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CFriday expressed deep con- Congress Legislature Party tional crisis after Speaker KR “It is respectfully submitted cern over the suicide of a Leader Narasingha Mishra Ramesh ignored the that as a result of the order farmer in Balangir district and alleged that farmers of Balangir Governor’s second deadline dated July 17, the constitutional slammed the Government for have suffered a lot due to cal- and Chief Minister HD rights of the applicant under not helping out farmers when lous attitude of the State Kumaraswamy and Karnataka’s the Tenth Schedule are vitally drought-like situations have P Government. Congress unit moved the affected and as such the instant occurred in many districts due “While there has been Supreme Court accusing application is being moved,” the to scanty rainfall. receive insurance claims for the scanty rainfall, firming activi- Governor Vajubhai Vala of Congress plea said. Raising the issue during the last two years. Shockingly, he ties have been severely affect- interfering with the Assembly It submitted that under Zero Hour, Congress member consumed poison in his land ed in Balangir district. We proceedings during the debate the Tenth Schedule of the Santosh Singh Saluja said and later died in the VIMSAR have the right to know what on trust vote. Constitution, a political party Balangir and four other dis- at Burla under treatment. measure the State Government They also sought clarifica- has a right to issue a whip to its tricts have received 40-per cent “Five districts, including is going to take for sustenance tion on its July 17 order con- legislators, the ground also less rainfall between June 1 and Balangir, have received 40 per of farmers,” Mishra said and tending SC’s July 17 order was taken by Kumaraswamy. July 18 for which cultivation cent rainfall. This year, farmers urged Speaker to send a House coming in the way of the party “The exercise of this right works have been severely of Balangir district are facing an Committee to Balangir to make issuing whip to its legislators in under the Constitution is not affected. Jagabandhu alarming situation. A farmer a study and report. the ongoing trust vote pro- circumscribed by any condition Dandasena, a farmer of has already committed sui- In response, Speaker Surjya ceedings. nor can it be subject to any Balangir district, had four acres cide. The State Government Narayan Patro directed the Before adjourning the # $ %# $ & ' ()* restrictive orders from the of cultivable land. Due to should inform the House as to Revenue Minister to conduct a House for the day, Speaker court even prior to the issuance scanty rainfall, he could not what measures it is going to study and make a statement in Ramesh Kumar said the which the 15 rebel Congress- precipitous action by the tions were filed at a time when of the whip. More important- undertake cultivation works. take to support farmers of the House within two days’ motion of confidence would JD(S) MLAs were granted relief Centre might allow them to go the Assembly was debating the ly, any enquiry for the purpos- He was not included in the Balangir and other drought-hit time. reach finality on Monday and that they cannot be compelled down as “martyrs” of a politi- confidence motion moved by es of the Tenth Schedule is a KALIA Yojana. He was yet to districts,” Saluja said and Related story on Page 2 it would not be prolonged fur- to participate in the ongoing cal conspiracy. Kumaraswamy. proceeding of the Legislature of ther under any circumstances, Assembly proceedings. While Kumaraswamy The SC order allowed the the State within the meaning of to which the Government The order “whittles down” questioned the deadlines set by rebels to virtually ignore the Article 212 of the agreed. a political party’s power to the Governor, Rao submitted “whip” to attend the proceed- Constitution,” both the appli- Kumaraswamy and issue whip to its MLAs as it has that the apex court order was ings of the legislature where cations said. Karnataka Congress chief a constitutional right to do so passed without involving the they would have been forced to Earlier, pointing out that Dinesh Gundu Rao filed sep- and the court can’t restrict Congress legislature party, vote in favour of the motion. the debates and discussions in arate applications on Friday that, they said. which presently has 79 MLAs The Congress has alleged that the Assembly appeared to be The BJD made all-out campaigning to get afternoon after the Speaker It was obvious that the in the Assembly. the order was death knell for merely to delay the floor test, Mohapatra defeated by its nominee Sabitri ignored 1.30 pm deadline set Congress and JD(S) leaders The apex court on July 17 the defection law. Vala in his letter to the Chief ll eyes are now on the Patkura elections in Agrawalla. by the Governor to conclude were using every tactics to passed the order on the plea of In his application, Minister referred to wild alle- AKendrapada district to be held The Congress, which has fielded Jayant the proceedings of the confi- delay the trust vote in the the 15 rebel MLAs in which Kumaraswamy said the gations about horse-trading on Saturday. Kumar Mohanty as its candidate, appears to be dence motion. hope that they would be able to Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar Governor cannot dictate to and said it was Constitutionally The BJD leadership is hell-bent on pre- way behind the BJD and the BJP in the race. Both the applications persuade some of the rebels to and Chief Minister HD the House the manner in which imperative the floor test be venting entry of BJP candidate Bijay Mohapatra The counting of votes is scheduled to be sought clarification of the July come back to their fold. They Kumaraswamy were made the debate of the confidence completed without any delay from entering the State Assembly. held on July 24. 17 order of the apex court by would be well aware that any respondents. Both the applica- motion has to be taken up. and Friday itself. P P good news for the bird liv- Aers in the State! The num- ber of Baya weaver birds has increased in the State, revealed ! # $%& a recent count organized by the P Wild Orissa along with the Odisha Chapter of Indian Bird !""# Conservation Network (IBCN). new sports policy would be According to the count, Aannounced by the State 14,193 Baya weavers, 3,000 Government soon to promote streaked weavers and 35 black- ension erupted in the different types of games and breasted weavers were sighted TAngul District make Odisha the country’s totaling their number to Headquarters Hospital on sports hub. This was stated by 17,228. During 2018, a total of Friday over Sports Minister Tusharkanti 11676 weavers were counted. tats of weaver species. The dis- damages to reeds, palm and alleged removal of eyes of a Behera in the State Assembly So there has been an increase trict of Puri, Kendrapada, coconut trees has led to fall in four-year-old girl kept in mor- on Friday. of 5,552 weaver birds found this Jagatsingpur and some parts of count of streaked weaver and tuary of the hospital premises Currently, the National year. Khurda, which experienced black-breasted weaver. The without knowledge of the Sports Policy is in force in the While 560 persons from maximum onslaught of Fani, black-breasted weavers have deceased. State. A draft on the State’s own different walks of life partici- showed blanks in most parts, given a miss to the State this While the parents of the sports policy has been prepared Rohit had reportedly post- pated for surveying and count- which in the past years had year. girl lodged an FIR in this con- and it would come up very ed multiple videos on social ing the weaver birds, 18 dis- counted healthy figures of Cutting of palm and date nection, a hospital staffer was soon, the Minister said in a erforming stunt with ven- media featuring his stunt with tricts were covered such as weavers. palm trees and toddy extrac- attacked. According to reports, reply to BJD member Pomous snakes and making snakes and several girls kissing Angul, Bhadrak, Boudh, On a few palm /coconut tion from date palm trees, non the baby girl of one Anjan Bhupinder Singh’s question. girls kiss the reptiles proved the animals. The clips had Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, trees etc, which survived the availability of trees in urban Gochhayat, a resident of He also informed that costly for a youth as Bargarh gone viral on social media Jagatsingpur, Jajpur, storm, the weavers especially and semi-urban areas like Nuahata village in Banarpal was taken out of the morgue, though a survey is yet to be Forest Department on Friday with thousands of ‘likes’ and Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Baya weavers built their nests Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, area, was admitted to the DHH family members noticed that conducted on the number of arrested a man in this connec- ‘shares’. Khurda, Mayurbhanj, in big numbers. Rourkela, Sambalpur are the as she was suffering from fever. her eyes were missing and a sportspersons in the State, they tion. The girls who had kissed Nabarangur, Nayagarh, This year 8,665 weaver reason why weaver birds’ num- She passed away on white layer had formed around are now being provided iden- The arrested was identified the snakes will be brought Phulbani, Puri, Sambalpur and bird nests were counted in ber has been falling. The find- Thursday while undergoing the eyes. tity cards. And the sportsper- as Rohit Meher. He was appre- under the purview of the inves- Sundargarh. comparison to 852 nests count- ings will be communicated to treatment and her body was They later alleged that her sons having played at interna- hended for violating the tigation. Rohit’s income The census showed as to ed last year, which is also a the Government for suitable kept in the mortuary for an eyes had been removed. The tional events have been pro- Wildlife Protection Act, said through the videos will also be how damaging cyclone Fani spectacular jump. The loss of action, said Wild Orissa secre- impending autopsy on Friday. police have started an investi- vided jobs in various sectors. Bargarh DFO P Sandeep. probed, the DFO said. has been on the breeding habi- nesting sites with extensive tary Monalisa Bhujabal. However, when her body gation into the matter. While athlete Srabani Nanda was given a job in the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation, sprint queen Dutee Chand got an employ- ! $ R $ ment in the Odisha Mining Corporation. And a total of 96 sportspersons have been given jobs in the police department, on the rise. The retail rate for like situation has damaged the sold at 80-90 per kg in retail. the Minister said. onion has doubled from 20 to tomato crops in the producing Lady finger and bitter gourd are 30-40 a kg in the past 15 days States. being sold in the retail market despite buffer stock created by Sources in the Union for 70-80 per kg. !" the Ministry of Consumers Agriculture Ministry said farm- The price of cauliflower is Affairs. Prices of cabbage, cau- ers were hesitant to start sow- at 50 a kg while the rate of ain deficiency in western liflower, potato, coriander ing of vegetables this season, coriander leave is 150 a kg. Rparts of the country and leaves, green chilli, bitter gourd, amid fear of low yield due to Green onion’s rate is hovering floods in the east and north- and brinjal too have seen a erratic monsoon. Some had lost around 50-60 a kg. Ridge east have attributed to steep sharp spike during monsoon the entire crop in parts of gourd is being sold at 50 a kg. hike in the vegetable prices due to short supply. Maharashtra last year, due to The retail price of one piece of across the country. Tomato Consumers will have no rain deficiency. In other parts, pumpkin has also crossed 50. and onion prices have seen a respite from high prices till crop failure was 50-60 per Binod Pandey, Chief ndia cannot be the refugee sharp spike. widespread monsoon rainfall cent. Executive Officer (CEO) of Icapital of the world”, the Sold at throwaway prices till resumes across major produc- As per data collected by Rashtriya Kisan Progressive Centre and the Assam a few weeks ago, tomato is fast ing regions. In Delhi and NCR, The Pioneer from metro cities, Association (RKPA), an asso- Government said in the going out of the reach of com- vegetables have become costlier the retail price of vegetables is ciation of 150 farmers’ organ- Supreme Court on Friday while mon man as its prices in the as supply from Uttar Pradesh similar in Delhi, Mumbai, isations, said consumers are seeking the extension its July 31 retail market has shot up from and Bihar was affected on heavy Kolkata, Patna, Chennai and unlikely to get respite from deadline to finalise the 20-30 per kg to 50-60. rain and flooding in these two Bangalore. high vegetable prices for over National Register of Citizens so Himachal Pradesh, States, respectively. Taking note are likely to rise with monsoon and floods. Vegetable demand West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, The retail rate of potatoes a month. as to verify wrongful inclusions Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and of rising prices of tomato, the season,” said Rajendra Sharma, is going to pick up during the Maharashtra account for 91 per varies from 25-40 depending “Farmers who have sown and exclusions in the southern States across the coun- Centre on Friday directed a wholesale vendor at Azadpur coming month,” Sharma added. cent of the total production of on variety and the area. The seed with the onset of the NRC. try are main supply source of Mother Dairy to sell it at 40 a Mandi, Asia’s largest fruits and The major tomato and the country. Due to less rain in monsoon is affecting green monsoon will get the first out- The SC agreed to hear the tomatoes and rain has hit trans- kg from its Delhi outlet. vegetable wholesale market. onion producing States Andhra some places and floods in vegetables as well. Average cost put in the next 45 days. Hence, pleas of both the Governments portation from these regions. “Due to rain, the supply “The supply has been Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, other places, the supply has of beans was 40 per kg in supply is going to boost only in for deliberation on The price of onions is also often gets disrupted. The prices dropped due to heavy rain Karnataka, Gujarat, Odisha, been affected. Besides, drought wholesale, however, it is being 30-45 days,” Pandey added. July 23. ! " #$" %&'%&() '(
!"#$##!%! " )*+), ,/ 6 6 4 P - % '!% (!' $ : 0 7 - .- people by not handing over court and Government. / dead bodies of their kin. Leader of Opposition he State Government has initiated steps for & # Yesterday, the AMRI Hospitals Pradipta Kumar Nayak sought Trolling out mail messaging system on a pro- !$& didn’t hand over the body of a clarification from the tected Government network to ensure cyber Debraj Panda. While the Government from the Speaker security. 0/ Government of India and the in this regard. A high level meeting to this effect was held embers across party lines High Court have already As Speaker Surjya Narayan under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Mon Friday expressed directed that private hospitals Patro called a meeting of the Aditya Prasad Padhi here on Friday wherein strong resentment in the State can’t keep dead bodies for non- Health Minister and Leader of Principal Secretary Electronics and Information Assembly that private hospitals payment of dues and the State Opposition to discuss the mat- Technology CJ Venugopal outlined the email operating in Bhubaneswar are Government has given lands ter, BJP members rushed into guidelines for discussion and Chief Executive phase, all the Group-A and Group-B officers 7 8 ) ) 0" *)( %0 7( 8 %9 '#( not abiding by the directions of worth crores of rupees to pro- the Well of the House and of the Odisha Computer Application Center would be brought into its fold. Gradually, $) (0 "))# "" #0" ) ) ) 0* ) %: courts and the Governments vide provide free treatment to shouted slogans. (OCAC) Rudra Narayan Palai presented the other officers would be brought in at different %0)) 2 # #"#* () *) * ) *() and are harassing poor patients. poor people in 10 per cent of However, they returned to technical and administrative details of the pro- phases. 3# $# ) ))"$)* ) ) 0$ ;0 () Raising the issue during indoor wards and 25 per cent their seats after the Speaker posed system. The OCAC would be the nodal agency for $0 % &() ) 7( ) ) 0 Zero Hour, BJP member outdoors, why the hospitals will assured that he would certain- Considering the proposal, Chief Secretary running and maintenance of the system. It would 60 +=! % "" ( (0*) ""#) #$ )") $ #*( Bishnu Charan Sethi brought not abide by directions and ly hold discussion with the Padhi directed to integrate the new mail mes- have all cyber security parameters. *() ) : * ) 0# 0 *)): (# to the notice of the House that agreements,” lamented Sethi. Minister and the Leader of saging system with OSWAS and e-dispatch sys- It was further decided that all official com- $) $ (#) (") (! %$) 0)( & & : the AMRI Hospitals didn’t Terming the incidents of Opposition to take appropriate tems. Padhi further directed to make the sys- munications would be done through the (: ( # ) ) "$# hand over the dead body of a private hospitals not handing action in those matters. tem more user friendly with all features of a Government messaging system. No officer ( ) "" #0" ( ## ) % ( patient of Ganjam district, over dead bodies as very sen- Later, BJD leader Pradeep modern enterprise class mailing system such as would make use of the private mail service. *! Debraj Panda, as the family sitive, Congress Legislature Maharathy too expressed con- Gmail. The features of groupware such as Calendar could not pay balance due of Rs Party Leader Narasingha cern over the incidents in The Chief Secretary also directed the service, Drive, Task etc would be available in it. /4 - - 99,000 on Thursday. Mishra said a dead man has a which private hospitals are not OCAC to come up with detail estimated cost for The application would be configured in mobile “Recently, the Kalinga fundamental right of dignity handing over bodies of rolling out, running and maintenance of the sys- with IMAP/POP/Exchange Mode with Active Hospital and the Apollo and, thus, the private hospitals deceased poor people in the tem. Synac facility. Tentative target was set to roll out Hospital had troubled BPL must abide by direction of the hospital. It was decided in the meeting that in the first 1st phase of the system in August. O( : O$0 ) $$ # ( +,& *.."/$!%"($ %$ ( $ he State Government Twould set up Doppler radars in Baleswar and Sambalpur for accurate weath- he Union Government on * 8 *: ) *() ( )$: ## ) ) er updates. This was informed TFriday appointed Rajesh # ?* 8?9 0 (#! +@A A# by Revenue & Disaster Verma as Additional Secretary " " ( (0 * " (( $() #( # Management Minister Sudam Agriculture, Cooperation and 0# ** ) )")! &: ) " * ( ( Marndi in reply to a question Farmers’ Welfare. (0 * " ( (( ))! (): ) ( )) in the Assembly on Thursday. A 1987-batch IAS officer, @+ *(: 0#* 0 " # ) (! Marndi said Doppler Verma is at present serving as radars have already been set up Additional Chief Secretary P" /6* - " - 6 4 P - at Gopalpur and Paradip to get (ACS) to Chief Minister $ 860 ()( 3#" #"# ) ((0) advance information on weath- Naveen Patnaik. He has been in $ ) ) 3# $# #0 * ) ) () % er, enhancing the lead-time so Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) &() ) ! '6 3#" 0) $ (#) () essential for saving since January 2017 when ACS : 5 # : #) $): ( &): lives and property in the event N Behera left the CMO to take for two and a half years, was programme Krushak #: # 0 0# # ; (0 "))# "" #0" of natural disasters associated over as Chairperson, Odisha instrumental in bringing in Assistance for Livelihood and ) ) & ## ((# ) ) % &() ! ( ( #"## with severe weather and Electricity Regulatory the Krishi Karman award for Income Augmentation () *) ) *() ) # )* ) cyclones. about lightning and heat wave Cyclone Fani had been pro- Commission (OERC). the State for three consecutive (KALIA), has been picked up $ ) ) ;0 ()(! Besides, a mobile applica- in their localities, the Minister vided to people through a mass Verma, who served as years. Verma, who played a by the Government of India for tion is being used by the informed, adding that the messaging system to remain Principal Secretary Agriculture major role in formulating the his new post due to his expe- department to alert people advance information about alert. and Farmers’ Empowerment State Government’s flagship rience in the primary sector. " "* /! + # & $ . 0 " '/!$# $ $ Q( !, # $ '.*"!# $ - $ %$!- * ( . '. %%3 %(!' / !'*(%) ()* R he Vigilance police on . -(-$. ' TFriday conducted raids on the office and residences of & ) )( reading out a news story from a ver- Brahmapur DFO Ashish nacular daily. Kumar Behera on the charge of ((" : ( ( ) There are 19 National Law amassing wealth dispropor- farmer of Barkani village, Universities in the country. Excepting tionate to his known sources of ABhaktabandhu Suna (40), com- Odisha unit, all NLUs are executing the income. mitted suicide by consuming poison in admission reservation in their respective Several teams of the anti- his farmland on Thursday allegedly due JD member Pradeep Kumar States. The university at Naraj has 120 graft agency conducted simul- to loan burden and crop failure. BMaharathy on Friday demanded in Integrated BA LLB seats, 40 BA LLB taneous raids at Behera’s office He had been rushed to the the State Assembly that the Government seats and 50 LLM seats. “Three Odia and residences at nine places Bhimbhoi Medical College Hospital, As take appropriate action against the lawyers have already become Chief following search warrants & Kamal Panda while covering a his condition deteriorated, he was National Law University (NLU), Odisha Justices of the Supreme Court. The tal- issued by Special Judge protest of parents against the shifted to the VIMSAR, Burla, where for not giving a 25-per cent reservation ent of Odia law students can’t be ques- Vigilance, Bhubaneswar. ust a couple days after a molestation of a girl at the St he died. to Odia students for admission in dif- tioned. Why the university will not exe- The raids were conducted Jjournalist of a TV channel Joseph’s Convent School. “We had cultivated paddy and ferent courses as per the agreement cute the reservation agreement,” want- at the DFO’s residential flat at was allegedly manhandled by While a large number of vegetables in four and half acre land made with the State Government. ed to know Maharathy. Mani Trivuban Apartment in the Kendrapada SP while he parents and media personnel and had incurred a loan of Rs 80,000 Raising the issue during the Zero He further stated that the universi- Bhubaneswar, official resi- was covering the Chief gathered in front the school from a micro finance company .As Director Agriculture Sridhar Das vis- Hour, Maharathy said the State ty has avoided the Chief Minister’s let- dence, office room, house at his Minister’s visit to the district, a gate, Panda allegedly there was scantly rainfall the crops were ited the farmer’s home and also inspect- Government has provided acres of land ter in this regard taking a plea that the native place in Bhanjanagar, in- scribe was allegedly manhan- misbehaved with the scribe damaged. He was worried how to repay ed his farmland. free of cost for setting up the NLU at Executive Council Body has not met and laws house at Ambapua in dled by another cop at and forcibly pulled him away. the loan,” said the deceased’s wife “The family members of deceased Naraj. taken a decision in that regard. Brahamapur, residence and Dhanupali of Sambalpur city A team of journalists met Chhabirani, farmer informed us that they had As per the agreement, the univer- Maharathy urged Speaker Surjya office room of Digapahandi on Friday. The journalist, also the Northern Range DIG and “I am worried how to repay the availed Rs 80,000 loan from a micro sity should give 25 per cent of its seats Narayan Patro to direct the Government Range Officer Paramananda working with a private news sought action against loan and how to ensure education of finance company, ADB Bank and oth- of various courses to students of Odisha to give a clarification in the House as to Panigrahi in Brahmapur and channel, was allegedly man- the errant cop for ‘manhan- my children; the Government should ers. They were three brothers and had on reservation basis. what action it has taken or going to take residential house and office handled by Dhanupali police dling’ and ‘misbehaving’ with consider it,” Chhabirani added. cultivated four and half acre land. Right But, it has not taken a single student against the NLU as Odia students have room of Khallikote Range station Inspector-in-Charge the reporter. After getting information, a team now nothing can be said and inquiry from Odisha through reservation since been deprived of studying in the uni- Officer Dillip Kumar Martha in of agriculture officials led by Deputy is, said Das to reporters. its inception in 2009, alleged Maharathy versity for long. Brahmapur. ))( ** **%!(,*) ')-"!%*) % *
Bhubaneswar by the Smart involving citizens said``the City Mission. # design and assessment tool for f you are passionate about The proposed app can help public spaces will not only Igoing to parks in this city the user browse through open . . help in setting a benchmark where you have just landed or spaces like parks, markets, her- . across the smart cities under exploring other open public itage precinct, water fronts, . the Smart City Mission, but the spaces as per the quality of ser- transit nodes and streets and let digital interface with vices they offer, here is a tool him/her rate the quality of the 1 citizen feedback and experts’ to go for. open space as per the bench- 2 analysis. An app and digital plat- marks developed in the data- This information can be form, currently under process base. viewed in a geo-spatial map of of development, can help locate For example, if from # all the public open spaces in the parks in Bhubaneswar to a among 10 major parks in the city.” traveller to explore the green city a park near airport scores # The digital platform/app evotees of arrested self-proclaimed godman Sarathi Baba space and spend some quality 6.5 out of 10 score, then city will be fed by inputs from the Dalias Santosh Kumar Roul have resurfaced in Baleswar time there. can know that it activities offered in the public users, so that the assessment district. Yes!this digital needs further improvements, space so that he/she can know would be updated and the new Hundreds of followers of Sarathi hailing from Kendrapada, platform/interface with city alsocitizens and visitors can the facilities offered. inputs in real time would be Jagatsinghpur and Baleswar gathered at Jamujhadi in the dis- map and insights isbeing devel- enjoy specific facilities offered The three Smart City added to improve experiences trict on Thursday night on the pretext of a ‘Satsang’ pro- opedby a team of Smart City there. Fellows ShubhashwetiSinha, shared by a new user. gramme. Fellows who were in the city to A user will use the pro- Mansi Naidu and KirtiKawale, The app, once made oper- Later, they were seen garlanding a photo of Sarathi Baba explore public open spaces as posed app to know the scores who visited Bhubaneswar city ational could be customised as and worshipping him. Locals soon opposed the event and part of their visit to the based on comfort, access, safe- and also explored the public per the local needs of any informed the local police about it. Cops reached the spot and Bhubaneswar Smart City. ty, inclusivity, resilience, sus- open spaces including the ULB/City/Smart City for stopped the programme. Those present at the programme ran This is a pilot project, tainability, culture and identi- parks, streets, heritage precincts benchmarking of their open helter-skelter on realising about the arrival of police. which is being taken up in ty, citizen engagement and and the Smart City projects spaces.
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Naveen Patnaik to expedite library system in the State and library ecosystem,” the OSA eracy, digital literacy, education, Thanking the CM for the Library in the KIIT University, &( ( ( the implementation of “Rules highlighted how it can serve stated, adding that the associ- health and wellness, skill devel- establishment of the first digi- where former Minister Surjya 0 # ) Notification for Odisha Public multiple purposes, besides ation with the vast experience opment, employment, entre- tal public library in Brahmapur, Narayan Patro and former $) "( ( ) Library Act, 2001” for devel- boosting literacy in the rural and exposure of its members preneurship, e-governance, the NROs too appreciated the MLA Priyadarshi Mishra had # $)! ) oping a well-integrated modern areas. on modern public library sys- civic engagement, e-commerce, decision of the State wholeheartedly supported the 3 ) #: (* #) &) # "0( "# public library system in the “A well-integrated mod- tem in USA and Canada etc, social inclusion and democra- Government to set up pan- proposal for a modern public ( ( ))# ) (! ) ( 0*0 )# State. ern public library system will will provide the required sup- tic values. In addition, the chayat library-cum-infotain- library system in the State. 0 (: #) # 6*)! . 4 "#!" ! 8 #*) ) ) * ## 30(0 0 # "-$!./ $ ) !$. " $ 2 & ()# ) * 0)0 ( # %) : ) %""0) ) %) # ) # ( # ") "" ( # ) ( 0 (#! $ " E0 ) ( 0 *# ) 012 #*) ) 0 ) *()#* #"# ) ) (!$(5$ ( ' .!'0,* $ 0 P 0$* #* ) %""0) ) %) ) ) ())0( 0 A ( ($)! 30(0 0 ((0 # ) $ ) * ( ) ) *! "* ) (: 0 ; $): )0 ( # &0 6 2 4 # $ ()! !* 6 " . tions and agitation, the State threatened to take to the streets . 8 # - /4# "*! Government has sanctioned with the issue. * 8 %O( ( # ) 0 # ($ )) Rs 5 crore for the bridge work, Lamenting that the rail +!=. O* O( .!DI ' #0 * ) ) 4) ) *( )0(#( #)( #0 he Civil Society, Baleswar, but the progress is too slow. over bridge was in poor state ) ( * ) # #0() #( #0 * ) ()! "$ Thas threatened to launch After estimation, a tender due to want of maintenance, # *)# ) ) 0( $* $* "( ) $ )"(( # )# ) agitation if the tendering was invited, which was to be the members also demanded its & )( )) N%0) ( #O! 0 * ) +G #A* 0 process for repair and renova- opened on March13 and the repair and security. () #)( * )# ) ( # )O( ($ N" 0 tion of a flyover bridge con- contract should be finalized “The over-bridge near FM he agitation of the Berhampur O )(! # ( # " ) #)( necting FM Golai to the and awarded by March15. Circle is the first rail over TUniversity Retired Employees’ #() 0)* ++:GHI ) ( " 0 $ ) 0*0) ) ()! Sahadevkhunta bus-stand is Although three bidders partic- bridge of the State. Owing to he State Government has created irrigation facil- Association on a six-point charter not completed within a fort- ipated in the process yet the lack of regular care and main- Tities for 13.20 lakh hectares of land during the last demands reached its third day here on night. tender awarding couldn’t be tenance, it has become unsafe 10 years between April 2009 and March 2019. Friday. "* /! The members alleged that completed and the actual work at certain portions. The bound- Water Resources Minister Raghunandan Das The retired employees of the univer- the PWD was adopting a dil- could not be undertaken, aries have developed cracks. It informed this in the State Assembly in response to a sity are on a peaceful dharna but their lydally approach. Nayak rued. is a lifeline of the district and question of Congress member Santosh Singh Saluja demands are ignored by the university / / # As a result, the works for In a meeting last evening the issue should be immedi- on Thursday. administration, said a retired the bridge are moving in a slow the association members ately addressed, else there could “There were irrigation facilities for 28.69 hectares employee. pace despite availability of including Gouranga Panigrahi, be major mishap as hundreds of land in the State by March 2009. Such facilities were Some of the key demands include funds, they said. Basanta Saw, Pradip Chatttarjee of vehicles ply on the stretch created for 13.20 lakh more hectares of land from April payment of the arrears as per the direc- According to secretary of and Sandhyarani Bhuyan, connecting north Baleswar 2009 and March 2019. Thus, irrigation facilities have tions of the Orissa High Court, leave the association Manoj Nayak, besides expressing concern with the district headquarters been created for a total of 41.89 lakh hectares of land encashment as per the changed rules, gra- after several complaints, peti- over the PWD approach, town,” they said. by March 2019,” said the Minister. tuity and commutation as per the rules, He further informed that 15 mega and medium pension and arrear pension due since 2015 %%* . -*%'.!'/7 irrigation projects, 153 small irrigation projects, 117 and such other pensionary benefits due )*7&* &4&% large lift irrigation projects, 832 addibandha and 1450 to the employees. %)*" '%5 '5'( community lift irrigation projects are under con- The employees alleged that, though struction. they are on peaceful agitation since last "" / -! )$ /' ( * Besides, 25 new small irrigation projects are being three days, none from the university & the crime and fled from the constructed with support of the Nabard and 15 more administration so far has met with them spot. small irrigation projects would be undertaken this year. to discuss about their long and genuine n a shocking incident, a 67- Later, the critically-injured These apart, 20,000 deep bore wells and 600 shallow problems. Iyear-old woman was alleged- woman was rescued and !'$/!$" 5 ". bore-wells have been targeted to be completed Around 100 retired employees are on ly raped by a distant relative in rushed to the Kuchinda Sub- this year. dharana before the administrative block the Mahulapali police station Divisional Hospital. KANDHAMAL: A college student was arrest- Complex of Rangaparu, complained of consis- The Minister also informed that irrigation facil- of the university at Bhanja Bihar, sources area of the district on Thursday. A complaint was lodged at ed on Friday for impregnating a minor tribal girl tent stomachache. After conducting medical ities have been created for 1.73 lakh hectares of land said. The woman was allegedly the Kusumi police outpost, in the Belaghar area of Baliguda in Kandhamal tests, she was found to be pregnant for four out of total 3.46 lakh hectares of cultivable land in Among others, president of the raped by a 42-year-old relative, which comes under the district. months. The matter was reported by the head- Balangir district. To provide irrigation facilities to 35 Berhampur University Retired Employees’ who was staying in the same Mahulapali police station, in The accused was identified as Amulya master of the institute to the Belaghar police, fol- per cent of cultivable lands in the district, the Lower Association Govinda Chandra Sahu, sec- locality. this connection. “Investigation Pradhani (20), a Plus Three student of the lowing which Pradhani was arrested for impreg- Suktel project, Lower Indra irrigation project, 29 small retary Radhasyam Pattnaik, Prafulla What was more shocking is on into the incident. We have Tumudibandh College, who was staying in a nating the girl. The girl was handed over to the projects and 37 check dams are being constructed. Dalai, Ramakrushna Senapati, Iswari was that the accused inserted a launched a manhunt to nab the rented room in Benarbal. The victim, a Class- Phulbani District Child Protection Officer Besides, there are plans to dig 1,500 deep bore-wells Chandra Sahu and Dr Ganapati Prasad wooden stick in the woman’s accused at the earliest,” said a VIII girl residing in the Girl’s Educational (DCPO). PNS in the district, the Minster said. Choudhury were present. private part after committing police officer. , $ + $ 00 " 65 ". . ( !' .7 688"!($ !"* ! . '5 )) $. /5( $Q*" $$! / & man allegedly attempted to kill his he Shadevkhunta police in Ason-in-law near Punjikaya Chhak TBaleswar district on Friday under the Digapahandi police station busted a fake automobile lubricant in Ganjam district on Thursday night. manufacturing unit operating Though the motive behind the from a rented house in Baleswar attack was yet to be ascertained, it was town for a long time. suspected that the accused Umakanta The police raided the illegal Gouda was unhappy with the love unit at Aradbazar and seized marriage of his daughter. around 1200 litre of fake engine The youth identified as Sanjay oil. Police said the unit was oper- Gouda of Kalyanpur village was ating at the rented house for the rushed to the MKCG Medical College last 20 years. Hospital here with injuries on his The cops had earlier received stomach and head. 0 ( (# ; ( ) " )O( inputs of illegal lubricant manu- Sanjay was attacked with a knife facturing factory running in the at Punjikaya Chhak at around 10.30 #0*) 6) # # " # )"$ town. Based on the inputs, pm. Hearing his screams, when locals Sahadevkhunta Model PS per- rushed to the spot, Umakanta fled $ ( ) ) " "" ( # sonnel and representatives of a from the spot. reputed lubricant brand raided the brands. The accused allegedly in containers. Then, it was sup- Sahil and Irshan Khan (25) alias Sources said Sanjay was in love )( 60 .G! 0$ ( ()* premises leading to seizure of the collected used and old stock plied into the local market through Raju were arrested, the house with Umakanta’s daughter Jayanti )# 0( 0; % duplicate lubricants. engine oil which was further their established network. In the owner’s son Seikh Tasreef Khan and had married her in a temple in The duplicate motor lubri- processed at the unauthorised connection two persons were was detained for interrogation. presence of both of their family cants were packaged in containers unit. The lubricants treated with arrested and one detained. The accused are natives of Masjid members and relatives on June 30.The near Punjikaya Chhak. lodged in this connection till filing of with labels of various leading colours and perfumes were bottled While Yousuf Khan (30) alias Bazar. couple was staying in a rented house But no police complaint was the report. "* /! % P * / + 1 " **/!$"P " *( (!'Q -./0 4 . )( ()* #" Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar *) $4*( '*!' #"#* ( ) #( locality. he Delhi police on Friday He allegedly stole diamond %P Tarrested an Odia youth and silver ornaments from his belonging to in Raghunathpur employer’s house on June 4 and 5 # under the Soro police limits in went missing. Suspecting his Baleswar district for allegedly disapperance, Khari registered ' 4 6 : ' stealing diamond and silver an FIR against him at the . jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh. Adarsh Nagar police station. The accused was identified A three-member team of as Karunakar Das, son of the Delhi police arrested 24-year-old man was rescued from rail tracks 3 Purnachandra Das. He had Karunakar with the help of Ain a very critical condition by the been employed as a domestic their Soro counterparts. The Sahadevkhunta police in Baleswar district on 40-year-old woman was trampled to help for some years in the accused confessed to his crime Thursday evening and sent to the District Adeath by an elephant at Kaunriapal vil- house of a businessman named and said he sold the ornaments Headquarters Hospital. lage under Odapada block in Dhenkanal Ravindra Kumar Khari in New in Cuttack. The victim, identified as Pintu Sethi, a resident district in the wee hours of Friday. She was of village Bhaskarganj, was spotted on the tracks by identified as Urmila, wife of one Dheeren & school authorities ask police to police administration for a locals, who raised an alarm and alerted police. Nayak. investigate the incident of probe into the incident. According to sources, the victim was attacked by Urmila had gone to a nearby field to ension prevailed at a reput- molestation. Later, police detained two three unknown men with sharp weapons; and after defecate when the wild animal appeared all Ted convent school in The tension followed pub- persons for interrogation in this stabbing him, they pushed him into the rail tracks of a sudden and attacked her, killing her on Sambalpur city on Friday lication of the alleged molesta- connection. near the Sovarampur level-crossing before fleeing the spot. Receiving information, a team of morning over alleged molesta- tion incident in a leading ver- Sources said that the girl from the spot. police and forest personnel led by the DFO tion of a Class-III girl in the nacular daily in its Sambalpur was molested by a mason and Pintu, who works in a private company in reached the spot and sent the woman’s body school premises. edition on the day. a coolie twice inside the school Haryana, had come on leave to attend his sister’s to the District Headquarters Hospital for Parents of the students The irate parents accused in the past 15 days. marriage and was to return to his workplace with- postmortem. While a compensation of Rs staged a demonstration in front the school authorities of trying The incident came to the in a couple of days. Police, suspecting previous 40,000 was immediately provided to the of the St Joseph’s School to suppress the matter. fore after the victim hesitated enmity behind the brutal attack, began investiga- family members of the deceased, another demanding safety of their chil- Following the news report, to go to school and informed tion into the incident. Pintu was subsequently shift- sum of Rs 3.6 lakh would be paid as per offi- dren in the school. pressure mounted on the about her ordeal to her ed to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack cial provision after necessary paper work, They demanded that the school authorities as well as the parents. as his condition deteriorated. said a forest official. ! " #$" %&'%&() '8
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* . Backward Classes Welfare He alleged that the not being provided to girls. now studying in 1,670 schools Minister’ recent statement that Government has given least Dasarathy Gomang and run by the SC and ST ; $ !'(( %4 a girl in a school in Khurda importance on the develop- Tara Prasad Bahinipati of the Development Department. As pposition members in the district got pregnant after hav- ment of SC and the ST from the Congress too made such alle- many as 3,000 matrons and 336 OState Assemby on Friday ing relationship with a neigh- fact that the Department was gations. ANMs have been appointed to %%3 ::, chain of the police officer; and targeted the State Government bour in her village was just eye- given a Minister of State instead However, BJD members provide security and conduct 7$ while trying to flee from the for reports of minor tribal girls wash. of a Cabinet Minister. Dr Pramod Kumar Mallick, regular health checkups in lower court here on Friday, : $ :: 3 spot, he was overpowered by being sexually assaulted in SC “What about the incident Another BJP member Bhagirathi Sethi and Srikant 6,500 hostels. deciding a three-year-old $ 7:$ : some onlookers. A , and ST Development in which a school headmaster Mekesh Mahalinga alleged that Kumar Sahu refuted the Toll-free numbers have chain snatching case in the city, $ The Mangalabag police of Department-run residential was arrested for raping a minor girls of some residential schools charges saying all measures been provided to girls to lodge found a person guilty of com- the city reached the spot and schools and sought that a safe- girl in Keonjhar district on are going to outside to attend have been taken by the State complaints to higher authori- mitting robbery and causing woman police officer of the city arrested Siddheswar under ty and healthy environment be Thursday. Earlier, a former call of nature and cleanse them- Government to provide a ties and a 24-hour control hurt during the crime and was travelling by her moped Sections 294 and 297 of IPC. provided to all girls in hostels. Minister had revealed in this selves, which is a clear violation secured and healty environ- rook is also working to deal sentenced him to undergo with a lady constable as pillion Holding trial in the case for Initiating discussion on an House that 20 girls had been of human rights. ment to girls in hostels. with their grievances. The State seven years’ rigorous impris- rider when Siddhewar Kar (23) over three years, Cuttack Adjournment Motion, BJP subjected to sexual assault dur- He alleged girls are living In his reply, Minister Government has taken all mea- onment (RI). The court also followed the moped in a Additional CJM-cum-Assistant member Mohan Charan Majhi ing five years in which eight in unhygienic conditions in Jagannath Saraka said over six sures to provide to a safe and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on motorcycle. Sessions Judge Haraprasad said the SC and ST teachers were involved,” many hostels. He said quality lakh girls and bodys belonging healthy environment to girls in the convict. Near a busy traffic post, Patnaik convicted the accused Development, Minorities and ridiculed Majhi. foods and sanitary napkins are to SC and ST categories are hostels. On August 13, 2016, a Siddheswar snatched the gold and sentenced him. + & , %( <=>"( .
33 he Amway India has #$ $4 " Tannounced the launch of its enhanced version of the calci- # um supplement ‘Nutrilite Cal Mag D Plus’, coming from the # -*!' ** ' !&$ world’s first selling vitamin and dietary supplements the supplement is a valuable %%3 Nodhadiha, flat at Nayapali, ‘Nutrilite’ recently. addition to existing portfolio of ' 3 him near Civil Township area Bhubaneswar, office room at The new calcium supple- Nutrilite products as it offers a at around 1.50 pm. he Vigilance police on Baripada, house of relatives at ment provides essential nutri- unique combination of five n a daring broad daylight When Patra offered resis- TFriday arrested Hrudeswar village- Chandanpur and resi- tion to support and maintain essential nutrients to support Irobbery, the owner of a pri- tance, the miscreants thrashed Behera, Baripada Minor dential house of Adikanda healthy bones when taken as bone building and mainte- vate firm was robbed of Rs 6.5 him and snatched the bag con- Irrigation Division Assistant Sankhua of village-Asita were part of a well-balanced diet. In nance processes. lakh by motorbike-borne mis- taining the money. Executive Engineer (AEE) on simultaneously searched on addition to the calcium, Wellness Amway India cat- creants in the Civil Township On being informed about the allegation of acquisition of Thursday by Vigilance offi- Nutrilite Cal Mag D Plus also egory head Ajay Khanna said area here on Friday. the incident, the assets worth Rs 1, 64, 02,984, cers. consists of magnesium, man- that with D Plus, the company The businessman, identi- Raghunathpalli police rushed disproportionate to his known Behera was forwarded to ganese, and zinc making it targets over 11% share of cal- fied as Pitabas Patra, was to the spot and sent injured sources of income. the court of Special Judge, more effective. cium supplement market in the returning home after with- Patra to the nearby hospital. Behera’s residential triple- Vigilance, Baripada. Amway Nutrilite Health first year. The supplement is drawing money from the ICICI Police have initiated investiga- storied building at Baripada Investigation of the case is in Institute senior research scien- priced at Rs 799 for one pack Bank when two motorbike- tions to identify and trace the town, house at native village- progress. tist Dr Kevin Gellenbeck said containing 90 tablets. borne miscreants intercepted culprits. - : $7 - && $ . *)+ .# # * 4 #5 O-./ to consider the matter, saying, Zero Hour. In Odisha, there are so “Personally, I agree with your feel- many world famous and incredible andhamal MP Dr Achyuta ings and Chief Minister Naveen tourist and heritage destinations KSamanta on Friday met Union Patnaik has also written to the like Konark, Puri, Chillika, Tourism and Culture Minister Government of India regarding it. Bhiratkanika, Shimilpal, but it is a Prahallad Patel in New Delhi and You have also raised the issued in matter of regret none of these have 6( submitted a memorandum demand- Parliament and submitted memo- got place in the list, he added. ing inclusion of world-famous randum to me. I will consider the Notably, none of the tourist incredible tourist and heritage cen- matter.” and heritage spoits of Odisha has tres of Odisha in the list of Iconic Dr Samanta on Thursday had been included in the list of Iconic P Tourist Destinations. raised the issue of iconic tourist des- Tourist Destinations declared recent- The Minister assured Samanta tinations in Parliament during the ly by the Government of India. . " :
he BJP membership drive current- Tly underway will bring 10 lakh youths of the State to the party fold. For the mission, the BJP Yuva Morcha has drawn a blueprint, said its national vice president Atul Kumar and State president Tankadhar Tripathy on Friday at a Press meet here. The campaign will be intensified by carrying out a membership drive. Mahapatra requested the pub- taking it to the booth level in the wake The members criticised the lic to join the AAP for its new of the July 26 Vijaya Divas and August he Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) State Government over agenda of overall development of 8 Kranti Divas, said Kumar and Theld its State executive meet- law and order situation of the State Odisha and Odia people. Tripathy. ing here on Friday under the lead- and for spending huge amount of Among others, AAP State They further told that the party will ership of State convenor Nishikant money in the Patkura secretary Soumya Ranjan Swain, include youths from all regions and sec- Mahapatra. election. Binay Kumar Tiwari, Pankaj tions. Among others, Morcha nation- In the meeting, discussions The party also decided to field Nayak, Amitav Patra, Santosh al VP Thakur Ranjit Das, State secre- were held on present political sce- candidates for the upcoming elec- Panda, Anand Samal, Kumari tary Irasish Acharya, Dipak Gochhayat nario of the State, strengthening tions in urban local bodies (ULBs) Anupama Sethi and Janmajay and Om Prakash Mishra were present. the party at grassroots level and across the State. Swain were present. 6 7 7 ($ ( 4/6( 46&&Q$ :$$R #++.68! # 9 )$ ( '($ )$ ' $*5!)#$*( $()% ) '! * and 12 coaches destined for Jagdalpur with a split up at Rayagada. nion Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel On return journey, also the two separate UMinister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday trains are amalgamated at Rayagada and run urged Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal for towards Bhubaneswar as one train. running two independent trains between “The present system creates many difficul- Bhubaneswar and Kalahandi. ties for the passengers especially from Kalahandi. In a letter to the Railways Minister, Pradhan Sometimes, passengers are not able to board the requested for both independent trains between proper coaches due to the complications Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar and involved. I am also given to understand that if Bhubaneswar-Junagarh-Bhubaneswar in view of this proposal is accepted, the train shall run in the long standing demands of the people of full capacity due to huge demand of connect- Bhawanipatna and Junagarh area in Kalahandi ing between Bhubaneswar, the capital city and district. Pradhan in the letter said at present, the Kalahandi. Moreover, coaches will be more and trains start from Bhubaneswar as one amalga- more accommodation in reserved compartment mated train with 10 coaches bound for Junagarh will be available,” he wrote.
This partnership, sup- The incubation centre will ideas and innovative practices. ported by IIT, ICT and DST is be located at the Nalco’s On this occasion, the Nalco he Nalco has inked an aimed at developing an ecosys- . Research and Training Centre rewarded its 50 employees with TMoU with the NIT, tem for promoting entrepre- at Gothapatna, Bhubaneswar, ‘Excellence Award’ with an Rourkela and the NIT Rourkela neurship, a knowledge envi- where the aluminium giant is aim to foster a culture Alumni Association ronment by collaborating with developing a world-class of high performance, profes- (NITRAA) for creation of a research institutes and univer- research facility to benefit the sionalism and excellence at Centre of Excellence with the sities and enabling technology aluminium sector. workplace. objective of collaboration to areas. Ministry of Mines Nalco CMD Dr Tapan develop entrepreneurs by sup- This would foster creativ- Additional Secretary Dr K Kumar Chand said, ‘The hard porting technology-driven ity, innovation and improve Rajeswara Rao praised the new work and dedication of the startup companies to improve competitiveness in specific initiative and urged the three employees are paying off in all manufacturing and service technological needs of the host partners to develop an ecosys- fronts, production, productiv- delivery competitiveness. institute and other industries. tem that would encourage fresh ity and profitability. ! " #$" %&'%&() '9
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In the is supreme in a state legis- on account of lack of menstrual care their bank details. The scheme "$)# ) current Act, only retired Chief lature and that indepen- facilities, the government pointed envisages to cover approxi- $ ) $ (#) ") Justice of India and Chief dence of legislature is out that a pack of six sanitary nap- mately 14.50 crore beneficiaries 0# "$) ( )0 ! Justices of High Court and under threat and democ- kins is being provided to adolescent across the country subject to (#( *: 5# : above can become the racy is being killed. girls at a cost of Rs 6 every month exclusion criteria. The respon- & " : ( ; : Chairman of national and state under a centrally-sponsored sibility of identifying and & " & () # % % # ( " 77) ( commissions respectively. This - 4/ scheme. uploading details of beneficia- : & " 3 ) : % ' ()* has led to a big problem in get- The Congress MP said while ries solely lies with the $$)# ) #$0)A$ ting the persons for these posts. government was providing napkins State/Union Territories. ( ! 67( + #6 other terms and conditions of actually "RTI elimination bill" As per the new bill, any retired $ to school girls there is a need to pro- *) $( #0 the service of the Chief removing two greater powers of Supreme Court Judge or High vide the same to the women work " "# ) ) Information Commissioner are institutional independence. Court Judge can be appointed 6 force in the country where again 6 # $ (( ( () )# mid objections from the the same as that of the Chief AIMIM member as Chairman of National and # 47 there is a dip in number of work- # % ) )( $$)")(! AOpposition, the Election Commissioner while Assasudin Owasi said the bill State Human Rights ing women on account of non- Government on Friday intro- that of an Information is a threat to the Constitution Commissions. availability of good hygiene facil- " *8 * ;6 6. duced a Bill to amend the Commissioner is same as that and Parliament. He had sought Piloting the Protection of Congress wanted to ities including toilets and napkins Stating that many states ;4 6-!4 Right To Information Act, of an Election Commissioner. a division on the introduction Human Rights (Amendment) raise the issue from the . have rolled out the scheme, - $8 * ") envisaging lowering the stature Staging a walkout, Adhir of the bill. While 224 members Bill, 2019 Minister of State word go but was denied Responding to Tharoor, Union Minister of State for Agriculture (0# ())0) E0 ) of Information Commissioners Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of supported its introduction, (Home Affairs) Nityanand Rai, permission by the Speaker Health Minister Vardhan said the Parshottam Rupala during the # 0) ) * and giving power to the Congress in Lok Sabha, nine opposed it. When Owaisi said changes in the legislation Om Birla during the ques- government is supporting the Question Hour urged the West # 0*(: "" Government to fix their salary accused the Modi Government sought a division, members will help in protecting human tion hour. Congress MPs Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, a com- Bengal and Delhi governments &) #"## 2 #! and service conditions. of sabotaging the independen- from Congress and Trinamool rights effectively. The amend- walked into the Well and ponent of `Rashtriya Kishor to implement the scheme at the (* ) ((0 #0 * ) The amendment states that cy of the Information Congress walked out of pro- ment provides for reduction in were joined by those from Swasthya Karyakram`, by provid- earliest and ensure benefits 0 : &) 869 (# the Chief Election Commission and said that such ceedings. the tenure of chairpersons of the DMK. More than 30 ing funds to States and Union ter- reach farmers. ) ( (# )) Commissioner and Election a bill with many ramifications Before the division was national and state human rights members from the ritories. "The issue of non-avail- #"() # 0* "0 )0 ( Commissioners have salaries of should be referred to the stand- sought, Saugata Roy (TMC) bodies to three years from the Congress, DMK and few "Under the Menstrual Hygiene ability of authenticated land ) $ #0 * E0) a Supreme Court Judge which ing committee. demanded that the bill be current five years. Rai said the other parties were in the Scheme a pack of six sanitary nap- records in Manipur, Nagaland * # 0*(! brings Chief Information However, introducing the referred to the parliamentary bill also gives more adminis- Well for over 15 minutes. kins is provided to adolescent girls and Jharkhand has been sort- Commissioner and Right to Information standing committee. trative and financial powers to Some of the members dis- at a cost of Rs 6 per pack by the ed out. In Jharkhand where - ,6 /- Information Commissioners (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Roy pointed out that in the these bodies. played placards, saying Accredited Social Health Activist land records have not been "/ .-// on a par with apex court judges. Minister of State in the Prime 15th Lok Sabha, 71 per cent of Under the existing Act, 'Save Democracy' and (ASHA) through door-to-door vis- updated since 1932, the state - $8# # % "The functions being carried Minister's Office Jitendra Singh bills were referred to commit- chairpersons of commissions shouted 'We want justice' its and also through platforms of government has been asked to # ;) ") ( out by the Election said no one can question the tees, but in the 16th Lok Sabha, such as the National slogans. schools and anganwadi centres," he update it soon", Rupala told in N# #7 ) ( # Commission of India and the Modi government on its com- only 26 per cent bills were Commission for Scheduled Speaking after the said during the Question Hour. the Rajya Sabha on Friday. " )( Central and State Information mitment to transparency. referred to parliamentary pan- Castes, National Commission question hour , leader of The ASHA gets an incentive The PM-KISAN scheme, *: &*! ) ) Commissions are totally dif- He said the bill aims at els. "But in this Lok Sabha, not for Scheduled Tribes and Congress in Lok Sabha amount of Rs 1 per pack sold to the launched in February just *) #) ) 0 ferent. The Election institutionalisation, streamlin- a single bill has been referred," National Commission for Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury beneficiary, besides getting a free before the Lok Sabha polls, ( # Commission of India is a ing and ease of delivery of RTI he said. Most of the parlia- Women are members of the alleged that the BJP is con- pack of sanitary napkins per month aims to provide Rs 6,000 annu- ) ) # # %! Constitutional body...On the Act and strengthens the over- mentary panels are yet to be NHRC. The new bill provides spiring to bring down gov- for her personal use. ally in three equal instalments () : %*#0 $ other hand Central all RTI structure. He described constituted. for including the chairpersons ernments in states where The minister said funds are also directly into the bank account % ()# ) ( Information Commission and it as an enabling legislation for He said the Modi of the National Commission opposition parties are in provided to ASHAs for holding of 14.5 crore farmers holding 0(* " )* ) ("! State Information Commission administration purposes. Government moved an extra for Backward Classes, the power. monthly meetings with adolescent up to 2 hectare land. are statutory bodies established Many activists have criti- mile for selection of CIC and National Commission for the At this point Birla said girls to discuss issues related to So far, the first instalment 6 6 under the Right to Information cised the amendments, saying since there was no leader of Protection of Child Rights and he had allowed Choudhury menstrual hygiene. of Rs 2,000 has been released to ;# !4 / Act, 2005," it said. it will weaken transparency opposition in 16th Lok Sabha, the Chief Commissioner for to raise this issue in the This intervention involves bank accounts of 4.14 crore - $8 0$ " %0 ) According to the Bill, the panels in the country. There is the Government amended Persons with Disabilities as House but he cannot speak increasing awareness among ado- farmers in the country, while 2 # (0*) ((() term of offices, salaries, a general feeling that the rules so that leader of largest members of the NHRC. The about any state assembly or lescent girls on menstrual hygiene, the second tranche to 3.17 )) 3 3 50*$ allowances and other terms Government is embarrassed opposition party can be includ- participation of civil society the person who is sitting improving access to high quality crore farmers, each amounting #* ) $ ( * and conditions shall be "as by certain orders of certain ed in the selection panel. Singh representatives will provide on any constitutional post. sanitary napkins by them, ensuring to Rs 8290.6 crore and Rs )) " ) ""0)( prescribed by the Central Information Commissioners claimed the RTI law was clum- more strength to protect the Following this , Congress safe disposal of sanitary napkins in 6355.8 crore, respectively, the # # ) (( ())A Government". In the existing against the Government. Shashi sy in nature and was drafted in human rights, the minister MPs staged a walkout an environmentally friendly man- Minister said in his written ( $$0) #) ()# form, salaries, allowances and Tharoor (Cong) said this bill is haste. said. from the house. ner, he said. reply to the Upper House. ) #)! * 0 + 8 =(' = P 9.-:;<
6 . five in India are stunted - too short for their age, while 21 per n what could be food for cent of children in India are Ithought for many of us as we suffering from wasting, mean- sit by the table and relish our ing their weight is too low for favorite dish and drink, an their height. estimated 82 crore people i.e. The UN report points out one out of nine persons in the that the pace of progress in world, did not have enough to halving the number of children eat in 2018. The number is up who are stunted and in reduc- by over one crore from 81.1 ing the number of babies born crore in the previous year, with low birth weight is too which is the third year of slow, which also puts the SDG increase in a row, a UN report 2 nutrition targets further out 6( , # $ has said. of reach. = ( % ' ()* 7,: &-&&* ) 5+, 4 bullets, officials said. protector for women,' a senior + #6 Raising the issue of women They urged the central gov- & '2 4 ' @G+HK H!@+ In 2016, the National CRPF official said. undergoing hysterectomy, ernment to hold urgent talks omen troopers of the Conference for Women in After two years of extensive Vandana Chavan(NCP) said with Nepal for building a dam % ' 8 + - ' 9 WCRPF will now have full police mooted the idea of gen- study on the requirements of ocial evils like violence over this was taking place in Beed there to prevent floods. ' ' K @! , % ' body protectors designed der-specific protective gears. the protective equipment, the Sinter-caste marriages and district of Maharashtra. R K Sinha(BJP) highlight- specifically for them for an Subsequently, the issue was product was was unveiled by women undergoing hysterec- Terming it as a new form of ed the rising cases of sexual 3 , 22% 4 K effective role in various law and flagged in Lok Sabha by then CRPF DG Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar tomy to retain jobs besides violence against women, she assault on children. He said order duties with improved MP Anupriya Patel while dis- in the presence of DG Life issues like recent spate of inci- said contractors engaged in investigations suggest that most +D!H- % ' protection from riotous mobs cussing the problems faced by Sciences A. K. Singh and dents of building collapse sugarcane mill business hired of the accused are under influ- 3 , 22% 4 K D!-, and stone pelters. women in Police and Armed Director of DIPAS Bhuvnesh killing scores of people and only those women who did not ence of drugs and liquor and The gear has been designed Forces. Kumar besides a host of scien- plight of people due to floods have periods. Several poor suggested that a nodal ministry % ' ergonomically by the Defence Following this, the Union tists of the DRDO agency and in Bihar figured prominently in women were opting for hys- should be established with a % , ' '5 K Institute of Physiology and Allied Home Ministry constituted a officials of the paramilitary. the Rajya Sabha on Friday. terectomy in the age group of single point agenda to deal with Sciences (DIPAS), an agency of committee under Inspector "Today, by dint of sheer Drawing the attention of 20 to 30 years and the con- this grave social issue. D!G % ' the Defence Research and General (Provisioning), CRPF, determination, hard work and the House to violence against tractors paid them Rs 20,000 - Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (TMC) %'' A % L ' % Development Organisation Anupam Kulshreshtha to work professionalism, women in couples going for inter-caste 30,000 as loan for the opera- opposed the proposed disin- (DRDO). Earlier, gender neutral out on the issue of making police forces, have made their marriages, Kumari tion. The entire Opposition vestment of Bengal Chemical ' '5 K ..!H % ' protector gears were not available available the protective gear for presence felt pretty emphati- Selja(Congress) said in the associated itself with her. and Pharmaceutical Ltd. for women troops of the para- women which was unavailable cally. This glory doesn't come month of July, 82 years back Some Rajya Sabha mem- Opposition members also The chances of being food At the same time, adding to military and they had to rely on at that time. easy to women troopers. The Mahatma Gandhi's daughter bers including Viplove Thakur raised a din for some minutes insecure are higher for women these challenges, overweight the products available for men When contacted, challenging duties prove to be also married a person from and Husain Dalwai(Congress) over an alleged attack on a for- than men in every continent, and obesity continue to which were uncomfortable for Kulshreshtha told The Pioneer, even more daunting in the another caste. Moreover, besides Rakesh Sinha(nomi- mer legislator 'The State of Food Security and increase in all regions, partic- their body contours and even "The development of the absence of gender specific pro- Bhimrao Ambedkar observed nated) voiced concern over of Madhya Pradesh Nutrition in the World' report ularly among school-age chil- restricted their physical manoeu- women-specific full body pro- tective gears. Surprisingly, till that the casteless society can incidents of buildings collapse onboard a train and criticised released recently said asserting dren and adults. vrability during operations. tectors is a pioneering step date, such women specific pro- only come about through inter- and the resultant casualties Minister of State for Railways that this underscores the "Our actions to tackle With the availability of the undertaken by the CRPF in col- tective gears were conspicuous caste marriages, she said and and suggested cheaper loans to Suresh Angadi for not ade- immense challenge of achiev- these troubling trends will gender-specific protective gear, laboration with DIPAS that by their unavailability in the urged the lawmakers to pro- people for repair of their old quately responding to the ing the Sustainable have to be bolder, not only in women troopers will be assured will help women to operate with market," the CRPF said in a actively promote it. buildings. grievance. Responding to the Development Goal of Zero scale but also in terms of mul- of greater comfort while ease during law and order sit- statement. Expressing concern over Sinha said accountability Opposition's criticism, Railway Hunger by 2030. tisectoral collaboration," the deployed in Law and Order uations. It is a welcome move." Officials said the prototype the spurt in incidents of vio- should be fixed for buildings Minister Piyush Goyal said the The Food and Agricultural heads of the United Nations' duties. The development of "It took tireless and con- of the product is available and lence against couples in some collapse on builders, engineers Government Railway Police Organisation (FAO) 2018 Food and Agriculture the gear is expected to fuel fur- certed efforts of CRPF in close mass production will be under- states, Selja said the plight of and architects and favoured a (GRP), under state govern- report says that around 19 Organization (FAO), the ther research and development association with DIPAS taken soon. Dalits was even more pitiable provision for loan at lower ments, was responsible for pas- crore ie 23 per cent of the International Fund for in the field of women-specific (Defence Institute of Physiology The CRPF has 10 Mahila in this regard. She also said interest rates, especially for senger safety while the Railway undernourished people across Agricultural Development body armours and vests, offi- and Allied Sciences), DRDO, Battalions (10,000 personnel) protection homes set up for senior citizens, for repair of old Protection Force (RPF) under the globe are in India which is (IFAD), the UN Children's cials said. over two years to design such a and two Rapid Action Force such couples will not serve the residential structures. central government's purview facing a major malnutrition cri- Fund (UNICEF), the World The gear is designed for gear. The scientists of DIPAS (RAF) Battalions (2000 per- purpose and the need of the Ram Nath Thakur(JD-U) was responsible for safety of sis, being home to the one-third Food Programme (WFP) and protection during law and carried out a very careful study sonnel). Once the equipment is hour was a change in mindsets. and C P Thakur(BJP) high- railway assets. He said the GRP of the world's stunted children. the World Health Organization order duties like managing of women troopers of CRPF's procured in full measure, as Several opposition members lighted the plight of people had registered a case and is About 38.4 per cent (or (WHO) urged in their joint riotous mobs or stone pelters Rapid Action Force to many as 12,000 women troops endorsed her views. affected by floods in Bihar. investigating it. 4.66 crore) of kids aged under foreword to the report. but will not provide cover from ergonomically design the body in the CRPF will be benefited. ! " #$" %&'%&() ';
&4&%/!%)-,7)%%)* .5* ,++)&%<,-&/, "!@ ;; 4 ,#2 # P ; ,5/ <(" 2 0 2 1 " $ Sambhal: Four police person- !( nel were suspended on Friday 1 6 $ -. for laxity in discharging duty which allegedly enabled Rampur (UP): Samajwadi Singh said that the "farmers had unidentified assailants to open Party MP Azam Khan's name claimed that Azam Khan had Panaji: Eleven years after the a suspected drug dealer, were fire at a jail van here, killing two has been put on an online list acquired their land for Jauhar bruised body of British teenag- first arrested, based on wit- police personnel, and helping of land mafias by the district University through coercion". er Scarlett Eden Keeling was nesses' accounts, by Goa Police. three undertrials escape cus- administration here following "The name of those who found on Goa’s Anjuna beach, The CBI named both of tody, officials said. FIRs registered against him, have acquired someone's land the Bombay High Court on them in its charge sheet, claim- Superintendent of Police, drawing strong protest from his with alleged criminal acts and Friday sentenced a shack work- ing they drugged the girl and Sambhal, Yamuna Prasad said, party which raised the issue in continue to have possession er to 10 years’ rigorous impris- sexually abused her. "Four police personnel, includ- UP Legislative Council alleging over it are included in the list onment in connection with Trial court judge Vandana ing Sub-inspector Chetram, Special Task Force (STF) was action in a decisive manner that he is being framed in on the portal," the DM point- her death. Tendulkar acquitted both the have been suspended for laxi- assigned with nabbing the awaits criminals who commit "fake" cases. ed out. Muzaffarnagar (UP): A A division bench of justices men in 2016, a verdict the CBI ty in discharging duty in the unidentified assailants, who grave crimes." The State BJP Government The Samajwadi Party, how- woman's husband, who was RD Dhanuka and Prithviraj challenged. escape of three undertrials and opened fire at the jail van. He added, "I found out dismissed the SP's allegations, ever, alleged that the move was allegedly raped during the Chavan had held Samson The Goa bench of the high the killing of two police per- UP DGP OP Singh from the senior officers camp- asserting it is treating everyone a conspiracy by the Rampur Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, D’Souza guilty on July 17 for court two days ago held sonnel." announced a reward of 2.5 ing in Sambhal regarding the the same and the action is not District Magistrate to defame was cross-examined on Friday, "culpable homicide not D'Souza guilty under IPC sec- He said the others who lakh each on information lead- circumstances under which driven by any political vendet- Khan and the university. an official said. amounting to murder" and tions 328 (for administering have been suspended are Head ing to the arrest of the three the constables were transferred ta. Chief Minister Yogi SP president Akhilesh The woman had alleged molestation, among other drugs), 354 (outraging mod- Constable Khoob Singh, driver criminals who had fled after in a truck. It happened just after Adityanath alleged that Rampur Yadav has constituted a 21- that she was raped by three charges. esty), 304 (culpable homicide of police van Indramani Tiwari killing the constables, said the incident, when their col- is an example of "land-grab- member committee, led by men — Kuldeep, Maheshveer The bench had overturned not amounting murder) and and another policeman. ADG (Law and Order) P V leagues felt they should imme- bing" culture under the previ- leader of opposition in the and Sikandar — at gunpoint in the verdict of Goa Children's 201 (destruction of evidence) As part of intensive search Rama Shastri. diately rush them for medical ous SP Government. Legislative Council Ahmad Lank village on September 8, Court which had acquitted and for child abuse under sec- in the area, 10 police teams Earlier ADG, Bareilly zone, help to save their lives. "The name of the Rampur Hasan, to "probe" "fake cases" 2013, during the riots, the offi- D'Souza, but upheld the acquit- tion 8 (2) of the Goa Children's have been formed, said Prasad, Avinash Chandra said, "A cash "They got hold of the MP has been put on the list of lodged against Khan in cial said. tal of second accused Placido Act. D'Souza was present in the adding the accused persons will reward of 1 lakh each has immediately available vehicle anti land mafia portal of the Rampur. Asked about the issue, In the complaint, she said Carvalho. courtroom Friday. His lawyer be caught soon. been announced on the three without waiting for the ambu- State Government on Thursday Chief Minister Adityanath told the accused men raped her Scarlett (15), who was hol- sought a stay to the sentence for On Wednesday, Constables criminals who killed the police lance. Today, the martyred after FIRs were lodged against reports, "There was 'kabja' while she hid from the rioters idaying in Goa with her moth- 12 weeks so that he could file an Harendra and Brijpal were personnel. They will be given constables were given full hon- him on land-grabbing charges," (grabbing) culture in previous in a sugarcane field and threat- er and siblings, was found dead appeal in the Supreme Court. shot dead by heavily-armed a terse reply in their own lan- ours and senior officers will be Additional District Magistrate SP regime and Rampur is its ened to kill her if she opposed on the popular beach on The bench rejected the criminals, Sambhal guage." participating in their last rites." (Administration) JP Gupta told example." them, police said. February 18, 2008. The cause of plea. D'Souza was sent to judi- Superintendent of Police Shastri said the amount Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi PTI. Proceedings in the Uttar A special investigation death, according to the autop- cial custody and would be shift- Yamuna Prasad had said. announced by ADG Bareilly Adityanath expressed "deepest "The listing was done by Pradesh Legislative Council team had filed a charge sheet sy report, was drowning. ed to a prison at Colvale in The incident occurred at was enhanced by UP DGP. condolences" on the death of the SDM Sadar," he said. were disrupted on Friday as against the accused under Initial investigation was North Goa district. the Dhannumal Crossing near In a statement issued in two policemen and announced The former Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party members Sections 376-D (gang rape) conducted by Goa Police. Senior lawyer Vikram Banither village here, when a Lucknow, Shastri said, "Police a compensation of 50 lakh minister was named in the protested the registration of and 506 (punishment for crim- However, Scarlett's mother Varma, who represented police van, returning with 24 from the entire Moradabad each to their next of kin, besides FIRs lodged in connection with cases against Khan, terming inal intimidation) of the Indian Fiona Mackeown alleged that Scarlett's mother, said justice undertrial prisoners to range and the STF are making a Government service for a alleged forcible acquisition of them as "fake". Penal Code, they said. the probe was "shabby". has been finally delivered. Moradabad after hearings in a all-out efforts to quickly bring dependent family member and land for Mohammad Ali Jauhar As soon as the House Fast-track court judge The state government then The sentence would send a Chandausi Court, was attacked. the culprits to justice. We have "extraordinary pension" to their University, of which he is the assembled at 11.00 am, Leader Poonam Rajput adjourned the handed over the case to the signal that law and order in On Thursday, Uttar demonstrated many times in wives, an official spokesperson founder and Chancellor. of the Opposition Ahmad hearing for July 22 for further CBI. D'Souza, who worked at a Goa's beaches should not be Pradesh police had said its the past that toughest possible had said. PTI District Magistrate A K Hasan raised the issue. PTI cross-examination. PTI beach-side shack, and Carvalho, violated, he said. PTI # 2 Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy famous Lord Ayyappa temple 'extremely heavy rainfall' rains lashed several parts of in Sabarimala in upwards of 20 cm," an IMD 78 Kerala for the second day on Pathanamthitta district, which official told PTI. Friday as the southwest mon- has been opened for the five- Landslides were reported Guwahati: The flood situation soon intensified in the State day monthly pooja, have been in the Ettumanoor-Peerumedu in Assam remained grim on after a period of lull. facing difficulties due to inces- Road which was cleared by the Friday as 11 more people died According to the India sant rain. authorities concerned within taking the toll to 47, while Meteorological Department "Due to heavy rain since an hour, after which it was 48.87 lakh people were affected website, some places in yesterday, the Pamba area was opened for traffic. in 27 of the 33 districts. Kozhikode and Idukki dis- flooded. But now the water is Idukki District Collector H A total of 1.79 lakh hectare tricts, where a red alert has receding," said a top official in- Dineshan told PTI all precau- agricultural land was submerged been sounded, recorded charge of Disaster Management tions to deal with any situation and around 90 per cent of around 14 cm rainfall in the Authority in Pathanamthita have been taken. rhino habitats — the Kaziranga past 24 hours ended at 8.30 am district. With the southwest mon- National Park and the Pobitora Friday. Apart from Idukki and soon intensifying, the IMD Wildlife Sanctuary — are under Some places in Kozhikode, the IMD has issued has issued orange and yellow water, officials said. Malappuram, Thrissur, red alert for Wayanad from July alerts across various districts in Of the 11 deaths, five were Ernakulam and Kottayam dis- 19 to 22, warning of rain in the state. reported from Dhubri district tricts received rainfall of over excess of 20 cm. Yellow alert has been and three each from Barpeta 12 cm, it said. It has also issued red alert issued for and Morigaon, the Assam State Minor landslips briefly for Malappuram and Kannur Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Disaster Management Authority affected traffic on the districts for July 19 and Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, (ASDMA) said. Ettumanoor-Peerumedu Road Kasargod district for July 20. Kottayam, Ernakulam, In its bulletin, the ASDMA in Idukki district. "During these days, these Thrissur, Palakkad and said 48,87,443 people of 3,705 0 # $ ' ()* Pilgrims visiting the districts are likely to receive Kasargod districts. PTI villages are affected by the floods. In Sivasagar and Udalguri 3$ $ where the flood water has * 6 5# $ +7 ebbed, the displaced people found after returning home that the swirling waters have . # damaged walls and sand from rivers filled up agriculture lands rendering them unsuitable for #; +7 farming. !4 4! 3' 3 — Banerjee is likely to attack the adding the district level leaders Though water was begin- EVM and behind it a “conspir- have been working for weeks to ning to recede in Kaziranga till licking her wounds from ing” BJP and an allegedly par- organize the rank and file and 4 ! && fortnight ago and is waiting National Park in Golaghat dis- Sa shocking setback at the tisan Election Commission for bring them to the Kolkata rally for his relieving orders. trict and Pobitora in Morigaon Kolkata: Ishrat Jahan, a peti- 4 hustings, Bengal Chief Minister the loss the Bengal ruling out- where the Chief Minister will mid speculation that he While he has confirmed district, forest department tioner in the triple talaq case, on Mamata Banerjee is all set to fit had to suffer in the elections. tell them how the EVMs were Amight join the ruling BJP his resignation, Sharma is sources said animals like rhinos, Friday claimed she had not >8 draw a new battle line with the Out of 42 seats the TMC doctored to play the spoil- and contest the State tight-lipped on his future elephants, buffaloes and deer received police protection BJP over what it calls the “mis- won 22 while the BJP clinched sport. Assembly polls due in October course of action. have taken shelter on artificial despite her representation ear- chievous” electronic voting 18, ending a close second in at “The people are eager to this year, Maharashtra’s senior For records, he has said high-grounds constructed with- lier this week alleging threat to machines. least five more. While the listen to what the Chief police inspector and yester- that he has not made up his in the forests. her life. .? The move is likely to reju- Congress managed to retain Minister has to say about the year’s prominent encounter- mind and will be occupied The Brahmaputra is flowing She also alleged that her venate a despondent posse of two seats the Left Front won electoral loss,” another senior specialist Pradeep Sharma has with the work of his NGO PS above the danger level in landlord was exerting pressure Trinamool Congress foot sol- none even as 22.5 percent of its leader from North 24 Parganas resigned from the police force Foundation. Guwahati, Goalpara and on her to move out of her diers as Banerjee is likely to 30 percent vote switching right- said adding the Chief Minister after his nearly 36 years of ser- Sharma, who had never Dhubri, Dhansiri at Numaligarh house. demand the return of ballot wards. will start a prolonged battle vice marred by many contro- hidden his political ambi- in Golaghat district, Jia Bharali In a complaint lodged at papers in place of EVMs which According to inside sources against the EVMs. versies. tions, is likely to join the BJP in Sonitpur district, Kopili at Golabari police station in the TMC has officially made the TMC chief is likely to give Banerjee has told on a Ahead of his retirement in and may contest the October Dharamtul in Nagaon district, Howrah on Wednesday, Jahan the real villain for her party’s a call for a movement against number of occasions inside May 2020, Sharma — who is 2019 State Assembly polls the bulletin said. had accused her landlord and 2 colossal loss in the recently EVMs from the July 21 rally. the party how EVMs can be currently the chief of the either from Andheri con- Over 1.47 lakh displaced brother-in-law of abusing her concluded parliamentary elec- “This year the rally will tampered and how in many Thane’s Anti Extortion Cell stituency in north-west people are now in 755 relief and threatening to kill her for tions. break all the records because,” western countries they have (AEC) — sent out his resig- Mumbai or Nalasopara con- camps and 304 relief distribu- attending a Hanuman Chalisa claimed some Muslim funda- Cum July 21 — observed said senior party leader and returned to the age-old ballot nation to State Director stituency in the neighbouring tion centres set up by the recital in a hijab. mentalists wanted Jahan to every year as TMC martyrs’ day Minister Jyotipriya Mullick boxes. General of Police (DGP) a Palghar district. administrations. PTI She had also alleged that leave the locality. the two had threatened to "Her in-laws don't want throw her out of her house and her to stay in the locality. Some &%)&5 ,&&:&&)7:&= sought police protection. Muslim fundamentalists are 2/ 2 "My landlord is still pres- putting pressure on her in- suring me to vacate the house... laws to make her leave the area. I have no place to go... I am yet So, they have made an issue out 2 9+ "<; to receive police protection," of this Hanuman Chalisa Jahan told PTI. recital," he said. Lucknow: A 28-year-old Dalit police said. Police, however, said an The programme was man on Friday sustained The occupants of the house Mumbai: The Bombay High "Alibaug is bestowed with officer visits her house daily to organised to create a feeling of injuries after some people mis- mistook him to be a thief. Court on Friday dismissed a nature with scenical beauty. In check on her. communal harmony, he insist- took him for a thief and alleged- They thrashed him and tried to petition seeking a ban on the spite of having such a rich "No policeman has been ed. ly tried to burn him alive when burn him alive by sprinkling phrase 'Alibaug se aaya hai background filled with history, posted outside her house, but "We have helped Ishrat he entered a house to avoid petrol on him, superintendent kya?', observing that there was culture, industry, tourism, med- an officer visits her house every Jahan lodge a police complaint stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh's of police, Barabanki, Akash nothing derogatory in it and it ical facilities, nature and edu- day to check on her," an officer and will not sit quietly if some- Barabanki district, police said. Tomar, said. should not be taken as a humil- cation, it is highly objectionable at Golabari police station said. thing happens to her," he added. The victim, Sujit Kumar, Kumar sustained burn iation. to ridicule the people of Alibaug In her complaint, Jahan Mother to a 14-year-old was rushed to a hospital, where injuries on his back and was As per the plea, the phrase by projecting them as 'illiterate' had alleged that she was return- daughter and eight-year-old his condition is stated to be sta- rushed to Civil Hospital, is commonly used in who do not have common ing home from her son's school son, Jahan is one of the five peti- ble, they said, adding that two Lucknow. His condition was Maharashtra to address some- sense," the plea said. on Wednesday when hundreds tioners in the case against of the four accused named in stated to be stable, the police one who is considered foolish Thakur had urged the court of local residents in Golabari instant triple talaq. The practice the FIR had been arrested. said. or naive. community...Santa Banta humiliating" as it projected to direct state authorities to get area surrounded and intimi- of instant triple talaq was struck The incident took place in An FIR has been registered A division bench of Chief jokes...Madrasi jokes and jokes people of Alibaug as illiterates. public refrain from making dated her for attending the down by the Supreme Court on Deva area of Barabanki's against four people under rel- Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and on north Indians. Have fun... Thakur's plea states that such a comment. recital. The event was held in August 22, 2017. Raghopur village. evant sections of the Indian Justice N M Jamdar dismissed Don't get humiliated," Chief Alibaug is a well-to-do place, a He had also urged the court the area on Tuesday last. She had moved the apex Kumar was going to his in- Penal Code in this regard. Two the public interest litigation Justice Nandrajog said. major tourist attraction, and to ensure that films, documen- Meanwhile, Umesh Rai, a court after her husband divorced laws house at around 2 am on of the accused — Shravan and (PIL) filed by Rajendra Thakur, "We do not find anything that it has several good schools taries, TV serials, among oth- BJP State committee member her over the phone from Dubai Friday. He was being chased by Umesh Yadav, have been arrest- a resident of Alibaug district in derogatory in this," the bench and high literacy rate. ers, that have the above phrase and one of the organisers of the by uttering the word 'talaq' thrice stray dogs and he entered a ed and a hunt is on to nab the Maharashtra. added. In his plea, Thakur said It also says that Alibaug has as part of its dialogue, are not Hanuman Chalisa recital, in 2014. PTI house to avoid them, the others, they said. PTI "Jokes are made on every that the phrase is "unfair and a rich culture and history. granted censor certificate. PTI ! " #$" %&'%&() '@
)*)&+ ! = :. 9.0 0 1 5-1 ; 50 /2 . 3 < 7>? 0& O $2 0 022 Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb " - 6&& and later succumbed to his has said that 56 per cent of the Pune: A 20-year-old man drawing of a black panther Chapra (Bihar): Three people divulge further details. lage to keep the situation under fatal injuries. students in class 3 to 8 in the allegedly hanged himself in along with a line which read were beaten to death on Friday Deputy SP Ajay Kumar control while people from both n a second strike this week, Official sources said, State cannot read Bengali Pune in Maharashtra while "sun will shine again", the offi- by a mob in Bihar's Saran dis- Singh rushed to the village sides were at Baniapur police Iterrorists targeted another "Sajjad Mufti's PSO, Farooq textbooks. trying to complete a task in a cial added. trict over alleged attempt to where a clash erupted between station insisting on lodging Personal Security Officer Ahmad, was standing guard In a letter to leader of Blue Whale-like online game, "According to family mem- steal a buffalo, a charge vehe- the alleged attackers and the cross complaints. (PSO), this time outside a outside a mosque in Baba opposition Manik Sarkar, Deb police said on Friday. bers and neighbours, Mali was mently denied by the families family members of the The families of the victims local mosque, in South Mohalla area of Bijbehara on Thursday said that recent An official identified the addicted to a Blue Whale-like of the victims, police said. deceased who claimed the trio also created a ruckus at the Kashmir's Anantnag district, when unidentified terrorists data revealed the poor condi- youngster as commerce student online game. It is suspected he The incident took place at had gone out to relieve them- Sadar hospital where the bod- where worshippers including a targeted him". The security tion of the students during their Diwakar Mali of Lonikhand ended his life while completing Nandlal Tola of Pithauri village selves when they were beaten ies were taken for post PDP leader were offering personnel present in the area formative years with 1,80,000 area of the city. some kind of task," said the within Baniapur police station to death on a false allegation. mortem, prompting police to prayers, on Friday afternoon. immediately took positions school children not able to read "Before hanging himself Lonikand police station official. limits in the early hours when "We can say it with cer- use "mild force" to bring the The PSO was attached and the entire area was cor- Bengali textbook. on Wednesday evening, he left Mali's mother, confirming the deceased Raju Nat, Bides tainty that this is not one of situation under control, offi- with PDP leader Sajjad Mufti, doned off to track down the "The students should have a note which said 'the black his mobile phone addiction, Nat and Naushad Qureshi those incidents of mob lynch- cials said. a close relative of PDP Chief terrorists. learnt to read Bengali by Class panther which was in the cage said, "I appeal to all parents to were attacked by a mob which ing which we get to hear about. Meanwhile, state CPI sec- Mehbooba Mufti. Meanwhile, profusely 2. Also, 70 per cent students is free now and he is no longer put restrictions on their chil- accused them of trying to steal The cattle allegedly being retary Satyanarayan Singh Earlier, on July 14 a per- bleeding Farooq Ahmad can't do division in in any kind of restrictions. dren's phone usage. I lost my a buffalo tied to a peg. stolen was a buffalo. The issued a statement in Patna sonal security officer (PSO) of was immediately rushed to Mathematics which they The End'," the official son but parents should pay Two of them died on the attackers and the attacked condemning the incident and a National Conference leader the nearby hospital where doc- should have learnt in Class 3," informed. attention to their children," spot, while another succumbed belonged to the same social calling it "yet another example was killed when terrorists tar- tors declared him brought he wrote. Deb said the BJP The official said the mes- she said. to injuries on way to hospital, groups. The attackers will be of mob rule which has been in geted a party convention in dead. Government is struggling sage was possibly alluding to The 'Blue Whale Challenge' Superintendent of Police Har identified and booked for tak- vogue under the governments Kokernag area of Anantnag. Official sources also with the legacy of years of his task in the online game, is an online game in which Kishore Rai said. ing law into their own hands," of Nitish Kumar in Bihar and NC leader, (Retd) Judge claimed the terrorists ran away "systematised and institution- with Mali referring to himself players are asked to complete He also said two-three Singh told reporters. Narendra Modi at the Centre". Syed Tauqeer had escaped with the service rifle of the alised neglect of quality edu- as "black panther". tasks in a set time frame, sev- people have been picked up for Heavy deployment of The CPI leader also demand- unhurt in the strike but his PSO taking advantage of the cation" which got reflected in The handwritten note, in eral of which include self- interrogation but refused to police was in place at the vil- ed a judicial inquiry. PTI PSO was hit in the abdomen chaotic situation. the data. PTI Marathi and English, has a harm and even suicide. PTI '2 1 (%( / O 0$6(0$ 2 ) 1/ < <1 &% president JP Nadda on Friday Praising Prime Minister 1 said his party aims to make Narendra Modi and party 2/ 2= India "Congress-mukt and chief and Union Home /; 3 # BJP-yukt" to rid the country of Minister Amit Shah on their 1/ Allahabad: The Allahabad corruption and policy- paral- leadership, Nadda recalled High Court on Friday issued ysis, and to empower the poor Shah' statement that the party Mumbai: A well in a village in notice to Prime Minister " - 6&& and deprived. is yet to reach its pinnacle. Nawada (Bihar): Eight per- Maharashtra’s drought-prone Narendra Modi on a petition He also said the BJP is the He urged the party work- sons, seven of them children Beed district was found to be challenging his election from ormer Peoples Democratic largest party in the world and ers to highlight the message of aged 15 years or below, were poisoned by unidentified per- Varanasi parliamentary con- FParty (PDP), MLC, Firdous it aims to break its own record Mahatma Gandhi as the coun- killed while as many were sons, police said on Friday. stituency. Tak on Friday kicked up a by bringing more number of try celebrates his 150th birth injured when lightning struck The incident at Bhojgaon Justice MK Gupta fixed storm by labelling Village people into its fold during the anniversary. them in this central Bihar dis- in Georai tehsil came to light August 21 for hearing of the Defence Committee (VDC) ) ongoing membership drive. "When we celebrate trict on Friday afternoon, an on Thursday, a local police offi- case. members as 'Godse brigade' Nadda was addressing a BJP is the world's largest party Mahatma Gandhi's 150 birth official said. cial said. The petition was filed by while pressuring the Governor's Posing few more 'uncom- small gathering of party work- with the largest number (of anniversary, each and every According to Sub Water from the well was former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur administration to review their forting' questions, Tak claimed, ers at the airport here on his members) in the Parliament. BJP worker will go to the peo- Divisional Officer, Sadar, being sold in the area, he said. Yadav, who was declared decision of arming them with "when Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF arrival as part of his two-day BJP has broken its own record ple and will explain to them all Nawada, Anu Kumar, the Some local persons who Samajwadi Party candidate the State weapons. and the state police is already Gujarat visit. of 2014 (Lok Sabha election). that for which Gandhi dedi- children were residents of drew water from the well for from Varanasi but failed to con- "We don't want Godse deployed in sensitive areas of the "We want to make this Likewise, we received more cated his life. Dhanpur Musahari village daily needs found two empty test the election as his nomi- Brigade, RSS brigade here in hilly district why VDC mem- country BJP-yukt and votes (in 2019) than we did in "Our aim is to tread the falling under Kalichak police bottles of pesticide on its sur- nation papers were rejected by Kishtwar. We also don't want bers were provided with the Congress mukt. When we talk 2014. For the first time, we path shown by Gandhiji, in station area and had taken rounding wall and noticed that the returning officer. certificates from them, whether state weapons". "I want to ask, about yukt (full of) and mukt have a non-Congress govern- matters of cleanliness drive, shelter under a tree while it the water had acrid smell, the The reason given for rejec- we are true nationalists or not", whether they are much better (free of), we not only talk ment that came back to power water conservation, on both was raining. official said. tion of Yadav's papers was his Tak shouted while leading a than our own jawans. Whether about a party, but also about due to pro-incumbency," he political and social issues," he The deceased have been They alerted the owner of failure to submit a certificate protest demonstration of party they are good strategists and can the political culture...When we said. said. identified as Ramesh Manjhi the well and he filed a police that he was not sacked from the workers in Kishtwar town on plan counter strategy better say Congress-mukt Bharat, it Gujarat Chief Minister Nadda is scheduled to (26), Chhotu Manjhi, Ganesh complaint. BSF for either corruption or Friday. than the army /state police per- means India free of corrup- Vijay Rupani, state BJP pres- hold meetings with party lead- Manjhi and Monu Manjhi The police seized the pes- disloyalty. Targeting the district sonnel". tion, commission, policy- ident Jitu Vaghani, other ers and office-bearers at the (all 15 years old), Nitish ticide bottles. These bottles In his election petition, authorities, former PDP MLC in Tak, a young turk in the paralysis. senior leaders and ministers BJP headquarters in Manjhi (12), Pravesh Kumar are distributed to farmers by Yadav alleged that his nomi- his provocative speech said, PDP, is spearheading series of "When we talk about BJP- were present on the occasion. Gandhinagar Friday and will (10), Chhotu Manjhi (08) and the agriculture department, nation paper was wrongly "we are not protesting against protests, against the decision of yukt Bharat, we talk about "We have decided that the visit the Statue of Unity in Muni Lal Manjhi (05), Kumar the official said. rejected and requested the any particular community. We the district authorities to India serving its people, help- BJP will break its own record Kevadia on Saturday. said. PTI The well was completely court to declare null and void are asking when district police revamp defunct Village Defence ing its poor, bringing the in the membership drive and drained to avoid someone Modi's election as member of had to replace 467 VDC mem- Committees. deprived and exploited people become an even larger party drinking the poisoned water. Parliament from Varanasi. bers, who had attained the age In the last one year, terror- into the mainstream," he said. in the world. You all will join A case was registered After hearing the petition- of 60 years, why they informed ists have started carving out safe "We must understand that the membership drive and against unidentified persons er's counsel who argued that the local RSS leaders to provide hideouts and carried out tar- under IPC section 440 (mis- Yadav was not given an oppor- them a list of 467 members". Tak geted killings of senior BJP/RSS chief committed for causing tunity of being heard before claimed, "these VDC members functionaries without any trace. death or hurt) at Georai police rejection of his nomination are not representing members of The district police authorities, station and further probe was papers, the court issued notice the Hindu community. They are till date have failed to arrest the on. PTI to Modi. PTI members of the RSS cadre". killers behind these attacks. /? @ 1/ 2 /A
Guwahati/Itanagar: Three earthquakes of 5.6, 3.8 and 4.9 magnitude hit Arunachal Pradesh on Friday within min- utes of each other, according to the MeT Department. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far due to the quakes, each of which lasted for a few seconds, officials said. The first quake of 5.6- magnitude occurred at 2.52 pm at a depth of 10 km in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, the tremors of which were felt in Itanagar, Guwahati, other parts of Assam and Dimapur in Nagaland, the Meteorological (MeT) Department website said. The second one of 3.8- magnitude was recorded at 3.04 pm, also at the depth of 10 km at another site in East Kameng. The third 4.9-magnitude quake was recorded at 3.21 pm. It had its epicenter at a depth of 95 km in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal, the web- site stated. According to seismolo- gists, the northeastern region comes under Zone 5 on the seismic map, making the states susceptible to earthquakes. PTI ! " #$" %&'%&() 'A =. !")!' $=% ! "#$ ()* "! "#$ ++A', +,( ! 0< & 3 # $ +7 # $ @A $@ = 2#( )* # # 0(# ) )0 # 0"A"# # ( * 0((! ) ) $ )#: #()) #0 # * , (- ?* @ A . - $ ?.-$@ S 1 .-$ ? 7&+%,7&+ ( ( , (- ?*@ s of Wednesday, July 17, floods had claimed 67 lives and, * ( ( according to official figures, ( affected 46.83 lakh people and 16 districts in Bihar. AThirty of Assam’s 33 districts were under water and a PTI report on Wednesday P Q , 0 6 = cited the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), as staring that the death toll in the State had .-$ , risen to 27. Nearly 90,000 hectares of ( , farmland, much of it with standing crops, have been flooded. Ninety per cent of the * Kaziranga National Park, home to the < = % $ * ( world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos, is under water, as are large parts of the Pobitoro Wildlife Sanctuary and ( Manas National Park. Other States and , their agricultural lands will be affected as ( the monsoon, which is in its early stages, makes further progress. A red alert has # A B+;;; ( already been sounded in Kerala for >;8B >;8C ( extremely heavy rains with the India 0 ,!. A >+;; ( Meteorological Department (IMD) saying that over 204 mm of rainfall is likely in 24 hours in six districts. # , = ( Floods are nothing new and India has S ( . experienced far more devastating ones than those this year. The official death toll , in the super cyclone that hit Odisha on # October 29, 1999, came to 9,885 people. ( 6 % = Unofficial sources put the figure at over D * , 0 50,000. It affected 14 coastal districts, 28 city’s contemporary memory. was the cause of the deluge in the inefficiency that frequent- of rivers has altered natural coastal towns and major cities of While humans are badly Orissa in October 1999. ly marks the operation of dams. streams and water courses, * # , S ( Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, and around 1.3 hit, animals suffer much more. Incessant and heavy rainfall in Periodic release of water down- formed over thousands of * = ( core people. With almost the whole of the Nepal have been causing floods stream in optimum volumes is years, and led to large-scale # ( The devastating floods in Uttarakhand Kaziranga National Park, a in that country and also in very important to reduce the encroachments reducing their in 2013 claimed around 5,000 lives. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bihar; extremely heavy precip- pressure of inflowing water carrying capacity. = report titled, ‘Remembering 2013 Pobitoro Animal Sanctuary itation in the catchment area of and increase the strength of the Illegal constructions and A Uttarakhand Floods’ (last updated on and Manas National Park sub- Brahmaputra has been princi- flow and reduce silt deposition thoughtless infrastructure * * June 22, 2016) by Soma Basu, Jyotsna merged, flooded animals are pally responsible for the disas- downstream rivers. Often, this development have severely Singh, Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Ankur moving towards higher ground trous floods in Assam. Very is not done. Consequently, damaged natural drainage , ( ( Paliwal and Anupam Chakravartty in where they are vulnerable to heavy rainfall was also the when the volume and pressure channels in cities like Mumbai, A .-$S Down to Earth quoted Rakesh Sharma, poaching and road accidents. reason for the devastation in of the accumulated water Chennai and Kolkata. The 3 = Uttarakhand’s Infrastructure Development Not surprisingly, the animal Kerala last August, and increases, massive quantities large-scale disappearance of Commissioner, as saying that as many as death toll has gone up to 30 Mumbai, Gujarat, West Bengal are suddenly released and wetlands has also been a fac- S 5 " 2,052 houses had been wiped out, 147 with the carcasses of seven, and the North-East in 2017. floods follow. This was a major tor, particularly in urban areas. 0D 0D bridges had collapsed and 1,307 roads including three one-horned Of the man-made causes, cause of the Kerala floods last Bengaluru, for example, had .-$ destroyed. He further cited preliminary rhinos and an elephant, surfac- the first is global warming, year. Such overspills are 262 lakes in the 1960s; now estimates as stating that the disaster had ing from Kaziranga. In fact, which played, in the form of increasingly frequent because only 10 have any water; 0D E ( cost the State 50,000 crore in infrastruc- animals escaping from higher rainfall, a discernible the holding of water in the Hyderabad has lost 3,245 . tural loss. Kaziranga are particularly vul- role in the floods in Kerala last dams weakens the currents of hectares of wetlands in the last .-$ The Odisha flood of 1999 and the nerable because a national year, West Bengal in 2017, the rivers downstream, causing 12 years. Lakes and wetlands, Uttarakhand deluge of 2013, among the highway bifurcates the corridor and Uttarakhand in 2013. The greater silt deposition. The an important part of urban , worst of their kind to hit India, have that links the park to the high- construction and operation of consequent rise in the river ecosystems, perform signifi- 0D . played havoc. On the night of August 11, er ground. Animals escaping dams have also been a factor. beds reduces the volume of cant environmental, social and .-$ 3 1979, the Machchu-2 dam on Machchu from sanctuaries and national For one thing, their holding water they can carry in their economic functions, ranging river breached and the flash flood that fol- parks are also targets of poach- capacity is reduced over the channels and causes overflow from being a source of drink- D $ 0 lowed washed away the entire Morbi town ers. With over 150 anti-poach- years through silt-deposition of the banks and floods ing water, recharging ground- 0 " . ( causing between 1,800 and 2,500 deaths, ing camps in the Kaziranga by the river water flowing into Other human-made caus- water to acting as sponges, sup- .-$ 3 . according to varying estimates. The National Park affected by the them. For another, heavy es include the indiscriminate porting biodiversity and pro- ( " ( floods in Kerala in August 2018 affected floods, the authorities are inflow of water caused by dumping of debris and muck viding livelihoods. all of the State’s 14 districts and caused working round-the-clock to incessant rain can cause along river banks, which Clearly, a lot remains to be E ) .-$ 0D 445 deaths. In 2017, surging waters dev- check poaching at the site. breaches in dams like reduces rivers’ carrying capac- done. Even if floods cannot be E astated the city of Mumbai and the Floods are caused both by Machchu-2, causing flash ities, raises their water levels, prevented, the devastation they States of Gujarat, West Bengal, Bihar as nature and humans. The prin- floods downstream and wiping thus making it easier for cause can be reduced. well as North-eastern India. Floods paral- cipal natural cause is heavy out towns like Morbi men- incoming surges of water to (The writer is Consultant ysed Chennai in 2015 and the deluge in rainfall and cyclones accompa- tioned above. overflow their banks. Besides, Editor, The Pioneer, and an % 2 Mumbai in 2005 was the worst in the nied by tidal waves. The latter Things are made worse by urbanisation of the watersheds author) $ # # ! 5 * ), # R $# 6 # ) * #) ) " ( # ( )0 #)* ) ) $ 0 ") " * + ()() 0) )( # ) )) ( $) $ # ) 2 " "" ( ) )"( # , , - ) ) ( $$ " )! ) ( # ( )((# ( $ ) ) 0)( ) (! ) #$ # ( )( $ * (( # # ) ( *) ( $ ) 0 ) ) ) ( ) # ( 0# S #0 ) # 0(((! +GG " (! ( ! ()$$#! * : $ 67 $ K&) K" K&; * 0 K # # .// 0 , 1 % , , + ! , , )!+ , Q Sir — This refers to the editorial, ( ( ) ) #) : L ) 6#M 860 Sir —The Supreme Court’s inter- P3 Q P) Q 5 “Breather for Jadhav” (July 19). 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For the lay the dissident MLAs to skip the ) observer though, the resulting part of the Assam Accord and managing this burgeoning lot is trust vote without attracting the , cacophony is bewildering and was also part of the BJP’s elec- a tough task. China’s adoption provisions of the anti-defection law befuddling. Who should we tion manifesto based on which of strict family planning is elusive to find out if it is convinc- # 7* 0 believe and what should we make Sir — Union Home Minister the Government came to power. schemes helped it address this ing. By granting the dissident law- 5 0 # of the judgment? Surely one side Amit Shah’s statement that the All infiltrators must be deport- issue. Unfortunately, India has makers the freedom to attend or 7* S ( must have won and the other, lost? Narendra Modi Government ed from Indian soil. Once the failed to take decisive steps in not to attend the session, the apex Even so, various quarters in both will “identify, deport illegal Assam Accord is completed and this regard. Not only the court has fettered the Speaker. 1 India and Pakistan will continue immigrants from every inch” of implemented, the Government Government, but it’s everybody’s G David Milton * to interpret the verdict one way or the country as per internation- can take up other areas as well responsibility to keep a check on Maruthancode the other in the days to come. al law is welcome. It is to be to identify the infiltrators and population growth. JS Acharya remembered that the National deport them too. TK Nandanan $ ; Hyderabad Register of Citizens (NRC) is With population on the rise, Kochi $ A7 $% ! 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7&?5 $ # : - * , >;;: 0 # 1 0 ( $ . 0 1 S ( 0 1 1 ? @ ( . # @ $ , # -&!/& :&: 754&+ # 0 ( he Union Budget presented by Finance ( Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set the 0 Tambitious target of India becoming a $5 # trillion economy by 2025. Given the Centre’s ! / >8( ( 0 ! - limited fiscal space, especially in the backdrop of slow growth and stagnant private sector A investment in recent years, the achievement of such a goal will truly be a daunting task for the Government. The Finance Minister also men- tioned about the annual average investment 1 . . requirement of 20 lakh crore ($300 billion) for the realisation of the $5 trillion economy. In this $ ( context, cities are expected to play a crucial role to make the transformation. Consequently, bud- ) ( getary provision for financing urban infrastruc- E ture in general assumes special significance. 1 89F+ * , 1 ( However, one of the key takeaways of the * . Budget — one which would have implications 0 ( for urban transformation — is the massive 1 thrust on this sector via the proposal to spend &4 * S 100 lakh crore on infrastructure upgradation '5' , " $ 0 ! % in the next five years. Different projects such % 5 % 0 ( . as the Smart city mission, Atal Mission for & %' 2' Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation $ %3 '& (AMRUT), Affordable Housing scheme, indus- '2 1 ( trial corridors, Bharatmala and Sagar Mala pro- jects as also the UDAN scheme have been pro- ' & S? @ # ( posed to facilitate programmes across various %' key infrastructure sub-sectors. 2% It has, thus, been established that ther complicate the entire process of fer/sale of investments by foreign 1 1 1 0 ( A close look at the Ministry of Housing and '2 public funds alone are not adequate to project plan and implementation. In institutional investors and foreign Urban Affairs’ budgetary provisions and allo- 2 % ! meet the investment needs in urban addition to poor state of municipal portfolio investments in debt securi- * 0 cations under different schemes indicates 2% infrastructure. This has necessitated finances and the lack of transparency ties issued by Infrastructure Debt moderate change from last year’s budget. In & exploration of alternative sources for in financial management, absence of Fund-NBFCs to any domestic investor ? 6@ ( P Q comparison to the revised allocation of 42,965 '% funds to finance urban infrastructure, any specific statutes for contemplation within the specified lock-in period is crore in 2018-19, Budget 2019 proposed particularly long-term capital invest- of the insolvency of the cities, over-col- also expected to provide liquidity to 0 2' &' '2 48,000 crore for urban development. The Q ment. In fact, financing urban infra- lateralisation and absence of secondary the financial system. 6 P Q Government’s flagship programme, the Smart structure is and will be the most for- markets for municipal bonds restrict Moreover, the proposal to work Cities mission, has been granted 6,450 crore %'&& ' midable challenge in the years to come the cities’ capacity to raise resources with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 0 # P Q as against 6,169 crore in the 2018-19. The %'&& in our country. from capital markets to finance urban and SEBI to enable stock exchanges to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY- % Under-utilisation of available tax infrastructure. allow AA rated bonds as collaterals 0 U), an ambitious scheme of the Modi 2 ' '2 2 instruments, lack of capacity and the Further, the Budget also has many and reviewing the user-friendliness of - * , Government, has been given 6,853.26 crore ' absence of sound planning practices provisions that have direct implica- trading platforms for corporate bonds as against 6,505 crore in 2018-19. Further, over 5 '& have put a majority of the cities under tions for tackling some of the prob- will deepen bond markets and can also 81 lakh houses with an investment of about '2 2% tremendous fiscal distress. Private sec- lems constraining the financing of help boost investment in infrastruc- 1 0 ? @ 4.83 lakh crore have been sanctioned under ' ' tor response continues to be lukewarm urban infrastructure. The Finance ture sector. the PMAY-U. Allocation to another flagship in most cities, primarily due to their Minister announced the formation of In essence, despite the fiscal hur- 0 # programme, the Swachh Bharat mission, has % '2 inability to levy user charges reflecting an expert committee to recommend dles and limited available policy alter- been increased to 2,650 crore from 2,500 the cost of service delivery. So, rarely a structure and flow of funds through natives, the Finance Minister has 0 ( crore in 2018-19. Allocation for the Atal 2 % are the municipal projects perceived as the development of finance institu- made an attempt to put up a vision Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban 2% commercially viable for which fund can tions to address the challenges of plan by duly emphasising the impor- 1 # * = ( Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, aimed at be arranged through PPPs. infrastructure financing. tance of infrastructure and involving ( # improving urban infrastructure in small and Moreover, the relatively smaller Utilisation of Government and private sector in this area in a bigger medium cities, has been pegged at 7,300 crore size of most urban infrastructure public sector enterprise’s land for way for a long-term vision. However, P# * 0 5 Q against last year’s allocation of 6,400 crore. projects considerably reduce the scope infrastructure and affordable housing deficiencies in urban governance and 5 # * Metro projects across the country are going to of private sector participation. Large projects will also be explored. Among management in India reflect structur- # ? 1S 89GC@ # * experience an increase of nearly 25 per cent in scale PPPs have by and large been lim- the measures taken to enhance the al and institutional problems. the allocation. ited to projects involving the construc- sources of capital for infrastructure Unless the Modi Government’s 89>; 5 Investments are expected to come through tion of urban commercial infrastruc- financing, the setting up of a ‘Credit vision plan is backed by appropriate # # 0 = budgetary support, non-budgetary sources like ture with the Government contribu- Guarantee Enhancement Corporation’ regulatory and institutional reforms, # , " Affordable Housing Fund and through raising tion primarily in the form of land. But in 2019-20 would provide the much- India will not be able to exploit the 89>; * = private resources. An increase in special excise improper documentation of land needed additional source of assurance potential of urbanisation to produce # duty as well as road and infrastructure cess on holding and institutional fragmenta- or guarantee regarding the servicing sustainable and inclusive growth S petrol and diesel has been proposed as the direct tion, characterising land use planning, of loan by the borrower. It can also be towards fulfilling the vision of a ‘New S budgetary support. However, less than seven per create serious problems in cities. helpful for borrowers to raise loans at India’ and Sustainable Development 1 0 # S cent growth in direct budgetary support for Moreover, in recent times, projects reduced interest rates. Goals 2030. # ( financial year 2019-20 is clearly inadequate to that involve large-scale land acquisition Specific proposals in the form of (Soumyadip Chattopadhyay is an provide the required boost to the infrastructure or monetisation of land are subjected corporate bond repos and credit Assistant Professor of Economics at sector. On a positive note, the Budget 2019 has to socio-political resistances. Lack of default swaps among others have also Visva Bharati University and a Visiting S unveiled its plan to rely on off-Budget sources enabling PPP legislation, multiplicity been put in place to deepen the mar- Fellow at Impact and Policy Research and public-private partnership (PPP) for financ- of agencies and the lack of ability to ket for long-term bonds with focus on Institute (IMPRI). Arjun Kumar is ! " # $ % & ' ing infrastructural development. select and structure a PPP project fur- infrastructure. The proposal of trans- Director, IMPRI) & @ !+,) *,:,
85 per cent for lawyers with an aver- accurate data to function and com- loop becomes a necessity in the legal age time of 92 minutes. With the pace pete with human intelligence. industry. of innovation now surpassing the Therefore, for all law firms and in- Is AI a new super lawyer? The limits of human capabilities, this has house councils, this becomes a high nature of the legal field has always raised a few questions for HR depart- negotiation point over assessing been based upon the boilerplate of ments and firms to develop new poli- quality of data and that, too, in a con- social dimension and social values. cies for staff training, layoff and des- tinuous manner. This cannot be fulfilled currently 5 K ' ignating tasks among other things. More importantly, AI’s work on unless there is a human interference In a sector where professional algorithmic data sets and ones that until a point comes where emotions ) ) # () 4! +& consultancy is being charged hourly are being developed by humans and social values, such as empathy, (( $ ((* : or even in minutes, fitting AI into may be “biased.” In algorithmic sympathy and so forth, are replaced. )))0#( **! rtificial Intelligence (AI) is no this business model can be a tedious development, this can become a vital Similar debates have also arisen longer the same as we task. Also, we have reached an inter- issue because in order to produce an in the automotive industry as to how #(: *( # Aencountered half a decade esting point where AI software pose unbiased system of legal opinion, a driverless car must decide upon its ) $ ($ (: ago. Its dynamics, scope and reach a very definite threat to paralegals, there is a requirement of fair algorith- action in case of an accident or (* *(# have evolved multitudes. Lawyers who specialise on processing legal mic data set. How far this is possi- whom should an AI-based car ( "$ )) ))( and the legal profession are no documentation. AI can do the same raised in every sector about how AI of importance. The quality of output ble is another question. choose upon from pedestrian to rid- ) ( # ) longer an untouched slice of this pie. work faster and cheaper. technology will disrupt daily oper- gets directly proportional to the There is no doubt that the ele- ers or animals. Further, what algo- Recent studies conducted A report published by PwC in ations and careers of those who quality of data and this is where the ment of bias does exist in human rithmic sets must be taken into $) ( between 20 experienced and well- 2017 claimed that rising costs of legal choose that profession. Though to an role of an evolved lawyer will arise. intelligence as well, but the question consideration that can quantify upon #$#! # ( trained corporate lawyers from the services and the slow pace of litiga- extent, this may prove to be correct, Such a growth of AI will bring of when and where to use that ele- human worth? Until then, AI is the * ) ) ( )#R US and AI software of a Tel Aviv tion process are affecting the clients. this disruption shall not be able to holistic growth in the market as well ment needs to be kept in mind and new super power that is creating ) *( )) based start up, LawGeex, were con- Due to this, people are turning eradicate the breed of lawyers. where a lawyer may make the tran- this again brings in the need for options for practitioners of all indus- ducive to demonstrating the epito- towards in-house lawyers. With an Instead, it will evolve them into a sition to becoming a data creator and human involvement. The practice of tries, including legal, for catching up 0)) ( * " ) me of accuracy that AI has managed ever-rising graph of legal cases, law legal tech expert, who can provide a a new venture idea of legal data stores law is not limited to reviewing con- on the pace and excellence through ) #( $ ) to evolve itself in reviewing contracts firms have started responding to this fast-paced holistic solution to the may arise. False and inaccurate data tracts and drafting of arguments or a regulatory mechanism. " 0 # #*(R )) and spotting everyday issues. issue by switching to automation. clients. may instead pose significant threats searching the best-suited case laws. (The writer is pursuing # #( ) # LawGeex AI software’s accuracy This has been termed as the “2020: For the AI software to function and challenges to AI software com- It is a complex combination of skills, International LLM at Tel Aviv ) ) 0)! was accounted for 94 per cent in 26 Decade of Disruption.” on an error-free pace, the quality of panies. They must, therefore, enter- empathy, judgement and trust and, University, Israel and specialises in AI seconds, compared to an average of A massive hue and cry has been data and not the quantity of data is tain complete, relevant and most therefore, keeping a human in the technology and law) ! " #$" %&'%&() >'
,)B%0 0 9 " - 3- $ ## $ $ 1 2/ A / $ numerous cases of favours and IL&FS group companies dur- Ravishankar (Founder and Speaking at an event here, that his ministry has invited Banning of Unregulated (, ( ( gifts extended by the erstwhile ing 2008-2018. Director, Brickwork Ratings) Minister of State for Heavy proposals from entities to Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 in , ' > * , top management to senior offi- Several e-mails between thanking Arun Saha (who was Industries and Public develop charging infrastructure the Lok Sabha that seeks to , # *"( =(' $ cials of rating agencies and the erstwhile management and Joint Director of IFIN at that Enterprises Arjun Ram in big and smart cities. put in place a mechanism by their family members. the representatives of credit rat- time) for arranging tickets for a Meghwal said the government “Proposals are invited from which such depositors can be While the continuing probe ing agencies during the speci- football match of Real Madrid in expects India to adopt electric cities that intend to develop compensated. has already led to CEOs of two fied period have been analysed Madrid, Spain, in the IL&FS cor- vehicles (EV) in “all natural charging infrastructure in mil- The Banning of rating agencies having been in the audit. porate box along with his son. course” — be it for bikes, cars, lion-plus cities as per 2011 Unregulated Deposit sent on leave by their respective CARE, ICRA, India This email suggested trucks, buses and e-rickshaws, census. Initially, 1,000 EV Schemes Bill, 2019 will boards, fresh details have Ratings and Brickwork were potential favours which are while emphasising that the tran- charging stations are ear- replace the Ordinance on the emerged about suspected the main rating agencies for arranged for key officials of a sition was necessary in order to marked for development same. attempts by the former top group companies IL&FS credit rating agency by one of reduce carbon emissions as per through the EOI (expressions The bill seeks to help management personnel of Transportation Networks the former IL&FS manage- the Paris Agreement. of interest),” he added. tackle the menace of illicit IL&FS Group to influence the (ITNL), IL&FS Financial ment personnel. “The Government has These charging stations deposit taking activities in the rating agencies and their top Services IFIN and IL&FS dur- In case of ICRA, the audit made clear its intention to pro- will be sanctioned in different country, which at present are officers for high credit ratings. ing the period. From 2016, found an email from February mote electric mobility through cities after evaluation of the exploiting regulatory gaps The new board of IL&FS, Brickwork was also introduced 2008, which was sent by commercial fleet owners and proposals received under the and lack of strict adminis- which was appointed by the for IFIN and ITNL. It replaced Meenakshi Kanagat (Manager incentives will be only offered to EOI, the minister said. trative measures to dupe poor ,0 = ) government after massive Crisil for ITNL. in IL&FS Limited) to Ravi them,” Meghwal said here at “We also plan to connect all and gullible people of their * % = B =C defaults by the group to the Grant Thornton found Parthasarthy (former chair- India UK Electric Mobility charging stations with grid- hard earned money, accord- -D-E6 9.-8>% 0 , $ tune of over Rs 90,000 crore multiple emails in the period man of IL&FS) indicating Forum 2019. Under the 10,000- connected solar power plant of ing to the Government. ) % F = % and suspected wrong-doings by between September 2012 and donation of Rs 25 lakh to be crore FAME scheme, subsidy on required capacity as per new The bill was introduced + (%< 7% = the former top management, August 2016, where it appeared given to Sameeksha Trust. EVs are given to three — and renewable energy guidelines so by Finance Minister Nirmala = had mandated Grant Thornton that Ramesh Bawa, former Grant Thornton found that four-wheelers for commercial as to ensure grid stability and Sitharaman in the Lower to carry out a forensic audit. CEO of IFIN, facilitated pur- D N Ghosh was a Managing and fleet applications. However, green energy for EVs,” he added. House amid noisy protests by In an interim forensic audit chase of a villa for the wife of Trustee of Sameeksha Trust and in two-wheelers it is also extend- “The government also Congress members over the report on role of credit rating Ambreesh Srivastava (Head of also a former chairman of ed for personal usage. wants to have an electric high- ongoing political crisis in agencies engaged by the erst- Financial Institutions — South ICRA Limited. Various industry players way. We are working on that Karnataka. while management, Grant and Southeast Asia, Fitch The emails were also traced have been asking the govern- front. The shift towards EVs The banning of Thornton has flagged a num- Ratings) and also helped them about Saha asking Sujoy Das ment to also provide support to will not only tackle air pollu- Unregulated Deposit Scheme ber of cases amounting to obtain a discount. (Chief Risk Officer of IL&FS EVs for personal usage four- tion, but also reduce import Bill, 2018 was considered by potential favours and gifts Further, Bawa requested group) for arranging a favourite wheelers in order to make bill,” Meghwal said. the Lok Sabha in February given to senior officials of the Ajay Chandra (MD of Unitech Fitbit watch for Rajesh Mokashi them affordable and popularise He added that the Niti and after discussion, the same agencies and even their fami- Limited) to personally get (Managing Director of CARE). the eco-friendly technology. Aayog has recommended mak- was passed. ly members. involved and resolve the issue The interim report also Reiterating the significance ing electric two-and three- However, before the same The audit evaluated the that Srivastava’s wife was facing indicated that IL&FS personnel of EVs, the minister said this wheelers mandatory from 2025 could be considered and role of the credit rating agen- with regards to interest charged were aware of the specific was the only way to provide and all new four-wheelers for passed in the Rajya Sabha, the cies in rating various debt on delayed payments for the villa. interests of the key officials of smoke-free environment to the commercial use within city House was adjourned sine die instruments and facilitating The audit has flagged that credit rating agencies. future generations. limit by April 2026. on the same day. , */B,*/C = < B
+I+ , "?2 * 51 1 $ crore. For the second quarter of insurer had posted a net prof- jumped nearly 48% to 312 current fiscal, the company it of 289 crore in the corre- crore during the quarter. 0 << 2/ <%9 ropelled by higher passen- expects ASK (Available Seat per sponding April-June period of Operating profit jumped Pger revenues, InterGlobe Kilometre) to increase by 28 previous fiscal. 47.14% to 1,208 crore, against Aviation on Friday posted its per cent on a year-on-year The company’s gross direct 821 crore in the year-ago New Delhi: Hospitality highest ever quarterly profit of basis. The rise is projected to be premium income (GDPI) fell period. The loan portfolio of () ( ( .!=- ) #( firm OYO on Friday said its 1,203.14 crore for the three 30% for financial year 2020. 7.6% to 3,487 crore during the lender increased 39.36% to founder Ritesh Agarwal has months ended June 30. “With effect from April 1, June quarter of 2019-20 as 45,420 crore as on June 30, && Auto, Kotak Bank, SBI and ICICI ket sentiment if they can provide signed a deal to buy back Total income climbed to 2019, the company has capi- against 3,774 crore in the 2019. The asset quality wit- Bank were among the top losers delight with 50 bps rate cut,” said shares worth USD 2 billion 9,786.94 crore for the June talised its operating leases in year ago period, it said in a reg- nessed deterioration with he BSE Sensex crashed Friday, dropping up to 4.36%. Jagannadham Thunuguntla, (nearly 13,770 crore) from quarter from 8,259.69 crore in accordance with Ind AS 116. ulatory filing. respect to gross non-perform- 560 points while the Index heavyweight RIL closed senior vice-president and head early investors through his the same period a year ago, “The capitalised lease lia- Excluding crop segment, ing assets (NPAs), which rose Tbroader NSE Nifty closed 1.01% lower ahead of its quarterly of research (wealth), Centrum Cayman islands-registered according to a regulatory filing. bility as of June 30, 2019 was the company said its GDPI to 2.02% of the gross advances much below the key 11,500- results. NTPC, PowerGrid, TCS Broking Limited. entity, RA Hospitality Its revenue from operations 1,60,701 million (16,070.1 grew by 17.7% to 3,488 crore by end of June 2019 as against mark on Friday after the gov- and ONGC were the only gain- Sectorally, BSE auto, bankex, Holdings, to almost triple his jumped nearly 45% to 9,420 crore). The total debt (includ- from 2,964 crore a year ago, 1.26% a year ago. However, the ernment thwarted hopes of ers in the Sensex pack, spurting finance, basic materials, health- stake in the company. crore. Yield, which is an indi- ing the capitalised lease liabil- which was higher than the net NPAs or bad loans were tax relief for FPIs. up to 2.32%. care and FMCG indices plunged Lightspeed Venture cator of revenue earned for ity) was 1,84,309 million industry growth (excluding trimmed to 0.56% as against Lacklustre earnings, slowing Replying to a debate on the up to 3.24%. Power and con- Partners and Sequoia India, every kilometre flown, jumped (18,430.9 crore),” the filing crop segment) of 13.6%. 0.64% in the year-ago quarter. consumption and already pricey Finance Bill in Parliament after sumer durables were the only OYO’s early supporters, are to 12.8% in the latest quarter. said. Indian Accounting ICICI Lombard offers valuations further kept a lid on market hours on Thursday, gainers, rising up to 0.36%. The selling part of their holdings in Besides, the airline has Standards (Ind AS) 116 per- products such as motor, health, - *!- D&!&1F buying sentiment, traders said. Finance Minister Nirmala BSE midcap and smallcap order to help the founder increased its capacity. tains to leases. crop, fire, personal accident, Homegrown FMCG major Led by a sell-off in auto and Sitharaman dismissed the argu- indices too succumbed to the increase his stake while IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta Meanwhile, IndiGo’s parent marine, engineering and lia- Dabur India Ltd on Friday banking stocks, the 30-share ment that the proposed hike in wider sell-off and lost up to remaining invested signifi- said the company has reported InterGlobe Aviation saw its bility insurance. reported 10.24% increase in Sensex cracked 560.45 points or tax on the super-rich would 1.99%. On a net basis, foreign cantly in the company’s long- the highest ever quarterly prof- profit after tax zoom to consolidated net profit to 1.44% to settle at 38,337.01. spook foreign portfolio investors institutional investors sold equi- term mission, OYO said in a it after tax. “Strong passenger 1,203.1 crore for the three * - * 363.81 crore for the first quar- Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty (FPIs). She said the tax hike on ties worth 1,404.86 crore on statement. revenues along with a sharp months ended June 30, 2019. ; !")GF ter ended June, 2019, driven by sank 177.65 points or 1.53% to individuals earning more than 2 Thursday, while domestic insti- “Company’s founder and improvement in cargo perfor- This is the highest ever quar- Bandhan Bank on Friday growth in rural sales. It had 11,419.25. This was the second- crore will not impact FPIs pro- tutional investors purchased CEO Ritesh Agarwal, through mance were key drivers to this terly profit, company’s CEO reported a jump of over 45% in posted a net profit of 330 crore biggest fall for the Sensex in vided they organise themselves as shares to the tune of 329.05 RA Hospitality Holdings improved profitability,” he said. Ronojoy Dutta said. its net profit to 701 crore in the in the April-June period of the 2019. The index had plunged a company. crore, provisional data avail- (Cayman), has signed USD 2 The good performance also The company had report- first quarter ended June 30, on last fiscal, Dabur India said in 792.82 points on July 8 follow- “Indian capital markets are able with stock exchanges billion primary and secondary comes at a time when co-pro- ed a profit after tax of 27.8 healthy core income. The a BSE filing. Dabur’s revenue ing the Budget. in capitulation mode, as there showed. management investment moters Rakesh Gangwal and crore in the year-ago period, Kolkata-based private sector from operations for the quar- Investors have suffered a has been clear dearth of good Elsewhere in Asia, Shanghai round, supported by global Rahul Bhatia are locked in a feud according to a filing to the lender had registered a net prof- ter under review was up 9.25% wealth erosion of about 3.79 news. The continuous corporate Composite Index, Hang Seng, institutional banks and over alleged governance lapses. stock exchanges on Friday. In it of 482 crore during the cor- to 2,273.29 crore, as against lakh crore in the previous two defaults, high-tax regime, weak Kospi and Nikkei ended up to his financial partners,” it IndiGo, which has been on the latest June quarter, revenue responding quarter of 2018-19. 2,080.68 crore in the corre- sessions, with the market capi- earnings season and fragile 2% higher after US Federal added. expansion path, had 235 planes from operations jumped near- Its total income rose 38.06% sponding quarter of the previ- talisation of BSE-listed compa- economy are not helping the Reserve officials hinted at As per sources in in its fleet at the end of June. It ly 45% to 9,420 crore. to 1,723 crore during the quar- ous fiscal. nies standing at 1,45,34,758.53 already-delicate sentiment. With aggressive rate cuts at its July 30- know of the matter, after the flies to over 70 destinations. ter, compared with 1,248 crore According to the company, crore. During the week, the the crisis deepening and widen- 31 policy meeting. Bourses in entire process is completed, The latest June quarter 66/ "* -D& in the corresponding quarter of its domestic FMCG business Sensex declined by 399.22 points ing, markets are eagerly looking Europe were also trading in the Agarwal’s stake in the com- demonstrated the company’s ;! # EF 2018-19, the bank said in a reg- reported a volume growth of or 1.03%, while the Nifty shed forward if policy makers can green in their respective early pany will rise from the current ability to grow rapidly, while ICICI Lombard General ulatory filing. 9.6 per cent during the quarter. 133.25 points or 1.15%. talk-up the markets with mar- sessions. 9-10 per cent to around 30 per also expanding margin perfor- Insurance on Friday reported a The bank’s net interest Dabur’s total expenses were at M&M, Bajaj Finance, Tata ket-friendly tone. The global oil benchmark cent. This would take the val- mance, Dutta said. 7.1% rise in its net profit at income grew over 36% to 1,883.65 crore, as against Motors, Hero MotoCorp, “Going forward, Fed’s poli- Brent crude futures soared uation of the company to As on June 30, IndiGo’s 310 crore for the first quarter 1,411 crore, while the income 1,752.17 crore, registering a IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, Bajaj cy holds key to revive the mar- 1.71% to USD 62.99 per barrel. around USD 10 billion. PTI cash balance stood at 17,337.1 ended June 2019. The general from non-interest sources rise of 7.50%.
SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11,627.95 11,640.35 11,399.30 11,419.25 -177.65 Script Open High Low LTP SAIL 45.85 46.1 44.3 44.6 PAGEIND 20589.4 20615 20002.65 20055.05 ABBOTINDIA 8640 8640 8375 8620.6 GRINDWELL 576.95 578 564.55 567.15 NTPC 127.95 131 126.05 129.85 2.8 BIOCON 265 265 238.3 240.35 JSWSTEEL 268 269 258.15 259.05 NAUKRI 2222.85 2236.1 2120 2139 PRSMJOHNSN 93 94.8 90 91.8 GESHIP* 260.1 275.55 255.55 258.35 TITAN 1,090.00 1,103.00 1,077.95 1,090.90 10.9 RBLBANK 580.3 589.3 496.7 500.35 SRTRANSFIN 1051 1069.65 1040.45 1058.35 TRIDENT 60 60 52.6 54.6 NATCOPHARM 516 519.9 492 519.9 CCL 244.7 247.6 242 247.6 COALINDIA 222 224.05 217.4 222.1 1.8 YESBANK 86 86.9 82.55 83.25 CYIENT 524 524 468.65 481.95 ABCAPITAL 90.85 90.85 86.95 87.2 CROMPTON 232 233.6 228.1 230.75 COCHINSHIP 365.85 365.85 357.6 358 TCS 2,077.00 2,097.00 2,062.50 2,079.90 13.95 ICICIBANK 419.5 420.05 408.55 410.1 IOC 148.2 149.9 144.7 146.5 JAICORPLTD 96.7 96.7 89.6 91.4 FINOLEXIND 518 527.8 515.25 524.55 BASF 1138 1149.8 1117 1120.7 POWERGRID 205.8 207.65 202.8 206.4 1.05 HDFCAMC 2184 2369.5 2184 2316.85 WIPRO 269.15 269.35 263.6 264.75 PGHL 4756.05 4826.2 4650 4696.4 AJANTPHARM 922.4 936 907.5 936 GHCL 214 215.45 208.2 209.6 ONGC 144.5 145.8 140.4 144.05 0.65 BAJFINANCE 3493.95 3499 3264.2 3322.05 TECHM 693.8 693.8 664.55 674.95 GODREJCP 644.1 652.95 625.6 627.75 HINDCOPPER 36.85 36.85 35.95 36.05 SHILPAMED 350.65 350.65 345 346.45 BPCL 351.3 353.4 346.7 349.4 0.15 RELIANCE 1268.25 1271 1243 1249 MPHASIS 930 939 925.4 933.3 ASHOKA 126.75 126.85 121.55 122.65 CHAMBLFERT 162.1 163.2 161.55 162 TAKE 120 120.45 113.15 115 HCLTECH 1,024.00 1,030.80 1,009.20 1,015.00 -3.55 HDFC 2334 2338.95 2294.2 2303.9 SRF 2670.7 2700.5 2640.25 2666.25 ADANIGAS 170.9 172.05 163.6 164.25 SUNDRMFAST 449.5 451.8 441.05 449.3 ECLERX 665.5 665.5 630 630 MHRIL 226.9 229.15 225 225.65 HINDUNILVR 1,748.00 1,761.95 1,709.15 1,730.00 -9.15 MARUTI 5917 5917 5712 5768.9 DCBBANK 201 201.5 192.5 193.7 CHOLAFIN 269.4 274.5 259.4 265.55 BDL 304.45 314.65 301.35 306.6 HATHWAY 22 22 19.85 20.75 BHARTIARTL 343.5 346 336.1 340.6 -1.9 SPICEJET 144.85 147.9 136.5 141 IDEA 11.4 11.55 10.72 10.95 WOCKPHARMA 348.8 349.6 337.1 338.4 TATACOFFEE 76.4 77.3 75.65 76.45 ACC 1632.55 1647.3 1531.5 1543.55 TATAGLOBAL 256.95 256.95 245.6 248.5 MARICO 372.15 372.5 362.9 365.95 SYNDIBANK 37.95 38.85 37.4 37.4 APARINDS 543.75 543.75 520.15 523 VEDL 164.05 165.85 160.6 162 -1.05 IBULHSGFIN 662.8 671.5 631.5 635.35 SIEMENS 1227 1227 1188.6 1193 MFSL 428.1 429.6 405 405 JINDALSAW 77.6 78.2 75.95 76.3 NIACL 132.65 133 128.65 129 RELIANCE 1,268.20 1,272.95 1,242.70 1,253.00 -8.85 LT 1445 1447.35 1402 1411.65 GRASIM 910 915.85 875.65 880 BOSCHLTD 15571.65 15602.65 15076.05 15186.95 BAJAJCON 310 310 295 299.7 COROMANDEL 380 380 370 373.3 ASIANPAINT 1,390.10 1,399.40 1,365.00 1,373.95 -11 DABUR 430 435.15 415.7 421 SHREECEM 21401.9 21680 21040.95 21249.7 AVANTI 332 333 312.6 316.25 THOMASCOOK 186 187.75 181.7 185.5 MONSANTO 2140 2149.05 2051 2064.95 IOC 148.6 149.95 144.6 146.25 -1.35 UPL 655.3 664.05 630.95 644.2 GRAPHITE 285.55 290 272 273.75 CUMMINSIND 742.05 751.05 726.05 731 GODREJAGRO 490 494.95 485 488.85 MOTILALOFS 635 635 602 603.3 INFY 788.7 794.5 781.25 785 -7.7 INDUSINDBK 1484 1487.2 1407.25 1421.45 MANAPPURAM 132.8 132.8 121.8 124.15 SUZLON 4.35 4.49 4.26 4.37 TV18BRDCST 22.9 23 21.65 21.85 GET&D 218.85 218.85 214.8 217 HDFC 2,332.00 2,339.00 2,292.80 2,302.00 -25.65 M&M 605.9 605.9 570 571.35 BAJAJ-AUTO 2652 2652 2550 2557.55 SUPREMEIND 1087.3 1091.15 1079 1082 IBULISL 150.85 152.6 144.8 146.7 CARBORUNIV 333.2 333.45 319 323.6 SUNPHARMA 427 429.4 416.05 421.15 -5.05 CHOLAHLDNG 471.5 494.8 471.5 492.95 INDIACEM 100.4 101.5 96.9 98.45 INFRATEL 265 266.6 257.3 258.25 KRBL 207.1 211.6 200 201.95 ORIENTCEM 112.1 112.1 103.2 104.3 DRREDDY 2,659.95 2,680.00 2,604.05 2,622.00 -33.55 TATASTEEL 469.3 472.9 453.6 458.1 DMART 1441 1450 1394.25 1401.4 NESTLEIND 11646 11719 11512 11550 JPASSOCIAT 2.62 2.69 2.41 2.57 BAYERCROP 3333.2 3333.2 3279.35 3290 UPL 655.1 664.15 630.5 646.5 -8.25 INDIGO 1480 1487.25 1452.5 1463.35 ASIANPAINT 1389.95 1398.85 1365 1372.6 GNFC 224.1 226.5 212.25 214.6 PFIZER 3200 3200 3153 3174.45 INOXWIND 64.6 64.6 61.05 62.6 WIPRO 269.1 269.65 263.5 265.5 -3.6 HDFCBANK 2424 2424.4 2368.1 2375.95 LTI 1580 1580 1500 1515.9 GSFC 87.05 87.3 86.3 86.6 GSKCONS 7471 7531.25 7339.2 7414 ITDCEM 92.05 92.55 87.05 89.45 HDFCBANK 2,415.00 2,420.70 2,367.00 2,379.50 -32.4 TATAMOTORS 162 162.5 153.9 154.8 BPCL 351.7 353 346.8 351 BLISSGVS 158.6 158.65 156.15 157.15 CREDITACC 529 529.85 502.5 502.5 NETWORK18 24.7 24.7 22.65 22.85 ULTRACEMCO 4,655.00 4,710.00 4,490.15 4,540.00 -61.75 KOTAKBANK 1537.6 1540 1490.3 1499.8 AMARAJABAT 637.5 637.5 605.1 610.45 DBL 419.95 419.95 402.45 409 BAJAJELEC 460 463.05 446.5 455 FINEORG 1439.65 1472.95 1397.9 1408.95 AXISBANK 743.55 746.8 723.3 730.1 -10.3 SBIN 364.65 365.9 355.15 356 IDFCFIRSTB 42.35 42.35 40.05 40.25 MRPL 58.5 58.5 57.15 57.5 JKCEMENT 1001.35 1016.65 980 989.7 SCHNEIDER 90.35 90.35 86.5 86.75 UCOBANK 18.1 18.1 17.8 18 LT 1,446.40 1,446.80 1,402.10 1,414.45 -20.75 TCS 2095 2096.75 2064 2076.95 JUBLFOOD 1251.15 1251.6 1210.35 1220 CEATLTD 886.5 893.2 862.5 873 BBTC 919.95 925 893.45 896.1 GEPIL 842.65 842.65 816 817 TATASTEEL 470 473 453.25 459 -7.6 KAJARIACER 536.75 539.55 522.65 531 UJJIVAN 289.55 289.55 268.5 272.35 CASTROLIND 131 131 124.95 125.4 JAMNAAUTO 45.2 45.35 43.3 43.6 HERITGFOOD 358.9 360.4 356.2 360.4 ITC 274.1 274.25 268 268.55 -4.45 BAJAJFINSV 7855 7903.2 7509.6 7556.55 NMDC 115.15 117.2 114.7 115.3 VGUARD 236.35 236.35 229 230.75 EIDPARRY 162 166 157.85 166 MINDTREE 705 708 660.2 665.6 UNIONBANK 74.5 75.75 73.35 73.8 ATUL 3830.75 3830.75 3585 3675 GICRE 221.65 225.3 219.2 224.85 ADVENZYMES 159.6 161.5 159.2 159.5 INFRATEL 264 266.85 257.2 258.85 -4.3 HAL 672.1 675.9 671 674 ICICIBANK 419.9 420.35 408.5 411.8 -6.85 INFY* 789.7 794.4 781.4 785.6 LICHSGFIN 536 536.3 521.2 522.5 GSPL 210 211.4 201.2 207.6 BIRLACORPN 605.2 619.45 594 599.4 FEDERALBNK 99.6 100 98.35 98.85 BHEL 64.4 64.5 63.35 63.6 DELTACORP 160 160.1 155.25 157 ALKEM 1754 1809 1738.4 1788.05 BLUEDART 2431 2450.9 2370.05 2404.75 ADANIPORTS 414.55 416.65 401.75 405.25 -7.15 ANDHRABANK 22.35 22.5 22 22.2 SBIN 365.1 366.05 355.15 357.25 -6.4 TATAELXSI 733.1 749.7 696.55 701.4 HINDPETRO 291.15 294.45 289 292 ITI 86.2 86.3 83.95 84.15 ORIENTELEC 156.2 158 152.5 152.5 ONGC 145.65 145.7 140.5 144.1 IBREALEST 113 113.7 109.6 110.05 RADICO 284.05 291.35 280.5 287.2 GUJALKALI 476.8 477.65 451.15 460.3 KPRMILL 593 593.9 591 591.3 TECHM 687.2 691.5 664.4 675 -12.2 JUSTDIAL 765 794.15 759.55 783.5 MGL 800 800 770.75 777 RNAM 227.9 227.9 226.85 227.15 FORTIS 129.5 129.95 127.25 129.55 MARUTI 5,885.00 5,910.95 5,710.10 5,775.00 -107.35 ITC 273.5 274.15 268.05 268.4 DRREDDY 2670 2679.55 2605.45 2619 UBL 1400 1408 1368 1372.85 KNRCON 277.7 280.3 270 271.55 CIPLA 550.8 552 535.5 536.8 -10.2 BANKBARODA 122 122.7 116.9 118 RAJESHEXPO 691.8 714.55 684.1 685.85 VENKYS 1500 1506.15 1423.8 1433.8 NHPC 23.4 23.85 23.35 23.45 KOTAKBANK 1,540.00 1,540.75 1,490.00 1,507.25 -31 RELINFRA 48.6 49.15 42 42.6 ICICIGI 1100 1160 1061.85 1070.6 ABB 1465 1466.15 1411 1416.95 MOIL 151.9 151.9 143 143.4 ZEEL 361 363.35 343.8 352.35 -7.75 DHFL 56.55 56.55 50.9 53.35 IGL 321.9 325.85 317.05 323.35 HEIDELBERG 203 207.95 198.4 202.6 LAXMIMACH 4670 4670 4550 4556.85 BRITANNIA 2,836.35 2,836.65 2,712.10 2,758.75 -62.1 ULTRACEMCO 4655 4707.55 4491.6 4541.5 BRITANNIA 2847.9 2847.9 2713.15 2757 WESTLIFE 304 308.65 301.3 304 PERSISTENT 610 610 575.75 576.95 HINDALCO 202 203.7 195 196.1 -4.45 PEL 2009.05 2031.65 1888.65 1904.4 GAIL 142.25 142.95 137.2 137.7 LAKSHVILAS 63.45 64.25 60.5 60.75 CAPPL 426 426.5 405 419.8 JSWSTEEL 267.3 269.2 258.2 259.75 -6.35 AXISBANK 744 746.45 723.25 729.45 NBCC 52.5 52.75 50.7 51.2 ENGINERSIN 105.5 107.25 104.25 106.2 KALPATPOWR 512 515.55 507.9 514.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2,640.00 2,654.95 2,550.00 2,563.00 -67.8 HINDALCO 200.6 203.5 195.1 196.45 OIL 163.95 164.4 156.9 157.6 IRB 91.7 92.2 89.15 91 CENTRUM 25 27.6 23.9 25.7 GRASIM 915 925 875 882 -25.7 VOLTAS 585 585.4 571.2 577.2 CENTURYTEX 937.35 943 912 917.45 SOBHA 563.7 570.95 550 552.35 MAGMA 90 90 83 83.65 GAIL 142.95 142.95 137.1 137.4 -4.55 ASHOKLEY 82.5 82.5 79 79.4 HAVELLS 722 722.85 705.1 719 APLAPOLLO 1510.85 1511.95 1423.85 1503.8 DBCORP 181.1 181.1 157.55 165.85 HEROMOTOCO2,480.05 2,507.35 2,378.95 2,396.00 -83.45 ZEEL 361.95 363.5 343.9 353.3 LUPIN 758 763 742.6 747.1 SWANENERGY 104 104.9 103.15 104.1 J&KBANK 38.95 38.95 37.5 37.7 TATAMOTORS 161.45 162.4 153.85 155.2 -5.55 TITAN 1090 1102.5 1078.75 1090.6 MUTHOOTFIN 628 633.75 593 610 JSWENERGY 72.4 73.5 70.7 71.85 SCHAEFFLER 4337.8 4337.8 4200 4221.15 IBULHSGFIN 662.1 671.4 631.5 635.9 -23.2 NTPC 128.45 130.95 126.1 129.85 BALKRISIND 758.35 758.35 726 727.1 TATACOMM 478.4 484.5 464.5 470.35 LALPATHLAB 1125 1125 1069.9 1071.4 YESBANK 86 86.9 82.6 82.75 -3.05 BHARTIARTL 346.9 346.9 336.45 340 WABAG 302.9 304.15 288.3 292.8 KANSAINER 426 426 412.2 420.2 INDUSINDBK 1,480.00 1,488.70 1,407.20 1,419.00 -52.45 STAR 362.4 366 346.65 347.75 SOUTHBANK 13.03 13.04 12.6 12.68 INOXLEISUR 315.7 316.8 304.85 305.5 EICHERMOT 18,527.00 18,540.00 17,500.00 17,699.00 -707 GLENMARK 440.65 446.55 431.05 432.95 RAIN 89.8 90.5 86.1 88.05 MAHSCOOTER 4166 4166 4000 4032.9 MAHLIFE 404.1 404.1 391.25 399 BAJAJFINSV 7,900.00 7,900.00 7,506.00 7,544.00 -303.65 EQUITAS 123 124.3 114.5 115.1 GODREJIND 482.1 484.25 473 478.4 AEGISLOG 204.6 206 200 203.65 GULFOILLUB 820.2 820.2 796.45 801.05 BAJFINANCE 3,476.00 3,501.25 3,263.10 3,322.00 -145.65 TVSMOTOR 416.1 416.75 392.25 400.1 MEGH 57.5 57.7 53.55 54 NLCINDIA 61.2 61.8 60.4 61.05 RELAXO 418.4 430.15 408.2 425.75 NATIONALUM 46.8 46.8 45.7 45.8 FCONSUMER 36.35 36.35 35 35.55 NBVENTURES* 93 93 89.85 90.95 M&M 601.15 601.5 570 571.2 -26.2 DHANUKA 403.5 407.1 381.8 390 ORIENTBANK 82.75 82.85 80.4 81.8 TATACHEM 616 616 590.55 592.1 BALMLAWRIE 176.8 178.6 175.15 175.15 LUXIND 1120.9 1124.1 1085 1104.15 MOTHERSUMI 116.55 117 110.1 110.55 HATSUN 749 774.9 736 743.8 CRISIL 1388.25 1396.75 1345 1356.05 EVEREADY 71.8 71.8 69.1 69.1 APOLLOTYRE 180 180.7 174.2 174.8 THERMAX 1108 1120 1081 1098.5 GUJFLUORO 943.15 943.15 925.25 927.6 IOB 11.98 12.07 11.68 11.73 TATAPOWER 66.05 67.25 65.2 66.45 HFCL 20.2 20.5 19.85 20.1 CUB 204.6 205.85 198.5 201.15 LEMONTREE 64.3 64.6 63.85 64.15 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ADANIPORTS 414.95 416.7 401.85 405 RITES 293.7 295.85 289.95 292.7 NAVINFLUOR 605 610 596 600.3 BLUESTARCO 731 733.05 715 727.75 NIFTY NEXT 50 27,264.60 27,323.20 26,598.30 26,656.15 -463.9 DIVISLAB 1646.3 1657.5 1618.05 1618.05 COFFEEDAY 213.5 214.7 200.35 204.75 TIMETECHNO 81.45 81.45 77.6 79.05 EIHOTEL 168.85 171.4 165.1 167.25 HDFCAMC 2,194.00 2,370.00 2,190.05 2,299.00 129 MRF 55750 55750 53283.9 53926 OBEROIRLTY 569.8 576 550 561.25 SHANKARA 350 350 330 331.45 CERA 2700 2706.6 2650 2703.55 GICRE 220.95 225.7 216.8 225 6.25 PCJEWELLER 36.5 36.6 34.1 34.55 ALBK 42 42.2 40.5 40.95 GUJGAS 163.15 166.7 160.15 165 TEJASNET 131 137.45 131 134.8 SRTRANSFIN 1,058.40 1,071.00 1,040.00 1,065.00 14 RALLIS 162 165.6 152.25 154.55 RAMCOCEM 784.8 786.15 757.95 760.5 PRESTIGE 276.7 278.15 271.95 275 LINDEINDIA 499.8 500.45 485 489.95 INDIGO 1,478.00 1,488.00 1,452.00 1,474.00 15.1 APOLLOHOSP 1392.85 1396.55 1367.2 1380 DEEPAKFERT 91.5 91.65 86.25 87.9 ASTERDM 126 127.4 123.75 126.8 ERIS 439 439 420.1 427.6 SBILIFE 745.35 751 731.85 746 5.15 ASTRAZEN 1954.45 1954.45 1880 1893.05 RCF 56.35 56.5 54.05 54.45 ISEC 225.9 225.9 218.65 225.4 ITDC 212.05 215.15 200 201.8 NHPC 23.4 23.85 23.3 23.55 0.15 TTKPRESTIG 6125 6130 5995 6103.4 ABFRL 205 208.8 199.85 207 PNCINFRA 190.5 191.25 183.1 191.25 REDINGTON 100.1 101.9 100.1 101.6 NMDC 115.15 117.3 114.5 115.35 0.7 JUBILANT 454.05 454.05 425 441.25 DEEPAKNI 308.2 309.5 301 302 MAHABANK 15.55 15.6 14.8 14.95 SREINFRA 16.3 16.45 15.65 15.7 BANDHANBNK 535 541.8 507.2 530.05 1.25 GRUH 282.25 289.55 273.3 285.95 GREAVESCOT 136.9 139.05 136.65 138.5 SCI 30.5 30.65 29.55 29.7 GMDCLTD 71.2 71.5 70.35 71.3 HAVELLS 718.2 722.7 705.1 719 1.45 LTTS 1640 1644.45 1595 1596 WELCORP 134.5 135.65 130 130 GICHSGFIN 248.65 251 243.55 245.75 HONAUT 22400 22587.1 22368.05 22420 HINDPETRO 293.3 294.6 289.05 291.6 0.4 CANFINHOME 390 397.45 384.2 385.3 BAJAJHLDNG 3565 3570.35 3455 3495.7 HSIL 225 227.2 220.4 221 ZYDUSWELL 1351.95 1407.95 1351.95 1367.05 OFSS 3,345.00 3,395.00 3,300.00 3,343.45 -6.7 BHARATFORG 443.5 447.95 432.75 438 PARAGMILK 260.7 262.1 256 256.6 CENTURYPLY 137 137 130.4 131 SHOPERSTOP 458.25 470 458.25 460.8 BAJAJHLDNG 3,530.15 3,583.55 3,445.85 3,505.00 -18.4 SBILIFE 746 750 732.55 744 ADANIGREEN 47.7 47.9 45.35 45.85 NESCO 556.9 559.15 549.5 553.8 TEAMLEASE 2965 2965 2943.55 2943.55 CONCOR 537.05 542.35 531.45 536.1 -2.85 KTKBANK 97.15 97.7 95.4 96.35 KEI 459.75 474.7 451.3 467 ASTRAL 1297 1297 1265 1279.7 JAGRAN 99 99 92.55 94 SIEMENS 1,207.15 1,220.85 1,188.20 1,198.00 -7.15 MCX 871 874.25 850.5 855 HSCL 91.6 91.6 84.9 87.55 ASAHIINDIA 200.15 202 200 201.35 GAYAPROJ 143.4 143.4 139 140 PETRONET 244.9 246.25 240.6 242.55 -1.5 SUNTV 469 472.5 458.7 460.9 EMAMILTD 322.05 328.8 317.9 319.6 GLAXO 1173.95 1180 1155 1167.1 ALLCARGO 99.65 99.95 98.2 99.6 AMBUJACEM 222 223.8 212.05 215.55 -1.4 L&TFH 117.4 117.5 109.85 110.5 RCOM 1.74 1.79 1.72 1.79 GMRINFRA 14.95 14.95 14.6 14.78 VARROC 441.9 442.9 428 442.9 ZENSARTECH 243.65 243.65 234.15 238 BHEL 64.25 64.45 63.4 63.5 -0.5 RELCAPITAL 53 53.8 49.95 51.1 AAVAS 1492.05 1501.65 1489 1490 INDHOTEL 148.5 148.5 144 144.6 HIMATSEIDE 154.1 154.8 146.55 147.5 IEX 144.85 145.05 142.35 142.85 ICICIPRULI 385.5 387.65 377.05 380.5 -3.2 DISHTV 34.6 34.6 29.75 31.75 HINDZINC 229.8 229.8 217.95 219.75 ADANITRANS 217.5 217.5 209.05 210 IFCI 8.41 8.41 8.04 8.09 INDOSTAR 350.85 350.85 340.1 342 DABUR 431.05 435.4 415.85 424.95 -3.95 ADANIPOWER 62.85 62.85 59.9 60.85 FSL 53.85 53.85 51.15 51.5 PTC 63.45 63.45 61.5 62 NILKAMAL 1112 1114.35 1084 1095.5 GALAXYSURF 1219.25 1226.9 1215.7 1216.1 SHREECEM 21,549.00 21,704.60 21,000.00 21,220.90 -200.1 BEML 918 947 909.25 912.05 TVSSRICHAK 1841 1880 1823.3 1833.7 PIIND 1131.2 1131.2 1060 1091.65 IPCALAB 943.8 943.8 916.4 936.25 GDL 117.75 117.75 115.3 115.35 ACC 1,635.00 1,647.55 1,531.25 1,550.00 -17.1 HDFCLIFE 506.5 509.3 485 487.9 TATAMTRDVR 77.35 77.7 73.35 73.65 SUVEN 245.1 246.2 240.5 243.5 TATAINVEST 860 860 830 840.3 JSL 31.35 31.4 29.75 30 LUPIN 758 763 742.15 747 -9.15 EICHERMOT 18544.7 18544.7 17508.6 17668.4 VINATIORGA 2163.8 2163.8 2063.35 2065 JSLHISAR 74 74 67 69.2 MMTC 22.3 22.3 21.55 21.55 FINCABLES 385 391.5 384.05 386.6 MARICO 370.55 372.95 363 365.8 -4.55 JINDALSTEL 142.1 144.35 137.9 138.75 TORNTPOWER 304 306.55 301.25 305 MAHINDCIE 224.95 224.95 197 206.55 CHENNPETRO 194.2 195.1 192.65 193.2 TRITURBINE 96.55 103.7 96.55 101.65 DIVISLAB 1,644.10 1,659.90 1,620.05 1,620.05 -21.85 SUNPHARMA 426.15 429.5 416.35 421.55 HCLTECH 1030 1030.4 1010 1016.05 GODFRYPHLP 790 790 762 766.25 JCHAC 1590 1659 1530 1610.1 FLFL 455 460.45 445.1 448.5 CADILAHC 234.7 235.55 227.3 228 -3.15 HEROMOTOCO 2495 2503.3 2379.2 2387.65 PHILIPCARB 117 118.8 111.1 114.9 HUDCO 37.95 37.95 35.9 36.2 SONATSOFTW 348.75 348.75 340.2 341.2 JETAIRWAYS 43.8 43.8 43.35 43.35 UBL 1,399.50 1,409.00 1,368.00 1,379.00 -19.55 CANBK 270 271.7 264.05 265.3 CIPLA 548 551.95 535.7 537 PNBHOUSING 748.7 756.9 735.9 739.85 IRCON 388 388 380 381.2 THYROCARE 456 456.25 441.25 444.2 SAIL 45.75 46.1 44.3 44.85 -0.7 PNB 73.8 73.9 72.3 72.85 PIDILITIND 1229.05 1229.05 1193 1198.25 MINDAIND 296.55 303.45 282.3 290.25 GILLETTE 7065.45 7093.75 6951 7031.2 STARCEMENT 113 113.85 110 110.05 DLF 184 186.15 177.25 180 -3.2 HINDUNILVR 1746 1761 1710 1724.8 NIITTECH 1342.7 1350 1341.85 1345 KEC 318 319.75 308.7 318 TIMKEN 714.1 715.3 697.4 697.4 VTL 996.45 996.45 961.75 963.3 ICICIGI 1,104.00 1,109.90 1,061.00 1,071.05 -19.15 AUROPHARMA 568.25 575.35 549.85 552.3 CADILAHC 234.6 235.35 227.55 228.45 VIPIND 405.95 407 400 401.3 IFBIND 725.75 731.75 705.4 707 TVTODAY 279.5 283.65 279.5 282.25 NIACL 133.6 133.6 128.1 129 -3 COALINDIA 220.8 224.1 217.65 221.95 INTELLECT 274.8 276.5 260.25 262 UFLEX 219.45 223 218 218 PHOENIXLTD 646 669.8 635.35 656.2 AIAENG 1752.6 1765.35 1743 1745 ASHOKLEY 82 82.45 79 79.5 -1.95 BANDHANBNK 536.45 540.8 507.6 527.5 FORCEMOT 1280 1298 1240 1269.9 JISLJALEQS 23.1 23.5 22.5 23.25 CENTRALBK 19.45 19.55 18.9 19.05 MAXINDIA 63.25 63.65 61.5 62.4 HINDZINC 225.1 228.8 217.55 219.7 -5.4 DLF 184.2 186.05 177.3 179.95 WHIRLPOOL 1586.8 1609 1528 1609 JKLAKSHMI 356 369.4 343.8 348.5 TATAMETALI 552.35 555.95 542 553.6 UNITEDBNK 9.83 10 9.72 9.72 GODREJCP 644.5 654 625.75 628.5 -15.6 RECLTD 149.9 149.95 145.95 148.1 QUESS 479.1 482.5 441.25 464.35 TRENT 449.95 451 434.95 439 SADBHAV 187.2 187.4 175.6 179.75 TNPL 174.35 175.15 170.2 171.8 PGHH 10,743.20 10,763.85 10,455.00 10,500.00 -267.95 BEL 97.1 99.9 93.8 98.6 IBVENTURES 292.25 293.85 272.5 276 AUBANK 673.65 676.3 655.2 660.05 SJVN 25.1 25.4 24.6 24.7 SOLARINDS 1160 1171 1145.05 1171 PIDILITIND 1,229.00 1,230.40 1,192.05 1,197.00 -30.85 COLPAL 1205.35 1217.1 1152.75 1170.45 OMAXE 201.95 201.95 199.3 199.5 PGHH 10652.5 10704.8 10468.05 10531.8 3MINDIA 21860.35 21874.75 21740 21820 VMART 2068 2078 2020 2033.95 HDFCLIFE 506 509.45 485 490.7 -12.85 HEG 1139 1139 998.05 1008.9 RPOWER 3.86 3.87 3.56 3.66 JKTYRE 75.85 75.9 74.35 75.3 APLLTD 529.15 529.15 507.5 516.65 AKZOINDIA 1728.1 1735 1720 1722.6 DMART 1,445.00 1,449.90 1,393.00 1,402.00 -37.4 ADANIENT 134.95 135.3 130.25 131.2 INDIANB 227.8 228.3 220.5 221.35 JYOTHYLAB 160 161.85 155.95 155.95 REPCOHOME 355.75 355.75 350.3 353 SHK 128.35 128.35 126.75 127.85 ABB 1,461.35 1,468.65 1,411.05 1,416.00 -38.1 VEDL 163.8 165.7 160.65 161.8 ICICIPRULI 384.85 386.95 377 379.35 OFSS 3366.55 3393.95 3303.15 3351.25 NH 222.7 224.6 212.55 216 CORPBANK 26.1 26.3 25.15 25.35 BANKBARODA 122.25 122.7 116.85 118 -3.35 SPARC 154.35 157.5 149.45 151.1 RAYMOND 695 701.95 675.25 677.55 CARERATING 865 875 851 857.75 MAHLOG 449.6 450 431.05 441 MASFIN 594 594 584 584.05 BOSCHLTD 15,697.00 15,697.00 15,051.00 15,130.00 -440.35 BANKINDIA 82.55 83.25 80 80.15 CGPOWER 22.4 22.9 21.6 22.05 CONCOR 538.25 541.45 532 537.3 DCAL 213.4 215.4 206 207.8 LAURUSLABS 350 351.05 350 350.4 COLPAL 1,207.00 1,218.00 1,151.10 1,168.60 -35.05 NCC 81 83.35 76.5 78.65 HEXAWARE 359.55 364.5 351 354.65 JMFINANCIL 74.7 74.7 67.9 68.5 TIINDIA 428 428 389.95 389.95 SIS 858.75 869.5 828.6 862.25 PAGEIND 20,674.00 20,674.00 20,005.00 20,005.00 -628.15 M&MFIN 385.8 385.8 358.75 363 PVR 1748 1748 1710 1736 FRETAIL 425 437 421.15 424.6 GPPL 80.5 81.35 78 79.65 TCNSBRANDS 781.25 781.25 772.35 775.6 IDEA 11.45 11.55 10.7 10.95 -0.35 POWERGRID 205.95 207.55 202.95 206.6 EDELWEISS 160.15 160.15 151.55 152 DCMSHRIRAM 501.3 516 496.75 500.7 FDC 161.85 161.85 155.45 159.45 SHRIRAMCIT 1505 1533.45 1433.95 1440.6 MRF 55,740.00 55,900.00 53,175.85 53,800.00 -1,738.40 ESCORTS 531.1 534.8 505.5 508.9 BOMDYEING 97.1 97.1 91 93.95 SUDARSCHEM 343.9 343.9 322.55 324.75 VBL 947.2 952.85 914.8 921.95 SOMANYCERA 422.4 425 420 421 MCDOWELL-N 604.2 607.7 577.8 582.8 -19.05 PFC 120.85 123.95 118.45 119.2 GODREJPROP 993.8 993.8 946.1 950.85 SANOFI 5984 6089.5 5916.65 6020.8 SYNGENE 325.3 325.3 313.95 316.9 ELGIEQUIP 263.75 263.75 258.05 261.95 SKFINDIA 1947.6 1947.6 1915 1919.25 AUROPHARMA 574 575.65 550 551 -18.9 TORNTPHARM 1557.4 1565.2 1487 1516 PETRONET 245 246.05 240.65 241.95 WELSPUNIND 57.15 57.7 56.3 57.15 LAOPALA 194.2 196.65 190.1 190.25 JBCHEPHARM 369.05 372.3 365 370.45 L&TFH 117.3 117.4 109.75 110.8 -5.4 AMBUJACEM 221.35 223.95 212 213.8 BERGEPAINT 314 317 308.35 310 WABCOINDIA 6100 6142.15 6080 6089.95 MAHSEAMLES 430.55 430.65 424.55 427 ENDURANCE 982.85 982.85 950.05 953.75 PEL 2,005.00 2,033.00 1,885.00 1,898.15 -92.7 BATAINDIA 1343 1343 1283.05 1294.6 SUNTECK 453 454.35 439.65 439.65 IDFC 36.15 36.25 35.05 35.1 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Islamic Revolutionary Guard by Iranian regime forces." aced a British tanker in the Gulf in the Gulf region, through escalation and defend the eco- "All we want to do is have sonnel, our facilities and inter- Deputy foreign minister Corps said on its Sepah News Tehran downed an before they were driven off by which nearly a third of the nomic benefits Iran was a fair deal. The deal that was ests and calls upon all nations Abbas Araghchi tweeted: "I website. American surveillance drone in a Royal Navy frigate. world's oil is transported. promised for agreeing to dras- made was a bad deal... 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Beijing: A huge explosion loyalty of a Somali-born con- seconds as Trump made no president is a "fascist" and cast the first meeting between the nations in recent years. Ting a senior operative of The attack killed 85 peo- rocked a gas plant in central gresswoman, joining wide- attempt to interrupt them. He the confrontation as a fight over two countries that do not have In a photograph accompa- the Iran-backed Hezbollah ple and wounded hundreds of China on Friday, killing at spread criticism of the cam- paused in his speech and sur- "what this country truly should diplomatic relations. nying the tweet the two foreign militant group with sanctions others. The Treasury least two people and injuring paign crowd's cry after veyed the scene, taking in the be." "We are going to continue "Yesterday I met publicly ministers appear side by side, as part of its pressure cam- Department's action freezes another 18, state media said. Republicans warned about uproar. to be a nightmare to this pres- with the Foreign Minister of smiling. paign against Tehran. all assets that Salman has Another twelve people political blowback from the "I started speaking really ident because his policies are a Bahrain" Sheikh Khalid bin According to an Israeli The government is also within U.S. Jurisdiction. were missing after the blast, angry scene. quickly," he told reporters nightmare to us. We are not Ahmed Al Khalifa, Katz said in Foreign Ministry statement, issuing a USD7 million Treasury says Salman is said state broadcaster CCTV, In a week that has been full Thursday. "I was not happy deterred. We are not fright- a tweet on Thursday. the "meeting was coordinated reward for information lead- also accused of planning which shattered windows and of hostile exchanges over race with it. I disagree with it" and ened," she told a cheering Referring to Benjamin behind the scenes by the US ing to the capture of the oper- other terror attacks abroad doors of buildings in a three- and love of country on both "would certainly try" to stop crowd that greeted her like a Netanyahu, Katz added: "I will State Department as part of a ative, Salman Rauf Salman. from a base in Lebanon. kilometre (1.9-mile) radius. sides, Trump also claimed he any similar chant at a future local hero at the Minneapolis- continue to work with (the conference on religious liberty The action by the On Thursday, Argentina's Official news agency had tried to stop the chant at a rally. St. Paul International Airport as Israeli Prime Minister) to organised in Washington by US Treasury Department falls on government branded Xinhua had earlier said "many re-election event Wednesday The taunt's target — she returned from Washington. advance Israel's relations with Secretary of State Mike the 25th anniversary of an Hezbollah a terrorist organi- people" were injured by the night in North Carolina — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar AP the Gulf countries." Pompeo". AFP attack Salman is said to have zation and froze its assets. explosion, which happened at 5:50 pm local time. Xinhua said the blast occurred in the air separation unit of the Henan Coal Gas Group factory and not in the gas tank areas, citing a source in the Yima city government. All production at the plant has been stopped. "Many windows and doors within a three-kilometre radius were shattered, and some inte- rior doors were also blown out by the blast," CCTV said on its Twitter-like Weibo social media account. 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ctor Rajkummar Rao now embodies ing. The whole film is about the cat it in the same way.” Vikramaditya Motwane, someone the aspirational and mouse game. Nobody knows Rajkummar tries to avoid ques- who I really like and admire, was youth of middle who is telling the truth.” tions about his co-star Kangana directing it. Nothing could have India, complete Rajkummar is known to embody being banned by the Entertainment been better. It was all that I wanted Awith their flaws and daredev- every character that he plays, so much Journalists’ Guild after a spat with a at that very moment.” ilry. And this realism is what so that all traces of the actual person journalist during the film’s promo- Since the actor has stretched his the actor cherishes as it has disappears on screen. Giving an tion. He says, “That’s her point of arc wide with a plethora of roles from given him an unparalleled insight into his role, for which he view, I am nobody to talk on her thriller to comedy to political satire, connect. He says, “People are pushed himself to the limits, the actor behalf. It is already out there. I don’t there is the obvious question as to resonating with characters says, “I thought I was getting a see a need to talk about it. We are here how he manages to cast his net out like Vicky (Stree) as they can chance to do something new and it to promote our film and we want to so wide? He smiles before saying, “I see the glimpse of a real is exciting to play two different per- do well.” don’t really try to maintain a balance, Indian in them. When I did sonalities of the same person in one However, this is not the first film I just listen to my heart and trust my Stree, a lot of people from film. I accepted every challenge this where the duo has shared screen instinct. I read so many scripts and small towns kept repeating my role offered. It shaped my learning space. He feels they have come a long then say yes to the one that touches dialogues, pleej kar de yaar, curve.” way since Queen by walking their me the most. I don’t like connecting pleej (Please do it). They believe Of course, often it is the director own paths and experiencing life dif- too many dots. I don’t really think such stories. Even personally, I who fleshes out the story while the ferently. “Kangana and I have shared that I should do a comedy now like such cinema which is relatable. actors are expected to add more lay- a rapport since Queen. And now after because I have done two serious Such movies don’t sell dreams, they ers to the characters. About this par- almost five years of working in the films. Whatever script comes my way, sell realities,” and in some way shows ticular role, he says, “Prakash industry, we have evolved as actors. if I like it, I just say yes. I then try and you how to tackle them. (Kovelamudi), our director, was very That is the only difference as our rap- make it interesting by bringing some For his role in Judgementall Hai Kya, clear how he wanted the characters port remains the same,” says he. originality and distinctive element to his forthcoming film, which has already been to be. We had a discussion over the As a professional, Rajkummar my character.” mired in a lot of controversies, he says, “It is the two different looks where one should has nothing but praise for her. He One commonality that most most edgy character that I have played till date. I &' 4 appear a little raw with a beard, pierc- says, “I have always admired her as films of Rajkummar share is a stel- have never done such a script in my career.” Rao has % % ings and pumped-up while the other she is one of the finest talents that we lar script. The actor chooses them on two shades to his character, one being the simple and would be more gentlemanly.” have in the industry. Even in Queen impulse, “If it connects to my heart, perfect gentleman, while the other is the wild ver- 5 4 Since it is a “never seen before she was phenomenal and the if it does something to me, it’s a yes. sion who is suspected to be a murderer. However, ! ' avatar” in an unusual film, he says, National Award validated that.” If it offers something new to me, then this is not the first time that he has delved into a char- “In a thriller you can’t really reveal the When an actor takes on a role of course it is better.” He further says, acter with shades of grey. There is Omerta, based 22 ''3 entire plot to the audience in one go. that has an everyday ordinariness and “I only focus on my work without on the life of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a terror- It has to unfold gradually. For the sus- yet is different, it of course leaves an anticipating much about the results. ist or even Hamari Adhuri Kahani where he played ' pense to work, you have to feel it first. impact on him. Talking about how I follow my gut feeling and act a character on the edge of the society. Moreover, since the suspense element his roles shape him and add to his accordingly.” The actor is glad that As is obvious from the trailers, the comedy- in such a film is stretched to the end, journey, the actor says contemplative- he ended up being a part of good thriller revolves around two flawed characters, : the audience does not really get ly (with a pause), “When I play a films and stories. “Now is a great Bobby (Kangana Ranaut) and Keshav % what the actor is upto. So yes, the role character like Newton, it teaches me time to be in the industry, there is (Rajkummar Rao), whose lives pivot between carries its own nitty-gritties and to be responsible and truthful to your such exciting work happening all reality and illusions. Both are accused of mur- &A challenges.” job. When I play the terrorist Umar around, all new makers are coming der but they try to blame each other. The ' &' The genesis of an unusual con- Sheikh, I get to know what these boys and telling wonderful stories of real film unfolds with twists and turns reveal- cept is initiated by a writer who go through, what goes on in their India,” he adds. ing the culprit. Rao says, “It’s a thriller & 4 decides to push the limit and go mind. There is so much darkness Born and brought up in with the right amount of humour and beyond the usual plots. About Kanika inside. Characters in films teach you Gurugram, the actor says that com- entertainment. I found it pretty Dhillon, who has written sleeper hits a lot about life. My films Shahid and ing back to his roots feels special, interesting. It is amazing how like Manmarziyaan with well fleshed- Trapped taught me a lot. In fact, with a grin, “Delhi is always so much everything shapes up towards out characters, the actor says, “The Shahid taught me the most.” fun, it is my city. Though I am here the end of the film. In the trail- way she has shaped all the charac- Recalling his film Trapped, an only for a couple of hours but it er, you can guess who is lying ters, whether it is Amayra Dastur’s urban thriller, which is said to be one always feels great to see these roads but it’s fun to watch it that or Satish Sir’s, I really liked it. The of his most challenging roles, both and buildings.” One can clearly see way. No one can make script was extremely detailed and physically and mentally, the actor how his expressions and words are out what Kangana and included everything. 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The hands the dint of her unflinching things started turning around. excitement, she has not forgot- fabric usage was extremely Aare unwaxed, nails resolve to “do something” to Hungry for more work, Ruma ten the people who powered the important here and Ruma Devi clipped short and painted red. alleviate her conditions. “There approached an organisation, victory. She says, “I sent a pho- was working with machine- Ruma Devi is different from the is hardly any rain in the area so Gramin Vikas Chetna tograph to the artisans and made fabric for the first time.” immaculately turned out there is no water to drink and Sansthan, of which she is now told them that we have won the Ruma says that she also designers that we often see on no roads. Agriculture is not the President. “The secretary first prize. They are very happy makes kurta, salwar, palazzo, the ramp and Instagram pho- enough for sustenance and gave us some stitching and and everyone is calling up,” dupatta, lehenga and Western tographs. But maybe it is this or women just sit at home and do embroidery work, which we which explains the barrage of wear. “Initially I had no under- perhaps that fact that she effort- applique work and embroi- finished on time and this set the calls that she receives within the standing of the larger market lessly won the Textile Fairs dery,” she says, with a slight lilt ball rolling for future con- 15 minutes we sit together. and catered only to the local India Fashion Awards even that is ubiquitous with the res- tracts,” she says as her voice Prasad Bidappa, with one,” she says. while competing with 13 idents of the Western state. takes on an element of child- whom she had been in touch Her exposure has now trained designers, which makes As we sit down to chat in like excitement. There is no earlier, encouraged her to take been placed on an elevator her stand apart. the temporary lounge that has trace of artifice and her voice part in this competition for a which will give her a bird’s eye To put things into per- been designed in hall number rises and falls depending upon stepping out of the house to their game. “People buy one reason. He says, “I respect her view of the fashion market as spective, the jury members 10 of Pragati Maidan, she what she is talking about. work is a strict no-no especial- bedsheet or two but clothes integrity and her commitment the prize also entails a visit to included heavyweights like receives incessant phone calls Having successfully ful- ly in the rural areas. “Often men have a greater demand. So we to the thousands of rural the fashion capital, Paris. So fashion guru Prasad Bidapa, congratulating her for the filled the order, Ruma decided were drunkards and wouldn’t started making garments and women whom she encourages while most people might talk designer Rakesh Thakore achievement. A gentleman, to add more women. “I had care about how the family sur- doing fashion shows. Initially, and empowers. She makes sure about the wines, the cafes or (Abraham and Thakore), chief who is from her district and has started working as I was facing vived. Women worked at home we made kurtis and saris in cot- they earn money in their own even the various monuments advisor Rajasthan Heritage set up a stall at the fair, is quick financial problems but there and in such a scenario even if ton. Then we graduated to right and are not dependent on of interest in the city, Ruma is Week and publisher Seminar to snap a selfie with her. were a lot of other women who they got 100, that was a lot. I silks and now we make them on their menfolk. She has created focussed, “I will get to learn Magazine, Malvika Singh, “Bhabhiji has done so well. I will were worse off and couldn’t walked from one house to the velvet as well,” she says. Ruma an amazing business. If we fol- more as to what is happening supermodel and choreograph- put this on Facebook and even afford a square meal in a other as there were no roads. I is excited about the different lowed her example, we could in the fashion world outside er, Nayanika Chatterjee, design- Instagram,” he proclaims as he day,” she says as she brushes had to practically force my types of material that are avail- transform rural India.” and we will make our products er Payal Jain and head, creative saunters off. back her pallu. By 2010, the 10 way inside and then men often able at the fair and wants to The collection that she has accordingly.” studio, Royal Enfield, Sarat Ruma takes up her story women had swelled to 5,000 told me that I would teach their expand her repertoire further. put together is done entirely in As often happens with Som. from where she had left it and and Ruma started marketing for wives things that went against “We have a network of black and white with hints of working women, it is family While many might feel that tells us that when she got mar- them. “The same year there was our culture. Even when my 22,000 women now, organised maroon. “Most designers want that she falls back on to look this is one among the many ried, her financial condition was a fair in Delhi, which we decid- family didn’t say anything, my into several informal groups in to use a wide variety of colours after her child while she is fly- awards that are handed out not sound. The lack of educa- ed to participate in. At this time neighbours taunted me. But it the area. They are directly so we decided to stick with ing high. “I stay in a joint fam- often by the fashion industry tion meant that not too many I discovered that there were is these people who now stand father-in-law supported me as linked to the market for orders. these two only,” says Ruma, ily and my in-laws look after and nothing exceptional, one avenues were open to her. “I more than a lakh artisans in with us. Earlier, it was difficult he realised that if everyone is Every group has orders worth pointing to 12 garments out of my seven-year-old son. has to delve a little into Ruma’s decided to make use of my tal- Barmer who do applique and to get even one woman to sitting at home, how would one about 1-2 crore,” she says. which eight were put out on the Despite his age, he keeps on journey to understand what ent. So 10 women got together embroidery but no one knew accompany me to Delhi, now eat?” she says. However, it was not the larger ramp and won her the prize. telling me to go and bag makes it so path-breaking. Her and we made bags with embroi- about them,” she says. 10 are willing to when I need The women started out picture that she looked at in the “These took about 1.5-2 another award,” she says with life story is almost a throwback dery and sold them. After a few But the going was not easy. just one,” she says. with making cushion covers beginning. “This journey makes months to make,” she adds. a happy laugh, her voice tak- to the film, Sui Dhaaga. She months, we collected 100 and In Rajasthan, where patriarchy But then as often happens, and bedsheets but soon market me so happy. 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illiam Shakespeare and all its characters — the book still lives. So resented by an actor and a dancer. Each of Rabindranath Tagore why not Shesher Kobita?” says he. these characters are blended into each other might have lived in two The story, which examines man- yet are distinct. So it is their unspoken per- different contexts and eras woman relationships and the institution of sonal musings that the dance in the play but their language of marriage in India, revolves around Amit aims to verbalise. And irrespective of the Wexploring the depth of human psycholo- Ray, a barrister educated at Oxford, whose characters, all the dancers are women.” gy and emotions has been more or less the intellectualism turns so self-destructive But why? It’s because the feelings, same — and ever-relevant. They both have that it, in turn, makes him stand against which do not need words to be uttered, need touched the core of universal emotions and all forms of tradition and social institu- a more gentler way of expression. “And that been recreated through the times. Even if tions. When he meets Labonya in a car could only be done by women,” he says with one would try to quote some of their words accident, their romance later builds up in a smile and adds that the combination acts penned ages ago, it might seem as if they the misty hills of Shillong. Through a series as a metaphor for love and represents it as were written just yesterday. of dialogues and poems, it blends their two “genderless and universal.” However, just as Shakespeare has disparate worlds — Amit’s iconoclasm and Hence, the stage is set in a multi-level been globalised, reinvented and reinter- Labonya’s sincerity and simplicity. But the structure, one where the dances acquire the preted over the ages, director and play- question remains, will these two worlds space and the other where the transition of wright Kaushik Bose feels that Tagore has- finally meet? The play, hence, explores the different phases of each character takes place n’t been redone to the same level. But apart realities of love as romance and marriage N 4 ' &6' — from London to Shillong and from love from Bengalis, “who won’t let him go that in the Indian society. The plot is also sup- &% & ' to marriage. easily,” he belongs to everybody. Which is ported by Ketaki, Shovon and Yogmaya For Bose, the enactment certainly was why Bose has adapted the writer’s classic who play critical roles in this story of love %'2 % ! more of a challenge than his previous direc- Shesher Kobita (1929), the most stirring and class conflict. & '2 tions — one of them being an adaptation rendition of modern love, into a stage play Bose says that the story presents an offering to god,” he says and goes on to add One of the biggest advantages (as well of Devdutt Pattnaik’s The Pregnant King. as Poem of An Ending. unfathomable number of ideas about ' 4 5 4 & that this is the biggest factor that makes as disadvantages) of being the first-time pre- “The play has no major dramatic element “This is not just a stage adaptation of love. “Amit is a flighty kind of a guy who the story relatable even today. senter of a story that has never been staged or conflict in it. The premise of the entire the classic, but also an attempt to present looks at love like a 360-degree high arc. He %! %: Why do love stories remain eternal, he before is that it gives you the freedom to story is very humane and realistic. Hence, Tagore in a new-age format and take him has a sense of ‘I’ in him, which makes him 5 ' ''& 2' asks, irrespective of their language. “Because experiment and at the same time leaves you it leaves no room for exaggeration. And to a wider audience that the Nobel laure- forget the other, which is why it leaves love has a very universal definition and clueless about how to begin. However, turn- adapting a book into a play is certainly chal- ate deserves. Also, this story has never been Labonya feeling cast aside. On the other Q '! meaning. The ways of expressing it might ing the tables around, Bose’s “original” and lenging given its theme. So it had to be sub- done on stage, which was a challenge as hand, she is far more dedicated but keeps ''3 ' be manifold and ever-evolving today as “creative” element in the play was to weave tle yet valiant. I even rewrote Ketaki’s char- well. And of course, never in English. It was her eye open rather than falling head-over- compared to the yesteryears, but the idea of dance movements into the plot in order to acter a bit differently than the one in the made into a radio play a long time ago. But heels with Amit. And the terms of love 4 % 4 love never changes. Emotions remain the take it ahead and explain some things which book to keep it ageless as I felt it won’t relate Shesher Kobita is a timeless story that has have an altogether different meaning for % 5 same throughout. Hence, love stories stay are better left unsaid. The director, who as much with the current generation. I stayed with me over the years and since the her. While Ketaki believes that everything evergreen. And here, all the protagonists believes in writing his own scripts and allow- changed some of her characteristics.” time I first read it. Everything — from the is fair in love and war, Shovon, on the other &! ' ' have also remained relevant because you can ing himself a sense of creative freedom (Presented by Theatreworms story to its multi-layered ideas of love and hand, is far more calmer character for 4 5 O easily come across all these characters even through that, says, “The play is presented Productions, the play will be staged at 7 pm human emotions, and the various styles of whom love is more like a sacrifice and an today.” in a format where every lead character is rep- today at Shri Ram Centre.)
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Even in the film, Talking about the collec- units in slum areas, where there is a moment right after tion she says, “It was not easy women are trained to make when we land on the moon, for models as they were feeling dolls, puppets, earrings, yoga where he is overwhelmed with suffocated. I wanted to portray mats and much more. While it post-partum depression. that the fishes felt the same way does not demand technical Having said that, I think it was when you put them into small skills, it empowers them by truly exciting to follow this guy glass bowls or aquariums,” she providing financial indepen- through the success of Apollo says. dence.” Doshi is trying to 11. Marine collections usually restore heirloom traditions have blue or green as their core from the heart of the villages What is exceptional about the theme but Purvi wanted to go and weaving them into con- set design? Since there might beyond the expected. “We temporary tales. be a pressure to bring a true with. guy. In the film, he is the direc- wanted to create something dif- She is currently working on story to life, what were the dif- tor of the space centre, the most ferent. Our whole collection her eighth vow wedding collec- ficulties you faced during the The phenomenal Human brilliant and dedicated of the has been made from off-white tion, which tries to change the shoot? Moon Landing is archived and lot. He is responsible for pick- kora khadi (hand spun and perspective of brides by nudg- Corey: The film is special is being easily accessible on the ing people who in turn choose hand woven), cotton kota and ing them to choose a muslin in terms of the level of reality internet for a second-hand other people who would work motifs, which showcase aquat- because the fabrics are limited,” duction cycle includes three to khadi lehenga over silk. Her col- and un-glamourousness of its experience. Do you have any out. They have a big pattern and ic animals like octopus, sea- she says. To tackle this, apart six months of preparation for lection sends a distinctive set design. They have got even personal accounts of the time? he’s just there, not in the capac- horse and glofish. We decided from using hand woven fabrics, a single piece, which is a lot. appeal, “We take seven vows the minutest details right. For Ciaran: I guess it would ity of a liaison officer but as to keep it colourless to depict Purvi uses embroidery. “We The number of designers that with our partners on the wed- example, the command module have happened at the time someone with an overview of the peaceful ocean and shells have been using our art and would agree to work in this ding day but we should extend paint had been chipped off when I was 15 or 16 years old. how all the different depart- that lie beneath the water,” craft creatively. We have manner are very few as it is not it to an eighth one, which will and the leverage in the ship had And given the magnitude and ments put things together. says she. Just to give the collec- options to print, weave and at all practical. But for me, the be a promise to our planet and a bend towards certain degrees. importance of the event, the tion a distinctive fairytale colour them, which offers an production time and cost does- to every other living being, that It’s not a science fiction story at information was unavoidable. I The success of Apollo 11 was touch, she says, scuba divers unusual look. There are enough n’t matter. I love the whole we will not harm you,” says she. all rather an account of histo- do have the memory of it being unpredictable. How would and mermaids were printed on things for me to play with process of standing up for a The collection will hit the ry. absolutely extraordinary. It you describe the statement the clothes. The flowing dress- designs,” she adds. cause.” stores by the end of this year. could perhaps have been prepared in case the mission es with wavy cuts gave the col- In an age where technolo- So the question that arises When asked about her sus- Director-actor relationship is because I come from Ireland had failed? lection an aquatic feel. gy has reshaped the work cul- here is where does she draw tainable plans in the long run, crucial to a film. How was and such an incident was Ciaran: ‘It’s exceedingly However, this is not a one ture and all the operations inspiration from? She answers, she apprises us of her modern your experience working with almost beyond our imagina- beautiful and might even trans- off as the designer makes have become mechanised, very “I am confident about what I techniques, “We are thinking of Damien Chazelle for the first tion. It seemed alien and whol- late as Shakespearean — poet- clothes from “cruelty-free few countries have retained am doing. Putting together a plant-based fabric that grows time? ly unreal. Despite it being years ic and epic. In fact, it has sources,” and does not use ani- Since 2014, the designer hand embroideries and Doshi fashion skills and a cause, adds quickly without the use of pes- Corey: Damien knows ago, its excitement, the positiv- acute similarities to Rupert mal products or those which has only used hand spun and prefers preserving this art. purpose to my work.” Doshi ticides and fertilisers. That fab- exactly what he wants, which is ity around and also the Brooke’s sonnet, The Soldier, harm the planet. hand woven kota, khadi and “This in turn also helps in gen- feels she is fortunate to have a ric will not impact the sur- the most important thing for a prospects of future possibilities which revolves around World Her designs are an amalga- kala cotton, which is the purest erating employment. The com- platform from where she can roundings. We are also plan- director. He is well-researched is as clear as day even now. War I,’ this was an announce- mation of traditional and con- breed of cotton grown in fort that these clothes give change the perspective of peo- ning to integrate flexible solar and is always prepared for a ment that would have been temporary techniques. “Air- Kutch. “It is an organic rain-fed compel the user to use it for a ple. “Therefore, I have a greater cells into clothing to provide challenge. So whenever unex- What was your first impres- made had Neil Armstrong, whipped asymmetrical silhou- harvest which does not pollute longer duration and aids in urge to use it for a good cause,” power to electronic devices.” pected things come up, his sion of your character Bob Buzz Aldrin and Michael ettes, crisp pleats, Parsi embroi- the land and clothes made out promoting sustainable fashion adds she. Doshi strongly feels that spontaneity comes handy and Gilruth? Collins not made it back suc- deries and artisanal tassels, of them have a beautiful feel. as well,” she says. The designer also has a looking fabulous in an ensem- he is able to go around them Ciaran: My first impression cessfully. which signify tales of a sustain- The ensembles are dyed with In this cut-throat competi- zero waste strategy in place. ble is not enough. One should easily. He has an incredibly of Bob Gilruth, known as a (The film will premiere able and ethical future, where natural colours. But it is nerve- tion, she doesn’t care about Giving an insight into it, she feel great about wearing it strong structure of preparation silent man, was that he was today at 1 pm and 9 pm on Sony no fishes are in tanks,” she says. racking to bring in variations profit maximisation. “Our pro- says, “The waste generated too. and is an actual joy to work more of a behind-the-scenes PIX and AXN.) ! " /#$" %&'%&() >9 *) "* %
; five-year deal with Maurizio De Ligt’s arrival adds young Sarri’s side worth a reported 12 blood to an ageing defence that atthijs de Ligt is targeting million euros a season, said features 34-year-old Giorgio Mthe Champions League that Cristiano Ronaldo’s appeal Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, with Juventus after the Serie A for him to join Juventus made 32. side pried him from Ajax thanks no difference to his decision, as He played 117 times for to the largest fee ever paid for a he had already made up his Ajax in all competitions and defender. mind to join the five-time scored 13 goals, including the The 19-year-old, one of the Ballon d’Or winner at the winner in Turin as Ajax elimi- most coveted young players in Allianz Stadium. nated Juventus in the world football, was unveiled in De Ligt had also been linked Champions League quarter- Turin on Friday after moving to with Manchester United, finals. the Italian champions for a Barcelona and Paris Saint- De Ligt has also played 17 combined fee of 75 million Germain after his impressive times for the Netherlands, form- # )) P euros ($84.2 million) plus 10.5 performances for a young Ajax ing a formidable central defen- million euros of add-ons. side that won the domestic dou- sive partnership with Liverpool’s 6 "" + / The previous highest paid ble but missed out on the Van Dijk. for a defender was the 84.5 mil- Champions League final on De Ligt is this summer’s lat- lion euros that Liverpool paid away goals thanks to Lucas est big-money transfer following Southampton a year ago for Moura’s 96th-minute winner the 120-million-euro deal that another Dutchman Virgil van for Spurs in Amsterdam. took France striker Antoine " Dijk. “When the season was over Griezmann from Atletico Juve haven’t won the tourna- I was going to see if I can enjoy Madrid to Barcelona and the ment since beating Ajax in a vacation and get some rest and 126 million euros that Atletico # " # # : " Rome in 1996 and De Ligt is then after join a new club,” he splashed out on 19-year-old hoping to end that drought of told reporters. forward Joao Felix from Benfica. # *$ "# )) European glory after missing / 6 , “At that moment, I was pret- Barca also shelled out 75 out himself thanks to a gut- ty sure it was Juventus, but million euros for De Ligt’s for- %%3 wrenching semi-final defeat to +-A4 A' : ' '2 &' %'5 4' win everything,” said De Ligt, obviously it was really nice that mer Ajax teammate Frenkie de Tottenham Hotspur last season. 4 ' 2'' : 5 who turns 20 next month. someone big like Cristiano Jong, while La Liga rivals Real ndian men defended their crown beating England while “There are three competi- “I think this is the most Ronaldo asked me if I wanted to Madrid bagged Belgian play- Ithe women blanked Singapore for their maiden title tions we can play for, maybe ' 2 4 2 &'5 ' %&' important thing ... I think a club join Juventus. maker Eden Hazard from at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here four with the Supercup — 2' %'& 2 '2 =, & ' ' 8VHD!@ like Juventus wants to win so it “It was a big compliment but Chelsea for an initial 100 million on Friday. championship, Coppa Italia and & '9 +G!, & ' ' '2 A'! won’t be different this year.” it was not a difference between euros, with another 34 million England tried to change the script but the Indian men Champions League. We want to De Ligt, who has signed a joining Juventus or not.” euros in potential add-ons. brought in a twist to the tale through birthday boy Harmeet Desai to end the English hopes to lift the Host Association’s Cup. The men beat England 3-2 while Indian women did * the impossible downing Singapore 3-0 to dethrone the . defending champions Singapore who had a stranglehold on the trophy since 1997. After having won the Cup for eight consecutive times, their vice-like grip was snapped 7 )9. ;= 63 ment. when they chose to send a weak team. Sindhu, also a multiple- Men, on the other hand, could extend their reign for '' op Indian shuttler P V time World Championship the second successive time after annexing the title in the TSindhu stormed into the medallist, dominated the pro- previous edition at Surat in 2015. The Indian men had fghanistan captain and star semifinals of the Indonesia ceedings from the start to fin- won their first crown in Kuala Lumpur in 2004. Aleg-spinner Rashid Khan Open after beating ish. She Archana Kamath began it all for India but it took on Friday said he would miss Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara took little some time before she could shake off her rustiness to over- Indian players in the inaugural in straight games in the time to get come Ho Tin-Tin, the promising player of Chinese ori- Euro T20 Slam, adding that he women’s singles event into the gin with a pen-holder grip. hopes some of them would be here on Friday. groove and Archana, when attacked on the forehand, found her there to take part in the meet. Olympic Silver once she returns going awry but her strong backhand rescued her The player auction of the medallist Sindhu, seeded fifth, broke away from tied 6-6, there against the Briton. After she won the extended second Euro T20 Slam which will take hardly had to break a sweat as was no looking back for the game, the Indian never looked back to put India on a win- place in Edinburgh, Scotland, she posted a comfortable 21-14, shuttler from Hyderabad. ning path. Manika Batra decimated Denise Payet and Amsterdam, the Netherlands 21-7 win over the third seeded Sindhu reeled off four con- Madhurika woke up from her passive play to tighten the and Dublin Ireland, was held Japanese shuttler in just 44 secutive points to move ahead noose around Emily Bolton and England for a 3-0sweep. here. minutes. 10-6 and although Okuhara ( +$ 2 Harmeet Desai, celebrating his 26th birthday, not only “Definitely. Always great to The Indian will face second managed to earn a couple of simply tightened the noose and out to be a one-sided affair as presented himself a wonderful gift but also brought India play and be with them. Playing seeded Chen Yu Fei of China in points, the Indian went into the kept widening the gap to take Sindhu ran away with the game from the brink to a face-saving title victory. India, trail- alongside them. Hopefully we the last-four clash of the BWF break at 11-8. the first game 21-14. with hardly any resistance from ing 0-2 in the final, needed Desai to give that spark which will get some Indian players...I World Tour Super 1000 tourna- After the interval, Sindhu The second game turned the higher seeded opponent. was lacking. And he did not disappoint with a fantastic think it’s allowed to have those win over McBeath to pave the way for Sathiyan and players who retired from inter- Sharath to complete the task in their reverse singles. national cricket. I have enjoyed 5 #R If Sharath was awful against Thomas Jarvis, who is playing alongside them in the + No 186 in the world, in the opening tie, Sathiyan was IPL,” Rashid said when asked if desire to play. equally guilty of plotting his own downfall against Samuel he would miss the Indian play- The tournament will get #: # Walker, ranked No 86. And that too after taking a 2-0 ers who are not part of the meet. underway from August 30 and ; &% lead. But credit must be given to the two English play- Rashid plays for Sunrisers will culminate on September 5 5''3 Bandaso. ers, especially Jarvis who not only blocked superbly but Hyderabad in the Indian 22. Six teams will participate in anchester United manager Ole Meghana then com- had the experienced Sharath in a tangle with his accu- Premier League. the inaugural event. MGunnar Solskjaer said Friday the ndia’s Meghana bined with her women’s racy. While the Board of Control Rashid will play for club is working on one or two more sign- IJakkampudi enjoyed a doubles partner Poorvisha Unable to counter him, Sharath threw in the towel for Cricket in India (BCCI) is Rotterdam Rhinos where for- ings as he hopes to hit the ground run- good day in office, progress- S Ram to see off another earlier than one had expected him to. still very particular about not let- mer South Africa opener ning in the new campaign after stutter- ing to the semifinals of the local pair of Viktoriia Sathiyan faced a determined Walker who inched his ting contracted Indian players Herschelle Gibbs has been ing badly towards the end of last season. mixed and the women's Kozyreva and Mariia way slowly but surely to first draw level and up the ante playing in any T20 league, apart appointed as the head coach. Solskjaer enjoyed a stellar start after doubles at the $ 75,000 Sukhova 21-19, 21-11 to in the decider, keeping a sizeable lead. But Sathiyan was from the Indian Premier League As per the league guide- replacing Jose Mourinho in December, Russian Open BWF Tour enter the final four. The top able to break the shackled and twice levelled the score (IPL), GT20 brand ambassador lines, each team will have to winning 10 and drawing two of his first Super 100 tournament, here seeds will meet fourth seeds at 7-7, 8-8 before the Briton romped home winners to Brian Lara recently said that play at least six local players 12 Premier League fixtures. on Friday. Japanese Miki Kashihara give a nice cushion (2-0). there is need to change for the and a maximum of five over- But a stunning slump in form saw Meghana paired up and Miyuki Kato. Desai then defeated David McBeath to provide the good of the gentleman’s game. seas players in the playing XI. the side finish sixth in the standings, 32 with Dhruv Kapila to beat However, it was cur- much-needed oxygen and India snatched victory from Lara had said that while All the six franchises — points behind champions Manchester Russian combination of tains for Rituparna Das the jaws of defeat. every nation is bound to have its Amsterdam Knights, City. Maksim Makalov and and Siril Verma after they own policies, having the talent- Rotterdam Rhinos, Edinburgh Aware that his imbalanced squad Ekaterina Riazantceva 21-3, lost in the singles quarter- " !// ! ed Indian players playing in Rocks, Glasgow Giants, Dublin needed a major overhaul, Solskjaer has 21-12 in the mixed doubles. finals. Manika Batra, who withdrew at the eleventh hour leagues like the GT20 would Chiefs and Belfast Titans — already recruited midfielder Daniel The eighth seeded Former national cham- from singles and doubles, forced the referee to re-draw help the budding players in will be given an opportunity to James and fullback Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Indian pair set up a clash pion Rituparna lost 10-21, the seeding list this afternoon. Manika informed TTFI those countries grow. decide their icon and marquee with the club strongly linked to England with Indonesian seventh 21-16, 16-21 to top seed and the referee of her pullout this morning, citing her “I am not being critical of players beforehand. central defender Harry Maguire and prepare for the new season with the seeds Adnan Maulana and Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland, indisposition. She, however, played her part and helped the BCCI or their cricketers, but The icon players are Portuguese playmaker Bruno Fernandes. Frenchman central to his plans. Mychelle Crhystine while Siril went down 11- India win the women’s crown. the world needs to see some of Martin Guptill, Brendon "We are working on one or two "I am looking to get everyone to get the great cricketers from India McCullum, Eoin Morgan, (signings). My objective here though is their form back to when we first came 21, 27-29 to playing here as well. I don’t know Shahid Afridi, Shane Watson we have got to get ready for the games in. It is not just about Pogba, it is about Ihsan Maulana where that stands. No hiding the and Rashid while the marquee and the training sessions," the Norwegian all of us as a team," he said, adding that Mustofa of # fact that the Indian cricketers are players are Dale Steyn, JP told reporters in Singapore on the eve of Lukaku was not fit to face the Italian side Indonesia. the most attractive players. Duminy, Imran Tahir, Chris a pre-season friendly against Inter Milan. on Saturday. Sixth seed- “It will be great to see the Lynn, Babar Azam and Luke "We are working on putting a squad "Everyone has been spot on in pre- ed Indian players from different countries Ronchi. together which can compete, we have lots season in training and the games. I have mixed doubles + = . coming together and playing in “It’s great to have Gibss as of ways which can play. The Premier been very encouraged. pair of Krishna these leagues. It helps the game he has been a great player and League is a very competitive league. Our "The start of the season is important, Prasad Garaga and one of my own jobs is to get brings in a lot of experience,” aim is to focus on ourselves, we have to I don't think many of these players have and Poorvisha ; &% into schools and see if we can said Rashid who was recently be better and be our only focus. I am sure had a pre-season like this in many years. S Ram lost 11- help them play the game,” he appointed Afghanistan cap- we will get closer to the top." In the first eight or 10 games, you don't 21, 14-21 to anchester City coach Pep explained. tain across all formats. United have already seen midfield- win anything but you can lose the top seeded MGuardiola took a swipe on Just-retired India’s 2011 On the league, he said: It er Ander Herrera depart for Paris Saint- chance to win anything." United com- Russian pair of Friday at Bayern Munich over World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh will give a chance to youngsters Germain and while question marks plete their pre-season programme with Evgenij their pursuit of Leroy Sane and was given the nod by BCCI to who can show their skill to the remain over the futures of Belgian strik- matches against Tottenham Hotspur, Dremin and said there had been no contact participate in overseas T20 world, the domestic players er Romelu Lukaku and the talismanic Kristiansund and AC Milan before Evgenia from them about the winger. leagues after he expressed his especially.” Paul Pogba, Solskjaer is continuing to opening their PL season. Dimova. Former Bayern star Lothar Matthaus was quoted as saying that the German can become the "new face" of the Bundesliga # % #* ) ;0 ( $ AU"$ champions. But Guardiola has made clear his determination to keep However, injuries have mance at the All England Sameer, who had finished gather ranking points to find Sane, who has been offered a affected the plans of top shuttlers Championship. runners-up at World Tour Finals his way back in the top 10 and new contract at City but found ndian shuttlers have been such as Saina and Sameer She recovered to play a few last December and won three seal a place in the Olympics. himself out the Premier League Idealing with a series of injuries Verma, both of whom have tournaments in April but titles in 2018, has also been laid "The focus right now is on champions' side at times last sea- this year, affecting their plans skipped the ongoing Indonesia injuries came back to haunt her low by a shoulder niggle. He Olympic qualification. The son. and preparations for the quali- Open BWF World Tour Super as she struggled with fitness in missed out of Indonesia Open busy schedule and a few "For a long time they are fying cycle of the 2020 Tokyo 1000. the run-up to the Indonesia and is likely to play at Japan. injuries to key players have talking about their interest in Olympics. While Saina remains the Open, a tournament she has Kidambi Srikanth suffered taken a toll. But I am hopeful Leroy Sane," said an unamused The Olympic qualification only Indian to win a title this won thrice in the past. a knee injury just three days in the next three weeks, we will Guardiola, who joined City period is between April 29, season, none of the other shut- The 29-year-old from before the Sudirman Cup and get some good results," from Bayern in 2016. old to stay. summer to take over as player- 2019 and April 26, 2020 with the tlers have been able to claim any Hyderabad had issues with her missed the prestigious tourna- Gopichand said. Speaking in Shanghai on the "He is our player and we coach of Anderlecht. ranking list published on April title so far with B Sai Praneeth shin, ankle, hip and wrist, which ment. He lost in the second "Now players are focussed eve of City's Asia Trophy final hope that he can stay here this City have since been heav- 30 to be used to decide the spots. and Kidambi Srikanth coming robbed her of enough practice round at Jakarta this week. on ranking to qualify for the against Wolves, Guardiola said season and next season and next ily linked with Leicester City's Each Nation can enter a close when they reached the time in an important year. HS Prannoy, who achieved Olympics and I will be travel- there had been no contact from season." England international Harry maximum of two players in the finals at Swiss Open and India "Saina has been struggling a career-best ranking of world ling with the team next year to Bayern over the highly-rated The Spaniard, who backed Maguire, who is also interesting men's and women's singles if Open respectively. with a bit of injuries but she no 8 last year, too was hit by a prepare the training plan for the German international. by money from the Middle East Man United. "There's a chance both are ranked in the world's Saina, who was looking might play Japan. She is a great gut problem which took a lot of Games," he added. Sane came on as a second- has made City a formidable out- (they could buy a defender) but top 16 and the Indian shuttlers good at the start of the season, athlete and a fighter. She is time to diagnose and forced him Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth half substitute in a 4-1 win over fit, did not rule out buying a I don't know it will be possible," will have to come up with some was diagnosed with acute gas- someone who always gives her to skip tournaments. and Sameer are still within top West Ham on Wednesday in replacement for central defend- he said. "We have three incred- good performances to make the troenteritis with mild pancreati- 100 percent," Gopichand told The Indian, currently 16 and are in the race to qual- Nanjing and Guardiola is er and captain Vincent ible centre-backs who can play cut. tis which affected her perfor- PTI. ranked 31st, is now trying to ify for the Olympics. adamant he wants the 23-year- Kompany. The Belgian left in the in that position so... we will see." ! " /#$" %&'%&() >;
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Indian to be inducted into the ICC Fitzpatrick, the eighth woman to The selection panel will meet on Sunday to pick Hall of Fame, the previous bigwigs win the award, was the fastest bowler squads for the West Indies tour amid intense focus on being Sunil Gavaskar, Bishan Singh in women’s cricket for a period of 16 Dhoni’s future and Gambhir said it is time to keep emo- Bedi, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and years, ending her career with 180 tions aside. Rahul Dravid. wickets in 109 matches, a record then. “It’s important to look into the future. And when Joining Tendulkar and Donald in She helped Australia win two ICC Dhoni was the skipper, he invested in the future. I remem- the Hall of Fame was two-time World Women’s Cricket World Cups and fin- ber Dhoni saying in Australia that me, Sachin and Sehwag Cup-winning Australian woman ished with 60 wickets in 13 Tests. can’t play the CB series together as the grounds were big,” cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick. “The biggest shock when you Gambhir was quoted as saying in TV9 Bharatvarsh. “It is an honour to be inducted open an e-mail like that — it says con- “He wished for young players for the World Cup. It’s into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, gratulations Allan Donald, you have necessary to take practical decisions than being emotion- which cherishes the contribution of been inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall al. And it’s time to groom the youngsters. Be it Rishabh cricketers over generations. They of Fame! It hits you, it hits you quite Pant, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan or any other wicket- have all contributed to the growth and hard because it is a prestigious award keeper, whoever is believed to have the potential should popularity of the game and I am and something that you can’t take be made the wicket-keeper,” he said. happy to have done my bit,” Tendulkar lightly. I thank the ICC for the huge Gambhir said unless the younger lot gets enough said at the induction ceremony. honour,” Donald said on his induc- chances, they won’t be able to deliver for India. He thanked his family and coach, tion. “Give him chances for one and half-years and if he who has supported him in his jour- “It all immediately takes you back doesn’t perform, then others should be tried out as well. ney in international cricket for close to where you started. The reflection is Then one would get to know who the to two and half decades. of such a nature that everything that keeper for the next World Cup is,” “On this occasion, I would like to you have done in your career since you the 37-year-old said. thank all of those who were by my were a little boy starts to creep into The cricketer-turned-politi- side over a long international career. your head. There are so many people cian hailed Dhoni as one of the My parents, brother Ajit and wife to thank who have influenced my life best captains but said it is unfair Anjali have been pillars of strength — as mentors, as coaches,” he said. to give all credit to him for India’s while I was lucky to have someone like Fitzpatrick on her part recollect- success and also slam him coach Ramakant Achrekar as an early ed the golden moments of her career when the team fails to per- guide and mentor,” the maestro said. on receiving the honour. form. Tendulkar, the most prolific bats- “Looking back, I can think of “If you see the statistics, man in history, was inducted imme- many highlights, which include win- then he (Dhoni) is the best diately after becoming eligible for ning the World Cup in 1997 and 2005, captain. But that doesn’t mean induction, which requires that a play- but it is a tour of England in 1998 that other captains have done er should have played his last inter- where the Women’s Ashes was con- badly. Sourav Ganguly has national match at least five years ceived that stands out,” she said. done good captaincy; we have before. “Playing five ODIs followed by won outside under him. Under The 46-year-old former right- three Test Matches on a tour lasting six Virat Kohli’s captaincy, we have hand batsman is regarded the great- weeks was a time that I felt I was just won ODI series in South Africa est to have played the game along with a cricketer and didn’t have to combine and Test series in Australia,” Sir Donald Bradman and remains the work alongside playing. I have had Gambhir said. top run-accumulator in both Tests many people over the journey who “It is true that MS Dhoni has and ODIs. have guided me as coaches, team- won us two World Cups (2007 Tendulkar, who retired in mates, administrators and friends and and 2011) but it is not fair to November 2013, tallied 15,921 runs I would like to thank them all.” give all credit to the captain in Tests and 18,426 in ODIs, both of ) $ * ' * 7 ) ICC Chief Executive Manu for success and criticise only which remain records. 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Hundreds meanwhile, announced his retirement from ) (" $( $ :M (#! tract runs out.” when Hathurusingha was appointed told ESPNcricinfo. of honest people, players, support staff, all forms of cricket after the ICC decision. Hathurusingha also acknowl- in December 2017, after a successful “So we want to ground staff totally devoted to ZC out of a job, “I informed the players and tech staff of edged that team management had to three-year spell in charge of avoid all that and use just like that,” Taylor tweeted. my decision at the end of the recent tour and are out of my control but I have decided to “accept responsibility for what hap- Bangladesh. whatever help we can Zimbabwe fast bowler Kyle Jarvis too wanted to formally announce my decision to take a step in a new direction,” added the 29- pened.” They had just been hammered in get. For the knock- expressed his disappointment on social retire from Zimbabwe cricket in all formats year-old, who played 47 ODIs for Zimbabwe. Bangladesh arrive in Sri Lanka on Tests by India at home and away, and outs in Ranji Trophy media. with immediate effect,” he wrote on his Zimbabwe were scheduled to tour India Saturday to become the first foreign played poorly in one-day internation- matches, we will utilise all “A lot of good people have just been put Instagram page. in January 2020 to play three Twenty20 sports team to visit the island since the als. Under Hathurusingha, Sri Lanka the technology available to us as a means out of work @ICC,” he wrote in his Twitter “It is unfortunate and untimely however International (T20I) matches. They last trav- April 21 suicide bombings that killed notched up Test wins against England to apply the limited DRS to help the on- handle before adding: “Gutted”. to leave under the current circumstances that elled to India in February and March 2002. 258 people. and Australia. field umpires make the correct decision.” Multiple umpiring errors had marred the Ranji semifinals with Cheteshwar < = Pujara being let off twice — once in each 2C2/D innings. The India Test specialist went on to score a century which changed the / # % % % Cup winners on boundary ing New Zealand’s heart- course of the match as hosts Karnataka count. breaking loss in the final, has failed to seal a spot in the Ranji final last '' es a team that is behind the required over e broke the Black Caps New Zealander of the also received multiple nomina- season. rate at the end of a match will have two Hheart with his stellar show Year Awards Chief Judge tions. “The way (Williamson) Captains and coaches later called for nternational cricket captains will no competition points deducted for each but now England all-rounder Cameron Bennett said some conducted himself, not only in the introduction of DRS in Ranji Trophy Ilonger run the risk of being suspend- over it is behind,” the ICC said in state- Ben Stokes has been nominat- were still trying to claim Stokes the face of such devastating games during a Conclave in Mumbai last ed for slow over-rates with the ICC ment. ed for the prestigious ‘New as one of New Zealand’s own, disappointment at Lord’s but May. deciding to instead dock points and The big development is, howev- Zealander of the Year’ award given that he was born in throughout the tournament, Committee of Administrators (CoA) fine the entire side for any such er, abolition of suspension of cap- for his Kiwi roots, alongside Christchurch. resonated powerfully with then approved the decision to implement violations, starting with the tains for slow over-rates. Kane Williamson. “He might not have been Kiwis from all walks of life,” this limited version of the DRS in June. upcoming World Test “Captains will no longer be Stokes produced a playing for the Black Caps but, Bennett said. Karim said there will be a “brain- Championship. suspended for repeated or seri- superlative performance at having been born in “He’s been the embodi- storming session” with match officials, The recommendations of ous over rate breaches. All play- the World Cup, amassing 465 Christchurch, where his par- ment of the qualities we cher- including umpires and referees, and the the ICC Cricket Committee ers should be held equally respon- runs and claiming seven wick- ents now live, and with Maori ish as New Zealanders — board’s broadcasting team to find a way were approved by its board in sible for slow over rates, and as ets for England. ancestry, there’s clearly a few courage, fairness, humility.” implement the available technology. order to curb the menace of slow over- such will be fined at the same level as the His 84 off 98 balls helped Kiwis about who think we can A shortlist of 10 candi- “We are just trying to use it as an rates. The world Test championship, captain,” it stated. England tie the epic final at the still claim him,” Bennett was dates to be considered for the experiment just to see how much it can which runs from 2019 to 2021, gets As per the previous rule, two Lord’s last Sunday. He also quoted as saying in stuff.Co.Nz. award will be announced in be useful to domestic cricket. We will use underway with the Ashes, starting August instances of slow over-rate in one year scored eight in the Super Over Player of the tournament, December,with the 2020 win- whatever cameras we can use to come to 1. would lead to a suspension on the side’s which also ended in a tie as Williamson, who showed ner revealed at the Year Gala the right decision,” he said. “In World Test Championship match- captain. $ 1 England were adjudged World immaculate composure dur- Awards in February.