the issue of Kashmir. lives of people through so cioeconomic develop Rajiv, PM pays tribute Growing divide ment,” he said. Former PM says such ‘unsavoury trends’ are anathema to the promotion of peace Mr. Qureshi has had an ear He said, “There are enor Rahul shares his memories on Twitter lier stint as foreign minister mous local and regional Special Correspondent hi as a leader who put India from 2008 to 2011 under the challenges but we want to New Delhi onto the 21st century with SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT was a kind, gentle and affec Pakistan Peoples Party make progress on these is Former Prime Minister Man the IT and telecom revolu NEW DELHI tionate man whose untime (PPP) government during sues. Some forces have been mohan Singh on Monday tion, brought about path The nation remembered ly death left a deep void in the Mumbai terror attacks. trying to isolate the country said every citizen needed to breaking changes like wo former Prime Minister Rajiv my life. I remember the He was in New Delhi when but it will not happen now,” reflect on how to work to men’s reservation in Pan Gandhi on his 74th birth an times we had together and 10 Pakistanbased LeT terro he said. gether and arrest “disturbing chayati Raj institutions and niversary on Monday, with a the many birthdays we were trends” of intolerance, com allowed 18yearold youth to host of leaders led by Prime lucky to celebrate with him munal polarisation and inci vote, Mr. Gandhi took a Minister Narendra Modi when he was alive. He is Temple can be built dents of violent crimes pro swipe at the present regime. paying homage to him. “Tri greatly missed, but his me pelled by hate groups and “We have seen that the open butes to our former Prime mory lives on,” he tweeted. mobs. ing of the economy and the Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji At the Rajiv Gandhi me by law: Maurya Speaking at an event to Former PM Manmohan Singh felicitating former diplomat closing of the mind is a on his birth anniversary. We morial, Priyanka Gandhi Va confer the Rajiv Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi in New Delhi. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR dangerous and destructive remember his efforts to dra, her husband Robert Va Special Correspondent could introduce a law if oth Sadbhavana Award (201617) mix,” he said. wards the nation,” tweeted dra and former Union LUCKNOW er options failed. on the former West Bengal the centralisation of power, fight the forces of divisive Mr. Gandhi said, “The Mr. Modi. Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief “There is no need for a Governor and diplomat Go to the nexus of big power and ness, hate and bigotry”. larger entity, the bigger lead Former President Pranab were among those who paid Minister Keshav Prasad law today as the first two op palkrishna Gandhi, the form big money need to work to Karan Singh, who is the er, the bigger party or the Mukherjee, former Prime homage. Maurya said on Monday that tions are open. Also, we er Prime Minister said such gether. And that means shed chairman of the advisory larger community is expect Minister Manmohan Singh, In Parliament’s Central Parliament could enact a don’t have the numbers [in “unsavoury trends” were ding personal and institu board of the Rajiv Gandhi ed to make the larger gesture UPA chairperson Sonia Hall, Lok Sabha Speaker Su law to build a Ram temple in Rajya Sabha] as of today,” he anathema to the promotion tional egos.” Sadbhavana Award Trust … I envision the democratic Gandhi and Congress chief mitra Mahajan and veteran Ayodhya, but the govern said. of peace, national integra UPA chairperson Sonia said the homage to Rajiv parties and movements of In Rahul Gandhi offered floral BJP leader L.K. Advani, ment would do so only after AIMIM president Asadud tion and communal Gandhi said conferring the Gandhi should be marked by dia through the wisdom of tributes to him at Veer Bhu among others, garlanded exhausting two other op din Owaisi hit out at Mr. harmony. award on Mr. Gopalkrishna a reaffirmation of one’s com their dynamism, harmonis mi, dedicated to the late the portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. tions. The first was a Su Maurya for his ‘atrocious’ Mr. Gandhi said, “All those Gandhi signified a “resolve to mitment to the core values ing their strengths to meet leader. The Lok Sabha Secreta preme Court decision and comments and said it was a who are opposed to zabar- oppose the ideologies that that the late Prime Minister the challenge of harmony’s Mr. Gandhi took to Twit riat brought out a booklet the second mediation. Mr. ploy by the BJP to divert at dasti [coercion], to bigotry, reject the composite essence stood for. opposite: suspicion, bigotry ter to share his memory of on the life of the former Maurya said the Centre tention of the people. to the cult of fear and hate, to of our nationhood and to Remembering Rajiv Gand and violence.” his father. “Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister. CM A ND-NDE YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Clarify action taken on lynching: SC ‘Targeting judges Order on contempt plea against Rajasthan government; Additional AG says appropriate action taken has become a trend’ Legal Correspondent pak Misra recorded the sub Supreme Court contemplates fine NEW DELHI missions made by senior ad The Supreme Court on Mon vocate Indira Jaising for Mr. Legal Correspondent PNB case: CBI court day ordered the Principal Se Poonawala that “a terrible NEW DELHI grants bail to Usha cretary (Home) of Rajasthan lynching has taken place on MUMBAI It has become a trend to tar to clarify the Vasundhara July 24, 2018 at Village Lal A CBI court on Monday get judges, Supreme Court granted bail to Usha Raje government’s position wandi, District Ramgarh, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Ananthasubramanian, former and “every aspect” of the ac Rajasthan”. said on Monday. managing director and chief tion taken against officials in Additional AdvocateGen The judge, who is part of executive officer of the aftermath of the lynching eral for Rajasthan Shiv Man a threejudge Bench led by Allahabad Bank, who was in of Rakbar Khan by cow vigi gal Sharma submitted that Chief Justice Dipak Misra, the same position at the lantes and his subsequent appropriate action has been passed the remark while Punjab National Bank (PNB) death at Alwar district in taken against the erring offi contemplating a fine of ₹25 at the time of the multicrore July. cials. Mr. Sharma undertook lakh on the Bharatiya Mat fraud, and two others. The incident took place a to file an affidavit of from the data Sanghatan, which Sanjeev Sharan and Nehal couple of days after the Su Principal Secretary (Home) linked Chief Justice Dipak Ahad were also granted bail. preme Court’s July 17 verdict within a week. “Needless to Misra with his “cousin” Pi Justice D.Y. Chandrachud condemned lynchings and say, the affidavit shall deal naki Misra, a Lok Sabha Tejashwi Yadav worried mob violence as “horren with every aspect and clarify member and lawyer, citing The officebearer issued about Lalu’s health dous acts of mobocracy” and the position, keeping in view “conflict of interest”. his unconditional apology MUMBAI urged Parliament to enact a Sulaiman Khan, father of Rakbar Khan who was lynched, at a recent protest. * FILE PHOTO the assertions made and also The allegation was made in writing . Senior lawyers Tejashwi Yadav, former new antilynching law. regard being had to the di by the organisation in its like Shekhar Naphade sug Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar The court had also direct gilantism. Khan, 28, was at Ladpura village to his home activist Tehseen Poonawala rections issued in the judg written submissions in a gested that the court impose and son of Rashtriya Janata ed officials from the States tacked by cow vigilantes in to Haryana. seeking action against the ment (July 17),” the Supreme case seeking a ban on sitting ₹50,000, but AttorneyGen Dal chief Lalu Prasad, said on such as Rajasthan, Haryana the Ramgarh area of Alwar The orders came during a Rajasthan government. Court ordered. social media on Monday that parliamentarians and legis eral K.K. Venugopal raised it and Gujarat to take imme district on July 20 when he hearing on a contempt plea In its order, the Bench led The court listed the case he was worried about his lators from practising as to ₹5 lakh. father’s poor health. Mr. diate steps to prevent cow vi was leading two cows from filed by Tushar Gandhi and by Chief Justice of India Di for hearing on August 30. lawyers. The Sangathan’s general Prasad has been under “These written submis secretary, repeating his treatment at the Asian Heart sions were made after we re apologies, said ₹5 lakh was Institute in Bandra Kurla served the case (dealing too high for the Complex for some time now. Rules revised with the plea for a ban on organisation. After visiting him on Monday, BIMSTEC envoys bat for FTA lawmakers practising as la The Bench said it would Mr. Yadav tweeted, on IIT foreign wyers). We want to impose pass a judgement against “Perturbed to see his falling costs on you in the multiples such allegations against health & increased infection.” Modi will attend a summit of leaders of the group in Kathmandu on August 3031 student fees of ₹5 lakh… If it were up to judges and posted the mat me, the costs should be ₹25 ter for August 27. The court Complaint filed against Suhasini Haidar sy,” she said. Others added Vikas Pathak lakh,” Justice Chandrachud ordered the general secre Sidhu in Bihar court NEW DELHI NEW DELHI that at present the negotia addressed the general secre tary to file an affidavit listing MUZAFFARPUR BIMSTEC suffers from a tions of the 16nation Region The Board of Governors of tary of the Sangathan, who the names and details of all A complaint was filed in a “lack of visibility” in the re al Comprehensive Economic each Indian Institute of is a lawyer. its officebearers. court here on Monday against former cricketer and Punjab gion, said the envoys of se Partnership (RCEP), due to Technology (IIT) will now Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu ven member countries who be completed by the end of decide what fees foreign seeking registration of a case form the “Bay of Bengal In 2018, were taking students will have to pay to against him under sedition itiative for MultiSectoral precedence. study there, the IIT Council SC to hear petition and other charges for Technical and Economic The envoys also spoke decided on Monday in its hugging Pakistan’s Army Cooperation,” who also about the need for the up 52nd meeting chaired by Mi chief. The complaint was filed called for the speedy conclu coming summit to promote nister of Human Resource by 355 Army officers by advocate Sudhir Kumar sion of a Free Trade Agree security issues including Development Prakash Ojha. The court will hear the ment within the group com “terrorism and violent extre Javadekar. Legal Correspondent However, Justice Lokur told matter on August 24. prising Bangladesh, Bhutan, Trade talks: Bangladesh Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali at the mism” in the region. Last year, foreign stu NEW DELHI senior advocate Mukul Ro India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, BIMSTEC panel discussion on Monday. * R.V. MOORTHY “Terrorism is the most sig dents were required to pay A Special Bench monitoring hatgi and Aishwarya Bhati, Assam lynching: 13 Myanmar and Thailand. nificant threat in the Bay of ₹6 lakh per annum to study the CBI investigation into appearing for Colonel Amit arrested in Biswanath Prime Minister Narendra “It is really disappointing are in place,” he added. Bengal region as well as at any of the IITs, accord the alleged extrajudicial kill Kumar and other Army of GUWAHATI Modi will join a summit of that we are yet to finalise and When asked about a timeline South East Asia and we call ing to a decision taken in ings in Manipur will hear a ficers, that the petition The police in Assam’s leaders from BIMSTEC coun conclude the FTA which was to complete the FTA, Sri Lan for more cooperation 2016 to fix the fees for fo petition filed by 355 Army should be heard by a Bench Biswanath district have tries in Kathmandu on Au negotiated in 2004. We need kan High Commissioner Chi amongst the member states reign students at three officers in the Supreme comprising himself and Jus arrested Lochan Pator, one of gust 3031 and hold bilateral to expedite the BIMSTEC tranganee Wagiswara said it on this issue,” said Myanmar times what domestic stu Court, alleging “persecu tice U.U. Lalit. the leaders of the mob that talks with most of them, in FTA to boost our intrare was still unclear whether the Ambassador Moe Kyaw dents paid. tion” by agencies such as It was this Bench of Justic lynched a man last week on cluding Bangladesh Prime gional trade from its present agreement would go forward Aung. This decision stands re the CBI for doing their duty es Lokur and Lalit, in a July suspicion that they were Minister Sheikh Hasina and level of 7% to 21%,” said Ban during the summit. Thailand’s Ambassador versed now, meaning the in the insurgencyhit areas 2016 judgment, that ended cattle thieves. Pator was the 13th person to be arrested in Nepal Prime Minister K.P. gladesh High Commissioner “Even for the framework Chutintorn Gongsakdi point fees to be paid by foreign of Jammu and Kashmir and the immunity provided by connection with the incident Oli. At an event organised by Syed Muazzem Ali. “The vis (2004) it took seven years. It ed out that the IndiaMyan students can vary from one the northeastern States. the Armed Forces (Special that left one person dead and business chamber FICCI just ibility of BIMSTEC needs to is easy to negotiate an FTA marThailand Trilateral IIT to another. The petition came up for Powers) Act of 1958 (AFSPA). three others injured. A mob ahead of the summit, envoys be enhanced in a region between two countries. In Highway had not been com There will be no change hearing before a threejudge The judgment declared of about 50 people had of BIMSTEC countries said where already a few other dia and Sri Lanka have it. But pleted, which is crucial to in the fees domestic under Bench of Justices Madan B. that “there is no concept of formed at the Diplunga Tea the FTA should be the top regional cooperation groups when seven countries are in trade movement between graduate students pay to Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer and absolute immunity from Estate. priority for them. like ASEAN, SAARC, SASEC volved maybe it is not so ea the countries. study in the IITs. Deepak Gupta on Monday. trial by a criminal court”. NDRF aid only for severe calamities

There are no legal provisions to designate a disaster a ‘national calamity’

TCA Sharad Raghavan once the cess was disconti crore in 201617 and nued or subsumed within ₹7,281.76 crore in 201718. The Union government has the Goods and Services Tax. declared the Kerala floods a However, the government, How have NDRF funds been “calamity of severe nature”. instead, decided to continue allocated to States in the Here is a look at what this with the National Calamity recent past? means, whether the State Contingent Duty even in the ■ In 201718, up to December can expect additional help GST regime. The SDRF cor 27, 2017, the Union govern from the Centre and how the pus is contributed by the Un ment released NDRF funds various disaster relief funds ion government and the res to nine States — Arunachal in the country are funded pective State governments in Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal and deployed. a 75:25 ratio for general cate Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, gory States and 90:10 for Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil What are the classifications BACKGROUNDER Special Category States. Nadu, and Telangana — over of disasters, and how does The allocation of the and above its contributions this affect funding? SDRF for each State is done to their respective SDRFs. ■ According to the National declaring a disaster a nation by the Finance Commission, The recipient of the highest Disaster Management Policy, al calamity. and the Centre contributes amount was Karnataka, the State governments have its specified share each fi which got ₹913 crore that to provide disaster relief How are the NDRF and the nancial year. The Central year. from their respective State SDRFs funded? share of SDRF is released in Over the four years till De Disaster Response Funds ■ The NDRF is funded two equal instalments, in cember 27, 2017, the Centre (SDRFs), and only for a “ca through a National Calamity June and then in December. has released the most cumu lamity of severe nature”, will Contingent Duty levied on lative funds to Maharashtra additional assistance be pro pan masala, chewing tobac What has been the trend in (₹5,244.69 crore), Karnataka vided from the National Dis co and cigarettes, and with budgetary allocations to the (₹5,122.45 crore), Uttar Pra aster Response Fund budgetary provisions as and NDRF and SDRFs? desh (₹4,949.04 crore), Ta (NDRF). when needed. A provision ■ The Union government mil Nadu (₹3,115.31 crore), There is, however, no pro exists to encourage any per has maintained a steady flow and Madhya Pradesh vision in the law or rules for son or institution to make a of funds to the NDRF each (₹1,958.93 crore). For specif the government to designate contribution to the NDRF. year, ranging from ₹5,690 ic calamities, the Centre re a disaster as a “national ca However, this source of crore in 201516 to a budget leased ₹1,365.67 crore for the lamity”. funding has not been tapped ed amount of ₹2,500 crore Chennai floods of 2015 and Minister of State for Home so far, according to the for the current financial ₹218.76 crore after Cyclone Kiren Rijiju informed Parlia government. year. In addition, the Centre Vardah in 2016. Andhra Pra ment recently that the guide The 14th Finance Com has also been contributing to desh received ₹400 crore lines of the NDRF and the mission recommended the SDRFs every year, and ₹230 crore after Hudud SDRFs did not contemplate changes to this structure amounting to ₹8,374.95 ravaged Visakhapatnam. Sikkim in the dark on Doklam: Chamling Shiv Sahay Singh tever we get to know about about 30 km from Doklam. from external disturbances, Gangtok Doklam is from newspaper “We want good relations whether from Maoism in Ne Observing that the people of reports,” Mr. Chamling told a between India and China. pal or the Gorkhaland agita Sikkim are “living in fear” group of journalists from the The State government and tion in Darjeeling. He said he because of the standoff in Kolkata Press Club. the people of Sikkim have wanted peace in Darjeeling, Doklam between India and “Here in Sikkim, we live shown their love for the and supported the stand of China, Sikkim Chief Minister with the Doklam issue. country and have worked for West Bengal Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Monday There is a fear psychosis the interest of India,” he Mamata Banerjee. said the Centre had kept the among the people. We are said. On a solution to the is “We want to join Mamata border State in the dark on afraid of the situation,” Mr. sue, he said the Centre knew Banerjee and contribute to the issue. Chamling said. best. Mr. Chamling, who has the prosperity of Darjeel “Nobody has consulted He said the people feared the record of the longest ing,”. In 2017, West Bengal us, neither the Centre nor a war with China, and re serving Chief Minister of a had accused Sikkim of shel the Army has told us anyth ferred to Kupup, the last in State in the country, said he tering Gorkha Janmukti Mor ing about the situation. Wha habited village in Sikkim, had tried to shield the State cha leader Bimal Gurung. CM YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Taliban rejects Ghani’s truce offer Greece emerges from eurozone bailout Insurgents ambush three buses and kidnap nearly 200 passengers travelling for a holiday We are entering a new era, says govt. Reuters ers, passengers were forced Russia invites KABUL to step down and they have Reuters The Taliban rejected on been taken to an undisclosed Taliban to Athens Trudeau to run for Monday an Afghan govern location,” Mr. Muradi said. Greece emerged from the re-election in 2019 ment offer of a ceasefire and The Taliban confirmed it biggest bailout in economic MONTREAL Sept. talks it would persist with their at had captured “three buses history on Monday after Canadian Prime Minister tacks, two militant comman packed with passengers”. Agence France-Presse nine years of creditorman Justin Trudeau announced on Moscow Sunday that he will run for ders said, while insurgents “We decided to seize the bus dated austerity, with Euro reelection in 2019 ambushed three buses and es after our intelligence in Russia on Monday said it pean institutions hailing the legislative polls. He was kidnapped nearly 200 pas puts revealed that many men was preparing exit a success but jaded nominated by his party in the sengers travelling for a working with Afghan securi international peace talks Greeks finding little reason district of Papineau, which he holiday. ty forces were travelling to on Afghanistan on to celebrate. Greek Prime Minister Alexis has represented since The two Taliban comman Kabul,” Zabihullah Mujahid, September 4 and has The milestone weans the Tsipras. * GETTY IMAGES 2008. Reuters ders said their supreme lead a spokesman for the Taliban, invited the Taliban. debtburdened eurozone er rejected President Ashraf said. “We are preparing it for member off financial life clude the ESM programme Iran journalist gets 10 Ghani’s Sunday offer of a September 4,” Zamir lines offered on three occa with no more followup res years for ‘insulting’ imam threemonth ceasefire, be Civilians to be freed Kabulov, special sions by creditors over the cue programmes as, for the TEHRAN representative of the An Iranian journalist has been ginning with this week’s Id “We have taken the buses to best part of a decade, and first time since early 2010, sentenced to 10 years in alAdha Muslim holiday. a safe area to prevent any Russian President on the country will now need Greece can stand on its own prison for “insulting” an imam In June, the Taliban ob clashes and we are now iden Afghanistan, said in an to support itself. feet,” Mario Centeno, the from the ninth century on served a government cease Fighting will go on: Taliban fighters in Ghazni in June, when tifying members of the se Interfax news agency chairman of the ESM’s Twitter, his lawyer said. Mir fire over the threeday Id ul the militants observed a threeday ceasefire. * AP curity forces,” he said, ad report. Exit from crisis board of governors, said in a MohammadHossein Mir Fitr festival, leading to un ding that civilians would be Asked whether the Athens will rely on bond statement. Esmaili, a journalist for the precedented scenes of clined to be identified, said ing. The rejection of Mr. Gha released. Taliban was invited to the markets to refinance its Prime Minister Alexis Tsi Jahan-e Sanat daily, was government soldiers and by telephone. ni’s ceasefire came as go Kunduz provincial council meeting in Moscow, Mr. debt, officially leaving be pras is expected to address arrested while trying to leave militants embracing on front An official in Mr. Ghani's vernment officials were member Sayed Assadullah Kabulov said it was and hind a crisis that shrank its the nation on Tuesday to the country in April 2017. AFP lines, and raising hopes for office said the threemonth trying to secure the release Sadat said people on the bus that the talks were “in the economy by a quarter and mark Greece regaining fiscal talks. But one of the Taliban long ceasefire declared by of at least 170 civilians and es were travelling to be with framework of launching a pushed many into poverty. sovereignty and the ability Sharif to be barred from commanders said the June the government was condi 20 members of the security family in Kabul for the holi process of national Since early 2010, Greece set its own economic poli travelling abroad ceasefire had only helped tional, and if the Taliban did forces who were taken hos day. A senior Interior Minis reconciliation in has relied on more than cies. Greek media reported ISLAMABAD U.S. forces, who the Taliban not respect it, the govern tage by the Taliban from try official in Kabul said offi Afghanistan”. He said €260 billion ($300 billion) that he would symbolically Pakistan will bar Nawaz are trying to drive out of the ment would maintain mili three buses in the northern cials in the area were talking Moscow views “positively” lent by its eurozone partn make the speech on Ithaca, Sharif from travelling abroad, the government said on country, and Taliban leader tary operations. province of Kunduz. to Taliban leaders in Kunduz the truce offer extended ers and the International the island where Odysseus Monday, in one of the first Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunza Esmatullah Muradi, a spo to get the estimated 190 hos by Mr. Ghani. Monetary Fund. returned home from the decisions taken by the new da rejected the new offer on Wave of attacks kesman for the Governor of tages released. In April 2017, Moscow The European Stability Trojan war after a 10year Cabinet. “It has been decided the grounds it would only The Taliban has launched a Kunduz, said the kidnapping Separately, Mr. Mujahid hosted an international Mechanism (ESM), the euro voyage recounted by classi that the names of Nawaz help the U.S.led mission. wave of attacks in different happened when three buses said the Taliban would re conference on Afghanistan zone’s bailout fund, ex cal poet Homer. “We are en Sharif and his daughter “Our leadership feels that parts of the country in recent were travelling through Kun lease at least 500 prisoners, with representatives from pressed confidence that tering a new era for the [Maryam] will be placed on they’ll prolong their stay in weeks, including on the city duz from Takhar province, including members of the se Afghanistan, India, Iran, Athens could manage with Greek economy and exit control list,” said Afghanistan if we announced of Ghazni, southwest of Ka on their way to the capital, curity forces on Monday, a China, Pakistan, and five out an international finan Greece,” government spo Information Minister Fawad a ceasefire now,” a senior Ta bul. Hundreds of people Kabul. “The buses were day before Id celebrations former Soviet republics in cial safety net. kesman Dimitris Tzanako Chaudhry. Reuters liban commander, who de have been killed in the fight stopped by the Taliban fight begin. Central Asia. “Today we can safely con poulos told Real FM radio. Pope condemns ‘atrocities’ PM Imran moves into U.S. rejects Turkey’s offer of committed by U.S. clergy military secretary’s home pastor’s conditional release Press Trust of India Mr. Khan’s new residence A report last week accused church of covering up abuse Islamabad is situated in the PM House Ankara wanted a probe against a Turkish bank dropped Pakistan’s new Prime Minis Colony and according to Agence France-Presse A devastating U.S. grand ter Imran Khan on Monday media reports, he will Agence France-Presse were off the table until Mr. Vatican City jury report published last moved into a threebe spend Sundays at his own Washington Brunson was released, a Pope Francis condemned on week decried a systematic droom house of his military home in Banigala. U.S. President Donald White House official told The Monday the “atrocities” re coverup by the Catholic secretary along with two Trump’s administration has Wall Street Journal. “A real vealed by a farreaching U.S. Church. The grand jury said servants, a day after an Pledge of austerity rejected Turkey’s offer to NATO ally wouldn’t have ar report into clerical child sex that more than 1,000 child nouncing that he would not Detailing plans on how he condition the release of an rested Brunson in the first abuse in the state of Pennsyl victims were identifiable, be staying in the sprawling will cut down his own as American pastor on clearing place,” the official said. vania issued last week. but that the actual number PM House that has a staff of well the country’s expendi a top Turkish bank of bil Mr. Trump has said that “In recent days, a report was “in the thousands”. 524, keeping his pledge to ture, he said on Sunday in lions of dollars in U.S. fines, he had doubled the tariffs on was made public which de The report is thought to cut down the expenditure of his maiden speech as a media reported on Monday. aluminium and steel tariffs tailed the experiences of at be the most comprehensive the cashstrapped Prime Minister: “I will keep Washington and Ankara from Turkey, prompting An least a thousand survivors... Pope Francis. * AP to date into abuse in the U.S. government. two people with me out of are locked in a bitter feud ov kara to sharply hike tariffs the abuse of power and of church since The Boston Before Mr. Khan was the 524. I will be staying in a er the nearly twoyear jailing American pastor Andrew on several U.S. products. conscience at the hands of come to know the pain of Globe first exposed paedo sworn in, his party, Pakistan threebedroom house. I will of Andrew Brunson over dis Brunson. * AP Also, gunshots were fired priests,” the Pope said in a many of the victims,” he phile priests in Massachu TehreekeInsaf (PTI), had have to keep two of the cars puted terror charges. at the U.S. Embassy in Anka letter made public by the said. setts in 2002. reported that the Chief Mi [out of 80] because my intel ington to drop a probe into ra early on Monday, without Vatican. “We have realised that Calling for “solidarity” nister’s annex in Punjab ligence agencies tell me my Bank facing fines Halkbank, which is facing causing any casualties. Six these wounds never disap with the victims and a fight House will be utilised as the life is under threat...” In exchange for Mr. Brun possible fines for helping shots were fired with three ‘Uproot the culture’ pear and that they require us against “spiritual corrup Prime Minister’s residence. Mr. Khan said his govern son’s release, and that of Iran evade U.S. sanctions. bullets hitting the iron gate “Even though it can be said forcefully to condemn these tion”, Pope Francis said “no But it was later decided by ment would auction off all other U.S. citizens as well as But the U.S. said that dis and exterior wall, the Anka that most of these cases be atrocities and join forces in effort to beg pardon and to Mr. Khan to move to the mil the other bullet proof cars three Turkish nationals cussions regarding the fines ra Governor’s office said, in long to the past, nonetheless uprooting this culture of seek to repair the harm done itary secretary’s residence and invited businesses to working for the U.S. govern and other areas of dispute dicating there were “no ca as time goes on we have death,” he added. will ever be sufficient”. following security concerns. buy them during auction. ment, Turkey asked Wash between the two countries sualties”.

Highest U.S. Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery dead civilian honour In 1982, he became the first prominent Israeli to meet PLO leader Yasser Arafat for Mahatma? Reuters lasted about two hours and Jerusalem “dealt entirely with the pos Press Trust of India Uri Avnery, a leftwing peace sibility of peace between Is New York activist who in 1982 became rael and the Palestinian peo American lawmaker Caro the first prominent Israeli to ple”, he wrote. It was lyn Maloney on Sunday meet in public with Palesti broadcast the same night. said that she will introduce nian leader Yasser Arafat, Mr. Avnery served as a a legislation to posthu died on Monday in a Tel Aviv lawmaker from 1965 to 1974 mously award Mahatma hospital. He was 94. The en and, from 1979 to 1981, as Gandhi a Congressional counter took place during Is head of a leftwing party. Gold Medal, the highest ci rael’s invasion of Lebanon In 2003, during the Pales vilian award in the U.S., for and war with Arafat’s Pales Exploring peace options: Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery with tinian uprising, Mr. Avnery inspiring peaceful move tine Liberation Organisation Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in 2002. * AP travelled with other Israeli ments for civil rights (PLO), then designated a ter activists to Arafat’s head around the world. rorist group by Israel. spective, it could be called a boy and became a journalist quarters in the West Bank to In 2016, she had led the Mr. Avnery crossed into ‘historic meeting’,” Mr. Av and politician . His meeting act as a human shield against successful effort to create west Beirut from the Israeli nery wrote in Israel’s Haa- with Arafat, after he tra what they said were Israeli the Deepavali Stamp, held east. “It was the first retz newspaper in February. velled to Lebanon at the invi plans to assassinate Arafat af which she says has since time Arafat had met with an Mr. Avnery fled Nazi Ger tation of the Israeli military ter a Palestinian suicide become one of the highest Israeli, and from this per many with his family as a as part of a reporting trip, bombing. selling stamps. ExTrump lawyer could be Separated Korean families charged with bank fraud hold brief, tearful reunions Agence France-Presse Washington Reuters wheelchairs, embraced 185 Federal investigators are in Seoul separated relatives from the quiring into whether U.S. About 90 families from North with tears, joy and dis President Donald Trump’s North and South Korea wept belief. Some struggled to re former personal lawyer Mi and embraced on Monday as cognise family not glimpsed chael Cohen committed the neighbours held their in more than 60 years. bank and tax fraud exceed first reunion events in three ing $20 million via loans ob years for relatives wrenched ‘How are you so old?’ tained by the taxi medallion apart by the Korean War for “How are you so old?” Kim business he owns with his more than six decades. Dalin, 92, asked his sister,

family, The New York Times Michael Cohen. * AFP The brief reunions are set Yudok, after gazing at her has reported. to total just 11 hours over the brieﬂy in silence. “I’ve lived The Times, in its report charges by the end of the next three days in the this long to meet you,” re ﬁrst published on Sunday, month, the newspaper said, North’s tourist resort of plied the 85yearold, wiping said investigators were also citing two people familiar Mount Kumgang after the away tears as she clasped a trying to determine whether with the matter. neighbours renewed ex A South Korean, right, photograph of her brother Mr. Cohen violated cam Convictions for tax and changes this year following a hugging his North Korean in his youth.

paign finance or other laws bank fraud carry potentially standoff over Pyongyang’s brother on Monday. * AFP From Thursday, 88 more when he made deals using hefty prison terms, which nuclear and missile groups of relatives will meet, hush money to silence wo could put additional pres programmes. agreed to the reunion events comprised of 469 indivi men who claimed they had sure on Mr. Cohen to coop North Korean leader Kim at a summit in April. duals from the South and 128 affairs with Mr. Trump. erate with prosecutors in Jongun and South Korean About 330 South Koreans from the North, Seoul’s Un Prosecutors could file the event that he is charged. President Moon Jaein from 89 families, many in ification Ministry says.

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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ty is contemplated for the Bank of India Act, 1934, can Mumbai proposed PCR, it might be be suitably amended confer NIFTY 50 The Reserve Bank of India diﬃcult to label PCR as a ‘ﬁ ring the Reserve Bank pow PRICE CHANGE Act, 1934, may need to be nancial institution’. This ers to conduct the business Adani Ports...... 378.25...... 4.15 Asian Paints...... 1409.10...... 8.45 amended to facilitate the set takes it out of the purview of of PCR, he said. Axis Bank ...... 624.40...... -2.90 ting of a public credit regis a promotion under the Re In October 2017, RBI had Bajaj Auto ...... 2735.35...... 74.00

Bajaj Finserv...... 7063.60...... -33.75 try (PCR), RBI Deputy Gover serve Bank of India Act, set up a highlevel task force Bajaj Finance ...... 2839.75...... -11.45 nor Viral Acharya said on 1934,” he said. (HTF) chaired by Y.M. Deos Bharti Airtel ...... 370.55...... -0.85 Monday. thalee to review the availabil Tough times: There have been several cases where there has BPCL...... 375.95...... -1.65 been clear breach of trust, says Rajnish Kumar. * REUTERS Cipla ...... 643.85...... -3.05 Underscoring the vital Other options ity of information on credit Coal India ...... 284.05...... 2.65 need for the registry — the Another option, would be to and assess the gaps. Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2380.75...... 16.60 PCR is planned as an exten promote an organisation for “The HTF submitted its re Eicher Motors...... 28382.80...... -93.35 sive database of credit infor a matter incidental to the port on April 4, 2018, recom GAIL (India)...... 379.05...... -8.65 ‘Govt., judiciary too Grasim Ind ...... 1039.85...... -6.00 mation for all credit pro Bird’s-eye view: The PCR would provide lenders with a 360 functions of RBI — as part of mending that a PCR should HCL Tech...... 988.25...... -14.80 ducts in the country from degree view of borrower’s outstanding credits. * PAUL NORONHA the RBI Act or Banking Regu be set up by the RBI in a HDFC ...... 1920.05...... 34.40 point of origination of credit lation Act, 1949. phased and modular man HDFC Bank...... 2096.20...... 18.85 responsible for NPAs’ Hero MotoCorp ...... 3304.00...... 61.70 to its termination — Dr. the borrowing. by the RBI Act, or other rele He said collection of infor ner,” Dr. Acharya said. Hindalco ...... 226.65...... 6.95 Acharya said its main benefit Highlighting some legal is vant legislation, creates com mation, including credit in Highlighting the impor HPCL ...... 270.00...... 2.45 Hind Unilever ...... 1777.00...... -7.75 would be to provide lenders sues around setting up the plications. formation, from regulated tance of the interplay of the Loan proposals to be verified: SBI chief Indiabulls HFL ...... 1296.20...... 29.30 with a 360 degree view of the PCR, Dr. Acharya said while He said in addition to its entities is an important as GST Network and PCR, he ICICI Bank ...... 338.45...... -1.55 borrower’s outstanding cre the PCR is initially being set core central banking func pect of the RBI’s regulatory said with such an infrastruc SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT of advances, in the yearear IndusInd Bank ...... 1990.95...... 0.55 Mumbai Bharti Infratel ...... 284.80...... 2.25 dits and past performance. up within the existing RBI in tions, RBI also performs cer and supervisory functions ture in place “we expect the lier period. Infosys ...... 1384.25...... -46.10 This would allow better frastructure, the fact that the tain promotional functions and hence such an activity costs for onboarding those State Bank of India Chair A major factor for the Indian OilCorp...... 158.65...... -0.90 screening at the time of pro RBI as a statutory corpora which is only limited to ‘fi could be done by setting up a users who are currently ex man Rajnish Kumar has surge in NPAs, according to ITC ...... 313.30...... -0.45

Kotak Bank ...... 1274.75...... 11.50 viding credit and superior tion can only engage in those nancial institutions’. subsidiary or a department. cluded by formal credit to held everyone including the Mr. Kumar, had been con L&T...... 1323.70...... 83.55 monitoring during the life of activities that are permitted “Since no ﬁnancing activi “Otherwise, the Reserve nosedive.” government and the judici sortium lending, which of Lupin ...... 869.25...... -12.00 ary responsible in their own ten led to inordinate delays M&M ...... 969.55...... 8.05 Maurti Suzuki...... 9074.35...... -77.75 way for the sharp rise in in loan appraisal. NTPC ...... 158.55...... 0.55 nonperforming assets Multiple banking, the ONGC ...... 168.70...... 5.65 (NPAs) in recent years. successor to consortium PowerGrid Corp ...... 187.65...... 0.55 TPG Capital in talks to ...... Sembcorp’s India unit wins Reliance Ind 1234.90 31.15 “The problem of stressed banking, too had not helped State Bank ...... 307.65...... 5.55 assets, many people ask me, speed up decisionmaking Sun Pharma ...... 626.35...... 2.85 invest in Jet Airways who is responsible for that. but had only led to more Tata Motors ...... 270.10...... 11.85 Tata Steel ...... 599.40...... 19.25 Bangladesh power tender That is a question with NPAs, he opined. TCS ...... 2009.95...... -2.80 ‘Discussions are at an early stage’ which the country is grap Tech Mahindra ...... 687.95...... 0.25

Titan ...... 921.70...... -19.85 pling,” the chief of the coun Availability of equity Reuters UltraTech Cement...... 4300.70...... 15.00 denied this and said it is The plant will supply 250 megawatts for 15 years try’s largest lender said on He stressed that it would be UPL...... 618.90...... 2.15 Private equity firm TPG Cap confident of cutting costs Monday. crucial in future to ensure Vedanta ...... 221.85...... 6.65 Reuters Wipro ...... 285.05...... 5.00 ital is considering investing and keeping its planes coalfired power plant in “I would say everybody is that the promised equity SINGAPORE/DHAKA YES Bank...... 394.00...... 0.80 in India’s Jet Airways Ltd. flying. Andhra Pradesh and Semb responsible, be it the bank was very much available in Zee Entertainment ...... 506.15...... 2.65 but is not close to finalising Days later, Jet Airways de Singaporelisted Sembcorp corp India’s combined ther ers, be it the industry or bor the business while evaluat a deal, two sources with ferred reporting earnings Industries said its power mal and renewable energy rowers, be it the govern ing a financing proposal. knowledge of the matter and the airline’s shares fell plant in India won a tender assets have a total capacity ment and without inviting “When banks are giving EXCHANGE RATES said, a plan that could raise to a threeyear low, with to supply 250 megawatts of of 4.37 gigawatts. contempt of the court, even money they do not have the Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit except yen at 4 p.m. on August 20 money for the beleaguered analysts saying the compa power to Bangladesh for 15 Bangladesh Power Deve the judiciary has played a mindset of the CBI or the CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL airline. ny urgently needed to years. lopment Board (BPDB) invit role in this situation,” Mr. Enforcement Directorate US Dollar...... 69.62...... 69.94 The investment could be recapitalise. Other bidders vying for ed bids in February for buy Kumar said at a FICCIIBA and we lend the money on Euro ...... 79.50...... 79.87 more than $100 million but the tender had included ing 250 MW power from seminar here. trust apart from paperwork. British Pound...... 88.84...... 89.26

Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 62.97...... 63.26 discussions are at an early ₹8,150 crore debt Adani Power Mundra Ltd., Indian ﬁrms under a con He cited the retrospective There have been several cas Chinese Yuan ...... 10.15...... 10.19 stage and the size of the The airline, which is partly Hindustan Power, Jaipra tract until December 31, cancellation of coal mine al es with clear breach of that Swiss Franc ...... 69.95...... 70.28 stake and the investment owned by Etihad Airways, kash Power Ventures Ltd., ters of intent from Bangla 2019 and under longterm locations as an example and trust. Now, we will trust but Singapore Dollar ...... 50.74...... 50.98

Canadian Dollar...... 53.25...... 53.50 are not clear yet, the sourc had net debt of ₹81.5 billion Meenakshi Energy Pvt Ltd. desh Power Development contracts (to January 1, asked how an industrialist we will verify; probably that Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.97...... 17.07 es said. ($1.16 billion) as of end and Odisha Power Genera Board, the parent company 2020, and to July 31, 2033), who had taken an invest verification factor was mis Source:Indian Bank TPG declined to com March. tion Corp Ltd., industry in said on Monday. according to the tender doc ment decision could have sing,” he said. ment. Jet Airways did not The carrier has said it is siders said. It will start supplying ument. Supply will be foreseen such an event. Separately, RBI Deputy respond to an email seeking meeting all its payments power to Bangladesh upon through the Bohrompur According to ratings Governor N.S. Vishwanath BULLION RATES CHENNAI comment. obligations to lenders and is Letters of intent completion of procedural re Substation in Murshidabad, agency Crisil, gross NPAs an stressed the need for August 20 rates in rupees with pre- Jet Airways told staff ear also looking at ways to cut Sembcorp’s Gayatri Power quirements and relevant go India and will be transferred rose to about ₹10.3 lakh strengthening credit bu vious rates in parentheses lier this month it was run costs to create “a healthier Ltd. power plant, wholly vernment approvals, Semb to the Bheramara Grid Sub crore, or 11.2% of advances, reaus, and said legislative Retail Silver (1g) ...... 40. ....(40.21) ning out of money, a source and more resilient busi owned by Sembcorp Energy corp said. Gayatri Power station in Kushtia, as of March 2018, compared amendments were needed 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2811...... (2820) had told Reuters, but it has ness.” India Ltd., has received let operates a 1,320megawatt Bangladesh. with ₹8 lakh crore, or 9.5% to facilitate it. ‘China tariffs to raise costs Coal use to rise on from cradle to grave in U.S.’ power American firms warn administration against new duties uptick: Crisil Reuters Special Correspondent WASHINGTON KOLKATA A broad crosssection of U.S. Consumption of noncok businesses has a message for ing coal is forecast to climb the Trump administration: to 1,076 million tonnes in new tariffs on $200 billion of fiscal 2023, from 826 mil Chinese imports will force lion tonnes in fiscal 2018, Americans to pay more for Crisil Research said in a re items they use throughout port. their daily lives, from cra In a sectoral study, Crisil dles to coffins. Research also said that Six days of public hear noncoking coal imports ings on the proposed duties would decline to 145 mil of up to 25% will start on lion tonnes in fiscal 2023 Monday in Washington as Grief compounded: Centennial Casket says it relies on caskets from 162 million tonnes in part of President Donald from China and duties would hurt grieving families. * REUTERS fiscal 2018. However, this Trump’s and the U.S. Trade would be due to lower im Representative’s efforts to tariffs and retaliation by At the other end of the life ports by nonpower sector pressure Beijing for sweep China. cycle, Centennial Casket which has seen improved ing changes to its trade and In more than 1,400 writ Corp. domestic supply after lin economic policies. ten comments submitted to President Douglas Chen kage auctions. Overall, the Unlike previous rounds of USTR that will be echoed in said his Plano, Texasbased power sector, with im U.S. tariffs, which sought to the hearings, most business company relies exclusively proved plant load factors, shield consumers by target es argued that the tariffs will on Chinesemade caskets has driven domestic coal ing Chinese industrial ma cause harm and higher costs and the tariffs would cause consumption. chinery, electronic compo for products ranging from “great loss” and raise costs On coking coal, the re nents and other Halloween costumes and for “grieving families pur port said that imports intermediate goods, thou Christmas lights to nuclear chasing caskets for their would remain high as dom sands of consumer products fuel inputs, while a small loved ones at one of the estic supply of metallurgi could be directly hit with ta number praised them or worst times of their life.” cal coking coal is estimated riffs by late September. asked that they be extended The Internet Association, at 19 million tonnes against The $200 billion list tar to other products. representing companies in a demand of 65 million gets seafood, furniture and cluding Facebook Inc., Ama tonnes in FY23. lighting products, tires, ‘Safety of children’ zon.com Inc. and Alphabet Global coking coal pric chemicals, plastics, bicycles Graco Children’s Products Inc., said the tariffs “would es are expected to soften and car seats for babies. Inc. said tariffs “will have a cause disproportionate eco but still be dear at about $ “USTR’s proposed tariffs direct negative impact on nomic harm to American In 190 to $200 per tonne this on an additional $200 billion our company, American pa ternet companies. The list year according to the Crisil of Chinese imports dramati rents and most importantly includes products that im analysis, noting a world cally expands the harm to the safety of American chil pact how Internet compa wide revival in steel de American consumers, work dren.” nies function.” mand. Production too is ers, businesses, and the eco The company said higher expected to improve led by nomy,” the U.S. Chamber of prices may prompt more pa Cost of nuclear fuel resumption of coal mines Commerce said in written rents to buy car seats, Westinghouse Electric Co. which were closed earlier testimony for the hearing. swings and portable play LLC, the leading U.S. nuclear and resolution of transport The top U.S. business lob yards on the secondhand fuel producer, said it relies bottlenecks in some of the bying group said the admi market. on China for zirconium and mining countries. Howev nistration lacks a “coherent “The proposed tariffs may zirconium powders — key in er, these easing of supply strategy” to address China’s force parents to use unsafe puts for tubes used in nu constraints may lead to theft of intellectual property sleeping environments or let clear fuel assemblies that it prices dropping to about and other harmful trade children dangerously co uses at plants in Utah, Penn $175 to $185 per tonne next practices and called for “se sleep with parents,” Graco sylvania and South Carolina. year, Crisil Research said. rious discussions”. wrote. There is no U.S. source of It said that Coal India is Midlevel Trump adminis The tariff “only causes a zirconium so the tariff would expected to increase its tration officials and their children safety issue; it will “raise the cost for Westin output through increased Chinese counterparts are ex not convince China to ghouse to manufacture nu production from large pected to meet later this change its policies.” clear fuel for U.S. commer blocks. week in Washington to dis Evenflo Feeding said the cial nuclear power plants” Domestic noncoking cuss their trade dispute. But tariffs will hit manual breast and ultimately “would in coal prices would be go it is unclear whether the pumps “and would cause crease the cost of electricity verned by linkage prices, talks will have any effect on disproportionate economic to a significant percentage of auction of linkages and the implementation of U.S. harm to U.S. interests.” U.S. electricity consumers.” spot auctions.

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The sedan comes Mitsubishi Outlander bile banking adoption in sav and southern States were with a new 1.5 litre K15 pe MUMBAI ings accounts, according to a leading the charge as India trol engine along with smart Hindustan Motors Finance report by The Boston Con continued on the digital jour hybrid technology featuring Corporation Ltd. (HMFCL) sulting Group (BCG). ney. More than 20% of the a lithiumion battery. has introduced the next The report was prepared active savings banks ac “At Maruti Suzuki, we al generation Mitsubishi in association with FICCI and counts in Telangana, Mani ways strive to bring newer, New avatar: The sedan comes with a new 1.5 litre K15 petrol Outlander with Advance CVT Indian Banks’ Association. pur and Mizoram had at advanced and greener tech engine along with smart hybrid technology. * PTI technology at an Telangana tops the table least one Internet banking fi nologies in India,” said Keni exshowroom Mumbai price with 10% of savings bank ac nancial transaction in the chi Ayukawa, MD and CEO, technology with lithiumion and ₹10.97 lakh. of ₹31.95 lakh. “The new counts having at least one last six months of FY18 com Maruti Suzuki in a battery,” he added. The firm said that the up engine provides the superior mobile banking transaction Touch transfer: Mobile banking activation stands at 21% for pared with the national aver performance, capability and statement. The petrol version comes graded car would offer fuel in the last six months of private banks and 3% for PSBs in FY18. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK age of 11.30%. refinement customers in this with both manual and auto efficiency of 21.56 km/litre. FY18, according to the Other southern States too premium SUV (sport utility Lithium-ion battery matic transmissions. The The diesel versions of the vehicle) segment expect,” report. India average is 3.40%. banks; six large PSU banks topped the national average “The New Ciaz, powered by manual variants of the pe model would continue to be said Uttam Bose, managing This is followed by And The report had a sample and five new private banks. on the metric. K15 smart hybrid gasoline trol version are priced bet powered by the original 1.3 director, HMFCL. hra Pradesh (6.30%), Karna size of more than 2,600 res Mobile banking activation The theme of the report is engine, is testament of the ween ₹8.19 lakh and ₹9.97 litre diesel engine with hy taka (5.50%), Puducherry pondents and BCG factored stood at 21% for private “Providing financial services same. Ciaz is the first car in lakh while the automatic brid technology and would Top level changes at (5.80%), Tamil Nadu (5%) in 34 banks across four seg banks and 3% for PSU banks to SMEs in an increasingly India to be powered by next transmission options are be priced between ₹9.19 Coca-Cola India and Kerala (4.70%). The all ments — 15 medium PSU for FY18, the consulting firm digital ecosystem.” generation smart hybrid priced between ₹9.8 lakh lakh and ₹10.97 lakh. CHENNAI CocaCola India has made top level changes. Sundeep Bajoria, earlier vicepresident Paytm parent strategy and insights, has Taiwan’s Maxxis to set Tanla Solutions to buy Karix Mobile, unit been named VP – South West unveils cloud Asia (SWA) operations. up 5 tyre units in India Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan platform from Blackstone’s GSO in ₹340 cr. deal has been appointed VP strategy and insights, Coca Firm also eyes 4wheeler tyre market Special Correspondent Cola India and SWA. “These Karix will help in adding a diverse, highvalue customer base, says Tanla’s Reddy Special Correspondent NEW DELHI changes will address the through the Vietnam facility Bengaluru Special Correspondent developing business needs,” since 2016, according to One97 Communications, customer base and business. terprise reach. Subject to ap HYDERABAD said T. Krishnakumar, Maxxis India, the Indian Maxxis India. that owns the Paytm On a fully diluted basis, proval from Tanla sharehol president, CocaCola India subsidiary of Taiwanbased The Sanand facility is cur brand, on Monday intro Cloud communication ser GSO would own about 14.6% ders and regulators, the and SWA. tyremaker Maxxis, plans to rently manufacturing two duced ‘Paytm AI Cloud for vices provider Tanla Solu in Tanla, promoters 30.6%, acquisition is expected to set up five additional manu wheeler tyres and tubes. India’ — a cloud computing tions Ltd. is acquiring Karix employees 5.6% and the pu close by October. Hyundai to partner with facturing plants in the The plant has a capacity to platform aimed at develop Mobile and its wholly owned blic 49.2% on completion of With combined revenues self-drive start-up Revv country. produce about 20,000 tyres ers, startups and subsidiary Unicel from the acquisition. GSO would of ₹1,170 crore in FY18, Tanla NEW DELHI “The company has plans and 40,000 tubes a day, the enterprises. Blackstone company GSO have an observer seat on would emerge as a leading South Korean automobile to set up five more plants in company said. The company has part Capital Partners at an enter Tanla’s board and also be en cloud communications firm major Hyundai Motor India which will also cater to nered with Chinese tech prise value of ₹340 crore. titled to preemptive rights providing digital transforma Company on Monday the fourwheeler tyre mar To supply 1 mn tyres nology giant Alibaba for Announcing that the de in future allotment of capital tion strategies to its enter announced a partnership ket,” according to a state Production from the first the cloud computing in finitive share purchase to enable it to avoid dilution. prise clients. with Revv, an Indian self ment from the company. phase of the India facility frastructure. agreement, to acquire 100% Uday Reddy Established in 2000, Ka According to the state drive car sharing startup. Maxxis India, on Monday, began in August 2017. The The cloud computing of Karix and its subsidiary, rix (formerly known as ment the acquisition leverag The partnership, along with was signed on Monday, Tan la will take over a debt of mGage India) has 1,500 en es Tanla’s strong telecom Hyundai Motor’s investment rolled out its first two company aims to supply platform will offer a suite wheeler tyre consignment one million tyres to its OEM of businesscentric apps la said in a statement that the ₹103 crore and would use in terprise clients across indus carrier partnerships and Ka in Revv, will help the two acquisition would be a cash ternal accruals for making tries. In FY18, it had posted a rix’s enterprise selling ex firms build competency and from its Sanand facility to partners by the end of this for organisations that need and stock transaction. A the cash payment to GSO. revenue of ₹540.2 crore. pertise to build a rational the technology necessary for Honda Motorcycle and year. solutions for cloud com cash payment of ₹112 crore Tanla Solutions CMD ised yet comprehensive leading the “future mobility Scooter India (HMSCI). Maxxis India is targeting puting, readytouse servic market” in India, Hyundai The company had been to capture at least 15% of the es to automate their work apart, GSO will also be is Uday Reddy described Karix ‘Will accelerate growth’ solutions portfolio that can Motor said in a statement. It, supplying OEM (original country’s twowheeler tyre flow, easy to integrate sued ₹125 crore worth of as an “ideal strategic fit” to Tanla’s expects the acquisi quickly generate revenues however, did not disclose the equipment manufacturer) market by 2023, according payments, messaging and Tanla stock at a price of achieve the objective of ad tion to accelerate growth and reduce gotomarket ti investment details. tyre fitments to HMSCI to the statement. customer engagement. ₹56.79 per equity share. Tan ding diverse and highvalue strategy and deepen its en melines.

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Vinesh Phogat crowns herself in style Overpowers Japan’s Yui Irie 62 in the 50kg ﬁnal after a dominant performance in the initial rounds

WRESTLING UTHRA GANESAN JAKARTA Two years back, when Vi nesh Phogat was stretchered out of the arena writhing in Not enough: Saina Nehwal took it to the decider against

pain and crying inconsolably Nozomi Okuhara, but could not get past the finish line.* AFP at the Rio Olympics, it was anybody’s guess if she would ever be able to fight again. Her image of wheeling her Shuttlers bow out self to receive the Arjuna award was one of the most poignant moments that year. in team event On Monday, she was again lifted off the mat — this time Saina falls to Okuhara; Sindhu loses in celebration after claiming out in doubles with Ashwini Ponnappa

BADMINTON “In the third game, the rallies were getting longer Stan Rayan and I was trying to get more JAKARTA easy points. After 16 or 17, The last time Saina Nehwal somehow I knew that some played Nozomi Okuhara was one would crack,” said Sai more than a year ago, at the na. “I made many unneces Glasgow World Champion sary errors in the last three ships. And when the Indian or four points, I could have Breaking through: Vinesh Phogat ended her losing streak against Yuki Irie to bag gold. * REUTERS met the Japanese in the wo played more rallies well. But men’s team badminton I did my best.” avenge her pain and strug tha, meri mehnat thi, sab sath to pin her opponent but quarterfinal of the 18th Japan had won the Uber gles in the past two years. me aa gaya,” (god was with could not break her defence. Asian Games at the GBK Is Cup in Thailand in May, and Among the favourites to win me, my hard work was with “Against a strong opponent, The pain eases, finally tora Stadium here on Mon it had beaten India 50 when a medal at Rio before her me, everything came togeth the match can turn even in 10 day, Saina felt her opponent it had met then. Chief coach India’s and wrestling’s se twisted knee against Sun Ya er),” she admitted after the seconds. If I get a chance to Special Correspondent competition. Yanan, a had changed tremendously. P. Gopi Chand tried to cond gold medal at the 18th nan abruptly halted her cam win. outplay her with a pin, there Jakarta former World Champion Okuhara had been a great change the doubles combi Asian Games here, overpo paign, the Chinese was the She was clearly a favourite could not have been anyth Sun Yanan had a shocked and silver medallist at the retriever earlier but now nations, breaking up the wering Japan’s Yuki Irie 62 in first to be ticked off the list for a medal here but even Vi ing better and I put all my look on her face but every Incheon Asiad four years Saina realised that she had Ashwini PonnappaSikki the 50kg final to end her los here in the prequarters with nesh did not expect to stamp power into it but she is too pair of eyes was only on ago, was no pushover but become more of an attack Reddy pair and pairing the ing streak to her opponent — an 82 win. her dominance in this man good and escaped,” Vinesh the slumped figure in Vinesh made it look too ing player. two with different partners, this was the fourth meeting ner. “For me, this is like explained. orange singlet on the mat. easy. It took Saina time to settle in an effort to unsettle the between the two with Irie Different challenge Olympics. We had the Olym She did concede two Vinesh Phogat, only 21 She admitted even she down in the second singles Japanese. Reddy partnered having the upper hand every The next two rounds did not pic bronze medallist here points towards the end for then but already one of In hadn’t expected it to be so and once she did, she trou Arathi Sara Sunil while Pon time before this. last the distance and saw her and to beat a Japanese is a big passivity but by then, there dia’s brightest hopes for a easy. bled the World No. 8, mov nappa teamed up with Sind storm into the final on tech thing. It needed a lot of men was little doubt that the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, “As an opponent, you ing her nicely and picking hu but it did not make much Sakshi fails nical superiority. Irie was a tal and physical composure was coming India’s way. For had twisted her knee at an respect everyone. I wasn’t up plenty of points with her of a difference in the end. With Rio bronze medallist different challenge, though. and I managed to keep that someone who, having torn awkward angle, could not looking for revenge. But smart net play. But just Later the Indian men Sakshi Malik going down Japan is a powerhouse in wo today.” all six side ligaments on her move at all and was dis yes, there was pressure on when she appeared ripe for crashed out too, losing to In tamely in the 62kg bronze men’s wrestling and against She also admitted to pres knee in that freak accident at traught enough to not even me before the bout — pres a win, Saina cracked. donesia 31 in the quarterfi medal match, and Pooja Irie, Vinesh knew she had to sure before the bout — to Rio, took less than six realise the extent of her sure to prove it to myself. And though World No. 3 nal. The host was backed by Dhanda in the 57kg, she en take her chances. prove herself. “It was the months to return to action, it pain and injury. “I have met her thrice P.V. Sindhu defeated Akane a loud crowd and the signs sured the women wrestlers “I knew I had to win gold, I pressure of proving it to my was sweet retribution for all That pain finally eased before and lost every time Yamaguchi, who is one rung were not good for India as would not return empty could not have gone back self. I knew I was stronger the naysayers. “Someone has away on Monday here but I knew I was good above her in the world rank its best bet K. Srikanth handed from the with a silver yet again. I was and better but the mat is said that injuries make an when Vinesh overcame Ya enough, strong enough. I ings, Saina’s loss virtually (World No. 8) lost to Antho competition. tired of being the second where it counts,” she said. athlete stronger. It took a lot nan with a dominating 82 had to now prove it on the stopped India’s run in an ny Ginting, ranked four Irie was not the only one best. I had an opportunity to She proved it in style too. of effort to get out of it back win in the prequarterfi mat, that is where it event where it had won a rungs below him, in the the 23year old Vinesh had day, my body was respond Two minutes into the bout then, but I also have learnt a nals of her Asian Games counts,” she said. bronze at the last Asiad. It opening singles. H.S. Pran been on the lookout for to ing well. Bhagwan ka sath and 40 up, she had a chance lot from that injury,” she said. did not take the Japanese noy defeated Christie Jona long to win the series 31 and tan for the lone Indian victo enter the semifinal. ry in the fivematch event. Deepak and Lakshay INDIANS IN ACTION Archery: Recurve women’s indi men’s qualification (Sanjeev Ra Ramanathan and vidual (Deepika Kumari, Promila jput, Akhil Sheoran) and 10m air provide the silver lining Daimary, Ankita Bhakat, Laxmir pistol men’s qualification (Ab ani Majhi) and Recurve women’s hishek Verma, Saurabh Chaud Ankita advance team (7.30 a.m.); Recurve men’s hary), 7.30 a.m; Trap mixed team Major breakthrough for the two shooters individual (Sukhchain Singh, qualification (Lakshay, Shreyasi Jagdish Choudhary, Viswash, Singh), 9 a.m. SHOOTING Atanu Das); Recurve men’s team Swimming: Men’s 50m freestyle and Recurve mixed team (12.50 Heats (Anshul Kotharim, Vird Press Trust of India p.m.). hawal Khade), 7.36 a.m. Palembang Artistic gymnastics: Women’s Tennis (starts 8.30 a.m.): Wo qualification subdivision 3 (Dipa men’s singles: Roundof16 Deepak Kumar and Lakshay Karmakar, Aruna Budda Reddy, (Ankita Raina, Kamran Kaur Sheoran, shooters with con Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak, Thandi); Men’s doubles: Round trasting career paths, made Mandira Chowdhury), 2.30 p.m. of16 (Sumit NagalRamkumar major breakthroughs on Hockey: India vs Kazakhstan Ramanathan); Mixed doubles: Monday by winning silver in (6.30 p.m.). Roundof32 (Rohan Bopanna the men’s 10m air rifle and Kabaddi: Women: India vs Sri Ankita Raina) and Roundof16 South Korea men’s trap. Lanka (7.30 a.m.); vs Indonesia (Divij SharanKamran Kaur Smooth start: Ankita breezed past Beatrice Gumulya. * PTI The 33yearold Deepak (10.50 a.m.); Men: India vs Thail Thandi). shock for did not mind the long wait and (3.30 p.m.). Volleyball: India vs Vietnam TENNIS who beat Beatrice Gumulya for a major medal, 14 years af Rowing (repechage rounds): (8.30 a.m.). India 62, 64 in a round of 32 Men’s single sculls (Dattu Wrestling: Men: GrecoRoman ter he took up the sport. The wait ends: Deepak Kumar won a major medal, 14 years Press Trust of India match. Karman Kaur Thandi Bhokanal), 7.30 a.m; Women’s 60kg: 1/8 Finals (Gyanender), Lakshay, on the other hand, after he took to the sport. * PTI Palembang had little difficulty in getting pairs (Sanjukta Dung Dung & 11.48 a.m.; 67kg: 1/8 Finals KABADDI picked up the gun only four Harpreet Kaur), 8.20 a.m; Men’s (Manish), 12.48 p.m. Ramkumar Ramanathan past Mongolian Jargal Altan years ago as a teenager and at the medal hunt until he mis feet right after the competi and Ankita Raina, made im sarnai, 61, 60. lightweight four (Bhopal Singh, Women’s freestyle: 68kg: Press Trust of India 20, is now a silver medallist sed five targets towards the tion was over. Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde, Quarterfinals (Divya Kakran), pressive starts to their cam In men’s doubles, Rama JAKARTA at Asiad, equalling the feat end to finish fourth. The trap final was won by Pranay Ganesh), 8.30 a.m. Noon; 76kg: 1/4 Quarterfinals: paign, progressing to the nathan and Sumit Nagal de achieved by Manavjit Singh With father Somvir being a Chinese Taipei’s Kunpi Yang, Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions (Kiran), 12.42 p.m. In a major upset, seven prequarterfinals of the ten feated Nepal’s Abhishek Ba Sandhu at Doha 2006. former National wrestler, it who shot 48 to equal the time gold medallist India nis event here on Monday. tola and Samrakshy Sandhu also happened to was no surprise that Lakshay world record. Lakshay shot suffered its firstever loss in Ramanathan won the first Bajracharya 61, 61. be in the trap field and was in rushed to touch Sandhu’s 43 while South Korean Dae Srihari, Advait better the Asian Games to South set 60 against Wong Hong women’s doubles as Ru myeong Ahn took the bronze Korea in a men’s kabaddi Kit but was stretched by the tuja Bhonsale and Y. Pranja with 30. GroupA game here on Hong Kong player in the se la lost to Thailand’s Peang Another silver came In National records Monday. cond set before getting past tarn Plipuech and Nicha dia’s way with Deepak pro India lost 2324 to South 76 (4) on tiebreak in a Lertpitaksinchai 64, 36, ducing a late surge in the 10m SWIMMING his own National record in Korea. This was India’s first round of 32 match. 911. rifle event. the men’s 800m freestyle, defeat in 28 years at the Prajnesh Gunneswaran Men’s doubles top seeds China’s Yang Haoran re Stan Rayan clocking 8:09.13 (old Asiad. had it easy against Indone Rohan Bopanna and Divij tained the gold with an aggre JAKARTA 8:10.22) but did not make In the women’s event, sia Rifqi M Fitriadi, winning Sharan defeated Indone gate of 249.1, pushing Tai Srihari Nataraj set his se the final. India cruised past Thailand 62, 60. sians Ignatius Anthony Su pei’s Lu Shaochuan to third cond National record in as And in the 200m indivi 3323 in its second group India’s first match of the santo and David Agung Su with 226.8 in the 24shot fi many days, clocking 26.19 dual medley, Neel Roy was game. day was of Ankita Raina, santo 63, 63. nal. Ravi Kumar finished seconds in the men’s 50m fifth in his heat in 2:08.07. fourth. Deepak shot a perfect backstroke heats (old re The men’s 4x200m relay CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 10.9 to dislodge his Air Force cord, own, 26.31), but it was team was the only Indian Late surge: Lakshay Sheoran, who was not in the medal race mate before producing a 10.8 not enough to carry him to squad (Srihari, Saurabh Sag Medal hunt until the 18th, shot a 10.9 to finish second with 247.7. * PTI to pip the Taipei shooter. the final. vekar, Avinash Mani and Arvind Mani came se Neel Roy) that qualified for cond in the same heat in the final and it finished se 26.89. venth in 7:37.07. Japan won 170 romp for Indian men Advait Page also bettered the gold in 7:05.17. HOCKEY gladesh in 1982. It may all change in the INDIAN RESULTS The goalfest started in the coming games, though, UTHRA GANESAN first minute of the game and when the competition would Badminton, quarterfinals: round from Heat 2; Women’s JAKARTA continued till the end. get tougher. Men: Indonesia bt India 31. single sculls: Heats: 6. Sayali Competition in Asian hockey India converted six of its Women: Japan bt India 31. Rajendra & Pooja (enter final). might not be exceptional but Experimentation nine penaltycorners. Young Basketball 5x5, Preliminary: Sepak Takraw: Regu prelimin- even by its limited standards, In between, coach Harendra sters Dilpreet Singh, Man Women: Unified Korea bt India ary: Men: India bt Iran 21; lost a 170 walloping is unheard Singh experimented with his deep Singh and Simranjeet 10454. to Indonesia 30; Women: Laos of in the tournament. plans and personnel and en Singh scored thrice each, the Handball: Men: Group 3: India bt India 21. The Indian men did just sured everyone got enough last being impressive with a bt Malaysia 4519. Volleyball: Men’s preliminary: that to hapless host Indone play time to get a feel of the 100 percent conversion rate Kabaddi: Men: South Korea bt India bt Hong Kong 2725, 25 sia here on Monday to open turf. — scoring in each of his three India 2423; Women: India bt 22, 2519. their account in the competi The experimenting saw attempts at goal. Thailand 3323. Wrestling: Women 50kg free- Rowing (heats): Men’s light- style: Vinesh Phogat (Ind) bt tion in style, bettering their Sardar Singh playing much Rupinder Pal Singh scored weight single sculls: 1. Dushy Yuki Irie (Jpn) 62; 62kg free- own record at the Asian ahead in the attack and twice while Harmanpreet ant (enters final); Double style, bronze medal: Rim Jong Games in the progress. creating chances while the Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, S.V. sculls: Om Prakash & Swaran Sim (Kor) bt Sakshi Malik (Ind) The previous highest mar two central midfielders Man Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Singh (enter final). 122; 57kg freestyle bronze gin for the country was 120, preet Singh and Vivek Prasad Amit Rohidas and Vivek Men’s lightweight eight: medal: Sakagami Katsuki (Jpn) Take that: Thokchom Seitaram Singh, left, jumps for the ball against Jafari Mehrdad. India against Iran in 1974 and Ban held back. scored one apiece. Heats: India makes repechage bt Pooja Dhanda (Ind) 61; defeated Iran 2116, 1921, 2117 to enter the semifinals of the sepak takraw event.* AFP

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County stint India in command after the Kohli-Pujara show helped, The former scores his second hundred of the series, while the latter makes a watchful 72; England faces a mammoth target of 521 says Pujara

INDIA IN ENGLAND <> It wobbled and I just SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT copped it on the end. NOTTINGHAM Shreedutta Chidananda It is a fracture but it's Cheteshwar Pujara may Nottingham not displaced and not have scored too many Whatever else happens on that is a big thing. runs for Yorkshire in the this tour, one thing is for cer We are hopeful that County Championship Di tain: Virat Kohli’s struggles of vision One this season (172 a bit more ice 2014 will soon be a distant, runs from 12 innings) but hazy memory. Four years overnight and some that stint had helped him a ago, he managed all of 134 protection [will great deal, he stated on runs from 10 innings. This help]. Monday. time, he has 440 from six. On Jonny Bairstow This was his fourth sea Monday, Kohli raised his se after injuring his finger while keeping son of county cricket, the cond hundred of the series — batsman previously turn and 23rd overall — as India a watchful 72. The batsman ing out for Derbyshire and moved into an impregnable had pushed forward in de Notts. position in the third Test at fence, but had been sur “Playing county cricket Trent Bridge. prised a little by the bounce. did help me,” he said. “I’ve This was a day when the At the other end, Kohli learnt a lot. Although I visiting batsmen had only carried on, running hard bet didn’t score too many runs one thing on their minds: the ween the wickets (39 singles, in redball cricket, I was relentless, unhurried accum nine twos and two threes he playing on challenging ulation of runs. This they ran, in all) and punishing pitches. Ultimately we just achieved, with Kohli and loose deliveries, of which need to trust our tech Cheteshwar Pujara in the there were a few from Adil nique. We just need to play vanguard, as India declared they call it here — at a ball what has been a fallow pe Rashid. the way we know.” on a mammoth lead of 520 from Ben Stokes. The Sau riod for one of its lynchpins. Pujara’s 72 on the third late on the third evening. rashtra man did not look Only 24 runs came off the Kohli dropped day of the third Test was It left England nine tricky pretty or convincing, but he day’s first 15 overs, but the only his second halfcentu Minutes after tea, Kohli was overs to face before the close survived. And sometimes, batting side did not care. It ry in 13 Test innings, but he dropped on 93, the ball just of play. Despite much pres that is enough. was important to keep En felt he had been striking going through Jennings’s legs sure from the fielding side, Pujara completed his 50, gland in the field and wear its the ball well. “There is al at gully. Anderson, to no Alastair Cook and Keaton off 147 balls, with a single off bowlers down. With much ways some pressure, espe one’s surprise, was the vic Jennings got to stumps un Stuart Broad; it was only his time left in the game, there cially when you haven’t tim again. scathed, their side 23 with second halfcentury in 13 was little reason to make scored too many runs. But out loss. But with two full Test innings. haste. Kohli got to his hundred in I always felt that I was bat days left in the game, any re The effort will have come Kohli, who had just seen the next over, an edge off ting well. Especially in the sult other than an Indian tri as an immense relief to the an inside edge whistle past Chris Woakes racing to the nets, the way I was timing umph would represent a batsman who, having been his legstump, as if to illus thirdman boundary. He was the ball I was very confi miracle. dropped for the first Test, trate the point that batsmen out legbefore to the same dent I was up for a big one. managed scores of one and are never truly comfortable bowler not long after, for 103. “I’m really pleased to No rush 17 in the second. in these conditions, soon The lead had already swol have scored those valuable Kohli and Pujara were, un And all this on the back of raised his 50 as India went len to 449 at this stage and 72 runs for the team. When derstandably, in no rush to a poor summer for Yorkshire into lunch having added 70 next Hardik Pandya, who you’re away from home it’s score in the morning. India in the County Championship runs in 29 overs. had the license to attack, not about big hundreds resumed on 124 for two and (a top score of 41 in 12 in Forty minutes after the clouted a runaball 52. India but about having enough the pair knuckled down in nings). India will hope the restart, Stokes broke declared on 352; it should be runs on the board collec the face of controlled, disci knock represents the end of through, removing Pujara for more than plenty. tively,” he said. plined English bowling. In the midst of a sustained SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS INDIA, 3RD TEST, DAY 3 All set spell of pressure, the tireless Pujara was confident India James Anderson drew an India — 1st innings: 329. b Rashid 3 (6b), R. Ashwin (not 3090. would dismiss England on edge from Pujara only for Jos England — 1st innings: 161. out) 1 (1b); Extras (b1, lb9, the fourth day. “There’s Buttler to shell the catch at India — 2nd innings: Shikhar w1): 11; Total (for seven wkts. England — 2nd innings: Alastair enough help for the fast second slip. The ball went Dhawan st. Bairstow b Rashid decl. in 110 overs): 352. Cook (batting) 9 (28b, 1x4), bowlers,” he said. Keaton Jennings (batting) 13 quickly to his left but Buttler 44 ( 63b, 6x4), K.L. Rahul b Fall of wickets: 160 (Rahul, “We saw in the first ses Stokes 36 (33b, 7x4), Chetesh 11.2), 2111 (Dhawan, 23.2), 3 (27b, 2x4); Extras (nb1): 1; ought to have gone with two Total (for no loss in nine overs): sion today [Monday] that hands instead of one; Ander war Pujara c Cook b Stokes 72 224 (Pujara, 71.3), 4281 (Kohli, some balls were climbing, (208b, 9x4), Virat Kohli lbw b 93.4), 5282 (Pant, 94.4), 6329 23. son has been cruelly let some stayed low. “If we Woakes 103 ( 197b, 10x4), (Rahane, 107.1), 7349 (Shami, India bowling: Bumrah 31 down by his fielders this Ajinkya Rahane b Rashid 29 109.3). bowl the way we did in the series. 160, Ishant 4150, Ashwin first innings, we’ll have a (94b, 3x4), Rishabh Pant c Cook England bowling: Anderson 22 2120. Pujara was on 40 then and b Anderson 1 (6b), Hardik 7551, Broad 163600, good chance of bowling At it again: Virat Kohli ran hard between the wickets and punished the loose deliveries while a little later he pushed uncer Pandya (not out) 52 (52b, 7x4, Woakes 224491, Stokes 20 England needs another 498 them out tomorrow [Tues posting his 23rd Test century. * AP tainly — the curtainrail shot 1x6), Mohammed Shami c Cook 3682, Rashid 2721013, Root runs with 10 wickets remaining. day].” Sanjay and Aparajith light up final day Hammer unbeaten centuries in drawn encounter; India Red takes three points DULEEP TROPHY in a tame draw, with the had made an elegant 109 on He would surely be regret In the next match, begin former taking the firstin Sunday. ting his dismissal, as he mis ning on August 23, India Red P.K. Ajith Kumar nings points. “I was determined to sed out on batting against a will take on India Blue. DINDIGUL Even this eminently for score a hundred,” Aparajith friendly attack on a friendlier The scores: For most of Monday, the gettable day will be remem said. “I am happy that Indra track. India Red — 1st innings: 337. cricket was like what Grou bered with fondness by two jith also got a century. It was Aparajith and Sanjay, ho India Green — 1st innings: 309. cho Marx famously de players — Sanjay Ramaswa important for him as he is wever, were in no mood to India Red – 2nd innings: Sanjay scribed during his visit to my and B. Aparajith. coming back from a shoulder let go of the opportunity. Ramaswamy (not out) 123, Ab Lord’s in 1954 — a wonderful Both scored hundreds and injury. This is the first time They were willing to grind in hinav Mukund c Indrajith b Raj cure for insomnia. added 210 for the unfinished we both are scoring hun itially and changed gears, poot 31, B. Aparajith (not out) Any chance of final day ex third wicket. Sanjay was un dreds in the same First Class clearing the boundary on a 101, Extras (lb1, nb5, w1) 7; citement in the opening Du beaten on 123 (245b, 9x4, match, though we have done few occasions. Total (for one wkt. decl. in 79 overs): 262. leep Trophy fixture at the 2x6) and Aparajith 101 (205b, it before in other matches.” Sanjay, the Vidarbha Fall of wicket: 152. NPR College Ground ended 7x4, 3x6) as India Red was opener who has had a great India Green bowling: Rajpoot when unfit ground condi 262 for one when stumps Abhinav misses out year, was the first to reach 112401, Dinda 70290, Vig tions — there were problems were drawn for the final Aparajith had come to the the milestone when he nesh 50160, Saxena 172 at the bowling runup area — time. wicket after the fall of his smashed leftarm spinner Vi 470, Mishra 253680, Cho allowed only sevenanda Aparajith, though, wasn’t captain Abhinav Mukund kash Mishra for a huge six ov pra 120550, Panchal 2160. half overs of play in the first the first batsman from his fa who was the only one to get er longoff. “After missing out Man-of-the-Match: Rajneesh session. mily in Chennai to score a out this day. The opener in the first innings, I wanted Gurbani. The match between India hundred in this match. His edged to Indrajith at second to hit a hundred in the se India Red 3 points, India Green On the double: Sanjay Ramaswamy and B. Aparajith combined to torment the Green bowlers. Red and India Green ended twin brother, B. Indrajith, slip off Ankit Rajpoot. cond,” he said. 1. * B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12401 (set by Incognito) SUDOKU FAITH 15 Indy team danced for 4 Unenthusiastically dresses pet Wodehouse's uncle? (8) lazily (7) Inseparable in virtue 17 Ban bird's tap (8) 5 Bishop loves king? Novel, It is impossible not to respond to the dominant feel ings of 19 Dramatist: "First, nothing less perhaps (4) pathos and poignancy running as the undercurrent in t he than 10 to the power of 100" 6 Sending out old wine and gin Ramayana, evoking a sense of pity that is celebrated as ‘ka (5) cocktail (9) runa rasa.’ It reaches a peak when Rama steels Himself to 22 Din, in India, may follow this send Sita to the forest in her pregnant state, on the ground 7 Test paper, set without type of pain? (4) of suspicion. The delicate situation rends the heart s of all, presence of PTA, is and even Valmiki, Narayana Bhattatiri and others are overta 23 Foreign country expels determined in advance (6) ken by grief and falter in continuing with the narrative. Val national leader resulting in miki exclaims that though Brahma has granted him the ne estrangement (10) 8 Swiss psychiatrist is at the French forest (6) cessary vision and poetic abilities to fulfil this eno rmous 26 Perhaps, trunkcallers task of composing the Ramayana, he is at a loss to fathom erroneously telephone, 14 Track deer footprints with the hearts of the divine couple in their human role as Rama substituting a nine, at first, some hesitation, followed by and Sita, pointed out Sri B. Damodhara Dikshitar in a dis swallow, an insectivorous for one six in the beginning course. To him they remain inseparable and omniscient, creature (5,4) (9) cherishing each other in the secret depths of their hearts. 27 Goodbye, heads of all 16 Increase, in Agra, government Sita never accepts that Rama suspects her, though he has departments in English value added tax on energy (9) sent her away. Such is the nobility of her virtue and pativrata university (5) dharma, and the oneness in thought, word and deed that 17 Reptiles slither? Ask Sen (6) binds the divine couple playing the roles Sita and Rama. Sek 28 Gardner lies about chief Solution to puzzle 12400 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku troublemakers (11) 18 Foreign currency is with the kizhar, in his account of the life of Tiruneelakanta Nayanar, ■ ACROSS Spanish officer (7) praises the outstanding chastity that this Nayanar and hi s ■ DOWN devout wife exemplify while serving the Lord with tr emen 1"Commander's fit to capture 20 Indian monkey found in Jalan dous love and devotion. Owing to an incident involving the stronghold — At ease!" (11) 1 Behind church, daughter Gurdwara (6) saint’s lust, his wife asks him to refrain from approachi ng 9 Rule Niger badly (5) consumes one large tot (5) 21 Somehow aspire for Iran of her. Moved by his faith in Siva, he then and there renounces 10 I am on time, you hear! 2 Con man on the run consumes yore (6) any relationship with women with great determination and Without any preparation! (9) BLT preparation in the peak of remains so throughout. The Lord wishes to make known the 24 Plants four Romans, that is, 11 Abreast, like LR? (4,2,4) European tourism (4,5) vow of chastity that this couple observes for forty years and senators initially (5) 12 It's chokey for one just over 18 3 It's built with two rings and comes in the guise of a Siva yogi. He leads them through shortly (4) ellipse to start with serving no 25 Mongolian ruler takes trials and tests and finally rewards their resoluteness by tak 13 Spoilt, stale unit (5) practical purpose (6) thousand ethnic Chinese (4) ing them to His abode in their youthful forms.

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TV PICKS Kangra wins Asian Games : Sony Ten 2, Djokovic breaks Cincinnati jinx Sony ESPN (SD & HD), 7 a.m. England vs India : 3rd Test, Nizam’s Gold Cup day four, Sony Six (SD & HD), Beats Federer to complete Masters collection; Bertens halts Halep’s streak 3.30 p.m. HYDERABAD: Mr. Marthand Singh CHARMINAR CUP (1,400m), 3 KPL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Mahindra, Mrs. Rina Mahindra & 4 yo & over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. 6.30 p.m. MASTERS TENNIS Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy’s Kangra II): SOUTHERN LEGACY (Tanwar) (A. Sandesh up) won the Nizam’s 1, Barnabas (Akshay Kumar) 2, Agence France-Presse Gold Cup, the chief event of the Bayrd (Suraj Narredu) 3 and Turf IN BRIEF Cincinnati races held here on Monday (Au Legend (Akeeth Kumar) 4. Not gust 20). Athaollahi trains the run: City Of Sails. 11/2, 1 and 6 Novak Djokovic ended a ca winner. 1/4. 1m 28.61s. Rs. 8(w), 5, 6 and reerlong jinx as he complet 7(p), SHP: 12, FP: 12, Q: 10, Tla: 21. 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Favourite: Blue Empress. Chievo goalkeeper Stefano Aditya P. Thackersey. Trainer: Owners: Dr. Pratap C. Reddy, ATP was formed in 1990. Deshmukh. Sorrentino called Cristiano Mrs. Upasana Kamineni & Miss Ameeta Mehra. Trainer: Laxman ASTRONOMIC PLATE Ronaldo a “legend” and (Div. II), Singh. First loss (1,100m), 3yo & over, rated thanked the Juventus star for 2 NIZAM’S GOLD CUP (2,000m), Federer, a seventime cham 26 to 46 (Cat. III): 1. LIGHTNING wishing him a speedy FIN (Deepak Singh) 1, Money 6 4yo & over (Terms): KANGRA recovery after being knocked pion in Cincinnati, lost a final Time (Gopal Singh) 2, Excellent (A. Sandesh) 1, Captain Morgan out by the Portuguese player in the hardcourt US Open tu Hope (Suraj Narredu) 3 and La (Akshay Kumar) 2, Lady In Lace Mer (Akshay Kumar) 4. 11/2, nose (P. Trevor) 3 and Like Wise (Na in the season opener neup for the first time. and shd. 1m 8.72s. 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World No. 1 26, 76(6), 62 in The results (finals): 5(p), SHP: 12, FP: 73, Q: 30, Tla: Mr. Syed Nawaz Hussain. Trainer: “Thanks for letting me Djokovic claimed the 100. Favourite: Rahil. Owners: LONDON the Cincinnati final. Men: Novak Djokovic bt Roger L.D’Silva. win here once,” Djokovic opening set in 37 minutes Dutch challenger Kiki Ber Federer 64, 64. Mr. Sardar Jivtesh Singh, Dr. JACKPOT: Rs. 2,279 (156 tkts), Northern Ireland international Prabhakar Chowdary Tripuran RUNNER-UP: 164 (926 tkts), Jimmy McIlroy, widely joked to Federer at the tro and came back from an early tens profited from a thirdset Halep, who came into the Women: Kiki Bertens bt Simona eni & Mr. Mohammed Rasheed TREBLE (i): 347 (146 tkts), (ii): 116 regarded as Burnley’s finest phy presentation. break in the second to over collapse from Simona Halep final on a ninematch win Halep 26, 76(6), 62. Ali Khan. Trainer: D. Netto. (1,067 tkts). ever player, has died aged 86, the club announced on Monday. An inside forward who was capped 55 times and Santosh finishes second Huesca registers historic win helped the Northern Irish reach the 1958 World Cup Press Trust of India it was time to mark yet ry forward the team’s ‘Road quarterfinals, McIlroy was an New Delhi another milestone finish for to Dakar 2019’ campaign. Gallar powers the side to a 21 victory over Eibar in its maiden La Liga appearance integral part of the Clarets After an impressive first leg, the factory rally team. team that won the 1960 Hero MotoSports Team Rally The closing stage of the ‘Great competition’ EURO LEAGUES league title. AFP rider C.S. Santosh grabbed rally went rather smooth Santosh said: “I am glad the second position at the compared to the fastpaced to cross the finish line of In Agence France-Presse India u16 boys India Baja 2018 — the only first day as the competitors dia Baja to be on the podium Eibar lose to Oman ‘Dakar Challenge’ rally in the had to tackle a hard pack ter after a tough race with great NEW DELHI La Liga debutant Huesca an country. rain due to heavy rain the competition and challenging After finishing second in the nounced its arrival in the WAFF U16 football The final leg of the rally previous night. weather conditions. Spanish top flight in style. resumed action in Jaisalmer A total of about 208km “This is the first race on championship, the Indian Powered by two impres where Santosh arrived at the were run on Monday, divid home soil where I am walk boys lost 21 to Oman in a sive strikes from midfielder finish ramp, maintaining the ed into three special stages ing away healthy in the past friendly in Turkey. After Oman Alex Gallar, the promoted team’s 100 % finish record at in the desert. The team is three years and that is a big scored on either side of side grabbed a 21 win away the India Baja. now gearing up for the INCA positive I take forward going halftime on Monday, Vikram to Eibar on Sunday in its first After completing the Rally in Peru where Santosh into the final months before scored from the penalty spot game of the season. in added time to reduce the 274km run across Jaisalmer, will lead the charge and car Dakar.” margin. IANS Gallar danced his way past three defenders before sticking the ball through the legs of Eibar goalkeeper National Sports should be made a Marko Dmitrovic to score Huesca’s first ever goal in La open water Liga in the fifth minute of a fundamental right, says plea match between the two swimming Full of beans: Gareth Bale scored one goal and created another in his team’s 20 win over smallest clubs in the league. Getafe. * REUTERS Special Correspondent Supreme Court seeks government’s response Gallar followed that spec KOLKATA tacular goal by unintention start with a 20 victory over The results: (Krunic 14, Caputo 51) bt Ca The Murshidabad Swim LEGal Correspondent that sports should be made a The petition asked the ally hitting his second from a Getafe on Sunday. La Liga: Eibar 1 (Escalante 69) gliari 0. ming Association will con NEW DELHI fundamental right under Ar court to direct the govern longrange free kick in the lost to SD Huesca 2 (Gallar 5 & Parma 2 (Inglese 43, Anto duct the 75th edition of the The Supreme Court on Mon ticle 21A (right to education). ment to bring in laws to pro 40th minute as his attempt Inter stunned 40); Rayo Vallecano 1 (Embar nio Barilla 59) drew with Udi ba 85pen) lost to Sevilla 4 nese 2 (De Paul 65pen, Fofana National open water swim day asked the Centre to res mote sports, incorporating it ed cross went beyond its in In Serie A, a late Edin Dzeko (Vazquez 15, Silva 31, 45+1 & 69); Sassuolo 1 (Berardi 27 pond on a PIL filed by a law tended target and flew ming competition, world’s Hand-in-hand into the Directives Principles stunner got AS Roma off the 79); Real Madrid 2 (Carvajal 20, pen) bt Inter Milan 0. straight into the net, catch longest event, on the Bha student to make sports a It argued that academics and and fundamental duties of mark in its campaign at Tori Bale 51) bt Getafe 0. Premier League: Brighton 3 girathi river on August 26. fundamental right. sports should go handin the Constitution, and make ing Dmitrovic by surprise. no but Inter Milan made the Serie A: Torino 0 lost to AS Ro (Murray 25, Duffy 27, Gross 44 Altogether 25 swim A Bench of Justices S.A. hand so that a child would it an integral part of the cur Real Madrid got its La Liga worst possible start with a ma 1 (Dzeko 89); Bolonia 0 lost pen) bt Manchester United 2 mers, including those from Bobde and L. Nageswara be better prepared to cope riculum in schools. campaign off to a winning 10 loss at Sassuolo. to SPAL 1 (Kurtic 71); Empoli 2 (Lukaku 34, Pogba 90pen). Spain, Thailand, Sweden, Rao gave the government a with the challenges and The Bench issued notice Argentina and Bangladesh, fourweek deadline to pro pressures of life in the mod to the State governments, have registered for the vide a reply to a petition ern world. University Grants Commis 81km race, which will start filed by Kanishka Pandey of “Their confidence and pa sion, Union Human Re Anand held at 4.30 a.m. the NGO ‘Sports: A Way of tience level will also be source Development Minis The 19km race having 54 Life’, represented by advo strong through sports activi try, Sports and Youth Affairs Press Trust of India swimmers, including 15 cates Siddharth Dave and ties and competition in Department, Ministry of Fi St. Louis (USA) women, will start at 1.30 Rajiv Kumar Dubey. volved in sports,” the peti nance, and Sports Authority India’s Viswanathan Anand p.m. The petition submitted tion said. of India. played out a draw with Maxime VachierLagrave of France in the second round of Sinquefield Cup chess here on Monday. ‘Harendra and Kaushik are players’ managers’ Magnus Carlsen joined Levon Aronian of Armenia Dhanraj sees similarities in the coaching styles of both and Shakhriyar Mamedya rov of Azerbaijan in the Nandakumar Marar vited Merwyn Fernandes lead with 1.5 points out of a MUMBAI (multiple Olympian and fa possible two. Anand shares Former India skipper Dhan mous inside forward) for a the fourth spot with four raj Pillay will be following week to give motivational other with one point. the Asian Games hockey talks and guide forwards. competition closely. When the tournament start Chief coach Harendra ed, Kaushik did not put pres Anirudh Singh’s approach will be of sure on us. He understood special interest due to the si that an experienced group goes down milarity with M.K. Kaushik was giving a robust display (1998 Bangkok Asiad chief match after match till the fi coach) when it comes to nal.” India beat Korea on pe Sports Bureau Anning (China) team building. nalty strokes, with two saves “Harendra is the kind of Keen listener: Harendra Singh is a coach who can be easily from Ballal. Anirudh Chandrasekar

coach whom players can ap approached by the players. * FILE PHOTO Coming back to the cur missed two match points proach with suggestions. He rent squad under goalkeeper and went down 64, 36, 6 listens to seniors, is ap observed Kaushik managing certain decisions on the P. Sreejesh’s captaincy, the 7(6) to fourth seed Cing proachable to the young the team on and off the field, pitch like retaining Ballal for exIndia skipper emphasised Yang Meng of Chinese Tai sters and then takes his own assisted by M.R. Negi, an the penalty strokes in the fi that playmaker Sardara pei in the first round of the decision. Having a coach rea expert in lifting the mood of nal, he backed me. Credit for Singh’s return under Haren $15,000 ITF men’s Futures dy to listen helps in improv of players.” keeping the players together dra, after being dropped by tournament on Monday. ing understanding,” said India had beaten South goes to his mature han the previous coach for the The results: $15,000 ITF Dhanraj. Korea on penalty strokes to dling,” said the forward. Gold Coast Commonwealth men, Nonthaburi, Thailand: India is the defending win the Bangkok final, two Games, is a realisation that Doubles (prequarterfinals): champion in men’s hockey . strokes saved by goalkeeper Methods explained experience is valued. Chayanon Kaewsuto & Patch The previous champion Ashish Ballal. The highest Dhanraj explained the chief “Harendra prefers one arapol Kawin (Tha) bt Roy Hobbs (Sgp) & Kunal Anand men’s team was led by Dhan goalscorer of the competi coach’s methods. “He put se onone chats with his 64, 62; Niki Poonacha & Ni tion (11 goals) points out that niors in charge of specific raj at Bangkok 1998 and players, will spend time with tin Kumar Sinha bt Mark Ko coached by Kaushik who be successful sides have coach positions, for example the the youngest member in lenberg (Bel) & Techist Kra lieved in carrying everyone es who can bring out the forwardline had to be han case inexperience is affect saesom (Tha) 61, 62. along. best in a diverse group of dled by Mukesh Kumar and ing performance. Both he $15,000 ITF men, Anning, me, midfield by Ramandeep “Harendra had travelled players. and Kaushik believe in build China: First round: CingYang to Bangkok on his own ex “Kaushik gave seniors the Singh and Baljit Saini, de ing a good atmosphere in the Meng (Tpe) bt Anirudh Chan pense, to watch hockey and space and respect, held fence by Dilip Tirkey, etc.” squad. Experienced sides drasekar 46, 63, 76(6); Ka keep in touch with latest de team meetings to prevent in “The federation (Indian need a players’ manager, not zuma Kawachi (Jpn) bt S.D. velopments. He may have fighting. As captain I took Hockey Federation) had in a headmaster.” Prajwal Dev 75, 64.

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IN BRIEF Apple drops Antidepressants may counter illegal lottery apps in China

effects of brain ageing: study Reuters BEIJING MIT study found that fluoxetine could restore some of the lost plasticity of the cells Apple Inc said on Monday Malaysia seizes rhino it has pulled illegal lottery horns worth $12 million Press Trust of India quite limited during normal ticity. Plasticity, in turn, is apps from its App Store in KUALA LUMPUR Boston ageing and unlikely to ac key to enabling learning and China amid tightening reg Malaysia has made a record A commonly used antide count for agerelated func memory and in maintaining ulation and a barrage of seizure of 50 rhino horns worth an estimated $12 pressant medication Prozac tional impairments,” re sensory acuity. In the study, criticism from State media. million at Kuala Lumpur can counter some of the ef searchers said. while they focused on the vi According to state me airport as they were being fects of brain ageing, such as sual cortex, the plasticity dia, the company has re flown to Vietnam, authorities sensory and cognitive de Age-related decline they measured is believed to cently pulled around said on Monday. Customs cline, an MIT study suggests. “Rather it seems that struc be important elsewhere in 25,000 apps from its Chi officials found the parts in The research published in tural alterations in neuronal the brain as well. nese store in an effort to cardboard boxes in the cargo the Journal of Neuroscience morphology and synaptic “Our finding that fluoxe cooperate with regulators. terminal of the capital’s provides fresh evidence that The research was published in connections are features tine treatment in ageing Apple confirmed it has airport. The 50 rhino horns the decline in the capacity of the Journal of Neuroscience. most consistently correlated mice can attenuate the age recently removed gam

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AFP brain cells to change — called * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO with brain age, and may be related declines in interneu bling apps from its store, ‘plasticity’ — rather than a considered as the potential ron structural and visual cor but did not confirm the decline in total cell number, tore a significant degree of physical basis for the agere tex functional plasticity sug number of apps or a time may underlie some of the lost plasticity of the cells by lated decline,” they said. gests it could provide a line for the removals. “We sensory and cognitive de treating mice with the com Researchers focused on therapeutic approach to have already removed ma Marquees 2018 to take clines associated with nor monly used antidepressant the ageing of inhibitory in wards mitigation of sensory ny apps and developers for mal brain ageing. medication fluoxetine, also terneurons which is less and cognitive deficits asso trying to distribute illegal Scientists at Massachu known as Prozac. “Despite wellunderstood than that of ciated with ageing, provided gambling apps on our App place on August 29 setts Institute of Technology common belief, loss of neu excitatory neurons, but po it is initiated before network Store,” Apple said in a Milk at breakfast can showed that they could res rons due to cell death is tentially more crucial to plas deterioration,” they said. statement. 17 award categories, 5 special honours help manage diabetes Staff Reporter TORONTO president, The Advertising If you are diabetic, then CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CHENNAI Club. consuming milk at breakfast Netflix tests promo The Advertising Club has Partho Dasgupta, chair can help lower blood glucose Racing in the air announced various sector man, Marquee Awards, said level throughout the day, and special category awards that he was looking forward suggests a study. 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IANS t’s easy for a Netflix sub But Netflix said that the FMCG and telecom service MD, Hindustan Unilever Li Iscriber to watch one epi company was not adding providers will be among mited, has returned as jury sode after another of a fa commercials but merely those competing for the chairman for Marquees vourite show: a viewer testing promotional videos, awards which will recognise 2018 after successfully makes a selection and lets which can in fact be creativity, effectiveness and chairing the jury in the first them keep on coming. skipped. “We have been excellence in marketing. edition. Subscribers are now fac looking at ways to insert rich Five special awards will be C.V.L Srinivas, country ing promotional videos, video into our experiences given to brands which have manager, WPP India; Harsh which can last from 10 to 20 for several years,” said Smi surpassed challenges in ad Goenka, chairman, RPG En U.K. woman falls off ship, seconds. 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NY TIMES Gross-Siegharts in Austria on Monday. * REUTERS ly,” said Vikram Sakhuja, Republic TV.

Book soon Weinstein accuser paid on life of teen to settle assault case V.V.S. Laxman Special correspondent Asia Argento was a leading figure of the #MeToo movement HYDERABAD Westland Publications an Agence France-Presse Ms. Argento along with its nounced on Monday the Washington copyright under the agree acquisition of former In Italian actress Asia Argento, ment. The Times cited three dian cricketer V.V.S. Lax who became a leading figure people familiar with the case man’s autobiography. in the #MeToo movement af as saying the documents A book titled 281 and ter accusing powerhouse were authentic. Beyond will be published producer Harvey Weinstein The pair acted together in on 20 November 2018, the of rape, paid hush money to the 2004 film The Heart Is company said. a man who claimed she sex Deceitful Above All Things, “It was an emotional ually assaulted him when he in which Ms. Argento plays journey that left me was 17, The New York Times Bennett’s troubled mother. drained at the end of each reported on Sunday. Ms. Argento’s lawyer Car session. Several incidents The $3,80,000 payment Asia Argento rie Goldberg described the that I had all but forgotten was made to Jimmy Bennett, money as “helping Mr. Ben suddenly sprang back into an actor and rock musician, The newspaper said it had nett,” lamenting that the ac memory as I relived my life who claimed Ms. Argento as tried repeatedly without tress had to deal with people in great detail. It was hard saulted him in a California success to get a comment on “who preyed on both your work, but it was also great hotel room in 2013, accord the matter from Ms. Argento strengths and your fun,” the cricketing great ing to the Times, which cited and her representatives. weaknesses.” from Hyderabad said. documents sent to the paper The terms of the deal in Mr. Bennett’s lawyers had “V.V.S.’s account of his by an unidentified party. cluding a payment schedule characterised the hotel en life is refreshingly candid Mr. Bennett was two were finalised in April this counter as a “sexual bat and full of insights into the months past his 17th birth year, according to the docu tery” that traumatised the way cricket is played... We day at the time of the alleged ments seen by the Times. former child actor, threaten are delighted to launch our encounter, while Ms. Argen Among the documents it ing his mental health and new imprint, Westland to was 37. The legal age of received was a selfie of the income. Sport, with this outstand consent in California is 18. pair lying in bed dated May His notice of intent to sue ing book,” said Gautam The pair are now 22 and 42 9, 2013, that Bennett was sought $3.5 million in dam Padmanabhan, CEO, respectively. supposed to hand over to ages, the paper said. Westland.

Robots can manipulate Brave dog in M.P. attacks children owner’s rapist, helps her escape

Press Trust of India London Two accused have been arrested after a police complaint Robots can influence the Press Trust of India charge Vipin Tamrakar Tamrakar said, quoting the opinions and decisions of Sagar said. victim. young children, according The pet dog of a 14yearold As she came out of the The victim freed herself to a study published in the girl attacked and bit one of home, two persons, identi from the clutches of the ac journal Science Robotics. the two men who allegedly fied as Aishu Ahirwar, 39, cused and ran towards her The study shows that kids raped her near here in and Punit Ahirwar, 24, home. are significantly more sus Madhya Pradesh, forcing overpowered her and took After hearing the noise ceptible to manipulation them to flee, police said on her to a nearby deserted and the dog’s continuous by machines than adults. Monday. The incident took hut at knifepoint, where barking, people from near Researchers from Un place on Friday night in Ka they allegedly raped her, by homes rushed towards iversity of Plymouth com reela village of Sagar dis he said. the hut, forcing the duo to pared how adults and chil trict, a police officer said, The girl shouted for help run away, he added. dren respond to an adding the duo was later and her pet dog reached The victim's family filed identical task when in the arrested. the spot and bit Aishu Ahir a complaint on Saturday, presence of both their On the night of the inci war on his leg. following which the two peers and humanoid ro dent, the minor girl went were arrested on Sunday, bots. out of her house to bring Dog attacked he said. Children were likely to fodder to create smoke for The accused attacked the The duo has been give the same responses as keeping mosquitoes at bay, dog with the knife but the booked for rape and ab the robots, even if they Motinagar police station in dog continued to bark, Mr. duction, he said. were obviously incorrect. CM YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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wal, had in July given its ap Dalal (28) and Darvesh Shah claiming responsibility for the attack. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Homeless woman proval to the contract being pur (25), both from Haryana. mowed down in CP awarded to VFS Global, the The accused had upload whether they are the ones the accused uploaded the vi NEW DELHI company to which many em ed a 4.28minute video on who actually attacked Mr. deo “for publicity”, which, A 50yearold homeless bassies and high commis social media on Indepen Khalid. We have to gather perhaps, was their “primary woman was killed after a sions have outsourced visa dence Day claiming respon evidence because the video motive”. woman driving an SUV on the applications to. could start by “first week of tificate would then be posted the mobile sahayaks would sibility for the attack and had does not prove anything,” he “It was important to de wrong side of the road ran After the Cabinet meeting September”. to the applicant’s address. be done and they would not said that they wanted to give said. tain them because, going by her over in Connaught Place on July 3, Deputy Chief Mi He added that the Depart In order to monitor the be given the phone numbers “the people of the nation a The police are interrogat the video, they posed a on Sunday night, the police nister Manish Sisodia had ment would run a 24/7 call functioning, Mr. Bali said a of the applicants they have gift on the day”. ing the two men on their threat to Mr. Khalid’s life,” said on Monday. said that starting with 70 dif centre through another con project management unit to visit, he said. Sources said the two ac whereabouts on the day of the officer added. CITY Ī PAGE 3 ferent services, to be fol tractor. Applicants would would be set up. A private The Department expected cused were detained from the incident and trying to To a question on whether DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD lowed by 30 more within a have to book a home visit by company had been hired as that about 60 mobile sa the outskirts of Delhi in the obtain CCTV footage from the accused had connections month of the launch, would the “mobile sahayak” hired a consultant for a period of a hayaks would be hired to early hours of Monday with nearby places. with any gang, the officer NSUI calls for more be made available to appli by VFS. year. The mobile sahayaks launch the project, following the help of human and tech “Their locations on the said that “no connection has credibility in DUSU polls NEW DELHI cants at their doorstep by During the visit, the sa would most likely operate which it could go up to about nical surveillance. day of the incident will be been found so far”. The National Students’ Union around Augustend. hayak or helper would use a from Monday to Saturday, 300. checked and matched to as In June, Mr. Khalid had re of India (NSUI) alleged on tablet computer to upload from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., while The Cabinet had given in Ascertain motive certain whether they were ceived death threats from so Monday that the Delhi 24/7 call centre the documents needed for the call centre to make ap principle approval to the A senior police officer said near or at the place where meone claiming to be gang University Students’ Union Rakesh Bali, the Secretary of the application and collect pointments would operate project in November 2017. At the accused are being inter the incident happened. Eye ster Ravi Pujari. Mr. Khalid (DUSU) election has been Delhi government’s Admi any application fee required. 24/7. that time, 40 services were rogated to ascertain whether witness accounts will be was attacked on August 13 losing transparency as well as nistrative Reforms Depart After completion of the pro to be included to start with. they had actually committed crosschecked with their ver outside the Constitution credibility over the past few ment, which is carrying out cess, the applicant would Police verification A total of 25 lakh applica the crime and the motive be sion of the events,” the offic Club, where he had gone to years. the project, said the door have to pay ₹50 as a facilita To ensure safety of appli tions had been made for hind it. er said. attend an event organised by CITY Ī PAGE 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD step delivery of 40 services tion fee. The completed cer cants, police verification of these 40 services last year. “We have to be sure The police suspect that an NGO.

‘Food officer cancelled 2.9 lakh ration cards without proper inspection’ Seven dogs found Department counters AAP govt’s statement; says 2.48 lakh ‘ineligible’ ration cardholders deleted after following ‘due process of law’ murdered in Dwarka Staff Reporter the bureaucracy for several food and supplies officers by of disciplinary action against hostile, inhuman attitude of New Delhi months. In April, for in then. On Monday, the De the officers concerned. the officers,” it stated. It ad Staff Reporter rinary Hospital. The ca The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stance, Food and Civil Sup partment said the exercise In the statement, the go ded that it had been in NEW DELHI nines were declared dead government on Monday said plies Minister Imran Hussain undertaken by it “must be vernment said, “Since these formed that the cancellation Seven dogs were found and the postmortem was that the Food Commissioner had alleged that the Food one of its kind” and the Pu officers do not report to the process was undertaken murdered in Dwarka on conducted,” Mr. Al decided to cancel more than Commissioner was “bent blic Distribution System has elected government, there without doortodoor survey Monday morning. Probe is phonse said. 2.9 lakh ration cards without on” cancelling three lakh ra been “cleansed and sani fore, they are working of households. under way after the police A Facebook user proper inspection, which tion cards without proper tised” adding that ration against the interests of the “The cancellation is being registered a case. shared pictures of the sets the stage for yet another verification. “worth crores was saved people of Delhi, which is a done by officers sitting in Deputy Commissioner dogs, complete with mul tussle between it and the from pilferage”. very serious matter.” their offices without any field of Police (Dwarka) Anto Al tiple injuries on their bo bureaucracy. Restore supply It further stated that the inspection and without fol phonse said they received dies. Rejecting the govern In May, Mr. Hussain wrote to Despite objection Department’s officers had lowing due process of law. a complaint from a woman “People were so an ment’s statement, the De the Food Commissioner di The Department also said it Imran Hussain “failed” to appreciate the ad Such acts of commission or on Monday alleging that se noyed with these pup partment said 2.48 lakh “in recting him to restore supply had recommended to the go verse social impact of cancel omission make the acts of ven dogs were murdered at pies so they killed all of eligible” ration cardholders of ration to those who have vernment restoration of the “strong objection” from Mr. lation of 2.93 lakh ration public servants suspicious. Kargil Apartments in Sec them. they were 7 in have been deleted after fol not received it from January ePOS (electronic point of Hussain. cards covering more than 10 Their conduct may invite dis tor 18 of Dwarka . number and all were lowing “due process of law”. to March. sale) system, which the go Chief Minister Arvind Kej lakh beneficiaries. ciplinary action against the “The staff reached the found dead in the morn The cancellation of ration The Department had vernment had put on hold. riwal, the government said in “All such families and officers concerned,” the spot and called a veterin ing. there were so many cards has remained a conten stopped distribution of ra On its part, the government a statement, took “strong ex members in one go would be statement added. ary van, after which they cut marks on their body tious issue between the tion to people who had not said the Food Commissioner ception” to the Food Com rendered hungry because of were taken to Dabri Vete [sic]” she wrote. AAP’s political executive and gotten themselves verified by took the decision despite missioner’s decision warning the insensitive, apathetic, SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 2

Staff Reporter Special Correspondent saree into the box. NEW DELHI New Delhi <> We are packing One of the biggest The Ministry of Health and Standing inside the the clothes which demands is for sanitary Family Welfare has notified conference hall at the Kerala are fairly in a good napkins. Till 5 p.m. on a new set of specified health House, which has now condition for Monday, 55 kg of sanitary warnings for all tobacco turned into a makeshift Kerala. Only in napkins were received and products — manufactured or godown for relief material case of bed sheets packed. imported or packaged on or collected for flood victims, we are keeping “We went from room to after September 1 — to be Amir Harshal, a student of them even if they room in our hostel and every displayed on the packets. Deshbandhu College swiftly are worn out girl gave away the sanitary The images, details of the scribbles on the neatly because there is a napkins she had. Everyone specified health warnings packed and scotchtaped in college from our teachers huge demand for and the rules are available at box “sanitary napkins” code to fellow students have been www.mohfw.gov.in. 10, weight 9.5 kg before them. We are not really caring and have pulling out more scotch tape returning any donated huge amount of Punishable offence The Union Health Ministry for the next box. clothes to the relief material and money,” “Any person engaged direct issued pictorial warnings The room is brimming donators, but the Afeefa P. a student of ly or indirectly in the pro highlighting the illeffects with men and relief material. discarded clothes political science in Delhi duction, supply, import or of tobacco consumption. * At first glance it looks will be sent to one University’s Hindu College distribution of cigarettes or FILE PHOTO chaotic but at a closer look it of the temples here said. any tobacco products shall is all working like a Volunteer Her friend Rizwana T.P. ensure that all tobacco pro The new set of specified clockwork. At one end of the says that it was only on duct packages shall have the health warning for all tobac room, P.V. Rajagopal — a and so on. Sunday that someone made specified health warnings co product packs has been driver with the Kerala Untiring workers: Relief material being packed for the Kerala flood victims at the Kerala House, “We are packing the a call on a recently formed exactly as prescribed. Viola brought in by making an government is now doubling in the Capital on Monday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA clothes which are fairly in a WhatsApp group for at least tion of the above mentioned amendment in the Ciga up as a supervisor — stands good condition for Kerala. 25 volunteers over the Kerala provision is a punishable of rettes and other Tobacco with sheaf of papers neatly ₹1.12 crore of money has morning,” said Kerala North Indians exceed the Only in case of bed sheets we floods, and they all signed fence with imprisonment or Products (Packaging and La jotting down the quantities been collected in cheques government Joint Secretary Malayalees,” Mr. Kumar are keeping them even if in. fine as prescribed in Section belling) Rules, 2008 vide of each item received and and cash. S. Syam Kumar. added. they are worn out because In the corridor, there are 20 of the Cigarettes and Oth GSR 331(E) dated April 3, packed. “We started the collection It is not just resident there is a huge demand for still rows and rows of boxes er Tobacco Products [Prohi 2018, “Cigarettes and other centre here on Sunday. The Malayalees who have been Biggest demand them. We are not returning with diapers, baby food, bition of Advertisement and Tobacco Products [Packag Free of cost first consignment was sent turning up with relief. In another room, women any clothes to the donators, milk powder, tea, buckets Regulation of Trade and ing and Labelling] Second On Sunday itself, five tonnes on 5 a.m. on Monday. All the “Across Delhi, there are volunteers are sorting a pile but the discarded clothes lined up, still to be packed Commerce, Production, Amendment Rules, 2018”. of relief material — from flights have been carrying many Malayalee associations of clothes, into various will be sent to one of the and marked. The volunteers Supply and Distribution] The amended rules will clothes to food packets were the cargo free of cost. So we who are collecting relief categories, baby clothes are temples here,” a volunteer are prepared to work till late Act, 2003,” noted a release be applicable with effect sent to relief camps from sent the first two loads material and sending them separated, from sarees, to said as she gently placed a into night, till the fresh lot issued by the Ministry. from September 1, 2018. here. And in two days over through a SpiceJet flight this across. Here the number of men’s trousers to bed sheets neatly pressed pista green arrives. CM B ND-NDE YK https://www.visionias.net https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Free drinking water at stations: NGT to Railways: seek NOC from clariﬁcation sought from DMRC CGWA on groundwater extraction Plea opposes ‘indiscriminate’ withdrawal of groundwater

HC asks for justification for not providing water for free unlike other cities Staff Reporter Pathak appointed NEW DELHI incharge of party affairs Staff Reporter water The National Green Tribunal NEW DELHI New Delhi The AAP on Monday said its Petitioner Kush Kalra’s (NGT) has directed the Rail Political Affairs Committee The Delhi High Court on counsel told the court that ways to seek no objection (PAC) appointed Durgesh Monday asked the Delhi Me metro services in other cities certificates (NOC) from the Pathak the in charge of party tro Rail Corporation (DMRC) were providing free drinking Central Ground Water Auth affairs in Maharashtra, how it could justify not pro water to commuters, but the ority (CGWA) for extracting Karnataka and Goa. Mr. viding free drinking water to Delhi metro, which was a groundwater to clean station Pathak, who is also a member commuters if metro services consultant in all those pro platforms and coaches. of the PAC, replaced party in Kochi, Jaipur, Lucknow jects, was not doing the Directing the CGWA to ad national secretary Pankaj and other cities are making it same. dress the issue pertaining to Gupta. STAFF REPORTER available. The court was hearing Mr. the issuance of NOCs to the Kalra’s appeal against a High railways, a Bench headed by The green panel said that the Railway Board should approach Accessibility Court Single Judge’s order NGT judicial member Ragh the CGWA for the NOCs zonewise. * FILE PHOTO DCW staff donate a day’s A Bench of Chief Justice Ra The High Court listed the case for further hearing on October that a metro commuter does uvendra S. Rathore said, salary for flood relief jendra Menon and Justice 11. * FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR not have a right to free drink “The Railways should seek cide such application and directions to the Railways to NEW DELHI V.K. Rao also asked the ing water. NOC from the CGWA for the pass appropriate orders install rainwater harvesting Employees of the Delhi DMRC how it was going to case for further hearing on metro stations to direct com The Single Judge had said present purpose. The auth within a period of one systems in all 73 divisions Commission for Women provide free drinking water October 11. muters to the point where that a person has a right to ority shall take up the matter month thereafter.” across the 16 zones. (DCW) have donated their at one particular point inside The DMRC, in an affidavit, free drinking water would be drinking water, but not for on priority and will decide The directions came “Railways have failed to one day’s salary for relief metro stations, so that it was said that at stations where available in case of an emer free. the question of NOC at the while the green panel was comply with the directions operations in floodhit Kerala. accessible to everyone. water ATMs or kiosks are not gency. It also said it has set The court had earlier this earliest.” hearing a plea that sought of the CGWA, making it man DCW chairperson Swati “Clarify how you [DMRC] available its officials can be up water ATMs at its stations year pulled up the DMRC for The Bench further said, directions to stop “indis datory for all industrial esta Maliwal has donated her one will implement it. Clarify if approached by those in that charge ₹2 per glass of not providing free drinking “The Railway Board shall ap criminate withdrawal” of blishments falling in the ov month’s salary for the relief you can provide free drink emergent need of water. The water. Besides, it said, there water or toilet facilities to proach the CGWA for the groundwater by the erexploited and critical operations. STAFF REPORTER ing water at one particular court also sought informa are kiosks and shops which commuters inside the sta purpose of NOC zonewise. Railways. areas to adopt rooftop rain point at a station which is ac tion over the matter. sell drinking water. It also tions, asking whether it had On filing of the application water harvesting systems on Kerala flood : DANICS cessible to all commuters,” The DMRC told the Bench said that commuters are free lost “a sense of human pro the zonal officer or regional Rainwater harvesting their premises” the plea had officers donate ₹1.5 lakh the Bench said as it listed the that it can provide signs at to carry their own drinking blems”. office of the CGWA shall de The plea had also sought contended. NEW DELHI The association of DANICS officers handed over ₹1.5 lakh collected by it for flood NSUI calls for more transparency Gupta seeks issuance of new ration cards affected Kerala to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. Officers belonging in DU Students’ Union elections to Delhi, Andaman and For 2.5 lakh fake cards that were cancelled; says the poor can no longer wait Nicobar Islands, Staff Reporter Mr. Gupta said that the poor long time now,” Mr. Gupta tion card holders. The Lakshadweep, Daman and Says DUSU polls have been losing credibility since few years New Delhi could not wait any longer. said. scheme lunched on January Diu and Dadra and Nagar Leader of Opposition in the 2 was suspended on April 27. Haveli Civil Service pledged Staff Reporter days for campaigning than Delhi Legislative Assembly, ‘1 lakh families applied’ E-PoS system It should be restarted after to donate their oneday New Delhi salary for the flood victims, other candidates making it Vijender Gupta on Monday “We should not forget the Demanding that the process removing shortcomings,” he the association said. The National Students’ Un unfair for him,” the NSUI demanded that the Aam lesson learnt from the Man of making new ration cards demanded. STAFF REPORTER ion of India (NSUI) on Mon said. Aadmi Party (AAP) govern dawali incident where three be based on the electronic Mr. Gupta also said that day alleged that over the NSUI demanded certain ment immediately started girls died of starvation. It is point of sale (ePoS), Mr. the cancellation of 2.5 lakh past few years, the Delhi Un provisions to be made for the process of issuing new essential to provide wheat, Gupta said that the proce fake ration cards meant iversity Students’ Union the upcoming DUSU elec ration cards in place of 2.5 rice and sugar at subsidised dure to be followed must be there remained a balance of ABVP (DUSU) election had been tions to ensure higher tran lakh fake ration cards that rates to the poor. There are “foolproof and simple” with 1692 lakh ration cards all of losing its transparency as sparency and credibility. It have been cancelled. more than 1 lakh families “no scope for manipulation which — both old and new — students well as credibility. asked that lD cards be issued Since the process of issu which have already applied and fake entries”. must be linked to the ePoS The NSUI alleged that the to eligible student voters, at ing new ration cards had for new ration cards. They “The ePoS system made system so that possibilities of meet Gahlot candidates face number of and allegations of unfair least one week prior to the been held up for a long time, have been kept waiting for a it possible to identify fake ra fake entries are eliminated. problems due to irregularity polling were made. Similar day of election. It also called Staff Reporter in implementation of rules ly, in the year 201718, the for allotting polling agents, CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC NEW DELHI and political pressure from presidential candidate of saying one for each candi A delegation of students parties involved. NSUI, Rocky Tuseed’s nomi date contesting elections in Prop up for Professor SDMC Mayor from the ABVP met with “Looking at past inci nation was first cancelled by every college must be allot Delhi Transport Minister dents, in the case of Nikhil the committee, but he was ted agents to ensure transpa rakes up Kailash Gahlot to discuss Yadav, the presidential Can later permitted to contest rency in polling of votes. with him the problems didate of NSUI 201617, there elections as per the orders of The NSUI also called for funds issue faced by DU students per were complaints from varied the High Court. As a result, the use of VVPAT machines taining to DTC buses. colleges on the polling day he got the least number of among other demands. Staff Reporter The delegates demand New Delhi ed an increase in DTC bus SDMC mayor Narendra pass counters and facilitat Chawla on Monday termed ing the online application EC hearing on officeofprofit charge the Delhi government cir process for the new DTC cular over clearance of passes. They also asked for against AAP MLAs posted for Friday construction debris by Uspecial bus for routes MCDs a “political move”. connecting North Campus, The PWD had issued a South Campus, and other circular stating that remov colleges affiliated to the EC had adjourned oral hearing of arguments for Monday ing “unclaimed malba” DU. was an “obligatory func ABVP Delhi media con Special Correspondent legislators moved the Delhi could approach the commis NEW DELHI tion” of the corporations. vener, Ashutosh Singh High Court contesting the sion for crossexamination Responding to it in a state said, “ABVP has been strug The Election Commission EC’s decision disallowing of the officials of the Delhi ment, the Mayor alleged gling for DTCrelated grie (EC) hearing on the officeof the demand to crossexa government and the State that unclaimed debris vances since years. Availa profit allegation against 20 mine petitioner Prashant Pa Assembly to prove that they were left on roads for bility of the online facility Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) le tel. were not holding any office months, to malign the im for new bus passes would gislators has been posted for of profit. age of the city’s civic bo decrease the time con Friday. Cross-examination As the final order of the dies. He cited the non re sumption and the new Earlier on July 23, the The court, in its interim or court is awaited, the MLAs Seeking justice: Student activists raise slogans during a protest march outside Bihar Bhawan lease of funds to the routes would be helpful in commission had adjourned der, said that while the peti sought adjournment of the in New Delhi on Monday demanding justice for Prof. Sanjay Kumar. He was beaten up by a corporations as a reason, connecting remote places the oral hearing of argu tioner could not be crossex proceedings before the com group of people after he allegedly made a comment criticising former Prime Minister Atal adding that he would take in Delhi to DU campuses.” ments for Monday, after the amined, the AAP MLAs mission, and it was allowed. Bihari Vajpayee on Facebook, a day after the BJP stalwart’s death. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR up the issue with the LG.

Bindu Shajan Perappadan body is called metastatic or NEW DELHI secondary cancer. Gopal Rai says at talk held on India’s political climate With cancer emerging as the Metastatic cancer has the Staff Reporter second leading cause of same type of cancer cells as NEW DELHI <> Education has death globally, the World the primary cancer. The improved Health Organisation (WHO) term metastatic cancer is Speaking at an event organ tremendously with has listed ways to reduce usually used to describe ised to discuss the political our government. cancer risk. solid tumours that have climate in the country, Mi Government It advised not to consume spread to another part of the nister for Employment, De any form of tobacco, to body.” velopment, Labour, General schools in Delhi make one’s home smoke Doctors have warned that Administration and Irriga are at par with free, to enjoy a healthy diet, prevalence of cancer cases tion in the Delhi govern private schools to vaccinate children against are on the rise in India. The ment, Gopal Rai said: “We Gopal Rai Minister for Employment, Hepatitis B and HPV, to use Indian Council of Medical do not want a second parti Development, Labour, General sun protections, to be Research stated that tion within India”. Administration and Irrigation physically active, to limit approximately 12 to 13 lakh Mr. Rai was the chief alcohol intake and take part new cases of cancer are guest at the event organised ment and will only result in ing home delivery of various in organised screening being diagnosed every year by the Chhatra Yuva Sang hatred and divisiveness. services, such as birth certif programmes, adding that along with an existing 25 to harsh Samiti (CYSS), the stu Mr. Rai also spoke about icates, licenses, vehicle re breastfeeding reduces a 30 lakh cancer cases at any dent wing of the Aam Aadmi the various achievements of gistrations and pensions. He mother’s cancer risk. given time in India. Party (AAP) in Delhi Univer the AAP government led by attacked the Central govern The WHO said “The saddest part is that a sity on Monday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejri ment and the Lieutenant consumption of tobacco and vast majority of them are The Minister said, “The wal. He said: “Education has Governor for preventing the alcohol, unhealthy diet, and being diagnosed in BJP and RSS belief that they improved tremendously scheme to come into full physical inactivity are major advanced stages. On the own Indian culture”. Evok with our government. Go force. factors that increases cancer contrary, majority of cancer ing Nazi Germany, Mr. Rai vernment schools in Delhi Meanwhile, on being risk worldwide and are also cases are diagnosed in the described how Adolf Hitler are at par with private asked whether the CYSS will the four shared risk factors 2012 were attributed to HPV increase the risk for Oncology, Jaypee Hospital, early stages in developed tried to enforce his version schools.” He cited the recent contest the Delhi University for other non carcinogenic infections, liver and cervical cancer, Noida said: “Cancer is the countries, including Europe of German culture, resulting budgetary decision to allo Student Union elections, Aq communicable diseases. including Helicobacter respectively. Infection with uncontrolled multiplication and the U.S.A., thanks to in the genocide of millions. cate 26% (₹14,000 crore ap das Sami, the vice president “Some chronic infections pylori, Human HIV substantially increases of cells. Cancer can spread their eﬀective screening Speaking on the idea of prox.) of the Delhi govern of the CYSS said: “A decision are risk factors for cancer papillomavirus (HPV), the risk of cancers such as from where it started to programmes. Awareness in creating a Hindu rashtra ment budget towards on the matter has not been and have major relevance in Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C cervical cancer,” the WHO another part of the body. general population about (nation), Mr. Rai attacked education as a major taken yet. It will be taken low and middleincome virus, and EpsteinBarr said. The original cancer is called the big ‘C’ also helps in early the ideology of the RSS, stat achievement. soon. As of now, elections countries. Approximately virus. Hepatitis B and C Dr. Pawan Gupta, the primary tumour. The cancer diagnosis,” added Dr. ing that this would not help Mr. Rai also spoke of the are a small component of 15% of cancers diagnosed in viruses and some types of additional director, Surgical cancer in another part of the Pawan. bring education or employ governments scheme involv what he hope to achieve.”

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Homeless woman mowed Sahib death: panel decides to down in CP; accused gets bail bury body after 2week protest Man held for entering ‘Decision taken in view of Bakri Eid two days later’ airport with fake ticket Blood alcohol report awaited, say police; body handed over to victim’s husband NEW DELHI Staff Reporter A Chinese man was SAURABH TRIVEDI eatery and dragged her for dian Penal Code at Con GURUGRAM apprehended at the airport New Delhi <> The passersby told nearly 100 metres. The poli naught Place police station. The committee spearhead for allegedly using a fake A 50yearold homeless wo the policeman that cemen and passersby lifted The driver was arrested but ing the campaign seeking ticket to enter the terminal man was killed after a wo the SUV had crushed the car to rescue Phoolwati. released on bail. Phoolwati’s justice for Sahib, a truck area, said an official on man driving an SUV on the a woman outside an She was rushed to a hospital body was handed over to her driver shot dead during pol Monday. He was intercepted wrong side of the road ran eatery and dragged in the police control room husband after the postmor ice raid in Nuh, on Monday by CISF personnel as he was her over in Connaught Place van but was declared tem,” said a senior police decided to bury the body af about to leave the Terminal 3 her for nearly 100 on Sunday night, the police brought dead,” said a senior officer. ter twoweeklong protests. building of the IGIA on metres. The said on Monday. Accused police officer. Shreya and A resident of Bareilly in Former Transport Minis Sunday, the official added. PTI policemen and Shreya Agarwal (20) was ar passersby lifted the her two friends were de Uttar Pradesh, Shreya is pur ter Aftab Ahmed, who is on rested and released on bail tained and brought to Con suing fashion designing from the 31member committee, car to rescue Man shot dead in on Sunday itself. naught Place police station a Mumbaibased institute. said the decision to bury the Narela, manhunt on Phoolwati was waiting Phoolwati. She was for further investigation and She was scheduled to leave body was taken in view of NEW DELHI outside a restaurant in outer rushed to the medical examination. The for Mumbai on Monday Bakri Eid two days later. A man was shot dead in circle to collect leftovers hospital where the blood alcohol report is morning. She had come to He said the body was kept Rohini’s Narela on Monday doctors declared her evening, the police said. The around 9 p.m. when the inci awaited to confirm whether Delhi on Sunday morning at a mortuary at the Post DCP (Rohini) said Armaan was dent happened, the police brought dead Shreya was under the in from Bareilly in the car, Graduate Institute of Medi arrested under the Arms Act said. She stayed in a night Police officer fluence at the time of the in which was earlier being dri cal Sciences, Rohtak, where in June and released a few shelter at Gurdwara Bangla cident, the police said. ven by her driver. After the postmortem was con Committee members during a meeting. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT days ago. A liquor bottle and Sahib. ricade duty flagged down reaching the city, she ducted. two plastic glasses were The vehicle, which was the SUV after seeing a group Case registered checked in at a hotel in Con pursue the case in the court. Dehradun. found at the spot, the officer coming from Shivaji Stadium of people chase it. “We have registered a case naught Place, the police ‘Buried on Tuesday’ “A large demonstration will The police have claimed said. The police claim to have side, hit Phoolwati before “The people told the poli under Sections 304 A [caus said. She met two of her “The body will be brought to also be held at minisecreta that the villagers, armed clues about the accused. STAFF dragging her for nearly 100 ceman that the SUV had ing death by negligence] and friends in the evening and Nuh on Monday night and riat at Nuh on Friday [August with illegal weapons and REPORTER metres. A policeman on bar crushed a woman outside an 279 [rash driving] of the In the trio left for a joyride. most probably buried on 24],” he said. bricks, attacked the raiding Tuesday. The decision will A daylong dharna was al team and Sahib was caught be taken keeping in view the so held at Jantar Mantar in in the crossfire as the police CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC condition of the body,” said Delhi on Sunday in this con team also fired in retaliation. Man found hanging; Mr. Ahmed. nection. Sahib was killed on The police maintained Play station Besides, the committee being hit by a bullet when that it was not clear as to members have decided to the Uttarakhand police and who fired the bullet killing no note recovered make contributions among the Nuh police carried out a Sahib and registered an FIR themselves and give ₹10 lakh joint raid at Patakpur village on murder charges against ‘Financial crisis suspected reason’ to the family of the de on August 7 to arrest Sabbir, unknown people. But the lo ceased. Mr. Ahmed said a who was wanted in connec cals alleged that he was shot Staff Reporter He had financed team was also constituted to tion with a burglary case in by the police. New Delhi <> two cars and was A 34yearold man allegedly unable to pay the committed suicide at his re instalments as he sidence in the servant quar One more arrested for murder ters of a church in Khan out of work for the Market on August 17, the pol few months. His ice said on Monday. postmortem was of mother-son duo in Shahdara No suicide note has been conducted on found, they said. August 18 Rubel Rahul Anthony was Madhur Verma Accused failed to return ₹25,000 borrowed from victims living with his family in the Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) quarters, said Deputy Com Staff Reporter missioner of Police (New instalments as he out of New Delhi Delhi) Madhur Verma. work for the few months,” Another man has been ar “The information was re Mr. Verma said. rested in connection with ceived from a private hospi the murder of mother and tal about Anthony being Case pending son in Shahdara’s Dilshad brought dead. His postmor He added that the victim Colony, the police said on tem was conducted on Au was also embroiled in a fi Monday. gust 18,” Mr. Verma said. nancial dispute, a case of Deputy Commissioner of During investigation, it which was pending in Patia Police (Shahdara) Meghna was found that at the time of la House Courts. Yadav said on Monday that the accident, his wife had Amit Chouhan alias Goli, re gone to meet her mother in Suspicion raised sident of Nand Nagri has Malviya Nagar along with Anthony’s family, however, been arrested. their children. raised suspicion over his Ankit (21) was arrested in She returned around 2.45 death and alleged that he connection with the murder p.m. and found Anthony was being troubled by a few on Sunday, the officer added. hanging with a dupatta, the people over a monetary police said. dispute. Multiple stab injuries The two accused in police custody on Monday.

She then rushed him to The postmortem report On Sunday morning, Veena * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA the hospital where he was is being awaited, the police Malhotra and her son Ravi declared dead. said, adding that he is sur alias Lucky were found mur Ankit was called for interro lent Ankit a sum of ₹25,000 Anthony was a driver and vived by his wife and two dered with multiple stab in gation where he allegedly last year. Following this, had a financial crisis which minor sons. juries inside their residence. confessed to the murders when they pressurised the the investigators suspect to Suicide prevention hel- During investigation, and revealed the involve accused to return the mo be the reason behind the pline: Sanjivini, Society for when the police scanned ment of Amit, the police ney, he decided to eliminate step. Mental Health, Telephone: CCTV footage of the area, said. them. He also committed Out of line: Passengers board a train from the wrong side at Shivaji Bridge railway station in “He had financed two 011-4076 9002, Monday-Sa- they found Ankit and Amit The accused allegedly told robbery at their place, the New Delhi. * R.V. MOORTHY cars and was unable to pay turday, 10 a.m. -7.30 p.m leaving the victim’s place. the police that Malhotras had police added. HC seeks NGO’s response to pleas by app-based taxi service providers Sunanda case: Tharoor allowed to travel to Geneva Trial court had on July 31 last year summoned them, directed their authorised representatives to appear before it Press Trust of India ed to his wife Sunanda Push Staff Reporter here had summoned the cab nologies Pvt Ltd, which runs viders for allegedly over framed under the Motor the firms for allegedly charg New Delhi kar’s death almost four years New Delhi providers under various Ola; Uber India Systems Pvt charging passengers. Vehicles [MV] Act”. ing excess fares which is in A court here on Monday al ago in a hotel here, ap The Delhi High Court on provisions of the Motor Veh Ltd and Serendipity Infolabs Both the companies, in violation of the provisions of lowed Congress leader proached the court on Mon Monday sought response of icles Act, to file its reply by Pvt Ltd, which runs Taxi For their pleas before the High Bill introduced the MV Act. Shashi Tharoor’s plea to tra day following an earlier di an NGO on the pleas of app September 10. Sure. Court, have contended that They had also told the High vel to Geneva to express con rection that he will not leave based taxi service providers The High Court also said The trial court had on July the complaint against them Court that a bill has been in June 2013 notification dolences to the family of the country without its per seeking quashing of sum its interim order staying the 31 last year summoned them was at the behest of a com troduced in Parliament The High Court in August former United Nations Secre mission. Additional Chief mons for allegedly operat proceedings in a criminal and directed their author petitor, Magic Sewa. seeking to regulate the ser 2016 had directed that after taryGeneral Kofi Annan and Metropolitan Magistrate al ing taxis without licence and complaint lodged before the ised representatives to ap They have said they were vices being provided by August 22, 2016, taxi aggre seek international aid for lowed the politician’s appli charging excess fare from trial court against the two pear before it. “service providers on an them. gators or operators shall not Kerala, which is reeling un cation after his counsel said passengers. service providers shall con In its complaint, the NGO electronic platform facilitat While summoning them, charge fare more than the der unprecedented floods. Mr. Tharoor had worked un Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva tinue till further orders. has sought recovery of ing booking of radio cabs/e the trial court had said a pri cap stipulated in the Delhi Annan died on August 18. der Annan for 10 years and asked NGO Nyaya Bhoomi, The NGO had lodged the ₹91,000 crore from the two cabs, in respect of which ma facie case of permit vio government’s June 2013 not Mr. Tharoor, who is cur was his “close friend and on whose plea a trial court complaint against ANI Tech appbased taxi service pro there were no provisions lation was made out against ification. rently on bail in a case relat mentor” at the UN. DELHI TODAY Fire breaks out at AIIMS, no casualties reported Australian High Commission warns Talk: Panel discussion on “India Australia Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape in the Indo Blaze reported around 12.20 p.m. and doused by 12.50 p.m., says official of visa scam by employment agency Pacific”. Panelists: Prof. Stephen Smith, former Australian Minister Staff Reporter for Defence and Foreign Affairs; Ambassador Peter Varghese, NEW DELHI former Australian High Commis 50 people told the Commission that they paid lakhs for work visa sioner to India; and Prof. Gordon A fire broke out at All India Flake, Founding CEO, Perth USAsia Staff Reporter Centre. Moderator: Ambassador Institute of Medical Sciences Shortage work visa is run only the statement said. The em Shyam Saran at Multipurpose Hall, (AIIMS) on Monday at 12.20 New Delhi with approved sponsors, and ployment agency had alleged India International Centre (IIC), An employment agency in only for applicants with spec ly given victims fake visa 6:30 p.m. p.m., a fire department offi cial said. southwest Delhi was alleged ific skills in demand in Austra grant notices, which linked to Talk: Seminar on “A Systemic Ana “The fire was reported at ly carrying out a new “visa lia,” an Australian High Com a fake website to check the vi lysis of the Chinese State Council’s Next Generation Artificial Intelli 12.20 p.m. and it was com scam”, the Australian High mission spokesperson said. sa. “We have seen clones of gence Development Plan” by Rav pletely doused by 12.50 p.m. Commission in Delhi said in a our website before but the ish Bhatia, Yenching Scholar, statement on Monday. Visa lodgement fees newest versions link to a fake Peking University at Seminar No injuries reported till now. Room, Institute of Chinese Studies The situation under con Over 50 people had ap Some of the victims said they visa checking site that only (ICS), 8/17, Sri Ram Road, Civil trol,” the official said. proached the Commission in had spent up to ₹50,000 for contains the visa details con Lines, 3 p.m The immediate cause of the past few weeks saying that “nonexistent airfare and a cocted by the agent. This may Dance: Solo Odissi performance by the fire is not known. they had paid lakhs for a work medical check with an un look convincing to someone Namrata Mehta, disciple of Daksha Mashruwala at The Stein Auditor Last year, an inquiry into visa but told that they had authorised clinic” apart from who is wanting proof the ium, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 7 a fire in the pathology de been scammed, the state other kinds of fees, the spo agent is not duping them – but p.m. partment at AIIMS had re ment said. The Commission kesperson said. They were actually, it is still all fake,” the Exhibition: “Individuality” a ported major gaps in safety was concerned about the in charged for job placement, spokesperson added. group exhibition by students from parameters at the crease in these cases. “visa lodgement” fees and The statement added that IHC art workshop at Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre institution. “Australia does not have a medical examinations at a fa visa applicants should refer to (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. The fire department had work visa program of the sort cility in south Delhi that was the official website, (Mail your listings for this column suggested structural changes being promoted by the scam not associated with the ap www.homeaffairs.gov.au for at [email protected]) A fire broke out at the nursing college of AIIMS in New Delhi on Monday. * VIVEK TRIPATHI to improve safety at AIIMS. mers. Our Temporary Skills proved panel of physicians, information. 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Bindu Shajan Perappadan recommends that countries This report shows “Although surveillance in an additional 47,500 chil causatively associated with NEW DELHI <> conduct surveillance for cas that the rate of India has been exemplary, dren with paralysis in 2011, OPV vaccination campaigns Over 4.9 lakh persons in In es of acute flaccid paralysis paralysis is now this has not yet material which was over and above “While the mechanism in ‘Frustrated man creates dia developed paralysis bet (AFP). coming down ised,” the report says. the assumed NPAFP rate of 2 volved is speculative, our ruckus on SC premises’ ween 2000 and 2017 be where oral polio AFP rate in some States is per 1 lakh cases and the findings support the hypoth NEW DELHI cause of oral polio vaccine Acute flaccid paralysis as high as 30 in 1 lakh per NPAFP rate started to de esis that the frequency of vaccine [OPV] A man from Coimbatore (OPV), say leading doctors in AFP is defined as a sudden sons. The present study — us crease from 2012, when the pulse polio administration is doses have allegedly created a ruckus on two reputed hospitals here. onset of paralysis or weak ing surveillance data ob number of pulse polio directly or indirectly related Supreme Court premises due Jacob Puliyel, a paediatri ness in any part of the body decreased and this tained from all 36 States and rounds decreased. to the incidence of NPAFP. to frustration and hunger on cian at St. Stephen’s Hospi of a child less than 15 years of is additional proof Union Territories — was done “From the results, NPAFP Now that India has been po Monday, the police said. The that paralysis is SC security informed the tal, and his coworkers claim age. The surveillance allows to see if the incidence of rate shows a decline with re liofree for over six years, we caused by OPV police about a man lying in their study has shown that nations to detect paralytic NPAFP declined with reduc duction in pulse polio doses may be able to reduce NPAFP the parking area and “frequency of pulse polio ad poliomyelitis due to wild po Study tion in pulse polio immunisa suggesting that OPV vaccina by further reducing pulse po screaming. Babu, who lost a ministration is directly or in liovirus transmission in the tion rounds. tions are responsible for the lio rounds,” the report says. case in the Madras HC, was directly related to incidence population. There are many only a single AFP case tested this is additional proof that paralysis. A total of 6.4 lakh frustrated as he could not file of nonpolio acute flaccid pa causes of AFP, so each case positive for polio. Not a sin paralysis is caused by OPV,” ‘High correlation’ children developed NPAFP OPV administration an appeal due to lack of ralysis [NPAFP]”. needs to be evaluated to find gle AFP case tested positive says Dr. Puliyel. The results, however, from 2000 to 2017, suggest Commending the govern papers. PTI out if the paralysis is due to for polio in 2012, 2013 and showed that the number of ing that there were an addi ment for its enormous efforts WHO recommendation polio or not. This investiga 2014. All AFP cases during Last case of polio pulse polio rounds conduct tional 4.91 lakh paralysed towards polio eradication, Forest Dept imposes fine Their study, which calls for tion includes testing stool the last three years have The last case of polio in the ed in a State had “high corre children above the numbers the researchers hope their of ₹5 lakh on NCERT judicious use of the OPV specimens of all cases for de been due to nonpolio country was reported in lation” with NPAFP rate in a expected to develop NPAFP,” observation “will help at op NEW DELHI schedule to prevent vaccine tection of the polio virus. causes. 2011, but India, even after it State. NPAFP rates in Uttar they add. timising the dose schedule of A fine of over ₹5 lakh has induced paralysis, has been More than 50,000 AFP “These are all cases of was certified poliofree, Pradesh and Bihar were the The report says that “re OPV administration” to pre been imposed on the NCERT published in the Internation- cases are investigated in In nonpolio paralysis, which maintains its surveillance highest in the country. peated doses of live vaccine vent paralysis in vaccinated for heavily pruning 33 trees and cutting five without al Journal of Environmental dia every year as part of this increased dramatically as po system in order to pick up “Our study found that virus delivered to the intes children. permission from the Forest Research and Public Health. surveillance system, which lio paralysis was brought any imported cases of polio. NPAFP rate in these States tine may colonise the gut and Dr. Puliyel’s team included Department inside its campus The Union Health Ministry is has been in place since 1997. down with repeated doses of In the absence of wild polio was high in those years when alter the viral microbiome of Rachana Dhiman and San on Aurobindo Marg here, an yet to respond to the issue. In 2009, 741 of these AFP cas OPV. This report shows that transmission, it is expected the number of pulse polio the intestine”. deep Prakash of St. Stephen’s official said on Monday. A To monitor the progress of es in India tested positive for the rate of paralysis is now that AFP cases in India will rounds conducted was high,” Also, studies from Finland Hospital, and V. Sreenivas of team of forest rangers had polio eradication, the World polio. In 2010, only 42 cases coming down where OPV reduce to an acceptable rate the researchers say. and Turkey suggest that Guil the All India Institute of Med visited the NCERT campus Health Organization (WHO) tested positive, while in 2011 doses have decreased and of around two in 1 lakh cases. For instance, there were lainBarré Syndrome (GBS) is ical Sciences. following a complaint by an NGO on August 7. PTI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘Animal sacrifices only at designated spots’ HC seeks Centre’s response on Festival fare NOIDA The Gautam Budh Nagar plea by Bhushan Steel promoter district administration said on Monday that sacrifice of animals on Bakri Eid should What is the need for continued custody, asks Bench take place only at designated spots. Ahead of the festival Staff Reporter Tell us what the serious er Bhushan Steel if there was on Wednesday, District New Delhi Magistrate Brajesh Narayan fraud is,” the Bench said, ad criminality associated with Singh and Senior The Delhi High Court on ding that use of adjectives the latter. Superintendent of Police Ajay Monday sought the Centre’s like “serious fraud” will not “Did corporate criminali Pal Sharma held a meeting to response on a plea by erst suffice before the court. ty emerge after the take over review security while promoter of Bhushan The court listed the mat by the Tatas? If criminality arrangements. PTI Steel Neeraj Singal against ter for hearing on Tuesday was already there, why did his arrest by the Serious after Additional Solicitor you permit the take over or Delhi University releases Fraud Investigation Office Generals Tushar Mehta and sale,” the court asked the ninth cutoff list (SFIO) for allegedly siphon Maninder Acharya “vehe Centre. NEW DELHI ing off funds worth over ₹20 mently opposed” grant of The court also asked, DU on Monday released the billion. bail on the grounds that the “What happens to criminal ninth cutoff list for A High Court Bench of investigation is at the initial liability after a take over? admission to undergraduate Justice S. Muralidhar and stage and serious fraud has Can it be transferred?” programmes, with some Justice Vinod Goel gave the been allegedly committed by Mr. Singal was arrested in North Campus colleges declaring availability of seats direction on Mr. Singal’s Mr. Singal, who was arrested connection with an investi under some courses for plea, which sought bail on August 8. gation being carried out by general category students. apart from challenging the The court directed the SFIO into the affairs of Colleges in the list include powers of arrest granted to SFIO, which comes under Bhushan Steel Ltd and Daulat Ram College, Hansraj the SFIO in August last year the Centre, to file a short affi Bhushan Steel and Power College, Hindu College, Kirori under the Companies Act. davit and also bring relevant Ltd, pursuant to a May 2016 Mal College, Ramjas College, “What is the need for con records by Tuesday. It also order of the Central govern Miranda House, and Gargi tinued custody? Somebody’s asked the Centre why it had ment under the provisions

College. PTI personal liberty is involved. allowed the Tatas to take ov of the Companies Act. Goats for sale near the Red Fort in the Capital ahead of Eid. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA

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BRIEFLY The dancer jokes that she some times feels like a cheese cloth. The stories have to seep through you and mingle with every other story buried inside you. She does not see herself as a rebel who shuns a form to rein Taking vent another. Rather, she takes the kernels of those myths she has known since childhood, and weaves them into the tapestry of her own Digital empowerment To mark the International life. “The RamaSita story has been Youth Day, a seminar, jointly key in my project as it resonated with organised by the Russian the flaws of the epic, which led me in Centre of Science and to thinking of my grandparents and Culture, the International flight their lives together, which in turn led Federation of IndoRussian to my cousin’s homicide story. These Youth Clubs and BRICS are relationships, and the outcome is International Forum was held Chennaiborn Preeti Vasudevan not to be judged but to be reflected in Delhi recently to upon. I feel there is no division now, emphasise importance of returns home with an and honesty is what is prime. Vulner digital empowerment in autobiographical story ability leads. And that keeps the ves achieving sustainable sel deep.” development. Addressing youth of BRICS Rising strong countries, the seminar saw Vasudevan describes the sensation as lively discussion by experts being naked on stage, being watched, on the vast potential of and yet feeling incredibly powerful digital application ensuring and refusing to cover up and apolo easy access and connectivity. gise. It begins in the studio, where Describing digital sector as everything is stripped down. These the leading sector for the youth, Dr. Manpreet Singh are the most private moments, which Manna, Director, AllIndia no one else has access to. It is fragility Council of Technical and strength all at once. A raw space. Education (AICTE), The RamaSita story has been key It is where she says she finds the <> mask with which she can then come Government of India, in my project as it resonated with stressed the need for out and perform. the flaws of the epic mobilising funds for digital “The mask is key to feeling power empowerment. He Preeti Vasudevan ful. It makes you the other, a power underlined role of laptop and ful channel of communication. You smart phones. become everyone suddenly. But intimate situation that caught his eye, and when you reveal that studio self to Literary carnival he felt the rest of the world needed to expe the outside world, I feel you’re allow Fifteenyearold author rience this.” ing that vulnerability to be seen,” she Paakhi Maheshwari, Abhishek Vasudevan is an animated speaker, even says. Khanna from Lucknow and when she is not performing, using her Now in her 40s, I ask Preeti how Abhishek Goswami launched hands and eyes to great effect. To dis her relationship with her body has their books at Hindi Bhavan in Tishani Doshi was four, and has since worked across tract her daughter as we talk, she changed over the years, and how this Delhi recently. A confluence several disciplines and forms. Her lat points to a swan on the lake and has changed the way she dances. She of writers from various cities New Yorkbased dancer Preeti Vasudevan est choreography, , instructs her to draw its pic uses an interesting word: richer. “I gave a glimpse of their talent. Stories by Hands Speaking on the occasion, and I are talking about the importance of ri which will tour India in September ture and think of a story for know I can’t do many things I used to Sandeep Marwah, founder of tuals. We are in London’s Hyde Park beside with The Park’s New Festival, him. “Storytelling is never li be able to do, but what I can do has a Film City and Director Marwah the Serpentine Lake on which Christo’s opens with a line, “English be near,” she says. “That’s the point lot more to say and is stronger and fit Studio appealed to littérateur new sculpture — a floating pyramid of co comes too big for me.” really.” I tell her the new piece is the ter in more ways than I was before.” and authors to contribute for lourful barrels — gleams. For Vasudevan, ri most intimate work of hers I have seen. It is a coming together of body and the mission to build a cultur tuals are companions to memories, they Power of Babel There are seemingly disconnected stories: mind, of all the languages and disci ally sound society through offer clues to identity. Her simplest and Vasudevan says her body is multilin Vasudevan sitting on a swing with her plines collected over the years. A dis their literary pieces reflecting most important rituals bookend the day. gual with Indian roots, although Ta grandmother, telling her she is going to tillation. Mostly, she feels that she is the truth. She wakes at six for tea while everyone else mil is the language she is most at home leave her husband. Her daughter talking 100% herself in performance on Organised by Jashn Events in the house sleeps. And every night she in. The piece was conceived with multi about the rooms of a new house. Her cou stage. Being on stage, she says, is be and Promoters, the festival puts her daughter, Ambaalika, to bed with media artist Paul Kaiser, who has worked sin Karthik’s tragic homicide story in Cali ing part of a continuum of artists, so welcomed authors and poets an improvised story about a princess and with dance legends such as Merce Cun fornia. For someone who has worked so you are never alone, even as a soloist. from different cities. Vineet her magical friends. ningham, Bill T Jones, and Trisha Brown. long with the narrative platform of Bha “It’s an incredible feeling when the Bjapai, Tanmay Dubey, Indrajit Storytelling lies at the heart of Vasude “Paul always felt I was a storyteller right ratnatyam, was it liberating to depart light transforms you and the space is Ghoshal and Tauseef Ahmed van’s practice. Born in Chennai, she began from the start,” says Vasudevan. “While he from the stories of myths and gods, to tell infinite. It’s a cosmic feeling, as if you were speakers at the event. taking Bharatanatyam lessons when she liked my dancing, it’s my storytelling in an the stories of one’s own life? become a myth yourself!” The anatomy of a frenzy SHORT TAKE

Debutant Shahid cess of the theatrical art to ble condition, the Brahmin trates the struggle of an hon film making, establishing gives him his ox for sale so est and socially conscious Kabeer’s Unmaad camaraderie between the di that he could support his fa journalist who is working for captures the plight rector, cast, crew and design mily with the money from an editor interested only in ers. In the process of making the sale of the ox. sensational stories . The sub of a meat seller Unmaad, he discussed the A group masquerading as plot is intricately becomes theme of the film with his cow vigilantes, notices a part of the main plot manif Diwan Singh Bajeli cast members, incorporating Muslim with an ox, they sur ested towards the denoue their suggestions into the round him. With lathis in ment with the journalist ac The cow vigilantes resorting script. Almost all members their hands, they start beat quiring the power of catalyst to lynching innocent people of the cast have been drawn ing him mercilessly and take to resolve the crisis. have been posing a grave from theatre the ox in their possession. danger to destroy the cher “This is our humble effort They call police, handing Betrayed by friends ished ideals of composite to produce a film to express Kallu to them on the fabricat Imtiaz Ahmed as Kallu Nai culture and its legacy to assi social contradictions within ed charge that he was taking framed in the case of stealing milate diverse cultural the framework of popular ci away a cow which he had sto a cow creates a pathetic im Imtiaz on ‘Laila Majnu’ streams. Unmaad, a feature nema without compromising len. The ox is shown as cow age of an honest man be Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, all the obstacles? I was try film made on a shoestring the truthful depiction of dan in the police record. There trayed by friends and haunt who has written the story of ing to discover that what budget, screened at the Press ger posed to our basic funda are many twists and turns to ed by religious fanatics. Gyan the upcoming film Laila happened to Majnu, why Club of India recently mir mental rights that are essen the narrative leading to sev Prakash as the Brahmin Majnu along with his broth did he do that? As a writer, rors in a creative way this tial to preserve and enrich eral court scenes. friend of Kallu Nai is torn bet er Sajid Ali, says he initially since I do not get a clear pic deeply worrying aspect of the plural vision of Indian There is a subplot which ween his loyalty to his friend didn’t intend to make it into ture from my mind unless I contemporary India. Laced democracy,” said Kabeer. deals with true love between Kallu and his duty to protect a film. write it on paper, I started with romance and captivat The title of the film – Un- a socially conscious journal his family in the captivity of Imtiaz recollects that writing.” ing songs, there are strong maad – appears to be inflam ist who happens to be a Hin cow vigilantes who are black when he started writing the In due course, Imtiaz undercurrents that run matory, evoking strong feel du and a beautiful and sensi mailing him to depose story of ‘Laila Majnu’ he had realised he had written throughout the film that re ings of anger, hatred and tive Muslim girl. The director against Kallu. no intention of making a down several scenes. “I veal the collective will of the revenge. The director has es has treated romance beauti Neeraj Giri as the young film. His first introduction to wrote around 40 scenes just people to resist these dark chewed such interpretation, fully, revealing the inner journalist plays an idealistic ‘Laila Majnu’ (the folklore) to discover what happens forces. projecting the antagonistic Heart to heart talk: A scene from the film emotional force of the lovers youth and a true lover who happened when he was sup between Laila and Majnu. I Directed and written by forces with restraint and in and the purity of their becomes a tragic hero in the posed to read a collection of kept it aside and moved on. debutant Shahid Kabeer, a an objective manner. family is Kallu, a butcher by ised, Kallu Kasai goes to his hearts. cause of truth. Manisha Mon folk stories and ‘Laila Maj I knew that I do not want to graduate from the A.J.K. In Mostly shot in Saharan profession. The atmosphere Muslim friend to demand the At another level, the sub dal as the young Muslim girl nu’ was one of them. “The direct the film because I stitute of Mass Communica pur, Uttar Pradesh, it cap of intolerance has ruined money he owes to him. The plot suggests that there is no in love with the journalist thought came to my mind wanted to see something tion, Jamia Millia Islamia, he tures the plight of a Muslim him financially and his work friend expresses his inability place for true love in a socie creates a subtle and sensitive about what happened to new and only another mind is essentially a theatre practi family on the verge of starva has almost been destroyed to pay back. Ultimately, he ty afflicted by ‘Unmaad’, portrait that is marked by Majnu and why did he re could bring that,” said the tioner who is endeavouring tion. The family was once by forcible closure of his goes to his Pundit friend for frenzied communal vio elegance and poetic intensi fuse to accept Laila when Jab We Metfame director. the collective creative pro welltodo. The head of the shop. Starved and terror help. Moved by Kallu’s pitia lence. The film also illus ty. she came to him after facing IANS

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Art Dhrupad Special Menu Photography Mera Gaon Mera Desh Nature Morte presents Gradient Descent, an Pandit Siyaram Tiwari Memorial Sangeet Trust is Celebrating 72nd Independence Day, Kiyan A photography exhibition that documents Habitat Film Club presents Vinod Khanna artificial intelligence art show in India. The show organising 9th Dhrupad Sabha Dhrupad unveils a new menu “Unsung recipes of India”. different stages of the restoration and Retrospective. Mera Gaon Mera Desh is a story of brings seven pioneering artists from across the Dhamar. It features musical treat for listeners. The menu features diverse dishes from across conservation of the twohundred year old Haveli an exconvict who comes to a village and decides world. The artwork is created by the Vocal recital by Aditi Sharma Garg and the country like atta chicken (Kot Kapura, Dharmapura that is located in Gali Guliyan, to take on a dreaded bandit who has terrorised collaboration between man and machine, the Manmohan Nayak on pakhawaj will be followed Punjab), bhooni makai ki raab (Rajasthan), sepu Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi. the region. Directed by Raj Khosla, it features artist is a cyborg. by Surbahar recital by Pandit Pushpraj Koshti, badi (Himachal Pradesh) and mash ki dal Venue: Convention Centre Foyer, India Habitat Vinod Khanna, Asha Parekh and Dharmendra as Venue: Gallery Nature Morte, A1, Neeti Bagh who hails from Mumbai. (Hyderabad). Centre, Lodhi Road lead characters. Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Venue: Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre Venue: Kiyan, Roseate Hotels & Resorts Time: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre Time: 7 p.m. Time: 6 a.m. 12:30 a.m. Time: 7 p.m.

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For blogger Akanksha Red to just straight up hashtag eve For the average millennial, so hu of akanksharedhu.com, her tag will. System error rything, Evan warns. “Hashtags cial media has become akin to streamlining and specificity Mistakes are normal for the serve to make your content dis breathing — it’s an animal with helped her establish her follow Category roulette hashtag newbie, and while be coverable to a wide audience. immense power and complexi ing of 131k (and counting). “I use There are also certain catego ing vague definitely earns top The truth is, not everything you ty. On Twitter and Instagram, hashtags like #RedhuBeauty, ries that draw more eyeballs billing (with overuse coming in produce is going to fit into that knowing your hashtags means #RedhuLuxury, #RedhuTravels, (and double taps) than others, a close second), shoving them category. If your Tweet, post, or unlocking social media gold (Fa etc because it doesn’t just help we’re told. “Travelrelated hash into the middle of sentences is comment isn’t adding any sub cebook isn’t a contender). Get it right: Hashtags are tough to use correctly, but can aid brand me build engagement, but helps tags do quite well,” Akanksha both distracting and unaesthet stance to the wider conversa building *SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT segregate my work to show to says. “For instance, #GlobeTrot ic. 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While general will use the hashtag because “Using hashtags that have mul sign or pound sign, and read; for instance, #MakeAWish the soul of Twitter, so it’s advis and #GST. Instagram, on the hashtags (#love #happy) might they just don’t want to type in tiple meanings or usecases was even used to denote vs #makeawish,” an adage that able to make judicious use of other hand, is visual, so a hash mildly work, they’ll never serve that many characters.” Being can confuse your audience. weights in pounds in the holds true for Instagram as well. the 280 characters. We recom tag is almost invariably descrip you in the long run the way a overly clever, or tossing in witty For example #BTS can refer to United States. While the two social giants mend using no more than 2 tive of the photo or video posted distinct, thoughtcrafted hash rhetoric is equally alienating. ‘behind the scenes’, but it’s also

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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: GAMESPOT Hunt or be Scientists develop Wi-Fi system to detect explosives Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey have HUNTED come up with a system that relies on ordinary WiFi to detect explosive devices. It comprises a WiFi device along with a few antennae, and can be integrated with an existing system of WiFi. The method involves analysing the responses triggered of making your skin crawl and bring by the wireless signals as they penetrate and bounce Julian Almeida Monster Hunter: World up a couple of chuckles at the same off objects, revealing the dimensions of the material time. As you experience the world or the volume of liquids. . finally releases on the through the eyes of your three prota MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD PC and We Happy Few gonists, you have the choice to see it with Joy or without. Sending a power DEVELOPER: Capcom lets you survive joy ful message about drug abuse and its PUBLISHER: Capcom effects, through an onoff filter. 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Just go PUBLISHER: Gearbox Publishing with a tinge of madness. least five things in your language,” the company said the bottom of that food chain. ing in blind and taking them down is The writing is topnotch and one The writer is a tech and gaming enthusiast PRICE: ₹2,999 on PC in a statement. not the way; you will need to stake AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA of the best parts of the game. Capable who hopes to one day finish his scifi novel

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