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Congress raises TV journalists forced Mnangagwa wins the Ishant breathes fire, but questions over Raje’s to quit over story first election since the England fights back ‘Gaurav Yatra’ critical of Modi: Kharge fall of Robert Mugabe to keep Test on edge page 2 page 10 page 12; Editorial: page 8 page 15

Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Centre pushes for quota Trinamool MPs detained in promotion for SCs/STs to maintain peace: Rajnath They had turned unruly at Silchar airport, Minister tells LS Cites historical deprivation, calls on Supreme Court to revisit 2006 Nagaraj ruling 3 dead as buildings Vikas Pathak official that prohibitory or­ collapse in Lucknow Krishnadas Rajagopal celerated promotions with NEW DELHI ders had been imposed after LUCKNOW NEW DELHI consequential seniority for Home Minister Rajnath they landed at 1.55 p.m. Two Three persons, including a Citing “1000 of years of de­ the SCs/STs in government Singh told the Lok Sabha on women security personnel minor girl, died in three privation” suffered by Dalit services. Besides the Chief Friday that members of Par­ were injured in the scuffle separate building collapse communities, the govern­ Justice, the Bench comprises liament from the All­India that ensued. incidents in the heart of ment on Friday began its Justices Kurian Joseph, Ro­ Trinamool Congress were He added that passengers Lucknow on Friday allegedly push for providing “acceler­ hinton Nariman, Sanjay detained at the Silchar air­ had also complained about due to incessant rain, ated promotion with conse­ Kishan Kaul and Indu Malho­ port on Thursday to ensure the behaviour of the MPs. exposing the dangerous living conditions in parts of quential seniority” for mem­ tra. that the law and order situa­ “They were detained but gi­ the Uttar Pradesh capital. bers of the Scheduled tion did not deteriorate. ven full regard as MPs,” Mr. Castes/ Scheduled Tribes ‘Access denied’ He was replying to Trina­ Singh said. NORTH Ī PAGE 2 Rajnath Singh speaking in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (SCs/STs) in public Attorney­General K.K. Venu­ mool MP Kalyan Banerjee, Parliament on Friday. * PTI Meanwhile, the delega­ employment. gopal submitted that the who raised the issue of the tion of eight Trinamool Con­ Student stalked by Courtesy a 2006 M. Naga- such a reservation in promo­ Now, the government SCs/STs faced centuries of detention of some MPs who received reports of a scuffle gress leaders, which was three men, one held raj judgment of the Supreme tion would not affect the ov­ wants another five­judge deprivation at the hands of had gone to Assam as part of between the delegation barred from exiting the NEW DELHI Court, the government can­ erall efficiency of public ad­ Constitution Bench, led by society. They had been de­ a party delegation to assess members and security per­ Kumbhirgram airport, left in A 22­year­old student who not introduce a quota in pro­ ministration. The opinion of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, to prived of access to temples, the situation arising out of sonnel. two batches for Kolkata and was waiting for her friend at a motion for its SC/ST em­ the government should also refer the verdict to a larger schools and the basic facili­ the exclusion of 40 lakh New Delhi on Friday. park in Lutyens’ Delhi was ployees unless they prove be based on quantifiable da­ Bench for re­examination. It ties of life. Even today, Dalit names from the National Re­ Two injured allegedly harassed and that the particular Dalit com­ ta. The 2006 judgment was said the verdict had effec­ grooms cannot ride horses. gister of Citizens draft list He said the delegation mem­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 stalked by three men, the munity is backward and in­ pronounced by a five­judge tively created an “impossible published on July 30. bers got unruly when they ‘VESTED INTERESTS TRYING police said on Friday. One of adequately represented, and Constitution Bench. situation” for providing ac­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Mr. Singh said that he had were informed by a police TO FOMENT TROUBLE’ Ī PAGE 11 the alleged harassers has been arrested.

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Sandeep Phukan liance does well in Uttar New Delhi Pradesh. Opposition parties have The Congress is of the reached a “strategic under­ view that alliances and pre­ standing to work together" poll understanding in States to stop the BJP­RSS combine such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, from coming to power in and Maharashtra are crucial 2019. The issue of a prime to stop Prime Minister Na­ ministerial candidate will be rendra Modi. taken up after the poll, top Party leaders claim that Congress sources said on Mamata Banerjee has the alliance in Maharashtra Friday. already positioned herself with Sharad Pawar’s NCP is

Top leaders said discus­ as the front­runner. * PTI cemented and so is the case sions on the prime ministe­ with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s rial candidate is “divisive” at discussions is significant as RJD in Bihar. this stage. So the focus is to West Bengal Chief Minister But in U.P. that sends 80 have one platform where Mamata Banerjee has posi­ Lok Sabha MPs, the party is like­minded Opposition par­ tioned herself as the front­ yet to stitch a grand alliance ties can be accommodated runner. with the Samajwadi Party “without any confusion and BSP chief Mayawati, too, and the Bahujan Samaj disruption.” has not shied away from ex­ Party. Monsoon misery: People returning home in a ferry as porcupine pillars put up to prevent erosion lie submerged by the waters Leaving the choice of a pressing her prime ministe­ DELHI METRO Ī 4 PAGES of the Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Friday. The flood situation in Assam is worsening. * RITU RAJ KONWAR PM candidate for post­poll rial ambitions if the grand al­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 India confirms giving Abuse at Muzaffarpur home K.M. Joseph gets Centre’s nod for SC Special correspondent The government also noti­ Madan B. Lokur and Kurian clean chit to Choksi new delhi fied the appointments of Ma­ Joseph, had recommended shames us, says Nitish Kumar The Centre on Friday notified dras HC Chief Justice Indira Justice Joseph’s name for the No adverse info on passport: MEA the appointment of Uttark­ Banerjee and Orissa HC Chief first time in January, along hand HC Chief Justice K.M. Jo­ Justice Vineet Saran as judges with senior advocate and Kallol Bhattacherjee Bihar CM breaks silence, backs HC­monitored CBI probe seph as a Supreme Court of the SC. The collegium, now a SC judge, Indu Devesh K. Pandey judge, seven months after the comprising CJI Dipak Misra Malhotra. NEW DELHI Amarnath Tewary The RJD has announced ney General to request the SC collegium recommended and Justices J. Chelameswar DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 10 Patna India on Friday confirmed a dharnas across the country High Court to monitor the his name for elevation. (now retired), Ranjan Gogoi, SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 7 statement from the Citizen­ Two months after a case of on Saturday. Leader of the CBI probe…,” Mr. Kumar said ship by Investment Unit rape of minor inmates of a Opposition in Bihar Tejashwi at a government programme (CIU) of the government of shelter home in Muzaffarpur Yadav will sit on a dharna at for women empowerment. Antigua that the fugitive dia­ was lodged, Bihar Chief Mi­ Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Emerging from the pro­ mond trader Mehul Choksi nister Nitish Kumar on Fri­ Congress president Rahul gramme, Social Welfare De­ had no “adverse informa­ day broke his silence on the Gandhi, SP leader Akhilesh partment Minister Manju tion” in his passport. The Mehul Choksi incident and said he was ash­ Yadav and others are likely to Verma not only refused to response from the Ministry amed. He said he would like join him. On Thursday, the answer questions, but her se­ of External Affairs (MEA) and Barbuda on March 16, to have a “High Court­moni­ Left parties had called a Bi­ curity personnel pushed me­ came just hours after the 2017. It was based on a clear tored” CBI inquiry into the har bandh, demanding Mr. dia persons, causing some of CBI moved an extradition Police Verification Report case and added that nobody Kumar’s resignation. them to fall. Ms. Verma’s hus­ plea for Mr. Choksi. available on his passport,” found guilty would be “The Muzaffarpur inci­ band was earlier accused of “Police Clearance Certifi­ the MEA spokesperson said. spared. dent is a heinous act and it frequenting the Muzaffarpur cate (PCC) was issued to Me­ The Opposition parties has shamed us… The guilty shelter home, a charge she hul Choksi by Passport Of­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 have been demanding an HC­ in the case will not be had denied, claiming “it was fice, Mumbai, for Antigua ‘CENTRE COMPLICIT’ Ī PAGE 10 monitored CBI inquiry. spared… I’ve asked our Attor­ all politically motivated.”

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Yuthika Bhargava security expert, Robert that the issue is related not NEW DELHI Baptiste, who goes by the to handsets but the SIM Thousands of smartphone pseudonym, Elliot Alderson card. Some emergency users got spooked on on Twitter. “Do you have numbers such as for Fire, Thursday and Friday when @UIDAI in your contact list Ambulance, and Police they discovered the by default?” he tweeted on come pre­loaded on the SIM presence of a mysterious Thursday. When a flood of card, he said. number in their contacts replies confirmed that they “The real issue here is list. The number, 1800­300­ did, he tweeted again, “I’m about consent or the lack of 1947, was saved under the thinking aloud: What if it is it,” said Reetika Khera, name ‘UIDAI’ and is the toll only the top of the iceberg?” privacy expert and free helpline of the Unique Users began posting professor of Economics at Identification Authority of screenshots of their contacts IIM, Ahmedabad. “It is very India (UIDAI), the statutory list with the number and Number puzzle: Users found the entry was made to the similar to the concerns body in charge of Aadhaar. sought explanations from contact list without their consent. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO expressed about consent But what triggered @UIDAI on how it got added with regard to the opening confusion was the fact that it to their phones without providers, and handset that “some vested interest of Airtel wallets and the had entered people’s phone consent. “So, the #UIDAI is providers have all denied are trying to create diversion of pension and books without their automatically a contact in responsibility. UIDAI further unwarranted confusion in MGNREGA payments into knowledge and consent. my phone­book. Creepy added that the number, the public”. those accounts, without the It all began with a simple much…?” tweeted a user. 1800­300­1947, was A representative of knowledge of the concerned question from a French The UIDAI, service “outdated and invalid” and handset manufacturers said person.” CM YK https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI Timings Saturday, Aug. 04 RISE 05:44 SET 19:10 Congress raises questions 3 dead as buildings collapse RISE 23:52 SET 12:09 Sunday, Aug. 05 RISE 05:45 SET 19:09 In 24 hours, 14 lives have been lost in U.P. due to rain RISE 00:00 SET 13:09 over Raje’s ‘Gaurav Yatra’ Omar Rashid Monday, Aug. 06 LUCKNOW RISE 05:46 SET 19:09 RISE 00:33 SET 14:10 ‘Her government has failed on all fronts, misled the people of Rajasthan’ Three persons, including a minor girl, died in three sep­ Special Correspondent Ms. Raje flagged off a arate building collapse inci­ JAIPUR modified mini­bus, decorat­ dents in the heart of Luck­ A day before Chief Minister ed as a ‘chariot’, in which now on Friday allegedly due Vasundhara Raje embarks she will be travelling during to incessant rain, exposing on her 40­day­long ‘Gaurav the yatra, at her official resi­ the dangerous living condi­ Yatra’ (March of Pride) from dence here on Friday. The tions in parts of the Uttar Rajsamand district, the Con­ yatra will cover 165 of the Pradesh capital. gress here on Friday accused State’s 200 Assembly consti­ In the past 24 hours, the her of failure on all fronts of tuencies, covering a distance number of casualties in Ut­ governance and misleading of 6,000 km, while 134 pu­ tar Pradesh due to rain­relat­ the people of Rajasthan blic meetings will be organ­ ed incidents is 14, while ahead of the Assembly elec­ ised during the march. since July 1 around 170 per­ Neighbours looking at an old house which collapsed, killing a tions. There was hardly sons have died across the 10-year-old girl, at Ganeshganj in Lucknow on Friday. anything in the BJP rule to ‘Bid to control damage’ State, T.P. Gupta, project * RAJEEV BHATT feel proud of, said Congress Mr. Gehlot, the former Rajas­ manager of U.P. Relief De­ leaders. Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot addressing a press than Chief Minister, said the partment, told The Hindu. We have ordered lapidated structures in the While AICC general secre­ conference in Jaipur on Friday. * ROHIT JAIN PARAS yatra would turn out to be an <> Around 1,600 houses and them to vacate the city within a day. District Ma­ tary Ashok Gehlot said Ms. ‘unsuccessful attempt at hutments have also been buildings and shift. gistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma Raje’s march should be de­ this stage. At a press confe­ has instructed the Public damage control’. “The BJP damaged over the past said a total of 113 such hous­ If they don’t, we UN calls for scribed as ‘Vidaai Yatra’ (Fa­ rence, Mr. Pilot asked the Works Department to bear will be voted out of power month. es had been already identi­ rewell March), Pradesh Con­ first question: “Why is the expenses for holding public this time because all sec­ will have to vacate fied and notices served. “We adherence gress president Sachin Pilot expenditure on ‘Gaurav Ya­ meetings and asked the Col­ tions, including farmers, la­ Administration in tizzy them forcibly and have ordered them to vacate said the party would ask one tra’ being inflicted on the pe­ lectors to make arrange­ bourers, minorities, Dalits, In Lucknow, the district ad­ lock up the houses the buildings and voluntari­ to health question on each day of the ople of Rajasthan?” He said ments for the yatra. The BJP tribals, women, employees ministration went into a tiz­ Kaushal Raj Sharma ly shift wherever they want. yatra to expose the ‘misrule’ the ruling BJP was misusing is launching its election cam­ and unemployed youths are zy after three building col­ District Magistrate If they don’t shift till tomor­ indicators of the BJP. public money for recovering paign by spending the hard­ distressed,” he said, adding lapse incidents happened Bhatia, who rushed to the row then we will have to va­ He said a ‘march of ac­ lost ground in the election earned money of the pu­ that the farmers were forced within a few hours on Friday spot, said the house could cate them forcibly and lock Special Correspondent countability’ would be more year. blic... it is immoral,” said Mr. to commit suicide for the morning. not be repaired due to a le­ up the houses,” Mr. Sharma JAIPUR appropriate for Ms. Raje at “The State government Pilot. first time in the BJP rule. In the Ganeshganj locali­ gal dispute over tenancy. said. He, however, clarified Two UN agencies acting as ty, a couple of km from the “Those issued notices pre­ that the orders were not to development partners State Assembly, a 10­year­ viously did not take it se­ demolish the structures yet with the National Health old girl identified as Aashi riously. So we have re­issued as most of them were em­ Mission’s Rajasthan Direc­ Dalit man’s body exhumed for autopsy died while her mother Sarita the notices,” she said. broiled in legal disputes over torate have laid emphasis Mishra was grievously in­ In another incident, the tenancy. on adherence to 31 health jured when a portion of their police confirmed that two U.P. Chief Secretary Anup indicators set by the NITI His sister complained that he was assaulted by three men 12 days ago: police two­storey house collapsed. persons died and four were Chandra Pandey has in­ Aayog. The other three members of injured after a building col­ structed officials across the The State government is Press Trust of India cumbed to his injuries a ment at a local hospital and ganisations, along with local the family were not present lapsed in the Husainganj State to identify dilapidated providing healthcare and Ramgarh (Jharkhand) week later. returned home. A week la­ people, gheraoed the Ram­ in the house during the inci­ area. The victims were iden­ structures and shift resi­ immunisation services by A day after an FIR was In a complaint filed on ter, however, his condition garh police station, demand­ dent, locals said. tified as Imtiyaz and Kinnu, dents to safer spots. following the norms in five lodged in connection with Thursday, Mukesh’s elder deteriorated and he died on ing immediate arrest of the The minor was declared both in their 20s. identified districts. the death and burial of a 22­ sister Champa Kumari said the way to hospital,” Mr. accused, the officer said. dead after being rushed to Ex­gratia of ₹4 lakh NHM State Director Na­ year­old Dalit man in the Sir­ the three men not only as­ Kishore said quoting the FIR. Two of the three accused the trauma centre here Third incident The State government has veen Jain and senior Health ka area of the district, the saulted his brother, but also Ms. Kumari also alleged have been identified as Sa­ while her mother is under Another building reportedly announced an ex­gratia of ₹4 Department officials re­ police on Friday exhumed forced her family members that her family was not al­ mir Ansari and Ashique An­ treatment. collapsed near the famous lakh to the kin of the dead. viewed the progress of the body in the presence of a to bury the body, Sub­Divi­ lowed to perform the last sari, the SDPO said. “All According to the police, Aminabad area, but no ca­ Speaking to reporters, Ca­ work, along with the UNF­ magistrate and sent it for au­ sional Police Officer Radha rites of her brother. three are at large and a team the building was old and in sualties were reported. binet Minister Rita Bahugu­ PA and UNICEF represen­ topsy, official sources said. Prem Kishore said. Minutes after Ms. Kumari of officers is looking for poor condition and its resi­ Following the incidents, na Joshi said the government tatives Sunil Thomas Jacob Mukesh Ram was alleged­ “Mukesh, who was alleg­ filed the police complaint on them. The police are also try­ dents had been served not­ the Lucknow administration would come up with a policy and Anil Agrawal respec­ ly beaten up by three men edly beaten up on July 23, Thursday, representatives of ing to ascertain the reason ice to vacate in the past. swung into action and has is­ to prevent such incidents in tively on Friday. around 12 days ago. He suc­ underwent primary treat­ various socio­religious or­ behind the assault.” Lucknow Mayor Sanyukta sued notices to vacate all di­ future. https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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Satyasundar Barik Bhubaneswar A legislator, his son and nephew per­ formed the last rites of a destitute wo­ man after no villager came forward for her funeral fearing ostracisation in Od­ isha’s Jharsuguda district. Ramesh Patua, MLA from Rengali constituency, decided to perform the woman's last rites after the local police informed him that no one from Amana­ pali village under Chudamal gram pan­ chayat was ready to touch her body. For a cause: MLA Ramesh Patua (left) The woman, a beggar, lived with her and others carry the body of the ailing brother­in­law and survived on woman for funeral, in Jharsuguda leftovers from community feasts. Her district on Friday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT caste was unknown to the villagers. crisis. “I thought the two youngsters Ostracisation fears may not be able to handle the situa­ “It did not take me much time to un­ tion, so I rushed to the spot. We derstand why nobody was coming for­ brought four bamboo poles and pre­ ward for the last rites of the deceased. pared a bier to carry the body. Since I [According to a practice in the village] did not want any controversy by tinker­ If a person touches a body belonging to ing with the existing beliefs, we took another caste, he is ostracised by his the body to the ground and performed own community. As I was away from the last rites,” the MLA said. the spot, I sent two youngsters from While most of the rituals were per­ my family to take the body to the burial formed according to Hindu beliefs, the ground,” said Mr. Patua, who was elect­ body was buried as there was not much ed on a BJD ticket. time to arrange for a cremation, the Amanapali is 2 km from Loida, Mr. MLA said. The woman's relative was Patua’s village in Sambalpur district. too unwell to participate in the funeral. Although Amanapali is in Jharsguda Mr. Patua, one of the poorest MLAs constituency, the Rengali MLA did not in Odisha, does not have enough land show any hesitation in attending to the and still stays in a rented house. Tripura govt. ends job ban

Syed Sajjad Ali Agartala The Tripura government has ended a temporary ban on recruitment in govern­ ment services. The deci­ sion was taken at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. The BJP­IPFT alliance that assumed office in March announced the ban for a brief period citing ad­ ministrative reasons. Officials attributed the decision to faulty recruit­ ment procedures which re­ sulted in termination of jobs of 10,323 teachers on a Supreme Court order. https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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However, the preventing more than three “WHO has only highlighted their organs for transplant. one doctor from another district adminstration lakh deaths due to diarrhoea what we have known and are A Bench led by Chief Jus­ private hospital, without downplayed the issue, saying and protein­energy malnu­ working towards. Sanitation tice of India Dipak Misra performing the required it had been painted two years trition between 2014­Octob­ and health are deeply relat­ heard Kollam resident Dr. S. tests,” the petition said. ago on the school’s orders. PTI er 2019, notes a World ed and the Ministry has sev­ Ganapathy, who appeared in The Bench heard the plea “While the organs are not Health Organisation (WHO) eral schemes running paral­ person, to highlight the filed by Dr. S. Ganapathy. commercially bought or 2 policemen injured, 1 report released on Friday. lel to ensure good health gross malpractice in the cer­ sold, the cost of conducting Maoist killed in clash The progress report on coverage reaches all.” tification of brain dead in The doctor has filed his the transplant yields bet­ NAGPUR potential health impact from Kerala. special leave petition against ween ₹ 1.5 crore and ₹2 crore Two policemen suffered increased sanitation cover­ Risk assessment a Kerala High Court order to a hospital, becoming a injuries in a Maoist attack in age through the SBM­G, con­ The report further estimated Three-week time which “meekly” stated that perverse incentive for wrong Bijapur district of south ducted by the WHO for the that 14 million Disability Ad­ Additional Solicitor General it was satisfied with the steps or premature certification,” Chhattisgarh on Friday. In retaliation, the policemen Ministry of Drinking Water justed Life Years (DALYs) can P.S. Narasimha, for the taken to prevent such mal­ the petition contended. killed one Maoist, but the and Sanitation, said India’s der the SBM­G, 19 States and tricts were declared ODF. Al­ be avoided between 2014 Centre, undertook to dis­ practices. He stated that the The plea said the State rebels managed to drag his rural sanitation coverage es­ Union Territories were de­ so, more than 4.9 lakh villag­ and 2019. WHO estimation cuss the issue with the Un­ trouble began on February policy should be in tune body into the forest. The calated to 89.07% till August clared Open Defecation Free es in the country were of health impacts is based on ion Health Ministry and re­ 4, 2012, when the State go­ with the Supreme Court’s injured policemen were 2. (ODF) and 7.9 crore toilets declared ODF. comparative risk assessment port back to the apex court vernment issued an order judgments protecting the identified as Umesh Durgam The report notes that un­ were built, while 421 dis­ The WHO study showed (CRA) methods. in three weeks. giving a hospital which certi­ sanctity of life. and Shankar Punam. Mr. Durgam was grievously wounded and was airlifted to MLA’s son Raipur for treatment. HRD Ministry approves HAL tests rotary drone Two school students found dead drown in Odisha BHUBANESWAR in Patna Two students drowned while norms against plagiarism co-developed with IIT-K taking bath in a power Special Correspondent channel of Hirakud dam in It can operate for Patna Odisha’s Sambalpur on Friday. UGC had sought graded punishment for the offence The deceased — Sumit Dash an hour and travel Deepak Mandal, son of rul­ and Sameer Dalai —were Press Trust of India According to a gazette larities are between 40 and ing Janata Dal (United) New Delhi eight to 10 km students of the Aurobindo notification, for students, 60%, they will not be al­ MLA Bima Bharti, was School. They had decided to Student researchers found plagiarism of up to 10% lowed to supervise new mas­ Special Correspondent found dead on a railway take bath on their way to guilty of plagiarism may lose would not invite any penalty ters, M.Phil, PhD students Bengaluru track in Patna on Friday. coaching classes. On being their registration and teach­ while that of between 10 and for two years and will also be Bima Bharti represents informed, firemen reached ers could lose their jobs as 40% would mean the stu­ denied the right to one an­ A 10 kg rotary drone co­de­ the Rupauli Assembly con­ the spot and retrieved the the Human Resource Deve­ dents will have to submit a nual increment, it said. veloped by Hindustan Aero­ stituency in Purnia district bodies from the water. lopment Ministry approved revised research paper with­ In case of repeat plagia­ nautics Ltd (HAL) and IIT­ of north Bihar. new regulations on plagia­ in six months. rism of over 60% similarity, Kanpur was recently flown Deepak Mandal’s body Jet Airways flight rism drafted by the Universi­ In case the similarities are the faculty members will be for the first time in Bengalu­ Eye in the sky: The Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle can was found near the Rajen­ aborts take­off ty Grants Commission between 40 and 60% , stu­ suspended, even dismissed. ru, the defence public sector carry a live­streaming video camera. dra Nagar railway terminal. MUMBAI (UGC). dents will be debarred from The new regulations pre­ company said on Friday. He was studying in Patna As many as 142 passengers The Ministry had notified submitting a revised paper scribe that if any member of The 10­minute flight of “With this demonstra­ is designing and developing and had stayed at a friend’s onboard a Jet Airways flight from Riyadh to Mumbai had a the UGC (Promotion of Aca­ for one year. A student’s re­ the academic community the helicopter­like RUAV or tion, HAL’s Rotary Wing rotary UAVs for defence, pa­ house near the railway ter­ miraculous escape after the demic Integrity and Preven­ gistration for a programme suspects plagiarism, he or the Rotary Wing Unmanned R&D Centre is well poised to ramilitary forces and home­ minal on Thursday night, aircraft skidded off the tion of Plagiarism in Higher will be cancelled if the simi­ she shall report it to the De­ Aerial Vehicle was powered undertake development of land security. The RUAV is the police said. runway, after the pilots braked Education Institutions) Reg­ larities are above 60%. partmental Academic Inte­ by a 2­stroke petrol engine. [heavier] rotary UAVs with the first outcome of HAL’s His father, Awadhesh hard to abort take­off, upon ulations, 2018 this week. Teachers whose academic grity Panel. The RUAV can carry a 2.5­kg weapons as payloads,” HAL R&D tie­ups with academic Mandal, is a gangster from spotting an object lying on the The UGC had approved and research papers have si­ Parliament was on Thurs­ payload or instrument in­ chairman and managing di­ institutions such as IITs of the Seemanchal area, with runway. The passengers and the regulations in its meet­ milarities ranging from 10 to day informed by the govern­ cluding a live­streaming vi­ rector T. Suvarna Raju was Madras, Roorkee, Kharag­ over a dozen cases pending crew members were ing held in March this year 40% with other papers will ment that the UGC found deo camera. It can operate quoted as saying. pur, Bombay, Kanpur and against him. Speaking to evacuated using emergency prescribing graded punish­ be asked to withdraw the three cases of plagiarism in for an hour and travel 8­10 Apart from military and the Indian Institute of reporters, he accused his escape chutes. ment for plagiarism. manuscript. In case the simi­ writing PhD thesis. km, a statement said. civil helicopters, the centre Science, Bengaluru. rivals of killing his son. Gowda visits IMD forecasts more Justice Mittal Karunanidhi is J&K HC in hospital rain in August Chief Justice

Staff Reporter Delay in El Nino Legal Correspondent CHENNAI conditions, NEW DELHI As DMK chief M. Karuna­ say officials The Central government nidhi’s health status conti­ on Friday notified the ap­ nued to remain “stable but Jacob Koshy pointment of Delhi High critical,” he had a few high­ NEW DELHI Court Acting Chief Justice profile visitors at the hospi­ The India Meteorological Gita Mittal as the new Chief tal on Friday. Former Department (IMD) expects Justice of Jammu and Kash­ Prime Minister H.D. Deve slightly more rain in August mir High Court. Gowda visited the former than it anticipated in June Justice Mittal will be the Chief Minister at Kauvery but, overall, the country is first woman Chief Justice of Hospital. likely to end up with less Overall, the country is likely J&K High Court. The State’s Later speaking to repor­ rain than anticipated. Ho­ to end up with less rain than last Chief Justice, Justice ters, he hoped that Mr. Ka­ wever, monsoon rains in Au­ anticipated. B.D. Ahmed, retired on runanidhi would make a gust and September would March 15, 2018. quick recovery and live to be “favourably distributed” tember. In May, the IMD had The Centre also notified be 100 years old. and help agricultural pro­ forecast 97%, or 86 cm. A the appointment of Patna “Mr. Karunanidhi is the duction, according to a two cm shortfall, is a signifi­ High Court Chief Justice senior­most leader from press statement from the cant amount. Rajendra Menon as the Del­ the southern region. He agency on Friday. Officials said the forecast hi High Court Chief Justice. was responsible for the for­ Monsoon rains would be for marginally improved The Collegium men­ mation of coalition govern­ “95% of the LPA (Long Pe­ rains in August was due to tioned that it had earlier ments headed by [former riod Average) of August and their models suggesting a considered Justice Ani­ Prime Minister] Vajpayee, September,” the statement delay in El Nino conditions. ruddha Bose as Chief Jus­ Manmohan Singh and me. read. That works out to 41.2 On Wednesday, private tice of the Delhi High I cannot forget that he sup­ cm and, if the forecast forecaster Skymet Weather Court. It noted that the go­ ported me in becoming the holds, India would have re­ said monsoon rains would vernment had asked it to Prime Minister,” Mr. Gow­ ceived 84 cm of rain (95% of be at 92% of the historical re­consider the da said. LPA) between June and Sep­ LPA of 89 cm. recommendation. ‘Why English credits for Hindi films?’

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Engaging Naya Pakistan Imran Khan offers a chance to deal with Pakistan’s deep state, but no outcome is likely before the Lok Sabha polls

Impasse ends peace with India? Pakistan’s Army Mr. Khan’s desire to improve Pa­ Chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, kistan­Afghanistan relations. Now, a fresh memorandum of procedure for has on several occasions spoken of judicial appointments must be agreed upon the need to build peace with India, The Kashmir hurdle underscoring that bilateral dia­ In this plausible scenario, Kashmir ood sense seems to have prevailed at last. The logue can lead to peace and stabil­ is likely to be the wild card. Two Centre has cleared the elevation of Justice K.M. Happymon Jacob ity in the region. There is, of lessons stand out from earlier In­ GJoseph to the Supreme Court, seven months af­ course, no need to take it at face dia­Pakistan negotiations: talks ter the five­member collegium first recommended his he victory of Imran Khan’s value. However, if the Pakistan ar­ with Pakistan are unlikely to suc­ Pakistan Tehreek­e­Insaf my proposes dialogue and if the ceed if Kashmir continues to be a appointment. The Centre had no option but to elevate T(PTI) in the recent general new Prime Minister is assumed to domestic challenge for India; and the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice once the col­ elections in Pakistan poses both be on board such an objective, talks with Kashmiri separatists will legium reiterated its original recommendation after the challenges and opportunities for wouldn’t it suit Indian interests? not get anywhere without a paral­ Law Ministry returned his name. The collegium had India. The challenge would be to This begets more questions. lel process with Pakistan. In other combined its reiteration of his name with two other engage a newly minted Pakistani Can this new­found civil­military words, unless New Delhi reaches

names so that three Chief Justices could be elevated in Prime Minister who is yet to reveal REUTERS equation in Pakistan withstand the out to Kashmiri separatists and to one go. The Centre’s objections to Justice Joseph’s can­ his way of conducting diplomacy. force of Mr. Khan’s personality Pakistan in parallel, a dialogue The opportunity, even so, lies in outcomes, which goes to highlight detain us here. traits and Pakistan’s political dy­ process with Pakistan is unlikely to didature were unconvincing from the very beginning. It the fact that the rise of Mr. Khan the sheer lack of mass base for ter­ The question that should both­ namics in the days ahead? Will Mr. succeed. Given that the Bharatiya made an issue of his relative lack of seniority among the will enable India to deal with the ror outfits and their affiliates in Pa­ er us is whether Mr. Khan being a Khan’s relationship with the deep Janata Party — after having pulled Chief Justices of the various high courts, adding so me­ Pakistani ‘deep state’ more effec­ kistan, and the moderate nature of puppet in the hands of the Pakis­ state continue as expected or will out of a difficult coalition with the what curiously that his elevation would give excessi ve tively. its polity. This is not to say that Mr. tan army is detrimental to Indian his unpredictable temperament Peoples Democratic Party in Jam­ representation to Kerala. It also spoke of an imbalance Mr. Khan’s ‘victory speech’ had Khan has a clean record: he has interests or not. India’s grievance create more confusion? One mu and Kashmir — is gearing up to in regional representation. It was obvious that these several well­meaning and concilia­ been a supporter of Pakistan’s in regard to civil­military relations would have to wait and watch. use the Kashmir issue in the up­ were not good enough reasons to turn down his ap­ tory references to India which, if blasphemy law and has in the past so far has been three­fold: one, the coming elections, there is unlikely pointment. It only served to strengthen the suspicio ns logically followed up, could poten­ flirted with rightwing parties and Pakistani deep state has a nefa­ The China question to be much appetite in New Delhi tially yield long­term benefits for terror outfits in Pakistan, which rious agenda vis­à­vis India; two, Yet another angle that needs to be to open a serious dialogue with that Justice Joseph found himself in disfavour becau se the two countries. But it may be earned him the moniker ‘Taliban dialogue with the Pakistani politi­ factored in while engaging Naya Kashmiris, and Pakistan. he was on a Bench that quashed the imposition of Presi­ unrealistic to expect much move­ Khan’. cal establishment has often not Pakistan is the rising regional in­ In any case, Mr. Modi might not dent’s Rule in Uttarakhand in 2016, a charge the govern­ ment in bilateral ties till India’s The central Indian concern, been successful since the Pakistani fluence of China and the further want to take a chance with Pakis­ ment vehemently denied. Now that his elevation is al l own general elections are and a legitimate one, about Mr. security establishment is often not strengthening of China­Pakistan tan at this point since a failure to set to go through, these issues may not appear to be re­ concluded. Khan’s victory is whether he can on board the dialogue process; ties. Both the Pakistan army and show anything substantive from a levant anymore. However, it is difficult not to see a pat­ independently navigate a sus­ three, New Delhi’s desire for peace the political class in Pakistan are peace process with Pakistan could tern in the government’s conduct. It has been splitting A popular leader tained policy process with New becomes a casualty in the turf war upbeat about the China­Pakistan have domestic political implica­ Despite allegations of a rigged Delhi. India fears that the Pakista­ between Pakistan’s deep state and Economic Corridor and Chinese tions, especially if ceasefire viola­ recommended lists and selectively approving proposals election in Pakistan in which the ni deep state, i.e. the army and the its political establishment. investments in Pakistan, notwith­ tions and terror attacks continue from the collegium, while holding back or returning army is said to have enabled Mr. Inter­Services Intelligence (ISI), Logically then, one could argue standing Mr. Khan’s initial reserva­ to take place. some names. In the case of Justice Joseph, his name was Khan’s victory, it is widely recog­ will decide the India policy, and that the only way India can have a tions about China. It is possible Therefore, notwithstanding the sent along with that of senior advocate Indu Malhotra to nised that there was a major Mr. Khan will merely carry it out, if steady dialogue process with Pa­ that China could pacify some of positive statements from Mr. Khan the Centre in January. However, three months later, the groundswell of support for him. he is kept in the loop at all. A relat­ kistan is when there is agreement Pakistan’s revisionist tendencies and Mr. Modi’s gracious phone call government cleared only one of the two names, while The fact that his PTI left the rival ed concern is that the Pakistani between Pakistan’s deep state and towards both Afghanistan and In­ to him, we might not witness seeking reconsideration of Justice Joseph’s candidature. Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) deep state is not keen on a dia­ its Prime Minister on what the dia. In Wuhan, Prime Minister Na­ much progress in bilateral ties in far behind in terms of seat share, logue process with New Delhi. country’s India policy should be. If rendra Modi and Chinese Presi­ the short term. The interlude bet­ Such decisions tend to alter the inter se seniority among and that the PTI, until recently a While it is difficult to predict the so, Mr. Khan’s closeness to the Pa­ dent Xi Jinping agreed to carry out ween the general elections in Pa­ sitting judges, a factor that determines who becomes provincial party, made stunning nature of the evolving relationship kistan army should be viewed as joint projects in Afghanistan. This kistan and India is a period of ex­ Chief Justice of India and who joins the collegium. inroads in all of Pakistan’s provinc­ between an extremely popular Mr. an opportunity to have a fruitful is perhaps the opportune time to treme caution and careful The Centre’s right to seek the reconsideration of a re­ es shows that the big story is also Khan with the Pakistani deep dialogue with the Pakistani deep implement them. If (and that’s a domestic calculations, and hence commendation, on the basis of information available to the rise of a charismatic Pakistani state, let’s assume, for argument’s state without New Delhi’s message big ‘if’) Beijing can get the Pakis­ not conducive for bold foreign pol­ it, cannot be disputed — but it is worrying that one or political leader seen as incorrupti­ sake, that Mr. Khan will be subser­ to Rawalpindi getting lost in Isla­ tan army to agree to a reconcilia­ icy initiatives, especially on so­ two names are held back from a number of batches. ble and visionary by young voters. vient to the Pakistan army with re­ mabad. New Delhi, while engaged tion process in Afghanistan, and if mething as fraught as India­Pakis­ More significantly, despite con­ gard to the country’s security pol­ in a dialogue with Islamabad, New Delhi and Beijing can collabo­ tan relations. The reasons for seeking reconsideration need to be ex­ cerns in India, religious parties icy. Whether that is desirable for would not need to second­guess rate in Afghanistan, we may wit­ plicitly stated in every such instance. Even in its adhe­ have once again failed to convert the Pakistani state and its democ­ Rawalpindi’s intentions. ness some move towards regional Happymon Jacob is Associate Professor of rence to the norm that reiteration of a recommendation their street power into political racy is not a question that should Does the Pakistan army desire stability. This would be helped by Disarmament Studies at JNU, New Delhi is binding, the Centre has not been consistent. Recent­ ly, it returned a recommendation concerning two ap­ pointments to the Allahabad High Court for the second time. The other issue is delay — there is no justification Checking the new abnormal for sitting on files without taking a decision one way or another, particularly given the backlog in the Supreme The U.S. experience shows that anti­lynching laws are not enough — this must be a political battle Court. The current controversy may have come to a close, but the possibility of other flashpoints cannot be room to take shape, for it is abso­ In the course of arguments, re­ nately, barely a few days after the ruled out. If the judiciary and the government want to lutely a perverse notion.” ference was made to the U.S. verdict, Rakbar Khan was lynched dispel the impression of a prolonged conflict, a fresh The preventive guidelines re­ where lynching was rampant at to death in Alwar. In this case, it is memorandum of procedure for appointments has to be quire every State to designate a se­ one point, and several American not just the attackers who must be agreed upon: it is unclear what exactly is holding it up. nior police officer, not below the judgments were cited to empha­ brought to justice; the role of the rank of Superintendent of Police, sise that every citizen must abide police in Khan’s death must be in­ Satvik Varma as the Nodal Officer in each dis­ by the law. This, however, may be vestigated with reports stating that trict. This officer will constitute a an oversimplification, for in the the cops on duty delayed getting Hope in Harare? ismayed by the increasing special task force to collect intelli­ case of the U.S., it took almost a him medical attention that may Zimbabwe needs to move on quickly from number of cases of lynch­ gence on persons likely to commit hundred years between the Civil have saved his life. What this inci­ the post­election violence this week Ding across the country, the such crimes or who are involved in War (1861­1865) and the Civil dent tells us is that we need more Supreme Court observed last spreading hate speech, provoca­ Rights Movement (1954­1968) for than just laws to deal with the

is victory as President in this week’s general month that “it is the responsibility tive statements and fake news. No­ GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK the repugnant practice of mob vio­ deep­rooted hate which appears election confers popular legitimacy on Emmer­ of the States to prevent untoward dal Officers, upon being designat­ lence to be wiped out. Pertinently to have set in below the surface, Hson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s military­installed incidents and to prevent crime.” ed, have been directed to “take ficer, in whose police station such though, in the American context, and is corroding our moral fibre. steps to prohibit instances of dis­ an FIR is registered, shall intimate between 1882 and 1968, nearly Most cases of lynching have the leader since November 2017. The two­thirds majority Preventive guidelines semination of offensive material the Nodal Officer whose duty it 200 anti­lynching bills were appearance of premeditated acts for the ruling Zanu­PF party in Parliament will tighten Towards this goal, in Tehseen S. through different social media will be to ensure that the victim’s moved in the U.S. Congress, and of violence. There appears to be its control over state institutions. There had been palpa­ Poonawalla v. Union of India ( July platforms or any other means.” family members are not further seven Presidents, between 1890 an attempt to change the social ble relief in Harare when the 37­year­long dictators hip 17, 2018), the court directed that Additionally, both the Central and harassed. Nodal Officers have and 1952, petitioned Congress to and cultural fabric of India forever, of the veteran liberation leader Robert Mugabe was certain guidelines be implement­ State governments have been di­ been made duty­bound to ensure pass a federal law. However, no bill deepening the divide between ‘us’ brought to an end in a soft coup last year. But the eu­ ed. The court took note that what rected to broadcast public notifi­ that investigation and prosecution was approved by the Senate, due and ‘them’. Deep­seated insecuri­ phoria soon gave way to speculation over the substance may have started out as isolated cations on radio, television and of such cases is strictly carried to the opposition by the conserva­ ties are being stoked, especially of the military­inspired transition. Mr. Mnangagwa, af­ acts by fundamentalist right­wing other media platforms informing out, the charge sheet filed within tive South. Eventually, in 2005, the among young people frustrated by groups has now become a wides­ the public of the consequences of the prescribed time period, and U.S. Senate formally apologised the lack of employment opportun­ ter all, had been Vice­President under Mr. Mugabe, be­ pread malaise. As the court noted, taking the law into their hands. the trial concluded through fast­ for not passing an anti­lynching ities, to spread a fundamentalist fore being sacked by his political mentor. Now, General “When any core group with some Amongst the remedial mea­ track courts within six months. law when it was most needed. agenda. This agenda cannot be Constantino Chiwenga, who was instrumental in Mr. kind of idea take the law into their sures, the Supreme Court has di­ The court has also directed that fought by court directives, legisla­ Mnangagwa’s return from a brief exile, is his Vice­Presi­ own hands, it ushers in anarchy, rected that in case of an incident of upon conviction, the maximum No luxury of time tion and police procedures alone. dent, and the army top brass wields influence over the chaos, disorder and, eventually, lynching or mob violence, the ju­ sentences provided for various of­ As a nation, India cannot wait that It must be fought politically. government. But the 75­year­old President has in recent there is an emergence of a violent risdictional police station shall im­ fences be awarded, and this long. The executive must imme­ months sought to project himself as a political reformist society. Vigilantism cannot, by any mediately lodge a first information should hopefully act as a deter­ diately implement the directions Satvik Varma is a litigation counsel and stretch of imagination, be given report (FIR). The Station House Of­ rent. of the Supreme Court. Unfortu­ corporate attorney based in New Delhi and an economic liberal. His invitation to international observers to monitor the polls was in sharp contrast to the conduct of previous elections. Zimbabwe’s return LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. to the Commonwealth and re­engagement with multi­ lateral institutions are his priorities. The NRC test Unsound demand The realisation of these aspirations hinges on the nationalism and humanism accommodate more people power. However, India Sidhu, and actor Aamir West Bengal Chief Minister is stark. Imagine the state of with its limited resources. should engage with Khan to attend his This is not only unsound conduct of free and fair elections and the restoration of Mamata Banerjee is simply the people who will be The government needs to Pakistan even if solutions swearing­in­ceremony but will result in chaos and the rule of law. The international community has been overreacting (“It’s super rendered stateless? It is not ask itself: if people lived seem elusive. (“Kapil, Sidhu pin hopes on a waste of paper (“17 watching for cues on where Zimbabwe is headed in emergency in the country, enough to be Indians; it has here for almost 50 years V. Subramanian, Imran Khan”, August 3). It Opposition parties want terms of restoring the rule of law after the excesse s of says Mamata”, August 3). become necessary to be and the situation was Chennai will be good if the rapport ballot papers back in 2019”, the Mugabe years. Closer to the elections, there had The issue is undoubtedly “genuine Indians” now, to peaceful until now, how that these cricketers enjoy Aug. 3). EVMS are fast, been concerns that the process of voter registration was very serious but her borrow a phrase from the can they suddenly become The new government in contributes to improving accurate and prevent booth not transparent, especially in the Zanu­PF’s rural remarks are not mature. Union Minister of State for a threat to national Pakistan will probably be a India­Pakistan ties. Perhaps capturing. Ballot papers are The fact that the missing Home, Kiren Rijiju. The security? greater threat to India than sportspersons and artists cumbersome. strongholds. But there was acknowledgment of a more names from the NRC draft NRC exercise should not Chaitanya S. Hiwarkar, when the army was ruling can succeed where V. Padmanabhan, open political climate, compared to the large­scale vio­ include relatives of a former dent India’s image as a land Nagpur there. Going by his politicians have failed. Bengaluru lence following the 2008 elections. This was confirmed President of India and an of disparate races and statements, Mr. Khan does C.G. Kuriakose, more letters online: Kothamangalam by a high turnout, and the voting was largely incide nt­ MLA is worrying, but it is religions co­existing New PM, new ties? not seem to harbour a www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ free. But the bloody violence witnessed since the start more worrying that an peacefully for millennia. It is amusing that hopes friendly attitude towards of counting, which has been blamed on the military, elected Chief Minister G. David Milton, about improved relations India the way Nawaz Sharif speaks of the possibility of a Maruthancode have sprung up once again did. And since Mr. Khan corrections & clarifications: has drawn justified global condemnation. The opposi­ >>The headline of the story regarding the passage of a Constitu­ civil war. Ms. Banerjee’s (“Will Imran Khan’s win won the election with the tion too is not blameless. Nelson Chamisa, leader of the tional Amendment Bill providing for a National Commission for divisive agenda has few Mr. Rijiju has said that no further set back Indo­Pak support of the army and Movement for Democratic Change, recklessly claimed Backward Classes as a Constitutional body (Aug. 3, 2018) should takers. “genuine” Indian will be left ties?”, August 3). This the ISI, the army will be the have been: “Constitutional status for BCs panel.” the party was in the lead even before the election com­ D.V.G. Sankararao, out of the NRC. Who is a optimism is based on real ruler. Prime Minister >>A sentence in “Congress stance on NRC affects India’s sover­ mission announced results. The elections show that the Vizianagaram genuine Indian? If people wishful thinking, not logic. Narendra Modi will need a eignty: Jaitley” (Aug. 2, 2018) read: “Though ... Mr. Rajiv Gandhi change Zimbabweans yearn for is painfully slow to be have lived in a place for 50 The fate of India­Pakistan novel approach to repair took a particular position in 1972 and 1985 for the deletion and de­ portation of foreigners...” It should have been detection and realised. The country needs to build on the sliver of The nationalist narrative years, are they not genuine? relations has always been ties. deportation. hope that this election has afforded for lasting stability. has gained so much Do they deserve to be dictated by the military in Y.G. Chouksey, >>From the text of the report headlined “NRC issue rocks Rajya Pune Zimbabwe has been without a currency for nearly a de­ acceptance over the called stateless suddenly? Pakistan, not by its political Sabha again” (Aug. 2, 2018), a word which was expunged by the decades that the Opposition Where will they go? leaders. Mr. Khan has House Chairman from the records of the proceedings sub­ cade and the bond notes used as a proxy for the dollar parties, barring a few like Bangladesh is not going to unwittingly played into the It is welcome news that sequently has been deleted in the web editions. fetch less than their face value in the market. It needs to the Trinamool Congress, do accept these people nearly hands of the military. He Imran Khan may be It is the policy of The Hindu to correct significant errors as soon as possible. Please specify attract investment, promote industrialisation and fos­ the edition (place of publication), date and page. The Readers’ Editor’s office can be not deem it necessary to 50 years after the war. The will also find it difficult to extending formal contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to ter employment generation. Mr. Mnangagwa must con­ take a humanitarian country just accepted make decisions on his own invitations to former Friday); Fax: +91-44-28552963; E­mail:[email protected]; Mail: Readers’ approach to the citizenship thousands of Rohingya and as he is dependent on Editor, The Hindu, Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India. vert his business­friendly rhetoric into action. cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, All communication must carry the full postal address and telephone number. No personal issue. The clash between will not be able to smaller parties to stay in Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh visits. The Terms of Reference for the Readers’ Editor are on www.thehindu.com

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West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district has become a hub from where girls are trafficked into the commercial sex trade. Shiv Sahay Singh reports on the struggle for compensation and dignity of those fortunate enough to have been rescued

erina (23) was rescued from a brothel in Kalyan, a Mumbai sub­ Surb, on December 14, 2016. She was put on a train on February 2, 2017. The journey to her home State, West Bengal, lasted two days. She had to spend some more days at a shelter in Madhyamgram town in North 24 Parga­ nas before being reunited with her fami­ ly — after one year — in South 24 Parga­ nas district on February 18. Like many women who had been traf­ ficked into sex work and subsequently rescued, Serina doesn’t like anyone vis­ iting her at her home, where she lives with her three unmarried sisters, all younger than her. She prefers to travel 20 km so that she can meet us at the of­ fice of an NGO in the Gokulpara area of Canning subdivision. The NGO, Goranbose Gram Bikash Kendra (GGBK), works for the welfare of victims of trafficking. Serina, at five feet five inches, is taller than other survi­ vors, but she looks frail. Her medical papers mention her weight as 35 kg. She complains to a GGBK worker that she has been steadily losing weight. A test done shortly after her rescue had diag­ nosed her as HIV positive. Serina has to regularly make the nearly 70 km journey from her village to the Alipore Court in Kolkata to find out the status of her petition seeking com­ pensation under the West Bengal Victim Compensation Scheme for trafficking survivors. “I had applied for compensa­ tion in July 2017,” she says. “My medical expenses are rising every month. But all I am getting are empty assurances.” Se­ rina has to spend ₹3,000­4,000 every month on tests and medication.

Social boycott Like Serina, 28­year­old Meher­un Nisa also avoids meeting outsiders at her home. “My return from Pune in early 2017 led to a social boycott of our family. Even buying daily groceries had be­ come a challenge. I did not step out from home for months,” says Meher­un Nisa, whose village is also in Canning. After her rescue, it took her almost a year to muster the courage to visit a pol­ ice station and lodge a complaint against the man who had trafficked her. “Two subdivisions in South 24 Parganas, Diamond Harbour and Canning, have That man was her husband. Having emerged as hubs of trafficking.” (Clockwise from top): Survivors of trafficking at a tricked her into marrying him, he took meeting with a social worker from the NGO, Goranbose Gram Bikash Kendra, in her to Pune on the pretext of getting her Canning village in South 24 Parganas district; young girls from Godkhali village in a job, and sold her to a brothel. These Canning, where cases of trafficking have come to fore; a social worker of the days she travels regularly to Kolkata to Swayangsiddha initiative tells students in Diamond Harbour not to respond to calls or

arrange the documents needed to apply messages from unknown numbers. * MANOB CHOWDHARY for victim compensation. Following a 2010 directive from the <> Traffickers win your trust by compensation has been awarded to traf­ driver. “She is a minor and the police identify the area from where she had es­ eight in 2018. He is convinced that traf­ Supreme Court that compensation giving money or provisions for ficking survivors has not been made will have to take the case,” says Laskar, caped. And when we finally managed to ficking is a well­organised crime, with should be paid to victims of sexual as­ your family. They target poor available in the public domain. A Right trying to comfort Sheikh. locate the lane, we could not identify operators based in West Bengal and oth­ sault, acid attacks and trafficking, many girls who belong to families to Information (RTI) application may be At the Canning Police Station, on one the building.” Eventually, with the help er States. He says that traffickers have States have set up victim compensation that can barely make their the only route to access this informa­ of the desks lies a charge sheet filed on of the Delhi Police, they broke into a flat found a new modus operandi to home funds. According to the West Bengal ends meet. tion, he says. “Whenever we have June 15, 2017 against Asha Das alias Jyot­ and found three babies of the same age. in on their targets. They lurk around Victim Compensation Scheme, 2017, ₹1 funds, we disburse it among the peo­ sna Das. Samayun Bashar, the sub­in­ The babies’ heads had been shaved and mobile recharge shops where these Meher-un Nisa lakh is the amount to be paid to victims Survivor of trafficking ple,” he says. spector who handles cases of traffick­ measures had been taken to make all of girls, mostly schoolgoing, go to get their of human trafficking as compensation. Pompi Banerjee, a psychiatrist work­ ing, takes the chair behind the desk and them look alike. Even the mother found cell phones recharged, and copy their Serina and Meher­un Nisa are among ing with Utthan, a trafficking survivors’ flips through the charge sheet. it difficult to identify her own baby. numbers from the register. the thousands of unsuspecting young whose father works as a mason in Kolka­ collective that’s active in the North and “In 2017, the Canning police station “When the mother turned away, the ba­ It starts with missed calls, WhatsApp girls and women who had left their ta, said that the cyclone Aila of 2009 South 24 Parganas districts, says that rescued 22 girls. We are yet to count the by started crying and calling out to her messages, and even the gifting of new homes after being promised a better fu­ changed the nature of the land in the re­ she is aware of only three trafficking sur­ numbers for 2018 but it could be eight in Bengali,” recalls Bashar. “It was as if mobile phones. A few weeks later, once ture by traffickers posing as well­wish­ gion. The influx of sea water had ren­ vivors receiving compensation in the or ten,” says Bashar, recounting the sev­ the child had rescued herself.” the girl’s confidence has been won, the ers. Lured by new boyfriends, stran­ dered the area unfit for cultivation. past two years, of which only one has eral journeys he had made in 2017 to In the adjoining subdivision of Dia­ trafficker will tell her that he has got a gers, and sometimes even family Another survivor from Budhokhali received the money in her account. rescue girls from Gujarat, Pune and Del­ mond Harbour, Prabir Kumar Bal is the job in Delhi and his parents are likely to members, these girls are sold to broth­ village, under the Itkhola panchayat in South 24 Parganas is one of the most hi. “Three in Gujarat, three in Pune, one officer­in­charge of the Special Opera­ get him married. “It is such an elaborate els across the country. In recent times, Canning, makes a living making batik densely populated districts in West Ben­ in Delhi,” he counts on his fingers. The tions Group, Sunderbans Police District. and carefully thought­out plan that the West Bengal has registered an astonish­ prints for saris. When she returned gal. The last Census put the population most challenging rescue was in Delhi, of He had rescued six girls from Agra in girl is bound to fall into the trap,” Basu ingly high number of trafficking cases. home three years ago after being res­ density per sq km at 819. Canning and a three­year­old who had been sold 2017. Five of them were from South 24 says. Raising awareness is the key, he The latest figures of the National cued, her husband refused to take her Diamond Harbour are two of the five along with her mother. Parganas. Bal had gone looking for a girl says, as this was the same plot that Fa­ Crime Records Bureau, released in 2017, back. She now lives with her parents. subdivisions of the districts with high from the Mathurapur area of the dis­ rak Ali Gayen had used to trap Mondal. show that of the 8,132 cases of human At Bollartop village, which falls under migration and maximum instances of trict, and in the course of his investiga­ The West Bengal police has been try­ trafficking recorded in the country (Ja­ Basanti police station, a father who trafficking and missing children. tion, ended up busting a major traffick­ ing to do just that through the Swayang­ nuary to December 2016), 3,579 cases works as a mechanic for engine­po­ ing racket involving locals from siddha initiative, under which police of­ (around 44%) were from West Bengal. wered boats speaks of a habeas corpus The missing ones Diamond Harbour and their handlers in ficers regularly visit schools and Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, a Delhi­ plea he had filed in the Calcutta High Responses to several RTI queries by Kol­ Delhi and Agra. colleges and urge girls not to respond to based NGO, cites a Home Ministry state­ Court in 2017. His daughter, who went kata­based activist Sabir Ahamed show His eyes light up when asked about missed calls from unknown numbers. ment in the Lok Sabha, according to missing two years ago, had contacted that South 24 Parganas had the highest the rescue of 18­year­old Sushmita Mon­ Sometimes survivors like Serina and which charge sheets had been filed in the family saying that she had been sold number of missing children in the State. dal, an operation that had involved four Meher­un­Nisa also visit these aware­ 1,186 cases of the 3,579 cases reported to a brothel somewhere and was unable In 2012, 2,836 went missing, of which to five visits to Delhi, Ghaziabad and ness camps and speak to the girls. from West Bengal. “This means that in to escape. The father’s hopes rest on the 2,191 were girls. Of these, 1,714 were Agra. “You can make a film on it,” he one­third of the cases, the girls have fact that another girl from his village aged between 14 and 18 years. Ahamed says, recalling how the police had just A different journey been rescued and the perpetrators ar­ who had also gone missing was rescued says that while 1,007 of the missing chil­ one clue to work with — a telephone Meher­un­Nisa has come a long way rested,” he says. From January 2017 to in 2017. These families do not have the dren were traced, the whereabouts of number Mondal had called several since her return from Pune. Last July 2018, Shakti Vahini and the West economic means to wage a legal battle the rest remain unknown. times before she went missing. month, she went on another journey, Bengal police have together rescued 101 to get their daughters back. For Amina Khatun Laskar, who runs “This number kept travelling to Kol­ this time of a different kind. Along with girls and women from different parts of Birangana Seva Samity, a small, Can­ kata, Delhi, and back to Diamond Har­ another survivor, she flew to Delhi, on north India. Nearly one­third of the girls Question of compensation ning­based NGO that works for the wel­ bour. That was our only clue. Interest­ July 18, to participate in a consultation rescued (34) were from South 24 Parga­ Of late, the judiciary has begun taking fare of trafficking survivors, instances of ingly, the SIM was registered in the on the Trafficking of Persons (Preven­ nas district. an active interest in the issue. On July 5, women and girls going missing is almost name of a woman who worked in Kolka­ tion, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill. Two subdivisions in South 24 Parga­ 2018, a Division Bench of Justices Ravi a daily phenomenon. “Earlier, it was ta,” Bal says. The rescue took weeks of The next day, in the presence of three nas, Diamond Harbour and Canning, Krishan Kapur and Joymalya Bagchi of teenagers and young unmarried girls planning, help from the Agra Police, MPs — Shatrughan Sinha, Manoj Tiwari have emerged as hubs of trafficking. Ov­ the Calcutta High Court observed that who were trafficked. Now we are getting Tracking them down and cops posing as customers in order and Kothapalli Geetha — she picked up er the past few years, they have seen the “the menace of trafficking of women cases of even married woman going The 25­year­old mother of twin daught­ to gain entry into the brothel that held the microphone and explained how wo­ return of several rescued girls. Life for and minors has assumed alarming pro­ missing,” says Laskar. ers belonged to Sundhipukria area of Mondal. men like her fall into the trap of traffick­ these young women, who are mostly in portions.” A directive by the Bench that While Laskar is sharing case studies Canning. She was taken to Delhi, along “We went without food for 36 hours. ers. “First they win your trust by giving their twenties, is tough. They have es­ is likely to have a positive impact is that of married women who have gone mis­ with one of her daughters, by a woman I had assured Bal that if the girl he was money or provisions for your family,” caped a nightmarish past but the future there should be a provision for interim sing, a burqa­clad woman walks into the who had befriended her and promised looking for was in north India, we she told the gathering. “They target is not bright either. Not only do they compensation for the survivors, which room, clutching a passport size photo­ to get her a job. But the mother ended would find her,” says Rishi Kant. The ac­ poor girls who belong to families that have to come to terms with the psycho­ is to be given to them soon after they re­ graph and an Aadhaar card. Aliyah up in a flat from where a prostitution tivist, who has rescued hundreds of can barely make their ends meet.” logical trauma, they also have to contin­ cord their statements. Sheikh has not heard from her daught­ racket was being run. One afternoon in girls, says that little­known police offic­ Later in the evening, she told one of uously battle social stigma. Under these Enthused by the Calcutta High Court er, Rokeya, since July 14, 2018. Rokeya January 2017, she escaped from the flat ers travel all around the country to the participants of the seminar that the circumstances, securing even a basic li­ orders as well as the provisions in the got married two years ago. “Your but could not take her daughter with bring these girls back home. man who had trafficked her still re­ velihood proves a daunting task. Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Pro­ daughter was born in 2001,” says Las­ her. As he speaks, Bashar is busy mak­ Tathagata Basu, SP of the Sunderbans mains at large. An inter­State agency to The houses of the survivors and of tection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, re­ kar, looking at the Aadhaar card. “Why ing notes on a sheet of paper. “I am tra­ Police District, says that 13 girls, all resi­ investigate such cases, as proposed in the girls who have gone missing tell a cently passed by the Lok Sabha, Kant is did you marry her off so young?” velling to Kolkata tomorrow, the ac­ dents of the Sunderbans and its adjoin­ the Bill, could apprehend those operat­ story in themselves. Located in remote hopeful that the rehabilitation of survi­ “She was good­looking, so we fixed cused (Asha Das) has applied for bail at ing areas, were rescued in 2017, and ing in different States, she said. Little areas of the Canning subdivision, these vors will soon become a legal right. He her marriage with my sister’s son. Her the Calcutta High Court. I have to brief did she know that her wish was to come mostly one­room houses have thatched says that the responsibility for awarding family is a little better off than us,” ex­ the public prosecutor about the case so true almost a week later. On July 26, the roofs and almost no furniture. The fami­ compensation lies with the SLSA. plains Sheikh. “My husband is para­ that she does not get bail,” Bashar says. <> I had applied for Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, amidst lies have a solitary earning member and “Legal aid is not charity, it is the con­ lysed. I earn ₹1,500 a month working as The rescue of the three­year­old was compensation in July 2017. My concerns by the Opposition. For Meher­ multiple dependents, including several stitutional right of a citizen,” says the a cook in a local school.” She adds that like looking for a needle in a haystack as medical expenses are rising un­Nisa, Serina and others like them, children. Most have little or no land. pen stand in the office of Ajay Kumar her son­in­law had told her that her there were no telephone numbers to every month. But all I am the Bill, yet to be passed by the Rajya The men travel to Kolkata looking for Gupta, the SLSA member secretary, lo­ daughter ran away with an autorick­ track down, no address and no clues, getting are empty assurances. Sabha, offers a ray of hope. odd jobs as potters, tailors or masons. A cated in the heart of Kolkata. According shaw driver. Laskar jots down the de­ Bashar says. “For three days we went Serina survivor in Uttar Daharani village, to Gupta, the number of cases where tails but Sheikh has no name for the around Delhi, but the mother could not Survivor of trafficking Names have been changed to protect identity

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE K.M. Joseph gets nod for SC Congress opposes Push for quota in Centre approves collegium’s recommendation for elevation after seven months simultaneous poll Special Correspondent months, on April 25, the seph’s name and argued that It is against federalism, says party promotion for SCs/STs New Delhi Centre cleared Justice Mal­ his parent High Court, the The Centre on Friday noti­ hotra’s name and sent back Kerala High Court, had adeq­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT “They are presumed back­ wanted a total of 22.5% (15% fied the appointment of Ut­ the file of Justice Joseph to uate representation in the NEW DELHI ward,” Mr. Venugopal sub­ for SC+7.5% for ST) posts re­ tarkhand High Court Chief the collegium for higher judiciary. The Congress on Friday in­ mitted, saying the State served for promotion for Justice K.M. Joseph as a Su­ reconsideration. “The proposed appoint­ formed the Law Commis­ needs to show “affirmative SC/ST in public employ­ preme Court judge, seven ment of K.M. Joseph as a sion the party’s “vehement action” by giving them ment. Only this quantum months after the apex court Name withheld judge of the Supreme Court opposition” to the idea of equality of opportunity. would satisfy their need for collegium recommended his The move was interpreted as at this stage does not appear holding Lok Sabha and As­ adequate representation. name for elevation. the Centre conveying its dis­ to be appropriate,” the Law sembly elections together, Against creamy layer Mr. Venugopal said it was The government also noti­ pleasure with Justice Joseph Minister argued in his letter. and said it was against the The government objected to not possible to comply in ev­ fied the appointments of Ma­ for his April 2016 judgment “It would also not be fair basic structure of Indian a creamy layer concept ery case the conditions laid dras High Court Chief Justice that quashed President’s and justified to other more federalism. among the SC/ST. “You can­ down by the Nagaraj judg­ Indira Banerjee and Orissa Justice K.M. Joseph Rule in Uttarkhand. senior, suitable and deserv­ A Congress delegation, not dissect the SC/ST and ment in 2006. High Court Chief Justice Vi­ Law Minister Ravi Shan­ ing Chief Justices and senior comprising Mallikarjun see those who are worthy During the hearing, Chief neet Saran as judges of the Madan B. Lokur and Kurian kar Prasad had strongly de­ judges of various High Kharge, former Finance Mi­ Kapil Sibal (of quota) and those who Justice Misra said the three Supreme Court. Joseph, had recommended nied that the decision had Courts,” he added. nister P. Chidambaram, are not,” Mr. Venugopal sub­ criteria — backwardness, in­ Justice Joseph’s name for the anything to do with the Ut­ The collegium, however, former Law Minister Kapil AIADMK, the Samajwadi mitted. adequacy and administra­ First in January first time in January, along tarkhand judgment. reiterated its stand and re­ Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singh­ Party and the Telangana As far as the qualifier “in­ tive efficiency — were “com­ A five­member Supreme with senior advocate and On April 30, however, the commended Justice Joseph’s vi, Anand Sharma and J.D. Rashtra Samiti have sup­ adequate representation” pelling reasons” so that Court collegium, comprising now a Supreme Court judge, Law Minister wrote to the name a second time, this Selam, met the panel to ar­ ported it. was concerned, Mr. Venugo­ reservation by government Chief Justice Dipak Misra Indu Malhotra. Chief Justice of India Dipak time making the recommen­ ticulate the party’s stand on While TRS chief and Te­ pal asked, “How do you es­ was not excessive. and Justices J. Chelameswar After sitting on the recom­ Misra , asking the collegium dation binding on the go­ simultaneous polls. langana Chief Minister K. tablish inadequacy of repre­ The three qualifiers were (now retired), Ranjan Gogoi, mendations for over three to reconsider Justice Jo­ vernment. When the Law Commis­ Chandrasekhar Rao had ex­ sentation? Who will meant to prevent reserva­ sion had floated a discussion tended strong support, the establish it? Is it for each tion from making an inroad paper on simultaneous polls Samajwadi Party qualified post or the entire into the right of equal op­ and asked political parties its support that the move department?” portunity in public for their responses, the BJP should be implemented The government said it employment. Social media hub plan dropped and the Congress had stayed from 2019 suggesting that it away from a consultation in should cut short the tenure July. of the BJP government in Ut­ Supreme Court had raised the fear that it may create a surveillance state The BJP, however, had tar Pradesh. ‘MPs were detained sought time from the com­ The Trinamool Congress, Legal Correspondent ter, Facebook and Instagram ture that merges mass sur­ mission to respond and sub­ the Aam Aadmi Party, the NEW DELHI would be tracked to identify veillance with a capacity for mit its views in writing. DMK, the Telugu Desam to maintain peace’ A proposal to have hubs to the “buzz creators” and so­ disinformation,” Ms. Moitra, Sources familiar with the Party, Left parties and the monitor social media traffic cial media influencers. represented by senior advo­ deliberations said the Con­ JD(S) have opposed the Mr. Rajnath Singh informed has said this,” he said, ad­ and trends has been with­ Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, cate A.M. Singhvi and advo­ gress delegation was “vehe­ proposal. the House that the State go­ ding that a privilege notice drawn, the Union govern­ who is a member of the cate Mohammad Nizam mently opposed” to simulta­ DMK working president vernment took the steps for had already been given. ment informed the Supreme Bench led by Chief Justice Di­ Pasha, had argued. neous elections. Party M.K. Stalin had written a let­ maintenance of peace in As some BJP MPs inter­ Court on Friday. pak Misra, had voiced the The petition had said the leaders are learnt to have ter that pointed out, “The view of media reports and rupted, he said, “Yes, the The decision comes after court’s apprehensions about aim of the hub was to “create told the Law Commission Working Paper does not intelligence inputs of possi­ election is coming. Are you the court had questioned the the government’s plan, say­ a technology platform “to that “ending or extending seem to have considered ble trouble. afraid? Are you so nervous proposal in a hearing on July ing that this would pose a collect digital media chatter terms of Assemblies was that the Lok Sabha is also Earlier, Mr. Banerjee that you are detaining 13, saying this may transform danger in a country where from all core social media against the basic structure capable of being dissolved raised the matter at Zero MPs?” the country into a surveil­ privacy was a fundamental platforms as well as digital of the Constitution and In­ before its five­year tenure. If Hour amid jeers from ruling Meanwhile, the Trina­ lance state. right. platforms”. dian federalism”. such a situation were to hap­ party MPs. He informed the mool has said it would stage The hearing was based on “social media communica­ With the government hav­ pen, it is unclear whether all House that MPs Sukhendu demonstrations across West a petition filed by Trinamool tion hub” was a “brazen at­ Disinformation trend ing withdrawn its plan for Parties divided Legislative Assemblies will Sekhar Ray, Ratna De Nag, Bengal on Saturday and Congress MLA Mohua Moi­ tempt at mass surveillance”. “The proposed social media the hubs, the court said the Political parties are divided also be dissolved to syn­ Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Na­ Sunday in protest against tra, who had alleged that the Ms. Moitra said popular so­ communication hub seeks to petition was infructuous and on the issue. Besides NDA chronise the electoral pro­ deem Ul Haque, Arpita the detention of its delega­ government’s proposal for a cial media sites such as Twit­ create a technology architec­ disposed it of. ally Shiromani Akali Dal, the cess again.” Ghosh and Mamata Thakur, tion. “If MPs and MLAs are along with West Bengal Mi­ prevented in such an illegal nister Firhad Hakim and an manner from visiting a CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC MLA, were part of the dele­ place, can you believe that Arthur Road Govt. coerced channel gation, and sought to know poor and marginalised peo­ Raising objections whether their detention and ple whose names did not fi­ Jail’s barrack manhandling was not an un­ gure in the NRC will get a to remove staff: Cong. declared emergency. proper hearing,” Mr. Hakim to be filmed “They were manhandled asked, on his return to Kol­ Special Correspondent by the police. Every channel kata from Silchar. Special Correspondent NEW DELHI NEW DELHI The Congress on Friday al­ The CBI on Friday said the leged that three senior staff­ Home Ministry would get a ers of a prominent news Issue of PM candidate video made of Barrack channel had been forced to No.12 in Mumbai's Arthur quit over a report that was Road Jail for submission in critical of the Narendra Mo­ only after poll: Oppn. the U.K. court which is di government. hearing the request for ex­ Making the charge during Mallikarjun Kharge The Congress Working Com­ pult it to the centre­stage of traditing Vijay Mallya. Zero Hour, the Congress mittee (CWC) has author­ an Opposition alliance. “The Home Ministry will floor leader in the Lok Sab­ channel] was told to go. Two ised Congress chief Rahul Senior leaders of the Con­ get the filming done and ha, Mallikarjun Kharge, said anchors of the channel were Gandhi “to have alliances gress are of the view that the share it with the Ministry of this was the fallout of a re­ also asked to go,” Mr. Kharge with like­minded parties.” narrative that Prime Minis­ External Affairs to be sub­ port the channel ran deny­ said. Top leaders admit that ter Narendra Modi is “un­ mitted in the U.K. court, as ing a claim made by the Denying the charge, In­ discussions are on for a tie­ beatable is a manufactured sought during the last Prime Minister in his Mann formation and Broadcasting up in U.P. even as they de­ narrative.” hearing,” said a CBI official. Ki Baat radio address on the Minister Rajyavardhan nied media reports that the If the the BJP doesn’t get India has about three doubling of a Chhattisgarh Singh Rathore said the go­ Congress may be offered no 230 seats or more on its weeks to submit the video woman farmer’s income. vernment had nothing to do more than two or three own, Congress leaders ar­ showing that natural light “It is unfortunate that the with the internal develop­ seats in the State on the ba­ gued, NDA allies may prefer is available in Barrack 12 as media is being targeted for ments of a private television sis of its strength. another Prime Ministerial Mr. Mallya’s defence team doing its duty, for carrying channel and the Opposition candidate to Mr. Modi. claimed that the Indian go­ Activists of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference raising slogans in Srinagar on Friday in support out a reality check on the was raising the matter as it Opposition alliance Top leaders of the Con­ vernment’s assurances of Article 35A that grants special privileges to residents of J&K. Meanwhile, two LeT militants government’s claim... The had no issues to flag in the The party is looking at Ra­ gress asserted that despite “cannot be relied upon”. and a soldier were killed and a policeman was injured in a gunfight in Sopore.* NISSAR AHMAD managing editor [of the House. jasthan, Madhya Pradesh, attempts to tie them down Maharashtra, Punjab, in a polarising discourse, Chhattisgarh and Haryana the Congress would run a Lok Sabha ED: Money as among States it expects to campaign that would focus Centre complicit in ‘Extend House sittings do well in the next Lok Sab­ on a new deal for farmers, passes sports trail leads to ha polls. jobs and opportunities for Choksi’s escape: Cong. to 120 days a year’ And that will help cata­ India’s youth. varsity Bill Ahmed Patel Got MEA clean chit despite complaints Need to raise productivity: RS members SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Press Trust of India India confirms giving SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT dence of criminal fraud NEW DELHI Special Correspondent New Delhi NEW DELHI against him? The Lok Sabha on Friday New Delhi A Delhi court on Friday ex­ The Congress on Friday said “Is it not correct that this passed a Bill establishing a Rajya Sabha members have tended by three days the clean chit to Choksi statements from Antiguan deliberate failure on part of National Sports University sought that the sittings of remand of Ranjit Malik, authorities regarding fugi­ the CBI/ED led to Interpol in Manipur as part of a vi­ Parliament be extended to a alias Johny, who is in the The MEA statement con­ follow up to Prime Minister tive jeweller Mehul Choksi’s giving a clean chit to Chok­ sion to enhance country’s minimum of 120 days a year, custody of the Enforce­ firms Antigua’s declaration Gaston Browne’s July 28 de­ citizenship application pro­ si?” Mr. Surjewala said. standing in sports. The Na­ and suggested that the sal­ ment Directorate (ED) in a that it was the PCC that claration that nothing nega­ cess in the Caribbean island News reports have quot­ tional Sports University ary and allowances of mem­ bank loan fraud case of ov­ helped it decide on granting tive was found against Mr. last year, exposed the “com­ ed Antiguan authorities as Bill, 2018, which sought to bers who disrupted pro­ er ₹5,000 crore, over alle­ citizenship. Choksi at the time he was re­ plicity and connivance” of saying that Indian agencies replace an Ordinance pro­ ceedings should be gations that he had sent Prior to the MEA’s confir­ gistered as a citizen of Anti­ the government. didn’t provide any adverse mulgated on May 31, was deducted on that particular Members also suggested a ₹25 lakh in cash to the offi­ mation, the CIU said it had gua. Party president Rahul information against Mr. passed by a voice vote. day. pay cut for disruptions. cial residence of senior carried out “stringent back­ Gandhi tweeted that India Choksi during background N.K. Premachandran of Congress MP Husain Dal­ Congress leader Ahmed ground checks” and con­ CBI plea had given a clean chit to Mr. checks ahead of granting ci­ the RSP asked during the wai said that while Jawahar­ legislation — Parliament (En­ Patel here. sulted regional and interna­ The statement titled ‘facts’ Choksi in November 2017, tizenship to one of the main debate why an Ordinance lal Nehru used to sit for long hancement of Productivity) Duty Magistrate Bhavna tional agencies before on the Mehul Choksi case helping him get Antiguan accused in the Punjab Na­ was required on such rou­ hours when Parliament was Bill, 2017 — brought by Shi­ Kalia extended the custody granting him citizenship in came just hours before the citizenship. tional Bank (PNB) fraudu­ tine legislation. He also in session, Prime Minister romani Akali Dal member of Mr. Malik after he was November 2017. CBI, in a communication, Congress communication lent LoU case. said a university had to be Narendra Modi attended the Naresh Gujral to establish produced in court on expi­ “The Police clearance pleaded with the Antiguan chief Randeep Surjewala The Congress also alleged autonomous in character, House only for “15 minutes” an effective system to pre­ ry of his one­day custody certificate from the Govern­ authorities to extradite the questioned why the Prime that the Ministry of External something which the pro­ on Thursdays (the Question vent and address the de­ granted on Thursday. ment of India, Ministry of Punjab National Bank frau­ Minister’s Office did not act Affairs had issued a clean visions of the Bill did not Hour day for the PMO). cline in productivity of Par­ On an application External Affairs Regional dulent LoUs case co­ac­ nor direct other agencies chit to the fugitive business­ suggest. liament by an appropriate moved by special public Passport Office, Mumbai, cused Mehul Choksi, citing like the Central Bureau of man when there were com­ Sports Minister Rajya­ Express concern legal framework. Mr. Gujral, prosecutor Nitesh Rana, certified that there was no principles of reciprocity and Investigation (CBI), Enforce­ plaints pending against him. vardhan Singh Rathore The members also dis­ while moving the bill for appearing for the ED, the adverse information against dual criminality. ment Directorate (ED), Se­ “Why did not Prime Mi­ said that the legislation was cussed advancing working consideration and passage, court said the accused was Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi The agency has also at­ curities and Exchange nister Narendra Modi raise introduced in the Lok Sab­ hours by an hour, to 10 a.m. said, “... now Parliament being sent for custodial in­ which would render him in­ tempted to make a case for Board of India (SEBI), Se­ the issue of citizenship dur­ ha in August 2017, but Some of them expressed hardly meets for 70 days in a terrogation for three more eligible for grant of travel fa­ extradition under the Unit­ rious Fraud Investigation Of­ ing his meeting with Anti­ could not be passed. As the concern over frequent ad­ year. Earlier, when the Rajya days. cilities including visa for An­ ed Nations Convention fice (SFIO) to move on two guan PM Gaston Browne in institution had already be­ journments and disrup­ Sabha started to meet in The ED said Mr. Malik tigua and Barbuda,” said against Corruption. Howev­ complaints dated May 7 and April, 2018?” the Congress come functional and the tions, and said that the loss 1952, Parliament would had allegedly sent the huge CIU explaining that Mr. er, the primary allegation May 26, 2015, against Mr. leader said. Budget session was a wash­ of working hours should be meet for over 100 days. ” sum, through one Rakesh Choksi’s application was re­ against Mr. Choksi is that of Choksi. Mr. Surjewala claimed out, the Ordinance route compensated either by ad­ Congress member Jairam Chandra, to 23 Mother Te­ ceived in May 2017. CIU is cheating. He, along with his that when Mr. Choksi left In­ was used to safeguard the ding more hours to that day Ramesh said the Rajya Sab­ resa Crescent, which is the responsible for granting citi­ nephew Nirav Modi, who is Inaction of agencies dia on January 4, 2018, he future of the students. He or by working on additional ha must have a system of a official address of Mr. Patel. zenship of the island coun­ the crucial character in the “Why did the CBI/ED not was already a citizen of Anti­ said the university, set up days during a session. special session of 15 days, in The Congress leader said, try in exchange of financial case, is alleged to have swin­ move the Interpol for a war­ gua and Barbuda that “gives at a cost of ₹524 crore, The members expressed which all parties should dis­ “I don’t know anything investment. dled more than ₹7,000 rant against Mehul Choksi him a visa­free access to tra­ would promote sports their opinion during a de­ cuss important national about this. Let the law take Antigua’s statement is a crore of the bank. or provide the requisite evi­ vel [to] around 132 nations”. coaching and research. bate on a private member’s issues. its own course.”

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Vested interests trying to foment trouble, says Rajnath

Says no coercive action will be NRC did not collect data taken against those not on NRC on religion, says official Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Vijaita Singh Alleging that people with New Delhi vested interests were trying A senior Home Ministry offi­ to trigger communal dishar­ cial said on Friday that the mony over the National Re­ National Register of Citizens gister of Citizens (NRC) in As­ (NRC) did not collect data on sam, Union Home Minister “religion” of individuals. Rajnath Singh said in the Ra­ The NRC form that the appli­ jya Sabha on Friday that the cants had to fill in did not list published on July 30 was have a “religion” column, he only a draft. said. Even those excluded from There have been appre­ the final NRC would get the hensions that this exercise opportunity to contest it be­ was done to target people on fore the Foreigners’ Tribu­ religious lines. nal, the Minister said. On July 31, Assam’s Fi­ (help centres) would have cords, refugee registration Replying to the NRC de­ nance Minister Himanta Bis­ catered to the 40 lakh peo­ certificate, passport, and bate on Tuesday, Mr. Singh Eager wait: People checking their names on the draft National Register of Citizens in Nagaon, Assam, early this week.* PTI wa Sharma had in an inter­ ple not included in the final employment certificate to assured the House that no view to CNN News18 said draft, and if someone want­ support their claim. coercive action would be ta­ ti­national activities should Centre had got an adequate exactly were trying to create Congress leader Ripun Bo­ that out of the 40 lakh peo­ ed to get the data on reli­ On Supreme Court direc­ ken against those not on the be opposed,” Mr. Singh said. number of paramilitary per­ communal disharmony. He ra demanded that the NRC ple whose names had been gion, each of the forms tions, the Registrar­General list. He said the process of The Home Minister ex­ sonnel deployed to assist the said the issue affected the en­ guidelines be modified as a excluded from the NRC draft would have to be scanned of India (RGI) published the updating the register was be­ pressed concern over “in­ State government in main­ tire country. large number of women and list, “almost 13­14 lakh were manually. That was not our final draft list of the NRC on ing carried out in a fair, ob­ flammatory and baseless” taining law and order. children were facing difficul­ Hindus who may have voted job,” the official said. July 30 to segregate Indian jective and time­bound man­ statements made by some Earlier, Derek O’Brien of Procedural lapses: Azad ty in proving their lineage. for the Bharatiya Janata The four­page application citizens living in Assam from ner, on Supreme Court people holding responsible the Trinamool Congress Leader of the Opposition A nominated member, Party”. form required applicants to those who had illegally en­ directions. No Indian citizen positions. “This issue is relat­ spoke about the arrest of its Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged Swapandas Gupta, said a The official said that iden­ furnish details on age, na­ tered the State from Bangla­ would be left out, he said. ed to national security, and members, Sukhendu Sekhar procedural lapses in updat­ large number of those left tifying the applicants on the tionality, occupation, mari­ desh after March 25, 1971. “Regrettably, some per­ all are expected to keep na­ Roy and Nadimul Haque, in ing the list, citing the cases in out could be refugees who basis of religion was not the tal status, details of family The first draft containing sons are unnecessarily trying tional interest above eve­ Assam on Thursday. Rajya which eligible people were had fled from persecution in mandate. members among other the names of 1.9 crore out of to create an atmosphere of rything,” he said. Sabha Chairman M. Ven­ left out. Congress leader neighbouring countries. He “Since the NRC form does things. 3.29 crore applicants was fear and confusion. Driven kaiah Naidu said he had Anand Sharma asked if the sought an assurance from not have a column for appli­ It had to be filled by the published on December 31. by vested interests, they are Steps for peace sought a report from the offi­ government planned to set the Home Minister that non­ cants to specify their reli­ head of the family. “Round­the­clock control running propaganda on so­ Mr. Singh said the govern­ cials. A privilege notice has up assistance camps for the Indians would not get voting gion, there is no way one The applicants could pro­ rooms at the State capital cial media to internationalise ment would take all mea­ been issued. aggrieved people. He asked rights. The Chair asked the could segregate the appli­ vide 16 types of documents and district headquarters the issue and foment com­ sures to ensure peace, har­ After the Home Minister’s if the NRC would be extend­ Home Minister to reply to all cants on that basis. Around such as electoral rolls up to are to be activated ,”the munal disharmony. Such an­ mony and public order. The reply, Mr. O’Brien asked who ed to other States. the queries in writing. 2,000 NRC Seva Kendras 1971, land and tenancy re­ Home Ministry had said. SC allays fears Bengal refurbishes flood shelters Filmmaker Assam begins deleting on streaming arrested for foreigners from NRC list of court work Each can accommodate 300 people, says official GST fraud Soumya Das Legal Correspondent Kolkata Press Trust of India Action against persons designated by Foreigners’ Tribunals NEW DELHI Mumbai Chief Justice of India Dipak The West Bengal govern­ Filmmaker Vijay Ratnakar Rahul Karmakar Misra told the government ment has started repairing Gutte has been arrested for GUWAHATI on Friday that cases of con­ 10 flood shelters in Alipur­ alleged Goods and Services District officials in Assam stitutional importance and duar district, near the As­ Tax (GST) fraud of over ₹34 have begun work to delete social matters of constitu­ sam boundary, anticipating crore, a GST department of­ the names of “declared fo­ tional gravity, even if heard the arrival of those who have ficial said on Friday. reigners’ whose names had by a three­judge Bench, been left out of the final Mr. Gutte, director of the been included in the com­ should be beamed live to draft of the National Register upcoming film, The Acciden- plete draft of the updated the masses. of Citizens (NRC). tal Prime Minister, was ar­ National Register of Citizens The Chief Justice, head­ “We are prepared for any rested by the Directorate (NRC) that was published on ing a Bench of three, was eventuality,” District Magis­ General of Goods and Ser­ July 30. assuaging apprehensions trate Nikhil Nirmal told The vices Tax Intelligence on

In Morigaon district, offi­ raised by the government Hindu. Echoes in Bengal: A protest in Kolkata against the NRC * AFP Thursday. A metropolitan cials have identified some that matrimonial cases and “So far, we have not re­ magistrate court here re­ 200 people declared fo­ cases involving victims of ceived any instruction the Alipurduar II block. Residents said the shel­ manded him in judicial cus­ reigners by various Foreign­ sexual assault or violence [about people from Assam Each can accommodate 300 ters were being repaired for tody till August 14. ers’ Tribunals or are facing should not be seeking shelter in Bengal]. people. the first time in three or four His firm, VRG Digital Corp cases related to their doubt­ Issue of identity: A man examining the NRC list at a live­streamed. But if such a situation arises, Trinamool Congress lead­ years. Police deployment on Pvt Ltd, allegedly procured

ful citizenship. verification centre in Assam’s Morigaon. * RITU RAJ KONWAR With this, the court we will act according to the ers did not rule out the pos­ the Assam boundary is 149 fake invoices involving a Assam has 100 such tribu­ made it clear that the ob­ government’s instructions.” sibility of the shelters being usually small. But ever since GST of ₹34.37 crore for man­ nals where people of suspect list suo motu so that people have since obtained bail jective of live­streaming of The shelters are at Chang­ used to accommodate the the draft was published, power services from Hori­ nationality are required to don’t lose their faith in the from the Gauhati High Court the proceedings was not mari, Pakriguri, Madhya people from Assam. there had been more patroll­ zon Outsource Solutions prove they are Indians. system,” he said. However, and the lower courts, he publicity in a country Haldibari and Hemaguri vil­ “We are waiting for in­ ing in the area, they said. Pvt. Ltd, the official said. he declined to reveal their said. where privacy is a funda­ lages in the Kumargram structions from the govern­ However, Superintendent of 200 in Morigaon names or their villages of re­ NRC State Coordinator mental right, but rather, block and Dangi, Chepani ment,” a Trinamool MLA Police Sunil Kumar Yadav “These 200 belong to 39 fa­ sidence for “security Prateek Hajela on July 2 sub­ reaching out to the public and Purba Salbari villages in said. called it “routine”. milies scattered across the reasons”. mitted before the Supreme to show them how Consti­ district. Some of them are The police in Hojai dis­ Court that some 1.5 lakh tutional and social matters declared foreigners, while trict have filed chargesheets names would be deleted are decided by the court. Manipur to screen immigrants some others are suspected against 91 people who had from the first draft. The court asked Attor­ illegal immigrants with cases submitted fake documents. The first draft, published ney­General K.K. Venugo­ Asian News International in Assam. of the State, arrived at the pending,” Deputy Commis­ “The civil administration on December 31, 2017, had pal to compile holistic gui­ Imphal At a press conference, the Imphal airport on Thursday. sioner, Morigaon, Hemen had filed 24 cases against the names of 1.9 crore of a delines on the aspect of Manipur Chief Minister N. Chief Minister said the two The police were monitoring Das said. such people when the NRC total 3.29 applicants. The 1.5 live­streaming. In an ear­ Biren Singh on Thursday committees — formed at the the situation, he said. “Their detection was not first draft was being pu­ lakh included 65,694 cases lier hearing, the Supreme said the State government State and district levels — The draft, released on Ju­ based on any complaint. A blished. There papers were of “family tree mismatch” Court had said it was ready had constituted two sepa­ would initiate steps for veri­ ly 30, left out nearly 40 lakh mechanism we have in place found to be forged,” Supe­ while 48,456 cases were of to go live while the govern­ rate committees to prevent fication. Mr. Singh claimed people in Assam, incorpo­ helped us find their names rintendent of Police Ankur married women who had ment had mooted a sepa­ entry of “illegal immigrants” that the Manipur police rating names of 2.89 crore in the draft NRC. We are de­ Jain told The Hindu. submitted doubtful pan­ rate TV channel for stream­ into the State, post publica­ found that 29 persons, who people out of 3.29 crore ap­ leting their names from the Some of these people chayat certificates. ing court proceedings. tion of the final draft of NRC are not permanent residents plicants. CBI’s plea against bail for Karti dismissed

Legal Correspondent son to interfere with the order. The NEW DELHI special leave petition is according­ The Supreme Court on Friday re­ ly dismissed,” the apex court re­ fused to intervene in a Delhi High corded in its order. Court order granting bail to Karti Appearing for the CBI, Addition­ Chidambaram, son of senior Con­ al Solicitor General Tushar Mehta gress leader P. Chidambaram, in submitted that it was “impermissi­ the INX Media case. ble in law” for the High Court to A Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri entertain Mr. Karti’s bail plea as and Ashok Bhushan dismissed the another bail application was alrea­ CBI’s challenge to the March 23 or­ dy pending before a trial court. der of the High Court. “Insofar as Mr. Karti was arrested by the grant of bail by the High Court is CBI on February 28 and remained concerned, we do not find any rea­ in police custody till March 12. Notice to ED in Saradha case

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s China warns of new first post­Mugabe election tariffs on U.S. goods Says move is to defend free trade

Opposition denounces ‘fake vote count’, vows to challenge outcome in courts Agence France-Presse Beijing Agence France-Presse Beijing warned on Friday Harare Respect the that it was prepared to im­ Zimbabwe President Em­ pose new tariffs on $60 bil­ merson Mnangagwa, a form­ poll result, lion worth of U.S. goods if er ally of Robert Mugabe, Washington ups the ante in narrowly won the country’s says China the escalating U.S.­China landmark election, results trade war. showed early on Friday, in Agence France-Presse The Commerce Ministry an outcome set to fuel fraud Beijing issued a statement saying allegations as security forces China on Friday urged all the new duties would be ap­ patrolled the streets to pre­ sides in Zimbabwe to res­ plied if Washington pulled Wang Yi vent protests. pect the result of the presi­ the trigger on President Do­ Mr. Mnangagwa won dential election which was nald Trump’s threat to raise Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 50.8% of the vote, ahead of won by a long­time Beijing tariffs on $200 billion worth Singapore on Friday. Nelson Chamisa of the Op­ ally but contested as “fake” of Chinese goods. “China to take necessary position MDC party with Tight security: Police at a resort in Harare where the by the Opposition. The Chinese reaction is countermeasures to defend 44.3%, the Zimbabwe Elec­ Opposition had planned a press conference. * REUTERS President Emmerson sure to ratchet up tensions the country’s dignity and toral Commission (ZEC) Mnangagwa, who took with the Trump administra­ the interests of the people, said. after a deadly crackdown on democratic process is flaw­ power after veteran leader tion at the end of a week defend free trade and the “Mnangagwa, Emmerson protesters. Six people were less”, Zimbabwe's first post­ Robert Mugabe was ousted that saw stock markets rat­ multilateral system, and de­ Dambudzo, of ZANU­PF par­ killed on Wednesday when Mugabe election was a far late last year, was declared tled by the intensifying fend the common interests ty is therefore duly declared troops fired live rounds cry from the fraud­tainted the winner with 50.8% of trade battle. of all countries in the elected President of the Re­ against MDC demonstrators polls seen during Mr. Mu­ the vote. “China always believes world,” the Ministry state­ public of Zimbabwe,” an­ alleging the vote had been gabe’s 37 years in power. “As a friendly nation to that consultation on the ba­ ment said. nounced ZEC chair Priscilla rigged. Police and soldiers were Zimbabwe, we call upon sis of mutual respect, equal­ Chigumba. Soldiers and police on the streets of Harare over­ relevant parties to put the ity and mutual benefit is an ‘Weak threat’ Mr. Mnangagwa won by cleared central Harare night, but there were no re­ interest of the country and effective way to resolve Top White House economic the smallest of margins, af­ ahead of the results, shout­ ported protests and few pu­ the people first and respect trade differences,” the Mi­ advisor Larry Kudlow on ter needing more than 50% ing at pedestrians and trad­ blic celebrations when the the choice made by the nistry said. Friday, however, ridiculed of the vote to secure victory ers to leave the area, as the results were announced af­ Zimbabwean people,” Chi­ “Any unilateral threat or China’s threat as “weak” without a second­round Opposition Movement for ter midnight. nese Foreign Ministry spo­ blackmail will only lead to and said the world’s second­ run­off. Democratic Change (MDC) “What they have been try­ kesman Geng Shuang said intensification of conflicts largest economy was in sig­ He quickly took to Twitter repeatedly alleged that ZA­ ing to do of late is to play at a press briefing. “We and damage to the interests nificant “trouble.” to say he was “humbled” to NU­PF was stealing the around,” Mr. Chamisa told hope the international of all parties.” Warning that Beijing had have won the election, hail­ election. reporters hours before the community will join us to “better take President [Do­ ing it as a “new beginning” Moments before the offi­ final results. “That is rigging, make contributions to ‘Will depend on U.S.’ nald] Trump seriously,” Mr. for the country. “Though we cial announcement, MDC that is manipulation... and upholding the peace and The statement said the date Kudlow insisted the Asian may have been divided at spokesman Morgan Komichi that we will not allow.” development of Zim­ of implementation of the giant “is in trouble right the polls, we are united in denounced the vote count as On Thursday, the Army babwe,” he said. taxes will depend on the now — their economy is lou­ our dreams. This is a new “fake” as he took to the stage had guarded ZANU­PF head­ President Xi Jinping “actions of the U.S. side” sy, investors are walking beginning,” he said. at the ZEC results centre be­ quarters, while armoured hailed Mr. Mnangagwa, and China reserves the right out, the currency is falling.” Since independence from fore being removed by pol­ personnel carriers, water­ who received military to apply “other “Foreign investors don’t Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe ice. After Mr. Mnangagwa cannon trucks and police training in China when he countermeasures”. want to be in China. I not­ has known only two Presi­ was declared the winner, he anti­riot vans took positions was a young liberation The threat came a day af­ iced today [Friday] that Ja­ dents — Mr. Mugabe, who said his party rejected the outside the MDC headquar­ fighter in the 1960s, as an ter Chinese officials ap­ pan’s stock market is now ruled with an iron fist for 37 outcome. “We will take this ters. Monday’s vote was “old friend” of the Asian pealed for dialogue based worth more than China’s — I years, and his erstwhile to the courts.” meant to turn the page on powerhouse when he visit­ on “mutual respect”, with love that,” he told journal­ right­hand man Mr. Mnan­ years of brutal repression ed Beijing in April. Foreign Minister Wang Yi ists at the White House. gagwa, who was appointed Defends results under Mr. Mugabe, end Zim­ China had been one of urging America on Thurs­ “I might think the $60 bil­ after Mr. Mugabe was forced Mr. Mnangawa, however, de­ babwe's international isola­ Mr. Mugabe’s most power­ day to remain lion is a weak response to out by the military in No­ fended the vote. “With the tion and attract foreign in­ ful allies , but as the West “cool­headed”. our $200 (billion),” Mr. Ku­ vember last year. eyes of the world on us we vestment to revive the shunned him over his go­ The Ministry threat came dlow said dismissively, Zimbabwe was braced for delivered a free, fair and shattered economy. vernment’s human rights after Mr. Wang met with U.S. while admitting that “there public reaction to the elec­ credible election,” he told In the parliamentary elec­ violations, it avoided pu­ Secretary of State Mike is a lot they can do to dam­ tion results — the first since reporters. tion, also held on Monday, blicly taking sides during Pompeo at a meeting of the age our companies in the ousting of Mr. Mugabe — He added that while “no ZANU­PF won easily. his ousting. Association of Southeast China.”

Sri Lanka ‘Mattala project with India is on’ secures $1 bn. Suicide bombers kill 29 in Sri Lankan Minister says talks on the airport joint venture are ‘progressing’ Chinese loan Afghanistan Shia mosque

Meera Srinivasan ture, will contribute $225 Agence France-Presse COLOMBO million to revamp and run Colombo The attackers wore burqas to hide the explosives Days after Minister of State the airport, while the Sri Sri Lanka’s central bank on for Civil Aviation Jayant Sin­ Lankan side will invest the Friday announced it had Agence France-Presse were wounded, including had painted the walls of the ha told Parliament that there balance. India will operate secured a $1 billion Chinese Khost children. mosque... There were pieces was no proposal for the Air­ the airport on a 40­year loan as the island, a key Burqa­clad suicide bombers of glass scattered all over,” ports Authority of India lease, as per the draft agree­ link in Beijing’s ambitious struck a Shia mosque in east­ ‘Opened fire first’ the 30­year­old said. (AAI) to acquire a controlling ment, a top Transport and Belt and Road initiative, de­ ern Afghanistan on Friday as The bombers wore “wo­ There was no immediate stake in Sri Lanka’s Mattala Civil Aviation Ministry offi­ velops closer relations with it was crowded with wor­ men’s clothing”, he said, claim of responsibility for Rajapaksa International Air­ cial in Colombo told The Asia’s largest economy. shippers for weekly prayers, and shot first at the mos­ the attack, but the Taliban port, a Sri Lankan Minister Hindu, clarifying that “noth­ Central bank Governor killing at least 29 people and que’s security guards before have denied involvement. said talks on the project are ing has changed”. Indrajit Coomaraswamy wounding more than 80 in opening fire on worshippers The blasts come as urban “progressing” with India. Following an experts’ re­ said that the first half of the the latest attack on the and then detonating their areas across Afghanistan Mr. Sinha’s remarks last No change: A view of the Mattala Rajapaksa International port that will look into tech­ loan will be released later minority. explosives. have been rocked by an in­ week came at a time when Airport, in the southeast of Sri Lanka. * AFP nical aspects of the joint ven­ this month and the balance Officials said they feared Provincial police chief creasing number of attacks three rounds of official nego­ ture, the draft agreement will be received in October. the death toll could rise in General Raz Mohammad in recent months, with both tiations were completed on a cials are under the impres­ Indian Minister of State for will be presented for Cabinet “During consultations the latest assault targeting ci­ Mandozai confirmed the in­ the Islamic State (IS) and Ta­ likely joint venture between sion that the deal is nearly fi­ Civil Aviation would have clearance. Minister Siripala [with the Chinese], it was vilians who have borne the cident, and that the pair liban insurgents targeting se­ the AAI and the Airport & nal. The Indian government made such a statement to de Silva earlier told Parlia­ clear that they see us as a brunt of the violence in Af­ were wearing burqas to hide curity forces and govern­ Aviation Services in Sri Lan­ is yet to respond to the Mi­ the Indian Parliament since ment that he would table the key strategic partner as far ghanistan’s long conflict. their explosives and wea­ ment installations. ka, to run the loss­making nister’s remarks. the agreement between two agreement in the House, and as the (Belt and Road) in­ “Two suicide explosions pons. Local resident Sayed The Taliban has not Mattala airport, located in Queried by the local me­ parties is yet to be finalised,” act with “utmost transparen­ itiative is concerned, given happened during Friday Naimatullah said he could claimed a major attack in a Sri Lanka’s Southern Pro­ dia on the development, he said, according to a re­ cy”. It is an open secret that our location,” Mr. Cooma­ prayers in the Khwaja Hasan hear the blasts from inside city for weeks as it comes vince. The Minister’s res­ Transport and Civil Aviation port published in the State­ New Delhi’s strategic inter­ raswamy told reporters in area of Gardez,” said Abdul­ his home and rushed to the under increased pressure to ponse to a question raised in Minister Nimal Siripala de run Daily News on Friday. ests in running the airport, Colombo. The eight­year lah Hasrat, spokesman for mosque. agree to peace talks with the Parliament, saying there was Silva said the discussions on The two governments, af­ located near the China­con­ loan from the China Deve­ Paktia province near the Pa­ “There were body parts, Afghan government. But IS no such proposal, sent con­ the development project of ter detailed negotiations, trolled port in Hambantota, lopment Bank carries a kistan border. heads, limbs and arms scat­ has carried out multiple at­ fusing signals to Colombo, Mattala Airport are still un­ have agreed that India, with outweighs commercial con­ 5.25% interest rate with a He said the death toll had tered everywhere. The tacks in Jalalabad and Kabul where top government offi­ der way. “Most probably, the a 70% stake in the joint ven­ siderations. three year grace period. risen to 29 and at least 81 blood of the worshippers in recent months. ELSEWHERE Russian threat is real, say U.S. officials Vow to defend 2018 elections from Moscow’s ‘pervasive’ campaign to weaken America’s democracy

Michael D. Shear Michael Wines It is just hysteria: Russia WASHINGTON Imran Khan summoned Top national security offi­ Agence France-Presse “The two­year hysteria by Pak.’s anti-graft body cials vowed on Thursday to Moscow over some kind of Russian PESHAWAR defend American elections Russia on Friday called the interference in elections — Imran Khan, who is set to against what they called real new claims on United States which never happened — become Pakistan’s Prime threats from Russia, only election meddling does not only damage Minister, has been summoned by the National weeks after President Do­ “hysteria” that “makes a bilateral relations but makes Accountability Bureau in nald Trump seemed to ac­ mockery” of America, after a mockery of the whole connection with the misuse cept President Vladimir Pu­ Washington accused political system in the U.S.,” of government helicopters, tin’s denials of interference Moscow of a continued Foreign Ministry which caused ₹2.17 million during a summit meeting in campaign to influence its spokeswoman Maria loss to the Khyber Finland. New allegations: Donald Trump had initially seemed to public opinion. Zakharova told journalists. Pakhtunkhwa exchequer, a After the meeting, Mr. accept Vladimir Putin’s denials of interference. * REUTERS CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC media report said. PTI Trump said he had not meant to endorse Mr. Putin’s American political process against what Christopher A. nues to engage in malign in­ of party, regardless of 12 schools attacked denial of election meddling, showed no such ambiva­ Wray, the FBI director, de­ fluence operations to this whether or not it applies to overnight in Pakistan but insisted that the culprit lence. They bluntly said that scribed as a “24­7 365­days­a­ day. This is a threat we need the election, to continue ISLAMABAD Twelve schools were attacked behind the intrusion “could Russia was behind a “perva­ year” effort by Russia to sow to take extremely seriously their pervasive efforts to un­ overnight by unknown be other people.” A few days sive” campaign to weaken division as Americans head and to tackle and respond to dermine our fundamental assailants in Pakistan’s Gilgit later, he asserted that the America’s democracy and in­ to the polls in the fall. with fierce determination values.” Baltistan region, officials said idea of any meddling by Rus­ fluence the 2018 election. “Russia attempted to in­ and focus.” Officials said Mr. Trump on Friday. They said no one sia was “all a big hoax.” They also sought to reas­ terfere with the last elec­ Dan Coats, the director of had directed them in a Na­ was hurt in the incidents, in But officials charged with sure voters that the federal, tion,” Mr. Wray told repor­ national intelligence, said tional Security Council meet­ which attackers mainly detecting and defending State and local governments ters in the White House “Russians are looking for ev­ ing last week to aggressively targeted girls’ schools. AFP against any threats to the were taking steps to guard briefing room, “and conti­ ery opportunity, regardless confront the threats. NY TIMES CM YK https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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market watch 03-08-2018 % CHANGE TRAI calls for zero telecom Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd ddddddddddddddd Services sector grows fastest 37,556 1.05 US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 68.60 ddddddddddddddd0.15 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 30,485 ddddddddddddddd0.16 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 73.06 ddddddddddddd-0.12 since Oct. 2016: PMI survey equipment imports by 2022 NIFTY 50 Moots ₹1,000 cr. fund for research, innovation in the sector PRICE CHANGE Increase in new business strongest since June 2017; inflation pressures still ‘high’ Adani Ports...... 399.55...... 0.40 Special Correspondent genous telecommunication Asian Paints...... 1411.85...... -6.55 Press trust of India Axis Bank ...... 574.75...... 27.50 growth in the latter, po­ NEW DELHI equipment manufacturing New delhi Bajaj Auto ...... 2690.45...... 11.85 wered the fastest improve­ Suggesting that India aim at be monitored by Depart­ Bajaj Finserv...... 6943.15...... 39.80 India’s services sector activi­ ment in overall operating net zero imports of telecom­ ment of Telecommunica­ Bajaj Finance ...... 2681.30...... -2.55

Bharti Airtel ...... 374.50...... 1.50 ty remained in the growth conditions in the economy munications equipment by tions (DoT). BPCL...... 400.95...... -0.85 territory for the second con­ since October 2016,” Ms. 2022, the Telecom Regulato­ Cipla ...... 641.05...... 2.55 secutive month in July, as bu­ Dodhia said. On prices, infla­ ry Authority of India (TRAI) Security concerns Coal India ...... 279.25...... 5.70

Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2281.05...... 53.20 siness activity witnessed the tionary pressures remained on Friday recommended the To address security con­ Eicher Motors...... 26995.70...... 34.85 strongest growth since Oc­ marked during July. setting up of a ₹1,000 crore cerns, TRAI had suggested GAIL (India)...... 388.20...... 10.55 tober 2016, amid improved fund for promoting research that the telecom service pro­ Grasim Ind ...... 1006.20...... -8.00 demand conditions, said a ‘Input costs higher’ and innovation in the sector. viders be incentivised for de­ HCL Tech...... 963.65...... 3.15

HDFC ...... 1977.50...... 45.55 monthly survey. “There are some warning The recommendations, ploying indigenous telecom HDFC Bank...... 2121.65...... -8.55 The seasonally adjusted signs reflected by PMI price TRAI said, aimed at enabling products “beyond the quan­ Hero MotoCorp ...... 3250.55...... -13.15 Nikkei India Services Busi­ data. Although overall input Indian telecom equipment tities to be mandated” under Hindalco ...... 211.60...... 3.70

HPCL ...... 292.60...... 0.10 ness Activity Index rose from cost inflation softened from manufacturing sector to specific areas of priorities,” the preferential market ac­ Hind Unilever ...... 1763.00...... 14.50 52.6 in June to 54.2 in July, as Heady brew: Inflation, currency weakness and uncertainties June’s near four­year high, transition from an import­ TRAI said. cess policy. Indiabulls HFL ...... 1377.50...... 78.95 new business rose at the fas­ may pressure RBI to raise rates, says Aashna Dodhia. * REUTERS service companies faced the dependent sector to a global The import of telecom in­ On setting up the fund, ICICI Bank ...... 305.00...... 6.45

IndusInd Bank ...... 2015.85...... -7.20 test pace since June 2017. fastest rise in input costs hub of indigenous manufac­ struments was far greater TRAI said, “For promoting Bharti Infratel ...... 290.10...... -1.05 A print above 50 means Economist at IHS Markit, gest pace since April. The since March amid reports of turing. than the export of such research, innovation, stan­ Infosys ...... 1364.10...... 10.45 expansion. and author of the report. Nikkei India Composite PMI high oil prices,” she said. “India should aim to items, TRAI said. dardisation, design, testing, Indian OilCorp...... 168.55...... -0.15

ITC ...... 303.95...... 4.75 “July data was encourag­ Amid reports of improved Output Index, that maps “An uncertain global cli­ achieve the objective of ‘net As per available data, the certification and manufac­ Kotak Bank ...... 1309.50...... 29.30 ing as the service sector ob­ demand conditions, busi­ both the manufacturing and mate, currency weakness zero imports of telecommu­ export of telecom instru­ turing indigenous telecom L&T...... 1290.00...... 7.60 served the best performance ness confidence towards the services sectors, rose from and strong inflation may nication equipment by 2022. ments stood at $1,201.7 mil­ equipment, Telecom Re­ Lupin ...... 886.00...... 21.15 since October 2016, under­ 12­month outlook picked up 53.3 in June to 54.1 in July. continue to place pressure For this purpose, Telecom lion in 2017­18 while imports search and Development M&M ...... 920.65...... 9.35

Maurti Suzuki...... 9187.00...... 44.60 pinned by the strongest gain from June’s recent low. Sub­ “Marked expansions in on the central bank to hike Equipment Manufacturing totalled $21,847.92 million. Fund (TRDF), with initial NTPC ...... 156.45...... 1.05 in new orders since June sequently, firms raised their both the manufacturing and interest rates over the com­ Council (TEMC), should The regulator has suggest­ corpus of ₹1,000 crore, ONGC ...... 166.80...... 0.40 2017,” said Aashna Dodhia, staffing levels at the stron­ service sector, with stronger ing months,” she added. identify and recommend ed that the progress of indi­ should be created.” PowerGrid Corp ...... 190.20...... 1.50

Reliance Ind ...... 1176.95...... 8.60

State Bank ...... 299.25...... 5.35

Sun Pharma ...... 585.85...... 5.45

Tata Motors ...... 258.45...... -2.40 Tata Steel ...... 554.45...... 0.15 Government’s reforms TCS ...... 1979.45...... 31.05 Jet shares dive 7% amid fears of funds crunch

Tech Mahindra ...... 662.75...... -6.25 Titan ...... 919.20...... -2.30 transformative: Patel UltraTech Cement...... 4167.75...... -15.75 Firm denies report on 60­day working capital, stake sale; says focussed on creating resilient business UPL...... 641.05...... 4.30 Vedanta ...... 222.40...... 8.25 ‘GST, IBC to shape economic evolution’ Wipro ...... 278.00...... -1.10 Special Correspondent YES Bank...... 373.20...... 11.40 duction measures, termed eral measures to reduce accepted the proposal, pilots

Zee Entertainment ...... 520.60...... 2.20 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI media reports that the air­ costs as well as realise higher have objected. Mumbai Jet Airways shares plunged line had working capital left revenues for desired busi­ “A 25% pay cut is not ac­ Reserve Bank of India Go­ 7% on Friday in the wake of only for the next 60 days as ness efficiencies, the CEO ceptable,” said a pilot asking EXCHANGE RATES vernor Urjit Patel on Friday reports that the airline was false and misleading. said. “Some of these areasin­ not to be named. “Then they Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit described reforms underta­ facing an acute financial clude sales and distribution, must give us a stake in the except yen at 4 p.m. on August 03 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL ken by the government as crunch that was prompting ‘Malicious reports’ payroll, maintenance and airline in lieu of that.”

US Dollar...... 68.41...... 68.73 ‘transformative’ and said the promoters to mull a pos­ “Jet Airways would like to fleet simplification,” he said. Mr. Dube said despite the Euro ...... 79.40...... 79.78 these would help shape In­ sible stake sale to fund oper­ clarify that recent media re­ The airline has also been high­growth environment, British Pound...... 89.20...... 89.63 dia’s economic evolution. ations. Jet’s shares lost ports about the sustainabili­ in dialogue with the em­ the aviation industry was Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 61.33...... 61.61

Chinese Yuan ...... 10.01...... 10.06 “The government... has ₹23.20 to close at ₹308 on ty of the airline are not only ployees to apprise them of currently passing through a Swiss Franc ...... 68.86...... 69.19 to be lauded for instituting the BSE. factually incorrect, but also the challenges being faced tough phase given a depre­ Singapore Dollar ...... 50.11...... 50.35 three landmark reforms ,” Urjit Patel “There was the fear of the malicious,” CEO Vinay Dube by the aviation sector in In­ ciating rupee and the mis­ Canadian Dollar...... 52.67...... 52.92

Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.76...... 16.87 Dr. Patel said at a convoca­ airline closing down,” said said in a statement. “The air­ dia and by the company in match between high fuel

Source:Indian Bank tion ceremony of the Megh­ truly transformative,” he S.P. Tulsian, an invesment line would also like to deny 225 B737­MAX fuel efficient particular, to enlist their full prices and low fares. “We are nad Desai Academy of Eco­ said. Dr. Patel identified the advisor. “People were appre­ any conjecture of a stake aircraft, which will be in­ support and cooperation for confident that the various nomics. “One cannot and monetary policy frame­ hending a Kingfisher Airline sale,” he added. ducted over the next de­ realising necessary savings transformation initiatives should not underestimate work, the Goods and Servic­ like scenario,” he said. “The company is commit­ cade,” Mr. Dube added. across all business functions. identified and under imple­ BULLION RATES CHENNAI the sagacity and uncommon es Tax and the Insolvency Jet, which has been hold­ ted to create a growth­orient­ In line with its stated focus Employees said they had mentation by the company August 03 rates in rupees with pre- vious rates in parentheses courage of the government and Bankruptcy Code as the ing talks with employees in­ ed, sustainable future and a on creating a healthier and been asked to take a pay cut will help in addressing the

Retail Silver (1g) ...... 41...... (41.2) to undertake reforms that three key reforms instituted cluding pilots to negotiate revitalised experience more resilient business, Jet of 25%. While most em­ current issues faced by us 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2817...... (2832) can only be described as by the government. pay cuts and other cost re­ armed with the addition of has been implementing sev­ ployees are believed to have and the industry,” he said. Mistry files Adani emerges biggest plea against NCLT order winner of city gas licences

Press Trust of India New Delhi Company to sell CNG in 11 cities, piped cooking gas in six Ousted Tata Sons chairman PRESS TRUST OF INDIA aged to get rights for three Cyrus Mistry on Friday ap­ NEW DELHI cities. When the bid round proached the National Billionaire Gautam Adani’s closed last month, IOC, Company Law Appellate group on Friday emerged as BPCL and Adani Gas Ltd. Tribunal (NCLAT) against the biggest winner of gas re­ were the top bidders. the order of NCLT dismis­ tailing licences, winning sing his plea challenging rights to sell CNG in 11 cities, IOC bids for 34 cities his removal as chairman of including Allahabad. Of the 86 cities offered for the company. Adani won the rights to retailing of CNG to automo­ A petition was filed be­ retail CNG to automobiles biles and piped cooking gas fore the appellate tribunal and piped cooking gas to to households in the ninth against the July 9 order of households in six cities on CGD bid round, IOC bid for the Mumbai bench of the its own and another five in 34 cities on its own and National Company Law joint ventures with state­ Gautam Adani another 20 in partnership Tribunal. “We have filed owned Indian Oil Corp with Adani Gas Ltd. Adani the appeal today,” Mr. Mis­ (IOC), according to results of Bharat Gas Resources Gas on its own bid for 32 try’s counsel said. the 48 of the 86 cities that Ltd., a unit of state­owned cities. On July 9, NCLT Mumbai were bid in the country’s Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd. Bharat Gas Resources Ltd. had dismissed pleas of Cy­ biggest city gas distribution (BPCL), won a licence each bid for as many as 53 cities rus Mistry challenging his (CGD) bid round. for six cities, the same num­ while GAIL Gas Ltd. put in removal as Tata Sons chair­ According to the Petro­ ber for which Torrent Gas offers for 34 cities. man as also the allegations leum and Natural Gas Regu­ Pvt. Ltd. too made winning Gujarat­based Torrent of rampant misconduct on latory Board, IOC, on its bids. Gas Pvt Ltd bid for 31 cities part of Ratan Tata and the own, won rights to four State gas utility GAIL’s re­ while Gujarat Gas Ltd put in company’s Board. cities. tailing arm, GAIL Gas, man­ offers for 21 areas. ‘Pesky calls may be here to stay’ Stricter norms do not address issues, telcos may need ₹300 cr. to comply: COAI Yuthika Bhargava to quantify the exact invest­ NEW DELHI ment or the time involved. Stricter norms set by tele­ But roughly, it will be well in com regulator TRAI to deal excess of ₹200­₹300 crore with the menace of pesky for tailoring of the system,” calls and SMSes may not he replied when asked about bring much relief to the con­ the investments. sumers, according to the Cel­ He said the December ti­ lular Operators’ Association meline given to operators to of India (COAI). comply with the new norms Flagging loopholes in was “extremely unfeasible” these regulations, the COAI and industry would need at on Friday said that these least one to one­and­a­half norms do not address a years to put the full system number of issues, including in place.

that of unregistered tele­ GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCK The rules, released by the * marketers and spam via OTT TRAI (Telecom Regulatory service providers. Addition­ and robust, but detection service providers such as Authority of India) last ally, they come with “ex­ and blocking of spam from WhatsApp, Mr. Mathews said month, provide for “fine tremely unfeasible” unregistered telemarketers the “complex regulations” grained control” to custom­ timelines. has not been addressed in will further encourage tele­ ers over preferences, includ­ The industry body added this regulation,” said Rajan S. marketers to shift their busi­ ing options such as the time that the operators would Mathews, director general, ness to OTT, making the window to allow for specific need to invest at least ₹200­ COAI. rules redundant while ren­ types of unsolicited commu­ ₹300 crore to implement the dering the efforts and invest­ nication. new system as per the new ‘Complex regulations’ ments of operators futile. The rules lay down obliga­ norms. “Though the com­ Pointing out that the new “As this system has not tions for the telecom opera­ plaint­redressal mechanism norms do not address tele­ been implemented elsewh­ tors, including evolving a has been made more prompt marketing activities via OTT ere in the world, it is difficult Code of Practices. CM YK https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Piaggio bets on alternative fuel tech OBO Bettermann to add capacity in India Italian firm developing CNG, LPG and battery­powered vehicles to help meet 5 million sales target Cable support maker to invest ₹50 cr. Lalatendu Mishra addition to vehicles powered scooters business, account Pune by eco­friendly fuels, the for 30% of the global reve­ N. Anand four years as part of its ex­ Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. firm is looking at a range of nue. This ratio is set to grow CHENNAI pansion plans, said K. Arul (PVPL), a unit of Italy’s Piag­ petrol­fuelled vehicles to as the company has chalked OBO Bettermann Holding Prakash, MD. The company gio Group, is focussed on de­ help meet its sales target. out plans to roll out new veh­ GmbH &Co., a German ma­ had already invested ₹80 Titan net climbs 30.8%, veloping vehicles powered “We created... and con­ icles and enhance its exports nufacturer of lightning pro­ crore over the last 10 years. cites rise in market share by alternative fuels such as trolled the market in the last to new markets in Africa and tection and cable manage­ NEW DELHI CNG, LPG and electrically mile connectivity segment,” southeast Asia. ment products, plans to Expanding capacity Titan Company reported a charged batteries to achieve Ravi Chopra, Chairman, strengthen its manufactur­ The fresh investment would 30.8% jump in standalone its target of selling 5 million Piaggio Vehicles said. New Ape roll-out ing presence in India over be used for enhancing the net profit to ₹349.17 crore vehicles in India in the com­ “The roll­out of the 2.5 On Thursday, the company the next few years, top com­ product portfolio and pro­ for the quarter ended June. Total income was ₹4,354.52 ing years, its CEO said. millionth vehicle is a testi­ rolled out four new Ape pany officials said. duction capacities by invest­ crore, compared with “We are providing empha­ mony of the trust shown by range of CNG and LPG vehi­ “The Centre’s Make in In­ ing in plant and machinery, ₹4,054.23 crore a year sis on alternative fuel tech­ customers in the reliability cles. The Ape Xtra LDX and dia initiative has given us the expanding the factory and earlier, Titan said in a filing. nology and by 2020 we will of Piaggio’s products.” Ape Auto DX are part of the courage and motivation to adding warehouses in Mum­ Revenue from operations a have a whole new range of new range vehicles using wa­ look at India as one of the bai and northern and east­ year earlier included excise products,” said Diego Graffi, ‘India to pitch in more’ ter­cooled engine technolo­ global production houses ern parts of the country, Mr. duty. “All our core businesses MD and CEO, Piaggio Vehi­ “I see many new opportuni­ gy. These vehicles are in­ catering to other countries Prakash said. have shown healthy growth cles. “We are investing in All fuels: Piaggio India is also looking at a range of petrol­ ties for us in the coming fu­ tended for intra­city travel in within the Asian continent,” “In the last five years in profit in addition to market product development and fuelled vehicles to help meet its 2020 target. * RAMESH SHARMA ture as the Indian market is India. said Thomas Butzek, sales 2013­17 ( January to Decem­ share gains,” said MD Bhaskar will invest several hundred set to gain a more prominent The company also an­ director for China, India ber), we had grown revenue Bhat. pti crores” in the coming years. cles. The company, which facility in Baramati in Maha­ role in Piaggio’s global busi­ nounced an extended war­ and Africa. by two times. Our aim is to He said the new range of began its India operations in rashtra. ness,” Mr. Chopra said. ranty programme for its new The Indian subsidiary grow 10 times in the next CUMI Q1 net jumps 56% vehicles would help the com­ 1998 and has faced several The company manufac­ In the diesel­run, small customers and an accident OBO Betterman India, eight years. During the first on better performance pany maintain its market lea­ ups and downs, earlier this tures the Ape range of three commercial vehicles seg­ insurance policy for small which has completed 10 half of 2018, we have alrea­ CHENNAI dership position and achieve week rolled out its 2.5 mil­ wheelers and the Porter ment, Piaggio has a market commercial vehicle drivers. years of operation, plans to dy posted 56% growth over Carborundum Universal Ltd. its next milestone of five mil­ lionth small commercial veh­ range of four wheelers which share of 43% and the Indian (The writer was in Pune at invest an additional ₹50 the corresponding period has posted a 56% increase in lion small commercial vehi­ icle from its manufacturing are mostly run on diesel. In operations, including the the invitation of the Piaggio) crore over the next three to last year,” Mr. Prakash said. its standalone net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018, to ₹65.29 crore from ₹41.77 crore in the year Berger lines Manpasand earlier period, driven by Court sets aside RoC’s order Bharti to boost optical better performance in all the up capex of to invest business segments. For the quarter, gross sales (inclusive disqualifying private directors fibre network in T.N. of excise duty) increased ₹280 crore ₹1,500 crore 16% to ₹625.79 crore from Telco to roll out 12,000 mobile sites ₹539.76 crore . At a ‘Action would be retrospective of Sec. 164 of Companies Act’ Press Trust of India Press Trust of India standalone level, sales Kolkata Special Correspondent Vadodara (without excise duty) rose k.t. jagannathan ous financial years, then the Berger Paints India Ltd. on CHENNAI Fruit juice maker Manpa­ 28%, the company said. Chennai director can be disqualified. Friday said it would invest Bharti Airtel plans to ex­ sand Beverages is planning The Madras High Court has However, if Section 2(41), ₹280 crore till 2021 to aug­ pand its optical fibre foot­ to invest ₹1,500 crore to set Spot price of power set aside the disqualification which defines ‘financial ment capacities in Uttar print in Tamil Nadu as the up 10 manufacturing increases 39% in July of directors of private com­ year’ is taken into account, Pradesh and Maharashtra. telecommunications provid­ plants in the country by NEW DELHI panies by the Registrar of then the first financial year “We will soon com­ er aims to improve network 2020 in its effort to drive Average spot price of power Companies for non­filing of would end on 31.3.2015, the mence water and solvent­ connectivity in the State. volumes, a top company increased 39% to ₹3.46 per financial statements for a pe­ second financial year on based decorative, indus­ “Currently, we have a executive said. unit in July compared with riod of three continuous fi­ 31.3.2016 and the third on trial and protective coat­ fibre footprint of 14,000 km The company, at pre­ the year earlier period at the nancial years. 31.3.2017. ing, resins, emulsion and in Tamil Nadu and with the sent, has six manufactur­ Indian Energy Exchange Justice T. Raja, who re­ construction chemical ma­ roll­out of 3,000 km of fresh ing plants across the coun­ (IEX). The price, however, Ajai Puri served the order after hear­ Natural justice nufacturing facility at San­ optic fibre, it would touch try of which three are in declined 7% sequentially compared with ₹3.73 per unit ing final arguments in the respondents (i.e. RoC) can­ Petitioners had contended dila, U.P , at an estimated 17,000 km in the next three sites, capacities, fibre roll­ Vadodara, and one each in in June. “The average market case last week, delivered the not disqualify the petition­ that even though the Section cost of ₹200 crore,” chair­ years,” said Ajai Puri, COO, out and digitalisation Varanasi, Dehradun and clearing price (MCP) judgment on Friday. ers for the financial years did not contemplate a show­ man K.S. Dhingra said at India and South Asia. among others. The current Ambala. “We are planning discovered at ₹3.46 per unit The directors were dis­ 2013­14, 2014­15, 2015­16, as cause notice before taking the AGM. year will also see Bharti un­ to have a total of 16 plants registered a 7% decline over qualified under Section 164 it would tantamount to giv­ any action, since the dis­ Another ₹80 crore Pan-India investment veil 12,000 new mobile sites in the country by 2020, ₹3.73 a unit price in June (2)(a) of the Companies Act, ing retrospective effect. qualification had civil conse­ would be spent for the ex­ He said the company across the State to add to and are looking to invest 2018 and 39% increase over 2013. The court said that The Section says that if quences, the principle of pansion at Jejuri near Pune planned to invest ₹24,000 network capacity and take ₹1,500 crore on 10 new ₹2.49 per unit in same month since Section 164 came into the financial statements are natural justice had to be ad­ for automotive, industrial crore to ₹26,000 crore pan­ high­speed data services plants,” said Manpasand last year,” IEX said. PTI effect from April 1, 2014, the not filed for three continu­ hered to. and protective coatings. India in mobile network deeper into rural areas. CMD Dhirendra Singh. https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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Gotcha! Ben Stokes is caught at slip by Virat Kohli, second from right, off Ishant Sharma.* STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES That’s plumb: M. Vijay is trapped in front by Stuart Broad. * AP

INDIA IN ENGLAND 43 with Dinesh Karthik for out to one Sam Curran had catches — seemed miserable balls later, an edge flew the SCOREBOARD company. pushed across him, and de­ during his time at the crease. captain’s way and Stokes was ENGLAND VS INDIA, FIRST TEST, DAY THREE Shreedutta Chidananda Not long after he had parted for two. Ishant approached him from gone. Lunch was called with Birmingham walked out, Murali Vijay was R. Ashwin, promoted up around the wicket, angling England rattled. India’s England — 1st innings: 287. (0b); Extras (b­10, lb­2, nb­1): Ajinkya Rahane c Bairstow b 13; Total (in 53 overs): 180. Curran 2 (16b), R. Ashwin c Bair­ put down on one — Dawid to six, caressed a couple the ball in and having it move catching had been India — 1st innings: 274. India and England served up Fall of wickets: 1­9 (Cook, 3.4), stow b Anderson 13 (15b, 3x4), through the covers but re­ away. impeccable. England — 2nd innings: Alastair yet another day of the most Malan the guilty party again 2­18 (Jennings, 7.4), 3­39 (Root, Dinesh Karthik (batting) 18 ceived a ball from James An­ Ishant had two balls left in Cook b Ashwin 0 (14b), Keaton engrossing cricket to leave — but Stuart Broad soon Malan was squared up Jennings c Rahul b Ashwin 8 15.1), 4­70 (Malan, 26.2), 5­85 (44b, 2x4); Extras (b­1, lb­1): 2; the first Test poised on a pinned him leg­before. derson that would have con­ time and again before a meek an over that had yielded two (18b, 1x4), Joe Root c Rahul b (Bairstow, 30.2), 6­86 (Stokes, Total (for five wkts. in 36 knife edge at Edgbaston. Broad is very much a sumed batsmen of far greater push took the edge; Rahane wickets already and he Ashwin 14 (35b, 1x4), Dawid 30.4), 7­87 (Buttler, 30.6), 8­ overs): 110. Ishant Sharma claimed ‘rhythm’ bowler, someone reputation. swallowed the chance in the struck a third time, forcing Malan c Rahane b Ishant 20 135 (Rashid, 44.4), 9­176 Fall of wickets: 1­19 (Vijay, 5.5), five for 51 in a breathless af­ who thrives when he is in the For two­thirds of the day, gully. an out­of­sorts Jos Buttler to (64b, 2x4), Jonny Bairstow c (Broad, 51.6). 2­22 (Dhawan, 7.3), 3­46 ternoon spell — his last Test mood. With a loud, boozy though, India had been deci­ poke behind. Dhawan b Ishant 28 (40b, 5x4), India bowling: Shami 12­2­ (Rahul, 14.6), 4­63 (Rahane, 38­0, Ashwin 21­4­59­3, Ishant five­wicket haul came nearly Hollies Stand cheering him sively on top. In the morning, Brilliant spell England was seven down Ben Stokes c Kohli b Ishant 6 21.4), 5­78 (Ashwin, 24.3). (13b), Jos Buttler c Karthik b 13­0­51­5, Umesh 7­1­20­2. three years ago — as England on, he ran in full of purpose. Ashwin picked up from with the lead at 100 and sud­ This was the start of an ex­ Ishant 1 (2b), Sam Curran c India — 2nd innings: M. Vijay England bowling: Anderson 11­ lurched to 180 all out, setting where he had left off on traordinary burst from Ish­ denly India could sniff a ge­ 2­33­1, Broad 9­1­29­2, Stokes Dhawan, Rahul fail again Karthik b Umesh 63 (65b, 9x4, lbw b Broad 6 (17b), Shikhar India 194 for victory. Thursday, snaring Keaton ant, a period of 17 balls — split nuine shot at victory. 2x6), Adil Rashid b Umesh 16 Dhawan c Bairstow b Broad 13 10­1­25­1, Curran 5­0­17­1, On a tricky surface, under Shikhar Dhawan, whose fu­ Jennings a quarter of an hour by the lunch break — in Young Sam Curran, (40b, 1x4), Stuart Broad c (24b, 1x4), K.L. Rahul c Bairstow Rashid 1­0­4­0. cloudy skies, such a pursuit ture as a Test opener in these in. which he grabbed four wick­ though, would not be cowed. Dhawan b Ishant 11 (28b), b Stokes 13 (24b, 2x4), Virat India needs 84 runs with five was never going to be easy. conditions must be called in­ He is not a bowler left­ ets. Jonny Bairstow, who had In the County Champion­ James Anderson (not out) 0 Kohli (batting) 43 (76b, 3x4), wickets remaining. India threatened to make a to question, wafted at the hand batsmen relish facing. shown an inclination to at­ ship, he is regarded as a bet­ mess of it on Friday before ball and was caught behind. Joe Root seemed to be deal­ tack, was his second victim, ter batsman than a bowler, A maiden half­century Frustratingly for India, the denly swelled. Ishant re­ Virat Kohli was left fighting K.L. Rahul did not fare much ing with him all right until he Dhawan holding a good, low and he proved his creden­ was raised with a carefree six eighth and ninth­wicket part­ moved Broad eventually to the fire yet again. better, succumbing to a clipped an off­break off his catch at first slip. tials as an all­rounder here. over extra­cover off Ishant; if nerships — with Curran in the claim his eighth five­wicket At stumps on the third beautiful delivery from Ben pads and was caught expert­ For Ben Stokes, Kohli He went after India’s bow­ he had been the afternoon’s company of Adil Rashid and haul and when Umesh got rid day, the touring side was 110 Stokes. ly by Rahul at leg gully. joined the cordon, stationing lers, slashing and driving, liv­ most dangerous bowler, Cur­ Stuart Broad — realised 89 of Curran for 65, it left India for five, Kohli unbeaten on Ajinkya Rahane reached Malan — he of the dropped himself at third slip. Two ing dangerously but living. ran hadn’t got the memo. runs as England’s lead sud­ facing a target under 200. We have a chance: Anderson Playing county cricket helped me a lot: Ishant Special Correspondent admitted that dismissing Anderson was pleased, Special Correspondent know where these labels ball. I got some overs in my Birmingham Kohli early would mean an though, with how he had Birmingham come from. I don’t really legs.” James Anderson believes En­ England victory and a failure bowled to Kohli. Ishant Sharma has perhaps think about all this. I just go The tall seamer was confi­ gland is capable of bowling to do so would perhaps “I’ve been encouraged never turned into the attack­ with my gut feel and situa­ dent India would triumph on India out on Saturday. mean defeat. the way I’ve bowled at him leading strike bowler he tion of the game. At times Saturday. “It’s gone to and fro … and “More than likely, yes. If in this game so far, found the once promised to be but he you have to bowl defensively “Losing five wickets is not I think the standard of crick­ he bats like he did first in­ edge a few times in the first has been, over the years, an at times attack.” a big deal. With one partner­ et has been pretty good. To nings… even batting with the innings — and on another important asset to his cap­ Ishant played four match­ ship a small target is easily be a part of it is (great), and tail, it was so hard to keep day I could have got him for tains. es for Sussex in the County chased down. The wicket is tomorrow we’ve got a really them on strike, have six balls 20, and then we’re not talk­ His five­wicket haul on Fri­ Championship Division Two, not very helpful (for bow­ good chance of winning the at them. He just managed to ing about how brilliant he is. day helped India sniff victory taking 15 wickets and even lers). game,” he said. find the gap, or get down the “We could be in a much in the first Test at Edgbaston. scoring a half­century. “If the sun god comes out “Yes, [we can] definitely other end — the way he bat­ different position now. But “I was tired of bowling well “Playing county cricket then there’s not much of a [win]. If we recover well to­ ted with the tail was bril­ that’s not the case — we’ve and seeing my wickets co­ helped me a lot. I was disap­ problem. If there are clouds night and come back fresh in liant. We need five wickets, just got to go away and know lumn empty. I have been pointed in some ways but then the ball starts swinging. the morning, we know it’s simple as that, fairly quickly we can get him. playing so many Tests like everything happens for the The crucial period is when going to be 25­30 overs max­ — otherwise, they’ll get the “No one is invincible in this. It feels good now,” he best. I enjoyed myself with the seam is hard, the first 40 imum one way or the other runs. So we’ll go to bed world cricket. We can get said. Sussex. overs. The fewer wickets you — so we can give it all we dreaming about getting Koh­ him out, and we’ll be trying Defiant: After giving a good account of himself with the ball, Ishant denied that he was “It was a good experience. lose in that period, the better can.” The England seamer li out first thing.” to do that in the morning.” Sam Curran proved his worth with the bat as well.* AFP a defensive bowler. “I don’t I got bowl with the Dukes it is.” ‘I saw the Kohli highlights’ Superwoman Youngsters keen to catch selectors’ eye Smriti Gayle says it was the perfect start for the Indian captain India­A and South Africa­A lock horns in the first of two unofficial Tests PRESS TRUST OF INDIA UTHRA GANESAN MANCHESTER SA-A IN INDIA NEW DELHI Smriti Mandhana conti­ He is called the Universe nued her dream run, Ashwin Achal Boss and at 38, Chris Gayle smashing her way to a 60­ Bengaluru remains the king of cheeky ball­hundred, to power Players from the India­A and comebacks. Western Storm to a com­ South Africa­A squads will The West Indian cricketer fortable win over Lancash­ look to catch the attention of was in town for a promotion­ ire Thunder in their Kia the national selectors when al event and, asked about his women’s T20 Super they lock horns in the first of opinion on the absence of League encounter on Fri­ two unofficial Tests, which some big names from the day. Smriti hit 102 off 61 commences at M. Chinnas­ World Cup next year, balls as Storm chased wamy Stadium here on quipped, “you have Chris down a target of 154 in 18.4 Saturday. Gayle no, why do you worry, overs. For the home team, a who else do you need?” The left­handed open­ good show in these matches It was the kind of response er’s knock was studded could present an immediate one expected from Gayle with 12 boundaries and reward, in the form of an In­ and he did not disappoint four sixes. dian team berth for final two Universe Boss: Gayle feels Kohli’s century was the tonic India through the interaction, mix­ The scores: Lancashire Thun­ Tests against England. needed in England. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA ing serious insights with der 153 for seven in 20 overs “We know that if we per­ Hard work never fails: India­A players, practising under the watchful eyes of coach Rahul humour. (Amy Satterthwaite 85) lost form consistently on A tours, ple to watch the game,” he captain’s century against En­ Dravid (left), know a good show could present an immediate reward.* G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR to Western Storm 154 for we will get international call­ said. gland in the first Test on three in 18.2 overs (Smriti Taking credit ups. I myself have gotten tack is led by leg­spinner us has earned 14 internation­ The squads: India­A: Shreyas And when someone ques­ Thursday and cautiously op­ Mandhana 102, Stafanie Tay­ Asked about the way T20s call­ups from A tours. It is Yuzvendra Chahal. al caps. Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, R. tioned him on the ICC propo­ timistic about the future of lor 33 n.o.). have evolved over the last de­ just one step below the main Chahal could do with the “Our national selectors Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Ab­ sal to limit player participa­ West Indies cricket. cade, Gayle took credit with team, so if you perform con­ red­ball experience, if he is have an eye on a couple of himanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vi­ tion to just two T20 leagues “I saw the highlights and it hari, Ankit Bawne, Kona Bharat, a laugh. sistently, you will make the asked to join the Indian team our players. This is a great across the world — someth­ was the perfect start you Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, “You might want to thank cut,” India­A skipper Shreyas in England. Pacer Mo­ chance for guys to put their ing which would affect the want in a series, especially Jayant Yadav, Rajneesh Gurba­ Mr. Gayle for that who made Iyer said here on Friday. hammed Siraj, who picked hands up for selection to the West Indians most if agreed from a captain. ni, Navdeep Saini, Ankit Raj­ it (hitting big sixes) possible, The likes of Prithvi Shaw, up 15 wickets in two matches national team. There is a lot to — he just shrugged. poot, Mohammed Siraj. it actually changed it all. “It was a brilliant knock to R. Samarth and Mayank for India­A in its recent tour of white ball cricket coming “Everybody, even the “I don’t think that will put the team in a position to Agarwal will hope to conti­ of England, is another im­ up for the South African South Africa­A Khaya Zondo smallest player is hitting big happen,” he said on the side­ come back from where they nue their good form, in or­ pact player waiting in the team, so there is plenty at (captain), Pieter Malan, Zubayr sixes now. Even Test cricket lines of being named brand were. Hopefully it will spur der to force their way into wings. stake,” Zondo said. Hamza, Sarel Enwee, Senuran Muthusamy, Dwaine Pretorius, has changed, there are more ambassador for Ad­ the team on to do well,” he the spotlight. This series also The South Africa­A side, After the two unofficial runs being scores in Tests, da52.com, a poker gaming said about Kohli. serves as the ideal platform Rudi Second, Rassine von der though short on big names, Tests, the two units will be Dussen, Shaun von Berg, Heu­ website. to get some runs and wickets teams making around 300 And what about his own is not short on quality. Cap­ joined by Australia­A and In­ ran Hendricks, Duanne Olivier, runs in a day. But it wasn’t all fun. Gayle future? “The 2019 World Cup under the belt ahead of the tain Khaya Zondo has fea­ dia­B in a quadrangular one­ Malusi Siboto, Mthiwekhaya “It’s all good and hopeful­ was effusive in his praise of in UK is the objective right Smriti... 100 off just long domestic season. tured in three ODIs, while day tournament, to be held Nabe, Dane Piedt, Anrich ly it will bring in more peo­ Virat Kohli after the Indian now.” 60 balls. * FILE PHOTO The India­A bowling at­ all­rounder Dwaine Pretori­ at Vijayawada. Nortke. CM A ND-NDE YK https://t.me/pdf4exams https://www.estore33.com/ https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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TV PICKS Focused on ticket to Olympics, Badminton World champi- Sindhu breezes past Okuhara onships: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 8.30 a.m. says India goalkeeper Sreejesh England vs India: 1st Test: Marin blows away Saina; Ashwini and Satwik pair also exits Sony Six (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. Women’s hockey World ‘CWG was a bit disappointing though we learnt a lot’ Cup: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), WORLD C’SHIPS 6.30 p.m. TNPL: Star Sports 1 (SD & Press Trust of India N. Sudarshan Akashdeep Singh. Along HD), 7 p.m. Nanjing, China BENGALURU with the rejuvenated Sardar West Indies vs India’s P.V Sindhu beat Nozo­ For India to qualify for the Singh, they are expected to Bangladesh: 2nd T20I, Sony mi Okuhara of Japan in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the have considerable impact. ESPN (SD & HD), 5.30 a.m. straight games to cruise into simplest of equations is to (Sunday) the semifinals and assure defend its Asian Games gold Pressure off the field herself of a medal in the in Jakarta. If not, it will have “When you look at the Asian IN BRIEF World Championships here to take the circuitous route Games, it is a tournament on Friday. through the Hockey Series, a with pressure off the field Sindhu defeated Okuhara new two­tier competition in­ and not on the field,” Sree­ 21­17, 21­19 in a 58­minute troduced by the Internation­ jesh noted. quarterfinal match to set up a al Hockey Federation (FIH) “These experienced semifinal clash against World for nations which are not players know how to handle No. 2 and another Japanese part of the Hockey Pro the pressure. These guys Akane Yamaguchi on Satur­ League. P.R. Sreejesh. know how to hold the team, day. Captain P.R. Sreejesh ho­ * K. MURALI KUMAR control things and also carry The World No. 3 Indian wever remains unfazed. The the youngsters with them. produced a dominant display gold medal or near­bust sit­ Zealand in the recent Test “In this squad there is against her World No. 6 rival uation doesn’t seem to both­ series has done the team a enough experience. Only a as she avenged her defeat in er him. “Why can’t we think world of good Sreejesh felt. couple like Dilpreet [Singh] the last edition summit clash. Sailing through: P.V. Sindhu had it easy against Nozomi Okuhara as she made the semifinals of we are the highest­ranked “Regaining the winning ha­ and Vivek [Sagar Prasad] are In both the games today, the World Championships. * AFP team in Asia [fifth in the bit was the biggest positive. coming in with 20 or 25 Okuhara led initially but world] and good enough to Commonwealth Games was matches.” Sindhu was able to come by Okuhara. This will be Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also her authority on the match, win? Why think about other a bit disappointing though On a personal note, for back to take the honours. Sindhu’s fourth medal from couldn’t cross the quarterfi­ parading the court and routes to qualify? That is ad­ we learnt a lot. Sreejesh this will be the big­ Sindhu had lost to Okuha­ the World Championships as nal hurdle, losing 17­21, 10­21 screaming her heart out after ded pressure,” he said here “At the Champions Tro­ gest competition since his ra in the final last year 19­21, she has already won two to top seeds Zheng Siwei and winning every point. on Friday. phy we performed well. We comeback in February fol­ Sharath becomes 22­20, 20­22 but this day, it bronze and a silver. Huang Yaqiong of China. “Her movement was very “We have an easy option lost two matches but drew lowing an eight­month inju­ top-ranked Indian was the India who got the up­ Saina Nehwal’s impressive In the Saina vs Marin quick today. She was moving now. We need to get the tick­ against a lot of good teams. ry lay­off. COIMBATORE per hand throughout the run, however, came to a dis­ match, it turned out to be a so fast and covering the court et to the Olympics. We are “We have all along played “The name [of the tourna­ A. Sharath Kamal jumped 10 match. appointing end at the World lop­sided contest between very quickly,” Saina told focused on this. well, but needed to learn to ment] is bigger but to me ev­ spots to become the top The win by Sindhu meant Championships as she suf­ the 2015 edition finalists as reporters. win and keep the rhythm. ery hockey match I play for Indian paddler in the latest fered a straight­game loss to reigning Olympic champion The results: Women: P.V Sindhu Good preparations After the Korea and New my country is crucial,” said ITTF world rankings released that the head­to­head record two­time champion Carolina Spanish once again pro­ bt Nozomi Okuhara 21­17, 21­19; on Friday. He was listed at 33 between the two is now le­ “The preparations have Zealand Tests, the rhythm is the 30­year­old. velled at 6­6. Marin. duced her A game on the big Carolina Marin bt Saina Nehwal been good. We are at the last there and that’s important.” “The intensity is the while G. Sathiyan, who 21­6, 21­11. After the World Cham­ In the men’s qurterfinals, occasion to complete an em­ stage of polishing our skills, same. The names of the moved up a spot, was 39. Men: Kento Momota bt Sai Pra­ phatic 21­6, 21­11 victory. Sharath’s best ranking was 32 pionships final last year, they B Sai Praneeth was no match neeth 21­12, 21­12, like penalty corners, goal Increased buzz tournaments are important in May 2015. Manika Batra had played five times against to Kento Momota of Japan as A 5­4 head­to­head count Mixed doubles: Zheng Siwei & scoring, defensive struc­ There is also an increased for the youngsters who have gained 24 spots to be ranked each other, including to­ he lost 12­21, 12­21 in just 39 meant little as Marin disman­ Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Ashwini tures and we have had buzz around the team with just come in. For us [seniors] 57th, and remained the only day’s, and Sindhu have won minutes. Mixed doubles pair tled Saina with consummate Ponnappa & Satwiksairaj Ranki­ enough practise matches.” the return of drag­flicker Ru­ it’s all about winning the Indian woman in the top 100. three of them as against two of Ashwini Ponnappa and ease. The Spaniard stamped reddy 21­17, 21­10. The 3­0 victory over New pinder Pal Singh and striker next match.” Indian women blitz to gold in Asian Nations Cup PSPB men cruise to their 17th title Clinch bronze in the classical section; Men bag the silver AAI women stretch Petroleum but cannot stop them SPORTS BUREAU Ganguly and Abhijeet Gupta, points after drawing with The women fared well on HAMADAN finished with 10 points to Iran Green 2­2 in the final the individual boards as TABLE TENNIS The Indian teams came back take the runner­up spot be­ round. It was third behind well, with Harika winning Rayan Rozario strongly to reach the podium hind Iran Green (13 points). China (13) and Vietnam (10). the silver on the first and Coimbatore at the Asian Nations Cup In the final round, India The women struck gold in Eesha (third), Padmini It was written all over that chess tournament on Friday. thrashed Iran White 3.5­0.5. the blitz event, scoring 13 (fourth) and Aakanksha the PSPB men and women The men won the silver and The women’s squad, fea­ points, pushing Vietnam (12) (fifth) taking the bronze. would dominate the day’s the women the bronze. turing D. Harika, R. Vaishali, to second. The men had to Sethuraman (second board) proceedings. And they did The men, comprising B. Eesha Karvade, Padmini settle for the fourth spot, be­ and Sasikiran (third) captur­ that in style by retaining the Adhiban, S.P. Sethuraman, Rout and Aakanksha Haga­ hind Iran Green (14), China ing the gold and Adhiban men’s and women’s team tit­ K. Sasikiran, Surya Shekhar wane, took its tally to eight (12) and Vietnam (10). (first) winning the silver. les in the AAI 48th all­India inter­institutional table ten­ nis championship at the Bha­ rathiar University Indoor Kambaku claims Governor’s Cup Hall here on Friday. It was title No. 17 for the BENGALURU: Kambaku (Yash up) Black Lightning (S. Shiva K) 3 and won the Governor’s Cup, the fea­ War Hero (Chetan G) 4. 1­1/4, Nose PSPB men and for its women ture event of the races held here and 1/2. 1m 14.43s. ₹42 (w), 16, 16 15th. G. Sathiyan gave the on Friday (August 3). The winner and 94 (p), SHP: 36, THP: 230, FP: team the start against RSPB Champions: PSPB men who won the all­India inter­institutional title * S. SIVA SARAVANAN is owned by Rajagiri Rubber & 361, Q: 123, Trinella: 16,790 and Produce Co. Ltd rep by. Mr. Dilip 3,598, Exacta: 37,092 and 2,805. in the men’s section. He Thomas and trained by Arjun Favourite: War Hero. Owner: Mr. played a pretty fast game to Mangalorkar. Dinesh Kumar K. Trainer: G. oust Railways’ last night hero THE RESULTS: Sandhu. Anirban Ghosh 11­5, 11­1, 13­ LIVELY EMPREY PLATE (Div. II), LIVELY EMPREY PLATE (Div. 1 (1,200m), rated 00 to 20: MOON 15, 11­5. BLINK (Rajesh K) 1, Toronto (Zer­ 6 I), (1,200m), rated 00 to 20: AMALFI COAST (Kiran Rai) 1, All By Sharath Kamal was in a van) 2, Scorching (Kiran Rai) 3 and Myself (Antony) 2, Shivalik Boy spot of bother against Ravin­ Future Bright (M. Naveen) 4. 2­1/2, (Md. Asif Khan) 3 and Zedclass 4 and 1­1/4. 1m 15.86s. ₹26 (w), 14, dran Kotiyal. The latter was (Vivek) 4. 2­1/4, 3 and 3. 1m 15.44s. 15 and 20 (p), SHP: 31, THP: 42, ₹19 (w), 11, 25 and 15 (p), SHP: 76, leading 2­0 but the former FP: 163, Q: 136, Trinella: 954 and THP: 37, FP: 406, Q: 273, Trinella: 562, Exacta: 1,043 and 322. Fa­ was confident of catching up Arjun Mangalorkar, trainer of Kambaku, receives the 609 and 181, Exacta: 1,701 and 616. vourite: Moon Blink. Owner: Mr. and did exactly that by win­ Governor's Cup from Karnataka Governor Favourite: Amalfi Coast. Owner: B. Sunil Kumar Sharma. Trainer: ning the next three games * Mr. Abdul Azeez. Trainer: Naray­ Narayana Gowda. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ana Gowda. with ease. In the third tie, A. QUASAR PLATE (1,400m), Indeed (Akshay K) 2, Sporting (Trevor) 2, Fabulous (Vinod THE INVADER TREASURE GIRL PLATE Amalraj shook off those ear­ 2 rated 15 to 35: Pleasure (Trevor) 3 and Standout Shinde) 3 and Salazaar (Srinath) 4. (1,100m), rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o & ly hiccups, to defeat Pankaj (Zervan) 1, Summer Palace (Tre­ (Yash) 4. 1/2, Lnk and 2. 1m 3­1/4, 4­3/4 and Snk. 2m 33.60s. 7 over: ROSEBROOK (Trevor) 1, Prin­ vor) 2, Girl With Pearl (Darshan) 3 38.89s. ₹41 (w), 13, 14 and 14 (p), ₹95 (w), 33 and 11 (p), SHP: 42, Vishwakarma 9­11, 11­9, 11­6, and Agnar (A. Ramu) 4. 2­1/2, 6­1/2 cess Rumela (Nazerul) 2, Limato SHP: 37, THP: 43, FP: 150, Q: 54, THP: 96, FP: 186, Q: 64, Trinella: (Sai Kiran) 3 and Odyssey (M. 11­5 for the title. and 3/4. 1m 27.46s. ₹37 (w), 15, 13 Trinella: 267 and 120, Exacta: 5,332 and 2,056, Exacta: 5,184 and Naveen) 4. 4­1/4, Shd and 1/2. 1m Winners: PSPB with the women’s prize * S. SIVA SARAVANAN and 34 (p), SHP: 45, THP: 76, FP: 1,167 and 432. Favourite: Sporting 1,192. Favourite: Dancing Dragon. It was not the case in the 109, Q: 70, Trinella: 775 and 540, 07.77s. ₹51 (w), 17, 14 and 14 (p), women’s group. The PSPB Pleasure. Owners: Mr. K. Harish Owner: Rajagiri Rubber & Pro­ SHP: 38, THP: 51, FP: 134, Q: 85, Exacta: 6,298 and 4,858. Favour­ Nayak, Mr. Pratap Madhukar duce Co. Ltd rep by. Mr. Dilip ite: Dazzling Beauty. Owner: Mr. Trinella: 312 and 155, Exacta: 1,568 women did face a stiff chal­ The results (final): Men: bt Pankaj Vishwa Kumar 9­11, Patwari 11­5, 11­8, 12­14, 10­12, Kamath, Mr. H.J. Arjun and Mr. Thomas. Trainer: Arjun and 986. Favourite: Limato. A. Muniraja. Trainer: G. H.J. Balram. Trainer: Prasanna Mangalorkar. lenge from host AAI. But PSPB bt RSPB 3­0 (G. Sathi­ 11­9, 11­6, 11­5). 11­9, Sutirtha Mukherjee lost Nityanand. Owner: Mr. George M. Tham­ with stars in its ranks, PSPB yan bt Anirban Ghosh 11­5, Women: PSPB bt AAI 3­1 to Selenadeepthi Selvaku­ Kumar. buswamy. Trainer: S. Britto. R.S. NAGENDRA KUMAR ME- COL. RAJKUMAR C. DESRAJ managed to pull off a 3­1 win 11­1, 13­15, 11­5, A Sharath Ka­ (Madhurika Patkar bt Mallika mar 11­5, 6­11, 10­12, 13­11, Ma­ MORIAL TROPHY GOVERNOR’S CUP URS MEMORIAL CUP Jackpot: ₹66,235 (ten tkts); Run­ 3 (1,600m), (2,400m), 5 (1,200m), to make it doubly sweet for mal bt Ravindra Kotiyan 9­11, Bhandarkar 9­11, 11­7, 11­8, nika Batra bt Mallika Bhan­ rated 45 to 65, 4­y­o & over: ST 4 4­y­o & over, (Terms): KAM- rated 30 to 50: EWANDOR (Ant­ ner up: ₹3,687 (77 tkts); Treble (i): PAULI GIRL (Antony) 1, Good Time BAKU (Yash) 1, Dancing Dragon ony) 1, Mayweather (R. Manish) 2, ₹681 (four tkts); (ii): ₹851 (40 tkts). the team. 9­11, 11­9, 11­7, 11­5, A. Amalraj 11­2, Manika Batra bt Surbhi darkar 11­8, 9­11, 16­14, 13­11).

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12387 (set by Afterdark) SUDOKU FAITH fighters with nuclear head can 4 I follow two letters of kidnap international leader Mahatma (6) Work of a genius (7) 5 Social event for media 13 A clue read on Sunday titillated following a cocktail mid­air Vedanta Desika’s Yadavabhyudaya has for its theme the sto­ interest, captivated sharply (5­3) ry of Lord Krishna, starting from his birth, said S. Rajagopal (9) 6 Scoundrel stole dollars earlier in a discourse. The narration of Krishna’s life begins with a 15 Suggestion from head office to by midnight in front of people dramatic description of the night, leaving the reade r in no avoid tax (5) (10) doubt that the arrival of Krishna signals the dawn of go od 16 Saw ranger in lead (7) 7 Dish from European city, not days for the virtuous. The lamps in Kamsa’s palace are extin­ 19 Picture wise men following served in a mess by lunchtime guished and Kamsa’s mind is in a state of agitation. It is as if one nincompoop basically (8) all the anxieties of everyone have got together like gushing having drugs (7) rivers and have entered Kamsa’s mind. So restless is t he 8 Sketch of railway official given 20 About to come back and take incorrectly to be put in front mind of the evil Kamsa. 50% of garment (5) (8) The mood of excitement is sustained when Krishna is ta­ 21 Decoy at school to absorb ken by Vasudeva to Gokula. The baby Krishna grows up in 14 Lady's grandmother's popular stress? Children Gokula, the darling of all the Gopikas. Describing the baby’s for hiding goat often as a fundamentally have prank (10) crawling, Desika says that His body gets covered wit h dust. disagreement (9) But it is not a bland observation, for Desika, being the lion 16 Game in Pakistan, neighbour 25 Old Spaniard to stay behind a among poets (kavitarkika simham), very imaginatively says almost participated on order river to meet Scotsman (7) that Bhu Devi is trying to embrace Krishna, thereby covering (8) 26 Hungry? Pilaf at nine, served Him with dust! by collecting German currency 17 Swear to destroy (8) Kavyas are of two types — drishya kavya — one that is wit­ (7) 18 Wrong to have frequent bets Solution to puzzle 12386 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku nessed and sravya kavya — one that is heard. Desika’s Yada­ 28 Asians, on weekend collect in transport industry (8) ■ ACROSS vabhyudaya belongs to the second category. A kavya should foreign currency; odd? On the 22 Up, in between two adults, 9 New interest rate to acquire depict rasas like vira, sringara, adbhuta etc, and we find contrary, madness (7) one is resting by the river vehicle by beginning of April? these rasas in Yadavabhyudaya. In the Rukmini, Jamba vati, 29 could be Prime (7) with attendant (2,4) Bliss (7) Satyabhama episodes, we find sringara rasa. In killing of 10 Game for father and child; to ■ DOWN 23 Pull out of lopsided Kamsa and Bana, we find vira rasa. The vira rasa is nicely collect raisins essentially (7) 1 One good cab aggregator in agreement, the gist of which blended with adbhuta rasa — a sense of wonder at the Lord’s 11 3 + 6 = 9. One of them in the country... (6) has no meaning primarily (6) astounding actions. . Krishna is the hero of the Yadvabhyu­ left hand side is equal to 0 2 ...is due to arrive after the 24 Bets salary on roulettes, daya, and there can be no doubt that He possess these traits. according to a new head of beginning of year (6) becomes pauper (6) Yadavabhyudaya abounds in rich descriptions. With ut­ department (7) 3 Feast in the central region of 27 Some treat spaniels with preksha alankara, sleshas and chitra sarga, Desika’s work re­ 12 Clarify once — Freedom Nagaland (4) snacks (4) veals his genius.

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Lahiri tied joint seventh Gangjee’s incredible comeback Shubhankar tied 63rd; Woods sits at tied 14th Wins by three strokes after trailing by four on day three SPORTS REPORTER Press Trust of India BENGALURU Bhullar moves to Akron (US) India’s two­time Asian Tour fifth spot Anirban Lahiri shot a fine 5­ winner Rahil Gangjee won NATADOLA BAY (FIJI) under 65 to position himself the $75,000 Louis Philippe Indian golfer Gaganjeet in tied­seventh place after Cup golf tournament with a Bhullar recovered from a stunning 7­under 63 in the fi­ shaky start to card three­ the opening day of the WGC­ nal round at the Prestige under 69 for a share of the Bridgestone Invitational at Golfshire Club here on fifth spot at the midway Firestone Country Club here stage of the Fiji International on Thursday. Friday. tournament here. Bhullar Landing six birdies Gangjee started the final stands five­under overall. He against one solitary bogey, day of the Asian Develop­ is six shots behind the Lahiri was three shots be­ ment Tour (ADT) and PGTI runaway leader Kiwi Ben hind the leader and two­ co­sanctioned event in the Campbell, who shot 67 after time WGC winner, Ian Poul­ tied­fifth spot — four shots his first round 66 to get to ter, whose 8­under 62 tied behind overnight leaders 11­under. PTI the record for lowest first­ Udayan Mane and Rashid Fantastic finish: Rahil Gangjee produced a stunning round score at the Khan. The Bengaluru­based turnaround on the final day. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Shahil leads Invitational. Gangjee (11­under 269) India’s other player in the scripted an incredible come­ rent and it worked for me,“ hil Gangjee (69, 69, 68, 63); the field field, Shubhankar Sharma back to win by three strokes Gangjee said. 272. shot a 2­over 72 and was tied Teeing off: Anirban Lahiri, with six birdies was three shots behind the leader Ian Poulter. * AP to take home the winner’s Rashid, who made bogeys Om Prakash (65, 67, 74, 66), KARAIKUDI: Second seed 63rd in the 71­man field. He cheque for $13,125. on the 11th, 13th and 16th Rashid Khan (70, 64, 67, 71); Shahil Dey (Assam) defeat­ had two birdies against four Woods beginning on No. eight years with eight birdies tie for second on seven­un­ This is Gangjee’s second holes, finished joint­second 273: Marcus Both (Aus) (68, 70, ed Odisha’s Shreyash Shu­ bogeys in what is his third 10, sank a 50­foot birdie putt and no bogeys. Poulter’s 62 der after shooting opening title of the year after his Pa­ alongside Om Prakash Chou­ 68, 67), Udayan Mane (63, 69, 69, 72); 274: Khalin Joshi (66, vam Patnaik to take the WGC appearance. from off the green at No. 18 was his best since 2010 UBS 63s. Lahiri and six others — nasonic Open triumph in Ja­ han. lead with eight points from 68, 71, 69); 275: Harendra Gup­ Tiger Woods, T­6 at the to make the turn in 3­under Hong Kong Open, where he Rory Mcllroy, Jason Day, Jus­ pan earlier this year. “Over Udayan and Australian nine rounds in the open ca­ ta (66, 69, 72, 68), Akshay Open last month, and an 32. His only bogey of the day had a second­round 60 en­ tin Thomas, Marc Leishman, the last year, I have played Marcus took tied­fourth, tegory of the 32nd National Sharma (70, 71, 66, 68), Mu­ eight­time winner at Fires­ came at his last hole, No. 9. route to lifting the trophy. Luke List and Kevin Na — the final rounds one shot at a while local lad Khalin Joshi under­11 chess champion­ kesh Kumar (67, 69, 70, 69); tone, opened with a 66 to sit Englishman Poulter pro­ Americans Kyle Stanley shot 65 each to be tied se­ time without keeping any finished sixth. 276: Sanjeev Kumar (70, 70, ship, organised by Chetti­ at T­14. duced his lowest round in and Rickie Fowler were in a venth. target. Today was no diffe­ Final scores (top­10): 269: Ra­ 66, 70). nad Public School, here on Friday. Four players were joint second at 7.5 points. Important results (ninth round): Open: Shahil Dey Vaibhav Suri wins Biel Masters ₹30 lakh sanctioned for various athletes (Asm) 8 bt Shreyash Shuvam Patnaik (Odi) 7.5; Ananmay Sharma (Guj) 7.5 drew with Second GM norm for Prithu Mission Olympic Cell clears amount for training, support staff and equipment Chilukuri Sai Varshith (AP) 7; Dev Shah (Mah) 7.5 bt Arhan Sports Bureau Special Correspondent and field, shooting, wres­ Sports Science evaluation Chethan Anand (Kar) 6.5; BIEL (SWITZERLAND) NEW DELHI tling, boxing, gymnastics across four months apart Akshit Jha (Mah) 6.5 lost to Grandmaster Vaibhav Suri The Mission Olympic Cell on and tennis were also sanc­ from training expenses for Mahendra Teja Mekala (AP) won the Biel Masters chess Friday sanctioned ₹30 lakh tioned at the meeting. Akhil Sheoran for his pre­ 7.5; Tanmay Jain (Pun) 7 bt title with an unbeaten dis­ for athletes across eight In para athletics, ₹1.63 Asian Games training at Adithya A. Chullikkad (Ker) sports as part of the clear lakh has been sanctioned for Mumbai and Pune. 6.5; R. Shadhurshhaan (TN) 6 play and teenager Prtihu lost to A.R. Illamparthi (TN) 7; Gupta made his second funding related to training, Avani Lekhara, 10m air rifle Gymnast Rakesh Patra has Colaco Reuben (Goa) 6 lost to Grandmaster norm in the competition, support staff para­shooter for use of a been given ₹5.02 lakh for his Mohanty Soyamsree (Odi) 7; premier nine­round compe­ and equipment expenses. coach, physiotherapist and 12­day training camp in Mer­ Harsh Suresh (TN) 6 lost to P. tition here. The proposals of six In­ personal escort during her Sushil Kumar * RYAN PIERSE/ sin, Turkey ahead of the Muthu (TN) 7; Sahib Singh Seeded 19th in a field that dian para­athletes, who are three­month training for the GETTY IMAGES Asian Games. Apart from (Del) 7 bt Kshatriya Nitin Vek­ attracted 70 GMs and parti­ training in India and over­ Asian Para­Games from July 1 coaching fees, the expenses hande (Mah) 6. cipants from 31 countries, seas ahead of the Asian Para to October 5. ₹5.95 lakh has lakh has been sanctioned for will also include use of train­ Girls: Sinthia Sarkar (WB) 7.5 Games to be held from Oc­ been sanctioned for Rampal four athletes Narender Gre­ ing venue, medical expenses drew with R. Tejaswi (TN) 7.5; Suri won five games and drew the rest to tally seven tober 6 to 13 in Jakarta, were Chahar, para high jumper wal, Santosh Kumar, Surya and accommodation. B. Savitha Shri (TN) 8 bt B. cleared at the meeting. Also for his overseas training in Bhanu Pratap and Sanathoi Wrestling medal hope Rianna Netta (TN) 6.5; Sagar points. Germany’s Dennis Siya (Guj) 7 bt Rout Yashita Wagner topped an eight­way substantial financial assis­ Ukraine from July 16 to Oc­ Devi for their month­long Sushil Kumar will train in Ge­ (Odi) 6; K. Ratnapriya (TN) 7 tie for the second spot at 6.5 Vaibhav Suri. tance to four wushu athletes tober 5. Approval was grant­ training in Shandong, China orgia along with two spar­ bt Naik Sayuri (Goa) 6; Anu­ points. Top seed Pavel Elja­ * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT covered under TOPS was ed to four para athletes Rin­ ahead of the Asian Games ring partners with the aid of pam M. Sreekumar (Ker) 7 bt nov (Ukraine) took the third Evegeny Romanov, Israeli sanctioned for their Asian ku Hooda, Amit Kumar along with their personal ₹4.95 lakhs while Srihari Nat­ Roy Aanya (Mah) 6; Shriyana spot. GM Dan Zoler besides draw­ Games training. Saroha, Dharambir and An­ coaches Rajvir Singh and Ra­ araj will receive financial S. Mallya (Kar) 6 lost to K. In addition to para­athlet­ kur Dhama to continue their jesh Tailor. ₹1.24 lakh has help to enable coach Jayara­ Prithu gave the 21­mem­ ing with Suri, second seed Sindhusree (TN) 7. Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ics and wushu, financial as­ coaching camps at various been sanctioned for shoo­ jan AC travel with him to Ja­ ber Indian contingent anoth­ sistance to athletes in track SAI centres. In wushu, ₹7.73 ters Tejaswini Sawant for karta. er reason to rejoice when he and two other higher­ranked CAB hires attained his second GM GMs. norm of the year. Seeded Prithu’s lone defeat came Prithu Gupta. psychologist 36th, Prithu tallied six against compatriot Aravindh * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT points to take the 11th spot. Chithambaram, seeded 11th, Special Correspondent Rated 2436, Prithu per­ in the sixth round. Arjun Kalyan (6), 15. M. Karthi­ KOLKATA formed at a whopping 2620. Final standings of the leading keyan (6), 21. Tania Sachdev The Cricket Association of Indians: 1. Vaibhav Suri (7 (5.5), 23. Arjun Erigaisi (5.5), Bengal (CAB) has hired Dr. In the process, Prithu up­ points), 8. M.R. Lalit Babu 32. Aryan Chopra (5), 34. Ara­ Mugdha Bavare, a reputed set fifth­seeded Russian GM (6.5), 11. Prithu Gupta (6), 12. vindh Chithambaram (5). sports psychologist, to help the State players become mentally tougher ahead of Jeevan & the upcoming domestic Rajput, Manhas in the season. Austin duo Dr. Bavare, an interna­ fray for Delhi coach tional swimmer, has been bows out associated with the Mumbai DDCA receives 223 applications for cricket team. She worked Sports Bureau with the Indian wrestling, various posts Cabo San Lucas (Mexico) boxing and athletics teams Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the run­up to the 2016 Special Correspondent Rio Olympics. She is also a karni and Rajat Bhatia have and Austin Krajicek of the NEW DELHI faculty at Exercise Science also thrown their hats in the US lost 7­5, 6­4 to Romain Academy (ESA) by Ameri­ Current Zimbabwe chief ring. The interviews will be Arneodo and Nicholas can College of Sports Medi­ coach Lalchand Rajput for coaches, managers and Monroe in the doubles cine, Mumbai, as well as at along with former Delhi selectors for the junior and quarterfinals of the the Indian Institute of coaches K.P. Bhaskar and senior teams for both men $808,770 ATP tennis tour­ Sports Management (IISM). Manoj Prabhakar are among and women. nament here. Dr. Bavare has been giv­ the more than 200 appli­ Interestingly, the shortlist In the Challenger in Se­ ing mental training to the cants who will assemble for was reportedly prepared by govia, Spain, top seeds Sri­ Olympic Gold Quest­backed a walk­in interview here on the trio of Virender Sehwag, ram Balaji and Vishnu athletes this year. Saturday for the posts of Rahul Sanghvi and Aakash Vardhan were beaten in CAB joint secretary Av­ coaches and selectors Chopra with Gautam Gamb­ two tie­breaks by Carlos ishek Dalmiya said, “we across various age groups in hir not being present. Boluda­Purkiss and Miguel have seen over the last few Delhi cricket. However, Raj­ Gambhir’s inclusion as Semmler of Spain. seasons that the Bengal has put is seen as the front­run­ the government nominee The results: choked in crunch games. So ner for the post. had triggered claims of con­ $808,770 ATP, Cabo San Lu­ we have decided to engage The same were shortlist­ flict of interest, he being an cas, Mexico: Doubles (quar­ terfinals): Romain Arneodo a mental toughness train­ ed by the newly­formed active player. There is grow­ (Mon) & Nicholas Monroe er.” Cricket Affairs Committee ing opposition within the but, called up at short not­ managing committee to his (USA) bt Austin Krajicek (USA) & Jeevan Nedunchezhi­ ice, many have been forced presence. ROUND-UP yan 7­5, 6­4. to alter existing plans and Last year, the applicants €85,000 Challenger, Sego­ Nikhil and Yogesh shine rush to the city. The DDCA had been given two days’ via, Spain: Doubles (quarter­ NEW DELHI: has received a total of 223 notice for the interviews, finals): Carlos Boluda­Purkiss Nikhil Bhati top­scored with applications for the various with each applicant also & Miguel Semmler (Esp) bt 74 and picked up two wickets posts. provided a fixed time slot. Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vard­ while Yogesh Sati took four Besides these, former This time, however, it will han 7­6(5), 7­6(5). wickets and made 49 as DDA cricketers Mithun Manhas, be an open walk­in on first­ $75,000 Challenger, Lexing­ defeated TN Memorial by 61 Ajay Ratra, Sulakshan Kul­ come­first­served basis. ton: Pre­quarterfinals: Ron­ runs in the Sports Sun cricket nie Schneider (USA) bt Saketh tournament. Myneni 5­4 (retired). The scores: DDA 223 for Doubles (quarterfinals): seven in 40 overs (Nikhil Lloyd Harris (RSA) & Max Pur­ Bhati 74, Yogesh Sati 49, Rain restricts play cell (Aus) bt Saketh Myneni & Ankit Sharma 35) bt TN Vijay Sundar Prashanth 2­6, Memorial 162 in 30.5 overs SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT an attempt from East Ben­ 7­5, [10­5]. (Aradhya Yadav 37, Yogesh KOLKATA gal’s Kassim Aidara. $15,000 ITF men, Jakarta: Sati four for 38). Defending champion East With persistent rain mak­ Quarterfinals: Edward Bour­ Vishal, Arvind Bengal’s opening premier di­ ing it tough, East Bengal chier (Aus) bt Aryan Goveas star for WDA vision group A match of the failed to build on the lead, al­ 6­7(2), 6­3, 6­3. Vishal Kumar made 58 and Calcutta Football League lowing Agragmi to find the Doubles (semifinals): Kim Arvind Chaudhary took four was abandoned at half­time equaliser in the 35th minute Cheong­Eui (Kor) & David wickets as West Delhi owing to incessant rain. East through Lago Bei. Agung Susanto (Ina) bt Court­ Academy S(WDA) beat Arush Bengal and Tollygunge Agra­ ney John Lock (Zim) & Aryan Sports by 71 runs in the R­7 The fate of the match will Goveas 7­6(3), 2­6, [10­7]. gami were locked 1­1 at the now be decided by the tour­ under­17 cricket tournament. breather. $15,000 ITF men, Essen, Ger­ The scores: WDA 220 for nament committee of the many: Pre­quarterfinals: Pe­ East Bengal made a per­ seven in 35 overs (Vishal Calcutta Football League. ter Torebko (Ger) bt Tejas Kumar 58, Kaushal Suman 42, fect start. It went ahead in The result: East Bengal 1 (Ri­ Chaukulkar 6­4, 6­0. Mukul Malyan four for 36) bt the second minute when chard Agwu 2­og) vs Tollygune Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): Arush Sports 149 in 32.3 overs Agragami defender Richard Agragami 1 (Lago Bei 35). 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