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45 65+!( the apex court decides on his evading investigating agencies. His son, Karti bail plea. “I will respect law He said he was working Chidambaram, who is also he hide and seek between even if applied with an unequal with his lawyers through the accused of “wrongdoing” in the Tformer Union Minister P hand by probe agencies,” he last night, preparing his papers cases by probe agencies, termed Chidambaram and the CBI said reading out from a written for his bail application. the CBI/ED action as “political ended after his dramatic arrest statement. “I believe that the founda- witch-hunt”. on Wednesday night. The CBI “I am aghast that I was tion of a democracy is liberty, “This is a political witch- arrested Chidambaram from accused of hiding from the law. most precious article of the hunt. Outrageous media leaks his Jor Bagh home minutes On the contrary, I was seeking Constitution is Article 21 that are the preferred tactics of the after he returned there from the the protection of the law. I was guarantees life and liberty. If @dir_ed. I have nothing to do AICC headquarters after aghast that I was accused of I’m asked to choose between with INX or the FIPB. All my addressing a Press conference running away from justice. On life and liberty, I shall unhesi- assets and liabilities are duly in the presence of a battery of the contrary, I was engaged in tatingly choose liberty,” he said. declared in statutory and reg- Congress leaders. the pursuit of justice,” “To win freedom we must ulatory filings. I have repeated Around 8.15 pm, Chidambaram said while struggle. To preserve freedom this ad nauseam,” he tweeted. Chidambaram, who was rejecting allegations that he was too we must struggle,” he said. Continued on Page 4 untraceable for over 27 hours, appeared in the party office and told media that he was not evading arrest and asked the #' CBI to wait till Friday, when his petition is listed to be heard in the Supreme Court. & '! $ Along with senior Supreme Court lawyers and senior party colleagues Kapil Sibal and 45 65+!( Priyanka Gandhi claimed the Abhishek Manu Singhvi, he former Union Minister was then drove to his residence he Congress on being “shamefully hunted nearly 10 minutes away from TWednesday defended its down” because he speaks truth the Congress office. On his trail senior leader and former and exposes the failures of the were CBI and ED officials. A Union Minister P Government. CBI team reached his Jor Bagh Chidambaram, who is facing Priyanka said the party residence 115-A within min- corruption charges in the INX will continue to fight for the utes of his return. ) )!" ) * " ! !& ' !( ! Media case. truth no matter what the con- The CBI team first While Rahul Gandhi sequences are. “An extremely knocked at the gates to gain alleged the Modi Government qualified and respected mem- entry but finding no response, identifying themselves as from Chidambaram was taken to In the Press conference, cies. “Until Friday and beyond, is using agencies like ED, CBI, ber of the RS, P Chidambaram they scaled the walls. Once ED arrived at the scene. CBI headquarters, where doc- Chidambaram put up a strong let’s hope the lamp of liberty and sections of a “spineless ji has served our nation with three officers reached inside, Delhi Police personnel tors from RLM hospital con- defence of himself and his will shine bright and illuminate media” to character assassinate loyalty for decades including as they opened the gates to allow were posted to prevent any ducted a routine health check family members, saying none the whole country,” he said, a versatile person like Finance Minister and Home other team members waiting adverse law and order situation. up on him. He will be produced of them has been accused of suggesting that the probe agen- Chidambaram, party general Minister,” she said. outside. Soon a team of officers, After his arrest, in a trial court on Thursday. any offence by the probe agen- cies should not arrest him until secretary and Rahul’s sister Continued on Page 4 ! " #! P
$ % $& 45 65+!( ith new Motor Vehicles ! ! WAct (Amended) in place, "# $ % be ready to maintain road and traffic discipline as heavy %% 45 65+!( "# penalties will come into force from September 1. protest by Dalits against The new MVA provides for Athe demolition of the O # strict punishment for various Ravidas temple on Wednesday $ % $ #P *"!(4)74 traffic-related offences, includ- turned violent in South Delhi’s '()! ing 10,000 fine for not giving Tughlakabad, prompting police $# % S President Donald Trump way to emergency vehicles, to resort to “mild lathicharge” !" " ! ! # " " ' Uhas said that he would dis- 10,000 for driving despite and use tear gas to disperse the !! " % !& ' !( ! cuss with Prime Minister disqualification, 10,000 for crowd, an official said. # Narendra Modi the situation in drunken driving, etc. Over According to police, the pro- carrying flags and chanting community. We have been fac- ! Kashmir and help ease the speeding, driving without hel- testers set two motorcycles on “Jai Bhim” slogan, marched ing discrimination for long ' India-Pak tensions when they Jammu & Kashmir. met, and not wearing seat belt “Subject to clearance from fire, vandalised a police vehicle from Ambedkar Bhawan in and this need to stop now,” said ( ) meet at the G7 Summit in Trump’s comments to a would invite penalty in the the Law Ministry, these claus- and pelted stones, causing Jhandewalan to the Ramlila Mahipal, who arrived in the France this weekend. But New question on the tension range of 1,000-2,000. es are likely to be implement- injuries to a few policemen. Maidan on Wednesday. city from Haryana. * # Delhi has made it clear to the between India and Pakistan Road Transport Minister ed from September 1,” Gadkari Over 50 protesters, includ- Fifty-three-year-old pro- Senior AAP leaders, US that Kashmir is a bilateral came a day after he made sep- Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said at a Press conference. The ing Bhim Army chief tester Vinod, who came from including Delhi’s Social Welfare +!,-+ *+ ',,) issue between India and arate phone calls to Prime said steps have been initiated to Road Transport Minister Chandrashekhar Azad, were Faridabad, said, “Why only a Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, -+). # Pakistan and there was no role Minister Modi and Pakistan implement provisions of the expressed hope that the MVA detained at Kalkaji Police temple of Sant Ravidas was Leader of Opposition in Punjab ##' for a third party. Prime Minister Imran Khan. Motor Vehicles Act 2019. Sixty- will help curb road accidents Station for grilling. He might be razed? There should be a fixed Harpal Singh Cheema, Delhi , Speaking to reporters at the Trump said he was happy three clauses which do not and bring down fatalities. booked for rioting and unlaw- policy of the Government and Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla, # % White House on Tuesday while to try and help calm the situa- require framing of new rules Regarding the other claus- ful activities, said police. that should be implemented on party MLAs Ajay Dutt, Manoj # welcoming visiting Romanian tion in Kashmir. “I’m going to are likely to be implemented es for which rules have to be Protesting against the all the structures whether it is Kumar, MLAs from Punjab /0 President Klaus Iohannis, be with Prime Minister Modi. from September 1 subject to framed, Gadkari said steps for demolition of the temple by the temple, mosque or any other Jai Krishna Singh Rody, Manjit Trump said he was happy to try I’ll be with him over the week- clearance from the Law this have already been initiat- Delhi Development Authority illegal building.” Singh Bilaspur, Kulwant Singh . and help calm the situation in end in France,” Trump said, Ministry. These clauses deal ed by the Ministry, and rules on August 10 on the orders of “The Centre should imme- Pandori, Azad and spiritual % ! /0 Kashmir amidst fresh India- referring to the G7 Summit in with penalties, licences, regis- will be notified as and when the the Supreme Court, thousands diate allot land to construct the leaders from the community ! Pak tensions after India Biarritz during the weekend. tration and National Transport due processes are completed. of Dalits from various parts of temple. We came here to show participated in the protest. * 1 revoked the special status of Continued on Page 4 Policy, among others. Continued on Page 4 the country wearing blue caps, solidarity with people of Dalit Continued on Page 4 23% & ($ %% 45 65+!( people were evacuated from the flood-plains to safer places. Over 18,000 of them were undreds of residents of the low-lying accommodated in more than 2,700 relief tents Hareas, who were temporarily shifted to set up by the Delhi Government agencies. makeshift tents after water entered their Some tents remained vacant as many res- houses, can now breathe easily again as the idents at the Yamuna Khadar didn’t vacate 65!$*6 4 water level of the Yamuna River started their shanties. receding on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister hree persons aboard a heli- However, the river continues to flow at Arvind Kejriwal met people affected by the flood Tcopter that was returning 206.50 metres above the danger mark of and said the Government will ensure that there after dropping relief supplies in 205.33 metres on Wednesday. Officials said it is no shortage of relief materials. flood affected Moldi area of is expected to go below the danger mark by “Met the flood affected people at the Uttarkashi died after the chop- early Thursday. Yamuna bank. Most people have left their per crashed into a mountain on Northern Railway spokesperson said rail belongings in their houses but its good thing Wednesday afternoon. traffic over the old Yamuna bridge (Lohe ka that there is no loss of life. Arrangements of The helicopter belonging Pul) which was temporarily suspended on tents, food, water and medicine have been to Heritage Aviation hit the Tuesday night was restored at 4.25 pm on made. Let us know if there is any shortage, we mountain while trying to avoid Wednesday with speed restriction of 20 will immediately do the needful,” Kejriwal overhead wires. Apart from kmph. tweeted. power lines, there are trolley The Yamuna had breached the danger The river flows through six districts of wires installed by locals to mark on Monday. Delhi whose low-lying areas are prone to ferry apples from orchards. “The water level is likely to recede further flooding. The administration has deployed 30 The mishap resulted in the as Haryana has so far not released water from boats to prevent accidental drowning. In 1978, death of pilot Ranjit Lal, co- the Hathni Kund barrage in large quantity,” a the water in the river rose to its highest-ever pilot Shailesh — both resi- Government official said. At 4 pm, only 10,000 level of 207.49 metres, causing a devastating dents of Delhi — and Rajpal cusec water was released from the barrage. flood in the national Capital. Rana, a resident of Kharsali. Officials said around 23,000 affected Related stories on P3 ! + ! ! ! ! !' !( ! # !, !'!
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%% 45 65+!( 45 65+!( according to occupants. "We can fill as much water elhi Chief Minister Arvind any residents of Yamuna as we can and this morning. DKejriwal and Delhi Mghat have temporarily Bread was also distributed and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved to makeshift tents to for lunch, we were served rice president Manoj Tiwari visited escape the rising waters of the and aloo sabzi," said Vikas, who Yamuna flood plain area to take river, but they feel far from safe. works as a labourer along with a stock of ground situation. While some of those evacuat- his brother Shankar on the rose Yamuna River breached safety ed expressed fears about child- fields. mark on the third consecutive lifters, many others raised con- Some tents still remain day. Meeting the flood affect- cerns about lack of toilets and vacant as many residents at the ed people there, Aam Aadmi women having to bathe in the Yamuna Khadar have still not Party (AAP) and BJP leaders open. vacated their shanties, claimed assured all possible assistance. Over 200 people have been the other occupants. "All we Over 15,000 people living shifted to the makeshift shelter pray is that the water level in the Yamuna flood-plains erected by the local adminis- 4 !" ! should not rise further or we have been shifted to tents set up tration near ITO. Even though # !, !'! won't be able to return to our by various Government agen- food and water facilities are shanties. It will takes us at least cies after the river water inun- available, people complained vehicles while playing. So, because the tents are on the more than a month to resettle dated low lying areas. about lack of safety as the there's a constant fear of acci- main roads," Sujata said. in that case," Itwari Lal said. The Yamuna continued to makeshift tents are located on dents too ." Prem Shankar (30), who His grand-daughter Lali flow well above the danger pavements. A team from the Delhi shifted with his family on said she does not feel safe liv- mark on Wednesday but Delhi Akhilesh (33), a farmer Civil Defence has its volunteers Tuesday evening, said, "Safety ing there and going to toilet is Government officials said the who has been living in the tent at the tent area to assist the vic- is an issue especially because a major hassle as no facility is water level was constant at for the last three days, said he tims in case of any emergency. the tents are on the main road. nearby. Somwati (60) said they 206.60 metres for several hours ) ! ! , ! !! 0 ! ! fears leaving his two children They work in four shifts start- Also, it is extremely hot and have lost their crops as their and was likely to recede. ( ! # !, !'! aged 3 and 6 years alone. He ing from 6 am. Water level of there's no electricity or even agricultural lands are filled Kejriwal met the people at claims there are certain gangs the Yamuna started receding on hand fan. with waters. Nitesh (12), a class tents set up in the Usmanpur who lift children from the Wednesday, but the river still "We are managing to make IX student of government area. "Met the flood affected streets. continues to flow above the our food with whatever uten- school, is upset over missing his people at the Yamuna bank. "Either I or my wife are danger mark, an official said. sils and materials we could classes. However, if things are Most people have left their always alert. If I go to check the While men managed to bring while shifting. My broth- settled, Nitesh said he would be belongings in their houses but water level on the ghat, my wife take bath on the roadside, ers and I have not been able to able to attend classes from its good thing that there is no remains with the children and women complained about lack go to the agricultural fields tomorrow. loss of life. Arrangements of takes care of them. At night, we of toilet facility at the makeshift because they are inundated. I "I somehow managed to tents, food, water and medicine have to be very careful, anyone tents. "Men can go anywhere to used to earn at least Rs 1,500 save my school bag and text have been made. Let us know could lift the children," he relieve themselves but it is dif- per day," Shankar added. Delhi books of important subjects. if there is any shortage, we will said. ficult for us women to go to iso- Jal Board water tanks have I'm eagerly waiting to get back immediately do the needful," His wife Kiran said, lated areas for the same. We been coming at least twice a to my routine at the earliest," he Kejriwal tweeted after the visit. "Children might get hit by have to cautious all the time day, so water is not an issue, added. Following the request of the people to make lights and fans available, the CM direct- ed officials to organise adequate !" / ! * facilities immediately. The CM requested people in relief camps to contact Government ! / officials present at the camp in * * case of any needs. After the visit, he tweeted, "Most families %% 45 65+!( "A cluster bus, rash and () (++5)!$7 47 547$)!5 +( could not collect their belong- recklessly, coming from India ings before leaving their homes. n a tragic incident, a 20-year- Gate on Shahjahan road hit a 57$5)!57 +5)(747)!5A20 Fortunately, we have not lost Iold youth, riding a scooty, was person who was driving a scooty. 65+!(,!*B(**655$ )$$)"7$$(67$ any life so far. We have made allegedly mowed down by a The scooty rider got injured and arrangements for tents, food, ' * ! !, ! ! ! !! # !, !'! speeding cluster bus. The inci- he was rushed to nearby hospi- water, medicines for all. If dent occurred on Monday tal by a passerby in a car. The bus . 45 65+!( 58) and this highway witnesses there's any other requirement, lower by tomorrow," he said. party's Delhi unit chief Manoj being appreciated by people evening at Shahjahan Road in driver was stopped by public on a heavy flow of traffic and is sur- we will immediately ensure it "I have spoken to Haryana Tiwari and former Union staying in Relief Camps. Food, New Delhi. Police said that they the spot and handed over to n order to facilitate traffic rounded by densely populated is arranged." Government. They told that Minister Vijay Goel also met water and other necessary relief arrested the accused driver. police," stated the FIR. Imovement and to provide a area. Thus, the NCRTC has When the Chief Minister they are reducing the amount the flood affected people and materials being provided. The deceased has been "Subsequently, a police safe and secure crossing facility taken this step to construct asked a young woman if she of water being sent towards offered them help. Goel alleged Officers of Revenue Dept in identified as Aman Kumar, a res- team after receiving a police con- for the pedestrians, the nation- FOB to ensure safety of the had received food yet, she Delhi. We are expecting the sit- that during his visit, people coordination with other Depts ident of Delhi’s Khan Market trol room (PCR) call also al Capital Region Transport pedestrians as well as a smooth expressed her satisfaction and uation to improve by complained about unavailabil- are working round the clock," area while the accused, who was reached AIIMS where the Corporation (NCRTC)-the par- flow of the traffic during the said, "Yes we had chhole puri in Thursday," said Kejriwal. ity of tents, toilets and food at Gahlot tweeted. arrested from spot, has been doctors told police that the vic- ent body of Rapid Rail Transit construction period," said a the morning. Food and water The Chief Minister also the Usman Khadar area. The river flows through six identified as Balwant Singh (42). tim Aman succumbed during Corridor (RRTS) has decided to NCRTC official. is readily available." The Chief appealed to the people to be However, Delhi's Revenue districts of Delhi whose low- According to First treatment," said a senior police construct Foot over Bridges The transport body further Minister has also requested alert and move to the tents set Minister Kailash Gehlot said lying areas are prone to flood. Information Report (FIR) reg- official adding that a case under (FOBs) at seven locations, infa- added that it will construct FOB's people not to venture back into up by the Government before people living in relief camps The administration has istered at Tughlak Road police section 279/304-A of Indian mous on the alignment of Sarai wherever necessary on the cor- the flooded region for their the river waters reach their were appreciating the efforts of deployed 30 boats to prevent station in New Delhi district, the Penal Code (IPC) was registered Kale Khan-Ghaziabad-Meerut ridor. "The locations of the FOBs belongings as it is extremely homes. the Government. accidental drowning and to incident occurred at 7.38 pm on and the accused driver was RRTS corridor for accidents are being identified in close dangerous. "The river water will The BJP leaders including "Efforts of Delhi Govt tackle any eventualities. Tuesday. arrested. and traffic congestion. coordination with the local as The seven places where the well as state administration. FOBs will be constructed are Moreover, these areas do not have $ Sihani Gate Chungi, Ordinance a single Fob and the pedestrians ) * )! % Factory (Murad Nagar), Railway risk their lives while crossing the Road (Murad Nagar), Railway road. Thus, NCRTC is giving & 01 * Station Road (Modi Nagar), due emphasis to people's conve- Modi Nagar Bus Stand, Hapur nience at every stage of RRTS + ! $ ,- . +)+ Road (Modi Nagar — execution," said the official. 23 % ' - Rajchopla) and Mohiuddinpur. The train will have an oper- The tender for the same has ation speed of 160kmph but it %% 45 65+!( search 14 gold bangles weighing %% 45 65+!( should be installed on the DU campus with been floated recently and work will run on the speed of 1,110 grams were recovered the permission of the varsity administra- will start soon. 100kmph only. Currently, it elhi Customs official has from the woman," said the he RSS-affiliated ABVP on Wednesday tion and other concerned authorities." The officials said these takes four hours to reach Meerut Darrested a Canadian woman senior Customs official. Tsaid it has instructed its office bearers "The students' union had been FOBs will be constructed and from Delhi but once this corri- for allegedly carrying 14 gold "The total tariff value of the in DU students' union (DUSU) to shift the demanding from the administration to will be thrown open for the pub- dor will be erected, the travel bangles worth over 38 lakh at gold recovered is around Rs busts of Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat install the statues for a long time and the lic before the completion of the time reduces to just 60 minutes. national Capital's Indira Gandhi 38,44,119. The gold bangles were Singh and Veer Savarkar that were installed administration should have considered the 82 km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut The civil construction work International (IGI) Airport. seized and the woman was arrest- outside the Arts Faculty, till the time per- demands of the students' union. Due to RRTS Corridor. on 17 km long priority section According to a senior ed under relevant provisions of mission is taken from the authorities. this, the students' union had to take such "This corridor will pass between Sahibabad to Duhai, of Customs official, the woman the Customs Act," said the offi- The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi a stand in protest," he said. through Yamuna, Hindon River, this corridor has started and the arrived at the Terminal-3 of the cial. For the purpose of Customs Parishad-led Delhi University Students' been done with due permission. The ABVP has made it clear to the stu- Indian Railway tracks, Eastern piers and viaduct will be visible IGI airport on Sunday from clearance of arriving passengers, Union had installed the busts on Tuesday Shakti Singh, DUSU president said, dents' union office-bearers that the busts Peripheral Expressway (EPE) soon. This priority section is Dubai. a two-channel system has been outside the Arts Faculty without permis- "We are in talks with the university should be kept in the DUSU office until and will pass through densely expected to become operational "The woman was intercept- adopted under which the Green sion, leading to a controversy. administration over the issue. "No imme- permission is given, he added. populated areas of Delhi, by March 2023 while the full ed by Customs officials after she Channel is for passengers not ABVP's state media in-charge diate reaction was available from the var- The move has been criticised by the Ghaziabad and Meerut. After 82km long corridor from Delhi's had crossed the Green Channel. having any dutiable goods, while Ashutosh Singh said installation of the sity. Congress-affiliated NSUI and Left-backed Ghaziabad, it will run mostly on Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut and She was stopped by official and the Red Channel for those hav- busts was an initiative of the DUSU. The A senior ABVP functionary said, "It AISA which said Savarkar cannot be kept the median of Ghaziabad- Modipuram will be open for during personal and detailed ing dutiable goods. ABVP is of the view that it should have (ABVP) has a clear view that the statues on the same pedestal as Bose and Singh. Meerut Highway (erstwhile NH- public by March 2025. ! ' P / # ) "!0 &') ! " !!" ) ! 2*3 P "! ! !"!%!" ! . # , ! %% ed with the updated version. ! . !. % $ $* "This app will have the %% 45 65+!( Lohia (RML) hospital. Doctors facility of filing taxes and bills told police that the man had got !!" he Gurugram Mahanagar of GMDA. A separate icon will %% having rich fauna and 62-year-old man died after severe head injuries and was TDevelopment Authority be on the app for this. The 45 65+!( flora is spread of 90 Abeing hit with a brick dur- unfit for the statement," said 45 65+!( (GMDA) has developed a users will be able to take advan- acres of land." ing a drinking session with his the police official adding that mobile App and its trial has tage of this facility. Initially, this he New Delhi On the occasion, friend on Monday night. The a case under section 308 of Delhi court on Wednesday already started. Through this, facility will be available for TMunicipal NDMC Chairman injured was taken to hospital Indian Penal Code (IPC) was Asent former independent the residents of Gurugram will GMDA, later on adding the Council (NDMC) has Vijay Kumar Dev where he succumbed after two registered at Mandir Marg MLA in Jammu and Kashmir, get many facilities related to Municipal Corporation, decided to recycle the planted saplings of days. The incident was report- Police Station, on the basis of Sheikh Abdul Rashid to judicial basic amenities. App will be Haryana Urban Development water of Lodhi Rudraksh and ed in Mandir Marg area of New statements given by witness. custody in a case related to launched by September. Authority etc., the bill or tax Garden Lake under Kalpvirksh trees on the Delhi district. "During initial investiga- funding of terror activities in Through this App, people can be filled here," said, PK the Jal Shakti occasion. While The deceased has been tion, it was revealed that the the Valley. can avail several facilities like Aggarwal head of GMDA Abhiyaan. reviewing the water identified as Jeevan while the Jeevan along with the accused Popularly known as complaints about water, sewer, Smart City Project. A senior NDMC conservation plan of accused has been identified as Zakir were consuming alcohol. Rashid Engineer, he was a leg- drainage, waterlogging, city Apart from this, informa- official said that the the lake, the Chairman Mohammed Zakir, a resident of The duo had a alteration over islator from the Langate bus location and road infor- tion and location of ATMs Rotary Club South Delhi chap- foul smell and the growth of has asked the officers con- Central Delhi’s Nabi Karim petty issue following which Assembly seat in mation. kiosk, Metro station, Toilet, ter has provided water treat- harmful algae without affecting cerned of the Council to ensure area. Police said that both of the accused hit the head of north Kashmir and is the first Apart from this, there will Cinema hall, Railway station, ment plant and the bottom the aquatic life. timely completion of the work them used to work at a tent Jeevan several times with the mainstream politician to have be an option of Smart Solution. Bus stand can be seen on the sludge will be converted into Outlining the details of the and also instructed that a sep- house shop in Gol Market area. brick," said the police official been arrested by the NIA in the It is also being worked on. app itself. Also, it will also have useful compost. "The Rotary duck habitation in the garden, arate enclosure for stray dogs be According to a senior privy to investigation. case. Information about the city will an SOS number for an emer- Club had signed a secretary of NDMC, Rashmi maintained in a proper manner. police official, on Monday, "Jeevan succumbed to District Judge Yashwant also be found on the app. gency, on which any kind of Memorandum of Singh informed that the Expressing his pleasure around 8.15 pm, a police con- his injuries on Tuesday fol- Kumar sent Rashid to the cus- What's new in the city will all information can also, be shared Understanding (MoU) with Council has developed an over the maintenance and up trol room (PCR) call was lowing which a case under tody for two weeks after the be on the app. Information on the number. the NDMC for cleaning the enclosure of natural environ- keeping of the Lodhi Garden by received regarding the incident section 302 has been registered NIA produced him before the about future plans will also be "The trial has been started water of the lake through treat- ment for the ducks, wherein a the horticulture department following which an Emergency and the accused has been court on expiry of his custodi- available on the App. of the App. It is expected to ment plant," he said, adding number of spices of ducks of the Council, Dev said that it Response Vehicle (ERV) was arrested. Police have also recov- al interrogation. This app will be different launch by September. After that the bio remediation of the have been habituated. is really a very beautiful and dispatched for the spot. ered the brick used in the The National Investigation for the public and officials. The this, people will be able to take lake water will be carried out Lodhi Garden a British-era well maintained garden, which "The injured man was crime," said the police official Agency told the court that fur- deficiency found during the advantage of a dozen facilities through the natural microbial public park has been emerged is located in the heart of the found lying on the footpath. He adding that further investiga- ther interrogation of the trial will be rectified and start- on it," he said. / enzymes so as to control the the green lungs of New Delhi capital city. was taken to Ram Manohar tion is going on. accused was not required.
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Officer on Special Duty in the become a tall figure of the party Kamal Nath got him airlifted to Even while promising Cabinet Secretariat, before he in Madhya Pradesh, holding Delhi last month for his med- “strict action” on a news chan- takes over the charge of the following the completion of several key positions, including ical treatment and also visited nel, University Vice Chancellor country’s top bureaucratic from term of Sanjay Mitra, IAS of that of the chief minister, dur- him recently when he was hos- Raj Kumar appeared to con- the incumbent P K Sinha. 1982 batch West Bengal cadre. ing his decades long political pitalised here. The OBC leader ! 4 done “mild” cases of this kind. “The Appointments Kumar was presently serving as career. was Madhya Pradesh CM from 4 He said ragging at one Committee of the Cabinet has Secretary Department of Gaur, 89, who died here on 2004 to 2005 and represented -4 . # time used to be a way of incul- approved the appointment of Defence Production. Further Wednesday morning after pro- his Govindpura Assembly seat ' C cating “sanskar” (tradition or Rajiv Gauba, IAS (JH:1982) as Brij Kumar Agarwal, IAS longed illness, also courted seat 10 times. ( * manners) of the world of med- Cabinet Secretary with a tenure (HP:85), presently in the Cadre controversies over his alleged Gaur rose to prominence # $ icine among students. of two years from 30.08.2019 or was appointed as Secretary to sexist remarks against women. in early 1990s, when he was the Recalling his own experi- Vice Chancellor Raj Kumar until further orders, whichev- the Lokpal in the rank and pay In a long political stint, urban development minister in #$ ence as a student, he said rag- said he was not aware of the er is earlier. The Appointments of Secretary to the Government Gaur served as the state home the state Cabinet headed by ( ging in those days was much incident, but would look into it. Committee of the Cabinet has of India. minister and also held many Sunderlal Patwa. $ worse, but the senior students “We keep a strict watch on also approved the appoint- Subash Chandra, IAS other portfolios in the BJP- led In 2016, he was dropped * " ' would also care for the juniors appeared to be at least 40 stu- such activities and have taken ment of Rajiv Gauba as Officer (KN:86), Special Secretary, governments in the state. from the state cabinet by then 4 # and help them with their stud- dents walking between build- action against those breaking on Special Duty in the Cabinet Department of Defence, Gaur was in limelight in CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan # "# N+*# ies. A purported video clip on ings on the campus road. Some discipline and have also sus- Secretariat from the date of his Ministry of Defence was the early 1990s, when as the due to old age. Gaur took this * O #" % social media showed students reports said all 150 male stu- pended them,” said the VC. assumption of charge till he appointed as Secretary, state urban development min- as a slight and often said he 0 -".C*% in white coats walking in a sin- dents in the latest batch of “I also want to assure new takes over as Cabinet Department of Defence ister, he got the encroachments resigned as CM in 2005 to pave -( * gle file, bowing their tonsured freshers faced this ragging. students that they have nothing Secretary,” according to an offi- Production, after Ajay Kumar in the old city area of Bhopal way for Chouhan, at the behest ' . # 6 heads and also making ‘salaam’ A man in uniform, appar- to fear. They can bring any such cial order. was appointed as Secretary, razed with the help of bull- of party patriarch L K Advani. gestures. Another clip showed ently a security guard, was activity to the notice of the anti- Besides 1985 Batch IAS of Ministry of Defence, according dozers, despite strong protest Gaur courted controversies them in rows. also seen in the video as the ragging committee or their Kerala cadre Ajay Kumar, will to the separate orders issued by by the Congress. The action over his alleged sexist remarks 0*/7; Going by the video, there medical students filed past. warden,” he added. take over as Defence Secretary the Government. earned him the tag of the ‘bull- against women. % % 46 E* 3C2=F # ) # # CM # ' ( 56 # ! 5 "!6 G # * # L"" # 2H *(*-*( 'E $* $ #3= ;= F CM # *# . ' !! # ' Mumbai: Union water flowing into Pakistan without %+(- 0 ' ! ' G C ( "# ) 6 ## resources minister Gajendra violating Indus Water Treaty. C6" ' C Singh Shekhawat has said the “Work has already begun % # # ! ! 5# C government has begun the to stop the waters that flow into " C* C !# 0 " C * #C 45 65+!( process of stopping the waters Pakistan (under the Indus made in projects related with # from the Himalayan rivers treaty),” Minister said. PTI * '" C ' % # # # health, power generation as 0 4 * # ' # *(* ndia and Zambia signed on well as easing traffic in *% ## ) ! # C" Wednesday six agreements in Zambian capital Lusaka, with " # I 4 ! 1) key sectors such as mineral cooperation from India. 4 # # ) # # C resources and defence after Modi said both the coun- ).&0 0 # #41$ C $ *(* " % Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries will increase their partic- 0' C"1# C # " " *% and Zambian President Edgar ipation in the fields of health- # # $ C # ) # *(* 6C0' Chagwa Lungu held wide- care, tourism, agriculture, food C %+(- 0 6 ! # ( # # $ ranging talks to strengthen processing and mining. L! ' $ - # . ties. The two leaders also delib- After the delegation-level O ## " # 2 34 # C # # erated upon enhancing trade talks, MoUs were signed C #( $ % and investment, as well as between the two sides on coop- ## 45 65+!( $ -% # ." " G deepening development coop- eration in the field of geology eration. and mineral resources, defence, # # # he BJP has decided to carry " C" # ) $ # Prime Minister Modi, at a and arts and culture. out a mass awareness cam- joint press statement with A Memorandum of #G# CM T $ - # .C # # L%MC paign besides a special drive to # # # President Lungu, said as a reli- Understanding was signed ' L O reach out to 2,000 prominent able partner in development between between Foreign 56C( # 0 " " C ' ( # personalities from the fields of # # " 0 C1' # cooperation, India has been Service Institute of India and # # film, sport and academia sharing its developmental expe- Zambian Institute of ( # # ) ' ( C * C" among others on the Centre’s C ! # # ( riences with Zambia. Diplomacy and International # # decision to abrogate Jammu He noted the progress Studies. CM$ # ', and Kashmir’s special status # * # # H ) " under Article 370 of the 2==H,2=3HC L M ! 555 * ' Constitution. 6 ! ) # # # # #LM ' * " ## The party has started O) % %+(- 0 ) working on organising a ‘Jan # L%M L# C # CL 6C # C 7 Jagran Abhiyan’ (public aware- # # C M # % ! ness campaign) on the matter # (4M L C # (M C # L# and will hold indoor meetings M # , at state and district levels across L G# L( the country. 1 L ' C# R 555 -#. C ' 6 In view of the assembly C C #C %+(- 0 CM C elections in four states around *)- 1 'C$ # C L ' -( . ' # the corner, the party is keen to 6 " 0 %# ( '( # #CM keep the emotive issue alive #3(,4' 5 * # L M ' ) ) 66* among the masses as it seeks to " ' # ( C # CM L0 draw maximum political # * ' 'CM ''$ ! CM) C ( C "# mileage following the decision 0 " 7 !C 66* " , ( ' ' L* L) which, it believes, has popular F # * $ ## # endorsement. ( 4 L# C# 0 L* O %#CM L@ At the same time, the party L* , "M " C CM ! * * 32 also wants to check the oppo- # L) , " L"C'C( ' ( O sition’s propaganda on the 8' $ # # O ) O G C # issue. # # # ! CM ' Small indoor meetings at ## CM ' # # %# # # * ( )( # 370 different locations across $ 6 " ' # (# ' ' ( CM the country with 500-1000 " CM 66* L* *#;<= %# opinion makers at the district ## ' C # level, and 35 big indoor meet- ) 66* *# # /0 O# " ings having gathering of 2,000 L( # N$ 6 # ! # CM # " " people will be held at capitals L 'CO )C' # 6 ) # C ( OC * ? G # C of all states and Union territo- (' # ' ( # # EFC=== L # M ries in the country, the party 0 # # " C % # " # / leader said. ) O # # # G BJP’s top brass, including 6 ##E ) O *#;<= 6 # CM its president and Union Home FC=== ) O C ' # # $ Minister Amit Shah, may also # ) ## 6 EFC=== #CM) / 0 '$ address some of ) # ' 6' E3=C=== "% CL( these indoor meetings at the ## ' state level. # Besides this, a special drive ##EFC=== # will be carried out to reach out G E3=C=== % < / to 2,000 prominent personali- ! & 7 E3C=== <2 C ties of the country, +1C2C=== (956 they said. # A list of such personalities is being prepared which will 4 E3C=== & $#LM include people from different 7 , E walks of life such as film, sport, 2C=== academia, media and legal fra- ##; $) 0 ternity. The party had formed a !E3C=== committee to carry out this ##; From Page 1 another programme worth campaign. It includes Union The Minister also 14,000 crore for rectification Ministers Pralhad Joshi, 7#E expressed happiness that the of black spots on Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, 9 Motor Vehicles Act (MVA), national, State and district Dharamendra Pradhan and 2FC=== ;, 2019 has become a reality, say- highways. Jitendra Singh. ing this will go a long way in The Minister also giving the country a safe and announced that FASTags will corruption free road transport become mandatory for all vehi- system. cles from December this year. He further said the As many as 52.59 lakh FASTags National Transport Policy that have been issued till date. will be brought in under the FASTag is a reloadable tag Act will help in developing an which enables automatic efficient, multi-modal trans- deduction of charges at toll port system. plazas. He said the Ministry is FASTags are being issued spending 12,000 crore by 22 certified banks through towards rectification of 786 various channels such as Point- accident black spots identified of-Sale at national highway by the NHAI. toll plazas and selected bank In addition, talks are on branches. These are also avail- with the World Bank and Asian able on e-commerce platform Development Bank (ADB) for Amazon. ! "#$ "#
8 $&&$ &$ P&&! : * , - %9R 7! ! O ! P " *$@7*465$" $% & ') As regards the umbrella organisation for human rights, "!% !P !*6(154)!5 '"+ )% ' , )"% they said it will be under the 476(47)75$ '%"'- .+ / Vice Chief of Army. ! ! '" ""%0"%% ' Officials said it is being set $ < around 22,000 civilian workers cials of the defence ministry, +*")@5*$ up to accord high priority to 45 65+!( from six ordnance factories in led by additional secretary of %'"- )'- human rights convention and Madhya Pradesh have joined the Department of Defence 45 65+!( $ +1. ' ' 2 34 " values. A Major General rank espite the Government the month-long nationwide Production, along with the 45 65+!( " ' " ' 5 / officer will head this organiza- Dassuring that the interests strike demanding immediate OFB chairman, had met the ejecting the Congress’ tion. of workers will not be harmed, withdrawal of the government’s office-bearers of the federations Rcharge of vendetta levelled ith the objective to have . "% ' / + The organisation will be the Ordnance Factory Board plans to ‘corporatise’ the OFB, on August 14 and August 16 to against the Centre over the Wa lean and mean Army ) / .-,' "'/ " "%" . nodal point to examine any (OFB) employees began their a union leader said on discuss the matter. action of probe agencies against capable of fighting a modern ").- ' /) . 6)+ " reports of violation of human one-month-long strike in Wednesday. The ordnance A joint press statement P Chidambaram, the BJP on day war, the Defence Ministry rights, officials said adding “to response to the call given by factories in Madhya Pradesh issued by the three recognised Wednesday said the Union has approved the first batch of "- %"" /' "--+ ", ) enhance transparency and three recognised Defence are located in Jabalpur, Katni employees’ federations claimed Government did not interfere reforms including relocation of '- % ') /%".' ensure the best of investigative Federations. The workers are and Itarsi. that talks with the ministry to in the investigation and he 206 officers from the Army 7)". .+ ' expertise is available to the sec- protesting against the move to All India Defence resolve the matter have failed to must face consequences for Headquarters (AHQ) to oper- tion, a Police officer of SSP/SP corporatise the factories man- Employees Federation (AIDEF) reach a solution. “The strike his deeds. ational areas, setting up of a rank will be taken on deputa- ufacturing weapons and Additional General Secretary B. commenced at 6 am on “If he has done something separate vigilance cell and hav- other measures on the anvil given by Singh is to set up a tion,” said the ministry. ammunition for the armed Guha Thakurta told PTI from Tuesday. It is set to continue for fishy, he must face conse- ing an umbrella organisation to include shifting the Rashtriya separate vigilance cell under the Besides these measures, forces and are the oldest man- Jabalpur that around 82,000 one month, till September 20, quences. Probe agencies do focus on human rights issues. Rifles head office from the Army Chief with tri-services some more reforms are now in ufacturing units in the country. workers from 41 Ordnance if a solution is not reached not work at the government’s The decision comes following national capital to Northern representation. At present, the final stages before the There are nearly one lakh Factories (OFs) across the before that. behest. They have powers to act recommendation by the Army Command in Jammu and the vigilance department oper- defence ministry approves workers in OFB. country have struck work since The federations urge the independently,” BJP spokesper- after having four in-house stud- Kashmir. The Rashtriya Rifles, ates through multiple agencies them, sources said. The four Workers employed in fac- Tuesday. Centre to reconsider its deci- son Shahnawaz Hussain said. ies last year. a part of the Army, is counter- and there is no single point studies pertained to restruc- tories in Madhya Pradesh and The Ministry of Defence sion to corporatise the ord- The Congress has strong- The restructuring was insurgency force normally interface. turing of AHQ, force restruc- West Bengal began their protest had earlier clarified that it had nance factories and withdraw ly backed Chidambaram. given the go-ahead during by functioning in the state. “An independent vigilance turing which includes creation on Tuesday followed by more no plan to privatise the ord- the same in the interest of the On Congress general sec- the Army Commanders in Announcing Defence cell will be made functional of Integrated Battle Groups workers joining the stir on nance factories. Three feder- defence preparedness of our retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s October last year after Army Minister Rajnath Singh’s nod to under Chief of Army Staff (IBG), cadre review of officers Wednesday even as the gov- ations of workers which have country and also the service life assertion that the party will chief General Bipin Rawat the first batch of restructuring, (COAS). Accordingly, and review of terms and con- ernment emphasised the pro- called the strike had claimed of 82,000 employees,” the state- continue to fight for truth no ordered review of the present officials said here on Additional Director General ditions of Junior posed corporatisation is aimed that ‘corporatisation’ of the ment said. matter what the consequences, structure and ways and means Wednesday, 206 officers will be (vigilance) will be placed Commissioned Officers (JCO) at providing greater flexibility Kolkata-headquartered organ- Several committees, over BJP IT department head Amit to make it more modern keep- shifted from the Army directly under the COAS for it,” and Other Ranks (OR). in day-to-day functioning, isation will eventually lead to its the past two decades, have Malviya took a dig at saying, ing pace with fast changing war Headquarters to the field and the ministry said. An official statement issued increased operational freedom privatisation. recommended the conversion “Priyanka Vadra’s support for P fighting the world over. operational areas. This move The vigilance cell will have after the Army Commanders and autonomy in decision Chairman of OFB Saurabh of ordnance factories into a Chidambaram is quite natural. The four groups also stud- will address the need for filling three Colonel-level officers, meet in October last year said making, leading to enhanced Kumar had said in Kolkata that public sector company, it After all she has the experience ied proposal to increase the the crucial gaps in the opera- one each from Army, Indian “the focus of the studies is productivity. This will enable the proposed ‘corporatisation’ claimed. “But the ordnance of standing by Robert Vadra retiring age of Junior tional areas. The officers to be Air Force and Navy. holistic integration thereby the Ordnance Factories to move by the Centre was aimed factories being war reserve and too, who is also facing several Commissioned Officers (JCO) relocated include three major Elaborating upon the need enhancing the operational and respond faster to the futuristic at providing greater flexibility solely dependent on the armed investigations for serious eco- to have trained men available generals, eight brigadiers, nine for having officers from the functional efficiency, optimise needs of the Armed Forces and in day-to-day functioning and forces cannot function as a nomic offences,” for longer period and cut down colonels and 186 Lt Navy and IAFA, officials said budget expenditure, facilitate provide an impetus to the increasing autonomy in deci- commercially viable PSU,” the he tweeted, in a reference expenditure on recruiting and Colonel/Major. the vigilance branch will now force modernization and export potential of its products. sion-making. statement added. to cases of alleged corruption training new recruits. The Another key approval be broad based and objective. address aspirations.” Reports from Bhopal said A committee of senior offi- against her husband. ) %&'9P !!# 9% ) ! & "+ "%"'-. " ' - ; ". ) 45 65+!( NNPLC allegedly got approval complex transactions and shell plainant in the case alleged. ciary at this crucial time and from the Foreign Investment companies. The NDTV came out with remain committed to the 45 65+!( to other milk federations for Karnataka Milk Federation he CBI has booked NDTV, Promotion Board (FIPB) board “Proceeds of corruption of a statement saying. “Despite a integrity of the company’s jour- implementation. The Lok (Nandini), Punjab Milk Tits promoters Prannoy Roy in violation of FDI rules in 2009. unknown public servants was series of cases in which the nalism. Attempts to silence fter Prime Minister Sabha Secretariat has also Federation (Verka), and wife Radhika Roy besides NNPLC received total FDI invested through NDTV Ltd,” investigation is deliberately free and fair reportage through ANarendra Modi’s call to banned the use of non-reusable Maharashtra Milk Federation former CEO Vikramaditya worth USD 163.43 million and it alleged. stalled, agencies have found no malicious and fabricated put end on single use of plas- plastic water bottles and other (Mahanand) to encourage Chandra and unknown public invested the amount in various It is alleged that these evidence of any corruption by charges will not succeed. This tic, the Ministry of Animal plastic items within the reuse of plastic milk pouches, servants for allegedly violating NDTV subsidiaries through a transactions are sham and NDTV. Prannoy and Radhika is not about a company or indi- Husbandry and Dairying on Parliament complex. in a campaign mode, with 3R Foreign Direct Investment web of complex transactions. funds are invested by unknown Roy, the founders of NDTV, as viduals but about a larger bat- Wednesday asked the AMUL At a high level meeting, the strategy - Reduce, Rebate and (FDI) rules between 2004 and It is alleged that during Public Servants through also the company, have coop- tle to maintain the freedom of and Mother Dairy Federations ministry of animal husbandry Reuse. The meeting also 2010. The NDTV has denied May 2004 to May 2010, NDTV NDTV Ltd and later laun- erated in all matters filed the press, something which to formulate action plan/pro- and dairying asked Major reviewed the availability, sup- the CBI allegations. floated around 32 subsidiary dered back to India through against them. India has always been tocol to recycle milk pouches Dairy Federations like Gujarat ply, prices and export/import The accused entity and firms all over the world, most- multiple layers of complex “As part of the continued renowned for, it added. and share with it for circulation Milk Federation (Amul), issues with the milk processors. individuals have been booked ly in the tax havens of Holland, transactions and shell compa- persecution of free press, a new on charges of criminal con- the United Kingdom, Dubai, nies. CBI case has been filed about spiracy, cheating and corrup- Malaysia and Mauritius among “NDTV Ltd through its a $150 million investment in tion, according to the FIR. The others. promoters viz Prannoy Roy NDTV’s non-news business agency on Wednesday con- The CBI said most of these and Radhika Roy, KVL by NBCU, then owned by ducted searches at Chandra’s companies allegedly had no Narayan Rao (since expired), General Electric, a massive residence, officials said. business transaction and were Vikramaditya Chandra had American conglomerate. The Under the CBI scanner are meant for financial transactions entered into criminal conspir- case makes the ludicrous investments made by NCBU, a to bring funds from abroad. acy with unknown public ser- charge that the transaction, General Electric company at Terming the transactions a vants with the object of bring- declared to all relevant author- the time, in Network PLC “sham”, the agency alleged that ing tainted money of unknown ities in the US and India, laun- (NNPLC), an NDTV company funds were invested by uniden- public servants through a web dered money for unknown incorporated in London on tified public servants through of complex transactions public servants,” it said. November 30, 2006. NDTV and laundered back to through the FDI route,” a CBI “NDTV and its founders According to the FIR, India through multiple layers of Deputy SP who is the com- have full faith in India’s judi- ! !"# $ " &' ( ! "
45 65+!( M) )' / ing manner, are among the areas that will ' ++" ) ' be covered in the training,” he added. he HRD Ministry on Wednesday ; " ' ". The training will be conducted direct- Tlaunched the National Initiative for ly by 33,120 key resource persons (KRPs) School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic ' + " ' /". "- 5 and state resource persons (SRPs) chosen Advancements (NISHTHA) aimed at "- , + ' / by the state and UTs, who will in turn be training over 42 lakh teachers across the + /5 ''7 '+ trained by 120 national resource persons country. The basic objective of the mas- identified from the National Council of sive training programme is to motivate and + /"/5 )"" Educational Research and Training equip teachers to encourage and foster crit- % + .' 5 (NCERT), National Institute of ical thinking in students, Union HRD ' " 7 " 1. N Educational Planning and Administration Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said (NIEPA), KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan at the launch. (KVS), NavodayaVidyalayaSamiti (NVS), “The teachers will get awareness and learning, including artificial intelligence, Central Board of Secondary Education develop their skills on various aspects relat- health and well-being, initiatives in school (CBSE) and NGOs. ed to learning outcomes, competency education, including library, eco club, Some of the features of the integrated based learning and testing, learner-cen- youth club, kitchen garden, school lead- programme are activity-based modules, tered pedagogy, school safety and securi- ership qualities, environmental concerns, including educational games and quizzes, ty, personal-social qualities,” he said. pre-school, pre-vocational education and social-emotional learning, motivational “Inclusive education, ICT in teaching- school-based assessment in a joyful learn- interactions, team building, etc. " ' ; " )"" .
45 65+!( the past one month. APMC, Lasalgaon chairman Jaidutt nion prices are on the rise Holkar told The Pioneer that Oand may leave the con- this jump in prices will not last sumers in tears in the coming long as in the next 60 days a days. Due to incessant rains new crop will start arriving and floods in onion producing from the fields. states, the prices of the bulb Maharashtra is the largest have increased from 20-25 to producer of onion, accounting 35-40 per kg in the retail mar- for a third of the country’s pro- ket. According to onion traders, duce, followed by Madhya the wholesale prices have Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, increased over the past 15 days Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. in major markets such as Karnataka has the second largest Lasalgaon and Bangaluru. ruption fears due to floods in the coming days. Sharma says area under the bulb. Madhya Onion was sold at 20-25 parts of major growing states of farmers mainly in Maharashtra, Pradesh is the second largest per kg till the first week of Maharashtra and Karnataka. who are aware of the current producer of onions due to high- August, But it is now being The ministry has also decided situation of floods impacting er yields. Also the sowing was sold at 35-40 per kg in the to cap the retail price of onion crops in Karnataka, are holding lower in Central Karnataka due retail market in Delhi. The sud- at Safal (a Mother Dairy outlet) back their produce anticipating to the delayed start of the mon- den price rise has made home- at 23.90 per kg (for Grade A better prices in the days ahead. soon and its slow progress. makers sit up and take control variety). Safal will receive In Delhi, wholesale rate of All the concerned stake- of the house budget, as onion onions from the government onion is between 10 and 22 holders, including representa- is an important ingredient for buffer at the same rate. per kg while in Lasalgaon, the tives of Safal, NAFED (National cooking and serving salads. Rajendra Sharma, who is wholesale rate is 20 per kg. Agricultural Cooperative In a move to keep onion the wholesale onion supplier of In Lasalgaon, the largest Marketing Federation of India prices under control, the Agricultural Produce market for onions, prices have Ltd) and NCCF (National Centre on Wednesday warned Marketing Committee moved up by over 40 per cent Cooperative Consumers’ of strict action against hoard- Azadpur, said that the price is since early August. The Federation of India) were pre- ing of onion amid supply dis- expected to increase further in increase is over 50 per cent over sent in the meeting. ! "#$ "0 :2'';<0&22''<)9*0));;
.# . * Bilal Ahmad succumbed to Relations, Dr Syed Sehrish informed that hospitals, banks his injuries while SI Amardeep Asgar told reporters, “With are functionally normally, hile stray incidents of Parihar is undergoing treat- the opening of middle schools besides ATMs, transport, and Wstone pelting are still ment in the Army hospital. across Kashmir Valley, the other services are adequately being reported from parts of On the Line of Control, teachers’ attendance was operating across the State. They Srinagar, the overall situation in Pakistani Army initiated fresh recorded at 60-80 per cent and said review meetings are being Kashmir Valley is gradually ceasefire violation in Government offices also wit- held at district and divisional showing signs of improvement. Sunderbani sector of Rajouri nessed 90 per cent attendance level for harvesting and to The security grid lifted restric- around 3.45 pm. on Wednesday.” transport of horticulture pro- tions from Lal Chowk area on In response, Indian Army She said the attendance of duce to other places. Chief Wednesday permitting local gave befitting reply. students also improved over the Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam residents to move around DIG Central Kashmir VK past two days. On Wednesday, himself reviewed the trans- freely. Markets in the area, Birdi told reporters in Srinagar, the school education depart- port facilities and establishment however, remained closed and “No major law and order inci- ment in Kashmir claimed of mandies across the Valley. scanty traffic was witnessed dent was reported from any- around 774 middle schools There was no shortfall of trans- during the day. where in Kashmir Valley. He were thrown open in areas port facilities, the officials In Baramulla, a joint team said, all those areas where where primary schools were informed. of security forces eliminated a relaxations was given behaved ! % !! " ! ! % P !" " functioning since Monday. The Government urges Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) ter- normally”. He said, in few ( ! !! " !( ! Director School Education people not to believe in rorist identified as Momin pockets stray incidents of stone Kashmir, Muhammad Younis rumours in this regard, the Gojri in an overnight opera- pelting were reported and they ent parts of Srinagar had asked ground zero”. the Valley to ensure security of martyr SPO Bilal Ahmad Malik read out a detailed report presser was told. tion. A Sub-Inspector of State were dealt with appropriately him whether more arrests were Director General of Police the people. He said stringent Magray who was martyred claiming districts of Kulgam, They also said there was no Police and a Special Police by the law and order machin- made to contain the situation, Shri Dilbag Singh on action will be taken against during the Ganai Hamam, Bandipora and Ganderbal are law and order incident report- officer (SPO) received serious ery on ground”. DIG VK Birdi maintained, Wednesday said effective ini- those disrupting peace and Baramulla encounter. showing marked improvement ed from any area in injuries in the gunfight. Local reporters, while “Law and order machinery is tiatives have been taken to creating panic among masses. Meanwhile, addressing in terms of attendance in Jammu and no major law and According to police referring to incidents of con- handling the situation and bring all round improvement in Earlier, DGP attended the routine Press conference, schools. order incident from Kashmir spokesman, SPO identified as tinuous stone pelting in differ- monitoring it very closely on the law and order situation in wreath laying ceremony of Director Information & Public The presser was also was reported. ! $$% 1=90 - $ !$ )$( 7 &R 879 % - * # # " + " New Delhi: The Information & region, known for it’s beautiful Srinagar: In a significant devel- two union territories — Jammu Srinagar: It was an emotional stand cancelled given the situ- restoration of all landline con- Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is locations, is used extensively for opment, the J&K Government & Kashmir with an Assembly reunion for Imran Ahmad with ation, Ahmad does not intend nections. “Out of 96,000 land- planning several incentives for film production. The film has decided to accord Minister and Ladakh without one. his family. The 32-year-old to do so. Instead, he plans to lines in the state, 73,000 have film and television produc- crews had almost stopped of State status to its two may- The Jammu and Kashmir sells Kashmir handicrafts in have low key celebrations. started functioning,” said tion companies to take their shooting in the region since the ors. Junaid Azim Mattu is cur- Reorganisation Bill was passed Mumbai and returned home to “Life has become too diffi- Government spokesperson projects to Jammu & Kashmir early 1990s when militancy rently mayor of Srinagar while on August 5 in the Rajya Sabha Hawal here on Monday. cult without communication. Rohit Kansal. and Ladakh. destroyed peace in the Valley. Chander Mohan Gupta is and then in the Lok Sabha. He had been unable to get In a sad situation like this, how But some like Abdul As part of the massive After the abrogation of mayor of Jammu. The controversial Article in touch with his family in can one even think of celebra- Majeed, a resident of development push for the Article 370 and reorganisa- With this status, both Mattu 370 allowed special status to Kashmir since a fortnight, after tion? It is going to be a very Firdousabad in Batamlloo area region by the Government, the tion of the state, Prime Minister and Gupta will enjoy expanded Jammu & Kashmir for over 70 security curbs and a commu- simple affair,” said Ahmad. of Srinagar, complain that the I&B Ministry has held closed Narendra Modi had appealed power and will be able to take years. Barring matters related to nication blockade was imposed Ahmad’s neighbours are landlines which were restored door consultations with repre- lines for setting up new FM sta- to film makers to see J& and executive decisions. As mayors, defence, foreign affairs, com- in the state following the scrap- also angry. “This has never a couple of days ago, have sentatives of the entertainment tions in the region. Currently, Ladakh as potential work areas. their roles and responsibilities munications and other matters ping of Article 370 that grant- happened in Kashmir, we have stopped working altogether. industry to chalk out a plan to small number of private FM The Prime Minister had were restricted to their munic- which were specified in the ed special status to Kashmir been caged,” lamented Ghulam “It is a joke, the landlines encourage them to look at the channels are operating in Valley. appealed to the representa- ipal jurisdiction. Instrument of Accession of within the Indian union. Mohiuddin. were restored in our region as a viable centre. A capital investment for erect- tives of Hindi, Tamil and Typically, a mayor is con- Jammu & Kashmir, the Centre Ahmad broke down on Others said the gag order area but were snapped in a mat- Among the proposals on ing new screens in the region is Telugu entertainment industry sidered a ceremonial authori- required the approval of the State seeing his ageing parents, and was only fuelling anger. “It is ter of few hours. The radio table is a corporate package for also on the cards along with to look at Jammu and Kashmir ty with limited power and state Government for other laws. tightly hugged his two and triggering frustration in silence is becoming unbear- production houses keen to visit developing other infrastructure as a destination for their pro- governments with all the Life in the Valley is gradu- three year old nephews. Kashmir and is a great provo- able,” he said. J&K and Ladakh with their required for film making. jects. Walking the talk, the resources continue to take most ally returning to normal. While He is getting married next cation for the people,” said The Government says it is units for shooting films and Sources said after taking government now wants to meet critical decisions. offices and schools re-opened week. But the communication Mohammad Hafeez. abreast of the situation and the television serials. inputs from the stake holders, all the infrastructure demands Recently, after the abroga- on Monday, landline phone blackout has complicated his The Government calls the matter is being taken up with The Government is also the government will roll out it’s of the industry to smoothen tion of Article 370, the Centre connections have been largely wedding arrangements. While communication blockade service provider BSNL for open to amend the radio guide- incentive plan so that the bottlenecks. IANS bifurcated the valley state into restored. IANS most weddings in Kashmir “temporary” and has promised quick redressal. IANS $* $ ! . ! &> ; $ ! -'2> "!! O P # . is the media in Tamil Nadu !544*( which portrayed him as the . . *( The Shiv Sena and BJP New Delhi: Khadi and Village Industries )& $ Voting Machines (EVMs) and demanded State’s strongman. For have been poaching leaders Commission (KVIC) which is in the fore- that instead of EVMs, ballot papers be used here is no one in the Tamil Chidambaram, what matters is n further boost to the ruling from the Congress and NCP in front of popularising Khadi has come out $ * to hold the State Assembly polls in TNadu Congress Committee his family and nothing more IShiv Sena ahead of the recent months in the run-up to with a novel way to bestow dignity on the Maharashtra. or in Shivaganga who are not than that,” said Rangaraj. Maharashtra Assembly polls, the State Assembly polls. humble ‘mochi’. Acting on the principles . . *( The ED is investigating the alleged happy with the Delhi High The electorate in sitting Congress MLA Nirmala First, it was NCP’s former of Mahatma Gandhi and call of Prime irregularities in the IL&FS’s loans and Court order refusing to enter- Shivaganga, the home con- Gavit on Wednesday joined the minister and once Pawar’s Minister Narendra Modi, KVIC has fter the Opposition Congress and investments worth over Rs 860 crore in M/s tain the anticipatory bail appli- stituency of Chidambaram , Sena in the presence of its pres- close-confidant Jaydutta decided to give recognition to the peo- ANCP, the ruling Shiv Sena on Kohinoor CTNL, a company funded by cation filed by former Union said has alienated the voters ident Uddhav Thackeray. Kshirsagar from Beed district ple from the marginalised shoe-making Wednesday came out in support of MNS former Maharashtra CM Manohar Joshi’s Finance and Home Minister P because of his arrogance and In a development that came in Marathwada who quit the community popularly known as Mochi. chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday, a day son Unmesh Joshi. Chidambaram who is always intimidating nature. “He did four days after former MLA NCP and joined the Shiv Sena In this first kind of such initiatives in ahead of his appearance before the M/s Kohinoor CTNL has been under portrayed as the party’s strong- not contest the 2014 Lok sabha Dhanraj Haribahu Mahale — on May 22, 2019. later on July the country, the KVIC decided to re-chris- Enforcement Directorate (ED) for ques- ED scanner for being a prominent default- man in the State. election fearing defeat. Please who had quit the Shiv Sena and 10, sitting MLA from Shahpur ten ‘mochi’ as ‘Charm Chikitsak’ at the train- tioning in connection with a loan default er of IL&FS, amounting to an estimated “All good things have to remember that he manipulat- joined the NCP and contested Pandurang Barora quit the ing programme at the KVIC’s e Gandhi probe case. Rs 135 crore. come to an end and this is what ed to get elected to the Upper the recent Lok Sabha polls — NCP and entered the Sena. Darshan premises in Delhi on Wednesday. A day after the MNS chief said that he Unmesh along with son along with has happened to Chidambaram House from Maharashtra returned to the Sena, Nirmala Later, NCP’s Mumbai unit pres- When KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar would “honour” the summons issued to IL&FS and Raj Thackeray-owned and his family,” a senior because of his close association joined the Shiv Sena. ident Sachin Ahir quit the Saxena addressed the inaugural session of him by the ED and exhorted his party Matoshree Construction had in 2005 Congress leader in TNCC told with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Welcoming Mrs Gavit into party and joined the ruling Shiv 100 leather artisan trainees of Delhi as workers to maintain calm and restraint on jointly had made a bid and bought for the The Pioneer. The former Finance Gandhi,” said Rangaraj. his party, Uddhav said that with Sena on July 25. ‘Charm-Chikitsak’, some of the shoe- August 22, Sena president Uddhav NTPC’s Kohinoor Mill’s 4.8-acre proper- Minister who was the country’s Narayanan Thiruppati, the Gavit’s entry to the Sena Subsequently, former MLA makers broke into tears. For 60-year-old Thackeray threw his weight behind his ty for Rs 421 crore. Home Minister for fairly long BJP spokesman said the soli- would strengthen the party in Dhanraj Haribahu Mahale — Ramsevak, it was simply unbelievable . cousin Raj, by saying that he did not think In 2008, the IL&FS reneged from the time is one of the most unpop- darity shown by some of the Nashik district of northern who had quit the Shiv Sena and “We are getting a sense of recognition anything would come in the case in which deal and surrendered its shares ular politician in Tamil Nadu, senior Congress leaders in New Maharashtra. joined the Sharad Pawar-led and security with this encouraging the latter was investigated. for only Rs 90 crore, as against an invest- said the Congress leader who Delhi was just a façade. “In the A sitting Congress MLA party and contested address of the KVIC Chairman, At a news conference convened to wel- ment of Rs 225 crore made in M/s did not want his name to be heart of their hearts, all of them from Igatpuri, Nirmala is the the recent Lok Sabha polls what we have not ever dreamt of in our come sitting Congress MLA Nirmala Kohinoor CTNL. Following the IL &FS’s quoted for obvious reasons. are happy because it is an open daughter of veteran congress- from Dindori constituency — lives,” he said. Gavit into his party, Uddhav reacted to the exit, Raj exited from the venture after sell- “You have been writing secret that Chidambaram’s man from north Maharashtra. had returned to the Sena Saxena said that KVIC had always news reports about the summons issued by ing his shares. about the weakness of the antecedents are not above the Nirmala, who had ten- on Friday. shown its commitment to uplift the social Raj in a loan default case and said: “I don’t In a statement put out in Marathi and Congress in Tamil Nadu for board. He camouflages his dered her resignation to State The Sena might field him and economic status of the marginalized think anything will come out in tomorrow’s English through his official twitter handle, quite some time. crimes with the help of that Assembly Speaker Haribhau as its candidate from Dindor in communities. “After the overwhelming questioning ( of Raj Thackeray)”. Raj had said on Tuesday that like he did Chidambaram is the root cause idiomatic English with which Bagade on Tuesday, had said the State Assembly polls. success in Kumhar Sashaktikaran Scheme, Reacting to the Sena president’s com- several other cases registered of the pathetic situation of the he hopes to hoodwink the that she was quitting the Similarly, the NCP’s three we planned to launch this Leather Artisans ment, MNS spokesperson Sandip against him in the past, he would “honour” party in Tamil Nadu. He is public,” said Narayanan. Congress and resigning as an sitting MLAs Shivrajendra Development Scheme, in which small time Deshpande — who had earlier dubbed the the summons issued to him and asked his always known as a weekend Chidambaram’s woes are MLA to ensure development in Bhosale (Satara), Vaibhav shoe-makers, mostly sitting on footpaths ED’s summons to his party president as an party workers not to come anywhere politician and has no accept- far from over. He has to appear his constituency. Pichad (Akole in Ahmednagar - polishing and repairing shoes and chap- “act of vendetta” — said, “All the people in near the investigation agency’s office on ability among the people of the before the Madras High Court Nirmala’s entry to the Shiv district) and Sandeep Naik pals, from all corners of the country, would the state are aware that there is nothing to Thursday. State,” disclosed the leader. on August 30 to face the cross Sena came amid speculation (Airoli in Navi Mumbai) and first be given proper training and then the case. I am confident that my president Miffed by the summons issued to their S Rangaraj, author and examination in an election that the Congress’ former min- Congress’ sitting MLA Kalidas modern Shoe-tools Kit worth Rs 5,000. will unscathed from this case”. party president, the MNS workers had ear- proprietor of Rare Books, said petition filed against him by the ister and sitting MLA from Kolumbar (Wadala in south- The kits will be equipped with all neces- The Opposition Congress and NCP lier threatened to storm the ED when Raj Chidambaram could be AIADMK candidate immedi- Indapur Harshvardhan Patil central Mumbai) joined the sary articles needed to cure and beautify leaders had earlier slammed the BJP-led responds to its summons on Thursday. described as a paper tiger . “It ately after 2009 LS election. might also join the BJP. BJP on July 31, 2019. shoes and chappals,” he said. NDA Government for “misusing” the It had also called for a bandh in a satel- Saxena said earlier this month, 50 investigating agencies to “target” its critics. lite city of Mumbai, on August 22, artisans of Sirohi district — one of the They had said that Raj was being “target- in protest against the summons issued by . aspirational districts identified by the ed” as he had campaigned against the the ED. Neeti Aayog — in Rajasthan had been Narendra Modi Government in the recent Following Raj’s appeal to its workers to 1)0 given training with the Shoe-tool Kits. Lok Sabha polls. maintain calm, the MNS has called off its “We hope to distribute at least 10,000 Raj, it may be recalled, had also plans to take out a morcha to ED on such kits among our ‘charm-chikistak’ by brought the Opposition parties together on Thursday and also withdrew its bandh call the end of this year,” he added. PNS one platform on the issue of Electronic in Thane. !544*(
MK chief MK Stalin on Wednesday backed DCongress leader P Chidambaram, facing action in a money laundering case related to INX Media, and accused the BJP-led central Government of pursuing political vendetta. “As regards this issue, I have clearly learnt that these (actions) are happening due to polit- ical vendetta,” Stalin, whose party has an alliance with Congress in Tamil Nadu, told reporters at the DMK headquarters ‘Anna Arivalayam’ here. Responding to queries, the DMK leader said, “Chidambaram is a legal expert. He will for sure face the case legally.” As many as 14 parties will take part in a protest in Delhi to be held by DMK on Thursday, seeking the release of leaders under detention in Kashmir, he said. The Congress has defended Chidambaram, with Rahul Gandhi accusing the Government of using probe agencies and the media to “char- acter assassinate” the former Finance Minister. ! "#$ "> /( ( * :2 $&0 $ + 047 ing four have been elevated. Rama Shankar Singh Patel and Those sworn in as Ajit Singh Pal. n what can be termed as a Ministers of State with Of the 23 new ministers Inear-total revamp of the Yogi Independent charge are Kapil inducted — six are Brahmins, Adityanath Government, 23 Dev, Ashok Katehria, Neelkanth four Thakurs, three Vaishyas new Ministers were sworn in Tiwari, Ravindra Jaiswal, Shri and 10 Dalits. Western Uttar on Wednesday at the Raj Ram Chauhan and Satish Pradesh has been given a size- Bhawan by Governor Dwiwedi — the latter had able representation in the Anandiben Patel. defeated former Speaker Mata council of ministers. The newly inducted min- Prasad Pandey in 2017. A surprise development isters include six Cabinet Neelkanth Tiwari, who has was that names of Pankaj Singh, Ministers, six Ministers of State been given Independent charge, son of Defence Minister Rajnath with Independent charge and and Ravindra Jaiswal both Singh, Vijay Bahadur Pathak, 11 Ministers of State. belong to Varanasi, which is party General Secretary and The most significant aspect Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ashish Patel (Apna Dal) were of Wednesday’s reshuffle is that parliamentary constituency. dropped at the last minute. majority of the newly inducted 0 ! ! ! ! !) ! +" ! The 11 Ministers of State The dropping of Ministers ministers are first timers with ! ! ! # , !!. %!!( ! are Anil Sharma, Mahesh including Chetan Chauhan, almost no administrative expe- Gupta, Anand Swarup Shukla, Swati Singh and Mukut Bihari rience. Yogi Adityanath will have been promoted as Cabinet Chaudhary, Anil Rajbhar, Vijay Kashyap, Giriraj Singh Varma was also deferred, fol- face an uphill task in making Ministers. Suresh Rana, Kamal Rani and Dharmesh, Lakhan Singh lowing a late night meeting these ministers perform. The Cabinet Ministers, Ram Naresh Agnihotri. Except Rajput, Nilima Katiyar, between the Chief Minister, Four Ministers of State, who were sworn in are for Kamal Rani and Ram Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh, party State President Swatantra who held Independent charge, Mahendra Singh, Bhupendra Naresh Agnihotri, the remain- Chandrika Prasad Upadhyaya, Dev Singh and Sangh leaders. + %!" 2 2 - . ! ! !! #; 54*+ $ ISRO has said subsequent- for a period of one lunar day, % % ly the lander will separate- which is equal to14 earth days. SRO on Wednesday said it has from the Orbiter (on The mission life of the ) ! !! Iperformed the second lunar- September 2) and enter into a lander is also one lunar day, . bound orbit maneuver for 100 km X30 km orbit around while the orbiter will continue $ Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft thatis the Moon. Then it will perform its mission for a year. The 54*+ $ 07+0*)* currently in the lunar orbit for a seriesof complex braking orbiter carries eight scientific its rendezvous with the Moon. maneuvers to soft land in the payloads for mapping the lunar day after the expansion of n a stunning u-turn, Kolkata All spacecraft parameters South polarregion of the Moon surface and study the exos- Athe Karnataka Cabinet IPolice on Wednesday arrest- are normal, the Bengaluru on September 7, 2019. phere (outer atmosphere) of the with the induction of 17 ed Raghib Parwez, elder broth- headquartered space agency ISRO Chairman K Sivan Moon while the lander carries Ministers, discontent among er of the original prime accused said after the maneuver. has said the proposedsoft-land- three scientific payloads to those who failed to secure Arsalan Parwez, for allegedly “Second Lunar bound orbit ing on the Moon is going to be conduct surface and subsurface Ministerial berths refused to being at the wheel of the Jaguar maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 a “terrifying” momentas it is science experiments. die down on Wednesday, even that was involved in a gruesome spacecraft was performed suc- something ISRO has not done The rover carries two pay- as Chief Minister BS accident here last week that cessfully today (August 21, before, where as LOI loads to enhance the under- Yediyurappa made attempts to killed two Bangladeshi citizens 2019) beginning at 1250 hrs maneuver was successfully car- standing of the lunar surface. douse the embers. and left three others injured. IST as planned, using the ried out during the India’s second lunar expedition As the expansion brought Raghib’s maternal uncle onboard propulsion system. Chandrayaan-1 mission. — would shed light on a com- an end to the nearly month long has also been arrested for help- The duration of the The health of the spacecraft pletely unexplored section of the wait for the Cabinet to take ing him abscond. maneuver was 1228seconds. is being continuously monitored Moon, its South Polar region. shape, it led to some heartburn Tumakuru. In a hurriedly convened The orbit achieved is 118 km x from the Mission Operations According to ISRO, the mis- in a section of the party as sev- On discontent expressed by media meet, the city police 4412 km,” ISRO said. Complex (MOX) at ISRO sion objective of Chandrayaan- eral MLAs continued to make Honnali MLA MP claimed that 21-year-old The next Lunar bound Telemetry, Tracking and 2 is to develop and demonstrate no secret of their displeasure Renukacharya about a former Arsalan Parwez, scion of the *( $ !" ! ! 4 % orbit maneuver is scheduled on Command Network (ISTRAC) the keytechnologies for end-to- after missing the bus. legislator Laxman Savadi, who family that owns the city’s ! "" ! August 28, 2019 between 0530- in Bengaluru with support from end lunar mission capability, Yediyurappa has sought to is neither a member of the famous eponymous restaurant hree IAF personnel were # , !!( ! 0630 hrs IST. In a major mile- Indian Deep Space Network including soft-landing and rov- reach out to the sulking MLAs, Assembly nor the Council, chain, wasn’t driving the car, Tkilled and three severely stone for India’s second Moon (IDSN) antennas at Bylalu, near ing on the lunar surface. specifically eight-time Hukkeri being made the Minister, but it was his elder brother who injured on Wednesday when inside when it fell into the mission, the Chandrayaan-2 Bengaluru, the space agency has On the science front, this MLA Umesh Katti, whom sev- sidelining several sitting MLAs, was at the wheel at the time of the truck carrying them fell gorge. Three people have lost spacecraft successfully entered said. India’s Geosynchronous mission aims to further expand eral legislators who could not he said “I will call the accident. into a gorge in Barmer district their lives, while three are the lunar orbit on Tuesday by Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV the knowledge about the moon make it to the Ministry report- Renukacharya and friends and Arsalan Parwez allegedly of Rajasthan, police said. severely injured and have been performing Lunar Orbit MkIII-M1 had successfully through a detailed studyof its edly met. “For one hour yes- talk to them.” tried to mislead the police to “The Indian Air Force has shifted to a hospital in Barmer,” Insertion (LOI) maneuver. launched the 3,840-kg topography, mineralogy, surface terday I have spoken to him On his part Katti said he is save his brother by claiming a camp at the hill top (a height said Ajeet Singh, Deputy There will be three more Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into chemical composition, ther- (Katti) in the presence of not discontended and no other that he was driving. of 100 feet) as well as at the base Superintendent of Police. orbit manoeuvres to make the the earth’s orbit on July 22. mo-physical characteristics and Basavaraj Bommai (Minister). disgruntled legislators were Police recovered the event in Chouhatan. This truck was “We are investigating if it spacecraft enter into its final Following the landing, the atmosphere, leading to a better Naturally he is pained at not with him. He told reporters that data recorder (EDR) of the coming down from the camp was due to brake failure or orbit passing over the lunar rover ‘Pragyan’ will rollout from understanding of the origin getting an opportunity. I will he met Yediyurappa and that he Jaguar Land Rover car that was with six IAF personnel seated something else,” Singh added. poles at a distance of about 100 lander ‘Vikram’ and carry out and evolution of the moon, the try to find a remedy,” cannot reveal internal matters being driven at a speed between km from the Moon’s surface. experiments on thelunar surface space agency had said. Yediyurappa told reporters in of the party to the media. 100-120 km per hour. After thorough examina- tion done by the Homicide 9 $ Department, as well as the -& forensic and cyber teams, the ! '! ! sensational case took a sharp turn. )!($ 1*4*4)!* $* “After checking the control panel of the high-end vehicle, one are the days when the the experts found that the 07+0*)* recently played an important Gpost of a driver in Kerala infotainment data revealed that role in getting a galaxy of Bangla State Government departments a person named Raghib Parwez olice on Wednesday arrested cine personalities to join the saf- and State owned public sector had interacted with the vehicle Pclose aide of senior BJP leader fron outfit. The BJP promptly undertakings could be prior to the accident. Mukul Roy for taking bribe. refuted charges saying it was all filled only by a male. The State “After thorough investiga- Baban Ghosh, a former being done at the behest of the Cabinet, on Wednesday, decid- tion, it was confirmed that TMC Mazdoor Sangh president, ruling TMC to malign the party ed to open this post for Raghib, Arsalan’s elder broth- was arrested from his south and victimise people who were women also. er, was driving the car. He has Kolkata residence for conning joining the party. After the weekly cabinet been arrested on Wednseday lakhs of rupees from the com- The complainant is known meeting held here, the office of noon near Beniapukur,” plainant Santu Mandal in the to have also named Roy and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Murlidhar Sharma, joint com- name of getting him a place in another person in the FIR intimated that it’s no longer a missioner of police (crime) the Railway Board, sources said. lodged at Sarsuna Police Station male domain. told reporters. Police acting on an FIR in south-west Kolkata. lodged in 2015 by one Santu According to Mandal, the Mandal alleging Ghosh had accused had lured him into giv- extracted about Rs 70 lakh in ing lakhs of rupees with a tranches arrested Ghosh who promise of making him a enjoys considerable influence in Railway Board member. “I met the Tollygunge film city and had Baban Ghosh at Nizam Palace in Kolkata where I was told I will be made Railway Board member. Accordingly I was taken to Delhi several times,” Mandal said, adding he even visited Parliament and Railway Ministry where I was intro- duced to some people.” Among them was a “stated personal assistant of then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu,” he said. “I was told there that I will have to spend some money in order to become a Board member. To win my trust I was also given some papers. Believing in them I paid them several lakh of rupees some even through cheque.” ! "#$ " " ? 0 2$ "0$ #' #9 8) 6 #9 9 )2);&$?)2 %* - &$ ! $ 5 ; & $ ? 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Suddenly, the move by the (46(*4 er friend” Pakistan, it continues call to Islamabad to go beyond Undeniably, Pakistan Prime Minister Indian Government to revoke 74+75$*)5 grappling with its own implod- change in nomenclature and its Imran Khan had inherited a country with its Article 370 and 35A in Jammu ing destiny in Hong Kong. insincere concerns in Kashmir. economy in shambles and a discredited sov- and Kashmir put the worth of Basically, Pakistan remains stun- (The writer, a military - ! ereign perception as the “terror nursery” of “Naya Pakistan” and its global ningly isolated and ignored. veteran, is a former Lt Governor ! & ! * $ * ! the globe. With traditional allies like the US efficacy to litmus test. 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K$ K4# K6 ) K" @# ) ( 12 $ 3 /24, ( 5(/, ( them to return to their land. Naik is known for making inflam- ( * ( matory speeches and is also the S ( Sir — The Indian Medical CL5## N most wanted man in India for sev- Association (IMA) has rubbished OC E $ % M eral money laundering cases. a Lancet editorial (‘Fear and )-* 3?. 7 L % M While the Malaysian Government # ( uncertainty about Kashmir’s ## # LM has currently banned him from 677 8 ( future’ published on August 17) ## C making public speeches, it should 61, 8 - ., where the journal expressed con- take appropriate action against cerns about the mental health of #O# L### M , him. If charges against him are Kashmiris, saying that it had no 6 , # ## upheld, his permanent residency S $ 9 locus standi in the matter and that ##L" C status could be revoked. This 9 its interference was not welcome. 4, *-4 *. ' C bodes well for India. It is unfortunate that the reputed ( C4 * SC Panda medical journal The Lancet — , ' Bhubaneswar " : founded by an English surgeon in 7 # 4C * # (+/"C* C* - /+ .,/5 1823 — has committed breach of ## # ) # ', ' *# # /5 * # propriety in commenting on this C # $ '( -$(. political issue. This amounts to ' , $ $ % 5## +7 interference in an internal matter # # 7 * * " $*# Sir — The man behind some of ; $ .,/.1 of the Union of India. C "# C # ' Hindi cinema’s most celebrated # /2/+5 - ( The vexed Kashmir issue is a ) -"). ' C # # # , melodies is no more. Khayyam legacy that the British Empire left #' * # sahib was truly a musical magician. ; < ! # = behind. The Lancet has unneces- ) G #4, ' # C .+!42,>, Unlike today’s composers, who 27 < > ( sarily reacted to an internal C , lack skill to fuse Hindustani classi- ( administrative decision of the cal music with Indian film music, Government of India under the Khayyam was an expert with a - / : $ garb of concern of health of amount of outrage over the dis- minority group. He was rightly midas touch. Even today, the sweet Kashmiris. Where was it when the ruption of India’s Independence gagged for his exertions. As a melodies of Khayyam from films /1,,, ( Kashmiri Pandits were massacred Day celebrations in London by a matter of fact, Malaysia did not like Kabhie Kabhie, Noorie and and driven out of Kashmir? Or demonstration of Pakistani Sir — Utterances of Zakir Naik, invite him but he sought asylum Bazaar stir the soul of listeners. the Uighur Muslims, who are Kashmiris and a handful of the firebrand Islamic preacher over there, which was granted to M Pradyu % ; ( locked away in China’s anony- Khalistanis, such a non-medical who fled India in 2016, are not him along with citizenship. Hyderabad ( ? mous prisons? Did it study their editorial is unwarranted. surprising. Reportedly, he made He embarrassed the mental health, too? At a time Meghna A offensive remarks about the loy- Government by calling the ! %: @ when there has been a fair New South Wales alty of Malaysian Hindus, a Chinese “old guests” and asked 33 +23!, +?-(!1=( ! "#$ @ 0 2$ "0$ & - " $* 22# - - . 1.$ % . . . 1 ! ! % . 1. @ A $ # . $. . 1 1 5 6 ' # L #.% L # ) 'C # # ##,* + <
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( The statement by Rajnath Singh signals a ( facile if not deep thought within the Narendra E # ( Modi Government for some time now on the ( need to revise India’s No First Use (NFU) pol- ( ;- icy, especially when seen as a corollary to the 3 # ( former Defence Minister, the late Manohar E Parrikar’s statement in 2016 about being open P Q # ;- ( to revision of India’s NFU policy. # ( Rajnath Singh’s recent statement on NFU seems only a step forward, as unlike previous- ly, it does not come with “personal opinion” (*+*07) # # S # ( caveat. +7 5$56)!5 E S ( India first adopted a NFU policy after its )!$5"!7+67$ S #S second nuclear tests at Pokhran in 1998. Soon (46(*O" ( $ ( after, in August 1999, the Indian government 74154)(74*+ * - released a draft of the doctrine which asserts $5" 74"5)7 * % ! 6-*%!8 K that nuclear weapons were solely for deterrence *0(")*4*46 7/ .,/0 ..4 S and that India would as a nation pursue a pol- *+)5$56)!5 +27 A ( ( icy of “retaliation only.” The document also maintains that India 4*) $57 /1+ #S # ( $5" 74"5C* //4 .4. O “will not be the first to initiate a nuclear first strike, but will respond with punitive retalia- 67)$(4*+ reignited the debate on the need for ideal for a country with a NFU policy. investments needed for readying a FU C tion should deterrence fail” and that decisions "!()$74 India’s nuclear policy revision but It’s a purposeful decoupling to mandate force structure, a revision anytime ..4 to authorise the use of nuclear weapons )7 (!)7 whether it means that India is ready for civilian supremacy in strategic decision- soon will be difficult. would be made by the Prime Minister or his *+74 *@(4 a change in its NFU policy and will making and create checks and balances. However, to the extent that deter- /1,,, /5,,, 74 ‘designated successor(s)’. "!5$(4*4 move to a First Use (FU) strategy is In direct contrast to this, the FU force rence behavior in nuclear states is as ;-S #3 That the Defence Minister’s NFU comment *+)5$56 debatable. structure would possibly require an much psychologically induced as it is ; # came in Pokhran, the site of the 1998 nuclear 65)5$$545, Currently, there are various techno- ever-vigilant and ready strategic posture from concrete, stated and factored ( HIS # ( tests, gives wings to speculation. It also comes (46 56 logical and financial constraints for with quick and decisive calls for action capabilities, the Defence Minister’s P# ( days within the Modi Government’s decision New Delhi in erecting an effective first when needed, which in turn would statement has caused visible concerns to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir, 5!*1(7 $(4 strike capability against Pakistan or need a smaller gap between the civil- in Pakistan. Q # # *0(")*4C but most noticeably, amidst an ongoing diplo- China. A credible FU nuclear strike ian go-ahead and the military’s final Locating India’s overall NFU strat- matic and cross-border escalation with !7 5 ++@ capability, before anything, would call, leading to the targeting and firing egy, its force posture towards hostile Pakistan. +5*6(4)7* require significant investments in of the weapons with nuclear warheads. neighbours, the number of warheads 3 # # If this is any indication, it shows that the 5))5$ ) $5 Command, Control, Communications, New Delhi’s lessening of the civil- and the escalatory potential in a com- * rungs of conventional escalation between 7$(+*)5$*+ Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, military gap can be seen in the context parative context, paints a picture of a * India and Pakistan may be reaching the fag end, )(5"5) 554 and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and of the government’s recent decision to benign nuclear giant. and the Indian government wants to come out (46(**46 Target Acquisition (TA) capabilities. appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Doing away with NFU will repaint of the retaliation-counter-retaliation cycle *0(")*4 The essence of FU strike capability is a five-star General with possibly a this picture, besides possibly affecting ( * ( with a conventionally inferior power, which is pre-emption and accuracy, and would Cabinet rank whose role would super- stability in the region. I on a quest to gain conventional parity with require an unfailing intelligence and sede the three armed forces chiefs. That is a price this government is .,,/ ( India. Pakistan’s constant threat of battlefield shorter time-gap in the readiness The centralization of power considering to pay in the light of New nuclear weapons further complicates India’s sequence: passing of intelligence, civil- through the office of the CDS will not Delhi’s increasing fatigue with a rapid- conventional superiority gap assessment vis- military decision-making, mating only consolidate general decision-mak- ly lessening conventional gap with ) # à-vis Pakistan, setting foundations of a strate- weapons with warheads, leading to final ing in one office, but is likely to reduce Pakistan, especially with Pakistan’s ( ( - gically revisionist thought process within pre-empting strike on the enemy. intra-forces rivalry on issues of budget increasing tendency to factor Tactical # (.,,/ India. India’s first strike aspirations also and government favourability between Nuclear Weapons (TNW) within con- Chances of nuclear policy revision seem face structural constraints, particular- the three wings of the armed forces. ventional escalation spectrum, and * - ( more plausible in the light of the Bharatiya ly apropos the decision-making para- In the strategic context and in rela- with the solidifying China-Pakistan E ( Janata Party’s (BJP) historical assessments digm that exists as of now. The civil- tion to the country’s nuclear force pos- axis. /5 * # ( about making India a credible nuclear power military gap in India’s strategic forces ture, the office of the CDS is likely to If Balakot lowered the threshold for through a directly proportional relationship decision-making is deliberately made be more in tune with its FU strategy India’s conventional response to A P between the country’s political will to revise its to create a non-provocative yet puni- than it will be with its current NFU Pakistan and altered the nature of Q * ( nuclear policy and deterrence-based postur- tively reassuring second strike stance strategy. As such, the Defence Minister’s response, a doctrinal shift from NFU ing. towards the enemy and, most impor- statement hinting at a possible revision to FU might go a long way in ushering % The Vajpayee Government’s decision to tantly, to avert any rash decision lead- of India’s nuclear strategy could also be an altered deterrence-induced behav- ;- conduct the 1998 nuclear tests and project ing to catastrophe. Such a doctrinal pos- seen in the context of India’s decision iour in Pakistan, hopefully leading to 9 ( India as a credible nuclear power is a case in ture makes a lot of sense when viewed to appoint a CDS. a better future for bilateral ties between point. The Pokhran link to Rajnath Singh’s in the light of India’s non-alignment While it is unlikely that India will India and Pakistan. * # comments further underpins this government’s past, but is increasingly losing curren- go for a doctrinal alteration anytime (The writer is Visiting Fellow at the conviction about the aforementioned propor- cy in the eyes of a revisionist govern- soon, it could serve as an extremely Stimson Center in Washington D.C & 6 8 tionality. ment and a rallying nation. potent plank to fight the next general Deputy Director Kalinga Institute for The Defence Minister’s assertion has India’s current civil-military gap is elections in 2024. Given the kind of Indo-Pacific Studies) -! % $ Eqqtquuxqxu uwusutus uyxu t F uuxuyqryy uuxusyqusxqwu B sxquwuwqqyuqy y ywxuxywx xus uqy qwutq XxuE uuqu u
which makes them crucial in com- Each of these has its own character- not shift the burden of land require- bating climate change. But their istic. The most widespread grass- ment to cater to a burgeoning pop- ecology is shifting due to human land in India are the Imperata ulation onto the grasslands by label- activities, says a new study. type. Our country has no dearth of ing them as wastelands. Unless we The PNAS team conducted 105 diversity of greens but there is cer- course-correct, we will lose many experiments in different grasslands tainly a shortage of robust policies hectares of grasslands forever. 154)(4!*)$56 around the world. Each experiment to protect them against human Additionally, the wildlife that is ) focussed on particular global change exploitation. This usually happens found on these grasslands needs to factors like rising carbon dioxide, when grasslands are misrepresent- be recognised and categorised so that ' + A hotter temperatures and drought. ed as barren lands and usurped by it get chances for survival. Currently, # Grasslands showed resilience to land sharks and land mafia. there is little or no study or data avail- # # # rasslands across the globe, these factors in the first ten years of In a country where standing able for the rich flora and fauna avail- # especially in India, have exposure, after that their species trees in a forest are being felled to able in India. The Government must Gplayed a silent but stellar role began to alter, the study said. should be protected from human role in keeping a check on climate encroach land, grasslands naturally also increase awareness and recog- in reining in the process of climate Half of the PNAS experiments, intervention so as to arrest their change cannot be ignored. don’t stand a chance. But matters such nise the support of indigenous local change. But according to a study by lasting ten years or more, showed a degradation. They occupy more Grasslands in India share their as these are of public knowledge. This people so that India can benefit from K Proceedings of the National change in the number of species in than 40 per cent of all the ice-free existence with some trees, shrubs and is why it is even more puzzling that their efforts to conserve grasslands. # Academy of Sciences (PNAS) jour- grasslands. The study also found that land in the world. These assets of herbs. They are found at various alti- the National Green Tribunal (NGT) In order to do this, we must take a # ) nal, climate change, pollution and their identity can change rapidly nature have sustained humans for the tudes and in various geographical or even the Central Government has cue from other nations where vast various environment alterations without a reduction in the number of past 300 million years — right from regions under different climatic con- not come out with a forceful protec- savannahs have been respected and ## 4 across the globe are changing their plant species but due to the change the time when the first homo sapi- ditions. tion policy. conserved over centuries. The meth- #K identity. One of the key contributions in individual plants. Even though the ens appeared in Africa. They also Thus, grasslands are also found The apathy can be judged from ods and systems followed by these K made by grasslands is their incon- grasslands are resilient towards glob- provide food and shelter to various in altitudes higher than 2,100 the fact that semi-arid open areas are countries are in public domain and ) spicuous role in containing carbon al change for around ten years, they other species, including zebras and metres where the temperature is now being classified as wastelands, available to be implemented in the C # levels in the atmosphere. It is this are vulnerable due to the fast pace of giraffes. cold. Some are found at an altitude leaving them vulnerable to human Indian context. Grasslands are the life storage capacity for carbon that global change. Closer home, grasslands happen between 150 to 300 metres where intervention and encroachments. breath in the fight against climate C makes grasslands effective warriors Increasingly, the scientific com- to be the least understood habitat of the temperature is warm. Apart These so-called wastelands are, in change. They must be protected C against climate change. munity across the world is forming nature. There is also a paucity of from the climatic conditions where fact, grasslands but neither are they and conserved. Nearly, 30 per cent of the world’s the opinion that the role of grasslands effective studies on their efficacy. the grasslands exist, there are other given due recognition nor proper (The writer is an environmental carbon is stored in these grasslands, needs to be acknowledged. They Still, the fact that they play a pivotal variants, mainly five major types. classification. The Government must journalist) -"C ! "#$ , ( ! 2" ! !;2 ! '- '- ;' the national sales company, value, so when the tide turns + ) %5 the factory, the training centre we can get a lion’s share of the .+' F /) and in financial services. We market.” 3 @AA continue to believe in the India However, Singh reiterated 0,# ) ". ' story, but it is important to that the core aspect of BMW’s O ' / understand that the India growth strategy was still build- 45 65+!( *( It can be noted that GDP - "' P growth story will be uniquely ing great products, “and this growth slid to a five-year low Indian with dips and jumps, it new 3-series is a prime exam- he Indian rupee on he ongoing economic slow- of 5.8 per cent for the March will be an ambiguous growth ple of that.” Adding that deal- TWednesday clawed Tdown has started hurting quarter and is widely expected $ $* curve and I feel ‘Business er profitability will play a big back some lost ground to corporates as well, with com- to come lower for the June close at 71.55, up 16 panies reporting a sharp quarter. There have also been erman carmaker paise against the US dol- decline in both revenue and reports of jobless growth and a GBMW took the lar in line with stronger profit growth numbers in the skewed nature of economic wraps off the seventh- emerging market cur- June quarter, a report said on growth, where the "have-nots" generation of their rencies. Wednesday. are being left behind. popular 3-series Starting off on a India Inc's net sales growth From the operating profit sports sedan in India. bullish note, the rupee for the June quarter slid to 4.6 growth perspective, the Care The latest iteration of surged to a high of 71.36 per cent as against 13.5 per cent Ratings study showed a slide the global bestseller per dollar during the for the same period last year, down to 4.1 per cent in June will be available in day before settling at while the net profit growth quarter as against double digit two diesel and one 71.55, clocking a gain of moderated to 6.6 per cent as growth last year. petrol option and will 16 paise. compared to last year's 24.6 per However, the operating be priced between On Tuesday, the cent. profit margin was stable at 41.4 lakhs to 47.9 Indian unit had closed at The findings are based on about 20 per cent level, it said. lakhs. The vehicle will a six-month low of 71.71 an analysis of 2,976 companies Excluding banks and be assembled at the a dollar. dollar index — which gauges trading was muted ahead of the which have reported their financial sector companies, a carmakers Chennai The recovery in the Indian the greenback's strength against US Federal Reserve's July meet- quarterly numbers by domes- survey of 2,574 entities facilities and will be unit was seen despite head- a basket of six currencies — fell ing minutes and Jackson Hole tic rating agency Care Ratings. showed tax outgo declining by the third generation of winds in form of economic 0.01 per cent to 98.18. symposium later in the week. "The first quarter of the fis- 19 per cent during June quar- the 3-series to be uncertainties, FDI outflows The 10-year Indian gov- Meanwhile, Financial cal year 2019-20 has been ter, as against a robust 52.3 per assembled in India. and rise in global crude oil ernment bond yield was down Benchmark India Private Ltd marked by disappointing and cent growth in the year-ago Speaking to The Pioneer after Unusual’ will be ‘Business as role going forward and how prices, according to forex at 6.57 per cent on Wednesday. (FBIL) set the reference rate for weak corporate earnings period. the launch of the vehicle, Usual’ in India,” Singh said dur- business models will have to traders. Besides, investors con- "Despite brent crude price the rupee/dollar at 71.6483 indicative of the overall slow- The profit after tax for Rudratej Singh, the newly- ing an interview. BMW which change, “it should not be about tinued to fret over long-lasting rising for last four consecutive and for rupee/euro at 79.3682. down in various industries and these companies fell by 11.9 per appointed Chief Executive had seen sales fall sharply in trying to extract the maxi- US China trade war. sessions and higher dollar The reference rate for the economy," it said. cent during the same period, as Officer, BMW Group India 1016-17 has seen a smart turn- mum value from one service Meanwhile, foreign index levels, the rupee man- rupee/British pound was fixed In what can be termed as a against a growth of 52.9 per said that the vehicle was a crit- around in sales, but Singh ticket but getting more service investors pulled out Rs 770.81 aged to recoup some of the at 86.7809 and for rupee/100 silver lining, the broader eco- cent registered in the year-ago ical one for the carmaker, added that he did not want to tickets. We have to grow from crore from Indian equities on losses registered in the previous Japanese yen at 67.27. nomic woes do not seem to period. accounting for almost a third of grow through the rampant dis- the 80,000 car base we have in Wednesday, as per exchange two sessions," V K Sharma, Contrary to rupee have had an impact on the It can be noted that a slew annual sales, even for the out- counting that is standard for India today and make it larg- data. Head PCG & Capital Markets rebound, the 30-share BSE orgnaised sector jobs, as the of business leaders, including going model and just behind the luxury car industry. “We er.” However, he added that Continuing its rise, the Strategy, HDFC Securities, said. Sensex settled 267.64 points or employee expenses growth doyens like L&T chairman A M the X1 Sports-Utility Vehicle. want to change the concepts of currently things for the Indian global crude benchmark Brent Emerging market curren- 0.72 per cent lower at continued to be stable. Naik and Bajaj Auto's Rahul “India is a strategically luxury and of of value, I do not economy were volatile and Futures rose 1.6 per cent to cies advanced as investors 37,060.37; while the broader Employees compensation Bajaj have been flagging con- important market for BMW. feel the Indian consumer is as uncertain and it might take a trade at USD 60.99 per barrel assessed the latest remarks NSE Nifty shed 98.30 points or grew 10.6 per cent as compared cerns on economic growth and You can see that in the breadth price conscious as he or she is time for economic growth to on Wednesday. from the US on trade talks with 0.89 per cent to finish at to the year-ago period, the its impact on the corporates as of investments that we have value conscious and we want to pick up alongside a commen- Aiding in rupee recoup, the China, he said adding that 10,918.70. study showed. well. made across the country from be the brand that offers that surate increase in sales. 4+*) ' >?@. ) #' # # ". 'D '/ will range from 9.8 lakh to market to show signs of growth '- ;' 11.46 lakh. during the festive season as the "## - " ;. Addressing the media after monsoons have been fairly 6# # the launch, Kenichi Ayukawa, positive and because some of *"!(4)74 evant" and said it was imper- % " Managing Director, Maruti the uncertainty that surround- ative to "take China on." "It's O. 45 65+!( the Dutch administrator. Suzuki India Limited admitted ed the industry on issues such resident Donald Trump about time, whether it's good Jet Airways is facing that the current environment as the changeover to BS6 emis- Packnowledged Tuesday for our country or bad for our . %$ D he National Company Law insolvency proceedings in 45 65+!( where car sales have been sion norms and other issues his aggressive China trade country short term," he said. TAppellate Tribunal the Netherlands as well, declining as much 20 percent such as electrification should be policies may mean econom- Paraphrasing a reporter's Beijing: Beijing appealed to (NCLAT) on Wednesday asked where it was declared bank- n the midst of the worst sales compared to figures from a cleared. ic pain for Americans but question, Trump said, "Your Washington on Wednesday to lenders of Jet Airways whether rupt after failing to pay two Islump for pas- insisted they're needed for statement about, 'Oh, will we "meet China halfway" and end they would cooperate with the European creditors. senger cars in more important long-term fall into a recession for two a tariff war after President Dutch court administrator who Subsequently, a bankruptcy decades, Maruti- benefits. He contended he months?' OK? The fact is Donald Trump said Americans is also pursuing insolvency administrator was appointed Suzuki took the does not fear a recession but somebody had to take China might need to endure eco- proceedings against the debt- by the Dutch court. wraps off their is nonetheless considering on." The president indicated nomic pain to achieve longer- ridden carrier. A three-member The appellate tribunal's new multi-per- new tax cuts to promote that he had no choice but to term benefits. NCLAT bench headed by direction came while hearing a son vehicle growth. impose the tariffs that have A foreign ministry spokesman, Chairman Justice S J petition filed by the Dutch (MPV) the XL6. Asked if his trade war been a drag on U.S. Geng Shuang, expressed hope Mukhopadhyay asked the court administrator against the The XL6 which with China could tip the Manufacturers, financial mar- Washington can "get along us" Committee of Creditors (CoC) order of the Mumbai bench of is a variant of the country into recession, Trump kets and, by some measures, and restore "mutually benefi- of Jet Airways to file an affidavit the National Company Law popular Ertiga brushed off the idea as "irrel- American consumers. cial" trade. AP within a week in this regard. Tribunal (NCLT), which had MPV will how- The appellate tribunal has declared overseas bankruptcy ever be sold also asked the CoC to inform proceedings null and void in through the car- E # . . '# whether they are ready to pay the Jet Airways insolvency makers premium E . * fees and bear costs incurred by case. sales channel . # # C Nexa, and fea- tures several pre- 45 65+!( '( mium touches such as a second- ysore Deep Perfumery House (MDPH) and New Delhi: The Government is planning to row of individual MZedblack, launched "Manthan Zaroori Hai" boost domestic production of chemicals and captain seats and campaign for Manthan Dhoop with Veteran petrochemicals to cut down imports and make full-LED head- Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi as its brand new India a manufacturing hub for the sector, a top lights in the front.in keeping year ago, is worrying. Stock lev- That said Maruti executives ambassador. The brand campaign urges every soul ministry official said on Wednesday. with Marutii's decision to stop els for Maruti dealers is also privately admitted that they did to awaken his or her consciousness through spir- Net imports of chemicals and petrochemi- production of small diesel running 'slightly higher than not see sales reaching 2017 lev- itual conversations. Today each and everyone is cals touched a whopping Rs 1.21 lakh crore annu- engines, the Ertiga is available usual' he admitted, despite els until 2021 at the earliest and chasing or running behind a goal, be it the mil- ally in 2018-19, the official added. Addressing only in a petrol variant however plants running at lower than said that the lack of credit is lennials with hunger for more or a 40 something an event organised by the Indian Chamber of has both manual and automatic optimal capacity. However, he hurting dealers and customers common man who is wanting to give a better life Commerce (ICC), chemicals and petrochemi- transmission options. Prices added that he expected the alike. to his family. cals secretary P Raghavendra Rao said. PTI ! "#$ -"CC
! " R 0) (,+ C ;<<=>/ - D , ??@> 2/1EA@3#* 45 65+!( 45 65+!( The report added that some slowed to 6.8 per cent in 2018- for any substantive stimulus. indicators are showing early 19 — the slowest pace since “We currently expect GDP *(9 71.49 against the US dollar Stephen Innes at Valour old prices on Wednesday ndia’s economic growth is set signs of bottoming out. Data so 2014-15. There are ominous growth in Q2 to slow to 5.7 per !74074 intra-day. Markets. Gappreciated 50 to hit a Ito slow further in the April- far for July show that 53 per cent signs showing that slowdown cent YoY from 5.8 per cent in Brent crude futures, the Hong Kong added 0.2 per new high of 38,820 per 10 June quarter of this year to 5.7 of indicators have improved may be deep. Consumer con- Q1, before improving to 6.4 per enchmark equity index global oil benchmark, spurted cent, Shanghai was barely gram at the bullion market here per cent amid contraction in compared with 31 per cent in fidence is waning, foreign cent YoY in Q3 and 6.7 per cent Sensex slumped 268 1.28 per cent to USD 60.80 per moved and Tokyo ended down on account of consistent buy- consumption, weak invest- June, the report noted. direct investment has plateaued in Q4,” it said, adding that it Bpoints on Wednesday, barrel. 0.3 per cent. Sydney fell almost ing support from jewellers, ments and an under-perform- Nomura’s Composite and international trade and was closely watching for signs dragged by losses in ITC, one percent, Singapore shed 0.3 according to the All-India ing service sector, says a Leading Index (CLI) for Q3 currency war is further aggra- of sustainability of the growth HDFC, L&T and ICICI Bank as # per cent and Wellington was Sarafa Association. Silver also Nomura report. (July-September) has ticked vating the problem. turnaround. investors remained wary of an $ 0.9 per cent lower. Taipei fin- soared by 1,140 to 45,040 per According to the global marginally higher to 99.9 from To take stock of the situa- The Central Statistics economic slowdown. $ . ished flat and Seoul added 0.2 kg on fresh offtake by industrial financial services major, even 99.8 in Q2, led by higher indus- tion, Finance Minister Nirmala Office will come out with the After plunging 305 points, Equities stuttered in Asia per cent. units and coin makers. though growth is set to slow trial production growth, an Sitharaman held several meet- GDP figures for the first quar- the 30-share Sensex settled on Wednesday as investors In early trade, London rose Traders attributed the gain further in Q2 (April-June) the improvement in visitor arrivals ings with officials and industry ter (April-June) on August 30. 267.64 points, or 0.72 per cent, took a step back after recent 0.5 per cent, Paris added 0.8 in gold to increase in the domes- economy is expected to see growth, equity markets and leaders who have asked for Meanwhile, the automobile lower at 37,060.37. It hit an gains, with focus now turning percent and Frankfurt was up tic spot market demand. some recovery in the July- lower policy rates. stimulus measure to boost con- sector is facing its worst crisis intra-day high of 37,406.55 to a key speech by Federal 0.5 per cent. However, a weak trend in the September quarter. “While the concurrent state sumer demand and private in two decades and reports sug- and a low of 37,022.52. Reserve boss Jerome Powell at The Fed releases minutes of international market restricted “High-frequency indica- of the economy remains quite investments. gest thousands of job losses in The broader NSE Nifty too the end of the week. its July meeting later on the gains, they said. Besides, the tors continue to show familiar concerning, nascent signs of Though there are increas- the auto and ancillary industry. ended 98.30 points, or 0.89 per Rising hopes for China-US Wednesday which will pro- decline in equity markets also pain points — a deep contrac- green shoots and positive per- ing signs of the government In the real estate sector, the cent, down at 10,918.70. During trade talks have provided a vide an insight into its delib- aided the rally in the precious tion in consumption, weak formance of leading indicators taking stock of the slowdown, number of unsold homes has the day, it swung between a much-needed lift to markets erations when cutting interest metal as investors moved investment, a slowing external provide some signs that a recov- and possibly announcing some increased, while fast-moving high of 11,034.20 and a low of over the past two days but with rates for the first time since the towards safe-haven assets such sector and an under-perform- ery may be slowly materialis- short-term measures to buoy consumer goods companies 10,906.65. few fresh catalysts, dealers are financial crisis. as gold, they added. ing services sector,” Nomura ing,” the Nomura report said. business confidence, Nomura have reported a decline in vol- Tata Motors was the biggest keeping their powder dry But Powell’s talk at the Gold prices traded weak said in a research note. India’s economic growth assesses limited fiscal space ume growth in the first quarter. laggard in the Sensex pack, ahead of Friday’s address. central bankers’ gathering in with international spot gold plummeting 9.29 per cent, fol- After positive signals from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is the prices but continue to hover lowed by Yes Bank at 8.21 per Donald Trump and some of his key event and will be closely around USD 1,500 an ounce. = ? cent. Other losers included top advisers on Monday over pored over for clues about the In the national capital, gold )=0FG,@GA Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd progress in the talks with bank’s plans for next month, of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent % #=- A1 Bank, SBI, L&T, ITC, Vedanta, Beijing, and an olive branch with experts unable to agree on purity rose 50 each to 38,820 New Delhi (PTI): Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health HCL Tech, ICICI Bank and with the delay of a ban on whether or not he will and 38,650 per 10 gram, Care (P&G) on Wednesday reported a 36.45 per cent rise in net M&M, which declined up to Huawei purchases, there have announce further cuts. respectively Sovereign gold New Delhi (PTI): With the closure of open offer, Nippon profit at 60.79 crore for the June quarter. The company had 4.26 per cent. been few developments for There has been increased advanced by 200 at 28,800 per Life Insurance stake in Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management posted a net profit of 44.55 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, traders to buy on. speculation that central banks eight grams. Silver ready surged (RNAM) has risen to 54 per cent. The open offer was part of the income in the quarter under review stood at 646.98 crore, up Tech Mahindra, HUL, Bajaj “Our trade-war headline- and governments will step in 1,140 to 45,040 per kg, while stake sale process. Nippon Life floated open offer to acquire near- 21.73 per cent from 531.48 crore in the same quarter last year, Auto, Maruti, NTPC and inspired relief rally appears to with stimulus support to head weekly-based delivery gained ly 22.49 per cent stake in RNAM for 3,179 crore under a deal P&G said in a regulatory filing. “In a challenging market envi- HDFC Bank bucked the weak have run its course as I suspect off a global downturn, but 210 to 43,632 per kg. Silver with Reliance Capital which is exiting the mutual funds busi- ronment, we delivered strong double-digit growth for the year market trend, rising up to 1.78 there is still a lot of nervousness analysts warn they could be coins were in good demand and ness. The mandatory open offer tendering period was from July and the fourth quarter... We will continue to focus on deliver- per cent. among US investors as the disappointed by what Powell traded higher by 2,000 to 23 to August 5, sources said, adding that approximately 11 per ing balanced and sustained growth in a challenging and com- Meanwhile, the Indian global economic realities are has to say regarding Fed 91,000 for buying and 92,000 cent shares were tendered in the open offer. Nippon Life paid petitive macroeconomic environment,” Procter & Gamble rupee appreciated 22 paise to just too hard to ignore,” said action. for selling of 100 coins. 230 per share in the open offer. Hygiene and Health Care MD Madhusudan Gopalan said.
SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11018.15 11034.20 10906.65 10918.70 -98.30 Script Open High Low LTP CANFINHOME 378.5 379.7 375.55 379.15 VGUARD 233 233.2 227.7 230.95 BIRLACORPN 588 588 551 554 HEROMOTOCO2663.80 2722.00 2663.55 2713.00 43.75 YESBANK 71.2 71.55 64.5 65.4 ADANIGAS 154.9 157.5 151 152.05 THERMAX 1022.5 1039.25 1022.5 1035 SCHNEIDER 74.45 75.3 73.75 74.5 MARUTI 6223.00 6276.00 6141.00 6250.90 59.95 IBULHSGFIN 521.45 521.45 471.5 482.85 NIITTECH 1374 1382.35 1357 1366.1 CENTRUM 29.25 29.25 27.1 27.95 SANOFI 6244.35 6252 6083.1 6106.75 INFY 793.00 803.75 793.00 799.25 6.50 TATAMOTORS 123.5 123.5 109.55 112.3 RCF 44 44 40.55 40.8 IFCI 7.24 7.31 7.05 7.1 APLAPOLLO 1285.85 1302 1263.3 1293.8 TECHM 670.00 675.00 669.30 673.70 4.80 IDEA 5.79 5.79 5.53 5.58 MCX 850 854.6 835.65 839.1 NHPC 23.3 23.35 23.1 23.2 PIIND 1101.75 1127.55 1101.75 1113.8 EICHERMOT 16060.00 16280.00 15909.40 15980.00 84.25 MARUTI 6225 6277.55 6140.85 6222.95 UFLEX 205.1 207.55 200.15 202.35 ADANIGREEN 45.55 45.7 43.8 44 JSL 28.55 29.1 27.9 28.5 HINDUNILVR 1842.90 1855.75 1836.00 1853.00 9.60 INFY* 792.8 803 792.75 799.55 SUZLON 4.43 4.44 4.24 4.3 WESTLIFE 284.75 290 284 286 KNRCON 244.75 246.15 241.05 244.75 BAJAJ-AUTO 2745.95 2771.50 2735.00 2754.20 11.25 SBIN 285.3 285.8 276.4 277.4 LUPIN 739.9 741.2 730.95 735.2 FRETAIL 420.4 425.6 415.15 416.95 MPHASIS 964 975.15 956.2 970.85 BRITANNIA 2389.00 2405.00 2300.00 2402.00 8.50 LT 1344 1344 1303.05 1310.3 BLISSGVS 94.15 94.15 90 91.2 CROMPTON 226.3 228.4 224.9 226.15 CRISIL 1277 1277 1228.9 1250.55 HDFCBANK 2224.90 2241.20 2214.20 2225.70 5.10 HDFCLIFE 530.5 538.8 526.5 530.9 MINDTREE 712.45 712.6 697.85 700.85 ASTRAL 1248.3 1262 1229.3 1246.9 JYOTHYLAB 152 152 150.25 150.65 KOTAKBANK 1504.00 1517.80 1496.00 1507.00 1.90 RELIANCE 1277.4 1278.4 1266.65 1270.8 VOLTAS 604.85 609.05 588.45 592.4 KALPATPOWR 497.25 499 473.75 476.6 ORIENTCEM 85.6 86.75 83.3 84.1 INDUSINDBK 1385 1420.05 1358.5 1365.9 KTKBANK 77.7 77.7 73.85 74.2 QUESS 458.1 463 421.25 448.6 ISEC 209.4 211.35 205.4 205.75 NTPC 118.00 119.60 117.45 118.00 0.05 TATASTEEL 357.9 358.3 341.8 343.05 JPASSOCIAT 2.25 2.34 2.21 2.26 SYNGENE 304.05 307.5 299.6 300.35 FINOLEXIND 502.5 522.7 500 500.6 TCS 2184.95 2202.00 2182.25 2183.00 -3.75 SPICEJET 141.4 143.3 136.3 136.8 IRB 91.7 91.7 85.4 86 JSLHISAR 64.5 65.1 62.05 64.35 SOMANYCERA 291 291 277.5 278.8 RELIANCE 1275.65 1278.65 1266.50 1271.05 -4.90 ITC 248.7 248.7 240.85 241.6 CEATLTD 886 886.75 865.25 874.55 LTI 1614 1623 1590 1598.45 PHOENIXLTD 629 653.7 629 639.8 WIPRO 253.50 254.90 251.10 252.30 -1.00 DHFL 47 47.85 44.75 45.6 CIPLA 478.8 478.9 467 468.05 GPPL 82.45 83 78.2 80.3 IRCON 354 355.3 349.75 351.5 ASIANPAINT 1585.25 1595.00 1578.55 1588.00 -7.15 UJJIVAN 271 272.35 255.4 257.95 NAUKRI 2163.65 2183.65 2132 2138.75 BOSCHLTD 13546.25 13734.05 13520.3 13692.5 NILKAMAL 995.6 1001 972.5 996.4 POWERGRID 206.65 207.60 204.30 204.75 -1.30 ICICIBANK 414.35 418.85 410.75 412.2 OMAXE 196.9 196.9 194 194.5 ASTRAZEN 1756.65 1815 1668 1700.25 MAGMA 68.05 70.2 66.05 68 BHARTIARTL 358.00 360.20 353.15 355.75 -2.30 BANKBARODA 98.75 99.7 93.25 94.8 J&KBANK 37.85 37.85 34.6 35.45 GUJGAS 184 185.25 183.15 183.4 HERITGFOOD 337 337 329.2 330.55 AXISBANK 674.00 674.15 659.65 667.50 -4.85 RELCAPITAL 42.05 43.5 39.6 40 JKTYRE 59 59 56.25 57.35 CGPOWER 11.8 11.8 11.8 11.8 LAOPALA 152.25 156 144.4 155.45 BAJFINANCE 3289.90 3321.95 3246.20 3263.00 -31.10 RPOWER 3.35 3.35 3.11 3.18 TATACHEM 565 565 553.9 556.7 LTTS 1575.9 1575.9 1555 1555.4 BDL 288.2 289 285 286.1 HDFC 2096.00 2099.95 2062.95 2069.00 -21.10 HEROMOTOCO 2668.9 2725 2663 2714.2 BERGEPAINT 367.9 367.9 364 365.9 ASTERDM 122.3 122.3 117.25 117.8 JETAIRWAYS 34.55 34.55 34.55 34.55 UPL 540.00 542.75 527.50 534.00 -5.90 RELINFRA 42.9 43.65 41.05 41.95 RADICO 317.1 320.7 304 307.2 COROMANDEL 351.6 361 346 358.55 WHIRLPOOL 1544 1549.05 1538.35 1540.1 M&M 528.30 535.60 518.10 521.55 -6.25 RBLBANK 390 390.1 369.8 372.2 EQUITAS 106.45 106.8 102.6 104.95 THYROCARE 469.25 470.25 432.55 442.9 ALKEM 1755 1795 1715 1732 BAJAJFINSV 7241.00 7334.00 7117.35 7150.00 -86.15 NMDC 89.95 94.25 86.1 86.25 KEC 290 290.15 271 273 WELCORP 114.1 116.2 112.5 113.25 SUPRAJIT 180.75 185.05 178.25 182.9 SUNPHARMA 421.00 425.85 413.60 415.65 -5.25 SUNPHARMA 421 425.65 413.9 417.3 HSCL 83.05 83.05 75.85 79.55 LAKSHVILAS 43.05 43.85 41.85 41.85 SKFINDIA 1869.6 1869.6 1830 1832.45 ICICIBANK 416.00 418.70 410.55 411.50 -5.40 OBEROIRLTY 525 525 454.05 512.65 DIVISLAB 1537.5 1540 1517.15 1533.6 COCHINSHIP 350 350 342.8 344.55 TIMETECHNO 62.5 62.85 59.5 60.05 HCLTECH 1082.95 1083.55 1066.05 1068.10 -15.90 COALINDIA 194.3 195.45 188.2 188.75 PHILIPCARB 124.8 124.8 117.15 119.2 JSWENERGY 68.8 69.6 66.95 67.3 CARERATING 582.6 592.55 571 574.85 FINEORG 1432.65 1436.75 1417.1 1428.7 VEDL 141.10 141.70 138.05 140.05 -2.35 BAJFINANCE 3295 3322.95 3245.8 3260.8 IDFCFIRSTB 44.85 44.85 43.3 43.45 JUBILANT 448.35 448.35 430.55 431.6 SONATSOFTW 320 320.65 311.85 314.1 VBL 645.45 649.35 635.2 641.35 ADANIPORTS 355.00 355.00 348.40 349.05 -5.90 JINDALSTEL 103.1 104.4 97.8 98.75 HINDALCO 179.5 179.5 173.85 177.05 KAJARIACER 490.1 491.5 475.3 479.7 EMAMILTD 298.75 300.35 291.9 292.35 ORIENTELEC 157.1 157.9 153 154.55 PFC 106 106 99.7 101.95 HINDALCO 178.90 178.90 173.25 176.40 -3.00 SBILIFE 857 857 824.1 829.95 GUJALKALI 405 405.95 390 391.2 SUNDRMFAST 405.5 408 404 405.1 TEJASNET 86 87.4 85.4 85.8 JAICORPLTD 73.2 74.7 71.5 72.5 ITC 246.70 246.90 240.85 242.30 -4.20 BRITANNIA 2398 2405.8 2302 2383.7 POWERGRID 206 207.4 204.4 204.8 BLUESTARCO 706.65 718 705.5 714.55 MAHABANK 11.91 11.91 11.61 11.66 HDFCBANK 2217 2241.05 2214.7 2226 AMBUJACEM 205.05 206.65 200.55 201.2 GULFOILLUB 855.5 865.95 855 859.2 ITDC 180 180 164.1 166.35 AIAENG 1625.5 1640 1608.2 1615 IOC 123.90 124.20 120.40 121.10 -2.10 HDFC 2075 2099.2 2063 2066.35 HCLTECH 1094 1095 1067.15 1071.75 TORNTPHARM 1658.4 1677.65 1648 1670.85 SJVN 24.45 24.55 24.1 24.3 STARCEMENT 96.5 96.85 91.1 91.95 ZEEL 350.00 351.75 342.55 344.00 -6.85 ICICIPRULI 386 390.8 384.45 385.85 JUSTDIAL 674.15 684.35 667.05 682.65 SOUTHBANK 11.35 11.35 11.02 11.04 ATUL 3625.55 3625.55 3511.55 3534.7 PGHH 10240.05 10351.2 10201 10301.75 BPCL 335.75 339.45 326.35 327.60 -6.65 ULTRACEMCO 4033 4073.45 3899 3923.75 COFFEEDAY 72.8 72.8 68.65 72.8 KANSAINER 472.45 474.2 458.5 471.75 MRPL 48.8 48.8 46.5 47.5 PRSMJOHNSN 84.25 85.35 83.75 83.85 DRREDDY 2500.00 2526.90 2491.00 2502.50 -52.10 IOC 124 124.15 120.4 121.1 DLF 177.45 177.5 170.6 171.6 PTC 58.9 59.6 57.85 58.15 MOTILALOFS 560 565 556.55 557.15 IBULISL 100.45 101 96.45 96.45 CIPLA 478.60 479.00 466.95 467.90 -10.80 ASHOKLEY 64.1 64.1 61.35 61.8 IBVENTURES 201.9 201.9 194.6 197.65 ALBK 34.85 34.85 31.8 32.05 MINDACORP 76.55 77.45 73.7 74.65 FINCABLES 369.5 376 368.25 374.85 LT 1341.20 1341.90 1302.55 1311.05 -31.45 NESTLEIND 11970.35 12635 11970.35 12587.45 MANAPPURAM 122.3 123.9 120.75 122.6 GRANULES 93.25 94 90.35 91.6 GLAXO 1207.7 1242 1201.35 1219.65 DBCORP 154.7 154.75 147.75 149.7 SBIN 285.50 285.60 276.30 276.80 -6.90 MGL 848.45 854.9 834.3 850.8 PEL 1804 1804 1759 1782.7 EXIDEIND 178 179.3 174.5 175.2 SCI 26.7 26.9 26 26.25 ECLERX 500 500.15 481.5 484.55 TITAN 1090.50 1097.00 1060.30 1065.30 -27.05 EDELWEISS 119.25 119.7 110.3 114.65 CENTURYTEX 860.1 864.95 830.6 835.55 CHENNPETRO 194.3 195.8 191.8 193.75 ASHOKA 117.05 119.5 116.45 117.35 ZENSARTECH 226 226.2 216.75 218.2 INFRATEL 254.05 255.75 246.70 249.00 -6.55 BHARTIARTL 359.2 360 353.3 354.65 GODFRYPHLP 1037 1037 970.2 977.35 ABFRL 189.6 192.05 188.1 191.1 BALMLAWRIE 173.5 173.5 169.6 170.2 CREDITACC 507.25 515.5 507.25 509.85 JSWSTEEL 223.50 226.00 217.70 219.00 -5.85 AXISBANK 671 673.85 659.8 665 APOLLOHOSP 1460 1489 1458.8 1466.45 JISLJALEQS 21.7 21.7 19.8 20.3 VARROC 419.1 424.15 407.65 409.25 GET&D 156.7 158.4 150.4 152.2 ONGC 125.00 125.55 119.65 121.70 -3.35 WIPRO 254.3 254.5 251.3 252.6 INDIGO 1636 1646.85 1619 1624.65 BHARATFORG 391.75 394.85 387.75 389.6 PAGEIND 18261.2 18300 17970.05 18038.25 NESCO 530 530.35 516.7 523.8 INDUSINDBK 1412.50 1412.85 1357.85 1364.50 -40.35 BHEL 49.7 49.95 47.45 48.3 SUNTECK 460 460 442 449.5 MOIL 128.8 129 124.4 124.85 HUDCO 33 33.15 32.5 32.7 RELAXO 424 426.7 420 425.55 ULTRACEMCO 4036.00 4074.05 3898.00 3907.95 -125.10 ZEEL 350.9 351.75 342.75 344.05 FEDERALBNK 85.1 85.1 81.9 82.2 GREAVESCOT 122 122 117.25 118.65 GHCL 196.6 197 190.05 191.7 EIDPARRY 148.15 150.8 147.8 150.05 COALINDIA 195.00 195.45 188.10 188.65 -6.65 L&TFH 98 98.85 95.5 96.6 DCBBANK 212 214.75 208.65 209.8 IDFC 34.2 34.25 33.25 33.65 WELSPUNIND 47.05 47.6 41 47.2 JKLAKSHMI 325.85 333.45 323.5 325.2 GAIL 127.90 128.45 122.05 122.30 -5.05 BIOCON 221 226.6 219.4 223.3 SRF 2874.3 2927.1 2860 2899.75 ABBOTINDIA 8950 9099 8901.45 9016.25 EVEREADY 79.95 82.3 79.15 81.4 NH 243.95 243.95 227 230.1 TATASTEEL 357.00 358.20 341.85 342.00 -16.25 TCS 2187 2202.5 2180.95 2185.85 JSWSTEEL 225 226 217.55 218.85 AEGISLOG 197 202.95 197 202.25 IFBIND 656.7 663.5 630.5 649.1 APARINDS 543.45 549.45 529 531.25 GRASIM 727.10 729.90 695.00 695.05 -34.20 ESCORTS 461 467.2 446 449.1 DABUR 430.5 430.8 422 426.95 GODREJAGRO 444.6 454.9 444.6 450.65 BASF 1029 1030.9 975.05 985.4 GESHIP* 239.65 245 239.05 243.4 YESBANK 71.20 71.50 64.55 65.05 -6.15 KOTAKBANK 1497.05 1517.85 1497.05 1505.8 TATAGLOBAL 266 266.1 259.1 260.65 SIEMENS 1163.05 1166.4 1146.6 1151.6 INOXWIND 35 38.6 35 36.25 GRINDWELL 562.05 566.65 558.4 560.2 JUBLFOOD 1148.05 1151.1 1115.5 1127.15 IBULHSGFIN 520.00 520.80 471.65 474.80 -46.60 PNB 65.65 66.4 63.25 64.05 CASTROLIND 118.05 118.4 114.5 115.9 FORTIS 123.65 125.2 122.1 122.75 TRITURBINE 102 108.4 100 104.75 SAIL 34.75 34.75 31.5 31.9 UNIONBANK 62 62.25 59.5 60.25 CAPPL 422 423.4 393 404.1 ADVENZYMES 151.55 152.4 151 151.55 TATAMOTORS 123.00 123.00 109.50 112.00 -11.85 TATAPOWER 55.7 55.95 50.4 51.1 GLENMARK 376.5 377 360.95 362.75 DEEPAKFERT 83.65 85 81.6 81.85 LINDEINDIA 490.85 491.5 480.2 481.25 TATAMTRDVR 58.2 58.2 52.1 52.85 STRTECH 134 135.4 129.25 130.15 KEI 453.6 462.9 453.05 459.95 LAURUSLABS 336.6 338 333.5 334.05 M&M 529.5 535.5 518.3 520.6 UPL 540.05 542 527.75 536.2 GSFC 74 74 71.55 72.7 LUXIND 1012 1012.55 990.6 1002.85 ONGC 125.1 125.35 119.7 121.15 DISHTV 23.5 23.5 21.85 22.35 MEGH 48.35 48.35 43.7 43.9 SHRIRAMCIT 1367 1367 1300.1 1312.45 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE VENKYS 1480 1496.7 1359.6 1428.4 AUBANK 693.35 701 686.2 694.55 RAIN 82.8 82.8 81.3 82.15 NLCINDIA 54.45 54.8 53.9 54.65 NIFTY NEXT 50 25827.20 25837.75 25455.55 25482.05 -301.40 GRAPHITE 293 293.65 281.05 286.2 ADANITRANS 217.3 231.35 217.3 222.5 JKCEMENT 1025.45 1025.45 1003 1003.65 ERIS 397.75 400 391 398.55 BIOCON 220.95 227.00 219.30 224.00 5.80 FORCEMOT 1264 1289 1229.85 1236.25 INTELLECT 223.6 226 220 222.1 BAJAJELEC 389 392.35 366.65 370.4 BAJAJCON 259.75 259.75 253 255.2 CONCOR 477.00 486.25 475.05 482.90 7.75 HINDUNILVR 1845 1855.5 1836 1849.9 MARICO 395.15 396.6 391.65 393.65 DBL 402.3 405.5 393.4 401.5 ITDCEM 69.05 70.2 68.5 69.25 DIVISLAB 1524.00 1541.00 1516.15 1540.00 17.85 NCC 58.1 58.3 54.3 54.85 TVSMOTOR 369.85 375 365.25 367.55 ITI 71.35 71.35 67.85 68.1 SREINFRA 10.71 10.86 10.52 10.65 HDFCLIFE 530.00 539.00 525.10 533.00 5.10 GODREJIND 445 447.3 438 441.05 APOLLOTYRE 165.4 167.95 160.35 162.3 BBTC 777.05 780.85 750.45 755.85 ALLCARGO 93.55 94.8 91.75 92.2 PETRONET 236.50 241.50 236.00 238.50 2.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2750 2772 2735.65 2764 JAMNAAUTO 33.9 34.45 33 33.55 CUMMINSIND 580 580 566 570.45 NBVENTURES 89.35 89.5 85.25 87.05 DMART 1475.00 1500.00 1468.00 1481.70 6.70 HINDPETRO 241 243.8 237.7 239 PVR 1440 1475 1437.65 1466.05 MMTC 19.1 19.6 18.55 18.85 DHANUKA 328.1 328.1 314.4 320.5 PGHH 10280.00 10488.00 10201.10 10300.00 45.20 HDFCAMC 2285 2285 2192.8 2199.4 GNFC 198 198.45 192.7 193.65 AVANTI 304.55 304.8 295.2 296.65 AKZOINDIA 1710.75 1715.5 1675.75 1698 BOSCHLTD 13520.00 13825.75 13519.00 13601.30 37.55 NTPC 118.6 119.6 117.55 117.95 ADANIPORTS 356 356 348.3 350.3 REDINGTON 105.2 105.2 102 102.7 SHK 119.25 120.95 116 117.35 NHPC 23.35 23.40 23.10 23.30 0.05 TECHM 673 675.05 670.05 672.45 ADANIENT 134.75 135.25 130.55 131.85 ENDURANCE 888 897.6 875.05 883.1 VMART 1746.95 1763.5 1710 1734.2 PEL 1788.00 1799.00 1757.00 1782.00 1.40 HATHWAY 27.2 32.6 27 32.6 ASIANPAINT 1590 1595 1580 1589.45 INDIANB 179.8 179.8 170.9 173.3 SYMPHONY 1229.75 1234 1205 1226 MCDOWELL-N 595.00 596.95 564.30 578.50 0.45 VEDL 142.3 142.3 138.1 139.9 INDHOTEL 131.1 132.4 127.2 129.55 FSL 50.2 50.35 48.55 48.9 LAXMIMACH 3770.05 3800.05 3700 3710.85 TVSSRICHAK 1672.7 1675 1649 1657.3 COLPAL 1201.00 1205.00 1184.05 1199.80 0.05 RAYMOND 598 598 560.9 566.7 PCJEWELLER 32.9 32.95 30 30.4 TAKE 101.7 104.65 101.55 103.9 PERSISTENT 557 557 539 543.95 SHILPAMED 265.1 265.1 260 261.35 BAJAJHLDNG 3387.00 3387.00 3315.80 3351.00 0.00 NBCC 32 32.45 30.1 30.35 IDBI 26.65 26.65 25.15 25.4 COLPAL 1201.25 1203.75 1184.5 1197.7 ESSELPRO 87.4 87.65 83.05 83.5 HAL 657.45 664.05 657.45 663.5 MRF 57501.00 57857.00 57200.00 57520.00 -28.90 DRREDDY 2500 2526 2490.3 2503.4 INFRATEL 254.95 255.95 246.8 248.3 PNBHOUSING 712 716 691.05 695.75 TRIDENT 57.5 57.95 56.6 56.9 MAHLIFE 378.45 378.45 371 373.15 LUPIN 739.00 741.50 730.85 735.00 -1.15 UBL 1346.95 1346.95 1259 1285.45 PETRONET 236.65 241.45 236.65 238.9 GICHSGFIN 187.75 188.35 171 172.95 GSKCONS 7984 8010.95 7936 7988.7 BLUEDART 2319.1 2319.1 2210 2224.4 INDIGO 1641.50 1650.00 1618.00 1627.55 -4.10 NAVINFLUOR 645.5 728.85 645.5 690.2 SRTRANSFIN 1048 1048 1004 1012.9 CYIENT 430.9 442.55 429.4 438.05 TATAMETALI 521 530 503.75 508.35 UNITEDBNK 9.89 9.9 9.74 9.78 ICICIGI 1140.05 1149.00 1127.00 1134.00 -3.35 MFSL 439.5 451.85 429.8 447.45 ICICIGI 1149 1149 1125.85 1134.55 PRESTIGE 292.95 299.85 283.7 287.9 SADBHAV 126.5 126.5 120 122.4 CARBORUNIV 284.2 284.2 272.55 274.7 MARICO 393.00 396.90 391.50 394.00 -1.35 TATAELXSI 618 638.05 618 633.3 SOBHA 471.55 475 451.35 467.3 APLLTD 520 525.8 492 499.4 CHAMBLFERT 143.55 144.3 139.05 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Trump said he And if the Taliban were Tsit down with North Korea at the demilitarised zone divid- Hnity event to be addressed from warn-torn Afghanistan would like to look at various "really right" in what they're to resume long-awaited work- ing the North and South to kick by Prime Minister Narendra and America will have "some- alternatives. saying, they would stop that ing-level nuclear talks, a US start working-level talks during Modi here next month has been 6!*0* body there" to make sure that "One of the alternatives is from happening, because they envoy said Wednesday. Nuclear Biegun's three-day stay in Seoul, sold out with over 50,000 peo- Taliban does not regain control. going on right now. We're talk- could stop that from happen- discussions between Washin- which began Tuesday. The US ple registering for the pro- angladesh said on Tuesday During the presidential ing about a plan -- I don't know ing very easily. gton and Pyongyang have stalled envoy denied media reports he gramme, the organisers said. Bthat revoking the special election campaign in 2016, whether or not the plan is going Trump said, right now, the since a second summit in Hanoi would soon take a diplomatic "Howdy", short for 'How do status to Jammu and Kashmir Trump had pledged to with- to be acceptable to me. Maybe US is negotiating with the in February ended without an posting in Russia, saying he you do?', is a friendly greeting is India's internal matter and draw US troops from it's not going to be acceptable Afghan government and with agreement over differences on remained "focused on making commonly used in southwestern maintaining regional peace Afghanistan and end America's to them. But we are talking. We the Taliban. the extent of denuclearisation progress" with North Koreans United States. and stability should be a pri- longest war. have good talks going, and we'll "We will see what happens and sanctions relief in return. and "fully committed" to the goal Over 50,000 supporters ority for all countries. The Trump administra- see what happens.This is more from it, what's coming from it," But anticipation for renewed of the denuclearisation in the have already registered for the Bangladesh' reaction on tion has intensified its efforts to than other Presidents have he said. dialogue has been on the rise North. mega community summit in the issue came a day after O: / + ) seek a negotiated settlement of done," he said. "The Taliban would like to after the US and its security ally Pyongyang considers the September at the NRG Stadium, External Affairs Minister S America's longest war in "We have brought it down. stop fighting us...They've lost a South Korea wrapped up their joint military exercise by the the host Texas India Forum Jaishankar visited the country - Afghanistan where the US has We are bringing some of our lot. But we'll see what hap- two-week joint military drill allies a rehearsal for invasion and (TIF), a Houston-based non- and held talks with the top ) ) ,'"/ " lost over 2,400 soldiers since troops back. But we have to pens," he said. on Tuesday. "We are prepared to has routinely expressed anger at profit body, said. The live audi- leadership, including Prime late 2001, when it invaded the have a presence," Trump said, Afghanistan, he said is a engage as soon as we hear from the war games. The drills are a ence will be the largest ever for Minister Sheikh Hasina. "%' >, country after the 9/11 terror ruling out a complete with- tough place. our counterparts in North "grave military provocation" an Indian Prime Minister in "Bangladesh maintains )+ attacks. drawal of troops from "The Soviet Union became Korea," said Stephen Biegun, the and a "challenge to and mock- North America and also the that the abrogation of "We will always have intel- Afghanistan. Russia because of Afghanistan. US special representative for ery of our efforts for peace", the largest for a foreign leader in the Article 370 by the Indian "'- ligence, and we'll always have He was asked, "Could we That's what happened. Very North Korea, after his meeting North's official Rodong Sinmun US other than Pope Francis. Government is an internal ' ."% somebody there," Trump told be back to where we were pre- simple. They became Russia with South Korean counterpart newspaper said Wednesday in a Potential attendees can still issue of India," the Ministry of + P reporters at his Oval Office on 9/11 with the Taliban in com- because of Afghanistan. Lee Do-hoon in Seoul. commentary. register for the free event. Foreign Affairs said here in a However, new registrants will be statement. visions of Article 370 of the on a waiting list. Registration for "Bangladesh has always Constitution to withdraw % *$ the university students is open advocated, as a matter of prin- Jammu & Kashmir's special sta- $ +9Q until August 29th as part of a ciple, that maintaining region- tus and bifurcated it into two $ special allotment, they said. al peace and stability, as well as Union Territories. Prime Minister Modi is development should be a pri- New Delhi has made it -B scheduled to visit the US next ority for all countries," it said. clear to the US that Kashmir $ D month to attend the United Tensions between India was a bilateral issue between Nations General Assembly on and Pakistan spiked this month India and Pakistan and there Q8 8%D ("+***6 September 27, prior to which he after New Delhi abrogated pro- was no role for a third party. ,8 will travel to Houston to meet % 74)$5*+ officially confirming it in the akistan has submitted com- the leading businesses, political televised interview. Ppliance report on its 27- and community leaders here in anada does not intend to "This individual and others arrangements of the EU... point action plan to the Houston, the fourth largest city Crepatriate the Muslim con- have made the calculated deci- Without the UK having any say Financial Action Task Force with a population of over vert dubbed "Jihadi Jack," who sion to leave the comfortable on those matters," he said in (FATF), as three separate eval- 130,000 Indian-Americans. is being held in northern Syria confines of Canadian democ- Berlin. uations currently in progress will The summit, with the after joining the Islamic State racy, to travel halfway around Johnson is seeking to con- determine the country's possi- tagline of 'Shared Dreams, group, Public Safety Minister the world to associate them- vince Merkel, and then French ble exit from the grey list of the Bright Futures' will highlight the Ralph Goodale has confirmed. selves with the most evil and President Emmanuel Macron anti-money laundering watch- contributions of Indian- Jack Letts, 24, who was a violent terrorism in several whom he visits Thursday, to dog by October, according to a Americans to enrich the dual UK-Canadian national, generations," Goodale said. renegotiate elements of the media report. American life as well as the key was captured by Kurdish forces "They need to assume the UK's impending divorce from The Asia-Pacific Group — role it has played in strengthen- in Syria in 2017 and is lan- consequences for their respon- the bloc, including the so- the regional affiliate of the FATF ing relations between the two guishing in jail there. sibility." % 5$+(4 called Ireland backstop plan - — is currently conducting in nations. Goodale's statement comes In a recent interview with - something the EU leaders had Canberra (Australia) five-year "On behalf of the hundreds a day after Britain stripped ITV News, Letts said he had ritish Prime Minister Boris already ruled out. mutual evaluation of Pakistan's of thousands of Indian- Letts of his citizenship, placing thought that Canada would BJohnson told German "So we need that backstop progress on upgrading its sys- Americans in Texas, and as co- his fate in Canada's hands. help him. Chancellor Angela Merkel on removed, but if we can do that tems in all areas of financial and chair of the Senate India Caucus, "We have no obligation to "I never grew up Wednesday that the UK "can- I am absolutely sure we can insurance services and sectors, I welcome Prime Minister Modi facilitate his travel from his pre- being accepted as a British not accept" the current terms of move forward together," a senior government official to Houston," said US Senator sent circumstances, and we person," he said, adding that their Brexit deal to leave the Johnson told reporters. told Dawn. John Cornyn. have no intention of facilitating losing his British citizenship European Union. that travel," Goodale said in an was "not something I recog- "Clearly we cannot accept interview with the CBC on nise." "But, in the same way the current withdrawal agree- Tuesday. 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rdering food online or getting heavy discounts on meals during Oa dinner at some outlet has changed the definition of how we look at eating out today. And certainly, Zomato DISCOUNTS NOT A PRIVILEGE and the likes of it have a huge role to play here. However, even though this might have made ordering and deliveries easi- er and even increased the popularity of - E? $ $% ! & % O' ) + )".+ the outlets associated with such platforms, it never gave a clear picture of who actu- * ! * ) )' /) ' P ally raked in the profits and who stood *# # at the other end. ! $ $5B $ % Well, picture this. A person called X # O has started his own venture, conceptual- $ &5 &--9 BB-? ising a tiny, cloud kitchen tucked in the C Q ) corner of the city, which serves the food # " ) only through deliveries via various food ( apps online. He listed his outlet on ) # Zomato and Swiggy. However, a few # months later, the advent of a set of new rules by Zomato, which restricted the CL# food preparation time for restaurants to ( 15 minutes, disappointed X. He and his # team prepare the dishes from the scratch , and cannot finish working on them in # such a short span. Zomato, to keep up the delivery game, also instructed the restau- rants that fines would be levied on them if they delay the acceptance of orders or ' miss the deadlines. This might have ben- Q ) efitted the food delivery service app in ' increasing its popularity but X certainly believes that such apps cannot dictate walk out. “And restaurants simply can- Q) $ " what and how he should sell to his cus- not afford this. If the margin is 15 per # M tomers. Another factor that hurts him cent, how can I pay a 25 per cent dis- " and many like him in the industry is the count? It would mean I am losing out 10 # concept of deep-discounting by food per cent on every dish that I serve,” adds aggregators that has made many restau- Kalra. rants realise that they are losing more Talking about how they can redesign # , than they’re gaining. And it has started their schemes, Malhotra says, ## to hurt the margins. “Restaurants don’t have heavy margins # Launching a logging out campaign to afford the ‘buy one get one free’ con- against the dine-in schemes, around cept. Also, we are here to make money 1,200 restaurants in major cities have and not to work for aggregators. Hence, # delisted themselves from food aggrega- Mehrotra, co-founder and CEO, Dineout, gate of platforms due to competitive pres- any kind is poor and especially, if you any scheme that will be introduced tor apps like Zomato Gold, Dineout, tells us that the follow-up decision had sures. “The picture that was initially give discounts, it only has a negative should take the cost of products in Magicpin, NearBuy, etc. The campaign is been taken after they had an “insightful” shown was that of an increasing size of effect on the industry in the long run,” account.” Kalra suggests that the restau- O;" led by the National Restaurants meeting with the NRAI and restaurant- the industry. However, what started out says Kalra and goes on to add that a typ- rants can serve better only if these plat- ) Association of India (NRAI). President owners regarding the campaign. He says as something that would increase foot- ical margin of the restaurant is 15 to 18 forms “do not come in the way” because -% - Rahul Singh recently said, “It’s decided that NRAI has acknowledged their falls to the restaurants and in general, per cent and some of these discounts Indians love eating out and it’s always ) " that all aggregators will rejig their features, “restaurant-first approach,” and points out increase revenues, enhance the guest amount to more than 25 to 30 per cent. been a source of entertainment for - + which will allow the restaurant-cus- that over the past eight years, “we have experience, has turned into massive Says he, “And sometimes it is even 50 per them. He says, “We spend the highest tomer ecosystem to detox from the always believed in sustainable discount- discounts that render unprofitable sales. cent, which means the restaurant is los- amount of disposable income in eating "+' addiction of deep discounts that has crip- ing. Each of our 18,000 restaurant part- In many cases, it ends up costing the ing money every time they serve a cus- out than any other form of entertain- ) pled the industry.” As per the data, ners across 17 cities are free to decide restaurant to service these offers. The tomer, which comes through one of these ment. The restaurant industry is 40 times ," Zomato has said that it would consider their own promotions depending upon restaurant lives and breathes due to its platforms.” larger than Bollywood. The removal of "%% 5 redesigning its Gold membership, which the day of the week and the time of the patrons and will go to the ends of the Pointing towards the GST reforms, discounts might create certain interim ,. ) ) " allows users to avail one or two dishes or day and we do not believe in enforcing earth for them. We believe in a sustain- where the input tax credit was removed problems of some short-lived issues, drinks free at the associated restaurants. a common discounting strategy.” able ecosystem whereby aggregators from the restaurant industry, he says, it where people who were addicted to dis- " +-%'"- It will also put on hold its Zomato Infinity He draws comparisons and says that help increase the size of the industry in had even bigger “delusionary and defla- counts might start eating out less. But this ' - /6 offer, which enables the ‘Eat As Much As Gourmet Passport acts as a discovery pro- a sustainable manner by focussing on tionary pressure” on the industry and as will definitely change because people % )+"P "';5 You Can’ offer. Over the past six days, gramme for their curated list of 1,700 quality rather than discounting,” he says a result, restaurants are finding it diffi- inherently love going out. Moreover, -/ + ,". ) Zomato has lost one per cent of its restau- restaurants, “which restricts the unlim- and suggests that only then can restau- cult to stay afloat. “One also needs to since the restaurant will be more prof- rant partner base of its membership- ited 1+1 offer to three free dishes every rants and aggregator platforms jointly understand that the industry is the sec- itable, it will be able to focus more on '" -"%%'+6 based dining-out scheme service, Gold. restaurant per year, whereas, other plat- thrive. Savar Malhotra, managing part- ond largest employee of human capital high quality rather than dilute quality to ) ' '"/ + Zomato founder and chief-executive forms offer 1+1 every day of the year.” He ner of The Embassy Restaurant, in the country and contributes to almost serve the discounted customers.” +/+7". 6 Deepinder Goyal had tweeted against the says that however, they are currently in Connaught Place, believes that it is a two per cent of country’s GDP. A few However, there are two questions "'5 - campaign, urging restaurant owners to constant discussion with restaurant- great initiative taken by NRAI and they years ago before these aggregator plat- which arise here. First, if these platforms ""; /%"' stop it and rather plan out sustainable owners to create a “win-win” situation for are supporting the campaign because “we forms came on, their growth graph was are completely put away, many people options together. The tweet also added all. feel aggregators are misusing their pow- good. The industry was growing at 21 per and delivery partners would be left "- ) /+ %%' that the aggregator will make modifica- Zorawar Kalra, founder and manag- ers and dictating business terms to us.” cent annually, which means every four unemployed. What would happen to ) ) tions to Zomato Gold, “which will result ing director at Massive Restaurants, Certainly, aggregators have built years, it was doubling and margins were them? Second, there are many food out- ) / + in a win-win situation for restaurants and says, “In an industry with already razor- their products without taking into count good,” he says. It was the time when cus- lets which had never associated them- /' ' /6P consumers.” thin margins, the deep discounting any inputs from the restaurants. “They tomers used to be happy when they were selves with these food apps. They have L)' ++) ""' The online food delivery and dine- being offered by some of the aggregators need to understand that the restaurant given a “complementary dessert or a run on their original prices. Why did the in aggregators, including Zomato, have creates huge pressure on the industry.” is the star. They are using our products cocktail.” However, today, the difference registered restaurants then accept them now agreed to tone down and rationalise He points out how the adoption rates to sell discounting addiction to the cus- has come. Even if the customers liked the in the first place, knowing that this might their offers and heavy discounts. Ankit were initially high to get on to this aggre- tomer which is dangerous. Addiction of place but didn’t get a sop, they would land them in losses?
it so beautifully,” Arunima adds. She has collaborated with Baluji % foundation, the world’s only blind orches- !Q 2" "! $!$ tra and created a piece called antardrishti (inner vision) with them. It is a blind cast of musicians and four dancers who could ! see. She did that show in darkness as she 0# #*$ 4(*0 *$"*0"!( "!*$* ' wanted the audience to feel it and understand how it feels when your # # world is dark. Citing the experience as an amazing one, she says, “While I was s newer dance forms make their way working with them they could sense Ainto the art industry, it is important when I am well and when I am not. They to revive these traditional dance forms could figure out my mood.” and teach the younger generation about She developed her love affair with their richness too. Ustad Bismillah Khan Kuchipudi while she was learning it from awardee and Kuchipudi dancer Arunima Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao. Kumar feels the urge to fill this void and Arunima says she found a home in terms takes dance to places it has never been of her dance school because she learnt a before. lot of tradition and history from them. She practises dance therapy with can- Along with this she used to have make- cer patients in hospitals as she is a keen up and abhinay session too. Talking about believer of inclusive art. “We tell them her journey, Arunima says, “It was a he Marvel Cinematic Universe will no longer pro- stories through dance, do chants, slokas beautiful journey initially but was diffi- Tduce Spider-Man films, after negotiations fell and a lot of rhythm and footwork next cult to manage with my studies but I through between Disney and Sony Pictures. to their beds. This brightens them up and clinged onto it. I would skip a film with The two studios have been sharing the brand helps them validate their existence,” my friends but never skip the dance Spider-Man across a plethora of films since 2015. As says she. class.” She feels it is this commitment part of the previous agreement, Marvel had also been Arunima recalls one of the incidents which helped her step the ladder of suc- acting as producer of the 2017 and 2019 standalone when a girl, who could sing well, sang cess. Sony Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland. Both with them and the entire ward joined her. Talking about the strong identity films were blockbusters. It was a treat to their eyes. Such positive India is gaining at an international level, However, Disney and Sony recently broke the deal activities help them regain their confi- Arunima says, “I am very proud of that. as they are unable to reach new terms for funding of dence in life. And in a similar way, she I proudly wear my Indian outfits and future films. Marvel president Kevin Feige, who served makes the cancer survivors dance as they bindi but I am extremely contemporary as creative lead in the two latest films of the franchise start getting better. Everyone has a state in my outlook. I understand the aesthet- — Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: of distress in life at some stage or the vative collaborations.” Through this she ics of my society so that I stay relevant.” Homecoming, will not have the same role in the two other but Arunima feels that when you wants to inspire children as they see But there is a huge gap to promote clas- movies reportedly in the works, unless an agreement are involved in art, it has the capacity to amazing artists perform so beautifully. sical Indian art in the UK and Arunima is reached. lift you up and teleport you to a very dif- This generates curiosity in them to wanted to fill this gap. She is trying to A statement has been issued on behalf of Sony ferent world altogether, where you for- know the dance form and its roots. embed her art in the DNA of the British Pictures on their official Twitter handle. “Much of get the worries of life. “Otherwise they just perform with each society. Indian art can surpass barriers, today’s news about Spider-Man has mischaracterised She believes that art deserves to trav- other and get bored after a few years. even if people don’t understand our lan- recent discussions about Kevin Feige’s involvement in el places rather than sticking to the stage. Through this, they are not just looking guage they know what we do. She wants the franchise. We are disappointed, but respect “There shouldn’t be any restrictions in among themselves but their seniors as to make this art accessible to the global Disney's decision not to have him continue as a lead dance. It should encompass a diverse well,” she adds. It also helps to inspire audience. Arunima feels that just like producer of our next live action Spider-Man film. We range of human activities and their ways their parents and tell them how impor- yoga, an entire ecosystem needs to be cre- hope this might change in the future, but understand of expression,” she says and adds, “Folk tant it is to teach the child about our tra- ated to revive dance forms as well. She that the many new responsibilities that Disney has dance culture began from farmers who ditions and dance forms at an early age. says, “Indian dance has music and tech- given him - including all their newly added Marvel danced and celebrated the harvest sea- The audience consists of a lot of foreign- niques and is an extension of yoga. Our properties - do not allow time for him to work on IP son. And people enjoyed that together ers also, this in turn is taking Indian clas- poses, postures and rhythm coupled with they do not own. Kevin is terrific and we are grateful irrespective of the age gap or the differ- sical beyond the borders. The festival also mythology offers so much altogether.” for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he ences in financial status between them.” includes dances on mythological tales, She works on social issues like has helped put us on, which we will continue," the state- But things are different today. She points the tales of Vishnu and Kalangan Rathna. mental illness and domestic violence as ment read. towards the rigid structure that we are Talking about one of the most inno- it affects her deeply and is close to her The news left many Spider-Man fans in shock. slowly getting accustomed to and it needs vative collaborations with a step chain heart. Arunima shares further that she Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds also expressed grief. to break down. Her first step towards this, studio, she says, “They have dancers who loves to integrate with anything that One fan tagged Tom Holland and Reynolds in a tweet, she says, was “visiting villages and slums perform Latin American style on wheel- affects her and her performances are asking them for a crossover film featuring Spider-Man and teach the natives about dance and its chair. This year I have integrated making a difference. Arunima says, “I and Deadpool. diverse applications across the world. Kuchipudi with it.” She explains the idea am glad that at least I am provoking “Can we get a Spider-Man and Deadpool movie When I interact with them and answer behind this that such a dance form chal- debate, I am breaking barriers. It’s now,” the person wrote. Responding to the tweet, their questions, the kind of happiness I She will be organising the third edition Natayanjali group from Cambridge, lenges the perception of body. When it always difficult for me to do it, when I Reynolds said, “You can. But you can only see it in my see in their eyes is unparalleled.” of the Kuchipudi International Festival Bharatanatyam group and various oth- comes to a disabled person, we look at start I don’t know how it will go, but at heart.” She is trying to change the dynam- in November in London, which would ers. She says, “It is a festival where we pro- them with sympathy as they can’t dance. the end of the day when the artist and Not only this, actor Jeremy Renner, who played ics of Kuchipudi and Indian classical provide a platform to 80 to 100 artists to mote different dance forms and music But, sometimes we cannot fathom their the audience have something to say Hawkeye in the Marvel films so far, tweeted, “Hey Sony dance across the globe by organising fes- show their talent. It will include her stu- but the focus remains on Kuchipudi. We potential. “The way they dance with their about the performance, I think I have Pictures, we want Spider-Man back please.” tivals that would showcase its richness. dents ranging from the age of four to 60, also invite guest artists and facilitate inno- challenge surprises me because they do done my bit.” L & . C ! "#$
he tourism minister of Uttarakhand, Satpal Maharaj, Ttalks about his plans for enhancing Uttarakhand tourism in F;#B-. ) B the coming years. He is exploring possibilities for broadening the trek route and upgrading the infrastruc- ture to facilitate the process of ' )"*) *+*!*$* ' tourism. Uttarakhand is becoming a des- tination for winters. Maharaj says, O # “We will make an Alpine village during winters. At that time many ment but infrastructure and water tourists come who are interested in issues still needs to be worked upon,” investing.” This will help the state in says he. !$ $ 2 ! meeting its demands. He has suggest- The state is looking for alternate ed the ministers to hold the next Char Dham routes so that it becomes meeting in Kashmir so that they can accessible to everyone and will 9$" ( work together and exchange their increase tourists also. He has contact- inputs which will help each other ed the ropeway firms to provide their he 48-member Indian team Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, grow. He has been to Kashmir but was facilities at more places and also made Trepresenting the country at Minister for Skill Development always in between the Armed Forces a point that Ramnagar and the WorldSkills was given a and Entrepreneurship, said, as the chairman of Defence Vikasnagar can become the routes for grand send-off at a ceremony. “My heartiest congratulations Committee. the yatra. The arrangements are It was organised by National to the 48 of you. You all will Uttarakhand is hit by landslides being tightened up and work on infra- Skill Development Corporation now represent the country at and floods too often. Therefore, it is structure is being carried out heavi- (NSDC) under the aegis of the world’s biggest skill compe- the need of the hour to work on dis- ly so that pilgrims do not face any dif- Ministry of Skill Development tition. My advice to you is to aster management. Maharaj is mak- ficulties. and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) compete in the true spirit of ing efforts to make the tourism of the Uttarakhand is gradually becom- to motivate the participants as participation and make India state world class. But there are vari- ing a high end tourist state. It is plan- they gear up to pit their skills proud on the global platform ous things that hold him back. He ning to introduce mobile caravans against the best in the world. and at the same time learn says, “We need to have skilled people which will offer various facilities India is the sixth largest team from your international peers and expertise. How many people and give a new sense of tourism cou- that will take part in the com- competing with you. understand the potential of pled with luxury homestays. And as petition. Participating at events of such Uttarakhand?” They need to be aware trekking routes are becoming more Nearly 1,500 competitors scale adds to the larger cause of of its future prospectives and there is advanced, it will help in attracting from 60 countries will compete skill development, which is a dire need to develop the equipment domestic and international tourists as in 56 skill competitions at this integral to Prime Minister for the training of various water well. The efforts are clearly evident mega event in Kazan, Russia, Narendra Modi’s vision of a sports too. through Uttarakhand Tourism which is on till August 27. Our skilled India.” To add to the process he has writ- Development Board’s (UTDB) cam- team will participate in 44 Around 75 per cent of ten letters to his MLAs and asked paign, #DoTheNew, which suggests to skills, including mobile robot- participants come from tier II them about “haunted or old houses do something that would connect ics, prototype modelling, hair- and tier III cities, with 25 per and hot water springs nearby” so that it will collide but it will not. They don’t film council and requested them to people from other states come, we with the nature. This has helped the dressing, baking, confectionary cent from rural areas. he can develop and utilise them for have an understanding of the employ- come for shoots in the state. But when should try to give them a personal state to grab eyeballs from all across. and patisserie, welding, brick Candidates have been exposed some useful purpose. He shares about ment that it will generate,” he adds. they came, they were questioned by touch. It will add charm to the beau- The state is also geared up to hold the laying, car painting, floristry to international training with his idea of air balloons in Kumbh but Talking about the void in the system forest authorities. “We need to erode ty of the state. Local tourism is a good car rally and white water rafting in the and so much more. industry support from over 100 the authorities denied. “They felt that he shares that he interacted with the this loophole at various levels. When way to open local avenues for employ- forthcoming months. Addressing the candidates, companies.
he Government of India has Students belonging to J & K Ttaken major initiatives to bring * " and Ladakh, who have cleared development in the Union their 12th or bachelor’s degree Territories of Jammu & Kashmir shall be eligible for fee waiver and Ladakh. The Institute of while registering for CS Company Secretaries of India tiative will immensely contribute inclusive growth has been an Foundation Programme and CS aligning with the initiatives of the towards bringing the students of agenda for the Government for Executive Programme respective- Government of India has Ladakh to the main stream.” long, we at ICSI firmly believe that ly. launched a special fee waiver Informing about the scheme, the achievement of such a goal It is expected that the above scheme for the students there. CS Ranjeet Pandey, president of finds foundation in making avail- initiatives will not only play sig- Launching the scheme, ICSI said, “The Institute of able quality education to one and nificant role in promoting excel- Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Company Secretaries of India has all. We are hopeful that this ini- lence but will also empower the Member of Parliament (LS), always considered itself a proud tiative shall open doors of educa- youth of J & K and Ladakh and ! " Ladakh, appreciated the efforts of partner in the varied initiatives of tion and opportunity for the bring them to the mainstream by the Institute and said, “This ini- the Government of India. Though youth of the nation.” nurturing their brilliance. CH., ! ! ! )#B;)B+- ! ;??';-'# +?B+# HEL has installed 4x180 MW ISF Wives Welfare that it has been our endeavour BMangdechhu hydroelectric project at CAssociation, Sanrakshika, that every member of the ith agriculture Thimpu, Bhutan. It was inaugurated by has been playing a significant CISF family should become Wemerging as a com- Narendra Modi in the presence of Bhutan’s role in helping the families and independent and capable so petitive domain to tradi- Prime Minister, Dr Lotay Tshering. wards of CISF personnel to that a strong society can be tional Industry driven With this, it has demonstrated its engi- attain their full potential and created. “Since its inception, companies, SRM Institute neering and project management skills and thereby empowering them to the association has carried of Science and Technology a commitment to undertake challenging jobs contribute in growth of their out many activities such as, plans to set up a college of as part of its responsibility towards relation family and society at large. DG’s merit award in acade- agriculture in building with neighbouring countries. The The association celebrated mics, DG’s scholarship exclu- Acharapakkam in acres has been reserved for your mind on how to do Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project its sixth foundation day at Siri sively for wards of martyrs, Chengalpattu district. The the college, where students agriculture and horticul- Authority (MHPA) officials have appreciat- Fort Auditorium. Sonal Shah, financial assistance to spe- chancellor Dr TR can cultivate their own ture with modern technol- ed this effort. wife of Union Home Minister, cially-abled wards of CISF, Paarivendhar announced land in a rural ambience to ogy and earn five times BHEL has executed the electro-mechan- was the chief guest on the opening of computer centers on Monday. The chancel- emerge as agri-entrepre- more than what you would ical package for the project which includes occasion. and skill development centers lor Dr TR Paarivendhar, neurs instead of pursuing earn in an MNC or by pur- design, manufacture, supply, transportation, Ranjeeta Ranjan, presi- at various locations,” she who is also the MP of a career in an MNC. suing a career in other storage, erection, testing and commission- dent of the association, said added. Perambalur, said that 200 “You have to apply fields,” he said. ing of generating units and associated aux- iliaries including pelton turbines, generators, governors, MIV, etc along with balance of % plant items — bus duct, DC system, EOT cranes etc. The equipment have been sup- plied from BHEL’s manufacturing units at ! Bhopal, Bengaluru, Rudrapur, Hyderabad, Jhansi and Mumbai, while erection and he month long strike in response to commissioning on site was carried out by Tthe call given by the three recognised the company’s power sector in eastern Defence Federations commenced on region, Kolkata. Tuesday. The strike has been undertak- The run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant en to oppose the proposed corporatisa- constructed on Mangdechhu river in Bhutan tion of the Ordnance Factories. has a gross head of 692 metre, with four It is, however, emphasised that the numbers pelton turbines generating 720 proposed policy of corporatisation of MW from the project. The project has been Ordnance Factories by the Government executed under difficult terrain conditions of India is aimed at providing greater flex- with limited road connectivity as well as fre- ibility in day-to-day functioning, quent disruptions during monsoons. 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profligate Prajnesh AGunneswaran went down to world No 30 Benoit Paire in the second round to crash out of the Winston Salem Open ATP 250 tournament here. The left-handed Indian, ranked 89, could convert just one of his five break chances to suffer a 3-6, 5-7 loss to his French opponent in a match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes on Tuesday night. Prajnesh struggled from the beginning as Paire broke his serve to take an early 2-0 lead. The Indian could not recover from that, conceding the first set tamely. In the second set, Prajnesh held his serve but faltered in the 11th game giving Paire the match-winning lead. Serving for the match, the Frenchman made no mistakes and avenged his Indian Wells loss from earlier this year. Although Paire committed more double faults than 9 ! ! Prajnesh, he hit 14 aces com- pared to the Indian’s three. *"5+ line. The Indian sealed it with a In the doubles event, wild cross court return. card entrants Leander Paes and wo-time Silver medallist P V Sindhu zoomed to a 6-1 lead his Israeli partner Jonathan TSindhu produced a com- in the second game before Pai Erlich, crashed out in the first manding performance in her started constructing the rallies round. opening match at the BWF and narrowed the deficit to 5-7. The Paes-Erlich pair lost to World Championships here on Sindhu’s unforced errors the duo of Rajeev Ram and Joe Wednesday. also made life easy for the Salisbury 2-6, 3-6. Sindhu, who had reached Taiwanese girl, who showed the finals of some great NAGAL IN 2ND ROUND Indonesia Open last skills and $ # Young Indian tennis month, looked in managed to player Sumit Nagal earned his good touch as she enter the first win at a Grand Slam qual- controlled the rallies interval with ifying event, knocking out sea- and outsmarted a 11-10 lead soned Japanese Tatsum Ito in Chinese Taipei's Pai after Sindhu straight sets at the US Open Yu Po 21-14, 21-14 in a 43- found the net. qualifiers, here. minute contest. The Indian, however, Nagal, placed at a career- The fifth seeded Indian, changed gears after the break, best 190 right now, knocked out who received a bye in the open- dishing out some good-looking the 133rd ranked and 26th seed ing round, is likely to face USA’s strokes to eventually enter 7-6 (6), 6-2 in one hour and 52 Beiwen Zhang, seeded ninth, in match point at 20-14 when her minutes on Tuesday. the pre-quarterfinals. rival missed a shuttle at the Last year, he had competed Sindhu, an Olympic Silver backline. in the qualifiers of the Australian medallist, had lost to Zhang at She sealed the match next Open, the French Open and the the India Open finals last year. with a precise on-the-line Wimbledon Championships but In the first game, Sindhu return. could not win a round. moved ahead from 5-5 to slow- Among others, the Indian This is Nagal’s first attempt ly create a gap and entered the pairing of Jakkapudi Meghana at making the Grand Slam sin- interval with a 11-7 lead. and Poorvisha S Ram went gles main draw this season in After the break, Sindhu con- down 8-21, 18-21 to eighth which he enjoyed considerable tinued to surge and grabbed six seeds Shiho Tanaka and Koharu success and broke into the top- game points when Pai made an Yonemoto of Japan in the 200. error in judgement at the back- women’s doubles competition. ! "#$ "' C0 - & * * .# !" ( ) #' #' *"$ <6<;2 %*< H*;$%&9
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A win in the opening Test will be the has been an understated one with players His absence from the third Test at 27th for Kohli as skipper and will put him who have more talent than what the num- Headingley starting today leaves Australia on even keel with his predecessor Mahendra bers currently show. with a huge hole to fill. Singh Dhoni. A century in the game (19th In Shai Hope, John Campbell and Smith marked his return to Test as captain) will place him on par with Ricky Shimron Hetmyer, they have the three tal- cricket after a 12-month ball-tampering Ponting. ented youngsters. ban with innings of 144 and 142 during On paper, a batting line-up that has Roston Chase, during the 2016 series Australia’s 251-run win in the first Test at Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Rohit against India, had thwarted Ashwin for a Edgbaston. Sharma and Rishabh Pant in the ranks whole fifth day in Kingston after West Indies He also made 92, having retired hurt should be termed clear favourites but this were staring at an innings defeat. In addi- after being hit when on 80, at Lord’s where West Indies team, led by Jason Holder, is no tion to that, he is a steady off-spinner with Marnus Labuschagne, Test cricket’s first pushover. 50 Test wickets. concussion substitute, made a brave fifty Burns apart, both top-orders have strug- England found that out the hard way at Darren Bravo is their most experienced in the second innings after being hit flush gled in the face of some quality fast bowl- the start of the year when they lost a Test batsman with 52 Tests and nearly 3500 runs on the grille of his helmet by Archer. ing. series 1-2 in some of the most lively pitch- under his belt. World Cup-winning fast bowler But England have stuck by Jason Roy, es on the Caribbean islands in recent times. However, the kind of talent he is, an Archer struck several telling blows on a even though the World Cup-winning One such pacer-friendly wicket was at average of 38 plus with only eight hundreds Test debut that yielded five wickets. opener averages just 10 in four innings this the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua doesn’t justify that. Australia also have plenty of fast-bowl- series. where Kohli and his men will be facing the All eyes will also be on whether, the new ing firepower at their disposal in Pat Roy, however, has mainly been a mid- Windies first up. “giant” of world cricket, Rahkeem Cornwall Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell dle-order batsman in first-class cricket The last Test played here saw England is given an opportunity. Starc. But Langer insisted his side would with Surrey. England coach Trevor Bayliss scoring 187 and 132 but that was a differ- His imposing physical structure may not be sidetracked from their goal of hinted at a reshuffle in the batting line-up, ent time of the year. have grabbed attention but Cornwall has also becoming the first Australia side in 18 if not in personnel. Nevertheless, Kohli and head coach Ravi been a performer with his effective off- years to win an Ashes series in England. “We think we’ve got the best seven bat- Shastri, who recently got a fresh contract, will breaks and handy lower-middle-order bat- “We know what our plans are to beat ters available to us at the moment in be wary of the challenge that can be posed ting. England,” Langer told reporters at England... Whether we can change it by the new ball pair of Kemar Roach and Headingley, where the third Test starts on round and make that (order) any better, Shannon Gabriel along with Jason Holder SQUADS today. I’m not sure, but we’ll certainly have a dis- bowling his steady seam-up spells. India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank “It’s not an ego game,” the former cussion about it,” he said. If there is pace and bounce, Kohli is like- Aagrwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Australia opening batsman insisted. “There’s one or two batting spots in ly to go with four specialist bowlers in which Hanuma Vihari, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit “We’re here to win the Test match, not the wrong positions but we’re trying to do Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav # ! !"! P 2 " " !( ! !" Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldep Yadav, to see how many bruises we can give. the right thing by the team,” England’s will be fighting for the lone spinner’s slot. Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, “I’m sure the bouncer will still be part Australian coach added. The three pacers, in all likelihood, will ed to drop one among Rohit Sharma and Mumbaikars. Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit of every bowler’s armoury, if it helps us get Now the question is can England, who be Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane but given the recent record The other issue will be at the top of the Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar batsmen out then we’ll use it, otherwise had Australia 122-8 in their first innings Mohammed Shami. of West Indies in Tests, he might go in with order as to who will open with Mayank Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha (wk) we’ll keep sticking to the plan.” at Edgbaston only for Smith to steer his However, it is the batting combination an extra batsman which means both will fea- Agarwal. West Indies: Jason Holder (c), Kraigg England are still without James side to 284, take advantage of his absence? that will be the skipper’s primary worry and ture in the playing XI. The common logic says KL Rahul, who Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Anderson after their all-time leading England will look for more heroics if he can get it right, that will be considered If a green-top is provided and Kohli still is a specialist opener, but Hanuma Vihari was John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rakheem wicket-taker broke down with a calf from Archer and hope that, with Ben as a tactical victory. goes with five bowlers which includes sent to do the fire-fighting in Australia and Cornwall, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, injury after bowling just four overs at Stokes fresh from an unbeaten century at In an ideal situation, if Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja as an all-rounder, it could it would be unfair to not give him another Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Keemo Paul, Edgbaston. Lord’s, someone can give their attack was available, Kohli would have been tempt- well be a toss-up between the two opportunity against a relatively easier pace Kemar Roach. 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45 65+!( restrictions,” the former Indian open- er said. ormer Test captain Anil Kumble’s Sehwag, who had lost the race to Fability to boost confidence of the be India’s coach in 2017 to Ravi players makes him an ideal candidate Shastri, said that he did not apply this for the role of chairman of selectors, time. said Virender Sehwag, who also “In 2017, the BCCI secretary and advocated a hike in remuneration for (late) Dr MV Sridhar (GM Cricket ! ( ! !" # 3 the job. Operations) asked me to apply so I ! !" ! Never to mince his words, former applied. This time no one asked me, opener Sehwag said BCCI needs to so I didn’t apply,” said Sehwag when pay more for heading the selectors’ asked if he was amused in the man- &5% committee. ner Shastri was re-appointed the The current selection panel, led coach. by MSK Prasad, has faced a lot of flak As the talk veered towards play- for it being a lightweight with a cumu- ing XI for the first Test against West . !% P %! lative experience of 13 Tests. Indies, Sehwag’s vote went to Ajinkya “I think Anil Kumble Rahane if India played five bowlers. %7+77 " ( : could be the right candi- “Ajinkya Rahane has been bat- *"$ ;6;; date for the chairman of ting at No 4 (No 5) so if it is a case ew Zealand will be %*<; )**;$%&9 selectors post. He is some- of five bowlers then he should play. Nhoping to add to Sri one who has interacted Rohit Sharma comes in only if you Lanka’s poor record at their with Sachin (Tendulkar), go with four bowlers,” Sehwag own Oval ground and level the series in the second and Sourav (Ganguly) and reasoned. final Test starting today. Rahul (Dravid) as a He also felt that Unlike the spinner’s paradise at Galle and the bat- player and with “Mahendra Singh ting heaven that is the SSC, the Oval — the only ground youngsters as a Dhoni should have in Asia where Don Bradman played — favours seam coach,” Sehwag batted at number bowlers. told reporters five” in the World Sri Lanka have been often exposed here by quality during launch of Cup semi-final seam bowlers and one up in the two-match series, they a new app ‘The against New will have New Zealand’s Trent Boult and Tim Southee Selector’. Zealand. — and possibly Neil Wagner — to contend with. “When I “...Players like In the last 10 years, Sri Lanka have played seven made a come- Hardik Pandya, games at The Oval and lost five, including once to New back (Australia who can play big Zealand. In that game seven years ago, Southee claimed series 2007-08), shots should have eight wickets while Boult finished with seven. he (Kumble) come in at number “We have some fond memories from last time, and came to my room seven towards the we managed to win that,” New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ and said you will end,” said the for- Watling said at a pre-match media briefing on not be dropped for mer India captain. Wednesday. the next two series. He also expressed Left-arm quick Wagner claimed nine wickets in New That’s the kind of his happiness at S Zealand’s last Test match and was unlucky to miss out confidence a player Sreesanth’s life ban in Galle as conditions heavily favoured spin. He is expect- needs,” said Sehwag. being reduced to seven ed to make a return possibly at the expense of Mitchell However, Sehwag years. Santner. also said that he doesn’t “I am very happy The opening Test was a lot closer than the six-wick- think that Kumble will for him. He now needs et margin suggests and the New Zealanders know that agree to do the job right to play domestic crick- fielding lapses cost them dearly after setting Sri Lanka now since the chairman et,” he said. a daunting task of 268 runs. gets 1 crore per annum. Sehwag was Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will leave out off-spinner Akila “BCCI needs to raise amused when he was Dananjaya, whose action was reported to be suspect for bar as far as pay is con- asked about sugges- a second time by match officials after the Galle Test. cerned. Then a lot of play- tions on wearing neck Dananjaya, who claimed a five-wicket haul in the ers will be interested,” said guards in the wake of opening game, was forced to remodel his action after it Sehwag. Steve Smith recent was first reported in November last year. Asked if he would also injury. Technically he is allowed to play the second Test, but be interested in this post, “Why do you he is likely to travel to India instead to test his action. Sehwag said that he doesn’t need to show your Dilruwan Perera has been drafted into the squad and is like too many restrictions. neck to the bowler? expected to play. “I write columns, appear You have a bat and Sri Lanka will move up to the number five of the on TV and being selector you are wearing a official ICC rankings if they win the second Test and the will mean a lot of helmet. In my entire series. restrictions. I don’t career, I never used More importantly, it will give them a strong start in know whether I chest pads,” Sehwag the World Test Championship. would like so many said.