. / G6 + *& H % & H H /,0/)1234 ?, *. @5//! ? %: + &"#'() "*+,- !"#$% !"#$ $% D::667,6B8 99:D692#: 9B::6C7 %#& %' '%#! 6B6;6#;9 '% ' !%#(%' 733,9,# 732B7;6#E86:7 '% # )'%% *+%) %% % 56%57518& 294F , ., R '+ + O P & 9:;:,# & 9:;:,# in Tokyo this morning with a Q silver medal and Saikhom s fighting rages in historic silver medal and a Ongbi Tombi Leima has strug- AAfghanistan, the Indian Aradiant smile were not the gled to stop her tears from embassy there on Saturday only eye-catching things about flowing ever since. said the situation “remains R Mirabai Chanu on Saturday, “I saw the earrings on TV, dangerous” and advised all her gold earrings shaped like I gave them to her in 2016 Indian nationals there to exer- Olympic rings were as striking, before the (Rio) Olympics. I cise caution. a gift from her mother who have made it for her from the The advisory came days sold her own gold pieces and savings I have after the IAF planes evacuated jewellery for them five years so that it brings luck and suc- more than 50 diplomatic staff ago. cess,” Leima told PTI from her of the Indian consulate in The hope was that the ear- home in Manipur where a Kandhar . rings would bring her “good considerable number of rela- The note of caution by the luck”. It didn’t happen in the tives, friends and well-wishers embassy in Kabul on Saturday Rio 2016 Games but Chanu gathered to watch Chnau script urged Indians staying, visiting, made the little sacrifice count history in Tokyo. and working in Afghanistan to exercise utmost vigilance at all times and avoid all non-essen- confused she had felt during * tial travel as security situation her debut at the biggest stage. in Afghanistan remains dan- ble targets like military con- There was none of those nerves 6 * = gerous. It also warned Indian voys, official vehicles of to be seen on Saturday, just a + + nationals are not exceptions, Government and Ministries, very composed and focussed 0 and they additionally high ranking officials, law athlete who knew & face a serious threat of kid- enforcement agencies, it cau- she was destined for the podi- napping. tioned. ! "!# % um. % The detailed advisory also Indians were also asked to “I am very happy to win asked the Indian nationals to refrain from going to crowded & 6787 debut. from Manipur lifted a total of past five years. I am very proud the first medal for India at these % %&# remain vigilant with security at markets, shopping complexes, With her historic triumph, 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better of myself right now. I did try for Games. I don’t just belong to workplace, place of residence restaurants and other public confident smile never leav- she ensured that India was Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in gold but even silver is a great Manipur, I belong to the whole K #()#*) and also during movement to places. All essential movement Aing her face, Mirabai second on the medals tally for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. achievement for me,” Chanu country,” she said in response their places of work. It is rec- may please be kept as discrete Chanu ended India’s over two- a brief while, a feat that has With this, she exorcised the told reporters after her career- to a query on what it meant for # % ommended that all types of as possible, it said. decade long wait for a never been achieved before by ghosts of the 2016 Games defining triumph for which she her as a Manipuri. + non-essential movements be It also advised traveling weightlifting medal at the the country. It was also the first where she had failed to log a had been training in the US for “I would like to thank my % avoided. Movements especial- outside the main cities should Olympics, clinching the 49kg time that India managed to win single legitimate lift, leaving her past few months. coach Vijay Sharma andthe ly during peak commuting be strictly avoided. Moreover, category silver medal five years a medal on the opening day shattered. The 2016 experience was a support staff for their contin- 6 * 7 + hours should also be avoided. all Indian nationals arriving in after leaving the same platform competitions. “I am very happy, I have watershed in her career and uous hard work, motivation % While traveling on roads, Afghanistan are advised to reg- in tears following a disastrous The diminutive iron lady been dreaming of this for the Chanu had spoken about how and training,” she added. L ,*() maintain distance from possi- ister with the Embassy. business-to-business (B2B) !" # exhibitions will also be allowed, but only with business visitors, #% % % the guidelines said. & The order also directed '' & 9:;:,# that number of people allowed at marriage functions and last n the latest unlock guidelines rites will be raised to 100 from !" #$!# '( ( Iissued on Saturday for the Monday. ) * national Capital, the Delhi Spas can also open from + %, Metro and public buses in the July 26 but their all employees -, . / city will operate at full seating have to be fully vaccinated or 0 capacity, while cinema halls, undergo RT-PCR test fort- & theatres and multiplexes will nightly, the DDMA said. Delhi 1 open with 50 per cent occu- faced a brutal second wave of pancy from Monday. the pandemic that claimed a 2 3 & The city witnessed an large number of lives daily. The unprecedented surge of cases rapid rise in the number of % and deaths during the second (DDMA) said the Delhi Metro, cases led to a shortage of med- & '' wave of coronavirus in April the city’s lifeline, will be allowed ical oxygen at various city hos- and May. The situation seems to operate with 100 per cent pitals. % % to have been improving over seating capacity from Monday On April 20, the city had ) the past few weeks, allowing the but no standing passenger will reported a record 28,395 cases. + Government to reopen the city be allowed. On April 22, the case positivi- 2 in a phased manner. Cinema halls, theatres and ty rate was 36.2 per cent, the -2. % The latest unlock guide- multiplexes will be allowed to highest so far. At 448, the %% % % lines by the Delhi Disaster open with 50 per cent seating highest number of deaths was " % & '&45 * Management Authority capacity from July 26, while reported on May 3. ' # (" & () * more than 50 people were of people in other districts like killed in a massive landslide on Ratnagiri (1200), Raigad ! " During investigation and Friday. He assured the affected (1000), Satara (734) and Pune scrutiny of documents, the & ;#92679 people that the State (263). # $ CBI reportedly found that cer- Government would, apart from Due to heavy rainfall in the tain gun dealers in connivance ecretary of State Antony giving compensation to the district and heavy discharge with District Magistrates were SBlinken will raise issues of affected families, undertake from the Koyna dam, rivers in %&' allegedly issued such illegal human rights and democracy <" rehabilitation of the displaced the district, including the arms licences. The persons with Indian officials during his people across the coastal Panchgana breached the dan- who got these licences were not first visit to New Delhi as the ore than 89,000 people Konkan region and other parts ger mark and contributed to According to a statement residents of the places from two nations have more values Mwere evacuated from the of the State. inundation in many areas in & /< issued by the CBI headquarters, where the said arms licences in common on those fronts rain-ravaged coastal Konkan As many as 89,333 people Sangli and Kolhapur districts. “CBI had registered two cases were issued. than otherwise, according to a region and several parts of were rendered homeless as On its part, the district admin- he CBI on Saturday con- on the request of J&K Senior IAS officer Dr senior US official. Blinken is than we don’t,” Dean western Maharashtra as multi- they were evacuated in various istration evacuated people from Tducted searches at around Government and further noti- Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who scheduled to arrive in New Thompson, the Acting ple agencies continued rescue flood-affected districts of low-lying areas with help of 40 locations in Srinagar, fication from Government of served as DM in three districts Delhi late on July 27. Assistant Secretary of State for and relief operations in the coastal Konkan region and NDRF and local teams. Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, India, and taken over the inves- of Reasi, Udhampur and During his stay in the South and Central Asian flood-affected areas of the State several parts of Western Apart from the heavy rain, Anantnag, Baramulla and tigation of two FIRs i.e No.18 Kathua during the said period country, he will meet Prime Affairs, told reporters during a on Saturday. Maharashtra. the discharge of huge volumes Delhi, including the premises of 2018 dated 17.05.2018, ear- of investigation, posted a tweet Minister Narendra Modi and conference call ahead of the Despite a let-up in the rain Sangli district in western of water from Almatti dam is of two IAS officers, in the on- lier registered at Police Station confirming the raid at his res- External Affairs Minister S visit. in most parts of the State, Maharashtra bore maximum contributing to the flood situ- going investigation