,  - =#     (   $9       $9   9 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T ‰utqBVQWBu‚xy( *,-.*/0123 .&/./1 ./0* 2. +%() "   @ +##'% *%78 +%+>'??;#0'0#+ 6*077++00F?8+0 +7-'74)%*6 -*7-4%+60 0%)-'0'40 )-%' 0- *%)-0' )4#@'7#*)7%@)5'##+0 *@66''.87%'%  +-04% -8+0'586 A7  ) ")BC**+ D?E A"  + (    & 4  5467089  06:3'                      

 %+6+7-' is out of two committees — crude oil related issues. appointments, which has tra- Shah will head the Cabinet efence Minister Rajnath ditionally had only PM and   Committee on DSingh is back on several Home Minister as members — ' #"  (        (0   Accommodation. Road reconstituted key Cabinet com- and accommodation, a rela- :            Transport and Highways mittees after his exclusion from tively low-profile panel.     (   )    Minister Nitin Gadkari, them raised eyebrows in the Incidentally, the number Sitharaman and Railway and political circles. two Minister in the "          0  ; )   Commerce Minister Piyush In a Thursday morning Government — by conven-    " .   ((  Goyal are its members. notification that gave a clear tion the person who is sworn )        Minister of State in PMO signal of Rajnath Singh’s dimin- in right after the Prime             Jitendra Singh and Housing ishing role in decision making, Minister — chairs the Cabinet (     ((  ) and Urban Affairs and Civil the Modi Government had and the Political Affairs 0     "    Aviation Minister Hardeep restricted him to only two of Committee in the absence of       - Puri are special invitees of the the eight key Cabinet commit- the Prime Minister. In the     Accommodation Committee. tees. This was seen as a “humil- absence of Rajnath, Shah would 0   "( K The Cabinet Committee iation” to Rajnath, whose suc- have presided over the meet-       on Economic Affairs will be cessor in the Home Ministry, ings of these committees.    -    headed by the PM and will Amit Shah, figured in all the Earlier, Rajnath was includ-    K     have Rajnath, Shah, Gadkari, committees and Finance ed in the Cabinet Committee .(    Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Economic Affairs and #   " (0  ( Minister DV Sadananda in all but one of them. Cabinet Committee Security  )     Gowda, Sitharaman, But late at night the same but was notably missing from #"  (   Agriculture Minister Narendra day, the Government added the Cabinet Committee on        Singh Tomar, Communication Rajnath to four more Cabinet Political Affairs, which have         Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, committees, including all- Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, ..    Minister for Food Processing important Political Affairs Sitharaman, Narendra Tomar,         Harsimrat Kaur Badal as its Committee as well as invest- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh (    (  members. ment and growth, employment Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, Amid economic slowdown and skill development, and Prahlad Joshi and allies Ram ly indicates his growing influ- two after Modi. second most powerful person and rising unemployment, the head of Parliamentary Affairs Vilas Paswan, Harsimrat Kaur ence in governance. Shah con- The induction of Shah, in the new order and the scotched by the night. Commerce and Railways PM on Wednesday constituted Committee. Badal and Arvind Sawant as its tinues to hold the post of BJP who is also the BJP president, Thursday morning notifica- Shah had chaired an infor- Minister Piyush Goyal and two new Cabinet committees Rajnath has been included members. president as the party scouts for in the Government had led tion on the restructured mal meeting of several Cabinet Petroleum Minister under his chairmanship to spur in all committees in a designa- All the committees bore his replacement. He has many political observers to Cabinet committees had stoked Ministers, including External Dharmendra Pradhan, besides economic growth, investment tion above Amit Shah. Rajnath the stamp of Shah which clear- emerged the de facto number believe that he would be the the sepculation, only to be Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Sitharaman, on June 4 over and employment.           P                       O                        !R  $           4' sus even the revised numbers "  #"  $  presented in February, the he Reserve Bank of India numbers targeted in the inter-     T(RBI) on Thursday slashed im Budget are looking truly     its benchmark lending rate by daunting. This is especially in  %     25 basis points to a nearly nine- context of the ongoing growth        year low of 5.75 per cent pro- slowdown. Sitharaman has a   %     viding relief to industry as tall task to present a credible    "  '  well as EMI payees in home, Budget while sticking to the      ( )* auto and other sectors, but the assumed deficit target. "  +  ((  Central bank’s failure to assuage Das seemed to have a rea-   #"  $  investors concerns regarding sonably benign view on !  ! )-%' 0- the NBFC sector triggered a Government finances, under- Sidhu now gets the Power      massive sell-off in the stock playing the recent stress and he wrangling between and New and Renewable     market which suffered biggest instead focused on the consol- TPunjab Chief Minister Capt Energy Sources Ministry. !"#   (   one-day fall in 2019. The idation underway over the past Amarinder Singh and his Senior-most Minister Brahm  " "   reverse repo rate under stands few years. Cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Mohindra, who was earlier "       at 5.50 per cent. +*   !'',   He was not unduly con- Sidhu on Thursday escalated handling Health and Family       "  The third rate cut this year +*P".    cerned about PSU borrowings beyond repair with Welfare, has been given the (  % "   brought the interest rates to "#   (#* saying that borrowings done by divesting the former cricketer Local Government          their lowest level in nine years state-owned firms who have of the Local Bodies Department, while the Tourism "       even as the RBI changed its “Growth impulses have own revenue streams should Department, and also the and Cultural Affairs went to -       $ stance to “accommodative” weakened significantly as not be looked upon as govern- Tourism and Cultural Affairs Charanjit Singh Channi, who from “neutral”, opening up the reflected in a further widening ment borrowing. Given very Department. also retains the Technical ! ! possibility of another cut in the of the output gap compared to large buffer stocks (3.4 times The action came hours Education, Industrial Training    coming months to infuse some the April 2019 policy,” the RBI the norm), there seems to be after Sidhu’s “rebellious” deci- and Employment Generation.      life into the economy growing cut and switching of its stance mittee to act decisively and act said in the monetary policy less of a concern from an infla- sion to stay away from the Amarinder, after announc-  -  (  . at the slowest pace since Modi to “accommodative” from neu- in time (to address the growth statement. tion perspective, in case mon- Cabinet meeting, first after the ing the reshuffling of the port- "  (" %  came to power in 2014. tral. RBI Governor Shaktikanta concerns).” The reduction in interest soons turn out to be weaker. 2019 general elections, while folios, said, “With the Congress ) ( "  The RBI said it has done Das said the shift in the stance In three back-to-back bi- rate will help boost credit While inflation remained holding a simultaneous Press Government in the State near- # )  % "  away with charges on fund meant that an increase in inter- monthly monetary policies this growth, helping arrest the slow- below its medium-term target conference to underscore his ing the mid-term mark, the  #"       transfers through RTGS and est rates is “off the table.” year, the RBI has lowered inter- down in the economy ahead of to give “scope” to the MPC “to achievements as the Local exercise would re-energise the         NEFT routes to boost digital He wanted banks to expe- est rates by 75 basis points. new Finance Minister Nirmala accommodate growth concerns Bodies Minister. team and bring freshness into ((  "  $ transactions and asked banks to dite the transmission of the With India’s GDP growth slip- Sitharaman presenting Modi- by supporting efforts to boost The Chief Minister, after the working of the major pass on the benefits to cus- current reduction in rates as ping to a five-year low of 5.8 2.0 Government’s first Budget aggregate demand”, the RBI the conclusion of Lok Sabha departments.”  PO%P tomers. SBI charges between 1 well as similar ones that hap- per cent in the January-March next month that is widely marginally revised upwards its elections, on Thursday reallo- The action against Sidhu &%''(  ! and 5 for transactions through pened in February and April. quarter — the first instance of expected to announce mea- retail inflation forecast for the cated portfolios to all, except came just about a fortnight  /"  . NEFT and between 5 and 50 “Our decision is driven by growth falling below China’s in sures to generate jobs and first of FY2019-20 to 3-3.1 per four Ministers, which he said after Amarinder squarely %)0    for RTGS route. growth concerns and inflation last few quarters — the RBI revive the economy. cent (2.9-3 per cent earlier), but would “help further streamline blamed “the non-performing” " (  L  M Significantly, all the six concerns in that order,” Das lowered its growth forecast for Some analysts have stated is a shade lower for the second the Government systems and Local Bodies Minister for the /"   33 members of the Monetary told reporters here. “The unan- the economy to 7 per cent from that given the large under- half at 3.4-3.7 per cent (3.5-3.8 processes, and bring more Congress’ “not-so-good” per-    4+  Policy Committee (MPC) imous vote reflects the resolve the April view of 7.2 per cent shoots in the actual revenue per cent earlier). transparency and efficacy into formance in the urban pockets.    5    $ voted unanimously for a rate of the monetary policy com- for the 2019-20 April-March. collections in FY2018-19 ver- Continued on Page 4 the various departments”. Continued on Page 4  /      %  &     0     ' Survekshan League 2020.     ()(*  $ !     Rejecting Puri’s charge, the Delhi Government said there     *7#    "  was a “concrete plan” and funds +   for the proposal to provide free aving suffered reverses in   "  ride to women in public buses Hthe recently concluded $ +& and Metro trains. general elections at the hands , "  “The Cabinet note is being of the fast growing BJP in the  ' !+& “Neither Ministry of prepared to be put up before State, the Trinamool Congress  %+6+7-' Housing and Urban Affairs the Delhi Cabinet as soon as is planning to rope in political  -8+09%+6+7-' nor Delhi Metro had received possible. All modes and feasi- strategist Prashant Kishore to fter Metro fares hike con- any proposal till date in this bility are being studied by the help it win the 2021 Assembly he Congress in Telangana          Atroversy, the Narendra regard. Kejriwal has a different DMRC and the daily transport elections. Thas been reduced to a non-     !    "#   $%$&   Modi Government at the kind of problem. He announces departments and several meet- TMC sources said the entity in the Legislative  #  "! ' ( !  '   Centre and the Delhi a scheme first and then pre- ings between the officials are Chief Minister on Thursday Assembly after 12 of its 18  # ! (#* Government are once again at pares a proposal,” Puri said, also taking place. There are a invited Kishore at her State electoral scene comes in the MLAs met the Speaker on loggerheads, this time over adding that Delhi’s problems number of meetings, which Secretariat office at Nabanna. wake of a meteoric rise of the Thursday and sought merger of A bulletin from the has come down to six. Chief Minister Arvind will be fixed in the six months. have taken place between the The duo held a closed door BJP which clinched 18 out of 42 Congress Legislature Party Assembly on Thursday night The development came as Kejriwal’s plan to provide free He was apparently refer- DMRC and Delhi transport meeting for about two hours. seats in the Lok Sabha polls. (CLP) into ruling TRS said seats had been allotted to a deadly blow to the Congress, Metro travel to women in the ring to the upcoming Delhi department, and even at the Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and The TMC won 22 and the Legislature Party (TRSLP). the 12 MLAs along with the which is facing trouble in national Capital. Assembly elections next year moment, a search meeting is MP Abhishek Banerjee too Congress got 2 seats. Speaker P Srinivas Reddy members of the Telangana Rajasthan, Karnataka and Taking a dig at Kejriwal, and implying that the BJP will taking place to finalise the was present in the meeting, In the Lok Sabha polls, the accepted the request of the 12 Rashtra Samithi Legislature Madhya Pradesh, where the Minister of Housing and Urban dethrone the Kejriwal blueprint. The Government sources said. TMC and BJP got 44 and 40 MLAs considering the fact Party in the House. Congress Governments are on Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Government. Puri was speak- has the budget for such Mamata reportedly asked per cent votes respectively they constituted two-thirds of Unless the merger is the verge of collapse, following Thursday said that the Delhi ing after launching the schemes,” said Deputy Chief Kishore to help her party win pushing the Left down to about the Congress Legislature Party, reversed, the Congress is set to the drubbing at the hands of Government had not sent any Ministry’s sanitation ranking Minister Manish Sisodia. the State elections in 2021. 8 per cent. a requirement for merger lose its Opposition Party status BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. proposal related to this scheme. league for cities, Swachchh Continued on Page 4 Kishore’s likely entry in Bengal’s Continued on Page 4 under the anti-defection law. in the Assembly as its strength Continued on Page 4     !"#$  $ $  $$ 

   %+6+7-' in 27 cases of auto-lifting and police team tracked robbery registered in various down the accused he Delhi Police has arrest- police stations of the national Shahrukh along with    %+6+7-' injured was taken to Shri Bala Ted a notorious auto-lifter Capital. his woman associate Ji Action Medical Institute for driving a stolen Honda The information that a car from the area of 30 year-old man was Paschim Vihar where he is City through the crowd of tried to plough through the Kashimiri Gate and Aallegedly shot at by three said to be in stable condition people who were celebrating people, spread like a wild fire arrested," said the DCP. bike-borne assailants at outer now," said the DCP. Eid-ul-Fitr in Khureji area of and soon a crowd gathered at "During interroga- Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area on "During investigation it Trans Yamuna area. The car the spot as tempers ran high. It tion, the accused dis- Wednesday night. Police said was revealed that when had brushed past many who soon turned ugly after people closed that he had stolen that the man is in stable con- Narendra, the victim, was ran helter-skelter to save them- started brick batting at Khureji the white Honda City dition and he was shot at due going towards his home on selves as the rashly driven car Chowk and broke windscreen from the area of Madhu to personal enmity with a Wednesday night in his car, passed through those congrat- and glasses of three buses of Vihar. A case under sec- neighbour near his residence in three men riding on bike start- ulating each other on Eid out- Delhi Transport Corporation tion 379 of Indian Penal Nihal Vihar. ed chasing him from Shiv Ram side a mosque. The incident (DTC). Code has been also reg- The injured identified as Park," said the DCP. had created a major law and The situation was brought istered at Madhu Vihar Narendra Sharma, a resident of "When the victim reached order situation in the area, as under control in sometime by police station. The Nihal Vihar and a part time near Hanuman Mandir in agitated crowd indulged in the police after elders of the accused told police that property dealer was hit by two Nihal Vihar, the bike borne stone pelting and damaged society and senior police offi- he used to sleep at night bullets. assailant over took his car and public properties. The rioters cials reached the spot and paci- in this vehicle only and ! 1   "  Police has registered a case fired around six rounds of bul- did not spare a Delhi Traffic fied the angry crowd. had parked it in the  2  (   under relevant sections at Nihal lets at him. The victim was hit Police crane that was sent on According to Meghna area of Rani Garden Vihar police station and police by two bullets, one on his the spot to tow other vehicles. Yadav, the Deputy Geeta Colony," said the DCP. Vihar area," said the DCP. have initiated manhunt to nab stomach and one left side of his Man arrested Identified as Commissioner of Police "On the morning of June 5, "On Same day at night he the accused. head," said the DCP. Shahrukh (27), held from (DCP), Shahdara district, see- he noticed heavy police deploy- again came to the area of According to Seju P "In September last year, Kashmere Gate area on ing the gravity of the incident ment in the area due to which Anand Vihar and from here he Kuruvilla, the Deputy Sharma had attacked the main Thursday. A 24 year-old police teams were formed to he got scared and tried to stole a Scooty on which he and Commissioner of police accused following a fight woman who was with him nab the accused. escape from this place. He his woman associate tried to (DCP), Outer district, an infor- between them over some issue, during the time of the incident, "The police teams collect- panicked in the process and escape but were nabbed by a mation was received regarding the officer said, adding that the has also been taken into cus- ed local intelligence, CCTV drove speedily in the streets of police team at Kashmiri gate," firing at around 10:20 PM on recent attack on Sharma tody. footages to identify the driver Khureji. He noticed that police said the DCP adding that fur- Wednesday night in Nihal appears to be a case of person- The accused Shahrukh is a of the car. The accused were personnel and public were fol- ther investigation was going on Vihar police station. al enmity. However, the motive resident of Delhi's Govindpuri identified and numerous raids lowing him in Khureji due to to ascertain the involvement of "Acting on the call, behind attempt will be clear area in East Delhi, is a hard- were conducted at different which he picked up more speed the accused in other cases of Emergency Response Vehicle one the accused are nabbed," ened auto-thief and is involved possible hide-outs. Finally the and escaped towards Anand vehicle theft.  ! '      (   (ERV) rushed to the spot. The said the DCP. 6  6  p    ( "  "  "   P .*#  "     %+6+7-' According to BSES official, "    O;-*#+;;<,<" in first case, a BSES inspection >""/;-.?+.# are not steal power, as team, accompanied by Delhi    %+6+7-' DBSES is keeping eye on vio- Police personnel, in 2011 had ,;-<*?";,@-#,.,< lators. Recently in two separate found electricity theft by-pass- he Waste to Wonder Park +;+>;-A-

   %+6+7-' O   ! " improvement in the scientif- ic aptitude of primary stu- he status of 61 science clubs "#$! % & dents, level of increase in Tof South Delhi Municipal !  '( interest on scientific issues, Corporation (SDMC) has been !# ! " the facilities and scientific upgraded by the Union "#$! % )( infrastructure available with- Department of Science and * +! " in clubs, frequency of detailed Technology on the basis of reports submitted by the their outstanding performance "#$! % & clubs and scientific activities and contribution in the devel- !$ ,%"# ! were undertaken during the opment of scientific aptitude of " "#$! % period of evaluation," he said. primary school students. & !  'P The experts from the The officiating chairperson CBSE, NCERT, Kendriya of the education committee of Vidyalaya Sangathan, SDMC, Dr Nandini Sharma degraded on the basis of their National Science Centre and said that it is a matter of plea- unsatisfactory performance but Nehru Planetarium joined sure and pride that out of 233 none of the science clubs under their heads together for many science clubs upgraded across SDMC has been degraded. days to assess the function- India in which 61 belongs to These science clubs have not ing of science clubs and the SDMC. only enhanced the moral of the impact of the efforts made by Elaborating it further, she students but has also made the clubs on the students, the said that SDMC's one science them scientifically well versed," official said. club has been upgraded to Sharma said, adding that the With an aim to develop Platinum, 21 to gold, 17 to sil- civic body will honour these 61 scientific instinct in the stu- ver and 22 to bronze. "The science clubs very soon. dents and provide them a south zone gets upgradation of A senior SDMC official platform to excel by creating 21 science clubs, Central zones said that a total of 233 Science useful scientific innovative get upgradation of 9, West Clubs in the country including instruments and machines Zone gets upgradation of 21 61 clubs of the SDMC have competent enough to ensure and Najafgarh zone gets upgra- been upgraded after a thorough a substantial positive change dation of 10 science clubs," she evaluation of the clubs on the in the quality of life, the cor- added. basis of various parameters set poration had set up fully "It has been observed that up for this purpose. "The eval- functional 100 science clubs certain science clubs are being uation was done on the level of in its 100 schools.

                                                                                                                                               !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

Q v‡rq hq ƒˆiyv†urq i’ 8uhqh Hv‡ h s‚ hq ‚ iruhys ‚s 8H`F Q v‡rpu G‡q I‚ % 7ruvq Bˆyhi 7uhh 7huhqˆ Tuhu ahsh Hh t Ir 9ryuv  ! Qu‚r)  # #$$ 8‚€€ˆvph‡v‚ Pssvpr) A"  Trp‡‚ % IPD96 Bhˆ‡h€ 7ˆqu Ihth ! "  VQ Qu‚r)  !#'&(' 6 #'&(( hq ƒ v‡rq h‡ Eht h Q hxh†uh G‡q 9 !  ! Trp‡‚ %" I‚vqh VQ @qv‡‚ ) 8uhqh Hv‡ h 6DS TVS8C6SB@ ‚s  ! @h†‡) 8hypˆ‡‡h I‚ ‡u) Gru Xr†‡) Hˆ€ihv 6 6u€rqhihq T‚ˆ‡u) 7hthy‚ r 6 8urhv 8r‡ hy ) Fuhwˆ hu‚ Gˆpx‚ Pssvpr) #‡u Ay‚‚  Thuh h Tu‚ƒƒvt 8r‡ r Ahv“hihq S‚hq Gˆpx‚!!%  % Uryrƒu‚r†) $!!!"#%##" !"#%### !"#%##$   !"#$  . 3  $ $    -      +50'67O8#0'%040        %+6+7-' about grievances related to var- ious departments.    %+6+7-' dealer was selling atta (flour) in plained that such practice elhi Chief Minister and Kejriwal who is also chair- violation of the norms and pro- of issuing bills showing sale of DAam Aadmi Party (AAP) man of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) ood and Civil Supplies and visions of NFS Act 2013. 11 kg rice though the beneficiaries National convener Arvind has started his padyatra from FConsumer Affairs Minister atta (flour) was also found at were not taking the same, was Kejriwal conducted a padyatra low line Deoli area where water Imran Hussian on Thursday the FPS premises, which is a going on for the last 2 years at in Badarpur area of South East scarcity remain a burning issue conducted a surprise inspec- grave irregularity. least. district on Thursday. in summers. tion of ration shops in Pandav Notably, the FPS dealer In second round of inspec- During his interaction with Meanwhile, informing peo- Nagar area of East Delhi and was also found issuing bills and tion, Hussian found that the locals, Kejrwal assured that ple about the administrative ordered one of them to be cash memos for rice whereas shops were in ununhygienic work of laying sewer lines will level work, Kejriwal said that the sealed after finding it shut. the beneficiaries were not tak- condition. start in 15 days. “I know your tender has been done. “As the “A shop in Pandav Nagar ing rice. He spoke to the ration area faces problems of water, work of laying sewer line in was sealed after it was found During interaction with beneficiaries who informed sewer and broken by-lanes. I these by-lanes will get com- closed during working hours ration beneficiaries, the min- that the FPS dealer sells have come here with good news pleted, the work of constructing and locals complained that the ister learnt that few beneficia- atta (flour) in place of for you.” “Water pipeline has the by-lanes will start simulta- shop usually opens during ries do not take rice yet the FPS wheat for which he charges already been laid in your area,” neously. Once it is done, you will evenings,” a Government offi- dealer issues receipts and 12/- per kg. adding, now in a week’s time not face problems during the cial said. makes entries in their ration “Some FPSs were Ganga water will start coming monsoon. By the time, rains ,      /     +   #   (   Hussain also carried out cards showing that the rice was found not displaying to your homes in your tap, start, your lanes would be con- surprise inspections of a few also being sold to them under mandatory information on Kejriwal said. structed,” said Kejriwal. departments during his padya- lines will also be laid soon. We from one lane to another, meet- Fair Price Shops (FPS) in the NFS Act 2013. the display boards at It would be pertinent to “Once the sewer work is tras in the area. will soon have good by-lanes. ing each and every resident and Laxmi Nagar area in East On the directions of the their premises. During mention here that Chief done, your problem of sewage Manoj Sahu, a local resident This will all give us a more discussing their problems. District AC-58 to check the Minister, the F&S team inspection one FPS was Minister Arvind Kejriwal and will be over, he told the resi- said, the CM came between us respectable life. A resident of Kejriwal is the first one to do so. functioning of ration shops. weighed the food articles and reported remaining his Cabinet Ministers are visit- dents.” Kejriwal was accompa- and discussed our problems BIW Camp D Pradhan said, I He came with solutions to our During inspection of one found rice in excess quantities locked most of the times,” ing different areas of the nation- nied by the Badarpur MLA ND with us. Now, we will start get- have seen this for the first time problems of water, sewer and of the Fair Price Shop (FPS), at the FPS premises. quoting Chief Minister Office’s al Capital and asking people Sharma and officers of different ting Ganga water, our sewer that a Chief Minister is going lanes. We are very happy. Hussian found that the FPS Ration beneficiaries com- statement. 4 %56&        P #   , 4   %+6+7-' strict rules was to create a safe the enforcement team has been travel for the passengers espe- asked to maintain record which 3%777   , n a order to create safety and cially woman during night will be useful for us to check Isecurity of the passengers times. the authentications of TSR and to make all the ‘auto-rick- “It is submitted with the user,” said a transport official    %+6+7-' O+,"@,,",-<+A.;"@ certificate. They were told by shaw’ drivers/owners adhere to approval of competent author- requesting anonymity. There ;>*,;-,"<*41348'5-*?;-<,* the officials that an acknowl- the guidelines and permit con- ity ‘that in addition to the ear- are about 1, 13,074 auto-rick- ver 2.38 lakh students have -;@;"A,+<;*;/ edgment receipt from the gov- ditions laid by transport lier prosecution, 2,599 Challans shaws plying in the National Ofilled the online registra- #-,>";463406@;"A ernment authorities would suf- department and Motor Vehicle have been issued against, 1,863 Capital. tions form for the 62,000 Under ",;.-#C-;/#-***4084'38 fice for now. (MV) Act, a Delhi Court has TSRs and out of which 712 “It’s high time for the trans- Graduate (UG) seats in the @;"A#/+/-*,*4'4823 From the day the open asked Delhi Transport and have been impounded from port department to initiate Delhi University (DU) till @;"A#/+/;.*-

  " 8"  " 4 $   /  677$   $            3  74)%*6 directed the district magistrate  7' 0- *98  "  to give all possible medical alf-a-dozen members of a assistance to the injured and to he mutilated body of a 3- Hmarriage party were killed provide compensation to the Tyear-old girl was found in  '#-*0 0- Disaster Relief Force and the  0#' officials of the country's pre- relevant orders periodically. and 30 others were injured family of the deceased under a garbage dump here, with an State Disaster Relief Force has mier investigation agency. Ever since he snapped ties when the tractor-trolley on Sarvhit Bima Yojna, a initial probe indicating that the he bodies of five climbers, been formed, he said. he YS Jagan Mohan Reddy The Andhra Pradesh with the Narendra Modi-led which they were returning spokesperson of the state gov- killing was a fallout of a mon- Twho died in avalanche But it may take three to TGovernment on Thursday Government bestowed powers NDA Government in March from a wedding ceremony col- ernment said here etary dispute, police said on while scaling the Nanda Devi four days for the rescue team to cancelled a controversial upon itself to launch a corrup- last year, Naidu had been alleg- lided with a speeding truck in In another mishap report- Thursday. East peak, will be brought back to make the preparations and Government order issued by tion probe against central ing that the Centre was misus- Hardoi. ed from Lakhimpur Kheri, two Two persons have been by the land route following IAF undergo the requisite training the previous Chandrababu Government employees as well ing agencies like the CBI to tar- The incident took place in persons were charred to death arrested in connection with the helicopters' repeated failure to before launching the expedi- Naidu-led dispensation, paving through the State’s Anti- get political opponents. Sadarpur area of the district late while their friend was injured crime. retrieve them, said an official tion, said Jogdande. the way for the CBI to probe Corruption Bureau. The raids by Income Tax Wednesday night when 42 when their motorcycle burst Senior Superintendent of on Thursday. The district magistrate said various cases in Andhra The YSR Congress Party authorities on some business people were returning home into flames after being hit by a Police Akash Kulhari said the An eight-member team of retrieving the bodies may turn Pradesh. that assumed power on May 30, establishments, run by those after attending the marriage speeding van on Pallia- girl went missing from Tappal mountaineers, including seven out to be a long process taking On November 8, 2018, the issued a fresh order Thursday close to the ruling Telugu ceremony. Nighasan road in Pallia late township on May 31 and on foreign nationals, on its way to up to a month or more owing ruling Telugu Desam Party cancelling the GO 176 issued Desam Party in the state, had Circle officer of Hardoi, Wednesday night, police said June 2, police found her muti- Nanda Devi East peak in to difficult geographical terrain, had issued a Government order on November 8. Based on the left Naidu red-faced. Vijay Singh Rana, said the on Thursday. lated body in a garbage dump Pithoragarh district in he said. The IAF helicopters (GO) withdrawing the “gener- directions of YS Jagan Mohan Subsequently, he impact of the collision was such The deceased were identi- near her house. Uttarakhand, was reported had made three sorties on al consent” accorded to the Reddy, Special Chief Secretary announced that his govern- that the tractor-trolley “fell fied as Pankaj (25) and his Police have arrested two missing since May 25. Wednesday as well to retrieve Central Bureau of Investigation Manmohan Singh issued GO ment would not provide police into a ditch, overturned and friend Anil (24), both residents persons — Zahid and Aslam — The bodies of five of them the bodies but their attempts (CBI) to carry out investiga- 81 to this effect. cover to the IT officials for then again turned back to its of Buddhapurwa village under on the basis of the complaint of were spotted Monday from an proved futile due to high-speed tions and raids in the state. “The order issued on conducting the raids. normal position”. Nighasan police station, Pallia the victim's father. Indian Air Force helicopter winds and difficult location “In exercise of the powers November 8, 2018 is hereby The State Government’s The deceased were identi- Circle Officer Pradeep Yadav "Post-mortem examination during a search and rescue where the bodes were spotted. conferred by Section 6 of the cancelled under the provisions move was seen as further inten- fied as Vishram (60), said. has not found any sign of sex- operation. The three other The team was led by well- Delhi Special Police of the Delhi Special Police sification of confrontation Gangaram (50), Shankar (55), The injured, Shankar, was ual assault. The report con- mountaineers are yet to be known British climber Martin Establishment Act, 1946, the Establishment Act, 1946,” it between the Modi Government Balakram (60), Rishi Kumar rushed to district hospital and firmed death due to strangula- traced. Moran. It included three other government hereby withdraws said. and Naidu, who was striving to (30) and Rajaram (35). and is out of danger. tion," the police officer said. Pithoragarh District climbers from the UK, two the general consent accorded The CBI will now have all forge a non-BJP front to take Around 16 injured persons The three were returning Kulhari said that in view of Magistrate Vijay Kumar from the US and one from (in GO Ms 109) to all the powers to take up corruption on the saffron party in 2019 were admitted to the Hardoi home when the van, coming the gravity of the crime, pro- Jogdande said the IAF choppers Australia, besides an officer members of the Delhi Special and other cases in AP. Lok Sabha elections. district hospital, while the rest from the opposite direction, hit ceedings have begun to charge made two attempts even from the Indian Police Establishment to exercise The premier investigative Opposition parties decried were being treated at the com- their motorcycle on Pallia- the duo under the stringent Thursday to retrieve the bod- Mountaineering Foundation, the powers and jurisdiction agency functions under the the move and asserted the munity health centre in Nighasan road near Tilkapur National Security Act. He said ies but the operation failed due New Delhi. under the said Act in the state Delhi Special Police State Government did not have Bilgram. One of the seriously village, police said, adding that a process has also started to fol- to inclement weather and the The missing climbers are of Andhra Pradesh,” the GO Establishment Act. the authority to bar the CBI. injured persons was referred to none of them was wearing low this case through a fast treacherous terrain. Martin Moran, John McLaren, had said. Under Section 6 of the The YSR Congress, the Lucknow for treatment, police helmets. track court. The victim's father Accordingly, it has been Richard Payne and Rupert The then Andhra Pradesh Act, a State Government “rou- main Opposition party then, said. The motorcycle caught fire has demanded that other fam- decided to try to retrieve the Havel from the UK, Anthony Deputy Chief Minister (Home) tinely” grants consent to the had alleged the controversial Meanwhile Chief Minister after the collision, leaving ily members of the accused be bodies through land routes for Sudecam and Rachel Bimmel N China Rajappa had said the CBI for exercising its authori- decision was taken only Yogi Adityanath expressed con- Pankaj and Anil dead on the arrested as the crime could not which a joint team of person- from the US, Ruth Macrain reason to withdraw the consent ty in the state and the AP because the Chief Minister dolences on the death of the spot. The van driver fled the have been carried out without nel from the Indo-Tibetan from Australia and IMF's was allegations against the top Government, too, had issued was scared of the CBI. persons in the accident. He spot leaving behind the vehicle. their knowledge. Border Police, the National Chetan Pandey. +:,     !   $ )   ,     (;, 8R     5    0 :  9   .            -9%8   %+6+7-'  %+6+7-' Committee and Director !   -4%+60 People were angry over the General, CPC Guangdong poor quality of road construc-  +% 7404 he Supreme Court will hear Chinese delegation, led by Provincial Committee Zheng  )-%' 0-  %+6+7-' ewly elected BJD MLA, tion and they could have Ton Friday a plea by former Aa member of the Political Yanxiong and Deputy Secretary NSaroj Kumar Meher, who harmed the engineer if I did ndicating 'lack of trust' Karnataka Minister and mining Bureau of the CPC Central of the CPC Shenzhen he rift in the Haryana aharashtra Chief Minister drew flak after a video pur- not ask him to do sit-ups," Ibetween the coalition part- baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, Committee and comprising Municipal Committee and TCongress surfaced at a MDevendra Fadnavis on portedly showing him forcing Meher told reporters in ners, Karnataka Chief Minister who has sought permission to officials of the Chinese Mayor of Shenzhen Chen meeting where the party's state Thursday met Union Home a junior PWD engineer to do Bolangir. HD Kumaraswamy's son travel to Ballari in the State to Embassy here, met Congress Rugui were also part of the unit chief Ashok Tanwar faced Minister Amit Shah and dis- sit-ups in public went viral, on "The situation was not Nikhil Kumaraswamy, in a visit his ailing father-in law. president Rahul Gandhi and Chinese delegation. fire over the recent poll deba- cussed a range of issues relat- Thursday apologised for his under my control as the angry viral video, is purportedly seen Reddy, who is accused in a UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi The leaders held wide- cle, prompting him to say, “If ed to the State, including the action, while claiming that he people demanded punishment asking JD(S) workers to pre- multi-crore illegal mining case on Thursday and held discus- ranging discussions on improv- you want to finish me, shoot drought situation. did it to assuage public anger. for the erring engineer," he said. pare themselves for the assem- and is out on bail, moved the sions on the ties between India ing the ties between the two me”, a participant recalled. Fadnavis also briefed Shah Later in the day, the engi- Earlier in the day, District bly polls. apex court on Thursday. and China. countries, sources said, adding A party leader who attend- on the steps taken by the state neer's wife lodged a police Collector Arindam Dakua said In the video that has gone A vacation Bench headed The delegation called on that it was a "courtesy visit". ed the meeting summoned government to deal with the complaint against Meher, a decision will be taken in the viral on social media, he is by Justice Indira Banerjee the two Congress leaders at The meeting comes in the Tuesday in New Delhi by water shortage, an official said. accusing him of publicly matter after the Patnagarh sub- heard telling his partymen that agreed to hear his plea on Sonia Gandhi's 10, Janpath wake of an AN-32 aircraft of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Several parts of the state, humiliating her husband after collector files a report. the elections may come any- Friday. The former Minister residence here. Senior Congress the Indian Air Force going Haryana in-charge at the particularly the Marathwada calling him from his house on "I have sought a factual time, be it next year or after two said in his plea that his father- leader Anand Sharma was also missing in Arunachal Pradesh, AICC, claimed Tanwar was region, are in the midst of a Wednesday. report from Patnagarh sub-col- or three years. in law has developed a health present on the occasion. sharing the border with China, targeted by some MLAs close drought. Water levels in reser- In the video, the Patnagarh lector on the incident. Any "We need to start now condition and is presently Li Xi, member of the after taking off from Assam's to former chief minister voirs of Marathwada have MLA is seen reprimanding the action will be taken based on only. We should not say we will admitted in the ICU of a hos- Political Bureau of the Jorhat on Monday. Bhupinder Singh Hooda. dipped drastically. engineer over alleged shoddy the report from the sub-col- do it later. We have to prepare pital at Ballari in Karnataka. Communist Party of China The MLAs pressed for a On the day, Fadnavis also road construction work in his lector," Dakua said. from the next month onwards. He sought the apex court's (CPC) Central Committee and leadership change in Haryana met Union Health and Family constituency in Bolangir district Bolangir Superintendent We do not know when it (elec- permission to visit Ballari as he Secretary of the CPC 8     over the party's failure to win Welfare Minister Harsh and asking him to do 100 sit- of Police K S Diva Subramani tion) comes, next year, after has been barred by a judicial Guangdong Provincial any of the 10 Lok Sabha seats Vardhan and demanded ups in the middle of the road. said following the complaint two years or three years. JD(S) order from visiting his home dis- Committee, is currently visit-    in the state. When contacted increase in the medical seats in Meher claimed that he took the filed by the engineer's wife, the leaders should be ready," Nikhil trict. Reddy was granted condi- ing India. The Charge d'affaires  -   Thursday, Ashok Tanwar said government colleges in the action as angry public could charges against Meher are says in the video. tional bail by the apex court in of the Chinese Embassy in he will continue to work state after the implementation have harmed the engineer if he being verified. Nikhil, who lost the recent January 2015 after spending India, Li Vijian, was also pre- ;"A ->0 towards strengthening the of 10 per cent quota for eco- did not do anything. "The wife of the engineer Lok Sabha poll from Mandya to more than three years in jail. sent during Xi's meeting with "       Congress “as long as my party nomically weaker section stu- "I am sorry for the incident. made a written complaint BJP-backed independent can- As part of his bail condi- the Gandhis. (      " (  president and my party lead- dents. But, I was compelled to ask the against the MLA this evening. didate Sumalatha Ambareesh in tions, Reddy was directed by Vice Minister of the          ership want”. The meeting was The Chief Minister engineer to do sit-ups in the We are verifying the charges a fiercely fought contest, how- the court not to visit his home International Department of    " $L@  "    attended by all 17 Congress demanded 813 seats at the wake of public resentment... levelled against the legislator. ever, said there was no threat to town Ballari as well as the CPC Central Committee  DD HHH" $- MLAs from the state and last- post-graduation level and 1,740 the government and his father Ananthapur and Kadapa in (IDCPC) Guo Yezhou,      NM   ed over two hours, a Haryana graduation seats be increased in will complete the tenure. Andhra Pradesh. Member of the Standing  (  " (" Congress leader said. the State, officials said.         $ %  ::: L#       ;"A ->0        (   " (0 ?H HHH   "       $' " 3 :::  "  )  O   "    ;"A ->0 "   ("             %   O "     "  ( "  $M ;"A ->0 "       "   BHD;  )  (     "O    ( (  # )       0 B ?HH " (    80)    "   E3  ( )    (        "   (  M    $ 5   0 O       "   ."  (    "       " "          "   3;"(?;  $   )   "  "        ( ((   $-   ( #  L6  " "       ( /"   (  (    ("        (5" "" $#"          L    M L   M    (  "          .   " E;  DE"(  ) (   " "      $'     .  "          B?  $' "                   O    ( "       )   3?"(E3       L'    (  "    M  $L6   " 5K4L      (   ??   M  "   (  M$            O  $#     #)  (  $ "#"  $    '   ) (      H$BD      (      L"      L  M     ("  "       (    $'  "$#

   $'  "    ( 7  "         H$H;         " 3  DG             L     "        " (H$?H K' 7     L$#  BBK   "  " ("     ( M$L      $       "  M  $  $M  "  .  " "("  )   (    $$$* (    "   '     "            (   (     (         %@)       (   "    $#        ) (                 ??3$GB      "       M    $   .  (        D$3G         (   L6  BE  BHHC   .  # #          3C ?BC$FB  "            " .       M "                 $#    $#  (   ) $'         )   $#   %+%( "      (   5 "   ML@          "      " DFF$CH D$;G         (    (   M (    $'   "    L"  M$     DD G;3$F?$   " $     $

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probe related to the losses suf- fered by national carrier Air India as part of an  %+6+7-'  (  "     (     0    %+6+7-' +   " violation of foreign exchange  -/ &  alleged multi-crore-rupee avi-  (  " "  " (   /"    laws to the tune of over Rs ation scam. n his first meeting with the "    (        (       ((    $  "    "  ")    @

idening its probe against 1,000 crore in the purchase of Patel’s request for another Itop brass here on Thursday WRobert Vadra, brother-in-    " (  vast tracts of land in Kerala. date for questioning came after assuming charge as the   @       law of Congress president " "   Thampi has now been   hours before his appearance Defence Minister last week,    ((   "   " (  Rahul Gandhi, the ED has summoned by the agency for scheduled before the agency. Rajnath Singh was briefed (  /"        $-     requested its UK counterparts ( ((" "  questioning about his links  %+6+7-' The agency had summoned about issues, including Defence "           (    to share details of ownership "    with Vadra and absconding him earlier this month and acquisitions and procurements, ((   and related financial transac- ((   arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. ormer Civil Aviation asked him to appear before the Defence diplomacy and plan-  -    (    (  .     tions of over half-a-dozen assets But Thampi has sought more FMinister and NCP leader Investigating Officer of the ning activities of recently set up @  @ )" K@@) L        (  there that the agency claimed time to appear before the ED as Praful Patel did not appear case on Thursday. three integrated units, includ-     "    " .         were acquired using laundered alleged undisclosed transac- he claims he is unwell, the before the Enforcement Patel has also been named ing Cyber Agency, Armed "           @@) money and belonged to him. tions being made from Cyprus sources said. Some other peo- Directorate on Thursday and in a recent chargesheet filed by Forces Special Forces Division The Enforcement and Dubai for the purchase of ple linked to Vadra and requested the agency for anoth- the ED before a court as a per- and Space Agency. Directorate (ED) has also these assets by people linked to Bhandari have also been sum- er date to depose in connection son known to aviation lobby- The high-level review of ration. Two projects, including information technology and sought assistance from finan- Vadra, the sources said. moned by the agency. with a money-laundering ist Deepak Talwar. these issues was attended by manufacturing nearly 100 heli- space, the Government recent- cial intelligence units of some Questioning of Vadra on his Patel who is a NCP leader, Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra copters and six submarines, ly three tri-services units countries to unravel the flow of links to these assets has not got was in charge of the and other officials of the min- were given the go-ahead some including Special Forces, Cyber funds used to purchase these the agency much leads. It now Civil Aviation Ministry istry besides representation months back under the strate- and Space Agencies. assets, officials said. wants to put Vadra through sus- between 2004 and 2011 during from the three Services. gic partnership programme. Headed by Major General The agency is planning to tained interrogation and has the United Progressive Alliance Since the focus is on to sus- He was also briefed regard- rank officer, these agencies have provisionally attach these moved court to cancel his antic- regime, has not been men- tain the momentum of mod- ing Defence co-operation activ- drawn personnel and resources immovable assets in London ipatory bail, they said. tioned as an accused in the ernisation to have operational ities with Friendly Foreign from three Services for fighting and nearby areas under In his defence, Vadra had case till now. preparedness to meet the chal- Countries (FFCs), policy mat- any challenge in an integrated the Prevention of Money claimed that he was being “Due to my prior commit- lenge of a two-front war with ters pertaining to Defence diplo- manner. It will enable the mil- Laundering Act (PMLA), subjected to “sensation and  %+6+7-' The CBI had registered an ments, I have requested ED for Pakistan and China, the Minister macy, including bilateral and itary to achieve the military and they said. unnecessary drama” by the FIR against 17 persons, includ- another date,” Patel said in was apprised of Defence pro- multi-lateral exercises, capacity political objective in the short- The 50-year-old business- repeated exercise of sum- he CBI has arrested three ing ten employees of Sify Mumbai. curement procedures, budget building, training and material est possible time. Against this man, who is the husband of moning him by the ED. Tpersons in connection with Technologies Pvt Ltd, in con- The statement of Patel, a utilisation, present status of pro- assistance to FFCs, they said. backdrop, Singh reviewed plan- Congress leader Priyanka The ED has asked its UK the leak of question paper of nection with the question paper Rajya Sabha MP, will be record- curements and payments along With fast changing nature ning activities of these agencies, Vadra, has been grilled 13 counterparts to help them get Staff Selection Commission’s leak. ed under the Prevention of with implications of major deals of warfare with extensive use of officials said. times by the ED with regard to full details of the chain of Common Graduate Level The paper of the second Money Laundering with countries. a London-based property locat- ownership of these assets apart examination. tier of the Combined Graduate Act (PMLA). Singh directed officials to ed at 12, Bryanston Square from documents that legally The arrests came after Level (CGL) examination, After summoning by the seek indigenous solutions for '6 worth 1.9 million GBP (British establish their sale and pur- recent searches at four locations 2017, which took place on agency, Patel had reacted say- meeting the forces require- pounds), which is allegedly chase over a period of time. — one in the national capital February 21, 2018, and its ing he would be happy to ments to the extent possible. He owned by him. A main suspect for the and three in Ghaziabad, offi- answer key were allegedly cooperate with the ED for also noted the progress under The agency has evidence Enforcement Directorate in cials said. leaked and became viral on their understanding of the the Strategic Partnership pro- that some more assets in the these dealings is NRI busi- Akshay Kumar Malik, the social media before the exam- complexities of the aviation gramme, the Defence Ministry United Kingdom are “linked” nessman C C Thampi who has alleged masterminded of the ination began, according to industry. officials said later. to Vadra. These include two been charged by the agency in leak of examination paper, the FIR. The scam relates to The Strategic Partnership houses — one worth 5 million an alleged illegal hawala deal- besides two other accused per- The examination papers allocation of favourable programme initiated by the !!; !'9.,++&.!!3+9+& GBP and the other valued at 4 ings and land purchase case in sons — Sandeep Mathur and were set in such a way that an airline routes to foreign oper- NDA-one Government aims at million GBP, besides six other the country in 2017. Dharmendra were arrested after examinee got the questions in ators to the detriment manufacturing warships, sub-  %+6+7-' Thursday also stationed an residential flats, sources said. It had issued a show-cause the searches at the four locations a certain sequence, officials of the national carrier marines, fighter jets and tanks unmanned aerial vehicle The ED has detected some notice to Thampi for alleged here and Ghaziabad, they said. added. Air India. in India with foreign collabo- s the massive search and (UAV), officials said here on Arescue operation entered Thursday. the fourth day on Thursday for The ill-fated AN-32 trans- the missing AN-32 aircraft port aircraft had taken off &   with 13 IAF personnel on from Jorhat in Assam at 12.25 board, Defence Minister pm for Mechuka advanced Rajnath Singh met family landing ground in Arunachal  %+6+7-' 26 and Pakistan carried out a members of some of them here Pradesh. counter-offensive the next day. and assured of all possible The plane lost radio con- $ ndia on Thursday said no Breaking the ice in bilater- help. He had prayed for the tact at one pm and when it did Ibilateral meeting has been al ties, Khan on May 26 spoke safety of all the crew members not land at Mechuka at sched- planned between Prime to Modi on phone and expressed on Monday when the plane uled time of 1.25 pm, the IAF # 'O  P Minister Narendra Modi and his desire to work together for went missing. launched the search and rescue his Pakistani counterpart peace and prosperity in the Even as weather is ham- operation. The flying time    ( Imran Khan on the sidelines of region. Modi on his part called pering the search operations, between Jorhat and Mechuka the SCO summit in Kyrgyz for creating trust and an envi- the IAF on Thursday widened is about 50 minutes and the (  /  capital of Bishkek next week. ronment free of violence and ter- the area of operation with distance is about 206 kms as There was speculation rorism for fostering peace and ground forces of the Army and the crow flies.  !!  about possibility of a meeting prosperity in the region. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Mechuka advanced land- %+6+7-' between Modi and Khan in the Kumar also said there was (ITBP) patrolling the thickly ing ground is the lifeline for wake of a private visit here by he was completely ruling out any Mahmood, who was Pakistan’s no meeting last month in forested area to locate the troops deployed on the Line of gainst the backdrop of Pakistan Foreign Secretary possibility of Modi-Khan meet- High Commissioner to India Bishkek between the then missing plane feared to have Actual Control (LAC) facing ACongress’ miserable show Congress lost its grip since Sohail Mahmood days after ing in Bishkek, Kumar only before he assumed charge of External Affairs Minister crashed. China and the planes and heli- in the Lok Sabha elections almost the last four decades. telephonic conversation said he was not aware of any the top post in mid-April, Sushma Swaraj and her Besides two SU-30s and C- copters ferry personnel, food across the country, including “Priyanka will now fre- between the Prime Ministers. bilateral meeting being organ- arrived here on Tuesday night Pakistani counterpart Shah 130J planes flying throughout and ammunition. Uttar Pradesh, Congress gen- quently visit the State and con- “To best of my knowledge, ised between the two leaders. on a three-day private visit. Mehmood Qureshi. Both had the night for the past three The advanced landing eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi tinue with her interactions there is no bilateral meeting Both Modi and Khan are Tensions between the two attended a meeting of SCO days to locate the plane, the ground at a height of 6,000 feet has decided to continue work- with party workers,” a senior being planned between the scheduled to attend the annu- countries worsened after the Foreign Ministers in the Kyrgyz Navy has also deployed is about 30 kms as the crow ing ‘tirelessly’ for the revival of AICC leader said. prime minister and PM of al SCO summit on June 13-14. Pulwama terror attack and capital last month. He said a its P-8 I long range reconnais- flies from the LAC and there- the party in the State that On her first visit to Uttar Pakistan on the sidelines of the On Pakistan Foreign both the countries were almost photograph showing the two sance aircraft. fore is strategically very impor- sends 80 Lok Sabha MPs. Pradesh after the poll debacle SCO summit,” External Affairs Secretary’s ongoing visit here, on the brink of a war after Ministers were taken when Two M-17 helicopters and tant. Incidentally, an AN-32 AICC sources said a mas- wherein even her brother Rahul Ministry Spokesperson said Kumar said it is his personal India’s military planes struck a they were sitting at a holding two advanced light utility heli- had crashed near Mechuka in sive overhaul could be expect- lost the family turf of Amethi, during a media briefing. trip and no meeting has been terrorist training camp in room of the SCO Foreign copters are also carrying out June 2009 killing all 13 pas- ed to streamline the cadre in she will station herself in Swaraj Asked specifically whether planned with Indian officials. Pakistan’s Balakot on February Ministers conference. sorties and the Army on sengers. the State which has always Bhawan in Allahabad and con- been significant for formation duct the series of meetings. of a government at the Centre. She is tasked to strengthen the ! $ Priyanka, who was drafted State unit to stage a comeback :' %. + into active politics by her broth- both in UP and national level. <  R 8  er and Congress president Congress ruled UP for a Rahul Gandhi just before the very long time since first Chief New Delhi: External Affairs neighbour,” Kumar said. General Elections, will head to Minister Govind Vallabh Pant Minister S Jaishankar will Bhutan has been a close ally    $   Prayagraj (Allahabad) on Friday in 1950 with last being ND embark on a two-day visit to of India and bilateral ties to hold a separate review meet- Tiwari. But there hasn’t been a Bhutan from Friday, his first between the two countries are  %+6+7-'  %+6+7-' ing with all the 40 Congress single Congress CM who has overseas trip after assuming on an upswing in the last few contestants of eastern UP and ruled UP following rise of charge of the Msinistry. years. “India and Bhutan share he Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday nion Home Minister Amit Shah is likely conduct a marathon meeting regional players like Samajwadi MEA Spokesperson a unique and time tested bilat- Tdemanded immediate handing over of pre- Uto be allotted late Prime Minister Atal with party’s office bearers at all Party, BSP and emergence of Raveesh Kumar said during the eral relationship, characterised cious treasure of Sikhs allegedly seized by the Bihari Vajpayee’s Krishna Menon Marg resi- levels, from block to State. BJP as a force to reckon with. visit, Jaishankar would call on by utmost trust, goodwill Army during the 1984 Operation Blue Star as dence in Central Delhi, Government sources The party, which is facing In the last two Lok Sabha Bhutanese Prime Minister and mutual understanding,” well as regular pension to those who left the said on Thursday. internal rumblings in wake of polls, it did not touch even the Lotay Tshering and is expect- said Kumar. forces after the armed intervention to flush out Vajpayee had moved to the Krishna party chief Rahul Gandhi’s res- double digit from the State. The ed to receive an audience with “During the visit, the two terrorists from the Golden Temple. Menon Marg bunglow in 2004 after his ignation post-poll debacle, is all highest Lok Sabha MPs in King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar sides will discuss entire gamut The SAD delegation led by Sukhbir Singh Government was voted out, and stayed there set to make structural changes in Congress from UP was 21 in Namgyel Wangchuck. of bilateral relations, including Badal met Home Minister Amit Shah to raise a with his family for nearly 14 years. His fami- organisation across country the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in He will also hold talks the External Affairs Minister the upcoming high-level series of demands in connection with Operation ly vacated the house in last November after his while Priyanka will figure out a recent times when the party with his Bhutanese counterpart and reflects the importance that exchanges, economic develop- Blue Star related incidents. death in August. strategy to rebuild the party in returned to power to lead UPA- Tandi Dorji. “It will be India attaches to its relationship ment and hydro-power coop- “The Sikh community is eagerly waiting for “The official bungalow of former Prime the main Hindi heartland where II at Centre. Jaishankar’s first visit abroad as with Bhutan, a close friend and eration,” he added. PTI the precious treasure which the attacking army Minister on Krishna Menon Marg has been seized and was taken away during the allotted to Union Home Minister Amit Shah,” attack,” SAD Chief Badal told reporters after the a Government source told PTI. meeting. According to sources, Shah, who is also the  =O" P     0: ' “It includes important holy scriptures, arte- BJP president, recently visited the house and facts, thousands of historical books and collec- suggested some changes following which ren- tion part of the Sikh Reference Library and relics ovation work has started. belonging to Sri Guru Sahib and other “The renovation work should be completed  %+6+7-'  4+     -        (  (+  " ty monitoring systems which Sikh personalities. These should be located and in a month or  5    (  " (   ""   "     record the air quality index returned to the community with due honour,” two,” another day after a study claimed /"  .%)0 N   ONO     "  (AQI) show improvement in he said. source said. Athat at least one lakh kids    " ( /"     " (   L  (  air quality. Badal said 309 serving Sikh personnel had Shah, who are dying due to toxic air   L M /"  (DHGBHDE (  ("       An AQI between 0 and 50 left the Army after the security forces attacked took charge as a across the country every year,  33O D?CBHDG  "M is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 their most revered religious place under the Union Minister the Government said on ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘mod- Operation Bluestar, and all of them were dis- for the first Thursday that the situation “is and Environment had released ures will come, the number of 2018. erate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 missed from the service. time earlier this not as bad” as being portrayed a report stating that bad air was poor air quality days will fur- “Moderate to good days and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 “Around 100 of them are still alive. We week following in the media. badly affecting the people par- ther come down. This is a have increased. 108 days of and 500 ‘severe’. humbly request for their rehabilitation and pen- a landslide vic- Speaking at an event to ticularly kids. tremendous success. The days moderate air quality in 2016 Minister of State for sion benefits. This will give a positive message tory of the BJP- mark World Environment Day, “Number of poor air qual- of poor quality air have have increased to 152 in 2017 Environment Babul Supriyo to the aggrieved Sikh community,” the SAD chief led NDA, is which was on June 5, Union ity days in Delhi in 2016 used reduced. It is a significant and now they have gone up to urged people to use car pool at added. currently stay- Environment Minister Prakash to be 246, and in 2014 they improvement,” he said. 159 days. This progress in least once in a week to con- The Akali Dal leader also said the central ing at 11 Akbar Road residence. Javadekar said in fact, air qual- used to be around 300, in 2017 He also said that the num- good air days are the result of tribute to the cause of envi- government is going to celebrate the 550th year When Vajpayee had moved to the Krishna ity in Delhi-NCR has improved it came down to 213 and now ber of days with ‘moderate’ to concerted efforts of last four ronment and “not be afraid of birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev after Menon Marg house, he had got and the number of days with it has come down to 206. I am ‘good’ air quality has increased years for the capital and NCR,” the alarming figures in the four months. He said one of the programmes the municipal number of the bungalow “bad” air quality has come confident that when 2019 fig- from 108 in 2016 to 159 in he said, adding that air quali- war against pollution”. scheduled is ‘Nagar Kirtan’ from India to changed from 8 to 6-A. down by 33 per cent. The sit- The Ministry also released Nankana Sahib, the birth place of the founder After the Modi Government came to uation “is not as bad” as being several publications, includ- of Sikh religion, in Pakistan. power in 2014, it was decided that no portrayed in the media. % A**"<<";A*,".A?A<,/@;"A<,;", ing Orchids of India by “We have requested that this event be Government bungalow previously occupied by “Media reports are always Botanical Survey of India organised by the Shiromani Gurdwara a leader in Delhi would be converted into any creating a picture that lakhs of New Delhi: BS-VI emission norms will be implemented from next year which will drastically which identified over 700 Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi memorial after their death. people are dying of air pollu- reduce vehicular Pollution, said Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. “The Government had species of orchids in the coun- Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee The Government has already built memo- tion but it is not as bad. Yes pol- decided to switch to BS (Bharat Stage) IV vehicles in 2022 but looking at the poor air situation, try while another book — (DSGMC). We have requested that the rial for Vajpayee ‘Sadaiv Atal’, near the lution is there but efforts are it was advanced by four years. From 2020 onwards BS-VI compliant vehicles will be available”, Plant Discoveries —had addi- Government of India may liaison with the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, a place designated for on,” Javadekar said. On he said, adding that over Rs 60,000 crore have been invested in this direction. tion of 438 plant species to the Pakistan Government for successful organisation last rites of Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Wednesday, Center for Science Indian flora in 2018. of this ‘Nagar Kirtan’,” he added. Prime Ministers.   !"#$  !! 2 (!)+" ($", (   $9    =#        $9   9 && 2'9&!!./ 3  $$   !  ,  .S *!,.+ -       ("    (        /  $ 6           1<    $  /    / ( )   $   "            6  6             ( (                                 ,        .        6                                 -   9               ( ational president of Swaraj India,  $ )  , *$),+           Yogendra Yadav, would like the                  Congress to die for the sake of                  ,  the country’s political welfare so that space is created for a new    .     $),         NOpposition organisation to come up to help               remove the Modi regime. Evidently, Yadav is       afflicted with anger; or else he would not have made such an irrational statement. The #     %     !,.       Congress enjoys enormous brand equity,    A              which is essential for a party to get national      (         $  / acceptability. India is not only huge but a diverse country in terms of languages and    /       %         ethos. Within a language group, too, there are O           O   ,  ( differences — perhaps inherited from the caste                 . system. Then there are variations in develop- ment — some are still at the cultural level of                 the 19th Century while others are on the             ( apron of the 21st Century.                  # To get identified with such a wide vari- ety of people is very difficult. For a new             %      party to grow into a national formation,     R   S       #   opposing the BJP and removing its leader- RS                  ( ship, would not only be a Herculean task but also might take decades to be success- sation). Indira Gandhi’s Congress Congressmen in the Lok Sabha. that the Mahatma recommend-              %         ful. One may note that for all its success- (ruling) had nothing except the If he lost the 1989 elections, it was ed its dissolution post-          A        ( es, the BJP has not yet been able to effec- members, who were personally because of Bofors more than any- Independence. In the great                     ( tively reach out to the people of Tamil Nadu, loyal to her. As it happened, she thing else. In the 1990s, many of man’s own time, the Congress             Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Its prototype, chose to not have assets. Several the partymen missed a Gandhi had opposed Partition and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, was founded in Pradesh Congress Committees at the helm. They found it diffi- without much hesitation, had # %              ( 1951, ie, 68 years ago. I doubt if a third alter- operated from their president’s cult to swallow the leadership of accepted the division after   .            native has come up, although some friends residence. For instance, Ajit )*% 0++%- PV Narasimha Rao. This writer Jinnah’s Direct Action, inaugu- #          $       ( have told this writer that a Delhi-based Kumar Panja of West Bengal has personally heard four Hindu rated by the Great Calcutta party is hopeful of going national. One won- used the drawing room of his res- )*+#*+7'++ Congressmen saying that Rao Killing of August 1946.                    ders if Yadav, when he was a member of a idence at 250, Chittranjan wore khaki knickers as his under- To quote a more recent    >                  party, had provided the inspiration? Avenue, Kolkata. Many a mem- #-##-+ wear. Three Muslim members example, the Congress had won                   5  The Congress has a unique record. It ber, wedded to the tradition, %+-04. %-' were heard whispering under the 1991 general election on a began with informing the British rulers how would swear “I will go to any their breath that it was he who socialistic manifesto. Within a                the Indian intelligentsia felt about their poli- masjid or any mandir but refuse @'78- destroyed the Babri Masjid. This week, however, it gave a go-by to / %                  ( cies and actions. Gradually, it started agitat- to visit an imam or mahant at his 4%'R4+)-0' is to illustrate the frustration all socialism and liberalised the       /            O  ing for freedom or discretion to Indians. In house”. Indira Gandhi must have among party members. economy on the basis of an IMF such a cause, virtually anyone was welcome received such complaints but she *% #-+'%'% When Sitaram Kesari prescription. This freedom from      O   (         >  to join — whether Indian or foreigner — the did not care. Presumably, her +$#-+'0 became party president, several ideology has enabled the           .          party’s founder was an Englishman, Allan view might have been “what I do rumour-mongers were selling Congress to induct members         /        Octavian Hume. Until the advent of not have, no one can take away”. +'+%)+6 the belief that at this rate, their from all walks of political life, Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress was a gen- Evidently, she did not trust many. historic party would break up. whether an Akali like Zail Singh                tlemen’s set-up, rather like a club. It was in By 1980, half the district #-# %-' Little wonder that the only or a communist like Rangarajan          1921, with the non-cooperation move- Congress committees did not #0%@*0+#-+ Gandhi available, namely, Sonia Kumaramangalam or a Shiv ment, that it began to take the character of exist. She depended on her Gandhi, was elevated to the Sainik like Chhagan Bhujbal, et a mass party. Soon, the Mahatma became charisma and her mass following; )*% 0+'%#* ivory throne of the Congress. The al. The flip side of this conve- its leader, who led the party until Jawaharlal party members were powerless 0#8%'# partymen had no inhibition as it nience is the indispensability of  $ Nehru took over. After Nehru’s death, his helpers in promoting her cause. had been founded by an charismatic leaders as binders or daughter, Indira Gandhi, took over. Many Congressmen by then @7*40'-+*%-' Englishman. It was later presided unifiers. In October 1984, after being shot by her had also come to believe that the )-0'4%#'7 over by an Irish woman Annie The political acumen that bodyguards, Indira Gandhi had been declared Nehru-Gandhi family had a Besant and subsequently, by Yadav yearns for is not an essen- dead by doctors at AIIMS hospital and the unique charisma among the %+-04#**#-+ Nellie Sengupta. For tial component of charisma. tragic news was broadcast by the BBC radio masses. Their evidence was that #*%@0*-'$ Congressmen, the priority was a Rajiv Gandhi did not have it. Be  ) $  *)$+(, by 11 am. But Akashvani and Doordarshan the Mahatma transformed the charismatic Gandhi, no matter that as it may, what is necessary ) $  *,)$+     kept this development under wraps until 6 pm Congress into a mass party and @#+0%+-04 whether brown or white. for the party is to find such a # by when President Zail Singh had returned it flourished on his charisma until '%'0 %-' There is a fundamental leader rather than wanting the  - $   *-$+     to India and was ready to swear in Rajiv Nehru took the baton from him. reason for charismatic leader- Congress to die. In any case, the            Gandhi as Prime Minister. This subterfuge After Nehru, Indira Gandhi +@@+)#'+78 ship to keep the Congress Congress is not a roadblock to          ( showed how important leadership was to the effectively played this role and 78+#-'0*7+ together. That reason is that the the rise of a third national party. Congress. By then, the party had hardly any enabled the Congress to domi- party is primarily a platform of The pathways for the rise of such         .  ( assets, except its brand equity. Until 1969, the nate the Indian political scene. politicians to meet for the pur- a party are innumerable in our         Congress had virtually everything that a polit- Thereafter, Rajiv Gandhi played suit of power. Especially after large country. /         ical party might want. But with its split in 1969, a yeoman’s role in keeping the Independence, it had no partic- (The writer is a well-known the assets, including the organisational net- party flying high. For the first and ular cause, nor an ideology to columnist and an author. Views        work, remained with the Congress (organi- the only time, he led over 400 hold it together. Little wonder expressed are personal)    ,    (       ,0$   1234    (        $      3  /    /    '(    " 8"      0)          (  (                  0   :  ".  (             0 "      $  " ( "  .  $+ ("  "     (-"         /   (.   #     :  "           D       ( $@          -$(          ( " "     "          (   :     5            6   "     $   ( $  " $        $     "         <--/; #,"; ,;<-@@-;* <*,; % -/;         ( 7   .  K  0 " K   K5     K  7      (  , */ +(, * + "          8                5         )S !             4    9  *!9+    (       %   $  :           7        like the State will get a grip on         the situation and the outbreak      -$S ;2 9 )   .       ( will be controlled soon.   ,)$  )$   32  <       Sir — Just as most of us, politi-   "( (% "      Lack of precautionary mea-           S ( cal leaders included, had pre-  " ( ("   $6  B3. sure by the Government has led dicted during the course of the #   "  ("   (   to the spread of the virus this                  poll campaign not too long ago,  " 3D;      "   $ year too. The Government /         (  (      the Opposition’s meltdown has '    (   (  "      "  should issue advisory to the                    begun. The mahagathbandhan    $   (     . people to check the spread of the and the bonhomie that existed   (  "  "   $#   disease. The actual source of the  ,      123= 9 )  1234   between various parties, who      ( .   . virus is yet to be known. This           (         were determined to stop the   " " $'    "   only surmounts the trouble asso- 5   ,(,S            Narendra Modi juggernaut, now "  "    $'  (  ciated with this disease. Kerala seem to be collapsing.  (" K "  " L     "  . must now remain on alert to the   ,  /            Analysts had also observed       " $ possibility of frequent outbreaks. $               > that alliances were bound to ) ( " (   (   Sravana Ramachandran         )$  ,)$        fail, particularly keeping in mind  "     (( $+((    Chennai (  " ( "  "   $+    . %      L M6-*            >  ,             caste humiliations the Dalits had to suffer at the hands of caste (  "  /"          (( " "  "  " ("          33    (        groups like the Yadavs. For the      (("     "         " $                    Dalits, voting for a Samajwadi     N  O       $ @" $  (  "  "        )   P   Q Party (SP) candidate was no #                 . $@"  ("    Sir — It is unfortunate that the easy task. Therefore, we wit- (   K"    GC      "       . Congress is going through rough )         / S  ((( nessed the lack of transfers of          L  ( .     "     $+     times. In fact, cracks as seen in                   Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) votes        (    ".     N( ( O   $ Congress-ruled States like    ,0$       .    -$    ( to SP candidates in several loca-   ((  $0         -/ ,"< Rajasthan, Karnataka and tions, where Dalits, in fact, pre-  /"  (( " "  $#   Madhya Pradesh must not be         )$  ,)$ .       ferred to vote for the BJP. allowed to widen. Party leaders                  ( Another strong theory about     must be frank with each other.          ,0$S     7  the gathbandhan has been that could not make her mark. It is case of virus was confirmed. The party needs to be in tune the entire coalition came about clear that both parties, despite More than 300 people, who with people’s aspirations.    / S          )$     ( with hopes of pitching Mayawati their decades of political expe- Sir — Just a year ago, Kerala had were in touch with the suspect, Shubham                )$   as a prime ministerial candidate rience, failed to correctly esti- contained Nipah virus outbreak too, have been placed under Via email   "  > (/          and the SP would back her in mate the Modi. that claimed 17 lives. The home quarantine to check the this move. But both parties’ J Akshay Government has once again spread of the virus. Given !    "'0  0 (  ,)$             hopes were dashed as Mayawati Bengaluru sounded alarm bells as a fresh Kerala’s past experience, looks ,,;*,"?"<;G>A-)#"A   !"#$ ! 6 (!)+" ($", 7 8 /0&" . .            ,"         )   %       )          &   )         (  " L !   L% I       "   (    "  !        (   (    88                     S   O           ( 7       #                                .#                       4;       12DE . 123; =DE            =14   9        (                        /        (                  A           (       ((                    7                      O  (              . 9+ O    .#S !  4#+%+ poverty. Not only are borrowers often the family’s dynamic, it would be hard and semi-urban areas, micro-finance  (             enabled borrowers to build sustainable liveli- @'78 innumerate, illiterate and unfamiliar to know how much a husband may be institutions are well placed to bridge        ,         hoods. Despite huge growth, microfinance #04)#40+$ with interest rate calculations, but influencing or forcing a wife to sign off this gap. At the same time, the social                  reaches only a tiny fraction of the people, whose #-++6*+%O usually, they have little or no awareness on something she doesn’t agree with. connect established through financial                lives would be better with access to these basic of local demand for goods and services. One concern is that as micro- literacy campaigns helps in developing services. To use a common phrase: “It just '+%#'#'+0+ Consequently, they fail to establish suc- finance becomes more commercialised and enlarging client base. Financial lit-    A             0+7#'*%7                   scratches the surface.” cessful income-generating ventures. and increasingly concerned with the eracy also inculcates the habit of sav- However, there are several concerns relat- -+8 High rate of repayment success large-scale impact, profits take prece- ings and healthy credit culture, there-            .#      ( @)#*04)-         ed to microfinance. Recent studies show that the trumpeted by the microfinance indus- dence over the social mission. by ensuring timely repayment of loan. notion that microfinance has the potential to 0'#7 try don’t necessarily mean customers Anything not strictly financial is cut in The role of microfinance in finan- )   "           ( spark sustained economic growth is misplaced. '%-' +#-%') are doing better, nor does it reflect the the name of “efficiency.” Profit-mind- cial inclusion, poverty alleviation and                  In several cases, microfinance activities can dam- %#0'7 struggles faced by clients repaying ed shareholders see training of entre- woman empowerment has been proved         )      ( age the prospects of poor people. Microloans do 77+ '%)+ debts through rigid installments. preneurs, financial literacy and coun- all over the world. But the industry          ( ( create opportunities for people to utilise “lumps” Inflexible contracts and unrealistic selling, skill training, or even the extra needs to moderate its appetite for high             A    of money to augment incomes and mitigate vul- and stiff repayment terms fail to meet five minutes a caring loan officer profits and aim to find the balance                   nerability. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the investment needs of poor borrow- might spend with a client as a cost between commercial goals and social       investing in businesses can lead to sustained ers, whose income is irregular and rather than as an investment. Since good. The industry and the   9   ! 5 "  income growth. Not all microloans produce ben- highly volatile. It fluctuates over the most microfinance clients have little or Government will have to walk the extra .  *!5.+     J .        ( eficial results, especially for those engaged in year, susceptible as it is to economic no security or collateral to pledge, mile. Right policy measures from the              .#  low-return activities in saturated markets that and environmental factors — the providers instead turn to what is called Government and regulators and strate- are poorly developed and which are prone to reg- microfinance institution does not pro- “social collateral,” which is built gic tie-ups with banks will hold the key           !5.    ular environmental and economic shocks. vide grace period and demands fixed through groups of borrowers, who for micro-finance institutions to serve                ( A growing body of research suggests that weekly repayments starting immediate- guarantee each other’s loans. the people.           #     ( microfinance doesn’t work for all communities. ly after the loan disbursement. This Debt may not be the appropriate The microfinance sector must                It may have worked well in Bangladesh in the means one cannot use all the money tool to alleviate financial woes of low- convince impact investors that micro-                    1970s, but failed to keep pace with changing and will have to retain some portion income communities. It is one thing finance institutions are professionally  A          !  4

economies. democratic and economic systems of ural constituencies of upwardly the left or on the right, eventually ed them. The Indian middle-class old elite are cleverly exploiting an Prior to this, many Western the West. However, the current mobile populist leaders who, ironi- converge at the Centre. This Centrist then had to sit through a rather dis- exhausted political system to stir the political scientists, and most famous- strain of populism in these regions cally, often come from well-to-do position makes them complacent and appointing experiment with the anti- emotions of the have-nots. But these ly, Samuel Phillips Huntington, in his raises concern and bewilderment. backgrounds. stagnant. In such situations, populists Indira Janata Party, while the populists are not quite as appealing 1996 book, The Clash of Civilisations A researcher, Sam Wilkins, tried The Dutch political scientist may emerge from outside or from Pakistani middle class had to compro- to the middle classes. So the Wilkins and the Remaking of World Order, to mould a unified explanation by Cas Mudde wrote in his book, within these parties with rhetoric mise by accepting the return of the model is relatable there. maintained that populist political fusing together the findings of vari- Populism in the 21st Century, that against the system. elite in the shape of an anti-populist But not so in today’s Pakistan episodes only emerged in rigid and ous recent studies on the emergence populists squarely concentrate on They are roundly denounced as and conservative dictatorship (Zia). and India, where the urban middle- inflexible political systems. of populist politics in Europe and the anti-elite and anti-system rhetoric to being pro-rich and anti-poor. However, the two massive elec- classes have agreed to a secret hand- .4 Huntington stated that the more US. In his book, History Repeating, stir the emotions and the anger of the Wilkins concludes that this fre- toral victories of India’s Hindu shake with state institutions, high flexible democratic and economic Wilkins presents the historical cur- have-nots. When in power, they try quently happens in developing coun- nationalist party, the BJP, in the coun- society and the economic elite to con- ccording to the Oxford systems of Europe and the US are rents of populism in countries such to retain this constituency with tries but has now returned to haunt try’s last two elections, and the com- struct its own form of populism — English Dictionary, pop- able to pragmatically accommodate as Thailand, Russia, Iran and equally populist economic policies Europe and the US as well. ing to power of Imran Khan’s pop- but one which does not include Aulism is “a political approach and then neutralise those segments Argentina. that initially benefit the poor but It would have been interesting ulist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in images of the ‘masses’ thronging that strives to appeal to ordinary of the society, the most prone are they Using these as case studies, eventually end up creating galloping had Wilkins also studied the histo- Pakistan, did not happen on the around empathetic messiahs. people who feel that their concerns to be attracted by populist ideas dur- Wilkins theorises that the emergence inflation and economic deficits. ry of populism in India and Pakistan behest of the have-nots as such. Yes, Indeed, both Modi and Imran, are disregarded by established elite ing a political or an economic crisis. of prominent populist parties and According to Wilkins, the urban because I believe a whole new model both Modi and Khan’s rhetoric too, have been branded as messiahs, groups.” Recently, this idea has A decade later, however, the leaders is almost always triggered by middle-classes react to this and are of populism is developing here which demonised the established political but by and for a class which, till the come under intense academic same political scientists have been left growing economic and political ten- often at the forefront of movements is different to the model construct- parties — the Congress, the PML-N late 1990s, abhorred populism scrutiny because of the sudden feeling boggled by the rise, in devel- sions between the ruling/economic against populist Governments. But ed by Wilkins. Indeed, in the 1970s, and the PPP. Yet, both hardly ever because it soiled its idea of decent pol- rise of populist political parties and oped countries, of the kind of volatile elites, the middle-classes and the even when these movements succeed populism in India and Pakistan was used the other portion of the populist itics, offended its morality and even leaders in various countries. populist politics which they once ‘underclasses.’ According to Wilkins, in removing the Government, the also derived by appealing to the sen- rhetoric which directly appeals to the threatened its economic position. Historically, populism has been believed only occurred in developing as the elite and a growing urban mid- removal is often replaced by the timents of the have-nots and by poor. Instead, the demonisation of The establishment and segments more dominant in countries with a countries with weak and authoritar- dle-class jostle for economic and return of the ruling elite which was demonising the economic and polit- opponents and their ‘corruption’ of the economic elite, weary of pop- large urban working class and poor ian political and economic systems. political dominance, friction is cre- sidelined by the hated populists. ical elite. The ZA Bhutto regime did was coupled by imagery of a coun- ulists stirring working-class senti- rural populations. But in the last The US and Europe have expe- ated which negatively affects the Ironically, the middle-classes, too, are in Pakistan what the Indira Gandhi try which mostly attracts the desires ments, eventually came together decade or so, populist politics has also rienced bouts of populism before. But economy. against the elite but eventually agree Government did in India. and imagination of India and with the frustrated urban middle- dramatically risen in developed as political scientists such as Those affected the most by this to accept it as a “lesser evil”. Also, both were, by and large, Pakistan’s urban middle-classes. classes to mould a new kind of pop- European countries and in the US Huntington point out, these were crisis — especially the working class- Wilkins suggests that all main- opposed by the urban middle-class- In most European countries and ulist — the middle-class demagogue. and/or in robust democracies and addressed and neutralised by the es and the rural poor — become nat- stream political parties, whether on es through movements which oust- in the US, renegade members of the (The Dawn)   !"#$ :! ;

!  >>?   3    /3,   3 ! #!#

 4' M&M, Bajaj Finance, Vedanta, Tata Motors and RIL, tumbling       he BSE Sensex plunged up to 6.97 per cent. T554 points on Thursday, Bucking the negative pressured by losses in bank- market trend, Coal India,    +*   ing, energy and capital goods PowerGrid, NTPC, HUL, stocks, after the RBI delivered Hero MotoCorp, Asian Paints a rate cut on expected lines and Infosys gained up to 1.92 but failed to assuage investor per cent. concerns regarding the NBFC All sectoral indices ended sector. in the red, with BSE oil and  %+6+7-' selling pressure with Godrej The 30-share Sensex gas, bankex, capital goods, Properties plunging 4.13 per cracked 553.82 points, or 1.38 finance, industrials, utilities nterest rate sensitive bank, cent, Oberoi Realty 3.60 per   "       ,      ,  per cent, to settle at 39,529.72, and energy indices cracking Iauto and realty shares came cent, DLF 2.53 per cent, The # P .>.! " '"         while the broader NSE Nifty up to 3.04 per cent. under selling pressure Phoenix Mills 2.22 per cent,           "'/   plunged 177.90 points, or In the broader markets, Thursday falling up to 7 per Omaxe 1.64 per cent, Sobha    "    1.48 per cent, to end at the BSE midcap and smallcap cent even as the RBI slashed the 1.56 per cent and Sunteck 11,843.75. indices ended up to 1.77 per policy rate. Realty 1.54 per cent. Slashing benchmark cent lower. Among bank scrips, The realty index fell 1.84 lending rate for the third “The rate cut could not IndusInd Bank dropped 6.97 per cent to 2,174.03 at close of time this year, the central infuse positivity, and the per cent, Bank of Baroda trade. bank cut the repo rate by 0.25 decline steepened as focus plunged 6.33 per cent, Yes The RBI cut the repo rate per cent to 5.75 per cent — shifted from policy rates to Bank 6.15 per cent, SBI 4.34 per to 5.75 per cent and reverse the lowest in nine years — new emerging short-term cent, Federal Bank 2.69 per repo rate to 5.50 per cent and and changed its monetary tight liquidity situation due to cent, ICICI Bank 1.75 per cent, expected banks to transmit  4' Indian bonds and Forex policy stance from ’neutral’ to issues like IL&FS, DHFL and Axis Bank 1.38 per cent, HDFC these to home, auto and other markets were closed ’accommodative’. its impending impact on Bank 1.18 per cent and Kotak loan borrowers faster. he rupee pared most of its Wednesday on account of Id- However, the RBI lowered other financial institutions,” Mahindra Bank 1.05 per cent “The Nifty had rallied in Tearly morning losses and Ul-Fitr. the economic growth forecast said Narendra Solanki, Head on the BSE. the recent days, leading up to was trading marginally down Forex traders said, foreign for the current fiscal to 7 per Fundamental Research Led by plunge in these the RBI policy. With a 25 basis by 5 paise at 69.31 against the fund outflows and rising crude cent due to slowdown in (Investment Services) — AVP scrips, the BSE bank index points repo cut widely antici- American currency, after the oil prices also kept pressure on !! 2!*    + !  9  "    domestic activities and esca- Equity Research, Anand Rathi declined 2.34 per cent to close pated, indices corrected post Reserve Bank of India cut its the Indian rupee. Moreover,   ' 5,     9   "     +!9 # '     lation in global trade war. Shares & Stock Brokers. at 34,653.44. the announcement. A possible repo rate by 0.25 per cent heavy selling in domestic equi- RBI Governor Lowered GDP forecast for In a move that may lead to reason of the fall could also be Thursday. ties also weighed on the local Shaktikanta Das also said the current year and failure to get lower home, auto and other that there was no mention in The rupee had opened on unit. central bank is closely moni- any cue from RBI on the liq- loan EMIs, the RBI Thursday the policy about addressing the a weak note at 69.41 at the Brent crude futures, the toring the developments in uidity front except general cut interest rates for the third liquidity stress in the NBFC interbank forex market and global oil benchmark, rose 0.28 the NBFC sector and will assurance of addressing the time this year by 25 basis space. then fell further to 69.45 vs the per cent to $60.80 per barrel. ensure that financial stability situation added to the selling points to their lowest level in “With recent news around USD. Following the RBI’s Foreign institutional is maintained. pressure later in the day, he nine years. DHFL and the possible conta- Monetary Policy Committee investors (FIIs) remained net However, traders said the added. “As the rate cut was in line gion effect, several financials (MPC) decision, the local cur- sellers in the capital markets, market was awaiting specific The NBFC pack wit- with expectations which had corrected heavily today. rency recovered most of the lost pulling out Rs 416.08 crore steps to shore up liquidity and nessed heavy selling pressure already been factored in, the However, I believe that market ground. Tuesday, as per provisional data. address the crisis of confi- following the bond defaults by indices did not cheer the rate will soon take cognizance of the The domestic currency was Meanwhile, the 30-share dence in the country’s trou- mortgage lender DHFL on cut and continued to trickle change in policy stance to trading at 69.31 at 1248 hrs, index was trading 333.32 bled shadow banking sector. June 4, which led to a slew of down,” said Umesh Mehta, accommodative,” Amar down 5 paise over its last close. points, or 0.83 per cent, lower Top losers in the Sensex rating downgrades for the head of Research, Samco Ambani, president and The rupee had settled at at 39,750.22, and the broader ?+*  5? (!>   1  " pack included IndusInd Bank, company. The stock lost more Securities. research head, YES Securities 69.26 against the US dollar Nifty fell 114.35 points, or 0.95  1 5*        Yes Bank, SBI, L&T, Tata Steel, than 15 per cent Thursday. Realty shares also faced said. Tuesday. per cent, to 11,907.30.   9@%7$A.%7    6 : %7$A5#           "                     *@   +'    +* ' *   "        " (   (               "' "           "  0    %+6+7-' (   %+6+7-'   %+6+7-' Trading and Research, ICICI   %+6+7-' s a part of the ongoing Bank.  %+6+7-' eal estate industry Aefforts to promote ecolog- anking and finance experts Vasu Ramaswami, COO, eading brokerage IIFL RThursday said the RBI’s ically sustainable growth to Bhailed the RBI’s decision to Muthoot Fincorp said the lat- LSecurities Ltd plans to cre- n his message for World decision to cut repo rate would generate carbon-free clean cut the short-term lending est rate drop should help in ate 10 lac financial advisors IEnvironment Day, B V Rama help in revival of housing seg- energy and to reduce the rate, terming it as a step in improving consumption through its new tab based prod- Gopal, Director (Refineries) ment, provided banks pass on expenditure on electricity, the right direction that could help demand, particularly for the uct Advisor Anytime Anywhere urged IOCians to pledge indi- the benefit to home buyers. Ordnance Factory Board stimulate consumer demand. common man, especially once (AAA). IIFL offers aspiring vidual & collective commit- The RBI lowered the +*  " #          (OFB) has been participating in The Reserve Bank in its banks decide to pass this rate financial advisors a unique ment to minimise the impact of benchmark lending rate by 25 O9* !##>P    1 2   5!   " the National Solar Mission second bi-monthly policy change to their customers. business opportunity to be an our actions on the environ- basis points to a nearly nine-    9* !##>%7$A       *  with an intention to meet 45% statement for 2019-20 On the NBFC crisis, Independent Financial Advisor ment. He has also shared the year low of 5.75 per cent.         of its total energy require- announced to cut the key Governor Shaktikanta Das (’IFA’) with all hardware and commitment of the Refineries Commenting on the poli- ments through the solar power repo rate, at which it lends to said that the RBI is closely software to on-board, transact Division, which is consistent- cy, CREDAI President Satish route. This will be a significant banks, for a third straight monitoring the situation and and service their clients for all ly working towards bringing Magar said the rate cut augurs contribution in the mission of time by 25 basis points to 5.75 there is ample liquidity in the financial products and operate down its numbers on all well for the Indian real estate generation of green energy. per cent. market currently. from anywhere in India. important parameters of its industry and would have a The installation of grid “The policy was very pos- “The unanimous decision Sounds too good to be true? But business operations like air significantly positive impact connected solar power projects itive and was reinforced by by the Monetary Policy that is the promise of IIFL’s new emissions, carbon & water on industry’s revival as well. in various OFB units have unanimous voting and the Committee (MPC) to cut the product Advisor Anytime footprints, while increasing He expected that the ben- resulted in generation of change in stance to accom- repo rate by another 25 bps is Anywhere (AAA). It does not recycling of water and wastes. efits of lower repo rate would approximate 14712072.14 units modative. The statement’s a step in the right direction,” even require you to be a finan- Kaushik Bora, Executive be duly passed on to the bor- of electrical power till focus on supporting growth said Khushru Jijina, MD, cial guru to start with. Director (Health, Safety & rowers. CREDAI Chairman November 2018, which was and bolstering private invest- Piramal Capital and Housing The tablet will be a full- Environment), RHQ, led senior Jaxay Shah said: “Repo rate cut approximately 8.24% of the ment as long as inflation Finance. fledged office and a library for IOCians at Refineries is just what the industry is look- total power consumed during remains within the mandate, The downward revision of information and research. It will Headquarters in pledging their ing forward to accelerate 2018-19. The cost of power is also encouraging and leads growth projection to 7 per allow business partners to sell commitment towards preserv- investments...The next step is to (  *  P(:   +   P consumption has also gone us to believe that more accom- cent calls for implementation Mutual Funds, Health ing the ecosystem and creating ensure that the banks and    $777      $777 down significantly from 463.22 modation is on the cards,” said of additional rapid policy Insurance, Fixed Deposits, a greener planet, He also shared financial institutions pass on       P    .  lakh during 2015-16 to 163.78 B Prasanna, Group Head interventions by RBI as well as IPOs, NPS and market products that all IOCians at SCOPE the benefits of lower rates of /   P   %7$&    %7$A lakh during 2018-19. –Global Markets– Sales, the Government. like AIF, PMS, Life Insurance. Complex, New Delhi. interest to borrowers”.           '   /    '    !"#$ !! ) '      @$$   +'

! 54   (  "     (       "  @    9.45 am information was station Qaimoh.”         (  "     (   received that during Eid It may be mentioned, video of Lashkar-e- "      (    (    prayers, three terrorists relentless operations conduct- ATayyeba (LeT ) terror- ((   "(   7 #      "    equipped with illegal weapons ed by the joint teams of secu- ists,equipped with illegal     "         (     entered Jamia Masjid Qaimoh rity forces has led to elimina- weapons, shouting Pro- .         "      (       in Kulgam”. tion of over 100 terrorists in the Pakistan slogans and motivat-   "  ( "   "     SSP Kulgam said, “The first five months of this year. Of ing youth to support them        "    ( (   " terrorists stayed there for about these over two dozen were and join their ranks, inside a   +      five minutes and tried to moti- foreign terrorists and 75 were mosque in South Kashmir’s vate the youth who were pre- local recruits. Majority of these Kulgam district is creating rip- ror outfits to mobilise crowds police authorities. trouble, these terrorists too sent there to support them and operations were conducted in ples here in the corridors of to disrupt anti-terrorist opera- Soon after receiving the did not wasted much time and join terrorist ranks”. Before the South Kashmir area. power after it went viral on var- tions in the past but presence information about the move- fled the scene after seeking sup- leaving, they fired some aerial Facing shortage of man- ! 54 After the formation of ious social media platforms. of terrorists inside a religious ment of three LeT terrorists in port from the local masses. shots, he added. SSP Kulgam power, the top commanders, Union Government in Some of the religious places place, on the occasion of festi- the area the local police author- SSP Kulgam, Gurinderpal said, “A criminal case in this resorted to this desperate move territorial Army jawan, New Delhi, this is the first in the area have been abused by val of Eid, has caused major ities swung in to action to track Singh told The Pioneer over regard under relevant sections to motivate local youth to join Avisiting home to celebrate killing of an army jawan at the local cadre of different ter- embarrassment to the local down their foot prints. Sensing telephone, “On June 5 about has been registered in Police their ranks. festival of Eid with his the hands of terrorists in family, was killed by ‘uniden- Kashmir valley. tified’ terrorists in Sidoura vil- Last year, Rifleman #  lage of South Kashmir’s Auragzeb, was killed by ter- (   Anantnag district late rorists while he was returning     Thursday night. home to celebrate Eid in Defence PRO, Srinagar Poonch. !          said, “Hav Manzoor Ahmad Meanwhile, in a separate +  Beigh serving with Territorial operation a terrorist was killed Army Unit was shot at by ter- in in Lassipora area of rorists and grievously injured Pulwama till the time of filing %!  +! 2 #! $:$  < #!!     *7# at his residence. The soldier the report. The operation in was evacuated to the nearest the area was still going on, offi-  #'   !   esperately needing an issue hospital where he succumbed cial sources said. % ! #!= :  !" Din the face of massive elec- to his injuries.” On the other hand, two +:(      toral losses at the hands of the The soldier was unarmed SPO’s were also found missing BJP the Trinamool Congress and was on 12 days leave. He from district police lines,  %+6+7-'9*)-' tended to get one even as the is survived by his wife, two Pulwama along with their party on Thursday erupted sons and a daughter. weapons. he Centre on Thursday against a Twitter remark of Treviewed the public health Meghalaya Governor Tathagato measures put in place in Kerala Roy for his “demeaning and ,""@@;?;-;*-,*;<*"@+;+-+; to meet the Nipah crisis with a denigrating reference to Bengali senior Health Ministry official youth: the girls and the boys.” ;!;*<-4 ";/  '   Attacking the Bengal civil BJP-led NDA — has upped the upset with the BJP, we had Nipah virus infection,” the offi- #   (#* society who reportedly boasted ante by demanding the Deputy made it known to the people”. cial said. of the State’s greatness flowing Speaker’s post in Lok Sabha. Sena leadership is more The Union Health and history of exposure. demiological investigation, team from Swami Vivekananda, Though he has not com- than confident that Prime Ministry has deployed a six- A designated control room from NIV Pune and Animal Vidya Sagar, Tagore, Rammohan mented publicly about his party Minister Narendra Modi will member team comprising an has been established at the dis- Husbandry are investigating bats Roy etal the Governor and the not getting its due in the Union agree to its demand — in light epidemiologist to conduct con- trict collector’s office and an iso- and other animals in the vicin- former BJP leader asked, “What Cabinet — despite having the of the fact that the BJP — in its tact tracing for early detection lation ward established at the ity of his (confirmed case) resi- is the link between these great largest number of 18 MPs after previous regime — had earlier of suspects and review of iso- Government Medical College dence during the possible time men and opposition to learning the BJP’s 303 in new Lok Sabha, deviated the tradition of giving lation facilities. Ernakulam, the Health Ministry of transmission of infection. Hindi?... who will explain to Shiv Sena President Uddhav the Deputy Speaker’s post to the Union Health Minister said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the WHO, them that the era of these stal- Thackeray is said to be “unhap- Opposition. The BJP had given Harsh Vardhan, reviewed the Isolation facilities have also Nipah virus is a newly emerg- warts is long gone, and the py” with the “raw deal” meted the post to the leader of its con- public health measures put in been ensured at medical col- ing disease that can be trans- greatness of Bengal is gone too. out to his party in the alloca- stituent AIADMK Munisamy place in Kerala. leges at Calicut, Thrissur and mitted from its reservoir (nat- Now from Haryana to Kerala, tion of ministerial berths. Thambidurai. “We have a strong During the review meeting, Kottayam, it said. ural wildlife host), the flying Bengali boys are sweeping the When the Narendra Modi- reason to believe that we will get the Centre also discussed SOPs All healthcare facilities foxes (fruit bats), to both ani- floors in homes and Bengali girls led the Government was sworn the Deputy Speaker’s post,” a for quarantine of symptomatic have been asked to ensure high mals and humans. are bar dancers in Mumbai into the office for its second senior Sena leader said. contacts, sample collection or index of suspicion in cases Symptoms range from which was unthinkable before.” term, Shiv Sena’s MP Arvind Reiterating the stand taken testing and dedicated isola- with similar symptoms and asymptomatic infection, acute Roy was a BJP leader and Sawant was administered oath by his stand taken by the Shiv tion facility with trained health also ensure availability of iso- respiratory infection and president of Bengal State unit as a Cabinet Minister and he Sena president over the party’s staff and epidemiological inves- lation and emergency man- encephalitis. Infected people before he was sent to the was allotted the heavy indus- claim for deputy speaker’s post, tigation by multi-disciplinary agement facilities before refer- initially develop influenza-like Tripura and subsequently to tries and public enterprises Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay central team to ascertain the ral, the Ministry said. symptoms of fever, headache, Meghalaya with his stately portfolio which is not at all a Raut told a regional television possible source of infection On the basis of the epi- vomiting and sore throat. assignment as a Governor. significant portfolio. channel: “This (deputy speak- While seeking play down er post) is not our demand, it the speculation about his party is our natural claim and it is a not getting its due in the Union right claim...the word natural is Cabinet, Uddhav on Thursday important... this post must be confirmed that his party had given to us...Why should we staked a claim for the Deputy demand it since it is our right?”. Speaker’s post in Lok Sabha. The Shiv Sena’s claim for Talking to mediapersons deputy speaker’s post comes after offering prayers at the amid speculation that Naveen Mahalaxmi temple at Kolhapur Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal !    graduate and post graduate in western Maharashtra, Uddhav (BJD) could be given the posi- )-+%%' courses in medical schools in said, “We have aligned with the tion of the Deputy Speaker. the country. BJP on the Hindutva plank and The Sena’s claim for deputy tudents of Tamil Nadu have A total of 1,23,078 students not for power. We would like to speaker’s post should be seen in Sexposed the hollowness from Tamil Nadu wrote the have the post of Deputy Speaker the context of the fact senior behind the demand of NEET 2019. Out of this, 59,785 in Lok Sabha. We are demand- Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi Dravidian politicians to exempt students qualified for coun- ing the post as our right”. was Speaker of Lok Sabha the State from the National selling. This is almost 10 per Queried if he was unhap- 2002-2004, when the AB Eligibility-cum-Entrance cent more than the students py that his party had got only Vajpayee Government was in Examination, the qualifying who qualified in last year’s one ministerial berth in Union power at the Centre. test for admission to under examination. While only 39.56 per cent of the Tamil Nadu stu- dents who appeared in last year’s NEET qualified for counselling, this year it rose to 48.57 per cent, a commendable performance according to educationists. The reason for this year’s commendable performance by Tamil Nadu students is being attributed to the free NEET coaching centres opened by the Government of Tamil Nadu across the State. The syllabus of the Plus Two course in the State is not up to the national level and this was being seen as the cause for the poor show by the stu- dents from Tamil Nadu earlier. The demand for exempting the State from NEET reached a feverish pitch last year when a girl by name Anita allegedly committed suicide for failing to qualify in the NEET. Anita had scored 1176 out of 1200 marks in the State Board Examination while she man- aged 86 out of 720 in the NEET . Students appearing for Plus Two examinations in the State Board Examination in Tamil Nadu manage to score 99 percent marks but fail miser- ably when they try to crack entrance examination to National Defence Academy, Indian Institute of Technology or the Indian Institute of sci- ence Education and Research because of the poor standard of the syllabus taught in Government owned schools.  &   !"#$

hen dog owners go through than in pet pooches. ence goes only one way; it may Wa stressful period, they’re The bond formed between go both ways. not alone in feeling the pressure owner and competitive dogs “It’s not just as simple as — their dogs feel it too, a study during training may increase owner gets stressed, dog gets suggests. Dog owners experienc- the canines’ emotional reliance stressed,” she said. Many other ing long bouts of stress can trans-  " "        (    "  on their owners, she said. That in factors could affect a person or fer it to their dogs, scientists (  (   "  turn could increase the degree of dog’s stress levels and possibly report. synchronisation. even dampen them, she said. 8 $# %# The Swedish researchers But why do people influence Buttner apprised us that cor- focused on 58 people who own of cortisol levels in the hair of dog their dogs rather than vice tisol levels don’t necessarily indi- # #C $ border collies or Shetland sheep- owners closely matched that versa? Perhaps people are “a cate “bad” stress. They instead dogs. They examined hair from found in their dogs in both win- more central part of the dog’s can indicate a good experience !    the dog owners and their dogs, ter and summer months, indicat- life, whereas we humans also like getting ready to go for a walk,     (  . looking at the concentrations of ing their stress levels were in sync. have other social networks,” she said. a hormone called cortisol, a She thinks the owners are Roth said. Roth and her team plan to  (   chemical released into the blood- influencing the dogs rather than “The study results are no investigate whether other dog ((   stream and absorbed by hair fol- the other way around because surprise,” said Alicia Buttner, breeds will react to their owners  licles in response to stress. several human personality traits director of animal behaviour. the same way. In the meantime, #    . “Depression, excessive phys- appear to affect canine cortisol “New evidence is continually she offered advice to minimise    ical exercise and unemployment levels. emerging, showing that people how much stress dog owners may are just a few examples of stress The researchers don’t know and their dogs have incredibly be causing their pets. “Dogs that       that can influence the amount of what causes the synchronisation close bonds that resemble the play more show fewer signs of "   ( cortisol found in your hair,” said in cortisol levels between humans ones that parents share with being stressed,” she said. So “just   ($ Lina Roth of Linkoping and their pups. But a hint might their children,” she added. But be with your dog and have fun,” ' (   University in Sweden. Roth and lie in the fact that the link is she said there isn’t enough evi- Roth added. L(     . her team found that the patterns stronger with competitive dogs dence to assume that the influ-   (  ".  $  ( n the two years since the Jeep      Compass has been launched, Fiat-  "   . IChrysler Automobiles (FCA) has     sold close to 35,000 of them, coupled with the close to 20,000 units it has exported "     to right-hand drive markets across the  "   world, the Compass can be judged a rel-   "  ative success. It is undoubtedly a success 4-%'#0 $ when it comes to a global product being manufactured in India and should be a # (     showcase for the government’s ‘Make In   (   India’ programme. That said, sales for the     . Compass have tapered off slightly over    "   the past few months with other manu- (      ( $ facturers upping their game. But one thing was never in doubt, the Compass      was always the best off-road performer  5" BD$ in its class, especially if you got the full- fledged 4x4 variant. But now, FCA India has made it even better, with the intro- O#  duction of the Jeep Compass Trailhawk. The ‘Trailhawk’ and ‘Trail rated’ !!" badges that this new variant of the :# Compass gets, marks it out as special. % %!" Jeep has launched possibly the most capa- ! '!" ble off-roader available in India today and  :#? if you are someone who likes getting down and dirty, climbing over moun- 3   $ tains, fording rivers and making your way :  through slush, the Compass Trailhawk is !" an incredibly capable car with some spe- L ! % : '!" cial modifications to the suspension  # "  and the addition of a low-ratio four-wheel drive gearbox, several bodywork changes ! ##   that have improved approach and depar-  ''P ##? ture angles, a raised ground clearance B(   '! : which also improves water wading capa- # ""  !$ bilities. The surface mode selector also :!"  : gets a new ‘Rock’ mode that can be engaged in four-wheel low-ratio that :#  # ? makes the Trailhawk’s computer brain 8 :#$ know how to react to low grip situations. !#$ :  $ ? Those are not the only changes to the down, just noticing the black matte glare !$    car, the two-litre turbodiesel engine on protector on the bonnet. This is not the Trailhawk now meets Bharat Stage something you would do in most SUV’s :#(  ! $ 6 emission norms and has been slight- and the fact that I was doing this with   ?P ly re-tuned. More important, the  2 / Hill Descent Control switched off, where L  :# Trailhawk now comes with a nine- the car handles the braking itself on a speed automatic gearbox, the first diesel steep incline was a bit crazy but rising automatic on the Compass range. You the brake pedal and the wheels almost !4 also get a bigger touchscreen inside, locked, it went down without much of !  4 along with some trim items to mark the a complaint, thankfully the track was !!  4 car out. Unfortunately, the Trailhawk slightly rutted but there was no point of does lose some features from the Limited time that I felt that I would lose control.  J  Plus specification of the Compass as it When you know a car like Trailhawk, " " will have a slightly higher price-point which is so capable, you begin to trust 8    ( thanks to the BS6 engine and automat- it immensely.   ic gearbox. But the Trailhawk, frankly, is only     This is a car made for off-road #-+0+ 470 something for the greatest of enthusiasts. enthusiasts and it is extremely capable. The regular Compass four-wheel drive " ( Jeep does not give out the ‘Trail rated’ )* is more than capable enough for some (DH ( badge easily, cars have to prove their abil- @*40.6-++70'+ soft off-roading, even though it lacks a 5  @ @  $ ities on rough trails, everything from low-ratio gearbox and automatic trans- #  @ " @    their maneuverability, wheel articulation, '*0+#-% mission. That said, if you believe that you          climbing and descent abilities. And in the want to go serious off-roading, the Sahyadri hills between Mumbai and )7+@*0*+ Trailhawk can literally go almost any-   8    $   Pune, I found out that the Compass *@#*@@.0*'% where and keep you in relative comfort.  .      Trailhawk deserves those badges. In a There are several enthusiast groups          course designed by Jeep Jamboree, an ++%#-*4 -'# across the country such as Terrain (     ( off-road enthusiast group in the United 7)7*6.0#'* Tigers in the NCR, where you can learn  @   $ States that works with Jeep vehicles, you the ins and outs of it. discovered the great climbing powers of +0*>% This is a fun car and the experience    5" DG   the car and the fact that it could deal with on rocky roads was one that I will not  "     " mud, sand, rocks and some water. 4#*#') forget. But the question that you have to 7"          Towards the end of the drive, we had #0%''*% ask when looking at a car like the 7"    " '   to go down a very steep incline, which Trailhawk is whether you need so much at the middle was over 60 degrees. ability?  $ Approaching the crest, you could not see

has a huge responsibility to do never die.”  '""$ justice to portray the director’s For him, music has !,! %#     vision while recording for a changed a lot in comparison to film’s song. And sometimes what it was earlier. The tastes      this becomes very challeng- and preferences of the audience          ing, which I love,” he says. have evolved, which has made  "  %   "  Daler is a proud Indian and artists create music according- motivated to deliver songs that ly. For this reason they add a     have a patriotic flavour. He sang touch of rap, some words and %     songs such as Rang De Basanti bizarre lyrics as well.    ("   and Gurbani (Bhaag Milkha “I introduced Punjabi indie      Bhaag). And with his latest pop music in the nineties, a " : $ release, he tries to touch a genre that is still admired and chord of every Indian praised by many. But these L   " . inger Daler Mehndi made his ebrate the biggest sports festival fan. He says, “This is a tribute days, digital plays a significant ("  Sbhangra cool worldwide. The was an honourable experience.” to my motherland. The song role in multiplying the pletho-   M other thing that he is identified The voice behind the unfor- will be heard whenever the ra of contents being delivered. #  $ with his super cool dressing attire gettable song, Bolo Tara Ra Ra, world cup is being played. The There is much more fusion now L'   . of long flowing robes and a tur- can’t wait to see the viewer’s music is catchy and it will be on and not many genres such as ban. The singer, songwriter and response to the track. He is con- the minds of the audience when Sufi, Pop, Rock, Qawwali are    author’s new song, Panga Na fident that it can become the next they watch the match.” made in their natural forms. "   Lena is releasing today. It promis- cricket anthem and will top the Daler is happy that remakes Perhaps my songs are still the       es to acknowledge not only the music charts as well. “The music are getting trendy these days most played ones on the digi- "': Indian Cricket team but also video portrays the emotions that and the youth appreciates the tal medium even today,” he   those who support India. a cricket fan holds for his lyrics of the old songs with new adds. Daler, who is credited with favourite cricketer. It captures catchy tunes. And taking off Daler admits that the  $'   having been a part of the alternate the essence and craze for the from that, he is also keen on singers of his time were more "   ( $# music scene in days when only game while targeting all age working on the re-makes of his explorative in terms of genres.     ) Bollywood ruled the charts, is also groups. It is perfect to set the own hits such as Tunak Tunak He believes that the younger lot K)"     L a composer of the song. He can mood for the World Cup,” he Tun, Na Na Na Re and Kudiya nowadays doesn’t pay attention also be seen dancing with crick- adds. Shehar Diyan. “I want to give a to learning different variations ""  ( " et fans across several locations in The Punjabi singer believes twist and make some interest- in music. They just know the "    the video. Talking about his trib- that both film songs and indepen- ing variations. It has been more basics and do not have much     " ute to the World Cup, Daler says, dent music albums have a place than a decade since Tunak expertise in their profession.    " “I am delighted to collaborate in expanding a singer’s repertoire. Tunak Tun was released and I “My speciality of being natur-      : with SpotlampE to launch a He thinks that recording for a am overwhelmed by the fact al is my versatility. Even my peppy new track for all the crick- music album gives exposure that it is still played at parties music and tracks transcend   S    $ et fans. Cricket is one of the whereas recording for a film’s and other occasions. I feel if a genres. I appreciate and feel largest religions in India and song, the singer has to work song is created with an essence blessed by the divine for mak- composing Panga Na Lena to cel- according to its lyrics. “The artist of good lyrics and music, it can ing me what I am today.”   !"#$  & &&

hose who grew up in the this case was made with chick peas in  &! T90s would recall 32nd Indian style and was served with Milestone as the place for a puffed sticks. While I gorged on the perfect date far from the dish, its simple presentation failed to eyes of parents and pry- make its way to my heart. I preferred ing relatives. The place the dish’s fulfilling taste to its presen- (and of course, the tation. time) has undergone a Then came the Guava Marry sea change. One of the mocktail, inspired by the original new offerings at the drink named Bloody Marry. To my place is the Ctrl Alt Del @    .    surprise, the guava base actually gave (CAD), Tech Bar and the drink a sweeter taste which was Kitchen. Walls painted       ( " ( neutralised by the citrus of fresh in shades of black and lemon juice and spiciness of green brown, an enormous seat-     )#077#+7+#+  chilli. A thin layering of salt and pep- ing space and the facility to per on the brim of the glass provid- dine in the porch, imparts       58+- 60 ed a sour and spicy taste which the place a royal touch. Add to blended perfectly with lemon juice it French windows dipped in and guava. pastel shades and the low lighting When it was time for desserts, I which sets the stage to give a perfect found myself struggling as the amount ambience to the place. It is perfect to of food on the table meant that I could spend some quality time with friends includes some sim- not use the console for ordering. .  " "   " or partners. ple yet addictive ones like Tic tac toe, Finally, a waiter was quick to assess the &     "   ($ However, the place does not lack Spin the bottle and Fill the bottle. situation and noted down the order on ● )   MD.D9B" ● *      in modern day technology, which is I was already impressed with the paper. For the dessert, I went all the ● * MB usually found at restros. In order to ambience and tech-savvy system of way to Middle East in a matter of min- (     " streamline the process of ordering and ordering but then they decided to take utes — through a dish, of course. I ● # " MD"       to serve customers better, it has a things to the next level with their food. ordered a Baklava. And how can we ● 6    MB    "   multi-functional on-table touch screen I started off with Granny Smith fries. forget that this place served fusion ● @  MB  %%&'   )"  MD  display. The diners can actually ‘Add What I expected from it was a bunch food. The Baklava was stuffed with ●    $# to Cart,’ browse through the menu and of regular potato fries but the dish had yellow lentil halwa and was served ●   (MD        vote for songs to be played via console some other plans. The base of the fries served on a regular wooden pizza plate, with rose-flavoured ice-cream. The ●       MD (song with the most number of votes was green apple, which was topped the presentation still looked appealing. presentation of the dessert was sim-    (    gets added to the day’s playlist). They with mascarpone cheese and cinna- The first bite revealed that it was a per- ple yet attractive with bright colours. ● #"  MD9;    $ can also check the event list like live mon as well as sugar sprinkled on the fect symphony of baked crust com- It was crisp on outside and soft ● $%%&MD  ●    ( (  band performances, from the console top. The presentation of the dish was bined with the texture of roasted inside. The filling of yellow lentils was      itself. The whole experience of placing excellent and so was the taste. The to the taste of the perfectly crisp fries. onions and the tanginess from pick- adequate. The rose-flavoured ice- ●     M an order via a table is a lot more fun green apple gave a sweet flavour to the While I wasn’t done savouring the led vegetables. It was like a blast of per- cream was like cherry on the cake as B   "     than I imagined it to be. dish, which was balanced by the fries, the Khameeri-styled pizza topped fectly balanced flavours in my mouth. it perfectly neutralised the hot halwa ● )   MB    $ Once you have ordered your food, creaminess and sourness of the mas- with achari roasted vegetables, roast- Moving on, I ordered Punjabi and gave the dessert a creamy texture. ●  ( "   MD ●  " ( ( & you can play fun games while you’re carpone cheese. Sprinkled cinnamon ed onions and jalapenos made its way hummus, a fusion of Mediterranean Indeed, a few perfect fusions   %& ( "( waiting for your order. The console and sugar added spice and sweetness to my table. Even though it was and Indian flavours. The hummus in completed my evening. ● - MD  "  "  "#"  ● " MD  "       ●                       @    "     (   ●     "   $ #   " #      (DH" $    ● 6 "     " # "       $   (  "      "  (   #  (            " ( "     "   $ "   #  ( "      - "      ((  "#   "     7   ) - ●   $ (   (#-#      #   ((  $  "(  $*  &%   $    ("   . '        ( "          (       $-,5"              "     (   ( " $  "    $ D3HA C   "  "      @ )" ●     C$3H <+@ $     "   "$        ● #   .   $       + )   ;# K(L; HHH "           0 /  @   +   $ ;# K(LD BHH -,# 5" D?A DB$3H3 " (  5 " $*((    "   ADBDB  <+  FDD$3H$ <+    - 0      "      @.E ) "  $ ) (  # 7   $ 7B?  (  " '   "( (( "  $  (      %   "7"7             ((       )  7    (" .    $+   ?H  )           $@)      (((  "   " $ ;#K(L 7            (  "  $-,M# 5" 3HADB$3H D GHH-,# 5" 3H    #  @     @  B$3H FDD$3H A DBDB       $ ;# K(LFHH <+7   - 0     <+ @   ADD DB  <+7"7"7   )    $  BC  "" $ "" $

  - 3  ● 6    ● @         $ &     "         " $ ●  ((     $ ●        "    (  $ ● 6   ●            ● )      ( ●   "  /" "   "  $ $ (    ●    

● '("      ● *      (       " $ ● +  ((  " ("   " ( " ● "    $ ● )  "    $ ("   $#   " ● 0 (   (   "  ● )   ●            ( "     (  ● '   "  " $6"   $ "  (    $  ( ( "(      (   0(  !>        CD3  $'( " $ CD3 $8" "     ! ! 5 ●    "   "    #  " "      $ (       )     "  "      '"  ●  ( "    "        $'(":          " "   " "       "              $ (  $#   " ) ( "DH"     "  ●       $

.3.  &   ● @  M;HH ● @   " MEH ●   " MDH ●  MDHH ● M;  

 ●     "      $#  "DEH. DGH(    "      " $ ● "   "    ( (""

 (    "" $ ●   "      (" ( (" " $#   ( "  $ ●       "        (  ( "$ ● #   

    " $ ●      $   0!'     5   !"#$ #$ &

3 2   A>  22%7%   $ 

  )+%K@0%)+L finished her speech by address- Legion d’Honneur, France’s 6 !  !  ing the assembled veterans, highest honour, on five &      S President Donald Trump whose numbers dwindle with American veterans. !-;-##       Ulanded in France Thursday each major anniversary. Macron and Trump -     #"    to join other world leaders on “I want to say the only whose once warm relations "        ( the beaches of Normandy in a words we can: thank you,” she have chilled due to mounting    (      tribute to the veterans and said in her final international public disagreements on     + " dead heroes of the D-Day land- appearance before she steps Iran, climate change and trade "       ings that shaped the outcome down as leader of the —will then meet for private   '%#+#+040  $# @ ) of World War II. Conservative party on Friday. talks followed by a working K@)L      +  Despite being largely Britain’s delayed departure lunch. ussian President Vladimir " -      blamed for growing interna- from the European Union, Macron will end the day RPutin on Thursday said it          tional discord, Trump headed which has cost May her job as with an homage at Colleville was “not a problem” that he was        to join in the attempted show prime minister, is just one of Montgomery for the Kieffer not invited to the 75th anniver- "  ("  of transatlantic harmony on the many rifts that has opened Commando, the only French sary of the D-Day landings in   $ 75th anniversary of the assault. recently among Western allies, soldiers to storm a Normandy northern France, attended by “Heading over to whose alliance forged in World beach on D-Day which opened other world leaders. 1 &   Normandy to celebrate some of War II is under unprecedent- a new front against the Nazis “We also don’t invite every- O   P the bravest that ever lived,” the !(  , #      #       ed strain. and led to the liberation of one to every event. Why should !-,A-  '!       !!  &," (   4)) ! ' .     -0#*4 +" &$$4!"  4*  London: Theresa May con- ducted her final public tour as udan’s pro-democracy lead- British Prime Minister on Sers vowed Thursday to press   -0#*4 for Sudanese Doctors said   '#%47 Thursday with a visit to their campaign of civil disobe- Wednesday that 40 bodies had Normandy in France to mark dience until the ruling military udanese authorities admit- been pulled from the Nile, urkish President Recep the 75th anniversary of the council is ousted and killers of Sted dozens of people were sending the death toll soaring TTayyip Erdogan spoke World War II D-Day landings. protesters are brought to jus- killed in a crackdown on pro- to at least 108. Thursday by phone with Saudi May, 62, gave a moving tice, following a crackdown testers but denied doctors’ The committee, which is King Salman after missing a speech to pay tribute to the this week that killed scores of claims the death toll has topped close to protesters and relies on key summit of the Organisation brave soldiers who fought for people. 100, as heavily armed para- doctors on the ground for its of Islamic Cooperation in the freedom on the beaches of The pledge comes after militaries guarded the tense information, warned the figure Saudi holy city of Mecca, his Normandy 75 years ago as new clashes brought the death capital. could rise. office said. part of the Allied Forces. toll in three days of the military 9   Members of the Rapid Some life had returned to The two exchanged greet- She said it was “truly hum- crackdown to 108. On Support Forces, who rights the streets of the capital on ings for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr Khashoggi in the Saudi con- bling” to be at the celebrations Wednesday, troops were seen !'   "  "   "   "'  !   groups say have their origins in Thursday, with limited public festival, Erdogan’s office said, sulate in Istanbul, which tar- with the men who fought in the pulling 40 bodies of victims,             the Janjaweed militias of transport operating and only a adding that they also discussed nished the international repu- “greatest battle for freedom slain by Sudanese security ;    ( Darfur, were on the streets of few cars on the roads. “bilateral and regional issues,” tation of Crown Prince the world has ever known”. forces, from the Nile River in Khartoum on Thursday in A small number of shops without elaborating further. Mohammed bin Salman. “It is an honour for all of us Khartoum and taking them union groups that has been movement’s main sit-in camp, pick-up trucks mounted with and restaurants were open on The phone call comes after Saudi prosecutors have to share this moment with away. behind months of rallies that outside the military headquar- machine guns and rocket the second day of the Eid al-Fitr Erdogan was notably absent absolved the prince and said you. If one day can be said to The Sudan Doctors forced the military to oust ters in the capital, Khartoum, launchers, witnesses said. holiday. from the Mecca summit of the around two dozen people have determined the fate of Committee, one of the protest longtime autocrat Omar al- on Monday. It follows a raid by securi- But there was still wide- OIC where the country was implicated in the murder are in generations to come – in groups, said it was not known Bashir in April, urged people to “Our success depends on ty forces Monday on a long- spread disruption around the represented instead by Foreign custody, with death penalties France, in Britain, in Europe where they were taken. The block main roads and bridges our full adherence to peaceful running sit-in outside the army capital. At Khartoum’s airport Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. sought against five men. and the world – that day was committee also said more than to “paralyze public life” across protests, no matter how hard headquarters that marked the relatives of travellers stayed Turkey’s ties with Saudi But attention has remained June 6, 1944. These young 500 have been wounded in the the country in retaliation for the criminal militias seek to start of a brutal crackdown on late into the night waiting to see Arabia have come under strain focused on whether the crown men belonged to a very special crackdown. the military’s crackdown. drag us into violence,” the demonstrators demanding if their flights would arrive, fol- after the brutal murder last prince ordered the murder, generation, the greatest gener- The Sudanese Professionals The crackdown began with association said in a Facebook civilian rule. lowing a slew of cancellations October of journalist Jamal despite the kingdom’s denials. ation,” she said. PTI Association, an umbrella of a violent dispersal of the protest statement on Thursday. The Central Committee over the past few days. #P =  !' :     (      '      #'+' concerns” about the sale. small number of nations that   +7*40%+ Lawyers for Pell, who Cathedral when he was “We have repeatedly recognise Taiwan. turns 78 on Saturday, raised Archbishop of Melbourne. aiwan on Thursday con- emphasised to the US to The United States switched   *7+%40 K +0%8L ies were necessary to build the he fate of jailed Australian 13 objections to his conviction Pell’s defence team Tfirmed it is hoping to buy fully understand the diplomatic recognition from case for the prosecution. TCardinal George Pell was in on five counts of sexual argued during the first day of state-of-the-art tanks and extremely sensitive and dam- Taiwan to China in 1979, German nurse believed to Police suspect that Hoegel’s the balance Thursday as judges abuse for the assault of two the appeal Wednesday that it portable missiles from the aging nature of their decision but it has remained its main Abe the most prolific serial final death toll may be more adjourned to deliberate over an 13-year-old choirboys was “physically impossible” United States in a proposed to sell arms to Taiwan, and unofficial ally and is congres- killer in the country’s post-war than 200. appeal against his conviction following Sunday Mass in the for the cleric to have commit- deal that drew an angry rebuke abide by the One China prin- sionally bound to supply it with history was handed a life sen- But the court was unable to on historical child sex abuse 1990s. ted the crimes in a crowded from China. ciple,” foreign ministry arms - a constant niggle in US- tence Thursday for murdering say for sure because of gaps in charges. Their appeal maintains that cathedral following Sunday Taipei’s defence ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China ties. 85 patients in his care. Hoegel’s memory and because The three judges in the case against Pell was unrea- services. has formally asked for 108 at a regular press briefing on In recent years Washington Judge Sebastian Buehr- many likely victims were cre- Victoria state’s Supreme sonably dependent on the tes- “The verdicts represent a M1A2 Abrams main battle Thursday. has been wary of completing mann called Niels Hoegel’s mated before autopsies could Court heard two days of argu- timony of a single victim — the disturbing failure of our jury tanks, more than 1,500 Javelin Taiwan has been ruled sep- big ticket arms deals with killing spree “incomprehensi- be performed. ments by Pell’s lawyers second choirboy died in 2014 system,” Pell’s team said in and TOW anti-tank missiles, arately since the end of a civil Taiwan, fearful of stoking ble” and acknowledged the Buehrmann of the region- demanding his December con- — and fell short of proving his their submission. “The ver- and 250 shoulder-fired Stinger war in 1949 but China still China’s anger. trial left many families with al court in the northern city of viction be quashed, while pros- guilt “beyond a reasonable dicts should be quashed.” “I’ve anti-aircraft missiles, it said in views it as its territory and has But President Donald painful unanswered questions. Oldenburg said the number of ecutors insisted the jury verdict doubt”. said before in judgements that a statement. vowed to take the island, by Trump has sought to strength- The 42-year-old murdered deaths at Hoegel’s hands “sur- against the one-time top The former Vatican I think juries almost always get The request was proceed- force if necessary. en ties with Taipei and patients selected at random passes human imagination”. Vatican official was “unim- number three, who it right,” responded Justice ing “as normal”, the ministry Beijing has significantly appeared more willing to sell with lethal injections between He expressed regret that peachable”. controlled the Holy See’s vast Weinberg, before adding, “The added. stepped up diplomatic and major weapon systems. 2000 and 2005, when he was the court had not been “fully The judges can decide to finances and was involved in word is almost.” The US government has military pressure on Taipei The US Government caught in the act. able to lift the fog” for loved reject the appeal, order a retri- the election of two popes, was Pell’s team cast doubt on given Congress informal noti- since Beijing-sceptic president announced plans last year to Hoegel has already spent a ones about other likely victims. al or acquit Pell, the Catholic sentenced in March to six years everything from the timing of fication of its plan to sell the Tsai Ing-wen was elected in sell spare parts worth $330 mil- decade in prison following a On the final day of Church’s most senior convict- in prison. the incident to the improba- equipment in a deal worth 2016. lion to Taiwan for its US-made previous life sentence he hearings on Wednesday, ed child molester. He was accused of sexual- bility of his being able to move USD 2 billion, Bloomberg It has staged military exer- F-16 fighter jets and C-130 mil- received for six other murders. Hoegel asked his victims’ fam- There was no indication of ly abusing the two choirboys in his cumbersome archbishop’s News reported. cises near the island, and itary transport planes, sparking The exhumation and ilies for forgiveness for his when their ruling would be 1996 and 1997 in the sacristy robes aside to commit the Beijing said it had “serious steadily reduced the already anger from Beijing. autopsy of more than 130 bod- “horrible acts”. handed down. and hallways of St Patrick’s assaults. 5         '  (( #     .(  4              "  4      '%#+#+040 Putin added that Skripal take into account the interests   % * Myanmar which was used to discontinued when he was was not a "Russian spy." "It was of 600 British companies work-   #*8* pay a satellite communications forced from office.   +>')*)'#8 ussian President Vladimir not us who spied on you," Putin ing in Russia," Putin said. Thai court on Thursday company then controlled by Thaksin, who maintains a RPutin on Thursday said said. "It's your agent, not ours. Skripal sold secrets to apanese Prime Minister Asentenced former Prime him and his family. home in Dubai and travels exican President Moscow and London should That means you were spying on Britain and moved there after JShinzo Abe will visit Iran in Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in It is not clear why this year’s frequently, could not be MAndres Manuel Lopez mend fences after the poison- us." a 2010 spy swap. an effort to reduce tensions absentia to two years in prison cases were completed such a reached for comment but has Obrador said Thursday he ing of former Russian spy London said a new rela- Last year he and his daugh- between Tehran and over his handling of a state lot- long time after the alleged consistently denied any wrong- will soon travel to the border Sergei Skripal in Britain. tionship would only be possi- ter were poisoned with a mil- Washington, Japan’s govern- tery programme he initiated offenses. doing while in office and city of Tijuana to “defend the The 2018 poisoning of the ble following changes from itary-grade nerve agent in the ment spokesman said while in office more than a The lottery case involved described the cases against dignity” of his nation in the ex-double agent, which the Moscow. English city of Salisbury, the Thursday. decade ago. the establishment in 2003 of an him as politically motivated. face of US tariff threats, as talks UK has blamed on Russia, led "We can only have a dif- first use of chemical weapons Chief Cabinet Secretary His conviction by the effort to mimic the illegal Thaksin used his wealth as were set to resume in to dozens of tit-for-tat diplo- ferent relationship if Russia in Europe since World War II. Yoshihide Suga said Abe’s Supreme Court’s Criminal underground lottery, a flexible a telecommunications billion- Washington. matic expulsions and a break- changes its behaviour," a London says the attempt- trip will be the first by a Division for Holders of Political game in which people could aire to create a political party Lopez Obrador will down in already fragile ties spokeswoman for Prime ed assassination was "almost Japanese leader to Iran in Positions was for malfeasance, pick two- and three-digit num- that won a 2001 general elec- make the trip Saturday, between Moscow and London. Minister Theresa May said in certainly" approved by the 41 years. He declined to for carrying out a policy judged bers and bet small amounts, tion, making him prime min- two days before US President "There's a need to finally response to Putin's comments. Russian state. Moscow has specify the dates of the trip or to be in violation of the law or compared with the official sys- ister. By instituting populist Donald Trump has turn this page -- linked to The spokeswoman said the angrily denied involvement. other details, but said it official regulations. tem of lottery tickets with fixed policies, he won the allegiance threatened to impose five per spies and assassination poisoning was a "despicable The case has strong echoes of would be “soon.” Officials Thaksin was ousted by a numbers and fewer potential of many of the country’s rural cent tariffs on all Mexican attempts," Putin told heads of act". the poisoning of former are finalizing the details so the military coup in 2006 and has winning opportunities. majority and urban poor. imports, unless Mexico acts to global news agencies at an Putin also expressed hope Russian agent Alexander visit will be meaningful, Suga been absent from Thailand The illegal lottery is huge- His political popularity, stem the surge of Central economic forum in Saint that bilateral relations could Litvinenko in Britain in 2006. said. since 2008, when he fled to ly popular, and Thaksin’s however, threatened the American migrants to the US Petersburg. improve under a new prime Britain said Russians Kyodo News and avoid serving a two-year prison scheme was an attempt to steer influence of the country’s tra- border. "Global issues related to minister in Britain, suggesting Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry other local media said Abe term on a conflict of interest some of the money that went ditional ruling circle, including Negotiators have been national interests in the eco- the new leader should think Kovtun were behind what it will visit Tehran on June conviction. to it to government coffers royalists, industrialists and the meeting in Washington to avert nomic and social spheres and about British companies oper- said was a likely Kremlin- 12-14 and meet with He was sentenced in April instead. The court found that military, and after protests a crisis, but Trump warned late global security are more impor- ating in Russia. backed killing, but the pair have Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali to three years’ imprisonment Thaksin ignored standard accusing him of abuse of Wednesday “not nearly tant than games of security ser- "I would very much want a never been tried and Lugovoi Khamenei and President for ordering Thailand’s Export- administrative practice in start- power, the army ousted him in enough” progress was being vices," the Russian president person who will become head has since become a lawmaker Hassan Rouhani. Import Bank to make a loan to ing the new lottery, which was a 2006 coup. made. said. of government (in Britain) to in Russia.  & ●  ()*( +#!!, - . ./ +/!0)( )-   012( /  3- -/)     & /)(-  /   !"#$

% !D%E  &% %&  & &)     4  %&     ) L   

  B  2")5&,      7  3MHH'# 2>?>0   ++ 

! ,  @       *4#-#*%   ( '  JASPRIT BUMRAH

 #'  hen did you last hear a Punjabi fella from WGujarat being talked about as the ultimate 4(  * 5(( / ) 5   destruction weapon for stalwart batsmen all over the world? When did you last hear  /5  (/5  -  5)(  , speaking about the difficulties of navigating this * -)(& /(/  )  slight Indian bowler with an untidy 7(/& /7-))(  ) ) 1 . ) action and a run-up so short that you would throw 1 -  2(- / 3- /) )( 811 dwarfs at him for comparison? When did you last ) ( )( 75     / 5)/ hear Kevin Pietersen taking to Twitter to give sur- 5 /))/ 5-) /1 -  5 11 vival tips to right-hand batsmen facing any Indian 9 4 5 ,*) ) 5 bowler? 1 - ) / /)())(  7  It's only once in a while that such specimens (/ 3- /) )(    . )7  ) walk into the Indian dressing room with a benign ( )( /5     +/ )5 smile and an inconfident gait, only to strike fear and bewilderment in the hearts of biggies in the mid- /5 /)-/)  *- ;)/ dle. That is what Bumrah did when he cleaned up 5 /))(  5-) /  ( South Africa's two great men at the mouth of the 3- /) )/    ;-  5/ game, leaving the rest to be nibbled up by ( /. &(  ( /   Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep in the middle overs  -)  )1   )( < (-) and Bhuvneshwar Singh in the wrap up ones.  5 ) &2 )    -7 Kohli, thus, beamed while speaking about / & )( 7 ( & 11 5-, "matured innings, team effort, boys doing their jobs" ) /(  =; & /)7 ( >-/) and more such match winners under his guard. "  3- /))    ;( +/  & )( "One thing you know while facing Jasprit is that    / .  -  5)( you have to play good cricketing shots and back your technique against him. Because if you are hes-  5 1- &)- 5 /)* -)( itant and he senses that, then he is all over you. If &  * -)( )    / he senses someone is not enjoying the short ball ( +/5  /)) ) / )) ) in the nets, he will make sure that guy gets it in that ( )( 2? /   2( session," the skipper said. 5 )55  /5  &)(    Bumrah though is much more &  // 7 //  (/5 ., modest about his abilities. For a fast D# ),.  55  / bowler of such repute, he is unnervingly soft-spoken and    % #$ sports a winning smile sim- #=  " '!$   ilar to that of Djoker's when the latter is about to  :#? $  : smash his opponent out !( '  '   A ) - / ( / of the court.  /)  ( "I don't think about ! ' # ! #! -5() B/ expectations. I just do '%# :!" !  :?  -  5- &, what the team wants )- -  51(  me to do. I don't think I %  ##$ #!"( *- C 5/+(  have a reputation to live ! E '    !( )( / )( ))  up to as I just need to keep =!"  # things simple," Bumrah, / )(  & $  /   . ///( the World No.1 in ODIs /    7 said just after the match. L3 :# As for his inspirations in the !   "  "       G  *   7  &)( rarified world of fast bowlers, ) /- )/)&& Bumrah is ready to learn from anybody again and play in a calm manner," ," Kohli  ) )(  & /( ) & )(   who offers him assets, be it a first class bowler, a said. 8-))/(  -/(  7  & local lad or an international great. "I always keep Composure in such situations is 11+/7 /)) )( -5())) 7  an eye on what is happening all over, so that I can f the 23 international tons that Rohit hard to get but Sharma sported it as his )-   )& / & )(B learn and add things to my armoury. There's no OSharma has picked up in style, the kerchief, pacing his aggression to situa-    (  3- /)/ )    harm in learning. For example, if you tell me there's one against South Africa at the Hampshire tion, curbing it when needed and unfold- 7)(  7  &)( /- )/)&&  a perfect action in the world, I'll try to copy that," Bowl is the best, feels his fellow batsman ing it when least expected. 5()/ & / - ) / / he said. and skipper Virat Kohli. "A lot of times batsmen tend to hit Kohli though knows his bowler's deadly seri- Kohli is not way off the mark. It was their way out of the situation. But he was ous intent, even at nets. "What you see him bowl- a difficult condition in which Sharma very composed. He's played so many ing in the match, he bowls exactly like that to us scripted his feat and that of India too. The games, we expect a lot of maturity and "  in the nets. He doesn't care who is standing in front clouds were getting heavier and darker a lot of responsibility from someone like of him. He will bounce people, try to get them and more overbearing than a bully in him. Of all the brilliant innings I have bowled or may be york them with the new ball. class. And yet, he survived not just the ele- seen him play, I think this, for me, was That's the reason for his consistency. He doesn't ments by sheer dint of merit and perse- the top of the pile because of the way he change his game because he's in the nets," the skip- verance after being given a change or two compiled his innings and at no stage did per added. by the Proteas, but also by determination, we feel like, or he felt like he is going to Bumrah's intensity in the nets adds to the con- maturity and of course, his abilities to pull throw it away," the skipper said. fidence of his fellow batsmen to face other bowlers dazzling shot all over the ground. What was most heartening was the in actual match situation. His 13 fours and 2 sixes of the game way Sharma set the pace of the game, "For a batsman, it's beautiful to face a guy who looked effortless, well-placed and text- something that Kohli is proud of. bowls with match intensity and he's looking to get book correct. The pull has always been "Controlling the game so beautifully you out, so when you play well against him you walk a Sharma special but his unbeaten 122 on from one end and allowing the others to out with more confidence," Kohli said. a bouncy Bowl wasn't as easy to get as it display themselves and string in small lit- Talking to him in the mixed zone of this world looked through his blade. tle partnerships was great to see for such    5 7)/ C  < ) / event tells you how deceptive he is, deceptive and "This is his best ODI innings because a low total. Rohit played the perfect (/&5-  -)) ).  +/ yet simple in orchestrating his game. "Fitness, gym- of the kind of pressure the first World innings for that kind of a situation on   5  / )8- ( 7 ) ming, the right diet and a delightfully set attitude Cup game brings. I know, as a batsman, that kind of a against a bowling & )(  5(),(  7)/  towards the game is what give all the fangs to this when you go in and a few balls bounce attack that was threatening to pick up 8- ( (   ./))( )  &)( 11 weapon India has started doting on. : + "        !   like that, it's not easy to gather yourself at any stage," he added.  . 5  - & /  &&/) 7  5)  -)* -)(&  )( 7. & ))() ,. )(- You plan whether to bowl a goo- heart when it comes to bowling   /;D-.  )  5() YUZVENDRA CHAHAL gly or a flipper, which are the deliv- those flippers which can hit the (  7)) /,5 ) )  &&/)- eries they are picking and the ones boundary too but soaking in 5 /)8- (  .) ()(&  his petite, ear-studded, Hindi- they can't pick. I loved the man- pressure, Chahal says, has come /) 5()7.))( /)- /) /3-  5 Tspeaking chess player of yore ner in which I dismissed Faf. Since after player 40 odd international  ) )(  &&/    ) E; from Haryana may have left the I was getting my deliveries to drift, matches with usually rich divi- < ) /  )  (/))) (   board game 16 years ago, but that I planned bowling a slider on off- dends. "I give credit to our pace-  >?*>! has not dimmed his deep-think- stump and he didn't read that," men for setting it up as when ing abilities which he now applies Chahal said. myself and Kuldeep come into the to his cricket. The YouTube videos, Almost a veteran now with attack, there is far less pressure on 3 - 3 the smiles and the general cama- the turn and the guile at this young us," he said. raderie apart, this leg break spin- age, Chahal rolled his fingers The deception, in good mea- "* -A & K , ,* ner has hidden capabilities that alongside his skipper Kohli for sure, is not restricted to Chahal's D %U B B H H VB$BFC ; can eat up opposition campaigns Royal Challengers Bengaluru, to bowling. It comes at all levels, be without even a leading signal in get noticed. it the deep study of the pitch, or B 4 B B H H VD$H?C ; that direction. "He is one bowler who will the behaviour of the batsman fac- 3 6' B D D H VB$H?; B The spin magic that Chahal never say no to bowling irrespec- ing him. He studies them hard unleashed in the middle overs at tive of any situation in the match. and fast and moulds his bowling ; +% B D D H VH$CHH B the Hampshire Bowl clocking 4 He is ready to bowl in Powerplays. to the situation. ? '% D D H H VH$3HB B for 51 is not new or alien to him. If you keep seven fielders inside "He is fully aware about the But it did put the stands, his skip- the circle, even then he is ready. behaviour of the pitch and what E O+- B D D H VH$HHG B per and the South Africans in awe. He has a very high degree of self- needs to be done. That is his F 7 B D D H .D$?DF B "Chess has taught me patience belief and the way he thinks strength. Whatever he has and planning. When you play about the game is very different achieved today, the credit solely G  B D D H .B$;DB B chess, you normally plan 15 to 16 from others," Kohli said. goes to him as all he had done is C 0 3 H 3 H .H$C?B H moves in advance. It is the same Hashim Amla said after the to bowl his heart out," the skip- @     "       ,   * !   DH @ B H B H .D$BE; H when you bowl to a player like Faf. match that Chahal has a big per said.   ● )( 1 -) ,  )( (5( /)/ 7 -7  5()7)/ ))(  1- &) ( //(  7 /)0",7$!   !"#$

& I % ) & I        ! &    %  % !  L    E   !$ 

$5&789:; ") <.) &"!&)7<" =! &     #  %*##'% - , ;;  1  "  6  99 !1 "4 # 3 itchell Starc grabbed five / !1 "  $6 wickets for 46 runs in a !  !! "4 # D6 Mbrilliant show of fast bowl-   !1 "  7 ing as defending champions  !! Australia pulled off a 15-run win ( "1  $A against West Indies in a tense   !1 "   IE World Cup match to notch up their  ?? 1 "+   A% second win here on Thursday. ( "+   % Sent into bat, Nathan Coulter-  !! 1 "+   & Nile (92 from 60 balls) played a  GG  7 blinder of an innings, taking cue > "$"$%I"$ %D from a dogged fight back by Steve # $7'IA4 %&& Smith (73 from 103 balls), as 9' 0 $E.$ 9%5%%3.% Australia recovered from 38 for 4 , ;  65363.6/ to post a competitive 288 all out in 49 overs. 3536&.I   D5IDA.E Chasing 289 for a win, the West  !$35$$ID.3   Indies were in the hunt for most 675I%IA.D!  !II5%%3&.&( part of their innings but they I35$%&I.A? .?  crumbled towards the end to score I&5%%&&.$7 ! I&53 273 for 9 from 50 overs.  Starc turned the match on its 4 ## $7.7.36.% head by claiming three wickets in !    A.7.E3.% two overs in the dead after dismiss-     &.7.I$.% ing dangerous batsmen (21) and Andre Russell (15) earli-  ++   $7.7.3D.6 er. :11 D.%.%&.$ West Indies needed 38 from the  ??  E.7.6$.7 last five with four wickets in hand * !$ F#"C ;)G but Starc removed Carlos    ""!  %$ Brathwaite (16) and captain Jason Holder (51) in the space of four >  !  !"( $ balls in the 46th over before return- !11 /"( 3& ing to dismiss Sheldon Cottrell (1)  !       "  "    !        ; *  H !  !     ? .?     ?(( 9"G  I7 in the 48th to grab his fifth wicket ! 11   J %$ and end the Caribbean side's run howlers with Gayle apparently at Indian fast bowlers, who extracted fours and four sixes, in fact, became for his involvement in the Cape :11  G "!  E$ chase. the receiving end. Television replays a lot of bounce and seam movement the highest run scorer by a number Town ball-tampering scandal. Australia thus notched up their showed that the before his initially from the Trent Bridge )-'% BGC@*0 eight batsman in a World Cup. This Coming out at the team total of     "!  $E second win in the tournament dismissal in the fifth should have track. was his maiden fifty in his 29th 26 for two in the fourth over,  ++  9"!  $3 after defeating Afghanistan in their been a no-ball as Starc overstepped The Australians, who had eas- 6'% #-+6+#'%'+ ODI. His previous highest was a 34 Smith played a defiant yet solid  ??   $A first match, while the West Indies his crease. That would have meant ily beaten Afghanistan in their 6+0+'%#-+-4%# last year. innings to hold the Australian !   "!  $ suffered their first loss after their tri- that the delivery which removed first match, lost four quick wickets From 79 for five in the 17th innings together. He hit seven 4 ## 7 umph against Pakistan. Gayle should have been a free hit. for just 38 runs in the eighth over @*0*#0#*@ over, the Australians clawed their boundaries for his 20th ODI fifty Shai Hope top-scored for West Earlier, West Indies fast bowlers with Aaron Finch (6), David way back to 119 for five at the and first after his international > "A$$ %7 Indies with a 68 from 105 balls ripped through the Australian top- Warner (3), Usman Khawaja (13) #-+'0'%%'% 4# halfway mark. With Smith and comeback. # A'HE7  %D6 while Nicholas Pooran made 40, order in a brilliant spell before and Glenn Maxwell (0) falling #-+8)047+ Coulter-Nile on the ascendency, Wicketkeeper batsman Alex  besides Holder's 51. The other Smith and the record-breaking cheaply. they were 206 for six at the end of Carey chipped in with a 55-ball 45,  !!  $7.$.I3.E batsmen got the starts but could not Coulter-Nile led a stunning fight- But, Smith led a remarkable #*60#-++%#* 40 overs before adding 81 runs in which was studded with five ( $7.6.I$.% convert them into big scores. back to power the defending cham- fightback with a 73 off 103 deliver- )*0+BF3@*0C the final nine overs for five wick- boundaries, for an invaluable 68- ? .?? $7.7.D7.7 For Australia, Pat Cummins pions to 288 all out. ies while Coulter-Nile unleashed a ets. run stand for the sixth wicket with    3.$.6$.7 took two other West Indies wick- The Australians were in all sorts late onslaught with an unbelievable @0*?H*+0 The spadework for the fight Smith to resurrect the Australian  GG  $7.7.E&.$ ets while Adam Zampa got one. of trouble against the short-pitched 92 off 60 balls. back was done by Smith, who, in innings before Coulter-Nile played  !! I.7.$&.7 The match also saw umpiring deliveries unleased by the West Coulter-Nile, who hit eight March, came out of a 12-month ban the innings of his life.  ""$$E  /06 ."&, "(   ("     (( (  "(6)BHDC egendry all-rounder Jacques  5*-%%+40 he added. LKallis has called India "real Amid the revelations, de contenders" for the World Cup B de Villiers wanted to Villiers expressed his support title after they outclassed South Acome out of retirement for the beleaguered team. Africa but urged his struggling for the World Cup but "All that's important is country to not throw in the towel Cricket South Africa (CSA) that we should all focus on yet. refused to accept the offer as supporting the team at the In overcast conditions, a the batting great had ignored World Cup. There is a long Jasprit Bumrah-inspired India pleas to not retire last year. way to go and I believe the broke the back of South Africa's According to boys can still go all the way," top order before Yuzvendra 'ESPNCricinfo', de Villiers de Villiers wrote on his twit- Chahal ran through the innings made the offer to come back ter handle. with four wickets at the Rose Bowl in May, barely 24 hours before Zondi further said that on Wednesday. the final squad for the ongo- de Villiers dropped no hints Without much difficulty, ing showpiece in the UK was of wanting to come back in Rohit Sharma powered India to to be announced by CSA. the year gone by.. victory with six wickets in hand. The revelation came "We had players who put This was the Proteas' third straight amid a disastrous start to in the hard work, who put up loss in the showpiece. South Africa's campaign, their hands and deserved to "Away from South Africa I which has seen them lose be given the opportunity to thought India looked world-class three matches including one go to the World Cup. " and real contenders. They've obvi- to Bangladesh. While "At no point in the year ously been waiting for their first Wednesday's six-wicket that he had retired did he game and I didn't know how that defeat to India turned the sit- make himself available for would work for them, whether uation from bad to worse, the selection. It was no option they'd be fresh or they'd be some   ( '   *   !   loss of pace great when I received the news on nerves. I think we got the answer, to a shoulder injury has also the day of the squad they were very impressive," Kallis table won't look so bad and they'll considerably weakened the announcement, our squad said in his column for the ICC. have some momentum back for team. was finalised and confirmed," Before the disappointing result what could be a huge game against CSA selection panel con- he said. against India, South Africa ❝ New Zealand. venor Linda Zondi con- The 35-year-old swash- crashed to a stunning defeat at the #-''' "This is a big moment for Faf firmed that de Villiers did buckler is considered a mod- hands of Bangladesh, days after a du Plessis but not everything can make the offer and that skip- ern-day great for his innov- loss to hosts England in the tour- *+%#@*0@@4 be put on the captain's shoulders. per Faf du Plessis and coach ative shots and more impor- nament opener. Each individual needs to look in Ottis Gibson were quite keen tantly, his ability to decimate Kallis, one of the game's great- 7+'4#%*# the mirror, there cannot be any to have him back as well. rival attacks, making him a 304 B;!8++! est all-rounders, admitted that ++08#-'% )%+ finger pointing, they have to have However, de Villiers' game-changer. the South Africans have put them- an honest conversation with each omission was based on prin- "AB is undoubtedly one 9  !.  selves in a precarious situation. 4#*%#-+ other about what they can do bet- ciples, Zondi said. of the best players in the "South Africa have made this ter," Kallis said. "I pleaded with AB de world, but above all else, we spectacularly hard on themselves )#'%: The former great called the Villiers not to retire in 2018. have to stay true to our — they've six league matches left -*47+0$+)- defeat to Bangladesh cause for real Although there was a percep- morals and principles, there and every one of them is effective- concern. tion that he was picking and is no regret in the decision," ly a knockout game now. '%''47%++ "Before they talk about the choosing when to play — Zondi said. "They can have absolutely no team, they need to think hard which was not true — I did Retirement in 2018, complaints with the result against #*7**'%#-+ about themselves. It's a collective give him the option to plan exactly a year before the India, they were totally outclassed '00*0 #-+0+ effort, from senior players to the and monitor his season to get World Cup, meant de Villiers in every department, with the bat, new guys. And they have to be him to the World Cup fresh could not fulfil the selection ball and in the field. They really )%%*#+%8 positive, they need to feed off each and in a good space," Zondi criteria, which included play- didn't win much after the toss I'm @'% +0*'%#'% other's energy more than ever. said in the CSA release. ing domestic or internation- afraid. "I don't think it's any surprise "He turned down the al cricket in the intervening "That dressing room will be a #-+8-+#*-+ we lost to England and India, they offer and said he was at peace months. tough place to be, but they have to are the two best teams in the with his decision to retire," he The report stated that it all take responsibility and work %-*%+# world right now. The really wor- recalled. was recalling the dashing hard to correct the errors they are )*%+0#'*%6'#- rying thing is that defeat by "For Faf du Plessis and batsman at the last moment making." Bangladesh.

Ottis Gibson to share AB's would have been unfair on Unlike in the previous editions +)-*#-+0*4# "They've got the West Indies desire to be included in the the players who have been since their re-entry into interna- next and they proved against squad on the day we performing in his absence, tional cricket, South Africa did not 6-##-+8)%* Pakistan how talented they are. announced our World Cup such as Rassie van der enter the tournament as one of the It's a tough game but we +##+0❝ squad on April 18th was a Dussen. favourites. know how to beat them. You have shock to all of us. AB left a big Dussen made three fifties "... I'd tell them it can also go to get on top of them early and vacuum when he retired, we in his first four ODI innings the other way, beat the West strangle the game, you can't be let- had a year to find players at after making his debut against Indies and Afghanistan in their ting them play with that freedom." franchise level to fill the gap," 9  !   + 2    ( Pakistan in January. next two games and suddenly the L  (#*  . ● *  .(  /)/  )( /5 /)<./)  12( /  /)& - )( /5 /)<./)   5 /    !"#$

    )&    %   &! 4 %      L %!

 ) / . 3 $      '4#-04%0#%+ 7  Pakistan is known for its unpredictable nature and you always guess which Pakistan team will turn up. Does that add     H pressure or relax you that you can beat -/ -C  /  them? 8-/(<./) ).  Yes, Pakistan is an unpredictable team, 9># >! If the pitch still going to be a green top, is there a chance that you may want to strengthen your struggling middle order by leaving out a fast bowler? B;.';/B;.' It’s a pretty good wicket if you take a bit of grass. It’s a fact that we got that rather than the Cardiff wicket so we were trying '#:)*7+#+)-% + to go the same team, we are trying to go *@@#+%'+%5*8'% the same team, but I think we thought we need another batsman, so we might make #-#$'6*47-+++% one change, but not many, you know. We will be trying to play the same batting line- 6#)-'% #-+6*07)4 up for this game. '%806'% 0**% How were the strong comments given ! '    "   " "6I  %      by Malinga in the last game received in 08'% @*0'#% the dressing room?   0'#*7 exploited against during Everybody has a job they have to do. their 10-wicket rout of their opponents #+$4#'-+0+ If you are a batsman, you have to score. If akistan coach Mickey Arthur has in Cardiff on Saturday. #'% 6')+#% you are a bowler, you have to take wick- urged his team to ‘stay ruthless’ at On Tuesday, Sri Lanka beat ets. When we are losing, everyone else, Pthe World Cup as they train their Afghanistan in a rain-shortened match, +##'% '%'0#'*%@0* everyone call everyone lots of things, and sights on Sri Lanka after shocking also in Cardiff, to breathe life into their we get outsiders, they come in with lots of England. campaign. 6'%6R0$#-+8 things so those are the bad things when we The notoriously unpredictable But the 1996 champions will be 0+'%'0'% +-+0+ are not doing well. Pakistan side held their nerve to beat the wary of another middle-order batting Challenges of playing Pakistan. hosts by 14 runs at Trent Bridge on collapse after they lost five wickets for L&%J4 If you can do that particular day well, Monday, just three days after crashing 14 runs against New Zealand and you can be the winning side. Pakistan did to a seven-wicket defeat against the seven wickets for 36 runs against !   well against England. They put score on the West Indies at the same venue. Afghanistan. board, big scores, so after that, they keep That ended a sequence of 11 con- Sri Lankan coach Chandika '#%'% taking wickets, so those are the key areas. secutive defeats in completed one-day Hathurusingha said he had told his bats- If you are playing any big team, you have internationals. men to up their game. 4%0+')#7+#+4# to do the same thing, you have to put some Arthur praised his team's resolve “I don’t give pep talks. I give hon- runs on the board and give a chance for the after a ‘shocking’ defeat in their tour- est talk, that’s all. I tell them what has 6+0+7*)*'% '%#* bowlers to take wickets. If you are not doing nament opener. to be done. They have to come and per- #-' +-'% 6*% that, you can't do that. I think Pakistan, or “It was just so good to see us go out form,” said Hathurusingha, who praised whatever the team, you have to do the basic and play with the belief and intensity opener for his 78-run *%+%7*#*%+$6+ things if you want to win it. that we had spoken about,” Arthur said. knock, which helped Sri Lanka reach “When we put all three disciplines 201 against Afghanistan. 6+0+7*6'%)*%@'+%)+ 7)) 5 ( together we know we can beat anybody. “He’s an amazing player,” said We now need to stay consistent and Hathurusingha. “We have given him the 4#6+6'77 '+*40 ?# 94;> (*!#? ruthless.” full licence to bat the way he wants to Pakistan posted an impressive 348- bat. We know that when he’s come up, +#-*#*4##*+# How do you describe 8 against a potent England bowling most of the time it’s match-winning.” #-+ Pakistan’s batting? 105 to 348, was it bad attack, with fifties from veteran But one factor outside anybody’s day to good day, or inconsistency? Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam and control is the weather, with persistent L !  4 It’s my fifth year. I would say it’s a bit Sarfaraz Ahmed. rain forecast for Bristol on Friday. of a both. We didn’t adapt well to the con- Pacemen and  !  ditions against West Indies. Technically, we Mohammad Amir, and leg-spinner SQUAD were a bit poor on the day. There were a Shadab Khan, took the wickets to Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk), lot of nerves being the first World Cup restrict England to 334-9 in their 50 Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, match definitely. Then the guys got over overs. Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, that against England and they showed their “You could see the hunger, the Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad H@)#*0 proper skills and it was a true test of char- determination and the resolve to do well Hasnain, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan, ■         acter. And I think they came through with in batting after a horror show and then Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Haris Sohail, flying colours in the second game. the bowlers fought hard, so we need to Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman ■ *  (  A question about this young batting repeat that in the coming matches as Sri Lanka: ■ 7   O  (  line-up that has scored 350 plus all well,” said Arthur. (c), , , ■      - (  through England. How do you keep them Pakistan have won all seven of their , , interested in what they are doing because World Cup matches against Sri Lanka , (wk), ■    O     they are not getting the results that they dating back to the first tournament in Kusal Perera (wk), , ■       7  want? 1975. Nuwan Pradeep, , ■ 6         If their job is to score runs, and to get Pakistan will be tempted to bring in , Lahiru     W  7  N those scores of 350, they are doing their fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain for his Thirimanne, , Jeffrey  1          >  job. So, you just got to ask them to keep raw pace, something that New Zealand Vandersay repeating it and keep doing the hard train- ing and putting in the hours in the nets and 8 = 8 executing the skills under pressure. And then, hopefully, the bowlers and the field- 33 +8 F  G   F  G   ers will get it right to back that up. But #   " %3         unfortunately, that didn’t happen in quite 6  .        a few of the games against England, in the  *'    7  (  "          # (  (      "  bilateral series.   ?G$33  "   $  (                   "" You have played a few World Cups    $((    " "          $' "6 ' :;BD yourself. Are you a fan of this format?  ."   "   It’s a bit unlucky on the associate +    :  ("      CB."   "  3?H. "        *'   DD? GH BB E3 teams, but obviously, you know, each game  "   $ is so important, so there are no free games, or easy games, so it is exciting to watch. L  02*+   9G$& And just speaking to the public, I think they do enjoy this, but I think it is quite tough on the associate teams, but unfor- t’s a cliché but we’re back Pakistan cannot take them tunately I suppose that is one of those to that word with lightly. things. IPakistan — inconsisten- Look at Bangladesh — What sort of challenge are you cy. Sometimes frustrating beating the mighty South expecting from Sri Lanka? and often brilliant, their Africa, you cannot take You have always got to be respectful two matches so far have first-class cricket before anyone lightly. Sri Lanka are and they have got good bowlers. I have just # 0 been opposites of each making our international not playing their best cur- come out of a batting meeting to see their other. debuts. Once you get rently, but that does not skills. And it should be a good game. And It is a very difficult through your first couple of matter. hopefully the weather stays away, it is a bit thing to answer because years of international crick- !!! That win would have poor, the forecast. But I don't think we'd Pakistan have always been et, you never look back. " '=  cleared their minds and, like be targeting any one individual, though like that. It is not something We have also changed Pakistan, they will be brim- they have got some good seamers and new, if you go back to the things far too often in the  : ming with confidence. some spinners with very good skills. The 1980s and even 1970s, it has domestic game back home !$   When you have a bad start guys are focussed and they know what to always been the same. so players can struggle to and then win a game, you expect. I think it goes back to build a rhythm.  # start to feel good about What is the mood after the big win? the system and the way we The result is that you yourself. I sense quite a bit of confidence. Since are brought up in Pakistan. never know what are going '# "  ! Look at the way Lasith we have won, it took off a lot of the pres- We pick very young players to get with Pakistan, you =!? * Malinga bowled. He was sure, having gone through those string of and they don’t always come never know which side of superb and showed he still defeats. Psychologically, that lifts a huge through a controlled sys- the bed they are going to get = # has something about him. weight from their shoulders. tem. Everyone is different. out of.  !" # On their day, they can beat Are you happy with the balance of the Some disappear quick- Against England, they anyone. side having left out Imad last time and ly because they struggle to rebounded superbly from !$  $!E Pakistan’s fixtures get gone with Hafeez and Shoaib to bowl handle the pressure and are that opening loss to the  : interesting from here with those overs? replaced by another young West Indies.     "   ''   Australia and India, who For the time being. I don’t have a say 302B 0.;/! guy but those who do han- The capability is there, # "  are both playing well, on the in selection. We wanted to take some pace 9  ('  dle it just carry on and and they have the capacity prove a point. more risks. !#$ horizon. off the ball against England and Hafeez and become greats of the game. to do special things. They The pressure was Now, it’s time for anoth- They are both formida- Malik did that really well. We have played There are a lot of exam- need to be positive in every mounting on the players, er big game against Sri : ble sides and so a win against a few games here already so the guys know ples of guys like that, such game. There is no doubt the management and the Lanka. I saw them take on Sri Lanka is important for us. what to expect and can adapt to different as Wasim Akram, myself they were hurt by what captain. They were in it up Afghanistan and don’t think conditions. and Inzamam-ul-Haq. happened against the West to their nose and as you they are a team that need to L  02*+  L  2*+    We hardly ever played Indies and they came out to burn your chances, you take be feared. However,   9G%7$A  0 ●  B  7 )8 5 /(7!. )/   /)  ) )/ & )    /-7 ) ) / 1)( /   !"#$

& &         4&   &    ! % &     L  

going, everyone got set and then got out which was disappointing, we needed to build the partnerships and we couldn’t and that was the problem. They didn't need much more than 244. Unfortunately the middle order, when Bangladesh were batting, didn’t do the job they were looking for and you can’t do that against New Zealand. They are probably the most organised he way Bangladesh got themselves team in this World Cup, their record in back into the game, they should be ICC events is really good and they’re Tvery proud of their performance always looking towards those semi-finals against New Zealand. because of their ability. It is a shame they couldn’t win it but If you want to win against them you for them to get so close was very impres- have to do well with the bat and the ball, sive. you can’t afford to miss out on one. The game looked over when Ross A New Zealand team always plays Taylor and Kane Williamson were bat- strong cricket, against any side they ting but this Bangladesh team never face. They always seem to play well, gives up, they never allow them- and in a big tournament like this, selves to give up. Bangladesh can take a strong lesson   2 They are never out of the from them. game and they did all the fans Next Bangladesh will face proud, they should take a lot England and while it's a difficult of confidence from that game in these conditions, they'll be going forward. really looking forward to the chal- Bangladesh had lenge. a one per cent Both have had difficulties and  ;   ! "   /   +P   chance of winning England have more pressure, it's in their the game at one conditions and we've beaten them in our stage, teams don’t last two World Cup matches, in 2011 come back from that but and 2015, so that is a major plus for us. they came so close and should be These are different teams and a dif-  )D(> very proud. All the bowlers *#- ferent atmosphere but there is a lot of con- stepped up towards the -+- fidence from those wins. end. In 2011, beating England that was a  +%%'% #*%*7 7*%*% He added: “It was nice to get Nobody will be '@@')47#'+% big moment for us, they were a really the boys over the line. It got a bit more disappointed +% 7%-+*0+ tough opponent particularly for where we ew Zealand spinner Mitchell tighter than we would have liked than Mushfiqur were as a country then. NSantner wants to take inspi- but we'll take the win and move Rahim himself for 0+40+ '#:'%#-+'0 Then in 2015, those conditions made ration from the Black Caps’ on to the next game.” missing that run-out )*%'#'*%%6+:+ it a really tough game in Australia — they charge to the final of the World With the ball, he had been hit 33%; CC8 opportunity on favoured England but we still won, the Cup final four years ago. for a solitary boundary until his Williamson. +#+%#-+'%*407# team played really well and showed they Santner hit the winning runs final delivery — which he 9  +   Mistakes can hap- #6*6*07)4#)-+ can do it. as New Zealand sneaked past described as a ‘moon ball’ — dis- pen, it was a bad one '%BHDD%BHD? *#-# Bangladesh have made a lot of Bangladesh at The Oval by two appeared over the ropes for six. and it could have been a improvements batting and bowling too, we wickets to make it two wins out He helped build up pressure different story if '5*074 may not necessarily win but they will cer- of two, finishing on 17 on the Bangladesh batsmen Williamson’s wicket was got @*04 tainly give them a good game. from 12 balls. which led to the run out of early. We've seen how excited the fans are He also put in a vital perfor- Mushfiqur Rahim after a danger- I can’t complain about him — getting too, there's a huge Bangladesh mance with the ball, taking one ous half-century partnership with he's our best batsman and doing really community in England. for 41 from his ten overs. captain Shakib Al Hasan. well, keeping is really tough.  ' Playing and winning these games The left-arm spinner, who Santner said: “The wicket I know Mushy and he's a very emo- 1  "   means everything to them and there's a missed most of 2018 with a seri- was probably a bit slower than we tional guy — he'll shout his mouth off ' '  real good chance of doing it again. ous knee injury, was playing thought it would be so my role today and then he'll be okay tomorrow.  #   L  02*+    domestic cricket four years ago throughout the middle there was Our batsmen just couldn't keep it 9G%7$A when the Black Caps lost their to change my pace and bowl good first World Cup final to co-hosts areas. Australia. “As a spinner, if you’re tying  !   4  Santner, 27, said: “You want down a subcontinental teams to perform on the biggest stage you must be doing a pretty good angladesh spinner Mosaddek ",  ",", and there’s none bigger than the job. Shakib and Mushy were BHossain paid tribute to the World Cup. going pretty well for a while.” fanatical support his side received “I watched a lot of World Santner is expecting spin to all the way through their nail-biting had played here in the Champions against England, who they knocked Cups when I was growing up and play a significant part in the tour- two-wicket defeat by New Zealand Trophy in 2017 so we knew what to out of the last edition in Adelaide in watching the whole of New nament as it progressed. at the Oval. expect but it was still amazing." 2015. Zealand get around the lads in He added: “We’ve already The Black Caps' match-winner Bangladesh, who won their Mosaddek, who also took the 2015 was awesome. If we can seen that if it doesn’t swing early Ross Taylor — who was one of opening match against South Africa catch to dismiss New Zealand skip- replicate that and maybe go one and there are some used wickets, Mosaddek's two wickets in the last weekend, came agonisingly per Kane Williamson, admitted further this time, that would be spinners have done a pretty good match - had earlier said that it felt close to another major scalp but that his side's batting performance nice.” job. like the game was being played in Mossadek said his side were remain- has cost them the game. Santner made his ODI debut “It’s going to key to bowl Bangladesh such was the cacopho- ing upbeat. Bangladesh struggled to 244 all at Edgbaston in 2015 in the now teams out high-scoring games in ny of noise that greeted every run He said: "Most of the guys in the out and Mosaddek said: "If we had famous game when England on the flat surfaces that you or wicket for Bangladesh. changing room are a bit disappoint- got ten or 20 more runs then it could passed 400 for the first time and expect here. Mosaddek, 23, agreed, saying ed, of course, but that's ok for me. have been a different result. kick-started their white-ball rev- “You have to weigh up with a smile: "It was amazing. "But we're getting better and "We played really well against olution. whether that's the bowler at the When we came out after the toss it better. We're bowling really well so South Africa but that was a really Santner was modest about his other end is doing a good job and didn't feel like we were playing at the hopefully in the next match we will good wicket and this one was not performance with the bat against your role is to dot it up or to try Oval — it felt like we were in Mirpur do better." the same." Bangladesh, joking that hitting and take wickets.” which was a good thing for us. That next match at Cardiff  L 2*+   9G the winning runs “could have  L 2*+    "It wasn't a surprise because we +        ;   ? G  4  Wales Stadium on Saturday is %7$A been worse.” 9G%7$A 4  . ,"" "+, $   0'7'   *0#* uperstar Neymar   0' ortugal manager Fernando Santos hailed Swas ruled out of PCristiano Ronaldo a "football genius" after the Copa America merican teenager his 53rd career hat-trick sent Portugal into the on Thursday after AAmanda Anisimova final of the Nations League on home soil in tearing his right stunned defending champion Porto with a 3-1 win over Switzerland. ankle ligament dur- Simona Halep on Thursday to The hosts had to withstand a huge ing Brazil's 2-0 reach a French Open semi-final moment of VAR controversy as after Ronaldo's friendly win over against Australian eighth seed free-kick opened the scoring, Portugal thought Qatar. Ashleigh Barty. they had the chance to double their lead from "Due to the seri- The 17-year-old downed the penalty spot. ousness of the Romanian star Halep 6-2, 6-4 on Instead German referee Felix Brych injury, Neymar will Court Philippe Chatrier, while Barty reversed his initial decision and awarded a spot- neither be fit nor saw off 14th seed Madison Keys 6- kick at the other end for an earlier incident, have time to recu- 3, 7-5 to also become a first-time   which Ricardo Rodriguez converted to seem- perate sufficiently to Grand Slam semi-finalist.   "    ingly send the game to extra-time. participate" in the The last-four ties will be played =   However, Ronaldo predictably took cen- tournament, the on Friday, after Wednesday's down- 8!!11   tre stage as he struck twice in the final two min- Brazilian Football pour in Paris caused a backlog of utes to set up a clash with England or the Confederation matches. Netherlands, who meet in the second semi- (CBF) said in a ?  ' '  "This is more than I could have final on Thursday, in Sunday's final. statement.    /   asked for," said Anisimova, who is the Paris - Belgian Justine Henin's third Keys, a semi-finalist at Roland Portugal made it to the last four without The injury to the youngest player to reach a major straight triumph in 2007. Garros last year where she lost to their all-time record goalscorer as Ronaldo took world's most expensive footballer is a big blow to the semi-final since Czech Nicole The winner of Anisimova's clash Sloane Stephens, was undone by 26 a hiatus from international football to concen- hosts' preparations for South American continental Vaidisova at the 2007 Australian against Barty will face either Britain's unforced errors. trate on his first season at Juventus. championship, which begins in just over a week's time. Open. Johanna Konta or Czech 19-year-old However, the five-time Ballon d'Or win-           A distraught-looking Neymar was seen covering his She is also the youngest Marketa Vondrousova in the final. !   ner returned to the national team in March and face with his hands as he sat on the bench after hob- American woman to make the last It is the first time two teenagers Novak Djokovic reached his was always likely to be the centre of attention. spot-kick much to the fury of the home sup- bling from the field in the 20th minute at Brasilia's Mane four at a major since Venus Williams have reached the semi-finals at a ninth Roland Garros semi-final In front of an adoring home crowd, porters at the Estadio do Dragao. Garrincha Stadium on Wednesday night. at the 1997 US Open, and the Grand Slam for 10 years, while it had Thursday, sweeping past Alexander Ronaldo put the spotlight back on his perfor- The Swiss could then have gone in front A large ice pack had been strapped to the Paris Saint- youngest to reach the semis at not happened at Roland Garros Zverev to keep his bid to become just mance on the pitch as he opened the scoring when Benfica forward Haris Seferovic head- Germain striker's lower right leg while two members Roland Garros since Jennifer since Henin and Kim Clijsters in the second man to hold all four with a brilliant free-kick. ed just wide. of Brazil's support staff carried him from the pitch. Capriati in 1990. 2001. Slams at the same time twice firm- Switzerland had posed a threat themselves By contrast, Portugal had one of the dead- The injury comes just nine days before Brazil's open- "I knew if I wanted to win ly on track. in the first half with Xherdan Shaqiri. However, liest finishers in football history on the end of ing Copa America game against Bolivia. today I would have to do something % !  Top seed and world number one it took the help of VAR to get them back in the their chances. Minutes after Richarlison had opened the scoring different because it wasn't going to Barty also won in relative com- Djokovic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 and will game just before the hour mark. Silva was the creator for Ronaldo to drill in the 17th minute, Neymar was substituted with the be easy," Anisimova added. fort on Court Suzanne Lenglen to go face Austrian fourth seed Dominic Brych had waved away appeals for a foul home his second of the night two minutes from CBF saying he had suffered "a ligament rupture at the "I'm really happy with the per- one better than her run to the Thiem on Friday in what will be his by Nelson Semedo on Steven Zuber before time. level of the right ankle". formance because it's one of the best Australian Open last eight earlier this 35th Grand Slam semi-final. awarding Portugal a penalty as play broke down Moments later the hosts sealed their With Neymar ruled out, the host nation face an matches I've ever played." year. Thiem reached the semi-finals at the other end, but overturned his initial deci- place in the final on the counter-attack as uphill battle to win South America's continental cham- The defeat for third seed Halep The 23-year-old was too consis- for a fourth successive year with a 6- sion. Ronaldo curled into the far corner for his 88th pionship for the first time since 2007. means it has now been 12 years since tent for American Keys, hitting 16 2, 6-4, 6-2 victory against Russian Rodriguez drilled home the resultant international goal. the last successful title defence in winners and four aces. 10th seed Karen Khachanov.