Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 NATION 5 WORLD 11 Published From DEAL WITH VISIT TO LANKA, MALDIVES MAY TO RESIGN, ACT AS PM DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR WILL STRENGTHEN TIES: PM RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DISPLACEMENT UNTIL NEW LEADER ELECTED DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 155 LUCKNOW, SATURDAY JUNE 8, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SONAM TROLLED FOR HER} COMMENT} 12 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Two neighbours Nation outraged at confess to killing Didi to boycott Niti meet girl, five Aligarh Mamata demands collegium to pick ECs, seeks Opp support against EVMs toddler’s murder cops suspended SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA Given the fact that the Niti Aayog has no PNS n LUCKNOW till licking her wounds from Sthe electoral defeat at the financial powers and s national outrage escalat- hands of the BJP in parlia- the power to support Aed over the brutal murder mentary elections, West Bengal State plans, it is of a two-year-old girl whose Chief Minister Mamata mutilated body was found in a Banerjee has decided against fruitless for me to garbage dump near her house joining the NITI Ayog meeting, attend the meeting in Tappal township in Aligarh to be attended by Chief of a body that is on June 2, the Uttar Pradesh Ministers and chaired by the Government on Friday consti- Prime Minister. bereft of any tuted a Special Investigation The TMC chief on Friday financial powers Team (SIT) to probe the hor- said she would not attend the — Mamata Banerjee rific crime and suspended five meeting called by Prime policemen, including an SHO, Minister Narendra Modi in Decrying the Chief for alleged delay in registering New Delhi on June 15. She said Minister’s decision not to join the case after the girl was it is “simply useless” to attend the NITI Aayog meeting, the reported missing since May 30. the meet as its agenda is fixed Bengal BJP leadership on Officials said the accused by the Centre without con- Friday said by doing so “she is persons will be tried under the sulting the States. hiding facts.” National Security Act (NSA) in Mamata also demanded a Attacking Mamata, West a fast track court. Two arrest- collegium be set up on the lines Bengal BJP president Dilip ed accused — Zahid and Aslam of Supreme Court to appoint Ghosh said, “The Chief — have confessed to killing the Election Commissioners. Minister knows that she will toddler after her father failed to Hitting out at the Election will speak to the Congress the annual plan of States as have to give detailed accounts return `10,000 he had bor- Commission for what she regarding this demand,” there is no financial power with of the grants that her rowed from them, police said alleged was its partisan Mamata said after a party the NITI Aayog,” adding “it is Government received from the in a statement. approach during the Lok Sabha meeting here. fruitless to attend the meeting.” Centre all these years. She also Replying to questions from Villagers sit on a dharna outside the police station to protest the murder of a 2-year-old girl in Aligarh on Friday PTI polls, Mamata said three nom- She has has written a letter “The experience of last knows that her Government reporters in Lucknow, ADG inated members of the EC to the Prime Minister express- four-and-half years we had will fail in doing so because of (Law and Order) Anand Proceedings have begun to While Congress president “The brutal murder in should not be given the man- ing her disapproval of the NITI with Niti Aayog brings me huge financial embezzlements. Kumar said, “The case will be charge Zahid and Aslam under Rahul Gandhi asked the UP Aligarh is yet another inhu- date to hold polls. Aayog that was formed by the back to my earlier suggestion to So she is not going in order to fast tracked. POCSO will also the NSA, the SSP said. Police to “act swiftly to bring man, unspeakable crime She appealed to all the Modi Government post 2014. you that we focus on Inter-State hide herself from embarrass- be included in the FIR. As of The National Commission the killers to justice”, party against an innocent child. I Opposition parties to unitedly The Aayog had replaced the Council constituted under ment and action.” now sexual assault is not ruled for Protection of Child Rights general secretary Priyanka cannot even begin to imagine demand constitution of a fact- Planning Commission. Article 263 of the Constitution, He also said that Mamata out.” has sought a report from the Gandhi condemned the inci- the pain her parents must feel. finding committee to unravel “I had written to you with appropriate modifications was not able to rise from the The girl’s father, Banwarilal SSP and issued directions on dent, calling it an “inhuman, What has become of us?” alleged EVM tampering and regarding the dissolution of the to enable ISC to discharge its petty regional politics. “Besides, Sharma, had threatened to go examining the report. unspeakable crime”. Priyanka tweeted. electoral malpractices. “There Planning Commission as it augmented range of functions she is mixing politics with on fast unto death, demanding The authorities swung into “The horrific murder of a Bollywood celebrities too are numerous evidences of had played significant role in as the nodal entity of the coun- development which is also the the arrest of the family mem- action only after the horrific little girl in Aligarh has shocked came together to demand cap- EVM programming and elec- working with the States,” she try,” she said. reason why she is not going to bers of the accused who, he incident drew widespread con- and disturbed me. How can any ital punishment for the culprits. tion malpractices. We think wrote in the letter iterating that Both Modi and Mamata Delhi. Her anger is against the said, “colluded” in the crime. demnation and outrage. human being treat a child with Akshay Kumar, Abhishek there should be a fact-finding “NITI Aayog was formed with fired relentless salvos at each BJP because she knows that However, Aligarh SSP Akash Hashtags with the child’s name such brutality? This terrible Bachchan, Javed Akhtar and committee to unravel the tam- no financial powers.” other during their two-month after 2021 her empire will Kulhari on Friday met Sharma were trending on Twitter with crime must not go unpun- Sunny Leone are among those pering of EVMs, hawala trans- The TMC chief also long election campaign often crumble down. This is an and persuaded him against sit- an estimated 56,000 tweets on ished. The UP Police must act who expressed their anguish at actions. Other Opposition par- reminded that the institution raising personal issues in the expression of that anger against ting on fast and assured justice the brutal case that shook the swiftly to bring the killers to the brutal killing of the child. ties should also demand it. I “lacks the power of supporting electoral slugfest. staring defeat,” said Ghosh. in a fast-track court. nation. justice,” tweeted Rahul. Continued on Page 7 26 killed, 57 CAPSULE Every Hindu wants Ram 12 INDIANS KILLED IN In a first, Jagan to hurt in UP dust DUBAI BUS ACCIDENT Dubai: At least 12 Indians were storm, lightning among the 17 people killed in a temple in Ayodhya: Yogi horrific bus accident in Dubai PNS n LUCKNOW when the vehicle, coming from Oman, rammed into a low- induct 5 Dy CMs severe dust storm and PNS n LUCKNOW clearance sign, police and the Alightning in various parts Indian mission here said. Andhra CM picks of Uttar Pradesh claimed at n his first visit to Ayodhya least 26 lives and left 57 people Oafter Bharatiya Janata CABINET SECY GETS injured as houses and walls col- Party’s resounding victory in 3-MONTH EXTENSION his deputies from lapsed and trees were uproot- the Lok Sabha elections, Chief New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary ed, prompting authorities to Minister Yogi Adityanath said Pradeep Kumar Sinha was on SC, ST, backward, launch large-scale relief oper- that millions of people want Friday given a three-month ations on Friday. construction of Ram temple extension, according to an Kapu, minority Mainpuri district bore the and it would be done in official order, making him the worst brunt of the vagaries of Ayodhya as per Hindu rituals. longest-serving bureaucrat in the PNS n HYDERABAD nature late on Thursday night Yogi was addressing the post in the last seven decades. as six people died there in sep- janmotsav (birthday) pro- n a sensational decision, arate cases of wall collapse gramme of Ram Janmabhoomi IAF INKS `300 CRORE DEAL IAndhra Pradesh Chief and lightning, the state relief Nyas chief Mahant Nritya TO PROCURE SPICE BOMBS Minister and YSRCP chief YS commissioner said. Gopal Das in Ayodhya, where New Delhi: The Indian Air Force Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday Forty-one people were the Chief Minister also has signed a `300 crore deal announced the induction of injured in the district and unveiled a 7-foot statue of with a Israeli defence firm to five Deputy Chief Ministers, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy addresses party MLAs at uprooted trees blocked vehic- Lord Ram. The statue has been procure a batch of SPICE one each from SC, ST, back- Jagan camp office at Tadepalli in Amravati on Friday PTI ular movement on the state installed at Ayodhya Shodh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiling a statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya on 2000 guided bombs, official ward, minority and Kapu com- highways, leading to massive Sansthan. Friday sources said on Friday. The IAF munities. opportunity then. which would provide a clean jams for a considerable amount “It is the wish of every had used SPICE bombs in its Jagan, who took charge as Almost 50 per cent of the and efficient administration of time. Hindu that a magnificent tem- struction of the temple at been discarded by the people. strikes on a terrorist training CM on May 30, will form his Cabinet will be filled with SC, to the people. Police said most of the ple of Lord Ram should be con- Ayodhya. “In the recent past, two camp in Pakistan’s Balakot. full-fledged Cabinet with 25 ST, backward and minority Jagan sprang a surprise on injuries occurred when people stricted at Ayodhya. I also “The governments, which important developments took Ministers on Saturday. legislators. his party MLAs and MLCs, sleeping inside their mud hous- want the same. The wish of the came to power after 1947, were place. One was the victory of AFTER DEBACLE, RAHUL With this Jagan created a The oath-taking ceremony when he addressed the legisla- es were caught unawares by the people will be fulfilled,” Yogi shy of taking the name of Lord Modi in Lok Sabha elections SLAMS PM MODI AGAIN record of sorts, as appointing of newly inducted Cabinet ture party meeting at his party thunderstorm, which was said on Friday as the people, Ram. It was Prime Minister and the other was the success- Malappuram: Returning to his five Deputy CMs is the highest- Ministers will be held at office in Amarvati on Friday. accompanied by rain, leading mostly saints, shouted Jai Sri Narendra Modi who promot- ful organisation of Kumbh fiery-self in attacking Prime ever number in any State in the Vijayawada on Saturday. He announced that he would to wall collapse. Ram. ed Ayodhya and the Bharatiya Mela at Prayagraj. The Kumbh Minister Narendra Modi post the country and no CM in the Governor ESL Narasimhan form a full-fledged Cabinet People were also injured He did not elaborate how Janata Party government in Mela was held at a mega scale Lok Sabha polls debacle, country had made such an will administer oath of office with 25 Ministers on Saturday when signboards and hoard- the construction would start Uttar Pradesh carried forward which drew global attention,” Rahul Gandhi on Friday, experiment earlier. and secrecy to the newly and five of them would be Dy ings got snapped at several but said that sadhus here the work done by Modi,” the Yogi said. accused him and the BJP of Jagan said he will review inducted Cabinet Ministers. CMs, as the MLAs and MLCs places, and fell on them, the believed that unveiling of the Chief Minister said. For the first time, spreading “hatred, intolerance” his Cabinet after 30 months He said the entire country listened to him with a shock. police said. statue of Kodamb Ram signi- He said the parties which UNESCO recognised Kumbh and said the Congress will and new ones will get the is looking at Andhra Pradesh Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 7 fied the step towards con- played negative politics had Continued on Page 7 continue to fight them. 2 police deserters among ICC rejects BCCI contention on Dhoni’s ‘Balidan’ 4 JeM terrorists killed “The ICC has responded to Dhoni’s case, he already sports rules which forbid display of World cricketing the BCCI to confirm the logo an SG logo on his gloves. messages “which relate to polit- MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU houses and moved towards displayed by MS Dhoni in the Dhoni is an Honorary ical, religious or racial activities the encounter site to disrupt the regulator invokes previous match is not permit- Lieutenant Colonel in the or causes.” he joint teams of security anti-terrorist operations during ted to be worn on his wicket- Parachute Regiment of the The CoA’s defence was Tforces eliminated four the night. The local police and rule book, says keeping gloves at the ICC Men’s Territorial Army and dagger is based on the fact that the para- Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) ter- paramilitary troops were Cricket World Cup 2019,” an part of their emblem. regimental dagger logo has rorists, including two police deployed in outer cordon to Dhoni must shed ICC statement said. Committee of word “Balidan” (sacrifice) deserters, in an overnight oper- prevent civilians from coming “The regulations for ICC Administrator (CoA) chief inscribed on it, which is not the ation in Litter area of South closer to the encounter site and military insignia events do not permit any indi- Vinod Rai had argued that case with the logo sported by Kashmir’s Pulwama district on suffer collateral damage. vidual message or logo to be wearing the dagger insignia Dhoni. Friday morning. The two Special Police PTI n LONDON/MUMBAI displayed on any items of cloth- does not breach any rule. Dhoni also got support The operation started Officers (SPOs) who were ing or equipment. In addition “As per ICC regulations, from Sports Minister Kiren hours after National Security killed in the encouter had aking a firm stand, the to this, the logo also breaches players can’t sport any com- Rijiju, who had urged the BCCI Adviser Ajit Doval chaired a deserted Pulwama police lines TICC on Friday denied the regulations in relation to mercial, religious or military to resolve the matter. high-level security review and ran away with their auto- Mahendra Singh Dhoni per- what is permitted on wicket- logo. There was nothing com- “... The issue is connected meeting on Kashmir and took matic weapons barely 24 hours mission to wear the dagger keeper gloves.” mercial or religious in this with the sentiments of the stock of the prevailing situation ago. insignia on his wicket-keeping During India’s opening regard as we all know. And it country, the interest of the ahead of beginning of Meanwhile, two policemen gloves during the World Cup World Cup game against South is not the paramilitary regi- nation has to be kept in mind. Amarnath Yatra from July 1. also received injuries after ter- despite BCCI’s assertion that it Africa in Southampton, mental dagger that is embossed I urge the BCCI to? take a fair The security forces faced rorists lobbed a grenade at was not a military symbol. Dhoni’s green keeping gloves in his gloves. So Dhoni is not step in the Mahendra Singh tough resistance from the local Sopore police station on Friday The Indian cricket board had a dagger logo embossed, in breach of ICC regulations,” Dhoni? case,” Rijiju wrote on residents on ground zero while afternoon. The area was imme- (BCCI) had sought permission which looked more like an Rai said. his twitter handle. Various carrying out the operation. diately cordoned off by the for the star batsman from the Army insignia. Rai’s comment came after sportspersons such as Suresh According to reports, a security forces to track down world governing body, which The rule-book allows for the ICC “requested the BCCI” Raina and decorated wrestler large number of local resi- the terrorists. eventually cited regulations in only one sponsor’s logo on the to ask Dhoni to remove the Yogeshwar Dutt also backed dents stepped out of their Continued on Page 7 denying the permission. wicket-keeping gloves. In sign from the gloves, citing the former captain. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 city 02

Minister RLD to continue alliance with SP hears woes Akhilesh in defiant mood Lucknow (PNS): Rashtriya Lok Dal, the third had clarified that the RLD had forged alliance ally of the pre-Lok Sabha poll alliance in Uttar with the SP and not the BSP. He said the BSP had of people Pradesh, said its tie-up with the Samajwadi Party allied with the SP and if the BSP had walked out PNS n LUCKNOW would continue. RLD said the Bahujan Samaj of the alliance it would have no bearing on RLD’s Patch up efforts in family Party, the third ally, had walked out of the alliance electoral ties with the Samajwadi Party. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n VARANASI Samajwadi Party president but it would continue to remain in alliance with The SP-BSP-RLD alliance had contested 78 Akhilesh Yadav continues to be also asked his son to build candidate Akshay Yadav, his the SP and contest the coming by-elections to 11 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP. SP had contest- inister of State (indepen- in a defiant mood, rejecting bridges with his estranged nephew. UP assembly seats in alliance with the SP. ed 37 seats, the BSP 38 and the RLD three seats. Mdent charge) for Law and efforts of party elders, includ- uncle Shivpal Yadav. “It can no longer be busi- RLD spokesman Anil Dube said here on The BSP won 10 Lok Sabha seats, the SP 5 while Justice, Sports and Youth ing his father Mulayam Singh Sources say that besides his ness as usual kind of politics as Friday that party vice-president Jayant Chaudhary the RLD drew a blank. Welfare and Information, Yadav, for a patch up in the father, Akhilesh has held par- we have to fight with a party Neelkanth Tiwari, on Friday family and mending fences leys with a large number of like the Bharatiya Janata Party, heard the grievances of the with estranged uncle Shivpal party leaders, including the old whose top leaders and rank people in the parliamentary Singh Yadav. guards. He remains cool to the and file are committed to 24x7 office of Prime Minister, After remaining in politi- suggestions for mending fences electoral politics,” said a SP Wanted forger Narendra Modi and assured cal wilderness for over two with uncle Shivpal Yadav. MLC who has dashed off a let- them that their complaints years, Mulayam Singh Yadav After the meetings of ter to Akhilesh Yadav, suggest- would be redressed soon. has emerged as a sheet anchor Akhilesh with his father, it ing immediate corrective mea- arrested by ATS The minister said he had for Akhilesh Yadav, triggering emerged that a meeting of the sures to rejuvenate the party. forwarded all the complaints to hope of rapprochement first family of the party was The MLC said, “We heard from Nagpur the departments concerned between the warring nephew round the corner in Saifai, the of an adage that ‘defeat is the and also directed the officers and uncle. home town of the Yadav clan best adhesive but the in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Lucknow (PNS): The Anti- concerned to solve them on a Sources in the Samajwadi in Etawah district. Samajwadi Party president is Much to the embarrass- Terrorists Squad arrested a man, priority basis. Party say Akhilesh Yadav has Shivpal Yadav, who reluctant to learn from the ment of the party, Dimple wanted in connection with forg- Meanwhile MLA from City been turning to his father for launched his own political series of debacles the party Yadav, wife of SP president ing of documents to procure North, Ravindra Jaiswal, also advice and guidance — some- party Pragatisheel Samajwadi faced under his leadership in Akhilesh Yadav, and the SP passport, from Nagpur. The ATS sat in the office along with the thing he did not do in the past. Party (Lohia) last year, has the last five years.” chief’s two cousins, had registered a case in this officers of Jalkal department The Yadav Senior, to begin refrained from making com- Akhilesh led the SP to its Dharmendra Yadav and regard in 2010 and had launched and directed the authorities with, has asked Akhilesh to ments on the proposed meet- third consecutive defeat — in Akshay Yadav, lost the election a hunt to nab the forger on concerned to solve the drink- reconnect with non-Yadav ing. He, however, said in 2014 when he was chief min- from Kannauj, Budaun and whom a reward of `25,000 was ing water-related problems on leaders in the party and demol- Etawah on Thursday that he ister, the SP ended up with just Firozabad Lok Sabha con- announced on his arrest. a priority basis. ish the perception that SP is an would make a statement only five Lok Sabha seats; in 2017 stituencies considered to be The ATS will seek transit The city is facing an acute all-Yadav party. after such a meeting takes UP assembly elections, when safe seats for the Samajwadi remand of the accused to bring crisis of drinking water nowa- Mulayam Singh Yadav also place and so far he had no he was the party president, the Party. him to Lucknow to produce days. wants senior leaders in the information about the pro- strength of SP in UP assembly Mulayam Singh Yadav him before the designated court party to be involved in deci- posed meeting. reduced to 47 seats in the 403- won his Mainpuri seat with the to seek his police custody sion-making and has asked Shivpal had unsuccessful- member house; and in 2019 lowest margin of his career — remand. Akhilesh Yadav to ensure the ly contested the recent Lok Lok Sabha elections, despite 95,000 votes against the victo- Giving details of the break- return of those leaders who Sabha election from Firozabad alliance with Bahujan Samaj ry margin of 3.64 lakh in through, IG (ATS) Aseem Arun have left the party in the past but he ended up in ensuring Party, the party could not add Mainpuri in 2014 Lok Sabha said the UP ATS had registered two years. Yadav Senior has the defeat of Samajwadi Party even one seat to its tally of five polls. a case on January 12, 2010 in which it had named Rafiq aka Shafiq, hailing from Uttraula in lpw uk Balrampur district and nine oth- Mahakumbh ers for procuring passport on lfprw gk s eS a lquhy dqekj xkSre 2025 roadmap fake documents. Hkokyw jke fu0 948 ojnku Fourth session of agriculture Arun said to evade arrest, S/o IF/ Shafiq sold his parental proper- [k.M xkerhuxjs foLrkj y[kuÅ dk discussed ty and escaped from the city. He eyw vkoVua i= dgh a [kk s x;k gSA said they entrusted an ASP-rank vc l s bldk mi;kxs voS/k gkxkAs extension prog from June 10 PNS n ALLAHABAD officer to trace out the forger and arrest him and also announced closure meeting-cum- a cash reward of `25,000 on his NOTICE PNS n LUCKNOW Afelicitation programme arrest. regarding Kumbh-2019 at Arun said that after trailing Original allotment letter of ttar Pradesh’s Agriculture Prayagraj was organised at the accused for several months, my house no. C-2 Nehru Udepartment will launch North Central Railway head- the ATS got success when Enclave Yojna. Lucknow has the fourth session of agriculture quarters. It was chaired by through electronic surveillance it been lost use of which is ille- extension scheme Million NCR General Manager Rajiv learnt that Shafiq was staying in gal Sunita Singh W/o Virendra Farmers School to spread Chaudhry and attended by all Akola in Nagpur district of Pratap Singh, R/o N203, awareness about use of agricul- principal heads of depart- Maharashtra. Alakhnanda Apartment, Gomti tural inputs like seeds, fertilis- ments, divisional railway A team was sent to Nagpur Nagar Extension, Lucknow ers and advanced techniques. manager of Allahabad and and with the help of Maharashtra This will also include the Lucknow division. ATS, it nabbed the accused in precise use of fertilisers after In the meeting lessons Rajiv Gandhi Nagar of Nagpur NOTICE soil testing for maintaining learnt during Kumbh-2019 early Friday morning. the health of soil with the and the roadmap for the objective of enhancing agricul- Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi (left) addressing media persons in next Mahakumbh in 2025 Original allotment letter of Lucknow on Friday PNS my Flat no. AL/P/1002, tural productivity. were discussed. The dk;kZy; vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr ikj"s k.k [k.M] mRrj Alakhnanda Apartment, Gomti UP Agriculture Minister roadmap included impor- Surya Pratap Shahi said here on bling the income of farmers by incomes and also why such ini- tant project works, doubling, izns'k ikoj Vªk¡lfe'ku nagar Extension, Lucknow has dkjikjs 's ku fyfeVMs 132 d0s oh0 been lost use of which is ille- Friday that the fourth session 2022 and for that several initia- tiatives launched by the govern- passenger shelters, addition- of the Million Farmers School tives had been taken. ment are important for their al platforms, foot overbridges mi&lLa Fkku] dquSjk bVkok & 206002 gal. Sunita Singh, W/o Virendra tulk/kkj.k lpw uk tulk/kkj.k dks lwfpr Pratap Singh, R/o N203, programme would be inaugu- He said that agriculture well being. and the approach roads fd;k tkrk gS fd 132 d0oh0s lSQbZ&bZVxkWo Alakhnanda Apartment, Gomti rated by Chief Minister Yogi extension programmes were In the farmer’s school, the needed to handle the ¼Mh0,Q0lh0lh0½ ykbu dh ^cs* dk fuekZ.k nagar extension, Lucknow Adityanath on June 9. organised in all districts and participants will be apprised of Mahakumbh rail traffic. dk;Z gsrq fnukad 09-06-2019 dks le; izkr% The agriculture extension eligible farmers were benefitted several government schemes, Speaking on the occa- 08%30 cts ls 12%30 cts rd 132 ds0oh0 scheme would be held in with several welfare schemes. horticulture, fisheries, sericul- sion, the General Manager fo|qr midUnzs lSQbZ dk 'kV Mkmu fy;k NOTICE 15,260 village panchayats from For gaining maximum ture and sugarcane farming, emphasised that works tk;xkAs 132 d0oh0s fo|qr midUnzs lSQbZ June 10 to June 13 and June 17 profit from crops, farmers were including appropriate timing for required for the ls iksf"kr fofHkUu 33@11 ds0oh0 midsUnz to June 20 across the state. motivated to learn about soil sowing, irrigation and weeding. Mahakumbh- 2025 should rFkk fjEl o Vªkek lVjas Lor=a QhMj cUn I, Prangya Paramita D/o jgxas As 132 d0oh0s lSQbZ&tloUruxj ykbu Hav Pabitra Kumar Sahoo, Shahi said the previous health, organic fertilisers, ade- The UP government had be planned, sanctioned and sessions of the programme in quate use of fertilisers and facilitated direct communica- executed on a priority basis cUn gksus ds dkj.k 132 ds0oh0 fo|qr R/o-Vill-Kalibir, Post- midsUnz&tloUruxj ls iksf"kr Bindhanima, District-Cuttack, 2017-18 and 2018-19 were a crop insurance schemes, the tion of farmers with agriculture to ensure readiness well in huge success. minister said. scientists in the ‘Conversations time. tloUruxj&izFke@f}rh; 'kkgtgk¡iqj] State-Odisha, Pin-754030, jk;uxj vkfn 33@11 d0oh0s fo|qr midUnzs have corrected my name from About 15,000 workshops About 92 per cent farmers of farmers with scientist’ pro- He lauded the efforts of cUn jgxas As 132 d0oh0s lSQbZ rk[kk l s ikf"krs Prangya Paramita to Prangya were organised in 2017-18 in in the state are small and mar- gramme through video-confer- the officers and workers of lHkh uxfj;k ljkoka Hkjfr;k dksVh] rk[kk Paramita Sahoo, through affi- which more than a million ginalised farmers owning an encing on June 4. Several sci- NCR Allahabad division, vkfn 33@11 ds0oh0 midsUnz can jgsaxsA davit dated 03-06-2019 farmers participated. average of one acre of land. To entists answered questions of Lucknow Division of NR 132 d0oh0s pdjuxj ,o a dquSjk midUnzks as before collectrate court The minister said the improve their economic status, farmers from across the state and Varanasi division of NER ij oSdfYid :i l s vkf'kda fo|qr vkifrZw Lucknow. Bharatiya Janata Party govern- they need to be apprised of new and guided them for better in making preparations for 220 d0oh0s fo|qr midUnz&HkjFkuks l s gkxhAs ment was committed to dou- avenues for augmenting their farming. Kumbh a great success. blh izdkj 132 d0oh0s lSQbZ&eSuiqjh ykbu d s cUn gkus s ls oSdfYid fo|qr vkifrZw 220 ds0oh0 fo|qr midsUnz eSuiqjh ls gksxhA tulk/kkj.k ls tulg;ksx dh izR;k'kk esaA QUICK TAKES Bus falls into ditch, ¼vtkr 'k=q½ vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk fo|qr ikjs"k.k [k.M&bVkok i=kad 1592 & fo0ik0[k0¼b½@Vh0ih0 fnukad 7-6-19 BOVINE SMUGGLER HELD IN MUZAFFARNAGAR catches fire ^jk"Vªfgr esa ÅtkZ cpk;sa* Muzaffarnagar: A suspected bovine smuggler was arrest- ed here and two cows were recused, police said on Friday. Akhtar was held after a brief exchange of fire with the police near Begrazpur police out post under Mansurpur police sta- tion on Thursday evening, the police said. However, three of his associates managed to flee. Acting on a tip-off, the police surrounded the gang and there was an exchange of fire in which Akhtar was injured, Senior Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar said. The gang was trying to smuggle two cows in a vehicle.

JEWELLER SHOT DEAD PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n while jumping out from it but Mirzapur: A jeweller was shot dead by unidentified persons VARANASI their luggage which was left near Seeripatti village under Chilh area here, police said on Friday. behind in it was reduced to The incident took place on Thursday night when Santosh Yadav esidents became panicky in ashes. The bus was badly (40) was returning home after closing his shop. Three motor- RRamgarh village situated burnt in the blaze. cycle-borne assailants shot him and ran away with his bag, police on the Varanasi-Jaunpur bor- On getting information, said. Police is probing the matter. No arrests have so far been der under the Chandvak police the police reached the spot made in this connection. station when a passenger bus and rushed the injured to the turned turtle, fell into a ditch nearby community health cen- WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER BEING and caught fire on Friday tre where they were given THRASHED BY HUSBAND morning. Luckily there was no first aid. Their condition was Banda: A women allegedly immolated herself after being casualty in the incident. A said to be normal. beaten by her husband in an inebriated state, police said on Friday. technical snag in the bus On being informed the The incident took place in Kharauli village in Kamasin area. As caused the fire, it is stated. firefighting personnel also the victim Gaura (30) was being physically assaulted, someone According to information, reached the site and extin- informed the police and the cops reached the spot and tried to the passenger bus was going to guished the flames. control the situation. However, the woman entered the house and Azamgarh from Varanasi on No casualty took place in set herself alight. She was taken to the hospital but was pro- Friday morning. When the this incident. The fire broke nounced dead. Police detained the husband of the victim and is bus reached the abovemen- out due to a technical snag in probing the matter. tioned village its driver lost the bus. control over its steering as a Meanwhile the bus driver THREE CHILDREN DROWN IN GOMTI RIVER result of which it overturned managed to escape from the Sultanpur: Three children drowned in the Gomti river at and fell into a ditch and caught spot. The passengers said that Malah village here, police said on Friday. Masand (13), Abdullah fire. when the bus halted at a can- (15) and Muslim (10) had gone to take a bath in the river on The passengers safely teen in Danganj so that they Thursday, police said. The bodies were fished out from the river alighted from the bus. Some of could take refreshments its with the help of local residents. PTI them sustained minor injuries driver consumed liquor.

Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that information given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent court and forums in Lucknow only. Readers are advised and requested to verify and seek appropriate advice to satisfy themselves about the veracity of any kind of advertisement before respond- ing to any contents published in this newspaper. The printer, publisher, editor and any employee of the Pioneer Group’s will not be held responsible for any kind of claim made by the advertisers of the products & services and shall not be made responsible for any kind of loss, consequences and further product-related damages on such advertisements.

Printed and Published by Vijay Prakash Singh for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., 4th Floor, Sahara Shopping Centre, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-226016 and Printed at Tin Tin Printech Pvt Ltd., C-33 Amausi Industrial Area, Nadarganj, Lucknow. Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: Vijay Prakash Singh. RNI No. 2016/57. Lucknow Telephones: EPABX: 4036600 Fax: 2345582. Allahabad Office: (0532) 2420818, 2421018, 3290460. Kanpur Office: (0512) 2304006, 2304416. Varanasi Office: (0542) 2414294, 2414295. Delhi Office: No. 6, Behind Gulab Bhawan, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002, Phone: 011-40110455. Communication Office: F-31, Sector 6, NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar-201301, U.P. Phone: 0120-4879800 & 4879900 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 city 03 LU PG counselling from June 24 PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW candidates had to login to their issued before January 1, 2019, portal on the admission portal and has a validity of three he post-graduate coun- and fill the appropriate infor- years they have to produce the Tselling of Lucknow mation. “In case they have for- income certificate issued on or University will kick off from gotten the password it can be after January 1, 2019. It is com- June 24. Admission coordina- generated by clicking on the pulsory for all SC and ST can- tor Anil Mishra said that the ‘Forgot Password’ link on the didates to get their zero fee eli- cut-off would be declared along login page. The password gibility verified whether they with the results of the entrance would be sent to their regis- claim it or not. Without com- test. He said that the candidates tered mobile phone number. pleting this step the SC and ST who had appeared in the test Candidates can contact the candidates will not be able to and were interested in availing technical helpline on all the deposit their admission fee,” themselves of the EWS reserva- working days if they need any said Mishra. The admission of tion would have to upload help,” he said. SC and ST candidates who had their documents from June 8 to He said that the candidates availed themselves of the ben- 20 on the admission portal. had been advised to go through efit of zero fee would be con- “These details along with the counselling procedure and firmed only if they fill the the blank EWS format have follow the guidelines strictly. scholarship form. ID cards to been uploaded on the “The cut-offs will be these students would be issued University website. All candi- declared on the basis of open thereafter from the scholarship dates belonging to the General rank for the open seats while ing a totally cashless admission will have no claim if the seats section in the Administrative category who have appeared in for the OBC, SC and ST can- process. It has adopted an on of a higher choice are filled up. Block, he said. The biometric the entrance test and wish to didates these will be declared campus online counselling. Candidates who have been details of the candidates who avail themselves of the reserva- on the basis of their category Candidates will be required found eligible will be allotted had deposited their admission tion for the economically weak- rank. Only candidates whose to report for counselling in the seats in the applied subject on fee would be captured at this er sections (EWSs) in the PG ranks are within the cut-off department where the course is the basis of the rank and who centralised venue. programmes have to upload range for which the coun- being run on the designated had reported for counselling “Candidates who have suc- Huge rush at the ticket counters of Lucknow Zoological Gardens on Friday. Eid rush at the zoo continued as scores of people their certificates through the selling is going on will be date and time slot only. within the stipulated time. cessfully completed all the pro- chose to spend their holiday with the animals Pioneer login provided to them at the allowed to enter the coun- Reporting will open for only 30 Candidates reporting late will cedures would be issued allot- time of form filling from June selling premises. Parents and minutes from the time the have no claim if the seats of a ment letters and fee receipts 8 to June 20. These certificates guardians are requested not to rank has been called,” said higher choice are filled up,” he indicating their details and the will then be verified and only try to enter the premises,” he Mishra. added. subjects allotted to them. The Two bodies recovered those candidates whose docu- added. The admission coordinator It was further said that the admitted students have to ments are found to be correct He further said that the said that the candidates report- candidates of OBC, SC and ST return to the department to will be given the benefit of EWS candidates had to first report at ing late for any reason would categories would have to get submit the counselling forms reservation. All the candidates the reporting venue and after not be considered for coun- their caste certificates verified which were issued to them. who have applied in courses completing all the formalities of selling during that session. without which they could not They have to report back to the from separate places where there was no entrance Phase 1 had to go to the desig- “However, they may be consid- proceed to the next step. department with this allot- test have to upload their grad- nated venue for Phase 2 of the ered in the subsequent session “However, the candidates ment letter for confirmation of uation marks on the LU admis- counselling. “Both Phase 1 and if seats are available. Since of the General Category can go admission. All SC/ST students PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW sion portal before counselling Phase 2 have to be completed seats will be allotted on the straight for fee submission. will have to fill their scholarship on or before June 15 this year, on the same day. Candidates basis of rank of candidates Caste certificate for OBC (Non- forms online at the NIC portal wo bodies were found from Youth commits suicide; he added. should fulfil all the eligibility who had reported for coun- Creamy Layer) should be and submit a copy of it along Tdifferent places in the state Giving the procedure for conditions on the day of coun- selling within the stipulated issued on or after January 1, with their allotment letter,” he capital in the past 24 hours. updating details, he said that selling. The University is adopt- time, candidates reporting late 2019. If the OBC certificate is said. One has been identified while motive unknown the other is still unidentified. A semi-nude body was found PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW arrested four culprits during floating in the Kukrail nullah its ongoing drive to check the under Indira Nagar police sta- ighteen-year-old Raghav, growing crime graph in the New mango tion at 8 am. The deceased was Eson of Sanjay Singh, a state capital. They were iden- wearing a navy blue briefs and resident of Basant Vihar tified as Mohammad Shafiq, a black-coloured string was Kamta under the Chinhat Mohammad Haleem, around his right wrist. He was police station, committed sui- Naushad Ali and Suraj Soni. identified as Vishal (19) by his cide by hanging himself from Four stolen smartphones and harvester to elder brother Rahul. He said the ceiling of the room locat- Rs 45,000 in cash were recov- that his brother, who was pur- ed in the rear portion of the ered from their possession. suing graduation from a degree house on Friday. The police said Shafiq, college, suddenly disappeared The deceased’s father said Haleem and Ali used to work reduce losses from the house on June 5 one of the family members as gang and used to steal afternoon. noticed the body hanging costly sanitary wares from PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Rahul lodged the missing from the ceiling of the room the bathrooms. They used to report of his brother at the and raised an alarm which roam all over the trans-Gomti new lightweight mango Vikas Nagar police on June 6. drew the attention of the area in the guise of plumbers. Aharvester, designed and Deceased’s father Shyam Singh locals who came there for All of them had smartphones developed by Central Institute said he was last seen with his help. Thinking that there were used to contact people for of Subtropical Horticulture, friend Awadhesh in the morn- chances of his survival, they repair of sanitary wares. They has been validated at farmers’ ing on the fateful day. The elder brought the body down and sold stolen goods to a ragpick- field. CISH director Shailendra brother said his friend denied rushed it to a nearby commu- er by which they fetched good Rajan said it was a simple and having met the deceased on nity health centre where the money. They were picked lightweight manually-operated June 5 morning and told Rahul doctor said “brought dead”. from the Dayal crossing under tool to harvest the fruits at dif- that he last met Vishal on June No suicide note was found the Gomti Nagar police sta- ferent heights. 4 evening. The police said from his possession or the tion for interrogation on “Many a times, mango- Vishal and Awadhesh knew room. As usual, the son went Thursday at 11 am. After a growers are not concerned each other since school days to the room after having thorough interrogation, they about the damage caused by the and they were classmates in meals at night to study. The confessed to their crime. harvesting method as they sell graduation too. father claimed that there was Meanwhile, a pick-pock- mangoes at green stage and the The second body was no sign of tension on his face eteer was nabbed from Gauri losses caused due to the fruit harvesting is considerably found under the tree in Vibhuti and was behaving in a normal Bazaar. He was involved in injury are manifested mostly at reduced with the new harvester Khand of Gomti Nagar area in manner. The police said he more than 36 cases of pick- the level of retailers or con- due to less fatigue associated the afternoon. Ajay Maurya, a had passed out class XI with pocketing. He was so swift in sumers. Therefore, fruits at with light weight of the tool. passerby, noticed the body good results. The father was the art of pick-pocketing that many places are harvested by Fruit cracking is reduced to 1.5 lying under the tree and unable to state the motive of the victim never realised shaking and beating of branch- per cent by use of this device for informed the police about it. his son ending his life. The immediately that his purse or es, which results in a loss of 8- harvesting of fruits while 7 per The police said he was in late police failed to find out any belongings was taken way 9 per cent due to cracking and cent fruits get cracked during 40s with no injury marks on evidence about his suicide. by the culprit. He was arrest- bruising at consumer level. the traditional harvesting the body. Over 100 people Investigation is in progress, ed in the morning after his Some fruits get internal latent method. Total harvesting loss- drawn from the adjoining Meanwhile, the police confession. injury by falling on hard soil es due to cracking and bruising localities were called to identi- surface and tree branches. Later were reduced to 2.28 per cent fy the body but no one could found from her possession or hails from Maharashtra. The on, such fruits decay during with the new harvester while recognise the body. No persons the room. She was alone in the deceased had appeared for marketing chain due to inter- 8.67 per cent losses were report- came to claim the body till the house when she committed class VII examination con- nal breakdown,” he said. ed in conventional harvesting time of going to press. The suicide. ducted by the Maharashtra “This tool is capable of practices,” said Verma. body was kept at mortuary for The police said her sister board and was expecting her harvesting mangoes up to 5 to Rajan said that the use of identification. left for her work place at 7.30 results shortly. The brother in- 6 metre height from the harvester minimises losses con- Meanwhile, 18-year-old am while her nephew and law informed the police about ground,” said Anil Kumar siderably because it is fitted Kritika living with her elder sis- niece left for coaching institute. Kritika ending her life by hang- Verma, the agricultural engi- with a removable high-carbon ter and brother-in-law Anil It was her brother-in-law who ing herself from the ceiling.. Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev: The Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev was observed by Guru Singh Sabha, Gurudwara neering scientist who designed steel blade which is capable of Krishan Rathore at a house noticed the body hanging from Her sister said that Kritika Naka Hindola, on Friday. Guru Arjan Dev compiled Sri Guru Granth Sahib, including his own 2,312 Shabad in 30 ragas and and developed the tool. “The cutting the pedicle up to 10 located at Rajman Bazaar area the ceiling of the room when he was cheerful and in good mood placed it in Hari Mandir Sahib Shri Amritsar as holy book in 1604 AD. Since early morning, thousands of devotees started tool is made from high-densi- mm length and nylon net for falling under the Cantonment returned to the house from his when she left for her work place assembling at the gurudwara and stood in long queues for the ‘darshan’ of Guru Granth Sahib. Thereafter, the devotees sat in ty poly ethylene fiber and collection of harvested fruits police station committed sui- work. He was working in the and never thought Kritika the Darbar Hall which was tastefully decked up and the Guru Granth Sahib was placed in a ‘palki’ at the centre. Langar was weighs half the existing metal- which protects fruits from cide by hanging herself from night shift in one the army would end her life in such a distributed among over 10,000 people. lic pole harvester. Drudgery in cracking and bruising. the ceiling. No suicide note was establishments. The family cowardly manner. JEEC to set up Actors excited while shooting for new show in Kashi PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW found Varanasi to be a beautiful and food. My friends have told me to place. I loved the food, the city and the try the famous biryani and also the ctress Pranali Rathod said that she Banarsi sarees,” she said. famous chai. I also want to buy some placement cell Awas extremely excited while Talking about making her debut authentic zardozi dress materials for shooting for her new show ‘Jaat Na on the small screen, Pranali Rathod my mother so I may also visit the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW preparation of their CVs, and Poocho Prem Ki’ in Varanasi which said, “I couldn’t have asked for a bet- Chowk and Alambagh markets. One also held group discussions to she said was a beautiful city in the state ter start to my television journey than of the many places that I specifically ecretary, Joint Examination enhance their performances. of Uttar Pradesh. The actress was in ‘Jaat Na Poocho Prem Ki.’ My charac- want to visit is the Rumi Darwaza SEntrance Council, SK Vaish He said that industrial visits the city along with her co-star ter, Suman, is a young, adventurous which stands tall at 60 feet as this said that under the directions would be planned for the stu- Kinshuk for the promotion of the and modern girl who has grown up beauty is an example of Avadhi archi- of the Minister for Technical dents for a better exposure and show. Talking to The Pioneer, she said in luxury but believes in staying tecture and it is picturesque.” Education, a placement cell it would also help them pro- that this show unfolds against the rural grounded with all the traditional val- “I urge my fans and viewers to was being set up to facilitate cure internships. backdrop of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, ues imbibed in her. In spite of facing please tune in to ‘Jaat Na Poocho polytechnic students and help Vaish said the placement and is a tale of forbidden love. high family resistance her love stays Prem Ki,” he added. Excited about her them develop their personal- cell would be set up in the “It traces the journey of a young true and she is not afraid of the con- first visit to the city of Lucknow, ity and communication skills. premises of the Council so that Dalit boy Badal and an upper caste sequences they might face. They don’t Pranali Rathod shares: “A visit to He said ‘Mega Learning it remained under its admin- Brahmin girl Suman, who fight for want to run away from the truth but Lucknow, the city of Nawabs and Foundation’, which will be istrative control. The cell will their love against the oppressive caste want to fight it to change the mind- kababs, was on my wish list for a long running the cell, had been work with polytechnic insti- system prevalent in their society and sets of those around them.” time. I am going to be all tourist-like selected through e-tender and tutes in Kanpur, Agra, family. Pursuing the hopes and strug- Speaking about essaying a diverse after I complete my work commit- an MoU was signed between Lucknow, Jhansi, Ghaziabad, gles of these two lovers, the romantic character on screen, Kinshuk Vaidya ments. The city has so much to offer the Council and the compa- Varanasi, Moradabad, Bareilly, drama attempts to gently highlight the said: “I feel overwhelmed to be a part with its extravagant menus of delec- ny on Friday. and Gorakhpur. harsh realities of casteism which con- of the show that has been adapted table dishes and streets which are “It will only strengthen the The cell will hold inter- tinue to oppress lovers and people from a cinematic jewel like ‘Sairat.’ My crowded by women shopping for placement of students at the views at the institute level, even today,” she said. character ‘Badal’ is a simple young authentic chikankari dresses and 141 polytechnic institutes in organise mid-size job fair at She admitted that it was an adap- boy who belongs to a poor Dalit fam- junk jewellery. I am hoping to visit the state. Under this cell, sem- regional level and a mega job tation of the Marathi version, ‘Sairat’ ily and has grown up dealing with one of the famous markets, Nakkhas, inars and workshops will be fair at state level in which com- from which the movie, ‘Dhadak’ but caste differences all his life. But this for jewellery and dress materials and organised at the institutes and panies of the national and the treatment was different. “In his grave reality is actualised when he Actors Pranali Rathod and Kinshuk Vaidya in Lucknow on Friday I’ve heard that you can find the best experts will be called to help international level will be show the couple will convince their falls in love with a Brahmin girl chikankari garments in the city there. the students,” he added. invited. The target, Vaish respective caste members and then get Suman. “I have always wished to bring Talking about visiting the beau- to be back and I am going to take in My trip will be incomplete if I do not Vaish recalled that last pointed out, was to secure jobs married,” she said. a diversity in my roles and I hope the tiful city with its old world charm, every bit of goodness I can of this city. visit some of the best places which year, they held mock inter- for at least 67 per cent of the She said that for the show they viewers find this new character as Kinshuk said: “I had visited Lucknow Lucknow has so much to offer with serve the traditional Lakhnavi views to help the students in students. shot in Ghazipur and Varanasi. “I interesting as I do.” when I was very young. I am so happy its variety in shopping, sightseeing delicacies.” LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 city 04

‘Tapping differently renewable Students informed about air pollution hazards PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW parents by making them aware about environmental issues. energy sources need of hour’ egional Science City and He also spoke about pollutants REnvironment Directorate, emitted through transporta- UP, jointly celebrated World tion, construction and indus- Environment Day. On the trial activities. He laid stressed concluding day of the pro- on maximum plantation to get gramme, interactive educa- rid of such environmental tional activities such as a issues. He also said that the poster-making contest on air recently-invented dust sup- pollution for students of class- pressor could effectively control es VI to X, and ‘Sit and Draw’ the pollution causing agents. contest on environment for Project coordinator, students of classes III to V Regional Science City, Raj were organised in which more Mehrotra welcomed the par- than 650 students participated. ticipants and guests and said On the occasion, various that World Environment Day scientific films were shown, was celebrated with the main depicting the environmental objective of creating awareness issues, and the students were amongst students and general informed about the dangers of mer scientist, NBRI and secre- pure. He laid emphasis on bamboo can be used effective- public about the hazardous air pollution and their reme- tary general, Clean and Green issues related to global warm- ly in homes to purify the air,” effects of air pollution on envi- diations. A popular science Environmental Society. He ing and climate change, and he added. The chief guest on ronment and eco-system. He lecture was organised on the spoke about various types of highlighted how people can the occasion was programme advised the students to moni- topic ‘Indoor pollution and dangerous diseases caused by improve the environment of Rupesh Kumar, special secre- tor the environmental activities PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW gathering and described the a fitting tribute to the oration phyto-remediation’, which was air pollution and said that the their surroundings. tary and director, Environment around their surroundings and genesis of the World as Krishnamurthy himself was presented in an interesting air inside the house was better “Many types of plants such Directorate, UP. He encouraged create awareness about envi- ir pollution is a global Environment Day celebra- a pioneer in the areas of envi- manner by SC Sharma, for- than the outside air, but was not as aloe-vera, money plants and the students along with their ronmental damages. Aemergency affecting tions from its inception in ronmental toxicology and everyone. There is an urgent 1974 by the United Nations. biodegradation. Dhawan need to bring together com- As a part of the celebra- urged the young generation in munities, individuals, gov- tion, the ‘23rd Dr CR the audience to take inspira- ernment agencies and the Krishnamurthy Memorial tion from the lecture and Septuagenarian society at large to tackle this Oration’ was delivered by strive to make their own con- ever-growing problem. Wing Commander Paramvir tributions towards making Different sources of renewable Singh, an Indian Air Force the world a better place. energy and green technologies officer, currently with the Earlier, IITR chief scien- done to death need to be tapped in order to National Mission for Clean tist SC Barman introduced the help in improving air quality Ganga, Union Ministry of chief guest and gave the gen- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD along with some villagers in cities and regions across the Water Resources, River esis of ‘Dr CR Krishnamurthy reached the area near the pond world. Development and Ganga Memorial Oration’. Wing n a sensational incident a and was shocked to find his These views were Rejuvenation. Commander Paramvir Singh Iseptuagenarian was brutally father lying in a pool of blood expressed by the scientists at Delivering the presidential gave away prizes to the win- killed by some unidentified with both his eyes bulging out. Indian Institute of Toxicology address, IITR director Alok ners of painting competition miscreants in Baharpur village On being informed the Research (CSIR-IITR). Chief Dhawan said that the ‘Ganga for schoolchildren and quiz under the Holagarh police sta- SHO, Soraon, and district pres- scientist, IITR, D Kar Avahan’ talk delivered by competition for PhD Scholars tion here recently. They insert- ident of the BJP, Kanhaiyalal Chowdhuri welcomed the Wing Commander Singh was of the institute. ed iron rods into both his eyes Pandey, along with other police and his body was found lying officials reached the spot. After in a pool of blood. On receipt reviewing the situation the of information, the police police took the body of the reached the spot, took it into deceased into its custody and custody and sent it to the mor- sent it for the post-mortem tuary for the post-mortem examination. examination. According to the Station As per reports received House Officer (SHO), Soraon, here, the deceased, Harish prima facie it appeared that old Chandra Shukla, a resident of enmity led to the murder of the an area under the aforesaid farmer. But the members of his police station, was a farmer by family said that he did not have profession. His son, Ravi any personal animosity with Kumar, told the police that he any resident of the village. had gone to the pond to bathe The matter was being his buffaloes on Thursday investigated, the SHO told evening. When he did not newspersons and added that return home till late at night the culprits involved in this Ravi launched a frantic search gruesome murder would be for his father but failed to brought to book soon and put trace his whereabouts. He then behind bars. CITYBRIEFS

Specially-abled kids on board a Metro train

SPECIALLY-ABLED KIDS er political leaders, faith lead- ENJOY METRO RIDE ers, filmstars, educationists, As many as 35 children police & army personnel, social from Samriddhi Learning influencers, celebrities, admin- Foundation enjoyed a Metro istrators, activists, police, girls ride from Munshipulia to CCS & boys, sanitation workers and Airport recently. The children thousands of men & women in got to know several things Prayagraj and Lucknow to about the city. The organisa- underline their commitment to tion, which is working for spe- end child marriage and pro- cially-abled children, organised mote education. The previous a summer camp called record for most signatures col- ‘Campability’ for these kids. lected on a flag was 115,405 by Children were exposed to var- the United Service ious options of public trans- Organizations (USO) in 2014. port. At the same time, this opportunity was also used to FOOD SECURITY DAY spread awareness among peo- The Food Safety and Drug ple towards autism. “Children Administration (FSDA) organ- suffering from such diseases get ised a programme at Lucknow to know the world better when University on occasion of they see the outside world World Food Security Day on along with other children and Friday. The programme was people,” said a senior official. presided over by LU Vice- Chancellor SP Singh and WORLD RECORD Additional Chief Secretary In a bid to mobilise mass Anita Bhatnagar Jain. Various awareness and action, Uttar video clips were shown on Pradesh has entered Guinness how one can recognise adul- Book of World Records by terants in food item. The getting maximum number of speakers emphasises that food signatures against child mar- security was everyone’s respon- riage. This was stated in an offi- sibility and for good health, it cial communiqué from was essential to eat nutritious UNICEF. Beginning from food. They also said that dis- Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, eases caused by adulteration 181,551 people signed on a flag, harmed the economics of the saying ‘Yes to education, no to country and hamper tourism. child marriage’. The ‘Stop Child 40 per cent of the children Marriage’ signature campaign, below the age of 5 are affected led by UNICEF, Global by it and nearly 12,500 deaths Interfaith WASH Alliance take place because of this in a (GIWA) and Department of year. They agreed that it was Women and Child important to bring this issue in Development, brought togeth- the mainstream. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 nation 05 Visit to Lanka, Maldives Missing in NRC? Approach foreigners tribunals: Centre PNS n NEW DELHI Exercising its powers conferred by FINAL TOUCHES TO NRC LIST The Guwahati High applications. The final NRC, a the Foreigners Act, 1946, the TO BE OUT WITHIN 2 MONTHS Court on Friday list of Assam’s residents, will be ith the final list of the Central Government has issued an ordered the release published on July 31. will strengthen ties: PM WNational Register of order saying a person whose name of Ex-Army officer There were many contro- Citizens (NRC) getting ready to is not part of the National Register Mohammad versies related to the function- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n Prime Minister Narendra Modi will first travel to the be published in less than two of Citizens, currently being updated Sanaullah who was ing o f the Tribunals, after it NEW DELHI Maldives, from where he will go to Sri Lanka on Sunday months, the Centre has set the in Assam, can approach any such sent to a detention rejected an Indian Army offi- ❝ MODISPEAK ball rolling for those whose tribunal with a certified copy of the camp after a cer’s petition against deleting bout to embark on his first names are missing to approach rejection order received from the Foreigner Tribunal his name and considering him Aforeign tour in second ❝ I am confident that my visit to the Maldives the foreigners tribunals. The NRC authorities along with the adjudged him as an infiltrator. term, Prime Minister Narendra and Sri Lanka will further strengthen our tribunals will deliver their ver- grounds for appeal a non-citizen The Guwahati High Court Modi on Friday said his two- close and cordial ties with our maritime dict within four months of on Friday ordered the release of day-long visit to Maldives and neighbours, in line with our missing persons submitting copy of the rejection order sion in the NRC or not. It shall shall be given within a period Ex-Army officer Mohammad Sri Lanka beginning Saturday ‘Neighbourhood-First Policy’ and the vision their records. received from the NRC author- also contain the opinion of the of one hundred and twenty days Sanaullah who was sent to a reflects the importance India of security and growth for all in the region Exercising its powers con- ities along with the grounds for tribunal on the reference of the from the date of production of detention camp after a attaches to its ‘Neighbourhood ❝ The people of India stand firmly with ferred by the Foreigners Act, appeal. The order was District Magistrate. The final the records,” the MHA order Foreigner Tribunal adjudged First’ policy and that it will fur- the people of Sri Lanka, who suffered 1946, the Central Government uploaded on the website of the order of the tribunal shall be a said. When the draft NRC was him a non-citizen. Notice ther cement bilateral and strate- great agony and destruction in the has issued an order saying a Ministry of Home Affairs concise statement of facts and published on July 30, 2018, issued to Central Government, gic ties with the two countries wake of the horrific terror attacks on person whose name is not part (MHA) on Thursday night. conclusion based on which there was a huge controversy Assam Government, State in the Indian Ocean. Easter. We fully support Sri Lanka of the National Register of “The final order of the tri- the tribunal has arrived at such over the exclusion of 40.7 lakh Coordinator NRC Assam and Modi will first travel to the in the fight against terror Citizens, currently being updat- bunal shall contain its opinion an opinion. people from it. The draft NRC others. Advocate Indira Jaising Maldives, from where he will ❝ Our bilateral relations with the ed in Assam, can approach any on the matter whether the “The final order of the tri- included the names of 2.9 crore appeared for him in the go to Sri Lanka on Sunday. Maldives have been greatly such tribunal with a certified Appellant is eligible for inclu- bunal containing its opinion people out of the total 3.29 crore High Court. “I am confident that my visit strengthened in the recent past. I to the Maldives and Sri Lanka am confident that my visit will will further strengthen our close further deepen our multi-faceted Mining scam: SC and cordial ties with our mar- partnership itime neighbours, in line with Saradha scam: Ex-Kolkata top cop appears before CBI permits Reddy our ‘Neighbourhood-First About his visit to Maldives, to attend the inauguration of Policy’ and the vision of securi- Modi said India considers the President Solih in November PNS n NEW DELHI CBI officials in Shillong under country. to visit ailing ty and growth for all in the country as a valued partner 2018. My visit to the Maldives is directions of the Supreme Kumar had earlier evaded region,” the Prime Minister said. with whom it shares deep reflective of the importance we ormer Commissioner of Court which had asked him to questioning by the CBI after father-in-law In a pre-departure state- bonds of history and culture. both attach to our relationship as FKolkata Police Rajeev cooperate with the probe the SC lifted the protection ment, he said his visit to Sri “Our bilateral relations with the maritime neighbours and long- Kumar on Friday appeared agency. from arrest last month and New Delhi: Former Lanka is to express India’s sol- Maldives have been greatly standing friends,” Modi said. before the CBI in connection The senior police officer moved the Calcutta High Karnataka Minister and min- idarity with the government strengthened in the recent past. Foreign Secretary Vijay with the multi-crore Saradha was heading the Special Court seeking quashing of the ing baron Gali Janardhana and the people of the island I am confident that my visit will Gokhale on Thursday said chit fund scam. Investigation Team (SIT) of CBI notice against him. Reddy, an accused in a multi- nation in the wake of the “ter- further deepen our multi- both sides are expected sign a Kumar, who is presently West Bengal Police before the The Calcutta HC granted crore rupee illegal mining rible terrorist attacks” there faceted partnership,” he said. number of agreements to deep- the Additional Director Central Bureau of Investigation him protection from coercive case, was on Friday allowed by on April 21. The Prime Minister visited the en cooperation in specific areas General of police in the Crime took over the case into the action till July 10 but asked the the Supreme Court to visit his “The people of India stand Maldives in November to during Modi’s visit. On Sri Investigation Department Saradha scam in which thou- IPS officer to cooperate with home town Ballari to see his firmly with the people of Sri attend President Ibrahim Solih’s Lanka, Modi said India’s ties (CID), reached the agency’s sands of gullible small investors the CBI in the probe. ailing father-in-law. Lanka, who suffered great agony swearing-in ceremony. with it have gained consider- office in the morning to face were duped under the lure In April, the CBI had told A vacation Bench com- and destruction in the wake of The relations between India able momentum in the last few questioning by the CBI sleuths, promising returns from the the Supreme Court that prising Justices Indira the horrific terror attacks on and the Maldives deteriorated years. Sri Lankan President for the first time after the investments. Kumar’s custodial interrogation Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi Easter. We fully support Sri after the then President Abdulla Maithripala Sirisena visited Supreme Court last month lift- The CBI had in May issued was necessary as he was not however expressed concern Lanka in the fight against terror,” Yameen imposed emergency on India last week to India Modi’s ed the protection granted to a look out notice against Kumar cooperating in the over the delay in framing of he said. Sri Lanka was hit by a February 5, last year. However, swearing-in ceremony. “I look him from any coercive action and directed all airports and probe and was “evasive” and charges and starting of the wave of bombings on Easter ties were back on track under forward to meeting the Sri by the investigative body. immigration authorities to alert “arrogant” in answering the trial in the Rs 35,000 crore Sunday in which over 250 peo- Solih’s presidency. Lankan leadership during my However, Kumar had been it if they spot him in order to questions posed to him during mining scam. ple were killed. “I also had the opportunity visit,” Modi said. interrogated in February by the prevent him from fleeing the grilling. “We are concerned as to why charges have not been framed and trial yet not start- EC had rejected with a majority vote ed,” the bench said while Dissent views won’t be part of order Election Commissioner Ashok pulling up the CBI, the pros- Lavasa’s demand that dissent notes Govt reaches out to Sonia ecuting agency in the case. should be recorded in its orders on The Bench, which per- in poll code violation cases, says EC model code violations on May 21 mitted Reddy to attend to his father-in-law for two weeks PNS n NEW DELHI two other members — Lavasa sent view. Officials said, any dissent notes in EC’s orders was ahead of Parliament session from June 8, refused howev- and Sushil Chandra — deliber- dissent view will be recorded in not met, Lavasa recused himself er to consider his request he Election Commission ated on the contentious issue, the files of the Commission and from cases relating to relating to PNS n NEW DELHI seeking dilution of the previ- T(EC) has issued a formal after which the Commission people can go through it using violations of model code of ous condition barring him to order making it clear that dis- said that dissent notes and the Right to Information Act. conduct. In a strongly-worded he Centre on Friday reached visit Ballari, Karnataka, with- sent views will not be made minority views would remain Citing the law which states letter to Arora on May 4, Lavasa Tout to UPA chairperson out the court’s prior nod. part of orders relating to model part of records but would not be that the EC should try to take is learnt to have said that he is Sonia Gandhi seeking support Senior advocate S Ganesh, code violation cases, an issue part of its order. The office decision unanimously to the being forced to stay away from from the principal Opposition appearing for Reddy, said on which had led to acrimony order now puts the decision in extent possible, else by way of the meetings of the full com- grouping as also her party, several occasions he has been between the top brass of the black and white. majority, the order said since mission since minority deci- Congress, for the smooth func- permitted to visit Ballari and poll panel. The office order The order states that while Arora and Chandra are against sions are not being recorded. tioning of the Parliament there was not a single com- which was issued on June 4, Lavasa has maintained that including dissent views in The EC had maintained Session beginning June 17. plaint that he violated bail states that only the majority or minority view should be manda- orders relating to model code that the dissent notes cannot be Parliamentary Affairs Minister conditions. unanimous view will be part of torily made part of the order and violations, only “final decision” made part of the order as the Pralhad Joshi accompanied by “This time, his father-in- orders in such cases. thus be put in public domain, “whether arrived unanimously poll code violation cases are not Union Ministers Narendra law had suffered a stroke. He The EC had rejected with a Arora and Chandra are of the or by way of majority” will be quasi judicial in nature and that Singh Tomar and Arjun Ram Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi with Union Parliamentary had undergone three bypass majority vote election commis- view that the final order should reflected in such orders. Lavasa they are not signed by the chief Meghwal called on Sonia who Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, MoS Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and surgeries. His medical condi- sioner Ashok Lavasa’s demand only reflect the majority or had dissented on at least five out election commissioner (CEC) was elected as Congress Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, during a tion is extremely precarious that dissent notes should be unanimous view of the panel. of 11 clean chits given by the and fellow commissioners. Parliamentary Party chief last meeting at the former’s residence in New Delhi on Friday PTI and he was lying in ICU of a recorded in its orders on model They have maintained that Commission to Prime Minister As per the law governing week by the party leaders. hospital over there,” the lawyer code violations on May 21. The orders in model code violation Narendra Modi and BJP presi- the functioning of the EC, “Our meeting with Sonia name Leader of the party in smooth session. said. During the brief hearing, ‘full commission’ of the panel, cases are executive or admin- dent Amit Shah on their speech- efforts should be to have una- Gandhi was very cordial. We Lok Sabha as the grand old The first session of the the lawyer also said that comprising Chief Election istrative in nature, therefore, es during the election campaign. nimity but in cases of dissent a sought her cooperation for the party is still devoid of the sta- newly-elected Lok Sabha will despite the apex court direc- Commissioner Sunil Arora and there is no scope to add a dis- As his demand to record his majority (2:1) view prevails. smooth functioning of tus of Leader of Opposition for be convened from June 17 to tion of July 2016 to speed up Parliament. She said they second time in a row in the Lok July 26 and the new govern- the trial, it has not even start- (Opposition) also need coop- Sabha since the party did not ment led by Prime Minister ed as the charges are yet to be eration from treasury benches. secured the requisite numbers Narendra Modi will present its framed. Additional Solicitor KVIC to supply ‘Raman 1.0’ to automatically I told her that the Government (55 MPs of a party). In the 2014 first Budget on July 5. The 40- General Madhavi Divan, who has always been ready to coop- General elections it got 44 day session will have 30 sittings. appeared for the probe agency, 60K khadi mats erate,” Joshi told reporters after while in the latest it got 52. Besides presentation of the opposed the plea for relax- detect adulteration in food the meeting at Sonia’s resi- “We are meeting all the budget, the Government is ation of restrictions imposed dence. The session, the first of Opposition leaders to request planning to convert into law 10 on Reddy on his visit to Ballari for Yoga Day the 17th Lok Sabha, will go on for their party’s cooperation new ordinances, including the and said that he was the main PNS n NEW DELHI till July 26 and the budget will and smooth functioning of the one to ban the practice of accused in the case. PNS n NEW DELHI p The equipment, Raman Spectrometer be tabled on July 5. Parliament,” Tomar said. instant triple talaq. The ordi- “Why charges were not nion Health Minister Dr Harsh (built by Oak Analytics) can test more Joshi’s visit to Sonia Gandhi’s Others who have made efforts nances were issued in framed for six years. We are combo of yoga and khadi will rock the UVardhan on Friday launched a new- than 250 samples per battery charge, residence is part of the to meet Opposition members February-March this year by concerned about the delay,” Aworld on International Yoga Day on June age, hand-held battery-operated device, collects and stores data on the cloud Government’s exercise to reach includes Minister of State V the previous Government. the Bench asked. The charges 21 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will called ‘Raman 1.0’, for rapid detection of using a smart device out to the Opposition. The meet- Muraleedharan. The Congress After the new MPs take oath on could not be framed because lead the enthusiasts across the globe in per- economically driven adulteration in edi- ing lasted around 15 minutes, sources said the Government the first two days, the Lok few other co-accused have forming asanas on khadi yoga mats at ble oils, fats and ghee. p This is the first of 19 such equipment sources said. Joshi also had met has convened an all-party Sabha Speaker’s election is filed pleas seeking discharge Ranchi in Jharkhand. The equipment, Raman Spectrometer and methods that have been Leader of the Opposition in the meeting in the Parliament on scheduled for June 19. from the case and they KVIC has received orders for supplying (built by Oak Analytics) can test more provisionally approved by Food Safety Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad June 16, a day ahead of the start President Ram Nath Kovind are still pending, the law offi- 60,000 yoga mats to the Ministry of AYUSH than 250 samples per battery charge, col- and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) and DMK’s leader of house in the of the Lok Sabha session, where will address a joint sitting of cer said, adding that CBI to mark the fifth International Yoga Day. lects and stores data on the cloud using for strengthening the food testing Lok Sabha TR Baalu. it will seek the cooperation of both houses of Parliament on would like to file a detailed While the AYUSH Ministry, the nodal a smart device. This is the first of 19 such infrastructure in the country The Congress is yet to all political parties to ensure a June 20. reply in the case. PTI agency for conducting the yoga day in the equipment and methods that have been p Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan country, has purchased 60,000 Yoga mats, the provisionally approved by Food Safety and said health is not only absence of New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) for disease and infirmity but the presence of and Khadi institutions have placed an order strengthening the food testing infra- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual Monsoon to hit Kerala in next 24 hrs: IMD for 2,000 and 400 Khadi Yoga kits respec- structure in the country. well-ness tively. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena The gadget was launched at the first- p The FSSAI also released the first edition PNS n NEW DELHI delay has raised anxiety among said the orders have created additional job ever World Food Safety Day celebration of the State Food Safety Index, that farmers, who depend heavily on opportunities and extra man-hours in the organised by the FSSAI here. Addressing measures the performance of the States he India Meteorological rains for irrigating their fields. Khadi sector. the audience, Harsh Vardhan appealed to on key parameters of food safety TDepartment (IMD) on The delay in monsoon, coupled “These purchase orders of around Rs people to make the “eat less and eat right” p Friday announced that the mon- with uneven distribution dur- An innovative solution to take food safety ing the four months of the rainy 2.50 crore have been given to KVIC for sup- campaign a mass movement to ensure to schools, called the ‘Food Safety soon was very likely to set in over plying 60,000 yoga mats, besides 2,400 yoga even one grain of food is not wasted and Magic Box’ was also launched by Kerala in the next 24 hours, a season, can adversely impact kits... For the order from Ministry of everyone has food to eat. Vardhan week after its normal onset date. summer crops, especially AYUSH, 17 Khadi institutions from Uttar He said health is not only absence of But in the North, at least 19 paddy, pulses and oilseeds. Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana were disease and infirmity but the presence of people lost their lives leaving 48 Management Authority. Large Karnataka coast around June 9, Meanwhile, people in dif- given the assignments to supply yoga mats,” physical, mental, emotional and spiritu- injured in duststorm and light- parts of the country are parched which would gradually move ferent parts of the country are Saxena said. al well-ness. ning in Uttar Pradesh, Relief because of below-normal pre- north-northwestwards and resorting to off-beat methods to The yoga kit included nine items like The Minister also unveiled a statue of Commissioner GS Priyadarshi monsoon rainfall that ended in intensify further. The Climate propitiate rain gods. A upper and lower for men and women, ‘Gandhiji on a bicycle’ installed at the said on Friday. Severe heatwave May with a 24 per cent deficit Prediction Centre (CPC) of the mahayagya is being performed Khadi napkin, yoga mat and a bag. The nap- FSSAI complex. “As we commemorate the conditions are likely to prevail over the long period average US National Weather Service in Belwan village of Khizirsarai kin has been stitched by the women of mil- 150th birth anniversary of Bapu, the stat- over Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya (LPA). LPA is the average rain- attributes the delay to anom- Block in Bihar for better mon- itancy affected families of Jammu & Kashmir ue symbolises his journey towards good Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Uttar fall received during monsoon alous easterly winds (due to pre- soon. The mahayagya will con- living near Nagrota, he said. health and shall constantly inspire peo- Pradesh this weekend. The months in the 1951-2000 peri- monsoon activity) in the lower tinue for 10 days. In Bengaluru, To add to the style quotient, a unique tri- ple for emulating his good health prac- Northeast States will receive ods. People are resorting to levels. These winds need to be special pooja was performed at colour Khadi garland (sootmala) has been tices,” he said. heavy rainfall for the next special puja or ‘Mahayagya’ in south-westerly to precipitate Someshwara temple in Halasuru included in the yoga kit, Saxena said. Minister of State for Health Ashwini three-four days. Large parts of different parts of the country for the onset of monsoon. to please the rain God. Kumar Choubey said that clean food will performance. These were Chandigarh, the country are also parched better monsoon. According to the US The orange alert indicates result in a clean body, mind and thoughts Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, due to drought in 245 districts The IMD in its bulletin said agency, model guidance sug- very heavy rainfall in Kollam and deeds. For this, people’s awareness Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. last year. According to the that an offshore trough was gests a weakening of the anom- and Alappuzha districts for about safe and healthy food and partici- States such as Bihar, Delhi, Jammu & Central Water Commission, “very likely to develop around alous easterlies and the return June 9 and in pation is critical to make an impact on Kashmir, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh fol- water storage in reservoirs of June 8, off Maharashtra coast to to a normal monsoonal flow Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, society. lowed close behind. most States of west and south Kerala coast. In association pattern towards the end of the Alappuzha and Ernakulam dis- The FSSAI also released the first edi- An innovative solution to take food India has dipped to less than with these favourable condi- week from June 12-18. tricts for June 10 in Kerala. tion of the State Food Safety Index, that safety to schools, called the ‘Food Safety the average of last 10 years. tions, Southwest monsoon is The monsoon is delayed by According to the IMD, squally measures the performance of the States Magic Box’ was also launched by Vardhan. With southwest monsoon very likely to set in over Kerala a week, as it usually arrives in weather is predicted along and on key parameters of food safety. This do-it-yourself food testing kit com- expected to make its landfall during next 48 hours”. The the State on June 1. The delay off the Kerala coast and Vardhan also felicitated seven lead- prises a manual and equipment to check within next 24 hours, an orange IMD bulletin also informed a will also impact the arrival of Southwest Arabian Sea. ing States/UTs based on the ranking for for food adulterants, which schoolchildren alert has been issued in Kerala low-pressure area was very like- the monsoon in other parts of Fishermen have been advised the year 2018-2019 for their impressive can use in their classroom laboratories. by the State Disaster ly to form off the Kerala- south and central India. The not to venture into the sea. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 nation 06

‘THANKSGIVING’ VISIT TO WAYANAD JD(U) ‘firmly’ with Rahul renews attack on BJP, Modi NDA; alliance intact, says party gen secy PTI n MALAPPURAM Irani, had offered to resign but Kerala, the only State besides it was rejected by the Congress Punjab and Tamil Nadu where PTI n PATNA following developments like eturning to his fiery-self in Working Committee. it has done well in this Lok leaders of the opposition ‘maha- Rattacking Prime Minister Thousands, including Sabha election. he ruling JD(U) in Bihar on gathbandhan’ softening their Narendra Modi post the Lok women and children, braved The Congress president TFriday asserted that the stance towards the JD(U) chief Sabha polls debacle, Rahul the downpour to catch a arrived at Kozhikode airport NDA in the State was “intact”, sensing a rift within National Gandhi on Friday Accused glimpse of the leader who in the afternoon and was dismissing speculation of a rift Democratic Alliance (NDA). him and the BJP of spreading arrived on a three-day tour scheduled to participate in at within the alliance in the wake The NDA, comprising BJP, “hatred and intolerance” and constituency after he was voted least 15 public receptions of the party’s decision to “stay JD(U) and LJP, won 39 out of said the Congress will contin- to the Lok Sabha with a mar- across the constituency, spread out” of the Narendra Modi 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in ue to fight them. gin of about 4.31 lakh votes. over in the districts of Government. the recent general elections, the Holding a massive road- The people patiently wait- Wayanad, Malappuram and The JD(U) is “firmly” in best performance by any polit- show in Wayanad Lok Sabha ed for hours for Rahul on Kozhikode, in the next two the alliance and speculation ical formation in the last few constituency amid heavy rains to either side of the water-logged days. about instability are “baseless”, decades.Kumar’s party bagged thank voters for electing him, the roads and on the terrace and Scores of party workers the party’s national general 16 seats. Congress chief said his party will balconies of nearby buildings to and leaders were at the airport secretary Ram Chandra Prasad Kumar had initially indi- emerge as a strong Opposition welcome their new MP. to receive Rahul. The Congress Singh told reporters in Bihar’s cated that he was looking for- and defend the poor. As the vehicle carrying the chief had a meeting with Sheikhpura district. ward to his party joining the “Modi might have so much Congress President inched its senior UDF leaders, including Following the swearing-in new Modi Government and money. He might have media way through the crowded road, Ramesh Chennithala and PK ceremony of the Modi Singh’s name was believed to be by his side.... He might have frenzied party workers danced Kunhalikutty. A senior Government, Bihar Chief among the ones which the rich friends with him but the waving tri-colour flags and Congress leader from the con- Minister and JD(U) president JD(U) president was expected Congress party will continue to posters with the pictures of stituency told PTI that Rahul’s Nitish Kumar had declined to to push forward. This, howev- fight against the intolerance their party chief, chanting “we visit will be a morale booster be part of the BJP-led NDA er, did not materialise and created by the BJP,” said Rahul, are with you”. Beating drums, for the party workers to fight government at the Centre in though the Bihar chief minis- who travelled in a special open they also greeted him shouting the Assembly bypolls. protest against the “symbolic ter attended the swearing-in vehicle along with State leaders. “Rahul, Rahul.” Congress president Rahul Gandhi greets his supporters during a roadshow after winning the recent Lok Sabha elections from “He will also take part in representation” of one minis- ceremony, he made it clear that “The hatred and intoler- The green flags of the Wayanad on Friday PTI road shows at Nilambur and terial berth offered to it, but the BJP was insistent on all ance created by the BJP and Indian Union Muslim League Eranad,” senior Congress refuted suggestions of any dif- allies agreeing for a “symbolic Modi will be dealt by the (IUML), a coalition partner of roadshow moved in the the vehicle. “I will fight for the beyond politics, and for peo- leader and Wandoor MLA AP ference with its ally. representation” in the Union Congress party with love and the opposition Congress-led bylanes, is considered to be a people of Wayanad. I will take ple from all walks of life. Anil Kumar said. Rahul will be Singh, who is the party’s Cabinet and that this was unac- affection,” Rahul said in his first UDF, could also be seen flut- naxal-infested area. up the issues of Wayanad Rahul said since he is an accorded receptions at leader in the Rajya Sabha, said, ceptable to him. public function after the drub- tering in the crowd. Rahul, accompanied by inside and outside Parliament. MP of Kerala, he will raise Kalpetta, Kambalkadu, “The NDA is intact. The JD(U) president had bing in Lok Saha polls where it A heavy security blanket by State Congress leaders I will work for the con- issues not only of Wayanad but Panamaram, Mananthavadi, Speculation about any political said,”The unanimous view (of bagged 52 seats. the SPG, anti-Naxal squad and Mullappally Ramachandran, stituency, work with you, lis- also of the people of the entire Pulpally and Sultan Batheri instability are baseless. The JD(U) leaders) is that we Rahul, who also contested the Kerala police was in place Opposition leader Ramesh ten to you,” Rahul told the state in and outside and will also attend a road- JD(U) is firmly in the alliance.” should stay out of the ministry. from his pocket borough of for the VVIP visit. The securi- Chennithala, MLA A P Anil crowd. Parliament. show in Kozhikode Assembly He was responding to Everybody felt there should be Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and ty personnel were on their Kumar, among others, was He said even though he is The Congress and its allies constituency on June 9, before queries about the conjecture, proportional representation in lost to Union Minister Smriti toes as Kalikavu, where the seen waving at the crowd from a Congress man, he will work won 19 out of 20 seats in leaving for Delhi. triggered by Kumar’s stand and an alliance Government.” Nipah scare: Kerala Health Mumbai cricketer Minister meets Harsh Vardhan hacked to death PNS n NEW DELHI also been ensured at medical The condition of colleges at Calicut, Thrissur o ensure that Nipah virus a 21-year-old and Kottayam. by 3 assailants Tdoes not spread its tenta- college student, All healthcare facilities cles, Kerala Health Minister have been asked to ensure Personal enmity blood, “ a senior police official KK Shailaja on Friday met who was high index of suspicion in said. Pawar was rushed by the Union Health Minister Harsh diagnosed with cases with similar symptoms may be reason for petrol pump employees to the Vardhan to discuss the status and also ensure availability Mulund General hospital, and the administration’s pre- Nipah infection, of isolation and emergency murder: Probe where he was pronounced dead paredness for containment is stable management facilities before on admission. and management of the referral. TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Pawar, who was in his potentially deadly infection. deployed a six-member team According to the World mid-thirties, is survived is sur- Vardhan, who is regular- comprising an epidemiologist Health Organisation, Nipah n a shocking incident, a city vived by wife and two children. ly reviewing the public health and ICMR experts to conduct virus is a newly emerging dis- Icricketer-cum-coach was A district level cricketer, Pawar measures put in place in contact tracing for early ease that can be transmitted hacked to death by three used to coach to budding crick- Kerala, assured her of all detection of suspects and from its reservoir (natural unidentified assailants at eters from Bhandup, Mulund, support from the Centre. review of isolation facilities. wildlife host), the flying foxes Bhandup in north-east both north-eastern suburbs of Talking to reporters, Meanwhile, blood and (fruit bats), to both animals Mumbai late on Thursday Mumbai and Thane, a satellite Shailaja said the condition of serum samples of all seven and humans. night. city of Mumbai. a 21-year-old college student, suspected patients who were Symptoms range from Rakesh Ambadas Pawar Preliminary investigations who was diagnosed with admitted to a quarantine asymptomatic infection, was waylaid and attacked by have revealed that Pawar’s mur- Nipah infection, is stable and facility at the Government acute respiratory infection three men with choppers near der might have stemmed out of a total of 314 people who Medical College in Kerala’s and encephalitis. Mahavir petrol pump on the personal enmity. were in touch with the infect- Ernakulam district have test- Infected people initially Lal Bahadur Shastri Road at Having registered a case ed person have been kept ed negative for the virus. develop influenza-like symp- Bhandup, when he was going murder, the Bhandup police are under observation. A designated control toms of fever, headache, vom- on his scooter along with his scanning the CCTV footage of “There have been no new room has been established at iting and sore throat. This can female friend. The incident the petrol pump to ascertain cases,” she said. the district collector’s office be followed by dizziness, took place between 2345 hrs to the identity of the three The Nipah virus had and an isolation ward estab- drowsiness, altered con- 00.30 hrs. assailants behind the incident. claimed 17 lives in the State lished at the Government sciousness, and neurological “The victim had suffered The investigators have in May last year. The Union Medical College, Ernakulam, signs that indicate acute gruesome injuries on his face, recorded the statement of Health Ministry has already while isolation facilities have encephalitis. Congress supporters hold posters of party president Rahul Gandhi during a roadshow in Wayanad on Friday PTI head and was lying in a pool of Pawar’s female friend. ED files money laundering case against scribe

PTI n NEW DELHI Laundering Act (PMLA). The crore paid towards the purchase issues in the notices issued by the “Indeed, such action takes ECIR was filed after going into the of a property in London. He I-T Department which claimed away from the authorities abili- he Enforcement Directorate merits of the I-T department alleged that he was “getting the the London property was an ty to pursue real perpetrators, Thas filed a money laundering chargesheet and the evidences sense of being hounded for doing undisclosed asset created by which would serve to defeat the case against media baron Raghav recorded in it, they said. The I-T no wrong despite paying all taxes pumping in black money. very objectives of these legisla- Bahl for alleged laundering of Department had recently filed a honestly and diligently.” “I have already challenged the tive measures, besides wasting funds to purchase an undisclosed chargesheet against Bahl before a “I also have no defaults when show cause notices and subse- precious judicial time and foreign asset, officials said on court in Meerut under the provi- it comes to the debt obligations of quent acts in a writ petition resources,” he wrote. The tax Friday. They said an Enforcement sions of the anti-black money law myself or my business concerns,” before the Allahabad High Court,” department had raided Bahl’s Case Information Report (ECIR), or the Black Money (Undisclosed he said in a letter emailed to he said in the letter. Bahl said he premises in Noida in October a police FIR equivalent, was Foreign Income and Assets) and Finance Minister Nirmala was writing to the FM “to inter- last year on charges of “bogus lodged by the federal agency Imposition of Tax Act of 2015. Sitharaman and the chiefs of the vene not just on my behalf but to long term capital gains (LTCG) early this week after taking cog- Bahl acknowledged the CBDT and the ED. The letter has see to it that a necessary and laud- received by various beneficia- nisance of an Income Tax Enforcement Directorate action, been shared with PTI by his able drive to track and punish ries” and other charges of tax Department complaint against saying the agency has acted after organisation. Bahl, in the letter, money launderers and black evasion. Bahl is the founder of him and others. taking cognisance of the tax said he and his wife had made” money hoarders is not allowed to the Quint news portal and the The case had been filed under department chargesheet filed for full disclosures” in their tax degenerate into diversion of Network18 group and a known the Prevention of Money alleged non-disclosure of Rs 2.38 returns which address the legal resources to hound innocents”. media entrepreneur.

dk;kZy; vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk uydiw fuekZ.k [k.M] v;k/;ks HC grants bail to actor-singer TRS defends 12 Cong MLAs vYidkyhu fufonk la[;k&11@v0vfHk0@u0fu0[k0v0@2019&20 fnukad & 10-06-2019 i=kad %& 398 @ vf/k0vfHk0@bZ&Vs.Mj fnukad %& 30-05-19 Karan Oberoi in rape case bZ&fufonk lpw uk ¼vYidkyhu½ joining its ranks in Telangana PTI n MUMAI ensure that the applicant egkefge jkT;iky mRrj izn'ks dh vkjs l s mRrj izn'ks flpkbZa ,o a ty llk/kua foHkkx e as oxhZd`r J.khs eas (Oberoi) does not get PTI n HYDERABAD development and welfare pro- disintegrating not only in the ithd`ra fufonknkrkvk as l s bZ&V.Mfjs xa d s ek/;e l s uhp s n'kkZ; s x; s dk;Z grqs fufonk vkef=ra dh tkrh gSA he Bombay High bail, the complainant grammes of the government state but also all over Ø0 dk; Z dk uke ek=k dk; Z dh /kjkgs j fufonk dk;Z ita hdr` TCourt on Friday orchestrated an attack he TRS on Friday defend- and “positiveness” of voters the country”. l0a ¼ux½ vueq kfur /kujkf'k iiz = dk dk s i.w kZ J.s kh granted bail to actor and on herself,” Justice Dere Ted the action of 12 towards the ruling party. “So, MLAs...for their ykxr ¼#0 e½as eYw ; $ djus singer Karan Oberoi, said. The HC also noted Congress MLAs in joining “Allegations of (Telangana development and for their ¼yk[k th0,l0Vh0 dh accused of raping his for- that the complainant forces with the ruling party in Pradesh Congress Committee second term victory, they have #0 e½as ¼#0 e½as vof/k mer girlfriend. Oberoi wanted to marry Telangana, saying they have president) N Uttam Kumar to work for the people, they 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 was arrested on May 5 Oberoi, but he declined done so keeping in mind their Reddy saying money-power, thought that TRS is a better 1Drilling of 450/550 MM Dia Bore by using direct/reverse 02 3-36 34000 225-00 90 ‘‘C’’ after a 34-year-old woman and began to avoid her. political future, and blamed coercion or blackmailing party and they have joined rotary rig machine up to 120 Mtr depth for construc- $ fnol vFkok tion of 1.0 cusuc state tubewell in Ambedkarnagar 02 mPp alleged that he raped her The messages the Rahul Gandhi-led organ- (to win over these TRS,” he said. “If Uttam site wroks including drilling of tubewells, transporta- GST on several occasions and exchanged between the isation for failure to keep its MLAs)...just show the weak- Kumar Reddy has any proof of tion,shifting placement of Rig machine and allied equip- ¼fu;ek& J.khs ments at drilling site, digging of pits for storage of water, uqlkj½ also extorted money and woman and Oberoi flock together. The Assembly ness of the Congress party any money power or any- lowering of recommended MS Pipe assembly of gifts from her. Oberoi, in his bail showed that she voluntarily purchased Speaker Pocharam Srinivas whichthing, let him put it in the pub- 300/150 mmØ by ensuring vertically of assembly in proper manner welding of M.S. pipe with socket etc. application, claimed they were in a con- gifts for him and he had not made any Reddy on Thursday recog- cannot hold their own lic domain or let him file a Screening and feeding of pea gravel after lowering of sensual relationship and after he broke demands, the judge said. nised the 12 defectors as mem- MLAs,” Khan told PTI. complaint with authorities assembly and washing of bore properly including cost of T&P and labour charge etc. (MS Pipe assembly, off the relationship, she levelled alle- The judge also reprimanded police bers of the ruling party, hours “(These) MLAs are not concerned,” Khan said. Pea gravel & HSD Oil shall be provided by the depart- gations of rape. for the way the probe was being con- after they requested him to do school children. They have The Speaker on Thursday ment free of cost as per department norms and require- ments in different villages) Excluding G.S.T. Justice Revati Mohite Dere on ducted. “Much needs to be said about so, in a big blow to the told the media that they have gave his nod for recognising Friday granted Oberoi bail on a sure- the manner in which probe has been Congress. taken the decision because of the 12 breakaway MLAs of the fcM MkD;ew UVs oclkbVs http://etender.up.nic.in ij fnukda 10-06-2019 l s fnukda 15-06-2019 rd miyC/k gS tk s fd fnukda 15-06-2019 dk s le; izkr% 10%15 rd viykMs fd; s tk ldr s gS a bldh rduhdh fcM fnukd%a ty of Rs 50,000. While granting relief carried out. The police is yet to seize the TRS spokesperson Abid the programmes...welfare, Congress legislature party as 15-06-2019 dk s vijkUg 01-00 ct s [kkyhs tk;xhAs to Oberoi, the judge noted that the mobile phones of the complainant. We Rasool Khan claimed Friday good governance and posi- members of the ruling TRS fufonk l s lEcfU/kr vf/kdkjh oclkbVs ij miyC/k gSA woman, on May 25, “orchestrated” a expect the police to conduct a free, fair the 12 MLAs decided to tiveness towards TRS,” he said. legislature party, considering http://etender.up.nic.in fake attack on herself and tried to make and impartial investigation,” Justice become part of the Chief Khan alleged that the the fact that they constituted m0iz0 140837 fnukda 6-6-19 vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk it look like she was targeted because of Dere said. Earlier, the sessions court had Minister K Chandrashekar Congress has become “lead- two-thirds of the total 18 uydiw fuekZ.k [k.M] v;k/s ;k foKkiu ocs lkbV www.upgov.nic.in ij miyC/k gSA her complaint against the actor. “...to rejected Oberoi’s bail plea. Rao-led outfit because of the erless and rudderless and is Congress MLAs. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 nation 07

Unaware of Malegaon Prashant Kishore AAP scheme ‘10 times bigger’ than blast: Pragya to court on save TMC Ayushman, Kejriwal tells Centre SAPNA SINGH n NEW DELHI TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI mission from July nwilling to implement JP MP from Bhopal Sadhvi Umuch-hyped Central BPragnya Singh Thakur on SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA Government’s health scheme - Friday denied before a special Ayushman Bharat, Delhi Chief court here that she had any he Trinamool Congress has Minister Arvind Kejriwal on knowledge of the Malegaon Tstruck a deal with profes- Friday wrote a letter to Union 2008 blasts, a case in which she sional strategist and JD(U) Health Minister Harshvardhan is a prime accused. leader Prashant Kishore and and said the Delhi Making an appearance tasked him with the responsi- Government’s own health before a Special NIA court bility of charting roadmaps scheme is 10 times better and after remaining absent on sev- for the TMC’s revival in the has bigger scope for the people eral occasions and also plead- 2021 State elections. in the national Capital. ing for exemption from per- Kishore held a closed door Kejriwal wrote to the sonal appearance, Sadhvi parley with Chief Minister Minister in response to the Pragya said: “ I don’t know”, Mamata Banerjee and her Union Government’s letter to Ayushman Bharat being in Government’s scheme, every when she was asked whether BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur arrives at sessions court for the hearing of Malegaon nephew and MP Abhishek the Delhi Government to place in Haryana and Uttar person in the national Capital she had knowledge of the 2008 blast case in Mumbai on Friday PTI Banerjee for about two hours implement Ayushman Bharat. Pradesh, lakhs of patients from is beneficiary, which means Malegaon blasts. on Thursday. Interestingly, rebutting these two States come to Delhi Delhi’s two crore population is Additional sessions judge newly-elected MP had been ror act) and 18 (criminal con- The electoral strategist is The 42-year-old professional- Vardhan, Kejriwal presented every day to get medical treat- covered. VS Padalkar, who presides over admitted in the hospital late on spiracy) of the Unlawful credited with planning turned-politician would take the details of the coverage, ment. “Those whose income is ` a special NIA court, asked Wednesday night due to a Activities Prevention Act Narendra Modi’s electoral cam- up the responsibility to boost inclusion and exclusion points Kejriwal wrote, “Haryana more than 10,000 does not Sadhvi Pragya if knew as to stomach ailment and was dis- (UAPA), and sections 120(b) paigns in 2014 and YSR chief in tabular format comparing and Uttar Pardesh are adjoin- come under Ayushman Bharat, how many witnesses had been charged early on Thursday (punishment of criminal con- Jagan Mohan’s victory in TMC’s prospects in Bengal the Delhi Government’s ing States. Both the States have which means those earning examined so far in the case. morning. spiracy), 302 (murder), 307 Andhra Pradesh in the recent- politics through a series of scheme with the Ayushman implemented Ayushman less than minimum wages Sadhvi responded by saying: “I Sadhvi Pragya is one of the (attempt to murder) and 326 ly concluded elections. research works, sources said Bharat. Bharat, however, hardly any (notified by the Delhi don’t know” . seven accused who are being (intentionally causing harm to The 42-year-old profes- “I am happy to tell you that residents of Delhi go to the two Government) is out of this The Judge told her that as tried by Special Court under the others) of the IPC. They are sional-turned-politician would After his team has done its Ayushman Bharat has already States to get treatment, which scheme,” Kejriwal said. many as 116 witnesses had so Unlawful Activities Prevention also being tried for charges take up the responsibility of field work Kishore will suggest been implemented in Delhi a indicates that Delhi’s own The CM said that in far been examined and they Act (UAPA) and various other under the Explosives upping TMC’s TRP in Bengal ways to Mamata Banerjee for long time back. The Delhi health scheme is functioning Ayushman Bharat, beneficiary included the panch witnesses sections of the IPC for their Substances Act. politics through a series of her party’s electoral revival in Government’s health scheme is well”. will get treatment of up to `5 and in most of the hearings the alleged involvement in the 2008 If convicted under these research works, sources said. Bengal, sources said. 10 ten times bigger and com- Kejriwal mentioned that lakh, but under the AAP dis- accused were represented by Malegaon blasts. On October sections, the maximum pun- He will begin his work in Pooh-pooing the move prehensive than Ayushman under the Ayushman Bharat, pensation’s scheme, there is their lawyers. The judge asked 30, 2018, the special court in ishment can be life imprison- July when his team will reach State BJP president Dilip Ghosh Bharat,” Kejriwal said. there is less than 10 per cent of no such limit and hence, the Sadhvi Pragya, who was with Mumbai had framed charges ment or death. Bengal and visit all the districts however said that “no amount In his two-page letter in Delhi population as beneficia- Government bears all expens- Sudhakar Diwedi, a seer, in the against Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Col Apart from Sadhvi Pragya till the lowest level, find out the of professional touch” would be Hindi, Kejriwal said despite ries, while in the AAP es, even if it is `30 lakh. witness box whether she was Prasad Shrikant Purohit and and Lt Col Purohit, the other issues, assess the element and able to revive a moribund party aware of the 2008 Malegaon five other accused in the 2008 accused who are facing the trial measure of polarisation, factor the TMC was today. “They are blasts in which six persons were Malegaon case. are: Sudhakar Dwivedi, Major in the organizational weak- hated more than CPI(M) in killed, she said: “mujhe It may be recalled that an (retd.) Ramesh Upadhyay, nesses and the reason of pop- Bengal. Their fall and decima- Five days on, no trace of missing AN-32 of IAF jaankari nahi hai” (I am not improvised explosive kept Sameer Kulkarni, Sudhakar ular discontent besides reck- tion is only a matter of time Itanagar: There was no break- ties of the Indian Army and on Friday morning. “The heli- aware). under the seat of a LML Chaturvedi and Ajay Rahirkar. oning the “outreach of Mamata because the people of Bengal through in the search of the AN- locals were conducted but there copters, transport aircraft, UAVs Incidentally, Sadhvi Pragya Freedom motor-bicycle had Earlier on December 27, Banerjee’s developmental pro- have made up their mind to do 32 aircraft of the Indian Air was no sight of the aircraft,” and other sensors are involved was present in the court on exploded between Bhikku 2017, a Special NIA court had ject in real terms,” a senior away with Mamata Banerjee Force that went missing with 13 Singh said. in extensive search and rescue October 30, 2018 when the Chowk and Anjuman Chowk, dropped charges under the party leader said. and her goons,” Ghosh said. persons on board with opera- He added that the search whenever weather is permitting. charged her, Lt Col Prasad near Noorani Masjid, at stringent Maharashtra Control tions continuing for the fifth day operations by helicopters were The search area continues to Shrikant Purohit and five other Malegaon in north of Organised Crime Act on Friday amid inclement called off due to low lights and expand to look at all possibili- accused under the Unlawful Maharashtra, on the night of (MCOCA) against Sadhvi weather, officials said. would resume Saturday morn- ties. All electronic, radar, opti- Activities Prevention Act September 29, 2008, leaving six Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Bilkis Bano case: IPS IAF spokesperson Wing ing. Ground teams of Indian cal and infrared sensors includ- (UAPA) and various other sec- persons dead and injuring 101 Prasad Purohit and five other Commander Ratnakar Singh Army and Indo-Tibetan Border ing satellites are being employed tions of the IPC for their alleged others. On October 30, 2018, a key accused in the much-dis- said despite inclement weather, Police along with locals and dis- to scan the area for any involvement in the 2008 blasts. special court in Mumbai cussed case. However, officer sacked a day the joint search operations by trict administration officials are probable clues,” he said. The IAF Forty-nine-year-old Sadhvi framed charges against Sadhvi Additional Sessions Judge SD IAF, Army and local adminis- searching areas around Siang said, Army, police, state gov- Pragya appeared in the court- Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Tekale had rejected the appli- trations were continued. district, official sources said. A ernment, paramilitary forces room in saffron robes. Her aides Prasad Shrikant Purohit and cations of key accused Lt Col “Search operations by heli- senior IAF official said, P-8I of and local people are lending put a red cloth on the benches five other accused under the Purhit, Sadhvi Pragya, Sameer before retirement copters, P-8I of the Indian Navy, the Navy undertook a search crucial support in the search for her to sit comfortably. Unlawful Activities Prevention Kulkarni, Ramesh Upadhyay PTI n AHMEDABAD In March this year, the besides C130J and ground par- mission from Arakonnam base operation. PTI Sadhavi made her appear- Act (UAPA) and various other and Sudhakar Dwivedi for dis- Supreme Court had asked the ance in the Special Court after sections of the IPC for their charge from the case. ujarat cadre IPS officer R Gujarat government to take skipping two earlier dates, alleged involvement in the Sadhvi Pragya and Lt Col GS Bhagora, convicted (rpt disciplinary action against the including the last one on 2008 blasts. Purohit were among the 11 convicted) in the 2002 Bilkis erring police officials, includ- Thursday, when she was grant- Seven key accused, includ- persons charge-sheeted by the Bano case, was dismissed from ing Bhagora, convicted by the ed a day’s exemption from ing Lt Col Purohit and Sadhvi ATS on January 20, 2009, in service by the Union Home Bombay High Court for dere- appearance before court owing Pragya, are being tried under connection with 2008 Ministry on May 30, a day liction of duty in the sensa- to her hospitalisation. The sections 16 (committing a ter- Malegaon blasts. before his retirement, a senior tional Bilkis Bano gang-rape state government official said case during the 2002 riots in Friday. the state. The 60-year-old officer, Among the erring police who was to retire on May 31, officials, four - a deputy was serving as Deputy Superintendent of Police, two Commissioner of Police inspectors and a constable - (Traffic) with the Ahmedabad have already retired from ser- police when his dismissal order vice. came, said MR Soni, Deputy The Supreme Court had Secretary (Inquiry), Gujarat also awarded a compensation Home Department. of Rs 50 lakh to Bano, who was “The state Home gang-raped in Randhikpur vil- Department had received a lage in Dahod district during communication from the the post-Godhra riots. Union Home Ministry order- On Bano’s request, the apex ing dismissal of Bhagora from court had transferred the case service on May 29. to Mumbai in August 2004. “We had served the order A special court in Mumbai on May 30, which effectively had awarded life sentence to 11 means he was sacked a day men for raping Bano, who was before his retirement,” said five-month pregnant at the Soni. As per the government time of the crime, and mur- records, Bhagora, a state police dering seven of her family service officer, was promoted to members during the riots. the IPS cadre in 2006. The trial court had acquit- The dismissal means ted five policemen, including Bhagora will not get benefits Bhagora, who were booked for Sikhs prepare ‘chabeel', a flavoured cooling drink, at Golden Temple on the occasion of martyrdom day of Sikh Guru Arjun Dev entitled to retired government dereliction of duty in the high- in Amritsar Friday PTI employees. profile case. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

26 KILLED... Shrikant Sharma said. Earlier, Chandrasekhar Rao also leading to an encounter. In the Chief Minister said. Talking “While six people died in Bahujan Samaj Party chief appointed two Deputy CMs in ensuing encounter, two listed about the slew of development Mainpuri, three each died in Mayawati demanded that the his first term from 2014 to 2018 terrorists and two SPOs who works being carried out in Etah and Kasganj, two each in State Government should come but he avoided appointing had recently deserted and Ayodhya, Yogi said several wel- Farrukhabad and Barabanki, forward with adequate relief Deputy CMs after he assumed become members of the pro- fare and development schemes and one each in Moradabad, and compensation to the vic- office for second term in scribed terrorist organisation were being implemented in Badaun, Pilibhit, Mathura, tims. December 2018. Jagan met the JeM were killed,” police the region for the betterment of Kannauj, Sambhal, Ghaziabad, Governor on Friday and sub- spokesman said. The police the people of Ayodhya. “This is Amroha, Badaun and Mahoba NATION OUTRAGED... mitted his list of Cabinet also recovered from them two the land of Lord Ram and in incidents related to dust BSP supremo Mayawati Ministers, who will be sworn in AK-47 rifles, one AKM when the BJP came to power, storm and lightning,” data described the brutal killing as on Saturday. Appointing five (Modernised Kalashnikov the district was named released by the state relief com- “highly shameful and sad inci- Deputy CMs is being seen as Automatic Rifle) and one self- Ayodhya and we also formed a missioner said. An official press dent.”The Uttar Pradesh Jagan’s gesture to reward these loading rifle (SLR). The ter- municipal corporation in its note said different parts of the Government should take strict communities for throwing their rorists were identified as Ashiq name,” he said. On BJP coming state witnessed dust storms late action immediately to establish weight behind the YSRCP, Hussain Ganaie of Panjran back to power under the lead- on Thursday evening, resulting the rule of law in the State and enabling it to storm to power Pulwama, Imran Ahmad Bhat ership of Prime Minister in wall collapse and uprooting put the guilty behind bars,” she with a landslide victory last of Arihal Pulwama, Narendra Modi, Yogi said all of trees. Thirty-one cattle died said in a statement in Lucknow. month. Mohammad Salman Khan of saints and seers had given their and 16 houses were also dam- A six-member SIT has Uthmulla Shopian and Shabir blessings to Narendra Modi to aged in the incidents, officials been formed to investigate the 2 POLICE DESERTERS... Ahmad Dar of Tujan Pulwama work for the nation. said. Massive power cuts were case and a female inspector had According to initial (both SPOs). The two SPOs “A s t r o n g a n d p r o s p e r o u s reported from various parts of been appointed to carry for- reports, the grenade exploded had joined the ranks of JeM ter- nation leads to peace and har- the State, including Lucknow, as ward the probe, he said. outside the gate of the police ror outfit just 24 hours ago, the mony. Under the leadership of electricity lines got snapped in Security measures have been station, causing splinter injuries police said. According to the PM Modi, the fast paced devel- the gale. Chief Minister Yogi tightened as a precautionary to two policemen. The injured police records, Ashiq Hussain opment has increased India’s Adityanath directed officials step after tension mounted cops were shifted to district had a history of terror related prestige across the world,” he to take all necessary measures there after recovery of the hospital in Sopore for medical crimes and was part of a group said. The Ram statue unveiled to provide relief to the affected body. treatment. Sharing details of involved in planning and exe- by Yogi is made of a single people. “He (Adityanath) has the Pulwama encounter, the cuting series of terror attacks in block of rosewood and pur- directed ministers in charge of IN A FIRST... police spokesman said, a cor- the area. Similarly, Imran Bhat chased from Karnataka. It is of the districts concerned to over- “The five Deputy CMs don and search operation was was also involved in several ter- Kodamb Ram, one of the five see relief operations,” Awanish would be from SC, ST, BC, launched by security forces at ror attacks on security estab- forms of Lord Ram. A postage Awasthi, principal secretary, minorities and Kapu commu- Panjran in Litter area of District lishments in the area. Many ter- stamp on Lord Ram was also information, said. A financial nities so as to give a balance to Pulwama late on Thursday ror crime cases have been reg- released on this occasion. Yogi assistance Rs 4 lakh has been all groups and do social justice,” evening after receiving credible istered against the duo. Adityanath offered prayers at announced by the CM for the he said. Former AP CM N inputs about the presence of the makeshift Ram Lalla tem- family of the deceased. The dis- Chandrababu Naidu appoint- terrorists in the area. “During EVERY HINDU... ple, visited the Hanumangarhi trict magistrates have been ed two Deputy CMs during his the search operation, the hid- as a cultural festival and this temple and inspected a pump asked to monitor the situation, term from 2014 to 2019. ing terrorists fired on the search year, 193 countries participat- house being constructed at the government spokesperson Telangana CM K party. The fire was retaliated ed in this mega event, the banks of the Saryu river. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Cong’s war within The rumblings of Rajasthan have now rolled into Punjab Deal with displacement and Telangana with 12 MLAs joining KCR he Congress has probably mastered the unique art of destroying the little Human dislocation due to climate change is now a reality. The world Tgood it has done during this general election instead of using it as a starting must gear up to face one of the greatest challenges confronting it point to rebuild itself. And rather than change from the debacle that its perfor- mance was, managing just eight more seats than the last edition (44 to 52), it is on a ruinous downward descent, further distanc- ing itself from its cadres and failing to sew up its torn matrix, the patches of which are further going asunder. Looks like it has HIRANMAY KARLEKAR taken political pundit Yogendra Yadav’s observation that the Congress must die to heart literally. While it is true that question that did not receive the Congress leadership must nuke some of its outdated structures to sow adequate attention on June 5, fresh seeds of survival, it is outrageous that it isn’t even bothered about its the World Environment Day, is about what people described in local warriors or standing by them. Containment of a crisis and benefitting the media as “climate refugees.” from it is something it could learn from Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) TheA United Nations High Commissioner master strategist Amit Shah’s playbook. For all his topline responsibilities, for Refugees (UNHCR), doubtless, feels that the term’s use can create confusion as Shah doesn’t lose personal touch with the lowest level of party managers. it is not recognised in international law. Had the Congress even developed a bit of that acumen then it would not According to Climate change and disaster have had the crisis it has in Telangana where Telangana Rashtriya Samithi displacement, which is on its website, a refugee under international law is a per- (TRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao has managed to get 12 of the 18 Congress son who has crossed an international bor- MLAs over to his side without bothering about the anti-defection law. Neither der “owing to well-founded fear of being would cricketer-turned legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu have had the gall to persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular constantly rail against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who single- social group or political opinion” (1951 handedly beat the Modi surge with his leadership rather than depending on Convention relating to the Status of high command strategies. Refugees). In certain cases, its definition In Telangana, the Congress did fare badly in the Vidhan Sabha elections may include people fleeing “events serious- ly disturbing public order.” (1969 OAU but managed to arrest its erosion, winning three Lok Sabha seats this time. Convention; 1984 Cartagena Declaration). Still, given the crisis of confidence in the central leadership, its MLAs thought The criteria for defining refugees, therefore, it better to invest their fortunes in KC Rao. Mind you, this faith in the TRS chief may not apply to victims of climate change which — as well as their consequent dis- comes at a time when he himself is not as invincible as he was. In the gen- placements — occurs within their coun- eral election, KCR was badly hit by the Modi tide with even his daughter los- tries.” It feels it is more accurate to refer to ing her Nizamabad constituency to a BJP candidate. The TRS won just nine them as “persons displaced in the context of disasters and climate change.” of 17 seats with the BJP wresting four seats in a State where its presence This definitional issue apart, the hardly mattered so far. Instead of harping on KCR’s somewhat comfortable UNHCR recognises the extremely serious and convenient relationship with the BJP, the Congress let him feast on itself implications of climate change, particular- The corporate world is estimates indicate that tril- than nine per cent in their liv- easy. Given its global scale, ini- ly in respect of people displaced by it. The worried. A report by Brad lions of dollars may be at stake. ing standards, followed by tiatives by individual coun- and regain its strength. It is significant that all the defector MLAs mentioned Global Compact on Refugees, overwhelm- Plumer in The New York Times Reduction in the profits Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and tries will have to be synchro- the “visionary leadership” of KCR as their reason to change sides, clearly direc- ingly adopted by the UN General Assembly of June 4, cites a new analysis and financial viability of cor- Maharashtra. Further, it states nised with planning, action and tionless about their political worth with no word from the high command. In in December, 2018, categorically stated, of corporate disclosures by porations will affect the lives of that nearly half of South Asia’s assistance at the international “Climate, environmental degradation and CDP (formerly the Carbon their employees and share- population, including India’s, level under the aegis of the Punjab, there seems to be no attempt to defuse an unwanted crisis being pre- natural disasters increasingly interact with Disclosures Project), a United holders as well as consumers of now lives in vulnerable areas UNHCR, which has prolonged cipitated by the loud-mouthed Sidhu against star performer Amarinder Singh. the drivers of refugee movements.” This is Kingdom-based non-profit their products and services. that will suffer from declining and extensive experience in Now that Capt Amarinder has divested Sidhu of his local government portfo- hardly surprising given the numbers organisation that works glob- The impact will be world- living standards attributable receiving, evaluating, docu- involved. According to the report, ally with companies to publicly wide since international econ- to falling agricultural yields, menting, sheltering and even- lio, saying his non-performance was the reason for the Congress’ not so mer- Migration and Climate Change, prepared disclose the risks and opportu- omy is now increasingly linked lower labour productivity or tually rehabilitating/resettling itorious performance in urban centres, Sidhu has hit back saying he is being by Oli Brown for the Switzerland-based nities that climate change could and private enterprise-based. related health impacts. refugees. targetted as the party should collectively own up for any failure. The Chief Minister International Organisation for Migration, create for their businesses. The impact of all this, most Actually, things are worse. A The UNHCR has already it was widely reported in the mid-1990s According to the report, many severe in itself, will be com- study in the journal geared itself up to address dis- has had his own imperatives for cutting Sidhu down to size. Sidhu had embar- that up to 25 million people had been of the world’s biggest corpora- pounded by a fall in agricultur- Environmental Research Letters placement-related issues. It has rassed the State government by choosing to go to Pakistan for Imran Khan’s forced to flee their homes and lands due tions from Silicon Valley tech- al production as a result of has it that heatwave conditions been actively assisting the Task swearing in as Prime Minister and sharing photo ops with Pakistan Army chief to serious environmental pressures, includ- nological outfits to large global warming. Living stan- lasting up to eight months Force on Displacement estab- Qamar Javed Bajwa. His comments on the Guru Granth Sahib desecration had ing pollution, land degradation, droughts European banks, are bracing to dards will decline. may become the norm for the lished by the UN to assist and natural disasters. Since then, various deal with the impact of climate What climate change por- Gangetic plains by the 2070s if countries to cope with displace- badly affected the party's prospects in the general election too. Punjab is one analysts have mentioned various numbers change on their finances and tends for India is an example. the emission of greenhouse ments linked to climate change. of the few states where the Congress had reason to smile, largely because it — the most widely repeated being 200 mil- operations in the next five According to a World Bank gases is not reduced to limit the It has also contributed to the empowered Capt Amarinder to organise his matrix his way. The party won lion by 2050. That the last figure is credi- years. According to CDP, report last year, titled, South global temperature increase to drawing up of the recommen- ble becomes clear from the Internal extreme weather conditions Asia’s Hotspots: The Impact of two degrees. According to a dations for integrated eight of 13 Lok Sabha seats, up from three in 2014. The Congress should realise Displacement Monitoring Centre’s state- could disrupt supply chains; Temperature and Precipitation paper by Massachusetts approaches to avert, minimise that Sidhu’s inclusion from the BJP did nothing for the tally. Besides turncoats ment that there were 18.8 million disaster- stricter climate-related regula- Changes on living Standards, Institute of Technology pub- and address displacement relat- can never be trusted with political responsibility. The Congress must rein in related displacements in 2017. tions could hurt the values of unchecked climate change lished in the journal Science ed to the adverse effects of cli- Obviously, human displacements of coal, oil and gas investments. causing higher temperatures Advances, vast areas in India, mate change. These are just two Sidhu, who is frankly now only tarnishing Capt Amarinder and stirring up a such magnitude would pose massive prob- According to Plumer, the and poor monsoon rainfall Pakistan and Bangladesh examples. The UNHCR, how- crisis when there is none. In Rajasthan, the tussle between the hard-working lems. The displaced have to be housed, pro- world’s largest companies have would diminish the living stan- would become too hot for ever, requires greatly increased Sachin Pilot and entitled old guard Ashok Gehlot is widening further with each vided with livelihoods and rehabilitated. estimated that at least $250 bil- dards of half of India’s popula- human survival by 2100. resources and vastly expanded Peace has to be maintained between them lion of assets, including build- tion, particularly farmers in The result will be mass administrative infrastructure camp wanting the other to bow out. The Congress has no choice but to reward and the local people who would be inclined ings in high-risk flood zones central India. exodus from these areas, which to deliver on what is going to performance over predilection. Everybody wants it to commit suicide but for to view them as unwelcome outsiders com- and power plants, would have The report notes that by will be a part of a massive be perhaps the greatest chal- the leadership of the country’s grand old party, that’s definitely not an option. peting with them for resources at a time to be shut down in response to 2050, Chhattisgarh and worldwide migration from all lenges ever facing humanity. of globally widespread economic distress, stricter pollution rules or may Madhya Pradesh will be the top such places, perhaps eventual- All countries should try to Would it forever want to be remembered as a party led by selfish individuals declining living standards and shrinking have to be written off or retired two climate hotspot States in ly involving the stated 200 ensure that it has both. who never stood up for their own? living space which, in turn, would be con- early as global warming pro- the country, which are likely to million people. Coping with (The author is Consulting sequences of climate change. ceeds. According to him, early experience a decline of more the phenomenon will not be Editor, The Pioneer) Much ado about a logo S O U N D BITE Unless he puts an alterna- When we deny ourselves the Islamabad wants talks with I think it would be a bit of a Global sporting events prevent the display of symbols that tive in place to handle the opportunity to communicate New Delhi on all important stretch to suddenly turn have inherent messages. But is Dhoni breaking the rule? situation, I don’t think and exchange hope and love, matters and remains com- Sanskrit into an official or a Rahul Gandhi should just we are only expressing to the mitted to efforts for estab- national language. It will take leave the position. world how fearful we are. lishing peace in the region. time. huge and frankly unnecessary conflict has erupted over a symbol Senior Congress leader Actor Pakistan's Foreign Minister Senior Congress leader —M Veerappa Moily —Dia Mirza —Shah Mahmood Qureshi —Shashi Tharoor Aon the wicket-keeping gloves of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the ongoing Cricket World Cup taking place in England. The symbol is adapt- L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR ed from that of the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Territorial Army where Dhoni Mystery rules There’s no looking back is an Honorary Colonel. The former Indian Conflicting views on language policy Captain, who had lifted the World Cup Sir — This refers to the report, he draft National Education Policy 2019 formulated guage; only about 15 per cent of the country speaks Sir — This refers to the report, when it took place in India and Sri Lanka “Govt puts Rajnath back in top by a committee chaired by K Kasturirangan had stat- English and this population almost entirely coincides with “Now or never for SA” (June 7). panels” (June 7). It was a very bad Ted: “Knowledge of English plays an important role the economic elite (compared with the 54 per cent Indians The Proteas are now down with back in 2011, is a bonafide legend of the show of the Modi Government to in the national and international mobility of students and who speak Hindi)”. It said, “This sad scenario has result- three consecutive defeats for sport and talks fondly of his association notify Home Minister Amit Shah provides access to global knowledge. Hence, it is impor- ed in the marginalisation of large sections of society the first time in the history of the with the Territorial Army, who are the in all eight Cabinet Committees tant to make children proficient in reading and writing based on language, keeping them out of higher-paying World Cup tournament. Skipper (CC) while Defence Minister English. Therefore, if the medium of instruction up to the jobs and the higher socio-economic strata.” It was, in Faf du Plessis has been endeav- reserves for the armed forces. The logo on his gloves, that of a “winged Rajnath Singh was notified in only primary level is the moth- fact, telling, the 54 per ouring for a win but his team’s dagger”, is possibly meant to signify his appreciation of the forces although two CCs until the morning. er tongue or local or region- cent of Hindi-speaking pop- efforts seems to be incongruous it omits the ‘Balidaan’ (sacrifice) logo. The International Cricket Council (ICC) However, Singh was included in al language, the second lan- ulation suffered in the to the level of the World Cup four more CCs by the evening guage will be English and hands of the “economic and to the challenging English has deemed this logo as inappropriate and has asked Dhoni to remove it. after the matter made headlines. the choice of the third lan- elite” and the attitude of the conditions. Almost every major global sporting event prevents the display of mes- In the last Government, Singh was guage (at the upper prima- privileged 15 per cent, who Against team India, there sages that have a political, religious or racist connotation on them. Several part of the committees on both ry and secondary levels) had “adopted” english — were numerous instances of footballers have fallen foul of this ruling. Previously, English spinner Moeen political and parliamentary affairs. will be with the individual roughly the population in misfieldings from the Proteas, An impression has been created States and local authorities, the south — had not been which may have been one of the Ali had been reprimanded for wearing a pro-Palestinian logo. However, the that Shah is number two in the in keeping with progressive. The recom- reasons why they lost. Although Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made it very clear that it Cabinet after Prime Minister Constitutional provisions.” mendations of the commit- the Proteas have never lifted the will support Dhoni, claiming that the logo is not a complete replica of the Narendra Modi. It is also unclear The committee had tee that “The three language World Cup trophy, the team has as to what prompted Prime also said, “Despite the rich, formula, followed since the been acclaimed world over for Regimental logo. In these hyper-nationalistic times, this is really not a bat- Minister Modi to shift Singh expressive and scientific adoption of the National conferring gems to the interna- tle the ICC wants to take on, given that an overwhelming bulk of its rev- from the position of Home nature of Indian languages, Policy on Education 1968, tional cricket. Jacques Kallis, enue comes from India. Minister he had held in the ear- there has been an unfortunate trend in schools and soci- and endorsed in the National Policy on Education Jonty Rhodes and AB de Villiers lier Cabinet. It may be recalled ety towards English as a medium of instruction and con- 1986/1992 as well as the NCF 2005, will be continued, are paragons to that. The Proteas And for athletes to honour their armed forces is nothing new, most that Singh, as president of the BJP, versation. Logically speaking, of course, English has no keeping in mind Constitutional provisions and aspira- must remember these legendary American sporting events have strong identification with their military but had played an important role in advantage over other languages in expressing thoughts; tions of the people, regions and the Union” have to be players of their nation and per- playing the Devil’s Advocate, the ICC has a point. Where can such logos getting Narendra Modi declared on the contrary, Indian languages have been specifical- judged in this context. The committee owes an expla- form well in their next tourna- as the BJP’s prime ministerial can- ly developed over centuries to express thoughts in the nation about the differing assumptions and as to how ment. stop? What if during the India-Pakistan match both sides go overboard? didate in September 2013 in spite Indian scenario, climate and culture.” The committee had Hindi would help south nurture its culture, foster stan- Tushar Anand Maybe the ICC and BCCI can reach a happy compromise. Going forward, of party patriarch LK Advani’s put the blame for the existing situation squarely on the dard of education and achieve higher growth. Patna all Indian cricketers and athletes should take permission before they dis- opposition. “economic elite” stating, “since independence, the eco- Haridasan Rajan MC Joshi nomic elite in India have adopted English as their lan- Kozhikode Send your feedback to: play any symbols on their uniforms or bodies to prevent such furores. Lucknow [email protected] LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Changing contours POINTCOUNTERPOINT GIVEN THAT THE NITI AAYOG HAS NO FINANCIAL ONLY SHE (MAMATA) HAS A PROBLEM WITH NITI of demographics POWERS AND THE POWER TO SUPPORT STATE PLANS, AAYOG, OTHER CHIEF MINISTERS DON'T. SHE IS IT IS FRUITLESS FOR ME TO ATTEND THE MEETING. GIVING LAME EXCUSES. With the coming of new-age against the backdrop of —WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER —BJP STATE PRESIDENT increased mechanisation, humans will continue to play MAMATA BANERJEE DILIP GHOSH an important role in defining the moments of history Governance challenge for Yogi NITHIN AUGUSTINE f late, academic and policy discussions around demograph- There’s no guarantee that the Modi charisma will help Adityanath secure another term in ics and its potential role in scripting a new economic and Osocial narrative have gathered momentum. One of the rea- sons for the sudden shift in focus to demographics is the reali- office. Tackling corruption and making the babus work remain his biggest tasks sation that a skilled workforce can significantly contribute to pro- ductivity and sustainable economic growth. This is evident from the fact that following the 2008 financial crisis, global recovery progressed at a cripplingly slow pace, primarily due to a sinking supply of people in the workforce. Ruchir Sharma, in his book, ‘The Rise and Fall of Nations — Ten rules of change in the post- crisis world’ observes that a collapse in population growth was already underway before the 2008 crisis and, in fact, it can explain a good chunk of the persistently disappointing recovery since. According to the United Nations’ 2017 report on ‘World Population Prospects’, global population today stands at nearly 7.6 billion as of mid-2017. Of this, 60 per cent of the people live BISWAJEET BANERJEE in Asia (4.5 billion), 17 per cent in Africa (1.3 billion), 10 per cent in Europe (742 million), nine per cent in Latin America and the n March 19, Uttar Pradesh Chief Caribbean (646 million) and the remaining six per cent in Northern Minister Yogi Adityanath complet- America (361 million) and Oceania (41 million). China (1.4 bil- ed two years in office. As the lion) and India (1.3 billion) remain the two most populous coun- Model Code of Conduct was in tries of the world, comprising 19 and 18 per cent of the global place at that time, he held a Press conferenceO at party office. He declared that the total, respectively. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is targetting over By 2050, it is estimated that global population will rise by 50 per cent votes in the Lok Sabha elections. 2.7 billion from 7.6 billion to 9.7 billion. A number close to 10 “If the party can achieve that target, the billion may sound scary and like the neo Malthusians, there is Samajwadi Party (SP)-Bahujan Samaj Party a growing fear that overpopulation may leave the planet hun- (BSP)-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance will gry. However, what needs to be understood here is that overall have no impact and the BJP will win 74 seats,” population growth is slowing down. Fertility rates have fallen while he had said. life expectancy rates have grown drastically. As a result, fewer On May 23, when the Lok Sabha results babies are born, fewer people are entering the workforce but were announced, his one prediction came to be people are living longer. Therefore, it is unlikely, as the neo true. The BJP got over 50 per cent of the votes and caste alliance in Uttar Pradesh was deci- Malthusians fear, that the world will have to starve as there will mated. But Yogi missed the second prediction IT’S COMMONLY not be any added pressure to increase production. Overall pop- by just nine seats. The BJP and its allies got 64 ulation will continue to grow, though at much reduced rate, but HELD THAT out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats from Uttar DURING the working age population that contributes to economic growth, Pradesh but it was enough for the BJP to cross will face steady slow-down. European Commission, in one of the halfway mark comfortably. BAHUJAN SAMAJ its Green Papers titled, ‘Population ageing in Europe: Facts, What worked wonders for the party was PARTY CHIEF Implications and Policies’ notes that population and labour force Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s persona and MAYAWATI’S ageing in particular, accompanied by a shrinking of the work the magic of people-oriented schemes launched REGIME, THE force, raise concerns about future economic growth. by the Union Government. The BJP, at the party ADMINISTRATION In 1987, Singapore launched a campaign under the slogan level, ensured that the beneficiaries know that it was Prime Minister Modi, who had given WAS AT ITS BEST. “Have three, or more if you can afford it”. It was aimed at encour- them these benefits. This strategy worked. Anti- EVEN OFFICERS aging parents to have more children. Baby bonuses haven’t been incumbency of candidates was blown away by VOUCH THAT announced by various countries in the recent past to arrest pop- Modi’s charisma. At many places, people were THEY FEARED TO Expressway and the Bundelkhand October 2, 2018. The State bureaucra- The need of the hour for the Yogi ulation decline. Interestingly, China ended its notorious one-child not happy with their party candidates because Expressway are destined to transform cy was entrusted with the job to Government is to take strict action, policy in 2015. Germany in 2007 increased the retirement age of non-performance. Still, they voted for Modi ATTEND the impoverished eastern Uttar ensure that plastic glasses and poly- akin to administrative encounters, from 65 to 67 for men and women, inspiring several other EU as leaders in their meetings specifically point- MAYAWATI’S Pradesh and the rugged Bundelkhand thene bags should not be available in against its babus like suspension and nations to follow suit. In short, there is a general awakening among ed out that their one vote will strengthen Modi’s REVIEW MEETING regions. The Defence corridor is the open market. Orders were issued even giving the lax officers a sack. nations to promote population growth that could become poten- hands at the Centre. BECAUSE HEADS expected to bring an employment to seal factories where such plastic As police encounters helped in tial drivers of economic growth. The common refrain for the voters was for WERE BOUND TO boom in that area. bags are manufactured. The bringing law and order under control, Among the Asian giants, India has a far stronger demograph- the Union Government — they would vote for However, the biggest bane of this Government had also said that alter- administrative encounters will help in Modi because they wanted a strong ROLL. THE TIME Government is its failure to check cor- native arrangement should be made weeding out non-performing offi- ic positioning with more than 50 per cent of its population below Government at the Centre. The beneficiaries, HAS COME FOR ruption in its working. Despite the available to the people. cers. The Chief Minister once the age of 25 and more than 65 per cent below the age of 35. who availed the benefit of these schemes, chose YOGI TO SEND BJP’s commitment of giving a corrup- But the bureaucracy failed in this tried this by offering VRS to those By 2020, it is expected that the average age of an Indian will be Modi over others because they reaped the har- THE RIGHT tion-free Government, the reality task. Once the initial euphoria fizzled who have failed to perform. But it did 29 years as compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan. With vest. On the other hand, those who did not avail SIGNAL TO THE leaves much to be desired. out, plastic and polythene made a not have the desired result. the rest of the world grappling with an ageing population and falling the benefits voted for Modi in the belief that Departmental postings are not entire- comeback in the open market. After Government officers from Block workforce productivity, India possesses a unique opportunity to they will get houses, latrines, free gas or elec- MASSES ly merit based. Merit is being sacri- the High Court pulled the State Development Officer (BDO) and turn its demographic advantage into growth. China, for example, tric connections in the next term. ficed on the altar of avarice. Government, it became active again Lekhpal to District Magistrate and in the last three decades, grew on the back of cheap labour and This scenario is a testing time for Yogi The second biggest letdown for in May and on June 3, Chief Minister from Seenchpal and Seench Inspectors a conducive domestic policy environment. However, after years Adityanath. Uttar Pradesh will go to polls to the Yogi Government is its bureaucra- Yogi Adityanath held another round to doctors in State-run hospitals, of steady growth — at times double digit growth — the Chinese elect its Government in 2022 and by that time, cy. It has failed to match the pace of of meeting with officials and asked whose public interface is high, should the State Government will have to leave its mark the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister them to implement the ban in letter be made accountable. economy has now started showing signs of slowdown. But today, on the people. Yogi is no Modi. If people voted is working 16-18 hours a day but the and spirit. He even reminded the offi- Government’s performance China is the second largest economy in the world. Similarly, for for Modi, it was because they wanted to see him State bureaucracy looks jaded. This cials that swachchhata (cleanliness) is depends on public perception. The India, the demographic advantage may not last forever and, hence, as the country’s next Prime Minister. There is results in the failure to implement cru- the dream project of Prime Minister public mood is that during BSP chief it will be wise to leverage the demographic dividend for driving no guarantee that they will vote for Yogi with cial projects. The Yogi Government is Narendra Modi and it should be Mayawati’s regime, the administration growth while the sun shines. However, it is imperative to initiate the same intensity and re-elect him as the Chief also drawing flak for making big implemented in totality. Thus, the ban was at its best. Even officers vouch that policy action to ensure that adequate number of jobs are creat- Minister of Uttar Pradesh. announcements but failing to fulfill became a butt of joke among the hoi they feared to attend Mayawati’s ed for millions of people who enter the workforce every year. Skilling Therefore, the biggest challenge for Yogi them within the stipulated time- polloi. review meeting because heads were and upskilling at regular intervals will further play a crucial role Adityanath is to improve the delivery system frame. In a democracy, political mas- Same is true with the bound to roll. in preparing the workforce for an uncertain future of opportuni- and present his Government as pro-active and ters take decisions as per their elec- Government’s several other announce- The time has come for Yogi to ties. In addition, woman labour force participation is a sine qua himself as a Chief Minister whose word hold tion manifesto but it is the ments like making roads across Uttar send the right signal to the masses. command. He should ensure his orders are fol- bureaucracy which gives shape to Pradesh gaddha-mukt (pothole-free), The Chief Minister is going to start a to balance and accelerate growth, especially in the wake of non lowed to the ‘T’ and reviews of the schemes are those directives. distributing of books, sweaters and review meeting at the divisional level shrinking workforce. done regularly. Take the case of the Government’s shoes among the school children in from June 15. This is the apt time to Today, for a majority of the global economies, challenges will The last 25 months’ rule of Yogi decision to ban plastic, polythene and State-run schools, checking bootleg- send the right signals. He must take be manifold and new-age of growth will unfold against the back- Government has been a mix of positives and thermocol. The Chief Minister had ging and ensuring payment of agricul- action against corrupt and non-per- drop of increased mechanisation and invasion of robots into the negatives. It goes without saying that law and announced on July 15, 2018, that Uttar tural dues to farmers for producing forming Ministers and officers so that workforce. However, unlike the neo-Luddites, who fear robots will order situation has improved. Improvement in Pradesh would be plastic and poly- sugarcane, wheat, paddy and potato the message can spread across that this replace the human workers, humans will continue to play an impor- infrastructure sector, too, is palpable. The fre- thene-free. Yogi even signed a order whose Minimum Support Price (MSP) BJP Government means business. tant role in defining the moments of history. quency of power outages has gone down. saying that thermocol would also be is announced by the State (The writer is Executive Director (The writer is a communications professional) Greenfield Expressways like the Purvanchal banned in Uttar Pradesh from Government. [News] with The Pioneer, Lucknow) Noble intentions, confused actions FOREIGN EYE The free ride scheme proposed by the Delhi Government for women may be good in intent but smacks of bad economics. It is also blatantly a populist move that lacks consideration for long-term implications about women safety increase in capacity as well as the main- accordance with the needs of women. and work spaces have traditionally been woman employee can be perceived as mit men and women equal access to tenance of the metro trains. Economic The CISF patrolling of metro sta- designed for men; making it women- a greater burden compared to a male parental leave. Such strides will, hope- considerations, unfortunately, cannot tions, too, is conducted during late friendly has required changes — start- employee with similar qualifications fully, establish a precedent so as to be wished away. More importantly, it hours and specific teams are deployed ing with separate washrooms in places and capability; often even in compar- encourage other employers to put seems that the Government has failed to ensure that men do not enter the of work — that might have been seen ison with a male employee of lesser men and women at an equal playing AFRICAN SWINE FEVER to dovetail women empowerment and women's coach. In fact, the metro has as “painful” and a waste of money to qualifications and competence. field at workplace. gender neutrality. become the safest mode of public trans- the existing dispensation. While the Act is a step forward in While the motive behind such poli- In the coming weeks, bacon For one, the link between free port available to the women of Delhi- Only recently, in a personal inter- recognising the needs of women, it is cies aimed at inclusion of women may sandwich eaters in S VEENA ARADHANA metro travel for women and their safe- NCR in a long time. Thus, increasing action, a senior gentleman showed also important to do so while redefin- be well placed, the manner of realising Newcastle and dairy IYER PARMESHWAR ty seems unclear. The logic that free availability and accessibility of other open displeasure at some leading Delhi ing gender stereotypes. Although bio- these intentions seems to be amiss. farmers in California may travel will ensure women’s safety is not means of safe public transport, includ- university colleges being exclusively for logical restrictions may impede a man These measures come off as blatantly elhi Chief Minister Arvind unfounded, but whether this policy is ing making streets of Delhi safer for women. When people are unable to see from carrying, giving birth to and populist with a lack of consideration for find their pockets hit by Kejriwal’s recent announce- the appropriate means to achieve the walking and cycling, would bear more affirmative action as a means to erase breastfeeding a child, he is certainly long-term implications. Certain means developments thousands of Dment that proposes free rides for target of increased presence of women fruit in encouraging women to step out historical biases from a long-term capable of staying at home to take care of positive discrimination are necessary miles away. The culprit is women in Delhi metro trains and DTC in public spaces is uncertain. The issue of their homes. perspective, how will they react to blan- of his child, as a woman does. The pol- to enable women to step out of their an outbreak of African buses along all routes has become a of women’s security is a greater prob- It is also difficult to understand the ket free rides for women in public trans- icy enables the perpetuation of a men- homes, work in the organised econo- topic of heated discussion. Kejriwal lem outside metro complexes — with reasoning behind granting free travel port systems? More importantly, does tality that women are to stay at home my and compete at par with men, due swine fever which is leading explained that women, who do not respect to transit to and fro from the to ‘women’ only. Does it rest on the it really serve a long-term purpose? and tend to their children, while a man’s to the historically disadvantaged posi- to the culling of millions of require the subsidy, need not avail it so metro stations. Last mile connectivity gross generalisation that women are This policy is not the first of its kind obligations are restricted to being the tion of women. Hence, policies aimed pigs in China and Vietnam, as to benefit those who need it. While is essential, particularly after it gets dark. financially inferior to men? If not, then that has been introduced to ostensibly sole breadwinner of the family. at them should be well-thought so that in what one expert calls the the motive behind such generosity is In addition to all compartments of why not make travelling free for senior empower women and has the poten- Such misguided moves are being they can be clearly distinguished from world’s biggest animal being doubted, the scheme itself rais- metro trains having specific seats allo- citizens or students? The scheme tial to backfire. The Maternity Benefit recognised for what they are, as seen tokenistic moves, lacking clarity in es a few questions. cated for women, senior and different- should function across the board and (Amendment) Act of 2017, since its from Zomato’s announcement this implementation and fulfilment of disease outbreak to date. The economic effect of such a ly-abled citizens, the first coach of every should be in consonance with econom- introduction, has come under scruti- month that it is providing 26 weeks of results. The devastating impact and move is dubious — it is expected to cost metro train is reserved for women. This ic considerations. The lack of reason- ny for, inter alia, increasing the dura- paternity leave to new fathers. Very (S Veena Iyer is Assistant Professor the consequences already the State `700 crore ($101 million). If, system, in contrast to the current pro- ing could result in a contrary effect. It tion of maternity leave from 12 weeks recently, JP Morgan, a leading (Finance), Management Development being felt further afield shed as expected, the proposed scheme posal, is in the right direction, given the could also increase resentment among to 26 weeks. The aforesaid provision has American bank, paid a historic settle- Institute, Gurgaon and Aradhana light on the globalisation of leads to a spurt in ridership, it is most infamy that rampant molestation of those who are already opposed to pos- been critiqued on the basis of its ment of $5 million to Derek Rotondo Parmeshwar is a student pursuing Law likely that the Government will have to women in Delhi buses has garnered itive discrimination for women by sim- potential to backfire by discouraging and other male employees for its fail- at the West Bengal National University modern food production. pump in more funds to provide for the over the last decades and is also in ply being viewed as gender bias. Public employers from hiring women. A ure to comply with policies which per- of Juridical Sciences) (The Guardian editorial) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 money 10

Markets log weekly loss DHFL highlights funding risk in NBFCs: Fitch PTI n MUMBAI Top gainers in the Sensex to combat weaker growth PTI n NEW DELHI after the failure of IL&FS in ularly affected by the liquidi- growth for NBFC sector, Fitch account for nearly 20 per cent pack Friday included IndusInd which supported Asian and September 2018 contributed ty squeeze. said. of credit to the economy com- quity indices ticked higher Bank, Bajaj Finance, M&M, European markets but trade HFL’s liquidity problems to a sector-wide liquidity The sector pressures have NBFCs are an important pared with about 15 per cent Ein choppy trade Friday, SBI, ICICI Bank and Vedanta, war concerns continue to limit Dand its reported failure squeeze as investors become led India’s top NBFCs to channel for extending credit five years ago. propped up by select banking rising up to 1.90 per cent. gains. Investors to remain this week to pay coupons more risk averse, it said. explore other sources of fund- to the wider economy, given “We expect credit growth and finance stocks, even as the On the other hand, Yes focused on fresh triggers in the highlight the funding chal- NBFC’s liquidity is sensi- ing and to start positioning their wide distribution net- in India to remain slow, overall risk sentiment remained Bank, PowerGrid, Sun Pharma, upcoming union budget and lenges faced by non-banking tive to market sentiment as themselves to tap the US dol- works, which are often more despite this week’s interest-rate subdued owing to liquidity Coal India, Bajaj Auto, ONGC US job data to get cues on fur- financial companies (NBFCs), their business models rely on lar bond market. extensive across rural India cut, as most banks are capital- concerns in the NBFC space. and RIL were among the top ther direction,” said Vinod Fitch Ratings said in a report. short-term wholesale funding, “We expect NBFCs to than those of banks, it said. constrained and NBFCs face After swinging over 400 losers, dropping up to 2.37 per Nair, Head of Research, Geojit The cash crunch is in which can dry up fast if mar- become more regular issuers The NBFC sector’s role as tighter funding conditions,” it points intra-day, the BSE cent. Financial Services. stark contrast to the banking ket sentiment turns negative, in the offshore bond market as a credit provider became out- said. Sensex settled 86.18 points, or “On-going funding chal- Sectorally, BSE telecom, sector, which has not faced it said. they seek to diversify their sized as the Indian banking NBFCs’ fast loan growth 0.22 per cent, higher at lenges faced by NBFCs finance, consumer durables, significant liquidity pressure Fitch further said funding funding sources. If prudently system was forced to deal in an environment of relatively 39,615.90. Similarly, the broad- prompted investors to focus on bankex and teck indices ended or deposit withdrawals, models of housing finance managed, this should be cred- with its weak asset quality, benign interest rates was er NSE Nifty rose 26.90 points, to select banking stocks while up to 0.79 per cent higher. despite asset-quality and cap- companies and loan compa- it positive as funding profiles Fitch added. increasingly funded by short- or 0.23 per cent, to 11,870.65. weak rupee added some impe- However, utilities, power, ital weaknesses, it said. nies, which have become are strengthened,” it said. Banks, particularly public- term funding, in particular, During the week, the tus to IT stocks. energy, healthcare, realty and NBFC issues were already increasingly reliant on short- The funding squeeze has sector banks, were undercap- commercial paper issued to Sensex fell 98.30 points and the “The global central banks metal indices slipped up to 1.29 known to the market but term funding to fund longer- contributed to higher funding italised and had limited capac- the mutual fund sector, it broader Nifty lost 52.15 points. are moving to a rate cut cycle per cent. DHFL became a focus point term assets, have been partic- costs and a slowdown in loan ity to lend more. NBFCs now said. Decline in export credit a concern: Goyal Indiabulls plan to exit realty biz

PTI n NEW DELHI years the share of export cred- competitive and at par with of the meeting will lead to PTI n MUMBAI up share capital of the com- Real Estate directly or in assets to Blackstone in last it has come down and this is a global best practices, he said export credit tripling in the pany (out of the aggregate partnership with global few years. xpressing concern over “cause of concern”, especially there is a need to first develop next five years and allow India romoters of Indiabulls 38.72 per cent fully paid up investment firm Blackstone In December 2018, it sold Edecline in export credit, for the MSME sector that suf- a framework with a stable pol- to be at par with the rest of the PReal Estate have sold share capital of the Company, could not be ascertained. 50 per cent stake in two particularly to MSME players, fers due to demand of collateral icy that is an internationally world where credit is cheaper about 12 per cent stake to currently held by them) to The sources had earlier office assets in Gurgaon Commerce and Industry from lending institutions. acceptable, consistent and and interest rates are lower. Bengaluru-based realty firm third party investors”. said the deal has been struck to Blackstone for Rs 464 Minister Piyush Goyal Friday “Today’s meeting with robust and then look for solu- Exporters have time and Embassy Group through The stake sale is in line at an enterprise value of USD crore. said steps will be taken to stake holders has been called to tions within that framework. again raised issues related to block deal, as part of its strat- with the promoters’ strategy 1 billion (around RS 7,000 Earlier, Indiabulls had ensure timely availability of address this significant chal- “Greater transparency has credit as it impacts outbound egy to focus on financial ser- to focus on financial ser- crore), higher than the sold 50 per cent stake in its funds to exporters. lenge and to redress the situa- to be brought into the work shipments. vices and exit realty business, vices in the long run, it Indianbulls Real Estate’s cur- two prime commercial assets “Timely and efficient avail- tion based on the inputs given being done by government The meeting was attended sources said. added. rent market cap of around Rs in Mumbai to Blackstone for ability of export credit is criti- by participating organisations organisations, export promo- by representatives of Ministry Promoters have nearly 39 Indiabulls Group is look- 6,000 crore. an enterprise value of Rs cal for any trade activity and is and institutions,” he added. tion councils and financial of Finance, RBI, State Bank of per cent stake in Indiabulls ing to exit the real estate busi- Blackstone and Embassy 9,500 crore. one of the key drivers that Goyal said the time has institutions,” the minister India, Canara Bank, Punjab Real Estate. ness so that it can get regu- Group joint venture firm Indiabulls has an equal boosts growth of export,” he come to move away from sub- added. National Bank, HDFC Bank, On late Thursday, latory approvals for the pro- ‘Embassy Office Parks’ joint venture with Blackstone. said. sidies and provide easy avail- He said transparency will Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Indiabulls Real Estate posed merger of Indiabulls recently launched India’s first The JV has 3.3 million sq ft He was speaking at a meet- ability of cheaper credit to ensure that the genuine com- Bank, Barclays Bank, Citi India, informed through a regula- Housing Finance with the real estate investment trust to completed asset with annuity ing called to discuss issues exporters. petitive advantages of exports Bank of America, EXIM Bank, tory filing that the “promot- Lakshmi Vilas Bank. raise Rs 4,750 crore. income of Rs 670 crore, while related to export credit. To ease the burden on are harnessed. ECGC, and Indian Banks’ ers intend to dispose-of up to Whether Embassy Group Indiabulls Real Estate has 0.8 million sq ft is under con- Goyal said in the last few exporters and to make exports Goyal hoped that the result Association. 14 per cent of the fully paid- is buying stake in Indiabulls been selling its commercial struction.

NIFTY 50 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11865.20 11897.50 11769.50 11870.65 26.90 Script Open High Low LTP OBEROIRLTY 542.00 547.20 528.95 533.90 GSFC 101.40 104.70 100.40 104.60 INOXWIND 71.05 71.40 67.60 70.00 INDUSINDBK 1530.00 1560.00 1482.05 1557.00 34.35 RCOM 1.88 1.90 1.80 1.83 JUBILANT 471.00 483.40 466.70 475.10 CAPPL 458.00 458.00 426.05 439.85 MMTC 25.75 25.85 25.30 25.40 INFRATEL 274.50 282.90 271.80 279.35 5.85 IBREALEST 140.35 151.00 125.50 128.20 ACC 1591.60 1619.60 1577.20 1597.65 GLENMARK 535.00 535.00 518.75 528.85 GULFOILLUB 894.00 907.00 891.65 907.00 BAJFINANCE 3453.15 3519.00 3419.95 3515.00 62.05 RPOWER 6.60 6.67 5.96 6.17 BHARATFIN 970.95 986.40 938.25 979.20 FORCEMOT 1522.80 1545.90 1490.00 1524.35 GDL 143.25 143.35 138.50 138.75 SBIN 337.00 342.75 336.00 342.20 5.30 DHFL 91.60 93.00 80.75 83.50 JINDALSTEL 158.00 162.00 155.40 157.10 PNBHOUSING 822.00 824.85 801.00 809.00 PGHH 10750.00 10925.95 10667.45 10880.00 BPCL 394.00 404.65 389.60 403.25 6.20 YESBANK 143.40 145.50 136.25 139.95 ASIANPAINT 1427.50 1438.25 1413.35 1421.10 CASTROLIND 145.85 147.05 142.20 142.90 MAGMA 129.00 132.90 128.45 132.90 TECHM 738.10 752.70 729.40 749.00 11.00 IBULHSGFIN 737.00 768.00 713.60 732.85 DCBBANK 240.30 241.20 231.55 240.55 HEXAWARE 343.00 346.80 338.80 343.95 APLLTD 505.00 510.85 497.95 503.00 ICICIBANK 413.50 418.95 407.90 417.45 5.90 RELCAPITAL 110.10 111.65 98.15 100.05 CHAMBLFERT 185.25 194.00 183.60 190.95 ABB 1533.00 1575.00 1521.60 1575.00 GREENPLY 165.05 166.05 158.10 158.10 M&M 640.00 645.70 630.05 643.00 8.90 RELINFRA 83.60 86.60 72.80 74.00 MUTHOOTFIN 635.00 636.75 609.45 613.00 AUBANK 700.25 709.00 695.10 704.55 ITDC 269.10 275.50 263.75 271.35 PCJEWELLER 68.20 68.65 60.85 62.40 ADANIPORTS 426.50 427.50 420.00 424.90 COLPAL 1156.95 1165.80 1145.50 1157.15 IFBIND 735.85 765.40 735.85 760.00 WIPRO 292.50 295.90 292.00 294.80 3.30 SUZLON 5.34 5.45 5.14 5.22 BATAINDIA 1385.10 1399.90 1363.15 1372.05 TVSMOTOR 490.25 491.75 478.70 481.50 GLAXO 1262.80 1280.00 1260.10 1272.15 HDFC 2190.00 2217.75 2168.40 2207.00 23.55 JUSTDIAL 724.90 745.00 695.00 739.50 HAVELLS 781.00 792.95 773.75 787.85 RAYMOND 806.70 816.85 800.00 813.40 CUB 215.00 216.80 214.00 215.45 HDFCBANK 2425.65 2454.25 2409.00 2447.05 23.70 RELIANCE 1327.70 1328.70 1305.60 1315.30 JUBLFOOD 1332.00 1335.00 1296.60 1316.30 MEGH 65.45 66.65 64.10 66.15 TIINDIA 392.00 392.00 383.20 387.85 BHARTIARTL 353.80 361.95 351.80 357.00 3.20 SPICEJET 146.00 147.40 141.35 143.00 IDEA 13.55 13.55 13.23 13.36 PHILIPCARB 143.50 144.50 138.60 140.80 CARBORUNIV 364.00 370.00 364.00 364.05 UPL 1014.95 1022.95 1004.80 1020.00 7.80 INDUSINDBK 1539.90 1560.00 1482.85 1550.90 INDIGO 1658.00 1678.20 1645.00 1660.50 KSCL 527.25 535.95 517.30 535.95 IOB 11.95 12.00 11.85 11.89 VEDL 163.20 167.85 162.55 164.35 1.25 SAIL 48.70 49.70 47.75 48.25 HCLTECH 1087.95 1087.95 1072.60 1079.15 SOBHA 546.00 572.00 545.00 546.85 CORPBANK 25.00 25.10 24.20 24.30 BAJAJFINSV 8160.00 8245.00 8103.40 8186.95 61.75 SBIN 337.90 342.35 335.85 341.65 DBL 500.00 518.00 497.80 498.70 BALKRISIND 778.35 792.15 770.00 785.00 RELAXO 846.00 854.15 835.60 847.35 TCS 2174.00 2189.80 2142.10 2179.80 13.70 MANAPPURAM 135.55 136.20 123.90 131.90 PTC 69.80 69.80 68.35 69.20 BRITANNIA 2913.90 2913.90 2861.00 2904.95 CENTURYPLY 166.20 168.55 165.10 167.95 INFY 735.85 743.95 735.85 738.50 2.90 JPASSOCIAT 4.47 4.55 4.01 4.29 INFRATEL 273.50 282.80 271.65 279.05 ADANITRANS 227.95 232.00 221.15 221.15 TEAMLEASE 2975.00 2975.00 2877.40 2910.00 GRASIM 872.00 877.35 856.95 871.00 1.45 TATASTEEL 483.65 489.80 476.00 482.15 HINDUNILVR 1831.15 1844.00 1816.00 1831.60 MFSL 448.30 448.30 430.05 430.05 GALAXYSURF 1127.15 1189.00 1117.10 1165.00 IOC 163.00 164.75 161.65 163.70 0.15 ICICIBANK 413.75 418.40 407.85 416.85 TATAPOWER 65.50 66.25 64.00 66.10 HFCL 21.00 21.30 21.00 21.20 JSLHISAR 83.60 84.65 82.80 83.35 BRITANNIA 2905.00 2919.30 2860.00 2903.20 1.85 TATAMOTORS 170.50 171.70 167.25 169.40 SUNTV 542.20 544.95 532.00 536.00 SHANKARA 489.90 510.00 484.00 493.00 STARCEMENT 131.90 131.90 127.05 130.00 ITC 276.80 276.80 274.20 275.75 0.00 BANKBARODA 123.70 124.95 120.35 121.25 APOLLOTYRE 199.65 200.15 191.30 192.40 PVR 1745.95 1758.30 1732.20 1754.20 BDL 293.00 293.95 288.05 292.90 HCLTECH 1083.00 1087.20 1071.25 1079.00 -0.20 GAIL 317.40 320.30 307.75 313.70 RBLBANK 682.00 682.00 661.10 669.55 BERGEPAINT 329.00 331.00 323.25 326.50 MAHLIFE 424.70 430.00 422.00 422.10 ZEEL 342.90 346.45 335.90 340.95 -0.10 NTPC 136.65 137.40 134.25 134.90 INDIANB 268.40 270.65 263.30 266.35 CUMMINSIND 784.95 784.95 758.50 767.00 THOMASCOOK 232.05 236.25 231.60 235.55 LT 1519.90 1532.95 1495.00 1513.25 VIPIND 450.20 466.50 444.00 458.45 LTI 1777.00 1820.00 1777.00 1799.80 CARERATING 970.45 970.45 944.45 946.00 TITAN 1274.95 1274.95 1254.00 1269.00 -0.45 INFY* 737.70 744.00 735.95 739.35 BOMDYEING 125.20 127.30 122.65 123.70 NOCIL 131.50 132.20 128.00 129.10 NAVINFLUOR 705.00 709.00 698.75 701.85 ULTRACEMCO 4559.00 4649.00 4541.05 4568.75 -2.45 PNB 79.45 79.95 77.70 79.25 UPL 1011.00 1022.85 1005.80 1020.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 3000.00 3007.00 2955.55 2964.00 BAYERCROP 3748.85 3778.80 3582.00 3616.00 HINDALCO 194.85 196.65 193.40 194.50 -0.35 JETAIRWAYS 133.00 133.00 123.20 125.65 DMART 1315.10 1320.00 1290.00 1292.00 KEI 485.00 491.00 468.50 485.90 MONSANTO 2385.00 2429.90 2360.00 2425.00 TATAMOTORS 169.90 171.70 167.25 169.30 -0.40 HINDCOPPER 43.50 43.55 42.35 42.65 INFIBEAM 44.85 49.10 44.25 47.60 QUESS 622.00 623.85 580.20 589.00 PARAGMILK 244.00 244.00 239.60 240.00 MRPL 61.30 61.60 60.20 60.85 THYROCARE 470.70 472.00 461.10 466.15 LT 1518.55 1533.70 1495.50 1512.00 -3.90 SRTRANSFIN 1081.00 1106.60 1062.40 1092.30 GNFC 283.40 283.40 276.00 279.10 KAJARIACER 627.10 631.20 610.00 610.00 GPPL 84.80 85.35 84.10 84.95 KOTAKBANK 1523.80 1523.80 1487.75 1510.00 -4.25 BLUESTARCO 803.00 813.05 793.00 807.90 SUNPHARMA 407.45 407.45 395.40 399.55 FEDERALBNK 105.00 106.80 104.15 106.00 PRESTIGE 285.95 286.00 267.85 270.85 NAVKARCORP 34.25 34.25 32.75 33.05 MAHSCOOTER 4262.75 4330.00 4232.00 4330.00 ADANIPORTS 426.30 427.40 419.45 425.00 -1.30 NATIONALUM 49.60 49.60 48.65 49.35 CGPOWER 34.80 34.95 32.00 32.65 JINDALSAW 86.05 86.75 84.45 85.35 IBULISL 265.00 280.45 265.00 272.00 SYMPHONY 1385.10 1385.10 1334.15 1340.05 HINDUNILVR 1833.00 1844.75 1815.00 1831.10 -6.65 ICICIPRULI 379.50 387.90 379.25 385.80 NESTLEIND 11614.50 11630.85 11451.70 11508.75 GMRINFRA 15.20 15.20 14.50 14.80 SWANENERGY 106.45 106.45 103.55 105.10 ALLCARGO 106.60 108.95 106.60 107.90 IBULHSGFIN 737.55 768.00 712.35 732.80 -3.00 APOLLOHOSP 1343.35 1406.20 1333.15 1397.05 NBCC 60.80 61.30 59.50 60.90 JMFINANCIL 89.05 90.85 88.30 88.30 LALPATHLAB 1051.00 1055.30 1025.00 1047.00 ELGIEQUIP 272.00 285.80 268.00 272.05 AXISBANK 811.10 813.25 801.30 804.00 -3.70 HDFCBANK 2425.05 2452.95 2410.00 2448.00 VGUARD 238.40 246.90 235.40 243.65 SBILIFE 695.50 700.50 692.85 697.50 BBTC 1135.00 1148.85 1120.00 1134.00 BASF 1318.55 1335.80 1303.55 1327.90 TATASTEEL 483.00 489.90 475.80 482.00 -2.60 PEL 2056.00 2133.00 2020.40 2109.65 HIMATSEIDE 170.10 178.00 167.35 175.45 SADBHAV 252.60 264.85 251.10 260.45 MOIL 158.95 158.95 151.30 152.30 TNPL 188.65 191.75 188.10 191.00 MARUTI 6990.00 6990.00 6862.65 6950.00 -38.70 HDFCLIFE 443.00 453.05 435.05 451.55 GRASIM 875.00 877.80 856.75 873.35 WELCORP 139.50 143.50 137.60 138.55 ALKEM 1760.00 1839.40 1760.00 1839.40 BLUEDART 2700.00 2712.05 2657.00 2685.00 EICHERMOT 20143.90 20219.90 19850.00 19930.10 -153.70 BAJFINANCE 3468.00 3519.95 3420.20 3511.40 VENKYS 1888.00 1909.00 1852.30 1877.95 EICHERMOT 20090.00 20177.15 19850.00 19888.00 PIIND 1120.05 1131.00 1095.00 1101.40 VBL 945.15 945.15 933.50 936.40 GAIL 317.10 320.90 307.70 313.75 -2.55 WIPRO 292.40 296.00 292.05 295.05 CANFINHOME 352.90 356.65 343.90 355.40 INTELLECT 265.00 269.70 263.00 265.20 THERMAX 995.45 1043.95 995.45 1039.00 NLCINDIA 65.20 65.30 64.65 65.00 ASIANPAINT 1429.00 1439.85 1413.05 1416.05 -12.50 DLF 189.95 194.15 186.65 190.10 HSCL 109.40 111.00 105.15 110.15 WABAG 336.05 336.05 316.65 331.30 RALLIS 152.00 155.00 151.50 155.00 MANPASAND 41.95 41.95 41.95 41.95 HEROMOTOCO2790.00 2812.00 2731.90 2762.00 -26.75 VEDL 163.90 167.80 162.75 164.35 ENDURANCE 1211.00 1211.00 1170.00 1195.50 ISEC 224.00 233.00 223.50 231.70 HUDCO 41.60 41.95 40.75 41.00 EIHOTEL 176.90 177.95 175.30 176.00 EDELWEISS 184.50 184.50 173.10 180.80 JAICORPLTD 116.85 117.50 113.30 113.65 ENGINERSIN 117.50 120.15 116.05 118.55 DBCORP 194.25 197.25 193.30 193.30 BAJAJ-AUTO 2999.95 3006.65 2953.45 2959.70 -31.95 MINDTREE 966.85 970.55 964.00 970.45 BHEL 68.60 70.40 67.35 68.25 ONGC 169.05 169.85 166.65 167.55 RAMCOCEM 787.55 805.00 779.00 788.15 CRISIL 1494.00 1515.00 1494.00 1513.90 ONGC 169.60 170.10 166.55 167.55 -1.85 GICRE 219.00 225.00 217.10 221.00 L&TFH 127.50 129.65 124.05 124.90 DEEPAKNI 327.25 327.25 317.85 321.60 HEIDELBERG 203.50 212.00 201.75 208.25 EIDPARRY 182.55 185.75 182.20 183.10 RELIANCE 1325.95 1327.25 1305.60 1311.00 -16.35 NBVENTURES 90.85 93.15 90.85 92.25 TCS 2177.00 2189.00 2145.20 2178.95 RCF 65.30 65.55 64.15 64.95 MERCK 3905.05 4034.00 3840.00 4003.40 KNRCON 278.00 283.75 272.95 283.75 ECLERX 930.05 939.75 926.70 939.50 SUNPHARMA 405.00 406.90 395.10 399.00 -5.15 IBVENTURES 293.05 305.50 293.05 297.60 LICHSGFIN 555.65 558.00 547.25 554.00 MPHASIS 965.05 972.10 952.00 953.00 VMART 2323.50 2334.00 2285.00 2334.00 NTPC 137.00 137.50 134.50 134.80 -1.75 GHCL 248.25 253.50 246.90 248.90 ZEEL 343.50 346.30 336.00 340.00 REPCOHOME 379.70 399.35 370.00 388.55 CONCOR 525.60 533.50 521.40 522.80 BLISSGVS 159.15 160.45 156.55 158.00 JSL 37.25 37.25 36.20 36.35 COALINDIA 269.10 269.70 263.60 265.00 -4.15 RADICO 318.00 318.00 292.80 301.65 IRB 118.00 121.70 115.75 116.05 IDFC 36.30 36.65 35.50 36.35 JAMNAAUTO 57.90 57.90 56.45 56.65 SIS 905.00 936.80 901.00 915.00 JSWSTEEL 267.00 270.00 261.60 262.10 -4.60 TATAGLOBAL 253.90 259.70 247.70 256.40 CENTURYTEX 1001.00 1008.85 985.10 1001.00 KEC 312.60 320.45 308.00 314.00 TAKE 153.35 153.60 149.00 149.00 FORBESCO 1965.10 2045.00 1965.10 1999.95 POWERGRID 195.45 196.05 191.15 191.95 -3.50 ITC 276.15 276.90 274.50 275.90 TATAMTRDVR 82.15 83.00 81.00 81.65 NIITTECH 1311.80 1330.00 1310.80 1315.05 COCHINSHIP 392.30 397.00 391.20 391.20 LAURUSLABS 356.95 360.00 351.20 354.45 CIPLA 565.00 565.00 542.00 549.55 -10.25 PFC 132.00 134.95 130.85 134.15 DIVISLAB 1575.25 1578.25 1555.00 1564.40 OMAXE 202.85 204.25 201.90 202.50 ISGEC 450.00 452.00 441.00 442.35 ZYDUSWELL 1313.20 1375.50 1310.00 1359.00 YESBANK 143.40 145.45 136.15 140.00 -3.40 VOLTAS 586.50 618.50 586.00 617.20 SUNTECK 496.75 500.30 482.20 488.10 NESCO 535.85 552.50 523.30 552.50 ANDHRABANK 24.25 24.35 23.50 24.00 TATAINVEST 875.15 880.95 875.15 877.00 DRREDDY 2650.00 2656.15 2555.25 2580.00 -77.30 NCC 95.70 98.40 94.80 97.15 LAKSHVILAS 73.80 73.80 71.80 73.30 IPCALAB 928.70 945.00 925.00 940.00 SHK 151.05 159.00 147.00 150.75 AKZOINDIA 1789.15 1799.50 1750.00 1777.65 MARUTI 6994.00 6999.55 6867.00 6947.60 SRF 2842.00 2890.00 2824.90 2871.85 DCMSHRIRAM 512.10 523.00 503.00 520.00 UNITEDBNK 10.73 10.76 10.55 10.60 NIFTY NEXT 50 AUROPHARMA 626.00 632.65 610.80 619.80 DEEPAKFERT 142.00 142.80 139.20 140.40 NHPC 24.85 25.10 24.85 24.95 GMDCLTD 78.05 79.00 77.10 77.40 DELTACORP 201.00 202.90 185.70 194.10 ITI 94.65 94.65 91.55 91.85 JYOTHYLAB 170.65 176.00 170.50 171.50 ABBOTINDIA 7750.05 7985.00 7750.00 7981.95 GRAPHITE 418.40 422.00 408.10 413.25 INDHOTEL 151.00 151.00 146.75 149.55 LAXMIMACH 5359.00 5477.70 5359.00 5390.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TATACOMM 526.10 538.00 521.15 524.85 JSWSTEEL 267.00 270.15 261.20 262.45 FDC 181.85 190.55 179.00 187.65 NH 224.00 234.10 222.70 224.50 NIFTY NEXT 50 27370.50 27542.05 27127.65 27382.75 8.60 JBCHEPHARM 375.10 376.50 370.00 374.95 HEROMOTOCO 2780.00 2810.00 2733.65 2767.65 IFCI 9.18 9.18 8.92 9.00 SUDARSCHEM 332.00 333.35 328.70 331.75 SRTRANSFIN 1074.00 1107.00 1062.30 1096.75 31.25 EVEREADY 88.05 90.85 87.35 88.60 BIOCON 547.05 547.55 525.50 528.45 GODREJIND 488.00 493.20 479.25 480.55 TIMETECHNO 98.35 98.35 95.20 97.00 ABB 1531.05 1575.00 1517.00 1569.00 39.20 NIACL 163.50 163.50 160.00 163.00 DRREDDY 2662.00 2662.00 2559.65 2582.75 DCAL 237.00 246.20 233.70 245.60 GEPIL 868.45 871.65 860.00 860.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3538.95 3665.00 3512.45 3610.00 78.15 LEMONTREE 68.40 69.05 67.90 68.70 AXISBANK 809.70 812.80 801.65 804.20 HSIL 273.95 275.20 260.10 269.90 BAJAJCON 336.50 340.00 333.55 333.55 ICICIPRULI 376.00 388.00 376.00 386.50 7.50 MAHABANK 16.15 16.20 15.70 15.80 BEL 106.95 110.00 104.90 108.45 BAJAJHLDNG 3535.50 3663.05 3534.70 3640.00 ITDCEM 111.05 114.00 111.05 113.55 HDFCLIFE 444.95 453.00 434.75 450.90 8.65 MOTILALOFS 790.00 790.00 745.25 745.25 ASHOKLEY 91.00 91.60 89.15 90.00 TATACHEM 623.65 629.90 621.70 627.75 KANSAINER 445.05 449.85 443.00 448.80 FINOLEXIND 488.00 494.00 485.15 489.50 GICRE 219.00 220.95 216.95 220.70 4.10 BANKINDIA 90.40 91.50 88.70 89.30 ASTRAZEN 1824.90 1925.00 1735.00 1861.05 SUPRAJIT 208.55 221.70 208.55 214.10 ICICIGI 1180.50 1210.00 1175.00 1194.00 21.20 VINATIORGA 2095.00 2124.00 2085.00 2085.00 KTKBANK 106.00 108.25 103.05 107.20 OFSS 3345.00 3345.00 3256.75 3273.50 CROMPTON 242.30 243.30 238.00 240.00 KPRMILL 608.35 616.25 606.45 616.25 PEL 2047.00 2133.00 2021.30 2100.00 34.90 ICICIGI 1184.00 1208.80 1175.70 1190.50 WHIRLPOOL 1520.00 1563.00 1517.00 1518.05 CENTRUM 28.65 28.85 27.80 28.75 PGHH 10770.00 10945.00 10735.00 10866.00 130.40 CENTRALBK 24.80 25.00 24.50 24.65 HINDPETRO 306.00 311.95 303.30 310.45 PAGEIND 20000.00 20361.45 19714.70 19987.45 NETWORK18 30.60 31.00 30.05 30.05 SHILPAMED 343.00 345.55 339.00 344.50 HINDPETRO 306.10 312.00 303.10 311.20 3.10 HDFC 2186.90 2217.20 2169.40 2200.25 GODFRYPHLP 900.00 908.00 886.50 890.60 WABCOINDIA 6172.40 6212.45 6150.05 6151.50 HAVELLS 778.30 793.65 773.00 789.00 7.75 FLFL 442.00 453.25 435.00 451.80 M&M 637.00 645.30 630.20 644.00 CHENNPETRO 213.50 221.25 210.60 216.90 TIMKEN 677.10 710.00 677.10 690.95 HAL 712.00 720.00 704.00 714.00 SIEMENS 1240.00 1266.90 1229.05 1251.20 9.55 HEG 1664.00 1672.00 1596.25 1609.70 TRENT 405.35 412.15 397.15 405.00 SHARDACROP 365.65 365.65 357.20 360.00 NMDC 103.10 104.95 102.80 104.50 0.80 ADVENZYMES 214.00 216.00 208.00 209.20 EQUITAS 138.00 139.40 136.35 138.35 WELSPUNIND 55.35 55.35 53.85 54.45 GESHIP 271.75 272.70 267.20 269.00 ASTERDM 140.40 144.00 137.25 138.50 HDFCAMC 1809.00 1828.00 1786.10 1819.25 11.95 JISLJALEQS 46.50 46.50 42.60 43.05 OIL 180.00 181.35 179.20 181.00 ERIS 512.00 517.55 499.00 517.50 PETRONET 236.50 240.15 234.30 238.25 1.50 BOSCHLTD 17319.00 17319.00 16951.10 17046.75 INDIACEM 97.50 99.50 94.75 98.00 RNAM 221.65 221.65 219.00 219.55 JKCEMENT 1014.00 1024.95 1005.20 1010.05 IEX 151.05 153.25 149.00 149.00 MOTHERSUMI 114.10 116.05 112.35 114.60 0.50 STRTECH 174.00 175.00 168.50 171.30 IDBI 37.25 37.60 35.95 36.65 TATACOFFEE 89.25 89.90 87.90 88.30 APARINDS 650.00 656.15 640.00 642.05 NHPC 25.00 25.15 24.80 25.00 0.10 JKLAKSHMI 357.00 362.95 351.40 353.05 GUJFLUORO 1060.00 1140.95 1051.00 1111.45 NMDC 103.85 104.75 102.90 104.20 TEJASNET 173.00 174.85 168.10 169.20 SUNDRMFAST 537.40 540.45 532.30 534.00 TVTODAY 273.10 275.00 272.50 272.50 SHREECEM 20500.05 20999.95 20410.00 20698.40 80.00 UJJIVAN 356.00 360.00 344.15 357.20 NAUKRI 2325.00 2337.65 2301.00 2312.00 SUVEN 269.60 275.00 266.10 271.35 SKFINDIA 1872.90 1895.45 1854.00 1866.30 SBILIFE 698.90 702.00 694.05 699.00 2.65 MAXINDIA 63.95 66.80 61.10 61.25 BHARTIARTL 352.95 362.05 352.00 356.75 ALBK 42.20 42.90 41.10 41.60 ASTRAL 1295.00 1349.00 1295.00 1330.05 SCI 32.15 32.75 32.10 32.75 TTKPRESTIG 7220.85 7221.05 7117.50 7121.20 DABUR 403.10 408.30 400.85 404.05 1.10 CANBK 262.50 265.85 257.80 261.90 INOXLEISUR 357.00 361.00 344.85 347.90 MAHINDCIE 243.95 250.55 240.00 242.50 ATUL 3988.00 4051.00 3988.00 4035.00 MHRIL 221.90 225.10 221.00 224.35 ACC 1593.00 1618.85 1574.55 1593.40 1.25 DISHTV 27.85 29.00 26.80 28.25 GODREJPROP 851.00 877.00 840.75 867.20 UBL 1315.80 1321.30 1296.00 1309.10 SCHNEIDER 97.85 100.20 97.10 97.50 SOLARINDS 1150.90 1170.70 1150.90 1170.70 PAGEIND 19989.00 20332.95 19710.00 19950.00 7.65 RECLTD 149.00 152.75 147.25 151.30 SIEMENS 1235.05 1267.20 1230.95 1253.95 JKTYRE 80.50 82.00 79.45 81.65 CYIENT 562.00 568.50 561.95 562.15 GRINDWELL 585.00 599.00 585.00 597.00 BHEL 68.50 70.50 67.35 68.55 0.00 IGL 346.60 346.60 334.00 336.45 FSL 52.40 53.85 51.20 52.60 EMAMILTD 352.00 353.00 340.35 341.55 COFFEEDAY 240.85 243.00 236.10 236.50 ASAHIINDIA 234.70 234.70 230.05 231.60 CONCOR 527.00 533.90 521.35 524.35 0.00 CADILAHC 245.95 246.00 241.00 242.70 HINDZINC 243.70 244.65 238.60 239.65 ASHOKA 143.00 143.90 139.75 143.85 ORIENTCEM 114.40 117.40 112.45 115.45 GET&D 258.00 258.10 254.00 254.00 DLF 190.00 194.20 186.60 190.40 0.00 PETRONET 233.00 240.20 233.00 237.25 DABUR 404.80 408.00 400.95 403.55 TORNTPHARM 1522.05 1536.00 1495.90 1525.25 PNCINFRA 196.00 202.35 195.00 199.00 TVSSRICHAK 2028.00 2040.85 2018.30 2019.00 AMBUJACEM 222.50 226.95 220.90 221.70 -0.05 KOTAKBANK 1516.00 1519.90 1488.80 1510.00 RAIN 111.75 112.80 108.25 110.10 AARTIIND 1776.00 1812.25 1776.00 1791.35 REDINGTON 103.70 104.00 99.40 100.05 GILLETTE 7245.00 7255.85 7191.50 7234.60 MARICO 374.70 376.40 371.30 374.00 -0.85 TECHM 741.90 752.50 729.40 749.85 TORNTPOWER 245.00 248.00 241.50 246.15 RAJESHEXPO 658.00 661.95 655.65 656.25 SHREECEM 20550.00 20950.05 20471.00 20790.00 ESSELPRO 129.20 130.90 129.20 129.90 IDEA 13.45 13.55 13.20 13.40 -0.05 MOTHERSUMI 113.90 116.10 112.45 114.35 CEATLTD 1000.00 1000.35 970.50 972.05 GUJALKALI 544.75 553.00 537.00 542.90 UFLEX 257.30 263.65 256.15 262.95 LAOPALA 201.50 201.95 199.80 201.75 MRF 55950.00 56441.30 55112.00 55587.00 -218.80 IOC 162.35 164.50 161.70 164.15 PIDILITIND 1256.00 1260.55 1245.30 1258.65 ADANIGREEN 44.65 44.90 43.10 43.10 FINCABLES 460.90 460.90 447.10 448.00 HONAUT 26599.00 26599.00 25651.05 25651.05 INDIGO 1651.50 1677.00 1645.70 1664.15 -6.70 LUPIN 730.00 737.00 714.00 729.80 SYNDIBANK 34.10 35.10 33.50 33.90 MCX 806.20 815.10 796.00 801.95 GODREJAGRO 505.05 511.00 498.75 505.00 VTL 1110.55 1110.55 1102.25 1105.00 UBL 1323.80 1324.00 1294.00 1310.00 -5.75 SYNGENE 667.00 675.50 655.00 669.75 WESTLIFE 342.00 344.00 329.00 331.00 J&KBANK 59.15 60.00 58.75 59.40 SJVN 25.60 25.70 25.25 25.30 MINDACORP 117.95 118.60 116.20 116.20 SAIL 48.70 49.70 47.75 48.45 -0.25 BPCL 395.00 404.40 390.00 403.20 GRUH 310.55 314.25 305.00 305.00 KALPATPOWR 496.50 515.00 484.60 497.25 LUXIND 1297.35 1323.00 1281.80 1312.05 TRITURBINE 112.00 112.35 109.00 109.00 COLPAL 1164.00 1166.20 1143.55 1153.00 -6.75 AMBUJACEM 221.90 226.85 220.30 220.55 BAJAJFINSV 8145.00 8248.00 8111.40 8190.00 SUPREMEIND 1065.00 1086.00 1059.15 1068.00 BALMLAWRIE 193.00 195.00 190.00 191.05 CCL 259.70 261.80 258.25 260.25 LUPIN 728.00 737.00 713.05 726.70 -5.60 POWERGRID 195.55 195.75 190.60 191.20 TATAELXSI 856.00 868.40 844.80 855.95 GSPL 189.55 189.55 184.10 185.50 COROMANDEL 433.00 433.10 421.05 423.80 SCHAEFFLER 5048.00 5060.00 4980.70 5060.00 AUROPHARMA 625.00 633.00 610.25 619.50 -5.05 IDFCFIRSTB 42.30 42.90 42.00 42.45 TRIDENT 66.70 68.95 66.15 68.45 NATCOPHARM 525.05 558.00 525.00 542.85 AIAENG 1757.75 1845.00 1750.30 1820.00 SANOFI 5388.00 5450.75 5377.50 5448.00 NIACL 163.50 164.20 160.40 161.00 -1.50 ORIENTBANK 94.60 95.10 90.80 91.40 GODREJCP 704.95 706.00 689.00 693.00 FCONSUMER 42.00 42.60 41.20 41.70 SREINFRA 23.40 23.80 22.80 23.00 TATAMETALI 595.75 602.50 590.75 599.00 PIDILITIND 1265.55 1266.40 1246.00 1258.00 -12.20 UNIONBANK 73.40 74.75 72.45 73.95 AMARAJABAT 645.00 645.00 607.75 614.10 FRETAIL 455.00 460.80 451.60 458.05 LINDEINDIA 555.70 560.00 542.60 547.95 GAYAPROJ 177.00 178.10 173.50 174.90 DIVISLAB 1575.00 1580.65 1553.05 1564.00 -16.35 ADANIPOWER 48.25 48.50 46.20 47.30 GUJGAS 180.00 184.70 179.25 181.90 KRBL 340.00 341.00 330.00 331.50 GICHSGFIN 252.55 259.35 250.35 251.80 CERA 2956.75 3001.55 2935.45 2950.00 GODREJCP 704.50 707.25 689.35 693.00 -7.25 BEML 965.50 976.50 942.00 961.20 AVANTI 364.00 368.20 356.65 358.15 MARICO 375.00 376.00 371.40 372.15 GSKCONS 7654.60 7725.00 7613.65 7696.20 PHOENIXLTD 645.00 651.30 642.00 648.30 MCDOWELL-N 556.40 566.40 545.05 551.00 -5.95 BANDHANBNK 583.10 583.10 558.00 559.30 BHARATFORG 460.55 464.00 454.80 456.25 TV18BRDCST 27.70 27.70 26.85 27.20 MAHLOG 494.50 499.80 488.05 488.10 SHOPERSTOP 481.70 483.00 476.45 476.45 BOSCHLTD 17388.00 17388.00 16978.55 17065.00 -203.45 PERSISTENT* 602.45 615.00 598.35 610.95 ABFRL 216.25 224.20 216.05 218.55 SONATSOFTW 354.00 357.75 353.40 356.85 PFIZER 3109.55 3179.00 3089.80 3175.00 NAVNETEDUL 110.60 110.95 109.65 109.65 L&TFH 127.00 129.65 124.05 125.00 -1.60 TITAN 1272.60 1273.00 1255.70 1261.50 MGL 880.20 881.95 852.00 854.10 SOMANYCERA 423.90 430.00 418.35 429.00 SUPPETRO 216.35 218.20 211.25 215.00 RATNAMANI 966.00 983.90 966.00 983.90 CADILAHC 244.50 245.50 241.00 242.40 -3.30 M&MFIN 417.90 418.80 407.35 412.00 CHOLAFIN 1460.05 1498.30 1455.65 1480.25 GREAVESCOT 150.50 153.00 148.60 151.80 JAGRAN 113.00 114.00 111.30 113.20 JCHAC 1835.00 1844.40 1800.00 1812.00 ASHOKLEY 91.15 91.75 89.10 89.80 -1.50 CIPLA 562.00 562.00 543.15 549.20 ABCAPITAL 98.90 100.00 98.10 99.00 BAJAJELEC 526.00 526.00 517.30 525.00 AEGISLOG 219.50 223.30 216.70 221.40 3MINDIA 22390.00 22550.00 22363.35 22550.00 OFSS 3350.00 3350.00 3275.00 3281.00 -57.90 COALINDIA 269.40 269.40 263.40 264.35 AJANTPHARM 1015.80 1017.90 977.50 998.00 JSWENERGY 71.60 72.25 69.80 70.10 FORTIS 122.50 123.85 121.35 122.20 SUNCLAYLTD 2560.00 2590.50 2502.05 2537.70 DMART 1319.95 1322.00 1293.25 1293.60 -24.05 HINDALCO 195.00 196.20 193.50 194.50 BIRLACORPN 645.05 658.50 631.45 644.00 MINDAIND 330.25 333.10 325.00 330.25 HERITGFOOD 418.70 425.50 405.20 420.15 DHANUKA 375.00 389.00 375.00 385.00 HINDZINC 243.40 245.40 238.20 238.25 -5.15 ESCORTS 577.80 589.10 568.70 586.25 LTTS 1668.00 1686.80 1662.65 1678.10 MRF 56350.00 56355.00 55245.10 55400.00 INDOSTAR 382.00 386.50 367.90 375.55 SHRIRAMCIT 1594.50 1594.50 1546.60 1546.60 BANKBARODA 123.00 124.80 120.35 120.85 -3.50 WOCKPHARMA 387.00 389.70 376.60 380.50 EXIDEIND 212.40 212.90 208.70 210.95 APLAPOLLO 1565.00 1600.00 1557.95 1600.00 NILKAMAL 1230.00 1239.05 1205.00 1222.00 CHOLAHLDNG 495.00 498.40 495.00 495.50 BIOCON 545.95 546.00 525.00 528.15 -16.35 STAR 410.00 420.00 405.80 418.80 SPARC 138.00 138.80 134.50 136.20 PRSMJOHNSN 91.75 93.85 91.70 93.10 UCOBANK 17.45 17.50 17.20 17.25 SFL 1285.00 1297.00 1270.00 1297.00 BANDHANBNK 582.15 583.80 558.00 559.40 -22.70 ULTRACEMCO 4572.00 4649.90 4544.05 4580.75 SOUTHBANK 13.99 13.99 13.65 13.72 GRANULES 108.95 109.60 104.65 105.75 ZENSARTECH 251.95 253.45 250.00 250.00 HATSUN 725.00 726.00 725.00 726.00 world 11 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 May steps down, sets up race for successor Brexit Party fails PTI n LONDON are aiming to have two people by Thursday 20 June.” to win first seat rime Minister Theresa The final two will be put to May will formally resign a vote of members of the wider Pas the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, with a win- ruling Conservative Party on ner expected to be announced in UK by-election Friday, paving the way for a in the week of July 22. keen contest to decide a new Contenders have already British premier who will take been conducting their hus- charge of the Brexit negotia- tings as they lay out their cre- tions. dentials for the top job. How May, who had stepped they plan to deal with Britain’s down amid mounting pressure exit from the European Union over her repeatedly defeated (EU) will be at the heart of all Brexit deal, will continue as act- their bids, with many backing ing prime minister until the a no-deal exit as others warn party has elected her successor, against such an extreme step. who will then take charge as the The UK was originally premier. The formal Tory vot- meant to leave the European ing process will be triggered on Union on March 29. That was Monday morning, with a new then pushed back to April 12 leader expected to be in place and eventually October 31 after by next month. Theresa May failed to get MPs “It is, and will always to approve her deal. She remain, a matter of deep regret announced her resignation, to me that I have not been able saying she had done everything to deliver Brexit,” May said in she could to try to persuade her emotional speech on the MPs to support the withdraw- steps of Downing Street on al deal. May 23. The deadline for nomina- “It will be for my successor tions for a new leader is 5pm to seek a way forward that hon- on June 10, so more names are ours the result of the referen- likely to emerge by next week. dum. To succeed, he or she will A police officer stands guard outside the door of 10 Downing Street in London on Friday. Prime Minister Theresa May is stepping down as Britain’s Conservative party The 1922 Committee will then have to find consensus in par- leader later Friday, defeated by her failure to take Britain out of the European Union on schedule. She will remain as prime minister for a few weeks while the party picks a announce the final list of can- liament where I have not. Such successor AP didates at 5.30pm on Monday. a consensus can only be The Tory party decided to reached if those on all sides of change the rules of leadership the debate are willing to com- since she took over from David for her for some weeks while foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt candidates in a series of secret election to speed things up after promise,” she said, indicating Cameron in the wake of the the influential Committee goes and UK environment secretary ballots held on June 13, 18, 19 criticism at the number of the tough road ahead for any June 2016 Brexit referendum, through the leadership contest. Michael Gove. and 20. people coming forward for the Nigel Farage the leader of Britain's Brexit Party poses for photographers before new leader who steps into her will formally resign in a letter There are so far 11 hope- The leadership candidates Charles Walker of the job. Previously, candidates delivering a letter addressed to ‘The Prime Minister’ asking for the Brexit Party to shoes now. to the 1922 Committee of Tory fuls, including frontrunner need eight MPs to back them. Conservative backbench 1922 needed just two nominations to be included in Brexit negotiations with the European Union (EU) outside 10 May, who has been Prime Backbench MPs. Boris Johnson with other key Conservative Party MPs will Committee, which sets the stand, whereas now they need Downing Street in London on Friday. Farage's Brexit Party came close to winning Minister for nearly three years It will be business as usual contenders being seen as UK then vote for their preferred rules of the contest, said: “We eight. its first seat in Parliament on Friday, narrowly losing to Labour in a special election in the eastern England city of Peterborough. AP

AFP n PETERBOROUGH (UK) for the Brexit Party — found- Jaishankar discusses key elements Qureshi offers talks on ed by eurosceptic figurehead nti-EU populist Nigel Farage only a few months ago AFarage’s new Brexit Party — which came out on top in failed to win its first seat in the European elections in May of ties with Bhutan’s top leadership ‘all important matters’ Britain’s parliament as it lost out with 31.6 percent of votes cast. to the main opposition Labour It had been seeking to cap- PTI n ISLAMABAD Tensions between the two Party in a crunch by-election, italise on that momentum as PTI n THIMPHU important elements of the bilat- mutual interest with emphasis countries worsened after the results on Friday showed. well as voter disillusionment eral partnership,” Jaishankar on development partnership akistan Foreign Minister Pulwama terror attack and The poll in the eastern with the main Conservative xternal Affairs Minister S tweeted. External Affairs and hydropower, “giving a new PShah Mehmood Qureshi both the countries were almost English city of Peterborough and Labour parties, who have EJaishankar on Friday met Ministry spokesperson Raveesh thrust to time-tested friend- in a letter to his new Indian on the brink of a war after was triggered after the sitting historically shared the Bhutan’s top leadership, includ- Kumar said that Jaishankar ship”. “EAM @DrSJaishankar counterpart S Jaishankar on India’s military planes struck a MP, Fiona Onasanya, was Peterborough seat. ing Prime Minister Lotay had a “constructive conversa- held talks with @FMBhutan Dr. Friday said that Islamabad terrorist training camp in dumped by voters after being Prime Minister Theresa Tshering, and discussed impor- tion with a close partner”. Tandi Dorji. The two Ministers wants talks with New Delhi on Pakistan’s Balakot on February jailed for lying over a speeding May is stepping down after tant elements of the bilateral “Constructive conversation discussed issues of mutual “all important matters” and 26 and Pakistan carried out a offence. delaying Brexit twice as she ties with emphasis on devel- with a close partner. EAM interest with emphasis on remains committed to efforts counter-offensive the next day. The Brexit Party’s candi- tried and failed to get her EU opment partnership and coop- @DrSJaishankar called on development partnership and for establishing peace in the Breaking the ice in bilater- date Mike Greene, a local entre- divorce deal through parlia- eration in the hydropower sec- @PMBhutan Dr. Lotay hydropower,” he said in a tweet. region. Qureshi wrote the let- al ties, Pakistan Prime Minister preneur, came in second with ment. tor. Tshering and conveyed PM The External Affairs ter to Jaishankar to congratu- Imran Khan on May 26 spoke nearly 29 percent of the vote, Farage, who has called for Jaishankar is in the @narendramodi’s greetings. Ministry in New Delhi on late him for taking over as the to Prime Minister Narendra behind Labour’s Lisa Forbes, Britain to leave the bloc with- Buddhist kingdom on a two- High-level exchanges & Thursday said that the visit External Affairs Minister. Modi on phone and expressed who won around 31 percent. out a deal, said last weekend day visit, his first overseas trip engagements have further reflects the importance India Former foreign secretary his desire to work together for The ruling Conservatives came while campaigning he saw the after assuming charge of the enhanced our bilateral con- attaches to its relationship with Jaishankar assumed charge as peace and prosperity in the third with 21 percent, while the by-election as “the opportuni- Ministry of External Affairs. nections,” he said in a tweet. Bhutan, a close friend and the External Affairs Minister region. Liberal Democrats won 12 per- ty for the next chapter in this He also conveyed Prime Earlier, Jaishankar held neighbour. on May 30. Modi on his part called for cent. Friday’s result is a setback great story”. Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with his Bhutanese coun- Bhutan has been a close Qureshi told Jaishankar in creating trust and an environ- greetings during his talks with terpart Tandi Dorji and dis- ally of India and bilateral ties the letter that “Islamabad wants ment free of violence and ter- Prime Minister Tshering. cussed issues of mutual inter- Dr. Tandi Dorji. We recom- between the two countries are talks with New Delhi on all rorism for fostering peace and “It was a pleasure to call on est with emphasis on develop- mitted ourselves to further on an upswing in the last few important matters and remains prosperity in the region. 12 Indians among @PMBhutan Dr. Lotay ment partnership and enriching our special and years. Bhutan was Prime committed to efforts for estab- India has rejected Tshering. Conveyed PM hydropower. unique ties,” he said in a tweet. Minister Narendra Modi’s first lishing peace in the region,” the Pakistan’s offer of talks, main- @narendramodi’s greetings and “Excellent conversation Kumar said that the two overseas visit after assuming Dawn newspaper reported taining that terror and talks had a cordial conversation on with my colleague @FMBhutan leaders discussed issues of charge in 2014. quoting diplomatic sources. cannot go together. 7 killed in Dubai Lanka all set for Russia, China to show united bus accident PTI n DUBAI dent. The names of those who t least 12 Indians were passed away are Vikram Modi’s visit front at economic forum Aamong the 17 people Jawahar Thakur, Vimal Kumar killed in a horrific bus acci- Karthikeyan Kesavapilaikar, PTI n COLOMBO attend an official luncheon AFP n MOSCOW The 2019 forum “will illus- graphic terms. and the US. “China is taking dent in Dubai when the vehi- Kiran Johny Johny hosted by the Sri Lankan trate very clearly just how bi- Xi’s visit has already seen time to ramp up investments in cle, coming from Oman, Vallithottathil Paily, Firoz rime Minister Narendra President Sirisena and hold hinese President Xi Jinping polar the world has become,” the signing of dozens of com- Russia,” said Charles rammed into a low-clearance Khan Aziz Pathan, Reshma PModi will briefly visit Sri bilateral talks. Cappears Friday as guest of said Chris Weafer, a senior mercial contracts in e-com- Robertson, chief economist at sign, police and the Indian Feroz Khan Pathan, Lanka on Sunday during which Sri Lankan police said they honour at Russia’s showcase partner at the Macro Advisory merce, telecoms, gas and other Renaissance Capital. “It wants mission here said on Friday. Jamaludeen Arakkaveettil, he will hold discussions with have made elaborate security economic forum, as the two consulting firm. areas. While this is the Chinese to feel secure about the long Nine persons were seri- Vasudev Vishandas, Rajan President Maithripala Sirisena, arrangements for the visit, neighbours present a united “In the same week that leader’s first appearance at the term, it doesn’t want to rush ously injured when the driver Puthiyapurayil Gopalan, according to the president’s including traffic movement front in the face of shared President Trump will be having economic forum, where he into it.” He predicted China of the bus, belonging to the Prabula Madhavan Deepa office here. restrictions during the day. troubles with the US. tea with the Queen in London, heads a 1,000-strong delega- would make big investments Omani bus transport compa- Kumar, Roshni Modi will be the first for- In New Delhi, the External Xi arrived in Moscow on President Putin will be hosting tion, he and Putin have met over the next three to five ny Mwasalat, wrongly entered Moolchandani, Ummer eign leader to visit the island Affairs Ministry said that Prime Wednesday for a three-day President Xi in Saint regularly in recent years. years, possibly even sooner, as a road not designated for Chonokatavath Mammad nation after the Easter bomb- Minister Modi is visiting the visit with Vladimir Putin and Petersburg.” The trip comes Ahead of Xi’s visit, Kremlin Russia plays an important role buses towards Al Rashidiya Puthen, Nabil Ummer ings that killed over 250 peo- country with a very clear mes- described the Russian leader as five years after Moscow’s advisor Yury Ushakov in Chinese projects along metro station here on Chonokatavath. ple, including 11 Indians. sage of solidarity and signalling his “best friend” during a cosy annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea described China as “Russia’s Beijing’s New Silk Road. Thursday. The Indian Consulate had This will be Modi’s third our confidence in the Sri meeting at the Kremlin. peninsula led to a serious rift most important economic part- Among major Russian- Dubai Police authorities earlier tweeted that four visit to Sri Lanka. Earlier, he Lankan government in over- To end the trip, Xi and his with the West and a move ner”. The partnership is yield- Chinese collaborations is the said that there are still some Indians were discharged after visited the country in 2015 and coming the tragedy. host will appear at a plenary towards Russia’s neighbour to ing increasing trade, which Power of Siberia gas pipeline, unidentified bodies and the first aid and three are receiv- 2017. “The Indian Prime Asked whether India will session of the annual Saint the east. grew by 25 percent in 2018 to a joint project between number of Indians who died ing treatment in Rashid hos- Minister Narendra Modi is to help Sri Lanka deal with the Petersburg Economic Forum, Beijing is meanwhile hit a record USD108 billion, he Gazprom and China’s CNPC in the accident could increase pital. arrive in Colombo on Sunday scourge of terrorism, the min- which Moscow hopes will woo locked in a trade war with the said. which is set to deliver Russian further. “The Consulate along for a visit limited to a few istry said on Thursday it was foreign investors despite an United States. But despite political ten- gas to China from later this “With great sadness we with other officials and com- hours. The re-elected Indian ready for any assistance to any uncertain business climate. Moscow and Beijing’s eco- sions and repeated rounds of year. CNPC and the Silk Road inform that Indian fatalities in munity members met the con- leader will be on transit from country of the region. Xi is set to present China’s nomic ties have grown in sanctions over Moscow’s Fund also have a 29.9 percent Dubai bus accident have gone cerned relatives as well as the Maldives,” president Sri Lanka was hit by a wave ideas on sustainable develop- recent years, though they actions in Ukraine, the stake in the Yamal LNG lique- up to 12,” Vipul, Indian hospital and police authorities Sirisena’s office said. of bombings on April 21. The ment and multilateral cooper- remain heavily weighted in European Union remains by far fied natural gas megaproject Consular General in Dubai, late in the night to assure of all The Indian Prime Minister attacks came despite prior intel- ation, Beijing said ahead of his favour of China, which dwarfs the biggest foreign investor in run by Russia’s Novatek in tweeted. help,” it tweeted. who will arrive at 11 am is to ligence warnings from India. appearance. Russia in economic and demo- Russia — well ahead of China Arctic Siberia. He said that the embassy It also issued a helpline officials are at the Rashidiya number- +971-565463903- for police station and mortuary to any queries related to those extend all assistance to the travelling on the fated bus. families of the victims. The Dubai Police too US, Mexico negotiators claim progress; no deal yet “Our effort now is to get expressed its condolences. formalities completed soon “The General Directorate AP n WASHINGTON Monday. talks underscore Trump’s thing pretty dramatic could hours at the State Department woman Mercedes Schlapp said so that mortal remains can be of Dubai Police extends its He added that it would be chaotic approach even when happen. We’ve told Mexico the Thursday morning, while in an interview that conversa- repatriated soon,” he said. sincere condolences to the S and Mexican officials “for the president to decide” decisions have enormous eco- tariffs go on. And I mean it, Trump’s legal counsel and other tions were continuing but “it The bus, carrying 31 pas- families of the deceased who Uclaim to be making whether Mexico was doing nomic consequences for both too. And I’m very happy with Mexican aides met at the White looks like we’re moving toward sengers, crashed into a height were involved in a bus crash progress as they labored for a enough to head off the tariffs. the US and its closest allies. it.” It remained unclear whether House Thursday afternoon. this path of tariffs because barrier that cut the left side of at Sheikh Mohammed bin second day to avert import tar- Pence said that, among other Trump has embraced tariffs as any deal could be struck with Ebrard told reporters as he what we’ve seen so far is that the bus and killed passengers Zayed Road, which killed 17 iffs. But President Donald issues, negotiators had been a tool he can use as leverage Trump out of the country. left the State Department that the Mexicans, what they’re sitting on that side, the Gulf passengers,” it Trump is still threatening to discussing a potential agree- against other countries, dis- Many in Washington still progress was being made and proposing, is simply not News reported. Transport company impose them as he tries to pres- ment to make it difficult for missing the potential harm to expect the tariffs to go into that he was likely to return fol- enough.” Pence, who led the Minister of External Mwasalat issued a statement sure Mexico into stemming those who enter Mexico from American consumers and effect barring a major new lowing consultations at the discussions Wednesday with Affairs S Jaishankar expressed on Twitter announcing the the flow of Central American other countries to claim asylum manufacturers. concession from Mexico, embassy. He returned in early Secretary of State Mike his condolences to the fami- suspension of their daily ser- migrants across the United in the US Mexico has long Travelling in Europe, though lawmakers who have evening. Pompeo and other US officials, lies of the deceased. vices between Muscat and States’ southern border. resisted that request. Trump told reporters that been in talks with both US and His spokesman, Roberto told reporters in Pennsylvania “Deeply grieved by the Dubai and vice versa, until Vice President Mike Pence, Trump has threatened to negotiators had made “a lot of Mexican officials said they Velasco, tweeted that “Options that the administration had unfortunate bus accident in further notice. monitoring the talks from his impose a 5% tax on all Mexican progress,” but continued to were hopeful a deal could be continue to be explored.” “The “made it very clear that our Dubai that has claimed 12 “Mwasalat family express- travels in Pennsylvania, said goods beginning Monday as play coy. reached to satisfy Trump, or at stance of the United States is neighbours to the south, Indian lives. My sincere con- es its deepest condolences to Thursday the US was “encour- part of an escalating tariff “We’ll see what happens,” least delay the tariffs’ imple- focused on measures of migra- Mexico, must do more to end dolences to the families,” he the families of the deceased aged” by Mexico’s latest pro- regime opposed by many in his Trump said in Ireland before mentation. tory control, ours on develop- the tide of illegal immigration tweeted. and wishes a speedy recovery posals but that, so far, tariffs own Republican Party. leaving for France to attend a Mexican Foreign Secretary ment,” he said. that is besetting our southern Vipul also released a list of to the injured,” the company still were set to take effect on The frantic, last-minute D-Day ceremony. “But some- Marcelo Ebrard spent several White House spokes- border.” the Indians killed in the acci- tweeted. {48 hours} LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019 vivacity 12

SHORT CIRCUITS

AYUSHMANN KHURRANA VARUN SHARMA GULSHAN GROVER ZEENAT AMAN ANANYA PANDAY As an actor, it is really Fukrey is the film that I made For a long time I haven’t Samundar mein naha ke is I was slightly nervous yet momentary for me when I am my debut with. And so to be played ‘baddie’ characters. very memorable for me. positive about the role in Amitabh Bachchan and I Badnaam Gali since it was telling a story. Of course, I remembered by that charac- Everywhere I go, people say want to leave a legacy that res- shot this song in Goa. quite challenging. There ter — what else can one even they miss badman on-screen. onates with the society but I Amitabh suffered a major was huge anticipation, am ready to do any character ask for? If I wish to breakout Now, I am back to entertain accident during the shoot of thinking how the audience that a story requires. When it from that image. I wish, I my fans. I have got a chance Coolie.After his recovery, would react to such a role comes to my seven-year-old pray and I really work hard to play a baddie once again he made a comeback with that they haven't seen son, it is all about fantastical towards one thing that is, and that too in one of the this song. Everyone was before. But I'm glad they heroes. But maybe one day, he people really remember me biggest films, Sooryavanshi. I very excited to see his ener- liked it. My job as an actor will be proud of me, my choice by my characters in my forth- can’t wait for people to see gy. This song will always is to push the envelope and of films. coming films. this new version of baddie. remain close to my heart. take on challenging roles.

ENCOUNTER 45 MINUTES AMAZING GRACE While decades might have flown by, NEENA GUPTA has remained timeless, says SAIMI SATTAR

: She was seen as the ference between directors of yore and middle-aged the younger ones. “While working with 2018Priyamvada Kaushik Subhash Ghai or Shyam Benegal, you whose pregnancy is the cause of much were to scared to give a suggestions. consternation for the entire family. She While these directors are not a walkover, won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best they are ready to take suggestions if it Actress for her realistic portrayal. improves the quality,” she says. Flashback to 1999 and Saans, where A National School of Drama alum- she portrayed the character of the nus, she feels that the place has influ- wronged wife who refuses to play mar- enced her in varied ways. “I am very tyr. The serial, which she also directed, committed and disciplined. I work was path breaking for the way it depict- hard and don’t mind giving several takes. ed the woman who, though much in I don’t argue and I respect the director’s love, refused to break down into histri- decision,” says the actor who just turned onics that are the norm even now on 60 but defies the norms agreeing. television. She is philosophical about the expe- Go back even further to 1982 when riences that she has had in life. She she portrayed he role of Abha in Gandhi points out that, “I’ve come to the con- and capped it the very next year by clusion that everything that happens swinging around in a crane along with comes to some use someday. Even me Pankaj Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and talking to you will be of use some day. Satish Shah in the iconic Jaane Bhi Do Maybe you ask something and I will Yaaron as Priya. think that I’ve never thought of it that The decades might have changed way. So whether it is NSD or Mumbai but Neena Gupta has held steadfast in or my parents, they’ve influenced me a the industry with her nuanced perfor- lot but how and where it will be of use, mances, howsoever small, that made a I don’t know.” mark. But she is hungry for more. “For Looking ahead, she has a pilot both actors and directors, this is a gold- ready for her iconic Saans, “I am look- en time. There is so much variety in ing for a platform,” she says. films and then there is web which means When one wonders about the state that there are so many platforms. It of Indian television, she is quick to doesn’t matter what the format is for it retort. “Why should we bother about TV is acting. I wish I was younger when I serial, we were stuck for two years where ni. “She is just doing her duties the way being caught in a bind when we have could do much more. But even then, it actors even with smaller roles get she has been taught. The end comes as such amazing content on other plat- is fantastic.” noticed. The whole scenario has a surprise,” she says. forms. They must be having an audi- Any other actor might have decid- changed,” she points out. While choosing her roles there are ence. It must be selling times. When it ed to quietly fade away given the con- Moreover the lines between art- several things that she keeps in mind. won’t sell, they will change too,” she says. troversy that she unleashed when she house and commercial cinema have “The whole script and the role should When one asks Neena, who lived decided to be a single parent, blurred. “Badhaai Ho is an arthouse film excite me. The other things that I look and studied in Delhi, about her favourite but then Neena is but a commercial hit, which didn’t hap- out for are the directors and the cast,” places in the city, she retorts, “I am a ‘The made of sterner pen earlier. That’s the change. It is a says Neena. Mumbai person. But I like to eat at stuff. And this mainstream film done artistically and is While she has worked with stalwarts Nathus. I love to roam around in younger actors has paid divi- at the same time, realistic,” she says. like Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah Connaught Place and shop at the empo- are so hardworking dends as the Her latest venture is Adi Sonal one and more, acting with the younger lot riums in Baba Kharak Singh Marg. I and disciplined. There is society and of the six parts of the omnibus, Shuruaat of actors has been a learning process too. often went to shop for chudis at the indus- Ka Twist. “The director Heena D’Souza “They are so hardworking and disci- Hanuman mandir. Now, when I come no generation gap. I try has came to me with the story and I really plined. There is no generation gap. We back I go for my walks to Lodhi Garden learnt a lot from changed liked the subject and that’s why I agreed were like friends and had so much fun. and visit India International Centre.” Ayushmann (Khurrana) offering to do it. It is the story of a middle class In between shots, we could talk about However, there are some things content that household with a husband, son and just anything. We discussed our prob- about the city that she doesn’t like. and the way he she is in sync daughter-in-law. The beautiful under- lems. I learnt a lot from Ayushmann and “Dust,” she says emphatically and adds, chooses his with. “One rea- current of a relationship between me the way he chooses his role,” she says. “Unprofessional and poking your nose role’ son is society and and the daughter-in-law which is sub- She also feels that the industry has in each others affairs.” women are chang- tle and which you don’t realise till you changed the way it treats women. “The When you talk about Jaane Bhi Do ing. How many middle see the end forms the crux of the story,” industry is more professional. Women Yaaron, she is categorical, “I don’t aged women are going to the gym now? says Neena. Describing the character are more respected. Male actors are think one should remake such a film.” Earlier they wouldn’t have even heard further, she says, it is like one of those much more decent and directors now Yes, just the way it is difficult to imi- of it. The second reason is the platform. typical housewives who spend the entire are more open to suggestions,” she says. tate the amazing grace that she has Web series have seasons. If you did a TV day wearing a night gown with a chun- She elaborates further about the dif- about her persona. STUDIO CHAT 30 MINUTES

reated by writer and producer Tom says that Albert believes his life when he decides to stage the CDaisy Goodwin, Victoria sees Palmerston is going to undermine world’s first and greatest collection actor Tom Hughes reprise his role everything that he is trying to build of art, The Great Exhibition. as Prince Albert, alongside Jenna and goes against everything he sees. From the royal court “He has an awakening and Coleman. Tom explains why he is Albert has read the Marxist man- senses an opportunity where he so fascinated by his character’s ifesto, he has spoken at Chartist ral- Victoria, could help. I don’t know if The rare story. He says, “I was drawn to lies and he very much under- Actor TOM HUGHES says that by playing Albert in he took Great Exhibition changed a lot Albert’s path because of the unique- stands the shifting sands of the politically but as an art exhibition, ness of his experience. There are industrial revolution and the need the biggest risk of his life as he decided to stage the world’s first and it exposed people to things they very less people in the history of for change. The status quo could- the greatest collection of art, The Great Exhibition. By TEAM VIVA would never have had the oppor- mankind who have managed to get n’t continue and he understood the tunity to see and so it was unques- his position. The human impact unrest where it was coming from. tionably magnificent. Once he fascinates me, especially when you So when Palmerston says other- finds that he is on a single track, take these two young people at the wise, he finds it morally corrupt. even to the detriment of those heart of it all. We are in the mid- Laurence plays him effortlessly around him and this is what he dle of a massive technological rev- and not because he is that guy in consumes his life until the end. The olution right now and it was just as real life but he is sensitive and they Albert before and after The Great scary, breathtaking and magnificent get on really well. Exhibition is significantly different. during the industrial revolution, so He apprises us, “While The exhaustion and what he put there are interesting correlations Palmerston seems to be every- himself through is so extreme that between then and now.” thing Albert doesn’t like, actually I don’t know if he’ll ever be the Tom discusses what it’s like to the queen’s half-sister, Feodora is. same man again. Socially and grow up with a character and She plays him brilliantly, preying on politically, it is positive but the toll return to the same role some years a weakness, she may not even it takes upon him is enormous. The on. “I never put a character on a realise he has. She becomes every- pressure is immense because if he shelf while keeping him present. thing Albert is lacking. When the fails at that, he will never recover,” Picking Albert up, off the shelf felt invisible string between them is says Tom. very natural. He is older now and fraying, he needs that female figure The actor further adds, “We the person he has become is not in his life as there are a void and went to Palm House in Liverpool same,” he says. Feodora sweeps in and fills that. to film the exteriors for The Great Tom adds, “What is interesting She seems to be rational and objec- Exhibition and filmed in the mid- and difficult for Albert is that this tive and he dances too but come to dle of Sefton park. This is a giant is all coming at a time when he has the end of the series, there is a greenhouse which creates the actually found his footing. He has begrudging respect for Palmerston façade. I went to a youth theatre, got the vision of a path he could as Albert realises that he has sac- mollycoddled. It is evident that so going back there was pretty spe- take now and the impact he hopes rificed himself to a certain degree.” they both have a great deal of cial for me. That was one moment to have while still being commit- Tom reveals that the audience things to do but there is not always where I could really get some ted and respectful of the position will see Albert and Victoria at their the space needed for both of them reflection because we were staying he is in. I tried to make him a lit- most distant in this series. to do that. Even when they are in a hotel on the same road. So it tle heavier physically by putting on “I don’t think we’ll find them together, they’re rarely united or in was very much going back to the some weight so as to age him.” at a point where they are more the same rhythm. They struggle old territory. Also, I managed to Huge changes to Albert’s life fractious than this. It is part of their with ideological differences. Albert get some of my family in. My come in the form of two new and growing ages. They got married at doesn’t believe she is putting the mother, father and 12 of my friends rabble-rousing characters, Lord 19 and then add to that weighted weight behind, being a parent that are all in The Great Exhibition. Palmerston (Laurence Fox) and responsibility of their day jobs, she should and Victoria thinks vice They’re people I have known since Victoria’s half-sister, Feodora (Kate Albert’s issues of identity and versa and so they come to blows.” I was 10. That was a really good Fleetwood). Victoria’s issues of having been Albert takes the biggest risk of day.” ● LUCKNOW 13 Mitchell Starc became the fastest to 150 wickets in One-day Internationals on way to his match-winning five-wicket haul against Windies SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019

I'M NOT IN THE TEAM TO MAKE RUNS, HOPEFULLY THE TOP ORDER DOES THAT, SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF I GOT DROPPED FOR THE NEXT GAME — NATHAN COULTER NILE Comedy Australia progressing nicely of errors

BORDERLINE

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon greets each other after defending champions beat West Indies in second group stage match on Thursday cricket.com.au/Twitter

onsidering where they were and his form is good, he’s definite- kept it all together for the Indians. earlier on in the day at 79 Mitchell Starc ly the best around — I think that India have got some vulnera- Cfor 5 in their innings, it was is without question. bilities, but they also have some Chris Gayle asks for review after he was declared lbw out by on-field umpire ICC/Twitter a remarkable turnaround from bowled really The way he starts, he swings world-class performers in Sharma, Australia to get the victory against well to take his the ball early, and then later on he Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and AFP n NOTTINGHAM Gaffaney raised his finger twice in the West Indies. goes around the wicket and makes the rest — it's a pretty handy side! three balls to gove Gayle while They struggled early on five wickets. it hard for tail-enders to get bat on That’s a tough hurdle for arlos Brathwaite said the West Palliyaguruge was two-times over-ruled against some very good pace When he's got ball with his pace and the angle he Australia but once they’ve played CIndies were on the wrong end of too by replays after raising his finger against bowling and that's an area they bowls. a couple of decent teams, they will much poor umpiring following a 15-run Holder. will need to work on, but any time his rhythm and It was a tremendous perfor- have a better idea of where they are defeat by champions Australia as Brathwaite made it clear the deci- By ALLAN BORDER you can pinch a victory like that form, he's mance from him. Pat Cummins at with regards to the rest of the Michael Holding slammed an "atro- sions had not been the key reason why it is a pretty good result. definitely the also bowled well, although the tournament. cious" display by the match officials. the West Indies had lost, but said they Former Australia captain There was also an unlikely others struggled a bit so there are All the sides are basically West Indies opener Chris Gayle and were part of a concerning pattern. hero with the bat in Nathan best around. areas for improvement from the showing they can beat each other, captain Jason Holder were both twice "I just think I'd like that for West Coulter-Nile. It was a phenome- I think that is Aussies. that’s the main thing that’s come given out on the field at Trent Bridge on Indies, we don't have to use all our nal performance from him to But it's all about winning out of these early games, there’s no Thursday but, on both sets of occasions, reviews and that some of the other make 92 — let alone to do it from without question those close games and getting obvious runaway—looking team saw their decision to review vindicat- teams get a chance to use theirs because, just 60 balls. through, that's what they are play- at the moment. ed by the third umpire. every time we get hit on our It’s a pretty special perfor- ing for really, it doesn’t matter if I think that is how most of us The mood of the WEST pad, the finger goes up," he mance from him to get his side to a bullet to a certain degree with an you win all nine games if you have expected it to be at this point — Caribbean side was not INDIES OPENER said. 288, while Steve Smith was also unlikely hero in Coulter-Nile, a shocker in the semi-final. that there would be a lot of teams helped when standing CHRIS GAYLE AND "When we hit the very good and held it together was a huge shift in the momentum If you can win games without you expect to do well and then umpire Chris Gaffaney opposition on their with those partnerships with Alex of the match. playing your best, obviously you there would be a few surprise missed a Mitchell Starc CAPTAIN JASON HOLDER pad, the finger stays Carey and then Coulter-Nile. I am surprised Andre Russell want to build to your best, that's packages. no-ball the delivery WERE BOTH TWICE GIVEN OUT down. So we have to That gave Australia some- and Jason Holder didn’t bowl out what a time like this is about and West Indies will clearly be one before the left-arm ON THE FIELD AT TRENT BRIDGE use our reviews and thing to bowl at when, halfway their overs, but it was a great per- India next up will be a big stum- of those sides to keep an eye on, quick dismissed Gayle ON THURSDAY. BUT, ON BOTH it's always missing through the innings, you are formance from Coulter-Nile and bling block. they look really dangerous, but for 21. OCCASIONS THE DECISION TO and then we have to questioning what’s gone wrong the spring in the step was evident I think they got out of jail a lit- Australia are progressing nicely so Had the New REVIEW WAS VINDICATED use our reviews when and all the negatives that can per- in the field early on. tle bit the other day, the South far and will be happy with their Zealand official called a BY THE THIRD UMPIRE we're batting as well vade a dressing room. I also thought Mitchell Starc Africans played pretty well but start to the tournament. no-ball, the next delivery and it's always clipping. For them to be on a high bowled really well to take his five they are just not scoring enough — Courtesy: © ICC Business would have been a free hit "I'm not a technology going out to bowl, having dodged wickets. When he’s got his rhythm runs, and then Rohit Sharma Corporation FZ LLC 2019 from which the veteran opener person, I don't know why that could not have been dismissed. happens, I can just say what I have seen Brathwaite accepted Gaffaney and happen over the past few years." PTI n NOTTINGHAM was an amazing effort. At first I Sri Lanka's Ruchira Palliyaguruge were wasn't sure if he had it but then I doing their best, but he made no ‘INTIMIDATED' icket-keeper Shai Hope realised it was a proper catch." attempt to hide his annoyance after the Meanwhile Holding, commentating Wadmitted the manner of West Tough pill to swallow "For mine, it was just one of West Indies fell short chasing a target on television, was scathing about the Indies' defeat to Australia was a those things. I just had to go - I of 289. "weak" officiating on show at hard pill to swallow after his side didn't really have much time to "I don't know if I'll be fined for say- Nottinghamshire's headquarters. enjoyed a commanding position We always play the best we possi- think. Andre bowled a pretty ing it but I just think that the umpiring "The umpiring in this game has for majority of the game at Trent bly can and the better team will win decent delivery and I just saw the was a bit frustrating," Brathwaite told been atrocious," said Holding, one of Bridge. on the day," he added. white thing and tried to catch it." reporters. cricket's all-time leading fast bowlers. Australia, who were reeling at It was ultimately scant conso- The West Indies' seam quar- The 65-year-old Jamaican added 79/5, recovered from the batting lation but both Hope and outfield- tet of Russell, Cottrell, Carlos ‘BROKE THE START' Gaffaney and Palliyaguruge had caved collapse to post 288 all out on the er Sheldon Cottrell grasped stun- Brathwaite and Oshane Thomas "Even when we were bowling we into pressure created by prolonged back of a match-winning knock by ning catches during the game. caused havoc with aggressive, thought a few balls close to head height Australia appeals. Nathan Coulter-Nile (92) and a Hope delighted the crowd short-pitched bowling with the were called wides. "For one, even when I was playing valuable anchoring role by Steve when he flew to his left to scoop new ball before Australia recov- "And obviously three decisions...As and you were not as strict as they are Smith (73). up a one-handed grab that ered and Hope insists the team will far as I can remember being dodgy, it now, you were allowed one appeal," A brilliant bowling spell by removed Usman Khawaja for 13 continue with the tactic. was frustrating and sent ripples through recalled Holding, who infamously left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc (5/46) off the bowling of Andre Russell. "Most definitely, as long as you the dressing room," the all-rounder kicked down the stumps during a was sufficient to ensure a 15-run But the 25-year-old admits he get wickets with the new ball you added. 1979/80 Test in Dunedin after his victory for Australia - despite was bettered by Cottrell's effort to always put teams under pressure," "To lose Chris in a chase of 280, who appeal to have New Zealand's John Hope's composed knock of 68. finally dismiss Smith - as he he said. can probably get 180 of them himself Parker caught behind was rejected by "This is going to be a tough pill caught the ball one-handed while "It was just unfortunate we obviously, broke the start that we want- umpire Fred Goodall. to swallow having basically been tip-toeing along the boundary couldn't drive home and get the ed to have. "You don't appeal two, three, four dominating the game for the rope, then flicked the ball back in tail in a bit earlier. But that's how "But the umpires do their job, they times to the umpire. They are being majority of it and then not being the air as he crossed the rope cricket plays and we know try to do it to the best of their ability, intimidated which means they are weak. able to cross the line," Hope said. before stepping back on to the field Australia are a quality side. They've we as players go out there to do our job "This has been an atrocious bit of "Regardless of what happens complete the catch. shown us that they can build," as well, so there was no confrontation umpiring by both (Gaffaney and we have to play cricket on the day. Glenn Maxwell reacts as Jason Holder and Shai Hope run between the wickets AP "Easily (the better catch), that Hope said. between the players and the umpires." Palliyaguruge)." OTHER SPORTS FedEx worst Slam loss in 11 years Clockwork Oranje AFP n GUIMARAES AFP n PARIS — to be at his level at 37, it's first victory over Nadal on everything he had at Nadal, incredible. I say thank you clay since 2009 in Madrid. but the indomitable left-han- ngland manager efending champion to the Parisian fans, because der was simply too strong. EGareth Southgate DRafael Nadal powered it's magnificent for me to be TOPSY-TURVY START The key moments came promised his side past Roger Federer in the in another final. A topsy-turvy start saw towards the end of the second would learn from an French Open semi-finals on "It's always a pleasure to the Spaniard race through the set, when second seed Nadal error-strewn perfor- Friday, to move within one play with him. It's always a first three games before managed to hold under severe mance as the victory of a record-extend- difficult match against him." Federer broke back as pressure to level at 4-4, before Netherlands progressed ing 12th Roland Garros title The third seed now has the wind played havoc putting the pedal down to to the final of the after handing his oldest rival an stunning 92-2 win-loss with the players' serves break despite having trailed Nations League by his worst Grand Slam record on the Paris clay, from one end. 40-0. coming from behind to defeat in 11 years. having beaten But Nadal grabbed The defending champion beat the Three Lions 3- Kyle Walker, left, scores an own goal against his goalkeeper The 33-year- Federer for the sixth a 4-2 advantage in a confidently served out the set 1 on Thursday. Pickford, right, before Quincy Promes reaches the ball UEFA.com old produced a time in as many marathon sixth game as to love to move one step Defeat means masterful perfor- French Open meet- Federer, looking to become closer to the final, where he England's long wait for years, but their display mance to get past ings despite diffi- the oldest Grand Slam final- will look to lift the trophy for a trophy since 1966 showed much work is Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6- cult, windy condi- ist since Ken Rosewall at the a third successive year. goes on and the Dutch still to be done if they 2 in the last four on tions. 1974 US Open, dumped a Federer's chances were thoroughly deserved are to end their trophy Court Philippe Chatrier Nadal also leads his forehand into the net. slipping away quickly, and he their place in Sunday's drought on next sum- and set up a final clash with overall head-to-head against The crowd were roaring received a warning after angri- final against Portugal. with a comedy of errors mer at Euro 2020 with either world number one Federer 24-15, and 14-2 on on Federer as he saved a set ly hitting the ball into the Marcus Rashford's for both goals. John the semi-finals and Novak Djokovic or Austrian clay after ending a run of point, but gasped in appreci- upper reaches of Philippe penalty gave England a Stones and Ross final to be played on fourth seed Dominic Thiem five straights losses to the ation of a rasping Nadal back- Chatrier after a flick off the net first-half lead against Barkley were at fault as home soil at Wembley. on Sunday. 37-year-old. hand winner which clinched chord helped Nadal break in the run of play, but Kyle Walker's own goal "I think it's a really It will be Nadal’s 12th A tally of just nine the opening set. game three of the third set. Matthijs de Ligt made and Quincy Promes's important game for us appearance in the champi- games meant it was The Swiss turned on the Another break in amends for his error in simple finish sent to reflect on," said Rafael Nadal clenches his fist after scoring a point against Roger Federer AP onship match, which he has Federer's heaviest defeat in style to take the first two Federer's next service game leading to the spot-kick Holland into the final. Southgate. never lost before. a Grand Slam match since Nadal made only 19 bled against any opponent games of the second set, only effectively signalled the end of to level 17 minutes Southgate's men "The next few days "It's incredible to play managing only four against unforced errors, crushing 33 other than the 11-time to be broken straight back as the contest, and Nadal from time. were attempting to will be painful having with Roger here," said Nadal in their famously winners as Federer struck champion. Nadal curled a trademark wrapped up an impressive vic- England con- build on the success of got to this stage, but we Nadal. one-sided 2008 Roland 25, although that amount The defeat leaves forehand up the line. tory as his rival fired a return tributed to their own reaching a first World will be stronger for the "Congratulations to him Garros final. could easily have been dou- Federer still waiting for a Federer was throwing long. downfall in extra-time Cup semi-final for 28 experience." 14 ● Mahmudullah is the only Bangladeshi batsman to score hundred in World Cup. He made two hundreds in 2015 LUCKNOW SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019

WE WILL GIVE OUR BEST TO THE NEW CAPTAIN. AS A SENIOR PLAYER, I HAVE TO GIVE MY 200%. IF WE GIVE OUR EVERYTHING, WE CAN DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AT THIS WC — THISARA PERERA

UPNEXT captainspeak VS MASHRAFE MORTAZA, Past meets Present BANGLADESH LIVE ON n Against England, do you think those 3:00 pm IST will work for Bangladesh? Still fresh with 2015 humiliation, England target sweet revenge against Tigers Well, you cannot confirm, but yes, we have to take the positives, which might help in tomorrow's match. There is a possibil- ity to win against New Zealand, but again, I said that we need to deliver in the right time, which is maybe equal last match. I said at Oval 244 is always difficult to defend, but we were very close and hope- fully the positive stuff we will take and move to tomorrow. n People are saying that this England team is the best, and here is the World Cup on their home soil and maybe that creates some pressure for them which might help you in this game. Obviously this is one of the best team England have ever produced, especially in the World Cup. I think still they are in the right way winning matches, and they are in good touch, which I feel. I’m not much believer in the question you have asked, which is I know we have to play at our best. You know, the area they have been very strong, we have to keep them quiet. If it’s we can make it happen, today’s match, it might help us. On the other hand, obviously I know there was a little bit of pressure that the people that are expecting that England will take the trophy this time, which is a kind of pressure. But I think England players knows how to handle this Tamim Iqbal goes back to pavilion after getting dismissed AP pressure. n You have beaten England in the last two World Cups, so how realistic is a hat trick here, do you think? QUOTE UN QUOTE I don’t think so it’s going to help us a lot because, you know, even if we lost, it’s WE HAVE BEEN BEATING THEM IN not going to help us. So it’s a new, fresh THE LAST TWO WORLD CUPS BUT match. Both teams started from the first ball, so it’s very important for both teams THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE starting well. I would say yes, we have been WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. IT'S beating them the last two World Cup. It A NEW, FRESH MATCH. BOTH doesn’t mean that we will make it happen Ben Stokes, Liam Plunkett train with other England teammates during the team’s practice session ahead of side’s third game against Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens stadium in Cardiff on Saturday ECB/Twitter again the way it did. There is the chances, TEAMS START FROM THE FIRST and for that, we have to play at our best. AFP n CARDIFF That match saw England HEAD TO HEAD that is arguably the biggest BALL. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE n Do you think there are chances for lose their cool, with opening upset in the history of interna- changes in terms of performance? Played Eng B’desh ngland will face the batsman Jason Roy and fast tional cricket. CHANCE, AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE The plan is to change according to con- side who kick-started bowler Jofra Archer both fined Matches 20 16 4 Mashrafe Mortaza, who TO PLAY AT OUR BEST ditions, and I don’t think so much change their transformation for lapses in their conduct on played in that stunning five- is going to help team much. But it depends, into a major threat in the field. Day matches 9 8 1 wicket success, is now — MASHRAFE MORTAZA, you know, if it’s keep — if it’s raining like one-dayE internationals when Meanwhile if England In World Cup 3 1 2 Bangladesh's captain. this, we have to think about it. If not, then the tournament hosts contin- were annoyed by some of He took heart from how BANGLADESH CAPTAIN obviously, there is the management, as well. HIGHEST TOTALS ue their World Cup campaign Pakistan's 'verbals', there were Bangladesh had nearly defend- IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT They will think about it. If someone will against Bangladesh in Cardiff times when the large contin- England 391-4 in 50 overs at Nottingham 21-06-2005 ed a target of 245 against New come with different plans, we will think on Saturday. gent of fans for the sub-con- Zealand, saying the team were GAME. THEY (B'DESH) ARE A about it. The Tigers condemned tinental side — a common Bangladesh 305-6 in 50 overs at The Oval 01-06-2017 in good spirits as they pre- GOOD SIDE AND I THINK PEOPLE n In the first two England games, we’ve Eoin Morgan's men to a first- sight even when England are PERFORMANCE IN WC pared to face England. seen spin bowlers take the wickets of round exit at the 2015 edition at home — also had an effect. "I think they (England) are UNDERESTIMATE THEM. WE CER- England openers in the power plays. Is with a 15-run victory in England all-rounder Chris Team P W L T/NR Success% one of the biggest side in this TAINLY DON'T. THEIR SENIOR that a tactic you’re going to employ today? Adelaide. Woakes, usually the most Eng 74 42 30 1/1 58.10 tournament. It's not going to PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF All spinners all over the world, they At that point there was no mild-mannered of cricketers, be easy, we knew that," said played a big role, which is one of our biggest longer any way of hiding put his finger to his lips in a B’desh 34 12 21 -/1 36.76 Mashrafe. GAMES, MORE SO THAN OUR strengths. We know that Shakib is — all England's white-ball woes and, bid to 'silence' Pakistan sup- FAISEL FEATURES "But again, if we can play SENIOR PLAYERS SO THEY ARE A over the world, he is one of the biggest with a home World Cup up porters after taking a catch on our best possible cricket, you strengths for us. Miraz is doing well for a next, then England and Wales the boundary. India, they're good at doing "We've already seen never know." THREAT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN long time. I mean, the last two years, he's Cricket Board director It could well be a similar that, good at appealing quite Bangladesh beat South Africa PLAY WELL AND OVERCOME doing so well for us with the new ball. Andrew Strauss was deter- story at Sophia Gardens on a lot. It's just the way they play and that's not a shock defeat. SQUAD THEM Yes, it was been tactics, which we have mined the national side's lim- Saturday, particularly as sev- their cricket. "They're a strong squad. I England: Eoin Morgan (c), seen even England, against England, South ited overs form had to eral players on both sides who "But we've played in big remember when they beat Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny — EOIN MORGAN, Africa started. So most of the team, you improve. featured in England's ill-tem- competitions, guys have England way back when (in Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), know, taking this sort of tactics. But it's To that end, Peter Moores pered 2016 win over played around the world - at Bristol, 2010) and it was a Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, ENGLAND CAPTAIN depended how much you can be success or was sacked as coach, with Bangladesh in Dhaka are like- IPL (Indian Premier League) shock defeat. Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, you cannot be success. But you have to be Strauss bringing in experi- ly to be involved again. and Big Bash in front of big "I don't think them beat- Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben confident enough with your tactics. enced Australian Trevor England fast bowler Liam crowds — it shouldn't be too ing teams like South Africa is Stokes, James Vince, Chris — Courtesy © ICC Business Corporation Bayliss as his replacement. Plunkett, who could be much for the players." like that anymore." Woakes, Mark Wood. X FZ LLC 2019 Since that debacle 'Down recalled after missing the Bangladesh also head into the Adil Rashid bowled five Bangladesh: Mashrafe FACTOR Under', England have risen to Pakistan defeat, said his team- weekend following a defeat costly overs against Pakistan Mortaza (capt), Abu Jayed, ■ Performance of Js (Jason Roy, Jonny to the top of the one-day mates knew how to maintain after losing out by two wick- and, given the leg-spinner's Liton Das (wk), Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Buttler & Jofra) OPTIMISTIC PLUNKETT international rankings. their composure. ets in a tense contest with New ongoing shoulder injury, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, ■ Shakib Al Hasan all round performance But having started their Zealand. England may decide to leave Mohammad Mithun (wk), ngland have already experienced two ■ quest to win a first men's ‘THE WAY THEY PLAY’ But Plunkett said the days him out on Saturday. Mohammad Saifuddin, Leadership test of Morgan & Mortaza Econtrasting results in the early stage of World Cup with a 104-run "Pakistan are pretty good when the Tigers were rank For Bangladesh, a match Mosaddek Hossain, ■ Ben Stokes presence the World Cup: their convincing victory thrashing of South Africa at like that, they can get niggly. outsiders away from the sub- at Sophia Gardens sees them Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), ■ Bangladesh spin attack against South Africa was followed by a the Oval, they head into this When they're on top they're continent had gone. back at the scene of one of Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel wake-up call against Pakistan. Plunkett, weekend's clash on the back of good at doing it," said the 34- "There's no real shock their greatest triumphs — a Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, ■ Will England get past over Bangaldesh in who missed out against Pakistan on a surprise 14-run defeat by year-old. defeats in this competition," he 2005 ODI win over Australia, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya the third attempt after two humiliating Monday, believes his team will come back Pakistan. "Similarly Bangladesh and insisted. then as now world champions, Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal defeats in the last 2 editions ? strongly when they take on Bangladesh in Cardiff. "Maybe there were a few nerves at Trent MEN WHO MATTER Bridge," Plunkett said. "We were not at our best and we let ourselves down in the field. JOE ROOT (ENGLAND) TAMIM IQBAL (BANGLADESH) UNDER THE We have had a couple of days off. Hopefully WEATHER we can start again fresh." Root almost took his side to victory with a Tamim, who has been the mainstay of the Bangladesh bat- Against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, fluent century in a tough run-chase ting order for the last few years, failed to convert his starts With overcast and windy start to the day, England had to deal with a crowd that was against Pakistan. The Yorkshireman, who on both previous occasions. The left-hander, who scored a both teams will look to bowl first to try and vocal in their support for Sarfaraz Ahmed's is the leading run-scorer of the tourna- well compiled 128 in his last outing against the hosts, will exploit the conditions. While sunny spells are men. Against Bangladesh, they can again ment so far, could be the glue that holds expected to develop through the day, expect a good section of the crowd to sup- look to repeat a similar performance to give his side chances of rain would still persist at Cardiff port their opponents. Plunkett backed the the English batting together, with his equal enough chance on Saturday. players to dig into their experience of play- potency against spin and pace ing in big tournaments across the world — Courtesy: © ICC Business Corporation FZ LLC 18 and not succumb to mental games. "Pakistan are pretty good like that — Liam Plunkett looks likely to team the majority of the time. But they can get niggly. Similarly Bangladesh, Third time lucky? return to the England side there- when we lose we see our charac- India, they're good at doing that, [like] fore, and Morgan insists his side ter, the other side of our game." appealing quite a lot. It's just the way they have not missed a step despite the And after seeing off South like to play their cricket. " AFP n CARDIFF tournament. Pakistan defeat. Africa and pushing New Zealand But we've played in big competitions, But it is going to take a lot "We didn't deserve to win the all the way, Bangladesh are a seri- guys have played around the world — at our years ago, defeat by more than the Trent Bridge defeat game. But we played some really ous threat that Morgan is not the Indian Premier League and Big Bash FBangladesh sent England crash- by Pakistan to derail England this good cricket, two guys scored a going to underestimate. in front of big crowds — so it shouldn't be ing out of the World Cup and left time around — according to their hundred and we nearly chased "It is going to be a difficult too much. It's just about getting involved Eoin Morgan wondering if his cap- skipper. down 350," he added. game. They are a good side and I in the game, taking out the crowd and the taincy was over before it had ever "All we have talked about is "We lacked a bit in the field. think people underestimate them. other team to just try and do your job." really begun. sticking to what we do well," he And that still remains the case. We certainly don't," he added. Bangladesh, who ended England's Much has changed since then said. Hopefully we put in a better "They are a side that has World Cup campaign in 2015, announced however, as Morgan has helped "Even before the tournament, showing in the field. played a lot of cricket, their senior themselves with a resounding win in their England become the No 1 ODI we talked about losing games, "But defeat presents a huge players especially have played a lot opening game against South Africa. side in the world and favourites to how we would react and what we opportunity to learn more about of games, more so than our senior Plunkett believed the result wasn't a shock, claim the 2019 World Cup on would counter that with. your game and improve. players so they are a threat. adding that their opponents on Saturday home soil this summer. "It goes back to focusing on "Games where we have been Hopefully we can play well and have a strong set of players. The journey to claim their ourselves and our strengths and defeated heavily have been the overcome them. "We saw Bangladesh beat South Africa maiden World Cup crown has how we can get the best out of our- ones where we learned the most. "I remember them making and it wasn't a shock defeat," Plunkett said. made a topsy-turvy start however, selves." "We still managed to stay in their earliest impression, against "I remember when they beat England way an impressive win over South Cardiff has proved seamer- the game, we remained in a head- Australia in 2005. back when and it was a shock defeat. But Africa followed by a narrow loss to friendly so far in this year's World space where we still believed in "Since then they have been there are no real shock defeats in this com- Pakistan. Cup, New Zealand's bowlers winning the game. exposed to a lot more cricket and petition. They're a strong squad." Game three turns attentions to exploiting the conditions well to "That shows a lot more to our- have become a better side. — Courtesy: © ICC Business Corporation FZ a drizzly Cardiff and a rematch down Sri Lanka before the latter selves, probably more than to our "We were beaten by a better LLC 2018 with Bangladesh — who also beat did the same to see off supporters, they don't see that all team in 2015. They deserved to England in the 2011 edition of the Afghanistan. Jofra Archer chats with Eoin Morgan during Eng 2nd game against Pak ECB/Twitter the time. They see an exciting win that night." ● LUCKNOW 15 New Zealand who have won both matches are on top of the table while Afghanistan at the bottom with defeats in first two matches SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH MATT HENRY WHO CONTINUED WHERE HE LEFT OFF AGAINST SRI LANKA. KANE WILLIAMSON WILL BE REALLY HAPPY WITH HIM AS A WICKET OPTION — DANIEL VETTORI

captainspeak GULABDIN NAIB, AFG

n You had a setback yesterday with Perfect record on cards Mohammad Shahzad being ruled out. He's quite an influential player on your team. What's the mood like now without him being available? With two wins in as many games, Kiwis search hat-trick against spin heavy Afghans Obviously it's a big loss of our side. So, Shahzad is one of — a great player for Afghanistan. He did a lot of -- I'm also upset of him — he, the last two, three weeks UPNEXT he's struggling, his knee. So he's not feel- ing well also in the matches. He can't mov- VS ing on the right time. So I also kept him, last two weeks, just I checked with my doctor, with my physio. LIVE ON So I gave the time to him. So if he recov- er on the time, maybe it's good for the team. 6:00 pm IST But unfortunately it's a bad luck of Shahzad. So I'm really upset of him. So we lost him. But it's cricket. So first it's important, AFP n TAUNTON as a team, is also coming of Afghanistan, so what's important for Afghanistan. So oss Taylor insists New hope he will recover soon so he will come Zealand are ready for a back on the team. But the new guy's com- trial by spin against ing, Ikram Ali Khil, under-19 guy. He's very Afghanistan on well. He's a young guy and I hope he will SaturdayR as they look to keep do well. their winning momentum going in the World Cup. n Apart from Shahzad's batting and his The Kiwis edged out keeping, what will you miss obviously Bangladesh by two wickets on Mohammad Nabi celebrates with teammates after dismissing Sri Lankan batsman ICC/Twitter being with the team for such a long time, Wednesday, with Taylor hitting PERFORMANCE IN WC got a lot of experience and seems to be a 82 in his team's tense chase at the pretty lively character on the team as well? Oval to record their second Team P W L T/NR Success% QUOTE UN QUOTE What will you miss in the dressing straight win in as any matches. room? New Zealand, who were Afg 8 1 7 — 12.50 Yes, Shahzad is very energetic. Also in finalists in the 2015 edition, have NZ 81 50 30 1 62.34 THEY HAVE PLENTY OF the dressing room he's very funny. Also he relied on their paceman to get entertains every time the team members. favourable results, but Taylor FAISEL FEATURES EXPERIENCE IN THE NEW So we miss a lot of things of him especial- believes tackling spin will be key ZEALAND SIDE - TRENT BOULT ly in the ground even. But obviously against the Asian minnows at bowler Mirwais Ashraf, who was when you look for your country, it's more Taunton. part of the team's campaign in AND OTHER GUYS. BUT WE LOOK important for your country, so what's the "I think against Afghanistan, the previous World Cup, said the FORWARD TO PLAYING OUR best for the country. So we should go for they have a lot of spin there, so senior batsmen need to step up that. something to factor in," said or give way to youngsters. NATURAL GAME AND PLAYING So I think Shahzad is one of the best Taylor, who has recorded three "We've seen the same things THE AFGHAN WAY. HOPEFULLY players in Afghanistan now still, but his last 40 plus scores in his last four play out in both of the matches four, eight, six years, but we miss a lot of ODI innings. so far. There have been too many WE DO THE BEST WE CAN things of him. I'm really upset for him, but "But two from two, that was mistakes and some players aren't — GULBADIN NAIB, his injury, so we cannot say if he recover what we wanted to do and we batting very responsibly," he on the time. So he's taking a lot of time. So were able to do it." While Taylor said. AFGHANISTAN CAPTAIN I'm really upset for him. and skipper Kane Williamson "I think it's time to give a got the runs during their 105- chance to some of the other THERE'S A LOT OF RESPECT FOR n How important is the job between run partnership in London, it seamers and batsmen in the THE AFGHANISTANIS WHO WE Rashid Khan and Kane Williamson here was their pace attack led by Matt squad now as we look to turn given they both played at Sunrisers Henry that ran through the things around, starting with the ARE COMING UP AGAINST. Hyderabad? Bangladesh batting. game against New Zealand." THEY'VE GOT SOME QUALITY It's very difficult, the last two seasons, Henry claimed four wickets Martin Guptill leaves the pitch after he is caught by Tamim Iqbal AP between Rashid and Kane Williamson play- to take his tally to seven in two SQUAD PLAYERS, SOME EXPERIENCED ing together in Sunrisers. But Rashid is not games. Afghanistan, who Infirmary Afghanistan: Sarfaraz PLAYERS. I'VE NEVER PLAYED like the other bowlers. It's totally different. He is well supported by SHAHZAD TO MISS REST OF WC Ahmed (c, wk), Asif Ali, Hasan He was, the last four years, with the are playing just their AT TAUNTON BUT I HEAR IT'S Trent Boult and Lockie LONDON: Ali, Shaheen Afridi, national team, but even then nobody Ferguson, who can clock speeds second World Cup, Afghanistan opener for the remainder of the Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, QUITE A SMALL GROUND SO WE knows how he bowled in the nets. So it's up to 96 mph. have lost their two Mohammad Shahzad will miss tournament," an ICC statement Mohammad Hafeez, very difficult to pick him. I think it's not Taylor beloves that the rest of the World Cup after said. Mohammad Hasnain, Imam-ul- WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE only for Kane, also it is difficult for our games in the suffering a knee injury, Ferguson, with his express pace, tournament so far "Wicketkeeper Shahzad has Haq, Shadab Khan, Shoaib BUTTON players, too. It's difficult for our batsmen is the key man for the Black tournament organisers revealed suffered a knee injury which has Malik, Wahab Riaz, Haris Sohail, and we're playing against him in the nets. Caps. but not without a on Thursday. ruled him out of further Imad Wasim, Fakhar — TRENT BOULT, Rashid is very different, quick and fast. "Lockie, he just gives you fight Wicketkeeper-batsman Shahzad participation in the event." ZamanGulbadin Naib (c), Noor Didn't give you time to pick him. So I think that X-factor. Obviously our will be replaced by Ikram Ali Khil Shahzad had retired hurt after Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, NEW ZEALAND PACER it's very difficult. So I hope Rashid will be fastest bowler. He is going to be Leg-spinner Rashid Khan in a blow to the World Cup suffering a knee injury in Rahmat Shah (wk), Asghar do best before he did. a key factor for us if we're going leads the charge with minnows, who have lost their Afghanistan's World Cup warm- Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, to feature in this tournament," Mohammed Nabi, who returned opening two matches. up fixture against Pakistan. Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah n Now you've played the team that won said Taylor. figures of 4-30 with his off spin The 32-year-old scored just While he featured in their Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, last time and you're going to play the team "I think he's creating pres- in their previous loss against Sri seven runs against opening games against Australia Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, XFACTOR that also reached the final the runners up. sure for the guy at the other end Lanka. Australia and Sri Lanka and SL, the aggravated injury Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, ■ Trent Boult pace, Matt Henry’s form How different has this experience and this (to take wickets)," he added. But it's their batting that has Mujeeb ur Rahman, Ikram Ali campaign been for the squad compared before the injury has ruled him out ■ Ferguson's pace partner let them down as they were dis- curtailed his of the rest of Khil. Afghan spin trioka of Nabi, Rashid & to your trip to Australia and New Zealand Henry said that Afghanistan are missed for 152 in their revised tournament. the New Zealand: Kane Mujeeb in 2015? a "dangerous side" and New chase of 187 in a rain-hit game "The ICC has competition. Williamson (capt), Tom Blundell ■ Kane Williamson & Ross Taylor’s It's totally different now. We played in Zealand will treat them with Cardiff on Tuesday. approved Ikram Ali Since the 2015 (wk), Trent Boult, Colin de presence in middle order 2015 World Cup is our first World Cup for "utmost respect". "We need some improve- Khil as a WC, he has been Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, ■ Afghanistan. So it's totally different. And Afghanistan, who are play- ment in the batting, we need Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Shahzad unavailability high stage. Beginning of cricket. We just replacement player Afghanistan's second ■ ing just their second 50-over more partnerships," Afghanistan for Mohammad highest run-scorer in one- Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Kiwi opening combination think the times, it's a big honour for World Cup, have lost their two skipper Gulbadin Naib said Shahzad in the day internationals with 1843 Jimmy Neesham, Henry ■ Can Afghanistan pull out another big Afghanistan who is participating in this games in the tournament so far after the Sri Lanka loss. Afghanistan squad runs in 55 innings. Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish upset by getting past table toppers? kind of events. but not without a fight. Afghanistan medium-pace Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor. And now in this workup, it's totally changed everything. Now we improve MEN WHO MATTER day-by-day. Our ticket is going day-by-day up. So here we're not just to participate in MOHAMMAD NABI (AFG) KANE WILLIAMSON (NZ) UNDER THE the World Cup or — so we we're here for WEATHER doing something different and we show to Not a big turner of the ball, certainly capable to Arguably the best player of spin bowling in the Kiwi set-up, the world so Afghanistan is not like 2015 overturn the flow of a cricket match, Kane Williamson's skill and experience would come in handy A few blustery afternoon showers can be expected team. I think. Afghanistan team is totally Mohammad Nabi once again proved his against his IPL teammates, Rashid Khan and Mohammad on an otherwise sunny day at Taunton. Short different. immense skills as an off-spinner against Sri boundaries will make things difficult for the bowlers, — Courtesy © ICC Business Corporation Nabi, in the middle overs. The New Zealand skipper would much like it did in the last men's ODI hosted at this Lanka. He will look to bring his experience into look to anchor the innings as the other batsmen will try to venue 20 years ago, when Sourav Ganguly and play once again, to try and fetch the first points exploit the short boundaries at Taunton. Rahul Dravid stitched a 318-run partnership against ZAMPA GUILTY for Afghanistan in this World Cup. Sri Lanka - a World Cup record till 2015 — Courtesy: © ICC Business Corporation FZ LLC 18 ustralia leg-spinner Adam Zampa was Aon Friday reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct dur- ew Zealand pace spearhead "I'd love to see (just) one ball ing their World Cup tie against the West Trent Boult has attributed in ODI cricket to be honest," said Indies. Zampa Nthe low-scoring thrillers Boult, who snapped four for 33 was found to have at the ongoing World Cup to the Glossy and tough Trent Boult has against India in the warm-up breached Article "glossier" Kookaburra balls which game. 2.3 of the ICC offers more swing, making the attributed the "I think any reverse swing at Code of Conduct contest between bat and ball even. the end can really help any death for Players and "The balls are actually differ- low-scoring bowler, the margin for error Player Support ent for this tournament. They've thrillers at the becomes slightly bigger and the Personnel, which got a different gloss on them, hitting zone is a little bit smaller. relates to using they're painted differently, so ongoing World "I'm not sure where it's going audible obsceni- there's definitely been a little bit to get to but the invention of slow- ties in an interna- more swing," said Boult, who took Cup to the er balls and knuckle balls and two tional match, a his 150th ODI wicket against “glossier” bouncers and all that carry on has statement said. Bangladesh at The Oval on given a couple of cards up the Zampa was not Wednesday. Kookaburra sleeves." only handed a for- "Conditions have been good New Zealand will face mal warning but but I believe there should be that balls which Afghanistan on Saturday and one demerit point little period at the start of the offers more Boult said his team will treat their was also added to game where it's an even battle of opponents with respect. his disciplinary bat versus ball, so it's nice to see swing, making "There's a lot of respect for the record. The inci- Adam Zampa bowls against WI AP the ball moving like it is at the the contest Afghanistanis who we are coming dent occurred at moment." up against. They've got some the end of the 29th over of the West Indies Boult got his World Cup between bat quality players, some experienced innings when Zampa was heard using an preparation off to a fine start by players. I've never played at audible obscenity by the umpires. "Zampa picking four wickets in a warm- and ball even Taunton but I hear it's quite a admitted the offence and accepted the sanc- up game against India. small ground so we will have to tion proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates "The white balls have been be on the button," Boult said. Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and, as quite prominent, you can see the "We are looking forward to such, there was no need for a formal hear- quarter seams and everything The use of two new balls for that challenge and then there are ing," the statement read. "On-field umpires with the ball, but it's fully covered each innings has robbed pacers some very big games to come in Marais Erasmus and Chris Gaffaney, third now. It's nice to hold in the hand the chance to go for reverse swing the tournament. To be 2 and 0 umpire Ruchira Palliyaguruge and fourth and it's moving a little bit, so I'm due to the lack of sufficient wear with a little bit of momentum official S Ravi levelled the charges." IANS very happy." Trent Boult trains during a practice session ICC/Twitter and tear. behind us is a good position." ● LUCKNOW 16 Pakistan & Sri Lankat rain washout on Friday was only the third time in WC that game was abandoned without a ball being bowled SATURDAY | JUNE 8, 2019

WE DEFINITELY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY AGAINST AUSTRALIA, WE CAN LEARN FROM IT, BUT WE'RE DISAPPOINTED TO HAVE LOST FROM THAT POINT — JASON HOLDER

CRICKETCRADLE TODAY LIVE Master Chahal

England vs Bangladesh PTI n LONDON 3:00 pm IST hey hunt in pairs but VENUE: County Ground, Bristol Kuldeep Yadav feels that The still needs to learn from his "senior partner" Yuzvendra Chahal on how to plan for a par- ticular batsman. Kuldeep, after an indifferent IPL, was back in rhythm during the opening game against South Africa where he got JP Duminy's wicket and bowled well in tandem with Chahal. Asked what he has learnt from Chahal, Kuldeep said: "He is Ground staff work to clear water off the outfield prior to the more experienced than me. He match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Bristol AP has a very good idea of how to bowl to a certain batsman and I need to learn from him," Kuldeep Rain spoiler told reporters following India's win over South Africa in their Pakistan and Sri Lanka were forced to World Cup opener. "I am feeling good about how split the two points after their World Cup the ball is coming out of my hand. match was called off due to heavy rain, Chahal and I could execute the which left the field unplayable here on plan we had chalked (against Friday. After a couple of inspections, SA). We checked the flow of runs umpires Nigel Llong and Ian Gould decid- in the middle overs and also ed to call off the game at 3:46pm. The sky picked wickets," the left-arm wrist was still cloudy when the final inspection spinner said. was held, keeping in mind a 20-over-a- He had only 4 wickets from 9 games for KKR in the 2019 IPL side game. Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka Hardik Pandya shares a light moment with Jasprit Bumrah during training session AP have won one and lost one match each. but he went back to the drawing board with his childhood coach Kapil Dev Pandey. "T20 is different from ODI 3 Pace attack Wash out and after IPL got over, I went back to my coach, practised for 10 days The Indian team's practise session on and fixed all the problems. I PTI n LONDON was quoted as saying by crick- Friday was called off due to rain, leaving needed to get back to my basics," et.Com.Au. the Virat Kohli-led side with only one day the chinaman said. ndia might employ a three- "Bhuvneshwar will proba- to train ahead of Sunday's big-ticket World With bounce being his prima- Ipace attack against Australia bly not worry you too much Cup showdown with Australia here. India ry weapon, he worked on altering on Sunday after watching the with his pace or his bouncers. travelled to London from Southampton on pace on his deliveries. defending champions' top- Hardik can maybe rush you a "I needed to be back at my order struggle against a bar- little bit, so maybe they have a Thursday, a day after beating South Africa best in a big event and I mixed rage of bouncers by a hostile decision to make on the over- by six wickets in their tournament opener. pace with variation. In West Indies pace battery, feels all make up of their side. Rain had also forced India to cancel their England, the wickets Ricky Ponting. "Do they maybe go with optional practise on the eve of the game will be flat and Chahal The West Indies trio of only the one spinner and use against South Africa at the Hampshire there won't be is more Oshane Thomas, Sheldon (off-spinning allrounder) Bowl. too much help experienced than Cottrell and Andre Russell Kedhav Jadav as a second from the wick- terrorised the Australian bats- spinner and play another fast et. So we need me. He has a very men with their fiery pace and bowler? We'll worry about Captain fined to alter the good idea of how to disconcerting short balls, that in the next couple of days pace of our reducing the five-time cham- and make sure all the boys are deliveries and bowl to a certain pions to 38 for four at one stage prepared." The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram ` use it as a batsman and I need during last match on The former skipper felt the (MCG) has slapped a fine of 500 on variation," said Thursday. team's early wobble in their 15- Virat Kohli after his domestic help was Kuldeep. to learn from him Two-time World Cup win- run win over West Indies was found washing the India captain's car with Last year, his —Kuldeep ning captain Ponting, who is a necessary "wake-up call" drinking water. Kohli's Gurugram resi- career-best six- Yadav currently the assistant coach, ahead of the India clash. dence in DLF Phase-1 has half a dozen wicket haul came believed the sight of his boys "It could very well be … a cars and ABP News reported that the 30- against England in scurrying for cover might wake-up call. Just understand- year-old's neighbours lodged a complaint, Nottingham and he fancies doing tempt the Indian team man- ing that if you are under pres- stating that thousands of litres of drinking well once again. agement to go with three sure in big games like World water were being wasted in washing the "I have always had good per- quicks instead of playing two Cup games, finding a mecha- formances abroad as I rely on wrist-spinners. nism or a way to get through vehicles by the cricketer's domestic helps. bounce off the pitch. Batsmen "(Jasprit) Bumrah we (is important)," said Ponting. The severe heat wave that has lashed don't go on back foot and you know is a very good new ball "It could be just a good North India this month has led to acute always are in with a chance if they bowler and I'm sure he'll mix learning curve for those guys shortage of drinking water. Other houses are coming forward," he signed it up and bowl some short stuff at the top and hopefully they'll in the area have also reportedly been off. Yuzvendra Chahal, left, pats on the back of teammate Kuldeep Yadav on stopping a shot during match against South Africa AP and some full stuff," Ponting bounce back strong." challaned by the MCG for similar reason.

PTI n New record LONDON ichael Hussey feels that Mahendra MSD & the chamber of secrets Singh Dhoni does not have “too Pringles (R) India on Friday entered the M many weaknesses” but even if he has, the Guinness World Records for creating the Chennai Super Kings batting coach "largest sentence made with packaged wouldn't share them with in-form hitting out against quality fast bowlers food", a statement from the company said. Australia ahead of their World Cup clash like Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada and With the message reading on Sunday. Jofra Archer (in the IPL) but Hussey "#GetItBackIndia", the record has been Having crushed Afghanistan and put reckoned that it won't be a big deal. made at a time when the entire nation is up an inspirational performance against "He will know which bowlers are united by its love for cricket with the World a rampaging West Indies, Australia are threats and which ones are targets in Cup going on in England and Wales. expected to be more than a handful for every team. The bowlers you men- Pringles created the structure with 10,005 India when the two teams square off at tioned can only bowl from one end." unopened cans of Pringles chips. The the Oval. On to things other than Dhoni, Hussey has played alongside Dhoni Hussey named Jasprit Bumrah, who mammoth message is placed within the at CSK and as coach, watched him from started the World Cup with a terrific dimensions of 60 feet x 40 feet at the atri- close quarters in the franchise. opening spell against South Africa, and um of a mall in Kochi. The message will So, will Hussey share his insights on Hardik Pandya as the two game-chang- be on display for one week and visiting Dhoni with the Australian coaching ers for India. fans can join in the cricket fever, click pic- team? "Bumrah will bowl all those difficult tures of the mammoth design and simulta- "No chance. There aren’t too many overs. We would see him bowl whenev- neously leave their personal message for weaknesses there anyway," the former er India are desperate for a wicket, so Team India on the wall placed alongside, Australia batsman said. there will be pressure on him but I think the statement said. AGENCIES However, Hussey is confident that he handles the pressure as well as any- Australia will have their plans in place one in world cricket. for the former India captain. "Hardik could be used as a floater in "All the teams do very thorough the batting order ...Or be used as that analysis on all the players so I am sure power hitter at the back end of an that they will have their plans for MSD innings. I would not like to be bowling and all the Indian players." if Hardik and MSD are batting at the end Asked what makes Dhoni tick when of an innings," he said. he is just a month short of 38, Hussey Australia have made a great start to said the it's the legend's awareness of his their campaign and Hussey is happy to strengths. see the seamless integration of David "He is a great competitor and keeps Warner and Steve Smith -- both making his composure better than anyone espe- a successful return after serving ball-tam- cially under pressure. He is a very smart pering bans -- in the set-up. player, who is calculating. He knows his Hussey's only worry now is how the strengths and always sticks to them," said duo will handle the boos from a parti- GROUP STAGE the member of the 2007 World Cup-win- san English crowd which has already ning Australian team. made its presence felt. Pos Team P W L N/R Net RR Pts Dhoni's strike-rate has been an issue "They (Warner and Smith) seem to for some time but Hussey doesn't find have settled back in well from the out- 1 NZ 2 2 0 0 +2.279 4 anything wrong with his strategy of tak- side. They are well known by all the play- 2 AUS 2 2 0 0 +1.059 4 ing some time before hitting the finish- ers and have done their time, everyone 3 SL 3 1 1 1 -1.517 3 er mode. wants to move on. "Not only does he (Dhoni) play "The challenge for the team is how 4 PAK 3 1 1 1 -2.412 3 according to the situation of the game but well they can handle the external distrac- 5 WI 1 1 0 0 +2.054 2 also likes to give himself some time at the CSK/Twitter tions which will surely come from the start of his innings to get settled. Dhoni Michael Hussey chats with Mahendra Singh Dhoni during Chennai Super Kings practice session English crowds and media." 6 ENG 2 1 1 0 +0.900 2 likes to take the responsibility of being Asked to pick his four semifinalists, 7 IND 2 1 1 0 +0.302 2 there at the end to finish off the innings He is a great competitor and keeps his composure better than anyone Hussey said: "I think this is going to be or the game." one of the best World Cups in history, 8 B’DESH 2 1 1 0 +0.008 2 He feels that Dhoni's mere presence especially under pressure. He is a very smart player, who is calculating. my guess for the top four would be 9 RSA 3 0 3 0 -0.952 0 and ability to take the game deep will He knows his strengths and always sticks to them England, India, Australia and Pakistan. keep the opposition on its edge. But I also think South Africa and New 10 AFG 2 0 2 0 -1.264 0 Of late, Dhoni has had difficulty in — Michael Hussey Zealand could be in there too."