Diplomacy at Work to End Border Stand-O with China

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NEARBY Diplomacy at work to end Tribunal prohibits dumping border stand-o with China of waste near Ganga banks Green Tribunal for ‘No Development Zone’ close to river MEA strikes measured note on the situation at the Sikkim tri-junction Gangster’s death sparks Bindu Shajan Perappadan violence, one dead Suhasini Haidar New Delhi JAIPUR NEW DELHI Rajnath, An area of 100 metres from An indenite curfew was Diplomatic channels are still the edge of the Ganga clamped on Sanvrad village being used to resolve the Sushma to between Haridwar and Un- of Nagaur district on stand-off between India and nao has been declared a ‘No Thursday after violence broke China despite rising rhetoric brief Oppn. Development Zone,’ with the out in which one person was from Beijing, the Ministry of National Green Tribunal killed and 25 others injured. External Affairs said on leaders (NGT) on Thursday prohibit- Thousands of people had Thursday, continuing to ing dumping of waste within gathered in the village to pay strike a measured note on Special Correspondent 500 metres of the river. tribute to gangster Anandpal the situation at the Sikkim New Delhi An environment com- Singh, who was killed in a tri-junction that has entered Ahead of the monsoon pensation of ₹50,000 will be police encounter on June 24. the second month. session of Parliament, imposed on anyone dump- NATION Ī PAGE 6 “We have diplomatic starting on July 17, Home ing waste in the river. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD channels, we have embassies Minister Rajnath Singh and The NGT also directed the in both capitals that are the stand-off mirrors previ- ture, Education, Culture and External Affairs Minister Uttar Pradesh and Ut- available and they will con- ous such encounters. Environment, held in China Sushma Swaraj will brief tarakhand governments to tinue to be used,” MEA “[It] is utterly different in in June and July. Opposition parties on Friday formulate guidelines for reli- spokesperson Gopal Baglay nature from the previous Mr. Baglay also refused to on the border stand-off with gious activities on the ghats Solution in sight: A view of the Ganga near the Vishwanath said, repeating Foreign Sec- frictions between the two respond to the state-owned China and the situation in of the Ganga and its Temple in Varanasi. * R.V. MOORTHY retary S. Jaishankar’s com- sides at the undefined sec- China People’s Daily publish- Kashmir, Home Ministry tributaries. ments on Tuesday that India tions of the China-India ing a repeat of an editorial sources in North Block said. The order said: “Till the ing of drains, within two Ganga should be stopped and China were a “factor of boundary,” Chinese spokes- from 1962 just before the But across the road in demarcation of floodplains years. “The Uttar Pradesh from indiscriminate ground- stability” in a turbulent person Geng Shuang said on Sino-Indian War, saying that South Block, confusion and identification of per- government is duty-bound water extraction. BJP leader beaten for world, and that Prime Minis- Wednesday, again urging In- he wouldn’t “comment on prevailed over who called missible and non-permiss- to shift tanneries, within six The green court reiterated carrying ‘beef’ ter Narendra Modi and dia to immediately pull its opinions or editorials in the the meeting. The Ministry of ible activities by the State weeks, from Jajmau in Kan- its earlier order of a ban on BHARSINGI Chinese President Xi Jinping troops back and “properly media.” External Affairs said it had government, we direct that pur to leather parks in Un- mechanical mining in the The head of the BJP’s had agreed not to allow “dif- settle this incident.” However, India dismissed not been informed and 100 metres from the edge of nao or any other place it Ganga and said, “No in- minority cell in Katol division ferences to become the Chinese spokesperson’s refused to confirm whether the river would be treated as considers appropriate.” stream mechanical mining is of Nagpur district was disputes.” No confirmation reference to the Kashmir is- China would be discussed. no development/construc- permitted and even the min- attacked by a group of nearly “The Foreign Secretary’s However, the MEA spokes- sue unequivocally. “We have “There is perhaps a tion zone between Haridwar Supervisory panel ing on the floodplain should eight persons allegedly for speech underlines our ap- person didn’t confirm or seen the report that they said meeting, I say, perhaps, as I to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.” The court also appointed a be semi-mechanical and carrying beef. proach. We are very sure of deny if National Security Ad- Kashmir is central to peace still have no written word on supervisory committee, preferably more manual.” NEWS Ī PAGE 10 the approach we are taking viser Ajit Doval would travel and stability in the region. that, but I understand there Order on PIL petition headed by the Secretary of “Such mining should be DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD on this issue,” Mr. Baglay to Beijing for a scheduled Our stand is absolutely clear. is a meeting tomorrow... I Giving its verdict on a 1985 the Water Resources Min- permitted only after a de-

FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES said, refusing to be drawn meeting of the NSAs of all At the heart of the matter is do not know where it is but I PIL petition of environment istry and comprising IIT pro- tailed and comprehensive (TABLOID) out on comments from the BRICS countries on July 27- cross-border terrorism per- think, maybe, it is at the activist and lawyer M.C. Me- fessors and officials of the assessment of the annual re- DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES Chinese Ministry of Foreign 28, ahead of the BRICS sum- petrated on the people of In- Home Minister’s residence hta — which was transferred Uttar Pradesh government, plenishment of sand and Affairs that have repeatedly mit in Xiamen in September dia, including the people of and the External Affairs to the NGT from the Su- to oversee implementation gravel in the riverbed and repudiated the MEA’s com- that Prime Minister Naren- Jammu and Kashmir... As far Minister will also be present. preme Court in 2014 — a of the directions passed in ensuring that the connectiv- ments and have denied the dra Modi will attend. Despite as the Kashmir issue is con- But I don’t know what Bench headed by NGT Chair- its verdict. The committee is ity of the river is not distur- Karnataka to contention that Mr. Modi the tensions over the Dok- cerned, we have been ready subjects will be discussed,” person Justice Swatanter Ku- to submit reports at regular bed and that only a quantity and Mr. Xi had a substantial lam situation, the govern- to have dialogue on all issues spokesperson Gopal Baglay mar said the authorities con- intervals. less or equal to the annual probe charge conversation on the side- ment has been sending Min- with Pakistan, but in a bilat- said at his weekly briefing. cerned should complete The Bench further noted replenishment is permitted lines of the G20, and Mr. isters and officials for the eral framework,” the spokes- projects, including a sewage that all industrial units in the to be removed from the ri- of jail bribery Jaishankar’s statement that BRICS meetings on Agricul- person said. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 treatment plant and clean- catchment areas of the verbed or the banks,” it said.

Special Correspondent CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Bengaluru After allegations of corrup- Spade work JD(U), RJD face-o over Tejaswi tion were raised against Party sources told The advice of others.” senior jail officials, Amarnath Tewary Patna Hindu that if the RJD did not “All RJD legislators are be- Karnataka Chief Minister Leaders of the ruling Janata act on the issue by Saturday, hind our leader Lalu Prasad Siddaramaiah on Thursday Dal (United) have begun de- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Tejaswi Yadav, who will said he would order a manding Bihar Deputy Chief would be forced to take a de- not tender his resignation,” probe into the report sub- Minister Tejaswi Yadav’s cision in line with his “zero said Mr. Virendra. Several mitted by DIG (Prisons) D. resignation, following the tolerance to corruption” RJD leaders, who did not Roopa that implicates CBI raids on his family and principle. want to be named, said them. an FIR lodged against him Following the JD(U) lead- there was “no question of In her report on Wed- on corruption charges. er’s statement, RJD legislator Mr. Tejaswi Yadav resigning, nesday, Ms. Roopa accused “Tejaswi Yadav is yet to from Maner constituency come what may.” Director-General (Prisons) explain the charges made Bhai Virendra told journal- JD(U) TIGHTENS SCREWS H.N. Satyanarayana Rao against him,” said JD(U) ists that his party had 80 ON TEJASWI Ī PAGE 11 and others of accepting a leader and spokesperson MLAs in the Assembly and TEJASWI REGRETS ATTACK bribe of ₹2 crore from AI- Neeraj Kumar. would not function “on the ON MEDIAPERSONS Ī PAGE 11 ADMK leader V.K. Sasikala for preferential treatment at the Bengaluru Central Prison, where she is lodged. Speaking to presspersons in Raichur district, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he would order a de- tailed inquiry. For a good harvest: Tiwa tribals prepare a ‘jhum’ eld during the Panthai Langa ritual in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Thursday. It is believed that Tiwas, who live in the hills, are not permitted to prepare their paddy eld for the next harvest before CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 performing this ritual. * RITU RAJ KONWAR

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Two killed Jumbo alerts to stay clear of conict in Gujarat Live displays, ashing lights alert people to wild elephant movement in Karnataka clashes Special Correspondent Sathish G.T. 200 people in 100 villages, AHMEDABAD Hassan and they turned into his Two persons were killed It is an early warning system source network. and several injured in for wild elephant movement “One display board has clashes between members in and around habitations been installed and NCF has of Bharwad and Kshatriya that uses crowdsourced plans for similar boards in a communities in Halvad information, digital displays few other places,” he said. town of Saurashtra region. and mobile phone The alarm lights blink as More than 20 vehicles technology. soon as he or the forest and a few houses were People in Karnataka’s official or an authorised torched by rioters, which Sakaleshpur taluk, who face villager, whose numbers are led to suspension of mo- frequent conflicts with linked to a dedicated mobile bile-based Internet ser- elephants, see the alerts on a SIM, dials it. The alert is vices in Morbi and public digital display. They ended when one of them Surendranagar districts. also get help from special dials the number again. The authorities also lights that flash as an alert Forewarned and safe: A digital board at Sakaleshpur displays stopped traffic on when a herd is spotted in the an alert about a herd being spotted. * PRAKASH HASSAN Pattern in deaths Ahmedabad-Kutch high- area. The system is run by An NCF study of 23 people way that passes through the Nature Conservation Hassan District Planters’ puts it up on the five-foot- who died in elephant Halvad and Dhragadra Foundation (NCF), with Association on long display board. conflicts between 2010 and towns after violence erup- support from the Planters’ Sakaleshpur’s outskirts, and “Normally, I get inputs in the 2016 found that in most ted on Thursday evening. Association and the Forest look for the flashing lights morning and visit the spot to cases, the incidents Clashes between Bhar- Department. on the route. Vinod verify. A message goes up by occurred between 6 a.m. wad and Kshatriya castes Travellers bound for Krishnan, a researcher at evening,” said Mr. Krishnan, and 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 broke out following the Kiruhunase, Siddapura, Ale NCF, gets real-time who has worked on NCF’s p.m. A similar system run by murder of a Kshatriya Beluru and surrounding information on elephant elephant project for two NCF in the estate town of community leader, Indras- villages catch the alerts on herds from villagers and years. During his field visits, Valparai in Tamil Nadu gave inh Zala, in Dhrangadhra the digital board at the Forest Department staff and he built contacts with over good results. town. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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DELHI Timings Friday, July 14 Sudarshan Pattnaik falls ill during protest RISE 05:33 SET 19:21 Assam CM Sonowal RISE 22:51 SET 10:03 Saturday, July 15 He was on dharna for the past three days protesting against pollution on Puri beach RISE 05:34 SET 19:21 Saff Reporter Pattnaik, brother of the sand Subsequently, Chief Min- RISE 23:28 SET 11:00 faces SC wrath BHUBANESWAR artist. ister Naveen Patnaik called Sunday, July 16 Internationally acclaimed Mr. Pattnaik had been him and assured him that he RISE 05:34 SET 19:21 sand artist Sudarshan drawing the attention of the would address the issue of RISE 00:00 SET 11:59 For his “intervention” in the process of publication of NRC Pattnaik, who has been on a authorities to the pollution pollution at Bankimuhan. dharna protesting against at Bankimuhan on Puri Soon after the CM’s assur- Press Trust of India that this would be done on pollution on Puri beach for beach, visited by thousands ance, the Puri municipality New Delhi or before December 2017. the past three days, was of tourists every day. swung into action and Assam Chief Minister Sarba- “The last time you had rushed to a hospital on Sudarshan Pattnaik Last month, the sand cleared a waste deposit at nanda Sonowal on faced the told us that you will do it by Thursday after he com- artist came up with a spec- Bankimuhan. But the sand wrath of the Supreme Court March 2018. It is good that plained of unease. dharna place and we imme- tacular sand art to highlight artist was expecting a long- for his “intervention” in the you are doing it. But we “My brother felt uneasi- diately took him to a hos- how grave the pollution on term solution to the prob- process of publication of the have an on record statement ness in the morning at the pital,” said Banambar Puri beach was. lem. National Register of Citizens of the Chief Minister of As- (NRC), which is being mon- sam that the draft NRC will itored by the top court. Sarbananda Sonowal be published in December New interim V-C of CU The apex court observed 2017. Let him supervise that when it was monitoring any other authority inter- then. We will wash off our Press Trust of India Ms. Banerjee will take the process of preparation vening in the matter of pre- hands. Kolkata charge on July 15, State and publication of the draft paration and publication of “When the Supreme Sonali Chakravarti Baner- Education Minister Partha NRC, which is meant to the draft NRC when this Court is monitoring it, we jee, currently the Pro- Chatterjee said. identify original residents of court has been monitoring don’t see any other agency Vice-Chancellor (Finance) At present, Asutosh the state to check illegal mi- the process,” it said. or authority to say that we of Calcutta University, will Ghosh is the interim V-C gration, no agency or au- The counsel representing will do it like this. Our atten- be the next interim Vice- of Calcutta University and thority can make such a the Assam government said tion is drawn to the Chief Chancellor of the es- his term will expire on statement. there was no intention on Minister’s statement that he teemed institution. July 14. A bench comprising the part of the Chief Minis- has revised the date to Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R ter to interfere in the apex December 31, 2017,” it said. Openbill F Nariman warned that if court proceedings. The apex court also ob- the authorities intervened in During the hearing, the served that it has spent time storks visit the matter like this, it would bench was informed that and energy for almost two “wash off its hands” as it though the deadline for years for this and it was “not Jagannathpur does not appreciate such publication of draft NRC was fair” on the part of the Chief moves. said to be March 31, 2018, Minister to make such a Staff Reporter “We do not appreciate the Chief Minister has stated statement. BERHAMPUR Openbill storks have started building their nests on large trees near the Jagan- nathpur railway station on the outskirts of Berhampur in Ganjam district of Odisha. It is a welcome sight for nature lovers as these birds have preferred to nest and breed in an area that has been impacted by urban- isation. Hundreds of these birds can be sighted in the rainwater-filled agricultural fields and large trees in Jagannathpur. Berhampur Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ashis Behera said it was quite heartening to see that these birds were feeling se- cure near a busy urban centre like Berhampur. According to forest officials, openbill storks have been sighted near water bodies and swampy regions on the periphery of Berhampur for more than a decade. It was believed that they were coming from adjoining Andhra Pra- desh. A large nesting colony of openbill storks is located near Telkunchi village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, about 25 km from Berhampur. 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IN BRIEF Will maintain dignity of Ex-Punjab Phoolka’s resignation minister, son President’s oce: Kovind charged draws Opposition ire Press trust of India ‘Will focus on all-round development of all States’ Mohali Former Punjab minister Parties accuse AAP leader of ‘exploiting’ Sikh sentiments Special Correspondent Sarwan Singh Phillaur and BJP will use ‘mantras’ to Jaipur his son Damanvir Singh are solve problems: Akhilesh SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT was in a complete disarray. National Democratic Alli- among 12 people named in LUCKNOW CHANDIGARH The Shirmonai Akali Dal, ance presidential candidate an ED charge-sheet -- the Claiming that GST is The resignation of senior on the other hand, asked Mr. Ram Nath Kovind on sixth so far- filed in the Jag- beneficial only for big Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Phoolka to clear his stand on Thursday said he would dish Bhola drug racket and traders, Samajwadi Party leader H.S. Phoolka from the the AAP supporting Con- maintain the dignity of the money laundering case in a chief Akhilesh Yadav on post of the Leader of the Op- gress-backed nominee Meira President’s office and pro- CBI court here. Thursday mocked the BJP, position in the Punjab As- Kumar for the Presidential tect the spirit of the Consti- Former chief parlia- saying it could even resort to sembly has invited criticism, election. tution if elected to the mentary secretary (CPS) using “mantras” to resolve with the Opposition parties “If you [Mr. Phoolka] are highest constitutional post. Avinash Chander has also people’s problems without terming the act “an attempt with the riot victims, then “During my gubernat- been named in the 211-page taking any real steps. to exploit Sikh sentiments”. there is no way you could orial stint in Bihar, I never charge-sheet filed on Wed- Noting that the BJP is used Mr. Phoolka stepped support the candidature of compromised with the dig- NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind addressing nesday by the Enforcement to “spreading lies for political down from the position on H.S. Phoolka Congress-backed candidate nity of the office,” he said. BJP MLAs at the CM house in Jaipur on Thursday * PTI Directorate’s special public gains,” Mr. Yadav said his July 9 to be able to continue Meria Kumar for the post of prosecutor Jagjit Singh party has to “fight this and to fight cases of the 1984 anti- concluded Budget session. President,” said Akali leader ‘Justice for all’ Mr. Kovind addressed a Mr. Naidu later told re- Sarao. counter it”. PTI Sikh riots victims in courts. Virsa Singh Valtoha. Mr. Kovind, who was on a meeting of Bharatiya Janata porters that the presiden- The Bar Council of Delhi had ‘Publicity stunt’ Delhi Sikh Gurudwara day’s visit to the Rajasthan Party MPs and MLAs at tial election was not an oc- Probe rape of Dalit girl, last week barred Advocate “Mr. Phoolka’s claim that he Management Committee capital to seek the support Chief Minister Vasundhara casion for an “ideological police told Phoolka from resuming prac- resigned to serve victims of general secretary Manjinder of legislators, said he would Raje’s official residence fight.” “The NDA has nom- CHANDIGARH tice, arguing that he held the the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was Singh Sirsa termed Mr. Phoo- focus on all-round develop- here, while seeking their inated Mr. Kovind for the The Punjab State Scheduled rank of a Cabinet Minister an attempt to save his face ka’s resignation a “drama”, ment of all States from votes as members of the highest post in view of his Castes Commission has with salary and perks. and gain publicity by touch- and said he should instead Rashtrapati Bhavan and en- electoral college. inspiring personality and directed the police to probe The Congress, however, ing their [Sikh] sentiments,” persuade his party chief and sure justice for all sections Union Urban Develop- leadership traits,” he said the alleged rape of a Dalit girl alleged that Mr. Phoolka quit said senior Congress leader Delhi Chief Minister Arvind of society, besides promot- ment Minister M. Venkaiah in an apparent reference to in a private college of as he had failed to get sup- and Cabinet Minister Char- Kejriwal to work for the wel- ing modern education and Naidu and Rajya Sabha MP the remarks by Opposi- Amritsar. PTI port of his party MLAs in the anjit Singh Channi, while fare of families who suffered fulfilling the aspirations of Bhupender Yadav accom- tion’s nominee Meira House during the recently pointing out that the AAP during the riots. the youths. panied him. Kumar. No AC, sofa, pomp at Yogi’s eld visits ‘CM is extremely unhappy over extravagant arrangements made for visits’

Press Trust of India fas, red carpets and ACs view of the neighbouring Lucknow at their residences as a houses, put up saffron Henceforth no AC, air- temporary measure. coloured curtains in the cooler, red carpet, saf- martyr’s house and also fron towel and sofa will No repeat installed an air-cooler, be seen during field visits The chief minister has ex- exhaust fan and a sofa for of Uttar Pradesh Chief pressed unhappiness the comfort of the chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, over this and wants no minister. going by a specific order repeat of it, the official Mr Adityanath did not issued by his office. said citing the CMO’s or- like the fanfare when he The Chief Minister’s Yogi Adityanath der of July 10. landed there to grieve Office has said that Mr On July 8, Mr with the family and hand Adityanath is “extremely state. “The CM has given Adityanath had visited over a cheque of Rs 6 unhappy” over the extra- clear orders that no spe- the family of slain CRPF lakh to them. He is said vagant arrangements that cial arrangements be sub-inspector Sahab to have pulled up officials are made for his visits to made during his visits Shukla in Gorakhpur, over the same, sources in homes of martyrs and and any show-off or in- who had died in a terror- the CMO said. wants to put an immedi- convenience to the com- ist attack in Srinagar on Earlier on May 12, the ate end to this mon people should be June 24. chief minister had visited “show-off.” avoided,” an official said. The local administra- the house of slain BSF His office has issued During his recent visits tion covered the entire jawan Prem Sagar in De- an order to this effect to to Deoria and Gorakhpur road to Mr Shukla’s oria. Mr Sagar was killed all administrative and po- for meeting families of house with a red carpet, by a Pakistan Border Ac- lice chiefs of districts and martyred jawans, the ad- put up white curtains on tion Team along LoC in other top officials in the ministration put up so- the route to block the Poonch. HC seeks UP’s policy on abattoirs

Press Trust of India A Bench of Chief of hearing on July 20. Allahabad Justice D. B. Bhosle and The Bench gave the The Allahabad High Justice M. K. Gupta direction while hearing Court on Thursday asked the State’s Addi- a petition by Dilshad asked the Uttar Pradesh tional Advocate Gen- Ahmed and other resid- government to apprise eral Manish Goel to ents of Gorakhpur, it within a week of its seek the government’s home to the Gorakh- policy on setting up instruction on the issue nath temple with CM new abattoirs in the and inform it of the Yogi Adityanath being State. policy by the next date its mahant too.

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Shiva Kumar mission by Coca Cola that it of ground water per day. Union Minister of State for preme Court on Thursday Mandya statistics available at the De- had no intention to open The application sought to Commerce and Industry said it would take a balanced partment of Agriculture. and resume operations in its stay the Kerala High Court Nirmala Sitharaman has view, keeping in mind the in- Food production is set to Many factors have de- Plachimada factory in Ker- decisions of April 7 and June expressed concern over the terests of the people of both take a massive hit in terred farmers from starting ala, thus drawing to a close 1, 2005. The panchayat had recent violence in Karnataka the States. Mandya, considered the the sowing process — non- the 12-year-long litigation argued that it had a right to and the “failure” of the State On the final day of his ar- “sugar bowl of old Mysuru release of water into canals; between the people of the refuse withdrawal of large government to curb it. She guments before a Bench led region”, in 2017-18. poor monsoon; the Cauvery Perumatty panchayat and quantities of ground water said this could affect by Justice Dipak Misra, With no water being re- dispute; and the fear of los- the soft drink major. by Coca Cola, keeping in investment flow. senior advocate Fali Nar- Dismal scenario: The chances of water owing into leased into canals owing to ing crop, say Agriculture De- A Bench led by Justice Ro- view the interests of agricul- iman for Karnataka criticised Karnataka’s canals are weak as it has to release 40 tmcft of poor storage in the Krishna- partment officials. hinton Nariman was told by ture and domestic con- Kerala private hospitals the burden imposed on the water to T.N. this month. * G.R.N. SOMASHEKAR raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir, An official told The senior advocate K.V. Vish- sumers. to scale down operations State by the Cauvery Water sowing has been taken up in Hindu: “We had set a target wanathan, appearing for The High Court held in THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Disputes Tribunal. The State, claim only 132 tmcft. of its drought-prone area only 32,505 hectares (12.5%) of sowing paddy on 60,067 Coca Cola, that the litigation Coca Cola’s favour, permit- The Association of Healthcare he said, was equally affected On Wednesday, in re- was 21,870 sq. km as against against the target of 2.59 hectares during the current should be declared infructu- ting its bottling plant at Providers, Kerala chapter, the by drought and lack of rain. sponse to a similar submis- 12,790 sq. km in Tamil Nadu. lakh hectares. season and had stocked ous as his client did not in- Plachimada to draw ground- Association of Advanced sion, Mr. Justice Misra ob- Citing a study, it said the con- Sugarcane has been cul- 1,000 quintals of seeds. But tend to return to the Plachi- water not exceeding Speciality Healthcare ‘Equally affected’ served that the court did not tributions to the flow in the tivated on only 2,424 hec- the achievement is 0%. Over mada premises in future to 5,00,000 litres a day. Institutions and the Kerala The tribunal’s order that want a “quarrel” between Cauvery by Karnataka, Tamil tares while another major 700 quintals of seeds have start operations. The question whether Private Hospitals Association Karnataka release 192 tmcft the States. “From the Him- Nadu and Kerala were 425 crop, ragi, has been taken remained unsold.” local self-governing bodies said private hospitals would to serve 24.71 lakh acres in alayas to Kanyakumari, India tmcft, 252 tmcft and 113 tm- up on just 22 hectares. The chances of water Panchayat application like panchayats should be have to scale down their Tamil Nadu had greatly af- has been considered one na- cft, amounting to 790 tmcft. flowing into canals are weak The Supreme Court had, in empowered with licensing services if the nurses in the fected Karnataka. tion. There should not be a The tribunal did not appor- Various factors as Karnataka has to release 2005, issued notice to Coca powers and decide the fu- private health sector were to It went against the agree- quarrel in the name of shar- tion the water on the basis of Not even a single hectare of 40 tmcft of water to Tamil Cola on an application by ture of industry continues to go ahead with their indefinite ments of 1892 and 1924. ing water,” he said. the “settled principles of paddy cultivation was done Nadu in July, official sources the Perumatty panchayat remain open in the Su- strike plan from Monday. Tamil Nadu, he said, could Karnataka said the extent equity,” it said. as of Thursday, according to said. seeking to stay the decision preme Court. Assembly seat increase: Congress Dileep jeered as police take him to Thrissur Telangana MLA held, may upset Naidu’s calculations Woman actor denies nancial dispute with him; says rumour should be scotched released Staff Reporter pute with Dileep. “So far I To corner CMs of Telugu States by oering conditional support Thrissur did not come out with a cla- Special Correspondent A police team, investigating rification on this as there MAHABUBABAD K. Venkateshwarlu Rajya Sabha, the Congress tential of embarrassing the the case related to the ab- was absolutely no truth in it. Telangana Rashtra Samiti VIJAYAWADA strategy is to offer condi- BJP, Mr. Naidu and Telan- duction and harassment of a This rumour was expected MLA from Mahabubabad, The Congress is keen on tional support and link it to gana Chief Minister K. woman actor, brought actor to die down automatically. Bhanoth Shankar Naik, driving home the point that Andhra Pradesh’s interests. Chandrasekhar Rao. Mr. Dileep to Thrissur on But now it requires an ex- was arrested by the town it may be down but not out “The Congress will ask the Reddy said Mr. Gandhi not Thursday for collecting evid- planation as the news is police and later released in Andhra Pradesh. It is set NDA to grant the Special Cat- only liked the idea but also ence. He was taken to the spreading through social me- on personal bond here on to upset Chief Minister N. egory Status, a Railway Zone promptly called senior Joys Palace Hotel, the dia,” the statement said. Thursday. Chandrababu Naidu’s apple for Visakhapatnam, com- leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to Garuda Hotel, and the Kinat- The woman actor ex- The MLA was arrested cart by opposing his move to pensate for the revenue defi- mobilise support. tingal Tennis and Sports pressed her willingness to based on a complaint get the number of Assembly cit and fulfil other promises “We have now got a Academy. furnish documents in this lodged by the District Col- seats increased from 175 to before seeking the party’s chance to hit at both Mr. According to the police, connection before the in- lector on the MLA’s ‘inde- 225 and ensure that the support for the Bill,” N. Naidu and Mr. Dileep had discussions with vestigation officers. cent and disrespectful’ be- MLAs who have switched Raghuveera Reddy, presid- Chandrasekhar Rao politic- Sunil Kumar aka ‘Pulsar’ Answering questions: Dileep being brought to Hotel Garuda in “I have come to know haviour towards her at a over to the Telugu Desam ent of the Andhra Pradesh ally. They may get the Bill Suni, the first accused, at Thrissur on Thursday. * K.K. NAJEEB through the media and from public meeting here on Party get the ticket in the Congress Committee, told cleared in the Lok Sabha but these places during the other sources that the evid- Wednesday. 2019 Assembly elections. The Hindu over phone. they don’t have the required shooting of the movie Geor- ployed in the city to control Thursday denied any real es- ence is against this person The MLA later apolo- Instead of directly oppos- Mr. Reddy led a delega- two-thirds majority in the gettan’s Pooram. the crowd. tate deals between her and [Dileep]. Truth must prevail, gised to the woman officer. ing the Constitutional tion to AICC vice-president Rajya Sabha. Setting aside A huge crowd hooted and actor Dileep. irrespective of whether he Several public organisa- Amendment Bill (facilitating Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday State interests, both have en- raised slogans against the Victim speaks up In a statement, the actor did it or not,” the statement tions took out a rally de- the increase in the number) and convinced him to adopt couraged defections,” Mr. actor at these places. A The woman actor, who said she had no property said. manding stringent action when it comes up before the this strategy that has the po- Reddy said. strong police force was de- survived a sexual assault, on and financial dealings or dis- (With inputs from Kochi) against the MLA.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Gangster’s death sparks violence, 1 dead Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Indenite curfew clamped in Nagaur as govt turns down demand for CBI probe into encounter Special Correspondent fire. Jaipur Nine policemen and three An indefinite curfew was civilians, who were seri- Haryana eyes slot in top clamped on Sanvrad village ously injured, were admit- two in ease of business of Nagaur district in Ra- ted to Sawai Man Singh Gov- CHANDIGARH jasthan on Thursday after ernment Hospital in Jaipur. Haryana aims to be among large-scale violence broke Hospital spokesperson top two States in terms of out in which one person S.S. Yadav said two of the in- the ease of doing business was killed and 25 others jured were shifted to the in- rankings this year, Chief injured. tensive care unit after their Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Thousands of people had surgery on Thursday. said on Thursday. Presiding gathered in the village to The administration has over a meeting here, the pay tribute to gangster banned Internet services in Chief Minister exhorted the Anandpal Singh, who was several areas of Nagaur, departments concerned to killed in an encounter with Churu, Sikar and Bikaner jointly work for achieving the the police on June 24. districts in an attempt to target. PTI The situation in the re- stop the spread of rumours gion remained tense as the on the social media. NGT notice to 35 protesters demanded a CBI Fake videos, messages Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) thermal plants inquiry into Anandpal’s and images had gone viral Forecast for Friday: Heavy to very heavy rain at a few/isolated NEW DELHI death. on web-based applications places likely over southwest Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, east Ra- The Central Pollution Control Home Minister Gulab Protesters at a rally to pay tribute to slain gangster Anandpal Singh in Jaipur on Thursday. * PTI since Anandpal’s encounter. jasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, central Maha- Board on Thursday moved the Chand Kataria rejected the The State Roadways National Green Tribunal, rashtra, west Rajasthan, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and demand, saying the police Anandpal’s body in a deep Singh Kalvi, Ranveer Gudha stage a march to the State buses started plying in coastal Karnataka alleging that 35 thermal had followed the Supreme freezer at his house for and Sukhdev Singh, who Capital. Nagaur district on Thursday city rain max min city rain max min power plants have failed to Court’s guidelines during nearly three weeks after its were leading the agitation in During Wednesday’s viol- evening after a gap of two Agartala...... 4.8.... 31.4.... 25.1 Kozhikode ...... 0.1.... 29.2.... 25.4 install online effluent and the encounter at Malasar in post-mortem, agreed to the village, were arrested ence, Lalchand Sharma days, while the railways can- Ahmedabad...... 0.5.... 32.5.... 24.5 Kurnool...... —.... 34.8.... 25.2 emission monitoring system, Churu district and the gang- cremate it following the ar- along with 200 persons, from Haryana was killed in celled the Ratangarh-Sardar- Aizawl ...... 6.... 28.7.... 12.2 Lucknow...... —.... 31.8.... 25.6 despite its direction. A bench Allahabad ...... —.... 31.7.... 25.0 Madurai...... 1.1.... 38.2.... 25.4 ster’s family members could rest of some leaders. while Shri Rajput Sabha the clash between the police shahar train, partially can- Bengaluru...... —.... 26.9.... 20.0 Mangaluru...... 21.... 26.5.... 22.8 headed by Justice Jawad go to the court if they be- The police said curfew leaders Giriraj Singh and and the crowd of protesters. celled the Jodhpur-Hisar Bhopal...... 11.4.... 24.9.... 23.6 Mumbai...... 0.2.... 30.8.... 27.4 Rahim issued notices to the lieved that it was fake. would be relaxed in Sanvrad Mahipal Singh were arrested The mob allegedly at- train and diverted three oth- Bhubaneswar ...... 12.... 31.2.... 24.9 Mysuru...... 1.... 27.5.... 19.9 Ministry of Power and 35 Chandigarh ...... 23.4.... 35.4.... 26.3 New Delhi ...... —.... 35.7.... 27.0 Late on Thursday even- for one hour to facilitate the in Jaipur. tacked the police with ers after the protesters dam- Chennai ...... 0.3.... 34.6.... 26.9 Patna ...... 15.7.... 33.4.... 26.1 thermal power stations and ing, members of the Rajput cremation. They had given a call to stones, snatched weapons aged the track passing Coimbatore...... —.... 33.2.... 23.2 Port Blair ...... 34.6.... 29.0.... 24.1 sought their replies. PTI community who had kept Rajput leaders Lokendra the community members to and set a police vehicle on through Sanvrad. Dehradun...... —.... 33.6.... 22.9 Puducherry...... 0.2.... 35.6.... 24.4 Gangtok...... —.... 22.6.... 17.7 Pune ...... 0.2.... 28.6.... 22.1 Four children drown Goa ...... 10.9.... 31.3.... 23.4 Raipur ...... —.... 30.9.... 25.4 in Bihar pond Guwahati ...... —.... 35.2.... 26.4 Ranchi...... 5.2.... 29.4.... 21.0 Hubballi...... —.... 27.0.... 22.0 Shillong...... 0.6.... 25.9.... 15.5 SASARAM Hyderabad ...... —.... 27.0.... 25.5 Shimla...... 21.9.... 21.4.... 15.6 Four children drowned in a Girl’s rape-murder case solved Mother, son trampled Imphal...... —.... 31.4.... 22.5 Srinagar ...... —.... 28.0.... 16.0 pond in Bihar’s Rohtas Jaipur...... 1.... 35.0.... 25.8 Trivandrum ...... —.... 31.4.... 25.6 district, the police said on Kochi...... —.... 31.2.... 25.4 Tiruchi ...... —.... 38.5.... 28.4 A local, four others from Uttarakhand, Nepal arrested to death by elephants Kohima...... —.... 27.0.... 18.8 Vijayawada...... 13.6.... 32.6.... 24.0 Thursday. The children Kolkata...... 3.4.... 32.2.... 26.5 Visakhapatnam ...... 0.4.... 31.6.... 26.2 drowned while taking bath in Staff Correspondent three days. The call details Particulate matter in the air you are breathing Yesterday a pond near Targanj village, Shimla of the accused gave a lead to CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE they said. They have been Other son of the woman escaped unhurt The Shimla Police on the police. Ahmedabad...... —.....— ...— ...... — ...... —...... — In observation made at identified as Golu (8), Aman Bengaluru ...... 9 ...56..67 ...... —...... 92 ...... * 4.00 p.m., Howrah, Thursday claimed to have The schoolgirl went miss- Staff Reporter phant herd to an isolated * recorded an overall air (8), Ankit (7) and Dipu (12). Chennai...... 8 ...20..26 ....151 ...... — ...... quality index (AQI) score solved the rape-cum-murder ing on July 4. Two days later BHUBANESWAR * They had come over to their place in the forest on Wed- Delhi...... 17 ...51..57 ...... 60....131 ...... of 146 of a Class X schoolgirl of her body was found in a A woman and her minor son nesday evening and re- Hyderabad ...... 64 ...21..13 ...... 49...... 78 ...... * indicating a moderate relatives’ place for a house Kolkata ...... 23 ...40..24 ...... —...... 52 ...... * level of pollution. Kotkhai in Shimla district deep forest. were trampled to death by a turned home around 11 p.m. In contrast, Nashik, warming function. PTI Lucknow ...... 11 ...37..38 ...... 52 ...... — ...... * with the arrest of five Maharashtra herd of elephants at Sialjor But the herd came back to Mumbai ...... 21 ...14..56 ...... 41....115 ...... * recorded a healthy AQI Businessman, friend persons. Post-mortem report village in Sundargarh dis- raid the houses in Sialjor in Pune ...... 12 ...27..78 ...... 24...... 34 ...... * score of 29 abducted in Jhansi One person, a local from She was studying in a local trict of Odisha in the early the early hours of Vishakhapatnam...... 7 ...16..61 ...... 71....229 ...... * JHANSI Kotkhai, was arrested on Girls lighting candles to seek government school in hours of Thursday. Thursday,” said Kuanr- Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good A businessman and his friend Wednesday night, said Dir- justice for the 16-year-old Kotkhai and was kidnapped Another son of the wo- munda Forest Range Officer SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, were abducted here by ector General of Police girl who was raped and killed, while going home. The post making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air man escaped unhurt as he Raj Kishore Das. particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues unknown persons when they Somesh Goyal, who had con- in Shimla. * FILE PHOTO -mortem report confirmed was sleeping in a different The elephants first dam- and monuments. were returning home on a stituted an SIT after the gang rape and death by room. aged Samari’s house situ- NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by two-wheeler, the police said crime led to an uproar in the ing in Halaila village of strangulation. ated at the entrance to the reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to on Thursday. Businessman State. Kotkhai, the police said. The police have registered Busy forest staff village. critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause Rajendra Agarwal and his Out of the remaining four Calling it a blind murder a case under Sections 302 The elephant herd had been The woman and her son, dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. friend Rahul were stopped persons, two belong to case, the DGP congratulated and 376 of the IPC and Sec- keeping the forest staff on Satrughna Pradhan, were PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, near Antiya Talab area here by Nepal and two to Ut- the SIT led by IG Zahur S. tion 4 of POCSO (Protection nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced their toes for the past few crushed to death as they lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and some men, who made them tarakhand. Zaidi, who interrogated of Children from Sexual Of- days. were sleeping in the same premature death in people with heart or lung disease sit in a car and drove away. PTI All the accused were liv- about 84 people in past fences) Act. “Our staff chased the ele- room. (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day)

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Press Trust of India New Delhi As many as 80 people have 7 more shermen held, lost their lives in the floods CM writes to Modi that have hit 58 districts in RAMESWARAM the northeast, Union Minis- The Sri Lankan Navy on ter of State for Development Wednesday arrested seven of North Eastern Region shermen from Mandapam In tatters: (From left) Normal life continues to be derailed in Panighatta in Darjeeling, which saw several cases of arson. The charred remains of the tourist resource centre and the Gayabari (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said and conscated their two railway station in Darjeeling. Women observe Gorkha Ekta Diwas, organised by the Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee, in Darjeeling on Thursday. * PTI &SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT on Thursday. trawlers on charges of Mr. Singh, who reviewed engaging in bottom trawling. the flood situation in As- Chief Minister Edappadi K. sam, Arunachal Pradesh Palaniswami urged the Prime Violence continues to roil Darjeeling and Manipur with officials Minister to get 60 shermen of these States, said the of Tamil Nadu and 146 shing damage caused by the rains boats released immediately. Tourist oce, toy train railway station torched; writer and singer return State awards; more Army personnel deployed was “unprecedented”. A total of 58 districts Two arrested for firing Special Correspondent have been affected due to at Dalits in Saurashtra Kolkata Bengal thinkers urge floods and landslides in Ar- AHMEDABAD Stepping up the movement unachal Pradesh, Assam A day after people belonging for separate Gorkhaland and Manipur where around to the upper caste opened State, at least three person- PM Modi to step in 80 lives have been lost, he fire on Dalits over a land alities from the Darjeeling said. dispute in Mevasa village in hills on Thursday returned The Minister said the Saurashtra, the police awards conferred on them ‘Division of State will be suicidal’ Centre is committed to arrested two persons on by the West Bengal govern- providing all support to the Thursday. The dispute was ment at a public gathering. Special Correspondent Gangesh Halui and Wasim State governments in rescue Kolkata over a piece of agricultural Writer and translator Kapoor, Sanskrit scholar and relief operations, an of- land in the village. Four Dalits Krishna Singh Moktan, mu- A group of intellectuals Nrishinga Prasad Bhaduri ficial release said. The min- were injured in the firing. “We sician Karma Younzon and from West Bengal has writ- among others . istry of DoNER and the have filed a case of atrocity Kurseong College Principal ten to Prime Minister Nar- “Further division of Prime Minister’s Office are and launched a probe,” the Prakash Pradhan returned endra Modi urging him to Bengal, as proposed… will closely coordinating with a police said. their awards at an event at restore normalcy in Dar- be suicidal given the team led by Union Minister Darjeeling's Chowrasta to One voice: Gorkhaland supporters observe a unity march in Darjeeling on Thursday, on the jeeling and opposing the present status of Indo- of State for Home Kiren 7 policemen injured in mark the birth anniversary occasion of the 203rd birthday of noted Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya. * PTI demand for the creation of Nepal relation and the Rijiju, which is currently vis- stone-pelting in UP of Nepali poet Bhanubhakta a separate State of Gorkha- possibility of the Siliguri iting the region to assess the MUZAFFARNAGAR Acharya, being observed as Morcha (GJM) had called on and the Gayabari Railway mark the birth anniversary land. corridor of India being situation. Seven policemen were injured Gorkha Exta Dibas. awardees to return their Station of the Darjeeling Hi- of Bhanubhakta Acharya. “Contrary to the allega- turned into a geopolitical Mr. Rijiju, deputed by when a mob allegedly pelted “I am a musician but honours. malayan Railway was also tion of the hill people, the underbelly,” the letter Prime Minister Narendra them with stones during a above all, I am supporter of Meanwhile, incidents of set on fire. The house of the Hydel plant shut people of Bengal have al- warns. Modi to assess the flood protest against an anti- Gorkhaland. We do not arson were reported from Chairman of the Tamang On Wednesday, the Nation ways stood by them in The communication has situation in the Northeast, encroachment drive in the need any awards from this different places in the hills Development Board at Ka- Hydel Power Corporation their efforts to enrich their been sent to Governor Ke- undertook an aerial survey district, the police said on Bengal government. I am as the indefinite shutdown limpong was also attacked. decided to shut down the culture, language and the shari Nath Tripathi and of flood-hit districts in As- Thursday. A police team on sure I would get many such entered its 29th day on The day also saw deploy- hydel power plant at Ramdi ethos with proper hon- the Chief Minister. sam, Before the survey, he Wednesday went to Toda awards from Gorkhaland Thursday. ment of three columns of in Darjeeling after protests our,” the letter states. “Unfortunately, their met district officials in village to remove when the separate state is A forest office and resid- the Army in Darjeeling, Ka- erupted outside the plant. The signatories include demand for division of Lakhimpur, which has been encroachments on a street formed,” said Mr. Younzon, ence of forest guards were limpong and Sonada. Para- GJM general secretary Sahitya Akademi award Bengal is getting indiscrete hit the hardest by floods, when the protesters started awarded the “Sangeet Sam- set on fire in the Teesta area military and police forces Roshan Giri said the party winner Sirshendu Mukho- support from some polit- and visited deluge-ravaged hurling stones at them, man” award in 2016. On July in the hills. A Tourist Re- kept vigil as hundreds of had no role in the violence padhay, actor Rudra ical quarters operating Pasnoi Baolidan village. station house officer (SHO) 8, the Gorkha Janmukti source Centre in Darjeeling agitators joined rallies to (With inputs from PTI) Prasad Sengupta, painters from outside,” it said. Amardeep Lal said. PTI Over 3 lakh marooned More than three lakh people have been marooned by flood waters in Man held Lakhimpur district alone. Petition submitted SC dismisses plea in coal case Later, the Minister for indecent reached Arunachal Pradesh Legal Correspondent Madan B. Lokur said griev- ing and criminal breach of where at least five persons behaviour on NEW DELHI against Irom’s marriage ances against the trial court’s trust by a public servant un- were killed and nine miss- The Supreme Court on orders in the coal block al- der the IPC and various pro- ing due to landslides follow- Mumbai train Thursday dismissed a plea location cases could only be vision of the Prevention of ing incessant rains in by some accused persons in brought to the Supreme Corruption Act, the special Papum Pare district. ‘Her activism on behalf of tribals could be a threat to peace’ Vedika Chaubey the coal scam case for per- Court. A special court had judge had said that there was Mr. Singh said the dam- Mumbai mission to move the High ordered framing of charges prima facie material to pro- age caused by the floods K. Raju Late last month, Isha Chit- Court against a trial court or- against the accused in the al- ceed against all the accused. and landslides has been Kodaikanal nis and a colleague were der framing charges for al- lotment of the Amarkonda The prosecution had ar- contained to a large extent. Within 24 hours of human waiting at Chhatrapati Shiv- leged irregularities in the al- Murgadangal block to two gued in the trial court that He suggested that experts rights activist Irom Sharmila aji Terminus to board the location of the Amarkonda companies of the Jindal Amarkonda Murgadangal from space technology and filing the papers for her mar- early morning Tapovan Ex- Murgadangal coal block in group. coal block was allotted on ISRO be roped in for carry- riage at the Sub-Registrar’s press to Nashik. The young Jharkhand. Framing the charges of the basis of the conspiracy ing out an assessment of office here, a local activist women saw that a man on A Bench led by Justice criminal conspiracy, cheat- hatched by the accused. damage. has filed a petition against it. the window seat was Ms. Sharmila and her Brit- openly masturbating. ish partner Desmond Horrified, Ms. Chitnis Coutinho submitted their shot a quick video on her papers for their marriage at phone and went to the the Sub-Registrar Office on General Railway Police Wednesday. A 30-day notice (GRP) office to complain. was served as her marriage The constable on duty at could be registered under first laughed when he the Special Marriage Act. heard their story. When he V. Mahendran, a social eventually accompanied activist from Pethuparai, Facing obstacles: Irom Sharmila has announced her intention them back to the train, the submitted a petition to the to settle down in Kodaikanal after marriage. * G. KARTHIKEYAN man had zipped up his Sub-Registrar on Thursday trousers. Though there was morning, protesting against mind after she, in a recent would permanently settle in video proof of the man’s Ms. Sharmila’s marriage pro- television interview, hinted Kodaikanal, the activist said. behaviour, the constable posal and appealing to the that she would raise her Hence, the Sub-Registrar did nothing, instead telling government to deny permis- voice in support of tribals on should not grant permission the women that the man sion to them. the hills. Moreover, her Brit- for her marriage, keeping in had bought a ticket and “When I met Irom Sharm- ish fiancée Mr. Coutinho was mind the interest of the was entitled to his seat. ila in Kodaikanal during her in-charge of a website enga- people and safety of Kodaik- Ms. Chitnis then posted visit to Bodhi Zendo near ging with activists all over anal, he insisted. the video and her account Perumal Malai, she said that the world. Mr. Mahendran Mr. Mahendran told The of the police reaction on she came to Kodaikanal to cited these as threats to Hindu that keeping a con- social media. Almost a fort- lead a peaceful life. I wel- peace on the hills of Kodaik- stant watch on Ms. Sharmila night later, after other comed her then, as she was anal. would take a toll on the po- users tagged official rail- a renowned activist,” he lice. If she sat on the street way handles and the Rail- stated in the petition. A tourist haven for tribal rights, it would be- way Minister, the GRP Sources said Mr. Ma- Many foreign and Indian come an international issue, swung into action. hendran was among the first tourists come to Kodaikanal he said. Machindra Chavan, ACP, to receive Ms. Sharmila and to enjoy their holidays as it Meanwhile, the police GRP, said the incident honoured her with a shawl offers a calm, safe and have reportedly advised re- “came to light only on when she came to peaceful setting. If the gov- gistration officials to intim- Tuesday.” He said the po- Kodaikanal. ernment granted permission ate them before granting lice traced the offender in However, he changed his for their marriage, they permission for her marriage. six hours and arrested him. TCS logs o Lucknow, rm says no job losses Employees ask PM, CM to intervene; launch social media campaign against decision

was the only formal commu- TCS employees into a tizzy, cision. At a time when we Omar Rashid Lucknow nication,” said a senior em- with many wondering if talk of Digital India, the com- ployee of the company. they would be jobless. Some pany is not thinking about its Information technology gi- Sources said one of the TCS associates said though employees who have given ant Tata Consultancy Ser- reasons behind the com- they had seen it coming, all their years to it,” said a vices is winding up its opera- pany’s decision was failed they were earlier this year TCS employee. tions in Lucknow after 33 negotiations over lease assured they would not have years in the Uttar Pradesh agreement of the present to shift out. Consolidating operations capital. location. The TCS office is The employees have peti- Though TCS did not specific- The sudden move caught based out of Awadh Park in tioned Chief Minister Yogi ally explain why it was not employees off guard and is the Gomti Nagar area of Adityanath, Prime Minister able to function out of Luc- likely to impact around Lucknow. Narendra Modi and Union know, the company clarified 2,000 IT professionals. Minister for IT Ravi Shankar that it was “only consolidat- The company, however, Lease expired Prasad, requesting them to ing its UP operations in clarified that there would be “The 10-year lease expired in intervene. They have also Noida and there will be no no job losses. May but it was extended for launched a social media job loss as a consequence.” Though the company did another 11 months. The com- campaign under hashtags “There have been false ru- not issue any formal notifica- pany could not agree to the such as savetcslucknow and mours and reports being cir- tion, sources said it verbally new rent. The builder asked savetcsplease. culated in the media about communicated the decision for much higher than the “We have asked the PM the company's operations in to wrap up operations in market rate,” said the and the CM to intervene. We Lucknow. TCS is working to Lucknow to its team leaders. source. The company ex- don’t know about the com- ensure that employees get “Vice-president Tez pects to wrap up its business pany’s strategy, but if the de- opportunities in Noida and Bhatla visited the Lucknow in Lucknow by December cision is avoidable it should other centres across India,” office on Wednesday and in- this year. be taken back. We do not the company said in a formed team managers. That The decision threw the agree with this sudden de- statement. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The Islamic State after Mosul Like al-Qaeda before it, the IS is expanding its asymmetric reach as its territorial strongholds come under attack recent months. It has lost more was destroyed. In May 2016, Abu than half of the territories it once Mohammad al-Adnani, who was held. Its propaganda blitzkrieg has the second-most powerful leader Ination conundrum taken a hit and even its ability to re- in the IS till his death in an air strike cruit new jihadists is under strain in August that year, said in a long Record low retail ination poses in the wake of battleeld losses. Its audio message released on the a monetary policy dilemma for the RBI Stanly Johny leader Baghdadi is either dead or Web: “Whoever thinks that we on the run. But do these setbacks ght to protect some land or some he latest Consumer Price Index data show head- raqi Prime Minister Haider al- mean the IS is defeated? Has the authority, or that victory is meas- line retail ination has decelerated to a record low Abadi declared the end of the 21st century ‘Caliphate’ run its ured thereby, has strayed far from Tof 1.54% in June. That the reading has slid below I‘Caliphate’ late last month after course? The ground realities and a the truth.” his troops captured the Grand al- historical analysis of the evolution the 2% lower bound of the Reserve Bank of India’s me- Nuri Mosque in Mosul from where of the IS suggest otherwise. In insurgency mode dium-term target for CPI ination has understandably Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed In fact, the IS has changed its led to calls for the RBI to support economic growth by himself the ‘Caliph’ of the world’s Down but not out strategy after the ‘Caliphate’ came cutting interest rates. Economists, including Chief Eco- Muslims three years ago. The 12th First, the IS’s proto-state is not under attack. Instead of expanding nomic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, have openly ques- century mosque, whose famed completely destroyed yet and it its territories, the group became tioned the assumptions made by the majority of the leaning minaret had been adorned will not be in the immediate future. defensive at its core and unleashed members of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee with with the black ag of the Islamic Though it lost Mosul, the IS still a wave of terror attacks elsewhere

State (IS) since June 2014, was a controls swathes of strategic territ- AFP regard to prices and have urged a reboot of the policy in the world, from Paris to Brussels symbol of power for the jihadists, ories in Iraq. Hawijah, a city adjoin- rationale. Core ination, which strips out the relatively and Berlin to Dhaka. It has also es- so much so that they blew it away ing Kirkuk that has been with the IS nis, who distrust the Shia-domin- can retreat to insurgency for its tablished franchises in other coun- volatile food and fuel prices, has also trended lower and and retreated as the Iraqi troops since 2013, continues to pose chal- ated government. In Syria, the survival. The history of insurgent tries. Boko Haram, Africa’s most eased below 4% for the rst time in at least ve years. closed in. Within weeks, Mr. Abadi lenges to the Iraqi troops. The battle against the IS is more com- groups suggests that it is dicult to dreaded terror outt, has declared And with the latest industrial output data from May re- was in Mosul to formally announce city’s mountainous terrain makes plicated than that in Iraq. In Iraq at defeat them outright. Take the loyalty to the IS. In eastern Afgh- ecting weaknesses in key sectors like capital goods the liberation of Iraq’s second it dicult for the counter-terror least there is a consensus about more recent examples of jihadist anistan, the IS has a branch — the and consumer durables, the reasoning behind de- largest city. forces to move in. what the legitimate force is against insurgencies. The Taliban regime Islamic State of Khorasan — which It’s no small achievement for an Besides Hawijah, the group con- the IS. All players, from America was toppled and its ghters were mands for monetary action that could help spur both is directing the group’s operations army which ed Mosul in droves trols Tal Afar, Salahuddin province and the Kurds to Iran and Shia mili- driven out of Kabul in 2001 follow- in South Asia. investment and consumer demand is evident. Others when IS ghters marched in three and pockets in Anbar and Diyala. tias, rallied behind the Iraqi gov- ing the American invasion. Their The recent outbreak of a war in have also agged concerns about “deationary trends” years ago. The IS ruled the city with In Syria, it still controls Raqqa, its ernment in the war. But in Syria, leader, Mullah Omar, died while he the Philippines, where armed ji- and the risks of relying too heavily on forecasting mod- an iron st ever since and expan- de facto capital which has been there’s no such consensus. Raqqa was hiding. But does it mean that hadist groups that have declared els. The voices exhorting the central bank to reduce in- ded its inuence beyond the city with the group since 2013, and Deir is being attacked by both the SDF the Taliban were defeated? loyalty to the IS have been ghting limits. The Iraqi army took months Ezzor, the largest city in the east. and the government troops. The Al-Qaeda is another example. terest rates are only going to grow ahead of its next bi- government forces, suggests that to recover from the humiliation it The battle to recapture Raqqa has U.S. is supporting the SDF, while After the Taliban were toppled, al- monthly policy review at the beginning of August. the IS is expanding its asymmetric suered and launched a counter- just begun by the Kurdish-led Syr- Russia is backing the regime. Tur- Qaeda was also forced to ee to the For the six members of the RBI’s rate-setting panel, reach when its core is under attack. terror campaign with help from ian Democratic Forces (SDF) and key, another country that’s in- mountains. Its leader, Osama bin including Governor Urjit Patel and his deputy oversee- Iran-trained militias and the U.S. will take time like other anti-IS volved through its proxies in the Laden, was also killed when he was All this suggests that the threat is ing monetary policy, Viral Acharya, the data pose a Air Force. They liberated small cit- battles. civil war, is wary of the SDF be- hiding in Pakistan. Still al-Qaeda far from over. The IS has already conundrum that is going to test their sagacity. For one, ies rst, such as Ramadi and Fallu- Second, there’s no guarantee cause it’s led by the Kurdish rebels. made a comeback by mobilising ji- transformed itself into a globalised the benecial base eect will begin to reverse after jah, before nally moving towards that the IS won’t come back to the So even if Raqqa is liberated, it is hadists in Africa, Syria and Yemen. idea and outsourced its terror mis- peaking in July. Also, the majority of the risks to the in- Mosul in October last year. The cities it lost. It had done so earlier. dicult to reach a consensus on A more specic example would be sion to groups and individuals who subscribe to its world view. So even ation outlook that the committee’s participants had Kurdish Peshmerga also joined in, The geopolitical fault lines of West who will eventually run the city. If al-Qaeda in Iraq, which was almost while the U.S. carried out a massive Asia, especially in Iraq and Syria, chaos prevails, that would be good defeated once, only to be morphed if the IS core is destroyed, the IS in- agged collectively and individually at the last meeting air campaign. In nine months the which helped the IS rise in the rst news for the jihadists. into today’s IS as a more vigorous, surgency, or an ‘al-Qaedaed’ Is- in June, when they had opted to sit pat while retaining a IS lost Mosul, the jewel of its place, remain unchanged. In Iraq, Third, the IS is fundamentally an deadly force. lamic State, will continue to pose neutral stance, are still largely relevant and yet to play Caliphate. a greater challenge before the gov- insurgency that transformed itself The IS has already given enough security challenges. out. The impact from the July 1 introduction of the This is in line with the military ernment is to win over the people into a proto-state. Now the proto- indications that it will move back Goods and Services Tax, for instance, will begin to feed setbacks the group has suered in in the north and west, mostly Sun- state is under attack, but the group into insurgency if its proto-state [email protected] into prices only over the coming months — based on the initial anecdotal trends in the prices of various services, there could be upward pressure on core ination. Simil- arly, the payment of increased allowances under the Seventh Central Pay Commission’s award, which came It’s not help, it’s work into eect from the beginning of this month, could also start to transmit into price gains. As Mr. Acharya had We need a legislation to regulate domestic work pointed out at the last meeting, scally expansive meas- Domestic workers are being made Most of these are from vulnerable workplace. Besides, we already ures taken by several State governments to address to ll up the form and submit them communities – Adivasis, Dalits or have a draft legislation that farmers’ demands for debt relief could pose a “tail risk” to the nearest police station. landless OBCs. Nearly all of them presents a model for regulating do- by triggering generalised ination over time. And the The data sought by the form in- are migrant workers. And an over- mestic work without inviting the restoration of the health of the banking sector, a key cludes, among other things, the do- whelming number are women. state into the living room, as it caveat for ensuring eective transmission of monetary mestic help’s “petwords of The apparently endless supply were. speech”, “physical built”, “com- of domestic workers has a lot to do The National Platform for Do- policy, is as yet far from being close to a fruitful out- plexion” and “handwriting speci- with the decline of employment op- mestic Workers submitted a draft G. Sampath come. Ultimately, the RBI will have to weigh whether men”, besides descriptions of eyes, portunities in the agriculture and bill, the Domestic Workers Regula- the current trend in ination is likely to remain durable hair, tattoo marks, and prints of all manufacturing sectors, which took tion of Work and Social Security enough for it to make a move that doesn’t end up prov- mploying a help in house? the ngers of both hands. No such a hit post-2008. At the same time, Bill, 2016, to the government in ing to be a costly error in the long run. Only after verication,” says information is sought about the demand kept rising, as the entry of January. Going beyond state-cent-

Ethe ad’s headline. Below, in employer, despite there being GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO middle class and upper middle ric welfare measures, it calls for the capital letters, appears a warning: ample evidence to suggest that the class women into the male-domin- compulsory registration of the em- “An unveried domestic help can security threat works the other way ganised Workers’ Social Security ated world of work was not ployer and the employee with the pose a serious security risk.” And too. Act, 2008, (UWSSA) and the Sexual matched in scale by a correspond- District Board for regulation of do- Stellar run-getter then a call to action: “Contact your Indeed, hardly a week goes by Harassment of Women at Work- ing entry of men into the (femin- mestic workers. Unlike the UWSSA, beat constable or local police sta- without some news report about a place (Prevention, Prohibition and ised) realm of unpaid housework. which puts the onus on the state, it Mithali Raj has done much more than tion for domestic help verication.” domestic help being abused by her Redressal) Act, 2013. While the Poorer women from the hinter- mandates the collection of cess The copy is set against a visual of employer. Cases of torture, beat- former is a social welfare scheme, lands stepped in to ll the labour from the employer for the mainten- just put her stamp on the record books a cop taking a picture of a young ings, sexual assault, and incarcera- the latter is aims to protect working gap, for some remuneration. ance of a social security fund for ithali Raj has been the torch-bearer for wo- girl, presumably the domestic help, tion are common. If anything, one women in general. Neither of these Today, the economic value of domestic workers, whose access men’s cricket in India for 18 years. Ever since while an elderly woman, her em- could argue that in this sector, it is recognises domestic helps as housework is no longer disputed. would be mediated through an her international debut as a 16-year-old in a ployer, looks on. The girl picked to the employer who poses a bigger rights-bearing workers. But the nexus of the state and the identity card. M represent the ‘domestic help’ has security threat — to the employee. Yet this recognition is a neces- market has managed to keep do- This framework achieves both game against Ireland in 1999, she steadily grew in the features of an adivasi, is slightly sary pre-condition for state regula- mestic work outside the realm of the objectives of police verication stature, batting with aplomb, scoring critical runs and built, and dark-complexioned. She Lack of recognition tion. Strangely enough, it exists — in economic regulation. Neither the — security, and documentation of shepherding her team. Today she is a colossus, and it is is shown standing, in one corner of For the record, no other category of the form of a draft National Policy Maternity Benets Act nor the Min- identication data. But in a refresh- not surprising. Consistency has been her second skin the frame, while the cop and her workers is required to register for Domestic Workers. This policy imum Wages Act or any of the ing contrast, it does so not by crim- and condence a steady ally. When she scored 69 runs employer are seated. themselves with the police. In a not only calls for promoting aware- scores of other labour laws apply to inalising domestic helps but by em- against Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup game Readers of English newspapers country where 93% of the work- ness of domestic work as a “legitim- domestic work. Domestic workers powering them as rights-bearing would be familiar with this ad cam- force is in the unorganised sector ate labour market activity”, but can be hired and red at will. The workers. at Bristol on Wednesday, she became the rst woman to paign, urging them to get their do- and therefore beyond the purview also recommends amending exist- employer has no legally binding Thus, to view domestic workers scale the 6000-run peak in one-day internationals. It mestic helps veried by the police. of most labour laws, domestic ing labour laws to ensure that do- obligations. as a security threat is but another was a milestone that proved inevitable once she went Of late, these ads have become a workers represent a new low in mestic workers enjoy all the labour way of denying them the status of past the previous record-holder for the highest number matter of great concern for unions, terms of disempowerment: they rights that other workers do. But A regulatory framework workers. The policy mindset re- of runs, England’s Charlotte Edwards with 5992. Ironic- domestic workers, and social activ- are not even recognised as work- the government seems to be in no Some have attempted to justify the garding domestic workers must ally, Raj was fated to succeed at the individual level and ists, who say the campaign reeks of ers. Their work — cooking, clean- hurry to adopt it. government’s reluctance to regu- shift from a law-and-order also suer the agony of her team’s defeat. It is a trope class prejudice. ing, dish-washing, baby-sitting — is Domestic work as an economic late domestic work on the grounds paradigm to one about workers’ But what they nd most objec- not recognised as work by the state. activity is too vast and employs too that the workplace is a private rights. A good place to start would that has shadowed her for the most part, though in re- tionable is the criminalisation of Criminalisation is thus the last many to remain unregulated. household which should not be en- be to consider enacting a Domestic cent times she has led a squad that displays vigour and people on the basis of their occupa- straw. Though the 2011 NSSO data put the croached upon by the state. But Workers Regulation of Work and has snatched some key victories. During a large chunk tion. Copies of so-called police veri- India has only two laws that, in a number of domestic workers at 3.9 this argument does not hold since Social Security Act. of her career, she remained the team’s spine, much like cation forms are doing the rounds roundabout way, construe do- million, trade unions estimate the the anti-sexual harassment law re- how Sachin Tendulkar was in his early years before of housing societies across Delhi. mestic helps as workers. The Unor- number to be around 10 million. cognises the private household as a [email protected] Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly stepped up. Now 34, she can breathe a touch easy, with the rise of Smriti LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mandhana and Punam Raut giving the team punch. Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. The world records for highest runs and wickets are now both held by women in the current Indian squad – Floods in Assam oods and quakes. daredevil bravery of the They may have travelled gets along well with the the game in India. It is that time of the year Development priorities of Muslim driver who drove after permitted hours, along players and has had a stint Ramachandra Guha, a Raj (6028 runs) and Jhulan Goswami (189 wickets), re- when rains wreak havoc in the region have evaded this through the hail of bullets, a path that wasn’t as team director before. former member of the spectively. It is a rare occurrence and it needs to be cel- India’s Northeast (“Flood fact of nature. It is thus which saved a majority of protected. However, the fact However, the entire process Committee of ebrated more wholesomely. In the men’s game, Sunil situation critical in Assam,” imperative that policy the pilgrims. remains that if the terrorists of decision-making, though Administrators, realised Gavaskar and Kapil Dev had led the Test batting and July 11). Assam, due to its documents reect these Whether the Opposition don’t stop ring if an we are made to believe that this. His long letter of bowling charts, respectively, but at dierent points in bowl-shaped topography, realities. The State blames the ruling party or innocent comes in their line rules were followed, smacks resignation rocked the boat time, not together. The achievements of Raj and Gos- suers the worst impact, government can persuade the ruling party blames the of re, they are killing that of the working of an “old but the eect was minimal. wami, and the exploits of Mandhana and Raut might partly due to the torrential the Centre to seek foreign terrorists, it is the common innocent with a motive. boys’ club”. Deferring the Things have since settled rains and, most assistance in this regard, citizen of the country who is Should we now let terrorists decision of the coach down to the old normal. give the impression that Indian women cricketers have importantly, because of the preferably from Japan. aected. The ruling decide how, when and appointment by a day, as The ‘old boys’ at the BCCI it easy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. For swelling of the mighty Bibhuti Das, dispensation is busy where we travel in our own Sourav Ganguly explained, are just biding their time years, women cricketers have fought patriarchy, toiled Brahmaputra. Though the Cachar, Assam blaming the past country? While it is the so that the Advisory until the CoA runs out of at private academies and yearned for frequent interna- cycle gets repeated governments and Pandit government’s prerogative to Committee could get the steam or members, tional matches. The Board of Control for Cricket in In- annually, the Assamese Amarnath deaths Jawaharlal Nehru for all the decide on the response to captain Virat Kohli’s views, whichever is earlier, and dia only belatedly, and that too under pressure from the society has developed the Once again, the terrorists ills plaguing Kashmir today. this dastardly attack, we, is also rather new. Since they can come back and run ICC, embraced women’s cricket — and its support to the fortitude to adapt to such have struck a soft target and What it tries to wish away is the citizens of India, should when have captains been their efdoms as they calamitous events. caused casualties (“Tough the fact that statistics of the not let our collective anger consulted about coach please. women’s game is still far from adequate. For instance, However, over the past few times,” editorial, July 12). terrorist attacks and turn limp with time. appointments? S. Kamat, Raj, a regular in the Indian squad, has had the oppor- years, owing to the seismic But the root of this tragedy violence have shown a Inaction against the The fact that the BCCI is an Alto St. Cruz, Goa tunity to play 183 ODIs — compared to Yuvraj Singh’s shifts in the macro-climate, is the situation in Kashmir. steady upward trend in the terrorists is not an option. “old boys’ club” has been 304, even though he made his debut a year after her. A there has been a worsening The cobbled-up ruling past couple of years. J.S. Acharya, brought home many a time more letters online: trained Bharatanatyam dancer, Raj has been an elo- impact. In addition, coalition in Kashmir is Varghese George, Hyderabad to discerning followers of www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ Secunderabad quent spokesperson for her sport, detailing the chal- unplanned development is neither able to enforce any The Ravi rises, again lenges and busting prejudices and stereotypes. Re- aggravating the devastating sort of governance nor in consequences, the impact any way aware of the ■ The deceptive calm that Finally, Ravi Shastri has corrections & clarifications: >>The graphic that went with front page story on trade decit ( July 13, 2017) erroneously said the cently she swung a heavy bat for gender equity when reaching even areas where ground realities. Whatever fell over Jammu and been appointed the India she rightly snubbed a reporter, who asked about her fa- gures were in "₹ '000 crores". It should have said: “in ₹ lakh oods were hitherto not a may have been the motive Kashmir on the death cricket team coach. It crores”. vourite ‘male’ cricketer. Raj’s riposte was terse, but cap- recurring phenomenon. It behind the terrorist attack, anniversary of Burhan Wani looked like a foregone has to be understood that what it could have achieved has been torn to shreds by conclusion. There is no It is the policy of The Hindu to correct signicant errors as soon as possible. Please specify tured the arc of stereotypes a woman cricketer has to the edition (place of publication), date and page. The Readers’ Editor’s office can be ght: “Do you ask the same question to a male crick- the entire north-eastern was a communal are-up the terror attack on doubt that Shastri has the contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to +91-44-28552963 eter? Do you ask them who their favourite female crick- region is situated at the across the country. Amarnath pilgrims. The right credentials for the job Friday); Fax: ; E-mail:[email protected]; Mail: Readers’ epicentre of naturally However, what perhaps pilgrims may have taken a (“Coach Shastri,” editorial, Editor, The Hindu, Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India. eter is?” Maybe we should. All communication must carry the full postal address and telephone number. 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LEFT, RIGHT, CENTRE Is CBI the handmaiden of the government? The CBI has to be placed under an independent body to whether the CBI acts or years and only recently who had been chargesheeted by the Then again, there are instances not depends on the polit- after the Supreme Court CBI in the case involving donations of corrupt officers in the CBI who investigate cases without government interference ical will of its master. In asked the CBI to take a made to his trust by miners who ob- become pliable in the hands of the this case, there is a clear view has the matter tained contracts. government. The CBI has to be The Central Bureau of In- warning the Congress Party: zabaan indication that the Modi moved. The court has let off the former placed under an independent body. vestigation (CBI) acts sambhaal kar rakho, warna mere government wants Bihar The CBI has filed an CM. Why didn’t the CBI appeal Then again, there are instances largely at the behest of paas aapki poori janam patri padi Chief Minister Nitish Ku- FIR. But again, the cir- against the order? The silence is of corrupt officers in the CBI who LEFT the government of the hui hai (Hold your tongue, I have mar to break ranks with cumstances under which deafening. become pliable in the hands of the day and this becomes your entire horoscope). What did Mr. Prasad. There are action is now being taken government. Who can forget the quite obvious from the things done he mean by the statement? The many such instances. raises question on the timing of the Need for autonomy tenure of Ranjit Sinha? Prashant Bhushan and not done. Take the cases of Mu- present government has even put case. The movement against corruption, The CBI has to be placed under is a senior advocate at layam Singh Yadav or Mayawati. pressure on the judiciary. Air India case Why not then? And why now? Is or the Lokpal movement, had made an independent body. the Supreme Court Whenever the government wanted Take Air India, for instance. We the move linked to pressurising Mr. a plain argument when it sought The CBI, Income Tax Depart- to put pressure on them, the CBI Its master’s voice have been arguing for the last six Patel in any manner and if so, to the delinking of the CBI from the ment and the Enforcement Direct- was used to pursue the case of dis- Similar questions will be asked years about corruption in the Civil what end? administrative control of the gov- orate are three instruments which proportionate assets against them. about the current raids on Lalu Aviation Ministry during Praful Pa- We can go as far back as the ernment. In that as long as the gov- the government has used for polit- When the politicians came around, Prasad — specially the timing and tel’s tenure — which is also part of Bofors case to understand how the ernment of the day has the power ical purposes and the pressure they the case went cold. If you recall, it the manner in which the raids are the book, The Descent of Air India, CBI has been used by successive to transfer and post officials of its apply is always by way of inaction. just went back and forth. being conducted. by the former Managing Director of governments to work for them. choice in the CBI, the investigating They act only when the govern- It is in this context that we need I am not saying there is no case Air India, Jitender Bhargava. But I could give you more examples. agency will not enjoy autonomy ment wants them to act. to understand Prime Minister Nar- against Mr. Prasad, it is a 10-year- look what happened. Take the case of former Chief Minis- and will be unable to investigate endra Modi’s statement in February old case. What I am arguing is, Our petition dragged on for six ter of Karnataka, B.S. Yeddyurappa, cases freely. as told to Anuradha Raman

The fault is not so much of the organisation as of the the then Department of article published in 2009 utory charter of duties and func- date, when it is not provided with War. stated that “it is sad that tions”. The 19th report of the parlia- the requisite manpower and finan- people who shape its structure and dene its powers In 1946, the govern- even now the CBI contin- mentary standing committee cial resources. It is true that some of ment passed the Delhi ues to disappoint the (2007) recommended that a separ- the recent Directors of the CBI Institutions are cre- agency which would be at the beck Special Police Establish- people whenever it deals ate Act should be promulgated for brought a bad name to the organ- ated in response to and call of the masters and carry ment Act, expanding its with cases against the the CBI “in tune with the require- isation, but the truth of the matter certain situations. out their orders, right or wrong, functions to cover all de- powerful”. The Supreme ments of the time to ensure credib- is that in their cases the selection RIGHT There are times when legal or otherwise. partments. With the pas- Court [in 2013] called it a ility and impartiality”. process was subverted or tweaked the responses are in During the Second World War, sage of time, more and “caged parrot”. The 24th report of the parlia- and protégés of influential politi- Prakash Singh furtherance of a political agenda the Government of India realised more cases came to be entrusted The criticism is valid, but can we mentary standing committee cians posted. The fault is not so is a former Director and there are times when responses that the vast increase in expendit- with the SPE. In 1963, through a res- hold the CBI responsible for that? (2008) was of the unanimous opin- much of the organisation as of the General of the Border reflect the genuine desire to deal ure because of the war effort had olution, the government meta- Successive committees at different ion that “the need of the hour is to people who shape its structure and Security Force with a situation. In either case, in- provided opportunities to unscru- morphosed the SPE into the CBI, periods of time suggested changes strengthen the CBI in terms of legal define its powers. stitutions need to be upgraded and pulous elements to indulge in under the Ministry of Personnel. It in the composition and structure of mandate, infrastructure and re- It is a matter of common experi- modernised. bribery and corruption. The police has since gradually evolved into a the CBI. sources”. It is unfortunate that ence that every time there is a sen- and other law enforcement agen- multifaceted, multidisciplinary in- As far back as 1978, the L.P. Singh none of these recommendations sational case, the popular demand A colonial creation cies, it was felt, were not in a posi- vestigating agency. Committee recommended the “en- were acted upon. is for a CBI investigation. The CBI is The Police Act of 1861 was passed tion to cope with the situation. An actment of a comprehensive central Who is to blame then? The gov- a first-class investigating agency as with a political objective — to up- executive order was therefore Criticism and inaction legislation to remove the deficiency ernment or the CBI? It is unfair to long as the government does not in- hold the imperial interests of the passed in 1941, setting up the Spe- The CBI has been criticised from of not having a central investigative blame the organisation when it is terfere with or influence its British Empire and create an cial Police Establishment (SPE) in time to time. Justice J.S. Verma in an agency with a self-sufficient stat- not given the required legal man- functioning.

It wouldn’t be fair to damn an organisation for its poor Whenever there was a de- Narain case, not only de- The organisation lost direction un- tenets of rule of law. viation from the standards cided to monitor the der their leadership and earned the The present leadership, no recent performance and ignore its long-term record set or someone was ac- probe but also issued dubious reputation of being a doubt, has an onerous responsibil- cused of dishonesty, re- guidelines for selection “caged parrot”. ity to bring back the past glory by The CBI has made its its objective evaluation, and free- medial action was initi- of officers including its The well laid down systems were ensuring that the CBI remains mark as an independ- dom to record an independent and ated and a review made to Director with an assured given the go-by, and decisions to above all influence and works as ent, objective and fair honest opinion by different ranks as improve the internal con- tenure of two years. prosecute or not were not taken on per the law. CENTRE investigation agency regards prosecutability of an ac- trol mechanism. Later, these were merit. Two of its Directors are un- To ensure the CBI is a robust, in- over the years. It has cused or otherwise. The status of an This, of course, does formalised by way of der investigation for allegations of dependent and credible investiga- Navneet Rajan Wasan won the confidence of the public, accused or his affiliation to a partic- not mean that the organisation and amendments in the Delhi Special corruption. tion agency, there is an urgent need retired as Director judiciary and media, resulting in a ular organisation has not been of its leaders have never faltered in the Police Establishment Act and modi- to work out a much more transpar- General of Bureau of frequent demand that it investigate any importance for investigation. discharge of their duty. The CBI’s fied again in respect of selection of Back to basics ent mechanism for selection of the Police Research & sensitive and complex cases, espe- It has been well recognised that it image did suffer a setback in the last the Director by further amend- However, I am of the opinion that it Director and induction of officers Development and has cially of corruption among the up- is the quality, calibre and profes- few years. ments through the Lokpal & Lokay- would not be fair to damn an organ- on deputation. earlier served in the per echelons of public service. sionalism of personnel that make The organisation faced its first uktas Act, 2013. The purpose was to isation for its ignominious perform- The tenure of the Director needs CBI and the National the CBI what it has come to signify. major challenge when it was ac- ensure the autonomy and inde- ance for a short interlude and ig- to be enhanced, terms of officers Investigation Agency Stellar service In order to maintain the standards, cused of inertia in its probe against pendence of CBI. nore its long-term record. made sacrosanct and the CBI given The high standards and fair play in the leaders of yesteryear ensured the high dignitaries in Jain hawala Unfortunately, the mechanism The trend can certainly be re- reasonable financial and adminis- investigation have been the result of that officers having experience of diaries case [of the 1990s]. On a PIL put in place failed to deliver. Some versed by going back to basics, trative autonomy if it has to live up time-tested internal controls laying working in the CBI were inducted in filed in this matter, the apex court, of the Directors in the recent past sticking to its time-tested internal to its motto of ‘Industry, Impartial- emphasis on collection of evidence, senior supervisory positions. in what is known as the Vineet did not inspire much confidence. procedures and compliance to the ity and Integrity’.

FIFTY YEARS AGO JULY 14, 1967 Tale of two countries Gadgil, Venkataraman for Commission The appointment of Prof. D.R. Gadgil as Deputy Chairman Sri Lanka’s tea industry is in celebratory and Mr. R. Venkataraman, as member of the Planning Com- mode, while India’s struggles mission, was officially announced here [New Delhi] to-day [July 13]. Prof. Gadgil is a noted economist and member of the Rajya Sabha. Mr. R. Venkataraman is a former Minister of In- Indrani Dutta dustries in Madras. Mr. Venkataraman’s acceptance of the Sri Lanka has unfurled a Prime Minister’s offer of Commission membership made to series of events to mark the him last week was received only to-day [July 13]. Prof. Gadgil sesquicentennial of its tea informed the Prime Minister of his willingness to accept the industry. Starting with the post when he met her on Monday [July 10]. The Administrat- installation of a bust of ive Reforms Commission has recommended the appointment James Taylor, the man re- of five members and a Deputy Chairman for the Planning puted to have launched Commission. For the present it is proposed to have a Deputy commercial cultivation of Chairman and three members. tea in 1867, the island nation has lined up many pro- A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JULY 14, 1917 grammes throughout the year to commemorate the Lord Pentland’s extension. occasion. An extraordinary public meeting for an extraordinary pur- These include: release of pose was held here last evening [in Coimbatore on July 13]. a coin, outreach pro- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Messrs. M. Sambanda Mudaliar, T.A. Ramalinga Chettiar, Rao grammes in its seven tea- Bahadur Thiruvengadasami Mudaliar, Rao Bahadur Aroki- growing regions, a charity CONCEPTUAL ACT ONE asami Pillai and Father Rondy were the conveners of the auction, an international PEG ratio meeting which was for conveying the thanks and appreciation Colombo Tea Convention, Finance Gender empowerment of the citizens of the Coimbatore district to the Secretary of

GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO an award ceremony, and State in Council for the extension of Lord Pentland’s term. an international tea fest- A metric used to evaluate A Bill seeks to integrate transgender persons into the mainstream There was a meeting of the District Board yesterday. The con- ival. The aim is to promote tea as well as tourism. the attractiveness of a veners thought that by persuading the members thereof to at- The Sri Lankan tea industry, with an annual production of Krishnadas Rajagopal lems ranging from social push transgender persons stock by comparing its tend the meeting they could make it appear to be representat- about 300 million kg, accounts for 5% of world output. It is also An effort to bring trans- exclusion to discrimina- into begging or bonded or price-to-earnings ratio ive of all Taluks in the District. The wishes of nobody in among the world’s top ve exporters of the agro-commodity gender persons out of the tion, lack of education fa- forced labour, the Bill re- with its earnings growth. It Coimbatore or in the Taluks were consulted by the conveners. and contributes to 15% of the nation’s foreign exchange rev- is calculated by dividing shadows is on with the Ko- cilities, unemployment, cognises the rights of enue and supports 20% of the country’s population through the price-to-earnings ratio chi Metro, followed by the lack of medical facilities, transgender persons to direct and indirect employment. by the annual earnings Chennai Metro, hiring to name a few. live with their families, not CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The celebratory mood in Sri Lanka stands in contrast to the growth rate. The PEG ratio them in their workforce. to be excluded from such CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC present state of aairs in the Indian tea industry. Big compan- is considered superior to These steps may have Providing recognition households and enjoy and DATA POINT ies are exiting the industry. The remaining few are witnessing the PE ratio since it evalu- been spurred by the Su- The Bill seeks to define use the facilities of those increased pressure on their bottom line in the wake of in- ates a stock in relation to preme Court’s judgment and provide recognition to households in a non-dis- creased costs amid decreased earnings. Tea quality has be- its earnings growth. For on April 15, 2014 in the Na- transgender persons, pro- criminatory manner. come an issue and this is reected in depressed prices. example, the PEG ratio tional Legal Services Au- hibit discrimination However, the Bill does In 2016-17, India’s tea output stood at 1,250.5 million kg. Ex- would suggest that a stock thority vs. Union of India against them, ensure in- not address the issue of ports dropped for the second consecutive year. The organised with a low PE is not neces- case, in which it asked the clusive education, create a Section 377 of the Indian sector’s share was 55.9%, with the balance being accounted for sarily a better buy than a government to take steps statutory obligation on Penal Code. Further, the by the small growers. The industry employs over one million stock with high PE if the for the welfare of trans- public and private sectors definition of a ‘trans- people directly and also provides housing facilities to their latter has a sufficiently gender persons and to to provide them with em- gender person’ is left families, yet it is plagued by the issue of absenteeism as well as higher rate of earnings treat them as a third ployment and recognises vague. It says a trans- worker migration. The industry’s cup of woes has now growth. The metric was gender for the purpose of their right to “self-per- gender person is one who brimmed over with the Darjeeling imbroglio, where a political popularised by American safeguarding their funda- ceived gender identity”. It is “neither wholly female shutdown has dealt a body blow to a tottering industry. The tea investor Peter Lynch mental rights. also seeks to issue a certi- nor wholly male or a com- industry is on its way to losing its second-most valuable crop — through his 1989 book One But the Transgender ficate of identity to trans- bination of female or male the second ush tea. It will not only result in a foreign ex- Up on Wall Street. Persons (Protection of gender persons, provide or neither female nor male change loss to the country, but also aect the global brand Rights) Bill, 2016 is still for a grievance redressal and whose sense of gender equity of Darjeeling tea in the global market. pending in Parliament. It mechanism in establish- does not match with the It is not as if the problems being faced here are unique to the attempts to bring the comments and to establish a gender assigned to that Indian tea industry. The Sri Lankan tea industry is beset with munity into the main- National Council for person at the time of birth, similar problems of high cost, eect of climate change and stream. Decades after the Transgenders. and includes trans-men uctuating exports. However, unlike India, the sector is in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Indian Constitution guar- The Bill makes the gov- and trans-women, persons greater focus there. The government pulls out all the stops to MORE ON anteed the fundamental ernment responsible for with intersex variations promote an export-oriented industry. Sri Lanka also sur- right to equality, freedom chalkingout welfare and gender-queers”. The mounts odds to hold on to its export markets in strife-torn THE WEB 3 from discrimination on schemes and programmes Bill does not separately countries like Syria where India is absent now. The current the basis of sex and gender which are “transgender define any of these terms round of events is directed at keeping up its international pres- Here’s the lowdown on the and freedom of speech sensitive, non-stigmatising used, like for example, ence. It rarely misses an opportunity to expose its industry to a Darjeeling unrest and expression, trans- and non-discriminatory”. “trans-men” and world where consumption of the beverage is growing. http://bit.ly/darjunrest gender persons face prob- Noting that it is a crime to “trans-women”. 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FROM PAGE ONE Cong. pokes High alert on Amarnath Yatra route fun at RBI on Rajnath, Sushma to Security ocials, however, say they do not have any input on another imminent attack banned notes Special Correspondent ley will keep rising until Press Trust of India brief Oppn. leaders NEW DELHI winter, officials said. “The New Delhi The security forces are main- militants may not attack the The Congress took a dig at A senior Home Ministry offi- to give a correct picture to taining a heightened vigil yatris, but violence else- the RBI on Thursday for cial, however, said the cur- them,” he stressed, adding along the entire Amarnath where will keep going up,” still counting banned current stand-off with the that Ms. Swaraj would also Yatra route after Monday’s one official said. rency, with party vice-pres- People’s Liberation Army at attend the meeting at the attack, but chances of an- ident Rahul Gandhi saying Doklam near the India- Home Minister’s 17 Akbar other attack are slim for now, Worst in a decade the government was look- Bhutan-China tri-junction Road residence on Friday. say sources in the security According to projected stating for a mathematics would be the main focus of Meanwhile, the govern- establishment. istics, Kashmir will witness teacher and one should ap- the meeting. The terror at- ment said it had not been in- “We do not have any input the worst violence in almost ply to the PMO soon. tack on Amarnath pilgrims formed in advance or after on another imminent attack, a decade in 2017 — in secur- Earlier, senior party and the initiatives taken to the meeting between Con- and our own assessment is ity men, civilian and milit- leader P. Chidambaram boost infrastructure in the gress vice-president Rahul that the Yatra should pass off ants killed. took a jibe at the RBI for border areas would also be Gandhi and the Chinese en- peacefully,” a senior official Starting 2009, the level of buying note-counting ma- on the table. voy last week. “MEA doesn’t said. violence has steadily fallen, chines eight months after “Instead of the Opposi- comment on the activities of He pointed out that there until 2013 when it began to demonetisation and asked tion wandering around for foreign embassies, or on were still questions being pick up again. In 2009, 375 the central bank if it had information on key strategic political parties,” the asked about the group be- people were killed. heard of “leasing” issues, the Minister decided spokesperson said. hind Monday’s attack on a This year, the total casual- equipment. Gujarat-registered bus, in ties will be well over 400, ac- Mr. Chidambaram also which seven persons were cording to projections. poked fun at the Mudra killed. Meanwhile, over 9,000 scheme. Karnataka for probe “We still do not have In search of peace: Sadhus wait in a queue to register themselves for the annual pilgrimage to pilgrims paid obeisance at “7.28 crore youth self- much clarity on who were the Amarnath cave shrine, at a base camp in Jammu on Thursday. * PTI the shrine on Thursday, tak- employed under MUDRA behind the attack.” ing the total number of yatris loan scheme’ —— that is against jail ocials Another official pointed “We do not have any reason said. “There is no chatter hope that the pilgrimage will who visited the holy cave title of mythological serial out that the Yatra, which to doubt another attack is in [among militants] about pass off without any major since the pilgrimage began beginning today. Script- Ms. Roopa told the media In her report, Ms. Roopa concludes on August 7, the offing. However, we are such a plan,” he said. terrorist incident, violence in last month to over 1.77 lakh. writers may apply,” he pos- on Thursday that she stood claimed that preferential should pass off peacefully. not lowering our guard,” he While security agencies the rest of the Kashmir Val- (With inputs from PTI) ted on Twitter. by her report. “As a respons- treatment had also been ible officer, I have inspected given to other inmates, in- the prison, made inquiries, cluding Abdul Kareem Telgi, and submitted the report. I who was provided with at- ‘Pak. stand on access am ready to face any probe tendants. Mr. Rao countered BJP boycotts ‘martyrs’ event and have no vested interest it, saying Telgi had been in this.” given attendants based on a to Jadhav unchanged’ Mr. Rao reiterated that court direction. CM Mehbooba pays tribute to those killed in 1931 by troops of the Dogra regime the allegations were base- Asked whether the report less. “Even Tamil Nadu Min- was sent after office hours, India rejects reports of visa for mother Peerzada Ashiq nothing to do with this. They isters have not been allowed Ms. Roopa said it was sent to Srinagar are only here to stay in to meet Sasikala. Ms. Mr. Rao around 4.30 p.m., Press Trust of India Chief Minister Mehbooba power and loot the public of Roopa’s report was sent to and denied allegations that New Delhi Mufti joined other regional J&K.” me after office hours and she leaked it to the media. India said on Thursday that parties on Thursday to pay was leaked to the media. “I have proof for all the there has been no change in tributes on martyrs’ day on Separatists stopped She cannot make allegations points I have raised, and Pakistan’s position on Thursday, the anniversary of Meanwhile, curfew-like re- based on hearsay. Forget they are not merely hearsay. providing consular access to the killing of 21 civilians in strictions were imposed in taking money, I have not ac- If the DGP has any doubts, Kulbhushan Jadhav as also 1931 by troops during Dogra parts of Srinagar to prevent cepted even a biscuit from let him conduct the probe,” on the visa request for his rule. The PDP’s coalition separatist protests. Internet anyone.” she said. mother, amidst Pakistani partner, the BJP, however, services were also stopped media reports that Is- stayed away from the event. suspended. lamabad was considering al- Kulbhushan Jadhav “The best way to remem- The police also stopped lowing her to travel to meet ber the sacrifices of these Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Arthur Road Jail cell her son. ing the Indian request for martyrs is that the people of Umar Farooq from leading a External Affairs Ministry the grant of visa to Jadhav’s J&K work together in march towards the grave- spokesperson Gopal Baglay mother, Avantika Jadhav, he strengthening the demo- yard. for Vijay Mallya also said the case was now said India has no official in- cratic, secular and tolerant “Every day charred and before the International formation on it. system, which was set up bullet ridden bodies of our Krishnadas Rajagopal where Mr. Mallya would be Court of Justice and India Pakistan has so far dis- after huge sacrifices and youth are sent to homes. NEW DELHI held and the prison condi- was following the Septem- missed 16 request by India struggles by our forefathers,” Hundreds are pushed to the If extradited, fugitive busi- tions he would be subjected ber 13 timeline to give its for consular access to Ms. Mufti said. wall and forced to take up nessman Vijay Mallya will be to if India’s extradition re- submission. There has been Jadhav. India had moved the Accompanied by top PDP Paying tribute: Policemen during a ceremony marking arms due to repeated perse- lodged in a high-security quest is granted. In one of no change in Pakistan’s posi- ICJ against Jadhav’s death ministers and legislators, be- Martyrs’ Day in Srinagar on Thursday. * NISSAR AHMAD cution and witch-hunt of po- cell in Barrack number 12 at the communications, the tion on providing consular penalty by a Pakistan milit- sides top police officials, Ms. lice. When is this politics of the infamous Arthur Road government makes an obvi- access to Mr. Jadhav, a re- ary court. The ICJ had on Mufti visited the graveyard part of the State event. “The day, nor do we approve it,” revenge and harassment go- Jail in Mumbai, the govern- ous effort to convince the tired Indian Navy officer, as May 18 restrained Pakistan located next to the Hazrat BJP ideologically doesn’t ac- BJP chief spokesperson Sunil ing to end he asked?” the ment has conveyed to the U.K. CPS that the narrative also on visa request for his from executing the death Bahau’din Naqshband shrine cept July 13, 1931 as martyr’s Sethi said. Mirwaiz said. U.K. Crown Prosecution in Gregory David Roberts’ mother, he said. sentence. Pakistan claims in the old city. day. People killed then are Criticising the BJP, Na- Hurriyat chairman Syed Services. novel Shantaram about the that its security forces arres- those who broke the law and tional Conference (NC) pres- Ali Geelani was stopped The government was re- Arthur Road Jail is “pure fic- No official information ted Jadhav from its restive BJP’s stand the State forces did what was ident Farooq Abdullah, also from entering the old city. sponding to questions from tion” and not an autobio- When asked about reports Balochistan province in For the second year running, required under the law. We MP from Srinagar, said, “It is Life was affected by the sep- the U.K. government on graphy. that Pakistan was consider- March 2016. the BJP has refused to be a neither believe in martyr’s obvious they (BJP) have aratists’ shutdown call.

India to y Muslim family attacked on train Congress revamps in bodies of Video goes viral, railway police detain three of 30 suspects in the case communication set-up re victims Staff Reporter rukhabad district, told Special Correspondent Meerut presspersons. Superintend- NEW DELHI A Muslim family was brutally ent of Police O.P. Singh said Surjewala to be just coordinator, seniors to be deployed The Ministry of External assaulted and robbed by a four of the family suffered Affairs (MEA) confirmed on gang on board a train in head injuries, four others Smita Gupta sound bytes for TV chan- Thursday that 11 Indian Mainpuri district of Uttar suffered hand fractures and NEW DELHI nels. It will bring back the have died in a fire that gut- Pradesh on Wednesday. all 11 had internal bleeding in The Congress leadership daily meeting to discuss im- ted a windowless house in The victims allegedly the stomach. had been planning to re- portant issues of the day in Najran in Saudi Arabia suffered fractures and in- He said a case under Sec- structure its communication from which a considered on Wednesday. MEA ternal injuries in the head tion 395 of the IPC had been set-up for some time, but a party view will emerge for spokesperson Gopal Baglay and stomach. registered, but more sec- series of gaffes in the last few dissemination. said the mortal remains of The Government Railway tions would be added in the months, topped by last With Parliament com- the deceased would be Police have filed a case and course of the probe. week’s confusion over party mencing next week, party flown back soon. detained three men. Three persons accused of robbing a Muslim family on a train “These people jumped in- vice-president Rahul sources said, it was felt, it “We are in touch with were arrested in Meerut on Thursday. * PTI side the train, groped the Gandhi’s meeting with the was imperative that a struc- the local authorities to en- Armed attack women and snatched their Chinese envoy, has resulted tured system was put in sure that all assistance is The video of the family Later, they jump inside Shikohabad-Kasgang passen- chains,” said Mr. Shakir. in fast-forwarding the pro- place before July 17. provided to the injured. pleading as they were being the train after breaking the ger train. “We were attacked “Some of the passengers cess. Though many senior lead- Also our consulate will be assaulted went viral on social glass on the emergency win- with rods. They robbed us who came to our rescue It has seen the wings of Randeep Surjewala ers have been unhappy at assisting in early repatri- media. It shows about 30 dow. and molested the women. were attacked too.” the party’s communications the functioning of the com- ation of the mortal remains young men armed with rods According to 53-year-old They did not spare even my At the Farrukhabad sta- chief Randeep Surjewala tinues as communications munications department for and completing the formal- and sticks abusing the family Shakir, the culprits singled 17-year-old mentally chal- tion, the GRP took them to clipped, virtually reducing department chief, will be an a while, in recent months ities,” said Mr. Baglay. and banging the coach from them out on noticing the lenged son,” Mr. Shakir, a the hospital for a medical ex- his job to that of a coordin- ex-officio member of the this dissatisfaction has He said five of the de- outside. veil-clad women on the resident of Kaimgang of Far- amination, he said. ator. group along with MP Rajeev grown ceased were from U.P., A top heavy communica- Gowda, who heads the In May, for instance, Mr. three from Kerala, and one tions strategy team has been party’s research depart- Surjewala made a series of each from Tamil Nadu, constituted with 10 mem- ment. The communications announcements on new ap- Punjab and Bihar. Follow- bers. Six of them are above department chief has not pointments including that of ing the fire, External Affairs BJP leader beaten for carrying ‘beef’ 60 years — Mallikarjuna had senior leaders to advise Avinash Pande as general Minister Sushma Swaraj Kharge and Ghulam Nabi him in the past. secretary before the general said officials of the Indian Azad, who head the party’s secretary in charge of the or- consulate in Jeddah were Party’s local minority cell head attacked near Nagpur by a gang of eight parliamentary wings in the Daily briefings back ganisation, Janardan being rushed to Najran. two Houses, and former The new communications Dwivedi, had issued the offi- “The workers, who be- Pavan Dahat some kind of meat. He has Cabinet Ministers Anand strategy team, set up by cial order. Ms. Gandhi makes longed to a construction BHARSINGI named four unknown per- Sharma, P. Chidambaram, party chief Sonia Gandhi, the appointment, but the company, were living near The head of the BJP’s minor- sons. We could establish the Mani Shankar Aiyar and will now brief party spokes- protocol in the party is that a gold market area in Fais- ity cell in Katol division of identity of all four from the Jairam Ramesh. The two persons and others on the general secretary in aliah district and belonged Nagpur district was attacked video clip and arrested from the younger generation policy matters after a meet- charge of the organisation is- to India and Bangladesh. by a group of nearly eight them. They are not affiliated are Lok Sabha MPs ing every day, reducing the sues it before it can be made Najran Governor Prince persons allegedly for carry- to any right-wing organisa- Jyotiraditya Scindia and tendency of individual Con- official. Mr. Dwivedi did not Jluwi bin Abdelaziz has ing beef. tions. One of the accused is a Sushmita Dev. gress leaders, or spokesper- take kindly to the breach of ordered a probe into the He was rescued as the po- taluka-level president of Pra- Mr. Surjewala, who con- sons giving off the cuff protocol. incident. lice arrived on the scene fol- har, a socio-political organ- lowing a call from a local isation ,” Mr. Balkawade said. shopkeeper. The BJP’s Nagpur rural The attack at Bharsingi vil- Another attack: A crowd gathers in front of Salim Islam Shah’s president Rajiv Potdar said MEA starts process to lage in the Jalalkheda police house in Katol near Nagpur. * S. SUDARSHAN Mr. Shah was not carrying station limits in Nagpur beef. Rural on Wednesday morn- him,” Superintendent of Po- to speak, his mother claimed “He was and is our party’s revoke Naik’s passport ing came to light when a lice, Nagpur Rural, Shailesh that he was returning from active worker and office- video of it went viral on so- Balkawade told The Hindu. Jalalkheda after selling cot- bearer. We strongly deny the Press Trust of India “We have received a re- cial media. Mr. Shah, 34, was injured ton when the attack took allegations that he was carry- New Delhi quest from the agency con- “Salim Ismail Shah, a res- on his neck and face. He was place. ing beef. The attackers have The External Affairs Min- cerned. We have taken ac- ident of Katol town, was re- admitted to a hospital in no relation with the BJP. istry said on Thursday it had tion on that request to turning to his town when a Nagpur and discharged on ‘Dedicated party worker’ They belong to Prahar run started the process for re- revoke the passport. There group of men stopped him Thursday morning. How- “He was not carrying beef. by Independent MLA voking the passport of Zakir is a process for such steps and asked him to get off his ever, he was again admitted My son is a dedicated BJP Bachhu Kadu. Prahar Naik, the controversial Is- which need to be complied two-wheeler and show what after he complained of worker,” Ms. Rihana Shah planned and carried out this lamic preacher who is with under the provisions of he was carrying. When he uneasiness. said. attack... to defame the BJP,” wanted in connection with the law,” Ministry spokes- resisted, the men attacked While Mr. Shah is unable “The victim was carrying Mr. Potdar told The Hindu. alleged terror-funding cases. person Gopal Baglay said. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE JD(U) tightens screws on Tejaswi, but RJD not to relent If Deputy Chief Minister fails to explain the corruption charges led against him, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be forced to take action, says JD(U) leader

Amarnath Tewary “Why should we worry Patna Manjhi poser about the fall of the govern- Tejaswi regrets attack The rift in the ruling coali- ment? We are the major part- tion in Bihar seems to be ner in the coalition. We will to Nitish on widening after the Janata Dal face the situation as it on mediapersons (U) said on Thursday that if comes,” said a senior leader corruption Deputy Chief Minister Te- close to Mr. Prasad. Asian News International Personally, I wasn’t New Delhi <> Press Trust of India jaswi Yadav did not explain aware of what was No words exchanged New Delhi the corruption charges Bihar Deputy Chief Minister happening as I was against him, Chief Minister BJP State president Tejaswi Yadav, whose secur- Former Bihar Chief Minis- Nitish Kumar would be Nityanand Rai said earlier ity personnel are accused of addressing the ter Jitan Ram Manjhi on forced to take action. this week that his party manhandling mediapersons media Thursday raised questions “All RJD [Rashtriya Janata could consider extending as he emerged to speak to over incumbent Nitish Ku- Dal] legislators are strongly outside support to Mr. Nitish the media after a Cabinet specially the cameramen. mar’s “zero-tolerance behind our leader Lalu Kumar. meeting on Wednesday, said They were falling & compet- model” towards graft ask- Prasad and Tejaswi Yadav, On Wednesday, Mr. Te- on Thursday that when mul- ing with each other. Couple ing if he was trying to “save who will not tender his resig- jaswi Yadav and Chief Minis- titudes of journalists jostle of mediaperson were put- his own post” by not acting nation,” Bhai Virendra, party ter Nitish Kumar did not to take a person’s sound ting mike behind me & against his deputy Tejaswi leader, said. Several RJD speak to each other at the bite, it becomes difficult to brushed my ears & head Yadav. leaders, who did not want to Cabinet meeting, though manage the crowd. also. There were moments “Nitishji talks about be named, said there was they were seated next to Mr. Yadav said he would when around ten mikes zero-tolerance model in Bi- “no question of Tejaswi Ya- each other. personally look into the were about to hit my nose, I har, but he doesn’t take ac- dav resigning, come what Mr. Nitish Kumar, coming matter and get it investig- saved myself & duty person- tion so that he can save his may.” out of the meeting, contin- ated. He also posted on nel were performing their post and the Grand Alli- Mr. Nitish Kumar had ued to maintain a stoic si- Facebook a note saying he duty,” the statement read. ance. Isn’t that model a earlier asked his party mem- lence. He later held a meet- regrets and condemns any “Personally, I wasn’t farce?” he asked. “Tejaswi, bers not to comment on the ing with key leaders and attack on the media. aware what’s happening as I I believe, should have issue, but after the JD(U)’s officials at his 1 Anne Marg “There are misleading in- was addressing the media resigned,”he said. meeting on Tuesday, which Happier days: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Lalu Prasad’s wife, Rabri Devi, and sons residence. formation about attack on and completely surrounded “Though I do not want sent a message to the RJD at his residence in Patna. * FILE PHOTO Earlier, on Tuesday, the JD mediapersons, on request by media only... There were anarchy in the State. In my that those against whom (U) had put the ball in the of them I patiently waited reports on a few channels opinion, if the alliance charges of corruption have silence. “It’s a matter of resign and form the govern- meeting, 27 reportedly ad- court of RJD, asking it to five to seven minutes so that stating that it happened on splits, the BJP should con- been made should explain hours or a few days that Nit- ment with the outside sup- vocated snapping of ties with make its stand clear on the they stop meddling with my instructions and few RJD sider giving outside sup- the facts in public, they have ish Kumar will take a de- port of the BJP,” said a party the RJD. corruption charges while each other out of competi- supporters carried the as- port to the JD(U). But then, started attacking the RJD. cision on the issue if Tejaswi insider, who was present at RJD leaders too appeared stressing that “Nitish Kumar tion; however, that was in sault which is totally base- it is also for the BJP’s state Mr. Kumar, however, con- Yadav does not resign. the JD(U) meeting. Of the 29 to be ready to face the polit- never compromises on the vain. I totally understand less & meaningless.,” the unit to consider,” Mr. Man- tinues to maintain a studied Mr. Kumar himself may leaders who spoke at the ical fallout of the imbroglio. issue of corruption.” how difficult is their job, statement added. jhi said. Paswan seeks quick action from Nitish RJD likely to move to split JD(U), given Lalu Prasad’s mass base, warns former ally

Nistula Hebbar If Nitish Kumar is his image. Nobody becomes About RJD chief Lalu NEW DELHI <> looking for easy a martyr by sacrificing a fin- Prasad, Mr Paswan has a With the Mahagathbandhan gernail; you have to go the clearer view. “Many years government in Bihar in tur- ways to save his whole hog. If Nitish Kumar is ago I had said something moil, Union Food and Public government, that looking for easy ways to save about Lalu Prasad Yadav, Distribution Minister Ram will not happen the reputation of his govern- that his one hand will be to- Vilas Paswan — former ally of ment, that is not going to wards your feet [in obeis- both State Chief Minister Nit- Sushasan babu (man of good happen. There is no loss to ance], another at your ish Kumar and Rashtriya governance) while another the NDA in this situation. If throat. When situations are Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu has been convicted on graft this government runs like a adverse he will be at your Yadav — has advised Mr. Ku- charges. This reflects the in- lame cat, it’s alright, and if feet; when he is well placed, mar to act in time or risk a herent opportunism of this Nitish Kumar asks for NDA he will assert and dominate. split in the Janata Dal (U). alliance. Even if you have dif- support then, too, he is wel- Like he got his son made Speaking exclusively to ferent ideologies, you can come,” said Mr Paswan. Deputy Chief Minister. Pehli The Hindu, Mr Paswan said RJD may split the JD(U) as still come to a political un- Having been allied with baar oonth pahaar ke neeche while the Janata Dal (U) had they have the more depend- derstanding. Here the case both parties in the past, Mr. aaya (for the first time he is given a four-day deadline to able mass base,” he said. was different: it was more Paswan says he does not un- under duress),” the Minister the RJD to effect the resigna- Mr. Paswan added that the like get into power and then derestimate either. “To un- said. tion of Deputy Chief Minister nature of the Mahagathband- misuse it to earn. The cold derstand Nitish Kumar is a Tejaswi Yadav, the social co- han presaged the present war in the Mahagathband- difficult proposition. If you Wait-and-watch game alition backing the govern- crisis han has been on since its in- observe the game of chess, He said that he was in touch ment favours Mr. Yadav over ception, since the issue with different pieces are played with BJP leaders in Bihar and Mr. Kumar. ‘Inherent opportunism’ regard to [Mohammad] differently. The pawn can that the NDA had adopted a “My advise to Nitish Ku- “When this government Shahabuddin came up, and move one house, the ele- wait-and-watch approach. mar would be not to allow came up, I had said that it it is that situation that is phant moves a different way. “We are clear that there is no this situation to fester for won’t last more than two building up to a climax,” he Nitish Kumar moves like the vacancy for the post of PM two or three months and and a half years, because on said. horse that can move two and till 2024. Modi is our leader. come to a decision quickly, the one hand, there is a part- “Nitishji should think a half houses on the chess We are watching the devel- as it is quite possible that the ner who styles himself as whether he wants to protect board at one time,” he said. opments,” he said.

IN BRIEF Now, e-visa USIBC plans to break facility for free from Chamber Uganda Vijaita Singh New Delhi Finds attempt to control its activities unacceptable After much deliberation, India has added Uganda to V.K. Singh in Iraq to help Varghese K. George move out of the Chamber’s The 400-member USIBC the list of countries to trace 39 missing Indians Washington iconic building that over- is the fastest growing seg- which it extends the elec- NEW DELHI The U.S. India Business looks the White House, but a ment of the U.S. Chamber, tronic visa (or e-visa) Minister of State for External Council (USIBC), a forum of final effort for reconciliation adding nearly 150 new mem- facility. Affairs General V.K. Singh on companies that seek to pro- will be made next week. The bers in the last three years. “We were trying to con- Thursday met the Iraqi mote business cooperation Chamber considers the US- MasterCard, Pepsi, Lock- vince the intelligence agen- Minister of Foreign Affairs, between the two countries, IBC a “programme” under heed Martin, Boeing and cies to remove Uganda Dr. Ibrahim Al Jaafri, as part has decided to delink from its umbrella, a view that the Federal Express are on the from the high-risk category of India’s effort to trace its 39 the U.S. Chamber of Com- board of the USIBC found board that decided that the of nations, as there is a missing nationals in the city merce and function as an unacceptable. USIBC must maintain its healthy trade and business of Mosul, which was declared autonomous entity. The policy and financial relationship with the liberated after being held board of the Council made Overwhelming vote autonomy in the face of African nation. The e-visa under siege by the Islamic the decision after it found The board, chaired by CISCO Chamber of Commerce in- scheme will further boost State since 2014. The Indians the Chamber’s attempt to chairman John T. Chambers terference. our prospects,” an official were kidnapped in June 2014 control its activities unac- voted 29-0 for operating as The U.S. Chamber houses said. The e-visa is an online after the city of Mosul fell to ceptable, sources familiar an independent entity last bilateral councils for several pre-authorisation that al- the the militant group. with the matter told The week and informed the other countries, but USIBC lows visa on arrival Hindu. Chamber. Four members and the U.S.-China Council through nine airports and SSB to get back The USIBC office will were not present. are the most prominent. three seaports. intelligence wing NEW DELHI The Home Ministry has approved the creation of 650 combat posts for the China investments a worry: SJM Intelligence Wing of the Sashastra Seema Bal, deployed along the Nepal and RSS aliate writes to Prime Minister on SAIC Motor, CRRC making inroads into India Bhutan borders. Earlier, civilians were inducted to the Special Correspondent Kolkata plant to this com- NEW DELHI wing, but recruitments were pany,” the letter stated. stopped in 2001. As The Swadeshi Jagaran “Globally, the experience operations of the SSB have to Manch (SJM), an affiliate of is that Chinese don’t create be intelligence-based, this the Rashtriya Swayamsewak local employment, but bring unit is being raised again, an Sangh (RSS), has written to their own people, own con- SSB spokesperson said. Prime Minister Narendra tractors. There is hardly any Modi cautioning him against incident of technology trans- awarding government con- fer. Obviously, they would ACB files case against tracts to two Chinese com- want more capital goods im- Bhujbal’s son, nephew panies and against com- ports, preferably from MUMBAI merce with that country in China. Such a move will only The Maharashtra ACB Bureau the wake of enhanced hamper our efforts to slash on Thursday registered an FIR hostilities. Upping the ante: SJM activists staging a protest, calling for Chinese imports,” he added. against the son and a nephew Convenor of the SJM, Dr. boycott of Chinese goods, in New Delhi. * FILE PHOTO of former PWD Minister Ashwini Mahajan, in his let- Indian drugs a no-no Chhagan Bhujbal and raided ter to the Prime Minister manufacturing plant at Halol Nagpur (MIHAN). As the Ma- “In the last 10 years, China their residences and offices said there were two recent in Gujarat. Second, the harashtra government has has not registered any drug for illegal construction on a announcements that were State-owned China Railway already placed an order of from any Indian manufac- “fraudulently” obtained plot particularly “worrisome.” Rolling Stock Corporation 69 coaches worth ₹ 851 turer. Moreover, it is keeping in Mumbai. Mr. Bhujbal’s son “Firstly, Chinese com- (CRRC) has got a go-ahead to crores and signed a MOU Indian IT companies at bay Pankaj and nephew Sameer, pany SAIC Motor Corpora- set up metro rolling stock with this Chinese company not only from government and some bureaucrats have tion Ltd, a joint venture part- manufacturing unit in the to this effect, followed by projects, but also from other been named as accused, ACB ner of General Motors, is ulti-modal International West Bengal ordering more Chinese companies,” he fur- sources said. PTI taking over the latter’s India Cargo Hub and Airport at than 100 coaches for their ther states in his letter. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident Britain facing tough who won Nobel Prize, dies battle in Brexit Bill Opposition parties threaten to block legislation The pro-democracy activist succumbed to cancer while in police custody Vidya Ram Associated Press London Senate Republicans to Shenyang The tough parliamentary unveil healthcare bill Nobel Peace Prize laureate battle awaiting the British WASHINGTON Liu Xiaobo, China’s most government over its Brexit Senate Republican s, led by prominent political prisoner, strategy was highlighted on Majority Leader Mitch died on Thursday at a hos- Thursday, as it published the McConnell (in photo), were pital in the country’s north- European Union (With- set on Thursday to unveil a east, officials said. He was 61. drawal) Bill, better known as revised major healthcare Liu had been transferred the repeal bill, which will re- legislation sought by to the hospital after being place the legislation that ini- President Donald Trump. The diagnosed with advanced tially took Britain into the bill seeks to retain key liver cancer in prison in May union, end the supremacy Obamacare taxes on the but remained under police of EU law in the country, wealthy. REUTERS custody. In an online an- and convert it into U.K. law. nouncement, the judicial While the government Iranian denied U.S. entry bureau of the city of said the Bill was designed to has ties to militia: media Shenyang said he died of ensure Britain exited the The ght ahead: The controversial bill will replace legislation TEHRAN multiple organ failure. union with “maximum cer- that initially took Britain into the union. * FILE PHOTO An Iranian cancer researcher Liu was only the second tainty, continuity and con- who was denied entry to the Nobel Peace Prize winner to trol”, Opposition parties amend significant legislation they would vote against it in U.S. previously headed a die in prison, a fact pointed have sharply criticised ele- with minimal parliamentary its current form. In a joint student branch of a volunteer to by human rights groups as ments of the legislation and scrutiny. “Change the ap- statement, both Nicola Stur- paramilitary militia, according an indication of the Chinese warned they would block it. proach or we will vote geon, the First Minister of to footage aired on Iranian Communist Party’s increas- Among the most contro- against the Repeal Bill,” Scotland, and Carwyn Jones, state television on Thursday. ingly hard line against its versial elements of the bill is warned the Labour’s Keir the First Minister of Wales, Mohsen Dehnavi, upon his critics. The first, Carl von Os- the decision to abandon the Starmer, in an interview condemned the bill as a “na- return to Tehran along with sietzky, died from tubercu- EU’s charter of fundamental with the Guardian. ked power grab an attack on his wife and children, losis in Germany in 1938 rights, which sets out, in a the fundamental principles defended his travel as solely while serving a sentence for he was receiving the best tence, for inciting subversion dreds of Chinese imprisoned single document, all the fun- Vital protections of devolution. “The EU intended for science. AP opposing Adolf Hitler’s Nazi care possible for a disease by advocating sweeping for crimes linked to the damental civil, social, polit- “These vital protections, en- (Withdrawal) Bill does not regime. that had spread throughout political reforms and greater demonstrations. It was only ical rights and protections of shrined in European law, return powers from the EU Nemtsov’s killers handed “Hitler was wild and his body. human rights in China. the first of four stays in pris- EU citizens, and give the from workers rights to the to the devolved administra- lengthy jail terms strong and thought he was News of Liu’s death When the Chinese govern- ons owing to his ideology. government sweeping environment, matter and we tions as promised. It returns MOSCOW right but history proved he triggered an outpouring of ment sent troops and tanks The sentence only in- powers to make changes will defend them to the hilt,” them solely to the U.K. gov- A Russian court on Thursday was wrong in imprisoning a dismay among his friends into Beijing to quash the creased Liu’s prominence without thorough parlia- said Liberal Democrat ernment and Parliament handed lengthy jail terms to Nobel Peace Prize winner,” and supporters. protests on the night of June outside of his country. In mentary scrutiny. leader Tim Farron, who and imposes new restric- five Chechens convicted of said Mo Shaoping, an old 3-4, Liu persuaded some stu- 2010, while Liu was serving Keeping Britain in the warned Prime Minister tions on the Scottish Parlia- the killing of Kremlin critic friend and Liu’s former law- Tiananmen link dents to leave the square his sentence in a prison in a charter was one of six areas Theresa May faced “hell” in ment and the National As- Boris Nemtsov, as his allies yer, adding that he was Liu was imprisoned for the rather than face down the small city in China’s north- on which the Labour party Parliament as she attempted sembly for Wales.” In a insisted the masterminds heartbroken by Liu’s death. first time in connection with army. The military crack- east, he was awarded the No- has sought “concessions” to get the legislation statement accompanying remain unidentified. Shooter Liu’s supporters and for- the 1989 Tiananmen Square down killed hundreds, pos- bel Prize, with the Norwe- from the government, in- through. the bill, the government said Zaur Dadayev was sentenced eign governments had urged pro-democracy protests. He sibly thousands, of people gian-based committee citing cluding on workers protec- The Bill also provoked an it expected a “significant in- to 20 years while four China to allow him to receive was awarded the Nobel Prize and heralded a more re- Liu’s “long and non-violent tions and limiting the use of angry response from the crease in the decision-mak- accomplices were jailed for treatment abroad, but in 2010 while serving his pressive era. struggle for fundamental hu- ‘Henry VIII’ powers that al- governments of Scotland ing power of each devolved between 11 and 19 years. AFP Chinese authorities insisted fourth and final prison sen- Liu became one of hun- man rights in China”. low the government to and Wales, which warned administration.” Tamil MP challenges Smiles replace grimaces as Sharif refuses to resign Mittal housing project Macron welcomes Trump Calls Opposition parties ‘a group of conspirators’ Questions its suitability in war-hit areas Mubashir Zaidi took the ownership in 2006. For him, it’s a chance to win U.S. President’s condence Karachi But Opposition parties al- Meera Srinivasan lowing opposition, the gov- Pakistan Prime Minister leged that the flats were in Colombo ernment scaled down the Reuters Nawaz Sharif on Thursday possession of the Sharifs A Tamil parliamentarian on project to build 6,000 pre- paris dismissed calls for his resig- since 1993 as reported by Thursday challenged a pro- fabricated homes. French President Emmanuel nation after a Supreme several British media posed housing project of Challenging the decision Macron welcomed Donald Court-appointed joint invest- organisations. steel maker ArcelorMittal in in court, Mr. Sumanthiran Trump to Paris on Thursday igation team (JIT) concluded the Supreme Court, ques- sought details of the tender- with a warm handshake and that the Prime Minister and Surprising inclusion tioning both its suitability for ing process for the revised smiles, a contrast to the his family concealed assets Earlier this year, the Su- the post-war region and the project, and the cost of ma- clenched-jaw greeting they from tax authorities and preme Court constituted the government’s tendering terials used for construction. shared at their first meeting committed perjury by sub- JIT consisting of financial ex- process. Meanwhile, sections of in May. mitting fake documents. perts from the the State Tamil National Alliance war-affected people in the “Emmanuel, nice to see In a Cabinet meeting in Is- Nawaz Sharif Bank and Security and Ex- (TNA) MP and lawyer M.A. north and east have raised you. This is so beautiful,” the lamabad, Mr. Sharif said: “I change Commission and in- Sumanthiran petitioned the concern about the lack of ad- U.S. President told Mr. Mac- will not resign on the de- Two judges of the apex court vestigators from the National court, seeking an interim or- equate information on the ron as they met at the Hotel mand of a group of conspir- have already declared the Accountability Bureau and der against the project. project. Residents of Narip- des Invalides, where Napo- ators. The journey of pro- Prime Minister as not being the Federal Investigation From the time the govern- pulthottam village in leon Bonaparte and other gress will not be allowed to truthful. If three judges Agency. Most surprising was ment roped in Indian-born Vavunatheevu recently told French war heroes are derail as the country has agree on the findings of JIT, the inclusion of representat- billionaire Lakshmi Mittal’s The Hindu that while they buried. New beginning: French President Emmanuel Macron and already paid a huge price Mr. Sharif could face disqual- ives from military intelli- company to build 65,000 heard the government would U.S. President Donald Trump in Paris on Thursday. * REUTERS due to political crises in the ification from politics. gence agencies, Inter Ser- houses in the Tamil-majority be building pre-fabricated Improving relations past.” Mr. Sharif will be challen- vices Intelligence and the north and east, the project homes in their village, they Patting Mr. Trump on the talks. After a bumpy start, He defended his son, say- An statement released by ging the JIT report in the Su- Military Intelligence. evoked sharp resistance. En- had no further information. back several times, the both have incentives to im- ing: “As far as my son is con- the government said the preme Court. The 60 days they were gineering experts studied Following the contro- French President smiled as prove relations — Mr. Mac- cerned, my son is a wonder- Cabinet reposed full confid- given to complete their in- the proposed prefabricated versy, Sri Lanka’s leaders as- they began a tour of the ron hoping to elevate ful young man. He took a ence in the leadership of Assets in question vestigations expired on July housing model and said it sured people in the north grand 17th century military France’s role in global af- meeting with a Russian law- Prime Minister Sharif and The crisis hit the Sharif fam- 10. Earlier this week, the JIT- was severely flawed in its and east that they could complex. fairs, and Mr. Trump, seem- yer. Not a government law- endorsed his decision not to ily when the Panama Papers declared in its report that design, compared to tradi- choose between brick and After his talks with Mr. ingly isolated among world yer, but a Russian lawyer. It step down. disclosed last year three of Prime Minister Sharif re- tional brick-and-mortar steel homes, but the experi- Macron, Mr. Trump sugges- leaders, needing a friend was a short meeting.” But Opposition parties re- Prime Minister Sharif's chil- mained chairman of FZE homes. They deemed prefab ence of Narippulthottam res- ted that he could change his overseas. For the 39-year-old Mr. peated their demand. Imran dren owned offshore com- Capital Company in Dubai homes unsuitable for the hot idents indicated otherwise. position on the Paris climate Macron, the visit is a chance Khan, leader of the Pakistan panies and assets not shown contrary to his statement in and humid climatic condi- “They didn’t ask us what accord. “Something could In son’s defence to use soft diplomacy to win Tehreek-e-Insaf, and Bilawal on his family's wealth state- Parliament that he had not tions in the north and east. kind of homes we want. We happen with respect to the Mr. Trump comes to France Mr. Trump’s confidence and Bhutto of the Pakistan ment. been part of any business Local activists argued that don’t know how a prefab Paris accord,” he said at a beset by allegations of Rus- set about influencing U.S. Peoples Party have warned The assets in question are since 1998. The JIT also de- building brick-and-mortar house will be, people are joint news conference. sian interference in the 2016 foreign policy. Mr. Macron that democracy could be in four expensive flats in Park clared that Mr. Sharif’s chil- homes would not only prove saying it would be very hot “We’ll see what happens.” U.S. election, with emails re- views it as counterproduct- danger if Mr. Sharif would Lane London valuing more dren submitted forged docu- considerably cheaper but inside. But we are scared to Mr. Macron and Mr. leased on Tuesday suggest- ive to isolate the U.S. on the not agree to step down. than £5 million. ments and lied before the would also help create many reject it. What if we don’t get Trump were scheduled dine ing his eldest son welcomed world stage, and progress The Supreme Court is ex- The Sharifs claimed that investigators. The Sharifs jobs and rebuild the eco- any homes after that?” asked with their wives at a restaur- an offer of Russian help may be made on joint ap- pected to decide the fate of the flats were purchased by a have dismissed the findings nomy. The TNA raised the Amirthalingam, a com- ant on the second floor of against his father’s Demo- proaches to counter-terror- Mr. Sharif when it takes up Qatari consortium in the and termed the report as matter in Parliament. Fol- munity leader in the village. the Eiffel Tower after the cratic rival Hillary Clinton. ism and security. the JIT report on Monday. 1990s and Mr. Sharif’s sons “conjecture”.

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market watch 13-07-2017 % CHANGE Sensex soars past 32,000 Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 32,037 ddddddddddddddd0.73 TCS net dips, misses estimates US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 64.45 ddddddddddddddd0.13 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 29,050 ddddddddddddddd0.55 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 48.10 ddddddddddddddd1.15 Stronger rupee dents Q1 prot, currency appreciates about 5% against U.S. dollar amid hopes of RBI rate cut Reuters transformation deals, espe- NIFTY 50 Top Indian software services cially in the insurance Nifty ends at 9,891.70; strong rally in global markets cited PRICE CHANGE exporter Tata Consultancy space,” said Mr. Gopinathan, ACC...... 1703.55...... -2.40 Services (TCS) said on who took the top job in Feb- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Adani Ports...... 375.95...... 2.10 MUMBAI Ambuja Cements...... 263.15...... 2.15 Thursday it was optimistic ruary. Asian Paints...... 1125.50...... -8.20 about client spending on Chief Financial Officer V. The Sensex closed above the Aurobindo Pharma ...... 705.15...... 10.45 technology even as a cau- Ramakrishnan said in a state- psychological 32,000-mark Axis Bank ...... 511.90...... 5.15 tious global environment ment that the rupee’s appre- for the first time ever on Bajaj Auto ...... 2789.75...... 3.90

Bank of Baroda ...... 163.40...... -0.10 and a stronger rupee dented ciation against the dollar Thursday as slowing con- Bharti Airtel ...... 403.15...... 6.05 first-quarter profit. meant a loss of ₹6.5 billion in sumer inflation fuelled Bosch ...... 24253.05...... 65.75 TCS, part of the salt-to- reported revenue. hopes of a rate cut by the Re- BPCL...... 458.55...... 2.75 serve Bank of India, which Cipla ...... 543.65...... 3.70 software Tata Sons conglom- Revenue for the quarter Coal India ...... 253.65...... 0.20 erate, reported consolidated rose 1% from a year earlier to will meet next month for its Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2694.00...... 3.90 net profit for the three ₹295.84 billion. monetary policy review. Eicher Motors...... 28055.95. .. -202.55 months ended June 30 fell More opportunities: TCS sees strong demand in banking, The 30-share Sensex rose GAIL (India)...... 372.05...... 2.20

* HCL Tech...... 858.60...... 4.60 almost 6% from a year services and insurance, says CEO Gopinathan. REUTERS Kotak rating 232.56 points to close at New high: The overall market breadth was slightly negative HDFC ...... 1656.90...... 16.95 earlier to ₹59.5 billion Brokerage Kotak described 32,037.38 with 26 constitu- with 1,455 stocks declining as against 1,278 gainers. * PTI HDFC Bank...... 1683.55...... 2.30 ($923.2 million). engineers and developers to told a news conference. the TCS first-quarter num- ents gaining ground. The Hero MotoCorp ...... 3750.95...... 32.20 Analysts on average had service U.S. clients. In the banking, services bers as weak, adding it ex- overall market breadth was, tions of a rate cut following ers; however some more up- Hindalco ...... 204.70...... 4.10

Hind Unilever ...... 1134.70...... 3.05 expected ₹61.8 billion. Adding to the sector’s and insurance segment, the pected further cuts to its own however, slightly negative the low consumer price inside is possible in the com- Indiabulls HFL ...... 1129.15...... 21.50 India’s more than $150 bil- woes, the Indian rupee has company was seeing strong and consensus earnings-per- with 1,455 stocks declining dex, good monsoons and fall ing few weeks. Retail ICICI Bank ...... 297.90...... 5.55 lion software services sector appreciated about 5% this demand from the “bottom of share estimates of the com- as against 1,278 gainers. in concerns related to dis- investors may use this rise to IndusInd Bank ...... 1579.90...... 2.90

Bharti Infratel ...... 410.60...... -9.70 is facing headwinds in its year against the U.S. dollar, the pyramid” as new pany. The brokerage said in a The broader 50-share ruption post the implement- re-weight their broad asset Infosys ...... 977.05...... 4.70 biggest market, the United making exports costlier. entrants are coming into the client note it maintained its Nifty of the National Stock ation of GST. allocation, re-look at the Indian OilCorp...... 380.95...... -11.65 States, as clients hold back sector, he said. “reduce” rating on the stock. Exchange closed at a new stocks that they own... They ITC ...... 338.75...... 9.90 technology spending due to ‘Strong pipeline’ “From an overall demand TCS added one client with high of 9,891.70, up 75.60 Historical parameters may avoid chasing stocks Kotak Bank ...... 962.10...... 5.45

L&T...... 1175.10...... 15.40 uncertainty over President TCS was seeing a “strong perspective looking forward annual billing of $100 mil- points. A strong rally in the “The rise in the markets has that are at steep valuations.” Lupin ...... 1142.05...... 1.45 Donald Trump’s order for a pipeline” for new deals in we see a combination of lion-plus and one with billing global markets also acted as been aided by the risk-on Investors can look at the M&M ...... 1370.40...... -6.30 review of a visa program for the key North American strong demand for smaller of more than $50 million in a catalyst. Deepak Jasani, sentiments prevailing across small/midcap space where Maurti Suzuki...... 7567.55...... 90.90 Head - Retail Research, the globe,” Mr. Jasani said. “ promoters have shown in- NTPC ...... 163.90...... -0.15 skilled workers. market, especially from projects coming out of the June quarter, TCS said. It ONGC ...... 158.90...... -3.95 Indian IT firms use the smaller customers, Chief Ex- newer areas like digital and hired a gross 11,202 employ- HDFC Securities, attributed Valuations look stretched terest in restructuring their PowerGrid Corp ...... 215.10...... 1.10 H-1B visa program to fly in ecutive Rajesh Gopinathan some amount of very large ees in the quarter. Thursday’s gains to expecta- going by historical paramet- companies, he said. Reliance Ind ...... 1522.10...... 11.00

State Bank ...... 288.75...... 1.10

Sun Pharma ...... 569.30...... 6.90

Tata Motors ...... 459.05...... -1.95 Tata Motors DVR...... 276.50...... 2.15 No GST on old gold Nippon stake Tata Power ...... 83.25...... 0.20 JSW Steel to revise oer for Monnet Ispat Tata Steel ...... 563.95...... 4.85 in Reliance TCS ...... 2446.40...... 6.95 Tech Mahindra ...... 389.25...... 1.95 sold to jewellers Lead banker State Bank of India had opposed the company’s bid UltraTech Cement...... 4198.70...... 7.45 Capital rises Vedanta ...... 263.05...... 3.15 Piyush Pandey Wipro ...... 264.05...... 0.25 stress on the power sector MUMBAI Press Trust of India YES Bank...... 1582.00...... 66.55 ‘It does not qualify as a sale per se’ and the new PPAs are diffi- New Delhi Zee Entertainment ...... 517.00...... 6.90 Billionaire Sajjan Jindal-led cult to come by.” Special Correspondent to be clarified,” an official JSW Steel is keen on revising Mr. Jindal expects the Reliance Capital on NEW DELHI statement said. The central its bid for his brother-in-law bankers to take haircuts to Thursday said it has re- EXCHANGE RATES Sale of old gold ornaments GST law requires registered Sandeep Jajodia-led Monnet make power assets lucrative ceived ₹378 crore from Nip- Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit by individuals to jewellers entities like jewellers to pay Ispat and Energy, after the for the buyers like him. pon Life Insurance after except yen at 4 p.m. on July 13 won’t be subject to Goods tax on taxable goods sup- lead banker SBI opposed Mr. “Without haircut, there is no the Japanese firm in- CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL and Services Tax (GST), the plied to them by unre- Jindal’s bid to buy the firm. viability. These plants have creased its stake in their as- US Dollar ...... 64.24...... 64.56 Government said. gistered entities under what However, Mr. Jindal is not become highly overpriced. set management business Euro ...... 73.25...... 73.63

British Pound...... 83.08...... 83.50 Responding to a query in is known as reverse charge very interested in acquiring Markets have changed as the to 49%. The Anil Ambani Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 56.79...... 57.08 a GST Master Class on Wed- mechanism. JSPL power unit, led by his viability of coal based power group firm will book cap- Chinese Yuan ...... 9.47...... 9.52 nesday, tax authorities had The law also defines sup- brother Naveen Jindal for plant was ₹4.5 crore per MW ital gains on this final trans- Swiss Franc ...... 66.57...... 66.91 suggested that the sale of plier as someone who sup- action in the quarter end- Singapore Dollar ...... 46.64...... 46.87 which he signed a deal last Steely resolve: There will be consolidation in the industry and till yesterday and today it’s Canadian Dollar...... 50.38...... 50.63 old gold jewellery by a con- plies goods or services for a year, as the power sector is the good rms will look into stressed assets, says Sajjan Jindal. probably ₹2 crore per MW. ing September 30, 2017. Malaysian Ringitt ...... 14.96...... 15.05 sumer to a jeweller would consideration in the course still struggling. Of course, the Equity goes As on March 2017, Reli- Source:Indian Bank be subject to GST at the rate or furtherance of business. process and whatever that companies will look into out first but then the banks ance Nippon Life Asset of 3% under the reverse “Even though the sale of old New process process will entail, we will stressed assets.” “At the mo- need to take the haircut.” Management (RNAM) had charge mechanism of the gold by an individual is for a Sajjan Jindal chairman of follow that.” ment power purchase agree- On JSPL unit, he said: an asset base of ₹3.6 lakh BULLION RATES CHENNAI GST law and jewellers could consideration, it cannot be JSW Steel said: “Now there is “Probably, it will be ments (PPAs) are not being “They have time till June crore. July 13 rates in rupees with previous claim input tax on such pur- said to be in the course or a completely new process looked into afresh,” Mr. Jin- signed as the state electricity 2018 to get all the approvals Nippon Life Insurance is rates in parentheses chases. furtherance of his business, that RBI is initiating that all dal told The Hindu.“There boards and other users are but right now they are going an over 125 years old in- Retail Silver (1g) ...... 39.60. ....(39.50) “On further examination, and hence does not qualify these stressed assets will would be consolidation in not signing long term PPAs. slow. Without PPAs, we can’t surer that manages over 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,637. ....(2,640) it is felt that the issue needs to be a supply per se.” have to go through NCLT the industry and the good Right now, there is lots of take that.” ₹34.45 lakh crore in assets. Tatas pick PM’s task force recommends group chief digital ocer scrapping 5-yearly job survey Special Correspondent Move comes amid criticism about the lack of adequate jobs MUMBAI Tata Sons on Thursday ap- Special Correspondent of industry and services. pointed Aarthi Sub- NEW DELHI ramanian, executive dir- The Prime Minister-appoin- Seeking comments ector at TCS, as the Tata ted task force has recom- The Centre has sought com- Group’s chief digital officer. mended that traditional Em- ments on the recommenda- Ms. Subramanian will re- ployment-Unemployment tions made public on port to N. Chandrasekaran, Surveys carried out by the Thursday by July 23. A time executive chairman of Tata National Sample Survey Of- use survey should also be Sons, in her new role and fice (NSSO) every five years conducted at three year in- continue to serve on the be scrapped. tervals to provide data on board of TCS as a non-exec- The panel has instead sug- time spent in various occu- utive director. gested a new periodic labour pations and non-market “Aarthi has a great track force survey to provide es- Arvind Panagariya activities, the panel said. record of successfully lead- timates of labour force, em- “This survey will collect ing large teams to achieve ployment, unemployment, cism, the task force, headed information on how indi- excellence in customer ser- nature of employment and by NITI Aayog Vice Chair- viduals allocate their time vice delivery and has been industry. To get more fre- man Arvind Panagariya, in over a specified time period, a strong advocate of pro- quent employment trends the report has mentioned usually a day or a week.” The active value addition for data, an urban module of that “much of the recent de- survey will help track how customers. this survey will be updated bate on jobs in the media has time spent by households “As the group’s chief di- every quarter. The recom- relied on the estimates from has been changing and gital officer, she will play a mendation comes amidst the Quarterly Enterprise measure women’s participa- key role in driving digital criticism about the lack of Surveys,” which has “severe tion in unpaid work. Centre adoption across group adequate jobs as well as a de- limitations”. can tap the GST Network companies as well as the bate over jobs cuts in the QES conducted by Labour database as a sample frame group’s digital initiatives,” economy. Bureau measure employ- for a new annual survey of Mr. Chandrasekaran said. However, refuting criti- ment in eight broad sectors enterprises. SEBI probing MSEI on ‘irregularities’ plaint Whistle-blower alleges cash paid as ‘incentive’ to trade on currency derivatives ASHISH RUKHAIYAR equity derivatives. MUMBAI In the month of June, the The Securities and Exchange average daily trading value Board of India (SEBI) is in- in the currency segment was vestigating alleged financial ₹676 crore, which translates irregularities at the Metro- to a 2% market share. In con- politan Stock Exchange of In- trast, the BSE and the Na- dia (MSEI) on a complaint re- tional Stock Exchange repor- ceived from a ted daily average turnovers whistle-blower. of ₹17,236 crore and ₹15,464 The whistle-blower al- crore, respectively. leged that the exchange did This is a steep decline for not follow proper proced- MSEI, which in 2013 had ures in making certain pay- clocked almost ₹12,000 ments, said three people fa- Dire digits: As per the whistle-blower, MSEI’s books have a lot crore daily and commanded miliar with the of ‘shy entries’, a source said. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK a market share of more than development. 40%. The whistle-blower wrote to brokers to trade on its cur- effectively the only func- A MSEI source said the ex- to the exchange in August rency derivatives segment tional segment of the exchange had conducted its 2016 before writing to the and that some MSEI officials change,” said a person on own investigation and con- regulator recently, after the had colluded with the condition of anonymity. cluded that the transactions exchange concluded that brokers to corner a part of “The books of MSEI have were genuine. “The audit there was no merit in the the money. a lot of fishy entries to facilit- committee deliberated on complaint, they added. ate these payments,” he ad- the matter on more than a The regulator had called ICICI Bank loan ded. couple of occasions before fi- the exchange officials on Fri- “The letter alleges that a Market making or giving nally closing the matter in day to present their argu- loan of ₹10 crore taken from monetary incentives to May,” he said, wishing not to ments. According to one of ICICI Bank was used to give brokers is not permissible in be identified. the sources, the whistle- cash incentives to brokers to the currency derivatives seg- An e-mail query sent to blower alleged that the ex- push trading volumes of cur- ment, even as SEBI has al- MSEI remained unanswered change made cash payments rency derivatives, which is lowed such incentives in till the time of going to press. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Oman Air not to bid for AI India to be second largest Would rather invest in a prot-making airline than an ‘ailing’ carrier, says CEO market for ‘Forevermark’ Somesh Jha liberalised foreign direct in- NEW DELHI vestment (FDI) norms in the Expects it to increase to 1,30,000 pieces by end of 2017 Oman’s national airline airline sector. Oman Air would rather in- He said that the economic Indrani Dutta vest in a profit-making air- difficulties faced by the Gulf KOLKATA line in India rather than buy- countries had to an extent India is set to become the SBI cuts charges for ing a stake in an ‘ailing’ dampened the airline’s en- second largest market this digital transactions carrier, its chief executive of- thusiasm to acquire a stake year for Forevermark Dia- MUMBAI ficer said on Thursday, mak- in an Indian carrier. monds Private, the diamond State Bank of India has ing it clear that the company “Currently, we are looking brand of the De Beers reduced charges up to 75% would not bid for Air India. at the landscape and a num- Group, Forevermark India for its mobile and Internet “As a businessman, you ber of dynamics which we president Sachin Jain said. banking services. The bank are far more eager to parti- prefer to observe instead of “From the current trends, has also waived charges for cipate with a profit-making stepping in,” he said, adding we see India surpassing the fund transfers up to ₹1,000 airline and not having the that the Indian aviation sec- U.S., to become the largest done through Immediate legacy of the state airline,” Monitoring radar: Oman Air is just observing the landscape tor was witnessing a consol- market by volumes for Payment Service (IMPS) Oman Air CEO Paul and dynamics in India for now, says its CEO. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK idation, with talk of IndiGo Forevermark,” Mr. Jain said. eective July 1, 2017, the Gregorowitsch told The buying a stake in Air India bank said in a statement. Hindu. “If you look at what proposition from a success- diGo has formally expressed and Jet Airways’ reported One in million Charges for fund transfer up the neighbouring Gulf air- ful Indian airline than setting formal interest in acquiring plans to sell stakes to foreign He said that among all the Sparkling future: From current trends, we see India surpassing to ₹1,000 via National lines have done with state up our own or getting in- stake in the national carrier’s players. polished diamonds emer- the U.S., says Forevermark India president Sachin Jain. Electronic Funds Transfer airlines in Europe, you see volved with an ailing Indian international operations. “There are so many dy- ging from the rough ones (NEFT) mechanism will be ₹1 that those investments have airline,” he said. namics and we are simply mined by the De Beers ellery. In India, Forever- shop-in-shop model. “Begin- as compared to ₹2 earlier. been a complete failure.” “Today we have no in- Fully foreign-owned observing them. We don’t Group of companies, only mark’s market stood at ning in 2011, we now have He said that Oman Air had terest to make a bid for Air Mr. Gregorowitsch’s com- have the appetite to step in, one in a million had the ex- 60,000 diamond pieces and 230 doors,” Mr. Jain said. TRAI tweets directions no plans to acquire a stra- India or part of Air India,” he ments come at a time when but if based on the consolid- ceptional qualities needed was expected to increase to This is in comparison to 800 to mobile operators tegic stake in an Indian air- clarified. The Centre last Qatar Airways has made ation, the players and dy- to get the Forevermark. 1,30,000 pieces by the end in China and 400 in the U.S. NEW DELHI line at the moment. “If it month gave an in-principle public its plan to set up a namics change, if we have or This is then given to the of 2017, Mr. Jain added. The south is the largest The TRAI on Thursday took to would come to it, we would nod for strategic disinvest- fully foreign-owned airline in want to team up, of course, partner companies for fur- Forevermark is present at market, followed by the Twitter to direct two of the team up with a promising ment of Air India. So far, In- India after the Centre fully we will be on the front seat.” ther processing to make jew- the retail level through a north, west and east. largest operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, to improve their services. “Airtel_Presence & Lux plans premium hosiery foray Danfoss India aims to double localisation VodafoneIN we have been getting a lot of complaints with regards to the network Targets turnover of ₹2,000 crore in two years Industrial refrigeration rm plans to cash in on the Made-in-India opportunity issues from many customers. Plz resolve,” the telecom Special Correspondent To increase its production N. Anand percentage from the current holding for building special- regulator said in the tweet, CHENNAI capacity, the group recently CHENNAI level. The penetration of cer- ised knowledge skills and which followed a user’s Kolkata-based hosiery commissioned a ₹100 crore Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd., tain products in India such processes in cold chain,” he complaint on not receiving maker Lux Industries, is plant in Dankuni, West the Indian unit of the Den- as refrigeration and air-con- said. signals of either of the planning to enter the Bengal. With this, Lux group mark-based heating, ventila- ditioning is low compared to During the calendar year operators. premium segment to has 12 manufacturing units tion and air-conditioning China and other parts of the 2016, Danfoss India reported strengthen its brand GenX. in different parts of the major Danfoss, aims to world. We would like to domestic sales of ₹1,000 Cyient rst quarter “We are a leader in the af- country with a current op- double the localisation com- build an ecosystem of suppli- crore and export revenue of prot rises 18.6% fordable fashion segment. timal cutting capacity of 1.4 ponent in its new products ers to increase localisation,” ₹400 crore. The Indian sub- HYDERABAD We will be entering million pieces per day. It in the next three years. Mr. Purushothaman said. sidiary is aiming to grow its IT rm Cyient posted a premium segment in the Lux plans to introduce track plans to expand to 2 million “We recently introduced According to him, the domestic and export rev- consolidated net prot of next quarter,” said Navin Ku- suits and sweat shirts to pieces per day by 2020. seven new products in in- penetration level of refriger- enue to ₹2,000 crore and ₹87.8 crore in the quarter mar Todi, senior vice presid- strengthen brand GenX. “Next year, we will be dustrial refrigeration,” said ation in India is 5-6% against ₹1,000 crore respectively by ended June, an 18.64% ent, Lux Industries. “We will rolling out GenX premium Ravichandran Pur- Danfoss India president 40% in China, and air-condi- 2020, mostly through the or- increase compared to the introduce track suits and in the mass segment with its inner wear and casuals and ushothaman, president, Ravichandran Purushothaman tioning at 10% compared to ganic route. year ago period, driven by sweat shirts to strengthen Lux Cozi and Lux Venus, outerwear. There is a huge Danfoss India. “They have a 40-60% in other parts of the “We are also keen on ac- communications, brand GenX.” This is part of mid-to-premium segments price gap between the mass localisation level of 15-16%. from 40% to 60%. A similar world. quiring start-ups in food re- transportation and the company’s overall plan with ONN and women’s the premium segment. We Our target is to double it in attempt is being made to in- “This does not call for tail, supply chain, energy semiconductor businesses. to increase its group wear Lyra. It has also drawn are going to offer our the next three years.” crease the localisation level fresh investment as the pen- productivity and energy Revenue increased 8.6% to turnover from the present plans to strengthen the base products at competitive rate Danfoss India produces in industrial refrigeration. etration level is low and we automation,” he said. Last ₹907 crore. Design-led ₹1,200 crore to ₹2,000 crore of GenX, by providing cas- and fill up the gap, so that it controls and industrial refri- “We are bullish on India. also require that kind of de- week, Danfoss India was manufacturing business in two years and ₹5,000 ual, active and lounge wear. becomes affordable to all,” geration. In the last three We would like to use the mand from the market. We conferred with the ‘Golden delivered a double digit crore in five year’s time. Woman’s lingerie will be in- said Rahul Kumar Todi, years, the localisation level Made-in-India opportunity will make investments on de- Peacock Award for Environ- growth. Lux Industries is present troduced by August. senior vice president. of controls was increased to increase the localisation veloping suppliers, do hand ment Management.’

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Clinical Williams shuts the door on Konta Federer’s blueprint for longevity Muguruza demolishes out-of-sorts Rybarikova in the other seminal Agence France-Presse stand just two wins away London from a record eighth Andy Murray and Novak Wimbledon title. “Federer is Djokovic may be battered playing the best tennis ever and bruised, but Roger Fe- at the age of 35 because he derer has handed them the has got everything right in blueprint to keep playing the rest of his life too,” Boris into their mid-30s — take a Becker told the BBC. risk, take a break. When Federer lost to Mi- As defending Wimbledon los Raonic in the Wimble- champion Murray hobbled don semifinals in 2016, he to a quarterfinal defeat immediately shut down the against Sam Querrey, curs- rest of his season. ing his long-standing hip Federer believes he has problem, and three-time found the perfect balance, winner Djokovic quit against playing at the right times Tomas Berdych with a right and resting when required. elbow injury, Federer was “Once you hit 30, you’ve cruising into his 12th semi- got to look back and think of final at the All England Club. how much tennis have I Both World No. 1 Murray played, how much rest did I and the struggling Djokovic give my body over the years, hinted at taking a break how much training have I from the sport but are wary done, did I do enough, did I of the US Open fast ap- overdo it or not enough,” he proaching in six weeks’ said. “It’s always calibrating time. the whole thing. For me it In contrast, Federer, who worked out. Sometimes the will be 36 in August, has de- body and the mind do need fied the passing years to a rest.”

Brooking no resistance: While Venus Williams played the percentage game to perfection against British hope Johanna Konta, Garbine Muguruza’s all-round prociency snapped the dream run of

Magdalena Rybarikova. * SHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGES & AFP

Mukund Padmanabhan to play outside her comfort ing which she had two Muguruza took charge by London zone. surgeries. coming to the net, winning Exactly two decades after In this battle of power In her victories over Karo- most of her approaches. she made her Wimbledon servers, there was little to lina Pliskova and Coco Overall, there was a glaring debut, 37-year-old Venus Wil- differentiate the two in terms Vandeweghe earlier this difference in the number of liams will play a Grand Slam of average speeds — their first week, Rybarikova had dis- winners, with Muguruza final this Saturday as the old serves at exactly 104mph played a devil-may-care atti- posting 22 against Ry- Key to success: Roger Federer, who will turn 36 in August, favourite. apiece and their second tude, staying positive and barikova’s eight. believes he has found the perfect balance, playing at the Her 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Bri- serves in the early nineties. hitting her way out of The match, which was right times and resting when required. * AFP tain’s Johanna Konta was car- What made a huge difference trouble, as if comforted by over in a little over an hour, ried out with a calm and clin- was the return of serve. the knowledge that with her produced very little drama, ical proficiency, with an Right through the match, lowly ranking (87 in the but provided a hint that acute sense of awareness Williams crept up on Konta’s WTA), she had nothing to Muguruza would be a diffi- Djokovic ponders about how exactly to deal second serve, taking it often lose. cult customer to handle in the 26-year-old. within the baseline and mov- Such carefreeness deser- the final if she remains in the Konta, whose climb up ing forward to dominate the ted her at Centre Court. Her same form. long break the rungs of the tennis lad- point. Parse the match stat- body language was negative der has been nothing short istics and one screams for at- mistake with the second, for- manner a cricketer would do and her strokemaking tight THE RESULTS Agence France-Presse for more than a year, began of extraordinary — having tention. cing a Konta backhand to fly to a bouncer. and tentative, and lacking all London to increase. gone from a WTA ranking of While Williams won 65% long. Williams will play Garbine assuredness. Women: Semifinals: 14-Garbine Novak Djokovic admits a “There is a possibility 150 at the end of 2014 to of her second serves, Konta From then on, Williams Muguruza in the final, with Muguruza (Esp) bt Magdalena long break is on the cards that they will propose sur- seven before this match — managed only a feeble 33%. applied a slow and the Spaniard running Keeping the pressure Rybarikova (Svk) 6-1, 6-1; 10- after an elbow injury forced gery, but I don’t think that is had both the firepower and At 4-4, Konta had two suffocating squeeze, up a facile semifinal Muguraza, who was on top Venus Williams (USA) bt 6-Jo- him to retire from his good,” Djokovic told Serbian hanna Konta (GBR) 6-4, 6-2. the mental strength to chal- break-points on the Williams mixing up her serves victory against Mag- of her game, didn’t make Wimbledon quarterfinal media. Men: Doubles: Semifinals: 4- lenge Williams. serve, but the latter levelled and trying to close dalena Rybarikova of matters any easier, display- against Tomas Berdych. “To be cut in surgery or Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Marcelo The first couple of games and went on to hold, helped out points with Slovakia. Rybarikova, ing all-round power and Djokovic’s miserable 12 to poison myself with Melo (Bra) bt 1-Henri Kontinen indicated as much with again by good serving, in- groundstrokes that who has had eight keeping the pressure on her (Fin) & John Peers (Aus) 6-3, 6- months hit a fresh low on pills.... none of the solutions Konta matching Williams in cluding one terrifying were constantly ex- first round exits at rival. 7(4), 6-2, 4-6, 9-7; 16-Oliver Wednesday when a right el- is good. Maybe a longer rest power. But the promise of a second serve at 106mph. ploring opportunities Wimbledon, seemed Rybarikova’s serve failed Marach (Aut) & Mate Pavic (Cro) bow problem curtailed his is necessary, not only belong and demanding match By then, it seemed only a to create winners. Two overawed by the occasion. to make any impression on bt Nikola Mektic & Franko bid to win the Wimbledon cause of the injury but for vanished slowly as it became matter of time before Konta serves underlined her dom- The unlikeliness of her Muguruza, with the Slov- Skugor (Cro) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), for a fourth time. my mind as well. During my increasingly apparent from would crack, which she did inance — one aimed into the presence in a Wimbledon akian winning only 42% of 3-6, 17-15. The 30-year-old Serb was entire career I have followed the exchanges that while Wil- when she went 0-40 down body of Konta which had to semifinal was compounded the points off her first and 40 Girls: Doubles: Second round: trailing 7-6(2), 2-0 and felt a school schedule, I have liams was playing well within when serving to save the set. be clumsily fended off and by the fact that she returned off her second. The corres- 2-Taylor Johnson & Claire Liu he had no option but to call never been reprimanded, herself, it was Konta who Williams squandered the another which had her to play this year after a ponding numbers for (USA) bt Zeel Desai (Ind) & Lulu it quits as the pain, from an maybe I will skip the next was constantly being nudged first break-point but made no swerving to avoid it in the seven-month time-out dur- Muguruza were 74 and 69. Sun (Sui) 7-5, 6-0. injury that has troubled him semester.” Mithali’s celebrations take a backseat BCCI thanks the CAC for its services The loss against Australia overshadows her wonderful achievement Vijay Lokapally of the media. The CAC also Sanjay Bangar (batting New Delhi claimed that it had been coach) and R. Sridhar (field- V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM In response to a demand by given a free hand, which a ing coach) — retained their HYDERABAD the Cricket Advisory Com- section of the BCCI refuted. posts in the Indian team. Mithali Raj, who became the mittee (CAC), the Board on The CAC, in particular, The Board, meanwhile, in leading women run-getter in Thursday put on record its had objections to suggestions a communication, respon- One-Day Internationals dur- appreciation for the services that it had exceeded its ambit ded, “The BCCI expresses its ing the match against Aus- rendered by Sachin Ten- in going with Zaheer and sincere gratitude to the mem- tralia in the on-going World dulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Dravid as consultants. It bers of the (CAC) who most Cup on Wednesday, was in V.V.S. Laxman. noted that the impression willingly agreed to undertake no mood to even give a seri- The CAC had taken excep- created in the media was that the process of selection of ous thought to it, leave alone tion to certain reports in the the two had been “foisted on the head coach. The three celebrate. media that belittled their the head coach.” members have executed the Reason? “I was terribly “transparent” process of Sourav Ganguly. * PTI assigned task with total disappointed with the loss to picking the head coach of the The reality transparency, professional- Australia in this crucial Indian team, Ravi Shastri, The CAC was keen that the had spoken to Shastri on get- ism and commitment to In- game. If we had won, maybe and also the appointment of CoA and the Board under- ting Dravid and Zaheer on dian cricket.” there would have been some Rahul Dravid and Zaheer stood the situation and in- board and he seemed to have Choudhary said, “The re- celebration. But at the end Khan as batting and bowling formed the cricket-loving agreed to the idea. Sub- commendation for Mr. Ravi of the game it was normal, consultants. public of the reality. “It is our sequent to the announce- Shastri was made on the routine stuff and the feeling The CAC has written to the desire that you go public ments, Shastri is said to have merit of his presentation and of setting this record never Committee of Administrators about the transparency of expressed his desire to have the vision that he projected really occurred to me,” the (CoA) chairman Vinod Rai the process of identifying the a support staff of his choice. for taking the team to greater 34-year-old told The Hindu and the Board’s acting-sec- next head coach so that In effect, he would want to heights. The CAC then con- in an exclusive chat from retary Amitabh Choudhary, these falsehoods are put to have former India seamer B. sulted him and decided on London. expressing its “pain and dis- bed,” was what the CAC con- Arun back. having batting and bowling “There is nothing new for appointment” to see the veyed to the CoA and the Arun had lost his job after consultants on overseas tour- me about this record as I had Run machine: Mithali Raj, who became the highest run-getter in ODIs, feels that individual manner in which it had been Board. Anil Kumble took over. The to-tour basis, as per the re-

held it earlier for some time. performances don’t count if the team doesn’t do well. * RICHARD HEATHCOTE/GETTY IMAGES portrayed in various sections The CAC claimed that it rest of the support staff — quirement of the team.” Coming in a World Cup it does have its own signific- <> This World Cup is a ance but I always believe reminder of the that individual perform- new standards in England tour: Raman Thakur apologises to ances don’t count if they Shackled by don’t help the team’s cause,” women’s cricket. said Mithali, who now has Mithali Raj team’s needs to accompany u-19 Supreme Court again 6028 runs from 183 ODIs at an average of 51.52 with five makes it even more challen- V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM why I had to be very Krishnadas Rajagopal centuries. ging. I have not seen so HYDERABAD cautious and selective in my team as coach NEW DELHI “This milestone is per- many in one edition earlier. India skipper Mithali Raj said strokeplay,” she said, about Former BCCI president haps the result of me being This is great news for wo- she was disappointed by the the slow start against G. Viswanath Anurag Thakur filed a fresh consistent over the years at men’s cricket,” she said. fact that she didn’t have the Australia on Wednesday. Mumbai application, offering an “un- the highest level. But it cer- cushion in the batting line- “Maybe, in a couple of Former India batsman W.V. conditional apology” to the tainly isn’t the end in itself. I Future plans up to open out and be more years, I will end up playing Raman will accompany the Supreme Court in a con- still love to keep improving On her own future, Mithali aggressive. the way I want to. Initially, I India under-19 team as tempt case initiated against with each match,” she said, “I will mentor and “I thought in this World took pride when the side coach for the tour of Eng- him by the court. added. groom young talent in the Cup I will just go out and used to look up to me. In land. The team, after a pre- A Bench of Justices Dipak “This World Cup is a re- team once I decide to leave enjoy, bat with more hindsight, it has become a paratory camp in Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and minder of the new standards the game but certainly not freedom. But it is the same disadvantage,” she said. Bengaluru, will arrive here D.Y. Chandrachud said it Anurag Thakur. in women’s cricket. The before another year at the old story. I still have to be “The burden of on Friday and depart for wanted a categorical and * FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY evolution of the game is highest level. And, that too, conscious of the team’s continuing to be the London in the early hours of unconditional apology filed pretty evident as unlike in if the selectors feel I am needs, and bat with a lot of mainstay also means that I Saturday. in a one-page affidavit and majesty of this Honourable previous editions, there are good enough to last that responsibility. In the game can’t work on my game, Rajesh Verma of the directed Thakur to be Court and since uninten- no weak teams and almost long.” against South Africa, there explore other areas of my Jharkhand Cricket Associ- W.V. Raman. present in court for the next tionally some of kind of mis- every team has a centurion, Mithali was also happy was a complete collapse batting. I will definitely not ation has been named the * FILE PHOTO: R. RAGU hearing on July 14. information or miscommu- many teams are scoring con- that the women’s World Cup after I got out,” said Mithali. be able to try a window for a manager. BCCI CEO Rahul In his one-page applica- nication has occurred, I sistently 270-plus. was being telecast live, and “I don’t want to see too different role now,” Mithali Johri confirmed Raman’s se- the junior India teams for tion, Thakur said “I humbly unhesitatingly tender my “Look at the number of felt that it would help the many overs left for the said. “This also means lection as coach. two years, is scheduled to submit it was never the in- unconditional and unequi- leg-spinners in this World sport a long way in more others to face and that is curbing my instincts a lot.” Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid, travel with the India-A side tention of the deponent vocal apology to this Hon- Cup. It is amazing and girls taking up the game. who was appointed coach of to South Africa. (Thakur) to undermine the ourable Court.” CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF King of Pop clinches main event Can S. Africa bounce back? HYDERABAD: King of Pop (Nakhat Trainer: D. Netto. Tanala: ₹13823. Favourite: Gen- Singh up) won the Okai Okai Okai RAMBO PLATE (D. II), (1200m), eral Salute. Owners: M/s. T. Plate, the main event of the races Cat. II, 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to Rakesh Reddy, Premanand Sug- Upbeat England set to eld an unchanged team for the second Test here on Thursday ( July 13). The 4 46: KHOSHGEL (Md. Ismail) 1, Act andhi, Kodali Venkateswara Rao winner is owned by M.A.M. & Ashok Rupani. Trainer: Agence France-Presse in Time (B.R. Kumar) 2, Hunter’s Ramaswamy Chettiar Of Chettinad Pride (Md. Sameeruddin) 3, Lav- Anupam Sharma. Nottingham Charitable Trust rep. by Mr. A.C. ender (Nakhat Singh) 4. 1/2, hd., 1. Muthiah and trained by K. Lacazette scores on South Africa will hope the 1m 15.25s. ₹73 (w), 17, 6, 8 (p), SHP: OKAI OKAI OKAI PLATE Satheesh. ₹21, FP: ₹313, Q: ₹103, Tanala: (1100m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over, THE RESULTS: 8 Arsenal debut return of captain Faf du ₹2797. Favourite: Act in Time. rated 58 to 78: KING OF POP (Na- SYDNEY Plessis leads to a revival in its HAVOC PLATE (D. II), (1100m), Owners: M/s. S. Daljeet Singh, khat Singh) 1, Alameda (P. Tre- Arsenal’s record signing fortunes in the second 1 Cat. II, maiden 3-y-o only: Srinivasa Rao Thota & Mirza Ayub vor) 2, Western Wind (P. Ajeeth Alexandre Lacazette scored cricket Test against England SWEETIE PIE (C. Umesh) 1, Marina Baig. Trainer: S.S.F. Hassan. Kumar) 3, Commanding Boy (N. Del Rey (P. Trevor) 2, Sweet Pistol FRIENDLY FIRE PLATE Rawal) 4. Not run: Preciosa. on debut in the Gunners’ 2-0 at Trent Bridge starting on Nk., Shd., Nk. 1m 06.84s. ₹23 (K. Sai Kiran) 3, Far Sight (Deep (1100m), Cat. II, 3-y-o & over, 5 (w), 8, 8, 12 (p), SHP: ₹20, FP: win over Australian Friday. Shanker) 4. 1-1/2, 3, 1-1/4. 1m rated 42 to 62: AMOROUS WHITE champions Sydney FC on The senior batsman 06.67s. ₹60 (w), 12, 6, 7 (p), SHP: (Mukesh Kumar) 1, Breezeofthe- ₹73, Q: ₹32, Tanala: ₹286. Fa- vourite: Alameda. Owner: Thursday. Lacazette, signed missed the series opener fol- ₹19, FP: Rs. 211, Q: ₹53, Tanala: south (Aneel) 2, Sketch of Beauty ₹664. Favourite: Dione. Owners: M.A.M. Ramaswamy Chettiar Of last week from Lyon, came (B.R. Kumar) 3, Without Makeup lowing the birth of his first Mr. S. Daljeet Singh, Sardar Jivtesh (Ajit Singh) 4. 1, hd., 1-3/4. 1m Chettinad Charitable Trust rep. off the bench in the second child but returned in time to Singh & Ashok Chukkla. Trainer: 07.13s. ₹8 (w), 7, 7, 11 (p), SHP: ₹21, by Mr. A.C. Muthiah. Trainer: K. half to score Arsenal’s second see the Proteas suffer a con- M. Srinivas Reddy. FP: ₹26, Q: ₹23, Tanala: ₹173. Fa- Satheesh. RAZEEN PLATE vourite: Amorous White. Owner & goal. Lacazette side-footed vincing 211-run defeat inside (1200m), Cat. RIYAHI PLATE III, 3 & 4-y-o only, rated 26 to trainer: Mr. A. Vatsalya. (1100m), Cat. home to beat goalkeeper four days at Lord’s as Eng- 2 ETERNAL ANGEL III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto 46: (R.J. Han- RAMBO PLATE (D. I), (1200m), 9 ROSE ETERNAL Andrew Redmayne from land went 1-0 up in the four- nam) 1, Warrior Supreme (C. 30 and not won: 6 Cat. II, 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to (Deep Shanker) 1, Penthesilea close range after skipper Per match series. Dropped Umesh) 3, Negress Pearl (Deep 46: Columbus (C.P. Bopanna) 1, Shanker) 3, Treasure Striker (P. (Mukesh Kumar) 2, Vijays De- Mertesacker had opened the catches and wickets off no- Undu Undu Undu (Aneel) 2, Kir- light (Praveen Gaddam) 3, Dear scoring for the Gunners in the Ajeeth Kumar) 4. 1-1/2, 3-1/2, hd,. eeti (Koushik) 3, Kiss N Chase (S.S. balls cost South Africa dear, 1m 14.22s. ₹7 (w), 6, 7, 9 (p), SHP: Friend (Kiran Naidu) 4. Shd., 3- Tanwar) 4. Not run: Garib Pariwar. 1/2, 1-1/2. 1m 07.70s. ₹22 (w), 8, fourth minute. AFP while its second innings col- ₹18, FP: ₹25, Q: ₹25, Tanala: ₹148. 1/2, 2-1/2, 1/4. 1m 14.61s. ₹10 (w), 5, Favourite: Eternal Angel. Owner: 17, 15 (p), SHP: ₹62, FP: ₹314, Q: lapse to 119 all out showed 13, 7 (p), SHP: ₹46, FP: ₹139, Q: ₹184, Tanala: ₹1504. Favourite: how much it could do with Mr. Kondlapudi Satish. Trainer: ₹83, Tanala: ₹501. Favourite: L.V.R. Deshmukh. Shivalik Arrow. Owners: M/s. du Plessis’s customary resili- Columbus. Owner: M.A.M. Ahmed Alam Khan, Barkath HAVOC PLATE Ramaswamy Chettiar Of Chettinad ence with the bat. (D. I), (1100m), Alam Khan, Zafar Alam Khan. 3 Cat. II, maiden 3-y-o only: Charitable Trust rep. by Mr. A.C. Trainer: K.V. Srinivas. England is set to field an AMAZING RESPONSE (Deepak Muthiah. Trainer: K. Satheesh. unchanged team after off- Singh) 1, Free Eagle (Kuldeep PLACERVILLE PLATE (1200m), Treble (i): ₹1144 (32 tkts.), (ii): spinning all-rounder Moeen Singh) 2, Desert Moon (K. Sai 7 Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated upto ₹530 (168 tkts.), (iii): ₹1688 (58 Kiran) 3, You Can I Can (N. Rawal) 30: SYMBOL OF GOLD (B.R. Ku- tkts.). Ali took 10 wickets at Lord’s 4. 3-1/2, 1-1/4, Shd. 1m 07.37s. ₹43 mar) 1, Sefarina (Deepak Singh) 2, and scored 87 in England’s Back in charge: After going down in the rst Test, South Africa will rely on Faf du Plessis’s (w), 9, 20, 7 (p), SHP: ₹56, FP: Avantika (Deep Shanker) 3, Ma- Consolation (i): ₹2286 (27 tkts.), Harinder Pal Sandhu first innings, with Hampshire customary resilience with the bat. * REUTERS ₹1304, Q: ₹729, Tanala: ₹3669. Fa- gical Skill (CP. Bopanna) 4. Not (ii): ₹12,005 (12 tkts.). starts well left-arm spinner Liam vourite: Desert Moon. Owners: run: Icing on the Cake. Hd., Nk., Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy & Dr. Shd.. 1m 15.35s. ₹89 (w), 26, 35, 8 Jackpot (i): ₹1947 (110 tkts.), (ii): MELBOURNE Dawson likely to retain his Gary Ballance, Joe Root (capt.), Mark Wood. Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Peddi Reddy Prabhakar Reddy. (p), SHP: ₹126, FP: ₹2519, Q: ₹833, ₹35,695 (14 tkts.). Harinder Pal Sandhu began place. Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, South Africa: Dean Elgar, Heino Kock, Chris Morris, Vernon Phil- his campaign on a bright note The teams (from): England: Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Stuart Kuhn, Hashim Amla, Faf du ander, Keshav Maharaj, and in the Victorian Open squash, Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Broad, James Anderson, and Plessis (capt.), Temba Bavuma, Morne Morkel. GOLF a PSA World Tour event, by Rashid reaching the quarterfinals Byramji beating Qatar’s Syed Azlan Barua Vani Kapoor Amjed 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 in the Sri Lanka looking for payback second round here on retires Thursday. Late on felicitates Wednesday, Harinder, seeded Faces a buoyant Zimbabwe after ODI series loss in the lead BENGALURU: A doyen among fourth, stopped qualifier medallists trainers Rashid Byramji an- Agence France-Presse Sports Reporter Jacob Ford of Australia 11-7, “I am passionate about greater challenge than the Special Correspondent nounced his retirement Colombo Bengaluru 11-1, 11-8. In the last-eight leading the side and I want ODI series for the inexperi- KOLKATA from Indian racing circuit clash on Friday, the Indian Sri Lanka is looking to usher to take this team forward enced Zimbabweans. Vani Kapoor carded a par-71 recently. will play Rhys Dowling of in Dinesh Chandimal’s era as and improve our rankings,” Masakadza, with 32 Test Grandmaster Dibyendu in the second round to The legendary trainer Australia. skipper by bouncing back Chandimal told reporters caps, is the only player to Barua on Thursday felicit- emerge the leader of the who started his career in from a humiliating ODI ahead of Friday’s one-off feature in more than 20 ated his students who won eighth leg of the Hero Wo- 1955 has 3000 winners to series defeat to Zimbabwe Test. Tests. medals in the recently-con- men’s Pro Golf Tour, at his credit including 229 with victory in the Test start- A fired-up Zimbabwe will “This tour has been very cluded Commonwealth Clover Greens course near Classics. He won more ing on Friday. be hoping to maintain mo- special for us. Now we must chess championship in here. than 20 Derbys and the In- Chandimal will lead the is- mentum with Hamilton Ma- do well in the Test match to New Delhi. The Delhi golfer recorded dian Turf Invitation Cup 12 landers in a Test for the first sakadza, who was named finish off the tour on a high Five students of the city- two birdies and two bogeys. times. time after Angelo Mathews Player of the Series in the note,” said Zimbabwe cap- based Dibyendu Barua Vani, second overnight, fin- Byramji was adjudged resigned on Wednesday fol- ODI tournament, likely to be tain Graeme Cremer who Chess Academy won ished on an overall score of champion trainer 42 times lowing Sri Lanka’s shock 3-2 the main source of runs. will be able to call upon medals. one-under 141. in his career spanning series loss to the cricketing But beating Sri Lanka in a promising leg-spinner Natsai Amateur entry Ankita more than six decades. His They were Woman FIDE minnow. Test match poses a far M’shangwe. Kedlaya and overnight first winner was Lingamala Master Arpita Mukherjee Tiwary named cricketer leader Gaurika Bishnoi are owned by Cyrus Poon- (gold, under-20 girls), Wo- of the year tied in second-place, one awalla and Radha Pyari man Grandmaster Mary KOLKATA shot behind Vani. gave him his first Classic Ann Gomes (silver, wo- The Cricket Association of Ankita slipped on the Vani Kapoor. victory. ‘Kasparov will be under pressure’ men), Fide Master Bengal (CAB) has chosen front-nine, going two-over, Byramji said he trained Mitrabha Guha (silver, un- Manoj Tiwary as the ‘best but recovered well on the board, from tied-seventh to the horses of late S. Ranga- der-16 boys), Sinthia Sarkar cricketer of the year.’ Ashoke back stretch by making fifth. rajan, former Chairman of Barua expects younger lot to challenge the Russian (silver, under-10 girls) and Dinda won the ‘best bowler’ three birdies. The Hindu Group of public- Woman Candidate Master The scores (top seven, after award while Abhimanyu Y.B. Sarangi does well in rapid chess, Amandeep Drall (one- ations and “had a cordial Chandreyee Hajra (bronze, round two): 141: Vani Kapoor Easwaran was named the KOLKATA then he may think of coming over 143) lies fourth. relationship with him. It under-18 girls). (70, 71); 142: Ankita Kedlaya ‘gentleman cricketer of the The return of legendary back to the classical game. It Smriti Mehra shot an im- (A) (71, 71), Gaurika Bishnoi was a nice experience year.’ Abhishek Raman Garry Kasparov may be a big may not be possible for him Arpita, Mary and Sinthia pressive two-under 69 - the (69, 73); 143: Amandeep Drall working with such an bagged the ‘best under-23 source of inspiration for the to perform like the way he were present at the func- best round of the day. Five (71, 72); 144: Smriti Mehra (75, owner,” he added. cricketer of the year’ award. up and coming chess players used to when he was on top tion, while others could birdies and three bogeys 69); 146: Neha Tripathi (72, Byramji will be felicit- The CAB annual awards will but the yesteryear superstar of his game, but I don’t think not make it due to their was enough to see Smriti 74); 147: Saaniya Sharma (75, ated by BTC, KROA and be given away on July 27. may be under pressure to he will do too badly. He may prior commitments. make her way up the leader- 72), Anisha Padukone (75, 72). KTA on Sunday ( July 16). face the younger lot, says be having some new ideas.” Grandmaster Dibyendu However, Barua noted: “It Barua. is easy for the newcomers FOOTBALL Barua said the comeback because they have nothing CA chief of Kasparov from retirement to lose. They will be playing would be exciting. “Kas- GM Dibyendu Barua. with a legend. slams ACA Bhutia denies joining Futsal parov’s return is a good sign “For Kasparov, it will be a Agence France-Presse for world chess — mainly for now. He knows that he will big mental challenge be- Sydney SPORTS BUREAU isers had earlier sent a press Chuck Blazer dead the young generation. He is not be as strong as before cause he has to accept that CHENNAI Cricket Australia chairman release with a quote from NEW YORK playing after about a decade. but he has come to encour- he is playing with the Denying reports that he had the former India captain. Former top football official “Those players who came age and inspire younger younger generation and he David Peever on Thursday joined as the talent director went on the attack over Chuck Blazer, whose up during this period did players. Results are immater- may lose. That worry will al- of Premier Futsal, former In- No contract yet evidence to US not see Kasparov in action. ial now. His participation, ways be there. suggestions he is running dia captain Baichung Bhutia investigators helped For them, seeing Kasparov his movement, his body lan- “Age is a factor too. A gap an “extreme” industrial re- clarified that he has not But later, when contac- trigger the FIFA corruption playing will be a big inspira- guage, his attitude — all put of a decade is another factor. lations agenda, slamming taken a decision yet. ted, Premier Futsal’s Man- the players’ union for aging Director Dinesh Raj scandal, has died, his tion. It is something which is together will definitely Maybe he was coaching or “I have an offer from “reckless” tactics in a dam- said no contract has been lawyer said on Wednesday. very difficult to explain but it help.” teaching during the last few Premier Futsal but nothing aging pay dispute. signed yet. Blazer, who himself had is a good decision,” Barua Barua, 50, said Kasparov, years but practically when has been finalised as of now. been banned from all told The Hindu on Thursday. who announced his return you are not playing, then Peever claimed the Aus- I have also not resigned from “We have offered football activities for life in According to Barua, to a rapid and blitz tourna- there is a big difference. tralian Cricketers’ Associ- the AIFF,” said Bhutia, who Baichung a position of talent 2015, had been battling everybody would expect ment next month, might “Definitely, the pressure ation (ACA) was threaten- is currently the advisor to director. We have had some cancer up to his death. He Kasparov to do well. “But we also showcase his skills in will be big on Kasparov,” ing to drive away the AIFF president Praful Pa- fruitful discussions but no was 72. AFP should not look at his results the classical version. “If he said Barua. commercial sponsors. tel. 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FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12059 (set by The Phantom) SUDOKU 10 Very impatient, beginning to 28 Nurse got tip in advance to break into run to get transport attend (6) Commitment to dharma (6) ■ DOWN The subtleties and practical features inhering in the dharma codified in the sastras is best revealed with clarity when the 11 Shed didn’t open till son’s 2 Nasty ULFA militant enslaved Lord upholds it during His incarnations, said Sri Kesava unlocked it (6) women (5) Dikshitar in a discourse. 12 Generally being short- 3 Each gas generates odour (7) Rama is hailed as the very embodiment of Satya and tempered is a source of Dharma, deemed to be the highest worth in this world. 4 Girl expressing dislike during adverse reaction (8) Rama is proud to state He always speaks the truth and only meeting with lover not the truth. There is no room for any second word in His life; showing affection (8) 13 Leisure activities at home and no way for slackness in upholding dharma. He tells Kausalya that there is nothing higher than dharma in this setter's devised (9) 5 Strict care is exercised to world and that truth is rooted in dharma. It is important that promote tea's qualities (15) 15 Upset, spending hours in slum He should honour Dasaratha’s word to Kaikeyi as it is con- (3,2) 6 Kick out everyone turning bad sonant with dharma. when in power (6) Valmiki emphasises Rama’s commitment to truth and dharma when Lakshmana faces a stiff battle with Indrajit. 17 A ball that’s reversed declared 7 Notice with regret lines of the Lakshmana finally succeeds in killing him only after he as wide (5) face (7) sends an arrow with the prayer that if it is unquestionable 19 Leader of octet charters 8 Inert cop's roused by official and absolutely certain that Rama stands for Truth and transport for band (9) (9) Dharma, this arrow should kill Indrajit. Krishna avatar is replete with unique instances that show- 14 Way to lay another road (5-4) 22 Men going out often leaving Solution to puzzle 12058 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku case His Visesha dharma as the impartial distributor of the their divisions (8) 16 Obliged to ll Hydrogen in fruits of individual karma. Krishna tells Arjuna that the war ■ ACROSS container — fuel that saves he faces is a fight for the cause of dharma, and an opportun- 23 Last batsman about to depart energy (8) ity for him to uphold his Kshatriya dharma. Arjuna need not 1 Panted with rapidity, losing trapped for zero (6) hesitate to kill his preceptors Bhishma, Drona and others. energy after rst half of game 18 Building ideal houses, parks as They may be virtuous and upright, but they have swerved (6) claimed (7) 25 Aisle designed with degree of from dharma by siding with Duryodhana who is steeped in 5 General with abdominal pain convenience, perhaps (6) 20 Without question rust is adharma and will have to face the consequences. The same admitted in hospital (8) damaging for jets (7) Lord is the very essence of compassion when He goes in per- 26 Shops for latest designs (7) son to offer solace to Bhishma at the time of his death. He 21 Dull seminar by speaker (6) 9 Procedure to cut circle in a roof graces Bhishma with the knowledge to explain dharma to to accommodate chimney 27 Apprentices of Spanish origin 24 Punish having crossed limits posterity and He, along with the Pandavas, listens to the ex- reviewed (7) seen during performances (8) of speed (5) position. He finally grants Bhishma salvation.

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IN BRIEF Ramkumar Hari stuns Aronian Kashyap out in last eight Sports Bureau Takes the top spot after six rounds Calgary Sports Bureau Sports Bureau P. Kashyap lost to Japan’s Winnetka (Illinois) Geneva Koki Watanabe 10-21, 21-10, Fifth seed Ramkumar 15-21 in the second round Ramanathan made the P. Hari Krishna pulled off of the Canada Open Grand quarterfinals of the the biggest victory of his ca- Prix badminton on Wed- Messi vows to do ‘best’ $75,000 Challenger tennis reer by stunning World No. nesday. Second seed H.S. under Valverde tournament with a 7-5, 6-2 4 and top seed Levon Pranoy made the third Aronian for a share of the TOKYO victory over J.C. Aragone. round with a 21-17, 16-21, 21- Lionel Messi pledged only to The results: $75,000 Chal- lead after six rounds of the 15 win over Scotland’s Grand Prix chess champion- do his “best” under new lenger men, Winnetka, US: P. Hari Krishna. * FILE PHOTO: Kieran Merrilees. coach Ernesto Valverde. (pre-quarterfinals): Ramku- ship here on Wednesday. V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM The results (Indians only): “Whenever I start a new mar Ramanathan bt JC Ar- The 38-move victory, Men’s singles: Second round: season, there is a very clear- agone (US) 7-5, 6-2. Doubles with black pieces, helped ally and pushed his queen- Karan Rajan bt Sam Parsons cut goal, which is FC (pre-quarterfinals): Dominik Hari join overnight leaders rook pawn menacingly. This (Eng) 21-16, 21-14; P. Kashyap Barcelona would do its best,” Koepfer (Ger) & Alex Lawson Alexander Grischuk (Russia) made Aronian give up. lost to Koki Watanabe (Jpn) (US) bt Jeevan Ned- he said. “Everything will Smashing start: Par Gerell won both his singles matches for Falcons TTC. * R. RAGU and Teimour Radjabov The results: Sixth round: 10-21, 21-10, 15-21; Lee Hyun become new (under unchezhiyan & Ramkumar (Azerbaijan) at four points. Levon Aronian (Arm, 3) lost to (Kor) bt L. Sarang 21-12, 21-6; Ramanathan 7-6(3), 6-2. Valverde). We are hearing a Hari, seeded eighth, P. Hari Krishna (4); Alexander Abhishek Yeligar bt Shu €43,000 Challenger men, lot about his very good faced the English Opening Grischuk (Rus, 4) drew with Howard (USA) 21-10, 19-21, Bastad, Sweden: Doubles reputation and we would like from the Armenian, who Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 4); 21-17; H.S. Pranoy bt Kieran (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji Peter Svidler (Rus, 3.5) drew Merrilees (Sco) 21-17, 16-21, to do our best.” AFP Falcons soar high faltered on the 20th turn & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt with a pawn-move. Hari was with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 21-15. Doubles, first round: Johan Brunstrom & Andreas India, Singapore share quick to seize his chance. (Aze, 3.5); Dmitry Jakovenko Manu Attri & Sumeeth Reddy Beat Mavericks 15-12 to set the momentum for the league Siljestrom (Swe) 6-2, 7-6(5). (Rus, 3) drew with Anish Giri bt K. Gondo & T. Watanabe honours in u-23 football Aronian made two more $25,000 ITF men, Shenzhen, (Ned, 3); Ian Nepomniachtchi (Jpn) 21-15, 21-19. NEW DELHI The World No.13 first for Sanil Shetty. His 4-11, 11- moves of sub-optimal ULTIMATE TT China: Doubles (semifinals): (Rus, 3.5) bt Ernesto Inarkiev Women’s singles: First round: The two-match international drubbed Sabine Winter 11-8, 10, 11-8 win over world No. 31 strength to hand over the Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) (Rus, 2.5); Li Chao (Chn, 3.5) bt Ronja Stern (Can) bt Reshma friendly football series 11-7, 11-6 before easing past Tiago Apolonia would rank K. Keerthivasan & Karunuday Singh bt Chu- advantage of Hari. Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 2.5); Boris Karthik 21-11, 21-7; Ruthvika between the under-23 teams the 17-year-old Indian as one of his best simply for CHENNAI Huan Yi (Tpe) & Su Hao Zhong Hari, rated 2737 against Gelfand (Isr, 3) drew with Mi- Shivani bt Ga Kim (Kor) 6-21, of India and Singapore ended Archana Kamath 11-2, 11-4, the manner in which he (Chn) 7-6(3), 6-3. Aronian’s 2809, captured a chael Adams (Eng, 3); Richard 21-19, 21-13. Doubles, first The quality on view on the 1-1 after host Singapore won 11-6. went about his business. His $25,000 ITF women, Naiman, central pawn and consolid- Rapport (Hun, 1.5) lost to Alex- round: Poorvisha Ram & J. first day of the Ceat-Ultimate the second match 1-0 on Any doubts critics had forehand drives from the China, (pre-quarterfinals): ated the gains. After the ex- ander Raizantsev (Rus, 3); Meghana lost to A. Higashoni Table Tennis League (UTT) Wednesday. India had won about the UTT vanished the back of the table caught the Karman Kaur Thandi bt Yuan change of queens, Hari Salem Saleh (UAE, 1.5) lost to & K. Nakanishi (Jpn) 12-21, the first match 1-0 on here on Thursday was top moment the first tie began. Portuguese on the wrong Yue (Chn) 6-3, 6-1. planted his knight strategic- Hou Yifan (Chn, 2). 6-21. Sunday. The team will travel -class. The contest between In- foot time and time again. $15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, to Doha on July 15 for the The inaugural tie between dian star A. Sharath Kamal The results: Thailand: Doubles (semi- AFC U-23 Qualifiers starting Falcons TTC and RP-SG Mav- and Gerell didn’t have one Falcons TTC bt RP-SG Maver- finals): Nudnida Luangnam & CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Mohit and on July 19. ANI ericks set the platform for dull moment. icks 15-12 (Par Gerell bt A. Varunya Wongteanchai (Tha) forthcoming ties. Falcons’ Though the first game saw Sharath Kamal 11-6, 8-11, 11-9; bt Chieh-Yu Hsu (Tpe) & Thrilling nish Kartikey in 15-12 victory over Mavericks both play cautiously, the Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Dhruthi Venugopal 4-6, 6-2, will definitely give the other second and third games Sabine Winter 11-8, 11-7, 11-6; 10-5. shot put nal teams a fair idea on how to were exhilarating as they Sanil Shetty & Lee Ho Ching bt $15,000 ITF women, Sharm Sharath & Sofia Polcanova 11-8, work out strategies. came up with thunderous El Sheikh, Egypt: (first Sports Bureau 8-11, 11-5; Liam Pitchford lost round): Kanika Vaidya bt Elina The league has all the ele- forehand and backhand Nairobi to Stefan Fegerl 11-6, 11-9, 9- Vikhryanova (Rus) 1-6, 6-1, ments to become a sure-shot drives from the back of the 11; Yu Wang bt Winter 11-9, Mohit, the youth national success. As far as hosting big 7-5. table. 11-6, 11-5; Sanil bt Tiago Apolo- champion, and Delhi’s events is concerned, it Though Sharath lost 11-6, nia 4-11, 11-10, 11-8; Wu Yang bt Kartikey progressed to the seems to have it all: top-class 8-11, 11-9 much to the disap- Archana Kamath 11-2, 11-4, Nouri suers boys’ shot put final in the lighting, world-class players pointment of the local fans, 11-6; Gerell bt Apolonia 9-11, IAAF World Youth athletics and the thrilling three-game the match which went down 11-9, 11-3; Lee Ho Ching lost to championships here on concept which makes it a to the wire had the crowd Polcanova 11-1, 11-5, 11-10). brain damage Thursday. Alves targets history spectacle for those present. engaged. Friday’s match: Dabang Smash- Mohit (17.55m) and Agence France-Presse after PSG switch Hosting nine matches one It was a day to remember ers vs. Shaze Challengers. Kartikey (17.87) finished The Hague PARIS one table is a good idea as it fifth in their respective Brazil international Dani gives all the players the stage Ajax midfielder Abdelhak groups in the preliminary Alves admitted the prospect and the space to showcase Nouri has suffered “serious round. Abhishek Ubne of “making history” by their potential. and permanent” brain (14.09s) and Punga Soren winning the Champions It was a day when damage after collapsing (14.34) failed to qualify for League with PSG factored Sweden’s Par Gerell and Wu over the weekend, the the boys’ 110m hurdles into his decision to join the Yang of China could do no Dutch club said on semifinals. In the girls’ French heavyweight. Alves wrong as they won both Thursday, dashing earlier 800m heats, Ankita Chahal was unveiled as the club’s their singles matches for Fal- hopes the promising pro- was disqualified for a lane second signing of the close cons. Yang was more im- spect would make a quick infringement. season on Wednesday after pressive of the two as she recovery. Nouri most likely South Africa’s Lemao joining PSG in a two-year won both her contests suffered a lack of oxygen Frenchman Romain Bardet timed his nal eort perfectly Tshenolo emerged the fast- deal on a free transfer without losing a game, giv- Dierent strokes: Viswanathan Anand tries his hand at when he collapsed on Sat- to win the 12th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, est boy after winning the following his exit from ing her team valuable table tennis with Niraj Bajaj, watched by Kamlesh Mehta, urday during a training even as Italian Fabio Aru took the leader’s yellow jersey from 100m in 10.57s on Wednes-

Juventus last month. AFP points. during the UTT League inauguration on Thursday. * R. RAGU match. Chris Froome. * PHOTO: CHRIS GRAYTHEN/GETTY IMAGES day night.

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GINA KOLATA ‘Bible’ contains 12 nished tracks DNA is this side of science Andrew Odlyzko, a math- It was one of the very first fiction.” ematics professor and expert Press Trust of India Tarantino to make lm on motion pictures ever made: Mr. Church and Seth Ship- on digital technology at the Los Angeles Manson Family murders a galloping mare filmed in man, a geneticist, and their University of Minnesota who An album containing nine LOS ANGELES 1878 by British photographer colleagues began by assign- was not involved in the new unheard songs of Michael Oscar-winning filmmaker Eadweard Muybridge, who ing each pixel in the black- research, called it Jackson will be auctioned off Quentin Tarantino is planning was trying to learn whether and-white film a DNA code “fascinating.” by New York auction house a movie based on the horses in motion ever be- based on its shade of gray. Gotta Have Rock and Roll notorious Manson Family come truly airborne. The vast chains of DNA in Molecular biology later this month. killings, according to U.S. More than a century later, each cell are made of just Imagine, he said, “the im- The rare collection of media. The American director that clip has rejoined the cut- four molecules — adenine, possibility of controlling mostly unreleased songs is discussing the project with ting edge. It is now the first guanine, thymine and secrets, when those secrets will be going under the ham- several A-list actors, the movie ever to be encoded in cytosine — arranged in are encoded in the genomes mer on July 19 with the min- Hollywood Reporter said on the DNA of a living cell, Stu of sci-: A representation of a human hand, encoded enormously varied of the bacteria in our guts or imum bid of $50,000. Tuesday, and will direct from where it can be retrieved at into and then recalled from the DNA of a living cell. * NYT configurations. on our skins.” The album, with the title his own script. AFP will and multiplied indefin- The renowned physicist ‘Bible’ handwritten on its itely as the host divides and own book, Regenesis, into When something goes Gene editing technique Richard Feynman proposed surface, consists of 12 fin- Michael Jackson grows. bacterial DNA and made 90 wrong, when a person gets The geneticists ended up half a century ago that DNA ished tracks, all with fin- The advance, reported on billion copies of it. ill, doctors might extract the with a sequence of DNA mo- could be used for storage in ished vocals, reported will not have rights to the Wednesday in the journal “A record for publication,” bacteria and play back the lecules that represented the this way. That was long be- Rolling Stone. songs and cannot distribute Nature by researchers at Har- he said in an interview. record. It would be, said Mr. entirety of the film. Then fore the molecular biology or reproduce them. vard Medical School, is the Church, analogous to the they used a powerful new revolution, and decades be- ‘Very good condition’ Besides the unreleased al- latest and perhaps most as- Even stranger black boxes carried by air- gene editing technique, Cr- fore anyone could sequence The disc is in “very good bum, Michael’s other per- tonishing example of the With the new research, he planes whose data is used in ispr, to slip this sequence DNA — much less edit it. condition” and in the pos- sonal items have been ob- genome’s potential as a vast and other scientists have be- the event of a crash. into the genome of a com- “Biology is not simply session of the late singer’s tained for the upcoming Moon dust collected by storage device. gun to wonder if it may be At the moment, all that is mon gut bacteria, E. coli. writing information; it is do- personal assistant “whose auction. Armstrong to be sold Scientists already have possible one day to do some- “the other side of science fic- Despite the modification, ing something about it,” Mr. family was very close to Mi- They include a hand- NEW YORK managed to translate all of thing even stranger: to pro- tion,” said Ewan Birney, dir- the bacteria thrived and mul- Feynman said in a 1959 chael for many years, travel- drawn self-portrait, cloth- Moon dust collected by Neil Shakespeare’s sonnets into gram bacteria to snuggle up ector of the European Bioin- tiplied. The film stored in the lecture. ling all over the world with ing, his “personally owned Armstrong during the first DNA. George Church, a ge- to cells in the human body formatics Institute and a genome was preserved in- “Consider the possibility him.” teddy bear” and a ‘Best lunar landing is being sold at neticist at Harvard and one and to record what they are member of the group that tact with each new genera- that we too can make a thing Organisers expect the fi- Daddy in the World’ Oscar a New York auction. The lunar of the authors of the new doing, in essence making a put Shakespeare’s sonnets in tion of progeny, the team very small which does what nal bid to reach $1 million, statuette given by his dust plus some tiny rocks he study, recently encoded his “movie” of each cell’s life. DNA. “Storing information in found. we want!” NYT although the owner later children. collected are stored in a bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. They are some of the items linked Functional mini human to space travel that Sotheby’s Man’s thumb surgically replaced with toe is auctioning off. AP hearts developed Cattle worker in Australia underwent transplant operation after nger got severed in farm accident Press Trust of India late with human cells, re- Washington searchers said. Press Trust of India Many think their their body,” said Sean Nick- Melbourne <> Scientists have created mini- The remaining ‘scaffold’ balance and lin, lead plastic surgeon at ature functional human is the framework of the A cattle worker in Australia walking is going to Sydney Eye Hospital. hearts in the lab that may be heart — consisting of colla- has had his big toe surgically “But, even if you have got used to test safety and effic- gen and other proteins. removed and attached to his be aected. four good fingers, if you do acy of potential new drugs The blood vessels were hand after his thumb was Generally it’s not so not have something to pinch 5,000-year-old ‘house of to treat cardiac diseases. intact, the valves working severed in an accident. Sean Nicklin against them, your hand has the dead’ found in U.K. Researchers from As- and the four chamber struc- Zac Mitchell was injured Plastic surgeon lost a huge amount of its LONDON traZeneca, a pharmaceut- ture of the heart was main- while working on a remote ted to relocate his big toe in function,” Mr. Nicklin said. It A 5,000-year-old ‘house of ical company in Sweden, tained, and the organ was farming property in Western surgery, which lasted eight is rare to transplant a com- the dead’ has been discovered grew human heart cells in then repopulated with hu- Australia. hours, ‘BBC News’ reported. plete toe, like in Mr. in the U.K. that could contain the matrix of a whole rat man cells. “A bull kicked my hand Mitchell’s case, though par- the remains of the ancestors heart to make the mini The team was able to pre- into the fence,” Mr. Mitchell A free hand: Zac Mitchell underwent two unsuccessful ‘A crazy idea’ tial relocations were more of those who lived around the organ. serve the blood circulation said. operations to reattach his thumb before the transplant Despite initial reluctance, common, the hospital said. iconic prehistoric monument They delivered solutions within the entire heart to His fellow workers at- procedure. * SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT Mr. Mitchell agreed to the “A lot of people think their Stonehenge, archaeologists that strip away cells from maintain the normal flow tempted to preserve the transplant operation. balance and walking is going say. The monument predates the rat heart while pre- and in addition to stimulate thumb immediately after the were unable to save it. ations to reattach his thumb “It is a bit of a crazy idea — to be significantly affected, nearby Marden Henge by over serving the lining matrix of the mechanical expansion accident by putting it in a The 20-year-old under- before doctors from Sydney the patients do not want to which it generally is not,” Mr. 1,000 years. PTI the whole heart to repopu- heart chambers. cooler with some ice but went two unsuccessful oper- Eye Hospital in Australia op- be injured in another part of Nicklin said.

Press Trust of India The gadgets will be out- Press Trust of India London lawed when the new term Washington A leading girls’ school in the begins in September. Scientists have created a U.K. has banned FitBits and “There have been many hands-free musical instru- smartwatches over fears reports about how excessive ment that allows people to that calorie-conscious pu- use of social media can have play music with their pils were skipping lunch if a negative impact on mental thoughts, and may help em- they failed to meet exercise health, particularly for power and rehabilitate pa- targets. girls,” Cindi Pride, deputy tients with motor disabilities Teachers at the Stroud headteacher at the school, such as stroke, spinal cord The instrument with a cap is High School in Gloucester- was quoted as saying. injury and amputation. coupled with a synthesiser. shire fear that the trendy “And the situation is get- The instrument, called * THOMAS DEUEL health monitors are having a ting worse. It can have a real Encephalophone, collects bad effect on teenagers and impact on self-esteem, with brain signals through a cap controlled via two inde- making them obsessed with people comparing them- that transforms specific sig- pendent types of brain sig- their body image, the selves to others. We [the nals into musical notes. It is nals: either those associated Gloucestershire Live school] are also banning fit- coupled with a synthesiser, with the visual cortex (i.e. reported. bits and smartwatches. allowing the user to create closing one’s eyes), or those These monitor the number music using a wide variety associated with thinking Drastically limited of calories burned, and we of instrumental sounds. about movement, they said. The 860-pupil academy is found that some girls [stu- Researchers from the also cracking down on mo- dents] would monitor the University of Washington in Old method bile phones use that will be number of steps they had the U.S. showed that trial The instrument is based on drastically limited in a new taken and the number of group of 15 healthy adults brain-computer interfaces protocol introduced as part calories they had used. If was able to use the instru- using an old method, called of the school’s effort to they didn’t feel they had ment to correctly recreate electroencephalography, tackle social media’s impact taken enough steps in the musical tones, with no prior which measures electrical on young people’s mental morning they wouldn’t eat Warm remembrance: Women in yukatas, or summer kimonos, take a sele in front of paper lanterns during the annual Mitama training. signals in the brain, re-

health. lunch,” Ms. Pride said. Festival (soul festival) at the Yasukuni shrine, where more than 2.4 million war dead are enshrined, in Tokyo on Thursday. * REUTERS The instrument can be searchers said.

‘Most ecient’ A border mural for #NoWalls’ sake solar cell ‘Hope’ chases out ‘Dippy’ Mexican artist aims to set record with painting that ‘divides’ Mexico and the U.S. designed as star of London museum Agence France-Presse simply leaving their hand- Press Trust of India Tijuana prints on a long section of Washington Blue whale skeleton replaces that of dinosaur’s as centrepiece On the imposing metal the various types of wall and Scientists have designed a sheets of the border fence fencing that already cover new solar cell that converts Agence France-Presse that divides Tijuana in Mex- about one-third of the 3,200- direct sunlight to electri- London ico from San Diego in Califor- km border. city with 44.5% efficiency, ‘Hope’ the blue whale took nia, a hand reaches out in and may potentially be the over from ‘Dippy’ the dino- friendship amid a burst of Art and society link most efficient solar cell in saur as the centrepiece of butterflies. “It’s a project that seeks to the world. the revamped atrium of Lon- Nearby, in darker tones, a create a link between art and The prototype device in- don’s Natural History Mu- pile of skulls is crowned by a society. It’s about making an tegrates multiple cells seum on Thursday despite a steely cross. artistic, social mural, in stacked into a single device spirited campaign to keep This massive meditation which people can come and capable of capturing the much-loved attraction. on humanity at its best and express whatever they want, nearly all of the energy in The towering replica skel- worst is the work of Mexican whatever is on their minds, the solar spectrum, re- eton had been in the mu- artist Enrique Chiu, who is their experience of life on searchers said. seum for more than 100 seeking to set a Guinness the border,” said Mr. Chiu. The approach, de- years and news of its im- World Record for the longest The project, which star- veloped by researchers at pending demise in 2015 mural ever painted. ted last December, contains George Washington Univer- sparked an outcry from di- Making waves: The 25.2-metre-long blue whale skeleton Named the ‘Mural of a wide array of styles, from sity in the United States, is nosaur fans who sent the suspended from the ceiling at the Natural History Museum. * AFP Brotherhood’, the painting is Unifying factor: A view of the U.S.-Mexico border wall painted professional artists’ paint- different from the solar hashtag #savedippy trending nearly 2-km long. as a collective project in Tijuana. * AFP brushes to urban taggers’ panels one might com- on Twitter. tinction, would better raise sponsibility we have towards graffiti. Those with less monly see on rooftops or Some 14,000 people awareness of mankind's im- our planet,” museum dir- Trump’s plans The current world record his quixotic project to set a artistic flair have covered the in fields. signed a petition to stop the pact on nature. ector Michael Dixon said. And Mr. Chiu’s canvas could holder for the largest out- world record covering the wall in words like “unity”, The new device uses move. Fans of Dippy need not get a lot bigger if United door mural is in the U.S. border wall in art. “equality”, “art” and “free- concentrator photovoltaic But the museum said the ‘Powerful reminder’ despair as the replica will in States President Donald State of Colorado and meas- Some 2,000 residents of dom”, in both Spanish and panels, which employ skeleton of the blue whale, The 25.2-metre real skeleton any case be preserved for Trump gets his way: his ures 3.2-km-long and more the border region have con- English. One of the most oft- lenses to concentrate sun- the largest animal to have suspended from the ceiling posterity in a bronze cast to planned border wall would than 17-m high. tributed to the project, repeated messages is: light onto tiny, micro-scale lived on Earth and which “is a powerful reminder of be placed outside the stretch some 1,600 km. Mr. Chiu is not alone in painting pictures, words or “#NoWalls.” solar cells. has been hunted to near ex- the fragility of life and the re- museum. CM A ND-NDE YK