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Territories. After India revoked would be issues in our ties. few people, the overall situation Government Spokesperson Making his first visit to Article 370 last week, China Properly managing differences remained peaceful. However, in Rohit Kansal maintained that China after taking over office, issued two separate statements is therefore vital. As our lead- Jammu region, pro-Azadi slo- Eid prayers have been offered External Affairs Minister S outlining its position on ers agreed in Astana, differ- gans were raised by worship- in all districts of Kashmir as Jaishankar held candid talks Ladakh and J&K. ences should not become dis- pers while they stepped out of well in Jammu region. All nec- with top Chinese leaders. In one statement, China putes. That is how India-China Jamia Masjid in Kishtwar in the essary arrangements were His three-day visit to China objected to the formation of relations can remain a factor of presence of security personnel made to facilitate the people for comes amid spiralling tensions Ladakh as a Union Territory by stability in an uncertain world,” and senior officers, including offering prayers at mosques between India and Pakistan India, saying it undermined its Jaishankar said. Deputy Commissioner Angrez and other places. over the revocation of special territorial sovereignty. The positive direction of Singh Rana. !" $%& Addressing the mediaper- status to Jammu & Kashmir. After his meeting with ties after the Wuhan Summit However DC could not be sons in Srinagar, Rohit Kansal Before he settled for a Wang Qishan, Jaishankar held has opened up a world of new contacted due to suspension of deployed in the area, handled Srinagar and monitored the sit- Meanwhile, the Jammu & said that people in large num- structured talk with his coun- talks with Wang Yi — first at convergences, he said, referring telephone services to confirm the situation very tactfully and uation. Several drones cameras Kashmir Police rebutted media bers came out to offer Eid terpart Wang Yi, Jaishankar restricted delegation-level to the informal summit these reports. despite severe provocation and helicopters were seen fly- reports that claimed involve- prayers in their local areas and met the tough-talking Chinese meeting followed by full- between Prime Minister According to eyewitness refrained from taking any ing over Srinagar skies to keep ment of policemen in a firing mosques in entire Kashmir Vice President Wang Qishan, a fledged delegation-level talks Narendra Modi and President reports, “over 2,000 worship- action against them. a close tabs on the ground zero. incident. division. close confidant of President Xi spanning over several hours. Xi last year. pers were present in the Official sources claimed According to SP Pani, “This malicious content is He said that in Srinagar Jinping, at the picturesque res- At the end of the talks, both “Exploiting this and taking mosque; and soon after the notorious elements were iden- Inspector General of Police, strongly rebutted. Matter has district, hundreds of people vis- idential complex Jaishankar and Wang made our ties to a new level will prayers were over, a large num- tified by the police in the Kashmir range, “The overall been taken up with Twitter for ited various mosques mainly Zhongnanhai, where China’s candid remarks at the 4th require strong public support in ber of them stepped out shout- crowd and action as per rule of situation in Kashmir remained action,” tweeted the official including Maqdoom Sahab, top leaders reside. India-China media summit both societies. The media can ing provocative slogans and law will follow against them in peaceful barring minor inci- handle of the Kashmir Zone Dastgeer Sahab, Iqra Masjid He held a frank discussion where they announced a host make a major contribution to pro-Azadi slogans in Kishtwar”. due course of time. dents of law and order report- police late on Monday. and other places to offer Eid with Wang Qishan about the of initiatives to boost ties ahead that goal,” he said. Prayers were not allowed in tra- Meanwhile, National ed from parts of Srinagar”. In Jammu, prayers were namaz. All other districts of state of the bilateral ties in the of Xi’s visit to India later this Continued on Page 4 ditional Chougan Parade Security Adviser Ajit Doval, He said after Eid prayers held in a peaceful atmosphere Kashmir division also saw context of China’s concerns year. “It is natural, both as See P10: China promises to ground by the local authorities. who is camping in Srinagar, people were dispersed in a amid tight security arrange- movement of people to the over the bifurcation of Jammu neighbours and large develop- address India’s concern over The paramilitary forces conducted an aerial survey of peaceful manner. ments. A large number of mosques for offering prayers. & Kashmir into two Union ing economies, that there ballooning trade deficit ! " # "$ %&
# 4,56,78+ elebrities making beeline Cfor the ruling BJP contin- ued as international wrestler Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Phogat, the real life characters behind blockbusters Hindi film Dangal, joined the # 4,56,78+ BJP on Monday. Phogat family hails from aced with criticism by vet- Haryana — which is expected Ferans and serving soldiers to go to polls later this year — over the decision to tax dis- and the BJP hopes to reap polit- ability pension, the ical dividends by inducting Government has decided to roll the sports icon from the it back in the next few days. after the Opposition raised a State. Babita Phogat is a . /-- )) , $ The Government now wants din over the issue that he has Commonwealth Games gold $ - , $ ) 1 ! the Services to devise ways to asked his officials to seek clar- medalist. " / - " $ stop misuse of the facility of tax ification from the Finance Arjuna awardee Babita exemption. Ministry regarding taxing the Phogat told reporters that Modi not to distort his statement,” she “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”, by The decision to tax pension pension. had written history by scrap- had said. coaching her four daughters as taken in June applied to all The June 24 order issued ping Jammu & Kashmir’s spe- Joining the party in pres- wrestlers against societal pres- those soldiers and officers who by the Central Board of Direct cial provisions and described ence of Minister of Youth Affairs sure of that time. had served their entire tenure Taxes (CBDT) removing tax herself as a “big fan” of him. and Sports Kiren Rijiju, party’s Mahavir Phogat, a of service. However, those offi- exemption on disability pen- Babita, 29, had also defend- general secretary incharge of Dronacharya awardee who was cers who were invalidated due sion led to massive uproar in ed Haryana Chief Minister Haryana Anil Jain, and its State chief of the Jannayak Janata to serious injuries were exempt the armed forces fraternity. Manohar Lal Khattar after he chief Subhash Barala, Phogats Party’s sports wing, said only from tax. Moreover, the dis- However, the Government courted a controversy on his were effusive in their praise for Modi was capable of taking big * $ ability pension and normal maintained the step was taken “brides from Kashmir” remarks. the Prime Minister. decisions like “avenging” the ! )) ) , 5 ) L pension were exempted from to stop misuse of the facility in “Manohar Lal Khattar ji BJP media head Anil Pulwama terror attack, which 8& " P M ;*, 5 $ N= >) tax before the controversial practice since 1922 by some has not made any such state- Baluni said Mahavir Phogat had martyred over 44 CRPF ?4@ - ( ! $ . ) decision. unscrupulous elements, includ- ment which portrays women had lived the ideals of the personnel in February this $ M ) N8 ) 5 ) $ Defence Minister Rajnath ing senior officers. wrongly and I urge the media Central Government’s scheme, year, or “repealing Article 370.” 8 M5 N8 $%& Singh had assured Parliament Continued on Page 4 # '(# )*(+,) - # $ '1 - 4,56,78+ The Central Government Marg, JNU”. project is yet to select an Another roundabout will ! " aving failed to decongest agency/company to carry out be constructed on the top of the HSouth Delhi in the last five the work. However, the PWD existing roundabout. The % & years, the Public Works has submitted the proposal to extension will provide a route Department (PWD) has the UTTIPEC, which in turn towards Africa Avenue, Sarojini # 3 '.+ planned to construct a “signal has sought the suggestions of Nagar, Netaji Marg and will free” 14-km elevated corridor Delhi Traffic Police on the cross the Ring Road via Bhikaji ! #$ n a mission to cut debt in from INA Market to Indira proposal. Cama Place Flyover. OReliance Industries, bil- Gandhi International Airport “The entire 14-km stretch The stretch will then con- %&'( lionaire Mukesh Ambani on (IGIA) to unclog traffic. The will be built on a single pillar nect Outer Ring Road via '#)* Monday announced plans to flyway will rest on the single- designing and the work on this Vivekananda Marg. The flyover ," " sell stakes in the firm’s oil and pillar series design. project will start by 2020. The will be constructed five metres % & chemicals business to Saudi oil According to the detailed estimated budget of the project above the existing Munirka ' () giant Aramco and in fuel retail project report, the elevated will be 3,000 crore approxi- flyover. Taking a right from this *% %+ network to BP plc for 1.15 stretch will start from Brigadier mately. It may decrease or chowk, the corridor will move ' lakh crore, and said its telecom Hoshiyar Singh Marg and will increase, once everything is towards Abdul Gaffar Marg , ! unit Jio will begin offering connect the Mahipalpur under- finalised,” said sources. and will connect the fibre-based broadband services pass at the National Highway Officials involved in this Mahipalpur Underpass situat- & -./)-0 from next month. via Africa Avenue Marg, ambitious project said buses ed on NH-8. * "-- Saudi Aramco will buy a 20 ! Vivekanand Marg. With this, will be allowed to ply on this “After reaching this under- ," ( ) per cent stake in the oil and 34 the Ring Road traffic that cur- flyover. Entry and exit will be pass, the commuters can easi- % chemicals business of Reliance, 5 / & rently clogs the stretch will be provided at four points where ly reach IGI Airport,” said an O including the 1.36 million bar- 6 $ diverted and commuters will pedestrians can climb the fly- official. . rels a day Jamnagar refining reach IGIA smoothly. over to board buses. “Lifts and The Barapullah Phase IV /0 % complex in Gujarat, for an and aviation fuel selling facil- The corridor will also help staircases will also be provid- project from INA to IGIA may enterprise value of $75 billion. ities at 31 airports for another the National Building ed. Besides, ramps facility will be abandoned as the plan falls 12& BP will buy 49 per cent stake in 7,000 crore. Construction Corporation be provided at Brigadier on the Railway and Safdarjung + ! # the firm’s 1,400 petrol pumps Continued on Page 4 redevelop Nauroji Nagar. Hoshiyar Singh Marg, Netaji airport land, sources said.
!"# $ && .&+ ./) ) # 4,56,78+ Chandni Mahal police station. pistol from a person of society,” said the DCP. “Further a team was deput- Chandni Mahal area and “Further investigation is .*,")7.;, '3+76+4 he Delhi Police has arrest- ed to inquire into the matter recorded the alleged video and underway and efforts are being Ted a 32-year-old man who and take legal action at once. further uploaded the same on made to ascertain the source of ,5,*7+4, .487, " had allegedly posted a Tik Tok After thorough examination, it Tik-Tok, to make himself the illegal weapon,” said the video, brandishing a pistol and was found that the incident famous on social-media and DCP. ', ,.7,64,.**,6(*" then firing during his birthday took place in Suiwalan, celebration. The incident Chandni Mahal in the evening # 4,56,78+ ties in and around city. In city, occurred on Saturday in of Saturday while Faizan was National Security Guards Central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal celebrating his 32nd birthday,” he Delhi Police in concert (NSG), Army, SPG comman- area. said the DCP. Twith security agencies has dos, thousands of Delhi Police The accused identified as “After shooting the video, put up a stringent ground to air personnel as well as paramili- Faizan, a resident of Suiwalan he uploaded it on TikTok and security mechanism in place. tary troops have been deployed area in Chandni Mahal. A when the same got viral, he dis- Special vigil is being main- in and around the Red Fort fol- video went viral on different appeared from his house and tained on stations and bus lowing an Intelligence alert. social media platforms in hid himself to evade his appre- stops to see who all are coming According to a senior which a person is firing in the hension. Being a sensitive case, to Delhi. An intense vigil will police official, after the air with a weapon in his hand. the police team immediately also be maintained on key Intelligence agencies issued “The video was first uploaded swung into action and Faizan installations like Parliament alerts about terrorists using on Tik-Tok and later on, the was apprehended after police complex, North and South sewer lines and cars to enter video went viral on different team received specific inputs Block, Indira Gandhi areas in and around the Red social media websites such as regarding his hideout at International airport, railway Fort following which market whatsapp, facebook and after Akhade Wali Gali,” said the stations, inter-state bus termi- places, buildings, sewer lines, A) watching and examining the DCP adding that a country nals and Metro stations. manholes will be sealed ahead video, the place of occurrence made pistol was recovered Prime Minister Narendra of Independence Day near Red every nook and corner of the Commissioner of Police was found to be a public street from his possession, which Modi will be addressing the Fort. Red Fort, with troopers oper- (DCP), North district. in Suiwalan, Chandni Mahal,” was used in alleged firing for nation from the ramparts of the “Around 17 locations have ating sniper rifles deployed on Sources maintained that said a senior police official. making the video. historical Red Fort to mark the been identified by agencies the roofs of buildings in the round the clock vigil has been According to Mandeep “A case under section 336 Independence Day celebra- where attacks may take place area. kept on the movements of Singh Randhawa, the Deputy of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and tions. and as a preventive measure, “There are several check fringe elements who have gone Commissioner of Police 25, 27/54/59 of the Arms Act To ensure safe and secure police personnel’s are keeping points and door frame metal under ground after the recent (DCP), Central district, on the was registered at Chandni environment on the 73rd cel- an eye in those areas and they detectors (DFMD) have been Mumbai serial blasts. Police intervening night of Saturday Mahal police station. During ebration of Independence Day are also conducting regulars installed at all entry points. and security agencies have and Sunday, information about interrogation, the accused in national Capital, Delhi Police check in markets, bus stops and Facial recognition cameras been conducting raids in the a video of firing with arms in revealed that on the eve of his has enveloped the entire city in railway stations,” said the senior have also been installed to National Capital Region to the air and uploading it on Tik- 32nd birthday, he planned his a thick security blanket, with its police official. capture and identify any pos- checkmate any move by ter- Tok in the area of Suiwalan, birthday celebration in a dif- police personnel keeping a Hundreds of CCTV cam- sible suspect,” said Nupur rorists owing allegiance to Chandni Mahal came into ferent way and making it spe- vigil on each and every activi- eras have been installed in Prasad, the Deputy Pakistan. notice of police personnel at cial. 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# 4,56,78+ mosque. Article 370. Political leaders /, Soon after the ‘namaz’, peo- took to Twitter to extend greet- eople dressed in traditional ple hugged each other and the ings to people. Pfinery flocked to mosques mosques reverberated with Prime Minister Narendra * here on an overcast Monday greetings of “Eid Mubarak”. Modi said he hoped that the fes- morning to offer ‘namaz’ on the The celebrations were held tival will further the spirit of # # 4+6. occasion of Eid al-Adha. amid tight security. peace and happiness in the 3*3*. Scores of people, including Security in the national society. oida Police have arrested former vice-president Hamid capital has been beefed up in “My best wishes on the ith the arrest of 24 peo- Nseven contractual staffers Ansari, offered prayers at the view of Eid al-Adha, upcoming occasion of Eid al-Adha. I hope Wple, including fifteen deputed at Kalindi Kunj toll historic Jama Masjid on Independence Day and abro- it furthers the spirit of peace and women, the Gurugram police plaza for allegedly killing a Parliament Street. Many also gation of the special status of happiness in our society. Eid on Monday claimed to have commercial truck driver after visited the Feroz Shah Kotla Jammu and Kashmir under Mubarak!” he said. busted a high-profile sex rack- he failed to pay 14,000 et operating out of a spa and demanded by them. massage centre at the upscale The accused have been Ansal Plaza at Palam Vihar in identified as Manroop, Gurugram. Dharmpal, Amit Kumar, Acting on a tip-off, a raid Chetan Prakash, Mohammad was conducted at Ansal Plaza’s pied where women and men Sirajuddin, Manoj and Krishna Avon Spa by a police team, were found in objectionable Kumar. led by inspector Surender positions,” police said. The incident occurred on Kumar. “They have been booked Friday when the 30-year-old The police team reached under different sections of the canter truck driver, Vimal his vehicle was chased and took the victim to a hospital the spot on Sunday at around Immoral Trafficking Act and Kumar Tiwari, was on his way stopped. The toll booth where he was declared dead,” 10.30 pm and arrested the 15 an FIR under appropriate sec- from Sector 59 in Noida to staffers asked him to pay a fine said the SSP adding that a case women along with nine cus- tions has been registered Ghitorni in Delhi, he was of 14,000 and issued a was registered under sections tomers. against them at the Palam attacked by the seven accused fake ‘challan,” said Vaibhav 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful “Specific inputs were Vihar police station,” said the at the toll plaza. Police said that Krishna, Senior Superintendent assembly guilty of offence received about an illegal pros- senior police official. after killing the man, the of Police (SSP), Gautam Buddh committed in prosecution of titution racket running in a spa All the 15 women, who are accused dumped his body near Nagar. common object), 384 (extor- and massage centre. Before aged between 20 and 25 years a drain. “When Tiwari resisted and tion), 302 (murder) of Indian raiding the premises, a consta- and hail from Delhi, The toll plaza is under the called up his boss to inform Penal Code (IPC) at the Sector ble was sent as a decoy cus- Gurugram, Rajasthan, Tamil Municipal Corporation of him about the extortion bid at 39 police station of Noida and tomer who visited the spot on Nadu and Mizoram were Delhi (MCD). According to a the toll plaza, he was attacked the probe taken up which led Sunday evening. The police arrested for alleged involve- senior police official, the seven by the seven staffers who hit to the arrest of these toll plaza team that lay in wait raided the ment in the sex trade. accused were not MCD him with their hands and sticks staffers. spa centre after the decoy sig- “A case has been regis- appointed staffers but were before dumping him near a “During interrogation, the nalled to them about the deal tered and a probe is underway. engaged by a private contrac- drain on the Noida side, some accused told the police that being struck. Twenty four peo- The arrested accused were sent tor handling operations at the 100 metres from the toll plaza, they were doing this (extorting ple were arrested from the to judicial custody for 14 toll plaza. thinking he was dead,” said the money from commercial vehi- spot,” said the senior police offi- days after being produced “The truck driver had paid SSP. cles through illegal fines) on the cial. before a magistrate, said a tax of 1,400 at the toll tax “Later when informed instructions of the toll plaza “At the time of the raid, the Subhash Boken spokesperson booth for passage, as per rules. about the incident, Tiwari’s manager, who is absconding,” $ ) ! - * / - " $ rooms in the house were occu- of the Gurugram police. But after he passed the booth, brother along with the police the SSP said. .1) ) , C ; ) /3) ) ;;"?* ( , ) & 2 # 4,56,78+ 1% 4 & elhi markets have flooded # 4,56,78+ Dwith traditional designs of (. +7> 3 ),;" Parul got married to one # 4,56,78+ O rakhis including some of them wo days after, a luxury car Gaurav Jain (30) on December featuring British empress T‘Jaguar’ that was allegedly 3*6,* 13, 2018. Gaurav runs a shoe nother man has been Queen Victoria to fictional robbed on gunpoint by uniden- shop in Jai Mata Market in Tri Aarrested in the Capital for character ‘Chhota Bheem’ and tified persons in south Delhi’s # 4,56,78+ Nagar,” said the police official allegedly pronouncing ‘Triple ! other famous characters of TV RK Puram area, have left police adding that police is investi- Talaq’ to his wife. Police said serials. clueless. The police teams are 27 year-old and four- gating the incident with all that the incident was reported " A market in South Delhi is scanning CCTV cameras in the Amonth pregnant woman angles. from central Delhi’s Kamla #" $ selling unconventional rakhis area and police have also con- allegedly committed suicide However, the family mem- Market area on Friday. % which are catching the eye of structed a digital map to trace after hanging herself from a bers of Parul alleged that in According to a senior buyers ahead of Raksha and identify the assailants. ceiling fan in northwest Delhi’s room where she committed police official, the accused # & Bandhan festival. According to a senior Keshav Puram area. The inci- suicide was locked from out- identified as Tosif (38), a resi- P According to a shopkeeper police official, the incident dent occurred on Sunday. side and instead of breaking it, dent of Gali Razia Begum in in Lajpat Nagar’s Central occurred on Friday, when the The deceased has been the family members of Gaurav the Chawri Bazaar area has Muslim Women (Protection Market, rakhis featuring Queen driver of Jaguar car was head- identified as Parul Jain, a resi- broke open another room and been arrested. of rights on Marriage) Act,” said Victoria are in high demand. doing well too.” Independence Day. ing to a mall in south Delhi to dent of Tri Nagar. According to through gallery they entered it The victim, Asma, in her the police official. “One ‘Queen Victoria’ rakhi The market is flooded with Ironical as it may sound, pick up his employer, a a senior police official, a police from back side. complaint alleged that she was This is the second case costs Rs 50 and people are lik- traditional designs with con- the image of Queen Victoria has Hyundai Verna hit the Jaguar control room (PCR) call “There was no stool pre- given triple talaq at Mohalla reported in Delhi after ing the design of it. One lot is ventional rakhis, but the ones often been used to portray the from behind following which regarding the incident was sent in the room and the case Nihariyan at GB Road by her President Ram Nath Kovind already sold and even those with unconventional look are idea of colonialism but the for- the driver of the luxury car received at around following is not of suicide, it is a clear husband Tosif on August 9 gave assent to the Muslim browsing through rakhis pause urging people to “try something mer British empress’ image is came out to inspect the damage. which a police team rushed to murder. She never told me when she went to his office to Women (Protection of Rights and enquire about it. It is quiet new” this festive season. “I had also one of the most enduring “Two men came out of the the spot. and my wife about her family get some money for their chil- on Marriage) Bill, 2019, which a hit,” he said. no idea that a rakhi featuring ones world over. Verna and threatened the dri- “After reaching the spot, issues as she knew that I have dren. criminalises instant triple talaq Each ‘Queen Victoria’ rakhi ‘Queen Victoria’ was selling Many institutions, parks ver with a gun. While one of the body of a woman was some health issues. She asked “My husband beat me up among Muslims and attracts a has an embellished round dial here. I have an interest in his- and streets named after her still them drove away with the lux- found hanging from the ceiling me for 20,000 and 18,000 as I went to my husband’s jail term of three years for the like the face of an old British- tory and I want to surprise my exist, most of them being ury car, the other took the fan with the help of a saree at earlier. She always used to office to get some money for husband. era coin with the relief image of brothers. renamed after the Verna and fled the spot,” said the second floor of a building speak to her brother and shared our children. He refused to give Earlier on Saturday, a 38- the legendary empress wearing So bought a couple of Independence. However, some the senior police official. in Tri Nagar. Police cut the all issues with him,” said Hari me money, and physically year-old man was arrested in a crown embossed on both them,” said Priyanka Sethi, who of those have retained the old “Police have registered a saree with the help of scissor Mohan, father of Parul. assaulted me and pronounced north Delhi’s Azad market area sides and a red-and-saffron works in the private sector.”I am names like the iconic Victoria case under appropriate sec- and the body was sent to Babu In his complaint to police, triple talaq,” she stated in her after his wife alleged that he thread holding it. unconventional by nature and Memorial Hall in Kolkata. tions and further teams have Jagjivan Ram Hospital for the Mohan said that his daughter complaint adding that her hus- divorced her through triple Asked what other designs this just fits my bill. In fact, I am Victorian-era coins, been formed to nab the culprits. post-mortem which was con- was four months pregnant and band also threatened to kill her. talaq after more than six years are in good demand, he point- buying one just as a keepsake as postage stamps and pho- Police teams are also scanning ducted on Monday,” said a Gaurav and his family mem- “A case was filed at Kamla of marriage due to non-fulfill- ed out to a bunch of threads well,” she said. This year, Raksha tographs are collectible items CCTV cameras in the area to senior police official. bers used to torture her, fol- Nagar police station and Tosif ment of the demand of dowry with ‘Chhota Bheem’ dangling Bandhan festival falls on August and many in India hold special identify the accused,” said the “Police have not recovered lowing which she took this step has been arrested under the in June this year. in the middle, “These ones are 15, coinciding with the 73rd collections. police official. any suicide note from the spot. to end her life.
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The civic body had an directed the education depart- er of CBSE and our opinion dents. at Tughlagabad that was option to allot the land to the ment to work out a formula so should be valued. This way, we "If the Delhi government "demolished" by the Delhi temple management but noth- that the students do not have to might be forced to consider reimburses them or pays for Development Authority (DDA) ing was done. bear the burden of paying the having our own board," Sisodia them, it is an internal recently. Bhardwaj further said that hiked fee. told PTI. arrangement between schools Addressing mediapersons, think DDA is distributing land Noting that the Delhi gov- The Minister also said that and the Delhi Government." Delhi's Social Welfare Minister to people all over the world, but ernment is the biggest stake- the Directorarate of Education The Delhi government official, Rajendra Pal Gautam said that it found it difficult to allot even holder of the Central Board of (DoE) has been asked to work however, said they will work DDA demolished the temple 100 yards of land for temple of Secondary Education (CBSE), out the formula on how to ease out the modalities within a few and even took away the idol. Sant Ravidas ji. He always Sisodia said if things the burden on students. days. "Sant Ravidas had come here at questioned the 'silence' of the continue like this, the Till now, the SC/ST stu- "The department is the time of Sikandar Lodhi and Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) " * /$5 $! ) ) , - ) $ ) Government may consider dents were only paying 50, working on a proposal that they built an ashram. There is also leaders on this matter. having its own board. while the Delhi Government will put up shortly. Our officials a pond here as per the govern- However, DDA in a state- apex court. Chief Secretary of the Delhi on site in Jahanpanah forests at CBSE on Sunday increased was paying the rest of the had met CBSE a fortnight ago ment's documents but still it ment said that Supreme Court "Therefore, the Supreme Government to ensure that 9 AM on 10 August 2019. The the fees of Class 10 and Class amount as subsidy. and requested them not to was dismantled by the civic in its order dated April 9 this Court ordered that the premis- the structure be removed," it standing permanent structure 12 board examinations by up to A Government official, hike the fee but now that they agency," he said. year in the case titled Guru es be vacated and the structure said. was dismantled peacefully 1,150, the first hike in the last however, said that the have done it. "We have written a letter to Ravi Das Jayanti Samaroh be removed by DDA with the The statement further read without any resistance or use of five years. The fees for gener- department has been asked to "We will either ask the Prime Minister Modi that Samiti vs Union of India, help of police. In case of non that in compliance with the force and in the presence of al category students for both work a proposal to ensure that CBSE to reconsider their deci- crores of people have faith in observed that serious breach compliance, Rishipal, presi- order, the police personnel, Samiti members, it added. It is Class 10 and 12 were doubled the Delhi Government can sion or we will work out the Sant Ravidas Ji in the country has been committed by Guru dent Guru Ravi Das Jayanti SDM of Delhi Government., also clarified that the suit was from 750 to 1,500 for five ease the burden on students modalities to pay the subsidy. and the temple be restored here Ravi Das Jayanti Samaroh Samaroh Samiti has to present senior officials of DDA and filed by Guru Ravi Das Jayanti subjects. from reserved categories as We will ensure the students do again, considering the senti- Samiti by not vacating the for- himself in the court. Further, it Guru Ravi Das Jayanti Samaroh Samaroh Samiti and not by the The SC and ST students, well as from the general cate- not have to face the financial ment of the people," Gautam est area as earlier ordered by the directed the Delhi Police and Samiti members to be present DDA, the statement said. who were paying 350 earlier, gory. burden," the official said. 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# 4,56,78+ centre to put the matter before # 4,56,78+ Lahore on Monday 6 AM. the Supreme Court through However, it did not leave due to he Confederation of All Attorney General. fter the Pakistan suspend- the Pakistan's decision to sus- TIndia Traders (CAIT) on He said that the govern- Aed the Delhi-Lahore Bus pend the bus service, the offi- Monday sent a memorandum ment should immediately bring services from its side over the cial said. According to officials, to the Union Urban an amnesty scheme under scrapping of 370 Article, the the Pakistan Tourism Development Minister which as on 31st December Delhi Transport Corporation Development Corporation Hardeep Puri, urging him to 2018, whatever has been con- (DTC) has cancelled the bus (PTDC) has also telephonical- dissolve the monitoring com- structed should be regularised service on Monday. The DTC’s ly informed the DTC about sus- mittee set up by the Supreme and in lieu of the same the decision to suspend the bus ser- pension of the service from Court on sealing. Government may impose a vice came after the Government Monday. Secretary General of CAIT reasonable regularisation of India took the decision to The last bus for Lahore Praveen Khandelwal said that charges. discontinue with this service. from Delhi was left on Saturday now that the Supreme Court Khandelwal said that the The job of the monitoring own which are beyond its juris- "Consequent to Pakistan's morning carrying two passen- Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, vice was first started in has already constituted a spe- Monitoring Committee has committee is only to see diction. decision to suspend the Delhi- gers while the return bus from from Delhi to Lahore. The bus February 1999 but suspended cial task force headed by the never followed the Delhi whether the orders of the The Monitoring Lahore bus service, DTC is not the other side reached the service did not operate on after the 2001 Parliament attack. Vice Chairman of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act Supreme Court are being fol- Committee in a way gives able to send bus (from Delhi to national capital carrying 19 Sunday. It was restarted in July 2003. It Development Authority 1957 and in the last 13 years lowed by the various govern- direct orders to all government Lahore) from August 12," said passengers in the evening of the For the return trip, DTC had, however, continued with a (DDA). There is no longer any and has taken arbitrary deci- ment departments or not and departments such as Municipal DTC. same day. buses leave Lahore every depleted number of passengers justification to continue with sions thereby conducted vari- report to the Supreme Court. Corporation of Delhi, DDA, A Pakistani minister on The Lahore-Delhi bus ser- Tuesday, Thursday, and even when bilateral relations the Monitoring Committee ous sealing which many not be The Monitoring Committee Delhi Police, New Delhi Saturday has announced to vice is operated from Saturday whereas the PTDC between the two countries had and hence this 13 year old com- legally valid and as a result has cannot make any rules or laws Municipality etc and working suspend the friendship bus ser- Ambedkar Stadium terminal buses are available every worsened following the mittee should be abolished by greatly affected Delhi's business on its will and pleasures but it as an independent government vice from Monday. A Delhi near Delhi Gate. DTC buses ply Monday, Wednesday, and Pulwama terrorist attack and the Supreme Court, he said, and industry There is an has made its own rules and has department without any legal Transport Corporation (DTC) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Balakot surgical strikes in adding that it has requested the atmosphere of terror. taken unilateral decisions on its provision. bus was scheduled to leave for Friday and PTDC uses every The Delhi-Lahore bus ser- February this year. - !"# $ $ 7 %84 1 ! 6R Q R # # 6,8*.634 # 4,56,78+ # 4,56,78+ t least six persons have died head of the telecast of the ormer Prime Minister Ain the destruction caused Alatest episode of ‘Man Vs FManmohan Singh said on by heavy rain/cloudburst in Wild’ where he will join adven- Monday the Government’s three villages of Chamoli dis- turer Bear Grylls, Prime decision to scrap the provisions trict on Monday morning. Four Minister Narendra Modi on of Article 370 is not to the lik- homes were destroyed, five Monday said there could not be ing of many people in the damaged and 46 domesticated a better way to throw light on country and voices of Jammu animals including cattle and environmental conservation and Kashmir residents must be goats were also killed in these and climate change. heard for the idea of India to villages. The human fatalities “What better than the lush prevail. were caused due to homes col- green jungles of India, in the He also said India is pass- lapsing following heavy rain in midst of Mother Nature to ing through a “deep crisis” the Ghat Tehsil of Chamoli dis- A ( $%& throw light on environmental and it needs cooperation of trict. A mother and her daugh- conservation and climate like-minded people. “I feel sad to think that my ter were buried in the debris of the Ghat bazaar area, the SEOC slide debris at Baswad Jamun change... Do join at 9 PM “Its outcome is not to the dear friend Jaipal is not among their collapsed home in added. Nursery in Rudraprayag dis- tonight!,” he tweeted. liking of many people of our us at this time of ‘great diffi- Banjbagad village, while in Housing residential trict and the Gangotri highway Modi was responding to a country. It is important that the culties’... India is passing Lakhi village two eight year old accommodations as well as near Agrakhal in Tehri district. tweet by programme’s host voice of all these people be through deep crisis and it sisters died along with a 24 year shops, the buildings adjacent to Apart from these, 95 rural Grylls who asked people to heard. It is only by raising our requires the cooperation of all old man. each other fell like a pack of roads in Dehradun, Chamoli, watch his journey with PM Discovery channels in India on and mighty rivers. Watching voice that we can ensure that in like-minded people to chal- While Rupa Devi and her cards and merged with the river Tehri, Uttarkashi, Pauri, Modi for ‘Man Vs Wild’ on August 12 and will be show- this programme will make you the long run, the idea of India, lenge the dark forces which are daughter Chanda were killed in within seconds. Champawat, Bageshwar, Discovery channel. cased in as many as 180 coun- want to visit different parts of which is very sacred to us, will prevalent right now and who Banjbagad village, 21-year-old However, there was no Nainital and Pithoragarh dis- “Together let’s do all we can tries. India and add to discourse of prevail,” Singh told reporters seem to believe that they can Naurati Devi was killed in casualty in the incident as the tricts were also blocked. to protect the planet, promote Last month, while sharing environmental conservation,” here. overwhelm the idea of India,” Aligaon and three others in buildings had been vacated by Most places in the state peace & encourage a Never the teaser of the episode on the PM tweeted. He made his first remarks he said. Lankhi village, it said. their occupants in apprehen- were lashed by heavy rains. Give Up spirit. Enjoy the Twitter, Grylls had said it will The 45-second-long clip on the revocation of the special The former prime minister Those killed in Lankhi vil- sion, District Disaster Dehradun received the maxi- show!,” the show host wrote. be an opportunity for people teases the episode as an “epic status of Jammu and Kashmir remembered Reddy as an opti- lage were identified as Kumari Management Officer N K Joshi mum of 101.6 mm rainfall, fol- According to a statement across the globe to see the adventure of a lifetime” and the after paying homage to his mist and unique human being Arti, Kumari Anjali and Ajay, said. lowed by Kapkpot in from the channel, the special unknown side of the Indian one that unites “an ace adven- cabinet colleague and former who was a “staunch supporter” the SEOC said. Boulders falling from hill- Bageshwar and Berinag in episode shot in the Jim Corbett prime minister. turer” with “the leader of the Congressman S Jaipal Reddy, of statehood for Telangana. Heavy rains also claimed sides due to landslips blocked Pithoragarh districts, both of National Park will be a “frank In his response Modi had world’s largest democracy”. who died in Hyderabad in “He played a silent yet cru- the lives of half a dozen live- the national highway to which received 90 mm rains. and freewheeling journey” said the episode will contribute As they explore the wild July. cial role in convincing leaders stock and around 40 goats in Badrinath at Pagalnala, Tagdi, Majority of rivers in the which will throw light on to the discourse of environ- lands of Jim Corbett, Bear pre- Singh expressed sadness towards taking the historic the district, it said. Bajpur and Lambagad in state are in spate, including the wildlife conservation. mental conservation. sents Modi with a makeshift over demise of Reddy at a decision of dividing Andhra Erosion caused by the Chamoli district, the SEOC Ganga in Haridwar and Kali in ‘Man Vs Wild’ With Bear “India- where you find spear and promises to keep the time of “great difficulties” when Pradesh and granting separate swirling waters of the flooded said. Pithoragarh district, which are Grylls and PM Modi premieres lush green forests, diverse “most important man in India” the “dark forces” seemed to statehood for Telangana in Chuflagad river in Chamoli The Rishikesh-Kedarnath flowing just a few notches simultaneously on 12 wildlife, beautiful mountains safe. “overwhelm” the idea of India. 2014,” Singh said. swept away two buildings from highway was blocked by land- below the danger mark. % ) ) 9 F ! !
) 65,%C # 4,56,78+ attempt of the BJP government years. The fees for general cat- to tarnish B R Ambedkar’s egory students for both Class # 4,56,78+ ual, transgender, transsexual, he Congress on Monday dream of “become educated 10 and 12 were doubled from queer) community. Tdemanded that the CBSE and struggle”. Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 for five sub- he Supreme Court has dis- “This review petition has take back the decision to hike “We demand that the BJP jects. Tmissed a plea seeking been filed against order dated fees of class 10 and 12 board government take back the Surjewala, in a statement, review of its order which had October 29, 2018 whereby the examination, alleging that it CBSE decision to raise exam claimed exploitation of Dalits rejected a petition seeking var- Writ Petition (of Nayyar) was was yet another attempt by the fees, failing which it would be and tribals has increased dur- ious civil rights such as same- dismissed. BJP Government to target clear that this government does ing the BJP rule, and now it sex marriage, adoption and “We have considered the SC/ST communities. not want to fulfil Ambedkar’s wants to put an end to cheap surrogacy for the LGBTQ com- review petition on merits. In Congress chief spokesper- dream of “become educated education by “raising the exam- munity. A three-judge bench our opinion, no case for review son Randeep Surjewala said and struggle” for the oppressed ination fee by 250 per cent”. headed by Justice N V Ramana, of order dated October, 29, after according step-motherly classes in the society,” he said. “The CBSE has raised the in an in-chamber decision on 2018 is made out. treatment to Dalits and tribals, The Central Board of examination fee for SC, ST stu- July 11, dismissed the review Consequently, the review peti- the BJP government is now tar- Secondary Education (CBSE) dents of Class 10 and 12 by 250 plea filed by Tushar Nayyar tion is dismissed on merits,” the geting the young generation by on Sunday increased the fees of per cent. The fees for ordinary which had sought grant of bench, which also comprised raising the fees of board exam- class 10 and class 12 board students has also been raised by civil rights to the members of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and inations. examinations by up to Rs 1,150, more than 100 per cent,” he the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisex- Deepak Gupta said recently. He said this is yet another the first hike in the last five alleged. 6 ) E , $ , / $ - $%& 8 ( 1 666 ' 7 $ ./1#R From Page 1 3,488-km long Line of Actual utilise the special representa- & ( +0 *# In his remarks, Wang Yi Control (LAC) between them. tives’ mechanism over the said, “We are of the view that The two countries have held 21 boundary questions, to seek '0 3 '.+ guidance provided by our lead- rounds of Special early harvest in the boundary New Delhi: Former director of ers (Xi and Modi) is the most Representatives-level talks so negotiations, the CBMs (con- the National Institute of arking a milestone in the # . '.7. important guarantee for the far to resolve the boundary dis- fidence-building measures) at Immunology Chandrima Mcountry’s civil aviation growth of China-India rela- pute. Wang Yi said “we are of the border areas and Shaha has been elected as the history, Air India (AI) on oper- woman legislator of the tions. the view that we have to abide related cooperation to maintain From Page 1 non-genuine claimants of pen- first woman president of the ate its inaugural passenger Aruling BJP in Haryana was “It is especially important by the UN charter, respect peace”. The CBDT circular said tax sion. reputed Indian National flight over the North Pole slapped by a man when she was to maintain high-level engage- sovereignty and territorial The two ministers earlier exemption for disability pen- Admitting that the Science Academy (INSA), region from August 15 between meeting people after address- ment, in particularly to make integrity of all held the second meeting of the sion will be “available only to Government was actively con- according to its website. New Delhi and San Francisco. ing a public meeting in a village the preparations for the second countries, to properly address high-level mechanism on cul- armed forces personnel who sidering taking back the con- Shaha, who will head INSA Capt Rajneesh Sharma and in Ambala district on Monday, informal summit, to ensure relevant disputes through dia- tural and people-to-people have been invalidated from troversial decision to tax the from 2020, said after taking Capt Digvijay Singh will pilot police said. that China-India relations will logue.” exchanges in which over dozen service on account of bodily disability pension, sources said over as president, her priority the inaugural revenue flight Santosh Sarwan, who rep- continue to move forward Pakistan Foreign Minister top officials representing vari- disability attributable to or here on Monday the Defence would be to make efforts to fur- from New Delhi to San resents Mullana (reserved) along the right direction,” he Shah Mahmood Qureshi visit- ous departments aggravated by such service and Minister, however, directed the ther popularise science among Francisco over the Polar region Assembly constituency, was said. ed Beijing last week and held of the government took not to personnel who have Army, IAF and Navy to come the masses, and she would on the occasion of the nation’s slapped by Talwinder Singh He also highlighted differ- talks with Wang Yi. part. been retired on superannuation up with a foolproof system to also focus on more collabora- Independence Day. without any apparent provo- ence specially over India- Earlier in his opening The two sides also held the or otherwise”. plug the possibility of misuse of tions with foreign institutes. Making an announcement cation in Sardehri village, they Pakistan tensions and border remarks at the talks, Wang 4th Media summit in which Rejecting this justification pension clause by senior offi- “One of my goals will be to to this effect, Air India’s said. Police have not ruled out related issues. “Well there are said China and India as two big several journalists from both to tax disability pension, vet- cers. take steps to popularise science Western Region Director the possibility of the man being some differences between our nations, also have important countries took part and inter- erans and serving officers said The Government had among the masses. Our local Mukesh Bhatia said here on mentally disturbed. two countries. We don’t shy responsibilities for upholding acted. the Government cannot pun- maintained that many officers chapters have also been taking Monday: “This will mark the After the incident, BJP away from these differences. the regional peace and stabili- “We are of the view that to ish the entire lot for the so- were claiming disability pen- steps in this regard,” the 66- maturing of civil aviation in workers caught hold of Singh We have exchanged views on ty. ensure the success of this high- called misuse committed by a sion for cases like hypertension, year-old said. India as another frontier is and handed him over to police. these issue in a candid manner,” “When it comes to the level mechanism, people-to- handful of officers and soldiers. diabetes, hearing loss and other Shaha, who returned to crossed. Passengers will bene- Ambala Superintendent of Wang said. recent tensions between India people and cultural exchanges, Before the decision to tax the ailments generally linked to India after completing her fit from the reduced flight Police Abhishek Jorwal said a “Regarding recent tensions and Pakistan and the possible the financial dialogue, the pension, the officers and men lifestyle. post-doctoral research in 1984, times, the airline from the case has been registered against between India and Pakistan, we ramifications, we follow these important institutionalised dia- were entitled to it if they fitted Taking these reports into is currently Professor of reduced fuel consumption and the accused and the matter is made clear China’s concerns. developments very closely. We logues are very important,” into the bracket of 20 per cent account, the Ministry has asked Eminence at the National the environment from reduced being investigated. The BJP On issues revolving on China’s hope that India would also play Wang said. of disability or more. Veterans the three Services to exercise Institute of Immunology, an carbon emissions”. leaders condemned the inci- sovereignty and vital interests, a constructive role for the “We need to strengthen our also said the problem project- more vigilance in declaring institute under the Department Air India is in a unique dent and demanded an inquiry we also stated regional peace and stability,” cooperation mechanisms ed by the Government was personnel disable to avoid of Biotechnology. PTI position to offer non-stop into it. Assembly elections in China’s principled position,” Wang said. including more defence exaggerated and soldiers suf- future problems, officials said. flights between India and Haryana are due in two he said. On the boundary issue, he exchanges so that we can make fering from genuine disabilities There are nearly 25 lakh ex-ser- North America. months. India and China have said, “We will continue to more practical results,” he said. should not be clubbed with the vicemen. # # $ % &
From Page 1 the firm, a level Reliance has- have no doubt that your com- BP, he said. The world’s biggest Later talking to reporters, calls for life for as low as Rs 700 ated pace than any time in our The twin deals along with n’t seen since 2013. It had an pany will have one of the crude producer, Aramco will Reliance executive director P M per month. history,” he said. deleveraging of telecom arm outstanding debt of 2,88,243 strongest balance sheets in the also supply 5,00,000 barrels of S Prasad said the Aramco deal Customers opting for “Today, I want to announce Jio’s infrastructure assets will crore as on June 30, 2019, and world,” he said. “We will also crude oil to Jamnagar refiner- is targeted to be completed by annual subscription plans will that starting September 5 of help Reliance become “a zero- a cash balance of 1,31,710 evaluate value unlocking ies, roughly double of the March 2020. “Within five years, get HD or 4K LED television this year - on the third anniver- net debt company within the crore as on June 30. Reliance options for our real estate and amount Reliance buys from the oil-to-chemicals business and a 4K set-top-box free. sary of Jio’s launch - we are next 18 months, that is by has invested 5.4 lakh crore, financial investments.” Saudi Arabia currently. will be carved out as an unlist- Reliance has received launching JioFiber services on March 31, 2021”, Ambani said mostly in debt, in the last five Announcing a ‘new Stake in Reliance business ed subsidiary of Reliance and “strong interest” from strategic a commercial basis,” he said. at the company’s annual gen- years in the expansion of its oil Reliance’, Ambani said the is apart from 50 per cent inter- will operate as a business divi- and financial investors for its Watched by his mother eral meeting (AGM) here. to chemicals business, creating Saudi investment is “the biggest est Aramco along with UAE’s sion of RIL with the Aramco consumer businesses -- telecom Kokaliben and children, he Reliance as a whole has an 4G wireless telecom network foreign investment in the his- ADNOC is picking up in a having 20 per cent economic venture Jio and Reliance Retail, said as India is getting trans- enterprise value of about $134 that offers high-speed internet tory of Reliance” and “among planned USD 60 billion refin- interest.” he said without giving details. formed into ‘New India’, billion, including telecom and and in setting up India’s largest the largest foreign investments ery on the west coast of India. With over 340 million With these initiatives, “Reliance will also transform retail businesses. retail chain. in India.” BP had previously These investments are part of mobile phone subscribers, Jio Reliance will have one of the itself into New Reliance”. The company, which had a The debt levels had raised bought a 30 per cent stake in 21 Aramco’s plan to double oil is now venturing into optical- strongest balance sheets in the “We also have large and net debt of 1,54,478 crore as concerns among analysts oil and gas blocks of Reliance processing capability under its fibre-based fixed-line broad- world. valuable real estate assets, and on March 31, 2019, also intends including at Credit Suisse for USD 7.2 billion in 2011. belt to 10 million barrels a day band service, called JioFiber. “As we achieve our zero-net have a strong portfolio of to list its retail and telecom- Group AG which felt the bal- The deal with Aramco cov- by 2030, locking in friendly At the AGM, Ambani debt target, I assure you, my financial investments,” he said. munication units within five looning borrowings would ers all of Reliance’s refining and buyers for the Kingdom’s crude. announced roll out of the fibre- dear shareholders, that we will “On the strength of our exist- years, he said. weigh on growth. petrochemicals assets as well as The deal is subject to due based fixed-line broadband reward you abundantly ing and new growth engines, I A zero-net debt company Ambani sought to allay the remainder of stake the diligence, definitive agree- services from September 5, through higher dividends, peri- am very confident that we can would mean that borrowings those fears. firm has in fuel retailing busi- ments, and regulatory and offering internet speed of at odic bonus issues and other grow this by 15 per cent annu- fall below cash reserves with “With these initiatives, I ness after selling 49 per cent to other approvals, Ambani said. least 100 Mbps and free voice means, and at a more acceler- ally over the next five years.” !"# $ . %84 R
0 4,56,78+ itants. of leaving behind weapons to such incidents taking place in sible options" to counter India's Incidentally, the recovery be retrieved by the local net- other parts of the country was "illegal" and "unilateral" step. hile a tight security cover of three AK-47s, three pistols work came to light in the last also feared, they said. Explaining the rationale Wis in place in Jammu & and nearly 15 under barrel few days, the Army is not leav- Chairing the Corps for the all powerful Pakistan Kashmir to prevent any unto- grenades took place a day after ing anything to chance. The Commanders meet, Pakistan Army to resort to such strate- ward incident after the Centre’s the Government announced its counter-terrorism and counter- Army chief General Qamar gy of turning the heat on the move on Article 370, the secu- decision on Article 370 on infiltration grid has been fur- Javed Bajwa had said his troops LOC, officials said here domes- rity establishment is worried Monday. At least three to four ther strengthened. are prepared to "go to any tic compulsions will force it not over a “new trend” of terror- militants came in after the Security forces brace up for extent" to help Kashmiris. The to 'keep quiet' and the LOC ists sneaking in from across the Pakistan Army gave them cov- action along the LOC and fear meeting had single point agen- may see relentless cease fire Line of Control (LoC) and ering fire. An Indian army terror attack actively backed by da of Kashmir. "Pakistan Army violations within the next few leaving behind weapons osten- patrol had a brief firefight with the ISI and Pakistan Army in firmly stands by the Kashmiris days. sibly to be retrieved by terror- the militants who escaped into any part of the country in the in their just struggle to the very Moreover, if the Pakistan ists active within the State. POK leaving behind the aftermath of abrogation of arti- end. We are prepared and shall Army does not do anything to One such incident took weapons. cle 370. This comes in the go to any extent to fulfill our stoke trouble in India, it may place in Uri earlier this week Admitting that the Army backdrop of the corps com- obligations...," Bajwa told the lose the support of the Pakistan where the Army recovered was lucky to foil the bid and manders of Pakistan Army army commanders. based terrorist groups includ- some AK-47s after a firefight recovered the weapons, officials discussing the issue on Tuesday In a statement, the Army ing the Jaish-e- with militants who came in and in the security establishment on last. said the forum fully supported Mohammad(JeM)and Lashkar- then ran back towards Pakistan Saturday did not rule out the trend is definitely is a cause of dense fog and cloudy weather ammunition for the militants in Faced with domestic pres- the Pakistan Government's e-Tayyaba(LeT). These two Occupied Kashmir (POK). possibility of many more concern." provides excellent umbrella to the Kashmir Valley, witnessing sure, the Pakistan Army is "rejection of Indian actions" groups are active in Jammu and Given the rugged terrain there, weapons already reaching the As nearly all the ingress the militants to either infiltrate an unprecedented security likely to go in for 'visible action' regarding Kashmir. On Kashmir. Also, the ISI and it is feared that many more militants through the local routes in North Kashmir are or drop the weapons, officials clampdown in view of repeal on the border in terms of Monday, Pakistan had con- Pakistan Army was already weapons must have found their network. They also said "on the located in rugged terrain dot- said. of special status to State under ceasefire violations on the one demned and rejected the using social media to spread way to the users in the pre- face of it the recovery of only ted by ravines and dense jun- The new phenomenon also Article 370. hand and stoking terrorist vio- Indian government revoking misinformation and the Indian ceding days to bolster the three AK-47s and three pistols gles, covering each and every indicated that there is appar- Even though no infiltration lence in Jammu and Kashmir Article 370 of the Constitution security agencies were taking depleting firepower of the mil- may look small but the new inch is difficult. Moreover, ently a dearth of arms and bid or adopting the new tactic on the other. The possibility of and vowed to exercise "all pos- counter measures, they said. /01,1$ $8RQ 9 :;R $ R # ( & Prasad said the decision said the situation in Jammu and 4,56,78+ $/%+%/ &%$/E;E(%&; taken by the Government is in Kashmir was unstable and that the interest of the people of international news agencies 3 enior Congress leaders — P '1) Jammu & Kashmir, and their were covering the unrest, but SChidambaram and Digvijay 8 development. Hitting out at the not Indian media houses. Singh — have come under %& Congress, he asked if it was not Prasad also took to task the 9 &# attack by the BJP for their lat- true that over 42,000, mostly former MP CM Digvijay Singh est comments on abrogation of Muslims, had died in the Valley and remarked the more special status to Jammu & 5 ;&'1) during decades of violence. Digvijay Singh speaks on this # ( & Kashmir under Article 370 of @@ Defending the decision on issue, BJP's vote share increas- 4,56,78+ the Indian Constitution. 1 Article 370, Naqvi said the es. "I want to ask Sonia ji A day after senior Congress 2&8 Government has rectified a (Congress President Sonia ttacking the Centre over leader P Chidambaram said very big mistake made decades Gandhi), now that she has Arestrictions on people of that Jammu &Kashmir was 6% % & % ago by the Congress. "What he become Congress president Jammu & Kashmir post- stripped off its special status %+ has said is an attempt to give again if this is Digvijay Singh Article 370 decision, CPI(M) 6% . because it is a Muslim-major- communal colour to the issue speaking or it is their party's line general secretary Sitaram 8% ; % /0 4B ity State, several Union even though the decision is in as well," Prasad said. Yechury on Monday alleged Ministers and several BJP lead- ) &% national interest," he said. Bihar's Deputy Chief that the people of Kashmir have "7 A % & Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi ers slammed the former Home ;& % been kept "imprisoned" in their Minister and said the com- ? ; % Minister Shivraj Singh said: "Unfortunately, former own homes and it is unfair to ments are regrettable and Chouhan said the Congress finance minister P do so on the occasion of Eid. unfortunate. been a Hindu-dominated state, statement dismissed by Law statement while Union was giving the issue a commu- Chidambaram and Digvijay “Eid is an occasion of joy While Chidambaram said Digvijay Singh came under Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi nal angle. Singh are trying to incite and celebration, and our homes. We still don't know the BJP would not have line of fire for stating that The Law Minister accused and Giriraj Singh regretted the Alleging that BJP revoked Muslim community against the thoughts are with the people of how or where our Comrades in "snatched away" the special India may lose Kashmir if the Chidambaram of making a very fact that Congress' appease- the Article with its "muscle government on the issue (of Kashmir who have been kept Kashmir are," he tweeted. status had Jammu &Kashmir Government is not careful, a irresponsible and provocative ment mentality still exist. power", Chidambaram had Jammu and Kashmir)." imprisoned in their own "We are a country of diverse languages, religions, cultures & ideas; this is our strength. The impact of unde- #$%&( ! )( (* ( ) ( P mocratically and forcibly alter- ing Jammu and Kashmir's sta- tus will be felt in other states New Delhi: The Supreme Court scrapping of provisions of to inquire into ground realities Masoodi, both Lok Sabha mem- with special status. Let's not )) ! + , - is scheduled to hear on Tuesday Article 370 is likely to be men- there. bers belonging to the NC. forget that most are on India's a plea challenging the Centre's tioned for urgent listing in the The activist has claimed Advocate Manohar Lal borders," Yechury said. transported by a motorcycle, the decision to impose restrictions apex court. that the decisions that have Sharma has also filed a separate Last week, Yechury and # 4,56,78+ FIR alleged. and "other regressive measures" Poonawalla has said he is been taken by the Centre violate plea challenging the Presidential CPI general secretary D Raja Non-transportation of the in Jammu &Kashmir following not expressing any opinion on fundamental rights guaranteed Order on Article 370 which were detained in Srinagar air- ringing back memories of aforesaid 2601.63 quintals of rice the revocation of the provisions Article 370 but seeking with- under Article 19 and 21 of the revoked Jammu and Kashmir's port and sent back to Delhi, Bthe multi-crore fodder scam, to Koirengei and its misappro- of Article 370. drawal of 'curfew/ restrictions' Constitution. special status. when reached the the CBI has booked a private priation is further substantiated The plea filed by Congress and other alleged regressive Besides the petitions filed by President Ram Nath Kovind troubled valley to meet their contractor and officials of the by the fact that the vehicle activist Tehseen Poonawalla is measures including blocking of Poonawalla and Bhasin, the has declared abrogation of the party workers. Food Corporation of India numbers mentioned in records, listed for hearing before a bench phone lines, Internet and news National Conference (NC) has provisions of Article 370 of the Eid al-Adha prayers were (FCI) for transporting 2,901 for covering a distance of 275.5 including the vehicles used in comprising Justices Arun channels in J&K. also moved the apex court chal- Constitution, which gave special held at various mosques in the quintals of rice through scoot- km, which in the normal course transhipment in respect of afore- Mishra, MR Shah and Ajay He has also sought a direc- lenging the changes made in the status to Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir Valley on Monday. ers, cars and even water tankers. takes about nine hours. said 16 road movement permits, Rastogi. tion from the top court for the constitutional status of J&K, Parliament had approved a The authorities had on Sunday In the fodder scam, instances of Verification showed that were not entered in the in the Besides, a separate petition release of leaders like former contending that these have taken resolution abrogating special said that people will be allowed cattle having been ferried on 2901.63 quintals (2,90,163 kg) of checkpost between filed by Anuradha Bhasin, chief ministers Omar Abdullah away rights of its citizens with- status to Jammu and Kashmir to visit neighbourhood scooters/two wheelers were rice worth Rs 84.98 lakh being Leingangpokpi police check- Executive Editor of Kashmir and Mehbooba Mufti, who are out their mandate. under Article 370 of the mosques to offer prayers. Large shown in records to make up for transported by 16 vehicles had post and Keithelmanbi police Times, seeking removal of under detention. The petition has been filed Constitution and a bill for split- gatherings, however, were not the money siphoned off from been misappropriated. check post, according to the FIR. restrictions imposed on working He has further sought set- by Mohammad AKbar Lone ting the state into two union ter- allowed in any part of the treasury. This rice was not delivered It is alleged that officials of of journalists in the state after the ting up of a judicial commission and Justice (retd) Hasnain ritories. PTI the Valley. In the bizarre case, the CBI at Koirengei depot but was FCI at Salchapra, Ashish Kumar has registered an FIR against a shown in records as having Paul and Rajnish Kumar Gupta, private transport contractor and been received, the FIR alleged. had fraudulently issued these 16 officials of FCI for allegedly In sown affidavit, the trans- permits without loading the * #- stealing 2,901 kg of rice worth porter claimed that the delay rice, and L Johson, a represen- Rs 85 lakh. was due to breakdown of trucks tative of the transporter Zenith The accused persons stole which required transhipment of Enterprises, had falsely signed the rice and in the records of the the food grains through other these permits, the FIR said. 4 " transshipment cited the licence trucks. It said Soibam Surjit Singh # 4,56,78+ Internships with a stipend of numbers of scooters, motor The CBI enquiry revealed of the transporter company had Rs.10,000 each per month. cycles, buses and water tankers. that license numbers of tran- allegedly submitted false affi- ajya Sabha has launched a The scheme has been for- # 4,56,78+ The CBI has launched the shipment vehicles, replacing davits regarding the breakdown RResearch Scheme to pro- mulated after extensive discus- probe into the matter after reg- trucks which had allegedly bro- of trucks en route and tran- mote the study of functioning of sions with Members of Rajya mid the continuing flood istering an FIR on a complaint ken down, were not trucks but shipment by other vehicles. parliamentary institutions and Sabha, present and former Acrisis, the India from the FCI. LML and Honda Activa scoot- False entries of receipt were impact of legislations for grants Secretaries General of both Meteorological Department It was alleged that a total of ers, motorcycles, water tankers, allegedly made by officials at worth Rs 58.50 lakh for three Houses of Parliament and lead- (IMD) has predicted more rain 9,191 quintals (9,19,100 kg) of bus, Maruti van, cars and ghost Koirengei, they said adding that components. ing academics and researchers in parts of central India and rice was dispatched from vehicles whose numbers had the transport company also The 'Rajya Sabha Research for the socio-economic trans- Kerala, due to the formation of Salchapra rail terminal in Assam not been even registered by the raised fake bills of 16 trucks, offi- and Study Scheme' was formation and efficacy of vari- a low pressure area over north- for Koirengei in Manipur Road Transport Offices con- cial said adding all of them have approved by Rajya Sabha ous parliamentary devices like west Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. between March 7, 2016 to cerned, according to the FIR. been booked under IPC Chairman M.Venkaiah Naidu various committees. The death toll in Kerala March 22, 2016 on 57 trucks of The license numbers Sections relating to criminal with three components i.e one To ensure timely submission reached 78 due to heavy rains a private transporter, Zenith records showed that two tranch- conspiracy, cheating, forgery, Dr.S Radhakrishnan Chair with of research and study reports, and flooding in the past four Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. Kavalappara and Puthumala in Enterprises. Each truck was es of 16,300 kg and 10,000 kg of using a forged document as gen- a grant of Rs.22.50 lakhs, four grants will be released based on days while more than 160 per- Erosion caused by swirling Malappuram and Wayanad dis- given a road movement permit. missing rice were transported by uine and falsification of accounts Fellowships with a grant of the progress of the project and sons lost their lives in Gujarat, waters of the flooded Chuflagad tricts, as the toll in the monsoon The consignment reached scooters and another tranche of besides relevant provisions of the Rs.8.50 lakhs each and 10 Rajya the awardees will have to submit Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, River also washed away two fury climbed to 76 and 2.87 lakh the destination after two months 16,300 kg of stolen rice was Prevention of Corruption Act. Sabha Student Engagement reports every six months. Telangana and Maharashtra over buildings on its banks. people have sought refuge in the past one week. The overall According to IMD, under relief camps. The toll is expect- monsoon rains since June 1 is in the influence of low pressure ed to go up as 50 people are still surplus now at 1%, east and area, heavy to very heavy rain- missing in Malappuram. There northeast India has a deficiency fall at isolated places is likely over is no 'red alert' of torrential rains # 23 " of -15%, -9% in northwest India, north Odisha, south Jharkhand, for any of the 14 districts on 15% surplus in central India, north Chhattisgarh and east Tuesday, but "orange alert" has &.1 4,56,78+ sustainability, Aabhaar letters written personalised letters to +5% surplus in peninsular India. Madhya Pradesh during next 48 been issued for six districts to have been planned to be dis- iconic celebrities, prominent Former Prime Minister and hours (August 13 to 14). Kerala remain prepared for any emer- s his pet campaign patched through emails," said a industrialists, sportspersons, Janata Dal (Secular) HD Deve is also likely to experience heavy gencies. A'Swachchh Bharat Mission' senior official from the Union Jal film stars, inter-faith leaders Gowda has written to Prime to very rainfall at isolated places A total of 5,81,897 people (SBM) completes five years on Shakti Ministry, which was and other noted personalities to Minister Narendra Modi during the same period," the have been evacuated and res- October 2, 2019, Prime Minister formed recently after clubbing enlist their support for the requesting him to notify IMD bulletin said. The IMD cued so far, and 1,181 relief Narendra Modi has decided to Union Water and Sanitation 'Swachhata Hi Seva' movement, Karnataka flood as a natural issued alert for Kannur, camps have been opened where express his gratitude by e-mail- Ministry and Union Rural and saying it is the most noble ser- disaster or natural calamity Kasaragod and Wayanad in 3,32,629 people are taking shel- ing 'Swachch Aabhaar' letters in Development Ministry. The vice. and release Rs 5000 crore as Kerala and Rudraprayag, ter in Karnataka. . As many as 12 Indian languages to around Government had said that by He wrote, "Let us ensure that interim relief. Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Tehri, 2,694 villages in 17 districts 10 lakh citizens, including October, 2, 2019, entire country the coming days are about liv- All rivers are in spate in Haridwar, Bageshwar, have been affected. According celebrities, from various sectors will be ODF. ing the Mantra of 'Swachhata Hi Karnataka where the UNESCO Pithoragarh, Champawat, to information available from thanking them for their support "At the time of launch, the Seva'." world heritage site in Hampi, on Nainital and Udham Singh the state government, the death to the cleanliness drive. Prime Minister had given a The Swachh Bharat the banks of the Tungabhadra Nagar in Uttarakhand for heavy toll is 42 so far, while 12 were The Government has clarion call for a 'janandolan' for added. The Ministry is now scout- Abhiyan aims to make India a River in Ballari district, has been rainfall. There is an 'orange' cat- missing. claimed that implementation of swachchta. Swachch Bharat has Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar ing for an agency that can do the cleaner place by emphasising on inundated after over 1.70 lakh egory warning for parts of east, In Jammu and Kashmir, the SBM has led to sanitation since become the world's largest and cinestars like Akshay Kumar job which will also include sanitation and health as also cusec water was released from a central India and Kerala for three members of a family died coverage to 99.22 per cent from behavioral change campaign. and Anushka Sharma, Nita translating the text of the letter changing age-old attitudes reservoir on Sunday morning. August 13 and 14. The orange after they came under a boulder its earlier status of about 38 per The success of the mission is Ambani, wife of industrialist in 12 Indian languages includ- towards hygiene. "I personally Tourists in Hampi have been category implies that authorities during a landslide in Resai dis- cent since its launch on October greatly attributed to the people Mukesh Ambani, were among ing Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, invite you to lend your support shifted to safer places. Six per- will have to remain prepared for trict. Two others were also 2014. of different sectors of the soci- several personalities who joined Tamil, Kannada, Marathi and to the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' move- sons, including a woman and her any emergencies. injured in the incident that took "In recognition of their out- ety who have demonstrated the 'Swachhta hi Seva' campaign Gujarati among others. ment and dedicate some time for nine-month-old daughter, were With rains subsiding in place on Sunday evening in standing contributions towards exemplary leadership in the following the Prime Minister's To promote sanitation, the the cause of a Swachh Bharat," buried alive in landslides in many parts of Kerala, search Laar village in the district's Open Defecation Free (ODF) cleanliness mission," the official clarion call. Prime Minister had In 2017 PM Modi wrote. three different villages in operations are on in landslide-hit Mahore belt. !"# $ 4 2 0< # ,. $ ; ; ,-
/605 '0 3 '.+ resorting to suicides, fast-unto- death and relay hunger strike in he flood toll in Sangli, the district. These may result in TKolhapur and three other untoward incidents and law & districts of Pune revenue divi- order problems. That’s why we Thiruvananthapuram: With sion mounted to 43 on Monday, have chosen to impose pro- rains subsiding in many parts of even as the Maharashtra hibitory orders,” the Additional Kerala, search and relief oper- Government — in a surprise Collector said. ations are on in landslide-hit move — clamped prohibitory Slamming the state for Kavalappara and Puthumala in orders in Kolhapur district for 12 clamping prohibitory orders in Malappuram and Wayanad dis- days from Monday, anticipating Kolhapur district, the tricts, as authorities on Monday trouble during Bakri Eid, Opposition leaders charged that reported 83 deaths in the mon- Independence Day and Dahi the State Government — soon fury since August 8. Handi. through its prohibitory orders — Over 2.55 lakh people have Sangli, which is one of the was trying to cover up its failure sought refuge in 1,413 relief In neighbouring Wayanad, He also tweeted that he had two worst flood-hit districts to handle the flood situation camps, officials said. which was also rocked by a mas- visited the epicentre of after Kolhapur, accounted for 21 effectively. * ) $%& The toll is expected to go up sive landslide at Puthumala, 12 Puthumala landslide at deaths that included 12 persons “They are resorting to such as 50 people are still missing in people have lost their lives and Meppadi in Wayanad. killed in a boat tragedy on tactics since the people are fum- “We are continuing to shift Mahaisekar said deal with the relief work during Malappuram, one of the worst- seven are still missing. "This is the site of a terrible Thursday last, while seven ing with anger since the past the marooned people to relief In a related development, natural calamities. hit by the rains. In the 212 relief camps in landslide that destroyed an deaths each were reported from nearly two weeks. Is this a camps. So far, we have evacuat- Maharashtra Chief Minister Simultaneously, the There is no 'red alert' for any the district over 35,000 people entire village, many people are Kolhapur, Satara and Pune dis- democracy or the rule of Gen. ed 4,74,226 marooned people Devendra Fadnavis has sent Maharashtra Government has of the 14 districts on Tuesday, have taken shelter, an official still feared to be trapped & res- tricts. There was one rain-relat- Dwyer”? NCP’s Maharashtra and moved them to 596 relief Mumbai's Municipal urged the RBI and largest pub- but "orange alert" has been release said. cue work is ongoing," he said. ed death in Solapur district. spokesperson and Mumbai unit camps set up across five districts Commissioner Parveen Pardeshi lic sector bank SBI to make issued for six districts. In Kozhikode district, 17 Chief Minister Pinarayi Three persons are reported to be chierf Nawab Malik asked. Stae of the Pune revenue division. In to Sangli and Satara to coordi- ATMs operations functional in The state's northern dis- deaths have been reported and Vijayan on Monday directed missing. Congress President Balasaheb Sangli and Kolhapur districts, we nate the relief operations. the flood-hit areas. State chief tricts of Malappuram, Wayanad over 60,000 people shifted to district collectors to ensure all At a time when the author- Thorat said: “Instead of coop- have collectively evacuated Pardeshi, who was the district secretary Ajoy Mehta is in touch and Kozhikode and Idukki in 209 camps. necessary facilities for people ities continued to carry on the erating with the people and 4,74,226 people and moved collector during the 1993 Latur with SBI chairman Rajnish central Kerala were ravaged by Congress leader Rahul living in relief camps and sani- relief work on a massive scale, rushing them all aid materials, them to 370 relief camps,” earthquake, has the expertise to Kumar in the regard. the torrential rains. Gandhi visited relief camps and tation drive is being conducted the Kolhapur district adminis- the state has resorted to pro- Malappuram was rocked flood-hit areas in his Wayanad in a proper manner in flood-hit tration clamped section 37 (1) hibitory orders”. by a series of landslips triggered Lok Sabha constituency, includ- places. and 37 (3) of the Maharashtra Though there was a notice- 6 O H by heavy rain since August 8 at ing worst hit Puthumala, and Steps should be taken to Police Act, 1951 relating powers able drop in flooding in Sangli, Kavalappara and Kottakunnu in interacted with people. restore power supply and drink- prohibiting certain acts for pre- Kolhapur and three other dis- which 27 people have died. "It is a tragedy not only for ing water distribution in rain-hit vention of disorder for 12 days tricts of western Maharashtra, as Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA Ulhas that Koyna dam was 80 per cent charge of water from Almatti With the recovery of more Wayanad, but for Kerala and areas, he said. beginning from Thursday. many as many as 46 villages — Patil on Monday blamed the filled. There was a forecast of dam on the Krishna river in bodies, including 27 from also some southern states. This Vijayan, during a review In a statement issued after involving a total of 66,837 fam- "bureaucratic lethargy" for extremely heavy rain in the first neighbouring Karnataka. Malappuram, 17 from is not only a Wayanad issue, this meeting with collectors through clamping prohibitory orders ilies — continued to be inac- floods in Kolhapur and Sangli week of August and I request- "Despite my request, no Kozhikode and 12 from is a Kerala issue, this is a video conference, also asked dis- from August 12 to August 24, cessible for the sixth consecutive districts following heavy rains in ed the collector to take steps like preventive action was initiated Wayanad since August 8, the toll Karnataka issue. trict authorities to provide tem- Additional District Collector day. Of the total marooned vil- western Maharashtra. releasing some water from dams and the entire region was affect- has gone up to 83 as per the I think the Central govern- porary lodging for those who Sanjay Shinde said that they lages, Kohapur accounted for a Patil, who represents Shirol in advance," he said. ed by floods last week," he update at 7 pm. ment needs to pay attention and had lost their houses, even after were anticipating some trouble maximum of 18 villages, while Assembly seat in Kolhapur, said "But nothing happened, rued. Authorities are searching aggressively support the people the relief camps are wound up. from flood victims and citizens there were such 16 and 12 such he urged the district adminis- only because of the bureaucratic Notably, Shiv Sena chief for those feared trapped in of these states," the Congress As the rains receded, rescue during Bakri Eid (August , inaccessible villages Solapur and tration last month-end to take lethargy. Today we are witness- Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday mud-slips at Wayanad and leader told reporters at Kalpetta operations in affected areas have Independence Day and Dahi Sangli districts. “We have so far steps like releasing water from ing loss of lives and property," refused to comment on any Malappuram. after attending a review meet- become smooth, he said, adding Handi. “We do not rule out the evacuated 78,484 people from dams in view of the prediction Patil said. controversy over floods, saying In Malappuram, 59,351 ing with government officials on that the next major rescue task possibility of political parties and these marooned villages, Pune of heavy rainfall in the area. The MLA said in his letter his focus was on providing all people have been lodged in 240 the flood situation in his con- was to evacuate people from social organisations — taking Divisional Commissioner Dr "I wrote a letter to Kolhapur he also urged the collector to support to those affected by the camps. stituency. mudslide-prone areas. PTI advantage of these occasions — Deepak Mahaisekar said. collector on July 31, pointing out take steps for increasing the dis- rain fury. PTI / ) 5 $ I ) ) Wayanad (Ker): Congress review meeting with govern- leader Rahul Gandhi on ment officials on the flood sit- Bengaluru: Former Prime terial committee on disaster affected due to floods and rains. Monday visited flood-hit areas uation in his Lok Sabha con- Minister HD Deve Gowda on management on assessment and According to information in his Wayanad Lok Sabha stituency. Monday requested Prime quantification of the damage available from the State constituency, including worst- Gandhi, who is currently Minister Narendra Modi to suffered by the state due to flood Government, the death toll so hit Puthumala, and urged the visiting people affected by release 5,000 crore as interim havoc," Gowda said in his letter. far was 42, while 12 were miss- Centre to "aggressively sup- floods and landslides in relief to flood-ravaged "I hope that the ing. A total of 5,81,897 people port" the people hit by floods Wayanad, said he had spoken Karnataka and to notify it as Government of India would have been evacuated and res- and landslides in Southern to Prime Minister Narendra "national calamity." extend its helping hand in the cued so far, and 1,181 relief states. Modi about the Kerala flood In a letter to Modi, the hours of need to wipe the tears camps have been opened where "It is a tragedy not only for issue. JD(S) patriarch said he had not of vast population of the state 3,32,629 people are taking shel- Wayanad, but for Kerala and "I spoke to the Prime seen such destruction to both which has facing a major tragedy ter. Gowda said this natural also some southern states. This Minister and I mentioned to human lives and properties in and to rebuild their lively hood calamity is unprecedented, rare is not only a Wayanad issue, him some of the details that I his six decades of political career. with all form of assistance from and severe and beyond the cop- this is a Kerala issue, this is a knew about Kerala and "I request you to release the state and central govern- ing capacity of the State Karnataka issue. Wayanad. rupees five thousand crore as ments," he said. Government and extremely dif- I think the Central gov- And I told him to make interim relief pending submis- However, the Karnataka ficult for it to provide rescue, ernment needs to pay attention sure that central government sion of final memorandum by Government has requested the relief and rehabilitation mea- and aggressively support the gives full support," he said in the State Government followed Centre to immediately release sures through normal allocation people of these states," the response to a question on the by assessment from a high- 3,000 crore. A total of 2,694 vil- available under the national ( / 5 ) F ) % Congress leader told reporters central aid to Wayanad ravaged level central team and recom- lages in eighty-six taluks of 17 and state disaster response $%& at Kalpetta after attending a by floods and landslides. PTI mendation of the inter-minis- districts in Karnataka have been funds. PTI )+5)6+7/) , $ O H ( I &A?4I) ) ) F, Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief saying by his office in a release. Minister BS Yediyurappa on He made this announce- Ahmedabad: The Indian Air stranded on a road that was National Disaster Response Monday announced an assis- ment during his visit to Force (IAF) has rescued nearly washed away at a causeway Force (NDRF) and local police Bengaluru: The BJP's "Twitter preacher @sid- Mysuru Yathindra to visit tance of 5 lakh each to those Belthangady in Dakshina 125 people stranded on a road near Hajipir dargah at Bhuj in rescued around 175 people, a Karnataka unit on Monday hit daramaiah has time to attend Badami and take stock of the sit- who have lost their houses Kannada district. washed away by floods due to Kutch district, a defence official district administration official out at Congress Legislature biryani party at Congress MLCs uation. completely in the floods and Yediyurappa said, "5 lakh heavy rainfall in Kutch district said. "The South Western Air said. party leader Siddaramaiah for house, but he doesnt have time Siddaramaiah has been flay- landslides, to take up con- will be given to those who of Gujarat, officials said on Command (SWAC) responded Later, the district adminis- not visiting his flood-hit Badami to visit flood affected Badami ing the central government over struction work. have completely lost their Monday. swiftly and sent a Mi17 heli- tration sought help of the IAF to Assembly constituency and constituency. the delay in releasing funds to The Chief Minister has houses, to take up construc- Several parts of Gujarat, copter from Jamnagar. The heli- rescue the remaining people, he instead attending a "biryani If eating biryani is over, take up relief measures. also announced 1 lakh to tion work, and 10,000 will be including Saurashtra and Kutch copter took three shuttles and said. The IAF helicopters were party." make some effort to visit your He has also hit out at Chief those whose houses have been given as immediate measure." regions, received heavy rainfall rescued 125 people. They were also used to rescue flood- affect- The BJP has also posted pic- constituency & listen to pleas of Minister Yediyurappa over the damaged, to take up repair He also said 5,000 per in the last few days. shifted to a safer location, he ed people from Navsari in south tures of Siddaramaiah purport- people who voted u (sic)," the delay in cabinet expansion and work, and 5,000 monthly to month will be given to those After the heavy downpour, said. The area is located near the Gujarat and Jamnagar in last few edly having food along with BJP's Karnataka unit tweeted. his ability to handle the flood those staying in rental accom- staying in rental accommoda- a large number of people were India-Pakistan border. days, a defence release said. KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Siddaramaiah had cited situation on his own, without modation till their houses are tions adding that those with- stuck on a road washed away by The region was flooded due "The operation began on Rao, veteran congress leader cataract surgery and doctors' any ministers in his govern- ready. out site will be provide with flood waters at Bhuj in Kutch to heavy rains following which August 4 when two helicopters Mallikarjun Kharge, party leg- advice for not visiting Badami ment. "1 lakh assistance will be plot. A total of 2,694 villages district. around 300 people, mostly were deployed to rescue 45 peo- islators B Z Zameer Ahmed in Bagalkot district that is affect- Monday also marked the provided to those whose hous- in eighty-six taluks of 17 dis- On Sunday evening, the workers of a factory and their ple, including women and chil- Khan, M B Patil, K J George, ed by floods. birthday of the former chief es have been damaged due to tricts in Karnataka have been Air Force received a request to family members, were stranded. dren, from some flooded areas Krishna Byre Gowda, among He had deputed his son and minister who completed 71 floods, to take up repair work," affected due to floods and rescue a large number of people Initially, teams of the of Navsari," it said. PTI others. MLA of Varuna constituency in years. PTI Yediyurappa was quoted as rains. PTI F) )
Kochi: Noushad did not think and transporting them to the Film and theatre artist, twice while opening the sealed vehicles, along with the volun- Rajesh Sharma, who was bundles of new clothes, kept in teers, has gone viral on social among the volunteers, posted his godown for Eid sale, and media. a video of the noble vendor on donate it to the distressed peo- When Noushad started Facebook, which had been ple, who are living in relief stuffing new clothes in carry viewed and shared by a large camps after losing everythingin bags, volunteers cautioned him number of people. the floods and massive land- that he was giving away too A number of people slides in north Kerala. much and it might effect his including state PWD minister He himself stuffed a lion's festival sales. G Sudhakaran, Ernakulam dis- share of his fresh apparel "When we depart from trict Collector S Suhas and stocked in huge carry bags this world, we cannot carry actor Asif Ali have lavished and took them on his head to anything... My profit is to help praise on the vendor's selfless the parked vehicles, to be taken the needy... Isn't this the way we act. to the relief camps. should celebrate Eid? My Eid is State Health Minister K K Noushad, a street vendor in like this...," a smiling Naushad Shylaja extended her Eid greet- Kochi, had donated nearly 10 At a time when majority of whom he has neither met nor said. ings on the social media shar- sacks of new clothes kept for people prefer to give used known, thus showcasing a He said he was certain the ing Noushad's photo and festival sale, when a group of clothes and only a portion of model of compassion and clothes donated would reach to words. volunteers approached him for their savings to help the needy, brotherhood. the affected people. The monsoon fury has so donation to help people living Noushad has donated almost The video of the vendor, in "It is meant for the poor far claimed 76 lives and dis- in relief camps on Sunday, the all his earnings to bring a his 40s, busy packing the people. I am not bothered placed over 2.7 lakh people in eve of Eid. smile on the faces of people clothes in a narrow godown about profit or loss", he added. the southern State. PTI F )) $%& !"# $ 8
1 + ,15+91),15,+) 1) )& + ($ /2= - ) D$ # .8 ,6.'.6 to the Moon and Mars. )0- & ## High Court seeking the clarifi- “Today, the entire world is ;8,44.+:;8+ cation asked by the DG, they rime Minister Narendra amazed by our achievements in Kolkata: West Bengal BJP pres- were told by the additional PModi on Monday paid rich space and showering praises on ident Dilip Ghosh on Monday he medical education solicitor general that whatever tributes to space pioneer us,” said Modi, adding apart said his party is not in favour of Tdreams and hopes of hun- clarification had been asked by Vikram Sarabhai on his 100th from being a legendary scien- a separate Gorkhaland State dreds of students who passed the DG was there in the court birth anniversary and said his tist, Sarabhai was a great and wants a permanent politi- out successfully in the National order and all that the latter had vision helped India become a human being and a teacher. cal solution in Darjeeling hills. Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test to do is to admit the students. major science and technology The prime minister urged He said those who do not (NEET) have been shattered by Despite these develop- player in the world. the young generation to take want development of the hills the indifferent and dubious ments, the ESI Board has Modi offered tributes to inspiration from Sarabhai and are doing politics over it. approach of the board of direc- refused to comply with the Sarabhai, the father of India’s make new inventions to solve The comment comes in tors of the Employees State Court Order which has neces- space programme, through a various problems being faced the backdrop of the word Insurance Corporation-owned sitated the parents and the video message which was by the society. The function ‘Gorkhaland’ by Union Home medical colleges in the students deciding to file a con- played at an event held here to was attended by ISRO chair- Minister Amit Shah in a letter country, allege parents of stu- tempt of court in the Supreme commemorate his birth cente- man K Sivan, one of his pre- to Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, dents who face uncertainty candidate and hundreds of oth- matters worse was that these Court against the ESI Board. nary, which comes just weeks solve problems faced by the decessors K Kasturirangan, who had sought protection for about their future. ers like her suffered a setback in students, who were confident “There is an apprehension after Chandrayaan-2 mission to society. “It was this vision of Dr former Director of the Space Gorkhas in the national Capital. “This has tarnished the June this year when a single of making it to the medical among us that the ESI Board the Moon was launched. Sarabhai which played an Application Centre Pramod The use of the word has image of the Ministries of bench judge of the Madras High colleges did not apply for any may be hand in glove with the The function marks the important role in making India Kale and Sarabhai’s son kicked up a row in West Bengal Health, Human Resources in Court issued an order staying other colleges or courses. private management colleges to inauguration of year-long cen- a major player in the field of Kartikeya Sarabhai among with the ruling TMC seeing in general and that of the Centre the admission of students under “Though we were told by the force some of the students tenary celebrations in honour science and technology. other dignitaries. it a “plot” to divide the state. in particular,” according to a the ESI quota against a petition ESI Board that it would from the reserved quota seek of Sarabhai, born on August 12, “We are now making use of As per the ISRO website, The BJP, which has candidate whose admission to filed by an open quota student approach the Madras High admission paying hefty fees. By 1919 in Ahmedabad. space technology and nuclear Sarabhai founded the Physical emerged as a major political the first year MBBS is hanging who questioned the legality of Court nothing happened and delaying the admission process “This is a special occasion technology for the benefit of Research Laboratory (PRL) in force in the state after the Lok in the balance. the admission process. Her con- this forced us to file a complaint of the reserved quota students, as we are celebrating Dr common men,” said Modi. Ahmedabad in 1947 when he Sabha polls, has rejected the There are nine ESI-run tention was that though she had with the Supreme Court. The the ESI management may be Sarabhai’s birth centenary. This Modi said it was Sarabhai was just 28 years old. He was charge as “baseless”. medical colleges in India where scored more marks in the NEET, apex court asked us to indirectly helping the self has come at a time when India who filled the void created by also chairman of the Atomic “We have never said we 20 per cent of the total seats are she was being denied admission approach the Madras High finance medical colleges,” said is about to land on the moon. the death of legendary scientist Energy Commission and want Gorkhaland. We want a reserved exclusively for the to facilitate the admission of the Court pleading for a hearing by P Ramadas, an aggrieved father “When Vikram Lander (of Homi Bhabha, who had con- played a major role in the cre- permanant political solution children of subscribers of the ESI quota students. a Division Bench,” said the of a student who has been qual- Chandrayaan-2) would land ceived India’s nuclear pro- ation of the Indian Institute of to the problem in the hills so State promoted organisation. The ESI posted the court father of another applicant. ified but denied admission for on the Moon next month, it gramme. Remembering Management, Ahmedabad. that development can take place The number of seats allocated order on its website on June 28 The Division Bench of the reasons best known to the will be a befitting tribute to Dr Sarabhai’s initial days, Modi Some other well-known there. We have said this for MBBS course is 317 and for and the first list of selected can- MHC on July 18 stayed the management. But K Suresh Sarabhai from 130 crore citi- said the first rocket launched by institutions established by before and we are repeating it,” BDS is 22. “This reservation is didates was published on July order by the single bench and Babu, leader of the INTUC zens of India,” said Modi in his him at Thumba in Kerala dur- Sarabhai are: Faster Ghosh said. inclusive of the candidates 1. The parents who contacted asked the ESI management to who was a board member of address was played at the event. ing the 1960s became the base Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR), “We had won the coming under Scheduled the ESI board about the fate of hasten up the admission pro- the ESIC till last year has taken The programme was for today’s rocket technology Kalpakkam, Vikram Darjeeling seat with a huge Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC their children were told that an cedure as per hitherto followed up the cudgels on behalf of the organised jointly by the which is being used to launch Sarabhai Space Centre, margin under very tough cir- and EWS,” said the father of a appeal was being filed seeking norms. Though the court order students. “I have been given as Department of Space, the India’s Moon and Mars mis- Thiruvananthapuram, Variable cumstances. We will work for girl student who scored more the cancellation of the stay was received by the ESI head- assurance by the ESI manage- ISRO, which was founded by sions. “Dr Sarabhai gave a new Energy Cyclotron Project, the development of the people grades in the NEET than what order. Though the second and quarters on July 23, the director ment that the qualified students Sarabhai, and the Department direction to our space and Kolkata and Uranium of the hills,” he added. was prescribed by the Board for final allotment list was pub- general of the body rejected the would be granted admission of Atomic Energy. nuclear programmes. We can Corporation of India Ltd Several hill parties had being considered for admission lished on July 12, it too did not order stating that there was no and there is no need for them “He used to say that peo- say that the rocket launched by (UCIL), Jaduguda (Jharkhand). demanded UT status for to the MBBS/BDS courses. carry the names of the ESI clarity. The students and the to be upset,” he told The Pioneer ple of India must not hesitate him at Thumba has now taken Sarabhai died on Darjeeling after the Kashmir But the aspirations of this quota students. What made parents again approached the on Monday. to use latest technology to different forms to help us reach December 30, 1971. developments. PTI %& ) - & $ 1 :1# 1)+,))1 ' 1 $ # " 9R ; 0' '0# 7.". Ghosh said. adding only about 25 Puja % 9 4 "($ “Lakhs of rupees earned committees out of 2,800 have ejecting Mamata Banerjee’s through chit fund are often a budget beyond 50 lakh. Jaipur: A bust of Bharatiya Jana # 7.". Rallegations that the BJP-led looted and laundered in this “Most of them have a budget of Sangh founder Syama Prasad Chennai: Congress in Tamil Nadu on Central Government was manner and it is the 15 lakh or so and that too is Mookerjee has been found day after the Monday took potshots at top film star threatening to bring the Government’s duty look into collected through donation vandalised in Rajasthan’s Adelivery person- Rajinikanth for likening Prime Kolkata Durga Puja commit- this entire business,” he said. and sponsor,” she maintained. Bhilwara district, police nel of food delivery Minister Narendra Modi and Home tees under Income Tax net so Slamming the Centre for Pooh-pooing Banerjee for said on Monday. company Zomato Minister Amit Shah duo to Lord that the organisers who enjoy targeting the Kolkata Durga shedding crocodile’s tears for A case was registered went on an indefinite Krishna and Arjuna and wanted him much leverage in their local Puja committees with income the Durga Puja committees against unidentified accused in strike in Howrah alleging they were forced by their to read Mahabharat properly. areas can be arm-twisted to join tax notices Bengal Chief another senior BJP leader and this connection, they said. employers to supply beef and pork to customers the A day after the actor made the Modi and Shah combine are not the saffron outfit, the Bengal Minister on Saturday said that party national secretary Rahul Some unidentified management said that they were trying to remark while appreciating Shah for Krishna and Arjuna, he said and asked: BJP on Monday said it was the the Centre was trying to brow- Sinha said if she is so con- anti-social elements vandalised resolve the issue. scrapping Article 370, Tamil Nadu “How can those who snatched away duty of the Centre to prevent beat the local clubs into sub- cerned about these committees, the bust of Mookerjee Even as the workers protested and raised slogans Congress Committee President K S the rights of crores of people could be money laundering through the mission so that they could be then why did the TMC installed at the Ummed Sagar at Howrah, the company, in a statement, said “a small Alagiri said he did not expect such a Krishna and Arjuna ? dear Mr Puja committees. forced to work for the BJP in Government on several occa- crossing in Shahpura police sta- group of partners” have raised concerns and it was reaction from him adding he was sur- Rajinikanth, please read Mahabharat “Nothing should be read future. “I want the centre to sions try to stop Durga Puja rit- tion area of the district on looking to resolve the issue. There is a small group prised by it. again, please go through it again into the Centre’s move to tax the stop bringing the Puja com- uals, in order to allow Sunday night, Bhilwara of partners in Howrah who have raised concerns and States including those in the properly,” he added. Puja committees. It is just being mittees in tax net,” Banerjee Muharram in the State. Superintendent of Police we are looking to resolve the issue as quickly as pos- North East enjoyed special privileges On Sunday, the actor had con- done to prevent money laun- said showing how the senti- He asked “what is the harm Harendra Kumar said. sible,” a company spokesperson said even as Bengal like Kashmir did (previously), he said gratulated the Union Home Minister dering,” Bengal BJP president ments of lakhs of people were if IT looks into the money flow A delegation Minister Rajib Banerjee who is a local MLA too in a statement and wanted to know for the Centre’s initiative on Kashmir. Dilip Ghosh said adding it was involved with the Durga Puja in Durga Puja committees. In of BJP workers met the backed the demands of the protesters. why these were not scrapped by the Prime Minister Modi and Shah were common knowledge that the which was the biggest festival some puja committees, senior Bhilwara SP on Monday and The striking Zomato staff said, “We are on strike Centre. The reason for doing away like Lord Krishna and Arjuna, he had chit fund often cash got routed of the Bengali people. TMC leaders and Ministers presented a memorandum as we have to deliver beef food items which are against with Article 370 in Jammu and said. However, “we don’t know who is through Puja committees. “Even we have withdrawn occupy important positions demanding arrest of the our religious sentiments. We are not going to do it,” Kashmir alone was due to its “Muslim Krishna and who is Arjuna,” added the “After all they are dealing tax from Ganga Sagar Mela and use it to launder their black accused at the earliest. adding the company was not listening to their majority” status, he alleged. actor. The Krishna-Arjuna combina- with public money. They col- because it involves sentiments money looted through cut Kumar said the matter is demands and forcing them to deliver beef and pork The Congress leader wanted to tion is credited with playing a key role lect cash and donation from the of lakhs of devotees. The money and chit fund scams. being probed and the law and which go against their religious sentiments. Both the know if the actor toed the “one kind in the Pandavas winning the people of the society and they Centre will only earn people’s The TMC is afraid that this link order situation is being moni- Hindus and Muslims staff were raising similar issues, of justice for Kashmir and another for Mahabharata battle against the must account for that money,” ire by taxing the Pujas,” she said might be revealed.” tored. PTI workers said. other states,” policy of Shah. Kauravas. PTI * / ' ) 6 Lucknow: Six women inmates, 2.30 am. “From there, they crossed one of them five months preg- He said three of them were the boundary wall fenced with nant, fled from a Government- from Lakhimpur, two from barbed wires,” he said. D 5 run shelter home here, an offi- Hardoi and one from Lucknow. Pandey admitted that no cial said on Monday. The CCTV footage of the worker was present near the The district probation offi- incident shows that “the CCTV monitor at night. Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Governor in Kashmir. &5 ' cer of Lucknow, Sudhakar women climbed on empty He said action will be taken Satya Pal Malik on Monday hit out at On Saturday night, Gandhi said that Pandey, said the six women fled drums with the help of a water against the centre superinten- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his some reports had come in from Jammu from the Rajkiya Mahila supply pipe and reached the dent and four security person- remarks that there have been reports of & Kashmir about the violence there and Kohima: Nagaland Chief Secretary Commission recommendations, which Sharnalaya on Prag Narain roof of a bathroom on the cam- nel who were on duty when the violence in Kashmir, saying he will send Prime Minister Narendra Modi must Temjen Toy on Monday said the will be submitted next month. Road on Saturday at around pus,” Pandey said. incident happened. PTI him an aircraft to visit the valley and assuage concerns over the matter in a Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of RIIN will be a one-time exercise but observe the ground situation. transparent manner. Nagaland (RIIN) will strengthen the there will be continuity in the entry as The Governor said Gandhi should The Governor said there was no implementation of Inner Line Permit the family members of those entered in &#& 0 feel ashamed about the behaviour of one communal angle in scrapping provisions (ILP) in the State, especially in Dimapur this exercise will be added as and when of his leaders who was talking like an of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir. district. needed, he said. :; “idiot” in Parliament. “Scrapping of Article 370 and Article The State Government found it nec- He also asserted that rights and “I have invited Rahul Gandhi to 35-A was for everyone. There is no com- essary to conduct the exercise to iden- properties including land of non-Naga #6 come here. I will send you a plane, to munal angle (for scrapping it) in Leh, tify the indigenous inhabitants of the inhabitants of Nagaland before state- observe (the situation) and then speak Kargil, Jammu, Rajouri-Poonch and state and therefore notified creation of hood, December 1, 1963 and those up. You are a responsible person and you not here either (Kashmir). There is no RIIN, Toy told reporters here before declaration of then Dimapur sub- should not speak like this,” Malik said. communal angle to it,” he said. Extension of ILP has also been the division under Kohima as a ‘tribal belt’ Malik was replying to a question Malik said that the issue was being demand of several Naga tribal organi- in 1979 will have to be protected. about statements and reports by some fanned by some people but they were not sations and student bodies taking into He affirmed that RIIN will first leaders and the media about the violence successful in it. PTI consideration the influx of illegal immi- identity the Naga indigenous inhabi- Aligarh (UP): Kashmiri stu- grants, he said. tants of the state and than other non- dents at the AMU boycotted The chief secretary said that it has Nagas who have settled in Dimapur the lunch invite from the liai- been found that a robust IT enabled ILP before 1979 and those settled in other son officer of the central system is required to be put in place to parts of the state before December 1, government on the occasion check such influx which threatens the 1963, the year of Nagaland statehood. of Eid al-Adha on Monday to very existence of the indigenous inhab- The non-Nagas cannot be taken as protest the abrogation of pro- itants. indigenous inhabitants but they will visions of Article 370 that Expressing that ILP should have have to be considered as domicile or gave special status to Jammu been put into force in Dimapur after the permanent residents of the state as they & Kashmir. 1979 order declaring it as a tribal belt, have been in the state for such long The issued a statement Toy, however, said the present govern- durations. rejecting the invite and claim- ment accepting the submissions of the Differentiating all this people will ing that it was aimed at “rub- tribal bodies and civil societies has help enforce Inner Line Permit (ILP) for bing salt on the wounds of the decided to extend ILP to Dimapur. different categories of people while the people of Kashmir”. He said that creation of RIIN authorities will be able to introduce IT- Aligarh Muslim before implementation of ILP is a enabled ILP to have proper records and University (AMU) officials, must. Toy said that following the datas of ILP holders entry and exit into when contacted, confirmed demand of the Naga tribal bodies and the state, Toy said. the boycott call, stressing civil society organisations asking for for- The chief secretary said that the that they were taking steps “to mulation of proper modalities for RIIN, Banuo Z Jamir commission on RIIN instil confidence” in students the government has constituted RIIN will also recommend the cut of dates, from the Valley and ensuring commission headed by Banuo Z Jamir. thereafter it will taken for deliberation their safety and security, as He said that the RIIN is an ongo- with the general public. advised by the Central ing process and it has not been put on RIIN will be implemented only after Government. hold, except for enumeration process, all the stakeholders arrive at a consen- There are about 1,300 which will commence only after con- sus through proper discussions, the students from the Valley sensus is achieved on Banuo Z Jamir chief secretary asserted. PTI studying at AMU. PTI !"# $ ; $"!0)( $ )1 & ! : 9"6 ) %! : : $#$% .27$#11.)/ 1 R < " )) ! 5 # 6 % . /0 % S * * !" 12% 7 ( 5 O ( O # ( S )< ! %S 8 9 # t appears as if every prominent 5 leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) is running around like a headless chicken after the " momentous decision taken by the INarendra Modi Government to abrogate Article 370 and fully integrate Jammu & :/$ ! Kashmir into the Indian Union. ( That the INC is no longer “national” or “nationalist” is now obvious going by the utter confusion at top-level decision- making but the party was not always like this. It had robust and patriotic leaders ;<= / 3 ) in the past and there is sufficient evidence of this in our parliamentary records. Here !S ( is a sample of what tall leaders of the party, including K Hanumanthaiah, 4 ( Member of the Constituent Assembly, for- 7 3 7 : mer Chief Minister of Mysore and later Union Minister for Railways, had to say S in the Lok Sabha on September 11, 1964, on abrogation of Article 370 and of their 9 # 7 % disillusionment with the pusillanimity of the Congress: # Hanumanthaiya (Congress): “Not merely Members of Parliament from > ! Kashmir but irrespective of parties — from the extreme right to the extreme left / 7 5 of this House — we are all of one opin- ion that this Bill (abrogating Article 370) should be made into a law. To go In fact, some parts of said by seeking UN’s interven- DC Sharma, an Independent statesmanship is an act of against it or to say anything against this Hanumanthaiya’s speech tion and accepting its ceasefire MP. He said, “Our Article 370 boldness, firmness and deci- 7 % ! %S unanimous opinion of this House is to sound like he was delivering order, Nehru had squandered has disfigured our siveness. But I do not know ?$ 5 disown Constitutional responsibility in a them on August 5, 2019. He away a fine opportunity to Constitution. This Article is what has happened to my : convenient manner. Article 370...stands said, “This is the unanimous recapture the territories, which nothing more than a country that instead of settling in the way of full integration.” opinion of this House (to were in illegal possession of Constitutional anachronism. I unsettled things, we have Hanumanthaiya also dealt with the abrogate Article 370) and it is Pakistan. Gen Thimayya, who say that for the good name of unsettled settled things. S constant fear in the Government about applauded by the whole coun- was handling the military India, for the Constitutional Finally, the clincher: %S world opinion. Referring to the Western try. Therefore, I want the operations, had pleaded with propriety of India, for the legal “Article 370...is not a wall...it nations he said, “They are not our mas- Government to take a deter- the Government for just two correctness of this country, is a big mountain, which S ters. It is not they, who have to dictate...It mined stand...” more days to recapture these this Article should be scrapped stands between India and 1 is the responsibility of this House to direct In conclusion, he thanked territories but Nehru’s move forthwith without any hesita- Jammu & Kashmir. I feel this 3 7 this...”. He said he would appeal to the Prakash Vir Shastri for bring- and the ceasefire wrecked the tion, without any doubt...this mountain should be blasted Government “not to be nervous about ing the private Bill for repeal Indian Army’s plans. Article refers to those condi- with dynamite, with the dyna- " 7 % world opinion or about opinions of Article 370, which had Gopal Dutta Mengi tions, which no longer exist and mite of goodwill, firmness ?$ expressed by the UK, the US, Soviet Russia won the admiration of mem- (Congress): I support this which are not operative now. and decision. That way lies the or any other power.” The Government, he bers across the political divide. Bill. All over India, people Therefore, this Constitutional salvation of India and that way said, should shake off “inferiority com- Many other Congress stal- want Jammu & Kashmir to be impropriety, which is embed- lies the good and welfare of 4 # plex” that it had inherited from the warts forcefully demanded fully integrated with the coun- ded in...370, must go.” the people of Jammu & ! ?$ ; British days and stop worrying about the repeal of Article 370 during try. Constitute a committee of When we reflect over the Kashmir.” @ 7 # S 5 response of foreign powers. this debate. legal experts to extend the advice Sharma gave to the Thanks to Modi, India no A ! S He said, “Here is a case where we Bhagwat Jha Azad Union Government’s power to Congress Government way longer suffers from an “infe- could show equal determination and (Congress): The Government the State. back in 1964, which was not riority complex” that 4 courage and solve the problem once and must fearlessly declare its pol- Inder J Malhotra acted upon, the clarity of Hanumanthaiya lamented 5 for all.” He told his Government to stop icy on Kashmir. From (Congress): I...agree that thinking in the present about. Also, Modi and Shah $ being so modest and realise that India was Kashmir and across the Article 370 be omitted. The Government on such a tan- have acted with “boldness”, stronger and more influential than most Gangetic plains and the people of the State have no gled issue and the precision “firmness” and “decisiveness” # ( countries in the world...”. Narmada to Kanyakumari, special liking for Article with which Prime Minister — the qualities that MPs 8 P Q # 5 Considering how Prime Minister people want to see full integra- 370...and we shall be very Modi and Shah have acted at wanted the Congress Narendra Modi and Union Home tion. No Government or party happy as soon as this is omit- this juncture, we realise the Government to exhibit in Minister Amit Shah executed the plan to can go against the wishes of ted. I request the Home yawning gap between the 1964, “to settle unsettled > abrogate Article 370 — with quiet deter- the people. Minister that this Bill should Congress and the Bharatiya things” and to blast the moun- :/$ P* Q 7S ( mination and the virtual endorsement of Ram Sahay Pandey not be opposed. Janata Party (BJP) on critical tain called Article 370 “with 1 it by many nations, thanks to Modi’s sus- (Congress): He blamed These sentiments were issues pertaining to national the dynamite of goodwill, tained, calibrated diplomatic contacts Jawaharlal Nehru for rushing echoed by MPs across parties, integrity and national securi- firmness and decision!” with global leaders over the last five years to the United Nations to com- including MV Kamath (Praja ty. Here is another example. (The writer is an author — it appears as if they were following the plain about infiltration of Socialist Party) and Ram DC Sharma (Ind): specialising in democracy stud- 8 advice given by Hanumanthaiya to his Pakistani troops into Kashmir Manohar Lohia (Socialist Party). Wisdom consists in settling ies. Views expressed are own party 55 years ago. after it acceded to India. He But the clincher came from unsettled things. The act of personal) # (! !! 1 , 9+ ) S ; % & 5 , ! * % % & & & & % +) % % ) +%), O + !" & & %& & ( * ( B! % ! ! ! ( 2 & < =2 & 4 2 >-4 &#@-A> ,4 = K.) K) ; K5%> K > O " # S ( ) 1 < ,+ 1) * ( regaining leadership of the party, somewhere down the line, probably. Sir — After Sonia Gandhi deftly % KS Jayatheertha R/ 0 S ( led the Congress for 20 long years !" E % Bengaluru + !+ * 1 ( and wrested power twice at the Centre and in several States, her % & 23 re-election as the Congress’ chief F" % ( * ( will surely steer the grand old !.&;5;O party out of troubled waters. & Sir — Both the protesters as well / * Almost 20 months after she hand- !+ ; %F as the Government in Hong ed over the reins of the party to " & !7 % Kong must share the blame for #(# * ! / her son Rahul Gandhi, the CWC’s 1 the protests that have continued &;5; 0 ) decision to put an experienced for almost two months now. and tested leader at the helm to ! While the former kept making a * regain the pristine glory of a 134- ! % !"B host of demands, the latter, too, * 4 year-old party is correct. !. % & F5 could have just ended matters by ! * 5 ) With her, forging Opposition ! ; %F" &% simply withdrawing the anti- unity will come handy as she is & !* % extradition Bill. 3 # ( acceptable among regional forces %&%!8 % % %& ! Peaceful protests are the best and has strong connections, too. !8 !" ) ; %E&&!' way to register unhappiness at the 1 S Her sharpest weapon is silence, ! & !" performance of the ruling regime. as she spoke little and seldom in !" % !" In fact, such democratic protests 1 6 * ( public, but wielded enormous ; % %&& % % ! and sensible speeches will create # power within the Congress. But & !. & ' * more positive impacts on the # S ! 5 huge challenges lie ahead for the % !8 &% & society. At least now, the new Congress president. Under Government as well as the pro- * her stewardship, the grand old testers must work towards find- ( ( party has to take up the electoral Gandhi as party president. old party, which could not find a ing a common ground and thus challenge. Among all other Few of us had expected her to leader outside the Nehru-Gandhi ensure peace. This will be in things, will she be able to reju- take this responsibility, especial- fold as also about Rahul Gandhi everyone’s interest. 0 venate and revive the party at a Sir — Yielding to the party’s ly because of Rahul Gandhi’s “no who could not sustain the gener- P Senthil ) time when its cadre stands pleadings to rescue it from the Gandhi” stand and the BJP’s suc- ational transformation. Via email # * ( demoralised? crisis created by Rahul Gandhi’s cessful projection of the Congress But why did Sonia Gandhi Vijaykumar HK refusal to lead, the Congress as a family party. Her election play along? In the hope that D * Karnataka made a safe bet to re-elect Sonia speaks volumes about the grand some Gandhi stands a chance of , 42 2 ?> ,3=2 !"# $ > $"!0)( $ )1 5+) 1# !(*( 2 1 )2 ./)(0-7*.# (@&-* -A-# ! "("" (0 31 1 ' &--0 & 0 0 *&0 '-*1-0 -3 0'& 3 + % L&' L0- !. %% & & #&-* - -0) **C !.%% * ! < ! ( .3= ! 3 7) 6< D=EF 7 2GEG * 2;2 ( * +, ?7S DFF A? EHF 0 7 7S P(Q ( 8 4 5 0 2 +< * * n my last opinion piece in The Pioneer on ( August 3, I had concluded my piece with a plea for the real Narendra Modi to please ) 1 I stand up. Well, the Prime Minister answered 0 > S " ( my question quite definitively the very next day. * 1 Whatever may be his faults — undoubtedly I=== there are many — self-confidence and the willingness to take risks are certainly not / ) among them. 7 *S Undoubtedly, the high-stakes gamble in D= DI=== Jammu & Kashmir is one such. Whether the 1 ED== E2== Prime Minister’s actions will turn out to be a D=E; D=E2 grave miscalculation or a hugely successful one '>4 "*,";8 only time will tell. But whatever the future may (+ .+4."+4 hold, nobody can fault him for lacking in 6+6.*"+;7,/0 *S courage for his “bold” attempt to cut the * )*",;""8, “Gordian Knot” ie, the Kashmir dispute, which . 8 +*+ =;2 has strangled peace and progress in the sub- continent for over seven decades now ever since +6,4"+">* ( independence. ;37"3*, While the unholy pact between the . @ ( National Conference (NC) and the Congress to .4> 3, "! ( suborn the 1987 local elections in the State +"8.6+4 ",.6 ( ( resulted in insurgency, that continues to haunt ',; ,. us to this day, it was the British meddling — ( )",4"5,.)4 the true unfinished agenda of Partition — that +4"8,8.46 has finally been laid to rest. The only dispute 7 D=EE * (?, ",6 that now remains and requires early resolution +4",*, " P " " Q — either bilaterally or through third party mediation — is for the return of Pakistan-occu- 58+;8.775,6 1 pied Kashmir (PoK) to us. "8, ",G)7+" ( Though in the interest of peace and good- "8, ".",(* " will in the region, we should be willing to forego ),* 4.7,46 ! $ our claims in exchange for recognition of the "8,"*3"8"8." Kashmiriyat, as many suggest. seriously and bankruptcy has never paid by successive generations for such Line of Control (LoC) as the international It had instead become a potent stopped warmongers. opposition has been extremely high; boundary. Then, open borders in the not too 6+,6"8,?,*> weapon in the hands of vested inter- Obviously, given the meticulous while its fruits have only been enjoyed ( distant future, something that many on both ests, which allowed them to exploit the manner in which this political initiative by those who have instigated the * * EI 6.>"8,8+463 sides crave, could be a distinct possibility. +4*+">+4"8, State for personal ends. The truth that has been planned, one can be certain mobs. Every counter-insurgency practitioner knows Kashmiriyat died the very day the that the Government is well prepared Moreover, given the thorough A ?.77,>5. well and understands that no insurgency can ever ".*,"",6.46 Hindu minority in the Valley was tar- to deal with any foolishness the Pakistan preparations made by the ( be successfully defeated through just military getted and forced to flee, most of who Army may decide to indulge in. Government, the large quantum of 1 means. Insurgencies are political in nature and, (*;,6"(7,, continue to languish in refugee camps, In a just-concluded conference force deployed will also be a very big thus, can only be resolved through political ini- ;.44"', cannot be wished away. organised by the Observer Research deterrent as well. tiatives. Yet, over the past three decades that this 5+ 8,6.5.> In this context, therefore, those, foundation (ORF) on ‘Tackling Finally, the optimistic view could ( insurgency has ebbed and flowed in Jammu & who allege that this initiative of the Insurgent Ideologies 2.0’, a speaker be that the average Kashmiri is quite Kashmir, never has any Government expended Government was against our “secular” made a pertinent point that while a tired of the way things have gone in the necessary political capital required to resolve framework and aimed at further mar- compromise on financial issues is a these last few decades and would be the issue satisfactorily. ginalising the Muslim minority, are relatively easy possibility, given that willing to give this game-changing ini- Thus, we have seen repeated cycles of vio- being parochial in their outlook apart both sides can negotiate to reach a tiative a try. 4 lence that have adversely impacted develop- from being extremely hypocritical, middle ground, it is not so easy to do Whatever be the reason, if that ( mental activities in the State. Moreover, given given that they have done little or even so when negotiations involve the pol- were to happen, the credibility of the the law of diminishing returns, controlling vio- shown any concern or compassion for itics of identity, which tend to be seen Pakistani Generals and local politi- 7 P Q J 7 ( lence and returning the State to relative calm- those rendered homeless within their as a zero-sum game. cians alike would be badly hurt, > ness after each successive cycle of violence has own country. A seemingly intractable problem which in turn would certainly deci- P Q got much more difficult and complex. Thus, Pakistan’s reaction to all of this has that has been around for seven mate the business of insurgency in 8 P Q undoubtedly, this initiative of the Prime been along expected lines. For its decades is not going to just disappear quick time. A Minister will be wholeheartedly welcomed by Army to respond in any other man- and it will require much patience and One can only hope and pray that ( the security forces, especially the Army, as the ner, given that its primacy within the understanding before the general good sense will prevail and the course goal of winning hearts and minds has a more country is directly linked to the situ- population comes around and accepts of events turns out just this way. That substantive focus. ation in Jammu & Kashmir, is simply the new reality. In the interim, the would not only be a victory for the * P Q Whether the manner in which Article 370 not viable. If this dispute were to be possibility of sporadic street violence country but also for the long suffer- has been employed to supersede the somehow resolved, the importance of cannot be ruled out. ing people of Jammu & Kashmir, who 7 Presidential Order of 1954 with a new order of the Pakistan Army would be greatly But what probably scares Pakistan have been held hostage by circum- * August 2019 — which allows for the superses- diminished, which would hurt not and even more local mainstream stances for far too long and have been P Q # sion of Article 35A as well as the application only the ego of many Generals but also political and separatist leaders the forced to pay a very high price in of the entire Indian Constitution in the State their extensive business interests. most is the possibility that the gener- blood. We all deserve better. 7 — is unconstitutional or not is for the courts Yet, their room for manoeuvre is al population in the Valley may not (The writer, a military veteran, a ( to decide. But clearly, as a temporary provision severely constrained, especially given respond with violence to the new consultant with the Observer Research # that it was stated to be, it had long outlived its Pakistan’s economic situation. scheme of things. This could well be Foundation and a Senior Visiting utility. By no stretch of imagination did it pro- Nevertheless, the threats of war ema- because they have, over a period o Fellow with The Peninsula Foundation, tect the Kashmiri identity or culture, nating from there need to be taken time, realised that the price Chennai) # ( " * ( 5 * * D=EG % E %' $( ) *% + , # -) $ - , %,. ''/01 $'%-2/-/,( -- , ))- %,%, ) (- $# % #)/ ' + $ ( + $ ($#34- 4/ /- %,, % som. As the young Member of still intoxicated and think that ity will cease to exist. I want to ask Parliament. It’s time to rejuvenate and Parliament from Ladakh Jamyang Kashmir is their father’s property.” why is it that in the past, when funds integrate Kashmir socially and cultur- 0 Tsering Namgyal pointed out, “by a The two families, which he referred were allocated for the development ally with the Indian mainstream. The few political families.” For seven to are the Muftis and the Abdullahs, of entire Jammu & Kashmir, the onus is on us to prove that this his- " decades, the State was in limbo for whose members have been Chief amount earmarked for Ladakh was torical move is right and convince the # being a left-over of the Partition. Ministers of the State of Jammu & transferred to Kashmir? Is this your Kashmiris that we’re with them. 1 ( While Junagadh and Hyderabad, Kashmir. In addition to the two, equality?” A few word warriors in their the two other contentious princely there are other families in Kashmir, What Namgyal did not mention enthusiasm are saying that they are States which did not easily integrate aligned to either of the two families, in so many words was that these funds planning to buy plots in Kashmir. * with India after independence, are who have dominated politics in the ostensibly spent on the development They should realise that by saying so, today an undisputed part of Indian Valley. of the Valley finally ended up filling they are undoing and trivialising the n an astute political move, Prime sovereignty, we, on the other hand, Namgyal’s speech came in for the coffers of a few. Kashmiri awam fine political move made by our lead- Minister Narendra Modi and allowed the wound in Jammu & appreciation by Prime Minister (common people) today largely lives ers Prime Minister Modi and Shah. IUnion Home Minister Amit Shah Kashmir to fester for seven decades. Narendra Modi. In a tweet, he said, in a state of penury as they have not Let’s not indulge in any ludicrous act, have taken steps to resolve the The move by the present leader- “My young friend, Jamyang Tsering been allowed to be part of the Indian which can demoralise the Kashmiri Kashmir problem, which has been ship has ended 70 years of intellec- Namgyal, who is an MP from Ladakh, mainstream and the growth story. commoner and inhibit his/her inte- simmering for the past 70 years. The tual debate on the subject and has delivered an outstanding speech in the The Berlin Wall artificially divid- gration with the Indian mainstream. scrapping of Article 370 is a decisive taken decisive action, which should Lok Sabha while discussing key Bills ed East and West Germany. It sepa- It’s time to show sagacity and move taken by a bold political lead- or rather will yield positive results. on Jammu & Kashmir. He coherent- rated people belonging to one culture. large-heartedness. Our unwarranted ership, focussed on finding a solution Article 370 was a temporary provi- ly presents the aspirations of our sis- But Kashmir is home to an Indic cul- aggression in worthless dialogue to a never-ending crisis. Whether the sion from the very beginning but was ters and brothers from Ladakh. It is ture. Article 370 stood like a wall may shoo away those who look for insertion of Article 370 was justified made to settle into a deceptive per- a must hear!” between the integration of the people a future in India. Let’s not give an in the first place or not has been a manent status to suit an entire range The concentration of power and of the Valley with the rest of the coun- opportunity to India’s rivals to fish matter of major debate for the past 70 of political schemas, none of which subsequently, wealth, became the try, both of which have roots in in the troubled waters. years but its scrapping should receive particularly pertained to the welfare primary motives driving governance Indic culture. Kashmir is home to the (The writer is Chairman, approbation of one and all. of the common people, forget about and administration that influenced Martand temple, Amarnath shrine Vivekananda Institute of Professional The “special status”, which the entire State, even of the Valley. the entire State. As Namgyal point- and Lalded’s poetry. Studies, GGSIP University, New Delhi Article 370 accorded to the erstwhile Namgyal hit the nail on its head ed out in his speech, “Everyone has The wall has now been brought and former Chairman, Syama Prasad State of Jammu & Kashmir, rather when during a speech in Parliament been talking about equality, saying down with the passage of the Mukherjee College and Keshava left it languishing and held it to ran- he said, “Members of two families are that if Article 370 is removed, equal- Constitutional amendment Bills in Mahavidyalaya of Delhi University) 3 !"# $
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E $ ., ? he umbrella body for digi- “AePS crossing 200 million Subscribers will have to pay ) Ttal transactions, NPCI, on transactions mark is a signifi- separately for receiving the TV Monday said that Aadhaar cant achievement for NPCI, services which will be delivered enabled Payment System benefiting financial inclusion in either through the cable fibre or # ',+1+4 ship to prepare for the second High Level Mechanism on (AePS) crossed the milestone of India. AePS is delivering the by getting a DTH service, he informal summit between Cultural and People-to-People over 200 million transactions 4As’ for financial inclusion to added. hina on Monday promised Prime Minister Narendra Modi Exchanges here. during July this year. rural part of India, authentica- He said Jio, which unveiled Cto address India’s growing and Chinese President Xi Chinese Foreign Minister AePS is a bank led model tion of customer, availability of a set top box earlier in the day, concerns over the ballooning Jinping later this year in India, Wang Yi, who was also present which allows basic interopera- services, accessibility through wants to grow in the market trade deficit and suggested mentioned the trade deficit at the meeting, said China ble banking transactions at point AePS channel and affordabili- “very quickly”. expanding cooperation in areas issue during talks as well as appreciates India’s concerns of sale (PoS or MicroATM) ty as it’s free of cost to the cus- “We want the people to like industrial production, during a bilateral event. over the trade imbalance. through the business corre- tomers,” NPCI COO Praveena again feel excited. We couldn’t tourism and border trade to India-China economic Wang said, “We stand spondent of any bank by using Rai said. do that with LTE phones achieve “overall balance” in relationship too has seen “some ready to continue provide facil- Aadhaar authentication. AePS empowers a bank because our price points were bilateral commercial relations. progress, Jaishankar said. The ities to Indian exports to China. “AePS has become instru- customer to use Aadhaar as really low,” the official said, India has repeatedly voiced bilateral trade has increased but “At the same time, we need mental in driving the financial identity to access respective referring to the mobile con- concern over the trade imbal- so too has our deficit, which is to think broadly and need to inclusion program in India. In Aadhaar enabled bank account nectivity service which retails $ - ! , (6/? )88 ance which last year crossed a a matter of some concern. expand cooperation in indus- July 2019, the transaction count and perform basic banking for as low as under Rs 150 per ? 4 ?> ) $ /, & 8& whopping $57.86 billion over “We appreciate the steps trial production tourism, bor- of AePS stood at 220.18 million transactions like cash with- month. (6/) K8 L 8, $95.5 billion total bilateral taken in the last few months by der trade and other areas so with transaction value Rs drawal, intrabank or interbank The official said the com- (6/ 6(E trade. The trade deficit in 2018, the Chinese side to enhance that we can achieve overall bal- 9,685.35 crore, compared to fund transfer and balance pany will target 1,600 towns 4 ?> ) $ /,&8, according to the official imports from India. These efforts ance in our economic trade transaction count of 194.33 enquiry. from the first day of the launch & / 6 /) Chinese data, climbed to could expand to include mea- relations”, he said. million and a transaction value The only inputs required and will initially try to reach $57.86 billion from $51.72 bil- sures to enable greater access for This year, the bilateral of Rs 8,867.33 crore in the for a customer to do an AePS out to the rest of the country lion in 2017. our pharmaceutical and IT prod- trade is expected to touch $100 month-ago period same year,” transaction are the name of the through 30,000 local cable External Affairs Minister S ucts and services in the domes- billion, a historic figure NPCI said in a release. customer’s bank, Aadhaar operators who are aligned to Jaishankar, who is here for tic Chinese market,” he said at the endorsed by the leadership of A total of 6.65 crore Indian number and fingerprint cap- three multi-system operators talks with the Chinese leader- 2nd meeting of the India-China the two countries. citizens availed banking ser- tured during enrollment. acquired by it recently. & 3I F > Q7 R )N O43K @ J?4 ?>D! # 4,56,78+ also on various e-commerce Airlines. portals such as Amazon and The portal, however, claimed n aviation studies portal Snapdeal. that it had not used the trade- ( - * =(6*@ ? # 4,56,78+ % & chain solutions like market Ahas been restrained from Justice Singh took strong mark ‘Vistara’ and that the plain- 4 ?>F4 6 . linkage, better access to offering counterfeit ‘Vistara’ exception to the incorrect state- tiff had concocted a false story. " 8$ 5 # 4,56,78+ ndia currently hosts more inputs etc. branded products by the Delhi ment made by the portal that After perusing the report by the ! than 450 startups in the agri- “India’s agriculture sector is High Court, which said that it they have never used the trade- local commissioner, the court I " . 8 (6* ( - 6.M" tech segment, and the sector advancing steadily towards its old prices rose by 229 to posed security risks at airports mark ‘Vistara’. This constitutes said it was clear that the portal ) has received more than $248 digital transformation and the G38,221 per 10 gram in as it is a distinctive Tata-SIA perjury, the court said and was taking a false stand that they million funding in the first six startup ecosystem is playing a futures trade on Monday dri- airline trademark in the airline noted that the portal had no have not used the mark. months this year, IT industry critical role here, bringing ven by high demand at phys- industry. remorse whatsoever while “The sale of so much mer- body Nasscom said on innovation and disruption in ical markets and firm global The high court said that making the statement. chandise with the names of var- Monday. much-needed areas,” Nasscom trends. Pilot 18 Aviation Book Store, The portal owner was not ious airlines is not only violative In a report titled ‘Agritech President Debjani Ghosh said. On the Multi Commodity which operates the web portal only liable to be permanently of the trademark rights of the in India — Emerging Trends in Adoption of technology in Exchange (MCX), the most- www.Pilot18.Com, was not just injuncted from using the mark respective parties, including the 2019’, Nasscom said that grow- agriculture has always needed traded October contract of the selling products bearing the ‘Vistara’ but are also liable to plaintiff, but also poses a seri- ing at 25 per cent year-on-year, a structured institutional focus metal rose by 229, or 0.6 per mark ‘Vistara’ but also products pay costs and damages. ous threat owing to the fact that India currently hosts more and technology firms are try- cent, to 38,221 per 10 gram of various other airlines includ- “The mark Vistara is quite some unauthorised persons than 450 startups in the agri- ing to break into the agricul- in a business turnover of 1,150 ing Jet Airways, SpiceJet and popular in India and has may try to seek entry into air- tech sector. tural landscape using newer lots. Air India and this posed a seri- acquired a unique status. It is ports etc., on the basis of the “Over the recent years, the business models, she added. The yellow metal for deliv- ous security threat. a distinctive mark that enjoys counterfeit badges, labels, uni- agri-tech sector in India has wit- “The findings of the report ery in December also rose by Justice Prathiba M Singh enormous goodwill and repu- forms and other merchandise nessed some of the global and are a testimony to the potential 273, or 0.71 per cent, to directed Pilot 18 to pay Rs 2 tation in the airline, travel and illegally bearing the trademarks sector-focused funds directly of the Agritech industry and 38,850 per 10 gram in a lakh as cost to the operator of tourism industry. Use of this of these airlines,” it said. investing in agri-tech startups ... the opportunities that India business turnover of 33 lots. Vistara Airlines within a mark, even in respect of unre- “Such a threat cannot be %! ) & ) " $ As of June 2019, the sector has presents in the agriculture and Silver prices were also month. lated services would create ignored by this court in the 8 & ) received more than $248 million farming landscape,” Ghosh trading up on the bourse. The court’s order came confusion and deception. It manner in which it is sought to & funding, a massive growth of said. The report said Indian The white metal to be deliv- while deciding a suit filed by deserves to be declared as a be done by the defendants,” the $ % 5 E * A 8" 300 per cent as compared to the companies are increasingly ered in September was trad- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd seeking to ‘well-known mark’,” the court court said. It said the written ) ) , ) & previous year,” it said. looking at global markets to ing up by 115, or 0.27 per restrain the portal from using said and passed a decree in the statement given by portal is not ) " 1) Interestingly, every ninth expand with focus on regions cent, to 43,439 per kg in its trademarks and selling favour of the airlines. only a misstatement but clear- agri-tech startup in the world like Southeast Asia, Europe, 1,499 lots. badges, name tags and other The airlines said the mark ly constitutes misrepresentation is originating from India. Africa and South America. Market analysts said the accessories, including mugs ‘Vistara’ is registered in India, to the court. The court said that The report said there has According to the report, in precious metal advanced in and baggage tags, bearing the Singapore, and various other on the next date, September 12, ( ) ( been a 1.7-times increase in the last five years more than physical markets which sup- mark ‘Vistara’ with an identi- jurisdictions. It said the defen- it will consider if any further average farmer income in last five global agri-tech companies ported the futures prices. Gold cal device mark/logo form. dants are not only offering action is required to be taken decade, enabling farmers to try have ventured in India, as in the National Capital rose by The plaintiff said it came to these products on their website, in view of the false plea taken new tech solutions. compared to more than 25 50 to regain the all-time know in February about but also claim that they were in the written statement and )?3 More than 50 per cent of Indian agri-tech startups with high level of 38,470 per 10 ‘Vistara’ branded products on supplying ‘Vistara’ branded the apology that has been ten- agri-tech startups offer supply global presence. grams. the website of the defendants as aviation products to Vistara dered. ) 3 ; , 9 ! # 4,56,78+ the favour of the company. In 2015, the regulator 8H he Competition ordered the Director General TCommission of India (CCI) (DG), its investigation arm, to , has imposed a penalty of near- conduct a detailed probe into % + ly 14 crore on Jaiprakash the matter. % Associates for abusing its dom- For the case, the CCI con- The deadline for submis- ment noted. # 4,56,78+ ensuring immediate registra- inant market position by sidered ‘the market for provi- # (*.4(3*" ;+", sion of EoIs was August 10. “Regrettably, in these cir- tion and settlement of eligible imposing “unfair” and “dis- sion of services for develop- While noting that it was cumstances, it was neither fea- nsurance regulator Irdai has claims,” Irdai said. criminatory” conditions on ment and sale of independent ike a sleek Mercedes 34*, 7?,6 “neither feasible for nor respon- sible for nor responsible of Iasked insurers to take imme- It has asked the insurers to home buyers. residential units such as villas, Lcrunched between two sible of Etihad to reinvest in Jet Etihad to reinvest in Jet at this diate steps for speeding up ensure that all claims are sur- “The Opposite Party estate homes, town homes and freight trucks, Europe’s econ- + 3, Airways at this time, Etihad time. This decision is unrelat- settlement of claims in flood- veyed immediately and claim (Jaiprakash Associates) perpe- row-houses in integrated town- omy is being knocked off asserted that the decision does ed to and does not affect affected areas of Karnataka payments are disbursed at the trated undesirable industry ships in Noida and Greater course by the conflict between not affect its commitment to Etihad’s continued commit- and Maharashtra. earliest. They have also been practices causing substantial Noida regions’ as the the US and China over trade. ;4;,*4+4 India. ment to India, the airline’s Monsoon rains have also asked to engage adequate num- harm to the competition and to relevant one. The bill for damages from “Since then, Etihad has largest single market, and one caused widespread damaged to ber of surveyors in the affect- consumers, ignoring its respon- The regulator found the U.S-China collision could 7+.'+7+"+, consistently and constructive- which it has served for 15 life and property in three other ed areas. sibility as a dominant player to Jaiprakash Associates to be in be painfully high, starting ly sought and advanced solu- years,” it said. states of Madhya Pradesh, A total of 2,694 villages in set fair standards of industrial dominant position in the rele- this week if new growth fig- tions to help resolve Jet’s issues. According to the state- Uttrakhand and Kerala. eighty-six taluks of 17 districts practices for other players in vant market. ures on Wednesday show that # 4,56,78+ But as a minority shareholder, ment, Etihad flies between Abu The Insurance Regulatory in Karnataka have been affect- the market to emulate,” Based on the DG’s reports Europe’s economic motor, Etihad has had limited capac- Dhabi and 10 destinations in and Development Authority ed due to floods and rains. CCI said. and regulator’s examination of Germany, is stalled or shrink- ulf carrier Etihad, which ity to secure required changes,” India, and is continually of India (Irdai) has issued advi- According to information The ruling came on a com- the issues, CCI found clause ing. Gholds 24 per cent stake in the statement said. increasing the frequency of its sory to general insurance and available from the state gov- plaint filed by one Naveen pertaining to defaults in the Beyond that, economists Jet Airways, on Monday said it The national carrier of the flights, the size of its aircraft, standalone health insurance ernment, the death toll is 42 so Kataria who had booked a PAL was heavily in favour of say there are signs that years has decided not to reinvest in UAE picked up 24 per cent the quality of its product and companies to expedite settle- far, while 12 were missing. villa at Jaypee Greens in the Jaiprakash Associates. of jobs growth since the the airline due to unresolved stake in Jet Airways in 2013. the international route con- ment of claims in Maharashtra Meanwhile, Karnataka Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Under the pact, there was only depths of the Great Recession issues concerning liabilities. Earlier this year, Etihad nections it offers beyond its and Karnataka. The recent Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in 2011. In February 2019, the a marginal penalty on the firm and the eurozone debt crisis Jet Airways, which shut- said it made a conditional hub in Abu Dhabi. floods have caused immense on Monday expressed hope complainant informed the CCI for any default while the allot- may be ending. tered operations on April 17, is expression of interest to rein- On Sunday, mining baron loss to property in the state of that the situation in flood-rav- that she did not wish to pursue tees were to pay a huge fine. And if the trade wars undergoing insolvency pro- vest in the Indian airline as a Anil Agarwal’s investment Karnataka and Maharashtra, aged parts of the state will be the instant case, since all the Similarly, the fair trade escalate to include higher ceedings and at least three minority stakeholder, with an company Volcan Investments said the regulator while issuing back to normal in four to six pending disputes with the firm regulator found that there were U.S. Tariffs on cars made in entities have put in initial bids agreed partner, but unfortu- said it has shown interest in guidelines on insurance claims days as there had been a let-up have been settled. various clauses which were Europe, the picture could for the carrier. nately this did not materialise. acquiring stake in Jet Airways. of victims of recent floods in in the rains. Under the Competition one-sided and tilted in favour look even worse. In a statement, Etihad said “Etihad remained engaged Of the three entities that parts of the two states. According to reports, so far Act, complaints filed under a of real estate firm. The heart of the matter is it declined to lodge an in the process, but despite the submitted EoIs, two are finan- “There is an urgent need over 70 people have died in certain section cannot be with- By doing so, the real estate Germany, Europe’s largest Expression of Interest (EoI) to endeavours of everyone cial players and another is for the insurance industry to Kerala due to floods and over drawn. It was alleged that con- firm contravened Section 4 of economy and a key trade reinvest in Jet Airways because involved, there remained very Panama-based fund Avantulo take immediate steps to miti- 2.8 lakh people have taken ditions in Provisional Competition Act which per- partner of both the US and of unresolved issues concern- significant issues relating to Jet’s Group, sources said on gate the hardships of the affect- shelter in 1,654 relief centres in Allotment Letter (PAL) were tains to abuse of China. ing the airline’s liabilities. previous liabilities,” the state- Saturday. ed insured population by the state. unfair, one-sided and loaded in dominant position. &'%33 !"# $ / 31) % () + + , ( - + ( !.),,+ +, / ,,/ , - /++( + - / 2+! ,/ + / , +3- ,/ + + !+++,)
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Severe cold and cough fol- lowed by fever are some common symptoms. This may last from three to seven days. Nevertheless, it is always recommended to con- he onset of non-communicable diseases (NCD) has spread it’s % sult a doctor before diagnosing anything. Ttendrils amongst unsuspecting mankind, with the major chunk Precaution: It’s dependably a smart thought of the race suffering from one or the other form of NCD. These to adhere to your hand crafted nourishment and lifestyle-related diseases have reared their ugly head, sending goals clean drinking water. Introduction to virus and of peerless health into toss, while putting lives at stake. Strokes of epatitis is a disease caused hepatitis D virus (HDV) that gets cally occurs due to the con- bacteria prompts this illness. So keeping up legit- all kind fall under this category, but where we need to throw light by viral infections of the contracted through direct contact sumption of unhygienic and $ imate cleanliness with appropriate sustenance is on Brain Stroke. It is an open thing that stroke is one of the lead- Hliver. It is classified into five with infected blood. It is a rather contaminated food and water. It and way of life is the key to keep this ailment ing causes of death and disability in India, with estimated preva- major types, namely Hepatitis A, B, rare form of hepatitis that only occurs mainly in areas with far away. lence rate of stroke range being 84-262/100,000 in rural and 334- C, D and E. All of these different occurs in conjunction with hepati- poor sanitation. Vector borne disease (Malaria and Dengue): 424/100,000 in urban areas. types of virally transmitted hepati- tis B infection. Treatment: There are no Due to the rain, water remains clogged that gives How is it caused? tis are caused by different viruses. Treatment: Vaccinations for specific medical therapies avail- the mosquitoes a space for breeding process. As A stroke often takes place when the brain is cut off from the The major differences among hepatitis B is usually used to pre- able to treat Hepatitis E. It is a result of which cases of dengue and malaria necessary blood flow that it requires, thereby leading to malfunc- these types are that Hepatitis A is vent and treat Hepatitis D. Hepatitis often an acute infection and typ- rise during monsoon. tioning of the body and lack of response. This leads to halt in prop- always an acute, short-term disease, D can be prevented by getting the ically resolves on its own, except Precaution:Make sure the clogged areas are er functioning of the body, and if not controlled — death. Causes while hepatitis B, C and D are most vaccination for hepatitis B, as infec- when it involves pregnant clean in order to prevent these diseases from can vary from a blocked artery (ischemic stroke), the leaking or likely to become ongoing and tion with hepatitis B is responsible women, then it gets dangerous. spreading. Besides, use of mosquito repellents bursting of a blood vessel (hemorrhagic stroke) or a temporary dis- chronic. Hepatitis E is usually for the development of hepatitis D. %"- ( and insect repellent plants like citronella, lemon ruption of blood flow to the brain (transient ischemic attack or TIA). harmless and acute but it can get Hepatitis E: A waterborne JE" & " 6 grass, tulsi, sabja and others, helps to prevent the How to prevent it? particularly dangerous in preg- disease, Hepatitis E is caused by the " ,6 ) ) mosquito from entering your work station or Fortunately, a healthy lifestyle and apt management of health nant women. hepatitis E virus (HEV). It practi- J ) home. Moreover, wearing clothes that fully cover are the solutions to combating a host of ailments including brain Hepatitis A: The hepatitis A he common steps one should fol- your body will also be useful. Use of insect repel- strokes. These healthy lifestyle recommendations include: virus (HAV) is mainly responsible low for prevention of Hepatitis are: lents and mosquito nets should be encouraged. Control hypertension: This is the first step to prevention of stroke for causing Hepatitis A. It is con- T Food and water-borne illnesses (Hepatitis as hypertension can aggravate to tagious and commonly gets trans- Get vaccinated against HAV and A/E, Diarrhea, Cholera and Gastroenteritis): stroke. Activities such as exercis- mitted by consuming food or water HBV if you had missed the vaccination The intake of contaminated foods and water is ing, stress control, weight man- contaminated by feces from a per- as a child. the main reason for these diseases. These dis- agement and limiting the amount son infected with hepatitis A. he chronic infection and Make sure to follow the proper eases are exceedingly preventable and treatable of sodium keeps the blood pres- Treatment: Does not require Tinflammation result in exten- rules of maintaining hygiene, like wash- maladies on the off chance that you are cautious. , ! ! sure in check. treatment. Bed rest is recommend- sive scarring of the liver (cirrho- ing hands with anti-bacterial soap or These diseases largely affect your liver and that Cut off cholesterol and satu- ed in case of too much discomfort. sis), which will impair the func- fluid and clean water after using the bath- is why you experience vomiting, loose motions rated fat: Saturated fat is no good Hepatitis B: This type of tions of the organ. Diagnosing room or changing diapers of a child. and stomach pain. However, if not treated on ? for our body and this point hepatitis gets transmitted through and detecting the infection at the Make sure to wash your hands clean time, you may also suffer from fever. ? proves that. Food teeming in contact with infectious body fluids right time is essential. Spotting the before handling water or food. Precaution: It is advised to have clean and trans-fat and cholesterol often of any kind. symptoms, you need to diagnose Make it a habit to drink bottled or boiled water, have home-cooked food and clog the arteries, disrupting the Treatment: Does not require the condition to learn the type boiled or chemically water. drinking enough healthy liquids. Avoid having flow of blood. Eating less choles- specific treatment if it is acute. and severity of the condition. ication will improve the comfort Traveling to a new location, remain unhygienic food from outside, especially road- terol and fat, especially saturated Antiviral medications are used for Conducting laboratory tests, the levels and prevent the complica- cautious about your food habit and con- side junk. Moreover, maintaining proper hygiene fat and trans-fats, may reduces the the treatment of chronic hepatitis doctor or certified medical prac- tion associated with the disease. sumption style. is the only key to prevent you from these dis- hindrances in passage of blood. B. titioner will find the type and Self-care is essential for treat- Never use a syringe, needles, eases. " Quit tobacco: Smoking is an Hepatitis C: Hepatitis C severity. The normal ways of ment as well as prevention of razors, or toothbrushes of another per- Road safety: There is one more important 2 unsightly habit that does far virus is mainly responsible for this diagnosing the condition include Hepatitis. son. aspect that we need to consider during monsoon harm than good — effecting disease and it is transmitted blood tests, liver biopsy, nucleic A patient must take plenty Make sure to use gloves while per- is road accidents. Monsoon is connected to an how the body functions. It weak- through direct contact with infect- acid tests, paracentesis, surrogate of rest. forming first aid. increased rate of road accidents. And, you will ens the efficacy of the heart and ed body fluids, commonly through markers and elastography. The Staying hydrated is the key Pregnant and nursing mothers have to extra careful while driving your vehicle often raises the risk of stroke. Hence, it would be a prudent idea injection drug use and sexual con- type of treatment largely depends to minimise the symptoms and must remain extra cautious as the infants in the rain. Here are some preventive tips to to cut off this ugly habit. tact. on the diagnosis report. effects. get easily affected by the virus for low ensure road safety during the monsoon: Control Diabetes: Diabetes works hand in hand with all the heart- Treatment: Both acute and Acute Hepatitis infection will The person infected with immunity power. Seeking doctor advice Avoid accelerating and drive slowly related issues as it involves excess in blood pressure and fat. Proper chronic hepatitis C is treated with resolve on their own, which might the virus must also eat a balanced and following the treatment measures Heavy braking is a strict ‘No’! management of diabetes via diet, exercise, weight control and med- antiviral medications. People with take several weeks or months. and nutritious diet. Including can prevent transmission of the virus to Maintain a proper distance between the ication often prevent the occurrence of stroke. chronic hepatitis C are commonly However, the chronic condition high-calorie food in the diet the infant. vehicles in front of you Maintain a healthy weight: All this boils down to apt weight man- treated with a combination of will require treatment of antiviral chart is essential for persons hav- Consulting a certified doctor and Switch on the headlights for improved vis- agement — rise in weight often leads to complications in blood, antiviral drug therapies. medication. Though there is no ing a poor appetite. seeking advice can help you to prevent ibility organs and the whole body. A burgeoning weight brings in other Hepatitis D: Hepatitis D is a particular treatment for the dis- Avoiding alcohol is essen- the condition and control the effects. %$ J ) stroke risk factors, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular dis- serious liver disease caused by the ease, supportive therapy and med- tial to protect the liver. % " (E )) & J $ ease and diabetes, creating the need to lose weight. Consume a fruit and vegetable rich diet: What we eat reflects 4% aptly on the state and output of the body. As mentioned before, + improper diet, laced in fat and cholesterol laden food, increases the risk of heart issues, creating space for strokes to take place. 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Massage the nails ed partner to share their values and beliefs. !"# $ 3 1 7; 4 % # 844 651)6 he protesters streamed into # ,37 Seoul's move would likely be measures," Moon said in a THong Kong airport and limited as Japan doesn't import meeting with senior aides. quickly transformed the arrivals Q B outh Korea said Monday much sensitive materials from South Korea's trade minis- hall at one of the world's busiest Sthat it has decided to remove South Korea. ter, Sung Yun-mo, said Seoul transport hubs into a sea of # ',+1+4 briefing in Beijing. Japan from a list of nations Japan provided similar decided to remove Japan from black. Yang's remarks came a day receiving preferential treat- exceptions while removing a 29-member "white list" of Instead of being met by hina on Monday slammed after thousands of pro-democ- ment in trade in what was seen South Korea as a favored trade countries that enjoy minimum smiling relatives and friends, Cviolent protesters in Hong racy protesters defied warnings as a tit-for-tat move following partner, which eased some of restrictions in trade because it passengers arriving at the airport Kong who had thrown petrol from authorities to hit the Tokyo's recent decision to the fears in Seoul about a pos- has failed to uphold interna- were greeted by thousands of bombs at police officers and streets for the 10th weekend in downgrade Seoul's trade status sible blow to its export-depen- tional principles while manag- pro-democracy activists chant- linked them to "terrorism", as a row. amid a diplomatic row. dent economy, where many ing its export controls on sen- ing "fight with Hong Kong, Beijing ramps up its rhetoric Hong Kong police fired It wasn't immediately clear manufacturers heavily rely on sitive materials. fight for freedom!" Most were against pro-democracy demon- volleys of tear gas Sunday at how South Korea's tightened parts and materials imported Sung and other South dressed in the movement's strations in the financial hub. protestors after denying their export controls would impact from Japan. Korean officials did not trademark black clothing, some "Hong Kong's radical requests for permits to stage a bilateral trade. After spending weeks specify what they saw as sporting construction hard hats demonstrators have repeated- march. But Yang focused on the Seoul said some South berating Tokyo for allegedly Tokyo's problems in export or gas masks. And many added ly used extremely dangerous violent behavior of a "tiny Korean companies exporting to weaponizing trade and vowing controls. a new accessory on Monday: tools to attack police officers, minority", which he con- Japan will be able to receive retaliation, South Korean Sato said South Korea eyepatches or bandages to pay $ ) ) J which already constitutes a demned as "a serious chal- exceptions from case-by-case President Moon Jae-in struck a would be violating World Trade tribute to a woman who suffered & ) J $ serious violent crime, and also lenge to Hong Kong's prosper- inspections that are normally more conciliatory tone on Organization rules if it was a serious face injury at a protest shows the first signs of terror- ity and stability." applied on sensitive shipments Monday, saying that his gov- retaliating against Japan's ear- on Sunday night. from her face as she lay on a er. "Hong Kong is no longer ism emerging," said Yang The two-month crisis, to nations with lower trade sta- ernment will refrain from lier measures. Park Tae-sung, a The woman, who has not pavement quickly went viral safe," said another. Guang, spokesman for the which was triggered by oppo- tus and go through the same "emotional" reactions to Japan South Korean trade official, been identified, was reportedly and featured in posters calling And on walls, pillars and Hong Kong and Macao Affairs sition to a planned extradition fast-track approval process that over the trade dispute. said that South Korea is hit by a beanbag round fired by for demonstrations under the barriers in the airport, protest- Office of the State Council. law, has morphed into a wider they currently enjoy. "While maintaining unwa- making a legitimate effort police, and rumours circulated banner: "an eye for an eye". ers sprayed painted red graffiti "This wantonly tramples on movement for democratic Masahisa Sato, Japan's vice vering resolve and calmness, we under domestic and interna- that she lost her vision. "HK police are killing us," in English and Chinese reading Hong Kong's rule of law and reform and a halt to eroding minister for foreign affairs, need a long-term approach to tional laws to improve its Images of blood pouring read a sign held by one protest- "an eye for an eye". social order," he said at a press freedoms. said he believes the impact of look for fundamental counter- export controls. ) ) C ) ) " 5 7 ) $ ; C) ! # + 7. .'.6 differences between treasury AL and opposition over language ! akistan Foreign Minister of resolution against India PShah Mehmood Qureshi Opposition lawmakers last Beijing: The strongest typhoon # .'37 see the Pentagon begin to with- # 4,5>* Associated Press. on Monday asked Opposition week condemned the arrest of to hit China this year has killed draw its 14,000 troops from The person said that the parties to come together on Maryam Nawaz, former prime at least 45 people, state-media aliban and US negotiators Afghanistan. he details of how Jeffrey Metropolitan Correctional Kashmir, saying the country minister Nawaz Sharif's daugh- reported on Monday, as author- Thave wrapped up their latest Washington is keen to end TEpstein died in his Center's Special Housing Unit should have a united stand on ter and vice-president of ities stepped up rescue efforts to round of talks for a deal that its 18-year involvement in Manhattan jail cell over the was staffed with one guard the issue. Opposition PML-N, saying the locate 16 missing people after would see America shrink its Afghanistan, where it has spent weekend have yet to be released, working a fifth-straight day of Addressing the media in Imran Khan government's the storm displaced more than troop presence in Afghanistan, more than $1 trillion, and but medical officials have per- overtime and another who was Muzaffarabad in Pakistan- action amounts to dividing a million residents. Lekima, the a Taliban spokesman said President Donald Trump has formed an autopsy on the high- working mandatory overtime. occupied Kashmir where he the nation at this crucial junc- ninth typhoon, hit Wenling city Monday. said he wants troops out. profile inmate accused of sexu- The person wasn't authorized to celebrated Eid al-Adha and ture when unity is required to on Saturday afternoon, packing According to Zabihullah In return, the Taliban would ally abusing underage girls and discuss jail operations publicly visited a refugee camp, Qureshi give a befitting response to the winds of 187 kilometers per Mujahid, the eighth round of commit to various security guar- paying them hundreds of dol- and spoke Sunday on the con- said the entire "Pakistani nation "We have our differ- Indian government for scrap- hour and bringing heavy rain- talks, which had been taking antees, including that the lars in cash for massages. dition of anonymity. and political leadership is unit- ences...But there is no differ- ping the special status of storms. place in Doha, finished after Islamist hardliners who long Epstein's abrupt death Epstein had been placed on ed on the issue of Kashmir and ence on the issue of Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir. The typhoon has left 45 midnight. harboured Al-Qaeda would not Saturday cut short a criminal suicide watch after he was found one voice will be sounded on If there was any difference, a Qureshi said India's "uni- people dead and 16 missing in "Work was tedious & effec- allow Afghanistan to become a prosecution that could have a little over two weeks ago with August 14 in support of joint resolution would not have lateral" abrogation of the spe- three Chinese provinces, wreak- tive. Both sides agreed to con- jihadist safe haven. pulled back the curtain on the bruising on his neck, according Kashmiris." been passed," he said. cial status of Kashmir has left ing havoc there with torrential sult their respective leaderships A US-Taliban agreement inner workings of a high-flying to the person familiar with the Pakistan has announced Last week, a joint sitting of Kashmiris with no option but rains and strong gales, Xinhua for next steps," he wrote on would not in itself bring financier with connections to matter. But he was taken off that it will observe August 14 Parliament was marred due to to stand against it. news agency reported. In the Twitter. Afghanistan's war to an end, as celebrities and presidents, the watch at the end of July and as 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' Zhejiang Province, Lekima land- There was no immediate the insurgents would still need though prosecutors have vowed therefore wasn't on it at the time and August 15 as 'Black Day' ed at around 1:45 am (local comment from the US embassy to make a deal with the Kabul to continue investigating. of his death, the person said. after India scrapped Article 370 4 time) on Saturday in the city of in Kabul. government. Epstein, 66, had been Epstein's removal from sui- of the Constitution that gave Wenling. On Sunday, US peace envoy Many Afghans had been denied bail and faced up to 45 cide watch would have been special status to Jammu and By Monday morning, the Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted: "I hoping for a ceasefire to be years behind bars on federal sex approved by both the warden of Kashmir and bifurcated the & death toll in the province rose to hope this is the last Eid where announced over Eid. This has trafficking and conspiracy the jail and the facility's chief state into two Union 39 while nine others remained Afghanistan is at war," referring not happened, but recent days charges unsealed last month. He psychologist, said Jack Donson, Territories. # + 7. .'.6 cial status to Jammu and missing, said the Zhejiang to the Eid al-Adha festival cur- have been relatively calm. had pleaded not guilty and was a former prison official who Qureshi urged for unity Kashmir and bifurcated the provincial flood control head- rently taking place in the Muslim On Monday, Afghanistan's awaiting trial. worked for the Bureau of among political parties in akistan Prime Minister region into two Union quarters, the report said. world. intelligence service announced The manner in which he Prisons for more than two Pakistan on Kashmir and PImran Khan has called Territories - J & K, and Ladakh. The typhoon has affected Speculation has reached 35 Taliban prisoners would be died remains a mystery , but decades. warned that doing politics on Indonesian President Joko In reaction to India's move, 6.68 million residents in fever pitch in Kabul in recent released "as a gesture of good- guards on Epstein's unit were Last week, more than 2,000 the issue would harm the cause. Widodo as part of his outreach Pakistan downgraded the Zhejiang, among whom 1.26 days that an announcement will". working extreme overtime shifts pages of documents were He urged political parties to the world leaders on the diplomatic relations by million were evacuated. It dam- about a US-Taliban deal may be "The release of these pris- to make up for staffing shortages released, related to a since-set- to come together on the Kashmir issue, according to a expelling the Indian High aged 234,000 hectares of crops, imminent. oners is a clear sign of the the morning of his apparent sui- tled lawsuit against Epstein's ex- Kashmir issue, saying that media report on Monday. Commissioner on Wednesday inflicting a direct economic loss The US has been negotiat- strong will of the government for cide, a person familiar with the girlfriend by Virginia Giuffre, Pakistan must have a united India last week revoked and suspended trade ties with of 24.22 billion yuan (about USD ing with its longtime foe over the peace and end to war", the jail's operations told The one of Epstein's accusers. stance on the matter. Article 370 to withdraw the spe- New Delhi. 3.4 billion), it said. PTI past year for a pact that would agency said in a statement. & ) ( )) # ),*"8 percent of its imports. Reynolds rare earths and tech metals as !! stressed the importance of they're now called is an issue ustralia will step up pro- Western allies obtaining the of national importance", she Aduction of rare earths and metals from outside China. said. # '*3 ,7 French-Belgian cell in Brussels, which other militarily sensitive "tech "(In) Australia we have at Jeffrey Wilson, head of was also behind the November 13, 2015 metals", the country's defence least 40 percent of the known research at the Perth USAsia alah Abdeslam, the sole surviving attacks in Paris that killed 130 people minister said Monday, as reserves of tech metals, whether Centre, said there is roughly Ssuspect in the November 2015 Paris and wounded hundreds of others. doubts grow over the reliabil- it's lithium, cobalt, nickel, US$350 million global trade in attacks, has been formally charged in In April, a Belgian court sentenced ity of Chinese supplies. graphite but also most of the rare earths per year, with China connection with the Brussels suicide Abdeslam to 20 years in prison over a Linda Reynolds told an rare earths that our current also having a disproportionate bombings months later, federal prose- gun battle with police in Brussels that audience in Perth that technology and our lifestyles share of processed products cutors said Monday. led to his capture days before the resource-rich Australia had today relies on," she said. such as carbonates and mag- Abdeslam was charged with "par- Brussels suicide bombings. deposits that could safeguard She added that it had been nets. ticipating in the activities of a terrorist Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French supplies for allies discussed at length at recent In the case of dysprosium group," the federal prosecutor's office national who hails from the Brussels including the United States Australia-US ministerial con- -- which can be used in mag- told AFP, confirming reports in the Molenbeek neighbourhood, is being and Britain. sultations and in discussions nets for electric vehicles or Belgian media in recent days. held in jail in France pending a sepa- So-called tech minerals are with British counterparts. nuclear reactor rods -- it is 100 The prosecutor's office did not rate trial over the Paris attacks. used in everything from smart- "What we want to do is percent. give details of his alleged role in the sui- Abdeslam is alleged to have phones and lasers to avionic make sure we have a guarantee "China's near monopoly cide bombings at Brussels airport and dropped off three suicide bombers at systems and electronic warfare of supply," she told reporters in means there's no real genuine a city metro station on March 22, 2016, a Paris sports stadium the evening technologies. Perth. or reliable international market which killed 32 people and wounded of the November attacks before aban- But trade tensions have "A lot of our defence equip- for rare earths trade," Wilson 340 others. doning a suicide belt he was apparent- led China to warn that supplies ment and capability actually said. The Islamic State group claimed ly going to detonate. of could be choked. uses rare earths in its produc- "Its outsize market power responsibility for the attacks which Before Abdeslam's indictment was China produces more than tion." The key issue for also gives the Chinese govern- occurred within an hour of each other. confirmed in the Belgian capital, 12 95 percent of the world's rare Australia, the US and other ment considerable scope to Investigators say the attacks were people had been charged in connection earths, and the United States allies "is the continuity and control and shape global trade ordered from Syria and organised by a with the Brussels bombings. relies on it for upwards of 80 guarantee of supply of these patterns," he added. ) ) 4 4? I
# +4.)*, in a container from the Democratic Violators face a jail term of up to $ Republic of the Congo being shipped one year and fines on conviction. ingapore said Monday it will to Vietnam via Singapore and also Traders can donate their ivory Simpose a blanket ban on the included a huge stash of pangolin stocks to institutions or keep them # ,*+, Erie Chief Fire Inspector John domestic sale of elephant ivory and scales. after the ban takes effect, the board Widomski told the Erie Times- products from 2021 as the govern- Singapore has banned interna- said. day care centre where chil- News. ment tightens its campaign against tional trade in all forms of elephant Public consultation by the gov- Adren could stay overnight as The fire, reported at about illegal wildlife trade. ivory products since 1990. ernment last year showed that 99 per- their parents worked was rav- 1:15 am Sunday, was funneling The announcement on World Such items could be sold domes- cent of those who responded were in aged Sunday by a fire that killed out of every first-floor window Elephant Day followed two years of tically if traders could prove they were favour of a total ban. five and sent the owner to the when firefighters arrived, consultations with non-government imported before that year or acquired Elephant ivory is coveted because hospital, authorities said. Widomski said. groups, ivory retailers and the pub- prior to the inclusion of the relevant it can be fashioned into items like The victims in the lakeside Valerie Lockett-Slupski, lic. elephant species in an international combs, pendants and other jewellery. city of Erie ranged in ages from standing across the street from Authorities in the city-state made convention protecting endangered The global trade in elephant 8 months to 7 years, Chief Guy the fire-damaged house, told the their largest ever seizure of smuggled species. ivory, with rare exceptions, has been Santone of the Erie Fire newspaper she was the ivory last month, impounding a haul In a statement Monday, outlawed since 1989 after the popu- Department said. grandmother of four of the chil- of nearly nine tonnes of contraband Singapore's National Parks Board lation of the African giants dropped At least four of the victims dren, and that they were staying tusks from an estimated 300 African banned the sale of elephant ivory and from millions in the mid-20th century were staying overnight at the res- at the day care center because elephants valued at $12.9 million. products with effect from September to around 600,000 by the end of the idential house that had been their parents were working The illegal cargo was discovered 1, 2021. 1980s. turned into a day care centre, overnight. 3( !"# $
or those who take clean washrooms in cities for granted, there is a Fshocker in store. A recent online survey asked Indian women about the 8 4 risk of using public washrooms and the findings were quite disturbing. Ninety per cent of women feel that the public washrooms, be it at workplace, shopping ( !"?+ B malls or even hotels, are not clean and suitable to use in the country. " The survey report, titled Say no to . *07) dirty toilets, conducted by a women 6 9(# 77( 1 empowerment organisation and a fem- inine hygiene brand, covered about -) & 20,000 women between the age group of 4O 18-50 years across Delhi, Mumbai, ? Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Chennai, Pune, Patna and L+ & Kolkata. It founded that women use alternatives to tackle the issue which can % have serious future implications on ! health. Most of the travellers and shop- 8% pers admitted controlling urine instead + of using dirty toilets, followed by pee- ing in semi-squat position and wiping filthy toilet seats. Holding urine for a long period can lead to severe conse- % M quences like kidney stones, weaken "&! bladder muscles and other severe kid- ney disorders. Semi-squatting leads to prolonged pain in joints and pelvic mus- cles. Dirty toilets not only make you 7=L cringe but can also land you in the hos- pital because of the severe health risks % they have — gut infections, lung and skin infections, viral infections and STDs. It has been found that one of the most common bugs found in a public & % toilet are faecel-borne bacteria like E coli, streptococcus, staphylococcus and shigella. An infected person’s faeces can transmit infection to the surface and % ! cause diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and dysentery. While streptococcus in pub- lic toilets can lead to contagious throat O and skin infection, prolonged stay of B" ! " staphylococcus on surfaces can cause pneumonia and food poisoning. chances of UTI significantly because of It can take a little time to get used to " Another commonly found infection in elimination of physical contact with the peeing while standing up as it might a public toilet is flu. Viruses that cause dirty toilet seats. It also revealed that result in a mess by dirtying your hands ? common cold do not survive for a long women have a strong preconceived or even be directed towards your feet if time but harmful viruses such as influen- notion about the public toilets as 51.3 not used or held properly. One also za and norovirus can stay for days on toi- per cent consider restrooms as dirty, 40.8 needs to be mindful of controlling let surfaces. Although the chances are per cent consider as less clean and only one’s flow, so that one doesn’t overflow rare, you are still likely to get an STD by eight per cent feel that they are dirt-free. the funnel. " using an infected toilet seat. Respondents were well aware of all the A cup made from medical-grade " The survey highlighted that women infections caused by dirty public wash- thermoplastic, infused with antibacte- are not ready to compromise when it rooms. rial, antifungal and antimicrobial agents, comes to feminine hygiene and safety. One of the most workable solutions might work better than other card- C+ " Women in smaller cities are aware that women healthcare start-ups around board-based cups. It also allows “self- about the grievances of UTI (Urinary the world have been working on these cleansing” since it repels liquids. ! 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The world of Hollywood I do are about credibility and travel to Mumbai in second class isn’t ceased to black and white anymore content. I was actually look- sleeper compartments along with my with the political climate around the ing forward to this to happen friends. Every year, we used to travel world, environmental concerns and 2 someday in my life. Actually, by second class sleeper for different racial undertones changing the face of when you’re doing a particu- competitions. That’s my best memory. villainy. G$ lar film, you don’t do it think- The journeys used to be quite long. Long gone are the traditional ing about an award but I am The trains would sometimes Hollywood villains, who just liked to .- ( 1 glad this happened with take between 28 to 48 spread evil for sadistic pleasure or with L( % Andhadhun,” he added. hours. But the journey the purpose of world domination. % Ayushmann, who from being a radio per- Today, socio-political issues are defin- has been impressing son to a TV guy to an ing the antagonists of Hollywood films. & !M all with his unique actor and finally the If supervillain Thanos in the L"O choice of films that national award, has Avengers series wanted to wipe out half Holocaust in the X-Men franchise or the & + O focus primarily on been a really long one. of the world’s people to cure the ills of twisted Arthur Fleck who becomes the content, informed Ayushmann and overpopulation, the Godzilla was a infamous Batman villain Joker or Yokai & %!+ that his family is Vicky, the two young reflection of the consequences of the antagonist trying to reunite with his overwhelmed after artistes who have humanity’s actions in Godzilla: King of daughter and family in Big Hero 6 or % his win. “My father shared the Best Actor the Monsters. King Orm of Aquaman Kingpin in Spider-Man: Into The Spider- % was almost choking award, seem to share a stood against humanity for polluting the Verse, and the bullied Severus Snape + on the phone when warm respect for each ocean. from Harry Potter universe. & we spoke, after hear- other. The Andhadhun “Environment is such a big real life Villains in Hollywood are no longer !+ ing the news. He was actor described the Uri issue. It is only getting worse and worse just born due to avarice but due to what so overwhelmed that star as a “gem of a per- as we see climate change affecting all of happens in their lives — sometimes + he could not talk proper- son.” us. So it naturally and organically social injustice — and due to an urge to ly. I feel it was even more “Vicky was the first became part of the story but the cool make the world a better place. The overwhelming for him than person to call me after get- thing was I got to do it from the point methods they adopt are evil but they are M me. Tahira (the actor’s wife) ting the news. It was very of view of the villain of the film. You either trying to solve the problem or was also emotional,” said he, sweet of him. Even as I got kind of understand why King Orm is struggling with their identities. And that 5 who shared his Best Actor tro- to know of the news, angry at us. I think it gives it more tex- makes many feel compassion for them. phy with Vicky Kaushal’s per- there was a call from ture and more meat,” Aquaman direc- won as many hearts as the superhero “If we can have compassion for % formance for Uri: The Surgical Vicky. We virtually tor James Wan said. T’Challa, because in the end he is just someone who inflicts harm based on the Strike. hugged each other over There’s Idris Elba as a genetically- driven by his father’s death to help fact that harm is being inflicted on %! 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# "*4" P - tearful Serena Williams saw her AUS Open preparation thrown % into disarray on Sunday as back spasms forced her out of the WTA % Toronto final after just four games, 4 /L handing Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu the title. # 4"*,.7 good feeling on the ball.” Andreescu, 19, was up 3-1 with With all that going for him, a break of serve when 23-time Grand afael Nadal completed a 6-3, 6- Nadal needed just 70 minutes to sub- Slam champion Williams decided she 0 demolition of Russian Daniil due Medvedev, breaking the Russian couldn’t continue. RMedvedev to win in Montreal four times. She called for a medical timeout, on Sunday and extend his record The top seed, who now owns but within a minute, the umpire haul of Masters 1000 titles. five Canadian title dating to 2005, announced she was retiring. The world number two secured swept the last seven games in the “I just knew,” said Williams, his 35th Masters crown, pulling hardcourt blowout against his 23- adding she’d undergone hours of clear by two in that category from year-old Russian opponent — who treatment before the match to com- Novak Djokovic, who has won 33 of had never played Nadal before. bat the back spasms she’d first felt in the elite tournaments. “I’ve played Roger (Federer) a semi-final win on Saturday night. Claycourt king Nadal successful- two times, Novak (Djokovic) four “I knew I wasn’t going to be able to ly defended a hard court title for the times,” Medvedev said. continue.” first time in his career. “I knew how it Andreescu “It was important to start the was going to be, I was approached her chair, match in a good shape,” the 18-time kind of ready for it. But offering words of Grand Slam winner said. I didn’t manage to encouragement and a “He came in playing so well, probably show my best consolatory hug as playing a lot of matches the last tennis. Rafa was incredible today. Williams tried to fight back tears. weeks,” Nadal added of Medvedev, Congrats to him.” “I’m sorry I couldn’t do it today,” who was runner-up to Nick Kyrgios Despite the lopsided defeat, Williams told the crowd, her voice in Washington last week.” Medvedev was pleased with his cracking. “I tried but I just couldn’t Nadal, in contrast, had played time in Toronto. do it.” just three hard court matches since “I believe this was the best week Williams said the spasms start- starting his build up to the US Open ever,” said Medvedev, who will move ed during her come-from-behind this week — reaching the final on a up to a career high of eighth in the win over Czech qualifier Marie walkover when injured Gael Monfils world on Monday, making him the Bouzkova on Saturday “and it just got pulled out of their scheduled semi- highest-ranked Russian. “My level worse.” final. during all the matches was extreme- “Just my whole back just com- “I played a solid match, my best ly good. “I would have liked to do pletely spasmed, and to a point of the week so far without a doubt,” better today, but it happens. I will where I couldn’t sleep and I could- Nadal said. “I did a lot of things well: take experience from this match and n’t really move,” she said. changing directions, changing try to do better next time.” Nevertheless, she wanted to give rhythm during the point. The slice For Nadal it was a third title of it a go in the final. worked well this afternoon. 2019, after clay court success at “I don’t want to get this far and “I think I played smart, I had a / ! ) " / P() Rome and the French Open. not at least try,” said the 37-year-old, who was eyeing her 73rd WTA title * / () — and her first since the birth of her ! daughter, Olympia, in September # 2017. Beaten by Simona Halep in the E ! ? Wimbledon final in July, Williams ( was playing just her 24th match of a # ).*+ year already disrupted by nagging # 4"*,.7 knee trouble. S and Australian Open “Well, that’s the most frustrating Uchampion Naomi Osaka afael Nadal withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters for part is that I’ve had this before and returned to the world number # ;+4;+44."+ Rthe second year in a row after polishing off his US Open it’s, like, 24, 36 hours where I’m just one spot in the WTA rankings on preparation with a Montreal title on Sunday. in crazy spasm and then it’s, like, Monday. ndy Murray on Sunday pronounced The oft-injured Spaniard decided against playing any gone,” said Williams, who wasn’t The 21-year-old lost to Ahimself ready to go as he prepared to more before the August 26 start of the US Open in new immediately sure whether she’d play Serena Williams in the quarter- resume his singles career with a first-round York. next week in Cincinnati. finals of last week’s Rogers Cup test at the ATP Cincinnati Masters. “I am very sorry to announce that I won’t be playing “So that’s a little bit frustrating for but benefitted from the second “I’m feeling good, I’ve had three of four in Cincinnati this year,” Nadal posted on me because I know that I could play. round defeat of former number good practice sessions,” said Murray, a Facebook. “No other reason than per- I just can’t play today. one Ashleigh Barty and the fail- three-time Grand Slam champion who has sonally taking care of my body and “If it’s what typically happens, I ure of Karolina Pliskova to reach tumbled to 325th in the world. “I have zero trying to keep as healthy as I feel will be fine, but I have to wait and see.” the semis in Toronto. pain. now.” For Andreescu, Sunday’s events Osaka first hit top spot in “I’m not expecting to move as well as Also, Canadian Bianca Andreescu were a bittersweet achievement as she January, after winning back-to- I used to. There is still some improvement made history with a Toronto became the first Canadian to win the back majors in New York and to be made, though it will take time. WTA title withdrew from title since Faye Urban in 1969. Melbourne, making history as “I started training singles a few weeks next week’s big date. “I know how it is to pull out of the first Japanese player to ago, it’s the best to train with players at the The first Canadian in tournaments and be injured — it’s achieve it. highest level who hit the ball big.” half a century to win the not easy,” Andreescu said, address- After seven weeks on top, The 32-year-old will face off against home trophy said she did ing Williams directly during the Barty slips to second with Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the open- not want to taken any trophy presentation. Pliskova in third. The only other ing round with the winner to face fourth risks after missing “This wasn’t the way I expect- movement in the top 10 sees seed Dominic Thiem. more than two ed to win and for you to go off the Williams, finalist in Toronto, Murray said that as he increases his sin- ) " months with shoul- court. I’ve watched you play so climbing two places to eight gles workload, everything seems to be * E) der problems before many times. You are truly a cham- with Sloane Stephens going in the falling into place. the step to try and play. returning to action pion on and off the court.” other direction. “I’ve been recovering fine from prac- “My team felt this was the time, that’s this week. Andreescu claimed her second Canadian Bianca Andreescu, tices, I’ve not had issues later in the day, I why I’m giving it a go. Williams, 37, said she WTA Premier level title of the year, who won the Rogers Cup follow- think I’ve handled myself pretty well.” “The quickest way to get back up to would make the trip to having rocketed to prominence in ing Williams’ withdrawal with But he admitted: “It’s different playing speed is to practice with the top players, I Cincinnati before deciding March when she became the first wild back spasms in the opening set of matches. But at some stage you have to take think that means I can get back quicker.” whether she would play. card to win at Indian Wells. the final, climbs 13 places to 14. ! E )
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Other banners slammed his left out of the squad the day after feelings towards the absent PSG sit level with Lyon, who recent comment that his fondest PSG sporting director Leonardo Neymar clear. beat Monaco 3-0 on Friday, at memory in football was inspir- said talks about a possible sale of A fine second-half display the top of the fledgling table, and ing Barcelona’s stunning 2017 the Brazilian were “more from Kylian Mbappe — with a will be hoping to occupy that Champions League comeback advanced than before”. goal and an assist for Angel Di position for the rest of the sea- against PSG, while one called On Sunday, coach Thomas Maria — showed Tuchel the son. Former Barcelona forward Neymar “heartless”. , $6 Tuchel told Canal+ he had “no obvious solution to Neymar’s Neymar’s two years in the French Neymar has been linked news” on Neymar’s future and impending exit, and gave the capital since PSG made him the with a return to Barca or a that he would have to “find capital club a perfect start to their world’s most expensive player move to their arch rivals Real solutions without” him. bid for a third straight French )) ! H have been plagued by injuries Madrid. D )) ;; % E R D > F # 7464 The former Chelsea manager %% 3 iverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has been ruled said he was surprised proven veter- Lout for “the next few weeks” by boss Jurgen Klopp ans N’Golo Kante, Olivier Giroud after suffering a calf injury in the 4-1 win over and Marcos Alonso started on the # .4;8, ",* £80 million ($96.2 million) last week and the Norwich. bench as United ran riot at Old hope that the England centre-back can match Alisson limped off in the first half of Liverpool’s Trafford on Sunday. fter a chastening few months following Ole the transformative impact made by Virgil van Premier League opener at Anfield on Friday. Lampard expressed surprise at AGunnar Solskjaer’s appointment on a Dijk on Liverpool got off to a good start. Klopp revealed on Monday that he does not Mourinho’s comments and permanent basis as Manchester United man- United recorded just two clean sheets at expect the 26-year-old Brazil international to be avail- Azpilicueta made it clear he didn’t ager, there is cause for optimism again at Old home in the league all of last season, and are able for several weeks. agree with the assessment of two of Trafford after romping to a 4-0 win over already halfway to that tally as Maguire mar- “Not too cool. It’s a calf injury which takes him Chelsea’s more highly-rated acade- Chelsea on the opening weekend of the shalled the back line, while at right-back, 21- obviously out for a while,” Klopp told Liverpool’s web- my graduates. Premier League season. year-old Wan-Bissaka played with a maturity site. “If they are here it is because Solskjaer insisted ahead of the match that beyond his years. “I don’t want to make now an exact prognosis they deserve to be. They are fight- he did not sense the negativity that appeared “He’s done exactly what we signed on when he will be back but it will not be Wednesday ing in every training session. We online from fans in the wake of Thursday’s him for — his presence in both boxes, for sure, so now then we have to see. It takes a while, trust in them,” Azpilicueta said. transfer deadline passing with only three his composure and calmness on the it takes a couple weeks for sure, and we have to see. “All the boys, they train to play new arrivals in the form of Harry Maguire, ball, and he is a leader,” said Solskjaer “I saw already like ‘six weeks’ and stuff like this, for the Chelsea first team since they Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, of Maguire. but Ali was not a lot injured in his career so I would were young and now we have a mas- while no replacement was brought in The Red Devils still needed to like to wait a little bit to see how he develops in that sive opportunity to create a fantas- for the departing Romelu Lukaku ride their luck at times. Chelsea process now, but he is not in for the next few weeks.” tic group, to learn from every game. up front. twice hit the woodwork in the Alisson was replaced by experienced Spaniard “Obviously everyone would like And the Norwegian was ini- first half through Tammy Adrian against Norwich. The former West Ham keep- to start in a better way but we have tially proved right as all three new Abraham and Emerson er, who joined on a free transfer last week, is likely to face the reality and become boys played their part in a Palmieri, but crucially David to keep his place for Liverpool’s European Super Cup stronger from it.” resounding victory, while the de Gea also played his part in date with Chelsea in Istanbul on Wednesday. ( A 6 ) )) ) ( ) Abraham and Mount started wantaway Paul Pogba came to keeping a clean sheet. Third-choice Liverpool keeper Caoimhin $ 6 . brightly at Old Trafford, the former life after half-time and The Spaniard embraced Kelleher is not fully fit after a broken wrist, so the rattling the post, and Chelsea were Marcus Rashford and that responsibility with club are reportedly considering signing 35-year-old # .4;8, ",* 4-0 thrashing at Manchester United. perhaps unfortunate to be trailing at Anthony Martial showed important saves from Ross former Middlesbrough player Andy Lonergan on a Mourinho claimed new Chelsea the break following Marcus their capability to cope with- Barkley and Emerson to pre- free transfer. helsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta boss Frank Lampard was wrong to Rashford’s penalty. out Lukaku. serve United’s lead either side of Lonergan was part of Liverpool’s pre-season tour Cinsists Tammy Abraham and pick inexperienced youngsters But they collapsed in the second United paid a world- half-time. as cover for their other keepers. Mason Mount will live up to their Abraham and Mount against a lead- half, making it a miserable first record fee for a defender “He’s contributed on and off The European champions return to domestic potential after stinging criticism ing Premier League team like Premier League game in the dug-out to match Leicester’s the ball today,” said Solskjaer of De action at Southampton on Saturday. from Jose Mourinho following their United. for Chelsea legend Lampard. demands for Maguire at Gea’s steadying influence. !"# $ 34 8 P?4 , P3M?)& PI>F *& F4 E"& # )*"( ).+4 - 0*1(*-4 7 kipper Virat Kohli’s incom- parable batting form cou- *4 - 4 ' 5 G Spled with Bhuvneshwar ; / A S /0!0 L L:L/ * ) Kumar’s four-wicket haul script- '7 == A L A !AS Q= =:Q/ ed a dominant 59-run win for ; QS S00S A!Q L :L= India in the rain-curtailed sec- runs in 311 ODIs. ond ODI against the West 6 8 /S SQAS A!/0 L< 0:L0 “Virat Kohli another Indies, continuing their unbeat- ?* S0 Q0 A0! S=< :AL master class in one day crick- en streak in the Caribbean. et @imVkohli @BCCI.. What By virtue of the win on a player,” Ganguly wrote on Sunday, India took a 1-0 lead in - 0'(4 Twitter. the three-match series. The *4 - 4 ' 5 G Kohli is now only behind first ODI between the two sides ? J+K L / 0!L0 L0< S: Sachin Tendulkar, who has was washed out. scored 18,426 runs in his The third and final ODI 1 J) K QA =/ //!SL < : illustrious ODI career. Kohli will be played here on 5%J. K A0 0 S /=!0 0/ /: is also seven hundreds short Wednesday. 1B J .K A QQQ L !AS /= A: of Tendulkar’s record of 49 India rode on Kohli’s 120 ** J) K L/ QA /!AS A< :S ODI hundreds. off 125 balls and Shreyas Iyer’s Overall, Kohli is in the 71 to post a challenging 279 for A AA eighth spot in the list of high- seven after opting to bat. est run-scorer in ODIs. West Indies were then set a er off Yadav’s bowling. aggressively and milked the Earlier in the day, the revised target of 270 off 46 overs Thereafter, West Indies lost West Indian bowlers to keep the Indian captain had shattered under D/L method after rain the plot as Bhuvneshwar dis- scoreboard ticking. a 26-year-old record when he interrupted the proceedings for missed Pooran, Roston Chase The duo rotated the strike surpassed Pakistan’s Javed the second time. (18) and Kemar Roach (0). and found the fence when bad ; & Miandad for most runs by In pursuit, the hosts were Shami polished off the tail, deliveries were on offer. * 4 E"& any batsman in ODIs against on course at 148 for four before picking up the wickets of But hot and humid condi- the West Indies. they lost their last six wickets for Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane tions got the better of Kohli in # )*"( ).+4 Kohli was 19 runs shy of 62 runs to be bundled out for Thomas. the 42nd over as the Indian skip- the landmark and he over- 210 in 42 overs. Earlier, India lost Shikhar per played a tired-looking shot kipper Virat Kohli has took Miandad’s tally of 1930 Bhuvneshwar (4/31) was Dhawan in the third ball of the only to be caught by Roach at Seclipsed former captain runs with a single in the fifth the pick of the bowlers for innings, caught plumb in front long-off off Brathwaite. Sourav Ganguly to become over bowled by Jason Holder. India, while Mohammed Shami of the wicket by Cottrell. Iyer played a good knock the second highest run-getter This was Kohli’s 34th (2/39) and Kuldeep Yadav Then came in skipper Kohli before some brilliant bowling for India in one-day interna- ODI against the West Indies (2/59) scalped two wickets and in the company of Rohit from West Indies skipper Jason tionals. while Miandad had accumu- apiece. , )); / 4 E"& Sharma (18) played fluently to Holder got the better of him. Kohli achieved the feat lated his runs from 64 match- Earlier, coming on to bat in stabilise the Indian innings. Iyer was bowled around his legs during the second ODI es. the fourth ball of the innings, Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis Khaleel Ahmed in the ninth Shimron Hetmyer (18) Kohli played some delight- as he went across the stumps for against West Indies when he The prolific Indian cap- Kohli played aggressively as (65) stitching 45 runs in 9.3 over. showed glimpses of his talent ful shots through the covers and an extravagant shot. He hit five hit Jason Holder for a bound- tain has so far hit seven hun- India posted 279 for 7. He hit overs for the opening stand. Gayle, who now has 10,353 before he was holed out to Kohli off his pads to register his 55th boundaries and one six during ary in the 32nd over. dreds against the West Indies 14 fours and one six during his Playing his 300th ODI, runs as compared to Lara’s at short cover off Kuldeep. He ODI fifty with an outside edge his knock. The 30-year-old, who had and has an average of over 71 elegant knock. Gayle achieved a big milestone 10,348, departed soon after shared 40 runs for the third past West Indies keeper Hope But West Indies came back a relatively quiet World Cup in ODIs against the Besides Kohli, Iyer struck when he surpassed legendary achieving the feat, out LBW to wicket with Lewis. off Carlos Brathwaite (3/53) in strongly in the last 10 overs to in England, went on to score Caribbeans. third half-century of his career Brian Lara to become the high- Bhuvneshwar in the 13th over. Battling cramps, Lewis car- the 15th over. peg back the Indians with some his 42nd ODI century, his first Kohli's domination off 68 balls and shared 125 runs est scorer for West Indies in His stay at the crease was a ried on and completed his half- Rishabh Pant made 20 off clever bowling display. since March. against the West Indies can be with his skipper for the fourth ODI cricket. struggle as he managed just 11 century. Lewis and Nicholas 35 balls with the help of two Comfortably placed at 212 His 125-ball 120 took his gauged from the fact that he wicket. Needing seven runs to runs off 24 balls. Pooran (42) shared 56 runs boundaries before inexperience for 3, the Indians could only aggregate to 11,406 runs in struck four back-to-back cen- West Indies started their achieve the feat, Gayle reached Shai Hope didn’t last long as before Kohli took a one-hand- did him in. manage 67 runs for the loss of 238 innings, surpassing turies against them between chase on a cautious note with the milestone with a single off he played on a Khaleel delivery. ed catch to sent back the open- Kohli and Iyer then played four wickets in the last 10 overs. Ganguly’s record of 11,363 July 2017 and October 2018. , * 9("
# )*"( ).+4 ) ),* (* 0 ndia batsman Shreyas Iyer is hoping 5 & # )*"( ).+4 Ithat his 71-run knock in the second ODI against the West Indies will help him 3 $ I est Indies coach Floyd Reifer said the keep a consistent place in the team, cred- Wmiddle-order batsmen need to show iting his stint with the A side for the # 4,56,78+ more grit and fighting spirit in order to win impressive show. matches after they suffered a 59-run loss. Coming into the team after a year, ormer skipper Sunil Gavaskar Lack of partnerships once again put paid Iyer, who has a couple of fifties in the five Fbelieves Shreyas Iyer is better suit- to West Indies’ hopes as they handed a 0-1 ODIs that he has played, produced a 68- ed for the number four spot in ODIs lead to India in the three-match ODI series. / ball 71 to play a crucial role in India’s 59- than Rishabh Pant and should be “We got to continue to learn from this run win. given a permanent slot in the Indian experience. Guys in the middle order, we got Batting at number five, Iyer added middle-order. to show more fight, a bit more grit. More P 125 runs with skipper Virat Kohli (120). “In my view, Rishabh Pant is much determination to build those longer partner- Kohli, in the post-match presentation, better like an MS Dhoni at 5 for 6 as a ship,” Reifer said at the post match confer- lauded the batsman for keeping the finisher because that’s where his natur- ence. F pressure off him during the partnership. al game and natural flair will come into Opener Evin Lewis (65) and Nicholas “I want to stay in the team for a while, play,” Sunil Gavaskar told Sony Ten Pooran (42) had kept West Indies in the hunt P- the consistency is always important, I channel. but the loss of wickets at regular interval scheduled to take place here on Wednesday, want to play well and contribute to the “If India get to a great start with turned the match in India’s favour. Reifer said the team, which is in the rebuild- # 4,56,78+ team,” said the 24-year-old, who didn’t Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and “Again we were in front today and then ing process, can still pull off a win. get game time during the T20 series. Rohit Sharma batting for 40-45 overs, we found a way to give away our wickets, so “It’s not an uphill task (to win), we are ix candidates, including incumbent Iyer, who scored two fifties for India then Pant at No 4. But if it’s a question it’s just a matter of us now to learn from our rebuilding, we are building our side again. SRavi Shastri, were on Monday short- A during their tour of West Indies last of batting for 30-35 overs, then I think mistakes, continue to learn from our mis- “And when you are building a side, you listed for the high-profile post of the month, said familiarity with the condi- it should be Shreyas Iyer at No 4 and takes and try to dig deeper,” he said. get speed bumps along the way. It’s how you Indian cricket team’s head coach. tions gave him the confidence of doing Pant at No 5.” The 47-year-old, however, lauded the bounce back from them. Our meeting will The six candidates are former New well in the ODI series. & Heaping praise on Iyer, Gavaskar efforts of his bowlers who restricted India be how we assess today and things we need Zealand coach Mike Hesson, ex-Australia “It was a fruitful day. I knew I was said: “He has grabbed his opportunity. to 279 for 7. to do better going the next game,” he added. all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom going to do well, I played for India A and take the innings deep. He came at No 5. He had plenty of “I thought the bowlers bowled very well Reifer also congratulated Chris Gayle for Moody, former West Indies all-rounder I played in these grounds, paced my “He supported me very well, we took overs. He had the company of his skip- to restrict India to 279, I thought it was a very becoming the highest run-scorer for West and Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons, ex- innings well and think it went well,” said the ones and twos, hit the boundaries per, Virat Kohli. Nothing quite like it good effort from the bowlers. Great bowl- Indies surpassing batting legend Brain Lara India team manager Lalchand Rajput, Iyer. when it came. We decided 250 was a because the skipper takes the pressure ing line and length, variation of pace. during his 300th ODI. former India fielding coach Robin Singh Talking about his partnership with good score, obviously we got 30 runs off you. “The best place to learn in crick- Carlos Brathwaite really bowled well, Chase “300 game for a West Indian, obvious- and Shastri. captain Kohli, Iyer said: “I decided that extra. He told me to bat at least until the et is the non-striker’s end. That’s what had a good spell, all the other bowlers, ly he is the first to have done it. It is a great The candidates will give a presenta- I wouldn’t take any risks, Virat told me 45th over, I am thankful for what I man- Shreyas Iyer was doing with Virat Cottrell again, a champion.” achievement I feel honoured to be here tion to the Cricket Advisory Committee that we needed to build a partnership and aged.” Kohli at the other end,” he added. Asked about the final ODI, which is working with him.” (CAC) headed by the legendary Kapil Dev, and a final decision will be arrived at by end of this week or early next week. “These six will give presentation for % (# head coach before CAC. It has been learnt that these six have been short-listed for interview with the CAC,” a senior BCCI # 7464 final in July during which official said. 94 5 5 Archer was entrusted with While the names of Hesson and ngland pacer Jofra bowling the Super Over Moody have been doing the rounds for # 7464 EArcher warned the which clinched the tro- a while, Simmons, who has had success- Australian batsmen on phy. ful stints with Ireland and Afghanistan ormer Australia quick Mitchell Monday that he is not just “The first one cricket teams, is also in the fray now. FJohnson says he would make a one-day cricketer and (appearance) is always Simmons also served West Indies for one change to Australia’s XI for the said he will try to “work special, and (to be) at a brief while, helping them to victory in second Ashes Test, with Mitch miracles” if he faces them Lord’s where we had the 2016 World T20 tournament in Starc to replace James Pattinson for at Lord’s in the Ashes this recent success will be India before taking over as head coach the clash. week. comforting as well,” said of the Afghanistan national team in 2017. Johnson can also see veteran The 24-year-old Archer. Among the Indians, Robin served as Peter Siddle playing all five Tests in Barbados-born seamer, “It’s a good ground to the fielding coach of the Indian team the series having impressed in the who starred for his adopt- come back to, and hope- when it won the inaugural World T20 first Test at Edgbaston where ed country in their World scored 108. He said the cricket. fully keep our winning under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captain- Australia won by 251 runs. Cup triumph, missed the Australians would be fool- “I’m more ready than ways here. “I’ll try and cy in 2007. The iconic slope at Lord’s, first Test defeat at ing themselves if they I’ve ever been. work miracles but I can Rajput, who was the head coach of which drops 2.5 metres across the Edgbaston because of a thought he would offer “I bowled 50 overs in only give my best.” the team when it won the World T20, also playing surface, is why Johnson especially on the slope I think he’d (Australian fast bowlers) coming side strain. rich pickings on his Test one game for Sussex and Australia coach Justin had stints with Afghanistan and would draft in Starc for Pattinson be very good and he just backed up around the wicket a fair bit … I’m But, with James debut. am the one usually bowl- Langer said his batsmen Zimbabwe. for the second Test despite the (off-spinner Nathan) Lyon really not too sure about that. Someone’s Anderson ruled out with “I’ve played a lot more ing at the end. would hopefully be able to Hesson recently parted ways with IPL Victorian’s successful comeback well. got to stay over and one around to a calf injury, Archer is now red-ball cricket and it’s my “Test cricket is pretty weather the storm from franchise Kings XI Punjab. Hesson to international cricket in “And (Pat) Cummins is in his left-hand batters. in line to to play in the sec- preferred format,” Archer much the same as first- his first spell and then coached the Black Caps for six years, Birmingham. own little world, just leave him be. “So maybe a left-hand bowler ond Test which starts at said at a press conference class. Know what your score freely in his later highlighted by their memorable run to “I’d go for Starc and probably Johnson continued: “It’s hard would be ideal.” Lord’s on Wednesday. on Monday. strengths are and stick to sessions. the 2015 Cricket World Cup final in have Pattinson out,” Johnson told to change a winning side but I’d like Starc was overlooked for the Archer proved his fit- “If you don’t have a them.” “Hopefully our guys Melbourne, a semifinal finish at the 2016 cricket.com.au. to see Starc still come charging in. first Test but bowled with his ness playing for Sussex in good 10 overs (in white- Archer, said Lord’s have got the answers World Twenty20 in India and a home Test “As much as I want to see “The slope comes into it, big trademark pace and hostility in a 2nd XI match against ball cricket) that’s it. brought back happy whatever he (Archer) series win over England in April 2018 (Josh) Hazlewood go well you time. Left-armer, bit of a different Australia’s tour match against Glucestershire during You’ve got to wait to the memories of England’s dishes up for us,” Langer which lifted them to third on the world can’t drop Sidds. angle. Worcestershire at new Road, where which he took 6-27 in the next game, but you’ve victory over New Zealand said at his press confer- rankings. “He’s been really useful and “We saw in the last Test the he captured 2-56 from 15.5 overs. first innings and then ample chances in Test in a thrilling World Cup ence.