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' 8 (*9303 With the support of the two independents, who on Monday arnataka Assembly Speaker resigned from the Ministry, the KKR Ramesh holds the key BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224- to the State political crisis after member House, where the he declared on Tuesday that the halfway mark is 113. If the res- resignation letters of 8 of 13 ignations of the 14 MLAs are rebel MLAs of the Congress accepted, the coalition’s tally and the JD(S) were not in cor- will be reduced to 102. rect format even as the At the same time, the Congress urged the Speaker to Congress sought the Speaker’s disqualify some of these law- intervention in disqualifying its makers under the provision of rebel legislators and accused the anti-defection law. The the BJP of using money power Speaker will meet five of the to lure its members after anoth- rebel MLAs during the next er MLA quit the party. week, giving breathing space to In a counter offensive after the ruling coalition. The 13 MLAs resigned on Saturday Karnataka Assembly session Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh them handed resignation let- dealing a blow to the 13- will begin on July 12. said, “First, I will hear them and ters. Out of 13, eight are not in month-old Government, a del- The issue reverberated in try to know what is on their the prescribed format under egation of Congress leaders both Houses of Parliament on mind. If there are complaints, the rules. met the Speaker and submitted Tuesday. While the Rajya Sabha only then I will go for public “We have written back to the petition seeking, under the could not transact any business hearing.” them. If they intend to resign, anti-defection law, disqualifi- due to disturbance by the Disclosing that he had they have to give it in the prop- cation of the rebel legislators in Congress members, in the Lok “written to the Governor that er format.” line with the decision taken at Sabha the Opposition party none of the rebel MLAs has The Speaker said he has a meeting of the Congress expressed dissatisfaction with met him”, the Speaker said, “He asked three of the five MLAs — Legislature Party on Tuesday. the Government’s response that (Governor) has expressed con- Anand Singh, Narayan Gowda The move comes a day ! " & resignations by MLAs in fidence that I will uphold con- and Pratap Gowda — to meet after all the Ministers in the '()) !*+ ,-*) P " Karnataka was an “internal stitutional norms. Out of 13 him on July 12 and the rest two Congress-JD(S) coalition * / & P 1 " 2 matter” of the Congress. resignations, eight are not — Ramalinga Reddy and Government resigned, paving As Congress leader Rahul according to law. I’ve given Gopalaiah — on July 15. the way for a Cabinet reshuffle Gandhi himself joined the slo- them time to present them- Meanwhile, another to accommodate disgruntled gan-shouting, the Congress for selves before me.” Congress MLA Roshan Baig legislators. "# $ % the second day on Tuesday The Speaker said no MLA put in his papers. “Roshan The rebel MLAs, camping raised the issue of alleged sought an appointment with Baig’s letter reached today and in Maharashtra, however, destabilisation of the Congress- him since Saturday morning. “I I’ve send it to my Secretary,” the appeared undeterred by the JD(S) coalition in Karnataka by was in office on Saturday (July Speaker said. Congress’ disqualification the BJP by way of “poaching” 6) up to 12.30 pm. No MLA The JD(S)-Congress coali- move and said there was no & & and staged a walkout. sought an appointment or con- tion’s total strength is 116 question of them withdrawing L M Giving an interesting twist veyed that I should wait for (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and resignations. " to the resignation drama, them. On leaving office, 13 of BSP-1) besides the Speaker. Continued on Page 7 , $$ # $% ' ( ) % *'' . + ! ' ' ,- . - ' , ' 0 8:78945 1 * Q ! R ' n a nationwide operation, the during her stint as UP Chief cases in which the searches are L M

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A simi- fresh attack on India for impos- chain which has presence in Srinagar, besides 11 locations in nary enquiries in which the lar operation was carried out ! ing tariffs on American prod- Asia, US, Europe, Australia Lucknow and NCR in connec- probe is underway, the officials last Tuesday against a host of ucts and said it was “no longer and Africa, was on Tuesday tion with the sugar mills dis- further said. accused in banking fraud cases. "#$%$# * acceptable”, days after he held sent by a Chennai court to investment scam case during The search operation also The premises of KA ' . talks with Prime Minister Puzhal Central prison to begin Mayawati’s tenure as Uttar covers an FIR against former Duggal, the then CMD, BICL, 0 ( , Narendra Modi and agreed to life imprisonment for the mur- 2+3 Pradesh Chief Minister. Haryana Chief Minister Kanpur, and company secre- sort out the trade related issues. der of the husband of a woman The CBI has registered Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The tary KV Vajpayee are being * 2 Trump, championing his employee he wanted to marry. admitted to a hospital citing ill about 30 separate cases relating operation is underway at Krrish searched for alleged irregular- ' ' ‘America First’ policy, has been The man, whose rags to health. The SC on Tuesday to corruption, criminal mis- Builders in Jasola in the nation- ities in tendering process while ' a vocal critic of India for levy- riches story has become a folk- refused to entertain his plea for conduct and arms smuggling al Capital, they said. selling the properties of BICL. 3 4 * - ing “tremendously high” duties lore in Tamil Nadu and else- an exemption from jail sen- among others before launching The search operations were The cases in which search L M+ on US products. “India has where, tried all tricks to get tence till his recovery. the pan-India search operation. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, operations are going on also long had a field day putting himself saved from the The restaurant baron was The agency searched the Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar, include cheating of a Mumbai- & Tariffs on American products. ignominy of going to jail. brought to a Chennai court on premises of former IAS officers Pune, Jaipur, Goa, Raipur, based businessman who was & No longer acceptable!” Trump However, the Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon in an ambu- Netram and Vinay Priya Hyderabad, Madurai, Kolkata, sold 980 acres of land worth 5' ( % tweeted on Tuesday. early on Tuesday refused to lance with an oxygen mask fit- Dhune and sons of former Rourkela, Ranchi, Bokaro, 11 crore in Chhindwara dis- ' ' Trump’s terse comment delay his surrender. ted in his face. Though he was MLC Iqbal Singh — Wajid Ali Lucknow, Kanpur and other trict of Madhya Pradesh on the * % % within a fortnight after his The SC had in May reject- carried to the courtroom on a and Mohammed Javed — in locations in Uttar Pradesh, basis of forged documents. ' meeting with Prime Minister ed his plea challenging the life stretcher, the judge was not the graft case relating to the Uttarakhand, Odisha, The CBI has taken over inves- 6% Modi on the sidelines of the term awarded by the Madras impressed by the theatrics and sugar mills disinvestment case, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, tigation into this case following % 74 G20 Summit in Osaka on June High Court and had directed ordered that he be taken to the officials said. Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, a directive from the Madhya . , 28 where the two leaders aired beneficiary developing nation him to surrender before the Puzhal prison. Netram also held the posi- Karnataka and Bihar. Pradesh High Court. ' their concerns over the bilateral under the key GSP trade pro- court in 100 days. Rajagopal got Continued on Page 7 tion of secretary to Mayawati Officials said details of Continued on Page 7 5 + trade disputes and agreed for a gramme from June 5 after meeting of their commerce determining that India has not ministers to sort out the issues. assured the US that it will pro- Later this week, US vide “equitable and reasonable Commerce Secretary Wilbur access” to its markets. Ross and Energy Secretary The Generalized System Rick Perry are scheduled to of Preference (GSP) is the "$%& ' )%$* + 6 7)8 address a major India centric largest and oldest US trade conference in Washington DC. preference programme and is 3 5,87 *,5" - cides has declined steadily. The Though trade is an impor- designed to promote econom- global homicide rate, mea- 93.= ": Pandey, principal secretaries of tant part of the booming bilat- ic development by allowing he overall homicide rate in sured as the victims of homi- Home and Energy depart- eral relationship, a row over duty-free entry for thousands TIndia has decreased by 10 cide per 100,000 people, nion Home Minister Amit ments, Divisional market access and tariffs has of products from designated per cent over a period of six declined from 7.2 in 1992, to UShah will inaugurate the Commissioner of Lucknow escalated in recent months, beneficiary countries. years till 2015 but the trend 6.1 in 2017, the report said. second groundbreaking cere- and officials of departments leading to fears of a protract- The Trump administra- increased “noticeably” in some In 2016, the female homi- mony for the launch of the associated with the event ed dispute. tion wants India to lower the northern states, according to a cide rate in India stood at 2.8 industrial projects worth Rs attended the meeting. Before his meeting with trade barriers and embrace UN report. per cent. Percentage of women 70,000 crore on July 28. Vice Mahana said the state gov- Modi, Trump tweeted, “I look “fair and reciprocal” trade. The Global Study on and girls in India aged 15–49 President Venkaiah Naidu will ernment planned to launch forward to speaking with Prime Last February, India Homicide 2019 published on who experienced physical vio- preside over the concluding industrial and infrastructure Minister Modi about the fact slashed the customs duty on Monday by the UN Office on lence (irrespective of perpe- ceremony on July 29. projects worth almost Rs that India, for years having put imported motorcycles like Drugs and Crime (UNODC) same time, the spatial variation million that have homicide trator) in the past 12 months During the two-day UP 70,000 crore this month. very high Tariffs against the Harley-Davidson to 50 per said that about 4,64,000 people in the homicide rate shifted rates below 1 per 1,00,000 pop- was 18.9 while 33.5 per cent Investors’ Summit in 2018, the These projects are part of United States, just recently cent after Trump called it across the world were killed in noticeably, with some States in ulation — rates that are even women experienced physical Uttar Pradesh government and the 1,047 MoUs signed by var- increased the Tariffs even fur- “unfair” and threatened to homicides in 2017, an increase the north registering an lower than the national average violence at least once in their its various agencies had signed ious companies with the state ther. This is unacceptable and increase the tariff on import of from 395,542 in 1992. increase in the homicide rate, (e.g. Tokyo: 0.3; Jakarta: 0,3; lifetime, it said. memorandums of under- government during the UP the Tariffs must be withdrawn!” Indian bikes to the US. In India, the number of while some large States in the Seoul: 0,67; Mumbai: 0.9). The report noted that standing (MoUs) with public Investors’ Summit held in India has raised tariffs on The Government on June homicide victims fell from south (e.g. Andhra Pradesh) Asia, which contains 60 per dowry-related killings of sector undertakings, private Lucknow in February last year. 28 items, including almond, 21 last year decided to impose 48,167 in 2000 to 46,460 in experienced a decrease,” the cent of the global population, women — which occur when companies and industrial hous- The second groundbreak- pulses, exported from the US in these duties in retaliation to the 2010, 44,373 in 2015 and report said. recorded the lowest rate of brides are killed or are driven es for investment of Rs 4.68 ing ceremony will be organised retaliation to America’s with- US decision of significantly 42,678 in 2016. Males consti- It noted while some small- homicide in the world in 2017 to commit suicide after being lakh crore in UP. after the conclusion of the drawal of preferential access for hiking customs duties on cer- tute less than 20 per cent of the er cities can have very high while the America’s region had subjected to continuous harass- Industrial Development budget session of Parliament on Indian products. tain steel and aluminium prod- total homicide victims in 2016 homicide rates, larger cities the highest homicide rate, ment and abuse by the groom’s and MSME Minister Satish July 26. Trump has also criticised ucts. America, in March last in India, it said. tend to have homicide rates according to the report. family in an effort to extort Mahana on Tuesday presided The projects lined up for India’s high import tariff on the year, imposed 25 per cent tar- “In India, the overall homi- that are more closely in line However, because the glob- dowry payment or increased over a meeting of the steering the second groundbreaking iconic Harley Davidson motor- iff on steel and a 10 per cent cide rate decreased by 10 per with national homicide rates. al population has risen faster dowry involving cash or goods committee set up to supervise ceremony relate to various sec- cycles as “unacceptable”. import duty on aluminium cent over the period There are several large than the increase in recorded — are widely reported in the groundbreaking ceremony. tors, including electronics, President Trump termi- products. 2009–2015, from 3.8 to 3.4 per metropolises, particularly in homicide victims, the overall South Asian countries. Senior officials, including Chief infrastructure, food processing nated India’s designation as a Continued on Page 7 1,00,000 population. At the Asia, with populations above 10 risk of being killed in homi- Continued on Page 7 Secretary Anup Chandra and textiles. !" # 9 )$( : * 93.= ":

elebrating Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s 550th 93.= ": CPrakash Parv at his official residence, Chief Minister arginalised in Uttar Yogi Adityanath said Gurpurab MPradesh politics after his should not be confined only to estrangement with Samajwadi Sikh religion but the entire Party and the drubbing in the Indian society should cele- recent parliamentary elections, brate it. Shivpal Singh Yadav, who “The 550th Prakash Parv of heads the Pragatisheel Guru Nanak Dev Ji should be Samajwadi Party (Lohia) seems celebrated with full grandeur to be desperate to regain lost and divinity. Festivals associat- ground. ed with the guru tradition On Tuesday, Shivpal Yadav should not be confined only to reiterated his desire to forge an the Sikh society but should be alliance with the Samajwadi Yadav — lost the election and celebrated by the entire Indian Party led by nephew Akhilesh the party’s tally in Lok Sabha was society,” Yogi Adityanath said, Yadav for the UP Assembly reduced to five. addressing the gathering here elections to be held in 2022. Post-Lok Sabha polls, the on Tuesday. Shivpal, the younger broth- Bahujan Samaj Party has It is the first time in the his- er of SP patriarch Mulayam snapped its alliance with the SP tory of Uttar Pradesh that Singh Yadav, indicated that his and has announced to contest all Prakash Parv was celebrated at party could form an alliance elections, even UP Assembly 5 Kalidas Marg, the official res- / 2 with the SP for the UP Assembly bypolls, on its own. The BSP has idence of Uttar Pradesh Chief polls, but ruled out returning to rapped the SP for its “anti-Dalit Minister. Yogi said that the society “The state government will gramme will be organised by the Samajwadi Party. policies”. Akhilesh Yadav, on Kirtan Darbar and langar and the government should undertake development work 10,000 people in Gurudwara Talking to reporters here, his part, has shown no inclina- were also organised at the work together to develop an on religious sites of Sikh com- Nanakmatta Sahib. This pro- Shivpal said, “When elections tion to build bridges with uncle Chief Minister’s official resi- action plan about the develop- munity,” he said. gramme will be organised by are around, there will be talks of Shivpal Yadav. dence. ment of sites linked with Guru Guru Nanak Dev Ji resided Sikh society. In this programme, an alliance but we will not go Senior leaders in the SP feel Yogi said that under the Nanak Ji. He said there was at the gurudwara Nanakpuri Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath back to Samajwadi Party. We will that if the two leaders join leadership of Prime Minister need to develop and expand the Tanda situated in Bareilly. This will be invited as the chief talk to those who want to ally hands, the party will gain some Narendra Modi, the Centre infrastructure to facilitate the site attracts a large number of guest. with us.” strength and revive itself to had constituted a committee to pilgrims who visit the sites foreign pilgrims. Hence, the At the same time, in the last Shivpal Yadav had contest- large extent. celebrate the 550th Guru related to Guru Nanak Dev Ji state government will develop week of October, a festival will ed the 2017 UP Assembly elec- Sources in the SP say that Nanak Prakash Utsav. “The in Uttar Pradesh. entrance gate, parking lot, land- be organised in Shahjahanpur to tion on Samajwadi Party ticket Akhilesh Yadav is under pres- committee has ensured the “Guru Nanak Dev Ji is scaping, solar lights, open halls, which over one lakh members and is MLA from Jaswant Nagar sure to set the house in order participation of everyone, known for his coordination toilet blocks, parks, approach of Sikh community will be constituency in Etawah district. first and then plan for future including the state govern- between shastra (arms) and roads and drinking water and invited. The detailed outline of He is still the SP MLA as he has political action. ments, in this programme,” he shaastra (scriptures). Whether signage. Similarly, tourism this programme will be revealed neither resigned from the mem- “If Akhilesh Yadav wants the said. it is devotion, power, happiness facilities will also be developed later on by the Sikh society. bership of the Assembly nor has party to stand on its feet and “The tradition, which and prosperity, Sikh brothers in other historical gurudwaras Sri Guru Nanak Sandesh the SP sought his disqualifica- become capable of facing the began with Guru Nanak Dev Ji have always been ready to con- of the state, the Chief Minister Yatra started from Baba tion from the membership of the electorate in the upcoming by- and continued till Guru tribute,” he said. declared. Namdev Gurudwara, Kanpur Assembly. elections to 12 UP Assembly Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj was Yogi asked the Punjabi Programmes will be organ- and reached the Chief Minister’s Shivpal’s statement comes seats, he must give serious con- not only for Khalsa sect and Academy, Tourism department, ised on the occasion of 550th residence at 11 am. After the after Mulayam Singh Yadav sideration to his father’s advice Sikh brothers but was instru- Information department and all Prakash Parv of Guru Nanak langar and kirtan at the Chief made efforts to bring the to end the discord in the fami- mental in protecting this coun- other related departments to Dev Ji in Bareilly and Minister’s residence, the Shri estranged uncle and nephew ly,” said a SP leader. “If the fam- try and its religions,” Chief prepare an action plan on the Shahjahanpur. In the second Guru Nanak Dev Ji Sandesh together after the SP suffered a ily remains divided, then only a Minister said. same. fortnight of September, a pro- Yatra moved towards Ayodhya. rout in the recently-concluded bleak future awaits us. We are Lok Sabha elections. not in a position to face fourth Three members of the defeat in 2022 UP Assembly Yadav clan — Dimple Yadav, election and continue to exist,” '( Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay the SP leader said.

Lucknow (PNS): Uttar corrupt businessmen so that local businessmen, police and small traders and asked them Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi the government could act administration,” he said . to establish communication Adityanath has asked the against them. Yogi Adityanath also asked with businessmen of different traders community to expose In a meeting with officials the Vyapari Kalyan Board regions of the state. of Commercial Tax members to use technology He advised the Vyapari Department and Vyapari and install CCTV cameras in Kalyan Board to form four Kalyan Board here, the Chief their areas to check crimes. teams to visit the four regions Minister asked the members of Discussing the issues of of the state — east, west, cen- Vyapari Kalyan Board to pro- Vyapari Kalyan Board with tral UP and Bundelkhand — to vide a list of corrupt business- Electricity department, the listen to the problems of local men to the administration so Chief Minister directed the traders and report them to the that stern action could be taken traders’ welfare board to pro- local administration and against them. vide a list of traders whose departments concerned. To check crime against security money had not been The Chief Minister also businessmen in Uttar Pradesh, returned till date, to Principle directed officials to call local the Chief Minister directed Secretary of Electricity depart- traders in the meetings of the Vyapari Kalyan Board ment. administration, police and members to hire watchmen in Yogi informed the mem- Udyog Bandhu to solve their their respective areas. bers of Vyapari Kalyan Board problems then and there. He “This will set up a commu- that the Centre would soon said such meetings should be nication channel between the launch a pension scheme for held once every three months.

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/ 2 ' 6 !$!!&' ;/ +" $( / '! 93.= ": he sleuths of Special Task Force T(STF) on Tuesday nabbed a fraudster for defrauding several aspirants on the pretext of facilitating jobs in different government departments in the state. The accused, identified as Kuldeep Kumar of Madiaon, came on police radar after some victims lodged a case at Vikas Nagar police station against him on May 25. The victims alleged that Kuldeep took Rs 21 lakh from them for getting them recruited as peons in Education department, Land Consolidation & Revenue departments, and as clerks in Health department. The police recovered two mobile phones, an ATM card, huge number of fake documents and appointment letters, a motorcycle and Rs 140 from Kuldeep. The sleuths worked on the case and collected information about Kuldeep and his gang. On Tuesday, the team was tipped off about the movement of 4 5 6 !*7+ 89 2 Kuldeep and his scheduled meeting with his probable ‘prey’ at Tedhipulia in Vikas Nagar, and he was nabbed. " 2 / '! 93.= ": wanted to study in Delhi but the old and new, and India has “Today’s India is not the Kuldeep confessed to his crime her parents insisted on been termed a youthful nation same India of the yore. Today’s and disclosed that he, along with / '! 93.= ": As for state, rain and thundershowers he first day of the acad- Lucknow University. “They felt because 65 per cent of its pop- India is about Skill India, Made Jeetu Singh, Sandeep Srivastava and are likely at most places over eastern UP emic session saw I should pursue graduation in ulation is below 65 years of age,” in India, Start-Up India & Ritu Kaur, was running the racket. ntermittent spells of showers brought and at many places over west UP. There is TLucknow University LU and post-graduation in he pointed out. Stand Up India, and an India The gang took Rs 6-7 lakh from Idown the maximum temperature by warning of heavy to very heavy rain at iso- abuzz with young students. Delhi University. I feel my par- The Deputy CM said the where we have paperless trans- gullible job aspirants. four degrees as the city recorded the max- lated places over east UP. Heavy rain is very Young and fresh from schools, ents have taken the right deci- focus should be on job-orient- actions. The youth today is the The police claimed that the gang imum temperature at 30.7 degree Celsius. likely to occur at isolated places over west the girls seemed excited about sion,” she said. ed courses. “If a student is tool for change and it will had been active since 2016 and had The minimum temperature settled at 26.2 UP. Meanwhile, Lucknow Municipal graduating to the university Earlier, Deputy Chief learning something that will work in the manner it is sharp- amassed nearly Rs 5 crore. Kuldeep, degree Celsius. Lucknow received 7.8 mm Corporation has established a control level. A majority of them Minister Dinesh Sharma, while bring him employment, he will ened,” he added. who is the kingpin of the gang, dis- rainfall. The local forecast is generally room for waterlogging complaints. People attended the session of Deputy speaking at Lucknow not be worried about his future. Sharma also directed the closed that they had duped around cloudy sky with few spells of rain and thun- can dial 2619266 for waterlogging in zone Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma. University, said it was impor- Most of the students I have seen university authorities to pre- 90 job-seekers. The police said they dershowers. The maximum and minimum 1, 2653688 in zone 2, 2329270 in zone 3, The pleasant weather added to tant to have an aim in life, to just keep gathering degrees pare an academic calendar were contacting the govt departments temperatures are expected to be around 30 2727890 in zone 4, 2464759 in zone 5, the excitement of the students. adopt a positive way of think- with no clear aim in mind,” he which gives details of how to verify the appointment letters degree Celsius and 25 degree Celsius 2253322 in zone 6, 2354490 in zone 7 and Mitali Gupta, who passed ing and indulge in healthy remarked. much course should a teacher which they recovered from Kuldeep. respectively. 9807481800 in zone 8. Class XII from Rani Laxmi Bai competition for contributing He also pointed out that finish in a specific time. School, said she found the towards nation building. teachers were also, to a large He said it was also impor- building of Lucknow University Officially, it was the first extent, responsible for the tant to remember that old par- fascinating. She said she found class by the Deputy Chief wrongs in society by not rais- ents should not be forgotten in 9 ' the address of the Deputy Minister on the topic ‘The role ing their voices. this process of achievement. Chief Minister very educative. of youth in nation building’. About moral values, he “I am saddened when peo- Lucknow (PNS): Continuing in the theft,” she alleged. Police reg- “Its nice not be in uniform. Addressing the students as insisted that the process begins ple tell me they are living sep- with their free run, thieves struck istered a case in this connection on We also attended our first lec- well as the faculty members in the young age. “It is our par- arately from their parents. It is a house in PGI police station area Tuesday. Police spokesman said the ture and found it extremely present on the occasion, ents who inculcate these values our parents whom we remem- and made off with Rs 40,000 in woman informed them by giving interesting. I am aiming to be Sharma said it important to fol- in us. These values should be ber in moments of distress cash and jewellery of worth lakhs a complaint on Tuesday. a chartered accountant and low moral values, develop own combined with a positive out- and one should always seek of rupees on Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, the police failed to will focus on my studies in the way of thinking and avoid look to create results. One their blessings. I am called House-owner Anju Singh of crack the cases of theft in which coming days,” said Mitali. making comparisons. He said should also understand that old-fashioned for this way of Himalaya Enclave-III told police houses of judges, advocates and Mohini, who has also taken it was important to under- vulture and ‘Garud’ have differ- thinking but no one cares for that she went to see a doctor while senior government officials were up BCom, said she was excit- stand that results do not come ent ways of looking at the you in the manner your parents her husband to his workplace. burgled earlier. Sources said the ed to be at the university on the in a day and one has to progress world. Vulture eyes the dead do,” he said. “My husband is a medical police had no data bank of the first day and was loving it. “I towards the aim slowly and in and ‘Garud’ looks at the tem- The Deputy CM said the representative and he left the gangs involved in the crime. am looking forward to my a regular manner. ple,” he added. coming three years would see house for work around 10 am. “In fact, the police had put old- studies and will try to do well,” Stressing that a positive Sharma said even US LU rise to greater heights. Thereafter, I left the house to see timers on radar. But a number of she said, adding that she was vision is a must, Sharma said President Donald Trump had The teachers also present- a doctor after locking the house,” them are either serving jail terms also looking forward to visiting negativity only leads to evil acts warned American students that ed a letter to the Deputy Chief she told the police. or into petty businesses. In the the canteen with her friends. like terrorism and corruption. the bright Indian students were Minister for getting a special When she returned home theft at the judge’s flat in Gomti Goria Todaria said she “The youth is a bridge between likely to take away their jobs. status for the university. around 12:45 pm, she found the Nagar Extension, the police had main gate lock broken. She entered recovered a CCTV footage of a the house and found articles lying suspect. But the photo did not strewn across the floor. She sus- match with that of any one listed ', -- 9 pected the role of a sample collec- in the police dossiers, and the tor of Dr Lal Pathology in the inci- police drew a blank,” the sources dent. “I had sought the services of claimed. The police spokesman '' the sample collector Deepak said the cops were working on the Q$ & R Sharma a couple of days back. I cases of theft and would crack < suspect he may have been involved some soon. / '! 93.= ": ! / !! ' he Government Railway TPolice (GRP) have kidnapping, attempt to murder of the culprits as they had been detained two women in con- and the likes. For a long time, detained but yet to be taken on nection with the shooting inci- Virendra was on the hit list of transit remand to e brought to dent at Lucknow Junction in his rival gang that wanted to Lucknow. “We have almost which property dealer reign supreme by eliminating solved the case,” he said. Virendra Thakur aka Gorakh him. To serve their purpose, Virendra was shot at two of Narkatiyaganj was shot at in they used the elder woman to times and he was hit in the full public view on July 2. talk to Virendra and trap him. waist and leg. He did not While the GRP cops The wily Virendra was not an open his mouth about the remained tight-lipped on the easy man to be convinced, so attackers and his purpose to issue, sources said the shoot- a young girl was roped in. visit Charbagh. Later, the cops er is a diploma holder in engi- Both the women used to talk quizzed his wife Priyanka with neering and was promised a to Virendra through whom he was staying in contact in Nagarpalika in WhatsApp. A day before the Neelmatha locality under Betiah district of Bihar. murderous assault, they had Cantonment police station Thakur made a bid for a con- tried to convince Virendra for area. The police got a lead after tract estimated at crores of a meeting in a hotel but talking to her. It surfaced that / '! 93.= ": rupees. “The cops also suc- Virendra did not fall in the when Virendra and his wife ceeded in identifying the trap and asked the woman to were going to a bank, he had wo bike-borne unidenti- women who worked as honey- meet him first at the staircase got a call from some person Tfied miscreants looted Rs traps for Thakur,” they said. of Charbagh Metro station after which he had gone to the 40,000 from a salesman of a They said the women were inside Lucknow Junction Metro station after dropping model liquor shop in Para on nabbed from Kolkata. premises where he was his wife at the bank. Police Monday night and opened “Virendra himself has had a attacked,” the sources said. scanned the call detail records fire at the victim after he criminal past and he is named SP, GRP, SS Yadav said he of Virendra to lay their hands offered resistance. in as many as 25 cases of loot, could not disclose the names on the miscreants. Rakesh Kumar Jaiswal of Buddheshwar crossing in Para was attacked when he reached his house and entered his father’s grocery shop there. “I finished the work at the model shop around 8 am and reached my house carrying a bag having cash out of liquor sale. When I was enter- ing the shop, the miscreants stopped outside the shop. One of them pushed me inside, causing me to fall down. In the meantime, other miscreants also entered the shop. They looted the cash bag and fled. I ran after them and tried to overpower one of them but one of them whipped out a pistol and pulled the trigger. Luckily though, it was a misfire. The miscreants sped off soon afterwards,” Jaiswal said. The police said a case of loot was registered in this connection. “We have yet to find any eyewitness who can confirm the claims made by Jaiswal,” 4 1 2 the police said. !" #

# !!!('! 2, ' * &! $!)& ) $ / '! 93.= ": pleted by 2017 while the other developers were also given a / '! 93.= ": medical professionals,” she one by 2018. The decision was chance to explain the reason added. he Lucknow Development taken following the directives for using poor quality of build- ith the arrival of mon- About the early signs of TAuthority (LDA) adminis- of Real Estate Regulatory ing material and delay in com- Wsoon, hospitals have poisoning, she said that in tration on Tuesday terminated Authority (RERA) issued in pletion of the projects at the geared for snake bite cases. A India alone, 15,00 people of the contract of two private May last after large number of review meeting, but they could majority of the hospitals in the about 20,000 bitten by snakes developers due to their unsat- buyers approached its officials not give any convincing rea- city said patients should first die every year. isfactory performance and for to complain about the poor sons. RERA is said to be scru- rush to nearby healthcare cen- “Those bitten are mostly failing to complete their pro- quality of construction mate- tinising the work of over a tres for treatment. rural people, construction jects within deadline. The deci- rial. The complainants also dozen private developers fol- KGMU spokesperson laborers and farmers working sion was taken in a meeting apprised RERA officials of the lowing several complaints. Sudhir Singh said they usual- in fields or those sleeping out- held on Tuesday. delay in getting possession of LDA Vice-Chairman PN ly received one or two cases doors. The symptoms that may The private developers their houses. Acting promptly, Singh said separate tenders every day but from June to manifest within 15 minutes were engaged in the housing RERA officials sent teams to would be floated within a fort- October, the cases increase to include redness and swelling schemes in Devpura (Para) the sites for physical verifica- night to award the contract to 3-4 per day. “There are two around the bite, severe pain, for construction 600 shelters tion. As the complaints were other developers to finish the / '! 93.= ": types of snake bites — neuro- complain of heavy breathing after the snake bite will go and dizziness, nausea and vomiting, under Samajwadi Lohia Awas found to be genuine, RERA projects so that buyers get the toxic and vasculotoxic. We and in case of the other snakes, spread the word about the laboured breathing, disturbed Yojana and for 408 flats in directed the LDA administra- possession of their houses at anjay Gandhi institute of have a good success rate in neu- the blood pressure starts drop- treatment to fellow villagers,” he & blurred vision, increased Parijat Enclave in Vikrant tion to take action against the the earliest. Only 50 per cent SPost-Graduate Institute of rotoxic cases but as far as vas- ping and blood starts coming added. salivation & sweating, numb- Khand (Gomti Nagar). The private developers in ques- of the Devpur housing scheme Medical Sciences and Wipro culotoxic cases are concerned, out from various parts of the Amita Kanaujia, coordi- ness or tingling around the face Devpura project, launched in tion. has been completed while the GE Healthcare joined hands for there is ten per cent mortality body,” he said. nator of the Wildlife Institute or limbs, paralysis of muscles 2015, was supposed to be com- The representatives of the Parijat Enclave 65 per cent. the second consecutive time to rate,” he said. Medical superintendent of of India at Lucknow University, in the face, lips, tongue & conduct ‘TechAspire’, an edu- He said attendants of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said of nearly 2,600 species of throat, slurred speech, difficul- cational initiative to support patients must follow certain ML Bhargava said their hospi- snakes known, only 450 or so ty in swallowing, muscle weak- skill-building of radiology tech- precautions before they reach tal stands at the number one are venomous. ness, and lips & tongue turning nologists at the Telemedicine hospitals. “One must under- position when it comes to “Of all the venomous blue,” she elaborated. Auditorium on July 7. The stand that the portion which treatment of snake bites species known, only about 270 She said it was important programme was organised as a has been bitten should be kept “In the rainy season, we get species have venom that can be for a person to to not panic live webcast from SGPGI under loose. One should not try to 30-40 cases, including haemo- fatal to humans. Of these, only after being bitten by a snake. “It the guidance of Prof Archna suck out the venom as in most toxic and neurotoxic. For the about 25 species cause the is important to take off patient’s Gupta, nodal office incharge of cases, it has been found that the neurotoxic cases, it is important most number of deaths. Only rings, bracelets, anklets and SGPGI, with active participa- death is caused not because of to put the patients on ventila- four families of snakes are shoes as swollen limbs may tion of close to 150 technolo- the snake bite but because of tor immediately. The patients dangerous to humans,” she lead to constriction of blood gists from all leading medical infection,” he said. are not only kept under obser- explained. flow at these points. Put a colleges like BHU (Varanasi), Director of Civil Hospital vation but their blood sample She said approximately 20- splint on the limb so that the GSVM Medical College DS Negi said they were fully is also taken. We have a very 30 per cent of defensive strikes patient cannot bend it. If the (Kanpur), MLN Medical prepared for the snake bite good success rate in treating were dry bites. “Knowledge patient is unconscious or College (Allahabad), and cases. “We have enough of snake bites,” he said. about dry bites may have a drowsy, check breathing every LLRM Medical College anti-venoms and there are five Asked whether the snake practical benefit in the context 10 minutes and keep him or (Meerut) apart from medical ventilators. Most of the patients bite cases had increased over of human victims. Most panic- her warm,” Kanaujia said. colleges of Bangladesh and we receive are either bitten by the years, he said it was not the stricken victims thrash around “Do not try to waste time Nepal. The proceedings of the cobras or pit vipers,” he point- case but awareness regarding in pain and fear and this helps trying folk remedies. Do not course will be archived and ed out. He said most of the the treatment had increased. the venom spread in the body. allow the victim to drink alco- posted in educational portal of snakes were non-poisonous. “One of the patients whose Dry bites or not, all snakes bites hol or caffeinated drinks,” she SGPGI and can be accessed by “Those bitten by the cobra dialysis we had to carry out must be treated by qualified added. ! ! 2 potential learners in future. 9;:.15/ 4 R' < . ! ' 6 $ $ /) Lucknow: A special investigation team formed to probe QIT '() demand was made by Santosh country liquor. Moreover, in the hooch deaths in Uttar lodged in Naini Jail. The VHP several other raids, excise Pradesh earlier this year found he police will question leader was shot dead by some teams also found manufactur- out that hospitals were not ( Tnotorious criminal Santosh shooters belonging to ers using urea as an ingredient clear on the standard procedure Abdul Kalam Technical Yadav currently lodged in Purvanchal. Santosh Yadav for increasing the potency of of treatment in such cases, University signed an MoU with Bareilly Jail in connection with had been named in this con- liquor. Excise Inspector according to an official state- IIT-Kanpur to help the students an incident in which VHP nection. As per the police Indrajit Garg said the use of ment on Tuesday. of technical university access cer- leader Vijay Agrawal was shot report received here, Santosh rectified spirit and urea in The SIT has recommend- tain online courses of IIT-K. dead for not paying 10 lakh. was also involved in criminal illicit liquor caused multiple ed proper awareness drives in Representatives of IIT-K said The VHP leader was shot activities from Naini Central problems to consumers. The rural and urban areas to apprise through these courses, one could dead in a shop located in Jail and was shifted to the rectified spirit was brought the people about the side effects get a hands-on training. They Jhunsi on June 20. If sources Bareilly jail. through different sources. of illicit liquor. It has submit- NGOs, health and cleanliness Chief Minister Yogi said that with these courses, the are to be believed the conspir- Three police teams had Edible ethyl alcohol was used ted its report to the Home committees for the campaign in Adityanath had expressed fears possibilities of placement would acy was hatched by Santosh conducted raids in Varanasi, in preparation of English Department, which has issued all villages, he said. of a “deep conspiracy” behind get better and the student would Yadav, a notorious criminal Gazipur, Sultanpur but failed liquor while methyl alcohol necessary directives to the After finding that cheap the deaths and wondered if a get better exposure of industry. lodged in Naini Jail. As a to get any clue in his regard. was used in leather and varnish departments concerned, a prices make the spurious liquor rival political party was behind Vineet Kansal from the AKTU result, he was shifted from Several cases have been factories and was poisonous, spokesperson said. popular, the SIT also made cer- “such mischievous acts”. In said in the current times, the Naini Central Jail to Bareilly lodged against Santosh at knew everything about him. Garg added. Many tanker dri- The team found that hos- tain recommendations in this another incident in May, 17 skills of students and their cre- jail. However, police failed to many police stations here. The The truth would be come out vers who transported both pitals were not clear on how to regard, the spokesperson said. people died after consuming ativity could take them forward. get any clue till date. The police suspected that it was after interrogating him. alcohols had no idea about the provide treatment to those In February, a major hooch spurious liquor in Barabanki He said it was a milestone in the police believed that it could Santosh who got attacked for- Meanwhile an illicit liquor difference between them. who consume spurious liquor tragedy claimed over 100 lives district. skill development programmes trace the culprits involved in mer zila panchayat member factory was busted during a They were in the habit of sell- and said there was a need for in two adjoining districts of Last Wednesday, the state of AKTU. the killing after grilling Santosh Ashok Yadav in Jhunsi in raid on a water-bottling plant ing alcohol to illicit liquor directives by the medical and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh government had directed the in this connection. It may be which a carbine was used. in Dokri area of Phulpur manufacturers. Sometimes the health departments, the official and Haridwar in Uttarkhand. district administrations to ! pointed out here that prior to According to Circle recently. The officials recov- ignorant drivers sold methyl said. The SIT called for spread- In an unrelated incident, nine strictly enforce the provisions Shivansh the attack on the VHP leader, Officer (CO) of Daranganj ered at least 1,200 litres of rec- alcohol to hooch manufac- ing awareness about the side people have died Kushinagar of the National Security Act Tiwari, a student his nephew Ratan Agrawal Adesh Tyagi, the VHP leader tified spirit in several drums, turers who mixed it with illic- effects of illicit liquor and sug- district after drinking spurious and the Gangster Act against of City had demanded 10 lakh. The was attacked by Santosh who which was used for preparing it liquor, Garg added. gested taking the help of liquor. bootleggers. Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus I, has been offered US $1,41,600 scholarship 9 3 7 ' by the Drexel University of USA for pursuing higher education % ' there. The scholarship has been offered for the entire study period of four years. Apart from this, / '! 93.= ": the body of a constable, Pankaj Lucknow: Dreaded under- Dwivedi murder case and is Illinois Institute of Technology Kumar (25), was hanging from world don Sanjeev lodged in Lucknow jail. In July has also offered him a scholar- / '! 93.= ": slip to me. He instructed me to Lucknow police in an embar- emanding a change in the the ceiling of his room on the Maheshwari, alias Jeeva, lodged last year, mafia don Munna ship of US $1,20,000. grant admission to a boy say- rassing situation. The cops Dpolice duty system, a con- police station campus. in the state capital jail fears Bajrangi was shot dead inside howing the might of khaki ing the case was recommend- are are accused of acting stable took the extreme step of They brought down the threat to life, his wife Payal Bagpat’s district jail by one of Sto the principal of an Inter ed by a judge. I told him that whimsically every now and committing suicide in Amroha body and sent it for post- Maheshwari alleged on his rivals, Sunil Rathi. college in Bakshi-Ka-Talab, admissions have been close as then, but those close to the district. mortem and also informed Tuesday and demanded According to police, Rathi had inspector Amarnath Verma the academic session has powers that be or to senior He was reportedly fed up senior officers who reached the authorities to provide adequate shot him with a pistol. allegedly forced the latter for already begun. I asked him police official go scot-free with poor duty system in the spot and on search found a sui- security to him. Bajrangi, a sharpshooter of admission of a student. The about the candidate but even after they land in contro- police department. The consta- cide note. “He (Jeeva) should be pro- mafia don-turned-politician inspector used abusive lan- Verma blew his top.” versy. This practice is dis- ble left a suicide note in which Kumar, hailing from vided adequate security as Mukhtar Ansari, was killed a guage and allegedly threatened According to Tomar, some couraging the upright police- he blamed no person for his Mohamedpur hamlet of directed by the high court. My day after he was shifted from the principal with dire conse- of the teachers present in his men,” sources said. suicide but urged the Director Bhadhurpur locality of husband can be killed in cus- Jhansi jail to be produced in a quences. chamber tried to pacify Verma Police spokesman AK General of Police to take nec- Muzaffarnagar, said in the sui- tody and it may be termed an court in a case related to the The principal has lodged a but he left the room in a huff Dwivedi said SP (Rural) essary steps to change the pre- cide note that due to irregular- encounter,” Payal told reporters demand of extortion money complaint but police have yet abusing and threatening him Vikrant Veer had been tasked sent duty allocation system in ities in duty allocation, he was here. She said he should be pro- from a former MLA. Bajrangi to take action against the with dire consequences. with conducting a probe into the police force. mentally disturbed and had duced before court under ade- was also named in the killing accused. In his complaint, “A number of students the allegations. The police registered a decided to end his life. quate security, which he of former BJP MLA principal RK Singh Tomar were present in the gallery out- “The SP (Rural) had a case in this regard and sent the Without blaming anyone presently is not getting. Krishanand Rai from said: “Around 12.25 pm, side my chamber. All of them talk with the principal and body for post-mortem. for the irregularities, Kumar in Maheshwari is convicted in Mohammdabad, the den of inspector Amarnath Verma, were terrorised at Verma’s con- recorded his statement. The Reports said that the cops his suicide note, urged the BJP leader Brahma Dutt Mukhtar Ansari. PTI along with four subordinates, duct,” he stated. police will also call the inspec- in Dhanura police station were DGP to intervene and make reached my office and gave a “Verma’s act put the tor to quiz him,” he said. shocked when they learnt that necessary changes. !&&+

/ '! 93.= ": should be made from Uttar Telangana and similar efforts lessness to some extent. and water has made our lives Pradesh itself. “Prime by rural women and commu- Availability of sufficient miserable, and have led to aterman Rajendra Singh Minister Narendra Modi in nity for sustainable water amount of good quality water emergence of new diseases,” Wstressed the need for his Mann Ki Baat programme conservation in Uttarakhand, is the basic right of any he added. framing new water security has appealed for launching a and other parts of nation. human being, which is not The Waterman said it was law and strict adherence to it. ‘Jal-Jan Jodo Abhiyan’. Linking “ He (the Prime Minister) attended at present,” he said. important to understand the He said it was necessary of people’s mind with water has appealed for water conser- He pointed out that pol- eco-system as well as rivers, to demarcate the boundaries resources and morally attach- vation in local places, villages lution of rivers had reached lakes, forests, agriculture, and areas of rivers, lakes and ing the nation with rivers to cater the needs,” Singh the crest today. mountains, plateaus, hilly water bodies scientifically to and all water bodies for their said. “Earlier, the rivers were environment and so on. have natural eco flow of water sanctity and good quality is “Traditionally, the onus of sacred for us. Change in “Equal distribution of in rivers for perennial or real need of the time.” preserving water bodies was lifestyle and attitude has available water for all is essen- longer period. “Any distur- He said the Prime on the community. This has turned holy rivers into tial with no discrimination bance or encroachment on Minister rightly targeted the shifted from society to private drainage. The small rivers between rural and urban, and !,: + +7++8 +4; water bodies must be restrict- things by admiring various and corporates. Knowingly have either dried up or have rich and poor. The econom- !* + 7 8 1 ed and heavily penalised if national programmes which or unknowingly the rules are become drains. This has ic, social and political bound- 7 8 3 7< 8 7! 8+37 8 misused,” he added. had shown directional success violated mainly due to dom- resulted in pollution of sods, aries should not come in the 2 < 4 < 4 + Talking to ‘The Pioneer’, in this regard as Johad in inance of selfishness and ground waters and atmos- way of such distribution of +4; *+4;4 Singh said the beginning Rajasthan, Kakatiyatal in commercialisation, and care- phere too. The polluted air water,” he added. 1 * !" #

' ! #0,,/# ; 1%&* Q R '$R! $( / '! on the issue of collection of call However, the panel 8:78945 detail records of MPs. 5 % , observed that such irresponsible 8:78945 Gandhi, to October 31, the The report said the panel 7 remarks lead to erosion of val- birth anniversary of Sardar he Rajya Sabha Committee after examining the matter was ' . ues attached to these institutions rime Minister Narendra Vallabhbhai Patel,” Joshi said Ton Privileges looking into of the view that “if unautho- ' ' and strongly condemned the PModi on Tuesday asked BJP after the meeting. The ‘Yatra’ the alleged surveillance of rised collection of CDR of sit- ' * ( remarks of Sadhvi Prachi. MPs to undertake a 150-km- detail could be worked out by mobile phones of senior BJP ting members of Parliament ' In another matter of 2017, long ‘padayatra’ in their respec- the party and the MPs. leader Arun Jaitley and then causes any hindrance or C ' the parliamentary panel found tive constituencies between Sharing details of the pro- Leader of the Opposition in obstruction in their parlia- ' ' the Editor-in-Chief of October 2 and October 31, to posed programme, Minister '4 5 2013 said on Tuesday unau- mentary functions, it would C % ' 3 Sudarshan News TV Channel mark the birth anniversaries of of State for Parliamentary % thorised collection of call tantamount to breach of priv- 4 % % ' “guilty of committing gross Mahatma Gandhi and Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal % records of MPs amounts to ilege beside being a breach of - breach of privilege and con- Vallabhbhai Patel respectively, said the prime minister under- breach of privilege if it hinders privacy under the criminal 4 tempt of the House by his and to reach out to the public lined that these padayatras ,0- L ' their functioning. It directed law.” A notice of breach of priv- * ' ' - offensive conduct” against then in villages. He suggested that should focus on villages and M ' the Delhi Police to pursue ilege was given by some mem- O L Rajya Sabha MP Naresh 150 groups should be formed in reaching out to public. “Modi ' % criminal case filed in the mat- bers of Rajya Sabha on alleged '0 1 M Agrawal. each Lok Sabha constituency to told MPs that 150 groups ter with “all sincerity” so that monitoring and surveillance of - % “The committee was of take up the 150-km walk. should be formed in each con- the guilty persons could be mobile phones of Arun Jaitley 4% the view that his sole intention Addressing a BJP parlia- stituency which will cover 150 punished and inform it about in 2013. ' N 'O ' was to take undue advantage of mentary party meeting, Modi km and the party MPs will be the outcome of the judicial pro- In another report tabled in ' ' the situation and hog the lime- also asked Rajya Sabha mem- part of these groups. The idea ceedings in the case. the house, the committee said * #$ - light by criticising Parliament bers to visit constituencies is to reach out to public and In its previous report, the the matter related to Hindutva and the member and get pub- where the BJP organisation seek their feedback on the panel had termed the unautho- leader Sadhvi Prachi’s “terror- licity in the process,” the panel was weak. Parliamentary Government’s work and their rised access of call data records ists in Parliament” remarks be a controversy by alleging there proceedings against Sadhvi Parliament, even though she did said in its report. Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi expectations from us,” he said. of Jaitley as not breach of par- allowed to rest, as pursuing it were one or two terrorists in Prachi. They gave a notice in not name any member. “The It also recommended to the quoted Modi as saying so in the Meghwal said Modi under- liamentary privilege. Following as ‘breach of privilege’ will not Parliament. She was apparent- this regard to then Rajya Sabha Committee felt that pursuing Information and Broadcasting second Parliamentary party lined that Gandhi and villages the opposition to the report serve any purpose. ly referring to MPs who were chairman Hamid Ansari, say- this matter of unwarranted Ministry to issue necessary meet here after BJP’s victory in will be the focus and MPs from several members of the The Privileges Committee against hanging of 1993 ing her remarks “violated the remarks uttered by Sadhvi guidelines to all TV channels the Lok Sabha polls. should discuss Gandhian House cutting across party lines, said the matter related to her Mumbai blasts convict Yakub dignity” of Parliament. Prachi, as a breach of privilege, for being cautious with regard “Modi told MPs that every- thoughts with the people. Modi the panel on privileges revisit- “terrorists in Parliament” Memon. The Rajya Sabha committee would serve no useful purpose,” to the telecasting and reporting one should carry out a 150-km- also suggested that plantation ed the report. The committee remarks be allowed to rest, as Following her remarks, observed that her remarks were the Rajya Sabha secretariat said the proceedings of the House long padayatra in their con- of trees, cleanliness and other heard the Delhi Police pursuing it as ‘breach of priv- many MPs from the Upper “unfair and had contemptuous in a statement. The panel also and to desist from re-telecast of stituencies during the period issues related to village can also Commissioner and also took ilege’ will not serve any pur- House, cutting across party undertone” apart from being a “recommended that the matter expunged portions of the pro- starting from October 2, the become part of the planned opinion of the Attorney General pose. 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Tshare of Rs 915.59 crore as Rs 55.36 crore from 151 corpo- crore,” the report said. rate donations of Rs 1,621.40 Wed to have been “com- ! circuits, explosive substance, donations from 1,731 corporate rate donors and NCP with Rs After Electoral Trust, the crore, constituting 83.49 per promised”, the Housing and * components used for making “While evading arrest as donors between 2016 and 2018. 7.737 crore from 23 corporate Manufacturing sector was the cent of the total corporate Urban Affairs Ministry has * = IEDs and rockets besides sev- absconder, he was a part of a This is over 16 times more than donors in financial year 2016- second highest donors, con- donations in six years. asked its officials to strictly fol- 3 ' eral incriminating material JMB module which intended to what the Congress received in 17 and 2017-18,” the report said. tributing a total of Rs 120 crore. According to the ADR low the IT Ministry’s online - . from Bengaluru. wage war against the democ- the same period. The ADR said electoral Real estate sector was the third analysis, during the period security advisory which ' . O #G The seizure was made from ratic set up of the State by con- According to the trusts were the biggest donors highest donors contributing a 2016-18 business houses donat- includes avoiding surfing of ' Soladevanahalli area in north spiring to commit terrorist Association for Democratic to the national parties, con- total of Rs 90 crore during the ed a total of Rs 985.18 crore, “inappropriate websites” and ' K % Bengaluru based on leads pro- acts,” the agency said. Reforms (ADR) that analysed tributing a total of Rs 488.42 same period. The BJP received constituting 93 per cent of the use of personal USBs in office . %- % vided by Jamat-ul-Mujahideen He and other JMB members the donations from corporates crore. The BJP got the most, at the highest donations from all total contribution to political computer. Last week, the gov- K + Bangladesh terrorist Habibur raised funds through dacoities in to national parties during the Rs 458.02 crore, followed by the 15 sectors including manufac- parties from known sources. ernment informed Parliament Rehman, arrested for his Bengaluru city in 2018, it said. period 2016-18, Prudent/Satya Congress (Rs 29.40 crore). turing (Rs 107.54 crore), real The ADR analysis said that over two dozen websites of ! involvement in Burdwan (West Following the seizure of hand Electoral Trust, Bhadram Janhit Prudent/Satya Electoral estate (Rs 88.57 crore), mining, donations from corporates to central ministries, departments & /1 ! Bengal) blast case of 2014. The grenades and other material, a Shalika Trust, Cadila Healthcare Trust was the top donor to two construction, exports and national parties increased by and state governments were ,( blast case had unearthed a fresh case has been registered at Limited, Modern Road Makers, of the national parties. “The imports (Rs 57.40 crore). 160 per cent between financial hacked till May this year, as per , larger conspiracy to carry out Soladevanahalli police Janta Nirvachak Electoral Trust, Trust donated a total of 46 The report says that Delhi years 2004-05 to 2011-12 information by Indian ' several attacks in India and station against Rehman and Apex Jewellers AB General times in two years, amounting was among the top in the list of and financial years 2016-17 Computer Emergency 0 #% ' Bangladesh. The hand other JMB cadres. Electoral Trust and Kakinada to Rs 429.42 crore. The BJP donors list which contributed to 2017-18. Response Team (CERT-In). +-'. grenades seized in Bengaluru Two persons were killed in Seaports Limited were among declared receiving Rs 405.52 Rs 481.37 crore to these Between financial years In its written communica- C were fabricated for use in ter- a bomb explosion in a rented the top donors during this peri- crore in 33 donations while the political parties, followed by 2012-13 and 2017-18, donation to all officials and subor- ' ' rorist activities in the state, the house in Burdwan on October od. The report says about 93 Congress was the recipient of Maharashtra (Rs 176.88 crore) tions from corporates to dinated offices, the HUA % agency said in a statement. 2, 2014. Later, it came to light per cent of the total voluntary Rs 23.90 crore of funds in 13 and Karnataka (Rs 43.184 national parties increased by Ministry said some malware % On June 25, the NIA had that those present in the house, contributions above Rs 20,000 donations from Prudent/Satya crore). 414 per cent, with a major drop and vulnerable issues have arrested Rehman from suspected to be JMB members, received by the six national Electoral Trust. Bhadram Janhit The ADR said during in the percentage of corporate come to the notice where secu- ' *+ Bengaluru and he was later sent were preparing bombs, ammu- political parties between 2016 Shalika Trust was the second financial years 2016-17 and donations in financial year rity of information appear to be to police custody by an NIA nition/arms, and organising and 2018 came from corporates highest corporate donor to the 2017-18, the voluntary contri- 2015-16. Donations from cor- “compromised”. 5 ! & ! court. He was charge-sheeted terrorist training camps for a and business houses. BJP and the Congress, donat- butions of BJP and the porates to national parties It has also attached “Do’s ' 1 5 , as absconder in the Burdwan larger conspiracy to carry out “Out of the six national par- ing 10 times, a total amount of Congress above Rs 20,000 from reduced by 25.07 per cent and Don’ts” advisory received "A ' blast case being probed by the terrorist attacks in India and ties, BJP received the maximum Rs 41 crore. Janta Nirvachak corporates was 94 per cent between financial year 2016-17 from the Ministry of federal probe agency. Bangladesh. donations of Rs 915.596 crore Electoral Trust was the third and 81 per cent respectively. and 2017-18. 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Why should we not over 40,000 Rohingyas, who Shaqir, who are registered . , The assaults on health care profes- the original civil suit, moved the top counsel replied in the affirmative. grant time,” the Bench had said. fled to India after violence in refugees under the United ' ' sionals, especially doctors have increased court for early hearing of the case. The development assumed signif- The apex court had on March 8 the Western Rakhine State of Nations High Commission of 1 '' $ considerably over the few years. “We will see,” a Bench comprising icance as a five-judge bench headed by referred the matter to the panel of Myanmar and are settled in Refugees (UNHCR), had Inadequate or non existing security, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices the CJI on May 10 had extended the mediators for exploring possibility of Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, moved the apex court in 2017 ' - weak legal framework, growing trust Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose time till August 15 for the three-mem- an amicable settlement. In its March Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and challenging the move to deport 0 deficit between patients and doctors and said when the submissions for early list- ber mediation panel, headed by former 8 order, the top court had asked the Rajasthan. to Rohingyas on various ( '4. 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1= R 2 3 8:78945 said the house belonged to all Monday too saying resigna- the members and they need to tions in Karnataka were the out- ,5 = n a first, Congress leader maintain its high dignity. come of the resignation of O P IRahul Gandhi on Tuesday BSP MP Danish Ali was Rahul Gandhi, said the (*>* himself joined his slogan-shout- not being able to speak as Karnataka issue was an internal Kolkata: Amid a controversy drawn carriage aiming at assas- ing party members in the Lok Congress MPs continued their matter of the Congress. “The over history text book in state- sinating a British judge but ix children in Bihar’s Gaya Sabha over the issue of alleged protest. When the house came Congress cannot get its House run schools describing a section ended up killing two European Sdistrict are suspected to destabilisation of the Congress- in order, the Speaker allowed in order and is disrupting the of the freedom fighters as women, as their target was in have died of Acute Encephalitis JD(S) coalition Government the Congress leader in the Lower House,” Rajnath said. “extremists”, the West Bengal a different carriage. Chaki com- (AES) in a week, an official said in Karnataka by the BJP by house Adhir Ranjan Soon after this Congress Government on Tuesday mitted suicide before being on Tuesday. Of the 23 children “poaching”. The Congress, Chowdhury to have his say on MPs along with UPA announced formation of a com- arrested while Bose was hanged admitted to Anugrah Narayan which has been protesting since the issue. He said the BJP was Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and mittee to review the contents of when he was only 18 years old. Magadh Medical College and Monday, later staged a walk- targeting the Karnataka Rahul walked out and were fol- such books. Headed by educa- The freedom fighters who Hospital (ANMCH) from July out. In the Rajya Sabha too, the Government and wanted it to lowed by DMK members. tionist Jiban Mukhopadhyay, had sacrificed their lives for the 2 till date, six have died, a proceedings were disrupted by stop poaching of MLAs. BSP MP Danish Ali who the “textbook review committee” country were labelled as “extrem- health officer said here. the Congress on the issue. 2 5 Chowdhury said, “The pol- accused the Government of comprises headmasters and ists” in the text book in state-run ANMCH Superintendent In the Lower House, the 1 4 ! 2!> itics of poaching should be “murdering” democracy asked senior school teachers, Education and aided schools, Saha told VK Prasad told IANS that the opposition party expressed dis- stopped. The politics of target- as to when was the Minister Partha Chatterjee said Speaker Biman Banerjee and deaths were suspected to be satisfaction with the last part of it with his party col- slogans “Down with dictator- ing should be stopped. Today it Government bringing anti- in the Assembly. produced a copy of it in the caused by AES. “However, Government’s response that leagues. It is, perhaps, for the first ship” (Tanashahi Band Karo), is Karnataka and tomorrow it lynching law as mandated by The panel was asked to sub- House. The speaker took the nothing is formed as of now as resignations by MLAs in time that the Congress president “Stop the politics of poaching” will be Madhya Pradesh.” the Supreme Court. mit its report to the education book from the Purbasthali North the reports are still awaited.” Karnataka was an “internal participated in the shouting (Shikaar ki rajneeti Band Karo “You (the ruling party) say The Congress and the department within three MLA and said he will look into Four children suspected to matter” of the Congress. protest in the house. Band karo). you have no role in (destabilis- TMC along with the CPI and months, the minister said. it. The education minister later be suffering from AES were in The Lok Sabha experi- The Congress tried to raise Birla said it was not correct ing government) in Karnataka. CPM did not allow the Immediately before the begin- announced in the House the for- critical condition, Prasad said. enced a repeat ruckus, trig- the issue in Lok Sabha during to bring posters in the house But when an MLA comes out Upper House to run in the pre- ning of the Question Hour, mation of the “Textbook Review More than 160 children died gered by the ‘exodus’ of ruling the Zero Hour, but was disal- and shout slogans to which one of Raj Bhavan, there is a car lunch session forcing two CPI(M) MLA Pradip Kumar Committee”. from AES in Muzaffarpur and coalition’s MLAs to the BJP’s lowed by Speaker Om Birla, of the members said “it is our ready for him, when he is at the adjournments. Saha said a chapter in the class Committee will take opin- surrounding districts of Bihar side with allegations of pur- who said the matter was dis- right”. “No, it is not your right”, airport, there is an aircraft The Upper House wit- 8 history text book described ion of students, parents and last month. Most of the dead chase of MLAs flying thick and cussed in the House on the Speaker cut him short. ready for him...The politics of nessed protests by members of several freedom fighters such as teachers on the contents of the children were under the age of fast in the state. Monday with a response from “The country is watching poaching and targeting must be Congress, TMC, CPI and Khudiram Bose and Prafulla books and ease of understand- seven years. According to the With Rahul also joining the Deputy Leader of House you. This is your House. Don’t stopped,” said Chowdhury. CPIM as soon as it reconvened Chaki as belonging to an extrem- ing of the language used in the Bihar State Health Department, sloganeering chorus in the house, Rajnath Singh. The Speaker make it the house of a civic To this Defence Minister at two pm after lunch break. ist (“santrashbadi”) branch. books, before drawing a con- more than 700 children have several Congress MPs entered also rejected an adjournment body,” Birla said. The Speaker Rajnath Singh, who had com- The House was finally In 1908, Bose and Chaki clusion and submitting its been affected by AES this time the Well of the house. Though motion on the issue. disapproved of slogan-shouting mented in the house on adjourned for the day. had hurled a bomb to a horse- report, the Minister said. PTI in 20 of the 38 districts. not raising the full-length slogan, The Congress members, and repeatedly asked members Rahul was heard repeating the however, continued to raise to go back to their seats. Birla #0, $ ,' - =% P *7R * 3)%%% ' ' +P ' "R N( ' G / OH Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam turned serious 8:78945 tral government has adopted a P ' 0/ ! 0 8 (*9303 meet Governor Vajubhai Vala on Tuesday with over 62,000 policy of zero tolerance towards at the Raj Bhavan on people getting affected across ecurity situation in Jammu cross-border infiltration. Rai JP in Karnataka has decid- Wednesday. eight districts. The Assam State Sand Kashmir has wit- said the government of India in 3*5 E(<#:# symbolise anti-India force. The Bed to stage a dharna here on BJP’s protest comes a day Disaster Management nessed an improvement and tandem with the state govern- <$+(<$+: E((*:$ RSS attached more importance Wednesday, demanding the after Congress leaders,includ- Authority (ASDMA) said 145 the net infiltration from ment has adopted a multi- aking a strong exception to to “Manu Smriti” than the resignation of Chief Minister ing AICC General Secretary villages are under water and across the border has reduced pronged approach to contain Tthe Nagpur University’s <$*>E(*$<#+## country’s Constitution. 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8:78945 basis is the election of the new been no confusion among post and set an ideal which we was not accepted by then party Congress president being done. party workers." have followed," the veteran president Sonia Gandhi. On , $ R eteran Congress leader Who is doing it?" Dwivedi "What kind of committee is leader noted. March 30, 2018, he was VJanardan Dwivedi on posed. it where A K Antony has not In response to a question, replaced as AICC general sec- Tuesday questioned the selec- The credibility of the panel gone even once. To my knowl- he said, "Rahul Gandhi’s resig- retary (Organisation) by Ashok tion process of a new party holding informal discussions edge, he is not attending that nation establishes an ideal that Gehlot. president and said Rahul about selecting a Congress meetings." other leaders in the party Making public a letter he Gandhi should have formulat- chief would have been more if Meetings are being con- should follow." had written in 2014 to then ed a mechanism to suggest the it was set up formally, the vet- vened in the name of coordi- Dwivedi said had the party Congress president Sonia name of his successor as tech- eran Congress leader said. nation committee, which was worked on the principle of Gandhi, Dwivedi said he had nically he is still the party "There should have been formed for the Lok Sabha polls sacrifice, as shown by Sonia then suggested that the active chief. some mechanism which the which are over, the veteran Gandhi who resigned and now posts of general secretaries and Dwivedi, who held the all- present Congress president leader said. Rahul Gandhi, "it could have secretaries should be handed important position of AICC Rahul Gandhi should have for- He said there is a myth that progressed and the present sit- over to the younger generation general secretary (organisa- mulated which could have sug- an election is held for the uation would not have come to as they required extensive trav- tion) for over two decades, said gested a name for the new party Congress president, as that has pass. el and work. convention and norms should chief and put before the work- been done on only four or five "But, those holding a posi- Veterans should be given be followed in electing a new ing committee for it to He cited the example of occasions in the 134-year his- tion in the party is not ready to other important positions, he party president. endorse," Dwivedi said. Sonia Gandhi forming a four- tory of party. quit." said. "Who is selecting the new He said if Gandhi forms a member panel to look after Lauding Rahul Gandhi’s "I maintain that in a party, Asked about a young ,169- vehicle to someone else before Congress president? As far as formal panel, it can hold talks party affairs and take decisions decision to resign from the post organisation, society or coun- leader taking over as party the incident had taken place,” I understand the Congress with party workers and leaders when she had gone abroad for of Congress president, he said, try in which the voice of inde- chief, Dwivedi said, Deshmukh said. party’s constitution, Rahul across the country before sug- her treatment. "Till the time you are ready to pendent thinking is not heard, "The idea of suggesting a Earlier, the police had said Gandhi continues to be the gesting a name for the post of "But, where is such a com- leave something, you will not healthy democracy cannot pre- young leader can be made the animals were being taken party president. Probably, on Congress president. The mittee now? Who constituted get anything back." vail and democratic principles applicable in case of Congress to Haryana. Also, Mohammad that basis, some fresh appoint- Congress Working Committee it?" Dwivedi asked, adding, "This country is for those cannot be safeguarded," he president too, but you cannot ' could be absolved from the ments have also been made," he (CWC), the highest decision- "There would have been cred- who are giving. Mahatma noted. be rigid on this. The issue of charges if it is proved that the said. making body of the party, ibility, if there was a formal set Gandhi, Vinobha Bhave could Dwivedi said he had quit as acceptability has to be seen. *530 truck did not now belong to "If he (Gandhi) continues could then ratify the appoint- up and a committee was have become anything, but Congress general secretary on You can have young leadership him. to be the party chief, on what ment. formed. Then there would have they chose not to accept any September 15, 2014, which on other positions." he Rajasthan Police has The three have been Tsought permission from an charged under the Rajasthan Alwar court to investigate fur- Bovine Animal (Prohibition of ther the cow smuggling case Temporary Migration or ,(- * + against the two sons of Pehlu Export) Act. Pehlu Khan’s Khan, who was lynched two name was dropped in the years ago for allegedly trans- chargesheet as he has died, porting the animals illegally. police said. - $94 -$ $ 9 The Ashok Gehlot-led Pehlu Khan and his sons Congress Government in were thrashed by a mob on the 3*5 producer of the film PR Bhide”, been donated to NFAI three Rajasthan had faced criticism suspicion of cow smuggling on 8:78945 The UAE foreign minister statement said. The Prime NFAI’s Director Prakash years back. The film, digitized a fortnight ago after a charge Aprli 1, 2017. He died at a hos- also outlined his country’s Minister thanked the UAE rare footage of an iconic Magdum said, while by NFAI, was directed by PL sheet was filed against Khan’s pital in Alwar on April 3. rime Minister Narendra vision to enhance bilateral President and Crown Prince of AMarathi film “Vande receiving the footage from Deshpande and he himself sons, Irshad Khan (25) Aarif They were on their way to PModi on Tuesday discussed cooperation for mutual bene- Abu Dhabi for conferring on Mataram” (1948), in which Thakur and Jakatdar. played the lead role, apart Khan (22), and a truck oper- Haryana’s Nuh district from ways to take India-UAE ties to fit of the people of both the him the prestigious Order of legendary writer and play- The iconic Marathi film from writing the script and ator, Khan Mohammad, in Jaipur when the cow vigi- new heights with the Gulf countries and also for peace, Zayed, which he said he was wright PL Deshpande played was directed by renowned composing music for it. the cow smuggling case. lantes stopped two of the vehi- nation’s Foreign Minister, who prosperity and stability in the proud to receive on behalf of the lead role along with his filmmaker Ram Gabale. “We hope to find the Gehlot had then respond- cles on the Jaipur-Delhi invited the Indian leader to visit region. Prime Minister 1.3 billion Indians. wife Sunita Deshpande, is now Considered a landmark remaining footage of the film ed that the police could rein- national highway. his country. Narendra Modi reiterated his Both leaders expressed part of the Pune-based film in Marathi, “Vande and I appeal to all film lovers vestigate aspects of the cow The Rajasthan police had United Arab Emirates strong commitment to work happiness at the current state of National Film Archive of India Mataram” is based as the story to come forward in donating smuggling case, registered registered a case against the Foreign Minister Sheikh with the UAE leadership to take bilateral relations and discussed (NFAI) collection. was based on India’s freedom or submitting the rare film when the BJP Government people who allegedly lynched Abdullah bin Zayed, who held the relationship to higher lev- regional issues. They also Dinesh Thakur, nephew movement. While renowned footages and paper material was in power. Pehlu Khan and thrashed his talks with External Affairs els in all spheres of cooperation, agreed to build on these grow- of Sunita Deshpande and film writer GD Madgulkar had such as posters, song booklets, Alwar Superintendent of companions. Six men were Minister S Jaishankar on including in trade and econo- ing strategic links as well as fur- historian Satish Jakatdar donat- written the script, dialogue photographs etc so that it can Police Anil Paris Deshmukh named in the FIR, which also Monday, called on the Prime my, energy, tourism and peo- ther their trilateral cooperation ed a Video Home system and lyrics for the film, while be preserved for future gener- said on Tuesday the police mentioned around 200 Minister and conveyed that ple-to-people contact, the initiatives, especially in Africa. (VHS) cassette containing renowned composer Sudhir ations,” Magdum said. filed an application in the unidentified people. India-UAE relations have never statement said. On Monday, Jaishankar and about 35 minute footage of the Phadke composed music for The two U-matic cassettes court of additional chief judi- A separate case was also been better. Modi also requested the Sheikh Abdullah held wide- film ‘Vande Mataram’ along the film. The iconic film was of about one-hour duration cial magistrate on Saturday, registered then against Pehlu Modi conveyed to the UAE foreign minister to convey his ranging talks and discussed with two U-Matic tapes con- released a year after indepen- that were donated along with seeking permission to further Khan and others under the Foreign Minister his resolve to best wishes for health, happi- ways to boost cooperation in taining rare footage of PL dence and presented narratives VHS cassette of `Vande investigate the cow smuggling Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act, step up cooperation with the ness and all-round success to key fields such as counterter- Deshpande playing harmoni- woven with patriotism and Mataram’ contain the rare case. which allows the transporta- Gulf country in key sectors the UAE President and the rorism, security and energy. um. humanist affection. Songs like footage of P L Deshpande “Certain aspects will be tion of cattle only after getting such as trade and energy. Crown Prince, it said. Sheikh Abdullah’s visit came at “We are extremely delight- “Ved Mantrahun Vandya…” playing harmonium in 1980s. further investigated. His sons permission from the adminis- Recalling the warmth and During the call on with the a time when the issue of ener- ed to receive this footage of a became very popular and are One cassette has footage of have said that they were going tration. Police had then hospitality extended to him PM, Sheikh Abdullah con- gy security is high on India’s film that was considered to be remembered even today. The Lalji Desai accompanying to sell the animals in Tapukara booked 16 people for illegally during his previous visits to the veyed felicitations of the UAE agenda due to the situation lost. It is such a happy coinci- shooting fore the film took Deshpande on Tabla who was (in Alwar) and the truck oper- transporting 36 animals in six UAE, the prime minister leadership on the resounding arising out of the US sanctions dence to discover this footage place in early 1948 at Shalini part of the crew of Varyavarchi ator claims that he had sold the vehicles. expressed happiness at the victory in the elections. on importing oil from Iran. The at a time when the birth cente- Studio in Kolhapur. Varat, a very popular comedy growth of bilateral relations He also extended an invi- ties between India and the nary of PL Deshpande and The original hand-written play by PL Deshpande where- over the last five years, a state- tation to the PM to visit UAE, UAE have been on an upswing Sudhir Phadke is being cele- script of another classic film as the other contains Tabla by ment from the PMO said. a Ministry of External Affairs for the last few years. brated this year along with the “Gulacha Ganpat”i had also Jhavba.

&/))) any result, Rajagopal ordered his “There is no question of us ! henchmen to finish off withdrawing resignation. We Santhakumar and they executed have resigned voluntarily and an hour after which they sub- dowry-related killings from the the murder. But the police act- QR have not indulged in any anti- mitted the petition to the National Crime Records Bureau ing on a missing person com- party activity,” Congress MLA S Speaker. Noting that the act of indicate that female dowry plaint filed by Jeevajyothi solved T Somasekhar told reporters. MLAs attracted provisions of the deaths account for 40 to 50 per the case and arrested Rajagopal Two other rebel MLAs - anti-defection law, Siddaramaiah cent of all female homicides and eight of his accomplices in Ramesh Jarkiholi and Byrati said along with disqualification recorded annually in India, rep- the crime. Basavaraj -- also echoed similar “we have also requested that they resenting a stable trend over the The trial court found views. Briefing media after meet- should not be allowed to contest period from 1999 to 2016. Rajagopal guilty and sentenced ing the Speaker, State Congress election for six years. I hope the “Despite legislation adopted by him to 10 years imprisonment in president Dinesh Gundu Rao Speaker will act according to the the Indian Government in 1961 2004. Though Rajagopal chal- said according to the CLP deci- provisions of the Act.” that prohibits the payment of lenged the lower court order, the sion, they submitted the petition He alleged the BJP in an dowry, the practice continues Madras High Court not only seeking action against the MLAs anti-democratic way has been throughout the country and upheld the sentence by the lower “who have resigned and have indulging in destabilising the dowry deaths continue to court but increased the quantum joined hands with the BJP to democratically elected account for a substantial share of of punishment to life imprison- bring down the Government”. Governments in Karnataka and all female homicides,” it said. ment. Rajagopal was in for The anti-defection law other States. Siddaramaiah Sorcery accusations is also one another shock when the .4* 75(*04 song ‘Makhna’," Gulati had applies to them, he claimed, claimed ever since the coalition of the driver behind gender- Supreme Court too dismissed his said. The women panel had adding further action will be Government was formed in related killings in the country. appeal and asked him to sur- op singer Honey Singh and also asked the police to submit taken by the Speaker. “I hope that Karnataka, the saffron party Data from India on homicide render to the court by July 7. Pmusic producer Bhushan a status report in the matter by they will be disqualified to save had been “continuously and resulting from sorcery accusa- Tuesday’s drama was a last Kumar have been booked by July 12. Gulati had said the democracy.” The Speaker, who constantly” trying to topple it. tions show that, albeit in small ditch attempt by the baron to Punjab police on the charge of song with the objectionable was expected to examine the res- Five times they have proportions, this phenomenon avoid going to prison and it too using vulgar lyrics against lyrics against women should be ignations submitted by the 13 attempted to destabilise the still exists, the report noted. ended in fiasco. The conviction women in their latest song. banned in the state. MLAs on Tuesday, later said he Government, this is their sixth “Although the data are not and sentencing of Rajagopal has The rapper has been had asked the Congress leaders attempt, they are trying to desta- disaggregated by sex, it is likely not affected the hotel chain in booked following a complaint to place material evidence, if any, bilise this Government, he said, that women account for a large anyway as all the Saravana lodged by the Punjab State (in support of their petition) on as he alleged that the national share of the victims,” it said. The Bhavan restaurants across Women Commission which July 11 and on hearing them he leaders of party including Prime report also found that son pref- Chennai and elsewhere func- sought action against him for would decide on the next course Minister Narendra Modi and erence, which “continues to be tioned in a routine manner serv- allegedly using vulgar of action. Earlier, the CLP meet- Home Minister Amit Shah were deeply embedded in Indian soci- ing its famous delicacies includ- lyrics against women in the ing, the first after the present cri- directly involved. ety, can make parents more like- ing soft idli, vada, dosa and sam- song. The case has been regis- sis hit the Government, saw 20 ly to neglect their female infants bar. Perhaps the employees of the tered at the Mataur police sta- MLAs, including the 11 who had !& ! ))) and children, “and even to com- eatery chain may serve the VIP tion in Punjab’s Mohali district. tendered their resignations, They also include a case of mit infanticide”. Further in South prisoner in Puzhal Jail the same Singh has been booked absent. Congress sources said a missing woman from Jaipur in Asia, at least one in five ever- delicacies from Wednesday. under section 294 (punish- seven MLAs had sought per- Rajasthan, disbursal of 13 hous- married girls experienced part- ment for obscene song and mission to skip the meeting citing loans worth Rs 3 crore by a ner violence, with particularly ))) acts) and section 509 (punish- ing health grounds among other SBI branch manager in Haridwar high rates in Bangladesh (47 per Many US companies like ment for word, gesture or act reasons. Emerging from the among others. cent) and India (34 per cent). Google, Mastercard, Visa and intended to insult the modesty meeting, CLP leader and former Sources said the agency also Amazon have raised concerns of a woman) of the IPC, Mohali Chief Minister Siddaramaiah searched the premises of former '&'))) over the issue of data localisation Senior Superintendent of Police asked the party MLAs who had ED official Bollineni Srinivasa The murder case which cul- and its impact on their opera- Harcharan Singh Bhullar told resigned to come back or face the Gandhi in Hyderabad and minated in the life imprisonment tional cost. In April last year, the PTI. He has also been charged consequences. He alleged that Vijaywada in connection with a of Rajagopal took place in 2001. Reserve Bank of India had issued under section 67 (punishment these rebel MLAs have “collud- disproportionate assets case The restaurateur who had mar- a directive on ‘Storage of for publishing ed with BJP and at the behest of against him. Gandhi was ried twice and was a grandfather Payment System Data’. It had or transmitting obscene the BJP these people are trapped”. presently holding the post of took the astrological advice to get advised all system providers to material in electronic form) of AICC general secretary KC superintendent in Central GST married for the third time ensure that within a period of six the Information Technology Venugopal, Gundu Rao, KPCC anti-evasion wing in Hyderabad. because he had been told by his months, the entire data relating Act, 2000 and relevant section Working president Eshwar During his earlier stint in ED, he astrologer that it would bring to payment systems operated by of the Indecent Representation Khandre, Deputy Chief Minister had probed money laundering him more luck and prosperity. them is stored in a system only of Women (Prohibition) Act, G Parameshwara among others cases against present Andhra The bride he chose was in India, for effective monitoring. 1986, Bhullar said. Earlier, were present at the meeting. Pradesh CM YS Jaganmohan Jeevajyothi, daughter of one of India has also dragged the chairperson of the women However, the party has Reddy. his own employees. The girl’s US to the World Trade panel Manisha Gulati had writ- decided not to seek disqualifi- father, to save her from the Organisation’s dispute settle- ten to the state home secretary, cation of seven-time MLA /))) prowling eyes of Rajagopal mar- ment mechanism over the impo- the Punjab director general of Ramalinga Reddy, as he has “Dowry deaths constitute a ried her off to a youth by name sition of import duties on steel police and the inspector general made it clear he was not quitting unique category of deaths in the Santhakumar. and aluminium. India’s exports of police (crime), demanding the party, Rao said. Indian Penal Code, which has But Rajagopal was adamant to the US in 2017-18 stood at appropriate action against the Congress leaders and MLAs been amended in recent decades of marrying her and threatened USD 47.9 billion, while imports singer. "We have asked the staged a dharna in front of the to deal specifically with dowry- Santhakumar to leave were at USD 26.7 billion. The police to register an FIR against Gandhi statue at Vidhana related violence,” the report said. Jeevajyothi. When his persua- trade balance is in favour of the singer for using vulgar Soudha, the State Secretariat, for It added that available data on sions and threats failed to yield India. lyrics against women in his !" # + 3 + !3&! ' + < ;,7 + < < , 510; , "+ 1 ) 3 $ $ ! $ - $ $ : 3 ( : ' ' %5 9 +5 :; 9 ! . ( ! " 5 2 ! 55 " s public discourse on the fourth ! industrial revolution and Artificial ( AIntelligence (AI) gathers momen- 7 tum, there is a need for a more focussed and a comprehensive look at the 5G- ! enabled systems. Also, there is an urgent 32 9 need to take some hard decisions since 5G 5 ! networks will remain the basic tool for ensuring effective and efficient harnessing 32 # ) " ! of AI. In real terms, it is truly a 21st cen- ' 7 0 + tury technology, which has the potential to change our lives or at least lifestyles. By itself, the fourth industrial revolu- " 32 tion-driven AI is completely dependent on data and its linkages, communication and " 7 processing, particularly the speed of processing. It is often said that just as land was 32 * ! the raw material for the agricultural age, 7 7!" 9 iron was the raw material for the industri- "*2 9 7 al age, data is the raw material for information age. It is, however, quite paradoxical ! " 7 4 , that while Indians are virtually at the top ! of the ladder in IT capabilities, within the " country, we have given this sensitive subject little thought. Much more is desired. 6 The result is that today, there is hardly any 9 7 Indian company on the scene, which continues to be dominated by Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft besides Baidu, Alibaba and Ten Cents from China. " ) ( :<=== AI is essentially developed through second, the computer can spot the European Union. electronic giant Huawei and in data mined from digital platforms. Such market differentials on a very As such, in addition to the the ensuing collateral damage, " voluminous data is analysed for various pat- small scale and execute trans- protection of our data, the the Defence Secretary of the UK, terns and trends and then turned into intel- actions, which would make most important issue is the Gavin Williamson, had to be 32 # ( 8 ligence. Thus, our economic and commer- money as per instructions. establishment of 5G networks. sacked. While the Chinese trade cial data, whose ownership is genuinely Similarly, specialised algorithms The Chinese electronic giant war with the US is quite recent 8 " Indian, is bound to get into foreign hands used in arbitrage trading can Huawei has emerged as a big and has been occupying head- whom we can call the AI superpowers. detect small differences in mar- 5,5-% player in this field. This con- lines only during the last few 9 Today, AI can play a significant role of reg- ket values to determine oppor- 4":8)80%Q35,8 glomerate had been trying to weeks, they have already, ! ulating — from each item of our daily rou- tunities of profitability. The make inroads into India for smoothly and silently made sig- " 6 tine to complexities of cyber warfare. Right emerging scenario is a combi- *0*7"R5.*9 over a decade, but had been nificant inroads into the from operating certain models of washing nation of software defined net- denied permission on grounds European markets. machines already equipped with a fuzzy logic works for AI, operating at 5th ,4*,:4598 of security-related concerns. In For instance, during the system, to switching on the AC and lights generation (5G) speeds, for 5 75* -*08 fact, it is understood that at one last 10 years, their investment before you are back home or pre-heating the applications through IoT. Thus, time, an adverse advisory had in Europe exceeds over $320 bath or oven. These are all realities. Also, AI 5G is the medium, AI gives the )50,3*99>*,,48 also been issued. But later, billions. It is hard to admit but ;' can direct a computer to take evasive action, command and IoT handles its ,""C,48 after a few years, imports of their scale of operations takes in case of an attack, it can direct shutting of applications through enabled cheap computer hardware from them to the level of an econom- $ $ "";- a nuclear power plant in case of a comput- devices. 9*77805 5, Huawei were permitted. When ic superpower with foreign ! ! ( er perceived threat. At this rate, in the near While we are thinking in .**595,58-% this company had applied for a policy and security implica- future, the Internet of Things (IOT) is bound terms of advanced technolog- manufacturing facility in 2013, tions in strategic areas. ! to take charge of our lives at some stage. ical applications, we have to :5,45 ,48 it was denied. As the world is already in On the flip side, it can also very easi- realise that most of our com- ."3 ,0>%:8 However, later, under the the midst of the fourth industri- " ly tamper with driverless cars, traffic puter operations on Google changed circumstances in 2015, al revolution, we should not be ) **"+ ! lights and bring the entire city to a grind- and Microsoft are subjects of 4*)8(5)8 ,45- permission was granted. But left behind. Accordingly, a deci- ing halt. In a situation like this, all opera- local US laws and, hence, vul- -8 -5,5)8 considering the geo-politics of sion on the establishment of 5G " tions in cyber space, whether personalised nerable. Most vulnerable being our relations with China and networks has to be considered, or otherwise, will have to be secure and, the email traffic on the net, -38.,95,,98 related security implications keeping in view our security and hence, encrypted. In future, advance which is also a subject of US ,4"3(4,+3.4 along with vulnerability of our geo-political interests. In the area " encryption techniques will ensure that our laws and can be legally inter- economy, caution needs to be of AI, all existing players are * cyber space remain secure, for which, we cepted. As was brought out in "085-78-5087 exercised. Particularly so as in either US-based or Chinese and will have to have well-trained profession- the Congressional hearings of the long run, they have shown with our immense IT-related , - als in cyber security. This would also mean American technology entre- a propensity to virtually over- inherent strengths, it is high time ! the creation of additional jobs. preneur Mark Zuckerberg, not whelm the recipient. that we develop our own digital One of the most common examples of much could be achieved on the At the same time, we are search engines and do not end AI is that of high frequency trading in stock data leaks from Facebook. In also aware that despite severe up merely as a client state. ! exchanges through computers, independent fact, the only thing Zuckerberg criticism, their contract for the (The writer is a retired Delhi of any human commands. Without any could offer was an apology, development of 5G networks Police Commissioner and former extraneous intervention, in a fraction of a which he also repeated before was awarded to the Chinese Uttarakhand Governor) ! " , ( ( 5 E 7I-J 5 ' : % % , 7*( O . +5 %@ ' 5 +, P ' # . P 0Q ! ' + + + + ! & $#: E+(: :#<+ !(<=:$#: 0 S ! K-> K0 * K7 , K. 2 32 ( " **"+ " 4 as Paschimbanga. But the sugges- $ ( ! tion was turned down by the then ! UPA Government. In 2016, it was Sir — This refers to the editor- - O ' ' reportedly proposed to rename S 5 ial, “Question is when?” (July 9). the State as Bengal in English, 0 " There is a message in the uned- +98 Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in ifying Congress-Janata Dal 7 % ' ' ' Hindi. Finally, the State has now (Secular) coalition alliance: 0 8 . %- insisted on changing the name as ( 6 ! Always allow the single largest +4 Bangla, which was turned down 2 party to form a Government. By ' ' by the Centre recently. ! not doing so, the door is left 5 ' #L The NDA Government is open for dissatisfied elements to E '1 ' + justified in rejecting the propos- " ! ! create trouble in the long run. - ' N 5 O al as the name is “part and par- It’s unfortunate that the ' P +" % cel” of Bangladesh. There have 3 S Congress and the JD(S) are % ' % been many changes of names of fighting a desperate battle on two E ' % +* % ' I#L #62J% Indian cities. But no Government P Q fronts — weaning away the % + 0 '5 I05J '#+G in India has thought of changing ( rebels while protecting the exist- , % % ' ' +6 the name of India as Bharat. It will ing flock, which is ready to flee ( % ' #2 #$L+, be nice to rename India as Bharat. any time. If the resignation of all ' ' ' 1 + % ' '% 05+ KV Seetharamiah S " the 13 lawmakers — who have ' ' 7*+ 1 , 5 ' ' Hassan ( marked their exit — is accepted, 7*#+ $+AA # " the Congress and the JD(S) '( ' + Government, which has a wafer- +5 ' 3* % $:#$$<$A$< ! ! thin majority, could collapse. 1 + ! This because most MLAs, Sir — Both the Congress and the # ! who have resigned, are of the JD(S) must accept that the alliance unanimous opinion on two the BJP of trying to topple the with 78 and 37 seats respective- Government in Karnataka has points: That Karnataka Chief State Government, dismissing ly — decided to join hands to been a failure. The Assembly S Minister HD Kumaraswamy has any talk of crisis. This is a clas- keep the BJP out. Well, the shoe must be dissolved and fresh elec- 7 been ineffective. During his ear- sic case of the pot calling the ket- is in the other foot now. The last Sir — On July 26, 2018, the West tions must be conducted. 2 lier stint as the Chief Minister, he tle black. In May last year, when one year, since the coalition Bengal Assembly had passed a Arun was efficient and managed to the BJP emerged as the single Government assumed power, has resolution unanimously to change Via email ! protect his flock. HDK 2.0 has largest party with 104 Assembly been traumatic. the name of the State as Bangla. 8 been a disaster. seats, the Congress and the KS Jayatheertha In 2011, a suggestion had come @ ++:+(>(<:I="$)E(" The Congress has accused JD(S) — both sworn enemies Bengaluru to change the name of the State !" # !& & - 3 + !3&! ./ 6'$& ! / & & ) ' H ! & / ) & ) ! CD ! ) ( L ! L& ' % '5 &'& ' -$ < $!&! - $ # $! 5 !=. 67 0 7S $ ) # >$)#? ! - ! $ $& & ! - $ $ 0 " R S ' * 5 2 > * 7 ) ' 3 ? 7S AB= A=:: A=:; 9 A=::!:A 4 2 >42? ! $)# > A==C!=B? 7 1 ! ! 7 ! inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first ! ! maiden Budget failed to excite the bourses. FThe Sensex fell 793 points, the biggest crash in a single day witnessed this year on Monday. The general feeling after the Budget was that no stim- ' ! ulus package was provided to kickstart the econ- D $)# > ! omy. No specific announcements were made to ?0 8 > ? lift the sagging economy. The only silver lining ! was that fiscal deficit target was brought down 0 from 3.4 per cent to 3.3 per cent for FY 2019-20. " This indicates that the Government wants to focus 2 " ! ! on macro-economic variables. The recapitalisa- $)# tion plan of 70,000 crore for public sector banks .E A=:F!:; A=:;!:< ! has been taken positively by markets as it was $ 2 higher than what was expected. In addition, the announcement to cut the cor- " >$2"? . 7 porate tax rate from 30 per cent to 25 per cent for ! firms having an annual turnover of up to 400 crore, $)# which, in fact, covers 99.3 per cent of the country’s " 7 ! companies, is welcome. This will provide the > ? ! much-needed respite to organisations that are still ! grappling with Goods and Services Tax (GST) blues. ,48(")80 8 , 4 ! This move will also benefit many foreign compa- 5-,0>5 (," " ! nies, which have set up manufacturing plants for *=87"8-,5. 3 D 9 advanced technologies like semiconductors, lithi- *0=8,-"08 0 " , * >,*? um batteries and solar charging infrastructure in *,,0*.,5)8," India. These firms will also be the recipients of tax C"085( 2 7 >27?0 exemptions and benefits, giving much boost to the " ! 5 )8-,"0-+3, ‘Make in India’ programme. :4598"CC805 ( >) A=:G ) A=: brackets. The new surcharge for incomes investor within the specified lock-in suries and Government bonds less HB!BB " tion, media and insurance sectors to foreign invest- ."003,5" % between 2 crore and 5 crore is at 25 per period. In addition, the Know Your cumbersome and easier for individual ! ! ments. The Government plans to offer an investment ""0 cent and 37 per cent surcharge will be Customer (KYC) requirements for FPIs investors, it was announced that inter- option in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), on the lines 08(39*,"0> levied to those who earn above 5 crore. have also been eased. These steps are taken operability between the Reserve Bank of ! of Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS). An ELSS The Government should look at incen- to ensure a positive, investor-friendly and India’s (RBI) depositories and the cap- 2 D 7 C0*8:"0=- offers investors a tax deduction of up to 1.5 lakh * 7"95.> tivising wealth generation instead of hassle free experience to FPIs as they have ital market regulator, the Securities and $)# 0 7 ! under Section 80C and comes with a lock-in peri- penalising the same. We should aim to always been a vital source of capital. Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) depos- ! 0 od of three years. This move will draw retail investors 70*:*.=-+," develop as a creative and innovative econ- However, the Budget provided no itories will be introduced in consultation 3 * 2 8 >*28? to Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) ETFs, :5 *.= omy and increase the number of entre- incentives to the mutual fund industry. with both these regulators. ! which have seen strong participation from institu- 5 )8-,"0-O preneurs. The overall economy has to be This sector, which channelises domestic At the moment, buying and selling of >47 A=:B? 2 tional and high net worth investors. It will also have ,03-,%5,5- more encouraging. The Government savings into equity and debt markets, has Government securities is cumbersome as ! a more concentrated portfolio than an ELSS fund 5"0,* ,," should try to make more millionaires. been left high and dry. According to the investors do not get g-secs (Government " 5 as the universe of companies available to it is small- .08*,8* In the second term, the present Association of Mutual Funds of India securities) deposited directly in the demat 2 A=:; ! er. Higher concentration can make performance of 8 )50" 8 ,"C Government is trying to make domestic (AMFI), the industry was hoping that the account, like other equity instruments. these ETFs volatile — both on the upside and down- 50")87 markets more attractive to foreign Finance Minister would oblige some of Securities are issued in the Securities > ! ? $)# ! side. Therefore, investors must weigh the merits of investors. India has always been a mar- their demands like the introduction of General Ledger account and from there, $)# 75-.9"-308* 7 underlying investment, instead of investing in it just ,0* -*08 .> ket that offers great promise of consump- debt-oriented tax saving schemes or it is a tedious process to get them trans- 7 for tax returns. tion but at the same time, it is marred by DLSS similar to ELSS; exemption from ferred to demat accounts of investors. $)# > ! The stocks markets were, however, spooked as corruption, poor regulatory frameworks dividend distribution tax or DDT; and The Government also proposed to ? 7 S ! in a bid to give more teeth to the minority share- with constant corporate governance issues exclusive tax benefits for mutual fund deepen the market for long term bonds, holders, the Budget proposed to increase the min- and policy drawbacks. To win back retirement schemes. The introduction of including the deepening of markets for *28 7 ! imum public shareholding in listed firms to 35 per investors’ trust, it is important to create DLSS could witness more participation corporate bond repos, credit default >5#9 , A=:B? cent from 25 per cent. If implemented, this will give an environment of improved disclosure from retail investors, who are risk averse swaps with a specific focus to infrastruc- " 7 $)# larger say to retail investors in influencing the ver- and transparency. Making auditors and and would be interested in investing in less ture sector. It plans to deepen the corpo- dicts of special resolutions, where till now because credit rating agencies more accountable risky instruments and at the same time rate tri-party repo market in corporate of higher shareholding percentage, promoters have for their actions will go a long way in mak- benefit from tax savings. debt securities by working with regulators $)# $)# had their way. Besides, raising public holding to 35 ing equity markets safer. The current The same results would also be evi- like RBI and SEBI to enable stock 0 , ! per cent will lead to a supply of high-quality papers Budget is aimed at boosting India’s attrac- dent if sops are given for retirement exchanges to allow AA rated bonds as col- " in the market and will provide an excellent oppor- tiveness to foreign investors as it propos- schemes. With a total penetration level of laterals. Since details of the proposal are tunity for investors waiting on the sidelines for fur- es a slew of reforms as also aims to increase just 11 per cent (equity 4 per cent, debt 7 still awaited, initial feeling is that the repos 7 ther investment in stocks. This will also lead to a bet- the statutory limit for FPI investment in per cent), as compared to 114 per cent in with AA rated bonds as collaterals would 2 ter price discovery. a company from 24 per cent to sectoral Australia, 91 per cent in the US and 51 improve liquidity. 7 However, this move may lead to MNCs — with foreign investment limit with an option per cent in the UK, India’s mutual fund The maiden budget presented by 7 2 ! low public float to delist, and many companies with given to the concerned corporates to limit industry remains under-penetrated. The Sitharaman has been a mixed bag. 0 7 higher promoter holding — to come out with it to a lower threshold. Government has to give definite sops to Although, it was not very flashy, hopeful- *28 > ? 0 " follow on public offerings to reduce their stakes. This The Government is also permitting the industry to channelise household sav- ly, it will be able to bring the much-need- may potentially squeeze liquidity in secondary mar- FPIs to subscribe to listed debt securities ings into it and give more options to retail ed long-term stability with plans focussed kets. According to Centrum Broking, promoters in issued by real estate investment trusts investors. on the fundamentals. as many as 1,174 listed companies will have to offload (REITs) and infrastructure investment Although the mutual fund industry (The writer is Assistant Professor at their stakes to meet this requirement. This is 25 per trusts (InvITs). The Finance Minister has did not get DLSS, the Government has Amity University) $ '( Fy wwuxqy squsxuuyuxqu ruussuv 9 s r tqt .2 3 wuutv ux truxu v yysqqyus yw wuxu

Congress-JD(S) coalition was on a At the State level, the first coalition stable because of a lack of a common shaky ground although the entire experiment was the Samyukta minimum programme, as suggested Opposition graced the occasion of Vidhayak Dal in 1967. The Jana Sangh by the Second Administrative Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremo- was a partner. The BJP-BSP Commission. Second, defections are ny. Many believed that a beginning of Government collapsed within four encouraged where the role of the sorts was made in forging Opposition months in 1995 due to inherent con- Governor is important. The Sarkaria C088,"8:0" ( unity against the BJP juggernaut but tradictions. The BJP-BSP coalition Commission recommendations ultimately, it remained divided. Government in 1997 and 2002 also did should be implemented and the C' One of the reasons for the failure not last long. In Karnataka, the BJP- office of the Governor must be made ' 58 1 of the Karnataka experiment was JD(S) coalition was formed in 2006 but free from political hold. Third, coali- ' because local leaders — of both the that, too, did not last long. tion has come to symbolise instabil- +, oalition Governments general- Congress and JD(S) — were at logger- The BJP-PDP coalition ity in India because the ruling party ly do not succeed in India. Why heads. Former Chief Minister Government in Jammu & Kashmir has to pander to the needs of the Cis it so? For multiple reasons, Siddaramaiah has been sulking, for his lasted for just three years — from 2015 coalition partners. It depends on the ' perhaps — both at the State and fed- bête noire, Kumaraswamy, got the top Congress and the BJP — too, have not the BJP provided the spine. The UPA to 2018. It was the BJP, which pulled competence of the Chief Minister or eral level. This has historically been post. Second, there were allegations that succeeded in coalition experiments ear- remained in power for a decade for a out of the coalition. There was a clear the Prime Minister to run the coali- proved not once or twice but numer- the BJP resorted to ‘poaching’ the leg- lier. While the Congress played the different reason as it allowed coalition divide between the Valley, where the tion. Political parties need to be clear ous times. The latest in series is the rul- islators. Third, the unnatural charac- game of supporting the coalition and partners to make money from their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was of each other’s expectations and % 1 ing Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) ter of the coalition, where a major party, pulling out at will, the BJP, too, has Ministries. strong and the Jammu region, where working platform. coalition in Karnataka. The HD the Congress, supported a minor experimented with coalition When anti-Indira forces came the BJP won many seats. Ultimately, the A coalition Government at the % Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka party, JD(S), was not conducive. Governments at some point or the together to throw the Indira Gandhi BJP felt there was no point in contin- State or federal level will be stable only ' Government is crumbling and this isn’t In the past one year, many times, other. Government in 1977, they could co- uing the experiment and quit the when national parties lead it. They will ' surprising. The culture of ‘Aya Ram, news emerged from Bengaluru that the Coalition Governments were exist despite a massive majority just for Government in June 2018 after three act as a glue and bind them. What is +, Gaya Ram’ continues despite stringent Karnataka Government was shaky. So, formed at the federal level in 1989, three years. The VP Singh years. The United Democratic Front happening is that political parties anti-defection laws in place. Horse- the collapse was expected sooner or 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2004- Government, which was supported in (UDF) in Kerala is holding primarily come together for power and that is the % trading, too, continues unabashedly. later for obvious reasons. This brings 2009 by several political parties. The an unusual manner by the Left and the because it is a coalition led by two only glue that binds them. There O Legislators are taken to resorts and are us to the larger issue as to why coali- first coalition Government, which Right in 1989, collapsed within months. minority interests — Muslims and should be a common bond among the kept in camps. tions do not succeed. They collapse completed its full-term, was the Atal The two United Front Governments Christians. partners or else it will be shaky. ' + Ever since the formation of the because of their inherent contradic- Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA-I that propped up by the Congress from out- Why then do coalition (The writer is a senior political com- Karanataka Government a year ago, the tions. Both the national parties — the remained in power for six years because side also collapsed within two years. Governments fail? Often, they are not mentator and syndicated columnist) !" # 4# 5 ) 5 &- LL%G '' ") .+>" %6%G#L 3*5 pack included Bajaj Finance, the Head of Research, Geojit up to 2.81 per cent. Broader 8:78945 select financial institutions In addition, public sector years compared to previous Sun Pharma, Hero Financial Services, com- BSE midcap and smallcap reported 4,504 cases with banks have been advised to years. arket benchmark BSE MotoCorp, L&T, RIL and mented. indices ended in the green, anks and select financial amount involving Rs 24,819.36 obtain certified copy of the Replying to another ques- MSensex ended marginal- Bharti Airtel, ending up to RBI Governor rising up to 0.63 per cent. Binstitutions have reported crore. The government has taken passport of the promoters or tion, Thakur said liquidity in the ly higher after a see-saw trade 5.60 per cent higher. Shaktikanta Das’ statement Market breadth was neg- 44,016 cases of fraud in the last comprehensive steps to reduce directors and other authorised financial system turned into on Tuesday, snapping its two- TCS was the biggest loser about current financial system ative as 1,263 scrips declined 11 years beginning 2008-09 the incidence of frauds in banks signatories of companies avail- surplus in early June 2019, after day falling streak on the back in the index, dropping 2.05 surplus, liquidity and its effect while 1,178 stocks advanced. involving amount of Rs 1,85,624 including examination of all ing loan facilities of more than a large injection of durable liq- of gains in index major per cent ahead of its quarter- on facilitation of better trans- Total turnover on BSE was Rs crore, Rajya Sabha was informed NPA accounts exceeding Rs 50 Rs 50 crore and, decide on pub- uidity by RBI in the previous Reliance Industries, Larsen & ly results scheduled to be mission of rate cuts failed to 2,369.85 crore. on Tuesday. crore by banks for any possible lishing photographs of wilful months. Toubro and Bajaj Finance. announced later in the day. cheer markets, said Narendra Elsewhere in Asia, The year 2016-17 witnessed fraud, he said in reply to a ques- defaulters. “The liquidity After swinging 378 points Yes Bank, ITC, HCL Tech, Solanki, Head Fundamental Shanghai Composite Index, reporting of 3,927 cases of fraud tion raised by BJP leader R K The heads of these banks surplus/deficit in the banking during the day, the 30-share Maruti, Asian Paints, HDFC Research (Investment Hang Seng and Kospi ended involving amount of Rs Sinha. have also been empowered to system is reflected in the net index settled 10.25 points or duo and Kotak Bank too fell Services) — AVP Equity lower, while Nikkei settled in 25,883.99 crore, which was the Besides, the government issue request for Look Out amount absorbed/injected by 0.03 per cent higher at up to 1.88 per cent, capping Research, Anand Rathi Shares the green. highest in the last 11 years, has enacted Fugitive Economic Circulars (LOCs), he said. RBI under the Liquidity 38,730.82. The index hit an the index gains. & Stock Brokers. Equities in Europe were Minister of State for Finance Offenders Act, 2018 to deter The impact of the above Adjustment Facility (LAF) and intra-day low of 38,435.87 “Lack of real growth in Among sectoral indices, also trading lower in their Anurag Singh Thakur said in a offenders from evading the steps is reflected in Reserve includes Marginal Standing and a high of 38,814.23. the economy while equity is at the BSE consumer durables respective early sessions. written reply to the Rajya Sabha. process of Indian law by remain- Bank’s Financial Stability Report Facility (MSF),” he said. The broader NSE Nifty, premium valuation is impact- index was the worst per- On the currency front, the In the following year, the ing outside the jurisdiction of (FSR) of June 2019, he said. As per RBI data, the daily on the other hand, ended ing the market. IT bellwethers former, tanking 6.76 per cent, Indian rupee rebounded to number of such cases rose to Indian courts, he said. As per FSR, he said systemic net liquidity progressively 2.70 points, or 0.02 per cent, slid ahead of earnings season followed by IT, FMCG and trade flat at 68.64 against the 4,228 but the amount involved The Act provides for attach- and comprehensive checking improved from an average daily lower at 11,555.90 in its third as anxiety over global growth teck indices, falling up to US dollar. declined to Rs 9,866.23 crore. ment of property of a fugitive of legacy stock of NPAs of PSBs deficit of Rs 70,004 crore during straight day of losses. and trade disputes cast cloud 0.98 per cent. Meanwhile, the global oil In 2018-19, 2,836 cases of economic offender, confisca- for frauds has helped unearth April 2019 to average daily During the day, the index over revenue estimate. TCS is On the other hand, BSE benchmark Brent crude fraud were reported involving tion of such offender’s property frauds perpetrated over a num- deficit of Rs 33,400 crore during hit a low of 11,461.00 and a expected to report a mixed set realty, healthcare, energy, cap- futures were trading 0.39 per amount of Rs 6,734.60 crore, he and disentitlement of the offend- ber of years, which is getting May 2019. In June there was an high of 11,582.55. of earnings for June quarter ital goods, oil and gas, power cent higher at 64.36 per bar- said. er from defending any civil reflected in increased number of average daily surplus of Rs Top gainers in the Sensex led by cost hikes,” Vinod Nair, and industrials indices rose rel. During 2012-13, banks and claim, he added. reported incidents in recent 51,710 crore, he said. 8'6 ? 7 @7 /

8:78945 The supply of new homes eight cities — Delhi-NCR, with the developers dropped by The trends conclusively followed by Bengaluru with 9 per However, sales declined in “The concerted efforts by the rose by 21 per cent to 1.11 lakh Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, 9 per cent to 4,50,263 units. show a general arrest of a declin- cent increase at 28,225 units. Kolkata by 30 per cent to 4,588 government and the incentives ousing sales in eight major units during January-June 2019 Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune “The India sales improved by ing trend that can well be the Housing sales in Pune were units. This is primarily due to the given have resulted in substantial Hcities increased marginally from 1.24 lakh units in the year- and Ahmedabad. 4 per cent in H1 2019 making inflection point leading to growth up by 6 per cent at 17,364 units, procedural delays caused by the demand in affordable housing by 4 per cent to 1.29 lakh units ago period, the consultant said. Housing sales increased to this the third consecutive quar- of sales in the market, Zaidi said. 5 per cent in Chennai at 8,979 West Bengal Housing Industry which has resulted in an overall during the first half of this cal- Knight Frank Tuesday 1,29,285 units from 1,24,288 ter to record sales improve- According to the data, NCR units, 4 per cent in Mumbai to Regulatory Authority and the boost to residential sales. This endar year, largely driven by rise released its half-yearly report — units, while new launches rose to ments,” said Knight Frank India saw maximum increase in 33,731 units, 2 per cent in pronounced dependence of also seems to be in line with the in demand of affordable homes, ‘India Real Estate’ that tracks 1,11,175 units from 91,739 units Executive Director (North) demand with sales rising by 10 Ahmedabad at 8,212 units. developers on the distressed government vision for ‘housing according to property consultant demand, supply and prices of res- during the period under review. Mudasir Zaidi told reporters per cent at 19,852 units during Demand was flat at 8,334 units non-banking financial company for all’, said Shishir Baijal, CMD, Knight Frank. idential and office properties in Unsold inventories lying here. the first six months of this year, in Hyderabad. (NBFC) sector. Knight Frank India.

BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11531.60 11582.55 11461.00 11555.90 -2.70 Script Open High Low LTP TECHM 680.00 683.20 669.00 675.50 THOMASCOOK 192.10 195.65 184.75 193.60 JAMNAAUTO 50.20 50.60 49.40 49.60 IOC 144.00 152.70 143.80 152.30 8.25 JPASSOCIAT 2.63 2.89 2.56 2.86 GRASIM 889.90 913.40 883.20 911.10 ITI 90.85 92.80 90.35 90.85 AEGISLOG 210.90 215.70 210.40 214.00 BAJFINANCE 3410.00 3625.00 3336.40 3604.00 190.70 YESBANK 94.90 97.00 90.35 91.35 INDIACEM 96.00 97.60 93.95 95.85 CIPLA 538.00 552.05 538.00 548.45 LAURUSLABS 333.85 348.10 332.70 344.60 SUNPHARMA 367.00 395.00 367.00 387.00 20.20 TITAN 1175.55 1175.55 1072.60 1099.10 UJJIVAN 273.70 286.20 268.35 283.45 SOBHA 545.15 573.00 545.15 568.60 EVEREADY 70.00 71.50 68.80 70.15 HEROMOTOCO2380.00 2458.50 2373.60 2455.40 75.25 RPOWER 4.08 4.11 3.96 4.05 NOCIL 114.00 114.75 111.35 111.80 UBL 1386.00 1386.00 1346.65 1350.20 IDFC 36.95 37.00 35.75 35.85 BAJAJFINSV 7590.00 7934.35 7418.95 7812.00 218.95 BAJFINANCE 3414.00 3624.05 3338.75 3603.35 EICHERMOT 19055.00 19282.00 18700.00 19037.60 DCBBANK 227.40 229.50 219.80 228.85 FRETAIL 462.80 479.70 462.65 476.80 RELIANCE 1248.95 1283.50 1245.50 1283.00 30.95 TCS 2170.50 2175.00 2090.00 2131.45 SOUTHBANK 12.80 12.93 12.75 12.81 MGL 798.40 799.80 780.60 787.15 GUJGAS 161.15 165.35 159.70 163.95 LT 1486.60 1538.40 1485.35 1526.65 36.30 IBULHSGFIN 690.00 702.30 670.65 686.40 VENKYS 1586.00 1627.00 1578.10 1602.00 MINDAIND 286.85 292.30 274.00 274.80 TATACOMM 457.05 457.05 445.05 449.35 ULTRACEMCO 4392.00 4544.85 4351.60 4495.00 102.65 DHFL 77.75 78.90 68.75 70.95 APOLLOHOSP 1304.00 1351.25 1303.70 1327.40 RADICO 279.00 294.30 277.85 286.90 RELAXO 432.40 441.60 430.00 432.50 GRASIM 887.00 913.50 882.50 909.05 20.50 HDFCBANK 2408.80 2410.55 2372.40 2379.00 SBILIFE 755.00 762.95 747.00 758.65 FORCEMOT 1335.00 1351.35 1320.00 1323.20 HFCL 19.35 19.90 18.40 19.80 ADANIPORTS 397.70 406.00 392.65 405.35 7.55 MARUTI 6050.00 6078.35 5911.00 5947.10 EMAMILTD 304.00 304.00 291.35 300.45 UFLEX 234.75 238.00 230.65 233.40 EIDPARRY 167.95 173.00 167.40 169.10 ADANIPOWER 61.90 68.75 60.80 67.20 HDFCAMC 1906.05 1966.00 1904.00 1946.20 KEC 323.00 325.00 317.05 318.75 UCOBANK 19.20 19.40 18.80 18.95 BHARTIARTL 356.00 363.25 354.10 362.40 6.00 RELIANCE 1250.30 1283.85 1245.10 1279.45 ADANIPORTS 398.00 405.90 392.80 404.90 HEXAWARE 360.00 363.25 353.00 355.75 AJANTPHARM 919.40 925.25 910.00 916.00 CIPLA 536.80 552.45 536.80 547.50 9.05 RECLTD 153.20 153.20 134.70 137.05 NATIONALUM 47.90 48.20 47.30 47.75 TATAELXSI 857.55 864.80 845.00 854.00 SWANENERGY 103.15 105.70 102.15 105.00 POWERGRID 201.95 205.20 199.60 204.50 3.25 SUNPHARMA 370.70 394.90 367.50 386.50 LTI 1647.80 1647.80 1594.20 1600.50 MPHASIS 975.05 977.00 939.00 942.30 HIMATSEIDE 156.00 158.00 151.20 152.80 INDUSINDBK 1476.50 1509.35 1457.10 1495.95 19.45 RELINFRA 50.20 50.70 48.40 48.95 BEML 888.00 888.00 865.00 878.30 NLCINDIA 62.20 66.80 62.15 66.40 INFIBEAM 42.00 42.45 41.50 42.05 SBIN 353.50 360.00 352.50 359.80 4.50 TATASTEEL 469.00 472.10 462.70 468.35 LUPIN 734.00 753.50 730.85 750.90 RCF 56.80 57.50 55.80 56.85 LAXMIMACH 4930.00 4989.85 4850.00 4851.80 GHCL 226.20 229.40 223.00 228.15 TATAMOTORS 154.00 157.15 152.75 155.80 1.25 LT 1489.00 1538.00 1487.00 1526.60 RCOM 1.59 1.69 1.58 1.67 TATACHEM 592.20 598.00 589.05 593.75 LAKSHVILAS 66.60 69.00 65.65 67.25 CORPBANK 28.30 28.50 27.85 28.00 ICICIBANK 426.00 429.80 424.65 428.10 2.20 PNB 72.00 74.70 70.80 74.35 IDFCFIRSTB 41.55 43.10 41.30 42.95 PHILIPCARB 109.00 111.30 108.00 108.85 COCHINSHIP 376.00 387.20 369.00 370.35 TATAINVEST 881.00 881.70 873.95 875.70 ONGC 152.40 155.45 150.65 153.00 0.60 BAJAJFINSV 7624.80 7939.85 7425.50 7856.50 ICICIGI 1078.00 1081.25 1061.95 1075.65 HINDZINC 235.00 235.00 226.25 230.70 RALLIS 154.00 156.50 151.20 154.50 HAL 667.50 684.05 666.00 677.95 AXISBANK 778.50 788.80 776.40 785.70 2.80 RELCAPITAL 61.25 61.70 58.40 59.15 GSFC 88.40 88.70 86.50 87.55 JUBILANT 489.80 493.70 477.00 485.60 CCL 248.75 248.75 236.20 238.45 LAOPALA 202.00 206.35 193.00 203.15 BAJAJ-AUTO 2774.00 2796.50 2755.00 2786.00 8.20 SBIN 355.00 360.00 352.60 359.15 ABCAPITAL 89.30 90.95 88.25 90.05 BALKRISIND 717.90 729.00 710.85 726.85 SYNGENE 306.55 319.50 306.55 314.35 CAPPL 421.50 427.25 415.00 417.15 JSWSTEEL 262.00 265.50 260.50 262.65 0.40 JUSTDIAL 768.45 824.85 753.00 811.75 RBLBANK 627.00 631.65 620.30 627.20 AVANTI 328.25 342.25 328.25 338.50 SCI 30.90 31.25 30.50 30.80 SKFINDIA 1921.50 1971.20 1912.25 1954.10 HINDALCO 197.00 199.00 193.10 197.90 0.30 ITC 278.50 278.50 272.45 273.05 SUNTECK 440.00 460.95 430.00 459.00 IDBI 34.30 35.05 33.85 34.85 ADVENZYMES 163.10 165.35 161.35 163.50 ALKEM 1762.00 1775.75 1742.05 1770.10 TATASTEEL 469.00 472.00 462.55 468.45 0.40 MINDTREE 772.20 789.60 735.90 773.05 TATAMTRDVR 75.75 75.90 74.00 74.70 SUVEN 255.05 264.30 253.70 257.05 APARINDS 564.00 571.45 555.30 569.85 JBCHEPHARM 369.00 375.00 363.05 373.85 BPCL 362.00 367.85 358.60 361.15 0.30 IOC 144.10 155.40 144.10 151.75 NMDC 107.00 109.60 106.60 109.20 ADANITRANS 222.10 226.00 220.60 221.75 TIMKEN 697.65 719.40 697.65 716.80 GESHIP* 254.95 254.95 247.25 248.70 DRREDDY 2592.00 2625.00 2571.30 2594.25 -1.45 ZEEL 338.00 340.45 327.05 331.60 EQUITAS 116.50 118.70 115.00 117.25 CHENNPETRO 192.20 193.10 187.50 189.30 ECLERX 694.20 694.20 670.00 679.05 CENTRUM 26.10 26.50 25.35 26.10 VEDL 161.90 163.60 160.00 161.75 -0.20 PFC 127.00 130.30 120.05 128.40 VOLTAS 620.00 620.00 587.35 596.60 BIRLACORPN 587.15 619.90 586.95 617.85 PNCINFRA 197.15 204.35 197.00 201.90 3MINDIA 22000.05 22211.60 21800.00 21894.65 M&M 632.00 638.50 630.00 633.50 -2.35 GAIL 154.70 154.70 145.75 147.25 COLPAL 1173.00 1175.95 1149.75 1165.20 ALBK 47.05 49.45 45.80 48.45 GODREJIND 485.50 494.00 483.00 483.95 TATAMETALI 582.50 593.40 576.10 588.00 EICHERMOT 19180.00 19295.40 18730.05 18950.00 -82.90 TATAMOTORS 154.00 157.15 152.65 155.75 NIITTECH 1329.00 1336.70 1285.80 1314.75 HUDCO 38.15 39.20 37.80 39.00 GPPL 81.60 83.30 80.80 83.00 INDOSTAR 351.50 369.00 351.50 361.25 WIPRO 267.50 270.75 264.25 265.70 -1.20 DISHTV 28.25 30.05 27.45 27.95 M&MFIN 389.20 394.25 385.00 389.80 BAJAJHLDNG 3518.80 3640.00 3485.95 3613.65 GREAVESCOT 136.90 138.50 135.70 137.90 GSKCONS 7665.70 7703.90 7618.30 7653.45 NTPC 128.45 132.00 127.60 129.00 -0.60 IDEA 11.48 11.55 11.27 11.38 JISLJALEQS 23.50 24.70 22.80 24.45 CROMPTON 230.50 232.90 223.15 227.90 TIMETECHNO 89.85 93.50 88.95 91.25 KNRCON 275.65 276.40 271.85 274.50 BEL 101.45 108.00 100.05 107.25 CENTURYTEX 898.90 918.70 894.20 911.85 MFSL 399.90 418.60 399.70 416.65 MMTC 22.85 23.25 22.60 23.05 MINDACORP 101.25 101.85 99.40 100.25 INFY 718.00 719.85 709.05 713.80 -3.80 UPL 663.40 663.40 632.80 640.05 IGL 299.00 306.40 297.95 303.90 SUNTV 470.00 475.00 464.55 469.25 JKLAKSHMI 328.00 343.20 327.75 341.95 IEX 140.45 141.50 136.80 139.85 BRITANNIA 2770.00 2778.40 2730.15 2762.40 -18.75 SPICEJET 117.10 119.00 116.50 117.25 STAR 372.00 383.70 369.70 379.70 GICHSGFIN 256.00 261.25 252.30 258.55 TIINDIA 387.20 387.20 371.00 381.20 MHRIL 228.25 229.30 224.00 227.90 HINDUNILVR 1752.00 1756.00 1724.10 1740.00 -13.55 INDUSINDBK 1480.00 1508.80 1456.40 1492.40 BANDHANBNK 532.50 538.05 522.00 523.50 ABFRL 207.00 208.55 202.55 203.55 HSIL 247.20 249.95 231.00 244.85 ANDHRABANK 22.85 23.15 22.65 22.95 HDFC 2248.85 2248.85 2197.25 2240.00 -19.95 INFY* 717.90 719.70 708.90 715.40 BRITANNIA 2829.00 2829.00 2732.00 2763.10 VIPIND 437.90 448.00 424.60 443.40 HSCL 100.50 100.80 98.20 99.65 MOTILALOFS 669.35 682.00 665.00 674.85 KOTAKBANK 1471.00 1473.00 1440.00 1462.00 -13.30 CONCOR 550.00 553.00 518.35 548.35 CHOLAFIN 276.95 284.40 273.25 283.15 JINDALSAW 78.90 79.50 78.00 78.70 ALLCARGO 99.45 100.05 96.05 97.55 IOB 12.10 12.26 12.00 12.11 INFRATEL 261.25 261.50 256.05 260.10 -2.40 BANKINDIA 83.55 86.45 83.40 85.60 SIEMENS 1254.00 1270.25 1234.35 1259.65 KEI 454.00 469.30 440.50 468.05 ASTRAZEN 1917.65 2040.00 1901.10 2003.85 GUJALKALI 499.45 503.15 494.45 498.55 IBULHSGFIN 690.50 702.90 670.40 682.65 -6.35 ADANIGREEN 45.00 51.75 43.30 49.65 TORNTPOWER 294.00 300.55 291.60 299.00 PARAGMILK 257.45 261.20 254.00 255.35 KANSAINER 415.00 433.55 409.30 426.70 WABCOINDIA 6135.70 6197.15 6109.60 6144.15 YESBANK 95.00 97.00 90.30 92.20 -0.95 ICICIBANK 429.85 429.85 424.80 428.65 DELTACORP 165.45 167.90 163.85 166.05 AMARAJABAT 635.75 649.00 627.55 644.90 SHANKARA 381.70 385.10 375.75 376.95 AIAENG 1794.60 1795.00 1760.05 1770.30 TECHM 681.00 684.00 668.60 673.00 -7.35 BANKBARODA 123.75 126.40 122.65 125.80 NCC 92.55 94.00 91.80 92.95 CADILAHC 224.00 231.45 223.20 230.65 BOSCHLTD 15959.00 16058.95 15864.65 15975.65 FINEORG 1361.15 1426.90 1361.15 1401.65 ZEEL 336.90 340.30 327.10 331.00 -3.65 ADANIENT 138.90 143.15 135.90 141.05 WABAG 300.80 326.00 299.00 315.50 WESTLIFE 300.00 302.00 294.10 298.50 PIIND 1126.60 1166.00 1118.55 1161.50 BLUEDART 2645.00 2666.25 2603.00 2609.00 COALINDIA 232.50 235.20 228.20 229.55 -2.85 JINDALSTEL 136.10 136.85 132.35 135.85 TVSMOTOR 410.50 429.00 407.60 426.75 AUBANK 685.65 702.30 660.55 663.70 SYMPHONY 1241.60 1243.40 1225.00 1233.60 DBCORP 192.00 192.60 185.00 188.50 HDFCBANK 2403.85 2410.80 2373.00 2377.65 -31.95 HINDUNILVR 1756.00 1756.10 1724.95 1739.40 TRENT 424.55 450.00 422.95 441.55 EXIDEIND 199.50 200.55 197.30 199.85 CENTRALBK 20.00 20.05 19.70 19.85 APLAPOLLO 1626.60 1626.60 1578.00 1584.30 ASIANPAINT 1344.90 1344.90 1291.25 1321.00 -19.25 PCJEWELLER 38.90 40.75 38.50 39.10 HAVELLS 755.00 755.00 724.80 738.85 MUTHOOTFIN 602.00 618.40 592.35 613.90 FINOLEXIND 505.45 510.00 500.35 505.90 SOMANYCERA 427.15 451.65 425.30 427.45 MARUTI 6060.00 6070.00 5910.00 5950.00 -88.70 GODREJPROP 875.00 916.80 869.35 898.55 BHARTIARTL 357.00 363.20 354.80 362.20 BBTC 909.95 913.80 894.55 899.35 SHREECEM 20853.70 21399.10 20671.35 21221.65 JCHAC 1561.00 1727.75 1561.00 1716.45 ITC 276.95 277.55 272.15 272.70 -4.75 ASHOKLEY 85.80 86.15 82.90 83.70 APOLLOTYRE 186.30 189.25 185.15 186.40 RAJESHEXPO 690.50 697.95 685.50 691.50 MRF 54882.10 54899.90 54000.00 54648.75 TEAMLEASE 2999.95 3025.00 2960.00 3007.05 HCLTECH 1033.45 1047.80 1008.00 1019.00 -20.05 HINDALCO 197.50 198.85 193.10 198.15 ENGINERSIN 106.10 111.80 106.10 109.80 GODREJCP 649.00 652.50 639.75 647.40 WHIRLPOOL 1558.00 1568.40 1544.65 1551.85 SANOFI 5789.05 5855.55 5765.65 5782.40 GAIL 151.00 152.20 145.75 147.35 -3.70 PEL 1939.00 2002.85 1915.00 1990.80 IRB 91.85 94.50 91.15 92.65 KAJARIACER 561.00 568.15 555.55 565.70 CARERATING 906.40 914.65 890.00 892.40 ABBOTINDIA 8692.85 8754.05 8640.00 8730.05 TCS 2174.00 2174.40 2104.55 2120.00 -55.40 ASIANPAINT 1342.05 1342.05 1291.45 1320.45 ABB 1494.00 1557.70 1479.30 1533.05 PAGEIND 19900.00 20083.70 19322.70 19892.85 FCONSUMER 39.75 40.50 39.50 40.35 SREINFRA 18.10 18.10 17.10 17.35 UPL 660.00 660.00 632.25 638.60 -23.50 L&TFH 120.25 123.10 119.35 121.65 ORIENTBANK 90.00 90.30 88.80 89.20 OMAXE 200.55 200.75 199.35 199.55 SONATSOFTW 356.60 360.00 354.00 359.10 MAHLIFE 404.50 407.55 401.05 403.10 KOTAKBANK 1475.00 1475.05 1439.85 1463.10 CASTROLIND 126.05 126.60 124.15 126.20 PTC 64.55 65.25 64.50 64.55 VARROC 464.10 467.00 461.35 465.20 TITAN 1175.00 1175.00 1073.00 1099.00 -153.45 ITDCEM 100.80 102.05 99.75 101.15 CANBK 269.00 277.00 266.75 275.20 FEDERALBNK 104.65 107.20 103.65 106.65 MARICO 369.00 377.00 367.15 370.45 LINDEINDIA 507.65 510.20 496.65 503.05 SOLARINDS 1151.25 1180.95 1140.00 1156.85 IBVENTURES 301.00 311.00 289.95 301.40 CHAMBLFERT 170.00 170.85 165.20 166.00 CANFINHOME 361.55 368.05 356.10 365.80 IFCI 8.67 8.91 8.63 8.73 ZENSARTECH 253.00 253.00 248.05 249.30 SUZLON 4.56 4.79 4.32 4.73 PIDILITIND 1205.00 1205.00 1168.80 1177.80 RITES 289.20 294.00 287.00 290.40 GODREJAGRO 489.00 499.55 484.75 496.85 MAHLOG 476.70 476.70 456.75 460.30 GLENMARK 440.80 452.35 436.80 449.25 TATAPOWER 68.50 69.00 67.85 68.45 PVR 1620.00 1667.25 1611.65 1659.95 ATUL 3876.60 3955.00 3855.95 3900.05 TEJASNET 134.00 135.40 132.90 134.90 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HDFC 2259.80 2259.80 2198.20 2232.70 BAJAJ-AUTO 2779.90 2794.15 2755.25 2784.75 BERGEPAINT 304.60 307.70 300.05 306.60 NAVINFLUOR 678.45 678.60 653.40 657.10 CRISIL 1437.40 1446.00 1420.00 1425.10 NIFTY NEXT 50 26806.85 26979.00 26607.20 26953.15 142.50 HDFCLIFE 465.70 466.30 453.10 455.90 SUNDRMFAST 491.00 491.00 466.00 474.45 VINATIORGA 2070.00 2160.55 2039.70 2111.70 MAGMA 116.20 118.25 116.20 116.95 PRSMJOHNSN 91.65 92.00 90.75 91.05 PEL 1959.70 2005.00 1912.65 1995.05 77.00 AXISBANK 782.00 788.60 776.60 786.20 DABUR 402.00 407.20 397.15 406.35 SJVN 24.30 25.85 24.25 25.70 COROMANDEL 407.00 409.00 400.00 402.45 JETAIRWAYS 56.75 56.75 56.75 56.75 ACC 1504.00 1559.80 1480.65 1554.30 52.30 BATAINDIA 1416.80 1416.80 1358.85 1388.65 NAUKRI 2275.00 2317.00 2201.55 2219.95 DEEPAKFERT 106.00 107.90 104.50 106.35 PFIZER 3250.00 3320.35 3240.45 3282.25 PGHH 10944.00 11013.85 10887.20 10961.00 HDFCAMC 1902.00 1969.90 1900.00 1965.00 60.90 ICICIPRULI 378.00 390.00 368.25 381.25 KTKBANK 102.00 102.00 100.25 100.60 CGPOWER 23.15 23.60 22.65 23.30 BLISSGVS 158.30 160.15 155.55 159.90 JSL 31.70 32.30 31.70 31.85 BAJAJHLDNG 3528.00 3643.95 3484.05 3610.00 104.45 NTPC 128.75 131.95 127.65 129.75 RAYMOND 715.00 717.50 696.00 714.25 GMRINFRA 15.01 15.40 14.77 15.28 NETWORK18 24.50 25.90 24.05 25.30 TCNSBRANDS 775.90 780.00 761.40 764.30 ABB 1485.10 1558.00 1474.50 1524.00 41.80 JUBLFOOD 1253.00 1253.00 1204.00 1221.75 DCMSHRIRAM 582.40 590.00 544.15 564.35 PNBHOUSING 786.00 788.60 768.40 776.85 BLUESTARCO 753.00 757.95 731.00 734.25 SHOPERSTOP 485.20 485.20 473.05 473.75 CADILAHC 222.65 231.50 222.55 230.95 6.30 KRBL 240.00 252.15 223.00 229.60 FSL 50.00 51.40 48.70 51.20 LTTS 1630.10 1679.70 1630.10 1656.50 GET&D 227.50 235.00 222.35 233.15 SHK 124.30 129.50 124.30 129.20 AUROPHARMA 586.00 607.50 581.80 602.50 15.70 HEROMOTOCO 2390.00 2456.45 2374.05 2441.20 SYNDIBANK 38.65 40.90 38.05 40.30 NIACL 144.00 145.95 142.95 144.00 ELGIEQUIP 265.00 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855 ( The proposed sale “will China has significantly numbers and firepower in any 9" 7" enduring relationship with look competent” but also from a dinner held at the contribute to the moderniza- stepped up diplomatic and conflict with China, and has the US based on our long his- warned that the US President White House on Monday for hina demanded Tuesday tion of the recipient’s main bat- military pressure on Taipei sought to upgrade much of its ritain’s caretaker Prime tory and commitment to should not be written off. the Emir of Qatar. that the United States tle tank fleet”, improve its air since the election in 2016 of increasingly obsolete military BMinister Theresa May on shared values and that will The emails, dating from UK Foreign Secretary C“immediately cancel” a defense system and “support President Tsai Ing-wen, whose equipment, especially in its air Tuesday reiterated her backing continue to be the case,” the 2017, said rumours of Jeremy Hunt, one of two potential sale of USD 2.2 billion the foreign policy and nation- Democratic Progressive Party force. “Taiwan stands in the for the UK’s Ambassador to spokesperson said. “infighting and chaos” in the British Prime Ministerial in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, al security of the United States refuses to acknowledge that the frontline of China’s ambitious the US at the heart of an The scandal broke out White House were mostly hopefuls alongside former including battle tanks and anti- by helping to improve the secu- island is part of “One China”. expansion and faces enormous embarrassing email leak over the weekend when clas- true, the White House under foreign secretary Boris aircraft missiles, adding fuel to rity and defensive capability (of It has staged military exer- threats and pressure from exposing his views that the sified emails from Darroch to Trump was “uniquely dys- Johnson, has also backed the tensions between the two pow- Taiwan),” DSCA said. cises near the island, and Beijing,” the Taiwanese for- Donald Trump administra- a range of UK government functional” and that the pol- ambassador, saying it was ers. It would not alter the “basic steadily reduced the already eign ministry said in a state- tion was “inept, clumsy and officials emerged in the media. icy on sensitive issues such as important for diplomats to be It would be the first big- military balance in the region,” small number of nations that ment. insecure”. Trump launched a tirade Iran was “incoherent, chaot- able to give frank views to ticket US military sale to the the agency added, and recognise Taiwan. “This arms sale of M1A2 The US President took to against the diplomat as “not ic”. Conservative Party MP ministers. democratically-governed island Congress has been notified. US The United States switched tanks and various missiles will Twitter to attack Sir Kim liked or well thought of with- Tom Tugendhat, Chairman He warned “very serious in decades, and comes as ties lawmakers have 30 days to diplomatic recognition from help greatly to increase our Darroch and went on to dis- in the US” and that he would of the Commons’ Foreign consequences” for whoever between Washington and object to the sale but are unlike- Taiwan to China in 1979, but defensive capabilities.” invite him from an event at “no longer deal with him”. Affairs Committee, told was responsible for the leak, Beijing are already strained by ly to do so. has remained an important Abrams tanks and Stinger the White House on Monday His characteristic social British MPs that he has writ- should they be discovered. their trade war. Geng said the proposed ally — and arms supplier — to missiles — which are portable in retaliation. media attack extended to May, ten to Scotland Yard to explore “In terms of the emails China has lodged formal deal “seriously violates the one- Taipei. Laws passed that year by and can be quickly moved by However, Downing Street as he tweeted: “I have been an investigation into the leak. that have been leaked they are complaints through diplomat- China principle” and “grossly Congress required Washington soldiers in the field — would was firm that the beleaguered very critical about the way the The Metropolitan Police two years apart – one cluster ic channels expressing “strong interferes” in the country’s to provide the island with significantly increase Taiwan’s diplomat had May’s full sup- UK and Prime Minister said it has received very recent and one of two dissatisfaction and resolute internal affairs. means of self-defence. ability to counter Chinese port and that envoys must Theresa May handled Brexit. Tugendhat’s request but did years ago,” UK Foreign Office opposition” to the move, for- “China urges the US to... But it has been wary of big- armour and warplanes in the have the freedom to provide “What a mess she and not receive an official gov- minister Alan Duncan told eign ministry spokesman Geng immediately cancel the planned ticket military equipment sales event of an invasion. honest assessments of the pol- her representatives have cre- ernmental referral of allega- MPs. Shuang said at a regular press arms sale and stop military to Taiwan in recent years, fear- “The M1A2 tanks are very itics in their country of post- ated. I told her how it should tions in relation to the UK’s “So it is not quite right to briefing. relations with Taipei to avoid ful of stoking anger in Beijing. reliable and will become an ing. be done, but she decided to go Official Secrets Act. say they have been leaked The deal includes 108 damaging Sino-US relations President Donald Trump essential part of our ground “We have made clear to another way”. A Met Police spokesper- consistently throughout that M1A2T Abrams tanks, 250 and harming peace and stabil- — whose administration is defense” because of their the US how unfortunate this In some of his communi- son said that it would require period. But of course we don’t Stinger portable anti-aircraft ity in the Taiwan Strait,” he said. locked in a trade war with maneuvrability, Lieutenant leak is. The selective extracts cations leaked to the ‘Mail on the “referral” for any criminal know if there are any others in missiles, related equipment Taiwan has been ruled sep- China — has however sought General Yang Hai-ming of the leaks do not reflect the close- Sunday’, Darroch, who investigation to be consid- the wrong hands which might and support at an estimated arately from China since the to strengthen ties with Taiwan Taiwanese army told reporters. ness of, and the esteem in became ambassador to the ered. subsequently be leaked,” he cost of just over USD 2.2 bil- end of a civil war in 1949, but and appears more willing to sell “Having the M1A2 to which we hold, the relation- US in January 2016, about a While the US State said, adding that the Cabinet lion, according to the US Beijing considers it a part of its arms. replace our older tanks will ship,” said a Downing Street year before Trump took office, Department has not official- Office would “use all of the Defence Security Cooperation territory to be retaken — by Taiwan would be massive- quickly and effectively boost spokesperson. questioned whether the White ly commented on the issue, means it can to delve into this Agency (DSCA). force if necessary. ly outgunned in terms of troop our defence capability.” “The UK has a special and House at the time “will ever Darooch has been disinvited and try find a culprit”. 3-. 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:*-45 (," the Republican and the cent of the visas may be issued transition rules for employ- slated to come up for consid- ship. Democratic Party, the ‘Fairness to natives of any one indepen- ment-based visas from FY eration soon. Both the identi- Democrats, Breitbart S lawmakers will vote on for High-Skilled Immigrants dent country in a fiscal year, 2020-22 by reserving a per- cal bills in the Senate and the alleged, “have kept the legisla- UTuesday on lifting the Act’ is all set to sail through the according to the US Citizenship centage of EB-2 (workers with House were introduced in tion secret — the bill has had seven per cent country-cap on 435-member US House of and Immigration Services. advanced degrees or excep- February. no hearing or committee votes issuing the Green Card, a move Representatives. The Library of Congress tional ability), EB-3 (skilled and In the House, it was intro- — and it is being backed by the which may benefit thousands Buoyed by the fact of 203 said the act, also known as HR other workers), and EB-5 duced by Congressman Zoe immigration lawyer who of highly-skilled Indian IT pro- Democrats and 108 1044, is the most viewed bill in (investors) visas for individu- Lofgren, a Democrat who rep- helped Democratic Sen Chuck fessionals waiting in the queue Republicans are co-sponsoring the week beginning July 7. als not from the two countries resents portions of Northern Schumer write the disastrous for decades. the bill, the proponents of the According to the with the largest number of California’s Silicon Valley, and ‘Gang of Eight’ amnesty in =*39 the definition of the “Islamic A Green Card allows a legislation are using a fast- Congressional Research Service recipients of such visas. Republican Ken Buck from 2013”. values,” as well as whether to set person to live and work per- track process which requires (CRS), this bill increases the “Of the unreserved visas, Colorado, while in the Senate Joining Breitbart, the ll-Afghan talks that up an interim administration manently in the US. 290 votes to pass a bill without per-country cap on family- not more than 85 per cent shall it was introduced by Harris and Center For Immigration Abrought together and when elections should be Indian IT professionals, hearing and amendments. based immigrant visas from be allotted to immigrants from Mike Lee from Utah. Studies said the bill would Afghanistan’s warring sides held. The conference agreed to most of whom are highly Lifting the per-country cap seven per cent of the total any single country,” the CRS In a news report, Breitbart reward the employers who lit- ended Tuesday with a state- keep the momentum going skilled and come to the US would mainly benefit profes- number of such visas available said. news described it as a giveaway erally replaced American ment that appeared to push the with confidence building mea- mainly on the H-1B work visas, sionals from countries like that year to 15 per cent and The bill, however, has to be legislation to 300,000 Indian H- workers with hundreds of country a step closer to peace, sures. are the worst sufferers of the India, for whom the wait for eliminates the seven per cent passed by the Senate, wherein 1B visa workers. thousands of low cost and less by laying down the outlines of These included the uncon- current immigration system Green Card is more than a cap for employment-based the Republicans enjoy a major- This will incentivize “more skilled contract workers who a roadmap for the country’s ditional release of old, dis- which imposes a seven per cent decade. Some of the recent immigrant visas. ity, before it can be signed into low wage Indian graduates” to entered on temporary visas future and ending nearly 18 abled and sick prisoners — per country quota on allotment studies have said the waiting It also removes an offset law by the US president. take US jobs from middle class (mainly H-1Bs), often working years of war. though there was no mention of the coveted Green Cards or period for Indian IT profes- that reduced the number of A similar bill being sup- American graduates, it said in the tech sector. Washington’s Peace Envoy of the affiliation of the prison- permanent legal residency. sionals on H-1B visas is more visas for individuals from ported by a bipartisan group of and urged Republican law- These employers are main- Zalmay Khalilzad has said he is ers or whether it included Being supported by more than 70 years. China. senators including Indian-ori- makers supporting the bill to ly big tech and foreign out- hoping for a final agreement by those captured in the war. than 310 lawmakers from both No more than seven per The bill also establishes gin Senator Kamala Harris is withdraw their co-sponsor- sourcing companies. September 1, which would The warring sides also allow the withdrawal of US and agreed not to attack institutions NATO troops. He will such as hospitals and schools, begin an eighth round of peace as well as national infrastruc- % talks with the Taliban later on ture such as hydro-electric Tuesday also in Qatar’s capital, dams. They also agreed to be Doha, where the two-day con- more diplomatic in their ref- 4= . ference was held. erences to each other. Tuesday’s statement said There was no mention of a that a post-war Afghanistan cease-fire, which Khalilzad has would have an Islamic legal sys- said the negotiations on the N O tem, protect women’s rights final deal would address. “within the Islamic framework Both sides did agree, how- of Islamic values,” and ensure ever, to do more to protect 4" ( =" ( Human Rights Front — which equality for all ethnic groups. civilians. has organised some of the The much-touted confer- The United Nations has ong Kong’s embattled pro- mass rallies — said it would ence was attended by Taliban, expressed growing concern HBeijing leader on Tuesday announce fresh protests over Afghan government represen- over civilian deaths in the con- said a China extradition bill the coming days. tatives, women and members flict, and has criticised all sides that sparked unprecedented With calls mounting for of the country’s nascent civil for rising casualty rates, includ- political unrest “is dead” — but her resignation, Lam has made society. It aimed to produce a ing from stepped up US protesters immediately dis- few public appearances in new level of consensus among airstrikes. missed her comments, threat- recent weeks. Afghanistan’s fissiparous soci- Even as the conference was ening more mass rallies. But on Tuesday she resur- ety. ending, an airstrike in The international finance faced, agreeing to meet student No date was given for the Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan hub has been plunged into its protesters and adding that she tougher negotiations to fol- province killed seven people, worst crisis in recent history by recognised the swirling eco- low, when the many sides in six of them children. a month of marches and spo- nomic, political and social Afghanistan’s protracted con- Early on Tuesday, a strike radic violent confrontations challenges facing the city. flict will sit down to hammer hit Kotuk Khiel village. The res- between police and pockets of “I come to the conclusion out the details of what an idents carried the bodies of the hardcore protesters. that there are some funda- Islamic system will look like, dead to the provincial capital of The rallies were sparked by mental and deep-seated prob- how constitutional reform will Pul-e-Kumri, where a draft law that would have lems in Hong Kong society,” she come about, and what will Afghanistan National Defense allowed extraditions to main- said. become of the many local mili- Forces had blocked the road. land China. But they have Analyst Dixon Sing said tias affiliated with the country’s Safdar Mohesni, the morphed into a wider move- her words would do little to powerful warlords, who are provincial council chief, said ment calling for democratic defang the protest movement. affiliated with Kabul. the airstrike was carried out by reforms and a halt to sliding “Trust in the government 2 = 1 ' They will also have to tack- “foreigners,” a reference to the freedoms in the semi- has sunk to such a record level = 1 ' 2 le how women’s rights fit into United States. autonomous territory. that if there’s not a clear ful- In a city unaccustomed to fillment of the (key) demands, such upheaval, police have the majority of the Hong Kong fired tear gas and rubber bul- public will still be very scepti- R ' - '- -' lets while the parliament has cal of the government’s sincer- been trashed by protesters — as ity,” he told AFP. Beijing’s authority faces its Lam has been under pres- N O most serious challenge since sure to appoint an independent '-/ Hong Kong was handed back judge as head of a public com- to China in 1997. mission of inquiry into the :*-45 (," needs and “weak and unbal- tives will require a multi-year *05- thought to be in her 40s and is France in March 2018, is not On Tuesday the city’s chief police response to the protests. anced” growth. revenue mobilisation strategy lionised in the Saudi state-run expected to be present on executive Carrie Lam admitted But she rejected those calls akistan’s economy is at a “Pakistan is facing signifi- to broaden the tax base and he sister of the crown prince media for charity work and Tuesday. She has been charged her administration’s attempt again on Tuesday, backing an P“critical juncture” where it cant economic challenges on raise tax revenue in a well-bal- Tof Saudi Arabia faces a ver- women’s rights campaigning. with complicity in armed vio- to introduce the bill was a existing police complaints body needs an ambitious and bold the back of large fiscal and anced and equitable manner, he dict Tuesday in a French trial over He claimed he was was then lence, complicity in holding “complete failure”, saying that to investigate claims of exces- set of reforms, the IMF has financial needs and weak and said. It will also require a the alleged beating of a workman beaten up and had his tools con- someone against their will, and her government would not sive force. The anti-extradition said, days after the global unbalanced growth,” David strong commitment by the who was refurbishing her ultra- fiscated during an ordeal that last- theft. Her bodyguard has been seek to reactivate it in parlia- movement has united an lender agreed to give a USD 6 Lipton, First Deputy Managing provinces to support the con- luxury apartment in Paris. ed several hours. charged with armed violence, ment. unlikely cross-section of Hong billion bailout package to the Director and Acting Chair of solidation effort and effective Hassa bint Salman, sister of In an account given to the Le theft, issuing death threats and “There is no such plan. The Kong society, including major cash-strapped country. the IMF Executive Board said. public financial management to powerful Mohammed bin Point news magazine in France, holding someone against their bill is dead,” Lam said. business, legal bodies as well as Pakistan, which currently Last week, the IMF improve the quality and effi- Salman who is known by his ini- the workman reported that the will. But she once against religious leaders, activists and has a currency reserve of less approved the 13th bailout ciency of public spending, he tial “MBS”, stands accused of princess shouted “‘Kill him, the Prince Mohammed sparked refused to buckle to demands journalists. than USD 8 billion — enough package for Pakistan since the said. ordering her bodyguard to beat dog, he doesn’t deserve to live.” hopes of major social and eco- to completely withdraw the Protesters are becoming to cover only 1.7 months of late 1980s. The latest bailout Observing that protecting up the workman after he was A lawyer acting for the body- nomic reform when he was ele- bill from the legislative agenda, increasingly creative — chat imports — approached the package is worth USD 6 billion, the most vulnerable from the seen taking a photo inside her guard, Yassine Bouzrou, told vated to crown prince in 2017. provoking outcry from the forums and encrypted mes- Washington-based of which USD 1 billion is to be impact of adjustment policies home in September 2016. AFP: “We hope that the judges But his reputation has been anti-government camp. senger apps are buzzing with International Monetary Fund disbursed immediately and the will be an important priority, The princess, who denies the will take into account the numer- badly damaged by the murder of Lam’s words about the bill calls for the mass withdrawal of (IMF) in August 2018 for a rest in the next three years. Lipton said that this will be allegations, allegedly suspected ous contradictions and incoher- dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi. are “another ridiculous lie” funds from the Bank of China bailout package after the Imran A decisive fiscal consoli- achieved by a significant the man of planning to sell the ences of the plaintiff. The med- Agnes Callamard, a UN spe- tweeted leading democracy this Saturday to “stress test” the Khan government took over. dation is key to reducing the increase in resources allocated photo of her apartment on the ical records contradict the version cial rapporteur on extrajudicial activist Joshua Wong, who was organisation’s liquidity. The IMF last week formally large public debt and building to key social assistance pro- Avenue Foch, long a favourite of events of the plaintiff and show executions, reported “credible recently released from jail for Beijing has thrown its full approved the USD 6 billion resilience, and the adoption of grammes, supporting measures destination for foreign million- that he lied.” The bodyguard has evidence” last month that linked his role in protests in 2014. support behind Lam, calling on loan to Pakistan, which is fac- the fiscal year 2020 budget is an for the economic empower- aires in western Paris. lodged a separate case for him to the killing of Khashoggi, “The bill still exists in the police to pursue anyone ing “significant” economic important initial step, Lipton ment of women and invest- The workman said he was defamation against the workman. who was strangled and dis- ‘legislative programme’ until involved in the parliament challenges on the back of said. ment in areas where poverty is tied up and ordered to kiss the The princess, who is subject membered inside the Saudi con- July next year.” The Civil storming and other clashes. “large” fiscal and financial Achieving the fiscal objec- high. feet of the princess, who is to an arrest warrant issued in sulate in Istanbul. !" # ##& 5

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8:78945 original criterion for selection. at this year's edition in Guwahati ing Harsh Lakra while Sanjeet Kavinder Singh Bisht to claim the Gold. dominated CWG Bronze- mit Panghal rode on his (57kg), Duryodhan Singh Negi In the 57kg category, Asian medallist Naman Tanwar in the AAsian Championships Gold (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg), Championships Silver-medal- 91kg category. to get a direct entry, while Brijesh Yadav (81kg), Sanjeet list Kavinder edged Mohammed Satish Kumar did not have Commonwealth Games Silver- (91kg), and Satish Kumar Hussamuddin in a split verdict to enter the ring for the +91kg medallist Manish Kaushik edged (+91kg) joined him through to claim his place. bout with his opponent, Naveen past Shiva Thapa in India’s trials held at NIS Patiala last Kavinder had made a splash suffering an injury. eight-strong squad for the World weekend. in his maiden appearance at the India will be eager to Boxing Championships in Only the top two boxers last World Championships in improve upon their perfor- September. from each of the categories 2017 when he upset two-time mance from the last World Manish claimed the newly- were eligible for the trials with World Championships medallist Championships where they won created 63kg category spot in the their recent performances being Mohamed Flissi of Algeria to a Bronze through Gaurav team ahead of four-time Asian the criteria for selecting the advance to the quarter-finals. Bidhuri. medallist Shiva in the national face-off names, the Boxing In 75kg, Ashish Kumar out- The big event was to double trials for the big event to be held Federation of India (BFI) said in punched Prayag Chauhan to up as an Olympic qualifier but in Ekaterinburg, Russia from a statement. claim a unanimous victory. was stripped off that status after September 7 to 21. Manish claimed a split ver- Duryodhan Singh Negi defeat- the IOC decided to bar the Amit (52kg) was given a dict over the 2015 World ed Ashish Kulhari in the 69kg AIBA from conducting the com- place in the squad for winning Championships Bronze-medal- category in a split verdict. petition in the 2020 Olympics a Gold at the Asian list Shiva. Shiva had avenged his Brijesh Yadav re-asserted due to governance and financial Championships which was the 2018 India Open loss to Manish his supremacy in 81kg by beat- mismanagement issues. -

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After a 1-1 draw following in her Wimbledon quarter-final against Halep, the seventh seeded former extra time in Ismailia, Tunisia Alison Riske on Tuesday. world number one, will face either Elina scored from all five penalties The 37-year-old, who recorded her Svitolina, the eighth seed from Ukraine, while Ghana substitute Caleb 97th success at Wimbledon to move sec- or Karolina Muchova of the Czech Ekusan had his attempt saved ond on the women's all-time list, came Republic for a place in the final. by Farouk Ben Mustapha, who under enormous pressure from her fellow "I fought hard in the first set, even if came off the bench especially American before prevailing in an engross- I was down 4-1," said 27-year-old Halep. for the shootout. ing contest, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in just over two "I knew I had to be strong, play Victory was sweet for hours. aggressive as much as possible and I did Tunisia as they had lost six Williams will play either Britain's it great. times to Ghana in the African French Open semi-finalist Johanna Konta "I have energy, I feel fresh, I feel football showcase from 1965 or Czech veteran Barbora Strycova in healthy, I feel confident when I step on after drawing the first meeting Thursday's semi-finals which will be her the court." between the nations two years 12th at the tournament. earlier. "It was really satisfying," said Williams, & On Thursday, the Carthage whose clay court campaign was affected = & Wimbledon got its first 12-12 final set Eagles play giantkillers by a knee injury. tie-break on Tuesday when Henri Kontinen Madagascar in a quarter-final "I wouldn't have won that match a fate that befell world number one and John Peers defeated Rajeev Ram and in Cairo with the winners ed to an embarrassing 0-0 Ghana came close to scor- making little impression, and couple of weeks ago." Ashleigh Barty at the hands of Riske on Joe Salisbury in a men's doubles match. meeting Senegal or Benin for a draw with minnows ing on 16 minutes when a sent on Khazri in place of Also joining her in the last four was Monday. The eighth-seeded pair won 7-6 (7/2), place in the July 19 final. Mauritania in their previous Kasim header struck the post Badri. Romania's former world number one "I'm glad that I was able to come 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 13-12 (7/2) in four hours and Losing on penalties ended match by dropping four of the and Andre Ayew fired the Khazri needed just five Simona Halep, who fought back from 4- through," said Williams. 29 minutes. a Ghana run of six consecutive team. rebound straight at goalkeep- minutes to make an impact 1 down and three break points in the first "She beat so many great players. She The third round match was suspend- top-four finishes in the Cup of A big surprise was the er Hassen Mouez. with his brilliant backheel cre- set to beat China's Zhang Shuai 7-6 was really so close to taking the win ed due to bad light on Monday and Nations and puts the future of exclusion of forward Wahbi Andre Ayew was con- ating space for Wajdi Kechrida (7/4), 6-1. today." resumed Tuesday on the 1,750-seater coach Kwesi Appiah in doubt. Khazri, who had been the out- vinced he had put the Black to cross and Khenissi scored For Halep — who aside from Williams Williams was constantly cajoling her- Court 12 show court. Four-time former champi- standing Tunisian attacker in Stars ahead on 41 minutes with a shot that went in off the was the only player in the quarter-finals self and letting out roars of come on dur- The All England Club introduced a ons Ghana changed two of the the group phase and scored one when he backheeled a cross near post. to have won a Grand Slam, taking the ing the match. final set tie-break this year as a means of team that began a 2-0 win over of their two goals. into the net, but the referee The woodwork foiled French Open last year — it is her second Having sealed the match she turned eradicating marathon matches. Guinea-Bissau that enabled Bassem Srarfi, Naim Sliti ruled that Thomas Partey han- Ghana a second time when a Wimbledon semi-final. to the players box where she was support- In 2018, Kevin Anderson defeated them to pip Cameroon for top and Karim Aouadhi were also dled in the build-up. Mubarak Wakaso shot from Williams, whose total of 97 ed by older sister Venus and her husband, John Isner in the men's semi-finals in the spot in Group F on goals relegated to the bench with Replays showed the ball outside the box struck the far Wimbledon wins compares to the 81 com- Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and second-longest match ever at the Slams, at scored. Ghaylen Chaalali, Ferjani Sassi, touching the chin of the post 10 minutes from the end bined of the other seven quarter-finalists, yelled, pumping her fists. six hours and 36 minutes. Both alterations were on Taha Yassine Khenissi and Atletico Madrid midfielder of regular time with Mouez will look back on her win with some relief. "I was really pumped, it was for a The final set, which alone lasted for the left side of a 4-3-3 forma- Anice Badri promoted. rather than a hand and the dis- beaten. Riske converted all five of her break place in the semis at Wimbledon — that two hours and 50 minutes, was only decid- tion with defender Nuhu After early yellow cards for allowed goal infuriated the In the first minute of stop- points while Williams succeeded with just doesn't happen every day and it's a long, ed at 26-24. Kasim and midfielder Afriyie Ghanaian John Boye, the first Ghanaians. page time, the Blacks Stars six of her 16 opportunities. arduous road," said Williams. The second semi-final, in which Acquah replacing Joseph player to be red-carded in the Midway through the sec- drew level with an attempted However, she relied on her power to "I just had to just button up and play Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 10- Aidoo and Owusu Kwabena. group phase, and Tunisian ond half Giresse had second headed clearance by Bedoui keep her in the match. hard. 8 in the final set, took five hours and 15 Tunisia coach and 1980s Dylan Bronn, the first half thoughts about the composi- looped over Mouez, who had In doing so she managed to avoid the "She was playing her heart out and she minutes. France star Alain Giresse react- became a cagey, even affair. tion of his attack, which was strayed off his line. 5 ● *$% P$ $%) $ ).) $% * . %% %)$ P$ * %)/01 * $' #. $ !" #

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87(*-," Clarke by leading Australia to World Cup glory. Don't bet fter seven weeks, 45 against it. matches and plenty of Astandout performances n * .48-,80 But credit should also be given to with both the bat and ball, the Coming into the tourna- Jadeja and Hardik for keeping the four semi-finalists for the ICC ment as hosts and the No.1 ODI he notorious Manchester weather Kiwis under a tight leash. Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 side in the world, England have Tpushed the first semifinal of the Jadeja vindicated his skipper's have been confirmed. had to deal with high expecta- World Cup to the reserve day after decision with tight wicket-to wicket On the face of it, the top tions in their bid to win their dominant Indian bowlers excelled yet bowling and the odd one that turned four sides are as expected - with first-ever men's World Cup. again to restrict New Zealand to a sub- created problems for Nicholls. He India, Australia England and The first objective of reach- par 211 for five, here Tuesday.on had 38 dots to his credit by the time he New Zealand going into the ing the semi-final stages for Rain forced players off the field ended the spell. tournament ranked the best first time since 1992 has been after 46.1 overs and as per ICC's play- Williamson, who was getting into four ODI teams in the world. achieved, though, even if there ing conditions, the game will resume some sort of rhythm however could- But as hosts England can were a few nerve-shredding on Wednesday from where it stopped. n't capitalise as Taylor got stuck play- attest to, the journey to reach the moments along the way. Despite half-centuries from skip- ing one dot ball after another. knockout stage has not been as a side still in transition as they Eoin Morgan's troops pre- per Kane Williamson (67 off 95 balls) In fact, during the crucial second plain sailing for all of the sides slipped under the radar. vailed in their final two games and veteran Ross Taylor (67 not out Powerplay, New Zealand managed that remain in contention to be But if the history of the against India and New Zealand off 85 balls), the Black Caps could not only 65 runs in 17 overs as Chahal got crowned champions. World Cup has taught us any- to book their last four place, tak- force the pace against tournament's decent turn off his leg- breaks. Australia will now continue thing, it's that Australia are ser- ing their overall group stage tally best bowling attack. The New Zealand captain, who was the defence of their 2015 crown ial winners and they were the to six wins from nine games. By the time when the covers were hitting a few slog sweeps against the against England at Edgbaston. first team to secure their quali- And while it has been 27 off at 10pm IST, the outfield had too turn was getting impatient having And as the race to reach the fication for the knockout stages years since they last contested a much water and there was no way reached 50 off 79 balls. Williamson tournament showpiece at Lord's in the 2019 edition. World Cup semi-final, England match could have started. paid the price by gifting his wicket to on 14 July draws to a close, Australia will contest the do have plenty of experience of However the day belonged to the the leg-spinner when his team need- here's a look at the World Cup semi-finals for the eighth time reaching this stage from when Indian bowlers as skipper Virat Kohli ed him the most. records of the Ashes rivals who and will do so safe in the knowl- the competition was in its infan- found out that it was a good toss to Taylor upped the ante in the final are still in contention for silver- edge that when they have cy. lose. " overs with three boundaries and a six ware. reached the last four in the England progressed to the After a brilliant start by Jasprit & ;! ! but it looks unlikely to be enough. past, they have never missed out semi-final stages in the first Bumrah (1/25 in 8 overs) and A fresh day will certainly be advan- on the final. five editions of the tournament, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/30 in 8.1 ing the slow bouncer to the fore. ond slip made no mistake with a sharp tageous for India as it will be a con- Despite arriving in England And with five World Cup only to see their challenge go no overs), Ravindra Jadeja (1/38 off 10 That was one delivery that Taylor chance. tinuation and not a restart. Any advan- as the defending champions, wins from 11 played, including further in 1975 and 1983 - both overs) and Hardik Pandya (1/55 in 10 initially found difficult to get away as Williamson looked compact in tage earned on the scheduled day will Aaron Finch and his men found a hat-trick of victories between times when they were the hosts. overs) did well in the middle overs to the dot ball count increased with each his defence along with the edgy Henry be carried through to the reserve day. themselves in the unfamiliar 1999 and 2007, they unquestion- But when they have reached keep the opposition under check. over. Nicholls (28 off 51 balls) during their Super over will determine the position of not being considered ably have the best pedigree of the the final - in 1979, 1987 and If the first Powerplay was witness Martin Guptill (1) looked like a 68-run second wicket stand. winner, if it's a tied match. frontrunners for the title. sides left in the competition. 1992 - England have finished to fine exhibition of swing bowling ‘walking wicket' and Bumrah relieved Such was the impact of the first If the match doesn't happen on With much of the pre-tour- Finch now has the opportu- runners-up to West Indies, under overcast conditions, the middle him off his misery with a delivery that spell bowled by Bumrah and Wednesday, then India will progress nament hype focused around nity to join the illustrious names Australia and Pakistan. This overs had Pandya using the newly-laid kicked up from three quarter length, Bhuvneshwar that the Black Caps to the final by virtue of finishing on hosts England and India, of Allan Border, Steve Waugh, time the hosts will be hoping its two-paced pitch to good effect, bring- forcing him to push at it. Kohli at sec- innings never gained the momentum. top of the league table. Australia were still seen by many Ricky Ponting and Michael fourth time lucky. 48# %4# 4 2

87(*-," times in the group stage. But far from buckling hat doesn’t kill you under pressure, Plunkett feels Wmakes you stronger and they have all the tools to deal Liam Plunkett says that's the with the expectation that story of England’s campaign at comes with being a world the ICC Men’s Cricket World number one side on home Cup 2019. soil. The hosts slipped up three "It's a matter of how you times in the group stages, deal with pressure, it's not a suffering defeats to Pakistan, bad thing that it's there," he Sri Lanka and Australia, who said. they face in a semi-final to "People can thrive on it, savour on Thursday at people step out there and Edgbaston. enjoy those moments. Other One consistent factor in people have played under those losses was the absence of pressure, they've played in Plunkett, 34, who claims set- IPL and competitions around backs have only served to the world. bolster England ahead of a "It's a World Cup but clash with Steve Smith’s five- you've got to enjoy it and deal time winners. with it as quickly as you can. “I think those defeats have "Whether that's from made us stronger,” he said. being involved in the first ball, “We had a few bad games it's just finding a way to deal and went away from our style with it and get involved in the of cricket, but I feel like we’ve 5 2 < < game as quickly as possible. caught that in time. "Australia is a game that “We’re back to playing start of the competition." tain Virat Kohli en route to a gets the juices flowing. We've our best brand of cricket and Plunkett featured at the crucial win and tying New performed really well in the we can still improve. 2007 tournament, with the 12 Zealand down in the final last two games. "I feel like we had a wob- years and 39 days wait for his group game. "Even though we were ble at the right time, a bit of next World Cup appearance Eoin Morgan's men have dominant in those games, we < '< 5 P a blip, and it's made us bettered only by Shoaib Malik been irresistible in the format feel like we're stepping up a stronger. and Anderson Cummins. over the last four years but gear as well. We're in a good 87(*-," in the Powerplay. "How we're feeling right The Teesside product has having won 17 consecutive place." &/ They averaged 54.22 for now going into this semi- been a key cog in England's run chases at home, they fell L2 he ICC Men’s Cricket In Glenn Maxwell, Australia the first wicket in the group stage final, we'd have taken it at the attack, dismissing India cap- short batting second three 9&55(B)C TWorld Cup 2019 group boast by the far the quickest but crucially scored at 5.43 runs stage has exposed 10 nations to *3-,0*95* starter to an innings at the 2019 an over, faster than every team every possible pressure, exam- World Cup. other than Sri Lanka, who shed "I think the game against India ining every nook and cranny of *)80*(87 The 30-year-old struck at wickets early on. as well, where we didn't take early their method in the 50-over C"0,4850C50-, 195.45 in the first 15 balls of his Jonny Bairstow and Jason , wickets and they were able to build format. innings in the group stage - only Roy hold the key as the highest an innings before exploding towards India, Australia, England :5.=8,%:5,4 Pandya comes close - with Sri averaging ODI opening pair of the end, showed what we've looked and New Zealand have ridden Lanka and Bangladesh bearing all time to have batted more than to improve since then." the wave and reached the final :5 -")80 the brunt. Indeed only Jos 20 times together. 87(*-," Taking consistent early wickets four on the strength of clear Buttler had a lower dot ball per- was exactly what Australia were plans and outstanding individ- 8 (9* 7% centage (27.84%) than Maxwell, ! itchell Starc believes unable to do against South Africa at uals. *=5-,* * 7 who scored from two-thirds of It's not just in the early MAustralia have already Old Trafford, as the Proteas top four While India face New the deliveries he faced. stages that England throw cau- created the blueprint of how to scored 281 runs between them in a Zealand in the first semi-final * (9*78-4 England's middle-overs tion to the wind - they only have beat England at this World total of 325/6. on Tuesday, and the second bowling has been mixed so the eyes for the boundary through- Cup and has highlighted tak- "South Africa performance was- semi-finals looming in a day 3,,08--87> work of Maxwell and Alex out the 50 overs. Only West ing early wickets as the key to n't our best - we got a couple of time, we look at the numbers 7")8,*595 ("C Carey, who has broken out with Indies (10.7%) had a higher their mouth-watering semi- wickets but they had a partnership behind the Ashes rivals success three half-centuries, takes on boundary rate in overs 11-40 final. through the middle, whereas in the and areas of weaknesses that **0" C5 .4K even greater significance in the than the hosts in the group stage, The old rivals met at past few games we've been really could prove their undoing in semi-final. who hit 10.3% of balls they faced Lord's during the group stage good at taking wickets in that peri- the knockout stages. 7*)57:*0 80+ in that crucial period for four or of the ICC Men's Cricket od," added Starc. *.0"--,48 ! &/ six. And with their tail scoring World Cup 2019, where "We were off it out there but Australia's all-rounders have at a higher run-rate than any Australia set a target of 285/7 we're still in the World Cup semi- ' (0"3-,*(8% underperformed with the ball, team in the world since the last and then skittled England for final which is no mean feat, especial- A fascinating factor over 9"-5 (,8*- meaning they haven't quite World Cup - 6.19 an over - they 221 to complete a dominant ly given how a few people around the course of the league stage added up as a bowling unit yet are an irresistible force with the 64-run win. the world were talking about this was the influence held by the " 9>4*7 at this World Cup. bat in the right conditions. In that encounter, James team three or four months ago. success of opening partnerships Maxwell has bowled 32 Vince was removed second "It's something to be proud of - or the lack of it. ,4088"8 5 ( overs without taking a wicket & / & ball and the hosts were but there's a lot of work going for- Australia averaged 55 for *0, 80-45- and while Marcus Stoinis has Cutting edge with the ball is reduced to 53/4 in their chase, ward to the semi-final and a lot to their first wicket, with wins taken seven victims, his overall the main area in which England which is the sort of start that still take out of the South Africa over England, Pakistan and "C"08,4* economy rate comes in at a lag slightly behind the other Starc is targeting when the game." Bangladesh buttressed by the shade over a run-a-ball. three contenders to lift the sides meet again at Edgbaston Starc isn't worried about taking dovetailing of Aaron Finch 5 ,",*9% This has forced the likes of World Cup. this Thursday, with a place in on the hosts, as they look to move and David Warner. :4808*- Finch and Steve Smith to turn They bowled more overs the final on the line. a step closer to winning a sixth ICC Across the group stage, their arm over and piled pres- than any other semi-finalist and "The blueprint, if you like, Men's Cricket World Cup. losing teams only had three :5 5 (,8*- sure on Jason Behrendorff, four their strike-rate of 35.2 was from last time we played "To win a World Cup you've got opening partnerships of more of whose ten ODI appearances dwarfed by India's 33.3, New England was to get early wick- to beat everyone," he explained. than 50 in total, whereas win- 4*7# have come at this tournament. Zealand's 33.8 and Australia's ets," explained the left-arm "Whether we play England in the ning teams had 12 century .8 ,30> It's a sore spot that will have 33.9. seamer, who took 4-43 in that semi-final or the final, or play India stands and 10 more over 50. England's powerful middle- And chasing totals has been game. in the final or whatever, you've got With Australia's batting -,* 7-* 7 order salivating. a chink in the armour of Eoin "They'll get Jason Roy back to beat the good teams to win a line-up set to be rejigged after Morgan's men at this tourna- for the fixture, so we'll have a World Cup. the loss of Usman Khawaja to "08")80 ment - having won 17 consec- few days now to discuss if we'll "It's a big game now in the semi- injury, separating Finch and ! utive run chases at home, they change anything but the way final and hopefully we can knock Warner early will be high on Put simply, no-one does it fell short three times in the we played England last time is them off and advance to another England's agenda on Thursday. quite like England with the bat group stage. a great blueprint. ' final." 5 ● *$% ' %P$$) $ $ . ' %) %) % %)$ * '% *$ . 2* * 2 3 . !" #

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505 (4* ubbed ‘Adonis’ by teammates for 0 ' Dhis chiselled frame, Marcus 9 % Stoinis could live up to his mytholog- ical billing if he pushes through the 505 (4* pain barrier and plays a World Cup Tasmania and Leicestershire, says he semi-final on Thursday with not one can’t remember anyone bowling with ngland's star batsman Joe but two side strains. two side strains before. ERoot says they have the abil- Peter Handscomb says that if He suggested the allrounder’s ity to exact revenge for the anyone could do it, it’s Stoinis, who performance at training on Tuesday league stage loss to Australia will be put through an intensive fit- will matter more than the official diag- when the arch-rivals meet in ness test at Edgbaston two days out noses. Thursday's World Cup semifinal. from Australia’s knockout clash with “He’s pretty tough, Stoin. He’s England were downed in England. played with the left side (strain) convincing fashion by their While he hasn’t set the World Cup through the tournament and he fiercest rivals at Lord's last on fire with his performances, the bowled seven overs against England month and looked in serious strapping allrounder has been inde- in a row and got through it okay,” said danger of missing out on the structible at this World Cup; he Griffith. semi-finals at their home tour- bowled six overs after suffering an “Scans show things, but it will be nament. uncomfortable left side injury in his more around his ability to perform. But back-to-back wins over first over against India last month and We’ll have a good look at that tomor- India and New Zealand turned having been diagnosed with an injury row when he bowls — not only will the tables and have put the No.1 that typically takes a month to recov- it be on the pace and the GPS num- ODI side in world on a collision er from, he was back playing less than bers but also his execution. We’ll be course with Australia at two weeks later. able to make a pretty good assessment Edgbaston in the second semi- Now carrying a right side strain from there. final. sustained in Australia’s defeat to “It’s pretty uncommon (to injure England have lost their last South Africa, Stoinis didn’t bat or bowl both sides), so I’m looking forward to two clashes with Australia at training on Monday, but encourag- seeing how he goes. That’s the best including a warm-up game ingly participated in their running indication we’ll have that he’s not just before the showpiece Cup began, warm-ups and did some light throw- fit to play, but fit to perform.” but before that Root and co had E + < P ing drills. Handscomb, insisted the loss of the edge with a series win Down Mitch Marsh is on standby but the Shaun Marsh and Khawaja, plus the Under and a 5-0 whitewash on a while now and hopefully that early wickets basically dictated Aussies are set to give Stoinis every doubt over Stoinis, has not been dis- home soil. will hold us in good stead going the way the game went," he chance to prove his fitness. ruptive. "If you look at the past 11 into this game. added. “Have you seen the size of him?” The trio called in as cover have all games against them we have won "It doesn't matter (who are "It is about understanding recent call-up Peter Handscomb said been in good touch in recent Australia nine," he said. the favourites). It comes down that will be the main threat early of his former Victorian teammate. A 50-over games and, perhaps more "These guys and this group to who plays their best cricket on, that ball swinging and if we “If there’s anyone that can pull importantly, have all played extensive- over the last four years, their on the day. If we play in the can combat that and make a through this, it’s the big fella. ly at international level. experience against Australia have manner we have the last two good start then we give our- “I think his mental strength to be “For those two guys (Khawaja and been very positive and they have games, we will be a very difficult selves a better chance. able to shut off pain or outside noise Shaun Marsh) who have done so got a lot of success in the bank. side to play against. "It is something that seems and really just zone in on the moment much to go down was pretty gut "I don't see that as a big "You can look at form, sta- to have been very effective is really impressive and I think that’s wrenching, but they’re very excited for worry for this group, we will be tistically who is stronger, but it throughout the tournament, why he has gone so far and done so us and that’s the camaraderie in this drawing on that confidence that all comes down to who handles that left-arm angle and through- well with his cricket. 4 ' group,” Handscomb said. over a long period of time now the day better, who plays the out one day cricket for a while “Hopefully, for his sake, he can “The guys are a good bunch and we have been successful against stronger cricket for the longest now and they have exploited find a way through and play on Coach Justin Langer has indicat- *0.3--,"5 5- both Mitch and I have played recent- Australia and we should take period and who will stand up that nicely. Thursday. ed Matthew Wade would come in for ly in one-dayers (for Australia) so that into Thursday." and be victorious at the end of "But we have also seen that “He’s an up-and-about character, Khawaja, but Mitchell Marsh could be ."39795)83,"45- we’ve been in and amongst the boys. Add to that the fact that it." we can score quite nicely if and always ready for a laugh and hav- drafted into the squad instead to play And Wadey has been in and out (of England have found their best The left-arm attack of they don't get it right. Trying to ing a joke about. He’ll be fine. on Thursday, meaning Stoinis could >,4"9"(5.*95995 ( the Australian team) for years. form - with Jason Roy back fir- Mitchell Starc and Jason be very objective about it, and Obviously, he’s doing everything he be put on ice for the semi-final and 5C483-48-,40"3(4 “Everyone knows each other real- ing fit at the top of the order - Behrendorff, who took a five-for clear on how you approach it can to get ready. It’s basically in his recalled for the final on Sunday, ly well and we know as soon as you and the mood is clearly buoyant. at Lord's, have proved England's will be very important. court. We’ve just got to wait and see.” should Australia make it. ,48*5 *00580* 7 come in, we’re buying straight in to Root added: "I feel we are in undoing in the last two encoun- "The guys have faced a lot of Usman Khawaja and Shaun Wade and Marsh trained for the what the team needs. a good place coming into it, I ters. left arm stuff over their careers Marsh have already been ruled out of first time with the World Cup squad 9*>,430-7*>O- “We’re all ready to go, we’ve been feel like the last two days have But Root is confident and in build up to last game. the tournament with wrist and ham- on Monday after departing the -85-:5,4 "," 8 playing. It’s not like we haven’t been almost been like knockout crick- lessons have been learned ahead There will be a lot talked about string injuries respectively, but Australia A side in Brighton. playing, we’ve had one-dayers here in et for us. of that encounter. it and with that comes pressure Handscomb is the only official addi- Bowling coach Adam Griffith, a 3,,:"-578-,0*5 - the Aussie A stuff — it’s a good lead "We have been playing in a "They bowled extremely well for them as well to deliver. It tion to the 15-man squad so far. former fast bowler who played for in. We’re ready to go.” high-pressure environment for with the new ball, and those works both ways."

505 (4* famously parochial Birmingham crowd come Thursday. ustralia bared their feet and ! ( @ Handscomb could slot into Atheir souls in an emotional Australia’s middle order for his first mid-pitch assembly at Edgbaston international game in three months on Monday, as the injury-ravaged each member of the touring party “I said out there with the boys following injuries to Usman reigning World Cup champions spoke about the significance of — I’ve played so many World Cup Khawaja and Shaun Marsh in refuelled belief that they’ll be Australia’s World Cup run to date semi-finals and finals in the back- recent days. standing on the Lord’s balcony — and what it would mean to lift yard with my mates and you’re try- The right-hander struck his hoisting the trophy later this week. the trophy. ing to (imitate) different guys and maiden century and played in At the behest of coach Justin “(It was) just a moment to get doing all that stuff. back-to-back away series wins Langer, the entire Australian trav- a feel for the ground — literally,” “So to actually come out here, against India and Pakistan before elling contingent including their said new squad member Peter pardon the cliché, it’s actually liv- Steve Smith’s return squeezed him extensive army of support staff Handscomb. “It’s ing the dream to be here now.” out of the ODI squad, and he’s con- removed their shoes and something the Mitch Marsh, who along with fident he can come in fresh to han- walked a lap of the venue that coach has done Handscomb and Matthew Wade dle the pressure of a knockout has seen England — their before at other venues for a have been plucked from the World Cup game. semi-final opponents on bit of grounding. Australia A squad to the senior side “If I do play … (I’ll be) just Thursday — win their past “It was nice. You get a feel of to cover a spate of recent injuries, treating it as I would any game. I’m 10 games across all three the grass on your feet, the posi- revealed his wish to get a photo to just going with the same mindset formats. tive and negative energy flowing match the one he had taken after that I’ve had for the last couple of Langer, a self-described through and coming out of the his father Geoff coached Australia years,” said the 28-year-old. “hippy” and a devotee to earth. to their World Cup triumph in “If I do play, hopefully I’ll do transcendental meditation, “It is a nice feeling and you London 20 years ago. something towards winning the likes to spend his rare hol- walk around with the group, “He was talking about 1999 match. iday time walking around have a bit of a laugh while World Cup with his dad coaching “Every time you take that next Perth with no shoes on and you’re going and talking. and having a photo done with the step up and go to the next level, he’s already spread the prac- “It was just an open and hon- World Cup trophy. Handscomb you’re trying to get that self-belief tice to cricket grounds in est conversation and it was great said. that you belong there and that lit- Dubai, Hyderabad and that some of the guys poured “So Mitch wants to be here, tle period against India and Southampton since taking their heart out about what it and he wants to have a photo on Pakistan in the UAE helped me over the Australian coach- meant to get to the semi-final. the balcony at Lord’s, which is pret- believe in myself more than any- ing job last year. What it meant for them and their ty awesome.” thing. After walking around first memories of cricket growing. Langer will hope Australia “Now I can back my skills and the ground on Monday, It was really nice. It was great to see soaked up all the positive energy back my preparation and know the squad sat in a cir- what playing in the finals means to on Monday because they’re unlike- that I have done it so I can contin- cle on the outfield and this group. E 5 < ly to receive much from the ue to make runs if required.” & !" # 5

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