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In hiding JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU &VISHWASWAGHMODE overseas, head MUMBAI,AUGUST24 of Afghanistan’s UNION MINISTER and BJP member NarayanRane poll panel rues: wasarrestedTuesdayby Police forthreaten- 20 years of ing to “slap” Chief Minister UddhavThackeray.Hewas re- progress lost leasedonbail in Mahadin Raigad, nearly nine hours after his arrest,but district officials RITIKACHOPRA said therewerefour other FIRs NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 againsthim in the state. The BJP ralliedbehindRane, WHENHAWAAlamNooristani claimingthat while it did not (56) leftKabul on August8toat- Kawsar Qazizada (left) with herelder sisterDewaat agree with his remarks,his ar- tend aconference in Beirut, she Minneapolis airport,US, Monday. Thefamilyapartfrom rest wasinviolation of constitu- had no inkling of what layahead. Kawsar had gone to Afghanistanamonthago,and got tional procedures. Aweek later,onAugust15, as stuckthere. AP Speakingtoreporters Nooristani and her colleagues MondayeveninginMahad in waited in transit at Dubai airport Raigad, Rane had said:“It is to boardthe Modi and Putin discuss shameful that the Chief Minister flight backto does notknowthe year of Kabul, her Independence. He leanedbackto familyin- Afghanistan; flags terror enquireaboutthe count of years formedher of of independenceduringhis Police trytocontrolaclash between Sena, BJP supporters over the case againstRane, in Mumbai Tuesday. ANI the Taliban’s concern at BRICS, UNHRC speech. Had Ibeen there, Iwould rapid advance have given(him)atightslap.” on mentioning or criticisingthem Rane’s remarks ledtoaspate Afghanistan’s SHUBHAJITROY —toensureaninclusive gover- of protests across Maharashtra. INSIDE Nooristani capital. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 nance structureinthe country. In Mumbai, the Yuva Sena, the Battle lines sharpen ahead of key Returning Aday afterhediscussed the Sena’s youth wing ledbyAaditya CLASHATRANE’S home wasno AWEEK intothe evacuation of situation in Afghanistanwith Thackeray,was at the forefront of longer safe, she wastold. morethan800 people from German ChancellorAngela protests.AmeyGhole, ShivSena BUNGALOW,MANY civic body polls early next year Fearing retribution fortheir Afghanistan—mostlyIndiansand Merkel, Prime Minister corporator and Yuva Senatreas- INJURED role in conductingelectionsin some Afghans —New Delhion NarendraModi spoketoRussia’s urer,put up banners in Dadar againstChief MinisterUddhav The arrest is another chapter the country, all eight Election Tuesdaystepped up diplomatic President Vladimir Putin on area with Rane’s photograph ti- BJPSTANDSBY VISHWASWAGHMODE Thackeray have galvanisedits in the continuingfeud between Commissioners changed their engagement with keycountries Tuesday. Thetwo leaders tled“Kombdi Chor” (a derogatory RANE,DISTANCES &SHUBHANGIKHAPRE cadres, and the BJP maintaining Rane and Thackeray.Rane, who travel plans and flewtoanother withstakesinthe region. “agreedtoform apermanent bi- reference to thepoultrybusiness FROM HISREMARK MUMBAI,AUGUST24 that Sena vandalism on the spent close to threedecades in countryinstead. Underliningconcerns about lateralchannel forconsultations” he ranyearsago)and therewas streetsisonlygoing to work to the ShivSena, leftthe partyin Amongthese officialsnow Pakistan-basedterroristgroups, on this issue,the Russian govern- stone-pelting outside Rane’s HCSAYSNOTO WHEN THE BJP asked Union itsadvantage. 2005 afterafallout with strandedabroad is Nooristani, India extended itshandtodeal ment said in astatement. house in theJuhu area. Shiv URGENTHEARING MinisterNarayan Rane While the street bat- Thackeray.Hehas since then the firstwoman to head theInd- with the humanitarian situation “Theyexpressed intention Sainiksalsoheld protests in PAGE 4 to tour Mumbai, its tles across the state been targeting Thackeray,both ependent ElectionCommission in Afghanistan, and also called to enhance cooperationon Dahisar,Malad (East) and other satellitecitiesand areas showedthat the Sena during hisstint in the Congress CONTINUEDONPAGE2 upon the Taliban —without CONTINUEDONPAGE2 places. of the Konkan region, it could still mobilise, it and in his newrole as aUnion At least five FIRs were filedby tional insult to provokebreachof wasthe startofamis- wasclearthat the party ministerinthe BJP government.

EXPLAINED E● Shiv SainiksinMahad, Pune city, peace), 505 (public mischief) and sion to preparethe heading the Maha Vikas Rane joinedthe BJP duringthe FRESH TREMORS IN PUNJAB CONG Jalgaon, Thane city and Nashik 506(criminal intimidation). FIRs ground forcivic body Aghadi government was run-up to the elec- city againstRane over his re- with similar sections were reg- electionsdue next Februaryand having itsway by getting Rane tions. marks. isteredatother police stationsas to takethe battletoShivSena arrested. From the startofthe Jan Ministers hold meeting, claim The FIR by Mahadcity’s Yuva well. strongholds, including the Sena- StateBJP leaders, including AshirwadYatralastweek,Rane Sena party leader Siddhesh Rane is presentlytouring controlledBrihanmumbai formerChief MinisterDevendra made his agendaclear.Asheset Patekar againstRane wasregis- parts of Konkan as part of the Municipal Corporation. Fadnavis who wasinstrumental offfromMumbai airporttowoo 34 MLAswantAmarinder out teredunder IPC sections153 BJP’s public outreachcampaign The Rane-Sena showdown in bringing Rane intothe party Sena constituencies in Mumbai, (wantonlygiving provocation launchedasthe JanAshirwad and his arrest Tuesdayhave fold in 2019,ralliedbehind him Palghar,Raigad, Ratnagiri and place Chief MinisterAmarinder with intent to cause riot), 159 Yatra. raisedthe stakes, with the Sena though theydistancedthem- Sindhudurginthe Konkan, he KANCHANVASDEV Singh,adding theyhad "lostcon- (commit an affray), 504(inten- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 claiming that Rane’s utterances selvesfromhis remarks. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 fidence in him". Sidhu and the four working JUSTOVER amonth afterthe presidentsappointed withhim Congress high command made stayed away from the meeting, Bombay HC order in NavjotSingh Sidhuthe Punjab held at Cabinet ministerTript chief touting it as aformula to Rajinder Singh Bajwa’s official POCSO case outrageous, keep the peace in the stateunit, Afterthe meeting, the MLAs residence. However, later,some afresh revolt is in the works. calledonSidhu. Express of the MLAs present at the meet- Thirty-four Congress MLAs, of ing went and metSidhuatthe must reverse it: AG to SC the party’s 80, held ameeting Congress headquarters. along with other party leaders at leastfour ministers claimeda Another ministerpresent at The SupremeCourt had hereTuesday, following which demand had been raisedtore- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stayed the HC orderonJanuary NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 27.The AG and the National Commission forWomen had ATTORNEY GENERAL KK filedseparate appeals. MF-like trusts key financingtool Venugopal on Tuesdayurgedthe “Iftomorrow, aperson wears Supreme Courttoreversethe apairofsurgical glovesand feels Bombay High Courtruling which the entire bodyofawoman, he in mega asset monetisation push held that if thereis“no direct won't be punishedfor sexual as- physical contact, i.e. skin to skin”, sault as per this judgment. This is setthe ball rolling. no offence of sexual assault un- an outrageous order.The accused SUNNYVERMA InvITsfor railwaysand power der the Protection of Children triedtobring down the salwar NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 sector assets arebeing planned from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and even then bail wasgranted... as well —evenasaPublic Private Act, 2012,can be said to be com- The Judgeclearly didn't see the INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Partnership(PPP)-based tem- mitted. far-reaching consequences,” the Trusts (InvIT) will be akey fi- platehas also been preparedto The judgment“is outrageous AG said. nancing mechanism as the gov- monetise assets across sectors and would setadangerous He saidthat “touching of the ernment kick-starts itsambi- including ports,airports,ship- precedent”, Venugopal told a breastofaminor even without tious plan to monetise CROWNJEWELS ARE ping,telecom, warehousing, BenchofJustices UULalit and removing the topamounted to brownfield assets,with a BEING SOLD TO A mining, and gas&petroleum AjayRastogi, whichishearing ap- commissionofoffence of sexual Rs 5,000 croreNational productpipelines. peals againstthe January12rul- assault underthe Act”. HighwaysAuthority of India SELECT FEW:RAHUL “Thefirsttranche of NHAI ing of the Nagpur Benchofthe Referring to the factsofthe (NHAI) InvIT issue expected to PAGE 10 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Bombay HC. CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Gurgaon: Former Armyman ‘kills’ FROMPAGEONE Modi, Putin Jaishankar said 78 peoplewere vocateoradvocates along with daughter-in-law, broughtto IndiaonTuesdayfrom theAdvocate-on-Record(AoR)to tenant’s family countering the dissemination of Kabul via Dushanbe. Twominis- Rane held overremarks on Uddhav appear on behalf of the accused”. theterroristideologyandthedrug ters, HardeepSingh Puri andV The casedates backto before turning threat emanating from the terri- Muraleedharan, went to theair- December 2016,when the 39- tory of Afghanistan,” the Russian porttoreceive the Afghan Sikhs On Tuesday morning, Rane feringfromdiabetesandhyper- condemn the wayinwhich remarkagainstthe CM.But let year-old accusedhad lured the himself in statement said. who came with three copies of told reporters he had no regrets tension and there wasnoneed MaharashtraPolice and me make it clearthat the entire 12-year-old girltohis house on The twosidesnotedthe “im- the Guru GranthSahib. aboutwhat he had said. “I have forhis custody. RatnagiriSPbehavedwith him. BJP is withRane. At the most, the pretextofgivingher some- portance of coordinated efforts” notcommittedany crime.Ihave Rane’swifeNeelamhadalso Hewashavinghisfoodwhenhe suchanuncharacteristicremark thing to eat. According to the AMILBHATNAGAR forthe establishment of peace Afghan official no regrets,” he said. reachedMahadTuesday wasmanhandledand ar- could have been countered by complaint lodged by the girl's GURGAON,AUGUST24 and stability in Afghanistan, en- (IEC) of Afghanistan, and who Hemovedthesessionscourt evening. Shewas accompanied rested…Wehavenot been told the ruling coalition through mother,themanpressedthegirl's suring security in the region as a signedoff on Ashraf Ghani’s vic- in Ratnagiri, seeking pre-arrest by relatives. under whichsection he has statements. Wherewas the breastand attempted to remove A65-YEAR-OLD man allegedly whole,itsaid. toryinthepresidentialelectionof bail whichwas denied. He also Mahadsub-divisionalofficer been arrested.Wefear forhis needtolodgeanFIR and issue hersalwar.Themotherfoundthe killedhis daughter-in-lawand The MinistryofExternal 2019. approachedthe BombayHigh Pratima Pudalwadsaid Shiv life.” an arrest order?… Will girlinthe man's house,inaroom three members of his tenant’s Affairssaid the leaders discussed TheIECisto Afghanistanwhat Court,seekingquashingof mul- Sainiks and BJP workers had BJP president JPNadda de- Maharashtra notbegoverned that wasbolted from outside. family, including their nine- the “unfolding situation in theElectionCommissionof India tiple FIRs registeredoverhis re- gathered in large numbersout- scribed Rane’s arrest as aviola- by law? Is this the Taliban?”. ASessions Courthad con- year-old daughter,inGurgaon’s Afghanistanand itsimplications isto India.WhiletheECIhasthree marks,but wasnot granted any sidethepolicestationandcourt tion of constitutional values. victed the man under Section 8 RajendraParkearly on Tuesday forthe region and the world”. Election Commissioners, the IEC urgent hearing. andthedistrictmachineryhada “Thearrest of UnionMinister TheSenasaidRanehadhurt (punishment forsexual assault) morning. The tenant’ssecond Theyagreeditwas important for has eight. He wasarrestedin toughtime managing them. NarayanRaneji by the thedignityof theconstitutional of thePOCSOAct andsentenced daughter,agedthree, sustained the strategic partners to work to- Nooristani completedher Sangameshwar while he was District officials said there Maharashtragovernmentisavi- post of the Chief Minister. him to threeyearsinjail. injuries and is in the hospital, gether,and instructed theirsen- termasChairpersonthisyear,but having lunchwith party work- wasanother police team wait- olation of constitutional values. “The CM of anystate is not On January12, the Nagpur said police. iorofficialsto remainintouch,the continuedtoserveasone of the ers. ing to take Rane’s custody since We willneither be scared nor just anindividualbutaninstitu- Benchofthe BombayHCmodi- The incident took place at the MEA said. eight Commissioners. The On Tuesdaynight, BJP MLC four other FIRs had been filed suppressedbysuchaction,” tionandithasconstitutionalsta- fied the decision of the Sessions bungalow of former Armyman Later in the day, National Commissioner who replacedher Prasad Lad, who waswithRane againsthim. Nadda said. “These people are tus.TheOppositioncancriticise Court, and convicted him under RaiRao Singh (65).Hethen went Security Advisor Ajit Doval asChairperson,Auranzaib,ispart from the time of hisarrest, said Rane has to appearbefore troubledbythe immense sup- the government. But thereare IPC Section 354(assault or using to the police and told them he chaired ameeting of the NSAs of of the stranded delegation. the Union Ministerhad been Raigad Police on August30and portthe BJP is getting in the Jan peoplelikeNarayan Rane, in criminal forcewith intenttoout- wasresponsible forkilling his the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India- AlltheAfghanofficialsarecur- granted bail. September 13.State BJP presi- AshirwadYatra. We willcon- NarendraModi’s cabinet… rage awoman's modesty), sen- daughter-in-lawSunitaYadav China-South Africa) countries, rentlylivinginarented house in Rane wasproduced before dent ChandrakantPatil said tinueto fightdemocratically,”he made astatement that he will tencinghim to one year in jail. and his tenantsKrishn Tiwari whereIndia “raisedthe issue of the countrytheyflewto. The theJudicialMagistrateFirstClass with Rane being granted bail, said. slaptheCM,andusedthreaten- TheHCsaidthatgropingami- (40), his wifeAnamika Tiwari cross-borderterrorismandactiv- Indian Express is notdisclosing at Mahad wherepolice sought the party willcontinuewith its BJP leader and formerChief inglanguage.Isthis the BJP cul- nor's breastwithout "skintoskin (37), and their child. ities of groupssuchasthe their locationonNooristani’s re- his custody forseven days.But Jan Ashirwad Yatra. Minister DevendraFadnavis ture?”ShivSenaMPSanjay Raut contact"cannotbetermedassex- Police said Singh is being Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e- quest. Rane’s lawyers said he wassuf- Earlier,PrasadLadsaid:“We said: “Wedon’tsupportRane’s said. ual assault as definedunder the questionedbeforeaformal ar- MohammedwhichenjoyState “I cannotexplain my feelings POCSO Act. It said that since the rest is made. supportand threaten peace and when Iheardofthe Taliban’s im- mangropedthechildwithoutre- DCP (WestGurgaon) security”. pending captureofKabul city,” moving her clothes,the offence DeepakSaharan said:“On The meeting of the “High shesaidoverthephone,hervoice Battle lines sharpen ahead of key civic body polls cannot be termedassexual as- Tuesday morning, we received RepresentativesResponsible for quivering.“Wewerenot prepared saultand,instead,constitutesthe information that severalbodies NationalSecurity”—attendedby forthis. In fact, we were in declared:“BJP will return to to the Memorial numbers across Mumbai and wasentrustedwith asingle offence of outraging awoman's had been found insideahouse Russia’s General Nikolai Lebanon planning forthe next power. We will ensurethe end in Shivaji Park,aSena strong- Maharashtraand stand to- mission –keep targeting modesty under IPC Section354. in RajendraPark. Singh con- PatrushevandChina’sYangJiechi elections.Wewereplanningto in- of three decades of the Shiv hold. The event passedoff gether againstthe BJP,” aSena Matoshree and theThackerays. “Admittedly,itisnot the case fessedtothe murders, and he amongothers—“reviewedthere- stitutionalise democracy (in Sena regime in BMC". peacefullyafter Sena leaders leader said. “When it comes to personal of theprosecutionthattheappel- told us about an affair being the gionalandglobalpoliticalandse- Afghanistan),” she said. Elections for10municipal said theywould ignoreRane, Another Sena leader attacks againstthe Thackerays, lantremovedhertopandpressed motive.Atthis point, we can curityscenariowithparticularref- Waiting at Dubai airport for corporations including Mumbai but some of the party’s old claimedRanewill have no im- thereisnobody in the BJP who her breast. As such,thereisnodi- onlysupportthis theoryonce erence to current developments the flight she neverboarded, she and Thane, and 25 Zilla guarddid a“shuddhikaran” pact on the ground in the BMC can do this with conviction. rect physical contact i.e. skin to we have the required evidence. in Afghanistan”, among other is- felt “completely lost”, Nooristani Parishads aredue early next (purification) of the memorial polls. “In 2015,Ranecontested Givenhis long association with skinwith sexual intent without The claims of theaccused will sues. said. “Wewerestaring at an un- year.Parties arecalling these afterRane’sdeparture. the assemblybypoll forthe the ShivSena, Rane knows the penetration,”itsaid. be investigated andall angles TheyalsodiscussedIran,West certain future. We did notknow polls“mini-assembly” elections “Streetprotests andagita- Bandra(East) seat and wasde- organisation inside out,” aBJP The HC also heldthe accused arebeing looked into. The ac- Asia, and the Gulf,and emerging whereweshould go from here. giventhat these will take place tionsareverytypicalof theSena feated by the Sena.Wehave source said, adding that the guilty under IPC Section 342 cusediscurrentlyincustody threatstonational security,such Wherewould we go,and where around the time MVAishalf- and ShivSainiksare usedtoit. shown him his place,” the party wantstoproject himas its (wrongfulconfinement).Thesen- and further action willbetaken as cyber security.Other items on wouldwe live?Itwasallhappen- wayintoits innings. Sena politics has always been leader said face in the Konkan region to tences were to run concurrently. accordingly.” the agenda were cooperation ingsosuddenly,” she said. Sena cadres had been itch- basedonemotive issues… This Sources in the BJP said 69- makeinroadsinthe Senafief- Police have filedanFIR amonglaw enforcement agen- BythetimeNooristaniandher ing to take on Rane from Day1 controversyhasgivenour cadre year-old Rane,known forhis dom ahead of the civic body Militant againstSingh on chargeson cies,healthsafetyandhealthcare, colleagues landedinanother of his Yatrawhen he paid avisit the chance to mobilise in large blunt-speak againstThackeray, polls. to militantranksdespitebeingar- murderand conspiracy,based and counter-terrorism, the MEA countryafewhours later, rested twice. Held forthe first on acomplaintfiledbyKrishn’s said. Afghanistanhadfallenfully under time in 2004,hewas releasedaf- brother-in-lawAshwini Mishra. Themeetingalsoadoptedand Taliban control. captureand we still don’t have a formonetisationoverFY2022-25 meetthe Congress Punjab in- Mondayevening and that Sidhu terayear.In2007, hewasarrested According to police, the inci- recommendedtheBRICSCounter The decision to heed their government,noministryofexter- are28,608 circuit kilometre (ckt charge HarishRawat,andseekan had no idea of the agenda. again andspentfouryears in jail. dent took place between 2-3 am Terrorism Action Plan forconsid- families’advice proved to be cor- nal affairs and no ministryof km),comprisingabout17 percent appointment withAICC chief Incidentally,therehas been talk Afterhis release, he wasathome on Tuesdaymorning.The body erationby theBRICSSummit.The rect, Nooristani said.The Taliban home affairs. Because thereisno of PowerGrid Corporation’s total SoniaGandhi. Channi said he, sincethe pastcouple of days of forthreeyears,before goingmiss- of Singh’s daughter-in-lawwas Action Plan aims to further have “captured”their houses — democracy,thereisnohope for assetbase. In 2021-22, transmis- Bajwa, and ministers Sukhjinder Congress leaders unhappywith ing again in the spring of 2014. found close to the door on the strengthen existing mechanisms “Theyhavetaken our cars, our the implementersand playersof sion assets worthRs7,700 crore SinghRandhawa andSukhbinder Amarinder holding ameeting in “This time,hewas adifferent firstfloor,whereshe livedwith of cooperation in areas suchasfi- bodyguards,ourequipment.They democracy (likeus),” she said. areexpectedto bemonetised,in- Singh Sarkaria would be partof the presence of Sidhu and pass- militant,” said the police officer. her husband. The tenant was nancingand combating terror- have lootedour houses. All my cluding thetransactionalready the delegation. Randhawa and ing aresolution claiming loss of “With his experience of 15 years, found lying in aroom above, ism,misuseoftheInternetbyter- familymembers have been dis- MF-like trusts completedinApril-June. Sarkaria were also present at confidence in the CM. Sources he had learnt howtoescape the while the twominors and their rorists,curbingtravelof terrorists, placed.Mychildrenandmy preg- InvITtransactionisexpectedto be The projectscomprise 11 Tuesday’s meeting. saidthiswastheplanTuesday, but securityradar,andthatiswhy de- mother were on the bed. bordercontrols,protectionof soft nant daughter-in-lawhavebeen completedbyQ2/Q3ofFY2022 transmissionlines,includingsix Hourslater,theCMOreleased it came unstuckwhen lesser spitethe mounting pressure, we Policebelieve the accused targets, information sharing, ca- forced intohiding,”she said. subjecttomarket conditionsand 765kVlinesandfive 400kVlines, astatementsaying“sevenofthe MLAsthantheorganisershadex- had no success forseven years.” allegedly used asharp-edged pacity building, and regional and Duringherconversationwith stabilisationoftollrevenuesin withatotalcircuitlengthof 3,700 20-oddPunjabCongress MLAs pected turnedup. Afterthe unrestfollowing instrument to attackthe vic- internationalcooperation. this reporter, Nooristani referred wake of Covid,” says theNITI cktkm, and three sub-stations and ex-MLAs” present at the Attacking Amarinder,Bajwa Hizbul Mujahideen commander tims.Itissuspectedthat he first In Geneva,atthe 31st special frequentlytotheincrediblespeed Aayog’s National Monetisation with6,630MVA of aggregate meeting had distancedthem- said, “Thereisaquid proquo be- Burhan Wani’s killing in 2016, went to Sunita’s room and al- session of the UN Human Rights of theTaliban’smilitaryvictory— Pipeline (NMP) FY’22-25.“(This) transformation capacity and selvesfromclaims of a“festering tween the ChiefMinister and the Sheikh shiftedbase from South legedly killedher before going Council on the serious human she could nothaveimagined issue is envisaged to be privately 1,956 km of optical ground wire. revolt” and vowedsupportto Akalis. No work is beingdone,no Kashmir’sKulgamto Srinagarcity, to thetenant’s house to kill the rightsconcerns and situation in Kabul would fall so quicklywhen placed,withindicativevaluefund “Thereishigh visibility of po- Amarinder —including, it said, promisesfulfilled.We have noop- and wassaid to have been often familyintheirsleep, said offi- Afghanistan, India’s Permanent she leftfor Beirut with her col- raise at aboutRs5,000crore.” tentialrevenue and cash flows MLAs KuldeepVaid, Dalvir Singh tion but to seekhis replacement. spotted in Batamaloo area. Last cers. Representative Indra Mani leagues on August8,she said. Thefirsttranche of the NHAI from the InvITdue to availability Goldy,Santokh SinghBhalaipur, We willbringtothe notice of the year,Sheikh switchedoverfrom According to police sources, Pandeysaid, “Stability in “Thisisthecapitalwe aretalk- InvIT is expected to include 586 of additional 18 projectsinvolv- AngadSingh, Amrinder Singh high command that the CM has theHizbulMujahideento theTRF Singh’s son Anand leftto Afghanistanislinkedto thepeace ingabout.We hadsecurityforces. km of road assets in Rajasthan, ing an investment of Rs 22,500 Raja Warring and Gurkirat Singh lostour trust." and became itschief. visit Khatushyamtemple in and security of the region. We Ourgovernment’srepresentative Gujarat,WestBengal, and Bihar, croretobeoffered as aproject Kotli, and former MLAAjit Singh SidhutweetedthatBajwahad “Several times, we laid acor- Rajasthanthe evening before hopethat the situationin wasinDoha trying to bring the and is likelytobewrappedupby pipelinetothe InvIT,” as per the Mofar. sought an “emergencymeeting” dontonab or kill him but he es- the incident.Ateam has been Afghanistandoesnotposeachal- Talibanleadersto thenegotiating December.NHAIisalsoexploring NMP. Raja Warring told TheIndian withhim,andthathewouldsoon caped,”anotherpoliceofficersaid. sent to bring him to Gurgaon for lenge to itsneighboursanditster- table. asecond tranche of follow-on is- In the railway sector,station Express, “I wasapartofthe meet- updatethe highcommand of the The team that went in to arrest the purpose of taking state- ritoryisnot usedbyterrorist “Wehadallpurchasedgiftsfor sue of the InvIT. development,passengertrainop- ingbut neitherdoIwant to sayI “situation”. him Monday from Srinagar’s mentsinconnection with the groups suchasLashkar-e-Taiba our lovedones backhome. It was “Wehavegot good feedback erations,goodsshedsandhillrail- wasapartofthe resolution seek- PargatSinghsaidtheywanted Alochi Bagh area, following atip- case, said policesources. (LeT)and Jaish-e-Mohammed allsoshocking.NotonlydidIleave from institutional investors. The ways arebeingmonetisedonPPP ingtheCM’souster, northatIwas to tell thehigh command about off, wasincivilianclothes.Sheikh (JeM),tothreatenanyothercoun- my childrenbehind,Ialsolost my InvITroute,asalreadytriedinthe basis, while the government is notapartofthat resolution. Also, howthe MLAs were notsatisfied waskilledalong with his deputy, try.” people,my homelandthatIloved PowerGrid issue, should getthe keen to launchaTrack Signalling Idonot want to saywhether Iam withthe CM's functioning. “Let Saqib Manzoor. Dalitprof in DU India was, however, careful andworkedfor. Allinaflash,”she monetisationplanofftheground and Overhead Equipment (Track in favour of the demand, or Iam the high command sendob- Policesourcessaidapartfrom and calibrated about the Taliban said. immediately,” asenior govern- OHE) InvIT.The plan is to mone- notinfavour of thatdemand.” servers to Chandigarhand meet Sheikh,evenhis familyhas had a ‘slapped’ by —itdidnotnameorcondemnthe The Taliban takeover consti- ment official said. tiseexistingrailway infrastructure Kotli, however, contested the legislators giving oneminute to long associationwith militancy colleague,FIR filed hardline movement in itsstate- tutesa“darkpageinthehistoryof While InvITsand Real Estate across definedroutes as apack- CMO’s claim, saying he stood by each, and ask asimple question, and that close to adozenmem- ment at the UNHRC. Afghanistan”, Nooristani said. Investment Trusts (REITs) are aged asset. themeeting’sdemandto remove whether theyare in favour of the bers have joined militant ranks NewDelhi: An FIR has been reg- PandeysaidIndia“standsrea- “Wehavelosttwo decades’worth structured financingvehicles, Among other railway assets, Amarinder. CM staying on or not. Ican assure andhave beenkilledingunfights, isteredagainstthe teacher-in- dy to assist our friends from Af- of progress in human rights and other monetisation models on 265goodssheds outofthe total The CMO statement also said you79outof 80MLAs,exceptthe including his brothers and a charge of Lakshmibai College’s ghanistaninfulfilling their aspi- womenrights.Whiletheworldis PPP basis include Toll Operate 1,246havebeen considered for Mofarhad deniedbeing present CM himself, will seekhis ouster. nephew. HissisterNaseemaisun- department, who had al- rations... We hopethat the developing, we aregoing backto Transfer(TOT),OperateMaintain monetisationoverthe NMP pe- at the meeting, and said he had This is my feedback.” der detention forallegedly help- legedly slappedaDalit associ- situation stabilises soon, andthe thestartingpoint...If Iweretolook Transfer (OMT), Operations, riod,startingwith75goodssheds gone onlytomeetone of the ing militants. ateprofessor in the presence of partiesconcernedaddressthehu- at my ownjourney, Iwas a Maintenance &Development inFY23.Thegovernmentplansto Cabinetministers there, and that Bombay HC The three militantskilledin severalother teachersduring a manitarian and security issues.” MemberofParliament, Iwas the (OMD), and Carry Operate inviteprivate sectorparticipation Angad had said he had gone to case, he said the minor victim, Sopore inanoperationthatbegan meetinginthe collegeon Indiaalso said it hopedthat head of the human rights com- Transfer (COT). in augmentation and operations discuss cooperative elections in who wasstalked and gropedby Monday night were identifiedas August16. thereisinAfghanistan“an inclu- mission. Iled the entireelection The Investment Trusts are &management of these shedsas his constituency. the accused, raisedanalarm, and Faisal Fayazand Rameez Ahmad Acomplaint againstRanjit sive andbroad baseddispensa- process (in 2019). This wouldnot somewhat likemutualfunds, private freightterminals. Bajwa, however, claimedthat an FIR waslodged without any of south Kashmir’s Shopian and Kaur wasfiledbyNeelam at the tionwhichrepresentsallsections have been possibleunderthe whichenable small investors to The government has used notonlywereall the 34 MLAs delay. Letting offthe accused will Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh of Bharat Nagarpolice station on of Afghan society”. Taliban. This generationhas seen buy units in the trusts that are four key methods —marketap- present at the meeting opposed go againstthe legislative intent, Kupwara. the dayofthe incident. Asenior “Voicesof Afghanwomen,as- womenservingasseniorofficers. listedonthe exchanges, and to proach, Capexapproach, book to theCM, but that theyhad sup- the AG said, addingthat43,000 Police said theyhad received policeofficer from Northwest pirations of Afghan children and We have even had female diplo- have ashareintheincomestream value approachand enterprise portof46inall.“Wegot callsfrom POCSO offences were registered atip-offonthe presenceofthe districtsaid an FIR under IPC sec- the rightsofminorities mustbe matsrepresenting our country of these vehicles in the form of value approach—to arrive at the manyMLAstoday, but theywere in the lastone year. three at PethSeer villagein tions 323(voluntarilycausing respected.Abroad basedrepre- abroad. But suddenlywehave dividend and unit distribution. indicative value of Rs 6lakh crore stuck...TheDGPisCaptain’sman... Afterabrief hearing,theCourt Sopore,and ajoint team of its hurt), 504(intentional insult to sentationwouldhelpthearrange- gone backintime,” shesaid. The othermonetisation approa- worthofassets to be monetised. Somepeopledonotwantanyac- adjournedthe matter to men, Armyand paramilitary provokebreachofpublic peace) mentgainmoreacceptabilityand Returningto Kabulisn’tanop- ches arebasicallyuserfee-based. tion against them forbeing seen September 14,asnocounsel ap- forces were partofthe operation. and section3ofthe SC/STAct was legitimacy,” it said. tionfortheIECCommissioners— Afterthe successful Punjab Cong with us,"hetold TheIndian peared forthe accuseddespite Theyhad zeroedinonthe three registeredonTuesday. Thisistheclearest thattheIn- notinthenearfutureatleast.“The PowerGrid InvIT issue compris- the meeting, CharanjeetSingh Express. notice beingserved. when theyopenedfire, resulting In the FIR,Neelam has stated dian government has so farbeen Talibandon’tbelieveindemoc- ingtransmissionassetsearlierthis Channi, said six of them, includ- Headdedthatwhiletheyhad The Bench directed the in agunfightthat endedTuesday Kaur also useda“casteistslur” aboutits position with respect to racy,and everything we didwas year,the government has now ingfour ministers and Sidhuloy- notinvited Sidhu, theyhad in- Supreme CourtLegal Services morning,policesaid. againsther.Noarrests have been Taliban-ruledAfghanistan. in the interestofelections. It has linedupfollow-on issues. The alist and general secretaryPargat formedhim about the meeting Committee (SCLSC) “tomake FULLREPORTSON made in the case. ENS External Affairs MinisterS been over aweek since Kabul’s transmission assets considered Singh, will go to Dehradun to forwhichinvites went out availabletheservicesof seniorad- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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ANIL DESHMUKH CORRUPTIONCASE PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FIRE BRIGADE Specific allegations that Will meet CBI ‘KasturbaHospitalleaktriggeredby Chhota Rajan operated counsel to resolve the gang that murdered issue of documents: damageddrainvalveofLPGtank’ Datta Samant: court againstthe contractor fornegli- joints,"”reads the fire brigade re- ones were shiftedfrombuilding State govt to HC EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE gence. port, whichwas shared with op- number 148inthe hospital EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,AUGUST24 The BMC has also decidedto position leader Ravi Raja re- premises to another building af- MUMBAI,AUGUST24 shutthe LPG tank unit, which cently, since he had raisedthe terthe gasleakageatthe hospi- THE GASleak in Kasturba wasusedfor cooking purposes issue in the Standing Committee tal. Residentsofnearbybuildings IN ITS detailedorder rejecting EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The benchgranted the Hospital at Chinchpokli that oc- in Kasturba Hospital, and getthe meeting. andchawlstoo were askedtova- bail to gangsterChhota Rajan for MUMBAI,AUGUST24 stategovernment curredonAugust 7was triggered process of PNGconnection Fire brigade officials said the catethe premises. the murder of union leader Datta by adamaged drain valve of the started. drain valve could have been Afterthe HPCL team declared Samant in 1997,aspecial court THE BOMBAY High Courtad- counsel time to resolve LPGtank, according to the pre- “TheLPG wasleaking from damaged due to aJCB van, which the area leak-free, residentsand has said that there were specific journedhearing on an applica- the issue and posted liminaryreport of MumbaiFire the damaged drainvalve situ- wasworking near the tank."The patientswereallowedtogo allegations that he operated the tion by the CBI seeking docu- further hearing to Brigade. ated at the bottom of the bullet. engineering department is in- back. gang that committedthemurder. Chota Rajan. File mentsfromthe Maharashtra Afterthe report, Agripada po- It wasobserved that the said vestigating the exact cause of the At thetime of the incident, Rajan had sought bailstating government in connection with Thursday, August26 lice station has startedtheir own drain valvewas dislocatedtoone leakageofthe drainvalve,” said a the tank had 5tonnes of gas. A that the police had claimedhis corruption cases againstformer inquiry, andthe BMC's side due to the mechanical im- Fire Brigade official. special vehicle from HPCL was connection to the murder vehicle and firedathim. It was statehome ministerAnil Mechanicaland Engineering pact causing heavyleakageof On August7,58patientsin- brought to decant the leaking through twoother co-accused, alleged that the motive of the Deshmukhafter the stategov- compliance withthe HC's July22 Department will initiateaction LPG from the drain valve cluding28Covid-19-infected LPG tank. both of whom have been acquit- murder wasatrade union dis- ernment counsel told the HC order. tedin2000.Hesaid that with the puteand that the offence was that theywill have ameeting Seeking the state's response criminal conspiracy charge not committed by Rajan’s men. with the CBI counsel to work out with a“congenial solution”,the proven,nothing remains of the The CBI, whichtook over the the issue amicably. benchhad postedthe matter for allegation againsthim. His plea case from the Mumbai police af- The CBI, whichsaid the state further hearing on August24. wasrejected last week,and the terRajan wasextradited from wasnot cooperating with it, had On Tuesday, senior advocate detailedorder wasmade avail- Indonesia in 2015,has claimed sought certifiedcopies and in- RafiqueDada, representing the able on Tuesday. that witness statementsare formation pertainingtothe let- Maharashtra government,told “Onlybecause the offence showing that the men were con- terreportbysenior IPS officer the HC thathe, alongwithsen- under Section 120B of IPC is not nected to him. Rashmi Shukla, who wasthen ior counsel Darius Khambata, Vaccination drive in proved against thearrestedac- It wasalso said that one wit- investigating corruption in have approachedthe "highest progress at Nair Hospital, cused, it is alittle bit premature ness has identifiedanaccused, transfersand postings of police authorities” of the government. Mumbai,onTuesday. Ganesh at this stage to comment about whohad made aphone call to officers. He added,“We will be able to Shirsekar aconspiracy hatchedbythe ap- Hong Kong from histelephone Adivision benchofJustice S reconcile. We will have ameet- plicant/accused. This aspect booth whichwas circumstantial SShindeand Justice NJJamadar ing with Additional Solicitor needsdetailedevidenceand the evidence againstRajan. washearing aplea filedbythe General Anil Singh forCBI and prosecution has to provethis fact The court saidthat charges CBI fordirections to the trytoworkout the matter.We by adducing evidence,” special have been framedinthe case and Maharashtragovernment to want to putanend to this.” JudgeATWankhede said in his the trial is to commence. It also provide documentsonthe FIR The benchgranted the state 64.32 lakh detailedorder. said that Rajan is already serving lodged against Deshmukh and government counsel time to re- TOTALPOSITIVECASES On January16, 1997,Samant lifeimprisonment forthe mur- others. The CBI had alleged that solve the issue and postedfur- INMAHARASHTRA wastravelling from Powaito der of journalistJDeyin2011. MaharashtraPolice wasnot ther hearing to Thursday, August Active Cases 78,962 Ghatkopar in ajeep when four Rajan is facing severalcasesand handing over the documentsin 26. unknown people obstructed his is currentlylodged in Tihar jail. NewCases 4,355 Over 100 transgenders inoculated at TotalDeaths 1,36,355 BMC: Ganesh idols should newly opened LGBT vaccination centre NewDeaths 119 Quarantined3.01lakh be deposited at collection at St Joseph School at Vikhroli MinisterRajesh Tope. Tested 5.26 crore EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE west formembersofthe LGBT “Our aim is to coverall sec- MUMBAI,AUGUST24 community who were facing dif- tions of society under the vacci- 7,41,661 points for immersion ficulty in getting vaccine nation drive.The starting of this OVER 100transgenders were Officials from BMC said that center by BMC is part of thepro- TOTALPOSITIVE SANJANABHALERAO BMC staffers will collect vaccinated at the city’s firstded- even those without an identity gram to reachpeople who arenot CASESINMUMBAI MUMBAI,AUGUST24 the idols and immerse icated vaccination centrefor the cardcan reachthis centretoget able to getaccesstovaccineseas- NewCases 272 LGBT community,whichwas inoculated.Onthe firstday,over ily. Those who want to help LGBT TotalDeaths 15,952 TO PREVENT crowding at the them in natural openedbythe Brihanmumbai 100people from LGBT commu- community forvaccination,they NewDeaths 1 beaches duringthe immersion ponds or the sea Municipal Corporation (BMC) on nity were vaccinated.The centre can contact the ward warroom of idols afterGanesh Chaturthi Tuesday. Thecentrewas opened wasinaugurated by stateHealth forguidance,” said aBMC official. next month, the BMC on Tuesdaysaid that no processions Mumbai Policeand the organis- MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY will be allowedand organisers ers on this issue.” Flower exhibition at (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) from eachpandal can deposit Thereare over 10,000 Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051. Tel: 022-26590001/4000, idols at collection pointsset up Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav man- Byculla zoo cancelled Fax :26591264. website: https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in near beaches or natural water dalsinthe city. In ameeting held PUBLIC NOTIFICATION bodiesfor immersion. on Monday, following demands Notice is hereby given to all users of Mumbai Metro Railway lines 7and premises BMC staffers will collect the from the mandals, BMC had di- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE situated on the completed sections of the under -noted sections of the MMRDA/ idols and immerse them in nat- rected the road department to MUMBAI,AUGUST24 MMMOCL that the 25000 Volt, 50 Hz, AC Overhead Traction Wires will be energized urals ponds or the sea. repair the arterialAndheri-Kurla on or after the dates specified against the sections. On and from the said dates the Ganesh mandals,however, Road ahead of the 10-day-long THE 26THFlowerExhibition at Veer MataJijabai overhead traction lines shall be treated as live at all times and no un-authorized person areallowedtohold immersions festival beginning September 10. BhosaleUdyanandZoo,popularly knownasByculla shall approach or work in the proximity of the said overhead lines. of idols at artificial ponds. Disastermanagement training Zoo, has been cancelledthis year due to Covid-19. Sr. Length Date of Line/Section While organisers have will also be arranged forthe Anticipating athirdwave, BMC hasdecidedtohold No. (in TKM) Energisation sought that 10 vaccinated mem- mandal members. theexhibitioninFebruary2022.Thegardendepart- 1. 25000 Volt 50 Hz AC Overhead Traction lines from :- 12.5 KM 25.08.2021 bers from eachmandal be al- Moreover, the BMC health ment has been holding aflowerexhibition for25 UP Line :Aarey to Goregaon (East) PLine Civil Pier approx. lowedtocarry idols to the collec- department has been asked to years.ItisorganizedinJanuaryorFebruary. no.P1 (OHE Mast no.5/49,Chainage 5799.50) to tion pointsatthe beaches, BMC hold surprise and random in- In 2020, the theme was‘icons of Mumbai’. pier no.224 (OHE Mast no.4/27,Chainage 4430.50) has notapproved therequests. spections of sweetshops and Officials said the exhibition attractsoveralakhvis- Down Line :Dahisar to Goregaon (East) Civil Pier In addition, similar to lastyear,it factories in the city.Lastyear, itors, so amid the pandemic it could proveasuper no.116 (OHE Mast no.15/36,Chainage 15446.41) has bannedprocessions to pre- BMC had asked people and man- spreader event. “A lotofhuman resources arein- to pier no. 224 (OHE Mast no.4/28,Chainage vent the spread of Covid-19. dals to give preference to artifi- volvedand the exhibition sees participation from 4430.50). “Wewill setupcollection cial ponds setupineachward. India's topmostnurseryowners. In the current sit- Sd/- pointsfor idols in eachofthe 24 Naresh Dahibaokar,president uation it is notpossible to holdthe exhibition,” said Deputy Chief Engineer Electrical, MMRDA wards. The organisers can de- of Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik aBMC official. Fulrani posit their idols herefor immer- Ganeshotsav SamanvaySamiti, sionand also head to Chowpatty said: “Lastyear,manymandals collection points. However, no carriedoutimmersioninartificial processions will be allowed,” a ponds while others held symbolic BMC official said. celebrations. However, this year, On the mandals asking BMC withmanymembers vaccinated, to allowpeople to come to the therehavebeendemandsto hold pandals fordarshan, the official immersionsonlyatnaturalwa- said: “As per government guide- terbodies and thesea.Wehave lines,onlyonline darshan is al- asked BMC to allowmembers lowed. However, ameeting has who arefullyvaccinated to bring been scheduled withthe the idols forimmersion.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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2019IED BLAST AT GADCHIROLI SenaworkersandRanesupportersclashat Court says prima facie involvement of accused minister’sMumbaibungalow,manyinjured clear in collecting funds for banned Maoist outfit YOGESHNAIK MUMBAI,AUGUST24 the funds forfurther terrorist IRKEDBY UnionMinisterNarayan SADAFMODAK activities. Rane's remarks againstChief MUMBAI,AUGUST24 The NIA also opposed the MinisterUddhavThackeray, Shiv plea by stating that it had evi- Sena and Yuva Sena workers IN ITS detailedorder rejecting dence including witness state- peltedstonesathisbungalowfac- the bail anddischarge applica- mentsand electronic items ing the Juhu beachinMumbaion tions of Sathyanarayana Rani, an seizedfromthem, whichcon- Tuesdaymorning. alleged topNaxal operative,a tained“Naxaliteliterature”. This Rane and his sons Nileshand special courthas said that the ab- includedimages of those killed Nitesh were in Konkan, but their senceofanexplanationfor pos- in encounters, cases registered, supportersretaliatedbythrowing session of Rs 10.32 lakh withno newspaper cuttings, bookson stones backatthe Sena workers. known source of income, prima the Naxalbari movement, Mao, In the exchange, eight policemen facie showshis involvement in Lenin,Marxideology and re- receivedminor injuries.Afew collecting funds forbanned ports of CommunistParty of Senaworkers and Rane support- CommunistParty of India Nepal, China, the court wastold. ers were also injured. (Maoist). It also said that therewere Asked whySena workers Sathyanarayana wasarrested audio files of speeches about the were allowedtoassembleoutside in 2019 forhis allegedinvolve- death of 40 personsinanen- Rane’s bungalow, Joint ment in the IED blastat counter in Gadchiroli and the re- Commissioner (Lawand Order) Gadchiroli, whichkilled15secu- vengetobetaken forit. VishwasNangrePatilsaid:“Police rity personnel and one civilian. “I am well awareofthe legal personnel were presentinade- “It is to be notedthatthe ac- principle that mereseizureof quatenumbers andtheydis- cusedhad no source of income certain material in respect of the persedthe mob.” and that he had neversubmitted bannedorganisation by itselfis Additional Commissionerof incometax returns and as such notsufficient to brand the pos- Police(West)SandeepKarniksaid in absenceofthe explanation sessor as amember…In this thattwoFIRshave beenregistered givenbythe applicant forpos- background, if the material against60Sena workers and 60 sessing suchhugeamount can placedonrecordinthe form of Rane supporters forrioting. The Outside ’s BJP stands by Rane but distances HC saysnoto be saidtobeprima facie mate- confessional statement of the co- FIRswere registeredonchargesof house at Juhu. Pradip Das rial againstthe applicant that he accusedisconsidered,inthat rioting,assault,endangeringlives urgent hearing wasinvolvedincollecting funds case it can be said that this is not andviolatingpandemicrules.The forthe bannedorganisation,” the case of merepossessing the police have also invokedthe itself from his ‘slap’ remark specialJudgeDinesh E literaturebut the same is suffi- DisasterMAnagement Actand stoppedbythepolice...thosewho OMKARGOKHALE Kothalikar said in his order. cient to prima facie conclude Epidemic DiseasesAct. managed to assemble were from jumpedintosupporthim. actor Sushant Singh Rajput and MUMBAI,AUGUST24 The bail pleawas rejected on that the applicant wasactive AthirdFIR wasregistered by western suburbs. Else, the crowd EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Distancing itself from Rane's his former manager Disha Salian Fridayand detailedorder was member of the bannedterrorist KasturbaMargpolice in Borivali would have been muchbigger.” MUMBAI,AUGUST24 remarkofgiving the CM a“tight lastyear. UNION MINISTER and Rajya made available on Tuesday. organisation,” the courtsaid. (East)againstnearly 90 Besides stones, Sena support- slap” wasinkeeping with Prime BJP's Kirit Somaiyasaid, “We Sabha MP Narayan Rane, who The NIA had claimedtohave Chawlahad arguedthat workersforprotestingandraising ers also threw eggs at Rane's THE BJP on Tuesdayusedthe ar- MinisterNarendraModi's in- arenot going to be intimidated wasarrestedonTuesday,had seizedthe amount while arrest- therewas nothing to showthat slogans againstRane. houseand supporters, seekingto rest of Union MinisterNarayan structions to party workers and by suchactionagainstRane. It earlier in the daymoved the ing Sathyanarayana and his wife, Sathyanarayana wasinvolvedin Earlier in the day, Santacruz recalltheUnionminister'spastas Rane to galvanise itsown cadre elected representativestomind makes our resolve stronger to BombayHigh Courtseeking Nirmala Uppuganti, both alleged anypartofthe conspiracy to kill and Juhu police stations had de- apoultryshopowner.Theyalso in the big fight againstMaha their languagewhile criticising expose the corruption in quashing of multipleFIRs regis- to be senior members of the the policepersonnel. ployedpolicemen outside Rane's threw blackink at the house. An Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government opponents, said BJP sources. Congress, NCPand Sena govern- teredagainsthim forsaying that bannedorganisation. The prosecutor said that the house as Yuva Sena workers be- effigy of Rane wasburnt. in Maharashtra,but distancedit- “The possibility of the PM ment. From Anil Deshmukh, Anil he would slap Chief Minister Sathyanarayana’s lawyer, CPI (Maoist) strategy wastouse ganassemblingatthespot.Senior Theviolence,which beganat self from hisremarksagainst ticking offRane cannotberuled Paraband Milind Narwekar,we in Raigad on Chandni Chawla, had submitted different names and that there Inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore 11 am,continued fornearly 40 Chief MinisterUddhav out,” said aBJP insider,but added have exposedtheir corruption. Monday. Thecourt, however, re- on hisbehalf thatthe moneywas wasareference of said he stoppedYuvaSenaleader minutes, disrupting peakhour Thackeray. that “at this moment, the central Now, moreare in the pipeline.” fusedtogrant an urgent hearing. handledbyhis wife to usefor her Sathyanarayana being present in VarunSardesai(anephewofChief trafficonthe Juhu Tara Road. “Wedon’t supportRane’s re- and stateleadership believe they FormerBJP minister Ashish Rane has challenged the cancer treatment in Hyderabad. ameeting held in 2018 whereit MinisterUddhavThackeray)from As Union minister, Rane gets markagainstthe CM. But letme should be seensupporting Shelar threatenedtit fortat if three FIRs registeredatMahad in It wasalso submittedthat wasdecidedtocause the death coming to the site. CISFprotection, and ateam of makeitclear that the entireBJP Rane”. Sena does notshowrestrain. “If Raigad, Pune, and Nashik against therewas no evidence to show of security personnel by an IED Rahul Kanal, aYuvaSena commandoswas present during is with Rane. At the most,such BJP leaders maintainedthat Sena does notstoptamasha, BJP him in connection to his remark. that he had providedorreceived blast. leader,said, “ManySainiks were the fracas. an uncharacteristic remark Sena cadrehad usedequallyden- will do tandavacross Adivision benchofJustice S could have been countered by igrating languageagainstRanein Maharashtra.” SShindeand JusticeNJJamadar the ruling coalition through the past. “Thereisalong listof According to sources in BJP, told Nikam that meremention DRUG-LACED BROWNIE CAKES statements. Wherewas the need leaders of ruling partiesinhigh party workers have been told not of Rane'spleabeforethe court to lodgeanFIR and issue an ar- positionusing derogatorywords to take the attackonthe BJP of- wasnot allowedand that he Court rejectsbail pleas rest order?… Will Maharashtra to attackBJP,” said stateunit pres- fice lying down. The party has needed to followproper proce- be governedbylaw?Isthis the ident Chandrakant Patil. decidedthat Opposition leader dureunder lawtoget thepeti- Taliban?” former chief minister ManyinBJP believe that Sena in Legislative Council, Praveen tion registeredand file a of youth caught with DevendraFadavis said. waslooking forachance to get Darekar,aswell as leaders precipice in the HC registrytoget While BJP workers were not even with Rane and his sons Ashish Shelar and Prasad Lad, the matter listedfor hearing. drugs, says ‘mere tender involvedinthe street battles be- who had tired to implicate will continue their Jan Ashirwad Meanwhile, asessionscourt tween ShivSainiksand Rane Thackeray scion Aaditya Yatraunderwayinother parts of in Ratnagiri on Tuesdayrejected supporters, the party has Thackeray in the suicide cases of the state. pre-arrest bail plea filedbyRane. age’ not deciding factor

these were made at their resi- SADAFMODAK dence andsold through social Sena workers scuffle with cops in Juhu. Ganesh Shirsekar NCP, Congress back action against Rane MUMBAI,AUGUST24 media. It wasalso alleged that the whichwas being talked about. ACOURT, while rejecting bail sale of brownie cakes withweed VISHWASWAGHMODE Also, the NCPand Congress can pleas to twoyoungsters, includ- has been on arise in Mumbai MUMBAI,AUGUST24 nowbecertain that the MVA ingateenager –arrestedfor al- with youngsters getting in- ‘75thyrofAmrit Mahotsav government will complete its legedlyselling marijuana-laced volved. The prosecutor said that FOLLOWINGTHE arrest of Union term,” said another minister. brownie cakes –has observed such activitiesare required to be or Hirak Mahotsav’: ministerNarayan Rane, the NCPminister NawabMalik that “meretender age” cannotbe “nippedinthe bud” as theycould MaharashtraVikas Aghadi said that Rane’s remarks arenot adeciding factor to consider bail. have serious ramifications in so- (MVA) allies NCPand Congress justaninsulttothe CM but also The Narcotics Control Bureau ciety. Remark that led to arrest came out in supportofthe Shiv to Maharashtra. “It will neverbe (NCB) had arrested a20-year-old Lawyer TaraqSayyed, repre- Sena, justifyingthe action by po- tolerated.Nobody is above the woman and a19-year-old man senting the twoaccused, said the lice and slamming the BJP. lawand legal action will be taken and seized 35 gram marijuana quantity claimedtohavebeen EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sources in the government againsthim. Rane’s languageis and 830grambrownie cake seizedwas “small” as per the MUMBAI,AUGUST24 said that the action againstRane derogatoryand the BJP should made of marijuana from their Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic wasacoordinated andcom- knowthat Maharashtranever premises in Malad in June. Substances (NDPS) Actand CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav binedmoveofthe three MVAal- accepts suchlanguageand poli- “I am of the opinion that the hence, itsstringent sections Thackeray's querytoChief lies. Soon afterRane's remarks, tics,” said Malik. meretender ageofthe appli- could notbeinvoked in thecase. SecretarySitaram Kunteduring the MVAallies,after holding dis- Jayant Patil, Irrigation cants/accused cannotbeadecid- The NCB, however, said that a his address to the stateon cussions, draftedthe plan on Ministerand NCPstate presi- ing factor while considering the commercial quantity of LSDwas IndependenceDay on what ju- CM at the August 15 event. File Mondayeveningtotakeaction dent, said that Rane’s remarks bail application and sympathetic recoveredfromtheir alleged bilee the countrywascelebrating againstRane, sources said. ShivSenaworkers outside BJP’s Thanedistrict central office. should be considered by PM approachcannotbetaken in supplier,whichcannotbeover- this year is the reason behind the “When it wasbeing consid- Deepak Joshi NarendraModi because he cases wheregravityofthe mat- looked. recent conflictbetween the inquireabout thecount of years ered to registeranFIR against (Below) ShivSena protesters block aroad at Vashi Shivaji made him aminister. “Wecon- terappears to be more,” the The courtreliedonaforensic MaharVikasAghadigovernment of Independence during his Rane forthe derogatoryremarks, chowkinNaviMumbai. NarendraVaskar demnRane’sremarks. Hisre- courtsaid in itsdetailedorder reportsubmitted by the NCB and the BJP,leadingtothe arrest speech. Had Ibeen there, Iwould asenior NCPminister told the marks againstCMUddhav made available Tuesday. claiming that tetrahydro- of Union ministerand BJP MP have given(him) atight slap.” CM to be firm on the action and Thackeray areaninsult of the Their pleas were rejected on cannabinol (THC), apsychoac- Narayan Rane on Tuesday. RaneonTuesdaytookthecrit- proceedonlyifhe‘really’ wanted peopleofMaharashtra.This in- August17. tive constituent of cannabis, was “Today, we arecompleting 74 icism astepfurther.Beforehis ar- to take actionagainsthim. After cident has shown to the country The NCB, through Special found in the seizedcake. years and entering intothe 75th rest,heclaimedthatThackeray's the CM gave the go-ahead, the the kind of colleagueschosen by Public Prosecutor Advait Sethna, “…the report(is) positive and year of Amrit Mahotsav or is it statement wasseditious. complaintswereregisteredby Modi,” said Patil. had opposedtheir bail pleas therefore, Iamofthe prima facie Hirak Mahotsav(diamond ju- Leader of Opposition in the the ShivSainiksatvarious Patil alsosaid that the BJP claiming that it wasa“peculiar” viewthat thegravity of themat- bilee)," Thackeray had said as he stateAssembly, Devendra places,” said acabinetminister, mayhavesome hatred or grouse case wherethe twoaccused terismuchmorethanwhatisre- turnedtoKuntefor validation. Fadnavis,said that it is natural for requesting anonymity. againstThackeray but were involvedinsaleofweed flectedfromthe small quantity Kuntehad then prompted people to be angrywith achief The ministerfurther said that Maharashtra will neveraccept brownie cakes “for earning their of the ganja contraband Thackeraythatitwas 'Amrut ministerwhodoesnotremember while the Senawas giventhe suchlanguage. livelihood and formaking quick recoveredfromthem,”the court Mahotsav', following whichthe dates related to India's history. task of lodging complaintsat Condemning Rane’s re- money”. It wasclaimedthat said. CM went on with his speech. “The CM notremembering various policestations, the NCP- marks,state Congress president Thackeray's seemingly in- the Amrut Mahotsav year of ledstate Home Ministryswung Nana Patole said, “BJPistrying to nocuous querytriggered Rane to India's independence can natu- intoaction and arrested Rane. disturb the state’s environment Nidhi Chaudhari new collector attackhim. On Mondayevening rallymakesome people angry. The Congress wasalso in the by placingthe gun on Rane’s at Mahad in Raigad, Rane said: “It However, thereare certain ways loop about these developments, shoulders. The BJP’s cunning is shameful thatthe chief minis- of expressing anger and this ex- the ministeradded. ployistodisturb thestate’s en- of Mumbai Suburban district terdoes notknowthe year of pression shouldbedoneinthose Sources in the government has ensured the stability of the action againstRane, thereisno vironmentlikeWestBengal but Independence. He leanedbackto ways only,”headded. said that the action againstRane MVAgovernment.“With such option foraSena-BJP patch-up, it will notsucceedhere.” Chaudhari wasplanningtogoon EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE central deputation, said sources. MUMBAI,AUGUST24 On Tuesday, theCMap- pointed her as the collector of Video shows giving orders to police to arrest Rane THE STATEgovernment on Mumbai suburbs, replacing TuesdaypostedformerRaigad Milind Borikar,who has been cers to arrest Rane without de- conference. courthaverejected his bail (ap- roundedbythe police. When the collector Nidhi Chaudhari as the made newdirector of tourism. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE lay. He receivedthe firstcall, and plication)… then use the police police went inside, an incident collector of Mumbai Suburban While IAS officer Nirupama MUMBAI,AUGUST24 During apress conference on afterthe firstconversation, he force,”Parab is heardsaying on of manhandlingtook place. The district whereShivSena leader Dangewas postedasassistant Tuesday, Parab, the guardian made the second call, apparently phone. policewill bring him out now.” AadityaThackeray is the commissioner of Maharashtra IN AN embarrassment to the ministerofRatnagiri, broke to apolice officer. Shiv Senalegislator Bhaskar Afterthis, when the assem- guardian minister. Sadan in Delhi, director ShivSena amid the high-voltage offtohavetwo phoneconversa- “Hello, what areyou people Jadhav, sitting next to Parab, is bledmedia persons asked him Chief MinisterUddhav (Information technology) showdown with Unionminister tions. doing? But youneedtodoit. heardsaying that the police had the latestonRane's arrest,Parab Thackeray had transferred Jayashree Bhoj is the newman- NarayanRane, avideo clip of Parabwas audible as he was Have youdetained him or not?... notdetainedRane yet. said he did nothavethe full in- Chaudhari as Raigad collector to aging director of Maharashtra Transport MinisterAnil Parab sitting before openmicrophones Anil Parab what order aretheyasking for? Parabtells him: “He is sitting formationand couldnot sayany- the low-profile postofITdirector Tourism Development shows him orderingpolice offi- on the table forthe press The High Courtand sessions in the house, whichissur- thing offhand. inMantralaya last week.Anupset Corporation. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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What is monetisation? is talking about brownfield projectswherein- raisedthrough monetisation is around 14%of will be up formonetisation. Redevelopment “Monetisationpotentialof tollroadassets, SUNNYVERMA In amonetisation transaction, the govern- vestmentshavealready been made, where theproposedoutlayfortheCentreofRs43lakh of various government colonies and hospital- thoughbeingamarket-testedassetclasswith NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 ment is basically transferring revenue rights thereisacompletedasset which is eitherlan- croreunder NIP. ity assets including ITDC hotels is expectedto establishedmonetisationmodels,islimitedby to private parties foraspecifiedtransaction guishing or it is notfullymonetisedorisun- generate Rs 15,000crore. the percentageofstretches having fourlane THE GOVERNMENT on Mondayunveileda period in return forupfront money, arevenue der-utilised. So by bringing in private partici- What is the listofassets? and above configuration. The totallength of four-year National Monetisation Pipeline share, and commitment of investmentsinthe pation in this youwill be able to monetise it The assets on the NMP listinclude:26,700 What arethe challenges? national highway (NH) stretches with four- (NMP) worthanestimated Rs 6lakh crore. It assets.Real estate investment trusts (REITs) better and ensurefurtherinvestment in infra- km of roads, railway stations, train operations Among the keychallenges that mayaffect laneandabove isestimatedto beabout23%of aimsto unlockvalueinbrownfieldprojectsby and infrastructureinvestmenttrusts (InvITs), structurebuilding.” and tracks,2,8608 Ckt km worthofpower theNMProadmapare:lackofidentifiablerev- thetotal NH network,”asper the NMPframe- engaging the private sector,transferring to forinstance,are the keystructures used to transmission lines, 6GWofhydroelectric and enuesstreamsinvariousassets,levelof capac- work.Thegovernmenthastriedtoaddressthis themrevenuerightsandnotownershipinthe monetise assets in the roads and powersec- What is the government’splan? solarpowerassets,2.86lakhkmof fibreassets ity utilisationingas andpetroleum pipeline withaplan to monetise assets that arefour- projects, and using the funds so generatedfor tors. These arealso listedonstock exchanges, Roads, railways and powersector assets and 14,917 towers in the telecomsector,8,154 networks,disputeresolutionmechanism,reg- lane and above. infrastructurecreation across the country. providinginvestors liquidity through second- will comprise over 66%ofthe total estimated km of naturalgas pipelinesand 3,930 km of ulated tariffs in powersector assets,and low The MNP framework notesthat other key The NMP has been announcedtoprovide arymarkets as well. Whiletheseare astruc- value of the assets to be monetised, withthe petroleumproductpipelines.Intheroadssec- interestamonginvestorsinnationalhighways impedimentstothemonetisationprocessare aclear framework formonetisation and give turedfinancing vehicle, other monetisation remainingupcoming sectors including tele- tor, thegovernment has already monetised belowfour lanes. While the government has asset-specific challenges suchaspresence of potentialinvestorsareadylistofassetsto gen- models on PPP (Public Private Partnership) com, mining, aviation, ports,natural gasand 1,400kmofnationalhighways worthRs17,000 triedtoaddress these challenges in the NMP an identifiablerevenue stream. This is specifi- erateinvestmentinterest.Thegovernmenthas basis include: OperateMaintain Transfer petroleumproductpipelines,warehousesand crore.Anotherfive assets have beenmonetised framework,executionof theplanremainskey callyrelevant to therailway sector,whichhas stressedthat these arebrownfield assets, (OMT), Toll Operate Transfer (TOT), and stadiums.Intermsof annualphasingby value, through aPowerGrid InvIT raising Rs 7,700 to itssuccess.Structuring of monetisation seen limited PPP success as amode of project whichhavebeen “de-risked”fromexecution Operations, Maintenance &Development 15%ofassetswithanindicativevalueof Rs0.88 crore. transactionsisbeingseenaskey. Theslowpace delivery. risks,and thereforeshould encourageprivate (OMD). OMT and TOThavebeen usedinhigh- lakh croreare envisaged forrolloutinthe cur- Also, 15 railwaystations, 25 airportsand of privatisationingovernment companies in- KonkanRailway, forinstance,hasmultiple investment. Structuring the monetisation ways sector while OMD is being deployedin rent financial year.The NMP will run co-ter- thestakeofcentralgovernmentinexistingair- cluding Air Indiaand BPCL, and less-than-en- stakeholders, including state governments, transactions, providing abalance risk profile case of airports. minus with the National Infrastructure portsand160coalminingprojects,31 projects couraging bids in the recentlylaunchedPPP whichown stakeinthe entity.Creating an ef- of assets,and effectiveexecution of the NMP Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Pipeline of Rs 100lakh croreannouncedin in 9major ports,210 lakh MT of warehousing initiative in trains,indicatethat attracting pri- fective monetisation transactionstructure will be keychallenges. said: “Thereisnoland here, this entire(NMP) December 2019.The estimated amount to be assets,2nationalstadiaand2regionalcentres, vate investors interestisnot that easy. could be abit challenging in this case.

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TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at leastone dose) The saroop of Sikh Holy Book 45,61,51,209 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose

19,27,101 Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puriand othershavecarriedontheirheads 80,00,000 Afghan Sikhs: 57,29,286 18,10,535 saroops of theGuru GranthSahibflown in from Afghanistan. What is a 46,37,675 saroop, and the code of conduct forinstallingand transportingone? persecuted 40,00,000

KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR and dwindling AMRITSAR,AUGUST24 0 LAST 10 DAYS (daily) AMONGTHE moststriking images emerg- ADRIJAROYCHOWDHURY Aug14Aug 23 ing from theflight of Sikhs from Afghanistan NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 have been those of Union MinisterHardeep Singh Puri carrying on his head, on Tuesday, FOLLOWINGTHE Taliban takeover of TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN one of the saroops of the holyGuru Granth Afghanistan, 46 Afghan Sikhs were evacuated 87.5% 12.4% Sahib flown in from that country. to IndiaonMonday, carrying with them three 58,89,97,805 saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib. So, what is saroop? (August22break-up;piedoes Saroop is aphysical copyofSri Guru The community GranthSahib,also calledBir in Punjabi. The Sikhs of Afghanistanare asmall com- notrepresentSputnikVdoses) EveryBir has 1,430 pages, whichare re- munity,indigenoustothe country. An esti- ferred to as Ang. The verses on everypage mated200SikhsandHindusremainstranded DOSESONAUG 23 64,48,210 remain the same. in Afghanistan. The Sikhs consider the saroop of Guru InhisbookAfghanHindusandSikhs:History AUG 22: 10,60,218 (1ST DOSE:7,57,884 ;2nd:3,02,334) Granth Sahib aliving guru and treat it with of athousandyears (2019),history enthusiast utmostrespect. Theybelieve that allthe 10 Inderjeet Singh suggested thatthe historyof Gurus were the same spirit in different bod- Sikhism in Khurasan (medievalAfghanistan) INDIAACTIVE CASES 3,19,551 ies, and the Guru Granth Sahibistheir eter- begins with Guru Nanak who visited the re- nal physicaland spiritualform. gion in the 15th century. It wasthe fifthSikh master, GuruArjan Devoteees carry saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib brought backbyAfghan Sikh In 1504,the Mughal emperor Babur cap- 4,00,000 Dev, who compiledthe firstBir of the Guru evacueesatDelhi airport on Tuesday. Three of the lastsix remaining saroops in tured Kabul, and by 1526 he wasruling GranthSahib in 1604,and installeditatthe Afghanistan have been flown intoIndia. Praveen Khanna Northern India. Kabul became one of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. provincesof Hindustanandremainedsountil 3,85,336 3,19,551 Later,the tenth Sikh master, Guru 1738 when it wasconquered by the Persian 2,00,000 Gobind Singh, addedversespennedbythe Aceremonial whisk is waved high over Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has the sole ruler Nadir Shah. ninth master, his father Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Guru GranthSahib either on the move rightstopublish the Birs of the Guru Granth and compiledthe Bir forthe second and last or while reading from it. Sahib, and this is done at Amritsar. Previous flights time. It wasin1708thatGuru Gobind Singh Gurdwaras have aseparateresting place Thefirstmajorexodusof AfghanSikhsand 0 declared the Guru Granth Sahib the living forthe Saroop,called‘Sukh Asan Sthan’ or What is done with old Birs? Hindushappenedinthelate19thcenturydur- LAST 10 DAYS Guru of the Sikhs. ‘Sachkhand’ wherethe Guru restsatnight. Old and worn Birs of the GuruGranth ing the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, Aug14Aug 23 “Guru Granth Sahib is acompendium of This takesplace at the end of the daywhen Sahib arebrought to Goindwal Sahib in Tarn whoissaid to have executed closeto100,000 Note:The August23figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on August24 hymns written by six Sikh gurus,15saints, the holy bookisceremoniouslyshut and Tarandistrict, where theyare cremated. people.TheAfghanSikhcommunityofPatiala including Bhagat Kabir,Bhagat Ravidas, rested.Inthe morning, the saroop is again Thesedays,onlyprinted Birs arecremated inPunjabwasestablishedduringthatexodus. Sheikh Farid and Bhagat Namdev, 11 Bhatts installedinaceremonycalled‘prakash’. as the SGPC and other Sikh bodies have In 1988, on the firstday of Baisakhi,aman INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,24,74,773 (balladeers) and four Sikhs. The verses are Manytourists speciallycome to watchthe been trying to protect the fewhandwritten with an AK-47stormedintoagurdwaraand Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August 24 composedin31ragas,” said Giani Harpreet prakash and sukha asanceremonyofthe Birs that remain. gunned down 13 Sikhs. The following year, Singh, Akal Takht Jathedar. Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple. GurdwaraGuruTegBahadurSinghinJalalabad Howmanysaroops were therein wasattackedbyrockets firedbythe mu- What does the act of carrying the Where arecopies of the Guru Granth Afghanistan? jahideen, leadingtothe death of 17 Sikhs. sarooponone’s head signify? Sahib published? “Therewere13saroops of the Guru Afterthe mujahideen took over Kabul in The installation and transportation of Therewas atradition among Punjabis, Granth SahibinAfghanistan, of which six 1992, manySikhs and Hindus were subjected Guru Granth Sahib is governedbyastrict both Sikhs and Hindus, to copythe Guru were already shiftedtoIndia earlier.Three to kidnapping and persecution. This contin- code of conduct calledrehat maryada. Granth Sahib by hand and produce multiple have been shiftedtoday(Monday)and now uedwhentheTalibantookoverin1994.Allthis Under ideal circumstances, five baptised copies. The Udasi and Nirmla sectsalso just threemoreremain in Afghanistan. ledtoanextensive exodusof SikhsandHindus. Sikhs arerequired to transfer the Guru playedarole in makinghandwritten copies Those toowill be shiftedsoon,” said In the early 1990s,over60,000 Sikhs and Granth Sahib from one place to another.As of the Birs until the British introducedthe Chhabol Singh, member Karte Parwan HinduslivedinAfghanistan;by 2019 ithadre- amarkofrespect,the Bir of the GuruGranth printing press. GurdwaraCommittee. ducedtoaboutathousand,mainlyrestrictedto Sahibiscarriedonthe head, and the person The British also publishedseveral small The previous sevensaroops were trans- Kabul, Jalalabad and Ghazni, according to walksbarefoot. copies of the Guru Granth Sahib fortheir ferred followinganattackonGurudwara Singh’s book. Wheneveradevout sees the Bir of Guru Sikh soldiers so that theycould carry these Har RaiSahib in Kabul on March 25, 2020, In 2018,asuicide bomb attackinJalalabad Granth Sahib passing by,s/he removesher with them in the battlefield. when an IslamicState gunmanstormedin- killed19Sikhs. In March 2020, an attackon shoes and bows. Nowadays,the Shiromani Gurdwara side and killedatleast25Sikhs. Gurudwara GuruHar RaiSahib killed25. Elgarcase:WhatNIAdraftchargessubmittedincourtsay,againstwhom

portant stageinany criminal case; with this Elgar Parishad case, and against whom? 153A (promoting enmity), 505(1)(B) (public lecting arms and ammunition to destabilise However, the sections in the NIA’s draft SADAFMODAK commences the trial againstthe accused. Initsdraftcharges,theNIAhasnamedhu- mischief),121(wagingorattemptingto wage the government. chargesremainthe same as the ones that MUMBAI,AUGUST24 Based on the evidencesubmitted by the man, tribal, and Dalit rightsactivists Sudhir awar or abetting), 121A (conspiracy to com- It is allegedthatthe accusedhad con- were proposedbythe Pune Police. investigatingagencythroughitschargesheet, Dhawale, Rona Wilson,SurendraGadling, mit certain offencesagainstthe state), 124A spired to organise sophisticated weapons The alleged conspiracy regarding the THE NATIONAL Investigation Agency (NIA) adraftisproposedbeforethecourt.Thisdraft Sudha Bharadwaj,and Mahesh Raut;aca- (sedition) read with 34 (common intent) of “toattempt or cause death of public func- Prime Ministerislinkedto aletterclaimedto has submitteddraft chargesbeforeaspecial mentionstheallegationsagainsttheaccused demics Anand Teltumbde, Shoma Sen, and the Indian Penal Code(IPC),along with sec- tionary”. The Pune Police, whichinvesti- have been seizedbythe PunePolice from an courtinMumbaiagainst15arrestedaccused on the basis of the submittedevidence, and HanyBabu; activist-journalistGautam tions of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) gatedthe case from 2018 until it wastaken electronic device usedbyRona Wilson. The and six absconding accusedinthe Elgar thecorrespondingsectionsunderwhichthey Navlakha;Telugupoet-litterateurPVaravara Actonterrorist activities. overbythe NIA in January2020, had also Pune Police had claimedthat the letter dis- Parishad case. can be charged. Rao; activist-artists Ramesh Gaichor, Sagar The maximum punishment theyfaceis proposed draftchargesinaPune courtbe- cussedaconspiracy to assassinatethe Prime The NIA claims that all of them areactive Thecourthas to thenchoose the pro- Gorkhe, and JyotiJagtap;and activist-lawyer the death penaltyunder IPC section 121. fore the case wastransferredtoMumbai. Ministerina“RajivGandhi-type incident” members of the bannedorganisation posedsections forwhichthereisprima fa- Arun Ferreira. It has also namedthe Jesuit The Pune Policedraft had mentionedthat duringhis road shows —areference, appar- CommunistParty of India (Maoist)and have cie evidence againstthe accused. Once that priestand tribal rightsactivistFather Stan What arethe allegations against the the weapons were linked to aconspiracy ently, to theassassinationof theformerPrime been involvedinfurthering itsactivities. is done, the court reads out the chargesto Swamy, thecaseagainst whomhas been accused? “toassassinatePrimeMinisterModi”. MinisterbyanLTTEsuicide bomber during WhilethePunePolice,whichinvestigated the accused. abatedafter he died in custody lastmonth. The NIA’s draftchargesclaim that the an election campaign in Tamil Nadu in May thecaseearlier,had includedinits proposed At this stage, the accusedcan plead The draftchargesmentionsix abscond- main object of the accusedwas to establish So, will the allegation about targeting the 1991. draftanalleged conspiracy to “assassinate guilty —and the courtcan thenpronounce ing accusedincluding Teltumbde’s younger a“jantasarkar”“via revolutionsupported Prime Ministerstill be partofthe NIA’s The Pune Police filedtwo chargesheets PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi”, the NIAhas the punishment. But if the accusedplead brother Milind, who is alleged to be atop by acommitmenttoprotracted armed case? before the NIA took over the probe. The cen- said it wasaconspiracy to “attempt or cause notguilty,the chargesare framedand the Naxaloperative. struggle to undermine and to seize power Yes. The NIA has said that while it has not tral agency has filedasupplementary death of public functionary”, but has not trial commences. The prosecution has to TheNIAhasproposedto charge alltheac- from the state”. includedthisaspectinthedraftcharges,itwill chargesheet. Wilsonhas deniedany linksto specificallymentionedthe Prime Minister. then provethe chargesbasedonthe testi- cusedunder 16 sections of the law. Charges It is alleged thatthe Elgar Parishad event continueto remainpartofitsevidenceduring the letter,and has approachedthe Bombay monyofwitnesses and other evidence, under some additional sections have been held on December 31,2017inPune wasin- the trial. HighCourtcitingthereportofUS-baseddig- What does the submission of draft while the accusedhavetodefend them- proposedagainstsome accusedinaccor- tended to “exploitthe communal sentiment Asenior NIA officialsaidthatsince the italconsultantArsenalConsultingwhichhas chargesmean forthe case and selvesagainstthose charges. dancewith the specific roles theyare alleged of Dalit and other classes across the state”. draftchargesweresupposedtobe“holistic”, claimedthat “incriminating evidence” was investigation? to have played. Other chargesinclude organising funds theydid notinclude specific allegations like allegedly plantedonhiselectronicdevicetwo The framingofchargesconstitutes an im- What arethe proposedchargesinthe The16 commonchargesincludesections through the bannedorganisation, and col- the conspiracy to target the PrimeMinister. years before hisarrest. It is pending hearing. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021

Mobile vacuum Businessman accused ICICI-Videoconloancase: Govt launches‘search operation’ Charges framed toiletatGirgaum EDsubmitsdraftcharges against remaining Mumbai:TheED onTuesdaysub- Chowpatty in Rs 684-crorefraud mitted draftchargesinthe ICICI- to identify, treat nearly 6lakh accusedin2011 Videocon loans case. The draft triple blasts case arrested in Mumbai chargeswereproposedagainst EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE former ICICI Bank MD and CEO malnourished children in state MUMBAI,AUGUST24 said the accusedwill be handed Chanda Kochhar,her husband EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE over to the Latur EOW. The po- Deepak, Videocon group’s ment will be giventoSAM and MUMBAI,AUGUST24 THE MUMBAI civicbodyalong MUMBAI,AUGUST24 lice also found that he has of- VenugopalDhootandothers.The ANURADHA Under the MAM children found through withVACmanSanitation fences registeredagainsthim in EDinitschargesheethadclaimed MASCARENHAS campaign, which this screening campaign. The de- ASPECIAL courtonTuesday SolutionPrivate Limited on A55-YEAR-OLD Nepal-based Kerala, Karnatakaand Gujarat. thatKochharacceptedRs64crore PUNE,AUGUST24 partment has focusedonensur- framedchargesagainstthe last Tuesdayinaugurated amobile businessman, who has at least As per police,Singh wasthe fromDhootforsanctioningaloan will continue till August ing an uninterruptedsupplyof remaining accusedinthe 2011 vacuumtoilet at Girgaum five cases againsthim across the chairman of Phenomenal group of Rs 300crore from ICICIBank. THE MAHARASHTRA govern- 31, all children in the nutritious food. If thereisany Mumbai triple blasts case, Chowpatty.This will be the sec- country forallegedlydupingin- of companies and gotpeople to The ED had invokedsections of ment's Department of Women SAM and MAM category problem in anyareadue to fac- paving wayfor the trial to begin. ond suchfacility in the area. vestors of Rs 684crore in multi- invest moneyinschemesinvolv- the PreventionofMoney and Child Development (WCD) will be screened.” tors suchasCovid-19and mon- The courtframedcharges The portable mobile toiletis levelmarketing schemes, was ingmulti-level marketing. He Laundering Actagainstthe ac- has startedimplementing the soon,wewillfind the solution,” againstAsadullah Akhtar on —RUBAL AGARWAL mountedon ForceCargo Vehicle. arrested from afive-starhotelin also setuptwo hospitals. He told cused. ENS ‘Nandurbar pattern’, acampaign said Agarwal. chargespertaining to murder, STATE INTEGRATED CHILD It usesvacuum technology run- southMumbai on Monday. the police that when some of his to identify malnourishedchil- Special teams of expertdoc- criminal conspiracy,relevant ning on solar powerand reduces Nandlal Singh, who wasab- partners got arrested,people dren and treat them, across the DEVELOPMENT SCHEME tors have been appointed forthis sections of the Unlawful waterconsumptionby90per sconding since2018, wastravel- startedwithdrawing their in- Manheldformurdering state. COMMISSIONER mission. The teams will include Activities (Prevention) Actand cent by using 1.2litres per flush ling between US, UK and India vestments, following whichhe woman,cuttingupbody A‘search operation’ is being community health officers, pri- MaharashtraControl of compared to 7-8 litresusedina and had neverbeenarrestedear- landedintrouble. conductedtillAugust31toiden- maryhealth centremedical of- OrganisedCrime Act. traditional toilet. Thefacilitywill lier.Singh washandedovertothe Manish Sridhankar,senior Pune: The Pune City Police's tify the children in the category rected that the children in the ficers, special medical officers, While the courthad initiated be free of costfor sixmonths. police in Latur,where an offence inspector(unit VII), said,“He Crime Branch has arrested a40- of moderateacutemalnutrition SAMand MAM categoryshould anganwadi supervisors,angan- the process of framing charges Lastyear,BMC had planned has been registeredagainsthim. usedaUKnumber and spoketo year-oldman forallegedly mur- (MAM) and severe acutemalnu- be admitted to the Child wadi workers and healthwork- againstthe accused, manyof to replace the mobile toilets in- Crime branch(unit VII) re- people on WhatsApp to evade dering acommercial sexworker trition (SAM). According to data, Development Centres at village ers. whom arelodgedin different jails stalledfor social and religious ceivedatip-offabout Singhstay- being traced. All bookings were and cutting her body intopieces. thereare 86,768severeacute level. The health check-ups will be across the countryinvarious gatheringswith vacuum tech- ing at Tridenthotel in south made in his wife's name. He does Police have recoveredtwo bags malnourishedchildren and StateIntegrated Child carriedout in aplannedand sci- cases, it had sought them to be nology-enabledtoilets.These toi- Mumbai. When the team nothaveahouse in India and containing pieces of her body.The 4,97,007moderateacutemal- Development Scheme entific manner with the help of physicallyproduced. The court lets use vacuum technology with reachedthere, theyspotted him would onlystayathotels. Since deceased, Rozina Pansarealias nourishedchildren in the state. Commissioner,Rubal Agarwal, the Health Departmentand ad- hadin Maysaidthatdespiteits di- minimumuse of waterand col- at arestaurant and detainedhim he did his schooling in KavitaChaudhari (30), who was The children identifiedvia the said she wasoptimisticabout the equateequipment, said an offi- rectionstoproceedexpeditiously, lectthe wasteinatank instead of forquestioning. Onceitwas con- Maharashtra, he is well versed in from Budhwar Peth, wasre- search operationwill be given campaign. “Underthe campaign, cial of WCDDepartment. some accusedwerenot cooper- disposingofitinopen sand pits. firmedthat the person was Marathi.” portedmissing forover10days. proper treatment. whichwill continue till August This mission also aims at ca- ating with framing of charges. Under apilot project, Singh, he wasarrested. He had The officer addedthat ateam The suspect, Hanumant Shinde Afterathorough study of 31,all children in the SAMand pacity building of health work- Lastmonth, it framed KalimataNagar slumnear booked aroom in the hotelinhis from Latur police took custody (40),runsamobilephonerepair- severalproblems and complica- MAM categorywill be ersand WCDDepartment’s staff, chargesagainstIndian Bangangagot four newpublic wife's name, hence his name of Singh. His custody will later be ing shop near City Post in Pune. tions in the malnutrition eradi- screened.” who areworking at the village Mujahideen terroristYasin toilets with vacuum sanitation wasnot on the guestlist. giventoother states wherecases Inspector Mahendra Jagtap of the cation programme, ameeting “Thankstosuchcampaigns leveltocombat malnutrition and Bhatkal, who is lodged in Tihar technologyusedonaircraft. DCP (crime) DattaNalawade areregisteredagainsthim. Crime Branchadded, “Wehave wasrecentlyheld under the lastyear,wewereable to save provide maternal counselling. jail, through video-conference. located thesebags full of decom- chairmanship of stateWCD the livesofmanychildren and The teams arealso tasked posedbody parts, whichhave MinisterYashomati Thakur. their mothers, as these cam- with conducting health check- cegKÙe keâeÙee&}Ùe, otjOJeveer : qsvq-svsvrqr/qs/qt/qu/qv/qw been sent forautopsy.” ENS The Department of Women paigns helpedthem getproper ups and vaccinations forchildren Rioting at Byculla He@âkeäme : qsvq-svsvrqx andChild Development has di- treatment. Everylifeisimpor- aged 0to6years, pregnant jail: Accused gets efJejej F&-ces} : [email protected] tant, so we see this as alife-sav- women and lactating mothers GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA ing campaign. 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Mobile :9920992393 PRINCIPAL WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 ‘Raped’ by BSP MP, woman who set herself UP govt withdrew 77 3copies of Sikh scripture, on fire dies; familysays was beingharassed Muzaffarnagar riots cases 44 Afghan Sikhs flown in NewDelhi: Union ministers SinghAnand, through their Sobti financial help from him. woman under IPC Section 419 body backtoUPfor thelastrites. without reason, SC told Hardeep Singh Puri and V Foundation, have undertaken JIGNASASINHA The woman saidRai called (cheating by personation), 420 The Delhi Police have initi- Muraleedharan Tuesdayreceived the rehabilitation of these dis- &MANISHSAHU her to his apartment in Varanasi (cheating and dishonestlyinduc- ated aprobe,basedonthe video CrPC,”thereportsaid,addingthat three copies of Sikh scripture tressedAfghans in coordination NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, on March7,2018, andsexually ing delivery of property), 467 and the man’s social media pro- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the government orders“do not Guru Granth Sahiband 44Afghan with and under the guidance of AUGUST24 assaulted her.She alleged that (forgery of valuable security,will, file, and have registeredacase NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 give anyreasons forwithdrawal” Sikhswho reachedIndia from the government of India, he said. Raihad filmedthe assault, and etc), 468(purpose of cheating), under IPC Section 309 (at- of the cases underthe provision. Kabul via DushanbeinTajikistan Puri,Muraleedharan,govern- THE 24-YEAR-OLD woman who threatenedtocirculate the video 471(using as genuine aforged temptedsuicide) againstun- THE UTTAR Pradesh government It “merely states that the ad- on aspecial Air India flight. ment officials and BJP leaders had setherself on fire along with clip on social media. document) and 120-B (criminal known persons. haswithdrawn77casesrelatedto ministration afterfull considera- Guru Granth Sahib copies reachedDelhi'sIGIAirporttowel- afriend outside the Supreme On June 22, 2019,Rai surren- conspiracy) in Varanasi. During investigation,police the 2013 Muzaffarnagarriots tion hastaken adecision to with- will be takentoGuruArjan Dev come the Afghan nationals. Courtlastweek succumbed to dered before acourtand was On August2,alocal courtin found that the woman had come without giving anyreasonand draw theparticularcase”,manyof GurdwarainNew Mahavir “Today, Igot theprivilegetoserve burn injuries on Tuesday. The sent to judicial custody.Here- Varanasi issuedanon-bailable to Delhilastmonth as well to these “maybeexaminedbythe whichrelatetooffencesof dacoity, Nagarhere, according to people three 'swaroop' of Guru Granth man, a27-year-old Delhi mains in jail. He contested, and warrant againsther afterthe po- protestagainstsenior UP officers High Courtbyexercising revi- the report said. It said Karnataka coordinating the evacuation ef- Sahib ji that arrivedinDelhi from University graduate, had died won, the Ghosi Lok Sabha elec- licetoldthe courtshe “remained who were allegedly helping MP sional jurisdiction”, recom- toohadwithdrawn62caseswith- fortswith the Indian govern- Kabul,"Puritweetedin Hindi. He duringtreatment on Saturday. tions from inside jail. The rape untraceable despiteseveral Rai. mendedareportfiledinSupreme out assigningany reason but the ment. “The Afghan Sikhs will also shared avideo that showed The woman, astudent in case is pending before alocal raids”. “Theycame to DelhiinJuly CourtonTuesday. stateHighCourthas stayed the stay at ahotel in Karol Baghtill him carrying acopyofthe scrip- Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, courtinPrayagraj. The woman's parents, who but went backtoPrayagraj. The recommendation was process. Tamil Nadu has with- further arrangementsare made," ture. “Preaching of Guru Nanak had come to Delhiwith her “Nineprosecutionwitnesses live in UP’sBallia, saidtheydid not Nobody wasable to getintouch partofthe reportondatarelating drawnfour cases, Telangana 14 said KanvBhalla, an entrepre- Devjitoservethe humanity is friend on August16. Beforeset- have been examinedbythe knowwhenshe went to Delhi. with her.Her familyand friends to pending cases againstlegisla- cases and Kerala 36 cases, it said. neur coordinatingrehabilitation something beingfollowedbythe ting themselvesonfirethe same court. The statementofthe ac- “Shenevertoldusanythingabout were also unaware of her loca- torssubmittedbySeniorAdvocate On August10, theSupreme effortsonbehalf of NewYork- entireSikh community," Purisaid, day, they recorded aFacebook cusedistoberecordedincourt. her case. We wanted to help her, tion and plans.OnAugust16, the VijayHansaria, who wasap- CourtbenchheadedbyChief basedphilanthropistMandeep according to aparty statement. Live video, wherein the woman Afterthat, the defence will get but she said she would handle woman and the man came to pointedtoassistthe courtasam- JusticeofIndia NVRamana di- Singh Sobti. Sobti and Paramjeet PTI said shehad lodged arapecase the statementsoftheir wit- it… The MP and his associates Delhi and plannedtoshootthe icus curiae in the matter. rectedthatnoprosecutionagainst againstBSP MP Atul Rai, and al- nesses examinedincourt,” said had been harassing her since video. We aretalking to their The reportsaid the Standing asitting or former legislatorshall leged that senior IPS officers and GulabChandraAgrihari, district 2019.Theywanted us to with- familymembers,” said asenior Counsel forUttar Pradesh in- be withdrawnwithout leave of ajudgefromUttar Pradesh were government counsel, Prayagraj. draw the case, but we didn’t. They police officer. formedthat510 cases relating to HC. In his report, the amicus cu- “partofanexus”. Meanwhile, lastNovember, alsohad some videos and threat- The UP government has set the riots were registeredinfive riaesought adirectiontorespec- 0265-2334751 The woman had sustained Rai’s brother,Pawan Kumar, enedus, but my daughter said she up atwo-member committee, districtsofMeerut zone against tive governmentsthat they“may NOTICE REGARDING TENDER 85% burn injuries and the man lodgedacomplaint in Varanasi would fight,” her father told The headedbyaDG-levelofficer,to 6,869 accused. Chargesheetwas issue instructions to the public Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited intends to invite bids for 65%. Asenior official at RML againstthe woman forallegedly Indian Express. probethe case. filedin175 of these cases and in prosecutor [towithdrawacase] procurement of 3000 MW power on long term basis through Hospital, where they were ad- forging documents. He alleged “My daughter neverab- “It is unfortunatethat they 165cases, final reports were sub- onlyifthe government, in agiven Tariffbased Competitive Bidding process as per Ministry of mitted,said,“We performedsur- that in 2015,when the woman sconded…Idon’tknowwhy they died. We areconductinganin- mitted and170 cases were ex- case, is of the opinionthatthe Power Guidelines dated 06-03-2019 for Procurement of elec- geries on them the daythey producedher high school mark- issuedanon-bailable warrant quiryand have already sus- punged.“Thereafter, 77 cases prosecution waslaunchedmali- tricity from Thermal Power Stations set up on DBFOO Basis were brought to us, but theyhad sheet before the police while againsther.She wasupsetand pendedtwo officers in the last were withdrawnbythestategov- ciouslyandthereisnofoundation and sourcing coal allocated under SHAKTI Policy.The draft of severe burn injuries and treat- lodging an FIR againstastudent disappointed.Iwant the govern- week.The reportfromthe DG- ernment under Section 321of forprosecuting the accused”. tender documents (RfQ, RfP and PSA) shall be available at ment wasdifficult. Theysuffered leader on chargesofmolestation, ment to take strict action against levelcommittee and Delhi Police www.mstcecommerce.com & www.guvnl.com from 26-08- organfailure.” her dateofbirth wasshown as the policemen. My daughter was will be submitted soon. We will 2021 for stakeholders' consultation. The stakeholders may Raiisallegedtohaveraped March 10,1997. According to the harassedand tortured.Wewish then take further action in the submit their queries /comments on the draft tender docu- the woman in March 2018.Inan complaint,when the woman we knewmore,” he said. case,” said Prashant Kumar,ADG ments to GUVNL on or before 13.09.2021. FIR filedonMay 1, 2019,the filedthe case againstRai in 2019, “She wasathome, but the (Lawand Order) in UP. Date: 25/08/2021 General Manager (Commerce) woman said she came to know her marksheetshowedher date police nevercame foranin- Both Delhi and UP Police Raiwhile contesting student of birth as June 10,1997. quiry,”allegedher brother.The couldn’t recordthe victims’ union elections, and had sought Acase waslodgedagainstthe woman's familywill take the statements. Baghel, Singh Deo thrash it out at meeting with Rahul, no call on CM rotation yet

chiefministershipissue, he said: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Therewasspeculationaboutitin Government of Odisha, NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 the media. Therewas no discus- e- Procurement Notice siononthat.” Asked whether B-331 STEPPING IN TO resolve the Baghel will remain the Chief INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) powertussle in Congress-ruled Minister, he said, “He is the Chief Bid Identification No. C.C.E DkI(R&B) 04/2021-22 Email Id- [email protected] Chhattisgarh,senior party leader Minister.” Letter No 1480/ Dt. 19.08.2021 Rahul Gandhi metChief Minister Baghelsaidthediscussionwas The Chief Construction Engineer,Dhenkanal (R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal Bhupesh Bagheland stateHealth aboutvariousprogrammesof the on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites Percentage Rate bids in double MinisterTSSingh Deo on government;Singh Deo toosaid cover system to be received in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors Tuesday. No final decision was, the discussion wasonthe devel- for constructionofBuilding works as detailed below: KALYAN DOMBIVALI MUNICIPAL however, takenonhanding over opment of the state. 1 Name of the work : Buildingworks the mantle to Singh Deo forthe Baghel and Singh Deo have 2 No of works : 05 (Five) Nos. CORPORATION, KALYAN balance of the party’s five-year been at loggerheads forsome 3 Estimated Cost : Rs. 2,41,49,610/- to Rs. 7,72,45,811/- Under Ground Drainage Department tenure in the state. time,withsourcescloseto thelat- (as given in column No. 03 of table) TENDER NOTICE NO. 8/2021-22 Partysourcessaidsplittingthe terclaimingthatthepartyleader- 4 Cost of tender paper : Rs 10,000.00 TENDERS are invited by the Commissioner,Kalyan five-year tenurewas discussed ship, at the time of the election 5 Class of contractor : ‘B’ 'A' &'Special' &‘Super’(as given in column No. 06 of table) Dombivali Municipal Corporation, Kalyan in B-1 format for betweenRahulGandhi,SinghDeo victoryin2018, had agreedto 1work through E-Tenderingfrom the appropriate 6 Period of Completion of : 11 (Eleven) to 15 (Fifteen) Calendar and Baghel ahead of the decision splittingthefive-yeartermunder contractors. The blank tender forms and the detailed takenbythe Congress leadership theleadershipof BaghelandSingh work months (as given in column No. 07 of table) information will be available on to nameBaghelastheCMinmid- Deo. Baghel has publiclydenied dk;Zikyd vfHk;ark dk dk;kZy;] 7 Date and time of availability : From Dt. 27.08.2021 to 16.00 hours of www.mahatenders.gov.in from 25.08.2021 to 20.09.2021 December 2018. anysuchagreement. of bid Document in the Dt.10.09.2021 iFk fuekZ.k foHkkx] iFk çeaMy] jk¡ph up to 03.00 PM. Accordingtoparty sources, “Sonia Gandhiand Rahul website The completed tenders are to be uploaded by E- Rahul’s meetings with the two Gandhi areour leaders and we 8 Date of opening of bid : Dt. 13.09.2021 at 11.30 hours vfrvYidkyhu bZ&çksD;ksjesaV lwpuk tendering on or before Dt. 20.09.2021 up to 03.00 PM and the tenders will be opened on Dt. 21.09.2021 at 04.00 PM leaders –together and separately willabidebywhatevertheysay," The bidders have to participate in ONLINE biding only further details VsUMj jsQjsaUl ua0&i0fu0fo0@jk¡ph&22@2020&21 if possible. –onMonday at his residence Singh Deo told reporters before can be seenfromthe e-ProcurementPortal: fnukad %& 23-08-2021 The pre-bidmeeting will be held in chamber www.tendersodisha.gov.in.Any addendum/corrigendum / jk¡ph&ewjh iFk ¼,l-,p-&01ij½ ds ltZuk pkSd lastednearly three hours. AICC the meeting.Baghel also said the of Hydraulic Engineer,KDMC, Kalyan on 02.09.2021 @ leader in charge of Chhattisgarh, leadership’s decision would be cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website. ls VkVhflYos] fyad iFk lfgr ds fd0eh0 2-20 ls fd0eh0 11-00 ¼dqy yEckbZ&8-80 fd0eh0½ 03.00 PM. PLPunia, and General Secretary followed. Sd/- Chief Construction Engineer 1- dk;Z dk uke Dhenkanal(R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal rd dk jkbZfMax DokfyfV esa lq/kkj As perGRNo. 201809271753060418 (¾FFÀF³F d³F¯FʹF Ii . (Organisation)KCVenugopalalso OIPR-34132/11/0006/2122 (Improvement of Riding Quality) @ ÀFeEMe/sqrx/´Fi.Ii .qy/B¸FF-qs, dQ. sx.qz.sqry), dated 27.09.2018, The attendedthe meeting. etcwrhdj.k dk;Z o"kZ 2021&22- Tenderer should note that the rates given in Schedule-B BaghelandSinghDeoblamed WORKS DEPARTMENT        :0 330-42 yk[k are excluding GST.Sorates quoted should also be 2- çkDdfy jkf’k ¼:0 yk[k esa½ ¼:Ik;s rhu djksM rhl yk[k ,oa C;kyhl gtkj½ excluding GST. eachother forpushingthe gov- OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, ek=A ernmentinto turmoiloverthero-      :0 3-31 yk[k Right to reject any or all tenders without assigning any 3- vxz/ku dh jkf’k ¼:0 yk[k esa½ tational chief ministership issue. EASTERN CIRCLE (R&B), BALASORE ¼:Ik;s rhu yk[k ,drhl gtkj½ek=A reason there of is reserved by the Commissioner and B-325 whose decision will be final and legally binding on all the Both of them arelikelytostay e-mail: - [email protected] 4- dk;Z iw.kZ djus dh vof/k 03 ¼rhu½ekg 01-09-2021 tenderer. 5- osclkbZM ij fufonk çdk’ku dh frfFk in Delhi foracouple moredays, Government of Odisha "e" Procurement Notice 02-30 cts iwokZg~u For more details and information visit Maharashtra's andmoremeetingsareexpected. 08-09-2021 Bid Identification No. CCEEC-09/ 2021-22 6- fufonk çkfIr dh vafre frfFk@le; web site www.mahatenders.gov.in. 12-00 cts nksigj rd The views of Congress President No: 4292 /Dt. 17.08.2021 KDMC/PRO/HQ/416 will also be taken 7- fufonk [kksyus frfFk@le; 09-09-2021 12-30 cts Nature of work :- Building Work dk;Zikyd vfHk;ark Dt. 24.08.2021 fufonk çdkf’kr djus okys dk;kZy; before afinal decision, sources 8- iFk fuekZ.k foHkkx] iFk çeaMy jk¡ph] Sd/- Number of works :- 01 (One) No dk uke ,oa irk said. eksgjkcknh] jk¡ph&834008- Hydraulic Engineer Amount put to Tender :- Rs. 278.74 Lakh While Punia said the issue of 9- çksD;ksjesaV inkf/kdkjh dk lEidZ la[;k 0651&2361018 Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation, Class of Contractor :- “B” /“A” Class leadership changewas notdis- 10- bZ&çksD;ksjesaV lsy dk gsYiykbZu 0651&2403007 Kalyan. Date &Time of availability of bid Dt. 24.08.2021 at 10:00 AM la[;k cussed, sources said it wasthe ¸FFÀI ½FF´FSF, ÀFF¸FFdªFI Aa°FS NZ½FF, WF°F ²Fb½FF! dÂF-ÀFcÂFeÔ¨FZ ´FFÕ³F ISF! document in the portal :- · çkDdfyr jkf'k ,oa vxz/ku dh jkf'k ?kV&c<+ ldrh gS] ftls Tender Online central point of the discussions, Last Date /Time of receipt of bid in the Dt. 07.09.2021 up to 05:00 PM Upload esa ns[kk tk ldrk gS] ,oa fdlh Hkh çdkj dk cnyko withbothBaghel and Singh Deo portal :- http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in ij ns[kk tk ldrk gSA Soil &Water Conservation Department putting forththeir views.The Date of opening of bid :- Dt. 08.09.2021 at 11:00 AM · iFk fuekZ.k foHkkx] >kj[k.M ljdkj esa fucaf/kr laosndksa ds fy, UCAN fuca?ku vko';d gSA District Water Conservation Officer Chief Minister, sources said,has Name &address of the Office inviting Chief ConstructionEngineer, · fu;e ,oa 'krsZ ds fy, osclkbZV http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in ij nsa[ksaA Soil &Water Conservation Department, Kalwa Thane beentoldto considertheproposal. bid :- Eastern Circle (R&B), Balasore Kada Vasahat, Opp. Sahakar Vidyalaya, Old Mumbai-Pune Road, Kalwa (W) Punia told reporters that is- The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Further          PR 251939 Road Construction Dept dk;Zikyd vfHk;ark        iFk fuekZ.k foHkkx]iFk çeaMy]jk¡ph Phone No. 022-25428127 sues relatedtogovernance and details can be seen from the e-procurement portal Road Division Ranchi(21-22).D E-mail [email protected]/[email protected] developmentwere discusseddur- “http//tendersodisha.gov.in.” All future corrigendum will be E-Tender Notice No. B-1/3/For Year :2021-22 available on ONLINE mode only. DELHIJAL BOARD, GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI ing their meeting. He deniedthe ONLINE E-Tender,for below mentioned works is OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SDW) XIV leadershipissue being discussed. Chief Construction Engineer invited from the contractors by District Water Conservation Asked about the rotational Eastern Circle (R&B) Balasore KILOKARI SPS, JAL VIHAR, LAJPAT NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110024 Officer,Soil and Water Conservation Department, Thane. OIPR-34026/11/0009/2122 Mob- 9650574488 Email- [email protected] The blank B-1 Tender Documents in e-tender form are “STOP CORONA; Wear mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene” available on web site :http://mahatenders.gov.in. Rights Govt. of Jharkhand Press N.I.T.No. 01/(2021-22) are reserved to accept or reject the tender with the District S. Name of work (EMD) in Date of release of tender Last date/time of receipt Water Conservation Officer, Soil and Water Conservation Office of the Executive Engineer No. INR in eprocurement of tender through e Department, Thane. And Conditional tenders will not be Soil Investigation Division, Advance Planning, solution procurement solution 1 Operation and Comprehensive Maintenance of 1 EXEMPTED 2021_DJB_207453_1 23.09.2021 up to 3.00 PM accepted and shall be rejected outright. Road Construction Department, Ranchi. MGD STPbased On Membrane Bio- Reactor Dt. 24.08.2021 Name of Work :- Construction of Cement Concrete Nirupan Bhawan, 3rd Floor,Room No. 413, Doranda,Ranchi-834002 (MBR) Technology at, Common Wealth Games Bandhara on Kanakvira River @Ch.No. Email- [email protected] Village, Akshardaam for the period of 30 months. 1500m, @Ch.No. 1930m, @Ch.No. NIT along with all terms &conditions is available on web site https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in 2475m, @Ch.No. 3760m, @Ch.No. e-Procurement Notice ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- 5050m, @Ch.No. 6500m, @Ch.No. Advt. No. J.S.V.319(2021-22) Executive Engineer (SDW) XIV 8250m, @Ch.No. 11540m, @Ch.No. e-Tender Ref No: RCD/SID/RAN/12/21-22 Dated- 17-08-2021 12000m, @Ch.No. 13050m and @Ch.No. Consultancy services for preparation of detailed project report 14080m, Tal. Murbad, Dist. Thane. (DPR) ofROB/RUB (approach road OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER with bridge) at railway track of CH -11+900 (Hazaribag– Tender Cost :- Rs. 779.87 Lakhs. Shivpur/Bandag railway line) and CH- O-593 RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, BERHAMPUR E-Tender Available Period :- Dt. 26.08.2021 To 14+110 (Hazaribag–Barkakana railway line) of Rewali NH-100 1Name Of Work Dt. 20.09.2021 (Ring road CH-1 0.850) to Massipirhi NH-33(Ring road CH - NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Procurement 16.432) for Hazaribag town in the state of Jharkhand from Bid Identification No. Online Tender/13-2021-22/BPR Tender Opening Date :- Dt. 24.09.2021 empanelled Consultants vide letter No. 686 (S) Dated 29.01.2019 ETendering Process &Procedures are available below. Identification Name of work No. of Approx. Estimated Class of Period of Completion 2Total No. of Bridges (ROB/RUB) 02 (Two) No Works Cost (In lakh) Contractor 1. Website http://mahatenders.gov.in. (If any change are observed, than these changes will be 3Period of Completion of Work 90 Days Online Bridge Works 06 Nos. From Rs. 321.23 “A” Class & 11 (Eleven) &18 Date/Time of Publication of Tender on available on the same web site) 4 24.08.2021 at 17:00 PM Tender/13- under Biju lakhs to Rs. 502.93 “Special” Class as (Eighteen) Calendar Website 2021-22/ BPR Setu Yojana Lakhs applicable Month as provided 2. Tender advertising is available on Website 5Last Date/Time of Bid Submission 14.09.2021 up to 11:30 AM http://www.cemilspn.in. Last Date/Time of Submission of Tender Fee 6 14.09.2021 up to 11:30 AM Procurement Officer Bid Identification No Availability of tender online for bidding &EMD 3. All the above mentioned information is also available on 7Date and Time of Bid opening 15.09.2021 at 12:30PM From To the Notice board of District Water Conservation Officer, 8Tender Inviting Authority Executive Engineer,S.I.D, A.P.,RCD, Ranchi, Additional Chief Engineer,R.W. Online Tender/ 13- 26.08.2021 at 10.00 09.09.2021 Upto 3.00 Soil and Water Conservation Department, Thane. Chief Engineer(Communication),Road Construction Circle, Berhampur 2021-22/BPR A.M. P.M. 9Bid Submission Address Department,1stFloor,Engineer Hostel No.2,-Dhurwa, Ranchi-834004 No. DWCO/S&WCD/Thane/Lesha-1/2816/2021 (i) No EMD is required as per O.M.No. 8943 Dt. 18.03.2021 of Finance Department, Govt of Odisha. But 10 Mode of Bid Submission e-tendering(http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in) Date :- 24.08.2021 Nirupan Bhawan,3rd Floor,Room No. 413,Doranda,Ranchi-834002, Bid Security declaration should be furnished by the bidders as mentioned in the DTCN. District Water Conservation Officer 11 Address ofTender Inviting Authority (ii) Non-submission of the information /documentsthrough online by the bidder as per the items mentioned Ph. 0651-2490406, Email:- [email protected] Soil &WaterConservationDepartment Sd/- in the eligible criteria of the DTCN will also liable for rejection of his tender. Note:- Details of locations of Bridge, its Span arrangement andAlignment can be seen in Tender documents. Kalwa Thane (H. K. Gite) For further information please go through the website-tendering http:// jharkhandtenders .gov.in Further details &corrigendum if any can be seen from the website:- www.tendersodisha.gov.in Sd/- Additional Chief Engineer District Water Conservation Officer Executive Engineer R.W.Circle, Berhampur Soil &WaterConservation Department Soil Investigation Division, OIPR-25071/11/0013/2122 Kalwa-Thane PR 251997 Road(21-22).D Advance Planning, R.C.D, Ranchi. DGIPR/2021-22/1703 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021 WORDLY WISE no one puts their children in aboat/ 8 unless the water is safer than the land THE EDITORIAL PAGE —WARSAN SHIRE Waiting and watching Kabul

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Delhi mustnot makehaste,needs to judge the BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Taliban primarilybytheir security guarantees

MANAGING THE PLAN SharatSabharwal

Success of ambitious assetmonetisation programme will THE US WITHDRAWALfromAfghanistanun- about ashift in the geopolitical balance in the scenescontactswiththemandtheofficialpo- der their one-sideddeal with the Taliban region in favour of the China,Russia, Pakistan sition is that India is in touchwith all stake- depend on institutional capacity and continuous monitoring looked in the endlikearout, evoking the and Iran axis, with China using the opportu- holders. Could India have done better? The Saigon moment and seriouslydenting its nityto draw AfghanistanintoitsBeltandRoad hand-wringingatourcurrentdilemmaignores NMONDAY,UNIONFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanunveiledthebroad credibility.Dogged by reports of corruption Initiative andPakistanreplicating the 1990s certain ground realities. First, the obviousdif- contours of an ambitious assetmonetisation programme. The National and desertions, the Afghan armyprovedno scenarioof divertingjihadisfromAfghanistan ficulty in building bridges withthe Taliban, an MonetisationPipelineinvolvesleasingoutcentralgovernmentassets valued matchfor the religiouslymotivated Taliban, to destabiliseKashmir.Thoughnotentirelyun- outfit dependent on Pakistanfor diplomatic O at aroundRs6lakhcrore over afour-year period ending in 2024-25, withthe folding up in 10 days without muchofafight. founded,overreadingsuchpossibilitiesought support, sanctuaries and their wareffort. government looking to mop up Rs 88,000croreinthe ongoingfinancialyear.Atits core, the The Taliban victory, underpinnedbyreligious to be avoided. The Chinesemay be averse to Second, India has no direct access to extremism and terror,couldbeashotinthe bankrollinganisolatedAfghanistan.Chinahas Afghanistan.Third,puttingIndianboots onthe ideaistolease out brownfield projects, proceeds from whichcan be usedtofinancegreen- arm forterrorists across the region. The calledupontheTalibanto adoptmoderateand groundinany appreciablenumberwill pit field projects.The ownershipofthe assets monetised, though, willremain with the govern- Americans —and even morethe region — prudentdomesticandforeignpolicies,adding them againstPakistanand itsproxies,who ment,withtheprivate playerstakingontheoperationalrisk.Whileroads,railways andpower continue to paythe price fortheir impru- thatitwill considerrecognition onlyafter an have aconsiderablelogistical advantage. account foraround 65 per cent of the proceeds of the programme, the listofassets detailed denceinusing religious zealotsthrough open,inclusive andbroadlyrepresentative gov- Therefore, India has to count on others forse- is spreadacrosssectors suchastelecom, aviation, mining and warehousing, suggesting a Pakistantodislodge theSovietUnion from ernmentisinstalled.Ithasalsoexpressedhope curity—theAmericansecuritycoverinthelast morewide-rangingprogramme.Whilethetargetsare aggressive,afour-yearroadmap,pro- Afghanistan. Pocketsofprotests andresist- thattheTalibanwillfirmlyfightterroristforces, 20 years, whichisnow gone. ance, including in the Panjshirvalley,have including the EastTurkestan Islamic Can India count on the Taliban, whose vidingindetailtheassets thegovernmentintendsto lease,shouldprovideclarityto investors been reported, but there’s nothing that looks Movement (ETIM). The Taliban have all along Haqqani faction is known as avirtual wing of and generateinterest. However, considering the regular shortfallsinthe government’s dis- likeaviable challengetothe Taliban fornow. existedwithanecosystem of extremismand theISI,forsecurityanddobusinesswiththem? investmentcollections,the programme’s success will requirecareful and continuous mon- The Talibanhad inherited acountryinru- terrorism. WarriorsofalQaeda, ETIM, Central We willhave to lookforanswersto theseques- itoring, and addressing of concernsraisedbyprivate players. insthelasttimeandruleditwithanironhand, Asian and Pakistani terror groups have fought tions through quietcontact with the Taliban, Thetransactionsarelikelytobestructuredthrougheitherpublicprivatepartnerships,con- financing it through smuggling and the drug alongsidethem.IslamicStateterroristsarealso becausewe careforthepeopleof Afghanistan cessionsorinstrumentssuchasinfrastructureinvestmenttrusts (InvITs).However, consider- trade. Theyhavenow inherited afunctional presentinAfghanistan. Concerns will, there- and should notabandon thisstrategicallyim- stateand economy, withreasonablygood in- fore,persistinChina and Russia about the se- portant spaceinour neighbourhood indefi- ing the experience of private playerswith PPPs, their comfortlevel in participating in these frastructureand an aspirational class.They curityandstabilityof XinjiangandtheCentral nitely.FriendlycountriessuchasRussia and transactions is likelytodepend on ahostoffactors, suchasoperational flexibility, regulatory needqualifiedpersons,wider international AsianRepublicsrespectively.Iran,too,willhave Qatarcanhelp.Whilecounsellingmoderation framework,disputeresolutionmechanism,etc.Toensureasmoothrollout,someexpertshave recognitionand assistance to keep it running. concernsaboutthe safety of the HazaraShias and promisingcontinued development part- suggestedthatthegovernmentshouldlookataddressingtheconcernsraisedaroundPPPs.The Blocking Afghanistan’s access to its in Afghanistan. nership, we should judgethe Taliban prima- recentexperienceof theIndianRailways whenitinvitedprivateplayersto runpassengertrains assets/emergency reservesbythe US and IMF Notwithstanding the triumphalism at the rilybytheirsecurityguarantees,includingnot has notbeenencouraging —reportedly,onlytwo players participated in the process, one of is asign of the problems that an isolated Talibanvictory, thenationaldiscourse in allowingtheuseof theirterritorybyanti-India whichisagovernmententity.Thus,howtheseagreementsare structuredwillbecentralto their Afghanistancan face. The Taliban are, there- Going forward,ifthe Taliban Pakistanrecognisesthe attendant risksof terroristsand the ability to deal with us inde- fore,trying to project asofterimageby, inter fresh refugee flows,emboldeningofthe pendentlyofPakistan. success as that will determine the extent of private sector participation. It will requireinstitu- actwisely and build an alia, announcing an amnesty fortheir oppo- inclusive and stable system, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and extrem- Fornow,itiswait and watchfor India, as tional capacity to draftsuchattractive agreementsacross multiple sectors and settings. nentsand protection of women’s rightsin ism in general and the problems associated indeedfor other countries. The firstpriorityis The central government is also incentivisingstatestoparticipateinthis programme. keepingwithIslamicvalues.However, serious they maybeable to win with the Taliban tendency to regard the to getall Indian nationalsout of Afghanistan. Afterall, states, likethe Centre, have assets thatcan bemonetised, creating alucrativerev- doubtspersistabout their real intentionsbe- international recognition Pashtun belt on both sides of the Durand Line India should also join anyinternational effort enue stream forthem. Andconsidering that states drive general government capital ex- cause of their trackrecord and reports of and reduce their dependence as acontinuum (Mullah MohammadOmar to address the humanitarian crisis that is re- penditure, this channel couldprovide them with the additional resources neededtosus- reprisals, targetedkillingsand severe restric- had declinedthe Pakistani proposal to recog- portedlybrewing in Afghanistan. Going for- tionsonhumanrights. on Pakistan. If,onthe other nise this line). However, Pakistanisblinded ward,ifthe Taliban act wiselyand build an in- tain publicinvestmentduring this period of stressedpublicfinances.Onits part, the Centre Theyhavespoken of an Emirate, applica- hand,they sticktotheir old by theurgetosee India out of Afghanistan. clusive andstablesystem, theymay be ableto has come up with financial incentivestoencouragestatestofollowits lead. But in the cur- tion of shariahlaw and an inclusivegovern- ways, they mayend up Further,faced with threatsfromthe TTP and wininternationalrecognitionandreducetheir rent atmosphereofstrainedCentre-state relations, fructification of suchplans would re- ment in the same breath.Regardlessofthe generating opposition, other groups in itswest, broader interna- dependenceonPakistan.If,ontheotherhand, quiredeftpolitical management. gloss of inclusivity that theyput on their po- tional consensus againstterrorism and the they sticktotheir oldways, theymay end up litical set-up by taking on boardnon-Taliban violence and instabilityin ongoing scrutinyofthe Financial Action Task generatingopposition, violence and instabil- faces, it will essentiallybeaTaliban-domi- the country, heightening Force, Pakistanmay have to think twice be- ity in the country, heightening concerns natedgovernment with aheavy dose of their concerns among fore coming out of itscurrent restraint mode among Afghanistan’s neighbours. Eachsce- brand of the shariah. It is also to be seen how Afghanistan’s neighbours. on Kashmir. nariowillholdopenings forIndia. VACCINATING CHILDREN theybalancethe interestsofthe various fac- Thereiscriticismthat India did notbuild tions in the government. Eachscenario will hold bridgeswiththeTalibanevenaftertheUSdeal The writer is aformer High Commissioner to EUAfor Zydus Cadila vaccine opens up possibilities.Centre Concerns have been expressedinIndia openings forIndia. with them. Thereare reports of behind the Pakistan. Viewsare personal mustcarefullyaddress challenges of expanding programme HE INDIAN DRUG regulator’s emergency-use authorisation (EUA) to Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19vaccine,ZyCoV-D, is awelcomedevelopment.The second homegrownvaccineto receive anEUAcanbeadministeredtochildrenabove 12 T years, raising the possibility of extending the vaccination project to thecoun- LESSONS FROM PANDEMIC try’sadolescentpopulation.Forchildrenwaitingforclassroomsto beunlocked,thecompany’s announcement that it can providethe jabs to schools by mid-September is heartening news. Union Health MinisterMansukh Mandaviyahas spoken of the Centre’s eagerness to begin Post Covid, India mustinvest in an NHS-like healthmodel vaccinationforchildrenattheearliest.TheCentre’stalkswiththeAhmedabad-basedcompany slatedforlaterthisweekwill,therefore,bekeenlywatched.Theyare likelytobecentredonvac- cinepricingandsupplies.Thedecisionto extendtheinoculationprojectbeyondtheadultpop- SwatiNarayan ulation must, however, factor in other imperatives, especiallylogistical challenges. According to the government’s projections, the country’s vaccination drive is settoun- EARLY THISmonth,the UttarPradeshgovern- Even before the pandemic, similarly hor- despitebeing handsomely paid, arechroni- dergo amassive ramp-up from September onwards. Morethan 120-croreshots must be ment informedthe Allahabad High Courtthat rific healthcaretragedies occurredevery sin- callyoverworked. administeredinthe lastfour monthsof the year to attain the target of inoculatingthe coun- the order forare-inquiryagainstDrKafeel gleyear.In2017, 800children diedin Even afterthe pandemic, the Indian gov- Khanhad been withdrawn. But the doctor re- Jharkhand of suspectedencephalitis. In 2015, ernment continues to budget less than 1per try’s adult population by December. Independent studies —including the FitchGroup’s mains under suspensiondue to disciplinary 18 patientsdiedinaChennai hospital, due to cent of GDP forhealthcare, one of the lowest India Rating lastweek—haveexpresseddoubtsabout the feasibility of this target.The gov- proceedingsinanother case institutedby the powerfailureafter the floods. In 2014,13 in the world. In contrast, China invests around ernment, however, maintains that vaccine supplywill be increasedfromnextmonth. If its statehealth department. women diedafter illegal sterilisation at an 3per cent, Britain 7per cent and the United claim is to hold up, an averageofone croreshots will be administeredevery daytill the end On the night of the tragedyinAugust2017, overcrowdedgovernment health campin States 17 per cent of GDP.So, 62 per cent of of the year —currently, the countryaveragesless than 50-lakh shots daily. The spurtinin- the good doctor had movedmountains to Chhattisgarh. These tragedies recur,but the health expenses in India arepaid forbypa- oculation could taxthe energiesofvaccinatorsand will requirestate governmentstoin- procureoxygencylinders forhis encephalitis sorry stateofhealthcarepersists. tientsthemselves—one of the main reasons crease the number of vaccination centres. It is notyet known if the plan to increase vaccine patients, whoselives hung by athread. But On apersonalnote, across the oceans,my forfamilies falling intopovertyespecially dur- 63 innocent toddlers suffocated whenthe sisterhasbeenbattlingencephalitisforthelast ing the pandemic. supplies has achapteronaugmenting the teams of vaccinators. Inoculating children will, government hospital in Gorakhpur ranout twoyears.Butthoughsheisonadelicate road The Covid-19oxygencrisiscould cer- in anycase,demand afurtherupscalingin the logistics of vaccinedelivery.The government of oxygen. If onlythe government had care- to recovery,there is no doubt that Britain’s tainlyhavebeen prevented.But the central will, therefore, do well to conductathorough audit of the resources at itsdisposal before de- fullylistenedto, instead of arresting, Dr Khan, National Health Service (NHS) government government delayedbyeight months aRs ciding to usethe three-dose ZyCov-Dtoexpand itsinoculation drive. maybe, the chronic oxygen crisis plaguing Even after the pandemic,the hospitals have savedher life repeatedly. 200-crore tender to build oxygen plants Trial resultsshowthe newvaccine’s efficacy againstthe variantsdriving the pandemic Indian hospitals would have been resolved Indian government Everyyear,Britain’s legendaryhealthnet- across 150district hospitals. In contrast, pre- currently. The DNA-basedjab does notrequireultra-cold storagefacilities and is reported before the pandemic. continues to budget less work cures 15 millionpatientswith chronic scient district collector Dr RajendraBharud Nowthe health ministryhas claimedin ailments, at afraction of the costspent by the setupmultiple oxygen unitsin to be cost-effective.Aspring-powereddevice delivers the shotasanarrowstreak of liquid than 1per cent of GDP for Parliament that onlyPunjab has reportedfour US. The NHS fundedbydirect taxesisalso the Maharashtra’s Nandurbar before the second that penetrates the skin —abig positive giventhat the fear of needles is known to be ama- “suspected”deaths during the second Covid- healthcare,one of the lowest fifthlargest employerinthe world, after wave. Kerala, the onlyoxygen-surplus state, jor cause of vaccine hesitancy.But is the government better off, fornow,harnessing these 19 wave due to lackofoxygen. This contra- in the world. In contrast, McDonalds and Walmart. One of every20 also increasedproduction capacity in 2020 in advantages forthe adult vaccination project? Or does it have thewherewithal to do more? dictsevery news report. Patientsgasping for China invests around 3per British workers is employedasdoctor,nurse, anticipation of ademand surge. Itsdecision should be acarefullycalibrated one. breath on stretchers, testimonies of relatives cent,Britain 7per cent and cateringandtechnicalpersonnel. As true suc- Beforethe NHS wasestablished, George running from pillar to post foroxygenrefills, cessors of Florence Nightingale, the compas- Orwell in his stinging1946essay Howthe Poor gurdwaras installing oxygen langars,televised the United States 17 per cent sionatenurses afterthe pandemic have been Die painted atragic portrait of state-run hos- SOS pleas of hospitals, appeals fromstategov- of GDP.So, 62 per cent of hailedassuperheroes by graffitiartistBanksy. pitalswith,“a seeminglackofany perception THIS LAND IS HER LAND ernments, overcrowdedcrematoriums and health expenses in India are Afterall, in arapidly ageing society,for Britons, that thepatientswerehuman beings”. bodies floating on theGanges. But in Delhi, paid forbypatients “the NHS is the closestthing to religion”. In the 21st century, notmuchhas im- the Lieutenant Governor has twice rejected On the other hand, in India, hospitals are proved in India’s public hospitals. Still, in The birth of an Afghan babyinthe midstofanAmerican proposals by the stategovernment to com- themselves —one of the beleaguered with absentee staff. As per aNiti India doctors areoften equatedwithgods. evacuation attempt shows up the lies of nationalism mission committees to investigateoxygen main reasons forfamilies Aayogdatabase, in theworststate of Bihar But, without basic medicines, equipment deaths. Instead, the volunteer-run “Oxygen falling into poverty in 2017-18, positions for60per cent of mid- and oxygen,can even Dr Khan be expected to ShortageDeaths” grouphas documented at wives, 50 per cent of staffnurses, 34 per cent perform miracles? HEMAINFACTSinhumanlifeare five:birth,food,sleep,love anddeath,”saidthe least629 oxygen-related deaths since May especially during the of medicalofficers and 60 per centofspe- novelistEMForster. Isn’t it awonder,then, that the fictions of humankind so 2021nationwide. pandemic. cialistdoctors were vacant. Those on the job, The writer is withNIAS T easilymakeusforgetsuchprimal realities? It is aquestion that follows,not just frombloodyimperialwarsandthefratricideof nations—butthebirthofachild. Ababywasborninthecargo bayofanUSaircraftcarryingoutevacuationsfromAfghanistan, acountrybledbyathousand cutsofthe American “war on terror”. The mother, an Afghan AUGUST 25,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO woman, went intolabour mid-flight and deliveredagirlafter landing at aGerman air base. The bureaucracy of nationalism promptly bustedafuse.Isthe little girlaGerman citizen U RS OFFERSTOQUIT MAIL TAMPERING AmericaaboutWashington’sdecision to since she wasborn on Germansoil? Is she acitizen of the “land of the free”, since her mother supplysophisticated arms to Pakistan wentintolabouronanAmericanflight?Butwhatif sheisbornoutsideUSairspace?Doesthe CONGRESS (U) PRESIDENT Devraj Ursbowed SEVERALOPPOSITIONMEMBERS both in the and the dangersofthe greatpowers’ ri- fact thather mother is arefugeeofatorn land catapult her intothe community of the state- to thewishes of apowerfulsection of the Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha expressedcon- valrybeing brought to theneighbour- less?Theideologyof nationalismisabouttwocenturiesold,butitsapparatusof bordersand party leadership when he offeredhis resig- cernatthe tamperingoftheirmail. In the Lok hood. The Indian concern wasconveyed nation at ameeting of the working commit- Sabha, theywanted to knowthe Speaker’s to the US representative to the United belongingscontinues to produce the exhausting tangles that ledManto’s character in Toba tee. The committee has, however, put offa decision on the privilegemotion on the ques- Nations,Jeane Kirkpatrick,atthe meet- TekSingh to lie down betweenIndia and Pakistan “on apiece of landwithnoname”. Worse, decision on Urs’s offerfor aday.Though the tion. The Speaker Balram Jakhar told ings she had withPrime MinisterIndira it continues to push humans intoperil, whetheritisthe potential “non-citizens” cast out of anti-Urs lobbyinthe working committee is Subramaniam Swamy(Janata) that he has Gandhi and External Affairs MinisterPV Assam’sNRCorthethree-year-oldAylanKurdi,fleeingfromSyria,whodrownedwhilecross- in favour of electing an actingpresident, a got some factsaboutthe chargesmade in the Narasimha Rao. ing from Turkey to Greece. section of the party leadership would want motion. If these chargescame under the The idea of “nowhere people” is acynicalfabrication.Humansbelong —toeachother,to Urstocontinue until the next AICC(U) meet purviewofbreachofprivilege, he would ad- BOEING SUED in October.Urs, who hadsensedthe mood of mit the motion, he said. expandingcirclesof family, community,country—unlessstructuresof powerandmoneyde- manymembers, took them by surprise by THE BOEINGCOMPANY is being suedfor cide to castthemaway. The little baby girl, castout of her homeland by suchagreat game of his offer. He read out astatement in which US ARMSTOPAK $100 million in asuit filedasaresult of the geopoliticalcynicism, has scraped pastdeath. Mayshe find food, sleep and aland —and, he said that therewas afeeling in the party 1978 New Years’ Dayair crash offBombay. above all, alovetowhichshe belongs. that he should step down. INDIA HAS CONVEYED itsconcernsto 213people diedinthe crash. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The prospectofthe Taliban wielding an effective veto on this matter,while the west haplessly pondersits options, is ameasure of thestunning strategic failure 9 THE IDEAS PAGE that has takenplace.” —THE GUARDIAN Gandhi Ashramofthe future On population,

India has achance to ensurethat the placewherethe Mahatma walked andworked, andwhereone can let factsspeak still feel his spirit, remains aliving, breathingmeans forthe worldtounderstandGandhi’s message Population laws areatravesty at atimeofsharp declineinfertility rates. Instead, Indianeeds policies thatensure dignifiedlives forall itspeople

talmortality rate (15.5 per cent), infant mor- tality rate (22.0 percent) andhigh contra- ceptive prevalence rate (74.4 percent). In Thomas Weber, brief, the probable fruit of better health fa- cilitiesand wider contraceptivechoices. Charles DiSalvo and If an alarm bell is to bepressed, then it is Dennis Dalton notfor population laws butfor declining fer- tility.Replacement levelfertility demands Mohd Shahid and heavy investment in education, health and DURINGTHE PREVIOUS severaldecades, as employment opportunities so that the “lim- scholars interested in the lifeand thought Manoj Jha itedworking population” in the near future of Mahatma Gandhi, we have hadthe priv- is robust and skilledenough. What is ilegetoworkinthe archives of the neededisacomprehensive policy ensuring Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad —the THE OLD SLOGAN,“Humdohamaredo,woh dignifiedliving —easy access to quality ed- mostimportant repositoryofthe corre- panchunke pachchees (Weare two, we have ucation, better health services and sound spondencetoand from Gandhi —and to two; theyare five andhave25)” is probably livelihood opportunities. walk aroundthe hallowedground of the still potent enough to appeal to popular per- Letthe dataspeakonthe“need”for pop- Ashram, the residence of the Mahatma and ceptions of “uncontrolled” Muslim popu- ulation laws.The NFHS-4 (2015-16) shows his wifeKasturba, from 1917 until he de- lation growth —despitescientific evidence interesting linkages of fertility with educa- partedfromthereonthe historical Salt to the contrary. tion and economic well-being. Forexample, March to Dandi in 1930. At acritical juncture, when the states women with no schooling have an average We have wondered whatdirection the and Union territories in India areexperienc- of 3.1children, compared with 1.7children Ashram couldtakeinthe 21st century. Over ing asharp decline in fertility rates, popu- forwomenwith12 or more yearsof school- the years we have imagined, in particular, lation laws arebackinthe conversation. ing. AmongHindus,TFRwas2.1 and among what the Sabarmati Ashram might become Though thereisnothing on “record” that Muslimsitwas 2.6, thatis adifference of 0.5 and howitcould playits role in spreading these arespecificallyfor Muslims, the writ- children. Forthe same period, the mostpop- the messageofGandhi, howitcould be en- ing on the wall is clear.And it is atravesty, ulous state, Uttar Pradesh, had aTFR of 2.7; sured that the mosteffective use is made giventhe factsand figures available from in the case of Muslims, it was0.6 pointsmore of this unique world-significant location. government agencies. than that of Hindus.In some states with high Of course, it has alarge role to playasone The recentlyreleasedempirical data Muslim populations, the TFR of Muslims of India’s mosthistorical sites, as amuseum CRSasikumar from the National FamilyHealthSurvey waslittle morethan that of Hindus —0.6 in and as apilgrimageplace that inspires the Ashram in itsstriking simplicity and as a alsobepositioned so thatitensures thatits 2019-20 (NFHS-5) for22statesand Union West Bengal, 0.8 in Assam and 1.0inBihar questfor truth and teaches the observant relatively hard-to-access place without food outstanding collection of Gandhiana is territories provides that exceptfor three (NFHS-5). Forsure, this difference in TFR visitor about the value of nonviolence and outlets on thegrounds, and without shared by scholars and peace workers in a states —Bihar, Manipur andMeghalaya — does notsupportthe charade that Muslim simplicity in aperiod of threatening envi- lounges for“important” visitors (what waythat helps to promote first-class the fertility rateshavegonebelowthe re- population will overtake Hindus. ronmental collapse and very presenteco- would Gandhi sayabout this!). Gandhi scholarship and considered placement levelof2.1 children per woman. Lesttherebeany doubtleft, onemust nomic inequality.For these reasons, the les- Apotential Disneyesque Gandhitheme Gandhian praxis, and possiblytohelp cre- The total fertility rates(TFR) in the Union understand that thereisasteep decline in sons taught by Gandhi,and embodied in park(and what would Gandhi sayifhe ateaworldwide community of like- territories of Lakshwadeep and Jammu & the fertility of Muslims from NFHS-1 the Ashram, arejustasimportant nowas could re-visit Dandi?) maybepopular mindedGandhi inspirees? While the Kashmir,whichhavesizeable Muslimpop- (1992-93) to NFHS-4 (2015-16) (by1.78in ever before. among those wanting to take aselfieand Gandhi HeritagePortalofGandhi-related ulations, have gone substantiallybelow the comparison to 1.17 forHindus). Thereis The ethos of the Ashramisconduciveto tickabucket-listbox.However,theremay documentsand information is provided replacement levelwith1.4 children per also acontinuous decline in the popula- the higher-levelwaysofthinking and being be another approach, one that allows the electronically by the Ashram, could the woman. In Jammu &Kashmir,this is on ac- tion growth rate over decades. The decline thatGandhi modelled.Sopowerful arethe Ashram to become (or,indeed, remain) Ashram be the siteofaninternational count of amodestpercentageofwomen in decadal growth rate wassharp in present simplicity and orderlinessofthe sur- something harder to envisagebut where Gandhi research hub in India? It could be- with10ormoreyearsofschooling (51.3per Census 2011 and sharper forMuslims. The roundings that theycannotbut affect the one can feel the Gandhian ethos.Itwas here come the mostimportant place in the cent), fewerwomen marrying before the decadal growth rate (2001-2011)for thoughtful visitor.Inthe late1970s, the revo- that Gandhi conducted his experimentsto worldfor scholars and seekers to come and ageof18years (4.5 per cent), declining in- Muslimswas 24.6 per cent in Census2011. lutionarythinkerIvanIllich,talking of observe andinfer ethical action, where work,tomeetother scholars and seekers, fant mortality (20 per 1,000live births) and Though high, it markedasharp decline Gandhi’s hut at Sevagram, noted, “Thishut of communal living and dining meant that to shareinformation and discussideas. It morecurrent users of familyplanning from 29.5 per cent, whichwas registered Gandhi demonstrates to theworld howthe caste divisions were done away with, where could foster greater contact among Gandhi methods(59.8per cent). in Census 2001.This decline of 4.9 per cent dignity of the common man can be brought ashramites learned that theycould take on experts and ensurethat Gandhi scholar- In all the sevenNortheastern states, the among the Muslims is higher thanthe up.Itisalsoasymbol of happiness whichwe the might of an empire. ship is carriedout at the highestlevel and fertility ratesrangefrom1.1 in Sikkim to 1.9 corresponding 3.1per cent decline forthe can derive from practising the principle of Would the proposedmakeovernot end that an understanding of aGandhian ethos in Assam, exceptManipur (2.2) and Hinducommunity,whose decadalgrowth simplicity, service and truthfulness.”Of up obliterating Gandhi’s ideas and mes- is notlost. Could it be aplace whereGandhi Meghalaya (2.9).Innine out of 10 states, fer- percentagedeclinedfrom19.9(1991- course,hecould just as easilyhavebeen talk- sage? Would one still be able to feel scholars and sincereseekers from around tility ratesrangefromaslow as 1.3inGoa to 2001)to16.8 (2001-2011). ing about HridayKunj, the basic but inspir- Gandhi’s spirit?The loss would be intangi- the worldcome and work with the best of as high as 1.9inGujarat. Among populous Beforeweforgetthe propaganda of ing home of Gandhi and Kasturba at the ble, but huge. When Gandhi wasasked why It has alarge role to play as local scholars and activists who could in- states,theTFRhasgonedownto 1.6children Muslims “having morewives”, lastavail- Ashram. But suchhappiness requires time, a he did notvisit America, he expressedthe one of India’smost historical spireeachother? in West Bengal. It is only1.7 eachin able figures from Census 1971 provide that slowerthan usual pace, and quietreflection — fear that people would come to see him out sites, as amuseum and as a Havingaccess to documents, whether Maharashtra, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh the incidence of polygyny(twoormore something impossibleamong hugecrowds. of idle curiosity:“Let’s see this animal in the in hardcopyordigital form, is notthe same andAndhra Pradesh.InTelanganaandKerala, wives) is highestamong Adivasis (15.25 per It seems to us thatthereare twopossi- Indianzoo”. He wanted thosewho hadan pilgrimage place that inspires as having agroup of like-mindedpeople thefertilityrate isgettingstabilisedat1.8chil- cent) followedbyBuddhists (7.9 per cent), ble ways to make surethatthe Ashram re- interestinhim to reallyunderstand what the quest fortruth and working in one place. And if the place had dren per woman. Even in Bihar,wherethe Jains (6.27per cent), Hindus (5.80 per cent) mains relevant into thefuture. One of them he wastrying to do and invitedthem to teaches the observant visitor aGandhian atmosphere(suchasthe TFR is 3, thereisarelative decline in fertility and Muslims (5.70per cent). seems obvious, but we feel would create come to the Ashram and makeadetailed about the value of Ashram could provide, but simpleaca- from 3.4 in NFHS-4 (2015-16).InNFHS-4 it- Fertility ratesare reflectiveofthe moreloss than gain.Ifthe press reports of study of his teachings. demiclibraries and archives,nomatter self, as manyas23statesand Union progress in respectivestatesonschooling, the proposal to redevelop the precinct are Instead of atourist hub whereGandhi nonviolence and simplicity howgoodtheyare,cannot) it would be a Territories,including all the states in the income levels, decline in neonatal and in- accurate, the Ashram could become amass could become ameretouristattraction, in aperiod of threatening wonderfullyunique atmosphereand, south region, showedfertilitybelowthe re- fant mortality ratesand increase in the con- touristhub, with alarge car park, food court, hereisachance forIndia to ensurethat the environmental collapse and through the Sabarmati Harijan Ashram, placement level. In Uttar Pradesh, too, there traceptive prevalencerate. States withrel- shops, aVIP lounge, thatcould reclaim the Ashram wherethe Mahatma walked and verypresent economic India could servethe entireworld as abea- is adeclining trendinTFR from 3.8 in NFHS- ativelyhigher TFR like Bihar and Uttar “visualwholesomeness, tranquillity and worked,and whereone can still feel his con forthe seeker of truth and nonviolence. 3(2005-06) to 2.7inNFHS-4 (2015-16). Pradesh needtoworkonthese fronts. uncluttered environment of 1949,” while spiritinthe gardens, homes, and prayer inequality. Forthese In West Bengal,the figures forwomen Hence, anytalkofpopulationlawsinIndia becoming a“world-class” touristdestina- ground, remains aliving, breathing means reasons, the lessons Weber is author of On the Salt March:The with 10 or moreyears of schooling (32.9per at this juncturewould at best be likeput- tion. This wouldgeneratemoneyfor the forthe worldtounderstand Gandhiand taught by Gandhi, and HistoriographyofGandhi’s March to cent) and women marrying before age18 ting the cartbeforethe horse. stateand, perhaps, makethe Mahatma his message. embodied in the Ashram, are Dandi, DiSalvoofTheMan Before the years (41.6per cent) arealmostsimilar to known to afar greater number of people. Of course, as scholars of Gandhi, we Mahatma: M.K.Gandhi AttorneyatLaw, Bihar and worse thanUttar Pradesh. But it Shahid teaches at Maulana Azad National One mustask,however, whether there mayhaveanarrowperspective.Inaddition just as important now and Dalton of Mahatma Gandhi: seems that West Bengal reachedaTFR of University;Jha is aMember of is notahigher purpose in preserving the to attracting true seekers,could the Ashram as ever before. Nonviolent PowerinAction 1.6onaccount of sharplydeclining neona- Parliament

What India must remember LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR CHEQUERED CAREER THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Mandal IDEAS PratapBhanuMehtaiswrongto frameitasachoicebetweenfreedomandPartition in Kamandal’ (IE, August24). The adu- lation accordedtoand the honours be- ONLINE stowedonhis funeral forKakyanSingh VijayChauthaiwale by theBJP areoverdone. As againsthis ONLYINTHE EXPRESS acquiescence as chief ministerofUPto IMAGINE ASITUATION: In ajoint family, a He continues “mission whitewash” forget nurturing anewly-born infant. This making concertedefforts to overcomethis the demolitionofthe Babri Masjid, his ● LET’SNOTBUILD babyisborn and on the same day, the eld- with his skilledvocabularyand selective, is convoluted logic. defeatistmindset. Today’s India is notshy subsequent role diminishedhis image. MOREWALLS: estand mostrespected person in the fam- convenient historical references. He also Post-Independencehistory showsthat of accepting pasterrors and that toowith- He could notcheckthe growth of crime FAUZIAKHAN ilyisbrutallymurdered. Whileeveryone has selective amnesia when he doesn’t liberals likeMehtarepeatedly triedtouse out playing ablamegame. Horrificscenar- during his chief ministershipand had will still celebratethe arrivalofthe new- mention “Direct Action” by MAJinnah on this trick. On the onehand, theyignored ios created by the same defeatists at other to be replaced. His public spatwith Atal ● TIME TO CHOOSE born,will do everything to nurturehim/her August16, 1946, whichresultedinthe the massive human tragedyduring instances suchasthe elimination of Article Bihari Vajpayeeand his choice of epi- FORTIFIED RICE : in the best possible way, will anyone argue genocide of Hindus, culminating in the Partition, opposedany reasonable inquiry 370orbuilding the Ramtemple in Ayodhya thets forthe latter betrayed his bitter- VEDEIKA SHEKHAR that in this celebration, everyone should greatestmigration of population in mod- intothe reasons foritand errors commit- were proven wrong, reflecting the newand ness and disrespect. It wasanirony of simplyforgetthe murder —not even ern history,that can be comparedonlywith tedduring that period. On the other hand, positive mood in today’s India.While do- political compulsion that Vajpayeecon- www.indianexpress.com mourn, forget about wiping the tears, of the ISIS-inducedmigration afew years thesame cartelplayedvote-bank politics ingso, Indiahas also embarked on along cededtohis re-entryinthe party, but close ones in the family? back. Unfortunately, therewas no live TV by creating afear psychosis in the minds of journeyofprogress —Atmanirbhar Bharat, he wasoustedagain. This is preciselywhat Pratap Bhanu coverage in 1946, but images and first- minorities, especiallyMuslims. By oppos- social justice, lending ahelping hand to YGChouksey, Pune Mehtaistrying to argueinhis column, ‘At hand accountsofthose affected by the vi- ing the elimination of repressive customs those who needitmost, systemic reforms HARDLYCREDIBLE 75, will Indiaembrace the logic of freedom olenceand migrationare vividenoughto liketriple talaq, theyfurther hindered so- in everysector —resulting in it becoming WISHFUL THINKING THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘The lost or Partition?’ (IE, August15).Hedoesn’t understand the gravity of the situation. cial transformation among Muslims. aresilient and self-confident nation. decade’(IE, August24). Likeany loyal- want us to shed atear forthe deceased. The However, Mehta convenientlyignored this. Therefore, Mehta’s argument that are- Indian values teachustobegrateful to THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘In post- ist, the writer’s glorification of his primaryfallacy of his argument is the The coreofhis argument is that India membrance of the horrors of Partition is everyanimateand inanimateobject that pandemic classroom’ (IE, August24). party’s achievementshas contradic- choice between freedomand Partition, has chosen apath of freedom, democracy somehowagainstbuilding amodern, just has contributed to our personal and social The author’s idea, invokingthe experi- tions and chinks. The BJP-ledNDA gov- whichessentially means denying history. and progress, forgetting Partition.Hewould India, is notonlybaseless but also askilful lives. Once ayear,weoffer fewdrops of wa- ment of Santiniketan, is laudable. It is ernment’s credibility is so lowthat it The operative word in the subtitle “or” likeIndia to forget the deathsofmillions of “whitewash project”. He doesn’t want to tertoall ourancestors, worship rivers and also wishful thinking. She argues that has utterly failedtoget foreign invest- means, somehow, we Indians were given innocent Hindus and Sikhs, the uprooting face an inconvenient truth and would like trees, salutethe martyrs of our countryon the contextofpandemic is usedasthe ment despiteits high ranking in the achoicebetween freedomand one side of morethan 15 million people, caravans of to shrug it offunder the guise of progress Republic Day. The declarationofAugust14 starting pointfor inquiry-basedlearn- WorldBank’s Ease of Doing business optedfor Partition while the other opted walking migrantsthatstretched hundreds and development. As if, onceweforget as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” ing with avision of transforming the list. No wonder,the government has to forfreedom. On the contrary, history states of miles, trains arrivinginDelhi filledwith Partition, India would instantlyovercome follows the same tradition. education of children. But youcannot monetise itsassets.True,the govern- that freedom and Partition were offeredto dead bodies, nottomention the rape and all her socio-economic issues. But history Today’s Indiaisconfident enough to createmainstreaminstitutions any- ment has openedbank accountsunder India as a“packagedeal”. Therewould not molestation of thousands of women. givesuspreciselyoppositelessons. recognise pasterrors, notwhitewash them. more that thrive on loftyidealswhich the PM Jan Dhan Yojanawith great fan- have been freedom without accepting But Mehtadoesn’t stop here.Hecon- Repeated attemptstowipe out these mem- It is willing to remember thevictims, pay areexploratory, stimulating and, inter fare but mostofthem have zerobal- Partition. Partition wasthe pre-condition cludes that rememberingthe tragedyof ories by liberals have resulted in vote-bank tributetothem and move on to build a alia, in harmonywith nature. On the ance. Itsother welfareschemes like forIndia’sfreedom,the condition which Partition is somehowantagonistic to the politics, corruption, dynastic loyalties, ade- modern, progressive andresurgent India. contrary, one can build on fear of the Ujjwal Yojana and Swachh Bharat are India’s topleadership in that critical period development of amodern, progressive,all- nial of inconvenient chapters of our history, These twoare notcontradictoryasMehta pandemic by orienting the effortsto good onlyfor garnering publicity as acceptedfor one reason or another. encompassing India. Going backtothe hy- and converting India intoasoftstate,de- would likeustobelieve. contribute to the interestofthe market. theyare notfunctioning well. Therefore, Mehtastartshis argument on pothetical pointatthe beginningofthis ar- void of self-confidence and anation with GJavaid Rasool, Lucknow Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur the wrong foot from the very firstsentence ticle, he would liketosay that if we mourn aconfusedidentity. The writer is in charge, Foreign Affairs and continues to do so till theend. the tragic murder in the family, we would In the lastfew years, India has been Department, BJP.Views arepersonal WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Haryanaclears Bill TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE GovtsellingIndia’scrown 541 NEWCASES:37,135 to speed up land DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:3,18,192 PANDEMIC BEGAN TOTALVACCINATION:58,89,97,805 jewelstoselectfew:Rahul acquisition, Cong DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR 628 4,35,738 1.20% 1.36% TMC, CPM slam national monetisation schemeas‘dangerous’move calls it ‘blacklaw’ Chidambaramsaid,“Thisexercise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE has been designedwithout any NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 ex-antecriteria.The government EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BIGCHANGES shouldhave speltoutwhatitscri- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 ADAY afterthe Centreunveiled teriawere andwhatitsgoalswere. TESTS TODAY: 17,52,701 | TOTAL TESTS: 51,11,44,493 plans to monetise Rs 6lakhcrore Youdon’tembarkuponsuchabig THE HARYANA Assembly ■ ‘Approval of | WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 1.78% OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.36% worthofstate assets across sec- exercise without firstsetting out TuesdaypassedaBillto fast-track Parliament’ substituted tors ranging from powertoroad the criteriaand whatyour goals land acquisition, even as opposi- with directions of STATES REPORTING MOST CASES and railways overthe next four are. Youdon’t embark upon such tionCongress demandeditbeei- Assembly STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL years, opposition parties on anexercisewithoutconsultations therwithdrawnorreferredtothe CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION Tuesday slammedthe move. withstakeholders.” House's select committeealleg- ■ Social impact While Congress leader Rahul Have the railway unions and ingthatmanyofitsprovisionsare assessment done away Kerala 24,296 1,59,79116.65% 2,62,71,816 ■ Gandhi accusedthe government Rahul Gandhi,flankedbyRandeep Surjewala (left) and P employees been consulted,he "anti-farmer". with in infraprojects ■ Maharashtra4,355 49,772 2.34% 5,39,05,696 of “selling” and“gifting”India’s Chidambaram, addresses the media on Tuesday. Anil Sharma asked.“Have port workers been AsBJP-JJPgovernmentmoved ■ Tamil Nadu 1,585 18,603 1.06%2,90,41,738 “crownjewels”, created using consulted;havefarmers been aheadwith the Bill,Congress leg- ■ 50% of compensation public moneyoverthe last70 consulted,”Chidambaramasked. islators ledbyLeader of can be paid as ■ Karnataka 1,259 19,810 0.83% 3,75,37,212 years,to a“selectfew”,theCPI(M) plunderofpeople’s wealth”. “clearly hasmishandledtheecon- “This is all hatched in secrecy in Opposition Bhupinder Singh rehabilitation and ■ AndhraPradesh 1,24813,677 2.07% 2,66,17,972 and Trinamool Congress also Addressing the media along omy” and does notknowwhat to thiswonderfulorganisationcalled Hoodastagedawalkout from the resettlement costs slammedthe move. with former Finance ministerP do now. “As alastresort,theyare Niti Aayog.” House. STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS The TMC said the move is a Chidambaram, Rahul said all as- selling everything.... To me, this is Rahul said the Congress is not Congress legislators also ■ Collector may "dangerous bid" by a"bankrupt" sets willgoto“onlythree or four ahugetragedy;itissomething againstprivatisationbut believes termedita“blacklaw”hinting it determine fair STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR NarendraModi government to people”, as theseare the “sectors everypatriotic person and every thereshould be astrategy forpri- mayfurtherfuelthefarmeragita- compensation without raisemoney by graduallyhanding thosethree or four people arein- nationalistic person should op- vatisation. He said the UPAgov- tion going on forthe pastnine inquiries ■ Maharashtra267 1,39,843 2.61% 2.20% over sectors likerailways,roads, terested in”. He said, “Thisentire pose,” he said. ernment’sstrategywasnot to sell months. ■ Kerala 17319,836 0.64% 0.55% airportsandminingto corporates privatisationisdesignedtocreate Rahul said BJP claims nothing strategic assets andcompanies TheBJP-JJP stategovernment andcalleditananti-peoplemove. monopolies. The whole idea be- happenedinIndiafor70years,but where thereisarisk of monopo- had proposed‘The Right to Fair On aquestion regarding the ■ Odisha 67 7,5465.16% 0.76% The CPI(M) said the National hind this is to create monopolies nowassets created in all these liesbeingcreated.HesaidtheUPA CompensationandTransparency landacquisitionbill,CMManohar ■ Karnataka 29 37,184 1.31%1.27% MonetisationPipeline,releasedby forthree or four people.... The years arebeing sold. “Everybody privatisedcompaniesthat were inLandAcquisition,Rehabilitation LalKhattarsaidithasbeenpassed ■ Tamil Nadu 27 34,761 1.33%1.35% Finance MinisterNirmala PrimeMinisterinsists onbuilding knowswho this is going to.There chronically loss-making,with and Resettlement (Haryana to ensuresmoothcommence- Sitharaman,“detailsthelootofna- twoorthreemonopoliesthatown is no confusion,”headded. minimal market share. Amendment)Bill,2021'to amend mentandcompletionof linearde- Note:DataasonAug24;vaccinationnumbersasofAug23.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. tional assets andinfrastructure”. everything in this country.” Callingita“grandbargainsale, FULLREPORTON the Right to Fair Compensation velopment, essentialand emer- The party calledit“an outright Rahul said the government and agrand closing-down sale”, www.indianexpress.com and Transparency in Land gency projects. Acquisition,Rehabilitation and But former Chief Minister Resettlement Act, 2013. Bhupinder Singh Hooda termed India’s first mRNA Covid The Bill states that "toensure themove aimedat“cronycapital- Whataboutexpressway,airports under Cong:Irani that the existing infrastructural ism”.Healsoobjectedonthepow- vaccine gets approval for projectsarecompletedanddonot ers giventothe Collector forland wasannouncedfor New Delhi Irani saidthe FinanceMinister sufferandto protectthepublicin- acquisitionproceedingsintheBill. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE railway station when the had clarifiedthat the government terest,the stategovernment in- Congress MLAKiran phase II and III trials NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Congress wasinpower at the wouldretain itsownershipand tends to amendSection 2and in- Choudhryalso thatthe more Centre. Is Rahul Gandhi accusing in the process of monetisation, sertSection 10-A in the Right to powersto Collectormayadversely ANURADHA The study will be HITTINGBACKatRahul Gandhi's that the government forwhich the government would also an- Fair Compensationand affect the rightsoffemale mem- MASCARENHAS conducted across criticismofthe National the chief washis mother had nounce nodal officers forevery TransparencyinLandAcquisition, bersof thefamiliesconcernedand PUNE,AUGUST24 Monetisation Pipeline plan, the done the misadventureofselling statefor this process. “Would Rehabilitation and Resettlement the tenants. approximately10-15 BJP said it shows the opposition offthe country?” Rahul Gandhi call the monetisa- Act, 2013,toexemptcertain de- Deputy Chief Minister INDIA'S FIRSTmRNAvaccine sites in Phase II and party's “political hypocrisy”, as ‘Politicalhypocrisy exposed’ Irani said theairport privati- tion process by his party govern- velopmental projects, including Dushyant Chautala, who had againstcoronavirus –developed Congress-ledgovernmentshad sation process wasinitiated by mentsasselling off,” Irani asked. rural infrastructure, affordable movedthe Bill in the Assembly, by Pune-basedGennova 22-27sites in Phase III monetisedMumbai-Pune ex- the Congress-ledUPA in 2006. “Thereisasaying in English, 'this housing, industrial corridors and stronglydefendeditandsaidthat Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (partof pressway and airports,among monetisedfor Rs 8,000 crore. Is “The political hypocrisy is ex- man's politics begins with health and education and metro Haryana is notthe firststate to Emcuregroup of companies) -- others, earlier. Rahul Gandhi alleging that the posedinhis allegations over this hypocrisy,sustainedthrough ar- rail projects from thepurview of bringinamendmentsas16states has been found to be safeand it Phase III. Gennovaplans to use Unionministerand senior BJP Maharashtragovernment had government'stransparentefforts rogance, and ends with con- theprincipalAct pertaining to had alreadyamendedthe 2013 has been giventhe go-ahead from the Department of leader Smriti Irani said: “The sold offthe expressway? In 2008, to fillthe coffers andshieldit from tempt'. This wasseen in Rahul conducting social impact assess- Act. FULLREPORTON the Drugs Controller General of Biotechnology-Indian Council of Mumbai-Pune expresswaywas an an RFP [requestfor proposal] theftbythe Congress,” she said. Gandhi's press conference.” ment study". www.indianexpress.com India(DCGI) to move intoPhase Medical Research clinical trial II and III of clinical trials. networksites forthis study.“We The firm had submitted the hope to enrol 4,400partici- Nadda, 5Punjab Congress PAGD resolution BJP slams SP, interim clinical dataofits Phase I pants,” said Dr Singh. BhanwariDevi case: trialto the CentralDrugsStandard “Weare aiming to roll out the demands Cong for absence Control Organisation (CDSCO), vaccine as early as possible -- ministers hit back at Sidhu the Government of India's even by the year end -- and ini- restorationof Ex-minister Maderna at Kalyanfuneral National RegulatoryAuthority. tiallyitwill be foradultsbefore aides over J&K, Pak remarks J&K statehood “Wehad enrolled82partici- we work on one forchildren,”said pantsacross three trial sites (two Dr Singh. Gennova is investing in gets bail, 16 of 17 out MAULSHREESETH in Pune and one in Kolhapur)in scaling up itsmanufacturing ca- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NAVEEDIQBAL LUCKNOW,AUGUST24 thePhase 1trial (of the vaccine, pacityto caterto the nation's vac- NEWDELHI,CHANDIGARH, SRINAGAR,AUGUST24 HGCO190), whichhas been com- cine requirement, he added. AUGUST24 HAMZAKHAN THE BJP on Tuesdayhit out at the pleted. Safetydatawas good Gennova’s mRNA-based PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE forGupkar JAIPUR,AUGUST24 leaders of the Samajwadi Party enough andapproval has been Covid-19vaccine development THE BJP on Tuesdaysaid “repre- JPNadda Declaration(PAGD) on Tuesday and the Congress fornot paying givenfor phaseII andIIItrialsthat programme waspartlyfundedby hensible” remarksbyPunjab held itsfirst convention with THE RAJASTHAN High Courton theirlastrespectstoformer Uttar arenow expected to begin the DBT under the Ind CEPI Congress chiefNavjotSingh functionaries and workers of its Tuesday granted bail to former Pradesh Chief MinisterKalyan in the next twoweeks,” Dr Sanjay Mission, backinJune 2020. The Sidhu's twoadvisers— sible statements thathavegrave constituent parties, which Congress ministerMahipal Singh at his residence in Lucknow. Singh, CEO of Gennova DBTfurther supportedthe pro- Malwinder Mali and PyareLal implications on national security. passedaresolution seeking Maderna, akey accusedinthe Singh,whom the BJP portrayedas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, told The gramme under the Mission Covid Garg—havegrave implications Iwouldurgethe topmost na- restoration of Jammu and Bhanwari Devi murder case, anicon of Hindutvaand theOBCs, IndianExpress. Suraksha -- the Indian Covid-19 on national securityand asked tional leadership of the Congress Kashmir’s constitutional posi- alongwith six others. wascremated in Bulandshahr The vaccine Subject Expert Vaccine Development Mission, the Congress leadership to make to stateclearly whether theysup- tion as on August4,2019. Although Maderna is already Mahipal Maderna district’s Narora town on Monday. Committeereviewedtheinterim implemented by Biotechnology itspositionclear. portthe remarks... Silence on the “Articles 370, 35-A and full out on an interimbail on med- “By failing to appear to bid Phase Idataand found that IndustryResearch Assistance In Punjab, five Cabinetminis- matter willbeseen as implicit statehood has been our consti- ical grounds, this is his firstreg- the final farewell to former Uttar HGCO19was safe, tolerable, and Council (BIRAC). ters urgedthe Congress high support...” tutional position and the ularbail since his incarceration ular bail plea forMaderna, cur- Pradesh Chief MinisterKalyan immunogenic in theparticipants In astatement, Dr Renu command to ensurestrongaction While Mali had claimed that constitution of J&K, which in December2011. rentlyundergoing treatment for Singh, AkhileshYadavjiyou have of the study. Swarup, secretary, DBT and as per lawagainstMali and Garg “Kashmir is acountryof wasabolishedunconstitution- Senior advocateJagmal Singh cancer,and it wasgranted. lostthe moral right to talk about Gennova submitted thepro- chairperson, BIRAC, said, “It is a fortheir “patentlyanti-national” Kashmiripeople”, Garghad ally, be restored.This is our Choudhary, who has been repre- With the latestset of bails, as the backwardclasses. Youtalk- posedPhase II and Phase III study matter of great pride that the na- and “pro-Pakistan” remarks. takenaswipeatPunjabCM basic charterand demand,” senting Maderna, said that the manyas16ofthe 17 accusedin ing about Backwards is nothing titled‘Aprospective,multicentre, tion’s firstmRNA-basedvaccine Punjabministers Brahm Amarinder Singh forcriticising spokesperson forPAGDand bail wasgranted on various the high profile case arenow out but hypocrisy,” said Deputy CM randomised, active-controlled, wasfound to be safeand the Mohindra, VijayInder Singla, Pakistan, saying that is notin senior CPI(M) leader grounds. “First, the charges on bail,exceptIndiraBishnoi. KeshavPrasad Maurya. observer-blind, Phase II study Drugs Controller GeneralofIndia Bharat BhushanAshu, Balbir Punjab's interest. MohammadYousuf Tarigami againsthim under IPC sections What has tiltedthe bail pleasin Targeting Akhilesh Yadavand seamlesslyfollowedbyaPhase III has approved Phase II and III tri- Singh Sidhu and Sadhu Singh BJPspokespersonSambit said afterthe meeting. 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal favour of the accusedisa the Congress, BJP leader Sakshi study to evaluatethe safety, tol- als.Weare confidentthatthis Dharamsot, along withMLA Raj Patraalleged that such remarks In the run-uptothe meeting, conspiracy)are very weak and Supreme Courtorder granting Maharaj claimedthat theyfailed erability,and immunogenicity of will be an important vaccine for Kumar Verka, in astatement said, could nothavebeen made by the administrationhad sought thereisnodirect evidence for bail to one of the accused. to offercondolences to appease the candidateHGCO19inhealthy both India and the world. This is “Remarks by both newly-ap- Congress leaders without ap- to dissuade the PAGD from hold- 302. Second, he has been in cus- Bhanwari Devi, an auxiliary a“particular section” because of subjects’, whichwas approvedby an important milestone in our pointedadvisers...are clearly proval of party president Sonia ing the event, citing Covid meas- tody since long and the SC has nurse midwife, allegedly pos- the BabriMasjid demolition is- the office of the DCG(I), CDSCO. indigenous vaccine develop- againstIndia’sinterests and Gandhi and senior leader Rahul ures. granted bail to aco-accused on sessedavideo of herself with sue. This act of the SP and The study will be conducted ment mission and positions detrimental to national security”. Gandhi. In alettertothe PAGD the grounds of longcustody and Maderna, who waseventually Congress leaders wasa“disre- across approximately10-15sites India on the global map fornovel In aseries of tweets,BJP pres- Earlier,Amarinderhad spokesperson, the Executive his grounds aresimilar.Third, it sackedasaminister. Shewent spect” to OBCsand Dalitsasatall in Phase II and 22-27sites in vaccine development.” ident JPNadda stated:“Recent termed the comments“atro- Magistratestatedthat as of wasalso his sickness,” Singh said. missing in September 2011. leader suchasKalyanSingh is commentsbyPunjab Congress cious”, “ill-conceived” and poten- August22, the UT’s executive Singh said that this wasthe FULLREPORTON “born once in centuries”, leaders...are reprehensible. They tiallydangerous to peace and sta- committee, “has put restrictions firsttime theyhad movedareg- www.indianexpress.com Maharaj said. Kerala TPR rises to 18%, arerepeatedly making irrespon- bility of thestate and the country. on public gatherings”. TN BJP gen secy quits over govt to ramp up tests SIKANDAR BAKHT’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY BJPcallsfor ‘maximum organisation’ claims of sexual misconduct four districts. In these districts, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE morethan70per centofthe tar- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, getedpeople,agedabove 18 year, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AUGUST24 have receivedonedoseofvaccine. of minoritieswithin party in Gujarat CHENNAI,AUGUST24 Extensivetesting would be KERALAGOVERNMENT Tuesday heldin10districtswhere vaccina- ers”,DeSouza, aRoman Catholic Bakht’s interfaith marriage TAMILNADUBJPgeneralsecretary KT decidedtorampuptestingindis- tionisbelow70per cent. PARIMALDABHI from Goa, calledupon minority wastalked about. In April this KTRaghavan, who wasalso a Raghavan trictswherevaccination is rela- HealthMinisterVeenaGeorge GANDHINAGAR,AUGUST24 morchaworkers to getasmany year,itwas cited as an example prominentRSSfaceinthestate,re- tively low, amid aconstant risein said Kerala aims to ensurefirst people withinthe party as possi- of “social harmonyprevailing in signedonTuesdayafteraYoutube test positivity rate in the state. dosefor allabove theage of 18 by CELEBRATINGTHE birth an- ble. He said, “I can saythat Indian society” by senior Gujarat video accusedhim of sexual mis- ing anybenefits.Hesaid the While the test positivity rate the end of September.Ason niversaryofformer governor of Gujarat is BJP’s, (Prime Minister Congress leader and Leader of conduct. The video, releasedbya videowas to malign him and the (TPR)atthenationallevelisbelow Monday, 67 per centofthe tar- Kerala and former Union minis- Narendra) Modiji’s home Opposition in Gujarat Assembly, BJP member,purportedly shows BJP.“Idenythe allegations,” he 3percentforthelasttwo months, getedpopulationhadreceivedthe ter, Sikandar Bakht, on Tuesday, ground.And here, thereshould Paresh Dhanani, while opposing Raghavaninasleazyvideo call said, adding thathewill face the ithasbeenclimbingupinKerala– firstdose of vaccine in Kerala. the Gujarat BJP calledfor “max- be maximum organisation of aBillbrought in by theGujarat with awoman partymember. allegations legally. it touched18.04per cent on TheministersaidasOnamfes- imum organisation of minori- At the BJP event to observe minorities (within BJP).” government to check“love ji- Madhan Ravichandran, who Annamalai said an internal Tuesdayagainst10per cent a tivalwasmarkedbyrelaxationsin ties” within the party in the state. the birth anniversaryof Born on August24, 1918, had” in the Assembly. releasedthe video on Tuesday probehas been ordered to ver- month ago. The stateonTuesday lockdown norms forshopping, Responding to aquestion on Sikandar Bakht in Sikandar Bakht wasafreedom The move comes in the wake morning, claimedthattherewere ify the authenticity of the video. reported24,296newcasestaking thereiseverypossibilityforanin- the firstsuchcelebration, na- GandhinagarTuesday. Express fighter who waswith the of theAsauddinOwaisi-ledAIMIM at least15other similar videos of About Ravichandran’s claim that the active caseload to 1.59 lakh. crease in cases. “Hospitalsshould tional general secretaryofthe Congress and eventuallybecame winningseatsinthe local body BJP leaders. Ravichandran also the video wasreleasedwith At areviewmeeting, Chief be ready... Home isolation of pa- BJP’s minority morcha, Joshua afounding member of the BJP in pollsinModasa, Godhraand claimedthat the video wasre- Annamalai’s consent, the state MinisterPinarayiVijayandirected tientsshould be effectively en- PeterDeSouza, said, “It is to want to show that there have 1980. Bakht also served as amin- Bharuchmunicipalitiesandseven leasedwith the consent of party’s BJP chief said, “I asked him to fur- thatasWayanad,Pathanamthitta, sured.Ifanyone who attendeda highlight that thereiscontribu- been minorities on boardwith isterinAtalBihariVajapayee’s seatsinthe Ahmedabad statepresident KAnnamalai. nish the video and told him that Thiruvananthapuramand public function wastestedposi- tion of the minorities since the the party ever since the begin- government andasKerala MunicipalCorporation.TheAAPis Raghavanimmediately an- action cannotbetaken before Ernakulam have better vaccina- tive,all others in the function beginning (of the party). It is not ning.” Governor before hisdeath on also settocontestthe upcoming nouncedhis resignation, claim- verifyingthe video and seeking tion coverage,onlysymptomatic should compulsorilyundergo that this (minority association DescribingBakhtas“oneof February23, 2004.Hewas also Assemblyelectionsafter itsper- ing that he worked forthe party explanationfromthe person fac- peoplewould be tested in these Covid-19 test,” saidthe minister. with BJP) is anew trend. We the party’s tallestminoritylead- giventhe Padma Vibhushan. formance in the localbody polls. forthree decades without seek- ing charges.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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dealer ‘discount SUNNYVERMA `6LAKHCROREMONETISATIONPLAN NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 INDICATIVEVALUEOFTHEMONETISATION SHAREOFSECTORSINTERMSOF control policy’? THEGOVERNMENThasusedfour PIPELINEYEAR-WISE (Rscr) INDICATIVE MONETISATIONVALUEINNMP keymethodstoarriveatindicative Other value of Rs 6lakh croreworth of Stadiums 4 pipelines*4% KARUNJITSINGH assets to be monetisedunder the 2% NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 NationalMonetisation Pipeline. 45 Gas ,3 Roads Ports2% 79,54

,422 pipelines 4% 67 This is basedonthe suitability of 1, 27% Finance MinisterNirmalaSitharaman, along with 62 1, Mining Urban

MARUTI SUZUKI India Ltd the valuation approachtothe na- 1, Finance SecretaryTVSomanathan (right)and Revenue real (MSIL) has been finedRs200 tureofthe assets and theaccom- 5% Railways estate 2% SecretaryTarunBajaj,ataCIIevent in Mumbai on Tuesday. via PIB crorebythe competition reg- panying revenue streams. For 0 19 Telecom 25% Aviation ulator,the Competition roads, powertransmissionand

88, 6% 3% Commission of India (CCI), for MarutiSuzuki plant in telecom towerassets,the govern- SecretaryTVSomanathansaidthe Warehousing Power apolicyunderwhichthecom- Manesar. File ment has usedthe market ap- Power ENSECONOMICBUREAU government is consideringinsti- 5% generation transmission panypenaliseditsdealerships proach, wherethe value is deter- MUMBAI,AUGUST24 tutinginsurancebondsasalterna- FY22 FY23 FY24FY25 7% 8% and itsemployees foroffering minedbasedoncomparable tivestobankguarantees.Ontheis- additional discounts. dealers. In an email to dealer- markettransactionsfortheidenti- *Otherpipelinesand other assets; source: NITI Aayog FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala sue of arbitration awards being ships,the commercial head of fied assetclasses. SitharamanonTuesdayurged typicallyappealed, he said that a According to theCCI, how MSIL-NCRsaidthefirmwould In case of proposedmonetisa- monetisation value of the trans- (operations&maintenance) of similar categoryofassetadjusted IndiaIncto comeforwardandtake behavioural changeisrequired. did Maruti Suzuki restrict “mercilesslyinitiatemultiple tionof 26,700kmofnationalhigh- mission assets has been consid- the brownfield asset. fortheageoftheassetandnumber risksand assured industrycap- RevenueSecretaryTarunBajaj dealers from offering penalaction,if required,tostop ways,for example, the indicative ered basedonafactor of Rs 1.58 This method has been de- of yearsof operation.Powergener- tains of addressing issues related said the Department of Revenue additional thismenace(addi- valueof Rs1.6lakhcrorearrivedat crorepercircuit(ckt)km,basedon ployedtovaluemostassetsinsec- ation assets have been valuedat to competitiveness,includinghigh wasworkingonthetax-relatedis- discountsto tionaldiscounting) is basedonaverage rate of Rs 6 referencevalueonPowerGrid’sre- tors including ports,airports, rail- book value. powertariffs,and cumbersome suesof startupsandsoughtindus- customers? at anycost.” croreper km. The per km esti- centlyclosedInvIT.Fortotalassets waystations,passenger trains, Enterprise-valueapproachhas regulatorycompliances. tryinputsonthe same. MSIL entered matedisbasedonrecentTOT(toll of 28,608 cktkm, the estimated freightterminals,railway colonies been considered forassets where She said the governmentis Sitharaman on Tuesdayalso intoagreements Whyisprice operatetransfer)transactionsand value comes to Rs 45,200crore. redevelopment, trackinfraunder information on existing revenue committed to working towards metsenior officers of the Income with dealers maintenance assetmix to be monetised. While Capexapproachhas been dedicated freight corridor,sports stream is available or can be rea- ensuringpolicycertainty.Addres- TaxDepartment and officers of acrossthe country consideredanti- averagerealisationby NHAIunder considered forassetclasses that stadium,warehousing,BharatNet sonablyprojected based on as- sing industrycaptains at aCII in- GSTand Customs and reviewed to setmaximum competitive? pastTOTconcessionssuccessfully maybemonetisedthrough PPP fibreasset, mining, and urban sumptions and/or available data teractionhere,Sitharaman,whois theperformanceonthetaxmobil- discounts, under a‘discount Discount control mecha- awardedhas been in the rangeof (public-private partnership)- housing redevelopment. onprevailingtariffforanasset/as- onatwo-dayvisitto Mumbai,said isation front. Also presentatthe control policy’, and enforced nisms can be considered anti- Rs9-14crore perkm,alowerrange basedmodels envisaging capital Book-valueapproachhasbeen setclass.Insuchcases,netpresent regulatorsalsohadakey roleinen- meetwereBajaj,CBDTChairmanJ adherence to it through competitiveiftheyrestrict in- at Rs 6crore per km has been as- expenditurebyprivate sector.The usedforassetclasseswhereinfor- valueof discountedcashflowshas suring the same and the govern- BMohapatra, and CBIC officials. steep penalties. ter-brand or intrabrand sumedtofactorincertain lower principle under the capexap- mationoncomparable market beenworkedoutto determinein- mentisworkingwiththemaswell Thegovernment’stotaltaxcollec- MSIL usedmystery shop- competition and could lead to trafficstretchesintheportfolioand proachisthat in the absence of transactions or estimated capex dicativemonetisationvalue. This on this important issue. tion in April-June grew about 86 ping agenciestovisit itsdeal- consumersnot gettingthebest impact of scale on monetisation. the assetmonetisation transac- investment is notavailable. The methodhas been used to value Expressing the government’s percentto overRs5.57lakh crore. ership to checkifadditional price. The CCI found that MSIL This approachhas also been tion, the Public AssetOwner book value of the assets hasbeen natural gasand product pipelines keenness to facilitatetrends and On Wednesday, Sitharaman discountswerebeingoffered.If hadthelargestmarketshare in used to assess indicative value of wouldhave to incurthe outlay to- estimatedconsideringtheaverage as well as fortrack,signalling, and sectors that arethe futureofthe willchairtheannualperformance adealershipwasfoundto have thepassengervehiclesegment powertransmission assets.The wardsaugmentation and O&M capexcostincurredtoconstructa overhead equipment. Indian economy,she acknowl- reviewofpublic sector banks offereddiscountshigher than and that Resale Price edgedthereare seminal changes (PSBs) with the heads of all these thoseauthorisedbyMSIL, the Management negatively im- happening in thefinancial sector, banks. She will also launchEASE company sought fines from pacted competition notonly whichthe government policy 4.0 (EnhancedAccess andService thedealership,manager,team among dealers but also with GROWINGINTEREST 10MOSTSOUGHT-AFTER should facilitate. “The economyis Excellence).EASEisacommonre- leader and direct sales execu- other brands. ‘India pips US as second most AMONGMANUFACTURERS: MANUFACTURING movinggraduallyfromabank-led formagendaforPSBsaimedatin- tive involved in the offerofan India,risingfromthirdinlastyear’s DESTINATIONS: lending model to amoremarket- stitutionalising cleanand smart additional discount. What is Maruti’s stance ? attractive manufacturing hub’ rankings,indicatesgrowing 1.China 6.Indonesia basedfinancemodel,” she said. banking. Itsfirstedition, EASE 1.0, In one case, asales execu- Marutihadarguedthatit’s interestshownbymanufacturers Once the proposedDevelop- waslaunchedinJanuary2018. tive wasfinedRs5,000andthe sole agreement with dealers India has overtaken theUStobecome thesecond-most inIndiaasapreferred 2.India 7.Lithuania mentFinancialInstitutionisoper- The meeting with MDs and dealershipRs50,000foroffer- did notimpose anydiscount sought-aftermanufacturing destination globally,with manufacturinghuboverother 3.US 8.Thailand ational, it will perform the func- CEOsof PSBsassumessignificance inganadditionaldiscountof Rs curbs and it acted only as an China still at number one, as per Cushman &Wakefield countries,includingtheUSand 4.Canada 9.Malaysia tion of long-term lending which giventheimportanceof thebank- 1,850onaccessories. MSIL adjudicatorfordiscountagree- thoseintheAPACregion 5.Czech Republic 10.Poland traditionallyhas been done by ing sector in generating demand emaileddealers aschedule of mentsamongdealers.TheCCI, banks. This would increase com- and boosting consumption. penalties forviolations of dis- however, rejected this stance, INDIA,USSWITCHPLACES: petitionforthebanksandalsoim- Recently, theFinanceMinisterhad count policy,whichescalated saying deals under competi- IndiaandtheUSswitchedplaces pharma,chemicalsand provetheir efficiency,she added. saidthegovernmentisreadyto do with everyoffence, from tion lawdonot necessarily (secondandthird)intheranking, engineeringsectors,which The Ministerspokeabout the everything required to revive and Rs 50,000 forafirstviolation, needtobeaformalagreement. whichcanbeattributedtothe continuetobeatthecentreofthe importanceof thegovernmentand support growth hit by Covid. Rs 1lakh forthe second and An MSIL spokesperson had plantrelocationsfromChinato US-Chinatradetensions industryworkingtogetherto“cre- The meeting is likelytotake Rs2lakhforthethirdandevery said, “Weare examiningthe otherpartsofAsiaduetoan Source:Cushman & ateIndia’sownequitycapital”and stockofthe banking sector and subsequent violation. order andwill takeappropri- alreadyestablishedbasein Wakefield/PTI identifyinghowthesunrisesectors progress on the restructuring 2.0 Keyevidence of Maruti’s ateactions under law.” and startups can contributeto scheme announcedbythe RBI. enforcementof thispolicywas Full reporton Survey details: Thereal estate consultant conducted 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index, which assessed the most India’sfutureandhowthegovern- Banksare likelytobenudged to foundinemailsby Marutito its www.indianexpress.com advantageous locations for global manufacturing among 47 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific (APAC) ment can facilitatethem. push loan growth in productive At the same event, Finance sectors, said abanking source. BRIEFLY Managements need to Portal for unorganised ‘GDP likely Metal, banking stocks ‘FDIplanforLIC’ to expand fuel Sensex to newhigh NewDelhi: Thegovernment ‘curtail expenditures’ on worker database to be isplanningallowingforeign around 18.5% Sensex direct investment (FDI) in themselves: Bhargava launched tomorrow ENSECONOMICBUREAU Intra-day, August 24 LifeInsurance Corporation MUMBAI,AUGUST24 56,125 55,958.98 of India (LIC), whichmay insocialsecurityschemes,officials in June qtr’ 56,000 helpoverseasinvestorspart- Co to enterEVmarket when affordable ENSECONOMICBUREAU said. The registrationofworkers AIDED BY favourable global cues, 55,647.11 55,875 icipate intheinsurer’sprop- NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 willbecoordinatedby theLabour NewDelhi:Thecountry’sgrossdo- the benchmark Sensexon osedmegaIPO,sourcessaid. ENSECONOMICBUREAU Ministry, stategovernments,trade mesticproduct(GDP)isexpected Tuesdaycrossed56,000 in intra- 55,750 Theplanisunderdiscussion NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 THE GOVERNMENT willlaunch unions and CSCs, officials said, to grow at around 18.5 per cent daytrading again and closedata 55,625 betweentheDepartmentof thee-SHRAMportal,adatabaseof addingthatawarenesscampaigns with an upwardbias in the first newhigh justbelow the level. 55,500 Financial Services and DI- COMPANYMANAGEMENTSneed unorganisedsector’s workers, on wouldbeplannedtoenableregis- quarterofthe current financial Despite concerns over highvalu- PAM. 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AGM, he termedas“agood devel- Headdedthecountry’slargest labourers, migrant workforce, ganisedsectorcanbegintheirreg- growth forQ1FY22would be andrealtystocks.Afterthegap-up InAugust,tillnow, themidcapin- opmentforthewholeof industry” carmaker is looking at the electric street vendors, and domestic istrationfromthesameday, Yadav around 18.5 per cent (with up- opening,theindicestradedrange- dexisdown8per cent and the recentshareholderactionsthatdid vehiclespacebutwillenteritonly workers,amongothers.thework- said. Aworkercan registerusing ward bias),” the reportsaid. bound in the firsthalfofthe day. smallcapindexby10per cent. 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ENS pendedvisa-on-arrivalfacil- ity forpassengers who are arriving from or have been Govt issues in India in the past14days, South Korea likely to Some relief in coming accordingto EtihadAirways. curb Google, Apple caution over mths: Puri on fuel rise Infosysm-cap antecedents NewDelhi: InfosysLtd on commission dominance Crude production Tuesdaybecame the fourth ENSECONOMICBUREAU Indiancompanytohitama- of Nidhi cos NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 falls3.2% in July rket valuationof $100billion. REUTERS ‘ANTI-GOOGLELAW’ SEOUL,AUGUST24 NewDelhi: The government on THE GOVERNMENT is very sensi- NewDelhi: India’scrudeoil pro- ■TheKorean Tuesday againurged investorsto tive to theissueof riseinfuelprices, duction continuedits declining NewIKEAstore SOUTH KOREAislikelytobar parliament’slegislation checkthe antecedents of Nidhi UnionMinisterforPetroleumand trend, falling by over 3per cent in NewDelhi: IKEA said it is go- Google and Apple from requir- andjudiciarypanelmay companiesbefore puttingintheir Natural Gas Hardeep SinghPuri Julyasstate-owned ONGC pro- ing to open itsfirst-evercity ing softwaredevelopers to use approvethe money, as at least348 entities said on Tuesday, asserting that ducedless than the target. storeinIndiaatKamalaMills their payment systems, effec- amendmentof the have failedtomeetthe criteriato people will getsome relief in the Thecountry’scrudeoilproduc- in Worli, Mumbai. tively stopping them from charg- Telecommunications be declaredasNidhi companies. coming months. International tiondeclinedby3.2percentinJuly ing commissions on in-app pur- BusinessAct,dubbed Nidhi companies arenon- prices areslowlycoming down to 2.5 million tonnes when com- chases, the firstsuchcurbs on the the“Anti-Googlelaw.” banking finance entities that are andstablising,theministeradded, pared withthe previous year,as Optiemustie-up tech giants by amajor economy. intolending and borrowingwith addressing apress conference . pertheMinistryofPetroleumand NewDelhi: Optiemus Elec- The parliament’s legislation their members.The Ministryof “The Central government is Natural Gas dataonTuesday. tronics has announceda and judiciarycommitteemay put to afinal voteon CorporateAffairs (MCA), in are- very sensitive to this issue...I see Meanwhile, oil prices rose 3er partnershipwithApplecon- approvethe amendment of the Wednesday. Lawmakers in lease,said 348companies failed thatinthe coming months relief cent on Tuesday, extending sharp tract manufacturerWistron TelecommunicationsBusiness South Koreahavepushedthe is- to meetrequisite criteriafor dec- willcome,”hesaid.Puri,however, gainsonabullishdemandoutlook to boostproduction.AGuru- Act, dubbed the “Anti-Google sueofthe commission structure larationasNidhi companies un- defendedthe government on the as US regulators issuedtheir first raj, the company’s MD, said law,”that takesaim at app store since mid lastyear. der the Companies Act, 2013,and consistent riseoffuel prices, say- full approval foraCovid vaccine OptiemuswillinvestRs1,350 operators withdominant mar- AlphabetInc’s Google and NidhiRules 2014.This is the sec- ing the Centreimposes an excise and Mexico sufferedaproduction croreover3-5 years. PTI ketpositions. 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TOPOFTHE RACE TO COMPLETEEVACUATION FROM AFGHANISTAN WORLD BidenstickswithAug31deadlinefor pullout,CIAchiefmeetsTalibanleader Taliban blockAfghans’ access to Kabul airport, urgesUStonot ‘encouragepeople to fleetheir nation’ Hissene Habre

AGENCIES China says OrthodoxJews and otherspray at the Temple Mount in SENEGAL WASHINGTON,AUGUST24 Jerusalem on Monday. NYT FormerChad sanctions PRESIDENT JOE Biden has de- dictatordies cidednot to extend his August31 deadline forcompleting the US- against In shift, Israeli govt ofCovid-19 ledevacuation of Americans and Dakar: Chad’s former dic- Afghan allies from Afghanistan, Taliban not tatorHissene Habre, an official said Tuesday. allows Jewish prayer whose governmentwas Biden made the decisionaf- accusedofkilling tens of terconsultation with his na- productive thousandsand became tional security team. Weighing on Temple Mount the firstformer head of the risksofkeeping forces on the statetobeconvicted of ground beyond thedeadline,he KJMVARMA been afrequent flashpoint be- crimesagainsthumanity optedtocomplete the mission BEIJING,AUGUST24 PATRICKKINGSLEY& tween Israelis and Palestinians. by an African courtafter by next Tuesday, whichwas the ADAMRASGON The policy begantochange spending decades in lux- deadline he setwell before the AHEAD OF the G7 meeton JERUSALEM,AUGUST24 during thetenureofBenjamin urious exile, has diedin Taliban completedits takeover Tuesdayonthe Afghan crisis and Netanyahu. Senegal. He was79. His of AfghanistanonAugust15. possible economic sanctions THE ISRAELIgovernment has The numbershavequietlyin- death TuesdayataDakar Biden asked hisnational se- againstthe Taliban, Chinaex- long forbidden Jews to pray on creased, but to avoidabacklash, hospital wasconfirmedby curity team to create contin- AUSsoldier plays with Afghan children evacuated to the Ramstein US Air BaseinGermany. AP pressedreservations over im- the Temple Mount,asitesacred the policy wasnot widelypubli- JeanBertrand Bocande, di- gency plans in case asituation posing penalties, saying the US to Jews and Muslims. cized. That changed lastmonth, rector of the penitentiary arose forwhichthe deadline and itsallies should learn lessons Since Israel captured theOld afterNetanyahu wasreplacedby administration. The for- neededtobeextendedslightly, Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, Biden's decision to dispatch from the pastand act prudently. City of Jerusalem from Jordan in Naftali Bennett. Suddenly, Israeli mer dictator had been the official said. ED USfearsa said the US militarywill need“at his topspy,aveteran of the for- Chinese Foreign Ministry 1967,ithas maintainedafragile news outletspublishedimages sentencedtolifeimpris- The Taliban said on Tuesday resurgent leastseveral days”tofullywith- eign service, comes amid afrantic spokesman Wang Wenbin told religious balanceatthe Temple and footageofdozens of Jews onment in 2016 but ulti- that theywould blockAfghans PLAIN E Al-Qaeda draw itsseveral thousand troops effort to evacuatepeople from amedia briefing herethat im- Mount, the mostdivisive sitein praying openlyonthe mount. ● matelyserved onlyfour trying to leave the country from EX and their equipment from Kabul. Kabul airportinwhat the presi- posing sanctions and applying Jerusalem: OnlyMuslims can Bennettinitiallyappeared to years in prison following traveling to Kabul’s airportand He said commanders arestill denthas called“one of the largest, pressurewillnot solve problems. worship there, while Jews can confirm aformal changeinpol- his trial on chargeslinked would reject anyplans to extend THE RAPID withdrawal of aiming to leave by August31. He mostdifficult airlifts in history,” “The US and itsallies should pray at the Western Wall below. icy,saying that all religions to his time in powerfrom the deadline forUStroops to US forces and rise of the said thereisenough time to get The Washington Post said. learn lessons from the pastand But recentlythe government would have “freedom of wor- 1982 to 1990. AP withdraw from Afghanistan. Taliban in Afghanistanis all Americans out but wasless Baradar,who spent eight do some soul searching and act has quietlyallowedincreasing ship” on Temple Mount. Speaking at anews confer- a“galvanising event for specific about completing the years in Pakistani prison before prudentlyonAfghanistanre- numbers of Jews to pray there, a Aday later, aftercriticism ence, Zabiullah Mujahid, a jihadists everywhere”, evacuation of allat-risk Afghans. his release in 2018,has servedas lated issues,” he said. shiftthat could aggravatethe in- from Jordan and leftistand Arab Taliban spokesman, notedthat according to Chris Costa, Earlier, Biden had sent the the Taliban's chief negotiator in “Anywanton sanctions and stability in EastJerusalemand po- members of his governing coali- PAKISTAN chaos at the airportremaineda acounterterrorism direc- head of the CIA to meetthe peace talkswith the US in Qatar pressuring will notsolve the tentiallylead to religiousconflict. tion, he backtracked, issuing a Indigenous dangerous problem, and said the torinthe previous Taliban’s leader on Mondayin thatresulted in an agreement problem. We believe that while “It’s asensitive place,” said statement that the status quo waytoitwas being closedto Trumpadministration. the highestlevel diplomatic en- with the Trumpadministration advancing the peace and recon- Ehud Olmert, aformer Israeli anteremainedinplace. His office rocketsystem Afghan citizenstoprevent peo- Al-Qaeda’s rankshave counter since the militant group on the withdrawal of US forces. struction and transition in prime minister. “Andsensitive repeatedthat claim afterarecent ple from joining the crowds. been significantlydimin- took over the Afghan capital, two On Monday, before details of Afghanistan, the international places suchasthis, whichhavean inquiryfrom The NewYork Times, tested “Theroad that ends at the ishedby20yearsofwar US sources said. the secret meeting emerged, community should think about enormouspotentialforexplosion, providing asix-word comment: Islamabad: Pakistanon Kabulairporthas been blocked. in Afghanistan, but aJune CIAdirector William Burns StateDepartment spokesman howtoprevent militaryinter- needtobetreated with care.” “Nochange in the statusquo.” Tuesdaysuccessfullytest Foreigners can go through it, but reportfromthe UN metTaliban leader Abdul Ghani NedPrice wasasked about why vention under the pretextof The prohibition of Jewish But in reality,dozensofJews launchedaindigenously Afghans arenot allowedtotake Security Councilsaid the Baradar in Kabul, aUSofficial senior US officials hadn't en- democracy,” he said. prayer on the 37-acreplateau nowopenlyprayevery dayina developedguidedmulti- the road,” Mujahid said. group’s senior leadership and asource familiar with gov- gagedwith Baradar giventhe “Weshould notallowthe re- that once held twoancient secluded partofthe eastern launch rocket system, He urgedthe crowds of remains present inside ernment activity told Reuters on stakes in Afghanistan. peat of atragedy whereacertain Jewish temples waspartofa flank of the site, and their Israeli Fatah-1,capable of pre- Afghans thronging the airportin the country, and main- Tuesday. The Washington Post, Price said “our discussions countrymade mistakesbut the long-standing compromise to police escorts no longer attempt ciselydelivering conven- hopes of leaving the countryto tains aclose relationship citing US officials who spokeon with the Taliban have been oper- Afghan people and the interna- avoid conflict at asitethat has to stop them. NYT tional warheads deep into instead go home, saying that the with the Taliban. condition of anonymity,firstre- ational, tactical, theyhavebeen tional community and especially “enemyterritory”. The Taliban would “guarantee their portedthe meeting. focusedlargely on our near-term regional countriespaidthe PakistanArmysaid in a security,” and notedthatthere ACIA representative said the operations and near-term goals price,”hesaid, in an apparent ref- statement the rocket is ca- wasnolistofpeople targeted for “tonot encourageAfghan peo- agency had no comment. The —what is going on at the airport erence to the US intervention in Covid lab leak theory pableof deliveringconven- reprisals. ple to flee their country”. WhiteHouse did notrespondto compound—that is what we're Afghanistan20years agoand its tional warheads. This was Mujahid also calledonthe US LaterTuesday,the chief arequestfor comment. focused on at the moment.” hasty withdrawal of troops. PTI thesecondflightof Fatah-1, unlikely: scientists afterits firstlaunchin January.Atthe time, Director General of Danish left behind in confusion, killed: Afghan Gen PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA PakistanArmy, Media WASHINGTON,AUGUST24 Wing,MajorGeneralBabar Masoodthe wound wassuperfi- and twocommandos accompa- Iftikhar,said the weapon STEPHENGREY, cial.“We arepulling him out.” nying him, mistakenlythinking IT IS moreprobable that Covid- systemcanhittargetsupto CHARLOTTEGREENFIELD, At 7.53am,Siddiquispoketoa theyjoinedtheretreatingconvoy. 19 spread when an infected ani- arangeof140 km. PTI DEVJYOTGHOSHAL, photojournalistcolleaguein Basedoncommunicationsat mal passedthe SARS-CoV-2 virus ALASDAIRPAL& Kabul,tellinghimhewasshelter- the time and interviews with to ahuman at aliveanimalmar- JAPAN READELEVINSON ing in amosque. commandoswhentheyreturned, ket in Wuhan, China rather than AUGUST24 Around 10 am, Masood and Alizaisaid he concludedSiddiqui the disease originatingfroma Supportsought the colleague in Kabulseparately tookshelterinthemosquewhere laboratoryaccident, accordingto Adrive-through vaccination forFukushima AS THE Taliban's campaign to re- got through on Siddiqui's phone. hewastreatedforhisshrapnelin- ateam of globalscientists. centreatKarawang in West conquerAfghanistanwasgather- But theygrew alarmed, because jurybyaSpecialForcesmedic,and In acritical reviewpublished Java,Indonesia. Reuters waterrelease ingpaceinJune,hundredsofpeo- in both cases it wasn't Siddiqui accompaniedbyKarzai. as pre-proof in the journal Cell, Tokyo: Japan’sgovernment pleweredying in the fighting. who pickedup. It wasastranger As Siddiqui wasbeing evacu- 21 scientific experts from across adoptedaninterim plan Danish Siddiqui, a38-year- who identifiedhimself as ashop- ated,the Taliban launchedanew the worldpresented evidence in December2019, show they Tuesdaythat it hopes will old star photojournalistfor keeper before hanging up. attackand all government units about what mayhavestarted the initiallyemergedclose to thesite win supportfromfisher- Reuters basedinNew Delhi, de- Masood arranged aconfer- were forced to withdraw.Atthis pandemic. of theHuanan Seafood men and other concerned cidedhewantedtohelp cover encecallwith editors and opera- point, Alizai said, his men lost “The discussion over the ori- Wholesale MarketinWuhan, as groups foraplannedre- the story. “Ifwedon't go,who The familyreceivingSiddiqui’s body at his home in Delhi . File tions managers to explain what communication with Karzai, gins of the pandemic have be- well as other markets reportedto leaseintotheseaof treated will?” Siddiqui's manager,Asia had happened. During that call, Siddiquiandthemedic.Theymis- come politicisedand heated,and have live animal trading. but still radioactive water pictureseditor Ahmad Masood, another Reuters photographer in takenlythought all three had we felt the time wasright to take Theysaid thatinthe weeks from the wrecked recalledhim saying. an Afghan SpecialForcescom- wascommanding the assault. Kabul messaged Masood with jumpedaboardoneof theretreat- acritical look at all of the avail- following, cases radiated out- Fukushima nuclear plant. On July11, Siddiquiarrived in mander showthat Siddiqui was At 7.41 am on July16, Siddiqui pictures circulating on social me- ingvehicles. able evidence,” said Stephen ward geographically, adding The governmentdecided Kandahar. Thereheembedded evacuatedto alocalmosque after sent avoice messagetoMasood. dia. Masood knewimmediately Alizai said one of his officers Goldstein, an author on the pa- those cases were followedbyex- inAprilto startdischarging with aunit of elitecommandos he wasinjured by shrapnel. And Therewas the sound of heavy the man in the photoswas then managedtoget through to per and evolutionary virologist cessive deaths in January2020, a the waterintothe Pacific tasked with flushing out Taliban hewaskilled,accordingto thetop gunfire. Siddiqui is heardsaying Siddiqui. “Oh God, he has been Karzai'sphone.Hesaid it was at University of Utah Health, US. second markerofhow the virus Oceaninthespringof2023 fighters. Afghan officer,after being aban- to another person,“What is it, killed,” he said. answered by someone identify- “Preventingfuturepan- spread through the population. afterbuilding afacilityand SiddiquiwaskilledinaTaliban donedwithtwo soldiers in the RPG?” Aminutelater,another Major-GeneralHaibatullah ing himself as aTaliban fighter, demics requires the political will “This suggests that the epi- compiling release plans attackonJuly16.Firstreports indi- confusion of aretreat. message.“Masood, I'vebeen hit.” Alizai,the commanderof who said, “You'rebringing to cut offthe routes by which demic beganinmarketsinthis undersafetyrequirements cated that he waskilled in cross- AfterTaliban forces moved The twospokeonthe phone Afghanistan'sSpecialOperations Indians to fightagainstus.” The these viruses enter the human district:the Huanan and possibly setbyregulators. Theidea fire at Spin Boldak,ahotly con- intoSpin Boldak on July14, the three minutes later.Siddiqui told Corps when it hostedSiddiqui in officer replied, "Don't shoothim. population. Focusing in the other marketsaswell,” he said. has been fiercelyopposed tested Afghan border crossing Special Forces had offeredtotake Masoodhehadbeenhitby shrap- Kandahar, told Reuters it wasevi- He's ajournalist.” “Wealready wrong direction will preclude The Wuhan Instituteof by fishermen, residents withPakistan.Butanexamination Siddiqui along as theyattempted nel on the backofhis leftarm.He dentnow that, in fierce fighting, killedthat guy,” the fighter an- those effortsfromoccurring,” Virology,often cited as the andJapan'sneighboursin- of Siddiqui's communications to recapturethetown. Hewasrid- passedthe phone to one of the his soldierswithdrew from Spin swered.Therewas no further Goldstein said. source of alab leak,isalso cluding China and South with Reuters andaccountsfrom ing with MajorSadiqKarzai, who membersof theunit,whoassured Boldakand leftbehind Siddiqui contact. REUTERS The authors notedthat maps markedonthe map, but is adis- Korea. AP pinpointing geographic locations tance away from the live animal of the firstwaveofCovid-19cases markets. ‘Coercion, intimidation’: Harris rebukes Hochul becomes Duterte seeksvice presidency New York’s 1st China over incursions in South China Sea woman governor in 2022, raises rivals’ suspicions

ministration, whichhas made order to maintain Americafirst, Albany: KathyHochul became amoveseen by political ob- ASSOCIATEDPRESS countering China’sinfluence without paying anyprice.” the firstfemale governor of New REUTERS servers and critics as abackdoor SINGAPORE,AUGUST24 globallyacenterpiece of itsfor- ‘Havana Syndrome’ York at the stroke of midnight MANILA,AUGUST24 to the presidency. eign policy.And it came during Tuesday, taking control of astate Theybelieve he could be US VICE President Kamala Harris acritical momentfor the United delays Vietnam trip governmentdesperatetoget PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT Rodrigo making aplayfor retaining deliveredasharp rebuketo States, as the Biden administra- Hanoi: Harris’stripfrom backtobusiness aftermonths of Duterte has agreedtobethe rul- powerbytaking over as presi- Chinafor itsincursions in the tion seekstofurther solidify its SingaporetoVietnamwas de- distractionsovercomplaints that ing party's vice presidential can- dent under ascenario in which South China Sea, warning itsac- pivot toward Asiaasits decades- layedseveral hoursTuesdayby her predecessorabusedhis didateinnextyear's elections, Go wins and then resigns, en- tions thereamount to “coercion” long focus on the Middle East an investigationintoapossible powerand sexuallyharassedfe- the PDP-Laban party said on abling Duterte to shieldhimself and “intimidation” and affirm- comes to amessy end. caseofthe so-called‘Havana male employees. Tuesday, prompting accusations from possible legal actions when ing thatthe US will support its US Vice President Harris underscored this shift, Syndrome’ in Hanoi,officials said. Hochul, a62-year-old by opponentsthat it wasaploy RodrigoDuterte he leavesoffice. read more allies in the region against Kamala Harris calling theIndo-Pacific “critically The Havana Syndrome is the Democrat from Buffalo, wasex- to maintain his grip on power. “This is reallypartofthe Beijing’s advances. important to ournation’ssecurity name forarash of mysterious pected to deliverremarksand be The announcement came scheme of the Duterte cliqueto “WeknowthatBeijing con- and prosperity.” health incidentsfirstreported by sworn-in TuesdayinAlbanyfor ahead of the party's national Nograles, executive vice presi- extendnotonlyinfluencebutcon- tinuestocoerce, to intimidate swing through SoutheastAsia, China hit back, with Chinese American diplomatsinthe Cuba her 16-month term. She has convention on September 8, dent of the PDP-Laban party,said trol of government,” said opposi- and to make claims to thevast declared that the US “stands Foreign Ministryspokesperson capital beginning in 2016. vowedtomovethe statepastthe whereitisalso expected to en- in astatement. tion congressman Carlos Zarate. majority of the South China Sea,” with our allies and our partners” Wang Wenbin invoking It wasnot immediatelyclear “distractions” markedbythe fi- dorse Duterte's aide and incum- Under the constitution a Duterte-backerNogralessaid she said. “Beijing’s actions con- in the face of threatsfromChina. Afghanistaninhis response to a who wasimpactedbythe syn- nal months of Andrew Cuomo's bent senator Christopher “Bong” president can onlyserveone the move would “guarantee con- tinuetoundermine the rules- The speechsought to cement question about Harris’ com- drome, though officials said it tenure, who long defiedcallsfor Go to be its presidential candi- term, and the announcement tinuity of the administration's basedorder and threaten the the US commitment to support- ments, sayingthat the US “can wasnot someone who worked his resignation from amajority dateinthe 2022 polls. had been widelyanticipated as programmes duringthe pastfive sovereigntyofnations.” ing itsallies in an area of grow- smear,suppress, coerce, and forthe vice president or the of Democratsuntil the threat of Duterte washeeding “the Duterte,had already hinted he years,” includinghis waron Harris, who is on aweeklong ing importance to theBiden ad- bullyothercountries at will in WhiteHouse. AP impeachment became real. AP clamour of the people,” Karlo couldseek the number twojob, drugs. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 13 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,AUGUST25,2021

PARALYMPICS Afghanistan’s women’snational One athlete, eight officials: AfterbestshowatOlympics, teamfootballers India at opening ceremony turn of Indian Paralympians evacuated India's Olympics ended withNeeraj Chopra's gold, and it is in Javelin again that the ASSOCIATEDPRESS country will look to hit thehigh notesatthe Paralympics through 40-year-old multi KABUL,AUGUST24 Six, including original flag-bearer Thangavelu, were quarantinedafter comingin Games champion, DevendraJhajharia. The Athens and Rio Paralympics double cham- close contact with Covid positive passenger;others decide to preparefor events pion, aiming forhis thirdgold in what could be his swansong, will lead thecharge, as PLAYERS FROM Afghanistanwomen’s na- Indialookstosurpass theOlympic tally of 7medals. The city that immortalised tional soccer team had an “important vic- wheelchair basketball through Takehiko Inoue's manga'REAL' is all settohostIndia's tory”onTuesdaywhen theywereamong a group of morethan 75 people evacuated on MIHIRVASAVDA bestpara-athletes. Indians to watchout forinTokyo Paralympics: aflightfromKabul. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO SUMIT ANTIL thanked theAustraliangovernment formak- When shotputter and flag-bearer TekChand Javelin -F44/64 THEOFFICERONCOURT ing the evacuation of players, team officials (LOWER LIMB/S COMPETING WITH PROSTHESIS ledout India’s contingent during the opening SUHASLALINAKERE and familymemberspossible, with work ceremonyofthe TokyoParalympicson AFFECTED BY LIMB DEFICIENCY AND LEG LENGTH continuing to help moreleave Afghanistan. Tuesday, therewas one anomaly:none of the DIFFERENCE) YATHIRAJ-SL3 “These young women, both as athletes eight others walking behind him were ath- THE 22-year-oldset his personal best of Despitehis jam-packed schedule and activists,havebeen in apositionofdan- letes. 66.90m at the Para nationalinMarch.Healso due to thepandemic,Noida gerand on behalf of their peersaround the This, afterthe Games’ strict Covid-19pro- took partinthe thirdleg of the Indian Grand District Magistrate SuhasLY worldwethank the international commu- tocols forced almost half-a-dozenIndians Prix earlier this year,anable-bodied tourna- continuedhis badminton nity forcoming to their aid,” the union said in intoquarantineand leftsome others serving ment, alongside reigning Olympicchampion, training. The 38-year-old 2017 astatement. three days of softquarantine, even as afew Neeraj Chopra. His 66.43m effort eventually WorldChampion wasgranted a The Afghan team wascreated in 2007 in chose to skip the opening ceremonyat earnedhim the sixth spotinthe finals but it bipartite quotainthe men’s acountrywherewomen playing sportwas Tokyo’s National Stadium to preparefor their wasarare instance whereapara-athlete singles categoryofpara- seen as apolitical act of defiance againstthe events, whichbegin early Wednesday. competedinanopen nationalevent. He had badminton by the Badminton Taliban. Consequently, onlynine Indians took part earnedaspotfor Tokyoatthe 2019 World WorldFederation. Players had been advisedthis month to during Tuesday’s ceremony. Para Athletics Championships wherehefin- delete social media posts and photographs India’s campaign got offtoaslightly ishedbehind gold winner Sandeep of them withthe team to help avoid reprisals shaky startafter the Paralympic Committee Chaudhary. PRAMOD BHAGAT since the United States-backedAfghanistan of India announced Tuesdaymorningthat Shotputter TekChand became the flag-bearer at the TokyoParalympicswhen Badminton -SL3 government fell. six members of the contingent, including highjumper Mariyappan Thangavelu wasquarantined. “The lastfew days have been extremely MARIYAPPAN THANGAVELU MEN’S SINGLES AND DOUBLES flag-bearer and Rio Games gold medalist (STANDING/LOWER LIMB MINOR IMPAIRMENT) stressful but todaywehaveachievedanim- Mariyappan Thangavelu, had to be quaran- High jump- T-42 portant victory,”former team captain tinedastheywerefound to be close contacts “Wewereconcernedinitially but theyare (SINGLE ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATIONS OR A With badminton settomakeits debut at Khalida Popal said. of aCovid-positive patient on their flight to all fine,” Chauhan said. “Wetook all precau- DISABILITY) the Paralympics in Tokyo, Indiahas sent a Tokyo. tions but someone on the flight tested posi- Mariyappan will return to defend his Rio ti- strong 7-membersquad. 2019 Worldcham- FIFPROhelped Six Indian officials and five para-athletes tive so they had to quarantine.Thiswas abig tle in Tokyoafter arather quietrun-up to the pion Pramod Bhagat would feel he has one Popal is among ateam of FIFPROlawyers were expected to take part in the opening dayfor Mariyappan, since he wassupposed Paralympics. Apartfromthe World's bronze hand on the yellow metalalready.The 33- and advisors who have worked with author- ceremony. Eventually, shot putter Chand was to be the flag-bearer.Hewas looking forward in 2019,Mariyapan's road to Tokyohas been year-old from Odisha wasinfected by polio ities in six countries, including Australia, the the onlyathlete who made it. Apartfromthe to this. But there's still the closing ceremony lacklustre. CoachSatyanarayana believeshis on his leftleg as afive-year-old. Bhagat, who U.S. and United Kingdom, to getathletesand Asian medalist, whowas namedasIndia’s still, so hopefully, he can be apartofthat.” trainee had adry spell due to some injury has nowbaggedmorethan twodozenin- their families on to evacuation lists and flag-bearer at the lastminute, others who The paratable tennis players, Sonal Patel concerns that have been ironedout now. ternational medals, initiallypursuedhis flightstosafety. were in the opening included chef de mis- and Bhavina Patel, chose to skip the cere- Mariyaappan wasraisedbyasingle mother firstlove, cricket but laterfoundhis true “The women footballers have been brave sion Gursharan Singh, deputy chef de mis- monysothat theycould concentrateontheir who usedtoworkasaconstruction labourer. calling in badminton. and strong in amoment of crisis and we hope sion Arhan Bagati, the contingent’s other ad- events, whichbeginonWednesday. theywill have abetterlifeoutside ministrative staffand one coach, The para-archeryand para-shooting Afghanistan,” Popal said. Satyanarayana. teams landedinTokyoonTuesdaybut as per DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA SANDEEP CHAUDHARY FIFPROgeneral secretary Jonas Baer- Atotal of 162countriestook part in the rules, theywill notbeallowedtomix with Javelin- F-46 Javelin -F44/64 Hoffmann said evacuations had been “an in- opening ceremony and India wasthe 17th athletesfromother nations forthe firstthree (SINGLE BELOW OR ABOVE crediblycomplexprocess.” countrytomarch outduringthe parade, af- days of soft quarantine. This ruledthem out THE ELBOW AMPUTATION) The 2019 World “Our hearts go out to all the others who terIran. Arecord54Indian athletesinnine of the ceremony. Champion is eyeinghis remain strandedinthe countryagainsttheir sports willtakepartinthe Tokyo The organisers have tightenedCovid-19 Jhajharia is coming offa firstmedal at the will,” he said. Paralympics. However, notall of them have protocols forthe visiting countries aftera personal best of Paralympics. The 25- The NewYorkTimes reportedthat Nikki reachedthe Japanesecapital yet. “Ourteams In solidaritywithtwo Paralympians surge in cases across Japan and Tokyo, which 65.71m,morethan a year-old from the Dryden, aformer Canadian Olympian turned areleaving in batches. So far, only seven whocould nottraveltoTokyo, the reported4,220 newcases on Tuesday; 268of metreand half better Jhunjhunu district of human rightslawyerwho wasinvolvedin Indian athleteshavereachedTokyo and com- Afghanistanflagwas carried intothe them classifiedas‘severe’. than his Rio gold effort, Rajasthanmet with an the effort,said on Tuesdaythat twoAfghan pletedthe quarantine,” Paralympic parade of athletesbyavolunteer. On Tuesdaymorning, New Zealand’s at the trials in June. accidentwhenhewas12 Paralympians were partofagroup. Committee of India secretaryRaviChauhan Paralympic team withdrew from the open- With atraining regimen tweaked to suit his thatlefthisleftlegseverely injuredandstunted The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. “A fewwho were supposed to go have ing ceremonyoverCovid-19fears. body whichispastits prime, Jhaharia has itsgrowth. Afterspending the next year in reportedthat the athletesand their families been quarantinedafter theywereidentified thrower, and afew members of the coach- The websiteinsidethegames.biz quoted been able to hitthe “form of his life”. The crutches, Sandeep returnedtothe ground and had been granted humanitarian visas. as close contacts. It’s unfortunatebut the sit- ing staffhavebeen quarantinedinside their NewZealand’s chef de mission Paula Jaipur athlete is on course forarecord-shat- tried hishand at javelin. But it wasn’t until he “The operation is still ongoing, but at least uation is under control.” rooms at the Games Villageitself. Their Teseorieroassaying that “standing among tering thirdgold at the megaevent. 2017 Para movedtoDelhito trainundercoachNavalSingh 50 athletesand their families areonplanes or Mariyappan, who finishedonthe topof Covid-19tests,whichwereconducted by the large groups of people from manynations is Worlds champion Sundar Singh Gurjar (F- that he discoveredhis true potential. —for us it wasjustsafelygetting them into the podium in 2016 in thehigh jump(T42), organiserslater on Tuesday, returnednega- notalignedwithour commitment to our 46) is also in contention. ANDREWAMSAN the airport, that’s when we calleditawin,” alongwith teammate Vinod Kumar,adiscus tive,according to Chauhan. Covid-19protocols”. Dryden told the ABC.

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BRIEFLY Unchanged &unchained Indiafootballgreat Chandrasekharan The effectiveness of passesaway four-prongedpaceattack Kochi: Former India footballer and means India arenolonger OlympianOChandrasekhar,who was partofthe gold dependent on spin medal-winning Indian team at the 1962 Asian SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Games, diedon AUGUST24 Tuesdayathis residence here. “WE HAVE no reasontochangeanything un- He was85, and lesspeoplehave niggles,whichwehaven’ten- survivedby countered since we finishedthe lastTest.” three children. ViratKohliwas prompt in his pre-match Chandrasekhar,adefender in his play- press conference. Afour-pronged pace attack ing days,was suffering from age-re- hasweighedheavilyonEnglandbatting,giving lated ailmentsfor some time, asource India apsychological upperhand. The India associated with the familytold PTI. He captain doesn’t look to be in the mood to wasamember of the 1960 Rome changethe templatefor the thirdTestat Olympics Indian team besidesbeing Headingley,startingonWednesday. partofthe 1962 JakartaAsian Games. Thesearethehardnumbers:Inthefirsttwo The footballer played forIndia from Tests, five Indian fast bowlers have accounted 1958-1966. He hails from Irinjalakuda for39Englishwickets.Theotheronewasarun- in Thrissur district. He has atotal of 25 out. Individually, Jasprit Bumrah has 12, caps to his name and also playedin MohammedSiraj 11,MohammedShami 7, the Asian Cup Qualifiers in 1959, IshantSharma5andShardulThakur4.Thelat- wherehemade his international de- terhas nowrecoveredfromahamstring nig- but, and Merdeka Cup in 1961,among gle thatruledhim out of the second Test.But other tournaments. Ishant seems to have done enough at Lord’s to retainhisplace.Thecombinedskillof theIndian pace attackhas made England, Joe Root ex- ATK Baganqualifyfor cluded,jittery. Rewindto RoryBurns’dismissal AFCCupknockouts inthesecondinningsatLord’s.Itwasaloosener from Bumrah down the leg side. But Burns, Male:ATK Mohun Bagan qualifiedfor completely squaredupinhisattempt to turnit the knockout stages of the AFC Cup to leg,offered acatchtoSiraj at short mid-off. following a1-1 stalematewith JonnyBairstowwas trappedleg-beforeto Bangladesh champions Bashundhara anIshantin-ducker, theballhittinghimonthe Kings in aGroup Dmatch here on backleg,becausehewasn’tquitesideways-on INSEARCHOFAWIN Tuesday. The Indian club made the in- to playthe delivery. ToomanyEngland bats- ter-zonal semi-final of the second tier menhave beenexposingtheirbackshoulders England’s Joe Root and James Andersoninspect the pitchatHeadingley, Leeds, on Tuesday. The hosts trail the series 1-0, withthe thirdTeststartingonWednesday. Reuters continental tournament as South while playing forwarddefence. Asian Zonechampions. Brazilianmid- Also, India’s pace has pinnedthem down fielder Jonathan Fernandes (28')put to the crease. Batsmen agree that when the the Bangladeshi side ahead in the first mindisnotsure,footwork becomesiffy.Thisis half before team-mateSushanto whatrelentlesspace aggression hasdone to Rookie pacer Siraj is unshakeable, undroppable Tripura(45+2') wassent offatthe the hosts.Overthe lastthree years, the Indian stroke of half-time. paceattackhasevolvedbrilliantly.Backin2018, during India’s previous tour of England, Rainabowsoutof Bumrah and companywereawork in SANDIPG It’s hardtothink of anyother progress.Theyare thefinishedarticlenow,ooz- AUGUST24 Indian pacer —the exceptional USOpenqualifying ingspeed,precisionandmostimportantly, va- riety.Siraj’sarrivalhasmadethepaceunitcom- THE ASCENDANCY of Indian cricketinthe Bumrah apart—who had NewYork:India's AnkitaRaina saveda plete.Now there’s barelyany respitefor the lastfew years has been built on an embar- transitionedintoTestcricket as matchpointinthedecisive setbuteven- oppositionbatsmen.Siraj’semergencehasnot rassmentoffast-bowling depth. So muchso tuallybowed out of the US Open onlypresentedIndiawitharealwicket-taking that even Ravichandran Ashwin, arguably smoothlyorswiftlyasSiraj.Even women's singles qualifiers following a option,but his ability to bowl long spellsand the mostpotent spinner in the world, hasn’t Ishant Sharma, and to go further three-setdefeatagainstAmericanJamie keep things relatively tight–his seriesecon- been able to find aplace in the playing XI in back, JavagalSrinath devoured Loeb, hereonTuesday.Ranked193, omyratesofaris3.32andstrike-rate42.4–has the ongoing series. Raina losttothe American ranked one augured wonderfullywell forthe team. In usualcircumstances, the return to fit- time and games to blossom into place belowher,3-6 6-2 4-6 in anearly Little wonder then that Kohli waseffusive ness of afifth-choice pacershould not potent bowlers twohoursopeningroundcontestatthe inhispraisefortheyoungster. “Now heiswalk- prompt an alteration to awinningcombi- FlushingMeadows.Sumit Nagal, ing around knowing thathecan getanyone nation, leave alone aheadache. But Shardul PrajneshGunneswaranandRamkumar out at anystage.That belief in his game has Thakur, who featuredinthe Trent Bridge 10 overs remaining, it wasnot an impossible Ramanathan areother Indians in fray. been elevatedtothe next level. Hence yousee Test,ismorethan an afterthought, but a task.But Siraj brokethrough his resistance the resultsofwhat he is doing. He is aggres- mouth-watering temptation. He brings and took out James Anderson. sive,inyour face and he is notgoing to take a with him apredisposition to probefuller Eachofthe situations is painfullyrelat- IndianGMErigaisi backwardstep.” lengthsconsistentlyaswell as his capabil- able to Indian cricket.Inthe past, first- winstitleinPortugal TheIndianpacequartet hasalsoseemingly ityasabatsman. changebowlers have squandered away the forced the Headingleycurator to prepare a Usually, in suchsituations,it’sthe least Mohammed Siraj’s pace,bothtypes of swings, back-benders,cutters, slowerballs, new-ball pressure,the opposition loweror- Braganca:Indian GrandmasterArjun pitchwithadifferent look.“We couldsee alot experiencedofthe quartetwho gets the yorkers and bouncers makehim alethal proposition on mostsurfaces. AP der has clung on defiantlyand turnedthe Erigaisi emergedvictorious in the II of the surface, whichhonestlyIdidn’t expect chop. But it’s notsostraightforward with matchonits head, unsuspectinglower-or- Terras de Tres-os-Montes Chess Open would be thecase. Ithought therewould be India,asMohammedSiraj,the least expe- der heroeshaveemerged –India have made hereonTuesdaywhile his compatriot moregrass on the pitch…”Kohli said. riencedand mostineptofIndia’slower- he wasanenforcer,but in the second, he racistslurs he coppedwhen fielding in heroes out of Ali and Curranseveral times DGukesh finishedsecond. The 17- Root’s Englandhavebeen facing afast order batsmen,isperhaps the least drop- turnedintoastrikebowler.InAustralia, he Melbourne. With all his rawenergy,hecould in the past. Even Anderson’s Test-highestof year old Erigaisi (Elo 2597) secured bowling crisis. In absence of Jofra Archer,Ben pable too, along withJasprit Bumrah. That wasinitially a‘keep thing tight at one end’ infuse intensity intoadull game. While do- 81 has come at India’sexpense. But Siraj en- 8.5 pointsfromnine rounds to finish Stokes and nowMarkWood, their responseis he has emergedasanundroppable asset, bowler.Whatever the role, Siraj always ing so, he doesn’t step intothe realm of the- sured that such themes would notrecur.He clearwinner in the field comprising restrictedto JamesAnderson’sswingmastery. an essential and valuable component of steams in with unrelenting intensity.“You atrics. He is certainlynot Sreesanth in anew- has asolution to untieevery knot. over 140players. He remainedun- The great seamer hasn’t yetbeen backedby India’sfastbowling riches, justseven Tests suggestsomething and he has the skill and fangledavatar. He seems in totalcontrol of Or in other words, he brings to the bowl- beaten through the nine rounds, post- enoughruns to bowl with. intohis career in itself is atestimony to the temperament to produce it perfectly,” his aggression, knows when to pressthe ing group the coldly- termedphrase ‘killer ing eight wins and settlingfor adraw. Duringaconversationwiththis paper last strides he has made since bursting into Bharat Arun, India’s bowling coach, once brakes. His captain’s only grouse could be instinct’. That elusive trait the top week,former Indiacaptain Dilip Vengsarkar Test cricket in Australia. told this paper. that he persuades him intotaking futile DRS Australians and Pakistani seamers seemed spoke about howHeadingley, with itsnorth- It’s hardtothink of anyother Indian challenges often. So wasKohli in his matu- to possess in gallons. Better call it sheer Meghna,Renuka south slopecould be tricky forthe players, es- pacer —the exceptional Bumrah apart— Blessedwith tools ration days as captain. bloody-mindedness, that steelywill to earnmaidencall-ups pecially bowlers, in terms of hitting the right whohad transitionedintoTestcricket as It’snot justthe mindsetorabsence of emerge victorious eachand everytime one line andlength.Nobody in the current Indian smoothlyorswiftly as Siraj.EvenIshant hubris,but alsothe gifts he possesses that Man forbig moments is on the field. Nothing breakshim, notthe NewDelhi: Seam bowlers Meghna squad has playedaTestatthis venue. Kohli Sharma,and to go further back, Javagal makeSiraj an all-conditions bowler.His His intensitycould suddenlychange the circumstances he grew up in, notthe early Singh and Renuka Singh Thakur were brushedaside the novelty factor. Srinath devoured time and games to blos- pace, both types of swings, back-benders, tideand momentum of games. His triple troubles adjusting to international cricketin handedmaiden India call-ups, while Usually, theHeadingleypitcheasesout af- som intopotent bowlers theyeventually cutters, slowerballs, yorkers and bouncers twin blows at Lord’s capturethe storytoa hiswhite-ballauditions, notthe deathofhis left-armspinner Rajeshwari terthe firstcouple of sessions. In 2002, when developedinto. Or Umesh Yadavand makehim alethal proposition on mostsur- large extent. father afew days before his Test debut. Gayakwad returnedasthe BCCI on India lastplayedaTest here, AnilKumble and ZaheerKhan. faces. ■ The Englishopenersseemed to have It’s perhaps toopreposterous to callhim, Tuesdayannounced the women's Harbhajan Singh spun aweb around England Intuitiveinhis game awareness, Siraj is But what endears moreishis combative- weathered thenew-ball storminthe first on the evidence of sevenTestmatches, areal teams forthe upcoming one-offTest batsmen on the heels of aRahul Dravid epic. sure about whatlengthstobowlonapar- ness, the streak of fire-and-brimstone inten- inningswhen he dislodged Sibley. He also deal. Afastbowler’s career is risk-fraught. and limited over series against Does this brighten Ravichandran Ashwin’s ticular surface, and againstwhichbatsman. sity he wears on the sleeve. got No.3 Haseeb Hameedthe next ball. Injuries and workload could wrackthem; Australia.The Indian team will leave chances of playing the thirdTest? Save adry His dexterity to alternatelengths is so effi- He is the closestbowler India has in the ■ Moeen Ali, afamiliar nemesis, looked flaws couldsneakintohis technique, rhythm forAustralia on August29toplay pitchand/or an eleventh-hour changeinthe cient that he giveshis skipper ViratKohli mould of captain Kohli. The emotional out- entrenchedbeforeSiraj ejected him and could evade, the swing could taper off. But three ODIs, aday-night Test and three thought process, it looksunlikely. strategic flexibility.Hecan be an all-out pouring in the middle, the sometimes churl- blastedout Sam Curranalso. forall the intangibles, Siraj exudes awaveof T20Is, beginning next month. Day1:LiveonSony strikebowler,the enforcer or even the work- ish shush-up wicket celebrations, the sen- ■ Jos Buttler seemedtobedragging assurancethat makes one believe that he in- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA SportsNetwork,3.30pm horse. Formuchofthe firstinnings at Lord’s, sibility to complain to the umpires about England to safe shores,and with less than deedisareal deal. Prequel and sequel of Bumrah’s 10-ball over to Anderson at Lord’s

startedhis 26th over.Hewas wicketless in Anderson kicksit away.What’s more, it’s an- The lastact TUSHARBHADURI that innings. When Icame out to bat, Joe Root otherno-ball. The No.11isnot enjoying it, India captain ViratKohli brings back AUGUST24 With skipper Joe Root batting serenely on said Bumrah was not bowling as despiterunsbeing addedtothe team’s tally. MohammedShami forthe lastoverofthe 170atthe other end, Anderson’s brief would quick ashe normally does.And Ball 7: Backatthe body,but Anderson day. Root defends the firsttwo deliveries. The JAMES ANDERSONfelt that Jasprit Bumrah have been to swell the England lead -which then, the first ballwas 90 miles an deals with it better this time,taking the top thirdone, he flicks to deep midwicket but “wasn’t trying to getmeout”inthatmuch- was12atthe startofthe over -asmuchas hour and on the money, wasn't it?” hand offthe bat. He givesBumrah astare. turns down the single. But he is happyto talked-about 10-ball over at the fagend of possible. He would have watchedthe pitch Ball8:Ashort ball justoutside off-stump, cross over on the next ball, again giving Day3of the Lord’s Test.But the Indians may being slowand wouldn’t have been prepared JAMES ANDERSON and Anderson lets it go.Hemay have heaved Anderson twodeliveries to see out the day. have hadbigger fish to frythan the wicketof forwhat he encountered. asigh of relief thinking it wasthe end of the Ashort-of-a-length ball is pushedinto theEngland No.11. By rilingupthe England “I got caught offguardalittle bit because forthe next delivery. over,but Bumrah had oversteppedagain. space in the off-side. There’s asingle forthe team, theycapitalisedonthe resultant edge all the batters coming in were saying how Ball 2: Another shortball hitsthe No.11 Ball 9: Bumrah tries another yorker,but taking, but Root refuses it. It’s another no- that contributed to amemorable win. slowthe pitchwas.Banged in short, it was in the ribcage it’s misdirected anddownthe legside, and ball, whichmeans Anderson still has two Bumrah’s barrage didn’t gethim reallyslow. When Icame out to bat, Joe Root Ball 3: Another one targeting the ribs. another no-ball –the fourth of the over. balls to survive. Anderson’s wicket–that went to said Bumrah wasnot bowling as quickashe Anderson gets bat on it this time. It loops up Ball 10: This time, the yorker is on target He is beaten outside off-stumponthe MohammedShami with afull ball targeting normallydoes,” Anderson said on the BBC on the onside but thereisnoshort-leg to go but Anderson is equal to thetask.Finally, the next one, but the final ball of the day–afull the stumps in the next over –but it didcon- Tailenders podcast. forthe catch. over is over. one on the stumps –elicits ahalf-hearted tributetothe dismissal by disturbingthe Ball 4: Bumrah oversteps. Another short drive from the England No.11. The delivery mindsetand foot-movement of Anderson, Over and over again ball towardsthe ribs whichAnderson man- Root steps up eludesthe bat and pad to hit the topofthe who is known to be astubborn customer This is howthat over pannedout. ages to keep down. The England captain had seen enough off-pole, bringing to an endabrief, but en- with the bat at times. Ball 1: From round the wicket, abouncer Ball 5: Now, Bumrah resorts to the full from the non-striker’s end and decides to grossing, passageofplay. Here’s revisitingthe over and the drama from hell. Alaser-guided projectile honing ballaround off-stump. Anderson pushes it take matters intohis ownhands. Offthe first Wasitironic, or predictable, that forall around it. in on the left-hander’s face. Anderson fends to thepoint fielder and seeksasingle to get twoballs of the next over,bowledbySiraj, the shortstuffaimedatAnderson, it wasa at it, but is hit on the grill. There’s an appeal offstrike, but Root sends him back. Root resorts to the reverse ramp over the slip regulation lengthball that got his wicket? JamesAnderson wassubjected to a The scene is set foracatchatgully, but the ball hitneither bat Ball 6: Ayorkerthis time, which cordon and ahoickovermidwicket to collect As the players walk off, Anderson is barrage of bouncersbyJaspritBumrah Anderson had facedjustone delivery – nor glove. Anderson justaboutmanages to dig out with twoboundaries.Hegives Anderson twoballs seen having afew wordstosay to Bumrah. during the second Test. AP thattoo awayward one from Mohammed Anderson is givenaconcussion test and the insideedge. Theball hitshis pad and is to survive in that over,whichthe left-hander We clearly hadn’t seen, or heard, the lastof Sirajthatyielded abye –beforeBumrah his helmetischangedbeforehetakes guard going backtowards the stumps. An alert does without muchdifficulty. the story.

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