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SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 MONEY 10 WORLD 11 Published From SUN SETS ON INDUSTRIAL GROWTH 6-MTH PROTESTORS TRY TO STORM DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH GREATEST ALLIANCE HIGH OF 3.4% IN APRIL HK PARLIAMENT DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 160 LUCKNOW, THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2019; PAGES 16+4 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable UNICEF HONOURS PRIYANKA} } 12 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com JeM strikes CRPF on yatra route UP Bar Council 1st 5 security officials martyred in Anantnag on road taken by Amarnath pilgrims woman chief shot MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU PNS n LUCKNOW n a deadly terror strike on a Long-time lawyer acquaintance Ipatrol party, two motorcycle- he newly-elected first borne terrorists shot five CRPF Twoman Bar Council chair- tries to kill himself also, critical men, including two officers, on person of Uttar Pradesh, the busy Khannabal-Pahalgam Darvesh Singh Yadav, was (KP) road — Amarnath pil- gunned down in Agra on grims travel via this road to the Wednesday by a long-time cave shrine — in South acquaintance who tried to Kashmir’s Anantnag district commit suicide and is battling on Wednesday. Three other for life with bullet injuries. CRPF jawans and two Jammu On Wednesday, Darvesh & Kashmir policemen received attended a felicitation pro- grievous injuries. gramme on the Civil Court Though Al-Umar premises in Agra and later Mujahideen, a a Pakistan- went into the chamber of based defunct terror group, lawyer Arvind Kumar Mishra. has claimed responsibility for While Darvesh and Arvind the strike, officials, however, were chatting, another lawyer said that it was a handiwork of Manish Sharma, long-time Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). acquaintance of Darvesh, The terror strike took place entered the room and fired despite heightened level of three shots at Darvesh from his security ahead of the beginning licensed revolver. Manish then of annual Amarnath yatra from tried to end his life by shoot- July 1. This is the first major ing himself. Darvesh was pro- terror attack on the CRPF after nounced dead on being the “dastardly” Pulwama terror brought to hospital, while attack in which 40 CRPF per- Mansih is in critical condition. sonnel were martyred in Security personnel near the terror attack in Anantnag on Wednesday PTI Due to the presence of sonnel have been identified as Additional DG Ajay Anand February this year. tourists in Pahalgam, security ASI Ramesh Kumar of Jhajjar, rushed to the spot. Initial As the terrorists attacked in the heart of busy Anantnag spot. From the materials recov- forces cordoned off all the link Haryana; ASI Nirod Sarma of enquiry revealed that the victim the CRPF patrol party which town, while the other managed ered, it is found that the dead roads connecting the famous Nalbari, Assam; constable and the assailant had a heated fought the ultras and lost its five to escape, officials said. terrorist was a foreigner.” tourist destination. Two ASI Satendra Kumar of argument over some issue before personnel, immediately addi- Jammu & Kashmir Police Despite suffering loss of rank CRPF officers and three Muzaffarnagar, UP; constable the felicitation programme. tional forces, led by Station spokesman in Srinagar said, “In lives, security forces took constables attained martyrdom Mahesh Kushwaha of Gazipur, Last Sunday, Darvesh and House Officer of Saddar police this terror incident, five CRPF utmost care to avoid any col- in the terror attack, official UP; constable Sandeep Yadav Harishanker Singh of Varanasi station in Anantnag Arshad personnel attained martyrdom lateral damage in the busy sources told The Pioneer. of Dewas, MP. were jointly elected as chair- Ahmed, reached the encounter while repulsing the terror market area. All the shops in Inspector Arshid Khan J&K Director General of persons of UP Bar Council in spot but had to face indis- attack. Three security force the area immediately downed received bullet injuries on his Police Dilbagh Singh along Prayagraj as both poled 12 criminate firing from the ter- personnel, including Anantnag their shutters and people mov- chest and was rushed to mili- with senior officers visited votes each. As per an agree- rorists who also hurled SHO Inspector Arshid Khan, ing in the area ran for safety as tary hospital for advance med- command hospital and ment, Darvesh was given the grenades at them. In the ensur- sustained gunshot injuries. In terrorists targeted the patrol ical treatment. A young girl was enquired about health of the post for the first six months Police officials investigate the murder ing gunfight, one terrorist was the retaliatory action, a terror- party by lobbing grenades and also injured in the terror attack. personnel injured in the while Harishanker was to take of Darvesh Yadav (Left), in Agra, on neutralised near Oxford school ist was gunned down on the opening indiscriminate firing. The martyred CRPF per- Anantnag terror attack. over for the next six months. Wednesday PTI Most complex ISRO mission CAPSULE Delhi Govt’s free Metro Mining scam: CBI 1.6L EVACUATED AS GUJ Chandrayaan-2 on July 15 READIES FOR VAYU ATTACK Ahmedabad: Parts of Gujarat are searches houses of bracing for impact from ride hits first roadblock strengthening Cyclone Vayu, which is expected to slam into Proposal needs nod the State early on Thursday, even of Fare Fixation former UP minister as authorities shifted around 1.60 lakh people on the coast to Committee, DMRC PNS n LUCKNOW the scanner as he held the Mining safer places. portfolio in the SP government UK COURT REJECTS NIRAV’S informs AAP Govt entral Bureau of Investigation when the scam was unearthed. BAIL FOR FOURTH TIME C(CBI) sleuths raided 22 The central agency is also exam- London: GAYATHRI MANI n NEW DELHI places in Uttar Pradesh and ining the role of former Chief The UK High Court on Delhi, including three residences Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the Wednesday rejected Nirav Modi’s he Delhi Government’s free of former UP minister Gayatri case. bail application, his fourth Tride scheme for women we will go ahead with it,” said Prasad Prajapati in Amethi, on Yadav, who was the Mining attempt as the diamond appears to have hit its first Kejriwal. 19% hiked auto Wednesday in connection with minister before Prajapati, had merchant fights his extradition roadblock as the Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro has sub- a mining scam during the cleared a total of 14 licenses, the from Britain to India in the nearly Rail Corporation (DMRC) has mitted its proposal on the free Samajwadi Party regime. last one in June 2013. USD 2 billion Punjab National told the Government that the travel for women in the Metro, fare to come in The case pertains to violation The Enforcement Bank (PNB) fraud and money First picture of Chandrayan 2 Lander (Vikram) and the Rover (Pragyan), at ISRO laundering case. Satellite Integration, Testing Establishment facility in Bengaluru, on Wednesday PTI scheme will have to be first a week after the Delhi of norms in awarding mining Directorate (ED) had registered placed before the Fare Fixation Government gave the Delhi force in 3 days leases in various UP districts a money laundering case against UP CONG WORKERS WANT Bengaluru: India’s second The Lander, named after Committee of Delhi Metro as Metro and the Delhi Transport between 2012 and 2016. UP ministers for their role in the PRIYANKA AS CM IN 2022 sojourn to the moon, the father of the Indian space per the Metro Act before its Corporation a plan to submit New Delhi: The Delhi Along with Prajapati, who is illegal allotment of sand mining Rae Bareli: Chandrayaan-2, would be programme, Vikram Sarabhai, implementation. within a week to implement the Government has finally notified lodged in Lucknow jail in con- licences in Hamirpur. Congress leaders launched on July 15, Indian will touch down on a rugged However, Delhi Chief scheme in next three months. the much awaited new fare slab nection with a rape case, the CBI On January 2, the CBI had during the Lok Sabha election Space Research Organisation lunar surface in the final Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Kejriwal said concrete plan fixed for the auto-rickshaws on also raided the residences and registered a case against 11 peo- results review meeting on (ISRO) announced on descent, which, would be the Wednesday said, “DMRC has come out and major Wednesday after almost a gap of other establishments of MLC ple under various sections of the Wednesday demanded that party Wednesday, as it is all set for the “most terrifying moment” of believes the approval of the progress has been made by the six years. The new fare hike has Ramesh Chandra Mishra in Indian Penal Code and general secretary Priyanka most complex mission ever the mission. “This 15 minutes Fare Fixation Committee will DMRC. The CM said the been approved and notified by Hamirpur. Prevention of Corruption Act, in Gandhi Vadra be made the undertaken by it. is going to be terrifying to all be needed for the rollout of the DMRC has come with two the Transport Minister Kailash A report from Amethi said the scam. Those accused include party’s chief ministerial candidate Under the nearly `1,000 of us not only people from scheme. The Fare Fixation options to implement the Gahlot. that CBI sleuths from Lucknow former Hamirpur District for the 2022 Assembly elections crore mission, the landing on ISRO, but for entire India, Committee should ordinarily scheme in the city for The new fares will be issued reached the Awas Vikas residence Magistrate B Chandrakala, in the State. Sonia Gandhi, the moon near the South Pole because the space agency has not be required in this case woman and girls. However, to the public in two-three days. of Prajapati on Wednesday Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh arrived here earlier in the day would be on September 6 or 7 never undertaken such type of because this is not a matter of both the options will take time As per the new scheme, the morning and also recorded the Kumar Mishra and his brother along with Priyanka Gandhi on an uncharted territory, complex flight,” he said. fare fixation. However, if the to implement. auto-rickshaw fare has been statement of people inside the Dinesh Kumar Mishra and oth- Vadra to thank the voters of Rae ISRO chairman K Sivan said. Detailed report on P6 DMRC thinks it is necessary, Continued on Page 7 hiked by 18.75 per cent. house. Prajapati has been under ers. Bareli. Modi not to fly BJP workers, Bengal Cabinet clears fresh Bill via Pak airspace for SCO Summit cops clash at march to ban instant triple talaq PNS n NEW DELHI Prez Rule in J&K Guv calls all-party general secretary Raju rime Minister Narendra Banerjee, was injured and had will be extended PModi’s aircraft will not fly meet for peace to be hospitalised with head over Pakistan airspace on its injuries, Ghosh said, adding by 6 more months way to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA “Mamata Banerjee and her for the SCO summit starting Trinamool Congress are stok- beginning July 3 Thursday. The decision came n an apparent bid to bring ing violence by using a partic- after India first requested Ipeace in a State burning ular community.” PNS n NEW DELHI Pakistan to open its airspace for since the conclusion of gener- The Governor is known to the Indian PM and Islamabad al elections, Bengal Governor have written to BJP, Trinamool, he Union Cabinet on agreed to do so. KN Tripathi on Wednesday CPI(M) and Congress to attend TWednesday decided to re- “The Government of India called an all-party meet at 4 pm the meeting, sources said. introduce the Triple Talaq Bill Prakash Javadekar had explored two options for on Thursday. The BJP said it would send in the forthcoming Parliament the route to be taken by the The Governor’s invite came its team headed by senior Session and extend President is having the same provisions VVIP aircraft to Bishkek. A close on the heels of a violent leader JP Majumdar while Rule in Jammu & Kashmir of the second amendment Bill decision has now been taken clash between BJP workers TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee by six months. having provisions of reaching that the VVIP aircraft will fly marching towards the police said his party “has no problem Addressing mediapersons compromise between the hus- via Oman, Iran and Central headquarters at Lalbazar and in joining the meeting if it is after the Cabinet meeting, band and wife to avoid further Asian countries on the way to the Kolkata Police, which used about restoration of peace,” Information & Broadcasting prosecution. Due to the Bishkek,” a External Affairs water cannons, burst teargas adding senior Minister Partho Minister Prakash Javadekar protests by Opposition parties, Ministry spokesperson said. shells, and lathi-charged the Chatterjee could represent the said a fresh Bill to ban the prac- the previous Government Pakistan PM Imran Khan saffron crowd led by senior party in the meeting. Congress tice of instant triple talaq will could not pass the Bill in the too is attending the SCO meet. leaders like State BJP president State president Somen Mitra be introduced to replace the Rajya Sabha. Pakistan had closed its air- Dilip Ghosh, Mukul Roy, Rahul said he would attend the meet- Ordinance issued in February. Javadekar informed that space on February 26 after Sinha, Kailash Vijayvargiya, ing. CPI(M) said State party After scorching heat for days, Delhi on Wednesday was hit by a dust storm and light rain brought mercury down by 10 degrees The fresh Bill will be intro- President Rule in Jammu & IAF planes bombed a Jaish-e- Locket Chatterjee and others. secretary Suryakanto Mishra Celsius. It was a much-needed relief to Delhiites. However, air quality continued to remain in the poor category. Flight duced in the Budget Session of Kashmir will be extended by six Mohammed terror camp in In the melee, about 50 would join the talks. operations at the Delhi International Airport were suspended for around 35 minutes in on Wednesday evening due to poor Parliament, beginning more months beginning July 3. Pakistan’s Balakot. people, including State party Continued on Page 7 visibility. In the photo above, Rakab Ganj Gurdwara is seen covered in dusty winds PTI Monday, he said. The new Bill Continued on Page 7 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 city 02 Implement all govt schemes Modi’s Muslim outreach efforts lauded PNS n LUCKNOW “There is nothing new in Hriday Samrat’ to a possible centered politics in Uttar the announcement by the ‘Bharat Hriday Samrat’ has Pradesh and elsewhere, fter the delivery of basic NDA government. In fact, it is just begun. Announcement Muslims were never seen to be effectively: CM to officers Aamenities like housing, only an extension of the pro- for scholarships to one crore unanimous about their expec- electricity and LPG connec- grammes initiated by UPA Muslim students each year tations from secular parties. PNS n LUCKNOW Mission should get toilets by tion and PM Kisan Samman government that included has a huge traction among the “The successful imple- July 15. Yojna and other welfare education of science, mathe- community.’’ mentation of welfare schemes tressing on effective imple- Yogi instructed that the schemes to all sections of soci- matics, examination by the On May 30, addressing the has strongly demonstrated mentation of government ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ be car- ety in his first term, Prime board and preparations for newly-elected members of the that concerns of secular par- Sschemes, Chief Minister ried out between July 1 and 15 Minister Narendra Modi’s out- competitive examinations.” National Democratic Alliance ties for Muslims were fake and Yogi Adityanath said that lax- to increase attendance in reach to Muslims has bewil- said Congress leader Pramod for the first time, Modi had it was Modi, the perceived ity of officers led to bleeding of schools and all drain pipes in dered ‘secular’ political parties Tewari. said that minorities had been adversary of Muslims, who government funds and municipal areas be desilted by and the ‘elite leadership’ of He added, “The Bharatiya cheated by the opposition and actually delivered to all, irre- deprived the beneficiaries of June 30. Directives were also Muslims. Janata Party should first ensure this must stop immediately by spective of caste and religion,” the benefits. issued for completion of con- “Scholarship to one crore representation of Muslims in “punching a hole in that opined political analyst AK Yogi said a team of 45 struction of houses under Muslim students in a year is Lok Sabha as per their demo- deception”. “We have worked Verma. officers would carry out inspec- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana not sufficient. The programme graphic share then only the for sabka saath, sabka vikas, Verma added, “The key tions across the state between and cow sheds. should be timed-bound and PM’s slogan of ‘Sabka Saath, now sabka vishwas is also our takeaway of 2019 poll verdict June 15 and 20. “Aayushman Bharat is an professionally managed so that Sabka Vishwas’ will have mantra,” the Prime Minister is that there is no urban-rural Addressing officials at a ambitious project of Prime its benefits are visible to the some meaning.’’ had said. divide and caste–communal review meeting in Lucknow on Minister Narendra Modi and common people. Else the com- However, a Muslim reli- Political commentators support for incumbent gov- Wednesday, Yogi said that it its implementation should be munity will be disappointed gious leader not willing to be have so far chosen to ignore ernment. This is largely was the responsibility of offi- completed within the stipulat- like it was during the United identified, “The Prime the impact and efficacy of the because a major area of focus cers to implement projects and ed time during which benefi- Progressive Alliance regime,’’ Minister’s Muslim outreach ‘Sabka Saath...’ plank that for the government has been schemes in letter and in spirit, ciaries should get golden card,” said All-India Muslim Personal programme has been unveiled. brought fundamental change on inclusive development and for this they need to be on the Chief Minister said. Law Board member Kamal Modi’s journey from his de and paradigm shift in poll pol- which can be seen and felt by their toes. Yogi also directed officials Farooqui on Wednesday. facto position as ‘Hindu itics of India. In the caste the people of India.” “Officials should carry out to clear the arrears of cane surprise physical inspections of growers and asked them to link projects and if some officer says mandis to e-nam (national that he/she cannot do it, then Agriculture Market) portal. it should be reported so that the Four drown Azam stirs another controversy officer concerned is not given field posting in future,” he said. Lucknow (PNS): Taking a “Resolution of people’s Yogi exhorts people to save holy dip on the occasion of PNS n LUCKNOW Wednesday. Naqvi, many Muslim clerics problems is the top priority of Ganga Dussehra on Wednesday Pragya Thakur, an accused have welcomed it. this government. District mag- proved costly for six youngsters amajwadi Party leader in the 2008 Malegaon blasts As per the Centre’s plan, istrates should regularly meet as three teenagers were feared SMohammad Azam Khan case and out on bail, won the madarsas in large number people between 9 am and 10 am every drop of rain water drowned in Hardoi while three has stirred a new controversy recent Lok Sabha election from across the country would be every day and resolve their minor girls drowned in Banda. by saying that madarsas do not Bhopal as a BJP candidate. connected with formal and problems ,” Yogi said, and asked PNS n LUCKNOW nagar parishad and individual blocks was grave, in 59 blocks Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath produce people like Nathuram She remained in news through- mainstream education so that the officials to ensure trans- society should make efforts to it was critical and in 45 blocks expressed grief over the loss of Godse or Pragya Singh Thakur, out her election campaign for children studying there could parency in work so that people n the occasion of Ganga ensure that every water body it was semi-critical. lives and directed officials to referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s her provocative statements, also contribute in the develop- could know who was the ben- ODussehra on Wednesday, gets filled to the brim. Rain “On the day of Ganga intensify rescue operations and assassin and the Bharatiya including one on Godse, that ment of society. eficiary of government schemes Chief Minister Yogi water should not go waste,” he Dussehra, we should all take a trace the victims. Janata Party lawmaker in the the assassin of Mahatma Madarsa teachers across and who was next in line. Adityanath asked people of said. pledge to save water so that In Hardoi, a 14-year-old same breath. Gandhi was a patriot. the country would be given The Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh to save every Yogi talked about the people could get drinking boy drowned and two other Khan, known for making Khan said that if the Union training in various institutions declared that a team compris- drop of rain water so that importance of ground water water as per their require- teenagers were missing after contentious comments, was government wanted to help in subjects such as Hindi, ing 45 senior IAS officers had drinking water could be pro- and how people were craving ment,” he said. they were swept away by the asked to respond to Prime madarsas, then it should bring English, Maths, Science and been set up and it would vided to the people of the state to get drinking water. He said Yogi also talked about the river current while taking a dip Minister Narendra Modi’s new about improvements. computers and the programme inspect development schemes which was undergoing a crisis that village ponds should be importance of the Ganga river on Ganga Dussehra on plan of connecting madarsas “Religious teaching is would be launched next month. between June 15 and 20. From on this front. desilted and it was the respon- as per Hindu religion and the Wednesday. The body of with mainstream education imparted at madarsas and As part of its outreach to June 21, the Chief Minister will In his blog, released on sibility of gram panchayats to efforts being put in by Prime Divyansh (14) was recovered and providing scholarship to English, Hindi and Maths are minorities, the Centre would himself start surprise inspec- Wednesday, Yogi said that the do so. Minister Narendra Modi to while a search was on for one crore Muslim students also taught. This has always give out five crore scholarships tions at divisional level. need of the hour was to pro- Highlighting the problem, make it pollution-free. “The Shivam (15) and Mithun (15). every year. been the case. If you want to for education of minorities Yogi said that all officers, be tect every drop of rain water. the Chief Minister said that out Namami Gange project is a In Banda, three girls “Madarsas don’t breed help, improve standards, pro- over the next five years and half it district magistrate, district “The monsoon is around of 823 blocks, the condition of success and the result is evi- drowned in Yamuna river in those of Nathuram Godse’s vide them funds for construct- of the beneficiaries would be police chief, block develop- the corner. Every panchayat, groundwater level in 113 dent to all,” he said. Kherha village on Wednesday, nature or with a personality like ing/renovating their buildings girl students. ment officer or tehsildar, police said. “Around 12 noon, Pragya Thakur. First announce and also furniture and mid-day Modernisation of madarsas should stay at night in their Priti, Kiran and Shikha, aged that those propagating meals,” the SP Member of is in line with a plan that the area of operation so that they houses,” he said. their completion. He said that To stop operation of mid- between 9 and 11 years, ven- thoughts of Godse will be Parliament from Rampur said. Prime Minister had outlined were available to the masses. During his address, the all municipalities of the state be dlemen, Yogi said that CCTVs tured deep into the river while declared enemies of democra- Though Khan appeared during his election campaign in “If there is no government Chief Minister touched upon declared Open Defection Free be installed at Mandi Parishads. bathing and fatally drowned try- cy, those convicted for terror critical of Centre’s scheme the 2014 when he said, “Hold accommodation, these offi- all important government (ODF) by June 30 and benefi- He also asked officials to iden- ing to save one another,” ASP Lal activities won’t be rewarded,” announced on Tuesday by a Quran in one hand and com- cials should stay on rented schemes and set deadlines for ciaries under Swachh Bharat tify vendor zones. Bharat Kumar Pal said. Khan said in Rampur on Union minister Mukhtar Abbas puter in the other.” No compromise on Sonia thanks Rae Bareli voters for support Two minor sisters PNS n LUCKNOW law and order: CM nited Progressive Alliance raped at gunpoint PNS n LUCKNOW identified and jointly disposed Uchairperson Sonia Gandhi, of by police and revenue offi- along with daughter and Lucknow (PNS): Two minor sisters were raped by four men hief Minister Yogi cials,. All government land be Congress general secretary at gunpoint in Kaserwa village of Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday CAdityanath issued a second freed from encroachments,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, visit- evening. The sisters, aged 13 and 15 years, had gone looking for warning to officials within 72 the CM told the officials. ed Rae Bareli on Wednesday to their mother near a cane field, when the four persons dragged hours, asking them to harness Instructions were issued thank the voters for their sup- them into the thickets and after threatening to shoot them if they law and order and control to raid all possible places from port in winning the parliamen- raised an alarm, they raped the two girls. The four were booked crime or be ready for marching where illegal and spurious tary seat for the fifth time. in a case and efforts were underway to nab them. orders. liquor was being sold. The While Sonia Gandhi held a “In districts, the district officials were also asked to small meeting to thank her magistrates and district police make people aware of spurious voters for giving her a resound- chiefs are directly responsible liquor sold from illegal outlets ing victory by over 1.65 lakhs for law and order situation The district magistrates and votes for the fifth time from Rae and they have to be strict, bold district police chiefs were asked Bareli, Priyanka commenced and impartial. A close tab to make surprise checks at jails her meeting with the losing Lok should be kept on anti-social so that criminal activities were Sabha candidates and the dis- elements and effective remedi- not carried out from there. “A trict presidents of 41 Lok Sabha al action should be initiated at concrete strategy should also be constituencies of UP east under every level. I do not want any made to evolve a solution to seri- her charge. compromise on law and order,” ous traffic problems in various Attacking Prime Minister Yogi said at a meeting held here cities, the CM said. Narendra Modi without taking to review law and order on Instructions were also his name, Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday. Top officials issued to adopt zero-tolerance that power had gone in the WANTED including Chief Secretary, DGP, to corruption. “wrong hands”. Former president of Congress and UPA chairperson and Rae Bareli MP Sonia Principal Secretary (Home), “The Chief Minister She asked the party work- Gandhi arrives in her constituency to thank voters for re-electing her PTI additional chief secretaries and stressed that there should be no ers and leaders to raise the issues all district magistrates and dis- lack of communication and of the people with full strength. the hard work they put in for my She first held separate meet- trict police chiefs were present signs of insensitivity while Priyanka, in her brief victory,” the UPA chief said. ing with the district/city presi- in the meeting. redressing public grievances,” address, asked the party work- “My life is an open book in dents, then with party candi- The meeting assumes sig- Chief Secretary Anup Chandra ers to introspect what they front of you all. You are my fam- dates and lastly with the coor- nificance as in the last few days, Pandey told media persons had done and where they went ily. I derive strength from you dinators. She asked them the the state has witnessed a spate after meeting. wrong as only self-assessment and this is my real asset,” she reason for the party’s debacle in of heinous crimes — ranging DGP OP Singh said that would bring a change in the added. the Lok Sabha election and from rapes of toddlers, crime the CM had also emphasised party. She later had a dinner with their suggestions for improving against women and even an on speedy and qualitative dis- Referring to the people of over 3000 workers and leaders the prospects of the party. attack on a journalist. posal of cases relating to cyber her constituency, Sonia Gandhi before flying back to New Delhi. Another Congress general Orders were also issued to crime. “Instructions were given said she had always tried to look Meanwhile, sources said secretary ( UP west) Jyotriditya review the functioning of anti- to curb cow smuggling and after this extended family. “Like that soon after receiving her Scindia will reach Lucknow on Romeo squads and to check activate State Disaster Response every Lok Sabha election, this mother at Fursatganj airport, June 14 and hold meeting with crimes against women. Force ahead of the monsoons,” time also you have reposed Priyanka returned to Bhuemau the Lok Sabha candidates who “People should be made aware he said. Singh later individu- your faith in me. I am thankful Guest House and held a closed lost the elections 2019. He will of various welfare and empow- ally interacted with all police to each and every Congress door meeting with the also meet the district/city pres- erment measures initiated by officials at the Signature worker and friends from the district/city presidents of 41 idents, former MPs, legislators the government for women. Building housing various UP Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj districts, party candidates and and office-bearers at the UPCC Issues of land disputes be Police departments. Party and Swabhiman Dal for district coordinators. headquarters on Friday. Two GRP men thrash journalist, suspended

Lucknow (PNS): Exposing the brutal Dheemanpur railway crossing and he later and pulling the hair of the reporter and face of the men in khaki, Government went to Shamli railway station for updates abusing him. The journalist was later put Railway Police (GRP) personnel thrashed when he was nabbed by the GRP person- in the lock-up where the SHO and consta- a news channel reporter and urinated on nel, brutally thrashed and put behind ble subjected him to inhuman torture. him for doing a story on illegal vendors at bars. Preliminary investigation revealed that Shamli railway station on Tuesday evening. A video of GRP SHO Rakesh Kumar the GRP personnel were inebriated and they DGP OP Singh ordered suspension of the and constable Sunil Kumar thrashing jour- started beating Amit Sharma, who works errant GRP cops, the state police tweeted nalist Amit Sharma went viral and a large for a prominent Hindi news channel, at the Wednesday morning. number of journalists thronged the GRP spot of derailment. Sharma later alleged that The journalist had gone to cover the station to protest the incident. In the the GRP men in plain clothes first damaged derailment of a goods train near video, a constable in civvies is seen slapping his camera and then thrashed him.

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Dental student’s killer identified Extortion case lodged Woman director takes charge at BSIP PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Sarvesh Mishra, who is holding The cops summoned Prakash’s doctors found that the girl had against realtor, aides the charge of ASP, North, said family at the police station blood clotting inside her head,” PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW acktracking from its stand, Prakash fled the scene after and they were told about the sources said. Bthe Lucknow police on killing the girl but left his recovery of his phone from The investigators suspect- PNS n LUCKNOW paid Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25 lakh r Vandana Prasad took the Wednesday registered a case of mobile phone on the spot in a Priya’s house. It surfaced that ed that Prakash formed a noose on two different occasions in Dcharge of the director of murder after the mysterious hurry. Prakash was acquainted with by tying a dupatta and a gam- case extortion, threat and 2014. Birbal Sahni Institute of death of final year student of “On Tuesday night, when Priya. cha to make it look like a case Acriminal breach of trust was He alleged that Lavi Kabir and Palaeosciences (BSIP) on Dental Science Priya Singh. Prakash did not return, his The police said Prakash of suicide but dropped the registered against a realtor and his his friend Syed Mohammad Kadir Wednesday. She is the second The police identified the killer idea due to fear. associates at Gossainganj police Ali of New Janpath (also owner of female director for the insti- as Prakash Chandra Arya of “ON TUESDAY NIGHT, WHEN PRAKASH Priya Singh (25) of station on the complaint of a MI Builders) forced their entry tute. Neelmatha area. The police Neelmatha locality was staying prominent businessman on into his house in April 2015. Dr Prasad belongs to had claimed on Tuesday that DID NOT RETURN, HIS FAMILY CALLED alone for a couple of days as her Wednesday. “Both were being accompa- Lucknow since her childhood the girl had committed suicide. HIM ON HIS CELL PHONE AND LATER parents had gone to their native Dhan Prakash Buddhiraja of nied by 4-5 ruffians. They forced as she carried out her prima- The girl was staying all village in Gopalganj (in Bihar) Madan Mohan Malviya Marg in me to sign on a builder’s agree- ry and higher education from alone at her house in LODGED A CASE OF MISSING AT THE as they had to attend a marriage Hazratganj in his complaint said ment for the said land. In the Lucknow itself. She obtained Cantonment police station area there. he owned 13 bigha land (worth Rs agreement, Kadir had 70 per cent Ph.D. from CSIR-National these days. CANTONMENT POLICE STATION AND The incident came to light 21 crore) in Arjunganj locality of share while I and Lavi had 15 per Botanical Research Institute (NBRI). She joined BSIP as She was found lying dead ALSO MENTIONED HIS CELL PHONE when she did not respond to Gossainganj. cent share each. They gave me Rs a scientist in 1994 and continued her palaeobotanical work on a bed while a noose tied her parents’ call and her rela- “Lavi Agarwal aka Lavi Kabir 35 lakh and promised to give more from BSIP till today. with a hook in the ceiling NUMBER IN THE FIR” tive Sanjay Kumar, who is a of Hazratganj contacted me and money in the time to come which Some of her excellent scientific contributions are evo- hanging above her at her house retired subedar from Army asked me to sell the land but I they later refused and issued me lution of grasses published in reputed “Science” journal on Tuesday morning. Five family called him on his had left his house on a bike and lives at a house in the same turned down the proposal in life threat,’ he alleged. and evolution of wild rice from India published again in mobile sets were recovered cell phone and later lodged a while wearing a half pants and locality, reached her house to February 2013. Lavi met me again Buddhiraja alleged that Kadir “Nature Communications”. She has exemplary experiences from the scene and one them case of missing at the a T-shirt. “We are yet to trace ask about her well-being. He in April. This time he was accom- threatened to kill him and his fam- of both scientific and administrative fields. was found crushed. The police Cantonment police station and him and but his involvement in found the doors bolted from panying some musclemen. ily. She has been a member of Project Assessment had recovered empty mineral also mentioned his cell phone the murder is confirmed,” the outside and found Priya lying They forcibly made me sit in “Kadir used to boast that he Committees of both Department of Science and water bottles from the scene number in the FIR,” the ASP police spokesman said. dead when he entered the an SUV and took me to the house was acquainted with several IAS Technology (DST) and Ministry of Earth Sciences. She too. said. He added that Prakash’s The autopsy report house. of an influential politician who was and IPS officers and even top was part of Indian delegation in California, US, for rep- Giving details, police mistake worked in police revealed that Priya had contu- The police spokesman said in the government then. They politicians and law could not resenting Palaeo-biology from India. She has won many spokesman AK Dwivedi said favour and the case was worked sion on the back side of her a case of murder and for forced me to sign on a blank sale catch him. I went to the same prestigious fellowships such as Smithsonian Fellowship, accused Prakash Chandra Arya out. head and also had injury destroying the evidence was deed threatening to kill me and my police station on a number of Panama, INSA Exchange of Scientists Programme to work of Durgapuri locality was The investigators reverted around her neck. registered against Prakash and family. My wife and my son were times but my case was not taken at Bonn University, Germany. She has published sever- acquainted with the girl. “He is call on one of the missed calls The investigators suspect the police are hunting for the also in their custody. Lavi gave me by the police,” he alleged. al research papers of national and international repute employed at the Secretariat as in the call log of Prakash’s Prakash banged the girl’s head accused. He said no tell-tale a cheque of Rs 50 lakh and after Gossainganj SHO Vijay Singh said and co-edited one book on Palaeogene of India. Her major anusewak (class IV employee). mobile and so they succeeded against wall and due to that she sign of sexual assault was this we were released,” Buddhiraja a case has been registered and research areas are evolutionary biology, palaeo-climate ASP, Vidhan Sabha, in contacting Prakash’s family. suffered internal injuries. “The detected during the autopsy. alleged. He added that he was later investigation was underway. palaeo-environment biogeographic studies. Weather turns pleasant with overcast skies Yoga teacher commits suicide PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW foul play. Meanwhile, Ashok Kumar of “RACHIT TOLD US THAT 43-year-old woman yoga teacher was Uttargaon locality in Mohanlalganj died HE HAD GONE TO A Afound hanging at her house in after he fell down from a mango tree and Gudamba on Tuesday night. Police claimed suffered injuries on Wednesday morning. TEMPLE TO OFFER PUJA the woman committed suicide adding the Reports said Ashok climbed a tree in a AND RETURNED HOME woman’s brother spotted her hanging and mango grove to pluck mangoes. took her to a hospital where she was “Due to his weight, the branch of the AROUND 10 PM ON declared “brought dead”. tree gave in and he came down falling As per reports, Ruchi Srivastava was down. He was rushed to a hospital TUESDAY. RACHIT FOUND unmarried and was living with her broth- where he was declared “brought dead. He RUCHI HANGING FROM er Rachit Srivastava and other members in probably suffered head injuries,’ the police the family. She ran yoga classes for boys said. THE CEILING WITH A and girls at the house. In another case of suicide, an area DUPATTA TIED AROUND “Rachit told us that he had gone to a manager of an insurance company ended temple to offer puja and returned home his life by jumping into Gomti river in HER NECK” around 10 pm on Tuesday. Rachit found Mahanagar on Wednesday. Ruchi hanging from the ceiling with a The man, identified as Vaibhav Nigam and was recovered from Gomti river dupatta tied around her neck. He brought (29) of Saadatganj, reached the Khatoo (near Chand Masjid) in Mahanagar. The her down from the noose and took her to Shyamji temple on the banks of the river police recovered a purse in which victim’s a hospital where the doctors declared her around 2.30 pm and later jumped into Adhaar card and other details were put. On “brought dead”,” the Gudamba police the river. The commuters called the police the basis, the police succeeded in tracing said. and a team started searching for divers. By his family who later identified the body. Police said the body was sent for 6 pm, the body was fished out from the Vaibhav had borrowed the car of his senior autopsy and an investigation was under- river. and had parked the car on the road,” the way. The police ruled out possibility of any “The body bore no marks of injuries police said. Journalist Kanojia released on bail PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW that it was not inclined to sit back on technical grounds to ournalist Prashant Kanojia, deny justice, the court, howev- Jwho was arrested last week er, said proceedings against for an alleged objectionable the journalist would go on as online post against Uttar per law. Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Kanojia had allegedly was released on bail on shared a video on Twitter and Wednesday evening as per the Facebook wherein a woman Overcast skies brought relief to residents from the searing heat of the last few days Pioneer Supreme Court orders. was seen speaking to reporters Kanojia was released from of various media organisations PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW return to plain hot skies on Thursday. imum temperature was five degrees above Lucknow jail on a personal outside the Chief Minister’s “The cloudy skies were because a normal for both these districts. Among bond of Rs 20,000 and two office in Lucknow, claiming she he city reeling under heat wave con- trough-line was passing through other districts, Churk recorded 43.8 degree sureties bonds of Rs 20,000 had sent a marriage proposal to Tditions finally found some relief due to Madhya Pradesh,” he said. With the Celsius, Fategarh 44.3 degree Celsius and each. Adityanath. the pleasant weather conditions which pre- maximum temperatures reaching as Varanasi 41.4 degree Celsius. On Tuesday, the Supreme An FIR was registered vailed on Wednesday morning. The skies high as 44 degrees in the state capital, it The forecast for Lucknow is mainly Court had observed that right against Kanojia at the remained cloudy till forenoon and the cool was after a long sweltering interlude that clear sky. The maximum and minimum to liberty was sacrosanct and Hazratganj police station in breeze blowing was refreshing. the people were able to enjoy in the morn- temperature will be around 41 degree “non-negotiable” and ordered Lucknow on June 7 night, The grey skies brought a drop in the ing. Celsius and 30 degree Celsius respective- Kanojia’s release on bail. alleging that the accused maximum temperature. The city record- For morning walkers, a sweaty ly. The state forecast is that rain and thun- Making it clear that grant- made “objectionable ed a maximum temperature of 36.7 degree walkathon which they had to daily face derstorm is very likely at isolated places ing bail to Kanojia could not be comments against the Chief Celsius which was 2 degrees below normal turned into an enjoyable experience as they over the state. construed as approval of the Minister and tried to malign his and a minimum temperature of 30.6 extended their hours in parks. For office- There is a warning for heat wave con- posts or tweets, the court image”. degree Celsius which was 4 degrees above goers too, the daily grind to the office, ditions to prevail at isolated places in east- also slammed the UP govern- The journalist was arrest- normal. which had been a scorching experience, ern Uttar Pradesh. Dust storm, thunder ment for the “excessive” action ed the next day from his East Director, Met Office, JP Gupta said turned into a cool ride. storm accompanied with gusty wind (30- and questioned his nearly two- Delhi home and a Lucknow that such weather conditions prevailed In the state, Orai and Etawah were the 40 kmph) and lightning is very likely at iso- week judicial custody, asking, Asserting fundamental Constitution could not be court remanded him to judicial only on Wednesday and it would be a hottest at 46 degree Celsius and the max- lated places in the state. “Is this a case of murder?” right guaranteed under the infringed upon by the state and custody till June 22. Work on Metro East-West Corridor likely to begin soon

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW will have three car trains and the sta- Indira Nagar reached the Metro sta- Limited managing director Arif MST prepared I had to shell out Rs tions will be smaller in comparison tion to pick up his belongings and Saqlain said that the process would 960. This is turning out to be too he work on the East West to the North-South Corridor so that praised the Metro staff for their begin in two months’ time. expensive,” he added. TCorridor of the Lucknow Metro the cost of the project came less. integrity. “The city bus service cards will is likely to begin soon. Highly- Meanwhile, regarding the rider- In another such incident, secu- be integrated with the Lucknow LMRC, KGMU TO ORGANISE placed sources stated that a request ship of the Lucknow Metro on the rity guard Anurag Singh got a Metro services and hence the pas- BLOOD DONATION CAMP was made to Chief Minister Yogi North-South Corridor, he said that woman’s purse at Singar Nagar senger can ride both the Metro and Lucknow Metro is going to Adityanath for the need to expedite the numbers of the passengers had Metro station, which had Rs 400 and the city buses” he said. He said that organise a blood donation camp on the work since the project would increased to 67000. “This is because an ATM card. Soon after, Udaya they held a meeting with the LMRC the occasion of World Blood take five years to complete. of the weather conditions. Also the Bose reached the Metro station to in that regard and would be soon Donation Day tomorrow. Talking to “The Pioneer”, a figures pick up during the peak peri- find her belongings completely safe holding meeting with the director, To motivate people to donate senior official said that the Detailed od when most of the passengers with the station controller. Finance. blood in large number on World Project Report of the East-West board the Metro,” he added. Similarly, Firozabad resident Also he said that from the cur- Blood Donation Day, Lucknow Corridor was with the state govern- When asked about the monkey Ajay Kumar Rahi forgot his wallet rent year onwards they had begun Metro in association with King ment and after approval would pass menace on the stations, he said that containing Rs 20,000 in cash and a with a 20 per cent discount for every George’s Medical University is going on to the Central government. The they had informed the Forest mobile phone at the X-BIS machine one irrespective of which category to set up a blood donation camp on progress on the report was pending department and got the problem at Munshipulia Metro station. His they belonged to while issuing the Friday at Vishwavidyalaya Metro because of the imposition of the remedied. “We are now trying to belongings were handed over to him MSTs. station from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. model code of conduct. contact the agency directly which after thorough verification. The “Earlier we used to have a 40 per Speaking on the initiative, The official said that the project catches monkeys because other- passenger was so overwhelmed by cent discount and there were differ- Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation could only begin once the approval wise departmental process take a lot the service of the station staff that ent slabs for various categories but managing director Kumar Keshav was taken from the Central govern- of time,” he said. he applauded and thanked them for now under the direction of the state said: “Your blood donation can ment. He said that for any ground Meanwhile LMRC officials said their inspiring dedication. government, we have started a uni- save the priceless life’s, by doing this work to be initiated it was necessary that Lucknow Metro is winning form 20 per cent discount” he admirable work, we can show our to get the approval of the state gov- hearts of the people of Lucknow SMART CARD TO AVAIL added. responsibility and contribution ernment. with its commendable passenger “During their travel by Metro, dedicated staff,” said the official. METRO, CITY BUS SERVICES A daily traveller by the city bus towards nation and society.” The alignment of the East-West service while becoming a trusted many times passengers forget their Recently, security guard services admitted that the amount Keshav also inaugurated the Corridor is from Charbagh to public transport for the city folks. belongings either inside the trains Deepak Kumar found a mobile The Lucknow City Transport of the MST had increased drastical- blood transfusion vehicle at Vasant Kunj and it is over 12.5 km- LMRC staff returned five lap- or inside the station premises and phone and Rs 620 in cash during Services Limited will be issuing inte- ly. “In December, I paid approxi- Transport Nagar Metro depot last long. It consists of 12 stations which tops, 12 mobile phones and over Rs. that’s where they are assured that checking of the train at the CCS grated smart cards instead of the mately Rs 600 and three months year where he was the first to include seven underground sta- 51,000 in cash to its rightful own- each of their belonging is safe inside Airport Metro station. Sometime ordinary MSTs (Monthly Season later, I paid approximately Rs 700 donate the blood among all other tions and five elevated stations. It ers in the last one month. the Metro premises thanks to the later, owner Ram Bhawan Yadav of Ticket). City Transport Services and just yesterday when I got my officials of Lucknow Metro. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 city 04

No proper policy for checking child Tigress Ipshita not in fine fettle labour, bemoans CWC member PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW old, white tigress Vishaka, seven years old, white tiger Jai, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW igress Ipshita, who is the 2.5 years old and white tiger “The main issue is that the children Tmate of the tiger Shishir, is Vijay, 2.5 years old. hild Welfare Committee and their families are not aware of the not keeping well because of old The tigress gave birth to a Cmember Sangeeta Sharma fact that they should be given age problems. Director, cub in 2014 . The new-born said on Wednesday that the Lucknow Zoological Gardens, tiger cub died and had been main problem in checking compensation. These children are RK Singh said that she had abandoned by the tigress child labour in the city was the rescued and we provide them shelter been brought to the zoo hospi- Ipshita who had not fed him. It lack of a proper policy associ- till the time their ages are ascertained tal and a 24 hours vigil was was in an extremely critical ated with the rehabilitation of being kept. condition as a team of doctors those children who were which is necessary in the light of the He said that earlier she had tried to save his life but were involved in labour and begging. fact that there is a blanket ban on been unwell in December 2018 not successful in their attempt. She said that until this was children working under the age of 14 and was released in March Ipshita had also abandoned ensured the exercise of carry- 2019 in her cage when she was cubs in the past which led to ing out the raids on places and conpensation is also high in this in a stable health condition. their death. Earlier, directors of where this practice was going case. I have never ever in my It may be noted that Ipshita the zoo had also tried to on would not help in curbing knowledge seen any child getting had been keeping unwell since analyse the situation. Experts it and yielding effective results. compensation because the procedures December 5 when she was had wondered because going The CWC would be a part of admitted to the zoo hospital by the past experience, they this campaign which the dis- take a lot of time” and brought under the care of had taken all possible precau- trict administration was carry- vet and keepers. tions which included putting ing out from June 13 onwards, of child labour. This is the Kanpur and those rescued “Ipshita was brought to Ipshita in isolation to remove she said. major thing which is lacking in from Alambagh will be found the Lucknow zoo in 2007 when any chances of infection for the Talking to The Pioneer, the system which has to be in Chinhat. For the past so she was six years old along with baby. she said that rescue opera- changed,” she said. many years I have seen that her mate tiger Shishir from the They had concluded that tions were organised regular- Talking about the other there is no significant change,” Nandan Kanan zoo. She is 17 there was some problem with ly at least twice a year. “The problems, she said that no she said. She said that for years old. Her mate Shishir Ipshita genetically and that she main issue is that the children department was having a con- those areas which had been passed away in July this year. could not produce enough and their families are not aware crete policy of rehabilitation of covered they again saw the The duo have no child,” he said. milk for the baby to feed it with of the fact that they should be such children. “The Labour child working back there. “The The director added that she was the result that she abandoned given compensation. These Department rescues the child employers have also got smart kept in the treatment cage the cub. It was later decided to children are rescued and we and produces it before the and know the way the law where the keepers could keep keep Ipshita out of the breed- provide them shelter till the CWC, the age verification is works and tell the workers that an eye on her. ing programme and include time their ages are ascertained done and we get the bond they should tell the authorities Currently, there are seven in the zoo. These include Mailani, who is 6 years old, Julia, three years old, Mustafa, some other tigress because of which is necessary in the light signed by the parents that they that they are above 14 years of normal and three white tigers Kishan, who is 12 years old, Cheddilal, who is 12 years old, four years old, Renu, four years the problem that she had. of the fact that there is a blan- would not ask him or her to age and they are not working ket ban on children working indulge in child labour. This is at the dhaba,” she said. They under the age of 14 and con- not going to solve the problem also say that they have come to CITYBRIEFS pensation is also high in this because we have to ensure deliver lunch or dinner to LU proctor urges for necessary arrangements case. I have never ever in my whether the parents can sup- their relative who is working at DENIED knowledge seen any child get- port the child or not and if they the dhaba. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW co was banned in the hostel premis- He added that at the canteen and UP Housing and Development Board ting compensation because the cannot then there has to be She said that with begging es and no advertisements should be in the construction areas and park- denied the involvement of board authorities in procedures take a lot of time,” some sort of sponsorship and the problem was that they did ucknow University proctor allowed there which encouraged ing slots there should not be any the allotment of properties in a fake manner in she said. She said that unfortu- the parents can be linked to the not consider it as child labour. LVinod Singh has written to the these products. labourer working below the age of the Jankipuram Extension. Additional Housing nately this money was lying various welfare schemes which “For them this is not child heads of its various departments to The sale of tobacco products had 18 as it was against law. Commissioner Nidhi Gupta Vats said that the unused in the corpus of the the government is running. labour. Moreover the last time make the necessary arrangements in also been banned in the hostel He said that those who were board owned no land or any other kind of prop- Labour Department. These are the grey areas which when we carried out the raid keeping with the fact that the premises, he added. residing within the campus had been erty in the area whereas lakhs of rupees were “This money is very much need to be worked upon,” she we found that the parents were processes of admission were on for In the letter, Singh stated that directed to keep the premises clean being taken from the public on fudged letter there in the corpus of the said. ready to spend high amounts the academic session 2019-2020. anti-ragging committees should be and not to keep any cows, buffaloes, head and signatures that the land would be allot- Labour Department which She said that until and on lawyers to rescue their chil- He said that the use of tobacco, formed at the departmental level to goats etc. He told the departmen- ted to them in days to come. She condemned they also cannot use until and unless there was a concrete dren. We found that strange gutka and other such products had prevent such cases and the mem- tal heads that they should follow such unscrupulous act and said an FIR had been unless there is a major change policy they would never be that they could spend so much been completely banned on the bers of the committee should sup- these rules on a priority basis and lodged at the police station. A department probe in the policy. There is a lot of able to rescue the children of amount on these children campus. port the administration in this also issue similar instructions to was initiated. She advised the public to be cau- money in the corpus which is completely. “Those rescued and yet were sending them for He said that the use of tobac- regard. their employees. tious about such racket. not being used in the interest from Lucknow will be found in begging,” she added. IGNOU organises awareness Gandhi raises voice for world children camp against child labour PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ounder of City Montessori PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW FSchool and renowned edu- cationist Jagdish Gandhi raised ndira Gandhi National Open his voice strongly for ensuring IUniversity, Regional Centre, a safe and secure future for over Lucknow, organised a public 2.5 billion children of the world awareness camp in the Om while addressing the justices of Namah Shivaay slum of various African nations at the Gomtinagar whose objective inaugural session of the '5th was to create awareness about International Conference of checking child labour. On the Constitutional Jurisdictions of occasion of No Child Labour Africa' held in Angola and Day i.e. June 12, 2019, the chil- said that children of the world dren living in slum areas and could only be given a safe and their parents were motivated protected future if it was unit- and encouraged to get educat- ed and peaceful and for it the ed. judicial fraternity should play Assistant director, IGNOU a very significant role. On the da Costa Arago, Chief Justice Regional Centre, Kirti Vikram occasion the President of the of Constitutional Courts of Singh told the gathering how Angolan Republic, Joao Angola, specially invited Dr skill and higher education were Lourenco, Chief Justice of Gandhi to attend this interna- important for a better living. “It South Africa, Justice Mogoeng tional conference. is possible only when the per- Mogoeng; and a representative Gandhi met the President son has some basic education. of the African Union and of the Angolan Republic, Joao The issue of child labour has Commissioner for Political Lourenco, Chief Justice of gained international impor- Affairs, Minata Samate, were South Africa, Justice Mogoeng tance as it becomes a great hin- also present. Mogoeng; Deputy Chief Justice drance in the progress of a Gandhi especially men- of Egypt, Justice Adel Omar nation. If a child is deprived of while addressing the residents She added that the but of the nation well. The tioned 'Article 51 of the Sherif; Chief Justice of education during his child- of the slum area, said that not IGNOU Regional Centre, SAMARTH team will identify Constitution of India' and Supreme Court of Somalia, hood, he will never get the a single child should be Lucknow, was offering fee the children who are not going 'Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam,' a Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, opportunity to live a better life. engaged in child labour as it exemption for Schedule Castes to school and connect them great Indian culture saying President of Constitutional Under such circumstances nei- prevented him or her to get and Tribe candidates to with the mainstream of educa- that unless and until an atmos- Court of Burundi, Justice ther the nation nor the society higher education which in turn encourage their participation tion. To achieve this goal our phere of unity, equality and Charles Ndagijimana; Chief will progress. Hence it is not affected his or her social and in higher education. team will meet the parents of peace is established in the Justice of Guine-Bissau, Justice only the responsibility of the economic status. Pravesh Dwivedi, secre- the children who are involved world our coming generation Paulo Sanha, and many more government but also of all the “They are deprived of the tary of the organisation, in child labour and make them is not safe. It may be pointed and informed them in detail social organisations as well as opportunity of living a better Samarth, said that healthy chil- aware about its detrimental out here that Dr Jagdish about the 'International the parents to get rid of child life. That is why every person dren were the bright future and effects. In this programme Gandhi is taking part in this Conference of Chief Justices of labour,” he said. should be advised to get edu- strength of any nation. “Hence around 200 slum dwellers par- International Judicial the World' organised every Director, IGNOU Regional cation if he or she is deprived child labour is destroying not ticipated and shared their Conference as a special guest year for the past 19 years by the Centre, Manorama Singh, of it,” she said. only the future of the children views. of honour. Justice Dr Manuel City Montessori School. Efforts on to tackle water crisis in some parts of city

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW The mayor said that before the advent of summers or tackling water crisis they had made arrangements Fprevailing in some parts for five tubewells and 220 of the city, Nagar Nigam has submersible pumps. On requested the Jal Nigam to being asked as to why the provide extra tubewells to it. water crisis was taking place Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia said in these areas, she said that that the necessary paper work there were several factors for the agreement was in the which could be responsible process and those tubewells for it. “Wherever there is would be made fit by the Jal boring done, the water level Kal and Jal Sansthan. falls and also because people The mayor said that they misuse the submersible were making a provision for pumps. These pumps are installing submersible pumps given to the local people to from wherever they were get- operate who sometimes leave ting complaints of water cri- them open and cause unnec- sis. She said that she had also essary wastage of water. And made the provision for these machines also get spoilt installing two submersible and when this happens the pumps in every ward in areas water supply gets disrupted which had been identified by suddenly,” she said. corporators as the most crit- The mayor said that this ical ones as far as water cri- problem was primarily sis was concerned. occurring in slum areas She said that they were where there was compara- getting complaints from the problem from wherever fixed, in Ram Prasad Khera tively more usage of water Azadnagar, Geetapalli and we are getting complaints. In we are getting a tubewell and also more wastage of other places. “We try to fix Azadnagar, we got a tubewell bored,” she added. water. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 nation 05

TEAM CLOSE TO AN-32 CRASH SITE Vayu: Over 1.60L people evacuated in Guj PNS n NEW DELHI been cancelled for Thursday, Foul weather hinders rescue op while all educational institu- s cyclonic storm ‘Vayu’ tions have been shut and Aturned ‘severe’ and is tourists on the Gujarat coast PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n of the IAF said. It has nine expected to make a landfall in asked to steer out at the earli- NEW DELHI mountaineers of IAF, four of Gujarat on Thursday morning, est. Army and two civilian moun- over 1.60 lakh people were Two special evacuation he first team for search and taineers. shifted from low-lying areas of trains have been pressed into Trescue operation reached The base for the search- Saurashtra and Kutch regions service with one starting from the AN-32 transport aircraft and-rescue operation is at to safer places or cyclone shel- Okha in Saurashtra for Rajkot crash site in Arunachal Pradesh Kayiang in West Siang district ter centres. at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday, and on Wednesday with the man- with a doctor and other emer- While an alert has been another at 8.05 p.m. for date to look for possible sur- gency services deployed there. sounded in 10 districts of Ahmedabad with 21 coaches. vivors, remains and The IAF base hospital at Jorhat Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, The Western Railway has also secure them besides locate the is also ready to cater to medical Porbandar, Rajkot, Junagarh, announced that all trains pass- black box which will enable the emergencies. Diu, Gir Somnath, Amreli and ing through the coastal areas IAF to establish the cause of The air dropping of the Bhavnagar of Gujarat, the State Fishermen watch as waves crash along the shore ahead of the landfall of Cyclone have either been short- termi- mishap. mountaineering team in a M1- Government suspended Vayu, in Veraval, on Wednesday PTI nated or cancelled for two There were 13 passengers 17 and two advanced light operations at all ports and air- days, from 6 pm on on board the ill-fated plane helicopters began at 6.30 am, ports in the coastline areas as Modi said in a tweet. Also, ear- Gujarat coast between Dwarka Wednesday. which took off from Jorhat, sources said adding local a precautionary measure for lier on day, Congress President and Veraval as a “very severe Union Home Secretary Assam for Mechuka advanced Members of a rescue team prepare to camp overnight, due to difficult terrain and mountaineers who sighted the Thursday. For its part, the Rahul Gandhi appealed to cyclonic storm” with wind Rajiv Gauba Wednesday landing ground in Arunachal weather, and move to the AN-32 crash site, near North Lipo, on Wednesday PTI crash site were also called to Western Railway cancelled party workers to be prepared to speeds of 155-165 kmph chaired a meeting of the Pradesh and went missing on help by the Siang district 15 trains and short terminated help out people who are being gusting to 180 kmph around National Crisis Management June 3. The wreckage was spot- ing a challenge for the search the operations room due to administration. Mechuka 16 others. affected by “Vayu”. afternoon of Thursday, the Committee (NCMC) where ted on Tuesday. teams to even reach due to erratic signal. However, the advanced landing ground is in The Army, Navy and Air The India Meteorological IMD said. After making the preparation for relief and res- Having reached the wreck- dense forests and rugged personnel manage to convey Siang district and the airstrip is Force the Army, the Air Force, Department (IMD) on Tuesday landfall, the cyclone is likely to cue operations were discussed age site, the team will camp for mountainous terrain. they will camp there for the 30 kms from Line of Actual and the NDRF teams are said Vayu has intensified into move along and parallel to threadbare. the night and begin the salvage While the first team of night and resume their task on Control(LAC) facing China as deployed and put on standby a severe cyclonic storm and it Saurashtra and Kutch coast, it The NCMC meeting took operation on Thursday expert mountaineers have now Thursday. the crow flies. for rescue and relief operations would cause gusty winds to said. stock of the precautionary mea- as it could not get close fashioned a makeshift dirt The crash site is 16 kms The IAF spokesperson said along the coastal districts. blow at a speed of 145 kmph to The Gujarat and Diu sures taken by the Gujarat to the site on Wednesday due track in the thick jungles by north of Lipo and north-east of Eastern Command chief Air Prime Minister Narendra 170 kmph by Thursday morn- administration are shifting government and Diu UT to inclement weather and hacking foliage, the ground Tato near Mechuka and the Marshal R D Mathur compli- Modi also urged people to fol- ing. “Vayu, has changed its about 3 lakh people from the administration with a view to terrain. troops including Army, Indo- wreckage was located by MI-17 mented the search team for low real-time information course slightly and would now identified vulnerable areas and ensure that no human life is This unit is part of the 15- Tibetan Border Police(ITBP) helicopters on Tuesday after their relentless effort spanning being provided by the govern- hit Gujarat coast anywhere they are being shifted to around lost, damage to vital infra- member group comprising IAF, and the local police already eight days of relentless and eight days. ment and local agencies to between Veraval in the south 700 cyclone and relief shelters. structure is minimised and to Army and civilian moun- patrolling the area will come massive search and rescue Mathur also thanked stay safe. “Praying for the safe- and Dwarka in the west in the According to officials, ensure early recovery of all taineers. They were airdropped through the track laid down by operation. Arunachal Chief Minister ty and wellbeing of all those afternoon Thursday”, officials flight operations from essential services post-cyclone near the crash site on the mountaineers, sources said “A team comprising per- Pema Khandu and Chief affected by Cyclone Vayu. The said. Ahmedabad’s Sardar landfall. Odisha, which faced Wednesday morning at two here on Wednesday. sonnel from IAF, Army and Secretary Satya Gopa for government and local agencies “The cyclone is now situ- Vallabhbhai Patel International cyclone Fani and earned UN’s different locations. The debris They also said the unit at civil mountaineers have been extending unflinching support are providing real-time infor- ated around 280 km south of Airport to Porbandar, Diu, praise for its success in mini- is lying on a steep ridge at a the crash site is finding it dif- airlifted to a location close to to the IAF towards locating the mation, which I urge those in and is very likely to move Kandla, Mundra and mizing loss of lives, has offered height of 12,000 feet and is pos- ficult to relay information to the crash site,” a spokesperson missing An-32. affected areas to closely follow,” nearly northwards and cross Bhavnagar in Saurashtra have all help to Gujarat. Cong core group 1989 CUSTODIAL TERROR STRIKE AT ANANTNAG DEATH CASE NIA conducts raids meets sans Gandhis SC rejects Site is Amarnath Yatra base area RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI a strong message that the meeting were members of the A joint team of the Amarnath Yatra would be tar- While party president Sanjiv over suspected links bravo company of party’s core group, which was akistan-based terror group get in the coming days. Rahul Gandhi was formed for the Lok Sabha polls. PJaish-e-Mohammad’s affil- CRPF’s 116th The attack could also be a conspicuous by his The leaders also discussed Bhatt’s plea iate Al Umar Mujahideen on battalion and State signal to Union Home the party’s strategy and prepa- Wednesday carried out a major police were deployed Minister Amit Shah that his PTI n with Lanka blasts absence; Sonia, Priyanka rations for the Assembly elec- NEW DELHI attack killing five CRPF per- strong leadership would not go tions in Haryana, Jammu and PTI n NEW DELHI for carrying out sonnel and injuring four other for a picket duty in unchallenged in so far as ter- choose Rae Bareli visit Kashmir, Jharkhand and he Supreme Court on terrorist attacks in South India security men about a fortnight the area when the ror attacks in the Valley are Maharashtra later this year. TWednesday refused to he National Investigating especially in Kerala and Tamil before the Amarnath Yatra in terrorists hit the concerned.” DEEPAK KUMAR JHA n Party sources said former entertain a plea of sacked TAgency (NIA) on Nadu. Anantnag district, also the force’s personnel with The security forces should NEW DELHI the likely move of Haryana Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Wednesday carried out The prime accused base area for the pilgrimage to assault rifles and deploy more pickets in the area Chief Minister Bhupinder Bhatt seeking to examine 11 searches at various places in Mohammed Azarudeen has the cave shrine. to check terror hits from ongress President Rahul Singh Hooda, who could float additional witnesses in a 30- Coimbatore in connection with been the leader of the module Five CRPF personnel were grenades motor-cycle-borne terrorists CGandhi, who has resigned his own new political outfit, year-old custodial death case. the April 21 serial suicide and has been maintaining the killed and four other security as the terrain is suitable for the as party chief post the Lok was also pondered over given A vacation bench of jus- bombings in Colombo that led Facebook page named personnel suffered injuries on the 92 base hospital in the terrorists to use two-wheelers Sabha poll debacle, was con- much importance. Like other tices Indira Banerjee and Ajay to the killing of over 250 “KhilafahGFX”, through which Wednesday when terrorists Anantnag district. for targeting the forces and flee spicuous by his absence from state units, Haryana Congress Rastogi said that a three- people. he had been propagating the carried out an attack on a busy The Station House Officer from the crime scene, Mate the crucial Congress core com- too has been a victim of inter- judge bench had already passed One of the accused, ideology of ISIS/ Daish. road in Anantnag district of of Anantnag Police Station, said, adding either the local mittee meeting to discuss the nal squabbles between the an order on May 24 on a sim- Mohammed Azarudeen, “ Accused Mohammed south Kashmir. Arshad Ahmed, was also militants should be weaned probable names to lead the Hooda, Haryana Congress ilar plea and therefore it cannot booked recently in the Kerala- Azarudeen has been a facebook The security forces also injured in the attack and has away from the terror fold or grand old party as an “interim chief Ashok Tanwar and entertain the petition. Tamil Nadu ISIS module case, friend of Sri Lankan suicide killed a terrorist in retaliatory been shifted to Srinagar for eliminated in strong security president”. So were UPA Surjewala factions. The Jind Senior advocate Maninder was a Facebook friend of Sri bomber Zahran Hashim and fire and recovered an AK treatment. action. Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Assembly bye election was the Singh, appearing for the Lankan suicide bomber Zahran other members of the module series assault rifle from the A joint team of the bravo The attack could also be Congress general secretary litmus test for the party in Gujarat Government, said that Hashim and other members of have also been sharing radical slain jehadi. company of CRPF’s 116th bat- aimed at testing the reaction Priyanka Gandhi, who chose to which Surjewala lost without final argument is over in the the module have also been contents attributed to Zahran According to preliminary talion and State police were from the security proceed for their “scheduled” direct support from Hooda 1989 custodial death case and sharing radical contents attrib- Hashim, over the social media. accounts, at least two terrorists deployed for a picket duty in forces under Shah’s leader- visit to Rae Bareilly which has and Tanwar. the trial court has reserved its uted to Zahran Hashim, over Accused Ibrahim alias Shahin on a motorcycle attacked a the area when the ship, he added. The location of been the Lok Sabha Rahul had offered to quit as verdict for June 20. the social media. Shah has been a close associate patrol party of the CRPF on terrorists hit the force’s per- the attack is the base area for constituency of the Congress’ the party chief during a May 25 Bhatt is an accused in the Sources said the raids were of arrested accused the busy K P Road in sonnel with assault rifles and Amarnath Yatra and the major first family for decades. meeting of the Congress case. He was posted as the addi- conducted following suspicion Riyas Abubacker ISIS Anantnag with automatic grenades. hit comes days after Union While Congress chief Working Committee (CWC), tional superintendent of that explosives were procured Kasaragod Case registered in rifles. They also hurled Counter-terrorism expert Home Minister Amit Shah spokesman Randeep Surjewala which was called to analyse the police in Gujarat’s Jamnagar at by the Sri Lankan 2016, who had planned to con- grenades at the patrol team. Dr Rituraj Mate said, reviewed preparations for the insisted after the meeting that party’s poor performance in the that time. terrorists from Tamil Nadu duct terrorist attacks in Kerala, Three injured persons “Through the attack, the ter- Amarnath Yatra that is begin- “Rahul Gandhi was, is and Lok Sabha polls in which it According to the prosecu- and Kerala. The searches were on behalf of the ISIS/ Daish, the have been evacuated to rorists have sought to deliver ning on July 1. will remain the Congress managed to win just 52 seats. tion, Bhatt had detained more conducted in connection with NIA said in a statement. president”, the name of former The CWC had unanimously than hundred persons during ISIS Kerala-Tamil Nadu During the searches digital Union Minister A K Antony rejected his offer to quit but a communal riot there and one Module Case devices including 14 mobile INSHORT was discussed as the probable Rahul was apparently firm on of the detainees had died in registered by the NIA on May phones, 29 SIM cards, 10 pen BJP reconstitutes parliamentary interim president until a final his stand. hospital after he was released. 30 this year. drives, three laptops, six mem- GOVT FOCUS ON ZERO call for the organisational When questioned about He was suspended in 2011 The named accused in the ory cards, four hard disc drives, DIARRHOEA DEATHS restructuring is done. Rahul’s absence, Surjewala clar- on charges of remaining case include Mohammed one internet dongle and 13 party executive committee New Delhi: Union Health “Rahulji was, is and will ified that contrary to the spec- absent from duty without per- Azarudeen (32), Akram CDs/ DVDs besides one dag- Minister Harsh Vardhan on remain the Congress presi- ulation in the media, there was mission and misuse of official Sindhaa (26), Y Shiek ger, one electric baton, 300 air- PNS n NEW DELHI Wednesday stressed on re- dent. We have no doubt about no core group in the party now vehicles, and later sacked in Hidayathullah (38), Abubacker gun pellets and a large number Amit Shah to hold strategising and devising it,” Surjewala told reporters, as all election-related commit- August 2015. M (29), Sadham Hussain A of incriminating documents he BJP Parliamentary Party party meet today innovative interventions to when asked about the situation tees had ceased to exist. Bhatt on Tuesday moved (26) and Ibrahim alias Shahin and few PFI/SDMI TExecutive Committee was achieve the target of zero arising out of Rahul’s offer to Surjewala said Venugopal, the the apex court, challenging a Shah (28) and others based on pamphlets have been seized constituted on Wednesday with BJP President Amit Shah who is diarrhoea deaths among resign. Senior Congress leaders All India Congress Committee Gujarat High Court order information received that the from the houses and work Prime Minister Narendra also Union Home Minister will children by 2022. Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun (AICC) general secretary, which had denied his request accused persons and their places of accused persons, the Modi as the leader of the party, preside a meeting of party office Reviewing the status of Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad, P organisation, had said a meet- to summon additional wit- associates were propagating NIA said. Rajnath Singh as Deputy leader bearers and State leaders on reproductive, maternal, Chidambaram, KC Venugopal, ing of the party’s general sec- nesses for examination during the ideology of proscribed ter- The NIA spokesperson of the party (Lok Sabha), Thursday to discuss road ahead newborn, children, adolescent Jairam Ramesh, Anand Sharma retaries would be called to take the trial. The Gujarat rorist organisation ISIS/ Daish said accused persons are being Thawar Chand Gehlot as leader and deliberate on appointing new and nutrition (RMNCAH+N) and Surjewala were present in stock of the situation arising out Government termed the move on social media with the questioned regarding the of party in Rajya Sabha and party head in his place, if that is interventions in the country, the meeting chaired by Antony. of the Lok Sabha polls and on by Bhatt as a tactic to delay intention of recruiting vulner- incriminating materials seized Piyush Goyal as Deputy leader so needed. Shah’s tenure would Vardhan said, “No child should All the leaders present at the the upcoming state elections. the trial. able youth into the ISIS/ Daish during the searches. of party in the upper house. be end in January, next year, and ever die from diarrhoea. The Ghelot, a Dalit leader, has one view is that the current set up government will make replaced former Finance may, for some more time, immediate and sustained efforts NIA arrests man at Minister Arun Jaitley while continue to overview the coming to prevent this by 2022.” ‘100% Govt funding for schools on Waqf properties’ the two-time Rajya Sabha MP assembly polls in Maharashta, FULL SUPPORT TO N-E Goyal will be succeeding Union Haryana and Jharkhand PEOPLE, SAYS PM IGI Airport in FIF PNS n NEW DELHI the committee will ensure that Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, waqf rules are made easy and who has been elected to the has become a Minister in the New Delhi: Prime Minister terror funding case day after announcing effective for better utilisation of Lok Sabha. Jaitley had request- new Modi Government. It also Narendra Modi on Wednesday Ascholarship for 5 crore waqf properties and to free ed the leadership to relieve him the first time appointed three assured wholehearted support New Delhi: The National minority students, Union these properties, several of from key positions in view of women MPs as its whips, to the people of Assam and the Investigation Agency (NIA) on Minister for Minority affairs which are entangled in disputes his health. Goyal had served as specifically for women parlia- Northeastern region to achieve Wednesday arrested accused Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on for several decades, from dis- finance minister for a brief mentarians. all-round development and Mohammad Arif Wednesday announced that all putes, he said. period when Jaitley was not Besides these, three women growth, Assam Chief Minister Ghulambashir Dharampuria waqf properties across India The Central Government well in the last dispensation of whips and 15 other whips for Sarbananda Sonowal said. This from Gujarat from the would be geo-tagged and digi- is taking necessary action on Modi-government. Lok Sabha have also been was conveyed to Sonowal by IGI Airport here in connection tised and that the Government the recommendations of the Union Minister Smriti appointed for parliamentarians the Prime Minister when the with the Falah-i-Insaniyat will provide 100 per cent fund- committee. Irani’s induction in the BJP’s from different states, where its chief minister called on Modi Foundation (FIF) terror fund- ing to develop educational The Central Waqf Council parliamentary party executive strength has increased to 303. here to extend his greetings for ing case. institutions and hospitals on Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at the 80th meeting of the is providing financial help to committee shows elevation in Special invitees from Lok the BJP-led NDA’s second The NIA arrested such properties for the welfare Central Waqf Council, in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI state waqf boards for digitali- her stature within the party Sabha to the BJP’s parliamen- consecutive victory in the Lok Dharampuria (44), resident of of society. sation of waqf records so that after she trounced Congress tary party executive are Nitin Sabha polls. Mota Parasiwad, Valsad, Naqvi, while chairing the were deprived of these facilities erties can be utilised for the state waqf boards can complete president Rahul Gandhi from Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, JAPAN TO INVEST Gujarat who was evading his 80th meeting of the Central since Independence, the welfare of society, Naqvi said. digitalisation work within the the Amethi parliamentary con- Arjun Munda, Narendra Singh `13K-CR IN N-E REGION examination and arrest by hid- Waqf Council here, said there minority affairs minister said. Naqvi said that while only decided time frame. stituency. Tomar and Jual Oram. New Delhi: ing himself in Dubai, UAE for are around 5.77 lakh registered Prime Minister Narendra 90 districts of the country had “GIS/GPS mapping of the The newly constituted BJP In Rajya Sabha, special Japan will invest Rs long. Accordingly, a Look Out waqf properties across the Modi-led Government has been identified for minority waqf properties has been initi- parliamentary party executive invitees are J P Nadda, Om 13,000 crore in several ongoing Circular (LOC) was issued by country and their geo-tagging decided to provide 100 per cent communities’ development ated with the help of IIT Roorki committee marks generational Prakash Mathur, Nirmala as well as new infrastructure NIA and he was detained at and digitalisation will funding to develop schools, col- during the earlier Government, and Aligarh Muslim University. shift in the party as perhaps for Sitharaman, Dharmendra projects in the Northeast region, Indira Gandhi International ensure transparency and safe- leges, ITIs, polytechnics, hos- the Modi Government has The Central Waqf Council has the first time L K Advani and Pradhan and Prakash including a water supply Airport, New Delhi on his ty of records. pitals, multi-purpose commu- expanded development pro- provided video conferencing Murli Manohar Joshi are not Javadekar. BJP general secre- scheme in Assam and a network connectivity improvement arrival from Dubai on The Centre has decided to nity halls “Sadbhav Mandap” grammes for minorities in 308 facilities to 20 State waqf boards part of it, as both are not MPs. tary Kailash Vijayvargiya has initiative in Meghalaya, the Wednesday, the NIA said. start a programme on a war on waqf land under districts of the country. and it would be provided in the Besides them, Jaitley and been reappointed as in-charge DoNER Ministry said This is the fifth arrest in this footing to utilise waqf proper- Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas A report of a five-member remaining State waqf boards by Sushma Swaraj are also not its of the party’s parliamentary Wednesday. Some of the case which is related to receiv- ties across the country for edu- Karykram (PMJVK), he said. committee, constituted to the end of this year,” he said. members. office and Balasubrahmanyam important projects in which ing of terror funds being sent by cational empowerment and A programme has been review waqf properties lease Naqvi’s announcement of The BJP has also decided to Kumarsu as secretary. Japan will collaborate include FIF operators to their associates employment-oriented skill launched for 100 per cent geo- rule, headed by Justice (Retd) geo-tagging of waqf properties make Sanjay Jaiswal, the party’s The first meeting of the the Guwahati water supply through Hawala operators to development of the needy, tagging and digitalisation of Zakiullah Khan, has been sub- comes a day after he spelt out Lok Sabha MP from Bihar, its executive will be held on June project, Guwahati sewage further their nefarious activities especially economically back- waqf properties across the mitted, Naqvi told reporters. the Government’s plan to chief whip in the house. He will 16 at 3:30 pm, a day before the project among others. to create unrest in India. PNS ward girls in those areas which country to ensure these prop- The recommendations of empower the minorities. succeed Anurag Thakur, who commencement of the session. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 nation 06

J&K GOVERNOR URGES TERRORISTS Bullet train: HC wants to hear Western Railways gears Shun arms, violence: Malik experts for decision on He invites armed they become good Muslims, up for cyclone ‘Vayu’ they will get the other one also," groups for talks he said. cutting mangroves Speaking about the pres- passengers,” a Western Railway HQ and also at its Divisional ence of the Islamic State in PTI n MUMBAI Cancels, spokesperson added. offices by Officers of con- PTI n SRINAGAR Kashmir, the governor said, short-teminates The Mumbai-headquar- cerned departments for imme- "These are ways of destruction he Bombay High Court on tered Western Railway geared diate relief arrangement. ammu & Kashmir Governor of Kashmir." TWednesday said it will have 37 trains up to tackle the impending sit- “Considering the alertness JSatya Pal Malik on Malik exhorted the youth to hear environmental experts uation, amid reports that parts for Vayu cyclone over Gujarat, Wednesday asked militants to to give up arms. before deciding on a plea seek- of Gujarat would be hit by the Western Railway has decided to give up arms and invited them "I want to tell the youth of ing hacking of mangroves to TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI impact from strengthening run relief special trains. Two to hold talks, saying dialogue is Kashmir, drop your guns and pave way for the Mumbai- Cyclone Vayu, which is expect- such evacuation special trains the only way through which come to Raj Bhawan to have Ahmedabad bullet train project. ith the potential threat of ed to hit the Gujarat coast any- are scheduled to be run in they can get what they want lunch with me. Then explain to A division bench of Chief Wcyclone Vayu looming where between Veraval in the Rajkot Division and one in within the ambit of the me what good Kashmir will get Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and large over Gujarat, the Western south and Dwarka in the west Bhavnagar division to clear Constitution. from the path you have cho- Justice NM Jamdar was hear- Railway has either cancelled, on Thursday afternoon. passengers of coastal area He said India cannot be Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik addresses a press conference in sen," he said. ing an application filed by the short-terminated or partially All the passenger and affected by the Cyclone,” a WR made to bow through vio- Srinagar on Wednesday PTI Malik called on the politi- National High Speed Rail cancelled as many as 37 trains Mail/Express trains to these spokesperson said. lence. cal leaders to help bring back Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), bound for various destinations stations are being short termi- The first special train is "Take everything from us, The governor said the mil- weapons against the govern- the youth to the mainstream seeking permission to cut in the neighbouring State as a nated or cancelled after 1800 scheduled to run from Okha at we will give our life, but itants may not realise it now, ment. There is something more society. mangroves spread over 13 precautionary measure. hrs Wednesday to morning of 18.00 hrs on Thursday for through love and dialogue. For but 10 years down the line they here. The basic thing here is "They have to muster the hectares of area. In addition to the 15 trains June 14. Rajkot with 11 coaches, while that (PM) Narendra Modi is will repent that they chose the that the leaders have not told courage and tell them. I request In March this year, the cancelled earlier, the authorities "The coaching stock cur- the 2nd special train is sched- ready, we are ready. Come to the wrong path. people the truth. People have the mainstream leaders, Maharashtra Coastal Zone on Wednesday evening can- rently available at depots and uled to run from Okha at dialogue table and take it for- "You cannot make India to been misled and shown false preachers and intelligentsia to Management Authority had celled 25 more mainline trains, station yards at coastal areas are 20.05 on Thursday for ward," Malik said at a marathon bow through violence," he said. dreams, which will never be bring back these youth (to the told the court that it had given while in addition to the earli- being shifted to safe places. Ahmedabad with 20 coaches. press briefing on the achieve- Malik said the problem of fulfilled," he said. mainstream) and whatever is its nod for cutting over 53,000 er 16 trains, 12 other mainline Special trains with six to ten The 3rd special train will run ments of his administration. militancy exists in Kashmir Malik said the people have needed for their rehabilitation, mangrove trees for the project. trains will be short terminated coaches each will be formed, to from Veraval at 20.00 hours on "Whatever you want can be not only due to unemployment been shown the dream of we will do it," he said. In April this year, the with partial cancellation as a be kept in ready condition at Thursday for Ahmedabad with achieved through talks and among youth, but also because 'azadi' (independence) and "In every insurgency, there NHSRCL informed the court precautionary measure in the nearest safe location to be 11 coaches. dialogue. You have your own politicians have been mislead- sometimes that of autonomy. comes a time when fatigue sets that it had received the cyclone prone areas in the moved in emergency condi- In addition to this, the constitution, you have a sepa- ing the people for the past sev- "When these things did in. That time has come in approval of the expert appraisal Western Railways. tions," a WR spokesperson said. authorities are taking various rate flag. Whatever more you eral decades. not work, they were shown the Kashmir," he added. committee of the Union “Accordingly, total 68 trains The Western Railway has safety and security precautions want, you will get it through the "There is unemployment dreams of paradise through Asked about Pakistan's role Ministry of Environment and of Western Railways have been made arrangements for round- for train passengers of these democratic process and with- across the country but unem- radicalisation. I want to tell the in the situation in Kashmir, Forests for removal of man- affected in view of the precau- the-clock monitoring of the sit- prone areas under the juris- in the ambit of the Indian ployed people (elsewhere) in youth that they have two par- Malik said the neighbouring groves in Thane, Navi Mumbai tionary measures taken by us to uation at the emergency con- diction of the W4estern Constitution," he said. the country do not pick up adises -- one is Kashmir and if country is in trouble. and Palghar districts. safeguard the interests of the trol room at its headquarters Railways. ` Yechury lauds DMK-led secular Over 2.05 lakh cr frauds alliance's LS performance in 11 yrs: ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC among top victims

PTI n NEW DELHI crore. The United Bank of India reported f over 50,000 frauds that hit banks in 944 cases of frauds involving Rs 3052.34 OIndia in the last 11 fiscal years, the crore, State Bank of Mysore 395 cases of DMK president MK Stalin during his visit to thank voters for supporting the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance in the polls ICICI Bank, State Bank of India (SBI) and Rs 742.31 crore, State Bank of Patiala 386 and commemorate the birthday of former CM M Karunanidhi at Vadakkipalayam near Pollachi on Wednesday PTI HDFC Bank reported highest number of cases (Rs 1178.77 crore), Punjab and Sind cases, according to an RBI data. Of the Bank 276 cases (Rs 1154.89 crore), UCO total 53,334 cases of frauds reported dur- Bank 1081 frauds (Rs 7104.77 crore), PTI n CHENNAI the DMK and M K Stalin (DMK Nadu. ing 2008-09 and 2018-19 fiscal years, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd 261 cases president), not only for the vic- The DMK-led alliance, involving a whopping Rs 2.05 lakh crore, (Rs 493.92 crore) and Lakshmi Vilas Bank he CPI(M) Wednesday tory, but also for the efforts made which included the Congress, a highest of 6,811 were reported by the Ltd reported 259 frauds (Rs 862.64 Tlauded the DMK for form- to bring together all secular CPI, CPI(M), won 37 of the 38 ICICI Bank involving Rs 5,033.81 crore. crore). ing a successful alliance for the democratic forces into a com- seats that went to the polls. The state-run State Bank of India Some of the foreign banks operating Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu mon understanding and contest Sharing his assessment on (SBI) reported 6,793 fraud cases involv- in India also reported fraud cases worth but lamented such an under- the elections," he said. the poll outcome, Yechury said ing Rs 23,734.74 crore followed by HDFC crores during the last 11 fiscal years. standing did not develop Such an understanding, successful shifting of electoral Banks which recorded 2,497 such cases American Express Banking Corporation among the secular democratic unfortunately, did not develop narrative from livelihood issues involving Rs 1,200.79 crore, according to reported 1,862 fraud cases of Rs 86.21 forces in many other states. in many other states, Yechury to Hindutva nationalism, com- the data given by the central bank in crore, Citi Bank 1,764 cases of Rs 578.09 The party would spearhead added. munal polarisation, larger- response to an RTI query filed by this cor- crore, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking the fight against the challenges While the BJP alone won a than-life persona of Prime respondent. The Bank of Baroda report- Corporation (HSBC) Ltd 1,173 frauds posed by the BJP rule in the whopping 303 seats across the Minister Narendra Modi ed 2,160 fraud cases (involving Rs of Rs 312.1 crore and The Royal Bank of coming days, CPI-M general country in the recently con- backed by staggering amount 12,962.96 crore), Punjab National Bank Scotland Plc reported 216 frauds involv- secretary Sitaram Yechury said. cluded Lok Sabha election, the of money contributed to the 2,047 frauds (Rs 28,700.74 crore) and Axis ing Rs 12.69 crore, the RBI data said. "I would like to congratulate party was decimated in Tamil BJP's success. Bank had 1,944 fraud cases involving RS A total of 274 cases of frauds were 5,301.69 crore public money. reported by the State Bank of Travancore As many as 1,872 frauds involving Rs involving Rs 694.61 crore, Jammu and 12,358.2 crore was reported by Bank of Kashmir Bank Ltd reported 142 such India, 1,783 by Syndicate Bank (Rs cases of Rs 1639.9 crore, The Industrial 5830.85 crore) and Central Bank of Finance Corp of India had nine cases of India’s 1, 613 cases involving Rs 9041.98 Rs 671.66 crore, The Dhanlakshmi Bank crore, the data shows. Ltd 89 cases of Rs 410.93 crore and Vijaya IDBI Bank Ltd reported 1,264 fraud Bank reported 639 cases involving cases involving Rs 5978.96 crore, Standard `1,748.9 crore, it said. Chartered Bank 1,263 cases involving Rs Yes Bank Ltd reported 102 fraud cases 1221.41 crore, Canara Bank 1,254 cases involving Rs 311.96 crore and Paytm of Rs 5553.38 crore, Union Bank of India Payments Bank Limited reported two 1,244 frauds of Rs 11,830.74 crore and cases of Rs 0.02 crore (or Rs 2 lakh), it said. Kotak Mahindra 1,213 cases involving Rs PTI had on June 3 reported that as 430.46 crore. many as 6,801 cases of fraud were report- In that period, Indian Overseas Bank ed by scheduled commercial banks and reported 1,115 frauds involving Rs select financial institutions involving an 12,644.7 crore, while Oriental Bank of amount of Rs 71,542.93 crore in the last Army jawans carry the coffin of a martyred soldier, Lance Commerce 1040 cases of Rs 5,598.23 fiscal, quoting data from the RBI. Naik Mohammad Jawed in Patna on Wednesday PTI Influx of tourists chokes U’khand Senior citizen killed as PTI n UTTARAKHAND Gandhi mural cladding s the oppressive heatwave grip- crashes in Mumbai Aping the country’s plains push- es a huge number of tourist to the rel- atively cooler hilly regions, several TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI one Madhukar Appa Narvekar popular holiday destinations in (62) was severely injured, when Uttarakhand are witnessing massive n a freak but a shocking the cladding from a 81 ft x 54 traffic jams, forcing some visitors to Imishap, a senior citizen was ft mural of Mahatma Gandhi, return midway. killed and two others sustained installed in November 2017 fell Choked by traffic jams and the minor injuries when an alu- on him at 12.45 pm. heavy influx of tourists, the com- minium cladding panel of a Narvekar was rushed to the muting time from Haridwar to the huge mural of Mahatma nearby G.T. Hospital, where he four Himalayan shrines (Char Gandhi installed at the succumbed to injuries after an Dham) in Garhwal has more than Churchgate railway terminus in hour while undergoing treat- doubled. It is now taking almost 18 south Mumbai collapsed on ment. hours to reach Badrinath from him. Two more pedestrians were Haridwar, an official in Chamoli said. Though the widening of the roads Uttarkashi District Magistrate On a day when the injured in the mishap that saw Large swathes of the country was suspended due to the pilgrim Ashish Chauhan blamed the increas- impending cyclone Vayu began an aluminium cladding panel have been searing under markedly season, the debris deposited on ing rush of vehicles on the roads to influence the weather condi- on the second and third floor high temperatures for the past sev- Chamoli-Joshimath stretch was con- Yamunotri and Gangotri. tions in the country’s com- of the eastern side facade of eral days, with the mercury hover- tributing to traffic jams, Rawat said. Since the opening of the portals mercial capital, an acrylic Churchgate terminus building ing around the 50-degree Celsius He said timely removal of the at the Yamunotri and Gangotri tem- hoarding blew off a skywalk gave way and crashed on them. mark in many areas in north India. debris would have saved the situa- ples on May 7, 51,480 small vehicles and crashed on three pedestri- However, the injured persons Over 80,000 vehicles pass tion. have reached the shrines till now. ans in Bandra (west) in north- left the spot before they were through Haridwar on a daily basis However, Chamoli District The figure for the entire season west Mumbai. Three women – even provided first aid. these days, Haridwar SSP Janmejay Magistrate Swati S Bhadoria said the stood at 56,291 last year. Tejal Kadam (27) Malisa All through Wednesday, Khanduri said. Additional forces debris had been removed from most Nainital-bound vehicles were Nazareth (30) and Sulakshana the metropolis reeled under had been deployed to control the places and it was being removed being parked at temporary parking Vaze (41) -- were injured in the pre-monsoon showers, result- traffic but tourists continue ro from the remaining places on a war lots near the Rusi bypass and at mishap. ing in disruption of flight oper- remain stuck for four to five hours, footing. The biggest factor con- Charkhet on the Kaladhungi road to In the far-off western sub- ations, rail and road traffic. he added. tributing to traffic jams was the rise decongest city roads, Nainital ADM urb of Bordi Road, four work- While an Air India flight The situation is not unique to in the number of small vehicles Harbir Singh said. ers were injured when five AI-678 from Delhi to Mumbai Haridwar. Rishikesh, Mussoorie, entering the state on a daily basis and “Those who leave their vehicles girders of a railway bridge gave was diverted to Ahmedabad on Dehradun, Rudraprayag, Gangotri, a shortage of parking lots, she said. at the parking lots are being sent to way, when some work was Wednesday afternoon because Yamunotri and Nainital are facing a The stretch from Janki Chatti to Nainital by a shuttle service,” he said. going on there. The authorities of inclement weather condi- similar problem. Syana Chatti on the way to the There was a long traffic snarl on attributed the incident to strong tions, the arrival and departures According to Joshimath Block Yamunotri shrine and the 13-km the Mussoorie-Haridwar road on winds blowing in the area. of some flights were delayed by Pramukh Prakash Rawat, the debris road from Ganganani to Sukki Top Monday, which was cleared with Following the incident, the 15 to 20 minutes because of to left during the construction of all- on the way to Gangotri are witness- deployment of additional police per- traffic on this stretch of strong winds at the Chhatrapati weather roads had added to com- ing traffic bottlenecks, allowing only sonnel, SP (City) Shweta Chaubey Western Railway was affected. Shivaji Maharaj International muters’ woes beyond Rishikesh. two vehicles to pass at a time. said. A pedestrian identified as Airport. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 news 07

India successfully Surjewala: Rahul Gandhi was, is Nirav’s bail rejected for 4th time conducts maiden PTI n LONDON Judge noted. Indian investigating authori- “It is difficult, in my judge- ties,” she said, countering flight test of and will remain Cong president he UK High Court on ment, to see how the UK is a Modi’s lawyers’ assertion that TWednesday rejected Nirav safe haven as there is no case of he did not have any incentive scramjet demo PTI n NEW DELHI “Rahul ji was, is and will Modi’s bail application, his him being tried here… There to flee the UK as he sees it as a remain the Congress presi- fourth attempt as the diamond are still places in the world one safe haven of justice. aircraft ahul Gandhi was, is, and dent. We have no doubt about merchant fights his extradition can escape to, which are an The judge stressed that Balasore (Odisha): India suc- Rwill remain the Congress it,” Surjewala told reporters from Britain to India in the even safer haven from the while it was not for her to take cessfully conducted the maid- president, party’s chief when asked about the situation nearly USD 2 billion Punjab en flight test of the indige- spokesperson Randeep arising out of Gandhi’s offer to National Bank (PNB) fraud nously-developed Hypersonic Surjewala said Wednesday, resign. and money laundering case. Technology Demonstrator after days of uncertainty over Senior leaders Ahmed In her judgment handed UK High Court notes broad Vehicle (HSTDV) from a base Gandhi’s offer to quit the post. Patel, Mallikarjuna Kharge, down at the Royal Courts of a “definitive view” on the evi- off the Odisha coast on Surjewala made the Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Justice in London, Justice dence, she had proceeded on Wednesday. remarks after senior Congress Chidambaram, KC Venugopal, Ingrid Simler concluded there consistency in India’s the basis that the government The HSTDV was test-fired leaders met here informally Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh and are “substantial grounds” to of India has acted in good faith by the Defence Research and under the guidance of A K Anand Sharma were present in believe that the 48-year-old evidence against Nirav Modi in what is “undoubtedly” a Development Organisation Antony and discussed the the meeting. fugitive diamantaire would fail serious case and a “sophisti- (DRDO) from Launch party’s strategy and preparation All the leaders present in to surrender as he does possess London: A UK High Court ly USD 2 billion Punjab cated international conspiracy” Complex-4 of the Integrated for the upcoming assembly Wednesday’s meeting were the means to “abscond”. judge on Wednesday accepted National Bank (PNB) fraud to defraud together with Test Range (ITR) on Dr Abdul elections in Haryana, Jammu members of the core group Reiterating similar con- a broad consistency of evidence and money laundering case. money laundering. Kalam Island in the Bay of and Kashmir, Jharkhand and poor performance in the Lok formed for the Lok Sabha polls. cerns as those raised by the put forward by the Crown “Taken overall, there is a Simler concluded that it is Bengal at about 11.25 am, Maharashtra. Sabha polls, in which it man- However, Surjewala clari- lower court in the UK during Prosecution Service (CPS), broad consistency of evidence,” “difficult to predict” how Modi DRDO sources said. Gandhi had offered to quit aged to win just 52 seats. fied that contrary to specula- previous bail hearings, Judge arguing on behalf of the Indian Judge Simler noted, as she would react to developments in The HSTDV is an as party chief during a meeting The CWC had unani- tion in the media there was no Simler ruled that after consid- Government, in the extradition accepted all the concerns raised the extradition process, which unmanned scramjet demon- of the Congress Working mously rejected his offer to quit core group now as all election- ering all the material “careful- case against fugitive diamond by the CPS. Modi’s legal team raises a “strong incentive” of stration aircraft for hyperson- Committee on May 25 which but Gandhi was apparently related committees ceased to ly”, she had found strong evi- merchant Nirav Modi. had rejected any of destruction failure to surrender before the ic speed flight, it can cruise at was called to analyse the party’s firm on his stand. exist. dence to suggest there had Justice Ingrid Simler read of evidence by him and claimed UK courts to avoid returning to mach 6 speed and move up to been interference with wit- out a detailed judgment at the that any mobile phones dis- India. “All 12 witnesses make an altitude of 32.5 km (20 nesses and destruction of evi- Royal Courts of Justice, in posed of were only to avoid similar allegations – they were miles) in 20 seconds, they dence in the case and con- which she upheld a lower court tracking rather than to destroy threatened and kept in fear… added. cluded it can still occur. ruling to withhold bail and the material held on them. But in all these circumstances, there Besides its utility for long- Certain humane considerations must “The applicant has access also summed up the case against the judge dismissed this asser- is compelling evidence that range cruise missiles of the to considerable financial Modi — wanted in India as the tion, accepting the CPS asser- the applicant (Modi) and those future, the dual-use technolo- resources, supported by an “principal beneficiary” of the tion that they were destroyed to acting on his behalf have gy will have multiple civilian influence grant of visa, HC tells Centre increased (bail bond security) fraudulent issuance of letters of obstruct the CBI and ED inves- sought to interfere and destroy applications also. It can be offer of 2 million pounds,” the undertaking (LoUs) in the near- tigation. PTI evidence,” the judge noted. used for launching satellites at PTI n NEW DELHI 2017 on a tourist visa which was low cost too, the sources said. valid till January 2018. During Describing the maiden trial lthough the State has “unfet- her stay here, she got married in of the HSTDV as successful, Atered discretion” while grant- December 2017. Pompeo to discuss the sources said, “The new ing visas to foreign nationals, cer- Thereafter, she continued to Church sees red in cartoon technology was tested and the tain humane considerations must stay here and left after obtaining ‘ambitious agenda’ for data generated by the radars influence its decisions, the Delhi an exit visa, her husband’s peti- showed it was a success.” High Court has said. tion said, adding that she had two Indo-US strategic ties The trial was carried out in The high court’s observation kids from her first marriage featuring tainted bishop the presence of senior DRDO came while directing the Centre which ended in a divorce. KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n cartoon featuring Franko deliberate move to insult the with Modi, Jaishankar scientists and defence officials. to issue a visa to a woman from Her 11-year-old daughter CHENNAI/KOCHI Mulakkal, the tainted bishop of Church as an act of vengeance Washington: Secretary of State The HSTDV can move up Uzbekistan who was being was issued a medical visa for two Punjab who was accused of as the former suspects that the Mike Pompeo will discuss the to an altitude of 32.5 km (20 denied entry into India even months for availing treatment at n innocuous but hilarious molesting nuns working with minorities did not vote for the Trump administration’s “ambi- miles) in 20 seconds and once though one of her minor children Fortis Hospital here and her 9- Acartoon drawn by KK him, was selected as the best LDF in the recently held Lok tious agenda” for the US-India it is achieved successfully, India was granted a medical visa for sions,” the court said in its order. year-old son was granted a tourist Subhash, a young artist in Kerala, political cartoon. The work, Sabha election,” said Vallikkattu. strategic partnership when he will enter a select club of coun- treatment here. The relief has been granted visa, but she was denied the trav- has earned the wrath of the pow- titled Viswasam Rakshathi But Ramachandran, art meets with Prime Minister tries that have such technolo- Justice Vibhu Bakhru said to the woman subject to her giv- el document, the petition said. erful Kerala Catholic Bishop (Malayalam for ‘Let the Belief critic and author s of the view Narendra Modi and External gy. that issuing a medical visa to the ing an undertaking that she During the proceedings before Council (KCBC) which has lit- Save Us’) had the image of that the Church was threaten- Affairs Minister S Jaishankar this “The HSTDV project, child while blacklisting the par- would leave the country on the court, the Foreigner Regional erally shown the “red card” to the Mulakkal with the holy stick ing the CPM-led government month in New Delhi, the state through which we want to ent was “futile and serves no pur- expiry of her visa along with her Registration Office (FRRO) had Left Democratic Front carrying undergarments on it. by accusing it of offending the department said. Pompeo will demonstrate the performance pose”. “The courts, in several children. declined to review her status till Government asking the latter to By Wednesday, the KCBC sentiments of the minorities. travel to four countries — India, of a scramjet engine at a low decisions, have emphasised upon She was blacklisted for stay- September 9, 2019 when her reconsider its decision to select in a statement asked the Kerala ‘The Church, of late has been Sri Lanka, Japan and South altitude of 15 to 20 km, was on the importance of having a ing back in India after expiry of name would be removed from the cartoon for the State Award. Government to cancel the pressurising the government to Korea — from June 24 to 30. for a couple of years. “Under humanitarian approach. her tourist visa as she had mar- the blacklist in the normal course. It was on Monday, the award as th art work had ‘insult- take action against its own “Prime Minister Modi’s recent this project, we are developing “Although the state has an ried someone here. The court’s However, the court was of Kerala Lalithkala Akademi , an ed priesthood’ in an obscene people who are not in the election victory provides an a hypersonic vehicle to be unfettered discretion in the mat- order came on her husband’s plea the view that the instant case organisation under the Kerala manner. Varghese Vallikkattu, same page with the former on excellent opportunity for him to powered by a scramjet engine,” ter of granting visas to foreign cit- seeking removal of her name “presents certain mitigating cir- Government for conserving spokesman of KCBC said un a various issues. The action implement his vision for a strong a DRDO scientist associated izens, certain humane consider- from the blacklist. She had ear- cumstances” and a humanitari- and promoting visual arts statement that the cartoon has against Paul Thelekkatt, a wide- and prosperous India that plays with the programme said . ations must influence its deci- lier arrived in India in November an approach was required. announced the names of artists hurt the religious sentiments of ly respected priest is a proof of a leading role on global stage,” who have been selected for the the Christians. “This action of this attitude of the Church,” state department spokesperson 2018-2019 awards. Subhash’s the Kerala Government is a said Ramachandran. Morgan Ortagus said. PTI

machines (ATVMs) by simply women. This will mean a total will give a commitment to the Delhi Govt’s... sharing their destination. financial commitment of Rs DMRC that the subsidy will be From Page 1 Separate gate will be there for 1,566.64 crores. The Delhi provided by the Government The short-term plan will woman to enter with the token Government has no objections similar to the subsidy paid by take at least eight months and but the exit gates will remain with this. Operationally, the the Government for electricity the long-term plan will take common. The DMRC will not Delhi Government will pay and water. more than a year. need to change their software. the DMRC whatever is the When asked about whether “I want to share some good “Although the DMRC says actual cost it incurs. Whether the policy was discriminatory, news with the women of Delhi. they need 8 months to roll out it is our projection or the CM Kejriwal said, “To those who The DMRC has submitted a this model, we believe we can DMRC’s, the payments will be say this policy is against gender concrete proposal on our work with their officers and finally based on the actual equality, I ask - Do we have gen- scheme to make public trans- implement the scheme in the usage of the subsidy.” der equality in this country to port free for women. Two next 2-3 months. Only two Explaining on availability of begin with? We do not live in a options have been proposed by steps need to be taken by the funds, Kejriwal added that, country that treats women at par them for implementation of DMRC - special tokens need to “The people of Delhi have elect- with men. Only 30 per cent of this scheme. One is a longer be printed and in 170 stations ed an honest Government, the Metro ridership is women. term plan that will take one where ticket windows have been which has increased revenues Women form only 11 per cent of year to implement and will shut, they need to be reopened. and runs in surplus without Delhi’s workforce, whereas the involve changing of the We do not think these steps will increasing a single tax in its national average is 24 per cent. DMRC’s software, tokens and take more than 2-3 months,” term. We have saved that hard This needs to change. The kinds cards. However, the second said the Chief Minister. earned money of the people and of opportunities that will option is a short-term, stop gap He added that, “The will use it to provide the maxi- open up for women if arrangement,” said Kejriwal. DMRC has said it expects a 50 mum benefit back to the peo- their travel becomes free are Under the short-term plan, per cent increase in women rid- ple. The Government has made enormous. It will boost the women shall be able to pur- ership after the rollout of this financial arrangement for the their status as members of the chase tokens at ticket windows scheme, which means 45-50 empowerment and security of workforce and boost and automatic ticket vending per cent of the ridership will be women. The Delhi Government the economy.”

BJP workers, Bengal... the administration locked the main gates of Nabanna some 15 km away in From Page 1 Howrah. “The police resorted to lath- Naxals set ablaze “We welcome the decision. We charge only when stones and bottles have received Tripathi’s letter. We were pelted on them,” a senior official would be attending tomorrow’s meet- said adding they had arrested 25 peo- tendu leaves stock ing. May be JP Majumdar will lead the ple for instigating violence. Abhishek delegation and if need be more leaders Banerjee said the BJP had brought in could be sent there,” he said. people from districts and even neigh- worth crores Earlier, even as thousands of BJP bouring Bihar and Jharkhand to create Gariaband (PTI): Naxals set on fire tendu workers marched towards Lalbazar trouble in Kolkata. leaves stock worth around Rs 9 crore kept in a protesting against rising violence and Meanwhile, Union Minister Babul godown of the forest department in political deaths in the State particular- Suypriyo slammed TMC and Mamata Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district, an official said ly in and around Basirhat, the police for bringing disrepute to Bengal by Wednesday. intercepted them and fired teargas instigating violence and attacking the The incident took place late Tuesday night shells and water cannons. BJP supporters. He said if this situation in Nawamuda village, located around 150 km “There was no need to lathi-charge continued then the TMC Government from the state capital Raipur, divisional forest and fire teargas shells on the crowd would not even last its full term till officer J R Bhagat said. because we were marching peacefully,” 2021. Incidentally Mukul Roy also Tendu leaves are used for making ‘bidis’ Ghosh later said adding the BJP pro- wrote a letter to Union Home Minister (leaf-wrapped cigarettes). As per preliminary cession was stopped long before they Amit Shah drawing his attention to the information, over a dozen armed Naxals, could reach the vicinity of Lalbazar. grim situation in Bengal alleging there including women, reached the village where the Claiming that the “Chief Minister was a “complete breakdown” of law and forest department has three godowns for stock- and TMC are so afraid of a surging BJP order situation in the State. He said that ing the tendu leaves, he said. that they have started unleashing the the situation should be controlled After holding hostage three guards at the police on us.” Curiously, even as the immediately failing which it could go premises, the rebels stormed into one of the news of violence spread around Kolkata out of control. godowns after breaking its locks, where 1,700 sacks of tendu leaves worth Rs nine crore were kept, he said. Cabinet clears fresh Bill... The ultras set on fire the entire stock, From Page 1 belonging to a contractor, and escaped from the After the Union Cabinet’s nod, President Ram Nath Kovind will sign the spot after locking the guards in a room there, proclamation for imposition of President’s Rule in the State and it will come into Bhagat said, adding that the godown was com- effect on July 3, a Home Ministry official said. The State is under Central rule pletely gutted. since June 20, 2018, after BJP withdrawn its support to Mehbooba Mufti On getting information about the incident, Government. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi forest and police personnel rushed to the spot also decided to re-introduce Aadhaar Bill, and amendment Bills to Medical and informed the fire brigade officials. Council, Dentist Council and Homeopathy Council. The Cabinet also passed Efforts were still on to douse the flames, the introduction of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019 to cre- he added. Naxals left behind a pamphlet ate an international arbitration in New Delhi. The meeting also approved the alleging that the villagers were not getting full Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019” which payment for tendu leaves collection and creates 7,000 existing vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment in teach- therefore, the stock was burnt, a local police ers’ cadre. The other Bills were to be introduced are amendment to Jammu & official said. Kashmir Reservation Rules to implement economic reservation in the State and A search operation was underway to trace the Bill to speed up the eviction of illegal occupation in public property. thoseinvolved in the incident, he added. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Where to from Wuhan? As Modi meets China’s Xi Jinping at SCO, he will have to Sun sets on greatest alliance calibrate his moves to avoid upsetting the US y now it is a given that China, despite its perceived forked-tongue approach to The ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the US is elusive. Trump’s visit to Britain nailed BIndia, has at least begun to acknowledge our primacy in developing its own strategic the optics of an empire that was wilting under the weight of an ‘unequal’ relation depth in the region and create a duality in the so far unipolar world presided over by the US. While Russia has revived its weightage post the Cold War slump under Vladimir Putin, the fact of the matter is China, by virtue of its eco- nomic heft and intricacy of trade ties with the US, can be the only counter magnet, partic- ularly in the rabid triumphalism and impositions of the Trump era. And in that BHOPINDER SINGH attempt, China is seeking support from both India and Russia by developing one- on-one closeness devoid of the competitive contexts of global geopolitics. omance and nostalgia surround- Undoubtedly, China has never engaged with India the way it has with the Narendra ing the grandeur of the British Modi government since 2014. Part of it has to do with India’s growing assertive- empire in the 19th and 20th cen- tury is predicated on “the empire ness and its refusal to yield to Chinese territorial pressure, such as the standoff on which the sun never sets.” at Doklam, its denial of economic overlordship couched as the Belt and Road RThis pomposity was extended to include Initiative, which implies colonising infrastructure corridors of the neighbourhood, emerging America in the mid-19th centu- ry to posit the Anglophone domain, as or its intransigence on China’s monolithic role in BRICS’ New Development Bank. noted by Alexander Campbell in 1852, “To This is why Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Britain and America, god has granted the at Wuhan to forge a separate dialogue module between themselves. And given possession of the new world; and because the sun never sets upon our religion, our the US’ aggressive stance on “trade protectionism,” China is already looking at language and our arts…” Subsequently, the the second Wuhan style meeting between Xi and Modi as a way of working out two world wars of the 20th century a global counter-strategy. While announcing the meeting on the sidelines of the changed the global narrative and the churn of history left the British empire to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, hold on and cast its equation with the US the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister said they would discuss their respective trade in a Churchellian expression, “special frictions with the US and the two “good friends” could reach a consensus on relationship.” Befittingly, British Prime opposing the US. By emphasising that the Wuhan summit had provided strate- Minister Theresa May sought “a new spe- cial relationship”, while not one to be left gic guidance for the development of India-China ties, China is playing down its out, US President Donald Trump added his adversarial and heaving image to make India its wilful ally in its economic war own to the lexicon by claiming the bilat- with the US. After Wuhan, both countries have indeed stepped up efforts to improve eral relationship to be, “the highest level of special!” However, the stark reality of the bilateral relations in different spheres and this operational matrix suits Xi most two nations clutching the straws of histo- at this point of time. While the Trump administration has more than doubled tar- ry was inevitable as Trump made his state iffs on Chinese imports worth $200 billion, threatened additional duties and demand- visit to the UK as May was in the last week of her notice period. ed China reduce its trade deficit and allow US goods in, the question is whether The usual blusters, clichés and gaffes India shares these anxieties in equal measure. Besides, China’s motive is to off- notwithstanding, the visit nailed the optics the Falklands, owing to their One that is based on the ty and the safety and security set the US losses by penetrating the Indian market even deeper. of an empire that was wilting under the individual compulsions militat- President taking exactly what of others around the world, weight of an “unequal” relationship that ed against the publically pos- he wants and casually ignor- too.” That May was no Winston In his internationalist role, a second-term emboldened Modi needs to tread besets any relationship with the US tured alliance. The US ing all those things that real- Churchill or even Margaret cautiously. Yes, the US has terminated India’s designation as a “beneficiary devel- President Donald Trump. The quintessen- Secretary of State during the TRUMP MERRILY ly matter to Britain. We may Thatcher was all too clear and oping country” under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) but the rap tial English “correctness” of May helped her Vietnam War, Dean Rusk, had be a small country, but we’re visible. mumble over the contentious issues famously told a British journal- WADED INTO THE a great one too” and then adds Trump merrily waded into is much milder than that of China. Besides, diplomatically the US has stood by between the two nations, namely, on how ist on the cold feet developed for good measure, “A friend the bitterly divided waters of India’s side, beginning with swaying international opinion in our favour after the to handle Iran, China or even Brexit. Even by the British Government in BITTERLY DIVIDED who bullies us is no longer a Brexit with his own opinions Balakot airstrikes and taking the lead in forcing China’s hand on declaring Jaish- the ostensibly “nasty” past of the once- contributing military where- WATERS OF BREXIT friend. And since bullies only on its (mis)handling, while American and now the Duchess of Sussex, withal: “When the Russians respond to strength, from making the protocol exception e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. Even while bringing India Meghan Markle, was providentially avoid- invade Sussex, don’t expect us WITH HIS OWN now onward, I will be pre- to meet the divisive figure of under the purview of sanctions on Iran, the US has spared our interests in the ed as she was on maternity leave. Yet, the to come and help you.” Deep in OPINIONS ON ITS pared to be much stronger. Nigel Farage at the US Chabahar port. India cannot afford to rile up the US, not merely out of a sense cracks in the sovereign outlook and intru- the psyche of the Trans- (MIS)HANDLING, And the President should be Ambassador’s residence. He of a quid pro quo but simply because it has demonstrably been more trustwor- sions into the domestic affairs of the UK Atlantic world, only the fear of prepared for that.” reiterated Brexit “will happen by Trump, had all the hallmarks of a very the “others” in the Cold War WHILE MAKING Unfortunately, in 2019, and it probably should happen”. thy. For all of China’s invocation of the Wuhan spirit, the endorsement of the China “Un-English” inelegance and mannerism. era kept the portents of “special none of that happened and A hapless empire was left with Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in PoK is definitely not accommodative of From opining on members of the royal relationship” going — but the THE PROTOCOL May stood meekly by the side a visiting US President telling India’s sensitivities. Still, the two nations have mapped out areas of cooperation family, the mayor of London, Opposition writing was always on the wall, EXCEPTION TO of the US President as he railed them about his personal pref- leaders, Brexit negotiations, to even his own and with the advent of the busi- against the Mayor of London, erences for the next Prime and Modi’s challenge at Bishkek will be to expand their scope without upsetting preferences for the next incumbent of the nessman-turned-President, MEET THE DIVISIVE Sadiq Khan, by calling him a Minister in Boris Johnson or the US, undercutting India’s gains and more importantly not letting Beijing assume 10 Downing Street — Great Britain was the worms came out of the FIGURE OF NIGEL “not good mayor who had Jeremy Hunt. a comfort zone. The only reason China is keen on wooing India is because it made to look rather pedestrian and behold- woodwork. done a poor job.” He then Clearly, the days when a en to its “special” ally. Serendipitously, a 2003 FARAGE AT THE US added, condescendingly and blunt Margaret Thatcher could knows we are part of every strategic group in the region surrounding it, be it the Undercurrents of suspicion across the British comedy film, Love AMBASSADOR’S lordly, that the mayor had crit- stand up to the Yankee Quad (with the US, Japan and Australia) and BIMSTEC with littoral States along Atlantic have simmered for long and even Actually, has a role played by icised the “representative of the Republican President, like the Bay of Bengal, including Thailand and Myanmar, the two nations where the the victory in World War II was marred Hugh Grant as the Prime RESIDENCE AND US that can do so much good Ronald Reagan, who while with private concerns in the UK, over the Minister of Great Britain, who for the UK.” Further, with the urging her to go slow on BRI has taken off successfully. Besides, China finds India’s closeness to Japan ruthless negotiations done by the US, to stands up to the roughshod REITERATING British Prime Minister acqui- Falklands, was told off chilling- deeply unsettling in the Indian Ocean region. The navies of both countries con- extend crucial support during the war to antics of the visiting US BREXIT ‘WILL escing, Trump went on to call ly by the ‘Iron Lady’: “I didn’t duct joint missions and share intelligence on Chinese vessels. So China’s so- its “special” ally. Beyond the exacting President. In it, the British the head of the Opposition lose some of my best ships and commercial terms enforced on the post- Prime Minister calls the bluff HAPPEN AND IT party, Jeremy Corbyn, a “neg- some of my finest lives to leave called multi-polarity to counter the unipolar US is as much self-serving as sig- war UK, the US denied support to its “spe- on the “special relationship” PROBABLY SHOULD ative force.” Completing the quietly.” Since then, the sun has nalling mutual cooperation. Modi must remember that China would want to engage cial” ally on Suez Canal, leading to its by saying on the podium with HAPPEN’ picture of servility was the indeed firmly set on the with India only till it is relevant to its design. And that relevance comes from its humiliating retreat. In 1983, the US invad- the US President by his side, final comments by May, empire’s “greatest alliance.” ed Grenada in the Caribbean, then suppos- “I love that word relationship. addressed to both the Mayor of (The writer, a military vet- strategic value in the region. That is why Modi must further reinvigorate fora like edly a member of the British Covers all manners of sins, London and Corbyn, about eran, is a former Lt Governor of the BIMSTEC; the potential trade opportunity of its constituent nations is pro- Commonwealth. Even the reciprocal dis- doesn’t it? I fear that this has the “greatest alliance” that Andaman & Nicobar Islands jected to be as high as $250 billion. India needs to diversify its own export mar- interest in both the Vietnam war and later, become a bad relationship. “ensures our safety and securi- and Puducherry) kets in the protectionist era and work on its trade deficit with China. S O U N D BITE Tough love Whatever you (militants) When I was growing up, the Another high-level meeting Self-reliance has been our want, you will get it through only example I had of how a between India and Pakistan will be obsession, not just an objec- Jeweller Birju Salla, who threatened to hijack a plane, the democratic process and girl should be were princess meaningless unless it is accompa- tive and capacity building in within the ambit of the movies. And I was not at all nied with dismantling of terrorist academia has been a priority finds himself devoid of his liberty and rightly so Indian Constitution. like that. I couldn't relate to it. infrastructure in Pakistan. to foster front-line research. umbai jeweller Birju Salla was smit- J& K Governor Director Former Pakistan diplomat Former ISRO chairman ten with his girlfriend and wanted to —Satya Pal Malik —Jill Culton —Husain Haqqani —K Radhakrishnan Mspend more time with her in Delhi. The problem was that his girlfriend did not want to quit her job in Delhi. Keep in mind that Salla L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR was married already. His lady friend worked with Jet Airways and Salla, a very frequent trav- Right to free speech was rarely a social cause or a eller with the airline, wanted it to shut its Delhi Rescue efforts need to be strengthened burning issue of the day that he office so that she would come to him for a had not commented on. At times, Sir — This refers to the editor- his refers to the report, “Missing AN-32 found in he even incurred the wrath of fel- job. And he was already a bit upset with the ial, “Hong Kong wrong” (June ruins” (June 12). Even as wreckage of the AN-32 low artists. Once, Karnad airline due to deteriorating service. He would, 12). It is strange that much Ttransport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has famously disparaged VS Naipaul in his eyes, kill two birds with one stone. That stone was a hijack attempt, but apprehension has been raised in been found, the mystery remains as to how the air- and Rabindranath Tagore, which Salla was a slightly incompetent hijacker and to cut a long story short, he got India about the proposed extra- craft met this tragic end. It is significant to note that prompted MS Sathyu, the film- dition Bill in Hong Kong that the place where the plane had been flying was moun- maker who made the seminal caught fairly quickly. Even though the evidence was incontrovertible, his pros- will allow fugitives to be extra- tainous and heavily forested. Landings and take-offs classic Garam Hawa, to call ecution still took close to two years. But after this trial under the new Anti-Hijacking dited to China. Ironically, India, in this area are extremely difficult. It is also signifi- Karnad’s comments “stupid.” Act, Salla finds himself `5 crore poorer and behind the bars for 14 years. the world’s largest democracy, cant to note that the AN-32 is a Soviet-designed twin JS Acharya has a written Constitution. Yet engine turboprop, medium tactical transport aircraft Hyderabad This is a strong message to send. While Salla was actually onboard the air- State Governments brazenly that has been extensively used by the IAF for over four craft, there are far too many hoax calls made every year that affect airlines and arrest citizens who exercise their decades. It has undergone several rounds of upgrades. Ethical inspiration thousands of passengers. These hoaxers have a variety of purposes but most guaranteed right to freedom of Yet crashes by this sizeable fleet of ageing Russian for us to spot the wreckage of the aircraft points to speech. Despite the Supreme military aircraft are relatively common. Of course this the fact that there is something horribly wrong with get away with little more than a slap on the wrist. The fine and sentence must Court having given clear verdicts region, coupled with erratic weather, is among the most our search and rescue effort. With a new Government Sir — In the passing away of be applied, albeit at a lesser level, to these hoax callers as well. Airlines are a on this issue, the inalienable inhospitable for air transport. at helm and a formidable team at hand, surely we can Girish Karnad, the country has core part of the nation’s transportation system. Salla, of course, finds himself right of the citizens is always Since there is no information about the fate of the do better. lost an extraordinary playwright under the scanner. 13 people on board, the Government must officially TK Nandanan who never shied away from in more trouble as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) found that he had also In the latest case, the Uttar declare the status of the occupants. That it took so long Chennai embracing progressive ideas committed bigamy by marrying the lady he fancied. Some might question why Pradesh government had arrest- besides speaking boldly against someone, who acted out of love but mainly stupidity, should face such a harsh ed a freelance journalist for the pernicious trend of stifling allegedly sharing an objection- Fearless voice ney that saw him pen critically ly Hindi cinema, might remem- dissent and the climate of intol- sentence but the law has to be applied. The fine that he is paying will be shared able post against Chief Minister acclaimed plays, including ber Karnad more for his acting erance. He always took care to among the pilots, cabin crew and passengers, though it may not be enough to Yogi Adityanath on social media. Hayvadan, that is often count- roles than his expansive body of ensure that Indian theatre compensate them for their anguish and trauma. The irony of the situation, of Ultimately, the court had to Sir — A perennial rebel, a liber- ed among the most important work. His persona went beyond organically linked itself to its intervene and pull up the func- al to the core and Jnanpith plays of independent India. He the world of showbiz — a ver- performative traditions. An era course, must not be lost. Barely more than a year after his failed hijacking, the tionaries. This was completely award-winning playwright, actor also wrote screenplays for satile career spanning various of ethical and intellectual inspi- target of ire, Jet Airways, did shut shop. And while it will be impossible to dis- an avoidable situation. Unless a and film-maker Girish Karnad’s Kannada films like Samskara mediums and genres. ration has ended. count whether the hijacking had some role, however minor, in its demise, Salla few heads roll at each such death brings down the curtains and Vamsha Vriksha, co-direct- In a way, he was a rebel both Ravi Kanthuria instance, Governments will con- on a life that was dedicated to art ed by BV Karanth, that ushered in cinema and life. By the early Via email could have just been a bit more patient. And this punishment may be nothing tinue to transgress . and literature in every possible in the new wave of Kannada cin- part of the new millennium, compared to the problems he will face from his ‘wives’, who won’t be happy R Narayanan sense of the word. The success ema. But then, the later gener- Karnad became one of the most Send your feedback to: now with all the details that have emerged. Navi Mumbai of his play Yayati initiated a jour- ation of film audiences, especial- prominent social voices and there [email protected] LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN The world POINTCOUNTERPOINT MADRASAS ARE IN LARGE NUMBERS ACROSS THE IF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HELP of fantasy COUNTRY. THEY WILL BE CONNECTED WITH THE MADRASAS, THEN IT SHOULD BRING FORMAL AND MAINSTREAM EDUCATION. IMPROVEMENTS IN THEM. Sircar’s book on Bengal Renaissance is a work of highly —UNION MINISTER —SAMAJWADI PARTY LEADER impressive scholarship in its own sphere and deserves to MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI AZAM KHAN be widely read. It is a tribute to Bengal’s literary heritage Work to reduce crashes HIRANMAY KARLEKAR anjay Sircar’s Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: As India phases out old aircraft to accommodate state-of-the-art jets, it is also Abanindranath Tagore: The Make-Believe Prince (Kheerer Putul) : SGaganendranath Tagore: Toddy-Cat the Bold (Bhondar Bahadur) (Oxford University Press) has to be viewed at three levels — his location of both works, essential for it to maintain an accident-free record and ensure fleet safety widely known in the Bengali-speaking world, in a new Little Tradition emerg- ing from the massive creative churning of the Bengal Renaissance; the glob- al discourse around children’s literature and fantasy and folk tales; and the quality and authenticity of his English translations of the two works. Evaluation of translations can be dicey. Views differ. Beginning with the titles, Toddy-Cat the Bold is appropriate but Make-Believe Prince for Kheerer Putul (literally doll made of solidified sweetened milk) would raise eyebrows. He stumbles here and there such as when he translates “Raat ekta ki dedtar par (Toddy-Cat the Bold) as “About one or half past at night.” One or one-and-a-half am is really early morning. A more appropriate trans- lation would have been, “About an hour or an-hour-and-a-half past mid- night.” Generally, however, the English renditions are authentic, readable KK PAUL and retain the distinctive flavours of the originals. Sircar displays impressive knowledge of the history of children’s and fan- ust about a month ago, an Indian Air tasy literature, the commonalities in the diverse works in the genre world- Force (IAF) AN-32 military transport air- wide, and their contribution to identity-assumption/determination. The ques- Jcraft had overshot the runway at the tion, however, remains: Is he right in his contextualisation of the two works Mumbai international airport and come to in the narrative of the Bengal Renaissance? He traces the latter’s origins to a halt perilously close to the boundary wall along the Western Express highway. “a multi-faceted socio-cultural transformation” that “metropolitan Calcutta seems Reportedly, over 50 flights were affected due to have undergone” as a result of the “various, and sometimes quite disparate, to this incident. More recently, another AN- strands of British-Indian interactions throughout the 19th century.” He is right. 32 aircraft carrying 13 people on board went Further, though the introduction of Western education through instruction in missing in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Siang English, primarily the work of the Law member in Governor-General William district. The wreckage of the aircraft was Bentinck’s council, Thomas Babington Macaulay, was at the root of the trans- found eight days later after intense search formative interactions, initiating a renaissance was far from his thoughts. His operations. intention was “to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the It is understood that the Emergency millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, Locator Transmitter (ELT), which sends a but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect.” distress signal in case of a 20G (20-times gravitational force) impact, was non-func- Of course, British influence alone did not trigger the Renaissance; its tional. Well, what else did not work? With advent, as Sircar states, was facilitated by the unorthodox and heteroge- over 16 IAF aircraft lost during the last one nous socio-cultural ethos prevailing in Bengal, located at the periphery of year, one needs to ask some tough questions. the Mughal empire and relatively immune from the orthodoxies prevailing It is quite a paradoxical situation that our in it. He has rightly stated that the Renaissance marked Bengal’s transi- scientists are now world leaders in satellite tion from medievalism to modernity and was characterised by eclecticism technology and have established many a and irreverence in discourse and literary explorations. These explorations record but are unable to rectify some of the branched off from the avenues of “high literature” into the alleys harbour- glitches which tend to recur in our IAF air- ing hitherto marginalised sectors including Little Traditions. craft. One important aspect appears to be The authors of the two translated works belonged to a category known overlooked, that of safety of ageing fleet. Last year, in a written reply to a question (March as Bhadralok or gentle folk, a term given its salience in contemporary 2018), former Minister of State for Defence, historical discourse by JH Broomfield in Elite Conflict in a Plural Society: Subhash Bhamre, had informed the Lok Twentieth-century Bengal where he describes them as constituting a sta- Sabha that 31 aircraft of the IAF had been tus group in Talcott Parson’s sense of the word rather than a class in the involved in accidents during the last four Marxian or Weberian sense. They were “a socially privileged and con- years. It was said that 10 accidents had taken sciously superior group, economically dependent on landed rents and pro- place in 2014-15, six in 2015-16 and 10 in fessional and colonial employment.” He carefully differentiates the Bhadralok 2016-17, while five were reported in 2017- blamed on the absence of an Advanced Jet LOSING SEVEN OF we have lost a few hundred aircraft and val- from the middle class. They did “not include many middle-class elements 18. These accounted for almost two Trainer (AJT). It was said that pilots, for want ued pilots due to peace-time crashes, seri- like merchants and prosperous peasants, while encompassing some per- squadrons of aircraft. of an AJT, were trained on slower aircraft OUR BEST ously depleting our resources and imping- sons from both higher and lower classes.” Since this reply in the Parliament, and got suddenly exposed to a Mach-2 sit- ing on our fighting capability. Unfortunately, another 18 aircraft have been lost. These uation, leading to accidents. In any case, AN- POSSESSIONS, the same trend continues. Losing seven of Sircar recognises the Bhadralok’s role in the Bengal Renaissance. His account for almost two squadrons. In order 32 is a much slower transport aircraft. our best possessions, including Su-30MKI, statement that the latter is “usually divided into a series of sub-periods,” is, to get the full impact of these figures, one Losses have continued even after the INCLUDING THE which is a fourth generation aircraft being however, problematic. The term “usually” raises questions as there is no con- should read this together with the statement induction of the AJT. During the last four SU-30MKI, WHICH manufactured at Nasik, does not augur well. sensus on the matter. Also, history is a process of continuous unfolding and made by Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh years, that is after the induction of AJT, Most of these crashes of the `400 crore an element of arbitrariness invariably attends chronological division of peri- Dhanoa a few months ago, where he said that almost two squadrons may have been lost. IS A FOURTH planes were attributed to technical snags ods — even in the case of macro ones like ancient, medieval and modern. the depleted Air Force had only 31 As the number of crashes has not come GENERATION connected with the wire-guided system. The hazards of such exercises become clear from his earmarking of the first squadrons as against a sanction of 42 down significantly, there must be some other It has been often observed that in our sub-period as being “‘from the beginning’ till 1833.” From which date did the squadrons (16-18 planes each) and that India contributing factors that need to be AIRCRAFT BEING country, items in which foreign manufactur- Bengal Renaissance begin? Even the bravest would hesitate to answer. faced a grave threat. Even if the Air Force addressed. MANUFACTURED ers of defence equipment are interested hap- There have been avoidable sweeping statements. Thus Sircar writes, “It gets the sanctioned 42 squadrons, India’s Earlier, in the late 1990s, the situation pen to be the slowest to develop. None per- strength would be “less than the combined was even more serious as the frequency of haps would be interested to sell us satellites does seem to be the case that after 1765, when the East India Company took strength of our two adversaries — China and crashes had assumed alarming propor- AT NASIK, DOES or their launchers, and look at the phenom- over control of large portions of Eastern India from the Mughal emperor Shah Pakistan”, he said. tions. Eighty one aircraft, all MIGs and its NOT AUGUR WELL. enal progress made by us in the expertise in Alam, commerce flourished in urban Bengal, and systems of transport and In case one takes into account the IAF variants, had crashed during a five-year peri- rocket and missile technology. communication were set up, as were a civil administration, a modern bureau- losses during the last 10 years, almost four od, killing 34 pilots. Admittedly, there was MOST OF THESE On the other hand, the development of cracy, a police service, a new legal system — and institutions of learning.” squadrons or even more may have been lost a spare parts crunch at that time as some of CRASHES OF THE battle tanks and aircraft has taken a very long While all this is true, Sircar overlooks the devastating consequences which is not a small number. In a way, had these had been procured from the Central time. Considering that even in the indigenous- of British rule such as the famine of 1770 in which one-third of Bengal’s we cut down such losses, the country would Asian and East European countries, which `400 CRORE ly manufactured aircraft, a significant propor- population perished. Madhusree Mukherjee writes in her preface to have been in a much better position to face were not in a position to maintain that level PLANES WERE tion in critical areas still gets imported, their Churchill’s Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During any threats. As the IAF had the highest num- of forces and were reducing their invento- vulnerability to cyber attacks would also need World War II, “The famine of 1770 set the stage not only for the British ber of peace-time crashes in the world quite ry. These spare parts were not of the same ATTRIBUTED TO to be taken into account with appropriate counter measures in place. Now that we are Raj (as the imperial era in India would eventually be called) and the chain some time ago, a committee chaired by for- quality as originals. mer IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Denis So also was the case with lubricants and TECHNICAL SNAGS in the process of acquiring state-of-the-art and of famines that occurred throughout the reign but also, ultimately, for the Anthony Lafontaine, a fighter pilot who greases, whose shelf-life had expired. On the latest aircraft, it is up to our technicians, main- emergence of impoverished and strife-torn South Asia.” And, of course, played a key role in 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak other hand, one of the former Air Chiefs was CONNECTED WITH tenance crews and pilot trainers to ensure that British plunder of India has been laid bare by RC Dutt in his seminal wars, had gone into various aspects and had on record, having stated that there was a seri- THE WIRE-GUIDED we have an accident-free record. After all, Economic History of Bengal in two volumes. come to the conclusion that among the main ous design flaw. While this debate was heat- every accident prevented only adds to the All this notwithstanding, Sircar’s is a work of highly impressive scholar- factors for crashes were pilot error (42 per ing up, the Russian manufacturers blamed SYSTEM squadron strength of our Air Force. ship in its own sphere and deserves to be widely read. And, of course, it also cent), bird hits (seven per cent) and main- us for poor maintenance of the aircraft and (The writer is a retired Delhi Police deserved an index! tenance and technical issues (44 per cent). making changes in the original designs. Commissioner and former Uttarakhand Governor) (The author is Consulting Editor, The Pioneer) A very high rate of pilot error was Be that as it may, the fact remains that Searing hot conditions the new normal FOREIGN EYE Heat waves are not uncommon but increasingly, they are being attributed to global warming and climate change. The world lost more than five lakh people to such events in the last 20 years along with an economic loss of $3.47 trillion transforming this year to be the hottest paper published in the journal to global warming, particularly con- ever and the trend is not gladdening. Geophysical Research Letters. Another sidering a combination of tempera- Four of the warmest years ever record- major indicator of the warming trend ture and humidity. The severe El- ed were the last four years. The year due to climate change is Ocean Heat Nino conditions are also causing 2018 started off with a moderate La- Content (OHC). The year 2018 record- massive coral bleaching in the Great Nina phenomenon, which generally has ed a new high in terms of OHC since Barrier Reef and droughts in parts of a cooling effect on global climate, but observations began in 1940. Africa, South East Asia and South is going to end up being the fourth There is more heat stored in the America. Australia, too, is witness- ESSENTIAL STAND warmest year after 2015, 2016 and 2017. Earth’s oceans today than at any time ing its worst drought in living mem- Hundreds of thousands KOTA SRIRAJ This clearly shows a warming in the last 78 years. When GHGs trap ory. In regions like the New South trend. In fact, the 20 warmest years on heat in the atmosphere, some of it gets Wales, the drought is the worst in 400 have rallied against legal s early as December 2018, it was record have occurred in the last 22 converted into surface temperature but years. One of the impacts of warmer changes that imperil Hong predicted that the summer of years. This trend also sits in perfectly 90 per cent of it gets assimilated into surface temperatures and more ocean Kong’s freedoms. A2019 would deliver punishing with the emission rates of Green This pattern has already taken over. warming of the equatorial Pacific the oceans. Therefore, OHC is a much heat will be greater occurrence of Demonstrators have made heat wave conditions and going by the House Gases (GHGs) which were at a It is evident in the form of abnormal- Ocean, further adds to the already better indicator of climate change than extreme weather events such as their stand regardless of the spiralling temperatures currently being record high by end of 2018, according ly hot winter seasons for the past three warming temperatures. Following on surface temperatures. The last El-Nino tropical cyclones, heat waves, floods experienced across the country, the to the World Meteorological to four years in a row. Continuing at this, on December 3, 2018, the IMD event that ended in 2016 had lasted for and droughts. In 2018, there were 70 outcome and they deserve prophecy seems to be coming true. The Organisation. Scientists at Pennsylvania this rate, the next year will be even again stated that equatorial Sea Surface two years and caused heat waves all tropical cyclones all over the world, support. Beijing’s attitude is national capital Delhi was left scalded State University in the US have also worse and the threat to health and Temperatures (SSTs) were above aver- around the world, including India. The while the long-term average was 53. all the more reason for as it experienced temperatures touch- confirmed that a combination of well-being, especially of the young and age across most of the Pacific Ocean. heat waves in 2015 and 2016 killed The world lost more than five lakh leaders overseas, and ing 48 degree centigrade as recently as human-caused warming and a natur- the elderly, will be devastating. The climate prediction centre at the more than 2,500 people in India and people to such events in the last 20 years especially in Britain, to urge June 10 — the hottest June day for the al upswing in temperatures increase the The development of these events National Oceanic and Atmospheric have been attributed to climate change, along with an economic loss of $3.47 capital ever. Dholpur in nearby odds that any new El-Nino year would has been evident since the later half of Administration (NOAA) says that which suggests that El-Nino was inten- trillion, according to the latest Global it to respect Hong Kong’s Rajasthan was worse at 51°C. It was the turn out to be the warmest ever. the last year. On November 22, 2018, there is an 80 per cent chance that a full- sified by global warming. climate risk index 2019 report. The year autonomy in clear and fourth time that the temperature Additionally, many weather fore- the IMD observed that moderate El- fledged El-Nino has already begun and Heat waves are not uncommon 2019 seems to be having more than its forceful terms. They crossed 50°C in June in the State, casters around the world, including Nino Southern Oscillation conditions will last till the end of February 2019. but increasingly, these extreme share of extreme weather events in the deserve support, even if according to Indian Meteorological the IMD, had predicted that the were prevalent in the equatorial Pacific The impact of El-Nino on global weather conditions are being attrib- first three months. One can only hope China’s leaders are unlikely Department (IMD). development of an El-Nino phe- Ocean region and the El-Nino is like- weather has also got more intense on uted to global warming and climate for the best for the rest of the year. A combined effect of climate nomenon by the end of 2018 would ly to develop in the next two months. the past few occasions as a result of cli- change. The heat waves of 2015 and (The writer is an environmental to shift course. change and an evolving El-Nino is make things unbearably hot in 2019. El Nino, which is the unusual mate change, according to a research 2016 especially have been attributed journalist) (The Guardian editorial) LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 money 10 Sensex slumps Jalan panel to submit report by June end

194 pts; Yes PTI n NEW DELHI government. The RBI has over The other key members of gerheads over the Rs 9.6 lakh and YH Malegam in 2013. ticular number. Rs 9.6 lakh crore surplus cap- the panel include Rakesh crore surplus capital with the While the Subrahmanyam According to a report of by he Bimal Jalan committee, ital with it. Mohan, former deputy gover- central bank. panel recommended for build- Bank of America Merrill Bank tumbles Twhich is looking into the “The ECF panel will meet nor of RBI as the vice-chair- The finance ministry was ing a 12 per cent contingency Lynch, the Jalan committee is size of capital reserves that the one more time and will submit man, finance secretary Subhash of the view that the buffer of 28 reserve, the Thorat panel sug- likely to identify an excess RBI should hold, will have one the report by month-end,” an Chandra Garg, RBI deputy per cent of gross assets main- gested it should be maintained buffer of up to Rs 3 lakh crore. more meeting before finalising official told reporters here after governor N S Vishwanathan, tained by the central bank is at a higher 18 per cent of the This includes the excess capi- PTI n MUMBAI Maruti, Kotak Bank, Hero its report to be submitted to the the meeting. The ECF panel and two RBI central board well above the global norm of total assets of the central bank. tal in contingency reserves and MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, apex bank by month-end. was mandated to submit its members — Bharat Doshi and around 14 per cent. Following The RBI board did not also revaluation of reserves. napping its three-day ris- IndusInd Bank and Bajaj The six-member panel report to the RBI within 90 Sudhir Mankad. this, the RBI board in its meet- accept the recommendation of Halving of the contingency Sing streak, domestic equi- Finance, that shed up to 1.79 under former RBI governor days of its first meeting which The panel has been ing on November 19, 2018, the Thorat committee and reserves to a level of 3.25 per ty benchmark BSE Sensex per cent. Jalan was appointed on took place on January 8. entrusted with the task of decided to constitute a panel to decided to continue with the cent from the present 6.5 per ended 194 points lower On the other hand, Tata December 26, 2018, to review Following this, the panel was reviewing the best practices fol- examine Economic Capital recommendation of the cent will release Rs 1.282 lakh Wednesday, dragged by loss- Steel, ONGC, Vedanta, Sun the Economic Capital given a three-month exten- lowed by central banks world- Framework. Subrahmanyam committee. crore, the report said, pointing es in banking and auto stocks Pharma, TCS, RIL, HUL and Framework (ECF) for the sion. Asked about the reason wide in making assessment In the past, the issue of the The Malegam panel said out that the level is still 50 per amid weak global cues. ITC bucked the weak market Reserve Bank after the Finance for delay in finalisation of the and provisions for risks. ideal size of the RBI reserves the RBI should transfer an cent higher than what central Investors were also cau- trend and gained up to 2.60 Ministry wanted the RBI to fol- report, the official said, “There The government and the was examined by three com- adequate amount of its profit to banks in the BRICS (Brazil, tious ahead of the release of per cent. low global best practices and may be differences of opinion, RBI under its previous gover- mittees — V Subrahmanyam in the contingency reserves annu- Russia, India, China and South inflation and factory output According to experts, the transfer more surplus to the but that is being discussed”. nor Urjit Patel had been at log- 1997, Usha Thorat in 2004 ally but did not ascribe any par- Africa) grouping have. numbers, traders said. market mood turned negative After slumping over 300 tracking weak cues from points during the day, the overseas markets after US BSE gauge pared some loss- President Donald Trump Retail inflation at 7-month high Industrial growth at 3.4 pc es to settle 193.65 points, or Tuesday said he was not 0.48 per cent, lower at interested in a trade deal PTI n NEW DELHI Implementation. continued to show a defla- PTI n NEW DELHI the corresponding month of the durables, segments in April 2019 39,756.81. The index with China unless it agreed to Retail inflation stood at tionary trend with an infla- last fiscal. However, there was a on annual basis. hit an intra-day low of four-five major points. etail inflation spiked to a 4.87 per cent in May 2018. tion rate of (-)5.17 per cent ndia’s industrial output grew to slowdown in the manufacturing However, the production of 39,623.53 and a high of Elsewhere in Asia, Rseven-month high of 3.05 The previous high was in against (-)4.89 per cent in the Ia six-month high of 3.4 per sector. primary goods increased by 5.2 39,982.10. Shanghai Composite Index per cent in May, though October 2018, when the retail preceding month. cent in April mainly on account As per Central Statistics per cent in April this year as Similarly, the broader fell 0.56 per cent, Hang Seng remaining within RBI’s com- inflation print came in at For fuel and light catego- of improvement in mining and Office (CSO) data, manufactur- against 2.7 per cent year-on- NSE Nifty fell 59.40 points, or ended 1.73 per cent lower, fort level, as kitchen items 3.38 per cent. ry, inflation stood at 2.48 per power generation, according to ing growth slipped to 2.8 per cent year. In terms of industries, 14 0.50 per cent, to close at Nikkei slipped 0.35 per cent like vegetables, meat and fish Vegetables prices wit- cent as against 2.56 per cent government data released in April from 4.9 per cent in the out of 23 industry groups in the 11,906.20. During the day, the and Kospi shed 0.14 per cent. turned dearer, government nessed a sharp rise during in April. Inflation for the Wednesday. The Index of corresponding period last year. manufacturing sector showed index touched a low of Bourses in Europe were data showed Wednesday. May this year at 5.46 per cent overall food basket, based Industrial Production (IIP) had Giving further details, the positive growth during April 11,866.35 and a high of also trading in the red in their The consumer price as against 2.87 per cent in on consumer food price expanded by 4.5 per cent in April CSO data revealed that the 2019 as compared to the cor- 11,962.45. early deals. index (CPI) based retail infla- April 2019. index, increased to 1.83 per 2018. The previous high in IIP growth in capital goods segment, responding month of the pre- Yes Bank was the worst On the currency front, tion for April was revised Prices of meat and fish cent in May as against 1.10 growth was recorded at 8.4 per barometer of investment activi- vious year. The industry group performer in the Sensex pack, the Indian rupee appreciated marginally upwards to 2.99 went up by 8.12 per cent per cent a month earlier, the cent in October 2018. The ties, slowed sharply to 2.5 per ‘manufacture of wearing appar- declining 3.34 per cent, after 10 paise to 69.34 against the per cent from the earlier esti- (from 7.55 per cent), while data showed. expansion in the mining sector cent from a high of 9.8 per cent el’ has shown the highest pos- Moody’s placed the private US dollar intra-day. mate of 2.92 per cent, as per the inflation print for cereal Retail inflation is a cru- was 5.1 per cent compared to 3.8 in April 2018. itive growth of 33.6 per cent fol- sector lender’s ratings under Brent crude futures, the the data released by the and products rose to 1.24 per cial data point, keenly per cent in the year-ago month. Similarly, slower growth was lowed by 22.6 per cent in review for a possible down- global oil benchmark, dived Central Statistics Office cent (from 1.17 per cent) in watched by the Reserve Bank Similarly, the growth in the recorded in infrastructure/con- ‘Manufacture of wood and grade. 2.57 per cent to USD 60.69 (CSO) of the Ministry of May this year. while deciding its monetary power sector was 6 per cent in struction goods, consumer products of wood and cork, Other losers included per barrel. Statistics and Programme However, prices of fruits policy. April as against 2.1 per cent in durables and consumer non- except furniture

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118.10 128.00 112.00 113.70 MPHASIS 945.00 972.90 932.10 968.50 BAJAJELEC 508.15 511.25 499.00 509.25 RAMCOCEM 795.75 795.75 784.05 790.75 EICHERMOT 20152.00 20200.00 19972.95 20130.00 -2.00 RELIANCE 1335.20 1338.60 1325.65 1331.10 IDBI 36.50 36.75 36.00 36.40 MAHSCOOTER 4565.00 4665.00 4455.00 4561.85 EIDPARRY 180.80 180.80 174.05 174.75 HCLTECH 1107.00 1110.00 1091.30 1107.50 -0.40 JETAIRWAYS 109.40 112.85 107.00 110.40 TATAGLOBAL 254.95 257.35 253.35 254.65 SRF 2886.00 2917.00 2876.45 2889.30 GHCL 244.85 247.70 242.30 244.20 GRASIM 886.00 895.95 877.30 889.65 -0.45 VEDL 169.10 173.25 168.30 170.10 WHIRLPOOL 1531.00 1571.55 1511.30 1521.55 GODFRYPHLP 904.00 922.65 892.10 904.80 GREENPLY 167.90 167.90 162.55 165.40 ASIANPAINT 1429.95 1439.90 1421.00 1424.05 -1.45 SUNPHARMA 392.00 397.00 386.00 391.65 TATAPOWER 66.80 67.75 66.00 66.35 SUNDRMFAST 544.40 560.05 526.10 531.90 TEJASNET 168.65 172.00 168.30 170.05 ADANIPORTS 425.25 429.40 423.00 425.80 -0.50 TCS 2249.00 2267.00 2219.50 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3205.80 GLAXO 1267.00 1268.50 1264.00 1265.75 TECHM 762.00 764.30 743.30 748.50 -13.60 KOTAKBANK 1495.00 1502.00 1476.40 1482.70 OMAXE 203.40 203.40 201.30 201.65 ALLCARGO 109.80 111.00 108.00 109.50 PGHH 10984.85 11150.00 10896.25 11046.50 BAYERCROP 3665.80 3665.80 3610.00 3610.90 CARBORUNIV 360.00 361.15 354.50 355.15 INFRATEL 282.00 282.40 272.05 274.15 -9.00 ITC 281.90 281.90 278.25 280.00 HAVELLS 790.10 790.95 775.90 781.30 GODREJIND 482.00 482.00 471.50 474.70 MINDTREE 978.00 978.90 973.00 975.50 DHANUKA 383.40 390.00 382.05 382.20 YESBANK 136.00 137.80 133.60 135.10 -4.45 BAJFINANCE 3550.00 3550.00 3485.00 3510.10 CROMPTON 249.00 249.00 239.35 241.25 CANFINHOME 338.00 352.00 338.00 345.30 HIMATSEIDE 171.40 171.40 166.00 166.60 ADANIPOWER 48.40 50.45 48.10 49.15 NESTLEIND 11641.00 11760.00 11530.55 11713.75 FINOLEXIND 511.25 525.00 503.00 506.05 ZENSARTECH 258.90 259.45 253.60 255.85 SUPREMEIND 1074.05 1087.00 1073.90 1084.90 IBULHSGFIN 668.00 669.00 608.75 621.40 -53.15 INDHOTEL 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0.50 BATAINDIA 1422.20 1444.10 1417.00 1429.45 MOTILALOFS 719.50 728.00 706.90 715.20 ALKEM 1808.95 1821.95 1785.40 1792.70 HERITGFOOD 413.90 418.00 411.00 412.90 GICRE 219.90 220.35 217.30 218.80 0.50 DRREDDY 2644.00 2644.00 2572.60 2590.35 ITI 93.35 93.50 91.85 92.25 BLUESTARCO 804.25 804.25 780.10 791.35 STARCEMENT 125.05 125.05 122.00 122.50 DABUR 409.70 410.45 406.15 410.45 0.70 PFC 133.40 134.20 129.85 132.00 MEGH 66.70 67.55 66.20 66.45 GPPL 83.90 84.45 82.30 83.60 CHOLAHLDNG 495.50 495.50 490.00 493.50 HINDZINC 241.50 243.80 241.20 242.25 0.40 IOC 163.50 163.65 161.10 162.50 PNBHOUSING 812.80 812.80 805.00 809.45 JSLHISAR 82.30 82.80 81.05 81.35 BLUEDART 2704.40 2704.40 2680.00 2696.55 OFSS 3328.00 3328.00 3285.00 3310.00 2.80 POWERGRID 192.85 193.60 190.40 191.00 VBL 942.85 947.35 937.10 943.90 TATAMETALI 603.95 610.35 598.05 598.35 INOXWIND 68.00 69.90 67.35 68.55 COLPAL 1175.75 1181.60 1163.90 1177.50 0.75 BANKINDIA 88.05 89.90 87.35 87.90 TVSMOTOR 475.15 475.50 467.55 472.70 CHENNPETRO 211.70 217.40 210.50 216.20 NLCINDIA 65.15 65.25 64.00 64.55 SHILPAMED 350.00 350.00 336.95 340.00 ICICIPRULI 368.20 376.10 367.70 371.00 -0.05 ASIANPAINT 1434.80 1439.80 1420.25 1425.55 TRENT 400.40 414.05 381.85 405.35 SYMPHONY 1304.00 1337.00 1282.60 1301.65 PHOENIXLTD 647.00 651.00 644.00 645.00 AIAENG 1836.00 1850.00 1820.00 1843.00 MARICO 376.40 378.95 374.55 376.50 -0.40 RECLTD 156.00 157.20 152.90 154.00 TATAELXSI 862.00 870.65 853.60 856.10 FINCABLES 465.20 465.20 448.10 455.95 MINDAIND 330.70 337.45 330.70 333.70 JAGRAN 111.25 111.25 110.15 110.60 SBILIFE 699.90 702.00 695.25 700.00 -1.00 NMDC 108.30 108.90 106.45 107.30 JUBLFOOD 1325.00 1339.55 1314.00 1333.60 BIRLACORPN 640.05 640.10 628.00 633.25 LAOPALA 196.00 197.20 194.00 194.80 CERA 3017.50 3045.00 2962.00 2981.45 NMDC 107.95 109.00 106.25 107.15 -0.25 AUROPHARMA 652.50 653.90 636.60 641.65 FORCEMOT 1498.00 1510.00 1471.25 1484.10 COROMANDEL 426.00 426.80 421.05 423.55 GMDCLTD 75.40 77.25 75.05 75.45 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265.30 268.50 INFRATEL 283.70 283.70 272.75 273.95 THOMASCOOK 231.75 231.90 226.00 227.10 SHANKARA 497.10 497.25 488.15 489.05 GEPIL 864.00 868.90 861.10 861.70 SIEMENS 1265.00 1277.90 1250.30 1260.95 -9.15 BPCL 389.00 390.50 380.00 381.25 VOLTAS 621.00 621.00 605.00 608.15 KSCL 527.00 539.70 519.10 533.15 GRINDWELL 597.00 597.00 577.35 588.20 NH 229.90 229.90 221.10 221.10 NIACL 159.90 160.70 158.15 158.70 -1.20 HDFCLIFE 447.50 449.35 440.15 441.65 ADANIGREEN 42.95 43.75 42.80 43.05 SWANENERGY 105.45 106.00 104.45 105.65 LAURUSLABS 343.00 344.80 340.10 340.50 3MINDIA 22506.15 22598.00 22405.00 22441.75 ACC 1589.65 1593.00 1572.50 1577.00 -12.65 BEL 109.95 110.90 106.85 107.30 CADILAHC 252.70 254.10 245.00 246.05 NHPC 24.50 24.95 24.50 24.80 TVTODAY 273.40 275.00 264.10 265.25 ITDCEM 113.00 113.00 111.10 111.95 HDFCLIFE 446.00 449.40 440.10 441.30 -4.00 SUNTECK 475.00 478.35 466.25 472.05 TATACOMM 501.60 512.50 487.30 490.15 NATCOPHARM 538.00 546.45 535.00 544.75 GUJALKALI 529.65 538.60 529.20 535.30 MONSANTO 2350.00 2371.05 2322.50 2365.65 SHREECEM 20779.00 20779.00 20324.05 20594.00 -188.25 UNIONBANK 74.00 75.05 73.40 74.45 CENTURYTEX 951.00 996.15 951.00 981.70 JYOTHYLAB 173.30 174.50 170.35 172.20 ANDHRABANK 24.00 24.40 24.00 24.15 CCL 259.85 259.85 255.35 256.80 DIVISLAB 1555.80 1560.00 1530.75 1540.00 -15.80 ADANIPORTS 426.05 429.00 422.85 424.50 CEATLTD 974.10 982.20 955.15 958.00 DEEPAKFERT 135.20 137.00 133.40 134.55 OFSS 3296.80 3313.35 3285.90 3308.15 ASTRAZEN 1868.95 1893.00 1868.95 1874.30 AMBUJACEM 219.55 222.80 219.55 220.95 -2.30 ABB 1551.00 1572.00 1504.00 1509.85 APOLLOTYRE 194.90 198.00 191.05 192.05 JINDALSAW 85.00 85.80 83.30 83.75 VMART 2239.05 2257.50 2144.55 2171.70 ELGIEQUIP 260.35 264.45 257.05 264.40 INDIGO 1675.90 1680.00 1629.00 1657.50 -18.40 ESCORTS 587.25 593.95 571.85 575.20 THERMAX 1150.00 1150.00 1097.30 1116.10 NAVKARCORP 33.15 36.95 31.20 32.00 CRISIL 1475.50 1510.00 1441.30 1458.05 APARINDS 631.00 631.70 620.00 620.60 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25756.05 25834.65 25620.00 25767.35 CADILAHC 251.00 253.85 245.00 245.75 -5.05 HEROMOTOCO 2766.00 2766.55 2724.75 2732.90 STAR 429.00 434.00 424.90 431.85 CENTRALBK 23.90 23.90 23.35 23.40 HAL 691.00 708.00 691.00 696.60 SOLARINDS 1165.25 1180.00 1156.40 1162.75 BHEL 69.95 70.65 67.95 68.20 -1.50 GNFC 265.25 277.95 264.95 273.70 SOUTHBANK 13.66 13.74 13.48 13.60 ORIENTCEM 115.80 116.45 114.75 115.15 LINDEINDIA 548.00 548.00 542.00 544.10 JCHAC 1825.00 1825.00 1790.00 1795.60 ABB 1547.75 1574.65 1500.05 1509.00 -37.55 PEL 2167.65 2167.65 2111.55 2130.45 HCLTECH 1109.00 1110.00 1091.60 1106.55 HEXAWARE 348.80 349.00 345.00 346.15 MAHLOG 492.00 499.00 491.75 495.95 GULFOILLUB 895.40 900.25 893.95 900.25 ICICIGI 1144.00 1149.00 1103.00 1120.00 -29.20 RADICO 293.80 293.80 282.00 285.00 WELSPUNIND 55.00 57.05 54.75 56.15 NAVINFLUOR 747.70 749.95 720.60 737.90 ZYDUSWELL 1379.95 1386.00 1356.20 1357.25 HATSUN 704.35 717.45 704.35 716.00 L&TFH 125.00 126.30 121.15 121.65 -3.25 KEI 474.00 483.35 466.10 469.15 HSCL 114.05 116.45 112.65 114.05 ADVENZYMES 198.95 200.00 192.05 193.50 SREINFRA 21.70 21.85 21.50 21.60 SHOPERSTOP 481.30 488.95 480.15 483.65 DLF 191.00 191.00 183.70 184.75 -6.80 DEEPAKNI 285.65 295.30 280.00 281.75 EICHERMOT 20050.00 20149.00 19989.90 20067.00 ISEC 225.10 227.20 220.20 220.85 ENDURANCE 1199.95 1200.00 1179.10 1184.70 MAHLIFE 420.95 425.60 420.05 420.55 SRTRANSFIN 1113.00 1113.00 1058.20 1069.30 -40.50 BERGEPAINT 329.90 336.95 328.35 330.85 INDIANB 269.40 270.25 262.55 267.50 ABFRL 219.05 219.75 215.50 217.40 RELAXO 841.90 841.90 833.75 838.45 SUNCLAYLTD 2530.00 2530.00 2499.95 2499.95 BIOCON 269.90 271.35 256.05 257.00 -11.55 IGL 341.70 344.70 335.00 336.35 IRB 117.50 118.70 115.55 116.20 KAJARIACER 619.00 619.90 608.10 610.00 APLAPOLLO 1592.25 1599.75 1584.10 1589.50 KIOCL 139.95 139.95 130.00 130.00 world 11 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019

Protestors try to storm HK Parliament Imran Khan vows to Clashes erupt over govt’s controversial extradition bill go after ‘thieves’ AFP n HONG KONG has forced people to escalate responsible for Pak’s their actions, so I think it’s iolent clashes broke out in inevitable for the fight this VHong Kong on Wednesday time to get heated,” said 21- as police tried to stop protest- year-old protester Lau Ka- economic woes ers storming the city’s parlia- chun. News of the postponed ment, while tens of thousands debate did not deter crowds PTI n ISLAMABADKONG of people blocked key arteries swelling throughout in a show of strength against Wednesday. akistan Prime Minister government plans to allow “It’s not enough to delay PImran Khan has vowed to extraditions to China. the meeting,” said student go after the “thieves” who left Police used tear gas, pepper Charles Lee, 23. “Stalling is not the country badly in debt and spray and batons to disperse our ultimate goal. We need set up a high-powered com- crowds of black-clad demon- them to consider scrapping mission to probe huge debts strators — most of them young it... Clashes are unavoidable if incurred during the last 10 people and students — calling they adopt this attitude towards years, as he defended arrests of for authorities to scrap the their citizens.” Lawmakers had several key political figures in Beijing-backed law. been due to debate the bill on corruption cases. Clashes broke out shortly Wednesday morning in the In an unusual midnight after 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) — city’s legislature, which is dom- speech after the first budget of the deadline protesters had inated by Beijing loyalists, with his cash-strapped government given for the government to a final vote expected on June was presented, Khan said that abandon the controversial bill. 20. It was not announced when all economic problem were Rows of riot police were the next meeting on the bill due to debt which increased to quickly outnumbered by pro- would be held. Rs 30 lakh crore from Rs 6 lakh claimed debt increased. testers — many wearing face “The only responsible crore in 10 years. Khan said that the com- masks, helmets or goggles — thing to do now is for Carrie His speech came on the mission will include represen- who gathered in the centre of Lam to withdraw the evil bill, day when Leader of the tatives of the Federal the city ahead of a scheduled or at least to shelve it in order Opposition in the Punjab Investigation Agency (FIA), debate in the city’s legislature. to solve the crisis,” said pro- Assembly, Hamza Shehbaz was Intelligence Bureau (IB), Inter- By late morning, with loose bricks from pavements. ple turned out to voice their protests. close on Wednesday in a ges- democracy lawmaker arrested by the National Services Intelligence (ISI), crowds swelling and major After the deadline expired, objections to the proposed law, “I also urge citizens who ture of solidarity with the pro- Fernando Cheung. Accountability Bureau (NAB) Federal Bureau of Revenue roads blocked by throngs of protesters broke into the fore- which would allow Hong Kong have gathered to show restraint testers, and the city’s major stu- “Because the situation is in cases related to money laun- (FBR) and Security and protesters, officials in the court of the Legco offices in a to send suspects to other juris- as much as possible, disperse dent unions announced they very tense, if she forces it dering. Exchange Commission of Legislative Council (Legco) bid to breach the building, dictions around the world — peacefully and do not defy the would boycott classes to attend through and asks the police to On Monday, former pres- Pakistan (SECP). said they would delay the sec- and demonstrators were seen including China. law,” he said in a video message. the rally. use violence, I’m afraid Hong ident Asif Ali Zardari was also He said that those who ond reading of the bill “to a throwing missiles including But the record numbers Many opponents are fear- A string of other promi- Kong’s children will be hurt, arrested by the NAB in con- were in helms of affairs during later date”. In tense scenes metal bars at riot police. failed to sway Hong Kong’s pro- ful the law would entangle nent unions in the transport, will bleed.” Hong Kong’s lead- nection with a multi-million last 10 years will not be spared. echoing the Occupy move- Police beat back umbrella- Beijing leader Carrie Lam, who people in the mainland’s social work and teaching sec- ers say the proposed law is dollar money laundering case. “All those in power will be ment in 2014 that shut down wielding demonstrators first has rejected calls to withdraw opaque courts, leaving them tors either followed suit or needed to plug loopholes and Former Prime Minister fully investigated by this com- swathes of the city for months, with batons and pepper spray, the bill. Matthew Cheung, the vulnerable to a justice system encouraged members to attend, to stop the city being a sanc- Nawaz Sharif (from the PML- mission which will prepare a people flooded major roads then with tear gas. city’s chief secretary, on seen as acting at the behest of while a bus driver union said it tuary for fugitives, and that N party) is already in jail hav- report so that no one dare leave and junctions, dragging barri- Organisers of a gigantic Wednesday called on demon- the Chinese Communist Party. would encourage members to safeguards are in place to ing been sentenced in another the country in tatters ever cades onto highways and tying march in the city on Sunday strators to withdraw, in the first More than 100 Hong Kong drive slowly to support protests. ensure that political critics of corruption case in 2018. again,” he said. “Even if my life them together. Others plucked said more than a million peo- official reaction to the latest businesses said they would “It’s the government who Beijing will not be targeted. Khan announced that after goes, I will not leave these putting to rest the initial focus thieves alone. I had prayed to of the government to stabilise God to give me one chance — the economy, his attention I will not leave them.” Japan’s Abe in Tehran mission would be more targeted He blamed the two previ- towards bringing the ones to ous governments for all ills task who had caused the coun- including low growth, jobless- try to fall into such dire straits. ness and devaluations. to ease Iran-US tensions “Pakistan is stable now. Khan’s government has That pressure [to stabilise the been heavily criticised for the AFP n TEHERAN tial purchases of Iranian oil and or deliver a message from economy] has been relieved. politically-motivated arrests in launched a military buildup in Washington, and instead want Now I will go after them [the corruption cases, but he apan’s Prime Minister Shinzo the Gulf. to play the role of neutral corrupt politicians],” declared defended them. JAbe is expected in Tehran for “Amid concerns over grow- intermediary. the prime minister. Khan said he would not be a rare diplomatic mission, hop- ing tension in the Middle East On Tuesday, Abe discussed “I’m making a high-pow- “blackmailed” with protests. ing to ease tensions between and with the attention of the “the situation in Iran” in a tele- ered enquiry commission with Talking about the recent the Islamic republic and Tokyo’s international community on phone call with Trump, a a one-point agenda: how did arrests of the bigwigs, Khan key ally Washington. the issue, Japan wishes to do its Japanese government they raise the debt to Rs24,000 said: “I am grateful to Allah, the The first Japanese prime best towards peace and stabil- spokesman said. billion (24 lakh crore) in 10 big figures who are now jailed, minister to visit Iran in 41 ity in the region,” Abe told A government official said years?” no one could have imagined [it years, Abe is expected to arrive reporters in Tokyo before leav- Abe will not be in Tehran to He said that the commis- could be done].” in Tehran at around 1120 GMT ing for Tehran. “mediate between Iran and the sion shall comprise the FIA “People are crying that and go straight into talks with “Based on traditional US” and that “easing tensions” (Federal Investigation Agency), Sharif and Zardari have been President Hassan Rouhani. friendly ties between Japan was the prime purpose. IB (Intelligence Bureau), ISI jailed [...] both of them used to Tehran is locked in a bitter and Iran, I would like to have “He might touch upon the (the Inter-services Intelligence call each other corrupt. Mian standoff with Washington after candid exchanges of opinions subject (of mediation) but that Directorate), FBR (Federal Nawaz Sharif jailed Zardari President Donald Trump with- with President Rouhani and does not necessarily mean he is Board of Revenue) and SECP twice during his two tenures. drew from a landmark 2015 supreme leader Khamenei delivering a message” from (Securities and Exchange The prime minister said nuclear deal in May last year. towards easing tensions,” he Washington, he added. Commission of Pakistan). that they [Nawaz and Zardari] Washington has since said. After holding talks with The Pakistan Peoples Party came to an agreement that reimposed crippling unilateral Japanese government offi- Rouhani on Wednesday, Abe is and Pakistan Muslim League- each would rule for five years sanctions that have forced cials say Abe will not present to meet Iran’s supreme leader Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono shake hands for media prior Nawaz served in two successive and “not say anything to each Japan to halt its once substan- Tehran with a list of demands, on Thursday morning. to their meeting in Tehran on Wednesday AP terms since 2008 when Khan other”. China names Syria says air defence Hamza Shehbaz Weidong as remanded to Boris launches leadership India envoy downs Israeli missiles NAB custody PTI n bid as MPs warn on Brexit BEIJING PTI n LAHORE AFP n LONDON said ahead of his official cam- “The Tory debate on Brexit hina has appointed veter- AFP n DAMACUS ment in two locations, but dreds of air strikes in Syria paign launch. has descended into the dis- Can diplomat Sun Weidong, without causing any casualties. since the beginning of the con- n accountability court oris Johnson launches his He warned that failure turbing, ludicrous and reckless,” an expert in South Asian affairs yrian air defence shot down “All the positions hit had flict in 2011, targeting forces AWednesday remanded Bcampaign Wednesday to would see the ruling said Labour Brexit spokesman and worked closely with SIsraeli missiles targeting the the Lebanese Hezbollah there,” loyal to President Bashar al- Opposition leader in Pakistan’s replace Theresa May as Britain’s Conservatives lose at the next Keir Starmer. External Affairs Minister S south of the country Observatory head Rami Abdel Assad and the regime’s allies Punjab Assembly Hamza next leader, as lawmakers election to leftist leader Jeremy “We can’t be bystanders Jaishankar during his tenure as Wednesday, state media said, as Rahman said. Iran and Hezbollah. Shehbaz to a 14-day physical moved to stop him and other Corbyn’s Labour party. while the next prime minister Ambassador in Beijing, as its a monitor reported positions of The missiles targeted Tall Earlier this month, Israel custody, a day after the coun- hardliners from delivering a “Delay means defeat. Delay forces through a no-deal with- new envoy to India. the regime’s Lebanese ally al-Hara, a hill in the southern struck multiple positions held try’s anti-graft body arrested “no deal” Brexit. means Corbyn. Kick the can out the consent of the British Sun, who also served as the Hezbollah had been hit. province of Daraa where by regime forces over a period him in cases related to money The former foreign secre- and we kick the bucket,” he people.” Johnson has a che- ambassador to Pakistan, is cur- The attack was launched in Hezbollah has radars and the of 24 hours, killing 15 com- laundering and corruption. tary is the favourite among 10 said. quered history, arguably known rently the Director General of the early hours of the morning regime has air defence batter- batants according to the The National candidates to succeed May, However, opposition par- more for his gaffes and jokes the Policy and Planning against the Tall al-Hara sector ies, said the Observatory, which Observatory. Accountability Bureau (NAB) who quit after failing to take ties backed by some than his achievements both as Department of the Foreign near the Golan Heights, relies on sources inside Syria In January, it targeted was granted Hamza’s custody Britain out of the European Conservatives are putting for- mayor of London and foreign Ministry. according to official news for its information. Iranian positions in Syria in till June 26. Judge Jawadul Union on schedule. ward a motion in parliament’s minister. He will succeed Luo agency SANA, which said there It also targeted barracks for what it said was a response to Hassan pronounced the May has delayed Brexit lower House of Commons to But he has a national pres- Zhaohui, who has been had been no casualties. the Lebanese fighters in the an Iranian missile strike from reserved verdict after hearing twice — most recently to seek to block any attempt to ence, known across Britain appointed as Vice Minister of It did not specify what had abandoned town of Quneitra inside the country. the arguments from both sides October 31 — as she tried and leave the EU with no deal. just as Boris, and is seen as Foreign Affairs. been targeted. on the Syrian-controlled side of That attack killed 21, most- in the case. failed to get her divorce deal They fear that severing ties more charismatic than his An agreement has been SANA also accused Israel a demilitarised zone between ly Iranians. A NAB team earlier through parliament. overnight with Britain’s biggest rivals. conveyed by India to China on of conducting an “electronic both countries in the Golan. Israel says it is determined brought Hamza, 44, to the Johnson, a leading figure in trading partner would bring He warned that Corbyn Sun’s appointment, Indian war” and “jamming” Syrian The town has been largely to prevent its arch foe Iran from court amid tight security. the 2016 referendum vote to huge economic disruption. must not be allowed to win an Embassy officials here told radar. in ruins for over four decades entrenching itself militarily in Hamza is the son of PML-N leave, has said he will deliver on In a repeat of moves earli- election. PTI. The Syrian Observatory since it was razed by Israeli Syria, where Tehran backs president and National the result with or without a deal er this year, the MPs will try to “The last time I faced an Indian Ambassador to for Human Rights, a Britain- forces before they withdrew Assad in the country’s eight- Assembly opposition leader with Brussels. take control of the Commons emanation of that Marxist cabal China, Vikram Misri congrat- based war monitor, said the under a 1974 United Nations year war, which has left more Shahbaz Sharif. The NAB had “After three years and two timetable on June 25, which I defeated him when the ulated Sun on his appoint- strikes had targeted positions of agreement. than 370,000 people dead and requested for a 15-day physical missed deadlines, we must would allow them to introduce Conservatives were 17 points ment through a tweet. the Hezbollah Shiite move- Israel has carried out hun- displaced millions. remand of the PML-N leader. leave the EU on October 31,” he a law that might stop “no deal”. behind in London,” he said. ‘India’s general election most inclusive poll’ PTI n UNITED NATIONS mitted to providing a universal declared on May 23. ronment, she said. Disability ID project that entails enabling environment for per- Gamlin said the facilities A comprehensive rehabil- creation of a national database ndia’s recently-concluded sons with disabilities to fulfil included obstacle-free access to itation service through an early and ensures issuance of the Igeneral election was the most their rights equally with others voting compartment, accessible intervention programme for unique ID card to every person historic and “inclusive” poll as and realise their full potential toilets, separate entry and exit, children with disabilities in with disability, she said. it ensured that every person and in creating a fully inclusive braille ballot guide, braille the age group of 0-6 years is The Indian government is exercise their right to vote, country where all enjoy equal embossed electronic voting underway, Gamlin said. also implementing schemes including those with disabili- rights,” she said. machines and voter slips, National Institute of for providing contemporary ties, an annual UN conference “India just recently con- wheelchairs as well as free Mental Health Rehabilitation modern aids and assisting was told. Addressing the con- cluded the most historic, inclu- local public transport facility and a Centre for Disability devices to persons with dis- ference here on Tuesday, sive general election wherein a and priority entry to polling Sports are also being estab- abilities. Secretary in the Department of wide a range of facilities were stations. lished to address the issues per- UN Secretary-General Empowerment of Persons with provided to make the polling Improving mobility of per- taining to psychosocial dis- Antonio Guterres told the Disabilities Ministry of Social stations more inclusive and sons with disabilities has been abilities and for promotion of annual conference on the Justice and Empowerment accessible to ensure that all can a continuous endeavour of the sports amongst disabled ‘Convention of Rights of Shakuntala Doley Gamlin said exercise their right to vote,” Indian government, she said. sportspersons, she said. Persons with Disabilities’ that India underlined its commit- Gamlin said. Prime Minister Narendra In another significant mea- disability inclusion was not ment to providing an enabling The 2019 Indian general Modi launched the ‘Accessible sure to benefit persons with only a fundamental human environment for differently- election was held in seven India Campaign’ for achieving disabilities, the Indian gov- right, but also “central to the abled citizens. phases from April 11 to May universal accessibility through ernment has undertaken promise” of the 2030 Agenda Britain’s Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during the official launch of his leadership “India remains firmly com- 19. The poll results were creation of barrier-free envi- implementation of Unique on Sustainable Development. campaign in London on Wednesday AP LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019 vivacity 12

athers are amazing, for all their bad take for granted what they’ve inherited Fjokes, sports training and life advice. and not earned. He walks with a certain They have given us a lot of love and sup- pride and thinks that he’s the last of the port because of which, we’re who we are Ode to onscreen fathers leaders until he realises the potential of his today. Just like that, television also has daughter. It will premiere on Star World some amazing fathers who we love to In this age of binge-watching, we spend more time with virtual fathers than our on June 17. watch onscreen and can pretty much relate to all their goofiness and sometimes their real ones. Here’s a look at the ones we love on television. By TEAM VIVA pDavid Budd in Bodyguard Shahid tells why comic timing that can be pretty off, but A war veteran suffering from PTSD adorable. Porsche, he comes with a lot of surpris- and working in the police protection force his film is unique es. A progressive and open-minded father as a bodyguard, has his own affairs and p SHAHID KAPOOR Phil Dunphy in Modern Family who lets his children fight their own bat- is not the most likeable person around. Actor believes The self-proclaimed cool dad, he is tles while constantly being a strong pil- But he can go beyond imagination to pro- the sheer intensity of Kabir one of the funniest characters on Modern lar of support. The show is available on tect his children. The heroic personality Singh and the lead character Family. The father of three children is as Netflix. and the spirit to fight against anyone for makes it unique and spe- optimistic as a kid himself and loves the protection of his kids is what makes p cial. adventure. Believer of Peer-renting, he is Walter White in Breaking Bad him a great dad. The show is currently a devoted father putting efforts to make Who would have thought a chemistry streaming on Netflix. “It's what attracted me better bonds with the kids by his fun tricks teacher going through a mid-life crisis and to do this film. I believe and talks. Always ready to go miles for his fighting deadly cancer would turn into a pJohn Winchester in Supernatural there is a Kabir Singh friends and family, happy-go-lucky and an complete badass? Finding it difficult to John was blinded by revenge and inside everyone. That's avid follower of sci-fi and fantasy, he is make ends meet, he decides to sell drugs spent most of his time drinking. He has clearly one of the most loving dads on tele- only to provide for his family. From buy- done some terrible things that will make why people can relate to vision. The show airs on Star World. ing a brand new sports car to destroying one think he hasn’t been the best father him so easily,” Shahid said. and burning it, he has always been full of but he has always protected his kids. The Kabir Singh is being pJack Geller in F.R.I.E.N.D.S surprises and who doesn't like surprises, decides to protect her. His fights against Star World. upbringing seems hard on the kids but touted as an intense love From praising his kids for their right? The show is currently streaming on all the odds to save the orphan girl from that made Sam and Dean one of the finest story. The film stars Kiara achievement to being upright with his Netflix. a deadly experiment conducted by the pLogan Roy in Succession hunters in the world. He seems a tough comments, he tries his best to be a good secret medical facility of the US govern- What makes Logan a really interest- and less expressive father because of what Advani opposite Shahid. dad and does a brilliant job indeed. pBrad Wolgast in The Passage ment. Even though, Amy is not his real ing character is his mysterious persona. he has been through. But after reuniting It is a remake of the Telugu film Talking to them after their break-ups and The federal agent, Brad Wolgast is not daughter, he never treats her any differ- He gives his kids a hard time but that is with them, he expresses the happiness that Arjun Reddy, starring Vijay failures, consoling them, preserving their the biological father of Amy but when he ent. Now who wouldn't want a man like because he believes they need to go his sons saved the world. The series can Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey. childhood memories to giving them a finds out that the girl’s life is in danger, he that to be their father. The show airs on through it. He makes sure his kids never be streamed on Amazon Prime.

hile the role of a mother is ‘I am elated celebrated and feted in to be part popular culture, that of the of a Mira Wfather often does not often inspire Nair (A poetry or prose. However, research Suitable does not concur with the idea. A The dad phenomenon study published in the Journal of Boy) Family Psychology, New York, project. I've reveals that both types of involve- As Father’s day nears, SAKSHI SHARMA examines how time spent with the paternal unit can been one of the ment — caregiving versus play and biggest admirers of the timing, workday versus non- impact the lives of children workday can have an impact on the her work and cannot quality of the early father-child physical growth and personality of cycle of life goes on, there is a figure.” wait to make this relationship. the child, he says, a lot of times when stage where you want to reach Dr. Jitender Nagpal, consul- illustrious story Father’s day is the right time to parents are not around, children out to the child and s/he is tant and head of Pediatrics, come alive. During try and get a deeper insight into the often indulge in substance abuse, unavailable. The cycle continues Sitaram Bhartia Institute of relationship between a parent and a which leads to personality disorders to be dysfunctional.” The time Science & Research, says, “In the process of child and how it is likely to impact including violence against peers spent with children nurtures and modern times, the relationship screen tests, I read the duo. “There is no other impor- and others. “Males often emulate cements the relationship in a of the father with the child is a few parts but it tant influence than a parent for a their fathers as role models. With manner that the child has trust continuously evolving and has was the character growing child. It’s the comfort, women, I think it’s different, they and ability to rely on the father. emerged as a mutually fulfilling of Rasheed that security, affection, attention that you end up looking for their father fig- Dr Raheja feels that at a sen- relationship.” He stresses on get from your parents that shapes ure in the partners they choose. It sitive stage, where the small how the father too grows as a really attracted me your personality,” says Dr Samir translates into what you desire in a nuances of life like watching person while interacting and as an actor. I'm glad Parikh, director, department of relationship. It does affect your per- films and taking for meals bol- learning with the child. that this project Mental Health and Behavioural ception of what do you want as a ster the confidence and self- Regarding the long-term bene- came my way.’ Sciences, Fortis Healthcare. He fur- partner in a relationship.” esteem of children in a manner fits, the child looks up to the —Vijay Varma ther adds that the paternal relation- According to Dr Deepak that they are able to become father in terms of defining the ship governs how you feel about Raheja, psychiatrist, Hope Care, more responsible and confi- ideal behaviour. When the child yourself, your confidence and self- says, “Father is representative of the dent humans later in life. “If the is passing through various stages UNICEF will hon- image. The relationship a child’s par- authority parental figure as he plays old adage of life is being able to of life, s/he looks up to his father our actress ents share between them is also a huge role in shaping up the per- have a positive self image then for guidance and setting bench- PRIYANKA exceptionally important. The core to sonality of the children. The time nothing does it better than the marks. CHOPRA with the a child’s personality is reciprocal rela- spent with the children results in quality and quantity of time So, don’t confine the hugs to Danny Kaye tionship with his/her parents. On more resilient bond, which lays the spent by the parents with the this Sunday. Extend the love and long-term relationship with a child, foundation of a person who can deal children, primarily, the father time beyond it. Humanitarian he says, “It brings positivity and sta- with conflicts later in life with ade- Award at the bility in your life. The healthier it is, quate preparedness.” At a time when Unicef Snowflake Ball in the better you live.” mental health issues are at their December. Dr Anuneet Sabharwal, a psy- peak, he feels, when children are Priyanka, a global Unicef chiatrist, who runs The Happy Tree, faced with interpersonal conflict as Rani gets a says, “The most important thing in adults, depending on the foundation Goodwill Ambassador for Child a father-child relationship is the that is encrypted in their mind, they Rights, took to social media and establishment of boundaries and a find a more resilient, conflict bust- wrote, “So humbled. Thank you sense of security in the mindset of ing mechanism which enables them special gift Unicef for honouring me with the the child to differentiate between to lead a more meaningful life. award.” what is family and what is not.” He Laying emphasis on the cycle of lays emphasis on distinction life he says, “There is a stage where ctor Rani Mukerji recent- The event will be held on between acceptable and unaccept- the child wants to reach out to you Aly wrapped up the sched- December 3 in New York. able behaviour. With respect to and you are not available. And as the ule of Mardaani 2, her next film. On the last day of the Rajasthan shoot, she received a gift that overwhelmed her. “An art director of the film who is also a painter based in Jaipur, Babu Saini, is an old acquaintance and a col- league of Rani. The duo had worked together in Kuch Kuch Cool down Hota Hain, which is one of Rani’s initial films. They go With mercury shooting through back a long way as colleagues and have fond memories of the roof, it is important to up working together. He is also a huge fan of her work and he showed his huge appreciation your water intake, says for Rani by gifting a special portrait of her,” says a source. DR AJAY AGARWAL Saini’s portrait depicts Rani in her Mardaani 2 look, ow much water should The health of a person also a film that she is very proud of. we drink in summers? determines the amount of fluid “She was overwhelmed and HOr rather what is the requirement. This implies that informed him that she will dis- desired requirement in a day? a person suffering from any play this in her house. It also During the hot months kind of illness can result in shows the kind of affection our body tries to cool down by dehydration. and appreciation and respect Shivani Shivaji Roy in the natural process of sweating, A pregnant or breastfeed- that technicians and crew Mardaani 2. In the film, she which in turn dehydrates us. ing woman also needs to take members have for Rani as a took on the kingpin of a child Our body requires more water extra fluids to keep the body person and her body of work.” trafficking racket. Produced by to replenish what is lost dur- well-hydrated. A final schedule in Aditya Chopra, this will be ing sweating. With tempera- Drinking more water can Mumbai will complete the Rani’s next release after the tures soaring to 48 degrees, it also help in losing weight. shooting for the YRF crime Hichki. Mardaani 2 marks the becomes all the more impor- Some of the ways in which drama. Rani reprises the role directorial debut of Gopi tant to to replace it by by more water could be con- of the fearless and committed Puthran, the writer of the first drinking fluids throughout the sumed are to drink before you superintendent of police, Mardaani film. day. It is also important for the eat, to replace calorie-filled proper functioning of the body drinks with water and to drink ally not given water before the within easy reach all the time. and its organs. it ice cold. age of six months. This is the Make sure to keep the water There are several factors Water is essential for the ideal age to give your baby a bottles and sipper close at ‘KJo’s films have real emotions’ that come into play when we removal of toxins from the kid- few spoonful of water daily hand even when you step out try to determine how much ney and the body. It eliminates when s/he turns six months. with them. water each person needs. This waste through urine and sweat. When they are drinking, let humi Pednekar has bagged Karan obsessed with the movie and made our where two friends are con- depends on the environment, Sufficient quantity of the liq- them hold their sipper or cups NINE TO 12 YEARS OLD BJohar’s next Takht, her biggest film till building kids to be divided into team fused about their feelings. It the level of activity, overall uid can make your skin glow. and enjoy their drink. At this stage, the impor- date. She has been a fan of Karan’s movies, Tina and team Anjali at get-togeth- was such a beautiful, mature health as well as factors like if It not only helps to regulate tance of water is for the human with the cult blockbuster Kuch Kuch Hota ers. That was the level of impact the love story that really moved a woman is pregnant or breast- internal body temperature, but ONE TO THREE YEARS body should be taught to the Hai being her favourite. movie had. After watching the film, me. I think Karan’s films feeding. it also fights bad breath. OLD children. The amount of water Bhumi says, “I loved and enjoyed Kuch I also went for a summer camp which are larger than life and It is but obvious that when There are other reasons Children can certainly that the children need varies Kuch Hota Hai. The film released when I was very close to the one shown in aspirational yet at the the the weather is hot and why water is essential. Often drink plain water throughout between one and 1.5 litres. was in school. I was 10 and it had such a it. I tried to do everything that same time, where the humid, you will sweat more. people do not focus on the fact the day to meet their daily big impact on me growing up because it Karan showed in Kuch Kuch emotions are concerned, This will mean that you need that it helps muscles perform fluid needs. They also intake THIRTEEN YEARS AND honestly defined pop culture at that time. Hota Hai as wanted to live it.” they are to consume an increased quan- at their best. It can help boost water by consuming other ABOVE So, I went through that entire phase But it is not just his very real. You feel tity of water. your brain functions, lighten healthy beverages including When they hit teenage, where I would dress up like Kajol with debut film that Bhumi Karan’s films and the For someone who spends up the mood, help to prevent milk and 100 per cent fruit they should ideally consume head bands, sweat bands and some days I loves. She is also a fan emotions linger on. a lot of time outdoors engaged and treat headaches and also juice. eight to 10 glasses of water per would dress up as Rani (Mukherjee) of the last Karan I’m honoured and in extreme level of physical helps prevent constipation. day. If they like juices, you can ma’am too, like in short skirts and try to directorial. “Another privileged that I activity which makes him/her Some age-wise tips to FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS mix water with fresh juices. act like her.” film that has stayed have the opportunity sweat will require additional make your child drink more OLD Much before she joined the industry, with me is Ae Dil to be directed by him water to replace the fluids that water are: Children in this age group (The writer is the director, Bhumi was a film buff. She says, “I had that Hai Mushkil. I and I will give it my are lost as opposed to a person should ideally drink around department of Internal neckpiece that said ‘cool.’ I remember danc- really liked it. all for him,” she says. who spends more time indoors SIX MONTHS AND ABOVE one litre of water every day. Medicine, Fortis Hospital, ing to Koi Mil Gaya at every birthday party It speaks of a and is desk-bound. Breast-fed infants are usu- Make sure water is available Noida.) or family get-togethers. I was borderline relationship LUCKNOW 13 ● South Africa have never played an ODI against Afghanistan before need win against them on Saturday to keep semifinal hopes alive THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019

WE ARE PRACTICING HARD AND TRYING TO GIVE THE BATTERS SOME CONFIDENCE BY MAKING THEM REMEMBER THAT THEY PLAYED WELL AND CAN'T JUST BECOME BAD PLAYERS IN A WEEK — DALE BENKENSTEIN

n SOUTHAMPON remember when they played well and that you can't just ith five matches left become bad players in a week. to play at the Cricket And, like so many in the ❝ WWorld Cup, South Adapt or die South African camp, Africa aim to be more flexible Benkenstein believes a change I FEEL LIKE WE ARE in their approach as they in fortunes is not far away. BATTING WELL BUT WE search for their first win. "I really feel we are one Given the format of the take them down," he said. century in the tournament so you've got to try and make the game away from getting all JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT tournament, in which each "Here, you are playing one- far and they have not had any most of it. those things right. If we get LONG ENOUGH. team plays the other nine once, off games. You are playing on century stands. "Sometimes we don't get that right, the confidence lev- batting coach Dale different wickets and against He added: "The message is that balance right. We try and els will be up there and then we EVERYONE HAS GOT IN. Benkenstein believes the abil- different teams in every that the batters have got to step accelerate maybe a bit too fast may peak at the right time," he ity to strategise more sponta- match." up and we haven't. rather than getting our heads added. WE'VE HAD neously could be the key to South Africa have never "I feel like we are batting down and ticking it over and "At previous World Cups, OPPORTUNITIES TO success. played an ODI against well but we just haven't done the batters getting us more to we have done very well and And with a clash with Afghanistan before, and must it long enough. Everyone has the end of the game." then when it came to the end

HAVE HUNDRED Afghanistan in Cardiff up next, claim victory in the Welsh got in. We've had opportunities Benkenstein also assured of the tournaments, we've been PARTNERSHIPS AND the Proteas coach know it is capital on Saturday to keep to have hundred partnerships supporters that South Africa feeling the pressure there

now or never for his side. their hopes of qualifying for and win matches but we have left no stone unturned as whereas now, we've been feel- WIN MATCHES BUT WE "The difference in tourna- the semi-finals alive. haven't done it. they bid to turn their form ing it from the start, from HAVEN'T DONE❝ IT ments to international cricket And Benkenstein wants to "We try and play quite an around, both in the nets and everybody. Maybe the story is that in regular series you play see the batting line-up score aggressive form of cricket. with their mental conditioning. has just got a bit of a different the same opposition four or more runs and spend more Scores are much higher than "We are practicing as hard script." five times so you have an time at the crease in that they used to be. Teams are as we can and trying to give the Courtesy— © ICC Business Faf du Plessis chats with South African teammate Jean Paul Duminy opportunity to start slow, to match especially as no South scoring big totals so when you batters as much confidence as Corporation during team’s practice session CSA/Twitter sum them up and then you can African batsmen has scored a are in and you are dominating, we can. "We're making them FZ LLC 2018 OTHER SPORTS

AFP n LONDON Jovic ready for fierce competition ndy Murray hopes to be Comeback on cards Aback on the singles court later this year, but the British for- AFP n MADRID As it stands, Gareth mer world number one is setting "I don't think when Bale, Marco Asensio, no time limits on his return. Wimbledon finishes that I will uka Jovic has pledged Brahim Diaz, Isco, Mariano Murray will step up his just step onto the singles court to fight for his place at Diaz and Lucas Vazquez comeback bid from the hip the following week and every- LReal Madrid after the also remain at the club, surgery he underwent in January thing's good. I still have quite a Serbia striker was unveiled completing a lengthy list of when he competes in the doubles lot of work to do before I'm at a to his new fans at the attacking options. with Feliciano Lopez at Queen's level where I feel like I'll be able Santiago Bernabeu on "The competition is Club next week. to be competitive." Wednesday. fierce but if I work hard, I The 32-year-old then plans Murray, who last played sin- Jovic kissed the badge will get my chance. Then if to play doubles at Wimbledon, gles at the Australian Open in and applauded around I don't take it, it's my fault," where he has won two of his January, said he had been mak- 4,500 supporters that said Jovic. "I have not talked three singles Grand Slam titles. ing consistent progress but he turned out to welcome him to Zidane yet but I've played However, Murray still would probably plateau at some after Madrid had confirmed as a second striker at expects to take his time before stage. the signing of the player Eintracht and I can also play returning to singles action, "I hope at some stage this from Eintracht Frankfurt on on my own." which probably rules out com- year I would be able to get back Tuesday for around 65 mil- He added: "I think I can peting at the US Open at the end to playing singles again," said Andy Murray returns a shot shot to James Duckworth during the first round match AP lion euros ($73.5 million). be do well with Benzema of August. Murray. "I am the happiest kid but it is up to the coach to "It's baby steps just now," said "When that is, I'm not real- US Open. Murray has been training in the world," Jovic said in decide." the Scot. "I'm feeling good, pret- ly interested in putting a time "If I can, that would be bril- with American Frances Tiafoe a press conference. "I am Jovic joined Eintracht ty much pain-free and enjoying limit on because I'm quite happy liant, but I don't think that's but has still not fully tested his very happy to belong to the on loan from Benfica in kind of just training, practising, just now so I don't need to play going to be the case. I think it's recovery with any singles prac- biggest club in the world 2017 and after making the improving all the time just now. singles after Wimbledon or at the going to take a bit longer." tice matches. and I hope to fulfil every- move permanent, enjoyed a thing that is expected of superb second season with me." the German club, scoring 17 with lots of skills, vision, exceptional pace and Jovic's arrival on a six- goals in 32 league appear- Daniel James a good work ethic. He had a great season year contract means Madrid ances. with Swansea City and has all the attribut- have added three players He will be expected to es needed to become a Manchester United this summer, with Eder provide more incision up player. Militao and Eden Hazard front for Madrid, who joins Utd "We are delighted he has signed with our also joining from Benfica lacked goals last season, club and we are all looking forward to work- and Chelsea respectively. struggling to fill the void left ing with him. This is the perfect environment Hazard will be present- by Ronaldo's departure to for Daniel to continue his development." ed at the Bernabeu on Juventus. AFP n MANCHESTER The transfer comes less than a month Thursday night, when the Club president after the death of James's father. club hopes the attendance Florentino Perez claimed anchester United have tied up the sign- James said: "This is one of the best days could even exceed the Jovic chose Madrid ahead of Ming of Daniel James from Swansea, both of my life and a challenge I am really look- 70,000 that greeted other interested clubs. "We clubs announced on Wednesday, with the 21- ing forward to. The Premier League is the Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. know very well that others year-old Wales winger becoming manager best league in the world and Manchester The Belgian is likely to wanted to have you but you Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first signing at Old United is the perfect place for me to contin- be a guaranteed starter next have fought to be here," Trafford. James has signed a five-year con- ue to develop as a player. season but Jovic's place Perez said. tract, with the option to extend for a further "This is an incredibly proud moment for looks less secure given that "We have to start win- year. Reports said the initial fee was about me and my family. However, it is tinged with Karim Benzema and ning again and today is a £15 million ($19 million). Daniel James poses with the Man Utd logo PL/Twitter sadness that my father isn't able to share this Vinicius Junior were day to welcome a player James, a graduate of the Swansea acad- experience with us. I am looking forward to arguably Madrid's two best who has to help us complete emy, scored five goals in 38 appearances dur- Championship side. Solskjaer told United's working with Ole, meeting the team and get- players last season. this mission." Luka Jovic poses during his official presentation after signing for Real AP ing an impressive 2018-19 campaign with the website: "Daniel is an exciting young winger ting started." Italy edge Bosnia as Germany, France stroll US scores 13 past Thai AFP n PARIS and Leroy Sane also on target, as Germany ran riot to seal a third he United States began their tro- win from three games in Group C. Tphy defence in scintillating Underdogs Estonia were help- style with 13-0 Women’s World Cup less against a bright young thrashing of Thailand in a ruthless Germany side who now appear to demonstration of strength to poten- have left last year's World Cup woes tial quarter-final opponents and far behind them. hosts France, who return to action "Opponents like this are not on Wednesday against Norway. the benchmark for us," warned Three-time champions USA Reus. "It was important for us to get scored 10 goals in the second half into a rhythm and get to know each in Reims on Tuesday as they Florian Thauvin attempts bicycle kick AP other better on the pitch, but we eclipsed Germany's 11-0 win over have to stay realistic." Argentina in 2007 and shattered AFP n PARIS Joachim Loew's team are still their own previous tournament playing catch-up to Northern best of 7-0. taly needed a late winner from Ireland after Paddy McNair struck Alex Morgan starred with five IMarco Verratti to defeat a deter- four minutes from the end in a 1- goals, Rose Lavelle and Samantha mined Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 in 0 victory in Belarus. Mewis netted twice each and Euro 2020 qualifying on Tuesday, Belgium extended their perfect Lindsey Horan, Megan Rapinoe, while Germany and France piled start to Group I with a 3-0 defeat Mallory Pugh and Carli Lloyd also up the goals in lopsided victories. of Scotland in Brussels. got on the scoresheet in an embar- Edin Dzeko fired Bosnia in Romelu Lukaku headed in an rassingly one-sided Group F front in Turin, but Lorenzo Insigne Eden Hazard cross on the stroke of encounter watched by more than equalised shortly after half-time half-time and bagged a second 18,000. and Verratti curled home on 86 early in the second half, with The Americans hit back after at minutes to earn a fourth win in as Kevin De Bruyne thumping home suggestions they could have eased many attempts for Roberto another at the death. up and saved 34th-ranked Thailand Mancini's side in Group J. "This is a good victory and it from complete humiliation. "I expected the difficulties, but is nice to be able to score," said “This is a world championship we showed the strength and the Lukaku. "The team is getting bet- so every team that is here has been conviction to overturn it," said ter every time." fantastic to get to this point. To be Mancini. Russia followed up their 9-0 respectful to opponents is to play "The important thing is that we Marco Verratti celebrates with Federico Bernardeschi after scoring winner against Bosnia AP trouncing of San Marino with a hard against opponents,” said USA are first in the group." World much nervier win over Cyprus that coach Jill Ellis. champions France rebounded from Konya, handing first inter- beat Turkey 2-1 in Reykjavik came courtesy of a single goal by Megan Rapinoe, right, congratulates teammate Alex Morgan after scoring her fifth goal AP last weekend's defeat in Turkey national starts to Kurt to further sour the mood in Aleksei Ionov. ‘WE'LL TAKE IT' with a trouble-free 4-0 win away to Zouma, Clement Lenglet the visiting camp. Ryan Giggs's Wales suffered Morgan, who now has 106 play Corinne Diacre's France in the win over Chile in Rennes on minnows Andorra. and Leo Dubois. back-to-back losses as Mate Patkai goals for her country, matched a quarter-finals in Paris. Tuesday, but only after a hold-up "We reacted well after not Kylian Mbappe opened RAMPANT GERMANY struck 10 minutes from time to record set by her compatriot The hosts cruised to a 4-0 win because of a violent storm. playing to our usual level on the scoring with a chipped Germany made light earn Hungary a 1-0 victory in Michelle Akers by scoring five over South Korea in their first out- Sweden face Thailand next in Saturday against a good Turkey finish on 11 minutes, with work of Estonia as Serge Budapest. times in a World Cup game. ing last Friday and are hoping to Group F, while Chile tackle the team. It looked easy today and the Wissam Ben Yedder and Gnabry and Marco Reus The Hungarians, the only side “We always want to have any build on that when they take on USA in Paris on Sunday. intensity wasn't the same but we Florian Thauvin adding to fired them to a thundering to have played four games in world record and anything we can Norway in Nice in Group A on European champions the played really well," said France their lead in the first half. 8-0 victory in Mainz. Group E, are top on nine points, get over the Germans, we'll take it,” Wednesday evening. Netherlands beat New Zealand 1- coach Didier Deschamps. Zouma bundled home a fourth Gnabry and Reus scored two three clear of Slovakia, who were joked Rapinoe. Norway’s Scandinavian neigh- 0 in Le Havre in Group E thanks He retained just four of those on the hour as France reclaimed goals each, with Leon Goretzka, 5-1 winners in Azerbaijan where If USA top the group, they bours Sweden kicked off their to a Jill Roord goal in stoppage who began Saturday's 2-0 loss in top spot in Group H after Iceland Ilkay Gundogan, Timo Werner Marek Hamsik scored twice. could be on a collision course to World Cup campaign with a 2-0 time. LUCKNOW 14 ● Amir’s bowling is third best for Pakistan in World Cup and second best by a pacer after Wasim Akram’s five for 28 against Namibia THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019

I KNOW I CAN DO A GREAT JOB WHEN I'M PHYSICALLY FRESH AND THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO ENTER THIS ASHES, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT — JOSH HAZLEWOOD Warner ton powers Australia to win Mohd Amir’s career-best performance goes in vain

PTI n TAUNTON Pakistan the much-needed break- through when he had Finch hitting avid Warner was not his one high up in the air towards extra usual destructive self but cover. Deffective nevertheless, his Warner hit Hasan Ali for two first international century since consecutive fours, and then, there completing the ball-tampering ban was a classy cover drive by Steve setting up Australia’s 41-run win Smith. A couple of quiet overs was over Pakistan in the World Cup followed by a productive one from here Wednesday. Australia’s point of view, with Australia looked set for a total Warner smashing Shoaib Malik for in excess of 350 while Warner and a six over long-on and a four to pick captain Aaron Finch (82) were at the 15 runs. crease, but Mohammad Amir (5/30) Sitting pretty at 189 for two in staged a grand comeback with his the 29th over, Smith tried to up the best ODI bowling figures to bowl ante but in doing so, ended up giv- their opponents out for 307. ing a catch to Asif Ali, who had Pakistan’s innings ended at 266 dropped a sitter in the slips earlier in 45.4 overs overs but not before the at The Cooper Associates County duo of Sarfaraz Ahmed and Wahab Ground. Riaz gave the Australians a scare Glenn Maxwell struck 20 in 10 with a rearguard action that revived balls even as Warner reached the their hopes for a while. three-figure mark when an edge Pakistan were at one stage tot- flew between the keeper and the tering at 160 for six in the 30th over. wide slip for a four. He got out short- Riaz smashed 45 off 39 balls ly after celebrating his century with with two fours and three sixes, while gusto. Sarfaraz made 40 off 48. The side’s The show, then, belonged to top-scorer though was opener Amir. Imam-ul-Haq (53), Mohammad However, Amir’s effort was not Hafeez contributed 46 while Hasan not enough as Pakistan suffered Ali blazed away to 32 off only 15 their second defeat of the showpiece. balls before Mitchell Starc closed out Opener Imam-ul-Haq made 53 the game at the death. off 75 balls and steadied the innings “When I got out we had 70 balls with a 54-run second-wicket with to go, as the ‘in’ batter you want to Babar Azam (28) after the early dis- bat 50 overs. We should have been missal of Fakhar Zaman. around 340-50, credit to Pakistan, For Australia, Pat Cummins their second spells were fantastic was the most successful bowler and made it hard for us to hit down with figures of 3/33 while there two the ground,” Warner said at the post- wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc and match presentation ceremony. Kane Richardson. The dashing left-handed open- er struck 107 off 111 balls, with 11 fours and a six. Earlier, sent into bat after the coin landed in Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed’s favour, Australia WHEN I GOT OUT WE were off to a steady start with HAD 70 BALLS TO GO, Warner and Finch helping them to 50 in 10 overs. AS THE ‘IN’ BATTER Amir started with a maiden and YOU “WANT TO BAT 50 going with only four mainline bowlers, Australia knew they need- OVERS. WE SHOULD ed to score big to put Pakistan under HAVE BEEN AROUND pressure. The Aussies broke free against 340-50, CREDIT TO Shaheen Afridi, with Finch hitting PAKISTAN, THEIR him over the deep square leg fence for a six and Warner employing the SECOND SPELLS pull shot to get a four. As Australia Mohammad Amir celebrates after completing his five wicket haul against Australia PCB/Twitter looked for quick runs, Amir showed WERE FANTASTIC AND his class by bowling another maid- MADE IT HARD FOR BEST BOWLING FOR PAK IN WC en over. Apart from the singles and US TO HIT DOWN THE Figures Bowler Opponent Venue Year Result twos, both managed to find the GROUND 5-16 Shahid Afridi KEN Hambantota 2011 Won ropes occasionally, before Finch 5-23 Shahid Afridi CAN Colombo 2011 Won carted Mohammad Hafeez for 16 5-28 Wasim Akram NAM Kimberley 2003 Won runs with the help of a six and two boundaries. 5-30 Mohd Amir AUS Taunton 2019 Awaited After a stand that yielded 146 5-35 Mushtaq B’DESH Northampton 1999 Lost AP runs in 22.1 overs, Amir provided David Warner celebrates after completing his century Faisel Features IN A ” Josh too painful AFP n BRISBANE degree." Instead his focus is on the Ashes, and he warned that ustralian pace spearhead he would be fresh and raring AJosh Hazlewood admits to go against the English bats- he is barely watching the World men. SPOT Cup as his disappointment at "I know I can do a great job not being selected continues to when I'm physically pretty cause him pain. fresh and that's how I'm going PTI n KARACHI The 27-year-old was over- to enter this Ashes, so I'm looked after being out of action looking forward to it," he said. ohammed Amir had confessed since January with a back Hazlewood is set to make Mto spot-fixing only after then injury, as selectors preferred his return in the one-day for- ODI skipper Shahid Afridi slapped him to focus on getting ready mat for Australia A from June the fast bowler while Salman Butt for the Ashes Test series in 20, before three red-ball fix- was involved in corruption much England, which begins in tures starting on July 7. before Pakistan's ill-fated tour of August. Those matches culminate England in 2010, claimed former all- Hazlewood is currently in in an 'Australia v Australia A' rounder Abdul Razzaq. camp at Brisbane with the four-day fixture in Hampshire, Spilling the beans on the scan- Australia A squads — along which will serve as a final dal which tarnished the image of with the likes of Peter selection trial for the Ashes Pakistan cricket, Razzaq narrated the Handscomb, Travis Head and squad. Aamir incident while speaking to the Marcus Harris — ahead of "I've done as much as I can GNN news channel. their departure for England on in the nets," he said. "It takes "He (Afridi) told me to leave the Friday for a seven-week tour. that time out in the middle now room but after a while I heard the Now fully fit, he said he to get that extra sound of a slap and then Aamir told had was trying to avoid the couple of per- the whole truth," Razzaq said. World Cup and direct cent up to The all-rounder also blamed the his energies elsewhere. one hun- then PCB set-up for bringing bad "I'm trying to focus dred." name to Pakistan cricket. on what I'm doing up "I thought instead of going to the here," he told ICC to prove its efficiency, the PCB cricket.Com.Au on should have instead directly taken Wednesday. the three players to task despite their "I'll sit down at denials and sent them back home on night and watch a some pretext. They should have couple of overs but banned them for a year or so. In the I'm trying to steer end by not doing this, the PCB spoilt clear of it a little bit. the image of Pakistan cricket world- PCB/Twitter "The more you watch wide." Mohammad Amir bowls to Aaron Finch during Australian innings in the group stage match at Taunton on Tuesday something, the more you Razzaq, 39, also claimed that probably miss it. So I'm Butt was deliberately getting out and convinced he was letting down the FORMER ALL-ROUNDER thing) I told him strictly to give me corruption tribunal after they were just trying to pre- playing dot balls much before the team." the strike. Yet every over he delib- first suspended in September 2010. tend it's not on, scandal broke out in England. Razzaq recalled he told Butt to RAZZAQ REVEALS THAT erately played two or three balls and All three have now returned to to a "I shared my concerns with take a single and give him the AMIR CONFESSED TO then gave me strike. I got upset and playing cricket after completing Afridi but he said it is just my strike but he did not pay heed to his felt the pressure and got out." their five-year bans. But only Aamir Waham (misconception) and noth- advise. SPOT-FIXING AFTER Butt, Aamir and Mohammad has been considered and picked for ing is wrong. But when I was batting "I was surprised when he AFRIDI SLAPPED HIM Asif were the three players eventu- the Pakistan national team and is with Salman Butt during a match of refused this strategy. When I ally banned for a minimum of five presently competing in the World the World T20 in West Indies, I was realised what he was up to (some- years in early 2011 by the ICC's anti- Cup. LUCKNOW 15 ● Martin Guptill needs 93 runs to become the second NZ and 19th batsman overall to complete 1000 runs in WC THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019

LETS NOT COMPARE PANDYA WITH ME, LET HIM PLAY. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN HIS RICH TALENT AND I WANT HIM TO BE BETTER THAN ME — KAPIL DEV

Dhawan's injury isn't Mind games a big concern: Kapil PNS n NEW DELHI

Taylor feels shorter boundaries will help Kiwi batsmen tackle Indian spinners ormer Indian skipper Kapil Dev Fbelieves team India should not PTI n NOTTINGHAM think much about fitness issues related to star opener Shikhar ew Zealand batsman Ross Dhawan, who suffered thumb injury Taylor's considerable during India's clash against Australia Nknowledge about the Trent on 9th June at London and should Bridge ground tells him that the focus entirely on the next game shorter boundaries here may play against New Zealand at Nottingham on the mind of India's wrist spin today. duo during their World Cup The star opener during his 117- encounter Thursday. run innings was hit by Pat Cummins' Taylor, who has been a success- delivery which injured his thumb ful pro for the Nottinghamshire because of which he wasn't able to county side, is confident that New come and field during Australia's Zealand can effectively tackle the innings. On Tuesday, he was wrist spin duo of Yuzvendra declared unfit to participate in the Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. team's next three games at least. "We've faced India a lot in ❝ Speaking at the launch of fanta- recent times and had some success sy sports platform – Apne11, 1983 against them. Obviously, they are IT'S BEEN OUT World Cup winning skipper said: two world class spinners but I think IN THE "We should remain positive. There we've had success at different is a possibility that the replacement stages. The shorter boundaries KETTLES FOR may turn out to be better than him sometimes can play on the minds (Dhawan)." of the spinner," Taylor said at the TWO OR THREE "It's unfortunate to miss such an pre-match press conference. DAYS AND experienced campaigner at the start Asked about Dhawan's but I just hope whosoever is the next absence, Taylor said: "Obviously HASN'T SEEN one in line is better equipped than Shikhar is a big loss to India. The THE SUN. I'M him," he said. presence, he plays very well at ICC It is believed that in absence of Kapil Dev poses for photo during the launch of tournaments and has a very good SURE — WE'LL Shikhar, KL Rahul will be asked to fantasy sports platform Apne11 record over here. open the innings with Rohit Sharma "He and Rohit Sharma have a HAVE TO WAIT and there is a fair share of opinion matches and I hope they would carry very good partnership, and I think AND SEE WHAT about who will bat at No 4 position. the same spirit throughout the tour- they complement each other well The former captain said that he nament," Kapil said. because they're right and left- HAPPENS❝ didn't want to comment on the same He also applauded Hardik handed." and create confusion. "The decision Pandya's performance against With Dhawan missing in to replace is something that the team Australia where the Baroda all- action, India will have a lot of right- management has to take and the rounder was promoted up the order handers in the batting line-up and same goes with the batting order. I to bat at No 4 after Dhawan's depar- Taylor feels it will make it difficult would not like to comment and cre- ture and he smashed 27-ball 48 for their opponent to exploit the ate confusion talking about the which consists of three sixes and shorter boundaries here. replacement because this decision four boundaries. "A lot of these grounds in the will be made by the selectors and the However he still considers him UK have a short boundary to one skipper. Batting order would also be as a batting all-rounder and expects side, and if you've got two right decided by the captain. We can just him to make bit more contributions handers or two left handers, you expect whosoever comes in, is one with the bowl. "For me he is a bat- can't exploit it as much," Taylor better than the previous." ting all-rounder but I would suggest said. India has so far dominated the him to keep improving his bowling "As we see, it's traditionally a tournament with two dominating as well. And if he can do that, he will short boundary here. If that is the New Zealand middle order batsman Ross Taylor poses for photo before team’s practice session Blackcaps/Twitter wins in as many games against turn into a great team man which is case, then hopefully we can exploit strong opponents like South Africa more important," he said. it with the right, left-handers, as I cricket. Traditionally, it can favor wait and see what happens," he place to play cricket, and I'm sure and Australia and Kapil is happy by "As for Yuvraj's (Singh), he was am sure India and other teams that the batters at times, but I am sure said. any time we play India in a neutral the show so far and expects team to one of best player team India ever are playing here will try and do." that bowlers will be — going to Just like Aaron Finch, Taylor venue is always going to be more continue perform the same way. had and deserves a farewell. Taylor had a good season with have a little bit there. has accepted the fact that Indian Indian supporters than New "I am very happy with the way Retirement of such player like this the Notts and he loves everything "It's been out in the kettles for supporters will outnumber their Zealand. I'm sure that's some- the side has performed and expect was not expected. He was elegant about the Trent Bridge ground. two or three days and hasn't seen fans. thing we're looking forward to as them to play like this only through- and I wish our youngsters play like "No, it's a great place to play the sun. I'm sure — we'll have to "First and foremost, it's a great well." out the tournament. Both were big him." Leave a Mark Thrive not just survive AFP n SOUTHAMPTON n SOUTHAMPTON but then Mark Wood made a few Hampshire Bowl in the past, ngland fast bowler Mark Wood says his side of their guys jump up and down. increasing the prospect that the Ewill "fight fire with fire" when they face the revor Bayliss insists England WE CAN HANDLE “The wicket here is reasonably off-spinner will come in and join formidable West Indies pace attack. Thave the capacity to thrive – ANYTHING THAT IS flat and it has been in the past. Adil Rashid. Friday's World Cup clash in Southampton not just survive – against West There have been a few more Spin has accounted for just six is likely to be a bouncer barrage, with both Indies’ rapid fast bowlers when the THROWN AT US. I wickets in the World Cup then of the 28 wickets England have teams boasting aggressive bowling line-ups. two lock horns on Friday. HAVE NOT SEEN there has been in the last few years taken so far, with Moeen left out The West Indies dismissed Pakistan for 105 Pace is the talk of the town so I expect the fast bowlers are against Bangladesh and Rashid at Trent Bridge, the lowest total of the tourna- ahead of the meeting at the TOO MANY WITH rubbing their hands together.” suffering a shoulder injury in the ment, by unleashing an array of bouncers from Hampshire Bowl, with the EXPRESS PACE BUT Bayliss has a few selection build-up to the tournament, but Oshane Thomas, Andre Russell and Sheldon Caribbean side boasting four play- headaches, despite being opti- Bayliss is not yet concerned. Cottrell. ers who can top 90mph. WE HAVE A COUPLE mistic about Jos Buttler’s fitness. “Early in the tournament, or With Wood partnered by Barbados-born Oshane Thomas and Sheldon OF GOOD ONES TOO The vice-captain hurt his hip prior to it, he [Rashid] had a nig- paceman Jofra Archer, and both having hit Cottrell are in particularly good SO I EXPECT IT TO while batting against Bangladesh gle in the shoulder but he has got 95mph in the victory over Bangladesh, England form, the former terrorising but appears to have overcome the over that and in the last couple of are not likely to shrink from the battle. Pakistan in their opening ICC BE TIT FOR TAT complaint — even if Bayliss is weeks he has not had a problem,” "The Men’s Cricket World Cup game, unsure if he will keep wicket. he added. Windies in this with the latter bamboozling South “I haven’t really thought about “What he needs is more bowl- World Cup have Africa in the washed-out contest it. We'll make that decision in the ing, whether that is in the nets or come with a on Monday. “I have not seen too many next day or so," he said. in the games. I don’t think the clear game plan England have a pair of in- with express pace here just yet but “It was a little bit precaution- wickets have necessarily been an and that is a lot form quicks of their own in Jofra we have a couple of good ones too ary the other day. He said he could advantage for the spinners yet. of short stuff," Archer and Mark Wood and the so I expect it to be tit for tat,” head have kept, but he wasn't really sure “As we go through the tourna- Wood said. two sides could not be split in their coach Bayliss said. if he would be able to run after a ment, when it might be drier and "We got a recent ODI series — drawing 2-2 “We will have to play at our high catch.” drier wickets I expect he will come taste of that in in the Caribbean. best to come away with a win. In All-rounder Moeen Ali is also into his own.” the Windies on “We can handle anything that the Caribbean, we were a little bit pushing for a recall and Bayliss has Courtesy © ICC Business Corporation the recent tour. Ben Stokes watches the ball during England’s practice session AP is thrown at us,” he said. up and down. They bowled fast often deployed two spinners at the FZ LLC 2018 But I can remember get- pares to face the West Indies for the first ting Darren n SOUTHAMPON time. The 24-year-old bowled the fastest Bravo and spell ever seen by an Englishman in ODI Hetmyer out to Mark Wood trains during England’s Speedsters to overwhelm training session ECB ew things in sport are as exciting as cricket against Bangladesh last week and short balls so it watching a 90mph bowler and Corey he has six wickets in the tournament so is a good thing FCollymore insists his four West far. we can fight fire with fire. Indian speedsters can overwhelm ❝ However, when he opens at the "It could be like that, just landing blow after England’s two on Friday. Hampshire Bowl he will be confronted by blow, back and forth, back and forth. The oppo- The Caribbean side have long been WE HAVE SHOWN the unique challenge of taking on Chris sition batsmen don't get a break if there is pace renowned for producing destructive Gayle. from both ends and it'd be nice if we can con- quicks — think Michael Holding, Curtly WHAT WE CAN DO While Archer has intimidated bats- tinue that trend. Ambrose and Courtney Walsh — but the man in his young international career, 39- "When real pace bowling is on show it def- well began to noticeably dry following the WITH OUR FAST year-old Gayle has a strong recent record initely ruffles a few feathers and changes the turn of the century. BOWLERS, WE against England — belting 39 sixes momentum of the game." However, in Oshane Thomas, against them in the five-match ODI series Speaking at the weekend Archer nominat- Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell and ARE GOOD earlier this year — and Collymore does ed himself as the quickest bowler in the the recalled Andre Russell, they have four ENOUGH TO TAKE not expect him to be so nervy. England ranks and expressed surprise when paceman all capable of topping the mag- “Chris thrives on that. I have known told Wood had crept ahead of him with a deliv- ical 90mph barrier. WICKETS WITH him since he was 16 and he has always ery of 95.6mph — the fastest ball of the tour-

England boast two of their own in THE NEW BALL loved a challenge. He has always enjoyed nament.That head-to-head will continue Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, making the challenge of fast bowling so I expect throughout the competition, with the Durham

Friday's contest in Southampton one of AND THEN GO him to relish that,” he added. man not minded to back down. the most eagerly-anticipated games of the FROM THERE “I have known Archer for a while and "It is a good competition between us, a tournament. ❝ I saw Wood in the Caribbean last year. friendly one," he said. “We have quick bowlers too so it They are both very impressive, as we have "To have us both bowling at 94 and 95mph should be a lively game," said bowling seen throughout this tournament. and have two guys from the England team at coach Collymore — who also used to “I did work with him [Archer] when the top of that list is pretty good. bowl around the 90mph mark in his early Andre Russell celebrates with teammates after dismissing Australian batsman Windies/Twitter he was a lot younger in Barbados. He was "It pushes us for sure. You're pushing each career. me are the West Indies and Pakistan. very impressive, the skills he shows now other to be the best you can be and to be as “We have shown what we can do with “I don't think many people like the that. “From years gone by, that was some- are ones we always had so are expecting quick as you can be. You have banter about it our fast bowlers, we are good enough to short stuff, whether it is England or the “The West Indies have always pro- thing we prided ourselves on and now you more of the same from him.” for sure, but you're helping each other. take wickets with the new ball and then West Indies. If you find a batsman that duced fast bowlers. The two nations that see we have some more coming through.” Courtesy © ICC Business Corporation "I'm trying to bowl 0.1 mph quicker than go from there. has a weakness to it, then you go after has always had talented fast bowlers for All eyes will be on Archer as he pre- FZ LLC 2018 Jofra and he's trying to bowl 0.1 faster than me." LUCKNOW 16 ● Virat Kohli needs 57 runs to become the third Indian and ninth batsman overall to score 11000 runs in one day internationls THURSDAY | JUNE 13, 2019

THE ADVANTAGES OF PLAYING IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS, IS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE GAME A LOT BETTER — SANJAY BANGAR

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PNS n TRENT BRIDGE fought and strategized victories (NOTTINGHAM) where the bowlers did as well as the batsmen. he supreme factor in Though Australia was this Match No 3 for taken largely on the blade of India is not Boult's Shikhar Dhawan, not to men- magnum opus or the tion the seasoned arm depart- Tfiery Shikhar Dhawan’s injury ment, the opener who will be Virat Kohli reacts during India Australia game AP lay over. It is weather and fore- sorely missed for the next three cast is that there will be rain at or four matches as he sits out India skipper Virat Kohli is the only cricketer in least till the noon after which to mend his left-hand fracture, Ravi Shastri, left, watches Virat Kohli, center, bat in the nets during a training session ahead of India’s match against New Zealand at Trent Bridge AP conditions will start drying is second only to a good back- the Forbes 2019 list of 100 world's highest- up. up plan. “KL (Rahul) moves up paid athletes. According to the Forbes list The met office here being to the top of the order with HEAD TO HEAD which was announced on Tuesday, Kohli esti- accurate 99 times out of 100, Vijay Shankar and other THE REJIG AT THE TOP HAS Played Ind NZ Tied N/R mated earnings is $21 million from endorse- most probably it will be a trun- options in place for the No 4 TALK OF AN UNSETTLED Matches 106 55 45 1 5 ments and $4 million from salary and win- cated match, possibly being slot,” Bangar told journalists on ROHIT SHARMA BUT KL Day matches 59 31 26 - 2 nings, taking his total tally to $25 million for reduced to 30 or so overs an match eve. In World Cup 7 3 4 - - innings which, in turn, needs The rejig at the top has talk RAHUL HAS BEEN IN THE the last 12 months. He holds the last spot in Last 5 matches 5 4 1 - - the list of top-100 athletes, headed by different strategies, changed of an unsettled Rohit Sharma GOOD BOOKS OF FEARLESS HIGHEST TOTALS Barcelona and Argentina football superstar mindsets and a game plan that but KL Rahul has been in the PERFORMANCES AS AN Lionel Messi. Last year, the Indian skipper can stand the fast and furious good books of fearless perfor- India: 392-4 in 50 overs at Christchurch 08-03-2009 format this 50-over match may mances as an opener and him OPENER AND HIM was ranked 83rd in the list. Messi has led the DEBUTING IN THIS WORLD New Zealand: 349-9 in 50 overs at Rajkot 05-11-1999 turn into. debuting in this World Cup PERFORMANCE IN WC Forbes list of world's highest-paid athletes for The rain has been so would give some serious think- CUP WOULD GIVE SOME the first time, having unseated boxing great Team P W L T N/R Success% intense and unreasonable in ing power to his bat. Add to SERIOUS THINKING POWER Floyd Mayweather. these past couple of days that that the fact that “from our bat- India 77 48 27 1 1 63.63 the Notts feel Moses is on his ting point of view all the six TO HIS BAT New Zealand 82 51 30 - 1 62.80 way which means a biblical per- batsmen have gone out in the FAISEL FEATURES MS DHONI HOTEL formance in the middle too if, middle, except Kedar. Hardik at all, there is a rain halt and the and Mahi have also got game If you love MS Dhoni and happen to be at outfield responds to the super- time,” and you have a relief in departments, will have a tough Shambhu Bose's restaurant, chances are you soppers as never before. That sight. opening to close. India have the said, the Trent Bridge cricket Bangar’s optimism is well wherewithal, the intent and the might not even have to foot a bill. A die-hard Final call on Shikhar ground is known for its excel- founded. It should be taken expertise to tide over multifar- MSD fan, Shambhu not only runs a hotel in lent drainage system and has into account that India per- ious opponents. But do they Alipurduar district of West Bengal named MS soaked in more than other formed equally well against have the weather on their side? Dhoni hotel, but the 32-year old also feeds grounds have the bargain for. South Africa when Dhawan did Hope Moses comes and Dhawan in 12 days: Bangar every MSD fan for free, who visits his eatery. But all this changes noth- not fire into the scoreboard at goes on match eve and leaves “This Durga Puja (festival), we will complete ing for Team India which prac- all. Thursday for sunshine and two years. Everyone here knows this place tised at the cricket ground on Also, as Bangar says, shift- some good winning strokes by Pant flown in to practise & be match-ready well and come to eat here. Ask anybody match eve, Dhawan being part ing up and down the order has India — before it is over to PNSn NOTTINGHAM around for the Dhoni hotel — there's no way of the spectators. Fielding its positives. “The advantage of Manchester, Pakistan and a will take 10-12 days, till that you can miss it,” Shambhu told IANS. Quizzed queries around Dhawan’s playing in various spots is that blockbuster everyone is wait- point of time, we wanted to absence and the weather con- you understand the game ing for. The nation may need to know make sure if and when the about his affection for the former India skipper, ditions, team coach Sanjay much better. If a player is able right away but Team India replacement is required and Shambhu said: “He is like no other. I have Bangar said, “every match is to do that, like Rahul Dravid SQUADS assistant coach Sanjay Bangar I am saying if and when, then loved him since I was a child. The way he is, challenging. All teams are well did, it always helps the team big India: Virat Kohli (c), Jasprit says a final call on opening it is always good to have a and the way he plays cricket is stuff that leg- prepared and know each other's time as also the player himself. Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, batsman Shikhar Dhawan, replacement player coming in ends are made of. He is an inspiration to me.” strengths and weaknesses, so It is a mental adjustment for MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra who fractured his left hand in and practising with the team nothing changes for us. Our which the player requires a lot Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh the game against Australia, as a stand-by,” Bangar added. preparation and approach take of skill,” he said, leaving it Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, will be taken only after 10 to “As far as Shikhar is con- CLOUD COVER each team in view.” unsaid that KL is the man with Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, 12 days. “He is too precious cerned, we are observing him India infamously lost their that asset. Mohammed Shami, Vijay to be ruled out just yet,” he and it will take some time, Just like every other cricket fan, Congress practice match to New Zealand New Zealand though is a Shankar, Rohit Sharma, added at the pre-match Press around 10 or 12 days to fig- the other day at The Oval with tricky opponent, trickier than Kuldeep Yadav conference. ure out where he stands. We leader Shashi Tharoor is also disappointed by Boult and Jimmy Neesham the rest India has faced so far. New Zealand: Kane Clearing the confusion over will be in a better position to rain playing a spoilsport in the ongoing World tearing into the Indian defence The Black Caps have won all Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, the replacement, he least three or four games till take a call then because we Cup in England and Wales. So far, three with alacrity, ease and seven their three matches so far, lim- Tom Latham (wk), Tom announced that Rishabh Pant when, Bangar suggested, the don't want to rule out a pre- matches have been washed out in the ongo- wickets. But practice is differ- iting Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Blundell (wk), Mitchell would be flying in as stand- replacement will come from cious player like Shikhar, ing tournament and the weather predictions for ent from real time where India and Afghanistan to a less than Santner, Colin de by and joining the team prac- within the team 15. straight at the time of the the upcoming matches — including that of the will be in the middle after two 250 total. Grandhomme, Lockie tice sessions from Manchester “It will, however, be good for injury," Bangar said. high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan big wins, one against the South Add to that paceman Tim Ferguson, Tim Southee, Trent onwards. Pant to practice with the Dhawan is slated to be out of — is not good. Taking to Twitter, Tharoor said Africans on a difficult pitch and Southee and batter Henry Boult, Colin Munro, Ish Sodhi, An injured Dhawan, who team and be match ready if at the games at least against either England should be banned from hosting the other against none short of Nicholls returning to opti- Henry Nicholls, Martin batted for 20 long overs and all Dhawan is ruled out of the New Zealand, Pakistan and cricket tournaments until the climate change the defending champions mum fitness and skipper Kohli, Guptill, Matt Henry, Jimmy made a century after being hit tournament,” he said. Afghanistan, and maybe West problem across the world is solved or the Australia. Both were well otherwise sorted himself in all Neesham on his hand, will miss at “Since Dhawan's assessment Indies on June 27. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) invests in covered stadiums. “With three washouts already (and more due this week), World Cup 2019 is becoming a damp squib. Should Cricketcradle England be banned from hosting cricket tour- naments until the world solves climate change or the MCC invests in covered stadia? Their summers are increasingly turning into mon- soons!” said the Congress leader. FUNTASTIC!

With Rishabh Pant set to join the Indian team in the UK for the World Cup as cover for an injured Shikhar Dhawan, funny posts filled social media, with fans posting tongue-in- Group from the US with self-made sketches to give to team India cheek pictorial messages as to how the PNS n TRENT BRIDGE youngster was waiting for his chance with picture perfect, more real over three hours to get an bated breath. Pant was initially ignored as than original, sketches of acknowledgment of their art SKETCHERS FROM US Team India biggies. These from the players. Chirag said Dinesh Karthik was picked in the 15-member include one each of Virat each portrait took 13 to 14 Trent Bridge Inn that overlooks the cricket ground WC squad, triggering mixed reactions from hirag and gang are here Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik hours to sketch as accuracy experts as well as fans. Moments after Pant's Call the way from the US. Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan, was his main stress point. name surfaced, Twitter was awash with The motely group of young- Ravindra Jadeja and two of Coming out to hop into the INN NOT OUT memes such as "Why do you think I came all sters, otherwise data analysts MS Dhoni. “I am a total team bus after a practice ses- this way?" which is a famous dialogue from and what not of the cyber Dhoni fan,” he says sion, Hardik Pandya obliged he Trent Bridge Inn overlooking the cricket popular HBO TV series Game of Thrones world, are here on a one- unabashedly, holding the the group, which has two Tground from one corner in the behind, looks which ended recently. IANS match holiday mostly from photo frame close to his girls in Ragini and Hiral much lived in, heavy with history and a landmark New Jersey. What makes heart. Braving the among them, with auto- the Notts are proud off. It is one of the oldest liv- them stand out is the artist Nottingham weather, the graphs even though the oth- ing buildings of the city and was there much PRELIMINARY STAGE Hardik Pandya signs autographs at the back of Chirag’s life-like among them – Chirag from group stood at the Trent ers went straight past them before the cricket ground was made. The long- sketches New York – who has made Bridge stadium gates for into the bus. standing local landmark was not always known Pos Team P W L N/R Net RR Pts as the Trent Bridge Inn. An 1838 map shows it 1 NZ 3 3 0 0 +2.163 6 up as the “Three Horses Shoes and Crown” which ROBIN HOOD, LACE & BOOTS Nottingham is also the place where Square where you will find a statue got demolished in 1890 after which the present 2 AUS 4 3 1 0 +0.057 6 the famous Boots pharmacy start- of another man who some might structure was built, to be last refurbished for 3 mil- 3 ENG 3 2 1 0 +1.307 4 ottingham is much more than ed off in 1849, as a herbal story if you describe as a heroic outlaw. Brian lion pounds in 2011 by the Weatherspoon fam- 4 IND 2 2 0 0 +0.539 4 Nthe lovely long and green please! Then there is no less a Clough, the outspoken football ily. Back in the 19th century, this inn was used woods it spreads over from its writer than DH Lawrence, the manager, led unheralded as a resting place for travellers before they could 5 SL 4 1 1 2 -1.517 4 most northernly perch of East author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover Nottingham Forest from the second enter the city next morning. The inn was instru- 6 WI 3 1 1 1 +2.054 3 Midlands territory. It is pure bread, who was born in 10 km north-west tier of the English game to succes- mental in creating the cricket ground which was from the heart, heroically Robin of Nottingham. A coal mining city sive European Cup triumphs in the set up in competition to the one owned by the 7 B’DESH 4 1 2 1 -0.714 3 Hood country and its most sought- in the yore of English industry, the late 1970s. Forest’s ground on the town council. The first cricket match here was cre- 8 PAK 4 1 2 1 -1.796 3 after trail is the Robin Hood trail by city is also known for its 19th cen- banks of the River Trent is located ated by William Clarke in 1838 who was the cap- one very interesting walker-guide- Ezekial Bone, modern-day Robin Hood look-alike tury lace industry and the Lace close to Trent Bridge cricket ground tain of the Nottinghamshire cricket team. He had 9 RSA 4 0 3 1 -0.952 1 humourist-historian Ezekial Bone Market is beeping light on the and forms, along with the home of married Mary Chapman, the landlady of the Trent 10 AFG 3 0 3 0 -1.493 0 who lives the character to the hilt. and are booked well in advance. Nottingham tourist map. The Lace Notts County, the oldest profession- Bridge Inn and they had arranged for the land His trails happen only on weekends Beyond Robin Hood there more. Market is close to Old Market al football league club in the world. behind the inn to be made into a cricket ground.