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Independent charge RIO OLYMPICS IIT HOPEFULS IN Modi appeals for peace in of minority affairs Haryana berth rate NO-LOAN LIMBO ministry for Naqvi skews towards girls SEEK HRD HELP Kashmir as state simmers after Najma resigns Neelam Pandey ■ [email protected] Kumar Uttam Saurabh Duggal 32 DEAD & 1,400 HURT I feel pain of mothers, says chief minister Mehbooba ■ [email protected] ■ [email protected] NEW DELHI: A number of prospec- tive IIT students have written to Toufiq Rashid J&K to maintain peace so the NEW DELHI: Prime Minister CHANDIGARH: Haryana is infa- HRD minister Prakash Javadekar

■ [email protected] situation can normalise. He also Narendra Modi on Tuesday mous for female foeticide and and the prime minister’s office expressed hope that no innocent dropped two more ministers patriarchal mindset but when it regarding the non-availability of SRINAGAR: Violence continued person should face any kind of from his council, promoted comes to representation in the the promised interest-free loans in Kashmir for the fourth day inconvenience or loss,” minister one and changed the portfolio world’s greatest sporting arena meant for offsetting the steep fee on Tuesday as the toll climbed of state in the prime minister’s of a junior minister as part the – Olympics — the state’s women hike ordered in April. to 32, hospitals struggled with office Jitendra Singh said. changes he made to his team’s outshine men. The HRD ministry, which was hundreds of injured and chief Later in the day, the Hizbul composition last week. Haryana has maximum con- then under Smriti Irani, had minister Mehbooba Mufti Mujahideen, in a statement Minority affairs minister Najma tribution to the Indian contin- ■ Rani Rampal approved a proposal for increas- appealed to mothers to keep to local media, announced Heptulla, who escaped the axe in gent for the Rio Olympics in ing IIT fees from `90,000 to `2 their children at home while Mehmood Ghaznavi as Wani’s the July 5 reshuffle as she was Brazil. Of the 120 athletes, high- HARYANA IN lakh. Soon afterwards, it issued promising judicious use of force. successor. Not much is known abroad and could not send her res- est ever the country is going to OLYMPICS a press release stating that tuition Among the dead was a student of the new commander, though ignation, was removed. Her deputy send, 21 are from the northern fees will be waived for all students of Delhi University. some sources said it could be a Mukhtar Abbar Naqvi was given state. And 12 of them — six in ATHLETICS 3 men, 2 belonging to the scheduled caste, In the Capital, Prime Minister code name. independent charge of the ministry. hockey, three in wrestling, and women scheduled tribe and differently- Narendra Modi called an emer- In a video message — her first Age was not on her side as two in athletics and one in swim- abled categories, besides those gency meeting to review the situ- public response to the violence she turned 76 in April. Though ming — are women, most of BOXING 2 men from families with an annual ation in the Valley, where vio- — Mehbooba lamented the loss ■ A woman requests security personnel to let her cross a checkpoint age has never been an official them from the hinterland. WRESTLING 3 men, 3 income of less than `1 lakh. lence after the killing of militant of lives. A mother of two, she in curfew-hit Srinagar on Tuesday. AP PHOTO criterion, Modi has repeat- For the first time, three Indian women Apart from this, it stated that Burhan Wani by security forces said she felt the pain of moth- edly stressed on young blood in women wrestlers — Sakshi students from families with an refuses to die down. Government ers who had lost their children, his government. Sources said Malik, Babita Phogat and HOCKEY 1 man, annual income of less than sources said the next two-three and appealed to them to keep the She’s making the same she could be made a governor. Vinesh Phogat — have made to 6 women `5 lakh would benefit from a days would be crucial with intel- young away from the violence. The minister of state for heavy Olympics and all three belong waiver of two-thirds of the tui- ligence agencies warning that The Peoples Democratic Party industries and public enterprise, to Haryana. The 16-member SWIMMING 1 woman tion fee amount. Pakistan-backed groups may chief, who heads an alliance gov- mistakes as me: Omar GM Siddeshwara, lost his job too. women’s hockey squad FROM NORTH CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 make trouble on Martyrs Day ernment with the BJP, promised The 64-year-old MP for announced on Tuesday includes (Wednesday). action against security person- Davangere in Karnataka was six from the state. Seasoned Haryana 21, Punjab 14 Making an appeal for calm, nel who used excessive force HTSPECIAL Abdullah told HT in an exclusive on the list of six ministers who Deepika Thakur is vice-captain. (hockey 5, shooting 4, mustread PM Modi expressed “unhappi- while adding that some people interview at his residence in were to be dropped. But he had Rani Rampal, Navjot Kaur and judo 1, athletics 4) ness” at the media coverage that were taking advantage of the Srinagar’s Gupkar Road area. requested the party to postpone Monika are products of the CAIRN SEEKS $5.6B he said appeared to portray the situation and adding to tensions. Harinder Baweja The Abdullah government his exit as his birthday is on July Shahabad academy, while goal- dead Hizbul Mujahideen com- She sought the help of reli- ■ [email protected] never really recovered from 5 and his supporters had hosted keeper Savita Punia and Poonam Rio. Gurgaon’s Shivani Kataria COMPENSATION mander as a “hero”. He referred gious leaders and civil society the political shock of 116 youth a party in his constituency. Mailk are from the Hisar train- will represent the country in British oil explorer seeks dam- to over a dozen cases registered in restoring peace while express- SRINAGAR: The cycle of violence being shot dead one after the He sent his resignation to the ing centre. swimming. The previous edi- ages from govt for retrospec- against Wani, the 21-year-old ing pride in the way Kashmiris that gripped the Valley in 2010 is a other that summer, and he’s Prime Minister later. Discus thrower Seema Anilt tion of the Summer Games tive tax demand of `29,047 poster boy of modern-day mili- had come to the help of stranded painful memory for former chief candid enough to admit he lost Kalraj Mishra, the minister for Punia will compete in her third in London featured 16 players crore on 10-year old reorgani- tancy in Kashmir. tourists and Amarnath Yatris. minister Omar Abdullah, but as the elections in 2014 because he micro, small and medium enter- Olympics and quarter miler from Hayrana, including only sation of India unit >>P15 “He has asked the people of CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 he sees Kashmir erupt again, he was “punished” for not respond- prises who turned Nirmala Sheron will debut in five women. finds his successor making the ing to innocent deaths. 75 on July 1 was HTSPOTLIGHT same “mistakes” he did. “Mehbooba openly called for retained in view “Mehbooba Mufti has made the my resignation in 2010 but I’m of next year’s HTSPOTLIGHT Pellet injuries mount, many same mistake as me. I went into a not going to do the same. It is a Uttar Pradesh Court frames issues in risk losing eyesight shell in 2010 and she has also with- difficult situation for her to deal assembly AAP LIKE ISIS: drawn into a shell. The first 24-48 with,” he said. elections. SUKHBIR Violence drowns wedding hours are crucial. That is when Abdullah said he expected her In his sharpest attack yet Jaitley defamation case bells in the Valley >>P8 your people need to see and hear to learn from his mistakes. ■ Najma on the AAP, Punjab deputy you,” National Conference leader CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Heptulla CM Sukhbir Singh Badal Press Trust of India finance minister. on Tuesday compared the ■ [email protected] In his suit, Jaitley has sought Arvind Kejriwal outfit with `10 crore in damages from the ISIS, an Islamic terror UN body rules against China on South China Sea NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Kejriwal and the others for outfit, calling it a party of on Tuesday identified the issues their allegations of irregulari- self-proclaimed command- Sutirtho Patranobis Permanent Court of Arbitration, of the islands in question, there in South China Sea, under in the civil defamation case filed ties and financial bungling in ers and chaos. Admitting a ■ [email protected] which backed claims made by was no evidence it exercised any circumstances, will not be by Union minister Arun Jaitley the Delhi and District Cricket three-way fight in poll- Philippines, is expected to stoke exclusive rights over them. affected by the award,” he said. against Delhi chief minister Association (DDCA) when he bound Punjab, Sukhbir BEIJING: A UN-backed internation- further tensions in Southeast In Beijing, Xi said China Xi chose to make the remarks at a Arvind Kejriwal and five AAP was its president for 13 years alleged that the AAP al court ruled on Tuesday that Asia. Besides the Philippines, would not accept any proposi- meeting with European Council leaders on which it will be hear- till 2013. The BJP leader, who was getting funds China never had historic rights China is locked in disputes in the tion or action based on the award President Donald Tusk and ing arguments from both sides. has denied the charges, has and support from over islands in the South China South China Sea with Brunei, issued by the arbitral tribunal European Commission President The court framed the also filed a criminal defama- Khalistanis Sea but President Xi Jinping led Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and unilaterally initiated by the Jean-Claude Juncker soon after issues despite the Aam Aadmi tion complaint in a city court and radi- Beijing’s dismissal of the verdict. Vietnam. Philippines. the ruling was delivered in The Party chief and his colleagues on the same matter while the cals. The ruling by the tribunal The tribunal said though “China’s territorial sover- Netherlands. denying they had made defam- DDCA, too, has moved court >>P2 formed by The Hague-based China had historically made use eignty and maritime interests CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 atory statements against the against Kejriwal.