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Other previous Congress-JD(S) party MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, fter deploying 10,000 addi- Government would be tabled Mahesh Kumatalli and Shankar Ational jawans in the by him in the Assembly on were disqualified on Thursday. Kashmir Valley, which was Monday, without any changes. JD(S) members who faced reportedly in response to intel- The Speaker disqualified action are Gopalaiah, AH ligence inputs about terror held extensive talks with top for Assembly elections when- 11 Congress MLAs and three Vishwanath and Narayana threat from across the border, officials of the counter securi- ever they are held. The likely JD(S) MLAs under the anti- Gowda. the Centre is expected to firm ty grid, there were speculation presence of Modi and Shah in defection law till the end of the The BJP criticised the up a strategy for some decisive of massive crackdown against the meeting is significant and Assembly term in 2023. The Speaker’s action, calling it political and muscular action in terrorists and their sympathis- hints at the party gearing up for Speaker had already disquali- “unfair and violative of the law” the troubled-torn State of ers in the Valley and a possible the State Assembly elections, fied three more MLAs. which, it said, had been taken Jammu & Kashmir. scrapping Article 35A by the whose schedule will be Talking to reporters, “yielding to the pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Centre. Former J&K Chief finalised by the Election Yediyurappa said he would a party”. Modi on Sunday said those try- Minister Mehbooba Mufti went Commission after it receives a surely prove the majority and The Karnataka Congress ing to spread hate and obstruct on to say that the Centre was go-ahead from the Central and then move the Finance Bill for welcomed the Speaker’s deci- development works in Kashmir trying to create fear psychosis State Governments on law and passage. “The Finance Bill !" # sion to disqualify the rebel will never succeed, asserting in the State. order situation. (appropriation bill) needs to be %& ' % &() MLAs. “The court of the pub- that the power of develop- On Saturday, Minister of Union Minister Jitendra passed “urgently”, as other- lic will also give the appropri- ment is stronger than the might Home Affairs of India (MHA) Singh, BJP general secretary wise “we will not be able to not voting for the moved by the Congress and three rebel MLAs earlier that a ate punishment to these legis- of bullets and bombs. ordered the deployment of Ram Madhav and its State unit draw funds even to pay Kumaraswamy Government JD(S) to disqualify the rebel member disqualified under the lators who have betrayed their While the PM did not talk 10,000 paramilitary person- president Ravinder Raina and salaries,” he said. during the trust vote. MLAs, who had also submitted anti-defection law cannot con- parties and people who voted about the massive deployment nel, ostensibly, for ‘counter- other senior leaders from the With the disqualification of “I have used my judicial resignations as Assembly mem- test or get elected till the end of them by joining hands with BJP of additional forces in the insurgency’ and for maintain- State will attend the meeting 17 rebel MLAs, the effective conscience... I am 100 per cent bers and were absent during the term of the present House, to bring down the coalition Valley, sources said intelligence ing ‘law and order’ in the besides the party’s national strength of the 224-member hurt,” said the Speaker, when the trust vote sought by the a contention which has been government,” the party tweet- inputs suggested that Pakistan Valley. working president JP Nadda. Assembly excluding the asked about his controversial Kumaraswamy headed challenged by the BJP, rebel ed. Congress Legislature Army-backed terrorist groups Meanwhile Modi is expect- In his monthly ‘Mann ki Speaker, who has a casting decision on disqualification Government, leading to its MLAs and several legal experts. Party leader Siddarmaiah, in a are planning to carry out a ed to attend a meeting of BJP’s Baat’ broadcast, he said the vote in case of a tie, is 207. BSY being called into question and downfall. Reading out the names of tweet, termed the Speaker’s major terror attack on Indian Jammu & Kashmir core group “Back to Village” programme will require 104 votes to prove allegations about his conduct in He said he had rejected the rebel MLAs, the Speaker said, decision as “a victory for soil at a time when Amarnath called on Tuesday, with top held in June in Jammu & the majority. the entire issue. request by the rebel MLAs to “They cease to be MLAs with democracy”. Yatra is on. “That is why 100 party leaders, including its Kashmir saw enthusiastic par- BJP along with the support Amid reports that the BJP give him four weeks more to immediate effect till the expiry “I believe this decision will companies of paramilitary chief and Home Minister Amit ticipation of villagers every- of one Independent has 106 was planning to move a no- appear before him on the issues of the 15th Assembly (in put an end to the shabby cul- forces have been deployed in Shah. where, including in very sen- members, Congress 66 (includ- confidence against the Speaker of their resignations and dis- 2023),” adding, “with respon- ture of selling oneself by disre- the Kashmir Valley,” said a top According to senior BJP sitive and remote villages, as ing nominated), JD(S) 34 and if he didn’t quit his post, qualification plea against them. sibility and fear I have taken garding the public mandate for official. leaders, the high-level meeting Government officials reached one BSP member, who has Ramesh said he was taking the The Speaker had made it this decision.” selfish motives and the greed Coming as it did after the is set to discuss political atmos- there to discuss development been expelled by the party for action based on the petitions clear when he disqualified “The way I am being pres- for power,” he said. visit of NSA Ajit Doval, who phere and party’s preparedness schemes with locals. ! "!# %& at police station Vivek Vihar around 5:40 am on Sunday regarding the fatal accident following which an Emergency O Response Vehicle (ERV) was ! ! dispatched for the spot. Rae Bareli: The woman from “A police team reached the Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, who .-0$-/1 spot, near Surya Nagar red light !" had accused BJP leader and where a white colour Honda MLA Kuldeep Sengar of raping wo Delhi University (DU) City car was found in damaged $ % O her was seriously injured after Tstudents were killed and condition. An electricity pole & & & ' the car she was travelling in was two sustained grievous injuries and railings were also found ( ) 12$-,($ hit by a truck. after a speeding Honda City car uprooted from the central verge Her mother and aunt, who in which they were travelling of road. It seems that the car enior Congress leader and were travelling with her, both reportedly toppled over near was being driven at a great Sformer Union minister S died in the accident, reports Vivek Vihar at Surya Nagar red speed and collided with the !"#$%&%#'!" *& Jaipal Reddy, who was known said. Several reports had it light after it hit an electric pole pole and railings,” said the + $ + for his oratorical skills and that her lawyer, Mahendra the attack. While Sengar has and railing, police said on DCP. , carved a place for himself in Singh, had also died. However, been in prison since 2018, he Sunday. “The locals in the area had % & & Parliament and state assembly, ANI has quoted his junior is known to be influential. It appeared that the man rushed the four injured persons ' died at a hospital here on associate Vimal Kumar Yadav ANI has reported Unnao on the wheels lost control over to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Sunday. The 77-year-old was as having said Singh is critical. SP MK Verma as having noted the steering and accident took hospital for their treatment. recently diagnosed with pneu- Locals quickly reached the that security guards deployed place on Sunday. Two youths identified as monia and was admitted to the site of the accident and were to protect the women were not According to police, those Prabhjot and Rubal were hospital, where he died at 1.28 able to pull out all the occu- present with her when the killed in the car crash have declared brought dead by the am, a Congress leader told PTI. pants from inside the mangled accident occurred. been identified as Prabhjot doctors, while Keshav and Reddy’s limited physical vehicle. In June 2017, two months Singh (18), a resident of Malka Arshpreet Kaur are undergoing mobility due to polio never The woman was travelling after the BJP came to power in Ganj in North Delhi and Rubal * % % + , treatment,” said a senior police deterred him from achieving from Unnao to the Rae Bareli Uttar Pradesh, the women who (20), a resident of Haryana. - - &() official. political heights and he served as district jail to meet her uncle was then 17 years old had While their two friends iden- “Police are checking the a Lok Sabha MP for five terms, Mahesh Singh, who is impris- alleged that she had been kid- tified as Keshav (21), a resident two female friends. was driving the ill-fated Honda CCTV footage of the area to as a member of Rajya Sabha for oned there in a separate case. napped when she went looking of Kamla Nagar and Arshpreet Police found a Honda City city car, reportedly abandoned ascertain the sequence of two terms and was a four-term “The incident took place on the for a job and was gangraped for (19), a resident of Sirsa in car in a damaged condition and the car and fled the spot after events. Prima facie it appears MLA. road that connects Rae Bareli more than a week by Kuldeep Haryana, who were taken to the pole and railing uprooted the incident. Investigators said that the driver, Lakshya was He had agitated against the to the Fatehpur district,” chief Singh Sengar and his accom- GTB hospital and are from the road divider, Deputy they have launched a manhunt over speeding and lost control imposition of Emergency and of district police Sunil Kumar plices, including his brother undergoing treatment. Police Commissioner of Police as his conduct appears to be of the car after which it collid- came out of the party. After com- Singh said. Atul Singh. said they are in critical condi- Meghna Yadav said. suspicious. ed with the divider. We are ing out of the Congress, he Singh ruled out any con- However, the case regis- tions. “It appears that the driver Police said they are all stu- waiting for the MLC of the vic- joined the Janata party and con- spiracy based on prima facie tered by the Unnao police did Prima facie, it appears that was speeding and lost control dents of Delhi University. tims to ascertain if they had tested against Indira Gandhi in evidence. The woman’s family not name the MLA as an Keshav and Prabhjot were of the car,” said a senior police Yadav said a Police Control consumed alcohol,” said the Medak LS constituency in 1980. has accused Sengar of planning accused. going on a joyride with their officer. However, Lakshya who Room (PCR) call was received senior police official.

.-0$-/1 Manipur, Kashmir, Himachal sources are also said to have J&K, Rajasthan besides across finance street rage and terror- Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mysuru, established strong links the border from Pakistan are ist violence. While the focus of n a unique move to hit more and even Bihar are known for between Kashmiri terrorists making way to Delhi and the national media has largely Ion drug-terror nexus, the illegal cannabis farming. and drug trafficking in Punjab. beyond. Habit-forming drugs been on drug abuse among the Centre has decided to identify The issue of increasing A 2019 study conducted by are making way to Jammu youth in Punjab, the scenario ganja (cannabis) growing areas cannabis farming in several the All India Institutes of from Punjab. While Cannabis in J&K is no less frightening. through satellites and deploy States was discussed at the Medical Sciences reported that from Himachal has a market in The Paris-based drones to carry out spraying of meeting of the highest level about 7.2 million Indians had Punjab, most infamous drug Geopolitical Drug Watch has chemical to destroy the crops. meeting with States police chiefs consumed cannabis within the “Chitta” is now smuggled to labeled Pakistan as a ‘narco In a communiqué to recently. It is estimated that one past year. Himachal villages along the state’, a nation in which drug Director General of Police of all acre of cannabis fetches 2 to Last week Chief Ministers Punjab border. barons collaborate closely with States and Union Territories, 2.50 lakh in the market. of seven States including According to Narcotic politicians, senior bureaucrats Central Paramilitary Forces As per data, 9,500 acres of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Control Bureau report 2018, and armed forces officers. This and Narcotic Control Bureau, cannabis crop destroyed across Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand seizure of narcotic drugs like illegal and clandestine business the Ministry of Home Affairs the country during 2017- besides senior officials repre- opium, heroin and cannabis in pumps more than $2 billion (MHA) directed to identify 18.The crop season commences senting Jammu & Kashmir, the country has increased by annually into Pakistan’s sinking cannabis growing areas around September and it is har- Delhi and Chandigarh met to more than 300 per cent in the economy. through satellites and destroy vested around February or draw out a joint action plan to last five years with 2017 wit- The economy of the crops through chemical March. Recently, Delhi Police combat the rapidly growing cri- nessing an all-time high recov- Pak?Afghan frontier is depen- spraying. has seized 1,300 kg cannabis sis of drug abuse in the region. ery of over 3.6 lakh kg of nar- dent on the production of The Ministry has also since June this year. The secu- According to sources, cotics. poppy and cannabis. The drug directed to find out the root of rity agencies also seized 111.91 Delhi is one of the main epi- Intelligence Agencies money is being floated in an the supply chain in drugs and kg and worth 100 crore from centers where drugs flow from report say Kashmiri farmers, unorganised but systematic identify the drug terror nexus. Manipur on June 29. drug is being pumped into via Jammu. Punjab, which hard by the menace of drugs all States and supplied to other especially in South Kashmir, manner into the Indian money As per reports, Kerala, According to intelligence Kashmir, via Pakistan, which is shares a 553-km-long border smuggled from Pakistan and parts of the country. Drugs are being forced into cultivat- market thereby damaging Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, sources, the Afghan variety of further pushed into Punjab with Pakistan, has been hit Afghanistan. Army intelligence smuggled into Punjab from ing poppy to generate funds to financial institutions. !"

s done every year, the report 2017, HBV and HCV tion and blood tests. needle which is quite common AWorld Hepatitis Day was are the major public health Ultrasound, CT scan and biop- practice in drug addicts. It can observed on July 28 to raise problems. It is more in Asian sy of liver are also used for also spread through the shar- awareness about hepatitis and and African countries probably making the diagnoses. ing the infected razor blade. its complication, prevention due to prevailing low socio- Hepatitis A and E usually The shaving of hair is the and treatment. The date was economic conditions leading to are acute and self limiting common practice in our coun- chosen because it is birth poor hygiene and sanitation. which resolve within few try. anniversary of Noble prize Hepatitis A/ E that spread weeks. It needs no specific Most of the people espe- winning scientist Dr Baruch mainly through contaminated treatment but supportive cially in the rural areas are get- Blumberg, who discovered food and water while hepatitis treatment like good nutritious ting the beard and scalp shaved hepatitis B virus and developed B/C are spread by body fluids, diet and adequate rest. apart from haircuts from com- a diagnostic test and vaccine for blood transfusion, use of infect- Hepatitis E can sometimes be mon barbers, hence during the virus. ed needle and syringe and dangerous especially in preg- the shaving the customer Hepatitis is an infection of through mother to child trans- nant woman and also men should demand for the use of the liver. The hepatitis can be mission during early child- leading to liver failure and clean razor and of new razor self limiting or can progress to hood. death. Over 90 per cent of blade because it is quite com- liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Most of the persons suf- hepatitis C can be completely mon to get cut in skin during The goal of the Hepatitis Day fering from viral hepatitis do cured within 3-6 months of the shaving of hair especially if 2019 was to find the missing not develop any obvious symp- treatment. the barber is not attentive to his millions to eliminate viral toms in the initial period but Hepatitis A and E are eas- job. hepatitis by the year 2030. later on complications occur ily prevented by practicing As HBV and HCV are Hepatitis is most serious with serious liver problems personal hygiene and public found in blood and body flu- public health disease which like liver damage (cirrhosis), sanitation. In our country ids, they spread through infect- affects liver -- an organ of the cancer and liver failures which where basic hygiene and sani- ed needle, infected blood and body vital for maintaining need liver transplant. tation is lacking, avoidance of blood product and other body almost all metabolic activities. If the patient, in addition to eating food from unhygienic secretions. One cannot lead a healthy life viral hepatitis, is suffering with roadside vendors will prevent It can be prevented by without normal liver function. alcoholic and/or drug induced hepatitis infection to a large using single use disposable Viral hepatitis is the common- hepatitis then the problem gets extent. needle and syringe and trans- est cause of liver infection. exacerbated. The drug induced Vaccines are available for fusing the screened blood from Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is 100 hepatitis usually caused in our protection against hepatitis A the authorised blood bank and time more infectious than country is due to anti tubercu- and B viruses but not against disposing infected material HIV/AIDS. losis drug, anti epileptic drug hepatitis C. Unfortunately there through appropriate medical According to ICMR report, and certain painkiller drugs are no specific drugs for treat- waste disposal authorities and it is estimated that currently which can cause serious dam- ing hepatitis A and E, howev- having safe sex using protective about 40-45 million people age to the liver. er there are effective antiviral measures. are HBV carriers and 10 mil- Hepatitis can reduce the drugs to treat hepatitis B and C Hepatitis B is an occupa- lion are infected with HCV in appetite, give feeling of nausea infection. tional hazard for a health work- India. Viral hepatitis is leading and vomiting, cause low to high There is no treatment for er. Surgeons have ethical oblig- cause of liver cirrhosis and can- grade fever and jaundice. hepatitis D but it can be pre- ation to render care to the tion in health care workers. of contracting HIV. Being an and implants in addition to Surgeons should continue to cer. Hepatitis virus is of five Jaundice is accompanied by the vented by hepatitis B immuni- hepatitis infected patients and About 37.6 per cent of HBV, 39 orthopaedic surgeon, I can say general instruments. The frac- use highest standard of infec- types, hepatitis A virus (HAV), yellow discoloration of eye sation. Hepatitis E is caused by same to other patients. The risk per cent of HCV and 4.4 per for sure that orthopaedic sur- ture ends are often sharp and tion control, universal safety B virus (HBV), C virus (HCV), sclera (white part of the eye), of hepatitis E virus (HEV). It can of transmission of HBV from cent of HIV in health care geons are more vulnerable to surgeon or assistant are at precautions and accepted mea- D virus (HDV) and E virus urine and stool and at extreme lead to acute liver failure. The patient to the surgeon is greater workers around the world are getting unintentional injury greater risk of getting an injury sures to prevent blood expo- (HEV). stage yellow discoloration of infection is caused by contam- than that of surgeon to patient. due to needle stick injury. due to needle stick or sharps during reduction of fracture. sure. HAV is the most common skin which is easy seen in fair inated food or water or High viral consultation indi- A study by a French sur- than any other surgeon because Needle stick or sharps cause of acute hepatitis in the coloured skin people. uncooked or under-cooked cates increased risk of trans- geon estimated that general an orthopaedic surgeon deals injury can be prevented by (The author is an world. HBV and HCV are Viral hepatitis A, B and C meat in epidemic areas. mission. The actual risk of surgeons have 6.9 per cent life with many neglected observing safe practice habits orthopaedic and joint replace- chronic viral infections. can be diagnosed by your Hepatitis B and C virus can hepatitis B and C are many time risk of contracting HCV orthopaedic deformities and during work and getting vac- ment surgeon based in According to global hepatitis symptoms, physical examina- spread after sharing of the times more than the HIV infec- and 0.15 per cent life time risk many sharp tip instruments cinated against infection. Dehradun) * 1 ' 23 . ! " # $ )/6 $-1,$. % he Uttaranchal Orthopaedic TAssociation announced the $-1,$. start of weeklong activities from August 1 to 7 on the occasion he president of Trikon of National Bone and Joint TSociety and general secre- Day to be observed on August tary of FICCI FLO, Neha 4. The association will be con- Sharma, has been appointed ducting various programmes national co-convenor of FICCI pertaining for bone health. FLO. Sharma said that she has Also, the members of been given the responsibility of Indian Orthopaedic Association national co-convenor for skill in various hospitals across the development in FICCI FLO. She country will be conducting will be working to promote bone health programmes along power-to-empower through with free surgeries for the needy NGO skill women's initiative, during this week. organise talk shows related to Free bone mineral densi- career options, focus on ty test, health education pro- women-related skills and help grammes for general public and facilitate placement and intern- students along with rallies ship for women. highlighting healthy aging with Sharma said that the strong bones will be held dur- national level guidelines will be 1,$0, cent Kanwadias on foot and 30 Meanwhile several incidents of ing the week. Dehradun porosis (weak bones) is a silent unhealthy lifestyle, less physical Vimal Nautiyal stressed on the implemented at the local level. per cent on bikes and heavy disputes between the police and Orthopaedic Society president killer which can lead to fragili- activity, smoking, excess alcohol, need to take adequate amount She said that the aim of FICCI he hustle bustle of the vehicles but this time it turned the Kanwadias who were try- Dr RB Kalia said that more ty of bones resulting in fractures. lack of adequate calcium intake of calcium in diet, checking vit- FLO is not only to empower TKanwad Mela neared its out to be the other way round- ing to enter the city from every than 75 per cent of health Uttaranchal Orthopaedic and diseases like diabetes, amin D levels, physical activi- women but also to make them conclusion on Sunday with 30 per cent on foot and 70 per possible point, were also expenditure in people above 70 Association secretary Dr rheumatoid arthritis, hypothy- ties in daily routine and keep- participants in government Dak Kanwads rushing back to cent on vehicles. reported. years is for orthopaedic disor- Hemanshu Kochhar added that roidism, epilepsy. Immediate ing away from smoking and functioning with work being their destinations after taking More than 3.25 crore Barring a few incidents ders. According to WHO, osteo- main reasons for weak bones are past president of UOA, Dr alcohol. undertaken in this direction. the holy water of Ganga at Har Kanwadias have returned till where Kanwadias entered into ki Paidi. Till afternoon it was a Sunday afternoon,” said senior argument with the police, the mad rush on roads but by the superintendent of police Mela was held without any late evening there was a break Janmejay Prabhakar Khanduri. major law and order problem. ! 0' in the traffic with most of Bairagi camp parking and Kanwad mela pilgrims them having left Haridwar for Dakshdweep for big vehicles at have increased phenomenally their destinations. This year Rodibelwala and Pantdweep over the past few years. Taking $-1,$. the rivers. The group has ducted about three weeks ago about 3.30 crore Kanwadias for two wheelers were bursting a glance at the past years, 50 decided to start a signature we found that only five percent arrived here, breaking past at the seams during the last lakh visited in 2007, 60 lakh in ssuring an ultimatum to the campaign for starting a city of the 60,000 saplings planted records. three days, he added. 2008 and 75 lakh in 2009. IState Government in order wide movement to mobilise as part of Rispana revival Sunday witnessed a deluge The best part was that city From the Kumbh Year to stop the proposed elevated Doonites, especially the youth effort last year have survived. of Dak Kanwadias on motor residents could move inside the 2010 their numbers reached road projects along Rispana for the cause of actual rejuve- The Government keeps mak- bikes and other vehicles reach- city with controlled traffic. over one crore. About 1.5 crore and Bindal rivers, the nation of the rivers. ing tall claims about the reju- ing the holy city to fetch water Most of the locals remained visited in 2011, 1.75 crore in Dehradun based student Addressing media persons on venation of the rivers but the from the Ganga river to be confined to homes fearing acci- 2012 and 1.95 crore in 2013. activist group Making a Sunday, founding president ground reality shows zero offered at Shiva temples in dents on national highway with This year the Kanwadias broke Difference by Being the of MAD, Abhijay Negi said, results. Saplings were planted their native places. Clad in many of the visitors using high all past records with 3.30 crore Difference (MAD) stated that “We have been part of the pos- during the Harela festival saffron T-shirts and shorts, decibel sound systems. of them arriving here. they will be approaching the itive steps taken by the which ended up being just these Kanwadias could be seen Uttarakhand High court Government to rejuvenate another PR activity and regu- everywhere in the city. against this project in two Rispana and we still support lar inspection to check on the Rispana and Bindal rivers clean the Rispana belt in a spe- According to the police months. No such project them if their intentions are those plants was never has only increased. The sewer cific area. He did not say no about 70 per cent of the total ! should be planned before indeed to revive the rivers. ensured.” He further added, lines still lay on the Rispana to the proposal but told us to number of Kanwadias arrived ensuring the actual revival of However in a survey we con- “The dumping of garbage in riverbed and there has been a speak with the councilor con- here on vehicles during the last rise in encroachments on the cerned. The councillor again three days. Till noon on banks of both the Rispana and was selective about his area. Sunday, it is estimated that over Bindal rivers. For the past The point is their mentality is a lakh bikers reached Haridwar 1,$0, the body of a Kanwadia was eight years, we have been that they do not want to work in the past 24 hours, said the lying at gas plant gate near played as a football from one and they won’t let us work police. body of a Kanwadia was Jagjeetpur police station. department to another. From either.”He said, “The 2014 An eye witness to the rush, Adiscovered in the vicinity Speaking to this corre- Mussoorie Dehradun report of the National Institute a resident of Harilok Colony, of Jagjeetpur police station on spondent, constable Jaipal Development Authority of Hydrology (NIH) con- said, “I counted 55 bikers in Sunday morning. The mobile Singh said, “A witness said (MDDA) and Municipal firmed that Rispana and one minute on the road lead- and bike was recovered from that the motorbike of one pil- Corporation of Dehradun Bindal rivers are in fact peren- ing to Haridwar Roorkee the site by the police but owing grim had stopped so he was (MCD) to Irrigation depart- nial and later merge with national highway.” “In the past to pattern lock on the victim's seen dragging the motorbike. ment, our questions are being Ganga river also. two years there has been a mobile his relatives could not He is aged about 30 years. dodged at every level. They should be brought major change in the influx be contacted. Prima facie it seems he had a In fact few months ago we under the Namami Gange pattern of Kanwadias and the The body was sent to the heart attack which lead to his spoke with Dehradun mayor project as these two rivers are turnout this year was more mortuary by the police while death on the spot. The search Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ in order a major factor responsible for than expected. It has broken all the search for his relatives is on. is on for his relatives and to seek support from MCD - bringing down the water qual- the previous records. On Sunday morning police efforts are underway to ascer- a JCB and some manpower to ity of Ganga. Earlier it used to be 70 per received the information that tain his identity."

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$-1,$. hief minister Trivendra CSingh Rawat said that the acilitating development in Himalayan states had prepared Fthe Himalayan States is one a common agenda and sub- of the priorities of the mitted it to the Union Finance Government of India. minister Nirmala Sitharaman However, special efforts will be at the Conclave of the needed to mitigate migration Himalayan States. Among from the border areas, in which other issues, they have raised Panchayati Raj institutions can the demand for green bonus play an important role. and a separate ministry for the The Union Finance minis- Himalayan region. ter Nirmala Sitharaman said Addressing the media after this while speaking as the chief conclusion of the conclave, guest at the Conclave of the Rawat said that the Himalayan Himalayan States held in states have demanded that they Mussoorie on Sunday. should be provided green The Mussoorie Resolution bonus for the ecosystem ser- signed by the Himalayan States vices they provide. Since on the occasion saw them Himalayan states are also the pledging to make endeavours main source of water, financial to protect and conserve the rich assistance should be provided Himalayan heritage and ethos in Central schemes to these for the prosperity and well- states for protection and revival being of the nation; cherish and of rivers. The Centre should nurture the wealth of biodi- migration from border areas be States participating in this con- 2025,” said Rawat. also provided assistance in versity- the glaciers, rivers, mitigated. The people living in clave, she added. Chairman of the 15th developing new tourist desti- lakes, forests and wildlife; pre- the border areas are the eyes Chief minister Trivendra Finance Commission, NK nations. He said, “Considering serve the vibrant folk arts and and ears when it comes to Singh Rawat said that hosting Singh said that the Centre is national security interests, crafts, the culture and folklore national security. the conclave was an honour for with the Himalayan states. The development in border areas conclave, the NITI Aayog, 15th water resources and ecological The Himachal Pradesh to pass them on to coming gen- Stressing on the need for Uttarakhand. He said, “The Finance Commission is fully should be accorded priority in Finance Commission and services among others. CM Jai Ram Thakur, NITI erations. The Himalayan States balancing development and geographical conditions of aware of the problems faced by order to mitigate migration. Finance ministry assured that He said that except Aayog vice chairman Rajiv also pledged to conserve for environmental protection, she Himalayan states are similar. these states. The commission The Union Finance minister separate plan would be made in Assam, the representatives of Kumar, Arunachal Pradesh posterity the spiritual legacy of said that special focus should These states have a vital role in also agrees to the points raised also gave her assurance when the budget for the Himalayan 10 Himalayan States attended deputy CM Chowna Mein, the mountain culture, to work be laid on organic farming in the commitment of Prime in this conclave and all possi- this concern was raised by the states,” said Rawat. the event. The CMs of advisor to Jammu and Kashmir out strategies for sustainable mountain States. Minister Narendra Modi to ble attempt within the consti- Himalayan states. We also He opined that the con- Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, governor, KK Sharma, development of mountain areas The local youth need to be save every drop of water. tutional framework will be reached a unanimous agree- clave had been a success as for Meghalaya, deputy CM of Uttarakhand chief secretary with a sense of equality and jus- linked with this. Start-ups can All of us will have to work made to resolve these isues, he ment that this conclave should the first time the representa- Arunachal Pradesh and rep- Utpal Kumar Singh and repre- tice, to cherish and conserve also be vital for youth in moun- together for enrichment and said. be held every year. A separate tives of Himalayan states con- resentatives of the other sentatives of other states were the history of mountain soci- tains, as these will not only mit- conservation of water. Separate Stating that Himalayan ministry should be formed for gregated and deliberated on Himalayan states participated also present in the Press con- eties, their historical legends igate migration but also boost budgetary provision should be States are important for glob- the Himalayan region. In this vital issues including disaster, in the conclave. ference. and the glory associated with economic development. made at the Centre for river al environment, he suggested the lofty Himalayas and to Empowerment of local com- revival. The Himalayan States that a system should be con- states are different than those vice chairman Rajiv Kumar of value added agriculture, Sangma, advisor to the Sikkim hand over this grant heritage in munity should be accorded also need to be encouraged sidered for improving the liv- faced in other states. Stressing said that there are various pos- setting of targets and time- CM, Mahendra P Lama, advi- pristine form to the nation and priority for achieving the more for the eco-system ser- ing standard in the Himalayan on development of air con- sibilities for development in bound execution of various sor to the Jammu and Kashmir the world. intended aim of development vices they provide. We will also region. nectivity in such states, he Himalayan States. It is vital to schemes. governor, KK Sharma were Earlier, the Union Finance schemes. The Centre will take have to work on wellness and Himachal Pradesh CM Jai cited limited resources to seek attract foreigners to boost The chief minister of also among those who minister said that only by pro- serious cognisance of the issues tourism to achieve the eco- Ram Thakur said that prob- priority in financial assistance tourism in these states. He Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, expressed their views on the viding basic facilities can discussed by the Himalayan nomic development target by lems faced in mountainous from the centre.NITI Aayog also spoke of the importance Meghalaya CM Conrad occasion. & ' # (

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1*/ Speaking on the occasion, Union Finance Minister imachal Chief Minister Jai Nirmala Sitharaman said that HRam Thakur on Sunday the Himalayan states have a advocated for formulating a major role to play being the holistic, inclusive and consis- custodian for saving the pris- .-0$-/1 tent development policy for tine environment of the sustainable development of Himalayas. amuna Monitoring Himalayan states. She said that long term YCommittee, constituted on The Chief Minister, while strategies need to be prepared the orders of the National addressing the conclave of the to protect the fragile Green Tribunal (NGT) has Himalayan states at Mussoorie Himalayan ecology. Proper suggested that farmhouses and in Uttarakhand, said that about infrastructure must be created large governmental organiza- 66 per cent geographical area in border areas of these states tions like Delhi Development of Himachal Pradesh is covered to check migration of people Authority (DDA), Railways by forests and if ecologically from these areas which makes and malls be directed to close viable and scientific silviculture the border areas vulnerable, she their borewells and switch to practices are allowed, the state said.The Union Minister said treated wastewater. can earn additional annual that the proper balance It may be recalled that the revenue of about Rs 4000 crore. between development of two-member monitoring com- However, due to national Himalayan states and other mittee, comprising retired laws and orders of courts, the states of the country must be NGT member B S Sajwan and state is neither able to get full Thakur said that the state states are playing the most sig- also to enhance the “ease of liv- maintained. former Delhi chief secretary effectively for other purposes, "The only way to compel revenue from its forest wealth, has immense tourism potential nificant role in Prime Minister ing” level of its people. Himalayan states must also Shailaja Chandra was formed was being discharged into the large organizations such as the nor undertaking developmen- but there is non-availability of Narendra Modi's water con- While congratulating ensure that their lands are not by the NGT to suggest ways Agra canal. Delhi Development Authority, tal activities on larger geo- rail and air connectivity. A big servation initiative. Most of the Uttarakhand Chief Minister exposed to excessive use of and means on water conserva- The committee has repeat- railways, malls, and farmhous- graphical area. Therefore, airport must be constructed in Himalayan states have to TS Rawat for making a com- chemical fertilisers. Youth tion. The committee, made edly stated that all potential es to stop using borewell water Himachal Pradesh should be the state. The construction of depend on financial manage- mendable effort to bring the should be empowered for this suggestion in a second sup- users of treated effluent are is if they are forced to close the suitably compensated for being roads in Himalayan states was ment on Centre and Finance Himalayan states on a common ensuring development at the plementary report submitted needed to be identified in a borewells and switch over to deprived of revenue worth very expensive and rail network and Planning Commissions, platform, he said that con- grassroots, particularly in the before the NGT recently. radius of 5 kilometers around treated wastewater available at crores of rupees for being was almost negligible. Besides, but after scraping of Planning clave would be historic as a Himalayan regions as they can "Of the 459 million gallons each STP, adding that the DJB several STPs... To be collected denied harnessing its forest being hilly, the Himalayan Commission, these states are development roadmap for the come up with new ideas for of wastewater generated per should enforce the use of treat- by tankers for non-potable wealth, he said. states are prone to several nat- facing a lot of financial hard- Himalayan states would development, she added. day by the Delhi Jal Board ed water, and regulate ground- purposes," it said. The Chief Minister urged ural calamities and it is the ships, he said. emerge from it. Chairman, 15th Finance (DJB), only 89 MGD is being water and borewell connections The DJB is also working the Finance Commission and need of the hour that the Due to difficult topography He said that deliberations Commission NK Singh said used. The common effluent in public parks and depart- on a plan to reuse treated the Union Government to pro- Union Government ensures and geographic conditions, the focused on sustainable devel- that the expectations of the treatment plants of the Delhi mentally-owned green spaces. wastewater after releasing it vide adequate grant to revenue adequate allocation of funds Himalayan states require more opment of the Himalayan Chief Ministers of the State Industrial and "The DJB, which is respon- into the Yamuna. But, accord- deficit states so that after over- under SDRF for the Himalayan finances and manpower for states, rivers, glaciers and water Himalayan states from 15th Infrastructure Development sible for treating wastewater ing to officials, that will take coming post devolution deficit, states, he said. construction and maintain of resources located in the region, Finance Commission are justi- Corporation (DSIIDC) utilize and ensuring that it is used time. they have adequate funds for The Chief Minister further basics infrastructure such as disaster management, ecosys- fiable and the Commission is less than 10 per cent of the effectively for non-potable pur- "Treated wastewater will be capital investment. said that Article 275 and 280 of roads, education, health, irri- tem services, tourism and well- fully aware of the develop- treated effluent," the report poses, has been holding meet- released into the Yamuna near He said that Himachal has Indian Constitution makes gation and drinking water, ness potential. mental needs. said. ings but most departments Palla, where the river enters the witnessed huge fall in income provision of adequate grant of power etc, he added. Thakur expressed hope He said that the It said that after a visit to and agencies complain of there city. Downstream, we will draw from GST and urged the economically weak and rev- Thakur also said that the that this conclave would go a Commission has laid down the Okhla sewage treatment being no piping arrangement to the river water and send it to a Finance Commission for prop- enue deficit states. Himachal Government is long way in getting more funds some criteria for evaluating the plant, the monitoring com- transport the water. The DJB water treatment plant for fur- er evacuation of GST for Most of the rivers in the endeavouring to achieve the from Union Government, sustainable development steps mittee told the DJB that the says laying so many pipelines ther treatment," DJB vice- remaining 33 months for the country originate from the sustainable development goals Finance Commission and NITI taken by the State Governments treated effluent of excellent will take a long time and cost chairman Dinesh Mohaniya state. Himalayas and the Himalayan by 2022, instead of 2030 and Ayog to the Himalayan States. of the Himalayan states. quality, which could be used money," the report said. had said earlier. $)* + ,&-.+ M- # %)+ # ,.71 He initiated a soak pit project which drains out waste % # water into the ground by creating pits which not only # rime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efforts of conserves water but (1(.- 0, Pa small village of Ranchi for setting an example in also help in addressing Lupung Panchayat block’s the field of water conservation while water-logging problems. apital markets in India have been . interacting with the nation in ‘Mann Ki Baat 2.0’ on Meanwhile, Chief Minister Raghubar Das congrat- Cgrowing very rapidly. An impor- Sunday. Modi said that his call for water conservation ulated the people of Aara Keram village after their vil- tant indicator of this growth has been # has evoked immense response which can be seen reach- lage found mention in PM ‘Maan Ki Baat’. Das said, “It mutual fund (MF) industry in the ing out to the remotest villages, like the one in is a proud moment not only for people of Aara Keram country. The assets under manage- /+ Ormanjhi block of Ranchi district. village, but for the entire State. Water conservation in ment (AUM) of the MFs have more % He said, the people of Aara Keram village under State has turned out to be mass movement.” than quadrupled in the last seven # 0+ Ormanjhi block have toiled collectively to change the The Chief Minister also thanks Prime Minister for years, told Whole Time member, course of a mountain spring. Modi said that the villagers’ his effort in water conservation at the same time laud- Securities and Exchange Board of effort has led to not only stopping soil erosion and pre- ing the efforts of Jharkhand in water conservation. India G Mahalingam on Saturday 10 vention of crop damage, but has also facilitated effec- In Ranchi district, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rai here. # 0N tive irrigation of fields. Modi, hailing the efforts of vil- Mahimapat Ray has directed 305 panchayats in 18 blocks Speaking at a seminar organised 3 lagers said that the zeal and of district to work in Jal Shakti Abhiyan—a time bound, here by Abhyutthana Finacial fervor displayed by them in water conservation has mission mode water conservation campaign launched Learning Centre (AFLC), turned out to example for one by Prime Minister. Mahalingam said the present AUM nies,” said Mahalingam, outlining based trading systems; complete the capital markets,” he pointed all. Through the programme, the district administra- stood at 24 lakh crore as against several far-reaching measures initi- revamp of payment systems and out. The seminar, among others, was This is not for the first time that PM Modi has hailed tion first imparts training to people on water conser- 5.6 lakh crore in 2012. ated by SEBI that trade guarantee mechanisms, intro- addressed by former executive direc- the work and contribution of people of Jharkhand in vation followed by voluntary participation of people in “The other clear indicators of paved way for the growth of capital duction of derivatives; introduction tor, Reserve Bank of India,Hemant water conservation. In his ‘Man Ki Baat’ monthly address water conservation. this growth are increasing trading markets. “Dematerialisation of scrips of complete robust corporate gov- Contractor, Regional Director, last month, Modi cited the example of Dilip Kumar The Ranchi DC every day asses the progress in water volumes in the equity markets and leading to complete paperless trad- ernance, strong disclosure mea- Reserve Bank of India, Bhubaneswar Ravidas, a Sarpanch of Lupung panchayat of conservation carried out by district administration. the surging market capitalisation fig- ing systems has completely put a stop sures, measures to prevent mis-sell- MK Mall, former Regional Director, Katakmasandi block in Hazaribag district in water con- Moreover, inspired by PM Modi’s water conservation ures. In terms of number of listed to the menace of fake scrips circu- ing of MFs, measures to revitalize the RBI Hyderabad KR Das, Moloy servation. Ravidas, has taken a unique method in the mantra, Chief Minister had also launched a campaign companies, India ranks on par with lating in the market. Corporatisation corporate markets and spread Biswas and D Mishra, founder and conservation of water. on water conservation. US with almost 5,000 listed compa- of stock exchanges, technology- investors’ awareness led to growth in managing partner of AFLC. ' ( ) 8 9,&8' # (-,*6 rifice for mother India,” he said. Singh added, “Over 2,000 he 26th battalion of CRPF personnel have sacri- (1(.- 0, while addressing a programme organised equipment, sharing needles for injections TCentral Reserve Police ficed their lives discharging to mark the World Hepatitis Day. and blades for shaving and sexual contact. Force( CRPF), Bokaro, cele- their duties. The CRPF per- epatitis-B, 100 times more infectious Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker The people, who are infected but are brated its 80th Foundation sonnel have received more Hthan HIV and one of the biggest killer Surjya Narayan Patro was chief guest at the unaware about their condition, are at Day with much fervour and than 1,200 bravery medals diseases prowling the earth, has been programme, which was presided over by high risk of developing chronic liver dis- enthusiasm at its Group including George Cross Ashok claiming a staggering 1.5 million lives Prof Amit Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor of the ease and complications and at the same Centre at Chas headquarter on Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, Kirti worldwide every year. “But the scariest SOA University. Dr Sahu said there are five time unknowingly keep transmitting the Saturday. CRPF Commandant Chakra and others.” aspect of this disease has been that though strains of hepatitis (the word meaning infection to healthy people, Dr Sahu said, of the 26th battalion, Akhilesh Commandant Singh said around 400 million people in the world are inflammation of the liver) , A,B,C,D and adding that the theme for the World Kumar Singh, congratulated that on the eve of the carrying the infection, more than 90 per E, of which Hepatitis-B and C are the most Hepatitis Day this year is “Find the Missing the officials and jawans on the Foundation Day, CRPF insti- cent of them are unaware about it,” Dr common cause of liver cirrhosis and liver Millions”. “However, the good news is that occasion. tutions across the district have Manoj Kumar Sahu, Head of the cancer in India. a very effective vaccine is available since Singh paid rich tributes to planted 4,000 trees, which is a Department of Gastroenterology at the “While Hepatitis-A and E are trans- 1982 which can prevent the infection,” he martyrs of the CRPF and said unique initiative for preserv- Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM mitted by ingestion of contaminated food informed. This vaccine can be administered that CRPF is world’s largest ing the environment in Bokaro Hospital, said on Sunday. and water, Hepatitis-B, C and D spread to any person of any age including preg- paramilitary force, which is not and its surrounding areas. Advances in medical science has through contact with blood and infected nant women with the protection lasting a only alert for internal securi- As many as dozen officers helped reduce the mortality from diseases body fluids,” he said, adding that the infec- lifetime. Though there is no vaccine for ty of the country but is also duties appropriately with brav- where else.The jawans have and jawans were felicitated like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, tion spreads through receipt of contami- Hepatitis-C, cure is available. A single committed to social responsi- ery and courage whether it’s an neutralised the enemy every- on the occasion in a pro- but the casualty caused by Hepatitis-B has nated blood or blood products, invasive tablet, if used for three months, can com- bilities and humanity. "Our attack on the parliament, where. They have not stepped gramme organised at the 26th increased by 22 per cent since 2000, he said medical procedures using contaminated pletely cure the infection, he said. jawans are discharging their Akshardham Temple or any- aside for making supreme sac- battalion at Chas.

71.$%,1 planted saplings to ensure its should also be increased along tions, he said. Regarding the survival. If the students will with the pace of development. Paudhgiri Abhiyan, he said aryana Chief Minister again send photo with the He FURTHER said that 'Beti that this campaign was HManohar Lal on Sunday same plant after six months, Bachao, Beti Padhao' was launched many years ago in said that in the last three years, the government will send Rs 50 launched in 2015 and after that Faridabad and this time, it has the Paudhgiri Abhiyan each to their bank accounts. ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ was been carried forward by sow- launched for environmental After one year, the students launched and now efforts ing crores of seeds in the protection has achieved great will again send a photo and would be made for the success Aravali mountain range. More success in the state. this cycle will continue for of ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ for than 2.5 crore plants are being “The State Government three years, then every child water conservation in the state. distributed with resolution let- has involved lakhs of school will get Rs 600 in their bank Speaking on the occasion, ter, the Minister added. children with this campaign of accounts, he said. Industries and Commerce He called upon all the environmental protection. A student studying class VI Minister Vipul Goel said that industrialists from the city, Even this year, a target has can continue this cycle up to under the leadership of Chief RWAs, social-religious insti- been set to involve 22 lakh stu- class XII. In such a way, we are Minister, equitable develop- tutions and administrative dents of government and pri- going to do this great work of ment has taken place all over departments to carry further vate schools with the scheme,” environmental protection”, he the state from Hodal to this campaign. Manohar Lal said while speak- added The Chief Minister said Dabwali and from Earlier, the Chief Minister, ing at the plantation drive and that at present, Haryana has Mahendragarh to along with thousands of peo- art festival organized at only 3.5 percent forest area, Yamunanagar. On the basis of ple, launched the planting Faridabad. children and served like par- serve the people throughout associated with this campaign, whereas it is 25 to 30 per cent this development, BJP will ful- drive by planting ‘Triveni’ in The Chief Minister said ents. After some years, these life. All the schoolchildren have been asked to send pho- in many states. fill its resolution of 75 plus Town Park Sector-12, that plants should be loved like plants will become trees and from class VI to XII, who are tos by geo tagging of their The forest area in the state seats in the assembly elec- Faridabad. !" 1 05% / R

.-0$-/1 Development and Culture. In leader Shri Jaipal Reddy Garu. UPA-II, he was again assigned My deepest condolences to his " & resident Ram Nath Kovind the Urban Development family & friends,” Rahul tweet- Pjoined other leaders on Ministry. Later, he became the ed. Soon after reports of Sunday to express grief at the Minister of Petroleum and Reddy’s death, condolences ./0 01 %.& death of former Union Minister Natural Gas but was shifted to poured in. Jaipal Reddy. Reddy, 77, a the Science and Technology ,.,2/1 L1-%13,2 Andhra Pradesh Chief 2 34 2 2 senior Congress leader, died at and Earth Sciences Ministries, Minister YS Jagan Mohan a hospital in Hyderabad in the creating political storm. Reddy offered condolences early hours of Sunday. The last rites of Reddy will over the senior Congress 5 4(" Reddy was recently diag- take place on Monday, Congress leader’s death. “Known for his .-0$-/1 * nosed with pneumonia and Lok Sabha member oratory skills Jaipal Reddy + . 1 & was admitted to the hospital, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said. mer Union Minister. He was a hour of grief”. Vice President carved a niche for himself in ccusing money laundering ( +B.1(C + where he died at 1.28 am, a The Congress, in a tweet, thinking person’s politician Venkaiah Naidu, in a series of Parliament and State assembly Aof more than Rs 1 lakh & Congress leader said. said it was saddened to hear the and an outstanding parlia- tweets, praised Mr Reddy for his alike. The chief minister con- crore by India Bulls Group, BJP ( ' & & Reddy has been a parlia- passing of Jaipal Reddy. “We mentarian. My condolences to “razor sharp intellect”. veyed his condolences to the leader Subramanian Swamy $ '* 1 mentarian for several decades hope his family and friends his family and many associates,” Congress president Rahul bereaved family members,” he has urged Prime Minister :;8' 4 and held key portfolios in var- find strength in their time of the Rashtrapati Bhavan quoted Gandhi also tweeted his con- said in a statement. TRS work- Narendra Modi to institute a & ( ,8';;; ious Governments. Reddy, a grief.” “Deeply saddened and the President as saying in a dolences, praising Jaipal Reddy ing president KT Rama Rao, Special Investigation Team of 4$ parliamentarian since the pained by the sudden demise of statement. for his dedication towards pub- son of Chief Minister K CBI, Enforcement Directorate, 1 1980s, served in the Lok Sabha Jaipal Raddy,” Congress’ The Prime Minister’s office lic service. He called Reddy “an Chandrashekar Rao, also con- Income Tax and Serious Fraud 6 ,& 7 * $ for five terms and in the Rajya Telangana unit chief Uttam also tweeted: “Shri Jaipal Reddy outstanding parliamentarian, doled the death. “My condo- Investigation Office to probe &8;; ( Sabha twice. Kumar Reddy said, describing had years of experience in pub- great son of Telangana” who lences to the family and friends charges of siphoning of funds Reddy was the Information the party veteran as an out- lic life. He was respected as an “dedicated his entire life of senior leader and former of National Housing Bank by were taken out from the loan transfers to shell firms and & Broadcasting Minister in standing orator, great human articulate speaker and effective towards public service.” union minister Shri Jaipal the company. National Housing Bank (NHB) later re-entry of these the loans the IK Gujral Government. being and intellectual giant. administrator. Saddened by his “I’m sorry to hear about the Reddy Garu who passed away In a letter to the PM, as fake loans in real estate sec- as investment. He also accused During UPA-I Government he “Sorry to hear of the pass- demise. My thoughts are with his sad demise of former Union earlier today. RIP Sir (sic),” he Swamy accused former Finance tor through a series of shell com- Offices of Registrar of held portfolios like Urban ing of Shri S Jaipal Reddy, for- family and well-wishers in this Minister & veteran Congress tweeted. Minister P Chidambaram and panies of India Bulls, patronaged Companies in Mumbai and many Congress leaders includ- by big politicians from Delhi, Delhi for allowing the 100s of ing former Haryana Chief Maharashtra and Haryana. shell firms of India Bulls. '( $ Minister BS Hooda of being “India Bulls Housing “RBI officials also con- " , #)) 0 7&! involved in the illegal activity Finance Limited and its related nived in these dubious money ) " of India Bulls Group. firms formed more than 100s of laundering due to the patron- .-0$-/1 they are faith and fearlessness. !+" '""6'')'+ Government. There in “As per credible informa- shell real estate firms to take age of Chidambaram in pro- We should trust our talents and ')8"))&89+ September they will get an * + *% tion that I have, and after loans from NHB and re-allot or tecting India Bulls and allow- rime Minister Narendra capacities; we should have faith 8"8'))%)088'%)+ opportunity to witness the perusal of many available doc- siphon it off to many real estate ing funds from NHB for past PModi said on Sunday the in them,” he said. !+9&)'%"8*' moment when Chandrayaan uments, I wish to inform you firms in Maharashtra, Delhi, 14 years. UPA’s many kick back two “greatest lessons” he learnt “We should feel proud of 9+')0);'&'"+ would be landing on the sur- that India Bulls Housing Gurugram, Bangalore and money from 2G and Coal were from the Chandrayaan-II mis- the fact that despite hindrances, %";'&'+ face of the Moon. For these Finance Limited and its Chennai in the range of Rs 30 routed through India Bulls sion are “faith and fearlessness” there is no change in the arrival winners, it will be a historic Associates which many crore to Rs 1,000 crore. After under the inistructions of and also announced a quiz time. We should trust our tal- endeavour in new age, cutting event of their lives,” he said. Congress leaders eg: P allotting these loans to other Chidambaram. competition whose winners ents and capacities; we should edge areas, with innovative The PM said 2019 has been Chidambaram and BS Hooda friendly real estate firms India “Some dubious real estate will get an opportunity to visit have faith in them,” he said. zeal, our scientists are second a very fruitful year for India in have patronised, is heading Bulls accepted these amounts firms involved in 2G Scam and Sriharikota to witness the Hailing the indigenous project, to none. They are the best, they the realm of space, noting that now for a financial collapse and back as investment to them! related to Dawood Ibrahim moment the spacecraft will he said it is “thoroughly Indian are world class,” the PM said. it had also launched A-Sat in bankruptcy, resulting large cor- Some of such dubious loans also have 1000s of crore of land on moon in September. in heart and spirit. It is com- Asking students to partic- March. In the hectic engage- ruption issues in real estate sec- were just book entries. That is, rupees worth illegal transac- In his monthly ‘Mann ki pletely a swadeshi, home grown ipate in the quiz, whose details ments during the Lok Sabha tor, banking, stock markets nothing but money laundering tions with India Bulls, and Baat’ address, Modi said the mission.” He hoped that the will be out soon, he said space, election, the A-Sat launch could and lose of more than Rs 1 lakh and round tripping,” pointed which is now at the verge of way scientists rectified techni- Chandrayaan II mission will and science and technology will not be a prominent part of the crore of funds of public and of out Swamy in his detailed let- sinking, said Swamy demand- cal issues, which caused ISRO inspire youth towards science be its key features. “And the discourse even though India has National Housing Bank,” said ter to Prime Minister Modi. ing probe by Special to defer its launch by a few days, and innovation, saying that most thrilling part is that stu- become the fourth country in Swamy in his detailed letter. Swamy said in 2016, Investigation Team (SIT) and is exemplary and unparalleled. science is the path to progress. dents scoring the highest in the world to have capability of The BJP leader detailed in Income Tax officials caught Special Audit on the loans “If you ask me what the two “This mission has proved their respective states will be destroying a satellite three hun- .-0$-/1 his letter to Prime Minister how India Bulls for more than Rs granted by National Housing greatest lessons I have received beyond doubt, once again, that invited to visit Sriharikota, dred kilometres away in mere thousands of crores of rupees 1,000 of crore TDS violation in Bank for the past 14 years. from Chandrayaan II, I shall say when it comes to attempting an with expenses borne by the three minutes, he said. he Election Commission T(EC) on Sunday said a total of 62,63,701 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) were regis- $ R 2 " %, %: tered through ‘Accessible Elections’, an initiative taken by .-0$-/1 '"+&))'8!"'#!%)'"+9''+)')!9<%")0"8%+"# during the past one year and the poll conducting body to !&))0+!"6)'"+%)()8'%)+*"98!"+%! ongoing surveillance is in place. 0,;, % 7( ensure the participation of PwDs. he Ministry of Fisheries, *'8&%%&6!+&''(;!;%'!"!9<%") “Equines showing any clin- “During this election, spe- TAnimal Husbandry and =!&))$;!"0+!"6'"+%)>""+'),,(?'68));&'+ ical sign and pathology of New Delhi: Asserting that added it was up to the Gandhi (CWC) is taking the current sit- cial focus was given to ensure Dairying has come out with a '!)'!&8!%"&(&')'"!%*&'6!9#'"+&)"5) glanders shall not be allowed to “lack of clarity” over leadership family to decide on whether she uation “very seriously” and is the participation of Persons national action plan to check +)&8'"+')+8'&+#'"+&)'998+!""13,?B,- enter in the event venue. In following Rahul Gandhi’s res- will contest. doing its best to find a solution with Disabilities. A total of deadly disease glanders. equine fairs, an animal shall ignation is hurting the In an interview to PTI, without further delay. 62,63,701 PwDs were registered Glanders is a contagious and As per the action plan, a certificate of a Glanders’ test have its own feeding and water- Congress, senior leader Shashi Tharoor expressed disappoint- “One way forward could be within an electorate of 910 fatal disease of equines, includ- infected animal should be elim- with negative results carried ing arrangement. Common Tharoor on Sunday said the ment with the prevailing situ- for the CWC to name an inter- million,” the EC said. ing horses, donkeys and mules. inated immediately. “The out on samples drawn within 30 watering and feeding shall not way forward for the party ation in the party and asserted im working president for the Stating that Accessibility It is caused by infection due to Prevention and Control of days. Equids with prescribed be permitted,” it said. could be opening up all key that there is no clear answer to party and then ideally dissolve Observers were introduced this the bacterium Burkholderia Infectious and Contagious “Health Card” shall only be “Protective clothing includ- posts, including the CWC the current “predicament that itself, following which the main year, EC said that this election mallei (B mallei). Disease in Animals (form of vac- permitted to move between ing full body aprons, face membership, to fresh elections we in the Congress are facing”. leadership positions within the was witness to many firsts in Population of equines (hors- cination certificate manner of states’. Also, according to the new masks, rubber/latex disposable which may help legitimise the “It is certainly quite true party, including the CWC itself, the domain of accessibility of es/pony, donkey and mules) in post mortem examination and plan, the veterinary authority of gloves and long shoes to be used incoming set of leaders. He also that the lack of clarity at the top should be opened up to fresh all; EVMs used in the elections India is 11.7 lakh which is spread disposal of carcass) Rules 2010, a state where many adjoining by persons in close contact backed Punjab Chief Minister of the party is likely to be hurt- elections,” the former Union were embossed with Braille almost all over the country. in vogue need to be followed. In districts have reported the dis- with the diseased animal. If Amarinder Singh’s assessment ing the Congress workers and Minister said. signage for the visually There was an outbreak of glan- case absolutely essential, the ease, shall take a decision about euthanasia is to be performed, that a young leader would be sympathisers, many of whom “By allowing members of impaired voters’ assistance. “It ders in West Delhi district and positive animal may be trans- whether to permit a fair or not. the use of Pentobarbital com- more suitable to lead the miss the fact of having a party the party, drawn from the AICC was the first time that EPICs it was declared glanders affect- ported to appropriate area for According to the new plan, bination could be used. The Congress at this juncture. leader to look to for key deci- and PCC delegates, to deter- with braille were provided to ed zone in 2017-18. The move- destruction and further dispos- fairs, congregations, shows or standard dose of thiopental Tharoor said he hopes that sions, authority and even inspi- mine who will lead the party the visually impaired electors. ment of equines was affected and al in closed vehicles. All the zoo- any equestrian events would be sodium is 1 gram/100 kg body party general secretary ration and energy, to rally from these key positions, it Other documents like voters’ it had an effect on the Republic sanitary measures should be permitted in a district provid- weight. The same could be Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will together and move forward,” the would help legitimise the slip, voter guide had braille sig- Day parade. As per agriculture followed at the time of culling ed that there has been no case increased or decreased depend- throw her hat in the ring when Thiruvananthapuram MP said. incoming set of leaders and give nage too. Accessibility ministry data, 407 cases of glan- and disposal of carcasses,” it said. of glanders in the district itself ing upon the susceptibility of the call for elections for the Tharoor said he hoped that the them a credible mandate to lead Observers were introduced, ders reported in 2017-18. “The owners shall produce and in the adjoining districts the horses,” the guidelines said. party chief’s post is made, but Congress Working Committee the party,” he said. PTI who ensured all the polling stations are accessible to the PwD,” the EC said. The motto of ‘Accessible Elections’ was one among the + % many initiatives of Election Commission to make the world’s largest democratic exer- .-0$-/1 more people are infected with an estimate, HCV infects more 5 #!'!9"'"# only 69 per cent by 2030, push- Fortunately, the treatment of three main challenges in the cise inclusive and participative hepatitis than HIV. than 70 million people world- ')';%*8'&' ing back the achievement of hepatitis C has become very elimination of these deadly for all, it added. ith 1.5 lakh deaths annu- Given that the HCV is more wide and ultimately causing )!&+%8"8+"8*-3 these goals to 2047. Thus, the easy and affordable (a 12-week viruses: First, to find those who “The electors with disabil- Wally and almost 60 mil- deadly scourge when compared liver complications including ;&8"'"+!&'*.C study underscores the impor- course, costs less than 4,000 and are infected. The high-risk ities and senior citizens were lion Indians affected, viral with other viral hepatitis infec- cirrhosis and cancer in 10-20 ;&8"*13D3 tance of action in these specific is effective in 95 per cent of groups for hepatitis B include mapped polling station wise to hepatitis, particularly hepatitis tions, a study has said if the com- per cent of cases. countries to achieve the WHO patients), said Dr SK Sarin, infected mothers and all family provide them targeted and B (HBV) and C (HCV) — prehensive package of preven- No doubt, the discovery of goals on HCV elimination. hematologist and director of members, and for both hepati- need-based assistance on the inflammation of liver — con- tion, screening, and treatment direct-acting antiviral (DAA) transmission of the virus, The study, which has been Delhi-based Institute of Liver & tis B and C, subjects receiving day of poll. During the election, tinues to be a serious public interventions to tackle the former drugs in 2014 gave new hope which is typically associated published in The Lancet was Biliary Sciences (ILBS) which blood transfusions, injections, all the polling stations were health concern in the country. is not fully implemented in to the fight against HCV, inspir- with blood transfusions, funded by the Wellcome Trust has launched a year-long coun- and infected with HIV.” equipped with enough supply However, what is the more China, India, or Pakistan — the ing the WHO to set the elimi- healthcare-related injections, and conducted by researchers trywide campaign — EMPA- There are five types of of wheelchairs and it was worrying is that over 80 per countries of highest projected nation goals. However, and injection drug use. from the MRC Centre for THY (Empowered People viral hepatitis infections - A, B, ensured that all polling stations cent of the infected people future cases — the WHO goals researchers from Imperial On the other hand, said the Global Infectious Disease Against Hepatitis) to raise C, D and E. Over 95 per cent had sturdy ramps for the con- aren’t aware of their infection. on HCV elimination would College London’s School of researchers after working on all Analysis at Imperial College awareness about the disease. of deaths are caused by chron- venience of PwD electors,” the Globally, viral hepatitis B remain unachievable. Public Health after examining the models, if the comprehensive London, including lead author Diagnosis and drugs for ic hepatitis B and C infections, commission said in a press and C affect about 325 million The WHO goal of elimi- the feasibility of achieving the package is not fully implement- Dr Alastair Heffernan. both hepatitis B and C are read- while hepatitis A and E rarely release. people globally, causing 1.4 nating HCV as a public health WHO target noted that while ed in China, India, or Pakistan There is no vaccine for ily available and, under National cause life-threatening illnesses. It also added that all the million deaths. It is the second threat is to reduce incidence by the DAA offers a promising — the countries of highest pro- hepatitis C and the only pre- Viral hepatitis Control Program, Hepatitis D is an additional polling stations had a sign lan- major killer infectious disease 80 per cent and mortality by 65 means of treating HCV cases, jected future cases — the glob- vention is by not using infect- are free for everyone. However, infection occurring in people guage expert, signage and after tuberculosis. Nine times per cent by 2030. According to it does not directly reduce the al incidence would be increased ed blood and needles. Dr Sarin said, “India is facing living with hepatitis B. transport facility. 1R2 ')6 #

.-0$-/1 total area requested for diver- to Union Environment alignment for diversion. It is an habitats, the FAC members sion for the project under the Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan example of bad optics as it concurred with the HP Chief erming the passenger rope- provisons of FCA 1980. “The four months back pointing out appears that huge forest land is Minister. Tways as environment- forest area under the terminal that such projects being envi- needed whereas it is actually Niti Ayog too in its ‘Draft friendly and better mode of stations and intermediate line ronment friendly should be used only for construction of Model Concession Agreement transport in hilly areas, a towers shall be considered for exempted from diversion of 4 & terminal stations and line tow- (“MCA”) for Public-Private Central green panel has relaxed diversion under the provisions forest land coming in the align- . B ers etc,” said Thakur. Partnership Framework for the Forest (Conservation) Act of FCA 1980.” ment where no felling is C' Levying of full NPV costs implementing Ropeways* (FCA), 1980 guidelines for Also, said the panel, the user involved and no net present ' ' & for entire forest land falling in Projects in India” last year had expediting such projects in agency will have no claim on the value NPV (of diversion of for- the alignment would render the recognised importance of rope- Himachal Pradesh. This is like- forest land under the ropeway. est land) costs be charged. 0 & < ropeway project(s) financially way projects, noting that these ly to prompt more Hill States to While permission of laying the His point was that, being & & unviable and discourages to opt can be set up in about 24 months seek such exemptions for their ropeway above 5 metre of tree mountainous State, connectiv- & ' for this eco-friendly alternative, and for cities where metros is region also. line do not give any right to the ity in “Himachal Pradesh is a big ' the Chief Minister further said. unviable ropeways can be an However, the relaxation user agency to use the forest challenge and passenger rope- ) B7 C Hilly terrains are more alternative option for main tran- such as exempting them from land, under the ropeway, for any ways are not only extremely use- '8AD;' & prone to erosion and landslides. sit system (Public Transport). mandatory NPV (net present non forestry purpose in future ful mode of transport but also Construction of roads aug- It has amongst the lowest value of the diverted forest without approval under Forest eco-friendly alternative. “He ments the process of erosion carbon emissions among all land), has not come without (Conservation) Act, 1980, said also pointed out that given that and leads to ample destruction urban transit options, also conditions. The Forest the panel at a recent meeting two third of the State area is cat- “In the case of ropeways, Act, 1980 without actually need- “Thus, tree cover falling in of natural resources whereas most of the modern ropeway Advisory Committee (FAC) in held here. egorized as forest land, such about 10 meters wide strip of ing it as the vehicle (Passenger the alignment of ropeway construction of ropeways is an systems today are environ- a recent meeting said the for- The approval came after regions (forest patch) are invari- forest land falling in the align- cable) moves sufficiently above remains intact and undisturbed. alternate mode of connectivi- mental friendly as there is no est area under ropeway passage Himachal Pradesh Chief ably required in most of the ment is included for diversion tree height with a minimum It is not reasonable to include ty with minimum destruction need to cut forests falling under shall not be included in the Minister Jairam Thakur wrote infrastructure related projects. under Forest (Conservation) clearance of about 5 metres. entire forest land falling in the and without fragmentation of the corridor, said the thinktank. !" 4 &R " -. /$

Lucknow: The path to achiev- from UP (Modi is MP from and peethadhish (seer), and Shah said the PM has initi- On the state's 'one district, ing the country's target of a $5- Varanasi). Earlier, there were 85 you are making the person ated a healthy competition one product scheme', he said, trillion economy passes through parliamentary seats, now there whose administrative experi- among states and the result “The BJP manifesto had said Uttar Pradesh, Union Home are 80. ence is virtually nil CM of such would be, as they improve so will manufacturing of traditional Minister Amit Shah said on “Today, I want to say, the a large state. Our aim was very the country. India climbed to 77 items will be given a boost and Sunday as the State launched road to a $5-trillion economy clear that a person who has ded- from 142 in five years on the marketed. Such industries are works for 250 industrial projects also passes through UP, and I'm ication and is willing to work ease of doing business list of the running successfully now in worth 65,000 crore. sure that the state will contribute hard will mould the circum- World Bank, he said. UP.” Shah expressed confidence to it by becoming a $1-trillion stances in his favour,” he said. “There is a need to awaken Commercial courts have that the State will contribute to economy,” Shah said. In a big state like UP, devel- self-confidence among the peo- been established in various dis- the target by becoming a $1-tril- In 2014, a new government opment will take place when law ple of UP that their state can also tricts and the UP government lion economy and said the Yogi was formed under PM Modi and order situation is good, become number one in the has made sectors like informa- Adityanath Government has and he started concentrating on and “I can guarantee after five country, and that work has been tion technology, dairy, civil avi- removed the biggest hurdle to many sectors. It was then in a years, the state will be number done by Yogiji,” Shah said, ation, tourism, renewable UP's development by improving meeting he had said “in the near one in terms of infrastructure”, adding that 17 medical colleges sources of energy,handicrafts, the law and order situation. past governments functioned the home minister said. have been built and 15 others are food and e-vehicles its focus Prime Minister Narendra only to exist, but this dispensa- “Development isn't possible in the pipeline. areas, Shah said. PTI Modi has set the target for the tion will work to transform the till the law and order situation country to be among the top nation”, the home minister said. is bad. I don't want to take the three economies in the world in Shah said the Modi gov- names of any government but the next five years, and “it is ernment started to transform the administration here had 0# from this, that the idea of a $5- every sector, be it security, eco- been badly politicised. trillion economy originated”, he nomic development or culture, “It had affected transparen- 2+ said at a second ground break- and the PM presented a model cy and focus was to appease ing ceremony for the projects of development based on 'Sarva- + ! 0& < 1 0, ! =% % political leaders. But, under the here, which was attended by sev- Sparshi' (reaching every person) % % 9>0/// ) < & " &() present dispensation, the admin- #,6 eral business leaders. and 'Sarva-Samaveshi' (includ- istration has been made 'Janata Like the first ground breaking all). Government, the UPA took funds to the state by the 14th uation in the last two years.” ka Sewak' in the real sense,” Shah Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief the second ground breaking ing ceremony, which took place In 2014, a beginning was over in 2004 and in the next 10 Finance Commission, he He said the BJP handed over said. Minister Yogi Adityanath on ceremony here for industrial last year, the second edition also made and a foundation to make years, the economy remained at assured investors that “along the reins of power in UP to Shah, who is also the BJP Sunday said the State will play projects worth 65,000 crore aims at bringing investments in it a $5-trillion economy was laid the 11th spot globally. with the state government, the Adityanath because of his ded- president, said he got the oppor- a major role in making the in the State. UP, India's most populous state, between 2014 and 2019, he “UPA leaders used to boast Centre is also committed to the ication and potential to work tunity to connect with the state country an economic super- The Chief Minister said and it is the third big event in said. that the economy hasn't gone development of UP”. hard. in 2013, as an election in-charge. power. this year the state has achieved this regard after the Investors “People who wanted to down. But in the last five years, Lauding Chief Minister “When Yogiji was made “When I went around, I “Uttar Pradesh will play a 28 per cent growth in the Summit. comment on this, are com- from 11th we jumped to sixth. Adityanath for bringing several CM, no one had imagined it. came to know about the condi- mjor role in achieving the export sector which is a big “I have heard that the road menting on it. The PM has In the next five years, the target changes for UP's development, Many people had called me up tion of the people, law and target of $5 trillion economy jump. to becoming prime minister worked to lay a concrete foun- is to propel India into the top Shah said,”The Yogi govern- and said Yogiji has never even order situation. This pained and ensuring that India With investments worth passes through Lucknow. Atalji dation for achieving the target,” three ranks,” he said. ment has removed the biggest run a municipality. He was not me...In 2017, the BJP came and emerges as an economic 65,000 crore, about 3 lakh (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) was from he said. Citing that there had been hurdle in development by a minister in any Government. it's completing its mandate to superpower in the world,” said youths may get employed, the here, and Narendra bhai is also Shah said after the Vajpayee an increase in allocation of improving the law and order sit- “He is a 'sanyasi' (ascetic) transform the state,” he said. the Chief Minister, speaking at Chief Minister added. PTI ; % // 7!! % , % /

**( who were trained during his the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena refus- ing 18 seats for our allies. months. organisation’s crusade for ing to make it a part of its The MKS’ political ambi- The tremendous response ! 7 n an effort to cash in on its reservation, to the State alliance and allotting ten seats tions should be seen in the that the MKM evoked for its Ipopularity gained through Assembly. He also claimed to it comes in the wake of context of massive mobilisa- massive silent morchas its crusade for Maratha reser- that some 42 organisations Bombay High Court uphold- tion of Marathas as part of as benumbed the Maharashtra Pune: Nationalist Congress said, “Those in power are mis- vations during the past three across the state were support- ing the Maharashtra govern- many 58 mammoth silent government and various polit- Party chief Sharad Pawar on using it and taking help of years, the social outfit Maratha ing the MKS. ment’s decision to accord morchas organised by MKM ical parties. What captured the Sunday said his party and the agencies such as Enforcement Kranti Morcha (MKM)- Interestingly, the MKM reservations to the Maratha in various district headquar- attention of the state govern- Congress had come to an Directorate, Income Tax, CBI turned-political party Maratha had in November last year community with a condition ters and major towns and ment, various political parties agreement on 240 of the 288 and ACB to compel leaders Kranti Sena (MKS) said on floated a political outfit MKS that the quantum of the cities across Maharashtra to and people across the state was Assembly seats in Maharashtra, from other parties to join Sunday that it would contest at and announced that the new approved reservation be demand reservations for the disciplined and peaceful polls for which are due later them,” he said. least 100 out of 288 seats party would contest all the 48 brought down from 16 per Maratha community which manner in which an apolitical this year. He accused Chief Minister independently in the forth- Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly cent to 12 per cent in educa- accounts of 32 per cent of the outfit like MKM organised its He also said the Raj joining the Congress-NCP Devendra Fadnavis and other coming Maharashtra seats in the forthcoming elec- tional institutions and 13 per state’s total population. various silent morchas. Thackeray-led MNS was alliance, the NCP president ministers of the BJP of poaching Assembly polls. tions in the state. However, the cent in government jobs. It is mainly because of the On August 9 2017, more mulling boycotting the said, “I met some MNS leaders leaders and said the phenome- Making an announcement MKS did not contest the Lok The MKS knows full well tremendous pressure mount- than five lakh Marathas owing Assembly polls due to reserva- in Mumbai. Recently Raj na was at work in other states like to this effect after a joint coor- Sabha polls as it had that following the high court’s ed by the MKM — which allegiance to MKM virtually tions about Electronic Voting Thackeray met Sonia Gandhi. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and dination committee meeting announced on November 19, June 27, 2019 ruling the BJP- enjoyed the support of the laid seize to south Mumbai for Machines. MNS leaders have strong feel- Rajasthan. Pawar said his party in Pune, an MKS spokesper- 2018. led saffron alliance govern- Opposition Congress, NCP nearly six hours to press for Speaking to reporters here, ings against EVMs and they was against the proposed son came up with a rider, say- The MKM had floated the ment enjoys considerable and ruling Shiv Sena — on the reservations and other Pawar added that leaders of feel some decision needs to be amendments that can weaken ing: “Though we have decid- new political party MKS, a day goodwill among the Maratha ruling BJP that the Devendra demands, compelling the BJP- both the principal opposition taken in this regard. The MNS the RTI Act. When asked about ed to contest 100 seats on our after the Maharashtra gov- community members in the Fadnavis government had led saffron alliance govern- parties would now speak to is in favour of boycotting the the exit of Sachin Ahir, the own strength, we have asked ernment accepted the recom- state and it also wants to ride decided to accord reserva- ment to come with a package other groups like the elections but this is not accept- Mumbai unit president of the the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena mendations of the piggy-back on the BJP-Sena tions to the Maratha commu- for Marathas, including con- Swambhimani Paksha for the able to us,” he said. NCP, from the party, Pawar said alliance to allot us 10 seats to Maharashtra State Backward alliance in the State Assembly nity under an independent cessions in education along the remaining of the seats. He added that a lot of par- the former had met him before contest as part of the ruling Class Commission (MSBCC) polls. It remains to be seen if SEBC category. lines of Other Backward Classes “The NCP and Congress ties at the national level were joining the Shiv Sena. saffron alliance. If the BJP- and announced that it would the ruling saffron alliance will The MKM took out silent (OBCs) and announce its readi- have reached an understanding against the use of EVMs in “He told me that it will be Sena alliance does not agree to grant reservations to Maratha spare 10 seats from its kitty to morchas in one and district ness to accord reservations to on 240 seats for the state elections and the matter is in difficult for him to get elected allot 10 seats, then we will go community under a new the MKS. headquarter or major town the community in education Assembly elections,” he said. the court as well. from his constituency (Worli) ahead and contest 100 seats on Socially Educationally On its part, the ruling after another to press for its and government jobs. Pawar said seat-sharing “But no one has reached a this time as he has learnt that our strength”. Backward Class (SEBC) cate- BJP-Sena alliance announced various demands. Despite Later on, MKS also talks will be completed and the decision to boycott the elec- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav The MKS spokesperson gory. last month that the two saffron being without a prominent became a party to the public constituency-wise list of can- tions,” he said. Thackeray's son is planning to said that the decision to con- The MKS’ latest decision parties would contest 135 seats leader to head the outfit, the interest litigations on Maratha didates will be readied in the Talking about some of his contest from that seat, and test the State Assembly polls to contest 100 seats in the State each in the State Assembly MKM became a force to reck- reservations in the Bombay next few days. Speaking on the party leaders switching over to that is why he wanted to go to was to send Maratha leaders Assembly polls in the event of polls, setting aside the remain- on with in the following High Court. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena the ruling BJP and Sena, Pawar the Sena,” said Pawar. PTI A & & ($1 2 27R

"** local villagers shifted minor boy along with his mother Fatima Jan 2 8 hree civilians, including a newly and another villager Mohd Arif, a Tborn child along with his moth- SUMO driver, from Shahpur to dis- er, received injures in heavy mor- trict hospital in Poonch. !6/!4 cannot be extended.” to keep a control on it,” Mr Tripathi tar shelling by the Pakistan Army Doctors in the emergency ward Chatterjee said referring to the ear- had told news agencies in an interview along the Line of Control in Poonch of District hospital in Poonch said, he ruling Trinamool Congress has lier interactions between the State adding “her policy of appeasement has sector late on Sunday evening. "the minor boy had received splin- Ttaken strong exception to outgo- Government and the Governor’s office the effect of adversely affecting soci- According to reports, “unpro- ter injuries in his abdomen". ing Bengal Governor KN Tripathi’s that “if he had felt any such thing why etal harmony ... I think she should look voked firing from the Pakistani side Another villager, Mohd Arif had parting advisories to the Mamata did he not mention it then. I have met at every citizen equally. I believe that started around 4:00 pm in Shahpur also received critical splinter Banerjee Government cautioning her him several times. But he never spoke every citizen of West Bengal should be area of Poonch in which several injuries. As heavy mortar shelling against her appeasement policies and of any such things like deterioration dealt with equally without discrimi- civilian houses bore the maximum was still going on in the forward deteriorating law and situation. of law and order or appeasement then. nation.” Her discriminatory policies brunt in the forward areas". areas, the district authorities decid- Reacting to Tripathi’s statement, Now when he is going out he is mak- were apparent in her statements, he Official sources said, "One of ed to rush ambulances to bring senior Trinamool leader and State ing such statements.” had said triggering an outburst in the the mortar shells, fired by the injured residents to the nearby Minister Partho Chatterjee said “Now Tripathi’s successor Jagdeep TMC ranks. Pakistan army, landed on the roof hospital. Ministry of Defence his term has ended and he will go back Dhankar will be sworn-in as the new The outgoing governor however top of a civilian house in Shahpur Spokesman in Jammu, Lt-Col in a few days time. But earlier also, we Bengal governor on July 30. later said he had been misinterpreted area where Fatima Jan along with Devender Anand said, had often said considering his stance Earlier the Governor had in an by some people. “I was misinterpret- his 12 day old child received splin- “Unprovoked firing from the on various issues that the “Raj Bhawan interview said that the Chief Minister ed,” he said adding how people ignored ter injuries”. Pakistani side was initiated around has become the BJP party office. We Mamata Banerjee had visions but she his praise for the Chief Minister. “I also In few minutes, civilian areas of 5.00 p.m in Shahpur and Sawjiyan were crticised by the BJP then. should refrain from pursuing appease- praised her saying she has vision and Sawjiyan, and Mankote sector in areas of Poonch on Sunday.” He said But now it seems that we were not ment policy. that has been ignored,” he said. Mendhar were also targeted by the in response to the intense mortar wrong in making such statements. He She “has got vision, she has power Questioning the timings of his Pakistan army triggering panic shelling by Pakistan army, Indian is making these statements to make the to implement her decisions but she statements the CPI(M) and Congress among them. According to official army was retaliating strongly and & BJP happy. But the question is what he should be restrained also. She becomes said what Tripathi had said was not sources, “Braving heavy shelling effectively. & & will get by doing so because his tenure sentimental on occasions, so she has only ill-timed but also partially true. ; O @ 6 , 6 1 , 7)!&"'P8 % ! Lucknow: Reacting to a con- reach the mosque in time for it,” The general secretary of the @ 0- % Amethi: A 64-year-old retired troversy over namaz on roads, he added. AIMPLB, Maulana Wali Army captain was beaten to All-India Muslim Personal Law Speaking on the recent Rehmani, however, said that it death by unidentified assailants Board (AIMPLB) member alleged incidents of people being was not wrong according to the Jaipur: Commenting on the about the Congress-ruled in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi dis- Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli forced to chant “jai shri Ram', shariat to offer namaz at an open current political situation in Madhya Pradesh. trict, police said on Sunday. on Sunday said prayers should Farangi Mahli said,”As far as place. He refused to elaborate on Madhya Pradesh, BJP's nation- The MP leader said the The incident occurred on not be offered by causing incon- Hinduism is concerned, there is it when told that roads were not al general secretary Kailash Congress MLAs had no confi- Saturday night in Godiyan ka venience to anyone. no scope of force. Lord Ram has open spaces. “Let people read Vijayvargiya here on Sunday dence in their leadership and Purva village under Kamrauli “Namaz is a prayer before not said anywhere that his fol- into what I have said,” he said, said a “new mission” will be were marred by division. Police Station limits, they said. Allah. It is not right to offer the lowers should forcibly get slo- adding that it had become a launched after the Cabinet for- Therefore, they felt that the The retired Army person- prayer by causing inconvenience gans raised for him.” habit of some “saffron-clad peo- mation in Karnataka, where the leadership of PM Modi was nel, Amanullah, and his wife to anyone,” Farangi Mahli told “Lord Ram is a maryada ple” to behave in an arbitrary Congress-JD(S) alliance lost the very good, he added. were in their house when a warned the perpetrators that he to which he died on the spot, his PTI. However, he said namaz on purshottam. How can anyone manner against Muslims. confidence motion recently. The BJP leader further said group of people attacked them will inform police, they entered son said in his statement. He said roads was not a daily affair and behave in an undignified man- In Hathras, some Hindutva “After the formation of the the Congress and its govern- with sticks, his son told the house and beat him up, ASP no family member other than seen only on Friday. ner in his name,”he asked. organisations had objected to cabinet in Karnataka, a new ments were falling “due to their the police. Dayaram said. his parents were in the house “In some mosques, when “Those who are behaving in namaz on roads and had organ- mission will be started. It is not own works”. During his visit to Amanuallah's wife told She also said the attackers when the incident took place. there is no space left for people, this manner need to read more ised the recital of Hanuman our wish to make a government the BJP office here, he held a police that some people were tried to strangle him, the The body has been sent for they offer prayers on the road on about Lord Ram so that they Chalisa outside the Hanuman fall but Congress MLAs have meeting with party leaders and trying to steal from a shop ASP said. post-mortem and further Friday. But if anyone has any could know more about the one temple in Sikandararau area uncertainty in themselves,” he workers and also listened to adjoining their house and when The attackers thrashed investigation is underway, objection to it, then the namazis in whose name they are doing and had said it should be done told reporters when questioned PM's Mann ki Baat. PTI her husband objected and Amanullah across the head due Dayaram said. PTI should make an extra effort to such things,” Farangi Mahli said. every Tuesday. PTI !" 5

*1% 6-7 ( % A> ( % % % 7! " ) 3 +, Srinagar: Former Jammu & "They can even send visit the graveyards where Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti behind the martyrs, whatever name they Nawada (Bihar): Former Bihar Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday bars. But, do not get worried. have, are buried. Pray for them chief minister Jitan Ram % warned the Centre against PDP is the only party that can and promise them that PDP Manjhi on Sunday defended revocation of Article 35-A of fight them as we do not have will stand like a wall for the Samajwadi Party leader Azam Srinagar: The trial against a The matter is listed for the Constitution, saying any any baggage. Other parties also protection of the state's special Khan's remarks against BJP MP juvenile accused in the horrific August 5. tinkering with the state's spe- say the same thing, but they do identity and for the resolution Rama Devi in Lok Sabha, say- rape-and-murder case of an The crime branch had cial status or identity would be not say so from the heart. It is of Kashmir issue," she said. ing they were not taken in the eight-year-old nomadic girl at approached the High Court akin to setting a powder keg on written on our hearts that we Claiming the prevailing right spirit. Kathua last year will begin on praying for an early hearing as fire. have to take Jammu & Kashmir situation in the state was not "When brothers and sisters, Monday as the Jammu & the Juvenile Justice Board had Addressing a function here out of this morass. good, she said attempts were mothers and sons meet and Kashmir High Court refused to started proceedings after "fram- to celebrate the Peoples "Be ready for the big fight. being made to weaken the plant a kiss by way of affection, entertain a plea for an early hearing memorandum of allega- Democratic Party's 20th rais- Elections come and go, power people of Kashmir politically the gesture is not seen as having of a petition challenging his tion" (framing of charges) on ing day, Mufti asked the party comes and goes. Mufti was not and economically. ing sexual overtones. Azam status as a minor, officials said. July 8 against the "delinquent workers to get ready for a "big after the chair and I am his "The situation in J-K is not Khan's words are not being The trial will begin before juvenile". fight" for the protection of daughter. The real test is to good. There is panic. taken in the right spirit," the Juvenile Justice Board at The Board had directed the Article 35A, which gives spe- save the special position of J- Everything has been destroyed Manjhi told reporters. Kathuua in the Jammu region. crime branch prosecution to cial rights and privileges to the K and we will fight any such – J-K Bank has been and oth- The Hindustani Awam The Juvenile Justice Board present its evidence in the case. state's permanent residents. attempt till death and take J-K ers as well. Attempts are being Morcha (HAM) leader said had initiated the trial on July 15, "If further proceedings in "We want to tell the central out of this morass," she said. made to weaken Kashmiris Azam need not resign but Abbas Naqvi and read out a Members in Lok Sabha but the crime branch said it was the matter before Juvenile Justice government that tinkering The former Chief Minister politically as well as econom- should tender an apology to couplet "... Tu idhar-udhar ki condemned the remarks by not ready to proceed as the sta- Board are not stayed at this stage, with Article 35-A will be akin said in the current situation, ically. We have to fight against put an end to the matter. baat na kar ..." (do not divert Khan against the Bihar MP and tus of the accused as a minor was the revision petition will render to setting a powder keg on fire. the people of Jammu & this. No other party can stand "I therefore hold the opin- from the topic). demanded exemplary action yet to be decided. infructuous defeating the very If any hand tries to touch Kashmir need the PDP more up against this. ion that he need not resign but At this, Rama Devi, who against him. The crime branch said that basic question of determination Article 35-A, not only that than ever. "I read (National since all parties have objections was presiding over the pro- Khan was informed on the police had approached the of juvenility of the delinquent hand, but that whole body "Today, everything is in Conference leader) Omar's he should tender an apology ceedings, asked Khan not to Friday to appear before Lok High Court challenging an order accused," the crime branch peti- will burn to ashes," Mufti said. danger. No one knows what is (Abdullah) statement in which and be done with the matter," "look here and there" and Sabha Speaker Om Birla on of the chief judicial magistrate tion said. On July 15, the special She said many attempts going to happen. he told New Delhi not to touch Manjhi, who was on a tour of address the Chair. July 29 and tender an uncon- last year in which the accused public prosecutor had informed would be made to harass the Today, there is the need for Article 35-A and leave it for the Newada, said. To this, the SP member ditional apology in the House, had been declared as a juvenile. the Board that the High Court PDP and its leaders as New the PDP more than it ever was Supreme Court. I am asking Participating in the debate made sexist remarks at the sources had said. Hearing the petition, Justice was yet to pass its verdict on the Delhi knows that the PDP is for the people of J&K. you, is there anyone who is on the triple talaq bill on Chair, triggering acrimonious Rama Devi had said that an Dhiraj Singh Thakur said, "No crime branch's plea against the the only party that stands like "We will not let the sacri- ready for any tinkering with the Thursday in Lok Sabha, Khan scenes. apology was not enough and case for preponement is made decision of a Kathua court a wall to protect Jammu and fices of the people go waste. Article 35-A either by the cen- had referred to the intervention The remarks were Khan should be suspended from out. Let the matter be considered which accepted the claim of the Kashmir's special status and We cannot forget those sacri- tral government or the Supreme of Union Minister Mukhtar expunged from the records. the House for five years. PTI on its due date." accused that he is a minor. PTI identity. fices. Go to your places and Court?" she said. PTI 3 4 %R ( " ) (91$%$& 5 4!4! 2 : 6 %. 2 !6/!4 Vellore (TN): Tamil Nadu Chief of cash allegedly from an asso- the level of Chief Minister and he Trinamool Congress Rajkot: Two police constables Minister K Palaniswami on ciate of a DMK leader and later sought to know whether it was ;"< Tcadres will now work in were suspended in Rajkot in Sunday slammed M K Stalin for rescheduled it to August 5. possible in the DMK. tandem with professional Gujarat for shooting and blaming the AIADMK for the The AIADMK has fielded "Even the DMK candidate Guwahat/Patna: The death toll Desang at Nangamuraghat cadres of election strategist uploading a video on social cancellation of Vellore Lok its ally New Justice Party leader for this Lok Sabha seat is a heir in Assam and Bihar floods (Sivasagar), the Jia Bharali at N Prashant Kishor who was cred- media video app TikTok while Sabha elections in April and said A C Shanmugham as its candi- (of DMK Treasurer climbed to 209 on Sunday, T Road Crossing (Sonitpur), the ited with successfully plan- on duty, an official said on it was countermanded after date while the DMK Kathir Duraimurugan). Similarly, after with over 1.06 crore people Puthimari at N H Road cross- ning political campaigns of Sunday. seizure of huge amount of cash Anand, the son of DMK leader (DMK Patriarch) M affected by the deluge in the two ing (Kamrup), the Beki at Road Narendra Modi in 2014, Lalu- A former traffic warden from the houses of "those Durai Murugan. Both were the Karunanidhi, Stalin and now states, officials said. Bridge (Barpeta) and the Yadav-Nitish Kumar in Bihar, had posed on the bonnet of the known" to the DMK chief in the candidates of the parties earlier (his son) Udhayanidhi. Only In Assam, the toll reached Kushiara at Karimganj Jaganmohan Reddy in Andhra police control room (PCR) district. too. they can hold top posts," 82 with the death of one more (Karimganj), it said. In Bihar, Pradesh. the idea of employing whole- van driven by a constable while Campaigning in the Vellore In his campaign address at Palaniswami said. person in Barpeta district. there was no let up in the flood According to sources, timers like the CPI(M) to work another policeman was shoot- Lok Sabha constituency, going to K V Kuppam on Sunday, "Aren't there anyone who A population of 21.68 lakh situation. The deluge has affect- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata for the TMC. According to ing the video, the official said. polls on August 5, he also Palaniswami referred to Stalin's worked for the welfare party (to of 1,716 villages in 56 revenue ed over 85 lakh people even Banerjee, whose Trinamool TMC sources Kishor also sug- "Two constables of A-divi- accused Stalin of uttering "bla- speech at a public meeting hold top posts)?" he asked. circles of Assam is affected by though the toll remained at 127 Congress had reportedly gested ways to plug the loop- sion police station were sus- tant lie" on the issue. Saturday and said the DMK Stalin, campaigning in the calamity. Besides Barpeta, for the second consecutive day. engaged Kishor professionally holes both in the party and the pended after they were found Palaniswami and Stalin, leader made a blatant lie that the Vaniyampadi, hit back at the 17 other affected districts One of the severely affected dis- to turn the sagging fortunes of government. to be involved in recording a criss crossing the constituency in poll was cancelled due to the Palaniswami for raising dynasty are Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Darrang, tricts, Darbhanga has so far her party, on Sunday held a Kishor was appointed by video using a PCR van while on north Tamil Nadu as part of AIADMK. politics issue, pointing to Deputy Baksa, Nalbari, Chirang, reported 12 casualties ever joint meeting with TMC cadres Banerjee after her party got duty. They uploaded the video their campaign since Saturday, "We did not (cancel). Stalin Chief Minister O Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, since Bihar was hit by flash where it was decided that both severe drubbing in the gener- on Tiktok," A-division police traded charges on the issue of is making a blatant lie. The cash Panneerselvam's son P Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup floods earlier this month owing Trinamool cadres and Kishor’s al elections at the hands of the inspector N K Jadeja said. alleged use of money power for was seized from the houses of Ravnidranath getting elected (M), Morigaon, Nagaon, to torrential rainfall in Terai army will work jointly “shoul- BJP. The TMC got 22 out of 42 An inquiry ordered by votes. those who were known to him. from Theni Lok Sabha seat. He Golaghat, Jorhat and Cachar, region of Nepal. der-to-shoulder” to create pub- seats while the BJP got 18 police commissioner Manoj The election to the Vellore Income Tax department seized also pointed to unsuccessful the Assam State Disaster Water level under a railway lic opinion in favour of the rul- seats losing at least three seats Agarwal revealed that constable seat was earlier scheduled to be large quanttity of cash from the bid by Minister D Jayakumar's Management Authority bridge close to Hayaghat in the ing outfit ahead of the 2021 by a whisker. The Congress got Amit Pragji was driving the van held along with the April 18 Lok district", Palaniswami charged. son J Jayavardhan and Rajan (ASDMA) said. The rivers flow- district rose above the danger Assembly elections. 2 and the Left could win no and constable Nilesh Poonabhai Sabha polls in the state but the He also said there was no Sathya, son of former AIADMK ing at the danger level are the level prompting the East Sources also said quoting seats. The TMC had won 34 was recording the video from a Election Commission cancelled dynasty politics in the AIADMK Mayor Rajan Chellappa, in the Brahmaputra at Neamatighat Central Railway to suspend Kishor that he was toying with seats in 2014. distance, he said. PTI it citing seizure of huge amount as a farmer like him can rise to Lok Sabha polls. PTI (Jorhat) and Dhubri, the movement of trains. PTI $ & 12 6 ="$46 12%910 9 ' # ./0% $ 7 & 4 2 Mumbai: Senior BJP leader and NCP will look weaker," Mahajan leader and former minister .%, Bengaluru: Veteran Karnataka united." tial community, amid resentment Maharashtra Water Resources said. NCP leaders Sachin Ahir, Hasan Mushrif, saying the action Congress leader Shamanur Responding to a question about from within over projecting the two Minister, Girish Mahajan, on the Mumbai unit chief of the was legal and not out of any ribal youth from two villages in Gadchiroli district Shivashankarappa on Sunday assert- Siddaramaiah's remarks, he said, "is communities as the same. Sunday claimed that at least 50 party and former minister, political vengeance. Tin Maharashtra on Sunday burnt banners exhort- ed Veerashaivas and Lingayats are Siddaramaiah a Lingayat? He has While, one section led by MLAs of the Congress and the Chitra Wagh, the women wing Meanwhile, sources said ing them to observe 'Naxal Week', an official said. two faces of the same coin and hit given his opinion, what can I do Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva NCP are in touch with the rul- president of the party, have quit that a sizable number of corpo- According to a statement from Gadchiroli police, out at his party colleague and for- with it? He tried to divide it, but Mahasabha had asserted that ing party to switch over ahead the NCP. Ahir has already joined rators, including Mayor of Navi the Maoist banners were put up on Jarawandi- mer Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, sidetracked as he could not..." Veerashaiva and Lingayats are the of the Assembly elections, due the Shiv Sena. NCP MLA Mumbai Municipal Corporation Kasansur Road in the district. accusing him of having tried to The Veerashaiva-Lingayat com- same and religious status be given later this year. Vaibhav Pichad has also Sandeep Naik, may switch over "Tribal youth from Tadguda and Kusarwahi vil- divide the community in the past. munity that owes allegiance to the to them, the other group wanted it Mahajan's comments came expressed his desire to join the to the BJP from the NCP. lages assembled here and set the banners ablaze. They He was reacting to 12th century "social reform move- only for Lingayats as they believe against the backdrop of a string BJP. Mahajan also dismissed The politics of Navi raised slogans against the Maoist ultras as well as their Siddaramaiah's statement ment" initiated by Basaveshwara and Veerashaivas are one among the of leaders from Sharad Pawar- Sharad Pawar's allegations that Mumbai has traditionally been Naxal Week," the statement said. onSaturday that 'Basava Dharma' has a substantial population in seven sects of Shaivas, which is part led NCP deserting their parent the BJP was misusing govern- dominated by a faction led by In another development, Gadchiroli was an independent religion, which Karnataka, especially in the north- of Hinduism. party in recent past. ment agencies against the lead- former excise minister and NCP Superintendent of Police Shailesh Balkawde announced is neither inside nor outside of ern parts, has sided with the BJP. Veerashaiva-Lingayats are esti- "Some 50 MLAs of ers ofthe Congress and the NCP leader Ganesh Naik. the celebration of "Adivasi Vikas Week' from June 28 Hinduism. The community was a divided mated to form 17 per cent of the Congress and NCP are in touch to make them defect. "A sizable number of cor- to August 3. As part of the initiative, career guidance "... Let's not discuss those issues, house ahead of the2018 assembly state's population and considered to with the BJP. Senior NCP leader "He (Pawar) is levelling porators on Sunday held a meet- and other welfare schemes will be provided to the youth, we have been saying same thing polls amid a move by the then have a significantpresence in about Chitra Wagh had expressed her these allegations to cover up his ing in Navi Mumbai and the official said. In May this year, the state government since beginning that Veerashaiva Congress governmentled by 140 out of total 224 assembly con- desire to join BJP a month own political failure. We have appealed to Sandeep Naik to join had said 224 security personnel and 246 Naxals were and Lingayat are one, two faces of Siddaramaiah to accord "religious stituenciesin the state and are deci- back, claiming she had no future not threatened any one or pres- the BJP ahead of assembly elec- killed in skirmishes and blasts in Gadchiroli since 1980. the same coin, we are following it," minority" status tothe Lingayat sive in about 90 seats. The separate left in her parent party. The surised any leader," he said. tions. If that happens, the BJP Naxals had also killed 571 civilians during this peri- Shivashankarappa, also the faith. religion tag move was said to be one MLAs are requesting that they The minister, believed to be will not only gain a strong can- od, a government official had said. Gadchiroli, President of All India Veerashaiva The demand for a separate reli- of the reasons for the Congress loos- wanted to join the BJP ahead of a confidante of Chief Minister didate, but it will also come into Chandrapur and Gondia have been declared Naxal- Mahasabha, said. gion tag toVeerashaiva-Lingayat ing ground with respect to the com- the assembly elections...The Devendra Fadnavis, also defend- power in the civic body as well," affected districts in Maharashtra by the Ministry of Speaking to reporters, he said, faiths had surfaced from the numer- munity during the assembly and Congress is in the shambles and ed the raids conducted by said sources close to the devel- Home Affairs. "let's not try to break it, we are all icallystrong and politically influen- Lok Sabha polls. PTI in the next couple of weeks, the Income Tax sleuths on NCP opment. PTI 8 &95 ) 6 #

**( distribution(TrD) assets like Railway Officials,” Udasi said. halt at Diva and 12297 Friday -- got stranded at spot five minutes before the Sub-sectioning and paralleling Central Railway’s General Ahmedabad Jn.- Pune Duronto Chimtoli village near Vangani Mahalaxmi Express got stuck early 36 hours after the Post (SSP) relays and battery Manager, Central Railway A K Express diverted via-Vasai railway station at around 10 pm. because of the sudden rise in Ntrain traffic on its Badlapur- were damaged, two rakes which Gupta and Divisional Railway Road-Panvel-Karjat (instead of Through a press release water levels”. Karjat section grounded to a were kept in siding were Manager S K Jain reviewed the Vasai Road-Kalyan-Karjat. issued on Saturday evening, a However, retrospectively halt following the inundation of marooned because of this flash situation in morning and have In a related development, Central Railway spokesperson many sections of the people felt railway tracks caused by heavy flooding. “This loss in Badlapur been monitoring these efforts the Central Railway has come in had justified the decision to let that the stranding of Mohalaxmi rain and overflow of Ulhas – Karjat section has put a huge to restore Mumbai life line by for severe flak from various Kolhapur-bound Mahalaxmi Express could have been avoid- river, the workers deployed by impediment in restoration of Monday morning through full- quarters as to why its officials Express to move ahead in flood ed had the train been detained the Central Railway worked all train operations immediately,” fledged suburban train opera- allowed the Kolhapur-bound waters. “The train had pro- at Badlapur railway station. through Sunday to restore the he said. tions. Mahalaxmi Express to go ceeded on its way as water had Following the stranding of affected railway line. The Braving heavy rains, more Meanwhile, owing to heavy beyond Bandlapur railway sta- begun receding, but after a the train near Vangani for restoration work was continu- than300 Railway and contract rainfall and water logging on tion on Friday night, knowing sudden spell of intense rainfall, more than 17 hours, teams of ing till late in the night. workers have been working tracks, the Central Railway can- full well that the tracks were coupled with overflowing of the National Disaster Response A day after the various round the clock to put back the celled 51029 Mumbai – Bijapur heavily water-logged and it had Ulhas river, the train was com- Force (NDRF), nine teams Government agencies, including late Friday evening, an unprece- huge flow of water onto the train services especially the life- fast passenger and diverted four become difficult for the trains to pletely stuck in deep water at from the Navy, two columns of the NDRF and Navy, rescued as dented heavy rainfall beyond tracks has caused heavy damage line of Mumbai to normalcy. long-distance trains 11028 pass. Vangani,” the spokesperson had Army, Air Force and fire many as 1,050 marooned pas- Kalyan towards Karjat has to Railway property like 54 “To execute this war footing MGR Chennai Central - Unable to wade through the said. brigade personnel from Thane sengers from the Kolhapur- caused flash floods due to over- points, 28 track circuits, 14 sig- restoration work at Mumbai Mail diverted via- flood waters, the Kolhapur- Central Railway Divisional and Brihanmumbai Municipal bound Mahalaxmi Express flow of Ulhas river causing nals, Indoor relays & power Badlapur–Karjat section, Karjat – Panvel –Diva (instead bound Mahalaxmi Express had Manager S K Jain also clarified Corporations swung into which was stuck in heavy flood severe damage to Railway assets equipment in 2 Relay huts, Central Railway cancelled its of Karjat-Kalyan) with halt at got stuck near Vangani, 69 km that there was no lapse on the action amid heavy rains on waters near Vangani, the Central between Badlapur and Karjat washout of Ballast in the range Mega Block this Sunday and Diva, 11020 Bhubaneshwar – away from Mumbai, on Friday part of the officials in letting the Saturday, and rescued 1050 Railway went headlong into section,” chief Central Railway of 2.5 kms along the Down track deployed its entire work force Mumbai Konark Express divert- night. The train -- which had Kolhapur-bound train move marooned passengers and the track restoration work. spokesperson Sunil Udasi said. and 1.5 kms on up track. into this mammoth restoration ed via-Karjat-Panvel-Diva left Chhatrapati Shivaji ahead. “There was no lapse as reached to safety through “During last 48 hours, since According to Udasi, the Udasi said that Traction work supervised by senior (instead of Karjat-Kalyan) with Terminus (CST) at 8.20 on an EMU local had passed the modes of transport. !" : ! + 5 34$ & 5 5 $)$*6 5&4 $)&78 1 2 > 2 2 ? 22 2 ( ( & + ' 4 * ( ; '

( #S 67 < 1 = ! ! % 1 9 1 ) "# 638 ) $ = ( round March last year, a promi- 5 nent businessman defrauded 9 Indian banks of more than 9 ! ) - 9!)0 11,300 crore. Nirav Modi grabbed everyone’s attention 8 Adue to the sheer magnitude of his fraud and = the ease with which he managed to escape # the clutches of the Indian Government and probe agencies. Fast forward a little more P? 1 !Q ( than a year and we found on June 18, 2019, ) that Tabrez Ansari, a 24-year-old Muslim * ( boy, was attacked by a mob in the Seraikela- Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on suspi- ! * cion of theft. What binds these two crimes together? At first glimpse, the two crimes ) ( could not be more far apart. One involves the enduring image of a multi-millionaire 1 in a 9 lakh ostrich leather jacket and the $ = other, the abhorrent image of a young man $ ( ( being beaten to death by a mob while beg- ging for mercy. On closer inspection, how- ( # ever, there are threads of commonality that " run through both crimes. 8 A ( Anonymity: Sunlight is said to be the ( ! best disinfectant. It is an established fact that humans are more likely to do the right thing B when the likelihood of them being recog- * S nised for kindness is high. In an experiment / C to showcase this interesting aspect of human behaviour, people were asked to sub- * P? 1 !Q mit their donations to a worthy cause anony- money from an individual but Such messages may take the tive agency, is reported to have ) ? $ S -)?$S0 mously. In another scenario, a set of peo- took it away from the banks — form of TikTok videos that talk a strike rate of just 3.96 per cent ! 9 ! ple were asked to write down on a public hence, he effectively stole money about mob violence openly while dealing with major notice board their names and how much from all of us. In such cases, it without any prosecution or a crimes. This is an appalling 8 = they would be donating for a particular is easier for criminals like Nirav ,-$,- / 7. former Union minister gar- strike rate. In the case of the ) ( cause. Modi to live with the conse- 76*-.41-)6,* landing convicts of lynching. police, too, the strike rate is not P? 1 !Q ( It turned out that people were more like- quence of their actions. In order Whatever the form, both these very encouraging. Moreover, ly to be “kind” if they are aware that their to prevent such crimes from 6)6/7- crimes rely on influences that poor statistics exclude the fact ; 1 1 actions are being watched in a social setting. happening in the future, it is ,-)6,* 6,(2 are available to them and use it that a number of crimes are not ( A ! The corollary of this principle is true as well: important for banks and other to justify or enable their crimes. even recorded as FIRs by the P? 1 !Q People are more likely to commit crimes if institutions, who deal with such 026) Some of these influences like police in the first place. It is not they believe that there is no way to identi- potential offences, to build nec- .4,6$7.% bribery can be restricted by rocket science to tackle this 9 fy them. This is what typically works in case essary safeguards. These safe- enforcing stricter laws like the problem. ( P? 1 !Q ( of mob lynching where large groups of peo- guards can be in the form of 4,74-,/0 Prevention of Corruption Act, There is no denying the fact # ple believe that they are protected by stricter audits or by publicising 71 4-,. 1988 and the Right to that with enough pressure from anonymity. In order to prevent such a particular firm’s repeated pay- Information Act (which the the public and a strong glare by 8( P(Q instances of mob violence from happening, ment defaults. /-% /46.46 present Government has, unsur- the media, the instruments of 1 ( * the police must adopt and use technology Influence: Another com- 47!/-*6( prisingly, sought to weaken). the state are more likely to be )?$ 8 ( ( for their benefit. For example, in instances mon element between these Other influences, like the mes- better at their job. However, it where a video records an instance of mob two types of crimes is the /2.71.% saging that our leaders send, can is ridiculous to expect the media !11 ( violence, the police could use the footage to important role ‘influence’ has in be weakened much more easi- and the public to raise its arms ;C identify the offenders and instigators of such making such crimes possible. %,-4 4,4' ly. For example, by not garland- in every case. Instead, what is ( ( mob violence and establish a pattern from Influence comes in many forms 160- -,'06/$ ing individuals accused of needed are structural solutions. 1 these crimes. — criminal intimidation or crimes. These can come in the form of In the case of economic crimes like the bribery or political pressure. In (-)41-,- -.4 No fear: While all of the police reforms (which the ; # )?$ bank fraud committed by Nirav Modi and the case of Nirav Modi, for %6 -,.*-.4 factors highlighted above enable Supreme Court has mandated ) Co, the benefit of anonymity works differ- example, the scam was alleged- 1. 4 1% such crimes to occur in our for each State to adopt) or by 8 $ ( ently. Each crime involves some moral com- ly enabled by bribing certain country with unenviable regu- way of introducing stricter laws promise, especially so when the victim is vis- bank officials. In the case of .$%,/.$.% larity, the absence of any fear of such as a stern legislation to ible and is affected directly by an action. In mob lynching or hate crimes, consequence for their crimes tackle mob lynching. A great such instances, the perpetrator of a crime influence may not take such ,671.$ provides criminals like Nirav start, however, would be if the has more reason to not commit the crime proactive forms. Instead, perpe- 76*- 64 Modi and perpetrators of mob present Government shuns its * because there is a higher moral cost or com- trators of such crimes look at the violence with an added incen- “hugs and garlanding approach” promise. environment around them and 4,6.%/2%. 4 tive to act with impunity. A look and comes out strongly against However, in cases of economic crimes, the messaging that they receive, 717,*- at the performance of our agen- such crimes, whether it is mob (2 2 -: the criminal act is often facilitated by which lend credence to their cies is indicative of this. violence or a bank fraud. ' anonymity of the victim rather than the per- belief that their acts are not actu- The Central Bureau of (The author is president of petrator. For example, in the case of the bank ally crimes or are somehow Investigation (CBI), which is Jharkhand Pradesh Congress * scam, Nirav Modi did not individually ‘steal’ acceptable. deemed to be the elite investiga- Committee) ) ( R S ( ; < )+- , ( 4 & +7 47 & G /G 1B ! C ( : & & & & ' ' G 7 & + B! C # 8&)+" )#"& &)+" # K* + . K4 4 K$ 4 K, $ ! * - - 8 - ; -- 7 +-;8 -./0 ( make an effort to reach out to international agencies to be effec- % 1 -%1#0 . / 23 tive and innovative in water con- %1# 2 Sir — After scores of writers servation. A new water policy returned their Sahitya Akademi ' & & may also help avoid such a crisis # awards in 2015 protesting “growing 4 & ' + yet again in 2020. 14/ intolerance”, now another set of '& Varun Dambhal %1# 5 “eminent citizens” has sparked off + & +& Bengaluru ' 67 ( concerns over hate crime. Over 50 academics, artistes, film-makers && ' + ( and doctors have written an open + & 0 & ( letter to Prime Minister Narendra ' # Modi, expressing anguish at the way 2 ' & Sir — Samajwadi Party member vigilantes are defiling the name of & 7 & Azam Khan is once again in the 41 * # Lord Ram by turning the slogan, Jai H + & eye of a storm for his alleged sex- ( Shri Ram, into a “provocative war & & ' K ist remarks against BJP’s Rama # cry” and perpetrating violence in +' & - & Devi. This is not for the first time the name of religion. that he has made such remarks. This is a matter of concern for 4 ' ' 1 ' & ' What, however, dampened the RS 8 a lot of people in society, who & & moral spirit was the fact that # want to live peacefully, where one & & +& 0 K ' instead of chiding him, Samajwadi does not wear religion on his/her & 0 &L M' & Party chief Akhilesh Yadav defend- ( sleeve but considers it to be a mat- '8% "!" ed him. Khan later said that he had # ter of personal belief. There is no & spent a long time in politics and he doubt that Jai Shri Ram in itself is was ready to resign immediately if not a communal slogan but its use it was proved he had used any ( # to spread hate and violence is. name of theft, cattle smuggling or public awareness programmes to unparliamentary words. This ( ( Unfortunately, it is being defiled beef-eating. On the other hand, it involve citizens in water conser- explanation does not make a # by the so-called Ram bhakts is also true that the Mamata vation efforts at the micro level. wrong right. A wrong is wrong, themselves time and again. Banerjee Government went to the Sir — It is commendable that the Chennai’s water crisis should be irrespective of who has committed ( Remember the war cry by the other extreme in Bengal, arresting Indian Railways sent wagons a wake-up call for all citizens. it. Khan should apologise. * *S mobs during the final push to the anyone who chanted Jai Shri holding 50,000 litres of water each Meticulous planning to conserve TK Nandanan ( 9 ( Babri mosque demolition? It was Ram. Why is this beautiful slogan to Chennai residents everyday at water, including initiating steps Chennai Jai Shri Ram. It is now being used being allowed to be defiled? a time of acute water crisis. for rainwater harvesting, will ( ( even today during many inci- J Akshay However, more needs to be done. help citizens meet their needs. 7 ./ : dences of lynching — be it in the Bengaluru The Government should increase The Government should also &)!;!"&F#'(8! !" ' ! =+8-;3< ' "$%&;<-8"$%& G5 5 (,33 (H 5 (G55 ( 5 G ( . ' L 0 H L H & & & $+ (2 & 8 # 2 ()"- 9 1 21 2 # # ( * ( * ; * $ = = * $ = S 5 ( # )?$ 4 8 = 1 S 9 % *+(37- ) % ; )?$ , = 1 1 ( he period between 1998 and 2013 was $ = A < momentous for Delhi when Sheila Dikshit S Twas the Chief Minister. It was during her tenure that the capital faced a multitude of prob- * ) ( lems like air pollution, water and power short- )?$ ( ages and poor infrastructure, to name a few. But # Dikshit took all these head on and with great # success. While many issues still haunt the city, 1 9 9 = nevertheless, her vision of Delhi as a modern < = ( metropolis, worthy of being called the capital of a rising nation, was by and large fulfilled. ; )?$ S Dikshit had said that “Delhi is rich in human resource but poor in natural resource” — water * ( and wind both come from outside the city. She was a committed environmentalist. True to her 27 2DDE 377E * being, she gave priority to issues of pollution and )?$ # ( environment. In 1998, she ordered all buses in ! the city to be run on compressed natural gas (CNG). This brought about a substantial ; 1 # 1 improvement in Delhi’s air quality back then. In yet another move to improve public transport 4 # = 8 system, Dikshit insisted on the introduction of )?$ 9 # low-floor buses, which were highly priced but 9 = well-integrated. She had the vision of introduc- )?$S = < ing air conditioned low-floor buses as well, despite the huge cost to the exchequer, compared 8 = A < to the earlier high-floor buses plying on the < Delhi roads, mounted on truck chassis, used by 1 9 ) the Delhi Transport Corporation. The new fleet 9 = # of buses brought about a sea-change in the way )?$ % 9 people commuted since, making it more reliable, mally take five years to complete. At the plan- requires constant review. Academy Awards for outstanding artistes and # $ = ) / modern and secure. ning stage, the Railways and the Archaeological I remember, just before the opening of the every year, cultural programmes, including the 4 $ ( Further, the introduction of CNG for all Survey of India were opposed to its construc- CWG, some foreign team managers com- publicly appreciated music recitals at Nehru Park , S ( forms of transport required the development of tion as it would cross the Nizamuddin Railway plained about the lack of complete infrastruc- Chanakya Puri, were immensely popular. a massive infrastructure. Adequate number of station and was too close to the Humayun tomb. ture and also pointed towards the negative As the commissioner of the Municipal 9 = CNG pumps for the filling of cars, buses and But Dikshit was able to convince the Central reports in the Press. Dikshit swiftly reached the Corporation of Delhi (MCD), every time I trucks needed to be set up, besides creating park- Ministers to remove the objections of the Games Village and held a discussion with the brought to her notice any financial problems in ing space for the vehicles. Dikshit was quite gen- departments and the work went on for the com- delegates. Her smiling nature and pleasant per- the organisation, she would instruct the officers 9 % erous in allotting land for the purpose to the pletion of the project. She personally inspect- sonality were enough to convince them to stop to sort it out. I also informed her about the grow- / % Indraprastha Gas Limited, which was a joint ven- ed the progress of the project. Today, the complaining and they felt reassured about the ing garbage problem. On her next visit to the 1 ture of the Government of Delhi and the Gas Barapullah flyover is an important lifeline con- seriousness of the administration to complete United Nations, she asked UNOPS to conduct )?$ # ( Authority of India. necting the city. the work on time. Any apprehension that there a study of the garbage problem and they 9 S Water has always been a tricky issue for the Other important infrastructure projects would be calls for boycott of the games was nul- appointed a Dutch and Indian consultant to A capital and her visionary leadership enabled the started during her tenure included the Signature lified. study and give a report. Many initiatives on waste construction of the Sonia Vihar treatment Bridge, which is an iconic structure of Delhi. The She started the hugely successful campaign to energy, mechanisation of garbage handling $ * = plant, which supplied water from the Ganga Delhi Haat at INA is a must visit to buy ethnic involving children for a cracker-free Diwali as and creation of new engineered landfills in Delhi $ 9 -$90 canal to East Delhi. The improvement of treat- items. It became such a hit that two more haats well as the “green and clean” Delhi campaign. are a result of the report submitted by the con- ment capacity and reduction in losses due to were set up in Pitampura and Janakpuri. The Planting and giving saplings as gifts at official sultants. Such was her deep understanding of the * % ( leakages, including the emphasis on metering Garden of Five Senses is yet another landmark functions and school meetings was a huge suc- issues and problems facing Delhi. Trifurcation S *S 1 $ of water supply, brought about substantial place. The Vikas Bhawan II, built under the cess, and created an enormous impact and of MCD was yet another achievement. It )! 9 improvements in the water distribution system. green building concept, too, was her brainchild. awareness about environment protection. The brought competitive spirit in the three MCDs. However, there is still a continuing need to aug- I remember informing her that unlike the Delhi ‘Stree Shakti’ campaign to check women and During her tenure as the Chief Minister, * ment water supply from other sources to meet Secretariat, which was constructed during her children’s health in camps from time to time Delhi underwent a complete transformation in the growing demand of ever-expanding settle- tenure as an iconic building, the Vikas Bhawan showed that she was sensitive to the needs of infrastructure, environment awareness, garbage = =A ments. Dikshit also supported the research pro- II had air conditioning provision only for offi- people of all sections. She had an open house management, education, health, and e-gover- ject of Renuka Dam to ensure water availabili- cers. She insisted that all staff members must every day where she would listen to scores of nance. She took bold decisions and never took ; ty in future. have the same facilities even if it costs more. I people at her official residence. a U-turn once a decision was taken. She toured / * Delhi’s infrastructure underwent a rapid had to inform the Public Works Department Improving governance was her mantra. Delhi relentlessly, met the people, heard their $ 1 1 transformation during her leadership. From the (PWD) to change the plans and have a fully air- After the Telgi stamp paper scam, it became nec- grievances and also listened to elected represen- widening of roads to the building of bridges, fly- conditioned office building. essary to incorporate changes in the system. tatives. She called bureaucrats for meetings and * ( overs and the introduction of the lifeline of the One of the most significant decisions taken Electronic stamp paper was introduced to heard them and gave decisions, which each one : national capital, the Delhi Metro, connectivity by her was the privatisation of the power sec- ensure that no scam got repeated. It involved set- implemented, being sure that there will be no #S improved dramatically during her tenure. East tor in Delhi. This was a controversial move but ting up of an E-stamping infrastructure in coor- going back once decision was taken. She had # ( Delhi, too, saw improved connectivity. The was essential because of the lack of infrastruc- dination with Stock Holding Corporation of leadership, compassion, wisdom, and a steely # Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in 2010 ture for power and the enormous losses incurred India. Today, it is a well-established system. resolve behind a smiling visage. She knew the * enabled her to take many bold decisions. by the Delhi Vidyut Board as also to address the Computer education, too, was started in schools measures needed by Delhi to move the metrop- $ = )?$ ( Dikshit used to say that we need to learn from growing demand. to ensure that the digital divide does not put olis forward. She was fully conversant with the the Delhi Metro as to how timely completion As a result, power availability in the capital Government school children at a disadvanta- constitutional position of Delhi and could con- of projects can be ensured. The Barapullah (now has improved and competition has enabled the geous position. vince the leadership at the Centre and also lead !! " # $ % & Banda Bahadur flyover) road was constructed sector to become self-sustaining. However, Dikshit ensured that Delhi pulsated with art from the front. in a record time of 18 months, which would nor- further improvements are still needed and this and culture. She instituted the Delhi Kala (The writer is former Chief Secretary, Delhi) $ 2,( 2

Pakistani-American lady told me that Goa, India, in the 16th century, first wrote Times, writes that mangoes in South Asia in the 1930s. The pir was declared a “ter- means lame). It is grown in both India and Mexicans have flooded the US market with about mangoes in 1563. Since mangoes have also often been used as tools of diplo- rorist” and executed in 1943. When his son Pakistan. According to an essay by Indian their varietals and they were as good as require a hot and humid climate to grow, macy. According to doctor, this was main- succeeded him as the seventh pir, Pakistan food journalist Sarika Rana, the Langrra Indian and Pakistani mangoes, which most the Portuguese took the fruit to Brazil. ly the doing of India’s Mughal kings, who had come into being and the practice of gift- originated “two to three hundred years ago” connoisseurs would find hard to believe. From there, it began to spread to the rest during their reign between the 16th and ing Sindh’s mangoes to Government offi- in the Indian region of Banaras from a tree According to the 2018 brochure of Mexico’s of South and Central America. So, basical- mid-19th centuries, greatly encouraged the cials was reinstated by him. planted by a lame farmer. “Champaign Mango” brand, mangoes were ly, the origin of almost each and every plantation of mango trees across India. Over 250 varieties of mangoes are The Anwar Ratol is another popular first introduced in Mexico in the early 19th mango tree and fruit found anywhere in Nobles and growers would often gift grown in Pakistan. Some have rather inter- mango of Pakistan. Even though it is not century by travellers from India. the world today is South Asia — especial- Mughal kings crates of mangoes and expect esting stories. For example, according to K so widely grown in India, its roots lie in the %'++87 Mangoes are now cultivated across ly the regions now known as the republics favours in return. The doctor writes that by Budhwar’s book, Romancing the Mango, the Indian village of Rataul. According to a May South and East Asia, South and Central of India and Pakistan. the 1930s, Muslim and Hindu growers, delicious Chaunsa or Chausa, which is 13, 2015, article in Dawn, a Muslim from ith South Asia’s notoriously hot, America and even in China, where — But nowhere else is the mango held in maharajas and nawabs were shipping man- mostly grown in Pakistan’s southern Punjab Rataul migrated to what is now Pakistan’s muggy summer comes the fruit of according to an April 27, 2016, report in the as much reverence as it is in India and goes as gifts to countries such as Sweden and area (and also in India), was named by the Punjab with the seeds of an obscure mango Wthe season, the mango. Here, this Japan-based news magazine, The Diplomat, Pakistan. Take, for example, how the self- Holland. In 1937, India’s British colonial founder of India’s Suri Dynasty, Sher Shah species. He named the mangoes that he delicious drupe is also known as “the king — the fruit was virtually unknown till it was professed love for mangoes by one of South Government shipped crates of Indian Suri after he defeated Mughal Emperor grew after his father, Anwar. of fruits.” The cultivation of mangoes is brought there as a gift by Pakistani diplo- Asia’s greatest Urdu/Persian poets, Mirza mangoes for the coronation ceremony of Humayun, at Chausa in Bihar, in 1539. Another source claims, however, that believed to have originated in South Asia. mats in the late 1960s. Ghalib (1797-1869), is celebrated over and King George VI. Growers in Pakistan’s Sindh’s most popular mango, the large the Pakistan Agricultural Research According to a book, Mango: Botany, One essay in Mango: Botany, Production over again. But even before that, there was Mirpurkhas area in Sindh gifted crates of Sindhrri, is believed to have been named by Department is the one that actually devel- Production and Uses, the mango has been and Uses narrates that the mango entered the often repeated tale of the sixth centu- mangoes to Queen Elizabeth when she the father of the country’s 10th Prime oped the species from a graft from the cultivated in the South Asian region for over East Asian regions from India with the ry Hindu saint Karaikal Ammaiyar. became the new British monarch in 1952. Minister, Muhammad Khan Junejo (1985- Rataul trees and it was named Anwar mean- 4,000 years. In the book, Historical spread of Hinduism and Buddhism. By the According to Hindu legend, Karaikal’s hus- Sindh is home to some of the best varieties 88). According to organisers of the 2018 ing “better.” In August 1988, the plane car- Geography of Crop Plants, Jonathan Sauer eighth century, the mango had also reached band sent her two mangoes to keep till he of Pakistani mangoes as is the Multan dis- Sindh Mango Festival held in Mirpurkhas, rying Pakistan’s third military ruler, Gen Zia, writes that the mango was first “domesti- Baghdad, the centre of the powerful came back home. But when a yogi appeared trict in southern Punjab. the former Prime Minister’s father had crashed over Bahawalpur, killing him. cated” in India in 2000 BCE. From here, it Abbasid caliphate. and said he was hungry, she gave him one The influential pirs and landed elite of brought back some mango seeds from According to the UK’s The Time newspa- made its way to East Asia. In the 16th cen- The first Europeans to come across this of the mangoes. After he finished eating it, Sindh quickly adopted the Mughal art of Bombay in the 1920s. He cross-bred the per, investigators had found chemicals tury, it was introduced in various African fruit were the Portuguese. They arrived in another mango miraculously appeared. The “mango diplomacy” when the British con- mangoes from these seeds with some that are used to make small explosives on and South American regions by European India in the 15th century and found man- legend claims that the yogi was the man- quered Sindh after the fall of the Mughal other mango species in Sindh’s Tharparkar the mangoes which were stored on the traders travelling from India. By 1860, it had goes being cultivated and enjoyed with ifestation of the Hindu deity Shiva. empire. They often gifted the British crates region and named the mangoes Sindhrri. plane. It was also reported that the mangoes made its way into North America. great relish. Garcia de Orta, a Portuguese Indian food historian, Vickram Doctor, of mangoes. The Pirs of Pagara did so, too, Then there is the curiously named were Anwar Ratole. During my recent visit to the US, a physician and naturalist, who settled in in a June 10, 2017, article in the Economic until the sixth pir rebelled against the British Langrra mango (langrra in Urdu/Hindi (Courtesy: The Dawn) > !" 91: 1,"(% A , % & 71,"( "! &$7 .-0$-/1 8(1) of IBC and has remitted This was challenged by .-0$-/1 During the proceedings of the matter back to the NCLT Ahluwalia Contracts before and increase their exposure, below 51 per cent according to the NCLAT, counsel represent- he National Company Law for fresh hearing. the appellate tribunal NCLAT. (/7 - sources said. the amended Act. he National Company Law ing the promoters had submit- TAppellate Tribunal "We set aside the impugned NCLT had observed that As many as 21 banks were As a result, the ownership TAppellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ted that they "may reach one- (NCLAT) has asked the NCLT judgment dated September 19, claims of Ahluwalia Contracts /!-/241 amalgamated in various states and control would remain with has granted three weeks' time to time settlement with the finan- to decide over an insolvency 2018, and remit the case to the falls within the ambit of 'dis- in the last few months to cre- the government. In order to the promoters of debt-ridden cial creditors" of Dighi Port. plea filed against leading real Adjudicating Authority puted claim' and arbitration in 2-, ate a large entity so that they improve the financial health of Dighi Port Ltd to negotiate with Dighi Port is being devel- estate firm Raheja Developers (NCLT) for admitting the the matter has already been ini- can enjoy the benefit of RRBs, the government initiat- the company's financial creditors oped by Balaji Infra Projects in by one of its operational cred- application under Section 9 tiated. economies of scale. ed consolidation of RRBs in a to settle their claims. the Raigad district of itors. after notice to the 'Corporate However, Ahluwalia They further said that three phased manner in 2005. The A three-member NCLAT Maharashtra for which -- Adani Setting aside the earlier Debtor' (Raheja) to enable the Contracts, which was repre- .-0$-/1 to four RRBs are eligible to number of RRBs came down to bench headed by Chairman Ports and Special Economic order passed by the National 'Corporate Debtor' to settle sented by his counsel Shashank come out with initial public 133 in 2006 from 196 at the end Justice S J Mukhopadhaya has Zone Ltd (APSEZ) and Company Law Tribunal the matter prior to the admis- Garg contended that when the he Government is planning offer (IPO) and they may hit of March 2005. It further came allowed Dighi Port Director Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (NCLT), the NCLAT said exis- sion," said NCLAT in its order demand notice was issued by it Tto list three to four finan- the capital market this year. down to 105 and to 82 at the Vishal Vijay Kalantri and other (JNPT) had submitted their bids. tence of any "disputed claim" passed on Tuesday. under Section 8(1) of the IBC, cially strong regional rural These banks were formed end of March 2012 and subse- promoters to negotiate with the Earlier, the lenders had cannot be a ground to reject an The Delhi bench of the no arbitration proceeding was banks (RRBs) on stock under the RRB Act, 1976 with quently to 56. Committee of Creditors (CoC) rejected the resolution plan application under Section 9 of NCLT had on September 19 initiated or pending and it was exchanges in the current fiscal an objective to provide credit Budget 2019-20 has pro- and operational creditors to filed by APSEZ and approved the Insolvency and Bankruptcy dismissed an application filed initiated after that. after the conclusion of consol- and other facilities to small vided Rs 235 crore towards bring the company out of insol- JNPT bid. However, later Code (IBC) to initiate insol- by Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Consenting to it, NCLAT idation exercise, sources said. farmers, agricultural labourers recapitalisation of RRBs. vency proceedings. APSEZ moved to NCLAT by vency proceedings, if it is not Ltd under Section 9 on said "existence of dispute must The bank consolidation and artisans in rural areas. Recapitalisation support is "We allow the Appellant – filing an appeal against it. raised before issuance of a grounds that the claim was disbe pre-existing i.e. It must exist exercise is going on as the The Act was amended in provided to RRBs to augment Director Vishal Vijay Kalantri Earlier, on July 10, NCLAT demand notice. puted and arbitration pro- before the receipt of the objective is to bring the num- 2015 whereby such banks were their capital so as to comply and other promoters of Dighi had said that until its further A three-member Bench, ceedings has already been ini- demand notice or invoice". ber of RRBs to 38 from the cur- permitted to raise capital from with regulatory capital require- Port Ltd (Corporate Debtor) orders, NCLT will not pass any headed by Chairman S J tiated over it. It further observed that rent 45, they said, adding that sources other than the Centre, ments. three weeks time to state as to order of liquidation. Mukhopadhaya, observed that Section 9 of IBC gives the arbitration proceeding was some more consolidations will states and sponsor banks. As per the current scheme whether the financial creditors Dighi Port is facing insol- "existence of dispute must be power to the operational cred- initiated by Raheja Developer take place as state govern- Currently, the Centre holds 50 for recapitalisation of RRBs, the have agreed to settle the claim," vency proceedings after the pre-existing i.E. It must exist itors of a company to initiate on May 24, 2018, which is after ments have given their go- per cent in RRBs, while 35 per recapitalisation support is pro- the appellate tribunal said in its Mumbai bench of the National before the receipt of the corporate insolvency resolution about one month from the ahead. cent and 15 per cent are with vided to RRBs by the Centre, order passed on July 24. Company Law Tribunal demand notice or invoice". process after default. date of issuance of demand Amalgamation of RRBs the concerned sponsor banks concerned state governments It further said: "If such pro- (NCLT) allowed recovery plea Allowing the appeal of Before that, he has to send notice under Section 8(1) within a state has been carried and state governments, respec- and the sponsor banks in the posal is made, financial credi- by DBM Geotechnics and Ahluwalia Contracts (India) a demand notice of unpaid issued on April 28, 2018. out with a view to enable RRBs tively. ratio of 50:15:35, respectively to tors and operational creditors, Constructions Pvt Ltd, one of Ltd, an operational creditor of operational debtor copy of an Ahluwalia Contracts had to minimise their overhead Even after stake dilution, enable them to meet the regu- if any, may consider the same." its operational creditor for Raheja Developers, NCLAT invoice demanding payment of received work order for plumb- expenses, optimise the use of the shareholding of the Centre latory requirement of capital to The appellate tribunal has non-payment of construction said no arbitration proceeding the amount involved in the ing and civil work from Raheja technology, enhance the capi- and the sponsor public sector risk weighted assets ratio directed to list the matter for of multi-purpose berth on was initiated or pending before default under Section 8(1) of Developers and had claimed tal base and area of operation banks together cannot fall (CRAR) of 9 per cent. next hearing on August 21. March 25, 2018. demand notice under Section IBC. dues of Rs 5.50 crore. 1 ! ,-,.. + , $8; /! - ! .-0$-/1 said. Director and Global CEO growth, Vohra said. Echoing the sentiment, Umang Vohra said the drug In India, the company said & /7!.60 tant for us. It is my dream that omegrown drug major Cipla Executive Vice- major eyes growth in various it will focus on therapeutic seg- # 0 Adani Group sets up world- HCipla has urged the gov- Chairperson Samina Vaziralli emerging markets like China. ments like diabetes, dermatol- .-0$-/1 dani Group will invest Rs class defence manufacturing ernment to increase fund allo- said with the government "We have spoken about ogy, cardiology and women's A5,500 crore over the next # 0 hub in the defence corridor in cation for the healthcare sector, returning for a second consec- our ambitions in China as a health. In South Africa, the ealth tech start-up Visit five years in power transmis- ## Uttar Pradesh," he said. improve ease of doing business utive five-year term armed future growth market. We are company aims to scale up its HHealth is looking to raise sion and food processing sec- #% Saying that his group has and formulate policies that aid with a strong mandate, expec- keen to take our well-estab- over the counter (OTC) busi- around USD 10 million in a tors in Uttar Pradesh, its set up units having the capac- the domestic pharmaceutical tations are high. lished expertise in the respira- ness and also continue momen- Series-A funding to finance its chairman Gautam Adani said ity of 15,000 metric tonne in industry. "As a pharma company, we tory segment to patients in tum in private market. expansion, including increasing on Sunday here. "In the next five years, the Kannauj for improving the Addressing shareholders look forward to support in China," Vohra said. Besides, the company said number of its empanelled doc- Speaking on the occasion group is planning to invest Rs foodgrain storage capacity in in the company's Annual strengthening infrastructure Simultaneously, the com- its next leg of growth in the US tors, hospitals, pharmacies and of the second ground breaking 5,000 crore in power trans- the state, he said it was already Report for 2018-19, Cipla and ease of doing business, pany will also explore various will be driven by opportunities pathological labs, according to ceremony that will see the mission and another Rs 500 working on developing multi Chairman Y K Hamied said developing a robust regulatory routes to build a portfolio of in the respiratory and central a top company official. launch of multiple projects by crore in food processing sec- modal river terminal in basic healthcare in the country framework, increasing health- products in China in other nervous system (CNS) thera- The company, an artificial corporates, Adani said he had tor," Adani said. Varanasi for enhancing the will always require urgent care expenditure, and balanc- therapeutic areas such as oncol- peutic areas, where its internal intelligence-based health tech announced his investment Talking about his plans to waterways. attention given its population ing of pricing controls with ogy, he added. R&D driven contributions to app platform offering preven- plans during UP investors' focus also on other areas such Underlining that the devel- and disease burden. provision of accessible and The company said it plans the complex generics and spe- tive and curative, primary summit in February 2018 and as data centre and defence, he opment story of the country is "India should formulate affordable healthcare," she said. to grow private market business cialty segment portfolios will healthcare solutions, has the work on two power trans- said that going by the size, pop- incomplete without Uttar legislation on healthcare to The company is also eager in Middle East, Asia Pacific and play a key role. already raised a total funding mission projects has already ulation and strategic location Pradesh, Adani said the state is suit the specific needs of the to explore ways to partner with Latin America. In Brazil, it aims The company said it will of USD 1.4 million and is started. and demographic dividend of being viewed as the fastest indigenous pharma industry as the government in its ambitious to focus on oncology while eye- also continue driving cost effi- backed by investors, including Under the food processing the state, Uttar Pradesh can changing and it will play an also the healthcare required in healthcare schemes to ensure ing partnerships in the biosim- ciencies through various ini- MapmyIndia, Snapdeal co- segment, rice and flour mills, emerge as a leader in these sec- important role in reaching the the country. An increase in the coverage to the maximum ilar field in its key markets. tiatives and drive operational founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit kachchi ghani refining facility tors as well. target set up by Prime Minister Government's public health- extent possible, Vaziralli added. Currently, Cipla's core efficiencies through a lean Bansal, and Hetero Drugs will be set up in the state, he "...Our presence in the Narendra Modi of USD 5 tril- care expenditure is the need of Commenting on business markets India, South Africa model, use of artificial intelli- Director Murali Krishna. said. defence sector is very impor- lion economy by 2024. the hour," the industry veteran aspects, Cipla Managing and US continue to anchor its gence and advanced analytics. 6 & 0 8 3" ;";;? 8 B , @7 # # .-0$-/1 said, "As a customer-focused .-0$-/1 told PTI. "All our Zone by the Park organisation, we understand .-0$-/1 Munjal told PTI. large part of it will go into man- These hotels will be under hotels are under the manage- lipkart on Sunday the requirements of customers Asked how much funds the ufacturing, product develop- ospitality firm Apeejay all the brands of the company, ment contracts," she added. Fannounced its foray into the and hence 'FurniSure'. The ero Electric is planning to company is looking to raise, he ment, R&D and marketing." HSurrendra Park Hotels is she added. In 2014, Zone by The Park offline space with its decision to idea behind the FurniSure Hraise funds to finance its said it has not been finalised These investments will looking to add 10 hotels with "The upcoming hotels will was launched with focus on tier set up first Furniture Experience Experience Zone is to allow accelerated expansion to cash and the company is working it help in supply chain, dealer 1,239 rooms in its portfolio be in locations such as Indore, II and tier III and fast going Centre in Bengaluru. customers to explore Flipkart in on the wave of electric vehi- out at present. network, training and upgra- across India by the end of Pune, Visakhapatnam, Goa, metro cities. There are around Spread across nearly 1,800 Furniture's offerings in a new cles (EV) in India, according to "We already have external dation of dealer network, 2022 as part of expansion Srinagar, Amritsar, Tirupati 12 of these hotels opened across square feet, Flipkart would and innovative fashion." a top company official. investor. So either that external among others, besides ramping plans, a top company official and Vijaywada among others," the country, Paul said. offer a touch and feel experi- Flipkart is also working The company is looking at investor puts in or we get up production capacity, he has said. Paul said. Emphasising that the hotels ence to customers in the fast- with Google to enhance cus- an investment of around Rs 700 another investor, I am not sure said. The hospitality firm cur- On being asked the busi- of the company lay great evolving online furniture mar- tomers' overall viewing expe- crore in the next three years to right now. We have to still work On capacity expansion, rently has 23 hotels with 2,004 ness model the company fol- emphasis on design and cre- ket, the e-commerce major rience at these FurniSure ramp up production capacity of on the details," Munjal said, Munjal said,"This year we are rooms under its brands -- The lows, she said: "We follow both ativity, she said: "Creativity is in said in a statement. Experience Centres through its electric scooters to 5 lakh adding in the next couple of going to be almost one lakh Park Hotels, The Park owned and management con- our DNA and that is reflected According to the company, integration with Google Lens. units annually from about 1 years there would have to be (annually). In the next three to Collection and Zone by The tract models. We have a mix of in our hotels". this is a step towards helping Visitors at the experience lakh units this year. substantial investments, spe- four years we want to be at least Park in India. owned and managed hotels When asked about the customers understand the vast centre can use their smart- "In every aspect we are cially in manufacturing. half a million," he said. "We will be adding at least and that has helped us because growth potential of the hospi- selection of furniture offered by phone to scan the Flipkart expanding. There is no looking Currently, Alpha Capital is Depending on how the 10 more hotels with 1,239 rooms we understand the concerns of tality sector, Paul said: "We Flipkart and increase awareness Furniture icon at the experi- back for us...We are expanding the investor in Hero Electric government policy shapes up, in our portfolio by the end of the owners". don't have enough rooms as of around the seamless buying ence centres, which will then in terms of dealer network, outside of the Munjal family. specially how the FAME-II is 2022 across the country. But we Going forward while the today in the organised sector and installation experience it route them to the platform's manpower, product portfolio Commenting on the com- further fine-tuned to address a expect the numbers to go up company will have both owned and as domestic travel is huge offers. furniture page, allowing them and manufacturing...We will pany's future plans, he said, wider segment of lower priced based on the signings that we are and managed hotels, the and is growing at a very fast Flipkart Vice-President to explore the product cata- invest and also raise funds for "We will have to do a minimum electric two-wheelers, the doing," Apeejay Surrendra Park emphasis will be on the asset pace so the sector will only (Furniture, Electronics and logue along with their various the same," Hero Electric of around Rs 500-700 crore for company would align its Hotels Chairperson Priya Paul light model, Paul said. grow". Private Label) Adarsh Menon features. Managing Director Naveen different applications, and a expansion, he added. )(B% $ ! 0 = > # ( -* :&0&!!# #A + % * 1 7 = ( & .-0$-/1 7,69,627.33 crore, while SBI's valuation dropped Rs 12,048.2 /(,*6.4B(-/%*C implement the deal, EU farm- our of the 10 most valued crore to Rs 3,05,667.95 crore. ers and environmentalists are Fdomestic companies togeth- In contrast, the market cap he Libramont agricultural less excited. 41, ..41,* ernment offices in the State use (,7-/6. India focus will help Roca er witnessed an erosion of Rs of TCS jumped Rs 11,951.35 Tshow is the highlight of the Beef breeders in particular SPARK portal for salary dis- enhance Asia-Pacific revenue 84,432.8 crore in market capi- crore to Rs 7,91,302.89 crore year for Belgium's proud beef say that EU quality standards he Kerala Infrastructure bursement for over seven lakh panish bathroom and sani- of the group as part of the busi- talisation last week, with HDFC and that of ICICI Bank zoomed industry, but this year even the are higher than those in Latin Tand Technology for employees. The new mecha- Staryware firm Roca Group ness risk management plan for twins taking the biggest hit. Rs 3,484.66 crore to Rs sunny skies of western Europe's America, and fear a flood of Education (KITE) is all set to nism devised by KITE comes in said India will become key a sustainable growth vision in RIL and SBI were the other 2,68,125.39 crore. record heatwave couldn't chase cheap meat will drive them to provide technical assistance to the backdrop of reports of role in its global strategy over the medium-to-long term. frontline companies that suf- ITC added Rs 2,487.11 one looming shadow away. the wall. government offices in the state some offices, including some the next three years. "Asia-Pacific accounts for fered a drop in their market crore to its valuation to reach The breeders parading "We are already close to to install Digital Signature in from General Education The USD 1.8-billion just 18.5 per cent, while West capitalisation (m-cap) for the Rs 3,31,749.04 crore and Kotak their famous Belgian Blue beef over-production in all of Free Software based Operating Department, depending pro- Group's global management is Europe, Africa and Middle East week ended Friday, while Tata Mahindra Bank gained Rs cattle will soon face competi- Europe and in Wallonia as System. prietary software for this pur- aggressive on India in terms of generated 35 per cent of global Consultancy Services (TCS), 2,138.61 crore to Rs 2,88,522.40 tion from the vast ranches of well ... The last thing we need KITE has come-up with a pose," the release said. investment and acquisition and revenues of USD 1.8 billion as HUL, Infosys, ITC, Kotak crore. the South American pampas. is Brazilian meat, especially system for integrating Digital The prevailing state gov- a kitty of Rs 150 crore had been of 2018. We aim for some rebal- Mahindra Bank and ICICI The valuation of Hindustan Resistance is building when we see the conditions in Signatures in Free and Open ernment policy mandates use earmarked in order to empha- ancing," Velazquez said. Bank finished with gains. Unilever Limited (HUL) among some European farm- which it is produced," warns Source Software (FOSS) based of only FOSS applications in all sise on Asia-Pacific revenue to Dymistyfing India plans, However, the cumulative gain climbed by Rs 1,266.41 crore to ers against a draft trade deal Hughes Falys, beef producer Operating Systems which is used its offices. keep a balanced geographical he said the Group wants to of these firms at Rs 22,058.3 Rs 3,74,651.29 crore and that of reached by EU officials with and farmers' union spokesman. in most government offices, a The IT@School distribution strategy. deepen Roca brand in India crore was less than the total loss Infosys rose Rs 730.16 crore to the Mercosur group -- "Mercosur isn't a case of release by K Anvar Sadath, Vice GNU/Linux 18.04 Operating "We have high expecta- with new technology products suffered by the four companies. Rs 3,38,148.69 crore. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay 'Yes, maybe' or 'Yes, if'. Chairman and Executive System, developed by KITE tions from India which is grow- and market expansion. The m-cap of HDFC Bank In the ranking of top-10 and Uruguay. Mercosur is 'No!'," declares the Director of KITE, said. already has inbuilt software ing the highest with 18 per Currently, Roca Group's plunged Rs 26,900.6 crore to firms, TCS closed the week After 20 years of negotia- Wallonia regional farming The state government had utilities required for running cent, far ahead in global stan- major revenue from India gen- Rs 6,22,401.90 crore, making it with number one ranking, fol- tions, officials in Brussels -- 140 minister, Rene Collin, to loud recently instructed all govern- the drivers for the Digital dards and within Roca group. erates from Parryware, an Indian the top loser among the top-10 lowed by RIL, HDFC Bank, kilometres (80 miles) north- applause. ment offices to compulsorily Signature token devices, which We had set a target to double brand which the acquisition of firms. HUL, HDFC, Infosys, ITC, west of the pastures of Collin might not be a reg- make use of Digital Signatures is based on Java. India's revenue to 16 per cent which was completed in 2008 It was followed by HDFC, SBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ardennes -- are very pleased ular on the G20 summit circuit for preparing salaries and other "The specific installation of the global turnover in the into a fully-owned subsidiary. whose valuation tumbled Rs and ICICI Bank. with the accord that could or at WTO get-togethers. But benefits of employees in script, user guide and video next 3 years," Roca Group Ranganathan said in the 23,360.6 crore to Rs 3,74,131.53 TCS on Thursday went save European exporters four the world's trade negotiators SPARK (Service and Payroll tutorials would be made avail- global corporate marketing next leg of growth of the com- crore. past Reliance Industries billion euros (USD 4.5 billion) may find they have to listen to Administrative Repository for able in the website of KITE director Carlos Velazquez said. pany in India, Roca brand will Reliance Industries Limited Limited to become the coun- in duties per year. the French-speaking Belgian Kerala) portal. www.Kite.Kerala.Gov.In from Roca India Managing play a greater role while retain- (RIL) lost Rs 22,123.4 crore in try's most valued firm by mar- But, as member states region of Wallonia, home to "At present, 27,797 gov- August 2 onwards," Sadath said. Director KE Ranganathan said ing the momentum of Parryware. m-cap to stand at Rs ket valuation yet again. decide whether to ratify and only 3.6 million people. !" >>

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16.%!6.% In repeated standoffs, Chanting "Add oil," a phrase to show that we are strongly from the tear gas. Some officers spontaneous but highly orga- that roughly means "Keep up against this kind of brutality swung their batons at demon- olice in Hong Kong fired nized protesters set up behind the fight," a huge crowd and we need them to respond strators, while others appeared Ptear gas and rubber bullets scaffolding that they built marched east down a wide to our demands," said rally to be urging their colleagues to repeatedly Sunday to drive across a street. Police lined up thoroughfare. organizer Ventus Lau. hang back. For the second back protesters blocking streets behind clear shields about 30 They stopped near the Police had denied Lau's week in a row, blood was splat- with road signs and umbrellas meters (100 feet) down the Sogo department store and set request to march west to the tered on the station floor. in another night of pitched bat- road. Dozens of journalists in up barricades to block off the Sheung Wan district, where the Police arrested 13 people, tles in the semi-autonomous bright yellow vests stood in area and defend it against tear gas was used the previous including march organizer Max Chinese territory. between the two on the side- police. weekend, citing escalating vio- Chung, for offenses including It was the second night in lines. Another group headed lence in clashes with protesters unlawful assembly, possession a row that tear gas was used in The police would advance west toward mainland China's that have broken out after past of offensive weapon and escalating pro-democracy gradually, firing bursts of tear liaison office. Protesters egged marches and rallies. assault, according to police protests. The demonstrations gas. Protesters in hard hats the office last weekend and "The police must prevent and Hong Kong media. At began early last month to voice scurried about, rearranging splattered black ink on the aggressive protesters from least four officers were injured. opposition to an extradition bill makeshift barriers of pilfered national emblem, eliciting an exploiting a peaceful proces- The Hospital Authority that has since been suspended, road signs and other items. By angry reaction from the sion to cause troubles and vio- said 24 people were taken to but the movement has grown the time the police reached the Chinese government. lent clashes," said five hospitals. As of Sunday to encompass a broader push scaffolding, they had backed off Some stopped about two Superintendent Louis Lau of morning, eight remained hos- for full democracy. about 6 meters (20 feet). blocks short of the office and the police public relations pitalized, two in serious con- Protesters occupied two Another team of officers, used orange and white con- branch. dition. areas at opposite ends of cen- more mobile with smaller struction barricades to build On Saturday, police fired Amnesty International, the tral Hong Kong on Sunday fol- shields, then swept in to clear a wall spanning a major road. tear gas and rubber bullets as human rights group, called the lowing a mid-afternoon rally the area. Some protesters were They massed behind the bar- demonstrators threw bricks police response heavy-handed against police use of tear gas at detained, Hong Kong media riers as night fell, with and other objects and ducked and unacceptable. a demonstration the previous reported. umbrellas pointed forward to behind makeshift shields at a "While police must be able weekend. Hong Kong has been shield their identities and march in an outlying district to defend themselves, there On the western end of wracked by protests for seven ward off any police move to toward the border with main- were repeated instances today Hong Kong Island, one group weeks. Initially, the protesters & % + % % clear them. land China. where police officers were the blocked areas near the Chinese were demanding the scrap- & Some nearby stores shut- Police had also denied per- aggressors," Man-kei Tam, the government's liaison office and ping of a proposed extradition tered early as police in riot gear mission for that protest in director of Amnesty began to move forward as law that would send suspects to suspended, but the protesters by a committee dominated by sion. It was the second straight gathered nearby ahead of the all Yuen Long, where a mob International Hong Kong, said night fell. Police issued warn- mainland China to face trials. then called for the resignation a pro-Beijing establishment, day that protesters took to the but inevitable clearing opera- apparently targeting demon- in a statement. ings, and protesters threw eggs The legislation is seen as a of the city's leader and an rather than by direct elections. streets without official per- tion. strators had beaten people bru- Police said they had to use at them. Officers fired tear gas threat to Hong Kong's free- investigation into whether Earlier Sunday, protesters mission. The rally in Chater Garden tally in a train station the pre- what they termed "appropriate to halt the advance. doms that were guaranteed for police have used excessive force rallied at a park in Hong Kong's A sea of black-shirted pro- was called to protest the police vious weekend. force" because of the bricks and Police then embarked on 50 years when China took in quelling the protests. financial district before march- testers, some with bright yellow use of tear gas, rubber bullets Police wearing helmets other objects thrown at them, an hourslong effort to push the back control of the former Underlying the movement ing out in several directions helmets and masks but many and other force to break up a charged into the same train sta- including glass bottles with a protesters eastward and get British colony in 1997. is a push for full democracy in despite not winning police with just backpacks, streamed protest the previous Sunday. tion, where a few hundred suspected corrosive fluid them to disperse. The bill was eventually the city, whose leader is chosen approval for a public proces- out of Chater Garden park. "We need to have a protest protesters had taken refuge inside. B;) + # 29 ) B -8;--+

-.. Iranian Deputy Foreign and Iran had gathered for talks parties to the deal, especially Minister Abbas Araghchi linked in the Austrian capital, a month European nations, did not help < O @ 5BD ran said on Sunday it con- the tanker row to discussions after a similar meeting failed to it circumvent US sanctions. &%)' Isidered Britain's seizure of an over the nuclear deal, formally achieve a breakthrough. Even before the latest 4-1,. 19. seized by Iran's Islamic Iranian oil tanker a breach of known as the Joint The head of the Chinese tanker seizures, pressure had The seizure of the Stena Revolutionary Guard Corps. the ailing 2015 nuclear deal, Comprehensive Plan of Action delegation, Fu Cong, said been mounting in the region ran on Sunday slammed as Impero came two weeks after But it has so far only M 9'M after the remaining parties to (JCPOA). Sunday's talks had taken place with a string of incidents I"provocative" a British pro- British authorities detained an received a cool response from $* the accord met in Vienna in "Since Iran is entitled to in a "very good" and "profes- involving tankers and drones. posal for a European-led naval Iranian tanker -- the Grace 1 - the continent to its proposal for another attempt to salvage the export its oil according to the sional" atmosphere but also The US has said it brought mission to escort tankers in the - off its overseas territory a multi-national escort fleet agreement. JCPOA, any impediment in admitted there had been some down one and possibly two Gulf, amid soaring tensions Gibraltar on allegations it was that would exclude the United ,D British authorities detained the way of Iran's export of oil "tense moments" between the Iranian drones last week. over the seizure of ships. breaching EU sanctions on States. an Iranian tanker off the UK is actually against the JCPOA," participants. Iran shot down an "We heard that they intend Syria. France said on Thursday it '"#!" 89 overseas territory of Gibraltar in Araghchi said. Tensions between Tehran unmanned US aircraft in June, to send a European fleet to the In his comments on was not willing to send extra + early July on allegations it was He added that the issue of and Washington have escalat- after which Trump announced Persian Gulf which naturally Sunday, the government military assets to the Gulf, but K breaching EU sanctions on Iran's oil exports — including ed since last year when US that he had called off retalia- carries a hostile message, is spokesman said Iran believed would share information and 1 + '* G Syria. US attempts to prevent them President Donald Trump pulled tory air strikes at the last provocative and will increase the security of the oil-rich Gulf coordinate its currently ! A British-flagged tanker completely — was raised at the out of the accord that was minute because the resulting tensions," government had to be maintained by coun- deployed assets. ' was then impounded by Iran's meeting. aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear death toll would have been too spokesman Ali Rabiei said, tries in the region. The US military has said it Revolutionary Guards with its "I think the atmosphere programme, and imposed pun- high. quoted by ISNA news agency. "We are the biggest agent of is already monitoring the strait, G 23 crew aboard in the Strait of was constructive and the dis- ishing sanctions. The US and Gulf power- Britain said on Monday it maritime security in the Persian and that it is developing a Hormuz on July 19, which was cussions were good, I cannot Iran said in May it would house Saudi Arabia have was planning a European-led Gulf," said Rabiei. Britain on "multinational maritime effort" '"'#! ;';;; seen by the UK as a tit-for-tat say that we resolved every- disregard certain limits the accused Iran of being behind force to escort tankers through Thursday ordered its navy to dubbed Operation Sentinel to B8;'<;;& C move. thing," he said. JCPOA set on its nuclear pro- multiple mysterious attacks the world's busiest oil shipping escort UK-flagged ships increase surveillance and secu- In comments to journalists Envoys from Britain, gramme and threatened to take on tankers in the Gulf in June, lane in response to Iran's seizure through the Strait of Hormuz, rity in key Middle East water- & after the meeting in Vienna, France, Germany, China, Russia further measures if remaining which Iran denies. of a UK-flagged vessel on July where the Stena Impero was ways. 7 ' I )% 33 9 ;+:<< '6'( & G !41*.$ ern Nepal including some areas At least 38 people have personnel for rescue works. (. of Kathmandu valley have been gone missing in the latest inci- With the situation remain- ! N loods and landslides trig- inundated due to incessant dents of landslide and floods ing grim, Nepal has appealed to 1&7 = Fgered by incessant monsoon rains since last two weeks. across Nepal. the international agencies for +& & rains across Nepal have claimed At least 113 people were The rain induced disasters help to prevent the possible N 7 4 at least 113 lives while 38 peo- killed and 67 others injured in have affected 67 out of total 77 water-borne diseases and to *6 760 ple are still missing, officials the rain induced disasters in districts of the country. ensure proper health services to K said Sunday. this monsoon, Home Ministry The government has the tens of thousands of people early 1,400 people were Parts of central and south- officials said. mobilised army and police affected. 1D Ndetained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition '"!( + 1 & protest in Moscow, a Russian + :9 monitoring group said Sunday, 7 2 ( .& G adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally ' in the Russian capital this 98< & ( 0 decade. OVD-Info, which has mon- (-".% that 40 people had been res- itored police arrests since 2011, cued from the site, according to 4 5 said the number of the deten- he death toll in a landslide the local emergency rescue '*%7 & tions from Saturday's protest Twhich buried a village in command. Beirut: Regime and russian Syrian Observatory for Human reached 1,373 by early Sunday. southwest China rose to 36, Xinhua said a local school bombardment on Sunday killed Rights. Russian raids, mean- & The overwhelming majority of % state broadcaster CCTV said had been set up as an emer- 9 civilians in northwestern Syria while, killed two civilians in :D& people were soon released but ! & Sunday, with 15 still missing gency medical and rescue cen- where ramped up attacks by the northern Hama, according to the ' 150 remained in custody, OVD- days after the disaster struck. tre, with "multiple rescue teams two allies have claimed hundreds Britain-based monitor. Info and a lawyers' legal aid Kira Yarmysh said Navalny, ities. The state-run People's and experts" still searching for of lives since April, a war mon- Shelling and air strikes by group said Sunday. who did not have any allergies Along with the arrests of Daily said rescue work is ongo- those missing. itor said. the regime also killed two other Crackdowns on the anti- beforehand, was taken from the the mostly young demonstra- ing at the site in Shuicheng The government has ear- Idlib and parts of the neigh- civilians elsewhere in the north- !%. ! government protesters began Moscow jail to a hospital in the tors, several opposition activists county, Guizhou province, marked 30 million yuan ($4.35 bouring provinces of Aleppo, west, it added. , & days before the rally. morning, arriving with severe who wanted to run for the where a thick torrent of mud million) for search and rescue Hama and Latakia are under the The bombardment comes a 8; Opposition leader Alexei facial swelling and red rashes. Moscow City Duma were buried 22 houses in the land- efforts in the province, Xinhua control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, day after regime and Russian air & & Navalny was arrested and sen- Hours later, she said Navalny arrested throughout the city. slide on Tuesday. reported, as well as the reloca- a jihadist group led by Syria's strikes on the region killed 15 . ! tenced Wednesday to 30 days in was in a "satisfactory condition." Police eventually cordoned CCTV broadcast footage of tion of victims. former Al-Qaeda affiliate. civilians, including 11 in Ariha, '-)- & jail for calling for Saturday's Russian police violently off the City Hall and dispersed rescue workers trying to reach Landslides are a frequent The region is supposed to be the monitor said. 4 protest against election author- dispersed thousands of people protesters from the area, but survivors through a huge danger in rural and moun- protected from a massive gov- Some three million people, , & & ities who barred some opposi- who thronged the streets of thousands of demonstrators mound of earth, and excavators tainous parts of China, partic- ernment offensive by a nearly half of them already dis- & tion candidates from running in Moscow on Saturday to protest reassembled in several different digging through the collapsed ularly after heavy rain, and the September buffer zone deal, but placed from other parts of the ? & D' the Sept. 8 vote for Moscow city the move by election authori- locations nearby and a new hill. country has suffered severe it has come under increasing fire country, live in the Idlib region. . ) council. ties. Several protesters report- round of arrests began. Russian Two children and a moth- flooding this year. by Damascus and its backer Attacks by the Syrian regime 7 . +' Navalny was unexpectedly ed broken limbs and head police beat some protesters to er with a baby were among In August 2017 at least 30 Moscow over the past three and its ally Russia have claimed , ' hospitalized Sunday with a injuries. Police justified their the ground with wide trun- those dead. people were killed in two sep- months. Regime air strikes more than 740 lives there since . ! severe allergy attack, his response by saying that the rally cheon swings while others tried Official news agency arate landslides in the same Sunday killed five civilians in the late April, according to the war 0 @9; spokeswoman said. was not sanctioned by author- to push the police away. Xinhua said Saturday night rural province of Guizhou. Idlib town of Ariha, said the monitor. AFP " > 1 2 - 3 1.6 two other men after seven that it can help cure diseases frozen tiger carcasses were dis- and hangovers when ground 1 -

ifty-five pieces of rhino covered in their vehicle in a into powder. Fhorn were found encased in parking lot. Poachers in Africa have !(/ Amrullah Saleh was "evacuated President Ashraf Ghani also plaster at an airport in the The busts follow a record decimated wild rhino popula- from the building and moved to tweeted that Saleh was Vietnamese capital, authori- seizure in Singapore a week ago tions to meet demand despite he political office of the a safe location," said Nasrat unharmed in the "complex ties said Sunday, as the coun- of nearly nine tonnes of ivory the trade being banned globally TAfghan president's running Rahimi, the interior ministry attack" targeting the Green Trend try tries to crack down on and a huge stash of pangolin in the 1970s. mate was hit by a large explosion spokesman. party headquarters. sophisticated wildlife smug- scales destined for Vietnam. Only about 29,000 rhinos and stormed by several gunmen He said that although the At least two people, includ- gling routes. Elephant tusks, pangolins, survive in the wild, down from who remained holed up inside, gunbattle was still ongoing, the ing a woman, were killed and 25 The communist state is tiger parts and rhino horn are half a million at the beginning Afghan officials said Sunday. The first and second floors of the wounded, according to both a consumption hub and after the carefully disguised them open," a security source all sold on the black market in of the 20th century, according attack in the capital, Kabul, building had been cleared by Wahidullah Mayar, the health popular transit point for the shipment aroused suspicion. told AFP. It was not immedi- Vietnam, while the rest is to conservationists. killed at least two people and security forces. He said two ministry spokesman. multibillion dollar trade in Images of the bust show ately clear which African coun- smuggled on to China. Hanoi has long vowed to came on the first day of cam- attackers were still inside and that Ferdous Faramarz, the animal parts. large rhino horns and smaller try the shipment originated But rhino horn is especial- stem the flow of illegal wildlife paigning for presidential elec- one gunman had been killed in spokesman for Kabul's police The 125 kilogram (275 pieces sitting on a table and from. ly prized, with one kilogram criss-crossing its borders but tions, scheduled for late the shootout. Some 40 people chief, said the explosion was like- pound) haul of rhino horn dis- police using rods to break the The parts were found the fetching up to USD 60,000. experts say the black market September. who were trapped in the build- ly a suicide car bomb. The blast covered at Hanoi's Noi Bai casts apart. same day police arrested a key It is in high demand in persists thanks to weak law Vice-presidential candidate ing were rescued by special was large enough to be heard airport on Thursday was found "It took half a day to break wildlife trafficking suspect and Vietnam where some believe enforcement. and former intelligence chief police forces, he said. throughout the capital. #>! !"

O % # # # P ' 4( & + & &J%" ';!!& &' & L ' + hink musicals and ‘Broadway’ is the 'M first thing that comes to mind. You 'L Tmight be imagining West Side Story, Sound of Music, Singin’ in the Rain or even ' Chicago — all of which have had cinemat- 2)&")(($)( & ic outings as well. But cut to India and the scenario is a little different. While relat- & ing a story through musicals has long been & a part of our tradition, think the innumer- 8 6/--:7@&>6$+ &6&+ &6$6 able Ram Lilas or the different tradition- 0 + al folk stories, it took some time for them # ' 2# to be mounted on stage in modern form. 'G+& Musical theatre in India is a fairly new and intense as the story of Umrao Jaan. He tries to fill this void by walking an +& genre, which Indians are waking up to. While reading, I also realised that there extra mile, “I felt that I should give it a shot. + The first musical to be staged was are a lot of unexplored and unrevealed To create something meaningful, emotion- & M Zangoora in 2010. Then there was emotions in the book, which can make for al, surreal and to give the audience a great Mughal-e-Azam, a Broadway-style musi- great theatre.” show was the idea. People are still not cal based on the 1960 Bollywood film of He was fascinated by the storyline and aware of the difference between a musi- the same name, directed by K Asif and the way it is coupled with music and emo- cal and a dance drama,” says he. O+ produced by Shapoorji Pallonji, which was tions. Rajeev says that the language and The theatre, which is a result of a col- staged for the first time in 2016. incidents are inspiring. The culture of lective thought process, is quite challeng- L And now we are up for another tale Lucknow and the language is portrayed ing right from the moment of ideation. 8 of similar grandeur that will be mount- beautifully. “Yeh humari pehchaan hai Rajeev feels that this is so because it’s live ed on stage. If the trailer of Umrao Jaan (this is our identity). There cannot be a and there are no retakes. “Live singing in G H I Ada with its live music, traditional ghaz- better subject than Umrao Jaan Ada,” adds sync with the recorded soundtracks 0 als, thumris, qawwalis, Kathak dances and - + he. requires a lot of detailing. The execution / larger than life sets is anything to go by, % 0+ + One reason why people are attracted of such music is tough, (laughs) but we - it is a ticket to a different world altogeth- to musical theatre is its novelty. Such the- have Salim-Sulaiman who have known this % % er. # atre on timeless classic love stories is not so well,” he says. Director Rajeev Goswami, who has made often. Rajeev adds that something Striking a balance between the writer, # + / made the first ever musical on Umrao Jaan which is heartfelt will always have an audi- audience and director is tough because the - Ada says that this genre is one of the best # ence irrespective of the cultural shift. An emotions differ when reading a book and ways to express art. “They combine sev- artist is always treasured. witnessing it in a theatre. The director says, eral aspects to inspire and educate the Music is the essence of such plays. It “I wondered how will I create these # audience about the storyline, especially K / appeals to our emotions and seems mag- moments on stage so somewhere I took when it is a musical. But the sad part is, J 0+ ical especially when you create it at such the audience’s perception. At times I have they are not appreciated enough the way a grand level. “Every music lover in our used my creativity. Sometimes I have given # % they should be,” he says. country is mesmerised by songs like Dil importance to the writer’s view to bring out /P He is surprised that a musical on Cheez Kya Hai and other legendary ones the emotions and ease the flow of the story. L 6 Umrao Jaan Ada has not been attempted by Khayyam sahab. We have been listen- That has been my process. I never stick to as yet. “We were creatively pushed and ing to them since childhood. When you that rigidness as a director.” inspired to do this, Umrao Jaan Ada jaisa are attached to such music, the interest is Rajeev doesn’t like it easy. He likes the && musical banna chahiye. There have been even higher,” the director tells us. difficulties that come his way. “Actually it’s & several plays but a proper Broadway and % 0## As a music enthusiast, Rajeev has been in my character.” He keeps on switching Western style musical is yet to be staged,” watching foreign musicals which help him roles from a choreographer to a director says he. to understand the Indian ones better by and to a producer. “It makes it easier for ' The director has adapted this musi- comparing the two. He says that he likes me to understand the whole collectiveness cal theatre, Umrao Jaan Ada from the the format of a musical, “it is charming.” and how everything is amalgamated,” he eponymous Urdu classic novel, written by But the sad part is that despite the fact that says. renowned Urdu novelist Mirza Hadi music dominates all aspects of our life He guffaws and talks about the Ruswa. It will revive the timeless story of including seasons, love and work, this expenses incurred in creating those & love and struggle that follows the journey genre is lacking in India. “We should be humongous sets. “The nawabi zone is & of courtesan Umrao Jaan. producing musicals left right and centre expensive but it will all be worth if peo- The whole story as a concept has so because there’s a lot of variety available. ple appreciate the effort. This will inspire 0 &0 & much of depth and intensity in it that it One can’t even fathom the depth and range us to make more such kinds and keep on is a feast for any creative director to make of music that we have in our country but adding such milestones in our lives.” & something along these lines. Rajeev says, we are too lazy to put it out. 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And we should such nefarious and wicked remember that vengeance, vin- DEEP SEA acts? Before we come to any dictiveness, violence and conclusions, there is one ques- wrong-doing are not the way a jiran Nesa is, as they say, remember how the river first eroded tion that we all need to ask our- noble person behaves. The caught between the devil our agricultural land and then our selves — is it that easy to for- only course open to a gentle- and the deep blue sea. She home. We shifted to another village and give someone as it is por- man is — raising the con- exemplifies how climate lived with our relatives for a few trayed to be? Majority of us science of the people, follow- change is the main cause of months until my father took us to would say “no,” because the ing the legal remedy provided large-scaleA displacement in some areas Nonke Khagrabari village in the same ability to forgive others by the collective will of the peo- of Assam leading to conflict due to district. He bought some land on the depends on how honest we are ple, educating and influencing increasing pressure on land. bank of river Beki with his savings and with ourselves. Have we jour- the public opinion, taking the In her 42 years of existence, Ajiran borrowings from relatives,” she said and neyed through our lives pure, safety and security measures has changed many homes due to ero- went on to add, “It took time for us to perfect and clean without let- and having alacrity so that the sion of land and at least two rounds of build a home but we had a good life ting a single corruptive thought wickedness cannot prevail and communal violence — the last being the there. My father grew vegetables, emerge from our minds or wrong us again. But if the same one between the indigenous Bodos and lemons and started cultivating areca engaging in any wrong action acts are repeated even after a Bengali-speaking Muslims in 2014, nuts. The land of Baksa district, close or words? If we would look at person is forgiven quite a few where she lost her six-year-old daugh- to the foothills of Bhutan, is good espe- ourselves closely and honestly, times, then the public opinion ter to gun fire by strangers. Now a res- cially for growing areca nuts. Traders we would find more faults and the law should take their ident of Dhupguri village near Barpeta from West Bengal used to come to buy hydro-power project in neighbouring people of the village heard some gun- other end. I looked everywhere but my and flaws in ourselves than in own course. district’s commercial hub, Barpeta them. Everything was going well and Bhutan, inundating paddy fields across shots being fired. The villagers initial- youngest girl remained missing,” Ajiran anyone else. So, then how can Remember, the power to Road (Simlaguri), Ajiran never com- I got married to Habibur Rahman.” large swathes in the two districts and ly thought that it was the forest guards said. we not forgive another person? forgive comes from compas- plained about the way she lived her life “My husband’s family also had an washing away homes leading to a firing to chase away wild elephants that More than 30 people including It’s only when we face our own sion, which means we should or how the Almighty wove her fate until areca nut plantation. He also lost his large-scale displacement in the area. often raid the paddy fields in the vil- women and children were massacred shortcomings, that the anger peacefully move forward 2014. land and house, which forced us to shift Ajiran and her family were among lage. The indifference soon turned into by armed extremists. Ajiran’s search for against others disappears. In towards what is better and “If my father had not lost our house to another place nearby. Every time our the victims of the 2004 floods. They dread as they saw some masked men her missing daughter ended the next the past, we have all acted what is good. But before we and agricultural land to erosion, we land was eroded, we had to start spent several days in relief camps set up firing randomly at the villagers and set- day, when the district administration wrongly at one or other point, start to forgive others, we must would not have gone to Baksa district. afresh. When my husband lost his land by the government, returning to where ting their houses on fire. handed them her bullet riddled body. either because we were learn to forgive ourselves, else My daughter would have been alive in 2004, we did not have money to buy their house stood after the water reced- “We could not think of anything. She was hit by a spray of the militants’ unaware of what is right or out the process of releasing the today. Children are the gifts of Allah it again. He started to catch fish in the ed. While trying to cope with the I just heard my husband shouting ‘run’. bullets while running for her life. of fear or a misunderstanding. burden would neither begin and if you lose them, there is nothing river and sell it in the local market. We impact of floods, Ajiran never imagined I looked for my daughters and told “We got the compensation for my Looking back, most of us regret nor progress. Forgiving our- to live for in this world,” said Ajiran, still managed to live a happy life that the worst in her life would come them to rush. Within minutes we saw daughter and also for the burnt house about many things that we selves and moving towards wiping her tears. though,” she said. a decade later. the villagers shouting and running in but can that bring her back to life? No, have said or done. Only with self-realisation means letting Born in Jakhalabandha Char in Barpeta and Baksa districts of It was Friday, May 2, 2014. Her hus- different directions to save their lives, nobody can. Who do I blame this for? time and knowledge do we go of your past. But it could Barpeta district, she witnessed the Western Assam witnessed the worst- band had just returned home from the some falling on the ground hit by the It is perhaps written in my fate. If only realise what is right and begin also mean not making the wrath of river Brahmaputra for the first ever floods in 2004 after excess water river with the day’s catch to be sold in bullets. I jumped into the river and our land had not been eroded...” she to make amendments. Just by same mistakes over and over time when she was seven. “I still was released from the reservoir of a the evening market. Around 3 pm, the started swimming until I reached the sighed. a desire to do this, we begin again, and not discovering this process of our own forgive- convenient ways to excuse ness. If this process is to grow, ourselves. A person who has t a time when children killings. Most importantly, there we need to learn to forgive oth- stoned his own heart against should be making their are no social accountability ers. We cannot condemn oth- others can’t feel even god’s Away to schools and col- mechanisms to ensure the deliv- ers and excuse ourselves for the strength, forgiveness and com- leges to learn about the bound- ( # ery of quality adolescent health same actions which we might passion. Hence, if we want to less opportunities that exist, services. have also done in our past but be forgiven, then we must be many of them are helmed in by It is important that block, refuse to accept as wrong. This willing to forgive first. Because the bond of marriage. Often they district and state planning and is termed as cheating and the the one who forgives first not are married at an age when they 4 + O & & & monitoring committees are universally-applicable law of only proves his justice, but also are too young to even under- leveraged to strengthen the Karma does set into motion. his love and humane emo- stand the responsibility and the ' delivery of adolescent health ser- There can be many tions. Hence, it is rightly said, gravity of what it entails. 4' ' & +' .!4 !1.. *4 0, vices across the country. answers to the questions raised “A life well lived is your best Despite child marriage The stage is set for the new by individuals against forgive- revenge.” So, instead of being banned, India still has the government to prioritise the ness. However, what we should focussing on your wounded highest absolute number of child agency in deciding when and Community Mobiliser should sexual and reproductive health understand as a human being emotions and thereby, giving brides in the world — over 15.5 whom to marry, how many undertake awareness drives of the young population. The is that if a person’s tendency to the person who caused you million. According to the children to have and when, regarding the entitlements and youth are an important con- misbehave is within tolerable pain, you should learn to look National Family Health Survey accessing contraceptives and services under the RKSK pro- stituency and failure to intervene limits and the person express- for love, beauty, empathy and (NFHS-4) 2015-16, around 27 safe abortions, are hollowing out gramme. It is equally important on this front could mean this es sincere regrets and apologies kindness around you. This per cent of the women in the 20- the nation. to engage the Panchayati Raj potential of demographic divi- when he is confronted and he will not only make you a bet- 24 age group were married Another issue that plagues Institutions to prioritise adoles- dend may turn into a demo- realises his mistake then we ter person but make the world before the legal age of 18. young lives is the taboo and cent health at village level. graphic disaster. should forgive and forget his a better place as well. Approximately 4,523,524 shame associated with sex. An The taboo and intolerance Policy makers must focus on women between 15-19 years almost-institutionalised culture around the LGBTQ communi- a voluntary, rights and choice- were already mothers or preg- of shame makes it difficult for ty is yet another reason for based approach for addressing nant at the time of the survey. youngsters to seek proper cases of gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health Data also revealed that only 10 knowledge about contraceptives often erupting within the fami- needs of young people. India has per cent of currently married or even talking about it openly. ly and community. Public spaces the largest youth population in adolescent females (15-19 years) Often, healthcare providers are in India are largely unsafe for the world. The government and 16 per cent of sexually not equipped to discuss adoles- master trainers must be ensured eases, substance misuse and members of the community. needs to do more for them so active unmarried adolescent cent issues openly and on the to equip healthcare workers mental health under the govern- Apart from ignorance on the that the much-deliberated females use any modern method other hand youngster have a fear with comprehensive information ment’s Rashtriya Kishor gender spectrum, youth often ‘demographic dividend’, which of contraception. of being judged. It is, therefore, on all six thematic areas — nutri- Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK). bears the brunt of issues of has become an integral part of Early marriage hinders crucial that healthcare workers, tion, sexual and reproductive To combat the general lack caste, race, colour and class, socio-economic discourse in women from acquiring the req- educators and counsellors are health, injuries and violence of awareness about safe spaces when it comes to choosing a life India can be reaped or else we uisite skills that they need to join given proper training about the (including gender-based vio- like adolescent-friendly health partner or in the matters of love, will miss the bus. The time to act the workforce. The lack of same. Formal engagement of lence), non-communicable dis- clinics (AFHCs), the District leading to crimes and honour is now. J # % % / L3

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Gold at the India Open, Mary Kom (64kg), 2017 Simon Prestige Memorial With their want-away Brazilian superstar left out arrived at this prestigious tournament tournament Bronze medallist Neeraj of the trip to the former Portuguese colony, PSG were with the aim of testing herself against Swami (49kg) and Ananta Pralhad seconds from victory on Saturday before Samuele the world's best ahead of the World Chopade (52kg) were crowned the Longo's injury-time equaliser made it 1-1. Championships in October. champions in their respective weight Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic saved from In her first bout on Saturday, Mary categories. Adil Aouchiche and then Arthur Zagre before Mario Kom had to dig deep to stave off the Chopade did not show any nerves stepped up to slot the winner for Inter, who edged resistance of Vietnam’s Anh vo Thi Kim in a strong 5-0 win over Afghanistan's the penalties 6-5. 3-2, but she was simply magnificent in Rahmani Ramish for his first signifi- The win for Antonio Conte's side comes just days the final as she powered to a 5-0 win cant international medal. Dahiya too after they lost to Italian rivals Juventus on penalties over Australia’s April Franks. absolutely outpunched his opponent, in a friendly in China. “Gold medal for me and for my Macau's Leung Kin Fong 5-0 to lay his Neymar, linked with a move back to his former country at #PresidentCup Indonesia. hands on the glittering gold. club Barcelona, remained in China's Shenzhen, PSG's Winning means you're willing to go Neeraj had it tougher and dropped previous stop on their Asian tour, while his team- longer,work harder & give more effort a point for a 4-1 gritty win over mates flew to gambling enclave Macau. than anyone else. I sincerely thanks to Filipino pugilist Macado Jr. Ramel. During a scrappy game in sweltering Macau, all my Coaches and support staffs of However, it was a heartbreak for Inter were quicker out of the blocks forcing three @BFI_official @KirenRijiju former World Championships Bronze fine stops from PSG's Alphonse Areola in the first @Media_SAI,” Mary Kom tweeted. medallist Gaurav Bidhuri who gave his 10 minutes. Mary Kom, who claimed her sixth all but was edged 2-3 by Indonesian New signing Stefano Sensi and Ivan Perisic were world title last year in Delhi, will be Mandagie Jill in the 56kg bantamweight instrumental in the early Inter attack, producing looking to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo ! % %< bout. quick probing passes and causing problems behind Olympics in the World Championships 2018 India Open Silver medallist the PSG defence. in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Asian Games Bronze medallist In 54kg, Assam’s young and bright the Gold she won at the India Open in Dinesh Dagar found Indonesia's In Neymar's absence it was French World Cup- India’s gold rush continued with Hasanah Huswatun. The Asian Boxing talent Jamuna Boro did not put a foot May. Samada Saputra too strong and was winner Kylian Mbappe who drew cheers from the Simranjit Kaur being equally impres- Championships Silver medallist dom- wrong in a 5-0 demolition of Italy’s vet- In 48kg, youngster Monika ended dealt a 0-5 blow on his way to the sil- 8,800-strong crowd with his driving runs, although sive in her final against Indonesia’s inated her opponent 5-0. eran boxer Giulia Lamagna to add to the challenge of Endang of Indonesia ver medal. he was often let down by his final touch. Just before halftime Mbappe was brought down by Milan Skriniar and new signing Pablo Sarabia floated a free kick which a climbing Thilo Kehrer ! * 0 8 & glanced into the net. Inter leapt into the attack in the second half, with Perisic jinking his way into the box to force anoth- 0 1.%46. % @ " ) . er fine save from Areola, before sending the rebound soaring over the bar. hird-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur Inter continued to squander chances, and the Twithstood 28 aces in a three-set victory !6/!4 the doubles pair. heat added to their frustration, with Perisic seeing over Reilly Opelka on Saturday to book a title Non-playing captain Mahesh another chance creep over on 78 minutes. clash with Taylor Fritz in the ATP tennis akistan-bound Indian Davis Bhupathi and coach Zeeshan Ali, But in the last minute of injury time substitute tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. PCup squad will be announced whose contracts had ended with Longo picked up a bobbling pass trickling through De Minaur’s 7-6 (7/4) 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 vic- by August 5, more than a month India's 1-3 loss to Italy in the Davis the PSG box to drive the ball into the bottom cor- tory made the 20-year-old the youngest play- in advance for the September 14- Cup Qualifiers at South Club here ner, past the otherwise rock-solid Areola, who er ever to reach the Atlanta final. 15 Group I Asia/Ocenia fixture in in February this year, are all set to thumped the ground in frustration. He’ll be facing another of the ATP Tour’s Islamabad, AITA secretary gener- continue for this Pakistan leg. young guns in Fritz, the 21-year-old second al Hironmoy Chatterjee said here “We have not yet discussed seed who beat Britain's Cameron Norrie 6- on Sunday. (their replacements) and they will Penalties went to sudden death after PSG's Adil 1, 3-6, 6-3. No Indian Davis Cup squad travel to Pakistan,” he said. Aouchiche's effort was stopped by Handanovic, but De Minaur will be chasing a second has travelled to Pakistan since The tie is slated at the grass- Antonio Candreva's cheeky attempt to chip Areola career title to go with the trophy he captured March 1964 and in that tie, held in courts of Pakistan Sports Complex backfired and glanced off the crossbar. in Sydney in January — before his season Lahore, India had won 4-0. in Islamabad and the winners will It was up to Handanovic to make another fine was slowed by a groin injury that sidelined “We will announce the squad make the 2020 Qualifiers. stop from Arthur, before Mario calmly buried the him for almost two months. by August 5. The squad will be India are 20th in Davis Cup crucial kick. “I’m back where I want to be,” de Minaur more or less the same (that played rankings, way ahead of 37th placed "We can play much better than we played today," said. against Italy). It’s all about rank- Pakistan and hold an all-win 6-0 PSG coach Thomas Tuchel said. “I felt like I’ve been playing some great ! * % # ''2( * ings,” Chatterjee told PTI. record, of which two came on "The conditions were difficult, of course... But tennis, but not getting the wins that I want- “The visa procedure for grass. we didn't have a good structure, which was disap- ed. I knew that sooner or later, I’d have a Opelka fended off two break points in the way to a victory over his doubles part- Pakistan is lengthy and we will “We have a far superior team. pointing," he said, referring to the heat that saw the good result again.” each of the first two sets before de Minaur ner Norrie. soon start the formalities,” he We won’t have any issues playing on referee call several mini-breaks so that players could De Minaur said it was just a matter of gained the first break of the match for a 3- “I was really happy with my ability to added. grass,” Chaterjee said as India pre- rehydrate. staying patient and maintaining his poise as 2 lead in the third, breaking him a final time kind of turn it around after the second set,” Chatterjee said India No 1 pare to take on Pakistan 13 years Next week PSG will take on Rennes, and seek his good friend Opelka rained down the to seal the win. he said. Prajnesh Gunneswaran and after they defeated them 3-2 at the payback for their cup final loss last season. aces. On Sunday, Fritz will be trying to turn “I played a really good first set. He def- Ramkumar Ramanathan are most Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. For that fixture "we need to be better organised... “I’ve got to know he’s going to hit about the tables on de Minaur, who beat him in initely upped the level in the second, made likely to be the singles one-two On the diplomatic tensions, he And we need to do some target practice," Tuchel said. 200 aces on me and there's not much I can the Next Gen ATP Finals. some good adjustments and I tried to just choice with Yuki Bhambri and said: “It’s been going on for 100 Inter's battling performance was "an important do,” he said. Fritz, who captured his first career title make a couple more adjustments in the Sumit Nagal injured, while Rohan years but it’s Davis Cup not a bilat- step in preparing" for the upcoming Serie A season, “I have to keep doing what I'm doing.” at Eastbourne last month, fired 15 aces on third.” Bopanna and Divij Sharan will be eral fixture.” said their boss Conte. 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Vettel, who had started 20th epic final at the Lord’s on July 14. Following the final of the and last on the grid. In a pulsating encounter, England Freedom Cup between the New dad Daniil Kvyat of were adjudged the winners of the World New Zealand’s national rugby Toro Rosso was third as he Cup on the basis of their superior bound- team and the South Africa secured only his third Formula ary count — 22 fours and two sixes — to Springboks at the Westpac One podium. New Zealand’s 17 after the the match Stadium here, the All Blacks The race was a disaster for ended in a tie after regulation play and took to Twitter and posted, champions Mercedes who were subsequent Super Over. “No count back on boundaries celebrating their 200th Formula “The cricket committee will consid- in Wellington. It’s a draw. One start of the modern era er any issues arising from the World Cup Thanks for an epic Test and 125 years of motorsport, final when it next meets (in the first quar- @Springboks.#NZLvRSA both defending five-time ter of 2020),” Allardice was quoted as say- #BACKBLACK.” champion Lewis Hamilton and ing by ESPNcricinfo. In the Freedom Cup, the his team-mate Valtteri Bottas !- 1 @ < 8* < & “A Super Over has been used to deter- All Blacks and the South crashed and failed to score any mine a winner in a tied match in ICC African Springboks shared the points. events since 2009 (replacing the bowl- trophy after the two teams Hamilton eventually fin- McLaren, Alex Albon of Toro pit-stops and survived a com- stages if felt like it was never- out), and the tiebreaker after a tied Super ended with a 16-16 draw. ished 11th after making six pit- Rosso and Kimi Raikkonen of plete 360-degrees spin. ending. I am just very happy.” Over needed to be derived from some- stops as he missed out on a Alfa Romeo. “To make the right calls, Kvyat confirmed that he thing that happened in that particular points finish for the first time Romain Grosjean was you had to be focussed. We put became a father on Saturday match. So it has always related to the num- the same Super Over regulations that are ference on whether sharing the World Cup in 23 races while Verstappen eighth for Haas ahead of on the slick tyres and we had night when his partner Kelly ber of boundaries scored in the match.” used across all professional cricket and could be an option in future. continued his rich streak of Antionio Giovinazzi of Alfa a 360! But it was alright.” gave birth to a daughter. Continuing, he said the boundary that’s why it was the way it was. Whether “No, that wasn't discussed. The con- consistency. Romeo and Kevin Magnussen Vettel, for whom the result He said: “It was amazing! count back rule was followed as it is in it should be different is something that our sistent view has been that the World Cup Lance Stroll of Racing who was 10th for Haas. brought redemption after he Amazing to be back on the practice in T20 leagues across the world. cricket committee will consider at some final needs a winner, and a Super Over Point came home fourth to “It was amazing, but real- had crashed out while leading podium and incredible for “Almost all the T20 leagues around the point,” Allardice said. was in the playing conditions to decide a deliver his team’s best finish ly tricky out there,” said in heavy rain last year, said: “It Toro Rosso, after so many world also use boundaries as the tiebreak- The ICC’s chief executives committee tied final in each of the last three World ahead of Carlos Sainz of Verstappen, who made four was a long race and at some years, it’s great to get a podium.” er in their Super Overs. 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-$%( 46. 0 & -&O 07 B(,*.%1*C ngland coach Trevor Bayliss (,*.%1* Eaccepts the Test side's top order has been their Achilles teve Waugh says the Ashes are heel "for the last six or seven too close to call as England and years" as he looks to World Cup SAustralia prepare to resume bat- winner Jason Roy to make a tle, with the visitors seeking their first success of the position during away win in the series for 18 years. the Ashes. With the exception of the After Andrew Strauss 2010/11 series in Australia, which retired in 2012, England great England won 3-1, home advantage Alastair Cook got through a has been decisive since Waugh’s side dozen opening partners of his triumphed 4-1 away in 2001. own before calling time on his But the former Australia captain Test career last year. said it is “50-50” as to who would Meanwhile the vexed ques- emerge triumphant over the course tion of who should bat at num- of the five Tests starting at Edgbaston ber three has been another on Thursday. long-running issue during “I really believe it’s a big ask for Bayliss's four-year reign, which the fast bowlers on both sides to play will end after an Ashes series five Tests in six weeks and that that starts in Birmingham next Now England is hoping could have a big impact on the week. Roy can follow the example of whole series, so for instance Jimmy Fears about England’s Australia's David Warner by Anderson gets injured, or Mitchell fragility at the top of the order taking his white-ball form into Starc gets injured for us, it could real- were reinforced by their first- the Test arena. ly affect the line-up.” innings collapse to 85 all out in Fresh from playing a key “Depth in the squad will be the first session of their inaugur- role at the top of the order in important but I honestly think if I al Test against Ireland at Lord’s England's victorious World Cup was a betting man I wouldn’t back this week. campaign, Roy made 72 in his either side because I don't know That their bowlers bailed second Test innings against who's going to win. It’s going to be them out of trouble by dismiss- Ireland. that even. I think it’s going to be a ing Ireland for just 38 on Friday “Like any debutant, he fantastic series.” % P to seal a 143-run win did little looked nervous but to score 70- Waugh, who is mentoring the to allay the longstanding con- odd in your first Test was a good Australians, said it is a mystery why cerns over England’s specialist effort,” said Bayliss. Australia had not won in England for Test cricket and one-day cricket his uncompromising approach on the We've got to be combative and batsmen. “There was a bit more in so long but his advice to the players you're almost not playing the same field, said he expected some rough play in a positive frame of mind Bayliss, asked if England’s those wickets than I’m sure he’s would be to “make your own histo- sport. It's played in a totally differ- treatment from English crowds for because that's the way we play our top order presented the team’s been used to in white-ball crick- ry”. ent way. Steve Smith and Dave Warner. cricket." biggest problem, replied: “You et over the last few years but “We’ve come up against some "England will say it's important The two batsmen were each He added: "Things culminated in don’t have to be Einstein to work runs are runs. He wouldn’t be really good England sides in those for everyone and sure, if you win banned for 12 months over their Cape Town and were out of control that out. the first player to look scratchy last 18 years. We’ve had some tight that's great but when it comes to the involvement in a ball-tampering there and there were a couple of ordi- “They have been for the last and eke out runs. In fact, that's series and moments when we could first Test at Edgbaston it's not going scandal in South Africa last year. nary series between different sides.... six or seven years, but it didn't a good sign, I think.” have won the series, probably a bit to matter what happened in the Cameron Bancroft, also named in the It did get to the point when it was stop us (winning the Ashes) “We want him to go out and like the other way round for England one-day World Cup." Test squad, was banned for nine over the top and something needed four years ago,” the Australian play his natural game but in red- in that period where they lost a lot.” The first Test is taking place in months. to be done so unfortunately for the added. ball cricket you have to be a lit- England go into the series buoyed Birmingham, where England have But Waugh said Australia had guys involved they were the ones that The top three who played tle more selective. You’ve got to by winning the World Cup for the not lost since 2008, but Waugh said turned a corner. paid the price. against Ireland — Test debutant make a conscious effort to say first time — they beat 2015 champi- he would be telling his players to put "Australia had to reset and revis- "The good thing is now that Roy, Rory Burns and Joe Denly to yourself, ‘I’m not going to go ons Australia in the semi-final — but that out of their minds. it a few things, which is unfortunate everyone knows where the line is and — have all been retained in a 14- for the big cover drive on the up Waugh said that triumph would "I've won there in Ashes con- because of what happened. I think you can't cross that line. It was great man squad for the first Test until I'm really settled, the wick- have no impact on the Ashes. tests," he said. "I think if you start they're in good shape. (Test captain) for kids too because kids all round against Australia that begins at et is flat or the ball’s not doing “One-day cricket is irrelevant to believing something and building it Tim Paine's done a really good job the world saw that, particularly in Edgbaston on Thursday. as much’. Test cricket," he said. "They're differ- up it becomes true but in my mind and he's a good leader. Hopefully Australia, and it was a good lesson as Burns averages just 22.28 in “Jason probably looked a lit- ent teams, different captains. It's a dif- it shouldn't be an issue." 3 % % you'll still see the Australian team to what's right and wrong seven Tests and Denly 24.16 in tle scratchy but he got 72 and ferent sport really. If you compare The former skipper, known for play the Aussie way on the field. three. helped us win the game.” * ) ! A 2Q 89:9 !,71 pin legend Abdul Qadir does- Sn’t want South African Mickey 76/6*(6 Arthur to continue as Pakistan’s head coach, saying it’s time oth- ushfiqur Rahim hit an ers should be given a chance to Munbeaten 98 to steer take the national team forward. Bangladesh to a modest 238-8 Qadir said he differs with for- in the second one-day interna- mer captain Wasim Akram’s view 6 tional against Sri Lanka in that Arthur should be given a Colombo on Sunday. fresh contract by the Pakistan Mushfiqur slammed six Cricket Board (PCB). fours and a six in a 110-ball “I know Wasim Akram has innings to bail out Bangladesh, told the Board (PCB) that they who lost their first six wickets should give another contract to !,71 for 117 runs as they looked for Arthur but to me this is like doing a competitive score to level the injustice with others. Others too eft-arm Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir, three-match series. need to be given a chance to take Lwho quit Test cricket recently, is planning Mushfiqur and number the national team forward,” Qadir to obtain a British passport and settle down in eight Mehidy Hasan shared 84 said in an interview. the United Kingdom, a source said. runs, a seventh-wicket record ! The former chief selector said Amir has been married to a British nation- for Bangladesh against Sri if Akram had so much concern al, Nargis Malik since September, 2016 and is Lanka, to give the visitors' Udana delivery onto his stump about Pakistan cricket than he eligible for a spouse visa, which allows him to innings some respectability. after making 19. should become the bowling coach stay in England for 30 months. Mehidy made 43 off 46 Dananjaya removed of the national team. “He is clearly planning to obtain a British balls with six boundaries before Mohammad Mithun for 12 and Akram is one of the members passport and permanently settle down in he was caught by Sri Lankan bowled Mahmudullah Riyad of the PCB’s cricket committee England in future,” a well-informed source told skipper Dimuth Karunaratne at for six before Sabbir Rahman's which will meet on August 2 to PTI. mid-off off Nuwan Pradeep. run out for 11 compounded review the national team's perfor- ! % C “With a spouse visa he can work freely and Pradeep, fellow pace bowler Bangladesh's problems. mance in the last three years and enjoy other benefits as a permanent resident Isuru Udana and leg-spinner Mushfiqur began his fight prepare recommendations for said. and got nothing in return. He did- ments. of UK which is why he is planning to also pur- Akila Dananjaya claimed two back with Mehidy after Udana future. “No one thought how much n't even want Wahab Riaz in the The out spoken leg-spinner, chase a house in England,” the source added. wickets each for Sri Lanka. had Mosaddek Hossain caught “To me Mickey Arthur has investment has already been made team and sidelined him for two who played 67 Tests and 104 Amir, 27, has plenty of cricket left and the Bangladesh, who lost by Kusal Perera for 13. contributed nothing to the in these players and how much it years but was forced to eat hum- ODIs, said whatever decision the news about his plans to settle down in the UK Friday's opening match by 91 Mushfiqur went off the Pakistan team. In fact, he has would hurt Pakistan cricket by ble pie and accept him for the PCB takes now it must be made came as a surprise for his fans. runs, were in trouble soon after strike in the fifth ball of the damaged it with his clear bias sidelining them at their peak.” World Cup at the last moment,” keeping in mind the next four The source said Amir is eligible for the skipper Tamim Iqbal won the final over to miss out on his towards some players including Qadir said Arthur used the he said. years not just next year’s World spouse visa despite spending some time in a toss and elected to bat at the R. eighth ODI hundred by just Sohail Khan, Kamran Akmal, excuses of fitness, discipline and Qadir said he didn’t see any T20. juvenile jail for a few months during the spot- Premadasa Stadium. two runs. Umar Akmal, Ahmed Shehzad, attitude to keep the deserving sense in having a head coach in Qadir backed Sarfaraz fixing scandal in 2010-2011. Pradeep trapped opener The third and final match Imran Khan who could have players out. the team, and instead preferred Ahmed to continue as captain “He travels to England regularly and also Soumya Sarkar leg-before for 11 of the series will be held at the done a lot for the Pakistan team “We have spent millions of specialist coaches in batting, particularly in the limited over plays county cricket since last year. So, there before Tamim dragged an same venue on Wednesday. with their experience,” Qadir rupees on his fees and expenses bowling and fielding depart- formats are no hurdles for him now.”

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