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R  ministers have quit as they minister and Suheldev for an effective investigation, by this court. the matters of bail. irregularities in the Foreign (ED) found that this bribe anticipated their dismissal Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) the High Court said, “grant- In the Supreme Court, all “Taking note of huge Investment Promotion Board money was parked in Karti’s 
 from the council of ministers. leader O P Rajbhar was sacked ing bail in cases like the Congress lawyers were pre- magnitude of conspiracy (FIPB) clearance granted to two controversial firms - “Following the policy of by the chief minister for his instant one will send a wrong sent before the Registry for angle qua the petitioner, it the INX Media group for Advantage Strategic     my organisation, I have ten- repeated outbursts against the message to society”. urgent hearing. However, the would be premature to jump receiving overseas funds of Rs Consulting and Chess dered my resignation from party. Justice Sunil Gaur, who is apex court did not grant any to a conclusion that the pro- 305 crore in 2007 during Management Services. After   the state cabinet as I am 75 The reshuffle was initial- due to retire on Thursday, relief, asking Chidambaram vision of Prevention of Chidambaram’s tenure as getting the bribe, years of age. Now it is up to the ly scheduled for Monday said this court cannot permit to mention the case on Money Laundering Act Finance Minister. Thereafter, Chidambaram, who headed he Enforcement party to accept it. I’ll carry out (August 19) but was post- the prosecution in this “sen- Wednesday morning before a (PMLA) would not apply to the ED in 2018 lodged the the FIPB, gave an illegal post- TDirectorate (ED) has arrest- whatever responsibility will poned due to the deteriorating sitive case to end up in smoke seniormost judge. the instant case, as it cannot money laundering case in facto clearance to INX Media ed Madhya Pradesh Chief be given to me,” Rajesh health of former Union min- like it has happened in some The High Court said, “It be said that the amount this regard. Chidambaram’s and blocked the Income Tax Minister Kamal Nath’s nephew Agarwal later said. ister Arun Jaitely in Delhi. Ratul Puri in a fresh case of Speculations are rife that Earlier on Sunday, the money laundering linked to an one more deputy chief minis- authorities had suddenly  !"##$   alleged 354 crore bank loan ter from the Dalit communi- stopped the distribution of           fraud case registered by the CBI ty is likely to be inducted, thus invitation cards after officials last week. taking the number of deputy confirmed the postponement % &     Puri was placed under arrest CMs to three. of the swearing-in ceremony.   Soniaji to Hooda to talk about  $ 
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   a prolonged illness. He was 60. Singh is dent after he left Congress. Though he the Congress in 2016 and returned to survived by wife and two daughters, was known for his criminal the party fold later. He also got his including MLA Aditi Singh. He was antecedentsm with several FIRs regis- daughter Aditi to join the party. Aditi 855/5;5/<"5 Assembly polls. He has the distinc- called the Robinhood of Rae Bareli. tered against him, he was like the won from her father’s seat in 2017 9 ?/ tion of never losing any assembly Singh, who was battling cancer for the proverbial ‘Robinhood’ in his con- Assembly elections. His body was taken election. past few years, breathed his last at Sanjay stituency. Singh, who won as Congress to his village Lalupur in Rae Bareli where ajesh Agarwal, an old hand of He served as the Deputy Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of candidate from Rae Bareli Sadar con- the cremation was done later in the day. Rthe RSS, was the first finance Speaker of UP Assembly during the minister of BJP in last over two regime of Mulayam Singh Yadav decades to have presented three con- from 2003 to 2007. secutive budgets in UP Assembly. During the Mayawati-led BSP- 2
,   Agarwal (75) has officially BJP coalition regime, he was the resigned on health grounds and due minister for stamps and registration   C3. to old age. The age bar norm was set in 2002-03. He was the only minis- by the BJP’s central leadership after ter in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh govern- Narendra Modi became the who also held the charge as treasur- ment has defended its decision to increase Value Prime Minister for the first time in er of the state organisation of BJP, Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, which has 2014. which is against the established resulted in the increase in fuel prices. The gov- The Finance Minister was said principal of the party’s ‘one man, one ernment said the prices were still less than in 2018. to be at loggerheads with the post’. State government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Principal Secretary (Finance). Agarwal was chosen by the BJP Singh said the government had deceased VAT on Officers and employees of the to contest 1993 mid-term poll to UP petrol and diesel on October 2018 when the rate department had also petitioned the Assembly from Bareilly Cantonment of one litre of petrol was Rs 83.83 and that of diesel Chief Minister alleging that there seat following the expulsion of Dr was Rs 75.64. “But now even after increase of VAT, was rampant interference by the Dinesh Jauhari, senior BJP leader the rate of petrol is 73.63 per litre and that of diesel minister in transfers and postings. from Bareilly. is Rs 65.65 per litre, which is less by Rs 10 per They had also alleged irregularities Jauhari was the health minister liter as compared to that in October 2018,” Singh by the minister. in the first BJP government headed claimed. The notification for increase in VAT was Agarwal has been the member by Kalyan Singh in 1991-92. He was issued on Monday night. “The government of UP Assembly for the last 26 years. expelled from the Cabinet as he was requires funds for development works and this Agarwal has been six-term MLA embroiled in a controversy over increase will help in generating resources,” he said. from Bareilly since 1993 election and transfers and postings of doctors in Singh said with this decision, the state exchequer won every election till 2017 the department. would get additional Rs 3,000 crore. 0  !  )  ! ! !!  

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The staff a decision to purchase medi- juvenile cases after every three The expressway will have and RML Institute of Medical of RML Hospital will be cines and surgical instruments months,” the spokesman said. connectivity to the Agra- Science as the Uttar Pradesh accommodated in RML for the Cancer Institute coming The government also Lucknow Expressway and the government has approved 7th Institute of Medical Sciences up in CG City as per the spec- decided to give the benefit of Agra-Noida Expressway. Pay Commission for them, while the additional employees ifications of SGPGI. stamp duty and registration Briefing reporters after a bringing them at par with their and doctors of the hospital will “The Cancer Institute waiver on transfer of 589.35 meeting of the state cabinet counterparts at Sanjay Gandhi be shifted to other government needs medicines which are not acres of land to the Airport chaired by Chief Minister Post-Graduate Institute of hospitals in the state capital. available under GeM portal. As Authority of India (AAI) for Yogi Adityanath, Additional Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS). The government also procuring them through tender construction of international Chief Secretary (Information) The state cabinet, in its approved a proposal to hire will take time, the cabinet has airport in Kushinagar. The and UP Expressways meeting on Tuesday, approved doctors on contractual basis for allowed procurement of these cabinet has authorised Chief Industrial Development this demand which had been filling up 718 vacant posts in medicines as per the specifica- Minister Yogi Adityanath to Authority CEO Awanish pending for the last several specialised hospitals in the tions of SGPGI,” the take other decisions regarding Awasthi said the project will months. State government’s state, including SGPGI, spokesman said. In other deci- the Kushinagar international be completed in 30 months. spokesperson and Health KGMU, RMLIMS (all in sion, the government has airport. He said 90 per cent of the land Minister Sidharth Nath Singh Lucknow), Cancer Hospital approved Rs 1.25 crore for “The government also needed for the project has told reporters on Tuesday that Noida, and UPRIMS in Saifai. construction of a botanical approved appointment of been acquired and acquisition the government had decided to “The total number of posts garden and a yoga centre at Dr retired employees in Jal Nigam of the remaining 10 per cent extend 7th Pay Commission of doctors in these hospitals is Bhim Rao Ambedkar on the vacant posts till the new would be completed in two benefits to doctors and other 1,749 but there are 718 vacan- University. The cabinet also appointments are made. There months. employees of KGMU and RML cies, hence the government sanctioned Rs 18.48 crore for are 90 vacant posts which will “The land of farmers have Institute of Medical Sciences as has decided to hire expert doc- construction of a girls’ hostel in be filled by retired employees been acquired at four times per the terms and conditions of tors on contractual basis as a the name of Savitri Bai Phule till Public Service Commission the existing rate,” he added. ,  )  ))  "$   )))      SGPGI. stop-gap arrangement. These at Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar clears the appointment,” the The expressway will start “The benefits which the doctors will be given appoint- University. spokesman said, adding that from Jhansi and will pass spot, Banda, Hamirpur, Bateshwar in Agra before join- between New Delhi and SGPGI staff members are get- ment for a year or till the posts Juvenile Act: The govern- this decision was taken to through the state’s most back- Auraiya and Jalaun. From ing the Agra-Lucknow Chitrakoot to six hours, once ting will also be given to their are filled through direct recruit- ment decided to bring in a new ensure that projects were not ward districts like Chitrakoot, Jalaun, it will go to Etawah Expressway. The expressway the expressway is thrown open counterparts at RMLIMS and ment,” Singh said. juvenile law as per the directive hampered due staff crunch. also a religious and tourist and reach Naseempur via will reduce the travel time to the public.   ,-"&$(!".. # (       8  '  855/5;5/<"5 9 ?/ mend his ways despite stern warnings,” he said. He added +/"! !" (-- +&
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He said the front Doctors at the Trauma Ccreants shot at a village Rawat further said that he case in 2006. the last 20 years,” he said. n a tragic incident, two mem- portion of the car was badly Centre said the condition of the development officer (VDO) in had a land dispute with Shanti Police spokesman AK Constable Alok Pratap Ibers of a family died while damaged and the occupants got injured was critical and they Malihabad on Tuesday morn- and alleged that she wanted to Dwivedi said Alok Pratap Singh is said to be a close lieu- three others, including two trapped inside. “On being were admitted to ICU. ing and fled the scene unchal- get me killed. “The attack was Singh was terminated after his tenant of a politician of East children, injured after their informed, we reached the scene Meanwhile, a girl ended lenged. The bullet, however, pre-planned. Luckily, the bul- involvement in the gold loot UP and took to property deal- car was hit by a speeding truck and pulled the victims out of her life at her house in Banthra grazed past the right elbow of let missed the target,” he said. case was ascertained. “Alok ing during his early days in in Kakori on Tuesday after- the car. All of them were griev- on Tuesday. Reports said the officer, who was later “We are planning to con- moved court against his ter- service. He later took to crime noon. The deceased were iden- ously. They were rushed to Ashiqui (21) of Bhatgaon vil- rushed to a hospital. He lodged duct raids to nab the miscre- mination order and got the and was warned by the police tified as Kamaal (40) and her KGMU Trauma Centre where lage was found hanging from a case against his aunt, her ants,” the police said. job on a court’s order. chiefs in the past as well. mother Husn Jahan, both of Kamaal was declared brought a door frame with a dupatta daughter and two other “Rawat and Shanti are Recently, his involvement was In 2006, his name sur- Lakdimandi area in Saadatganj. dead,” Shukla said, adding that tied around her neck. Police unidentified persons. Police fighting a land dispute case in established in the Hazratganj faced in a gold loot case when The injured were identified as Husn Jahan died during treat- said the girl had been under- registered a case for murderous had to see the field which is in court and the matter is sub firing incident in which two the team started investiga- Kamaal's wife Ruby (40) and ment. Police spokesman SB going treatment at a mental assault in this connection. my name. When I was parking judice. We are investigating brothers Shahid Jafri and tions and the needle of suspi- her two children Bilal (8) and Shukla said the truck driver hospital for the last two years The victim, identified as my bike, a car reached the the case,” sub-inspector Namwar Jafri were shot at fol- cion turned to him. With Sumaiyya (20). fled the scene abandoning the and was staying indoors due to Sunil Kumar Rawat (30), is scene. My aunt Shanti Devi, her Musheer Alam, who is the lowing a land dispute,” he enough evidence of his Investigating officer Ajay vehicle at the site. “The incident her illness. “Her father is a presently posted at Auras in daughter Neetu and two investigating officer, said. said. Dwivedi said Alok Pratap involvement in the case, he Shukla said the family was took place around 3.30 pm on farmer. She was spotted hang- Unnao and visited his house in unidentified persons were sit- Police spokesman SB was re-terminated by the SSP was terminated. By then, he going to Mohaan for some Tuesday. Police have seized ing around 8.30 am on Madhwapur village of ting in the car. My aunt hur- Shukla said a case under sec- on Monday night. “Alok had secured patronage of the work. “Kamaal was driving the the truck and are tracking Tuesday. We have sent the Malihabad. Rawat told the riedly got down and asked the tion 307 of IPC was registered Pratap was maligning the East UP politician and start- car. When they reached down the errant driver,” he said, body for autopsy. No suicide police that he had gone to field miscreants to shoot me. One of against Shanti, Neetu and two image of Lucknow police by ed building fortune in real Ibrahimganj village, a truck adding that an FIR would be note was recovered from the in the morning on a bike. “I the miscreants opened fire but other miscreants. his bad deeds and did not estate. coming from opposite direc- registered after a complaint scene,” the police said. . -!    ,  )    &  *  855/5;5/<"5 9 ?/     $   + ejas Express, the much touted Ttrain will soon be on tracks. 855/5;5/<"5 9 ?/ Kishore Rathore of Daliganj. gency case, Dr Atin and Dr IRCTC, which was tasked with The family agreed to donate Wahid from Pathology depart- running the train on private basis, octors at King George’s organs after two rounds of ment arranged timely inves- got a green signal from Railway DMedical University on counselling by a team of tigations while Dr VS Narain & Board on Monday evening. Tuesday successfully carried organ transplant coordinators Dr Gaurav Chaudhary from “We got a letter of confirma- out a liver transplant with the Peeyush Shrivastava, Kshitiz Cardiology department and tion and also the time slot on organ taken from a deceased Verma and Ashwini Kumar Dr Suryakant and Dr Darshan Monday evening. The train will person. A 30-year-old patient Singh (MSSO). The liver was Bajaj from Pulmonary depart- depart from Lucknow Junction with head injury was admitted transplanted into a 43-year-old ment and Dr OP Singh from (NER) everyday at 6.10 am and at reach Delhi from Lucknow. journey will give a feel of travel in to KGMU. The patient from male patient from Lakhimpur Community Medicine depart- 4.30 pm on the next day from New Presently, AC Express is the fastest foreign countries,” they said. “The Daliganj had met with an acci- as he was suffering from cir- ment gave necessary critical Delhi railway station. Presently, running train which completes the marathon task before the IRCTC dent near Malihabad on August rhosisofliver.Boththe kid- medical support for trans- one rake of the train will be run. journey in seven hours while is to accommodate the Tejas 16. He was made to go under neys were allotted to SGPGI plant. The team included doc- We are discussing the modalities Shatabdi Express takes seven hours Express timing and platform from the knife but later, he was by ROTTO. tors from Delhi Max Hospital of running the train,” regional and 20 minutes and Lucknow which it will depart so that its declared braindead by the doc- The liver transplant team, — Dr Rajesh Dey and Dr manager, IRCTC Ashwini Mail eight hours and 50 minutes. movement may not hinder or tors on August 18. led by Prof Abhijit Chandra Shweta among others. Overall, Srivastava said. He said he was feel- The other trains between Lucknow delay other trains. The rake of Tejas “After counselling, his fam- (head of Surgical 50 staff members of Surgical ing elated on IRTCT being hon- and Delhi like Humsafar, Gomti is already in yards at Gomti Nagar ily agreed for organ donation. Gastroenterology department), Gastroenterology department oured with the responsibility to run Express, Faizabad-New Delhi railway station,” the sources said. The liver was transplanted into included Dr Vivek Gupta, Dr worked for 48 hours to make the most coveted train. The offi- Express take over eight hours to Meanwhile, DRM Sanjay Tripathi a patient from Lakhimpur Kheri Pradeep Joshi, Dr Anita this mammoth exercise a cer said they were planning to run complete the trip. Sources in visited the 3rd Battalion of Railway suffering from liver cancer while Malik, Dr Mohd Parvez, Dr success. “The surgery started the train at the earliest. Tejas will IRCTC said the train was being Protection Special Force campus in kidneys went to SGPGI and BB Khushwaha, Dr Siddiqui, around 10 pm on August 19 be the fastest running train run under the 100 days agenda of Lucknow. He inaugurated a newly- corneas donated to the KGMU Dr Manoj, Dr Tulika Chandra, and ended at 12 pm on between Lucknow and New Delhi Central government. “The coach- constructed gym at the centre and eye bank,” Dr Sheetal said. The Dr Amita Jain, Dr Prashant, August 20. The recipient is once it hits the track. It will take es in of the train will be equipped honoured the jawans who took deceased was identified as Ravi and Dr Sheetal Verma. doing fine at present,” doctors six hours and ten minutes to with all modern facilities and its part in the parade. Shanker, son of Shyam Sincethiswasanemer- said.   !"#"$
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BTuesday with senior party leaders, including plea of Facebook Inc for trans- Tamil Nadu government told the several young lives were lost does not by itself amount to him or number of such tribunals is being When the draft NRC was pub- Union Ministers, who have been assigned key fer of cases related to demands bench that the Madras High due to directions given by the her being declared a foreigner. It established at convenient locations. lished on July 30, 2018, there was a responsibilities for assembly polls in four States for linking of social media Court has conducted 18 hearings curator. assured that adequate arrangements “It has been decided that state gov- huge controversy over the exclusion of Maharashtra, Hraryana, Jharkahand and Delhi profiles of users with Aadhaar so far and it should be allowed He said governments did have been made for appeal against it. ernment would also make arrange- of 40.7 lakh people from it. The as they reviewed election preparedness in these number, pending before the to conclude the argument and not get any clue about the The ministry also said it will ments to provide legal aid to the draft NRC included the names of states and discussed campaign strategy. high courts of Madras, Bombay deliver the verdict in the cases. curator in the Blue Whale game amend the rules to increase the time needy people amongst those exclud- 2.9 crore people out of the total 3.29 The election are expected to be slated later and Madhya Pradesh to the Senior advocates Mukul and therefore it is necessary to limit of filing of appeals in foreign- ed from NRC. As it may not be pos- crore applications. In the list pub- this year in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkand apex court. Mohatgi and Kapil Sibal, find out who is the originator ers tribunals (FTs) from 60 to 120 sible for all those excluded from lished in June 2019, over a lakh and in Delhi early next year. The top court issued notice appearing for Facebook and of such messages on social days for those who would be exclud- final NRC to file the appeal within more people were excluded. The Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and to the Centre, Google, Twitter, instant messaging app media which are defamatory, ed from the final National Register the prescribed time, the MHA will final list of the NRC will be pub- Narendra Singh Tomar, who are the BJP’s election YouTube and others and sought WhatsApp, respectively, said terror-oriented or fake news. of Citizens, a list of Assam’s residents amend the rules to increase the pre- lished on August 31. in-charge for Delhi and Haryana respectively, and their response by September 13. whether service providers can Both Facebook and to be published on August 31. sent time limit of filing of appeals The Supreme Court-monitored party general secretary Bhupender Yadav and vice A bench of justices Deepak be asked to share data with WhatsApp told the bench that The decisions were taken at a in FTs from 60 days to 120 days NRC exercise, aimed at identifying president Om Mathur were among those who Gupta and Aniruddha Bose probe agencies to help them in Blue Whale game has nothing high-level meeting chaired by regarding exclusion from final illegal immigrants in the state that attended the meeting. Yadav and Mathur said the notices to unserved criminal investigation needs to to do with their platforms and Union Home Minister Amit Shah NRC,” the statement said. borders Bangladesh, was carried out are poll in-charges for Maharashtra and Jharkhand parties should be sent through be decided by the apex court as if data is shared with third par- and attended by Assam Chief At the meeting, it was also only in Assam, which faced influx respectively. e-mail. it will have a global effect. ties, it will be a breach of privacy. Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and decided that adequate arrange- of people from Bangladesh since the BJP working president J P Nadda and its The bench said the hearing They said that both To this, the bench said it others here on Monday. In a state- ments will be made by the state gov- early 20th century. When the NRC newly appointed general secretary (organization) in cases related to linkage of Facebook and WhatsApp are seems to be a conflict between ment, the ministry said under the ernment to provide full opportuni- was first prepared in Assam in 1951, B L Santosh also attended the deliberations. social media user profiles with international companies having right to privacy and right to provisions of Foreigners Act 1946 ty to people excluded from the NRC the state had 80 lakh citizens. BJP general secretary Anil Jain, also the 12-digit Aadhaar number, the their operation in over 150 govern the country and the and Foreigners (Tribunals) Order list to appeal. “Every individual, According to the 2011 census, organisational in-charge for Haryana, said the lead- Biometric Unique Identity, countries and any findings by court has to maintain a balance 1964, only foreigners tribunals are whose name does not figure in the Assam’s total population is over 3.11 ers reviewed strategy and programme for the elec- pending before the Madras the Madras High Court would between the two. empowered to declare a person for- final NRC, can represent his/her crore. tions. #    )     ) & & ) )  !  !"#$%&!'!"#('"# )'''*(#+"# , $'-

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In this, Lakshman Nagesh are from the Dalit BJP MLAs, including Vokkaliga, who played a key another senior BJP MLA the State anti-corruption body, out from the airport and home state in the past two Savadi is not a member of any community in the Ministry ministerial aspirants role in moving rebel Congress Umesh Katti expressed dis- for his alleged role in the forcibly sent back in a return weeks," Sharma said. "He is the house. and account for nearly 25 per Balachandra Jarkhiholi, and JD(S) MLAs to Mumbai pleasure over missing out on multi-crore mining scam that flight to Delhi at 4.10 pm," state former Chief Minister of In his Cabinet, cent of the State's 6.5 crore Murugesh Nirani, MP for defection has been given a Cabinet berth. He said he rocked the southern state for Congress chief spokesperson Jammu and Kashmir, member Yediyurappa has kept the caste population. B Sreeramulu, Renukacharya, Basangouda Cabinet berth. The was ignored even though he a decade between 2001-11. Ravinder Sharma told PTI. of Rajya Sabha from the state matrix in mind with seven out from the Valmiki community, Patil Yatnal, Umesh Katti, GH Independent MLA from was a senior party leader. BJP Jagdish Shettar was the BJP's The leader of Opposition in and leader of the Opposition in of 17 belonging to Lingayats is also part of the Ministry. Thippareddy, and Goolihatti Mulbagal in Kolar H Nagesh, MLA S Angara from Sullia third Chief Minister from the Rajya Sabha was not Rajya Sabha." and 3 to Vokkaligas. There are MLA Shashikala Jolle is the Shekhar have missed the a Dalit, who has also defect- (Dakshina Kannada) is one September 2012 to May 2013, allowed to go home or attend The Congress spokesper- 4 Ministers from the SC/ST lone woman Minister in the swearing-in ceremony and ed to the BJP by quitting his among several sulking leaders when the party was in power the party meeting at state son said Azad just wanted to community, 2 OBCs and 1 Cabinet. openly expressed their dis- Cabinet position in the coali- upset over not considered for for the first time between Congress headquarters either, come and meet some people to Brahmin Minister. 4 MLAs Now 16 seats out of 34 are pleasure. tion Government is being ministership. 2008 and 2013. He has also Azad's close aides said. know about the prevailing sit- from Bengaluru have also vacant as the BJP had assured The coastal region of the inducted. Expressing his displea- been inducted as a Cabinet The Congress leader will uation. been allotted ministerial the disqualified MLAs from state where the BJP has a big The BJP veterans in the sure he said that the people Minister. return back to Delhi in the "Denying him permission berths. the Congress and JD(S) that following has one representa- Cabinet are Basavaraj of his constituency had hopes Union Minister of evening through a GoAir flight. shows that how the mainstream Staunch RSS worker they would be rewarded for tive in the cabinet with MLC Bommai, Jagadish Shettar of him becoming a Minister. Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Earlier on August 8, Azad national party is not being Suresh Kumar, a Brahmin their help in forming the Kota Srinivas Poojary a mem- (former chief Minister) , V "I have worked hard for the Sadananda Gowda was the was briefly detained and sent allowed to interact and discuss from Bengaluru, made it to Government. However, it was ber of the large backward Somanna, CC Patil, Laxman party and followed all set second BJP Chief Minister in back from the Srinagar airport the current situation," he said, the Cabinet. Three not a smooth affair for caste Billava community. Savadi. The former JDU principles but if those would the State from August 2011 to after the administration adding that the Congress and its Vokkaligas, R Ashok, CN Yediyurappa who had to face In a clear sign of the BJP leader JC Madhuswamy, a not turn meritorious, then I September 2012. Gowda is a imposed restrictions following leaders were not "trouble-mak- Ashwathanarayana and CT the wrath of some senior rewarding legislators who Lingayat, who played a crucial don't know what to do," he two-time Lok Sabha member the Centre's move to scrap the ers" that the State was behaving Ravi have also been inducted MLAs in the party who have helped the party pull down the role in the legislature to guide said. The six-time MLA was from Bangalore North con- state's special status and bifur- like this. PTI into the new Cabinet. Govind abstained and openly coalition Government last the BJP to a trust vote victo- speculated to become stituency. <       ) & ) 3  )&   300:  O  ) ?      34  5    )& 6    *  Kochi: A Kerala nun, who persons visiting her at the con- often reacts through social ./5.6 ?/?3.3 ened and suffocated.”      supported a protest against a vent and made a video aiming media platform on issues hap- Chatterjee was so close to Bishop accused of rape, to humiliate her in public. pening in his surroundings, is ormer Kolkata Mayor and the Chief Minister at one point Tuesday accused a Catholic She alleged the CCTV a member of the PRO team of Fclose Mamata Banerjee aide in time that he was given to han- Kolkata: Ten personalities of one of the signatories to the let- tionists and earnestly request priest of Mananthavady diocese visuals were collected with the the diocese. Sovan Chatterjee who last week dle three important Cabinet West Bengal, including film- ter, told PTI on Tuesday, "We you to resolve the issue in a of using social media platform help of her fellow nuns in the The issue came to light a left the Trinamool Congress to port-folios along with the maker Aparna Sen have writ- condemn the incidents of vio- democratic manner at the ear- to "humiliate" her. FCC convent at Karackamala day after the Vellamunda police join the BJP on Tuesday said that Mayoral post apart from being ten an open letter to West lence in West Bengal". liest. Sister Lucy Kalappura in Wayanad. registered a case against the an opportune time had come to entrusted with heading the South Bengal Chief Minister Mamata The letter, which was sent "We have been noticing alleged that the priest, who is "In the video, he (the FCC convent authorities at liberate Bengal from the yoke of 24 Parganas district party unit. Banerjee expressing anxiety to Banerjee on Monday, said, with a great deal of anxiety that part of PRO team of the priest) used vulgar language to Karakkamala following a com- Mamata Banerjee Government “This is not the same over the recent violent inci- "We would like to draw your instead of trying to resolve the Mananthavady diocese of the humiliate me. He did so to dis- plaint of illegal confinement by which was even worse than the Mamata Banerjee we started our dents in the State. attention to some extremely peaceful democratic protests of Catholic Church, posted the grace me, to humiliate me," the nun. oppressive Left Front. journey with and this is not the It also noted with concern violent incidents that have teachers of this state through CCTV visual of media persons Sister Kalappura told reporters Sister Kalappura had The former senior same Trinamool Congress which that the administration has recently taken place in West sane dialogue and debate, the visiting her in the convent in outside her convent. alleged that she was locked up Trinamool leader said, “I worked it used to be,” he said adding the been resorting to undemocra- Bengal." administration has been the social media platforms to The nun said she would in the Karackamala convent by with Mamata Banerjee since party and the Government was tic means of quashing protests It referred to the police resorting to undemocratic "humiliate" her. lodge a police complaint the convent authorities to pre- the inception of the TMC and perpetrating organised violence in by the use of police brutality. lathicharge on the demonstra- means of quashing these The nun was expelled by against the priest. vent her from attending the did whatever she said without a the regions and “a time has come The signatories of the let- tion by para-teachers at protests by the use of police the Aluva-base Franciscan The Mananthavady diocese mass at the church in the question because we all had a when the people should work ter were among the 49 who had Kalyani in Nadia district on brutality," the letter read. Clarist Congregation (FCC) disowned the views expressed neighbourhood. dream of making a new Bengal together to liberate Bengal for the written an open letter to Prime August 17 to press for increase The other signatories of early this month for her lifestyle by the priest in the video, say- The Church authorities but our dreams have shattered.” second time just as they did to free Minister Narendra Modi on in their salaries and urged her the letter to Banerjee were 'in violation' of the proper law ing it was his personal views. have rejected the allegations by Banerjee’s regime is “worse it from the Left rule in 2011.” July 24 in which they had to resolve their agitation. actors Parambrata Chatterjee, of the FCC. "Whatever the priest said in the nun. that of Left Front,” he said The former Mayor had ear- voiced their concerns over Some of the demonstrators Riddhi Sen, the youngest to Following her expulsion, the video are his personal views. The nuns who went for the adding “during the CPI(M) we lier said that he had raised alleged rise in incidents of had also been arrested by the have won the national award the congregation had asked We were not consulted before holy mass had locked the doors did not see such organised vio- questions “at the appropriate mob lynching across the coun- police. for the best actor, activist Bolan the nun to leave the nunnery. posting such a video in the social of the convent to ensure that lence being perpetrated on the level” regarding rampant rigging try triggering questions on The letter written by Gangopadhyay, commentator The nun had on Tuesday media," PRO of the Diocese, Fr the safety of one of their fellow opposition. All the Opposition in the rural elections where the their silence during incidents 'Citizens Speak India' said, and social worker Mudar alleged that the priest collect- Jose Kocharackal, told PTI. nuns who had stayed back due parties and even those within the TMC won 35 per cent of the of violence in West Bengal. "We strongly condemn this Patherya and thetare person- ed the CCTV visuals of media He said the priest, who to her illness. PTI Trinamool Congress feel threat- seats unopposed. Actor Kaushik Sen, who is attack by the police on educa- ality Sohag Sen. PTI 57     %  !  &  ) / #3$   ' &  '   R    9:7 3&$ 3A &        .&/"15!! Saravanan and has demanded 3 legal action against the Muzaffarpur (Bihar): 199 per kg and so is chana set up and based on its report, 6/1.61 9 3 tigation agency’s office on August 22,” he wrote. Dravidian party for its “anti- Cashew nuts and raisins are dal while eggs come at 16 action will be taken against Thursday. “No harm or damage he DMK, Tamil Nadu’s prin- national” stance. Interestingly, being procured at a dirt cheap apiece. those found at fault, aving taken in stride the In a statement put out in should come upon any public Tcipal Opposition party finds the DMK leader Stalin has made rate of 1 per kg, in sharp Chana and chana dal are Amarendra Kumar Pandey, Hnotice served on him by Marathi and English through property and common man itself in an unenviable situation it clear many times that his party contrast to the prevailing available at a price of 80-90 district program officer, the Enforcement Directorate in his official twitter handle, should not suffer in any way. following the remarks made by was for a separate Dravidian market cost, for more than a per kg in the open market, Muzaffarpur, told reporters a loan default probe case, MNS Raj said: “Right since the Kindly ensure that this is fol- the party spokesman in a chan- nation incorporating Tamil dozen girls residential schools while an egg could be pro- Tuesday. chief Raj Thackeray said here time of inception of lowed diligently. Also, do main- nel debate. S Saravanan, the Nadu. “It is there in the DMK in this north Bihar district. cured for 6. He added only those who on Tuesday that he would Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, tain calm and peace even if DMK’s national spokesman said constitution and it is a live The prevailing market This is a huge scam and, were part of the purchase "honour" the summons issued there have been numerous provoked,” the MNS chief stat- during a channel discussion issue,” Stalin had said many price of the two is about if properly investigated, may committee which approved to him and advised his party cases registered against you ed. that Jammu & Kashmir was not times since 2018. 750 per kg and 450 a kg turn out to be bigger and the agency for supply of the supporters to maintain calm all and me. Each time, we have Expressing his deep grati- an integral part of India. The The DMK’s stance on a respectively. more bizarre than the infa- items can shed more light on and restraint. honoured the notices sent by tude towards his party workers party spokesman found himself separate Tamil nation and the These expensive dry mous fodder scam, says local the matter. A day after MNS workers the investigating agencies and for their “constant love and at the receiving end during the party’s sustained campaign for fruits, however, seldom find resident Rajesh Kumar Singh Singh, meanwhile, is livid threatened to storm the ED courts of law..This time too we care”, Raj noted: “I would like debate as DMK president MK the immediate release of the their way into the kitchens of whose RTI query on the and has threatened if action office on August 22 when he must honour the summons to firmly state that no party Stalin has already declared his assassins of former Prime the 16-odd Kasturba Gandhi expenses incurred by these is not taken within two days would have to remain present sent by the Enforcement worker or Maharashtra sainik Opposition to the BJP-led Minister Rajiv Gandhi has put Balika Vidyalaya units in schools blew the lid off the I will refer the matter to the for questioning in connection Directorate”. should come or assemble near Government’s decision to revoke the Congress in a spot. While the Muzaffarpur where items irregularities. vigilance department. with a probe into an alleged “The past years have made the ED office” on August 22. Art 370 of the Constitution Congress party has been attack- consumed in bulk come over- Officials have been left This is organised loot IL&FS loan default case, the us accustomed to cases and Through a notice, ED has which had granted special sta- ing the BJP over the abrogation priced. red-faced and ordered a probe. and I believe similar irregu- MNS chief said that he would notices coming our way. summoned the MNS chief for tus to Jammu & Kashmir. of the Article 370 , it is silent on On the other hand, We have taken a serious larities must be taking place honour the summons and Keeping that in mind, I inquiries on August 22 in con- The BJP saw red in the state- the DMK’s demand for the Chana (Bengal gram) is pur- note of the anomalies. An in all the districts across asked his supporters not to earnestly request that peace and nection with a probe into an ments made by Stalin as well as release of the seven assassins. chased at an exorbitant rate of inquiry committee has been Bihar. PTI come anywhere near the inves- harmony is maintained on alleged IL&FS-related case. .      / < 4 40 0: #  O 08P   <0      * &     

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Bengaluru: India's Chandrayaan-2, launched tions willrevolved around the cance of moon lander, Sivan the attendance in primary He also maintained that Chandrayaan-2 mission, aimed on July 22 by India's most pow- moon lander. said the landing will be a ter- n the 17th day of continu- schools showed signs of out of 197 police stations across at soft landing a rover in the erful rocket GSLV MkIII-M1, A small retro orbit manoeu- rifying moment for him as Oous lockdown in most parts improvement on Tuesday but J&K, 136 police stations have no unexplored south pole of the had entered the Lunar Transfer vre of about three seconds will well as theentire ISRO team of Kashmir Valley, the Jammu ground reports suggested several day time restrictions. Referring Moon, achieved a major mile- Trajectory on August 14, leav- be carried out on September 3 given the challenges involved. & Kashmir Government on schools remained locked down to Kashmir alone he said 50 out stone as the ISRO successfully ing the Earth orbit. It comprises and on the next day another "Looking at what happened Tuesday admitted life is yet to as they reported zero or thin of 111 police stations have no injected the spacecraft into the an Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) similar exercise of 6.5 degree to the soft landing around the return to normalcy in at least 10 attendance in parts of Srinagar. day time restrictions. lunar orbit on Tuesday. and Rover (Pragyaan). will be taken up to put the lan- world, we are saying that the districts, mostly in Kashmir The network services also Commenting on the situa- "Today, the Chandrayaan- The rover is set to make the der in an orbit of 35 km perigee soft landing success rate is valley. remained suspended across tion of Kashmir valley, Kansal 2 mission has achieved a major soft landing on the Moon on manoeuvres will be carried and 97 km of apogee. only about 27 per cent. But we At the same time, the Kashmir valley while strict secu- said that middle level schools milestone. The precise lunar September 7 and if successful out toachieve the perigee and From September 4 have the confidence about our administration is struggling to rity restrictions remain in place would start functioning from orbiter insertion manoeuvre the mission would make India apogee of 100 km X 100 km on onwards, various parameters mission," Sivan said. reopen the schools as majority in vulnerable pockets of down- Wednesday in the areas where was carried out at 9 am for the fourth country after Russia, September 1. would be checked to ensure This is the second time that of parents have declined to send town Srinagar. primary schools resumed func- about 30 minutes, precisely... the US and China to achieve Giving an insight into the that all the systems were per- the ISRO has successfully car- their wards to join class rooms Addressing a routine press tioning from Monday. injected the Chandrayaan-2 in the feat. complexity involved, Sivan said fectly alright, Sivan added. ried out Lunar orbiter insertion. under the prevailing security sit- conference late Tuesday evening He said public transport the designated orbit," Indian After Tuesday's exercise, there was a unique requirement "Next three days, we will be Earlier in 2008, the uation in different parts of in Srinagar, Principal Secretary, has also started plying in areas Space Research Organisation the ISRO chief said the for soft landing near the south taking the various parameters of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, Srinagar. Planning & Development, Rohit where relaxations have been chief K Sivan said here. Chandrayaan-2 will go around pole of moon with an inclina- the lander to ensure that every- India's first moon mission, was The situation on ground Kansal, who is also provided and inter-district trans- The insertion manoeuvre the moon with an orbit of 140 tion of 90 degree, which no thing is right and to check and injected into the lunar orbit and zero is showing no signs of Government’s spokesperson, port has also started functioning, reduced the velocity of the km perigee (closest point) by other missions in the past had verify again and again, the sys- it scripted history by making improvement in South Kashmir said normal functioning of large adding that National Highway Chandrayaan-2 from 2.4 km 18,000 km apogee (farthest). ever achieved. tem is perfectly alright", he said. more than 3,400 orbits around districts as well. parts of the State was reported and Airports are functioning per second to 2.1 km per sec- He added that four more He said 'Vikram', the lander, "On September 7 at 1.15 the Moon. 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The operation is forces and terrorists in the and protests since August 5. Control in fron- and life imprisonment to seven others — Sanjay Sonar and from him, police said on there was heavy exchange of under way," said a Army offi- Valley. The number of ceasefire vio- tier Rajouri and Poonch others in connection with the Vijay Sharma — for lack of evi- Tuesday. gunfire between both sides cial. As per sources around 2- lations by Pakistan across the remained grim with fresh 2015 Ara civil court bomb blast dence. Thirty-year-old Simmi of even as they refrained from The area was cordoned off 3 terrorists were engaged in a LoC have increased, however, exchange of heavy firing in case. Pandey is currently in the Amrai village was divorced by divulging the exact number of for the public as soon as the gunfight as the joint operation over the past week after a lull Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch Additional District and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). her husband Syed Rashid on terrorists that were involved in gunfight began. between the Army, Jammu & in the first fortnight of August. on Tuesday. One Indian soldier Sessions Judge Tribhuwan Yadav Chand Miyan surrendered in Monday inside the Lucknow the encounter. Ever since the Union Kashmir police and other secu- IANS attained martyrdom when gave capital sentence to Lambu the court on Tuesday as he did civil court premises where she Pakistan Army violated cease- Sharma after holding him guilty not appear in the court on had gone for the hearing of fire agreement in Mendhar. under various sections of IPC August 17. The court had issued her case of dowry harass- Hitting back, Indian Army including 302 (murder), 307 warrant against him and had ment she had lodged earlier    &  ) ) $&# &  ) caused heavy damage to (Attempt to murder), 326 (vol- also ordered attachment of his against her in-laws, said the Pakistan Army posts and casu- untarily causing grievous hurt), properties for not appearing Indira Nagar police station alties to Pakistan soldiers. 353 (Assault public servant from before it on August 17. SHO S B Pandey. Dhula: Six camels, seized about the impact of Assam's back to Rajasthan with due Migration or Export) law, Defence PRO in Jammu, discharge of his duty) and under On January 23, 2015, a The woman was talking from a local market in the climate on them," said a process," he said. which banned slaughter as Lt-Col Devender Anand said, some sections of Explosive woman, identified as Nagina to her advocate when her Darrang district and a cus- senior police officer of "Being a law enforcing well as illegal transportation "Pakistan Army initiated cease- Substance Act. Devi, had come to the court husband offered her a chew- tody battle that the seizure the Darrang district on agency, we deal with a vari- of the animal to other states. fire violation in the Krishna The court also imposed a premises as a suicide bomber ing gum which she refused, triggered, are keeping the Tuesday. ety of cases every day. There "It's a crime. The camels Ghati sector around 11.00 a.m fine of 22,000 on Sharma. with a design to set notorious said the SHO, citing the police on their toes for about "However, we are con- are investigations, crime cases were illegally smuggled to using small arms fire and The seven sentenced to life criminal, Lambu Sharma, free woman's compliant. two weeks in Assam. sulting veterinarians to and VIP movements too. And Assam, probably for slaugh- shelling with mortars". imprisonment were Chand from custody. This threw Rashid in a fit While the animals were ensure that they remain in these days we also have to ter," said Sujeet Choudhury, He said, in the exchange of Miyan, Naeem Miyan, Akhilesh As the prison van reached of rage and he divorced his seized from the Dhula mar- good health," he said. depute our staff to ensure the member of the Animal fire in Mendhar sector, Naik Upadhyaya, Rinku Yadav, the court premises, the woman wife, uttering talaq-talaq- ket on August 11, a day ahead Meanwhile, Samatullah, welfare of camels," said the Welfare Board of India, Ravi Ranjan Kumar Singh Pramod Singh, Shyam Vinay triggered a blast. Taking advan- talaq, said the SHO. Simmi, of the Eid al-Adha (locally the camel trader from whom officer. who visited Mangaldai on attained martyrdom. Sharma and Anshu Kumar. tage of the blast, Sharma, along married to Rashid in 2004, known as Bakrid), and were the police seized the ani- While five camels are the intimation of the Darrang He said Indian Army gave The judge held them guilty with two others had fled. had lodged a case of dowry "saved" from being slaugh- mals, has moved the court being kept at the Dhula police police. befitting reply and retaliated under IPC section 302 (murder). The woman died on the harassment against her hus- tered, they are awaiting a seeking their custody. station, one is at the "We, in association with strongly and effectively. The court imposed a fine of spot, while a police constable, band and in-laws earlier, said court order to be repatriated "There was a claim by one Mangaldai police station. the Assam Police, are trying Naik Ravi Ranjan Kumar 42,000 on Akhilesh Upadhyaya Amit Kumar, succumbed to his SHO Pandey. safely to their home State — individual. But we moved Camel was declared the our best to repatriate the Singh, aged 36 years belonged and 40,000 on the other six injuries. There have been several Rajasthan. the court on Tuesday for giv- state animal of Rajasthan in animals to Rajasthan. We to Village Gope Bigha, Tehsil convicted persons. The police had filed a charge instances of men divorcing "It's difficult for us to ing the custody to the Animal 2014 and the state Assembly hope the court will rule in Dehrionson, District Rotasa, The court on August 17 had sheet against 11 persons, includ- their wives with this out- maintain them, because we Welfare Board of India. It can enacted the Rajasthan Camel our favour to take the animals Bihar and is survived by his convicted the eight persons in ing Pandey and had produced lawed oral diktat on queer have no knowledge about ensure safety and welfare of (Prohibition of Slaughter and to Rajasthan," Choudhury wife, Rita Devi. the civil court bomb blast and 39 witnesses in the case. 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Delhi Transport Minister ity of accommodating 23,000 living in low-lying areas along claimed that unlike 1978, 8.1 lakh cusecs of water that sides. The agency had on criminal conspiracy, cheating, Meanwhile, the Delhi High Kailash Gahlot inspected the people during flooding. the Yamuna in the city have there is no danger of the had resulted in raising the Monday told the court that forgery and corruption. Ratul Court on Tuesday dismissed relief camps set up by the On Tuesday, the Delhi been evacuated by the Yamuna breaching its water level to 207.3 meters. Puri was evading probe in the Puri was booked in this case in anticipatory bail plea of Ratul Delhi Government at Haathi Government agencies placed Government agencies till embankments. The water level Similarly on August 18 case. Puri was already under his capacity as the then Puri in the PMLA case relating Ghat and Kanchan Colony. sandbags near the shores of Tuesday. The East district in 1978, September, 2010 and this year, Haryana had once the probe scanner of the agency Executive Director of Moser to AgustaWestland chopper “Inspected Relief Camps at Yamuna at the Loathian bridge administration has deputed June, 2013 (the year in which again released 8.3 lakh cusecs in connection with the high- Baer India Limited (MBIL), a scam. Haathi Ghat and Kanchan and areas surrounding ISBT. To SDMs, senior district admin- Kedarnath deluge) had of water, which is the highest profile AgustaWestland VVIP firm promoted by his father Colony set up by Delhi Govt. avoid any untoward incident, istration official, civil defense crossed the level of 207 till date, due to heavy rain in chopper scam and was facing Deepak Puri. The company is 85/.45>>> Interacted with people who the BSES disconnected the volunteers, district disaster meters. upstream areas of a non bailable warrant issued involved in the manufacture of Hooda was given many have been evacuated and now electricity lines going below the management authority per- In June 2013, when there Uttarakhand. by a court after the ED sub- optical storage media like com- important assignments by mitted to it that the business- pact discs, DVDs, solid state Sonia Gandhi, including two man might try to tamper with storage devices. In its com- terms as Haryana State Chief the evidence and influence plaint, the bank claimed that Minister. His son Depender       !"  )  witnesses “as he already did the company and its directors Hooda has been a Lok Sabha earlier”. However, the Delhi forged and fabricated docu- MP twice. Tanwar survived at 677/58/65/  dent occurred, they said. The DCW said and their wives poured High Court had on August 14 ments to induce the Central the helm of affair due to back- DCW chief Swati Maliwal urgent recording of the kerosene on her and set her granted interim protection Bank of India to release funds ing of the then Congress pres- he Delhi Commission for and commission member statement is very crucial for ablaze, the DCW said. The from arrest to Ratul Puri till to the company. “MBIL has ident Rahul Gandhi. Rahul TWomen (DCW) on Kiran Negi met the victim in the case as doctors fear that victim's daughters were some- Tuesday. The latest PMLA case caused unlawful loss to our was of the view that replacing Tuesday issued a notice to the the hospital on Tuesday. The the woman may not survive how able to douse the fire against Puri is an outcome of bank to the tune of Rs 354.51 a Dalit leader before the elec- Delhi Police in connection woman is admitted in the ICU because she has suffered 80 after they returned home the CBI FIR of August 17, crore as on November 29, 2014 tions would send a wrong mes- with a case wherein a woman and continues to be in a criti- per cent burns. "She from their class, but by then where Ratul Puri, his father and interest thereon by getting sage. In similar situation in the was allegedly set ablaze by her cal condition, the commission (Yasmeen) has gone through she had been severely burnt, Deepak Puri, MD of Moser unlawful gains,” said the bank’s past, Sonia named Capt in-laws in the national Capital's said. The DCW chief has issued so much pain and is present- the commission said, adding Baer, mother Nita (MP CM complaint which is now part of Amarinder Singh as the chief Nizamuddin area. The inci- a notice to the Delhi Police in ly battling for her life. She is that the six accused fled after Kamal Nath’s sister and Whole the CBI FIR. Ratul Puri is fac- of Punjab unit replacing dent occurred on Friday. the matter as only one arrest deeply worried whether she the incident. Since the death Time Director of Moser Baer) ing criminal investigation by incumbent Partap Singh Bajwa. According to police, the victim, has been made so far in the will get justice and also about of her husband five years ago, and others were booked in ED, CBI and the Income Tax She also appointed Virbhadra Yasmeen, sustained 80 per cent case, it said. Police have not the future of her three little Yasmeen was being harassed connection with a Rs 354 crore department. The tax depart- Singh by removing Sukhwinder burns and is undergoing treat- requested a metropolitan mag- girls. We also seek police pro- by the accused who wanted bank fraud case filed by the ment has attached a number of Singh Sukhu as Himachal ment at Safdarjung Hospital. istrate to visit the woman for tection for the daughters of her to leave her in-laws place Central Bank of India. his alleged ‘benami’ assets in Pradesh unit chief. Both Bajwa The woman is a widow and recording her statement under Police had on Sunday said this woman," Maliwal said. in southeast Delhi's The CBI had carried out the recent past and has charged and Sukhu were Rahul loyal- has three daughters, who were Section 164 of the Criminal the woman was not medical- Yasmeen told Maliwal Nizamuddin area, the DCW multiple searches in pursuance him with benefiting from the ists,” explained a senior at a tuition class when the inci- Procedure Code, it added. ly fit to give a statement. that her three brothers-in-law claimed. of this FIR on Sunday. purported kickbacks generated Congress leader.   !" #!$ "& & ? 3- & "(3#"$ "  ,* )>!   =.     )* )>!  > !1 8&!,, / ( / $$     $=0;  *$      Q    R             ! . )   )  !
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Businesses that borrow money to add to a product line,            8  expand internationally, or upgrade their facil- # 6            7 ities are often better able to offset the risk they        "      take on when borrowing. ed” to increasing their debt levels steadily. because companies need flexibility in dealing with tal from equity sources. #   8     S    Leverage can be measured by financial lever- According to them, “leverage begets leverage”. new opportunities and problems. On top of that, However, banks and lenders have top senior-            *  age ratios, sometimes called equity or debt However, it was further analysed that other cor- the creditors are often dispersed and unable to take ity when it comes to repayment in the event of ) 8          ratios, which measure the value of equity in a com- porations have become addicted to debt, even a unified position. a bankruptcy. This means that lenders will get    #       pany by analyzing its overall debt picture. These when it reduces the total value of the enterprise. The most obvious risk of high debt is the paid out before anyone else, including the com- B            ! ratios either compare debt or equity to assets as Once a company begins to take on debt, they say, increased danger of falling into financial distress pany owner. If the company has a secured loan,               well as shares outstanding to measure the true the leverage becomes almost “irreversible.” or even bankruptcy. But on the other hand, ris- the bank can repossess company assets.                 ! value of the equity in a business. Shareholders will generally oppose measures that ing leverage can also make companies reluctant Depending on the business structure and the This shows how much of the company reduce debt and support moves to increase it to invest in promising new projects. terms of the loan, the owner of the company may          C     assets belong to the shareholders rather than cred- whenever the opportunity arises. That’s because part of the increase in value also be personally liable for the loan repayment.              itors. When shareholders own a majority of the According to Paul Pfleiderer, a professor of generated by an investment would flow not to the Third, just like with individual lending, banks                assets, the company is said to be less leveraged. finance at Stanford, taking leverage is like eat- shareholders but to the creditors, because their scrutinize corporate credit reports before doling "   #          When creditors own a majority of the assets, the ing potato chips. One cannot stick to the com- bonds and loans would become more secure. out more loans. Banks are unlikely to provide fur- )     (      )  8 company is considered highly leveraged. All of mitment of eating just a few chips. So, if one can- Corporate boards take a hard new look at how ther funding to highly leveraged organizations.   # 6 ,--   7 '  ) these measurements are important for investors not stop after eating just one chip, one might be much they compensate management through Not only are these companies at high risk for  #      *      to understand how risky the capital structure of better off not eating them at all. stock options and other grants of equity in the bankruptcy, the new lender might not get paid   ) >   '  >  2   a company is and if it is worth investing in. The authors argue that since reducing debt company. The more money managers earn from back if the company goes under.    ? > "         The most common financial leverage ratios entails a transfer of risk - and wealth - from grants of stock and options, rather than from their Older loans typically carry higher seniority     )         ! are debt ratios, debt-equity ratios and equity ratios. shareholders to creditors, there is a clear disin- salaries, the more they will align their self-inter- compared to newer loans, so lenders are hesi- Debt ratio is a solvency ratio that measures a firm’s centive for shareholders to cut back on borrow- est with shareholders rather than creditors tant to put themselves at the bottom of the list                 ! total liabilities as a percentage of its total assets. ing. If a company buys back its bonds, for exam- As bad as it may seem, at some point, almost for recouping their investment. In the event a     > 8          In a sense, the debt ratio shows a company’s abil- ple, bondholders will demand a premium all businesses must take out loans. Debt financ- bank does issue a loan, the interest rate will be #    )   8  #      ity to pay off its liabilities with its assets. In other above the current market price for those bonds. ing can be attractive to business owners because high enough to account for that increased risk.      ) * ' 3    words, this shows how many assets the compa- That’s because bondholders will insist that the banks won’t dictate how they should spend the Fourth, one of the options a company has '             ny must sell in order to pay off all its liabilities. buyback price reflect the fact that the remain- money and they don’t have to split up compa- to reduce its financial leverage is to increase the              ! The debt to equity ratio is a financial, liq- ing debt will be at less risk of default. ny ownership. Highly leveraged companies are amount of equity capital.              uidity ratio that compares a company’s total debt In other words, bondholders get all the ben- very sensitive to economic declines and at high- However, investors rarely give money to                to total equity. The debt to equity ratio shows efits of debt reduction and shareholders have to er risk for bankruptcy. highly leveraged businesses. Investors avoid           2   ! the percentage of company financing that foot the cost upfront. Government tax policy There are several problems of a highly lever- highly leveraged companies for all the same      S    2      > comes from creditors and investors. A higher makes companies even more biased toward aged company. First, the lenders require borrow- reasons lenders do, plus they’re the last in line debt to equity ratio indicates that more credi- higher debt, because it allows companies to deduct ers to pay back their loan in a timely manner. to get repaid. "              tor financing, i.e., bank loans, is being used than interest payments from their taxable income. This becomes a problem for fledgling compa- If an investor is willing to invest in a high-        .-!,-   "   investor financing, i.e., shareholders. In theory, creditors can protect themselves nies that borrow money for projects with long- ly leveraged company they’ll expect to receive an               The equity ratio is an investment leverage by insisting on contracts or “covenants” that restrict term returns. If payments come due before the especially large percentage of ownership in                 ?  or solvency ratio that measures the amount of a company’s ability to increase its leverage in the company starts seeing returns, loan repayments exchange for their money.                assets that are financed by the owner’s invest- future. Among other things, covenants can can be a crippling expense. It’s important that further research should               ments by comparing the total equity in the com- restrict a company from selling additional bonds Paying back the loan on a regular basis be done to shed light on why companies can       8     pany to the total assets. or making big payouts to shareholders, which means less money to finance operations and become hooked to high debt. As they say about  J *  P"       In fact, some years ago, a team of financial reduce the company’s equity. invest in growth opportunities. other forms of addiction, admitting you have a                  scholars at Stanford Graduate School of Business In practice, the authors argue, covenants are Second, substantial loan payments can eas- problem is the first step towards solving it.    Q "    8     and at Germany’s Max Planck Institute studied difficult to enforce. Most covenants give compa- ily cripple a highly leveraged company. 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Inevitably, with these figures, sections of society and his appeal to them chief Mohan Bhagwat, during his annu- the spotlight is on population control.               ! “India is projected to surpass China as for keeping the family small was aimed al Dussehra address some time ago, While the southern states feel that their   the world’s most populous country at improving their standard of living. noted, “We need to rise above vote bank great success in bringing down the pop- *  S         ! around 2027”, the report said. The He is aware that the poor are miss- politics to formulate a holistic approach, ulation is costing them in terms of              biggest challenge for India is its unpre- ing out on opportunities to climb up the equally applicable to all citizens, towards resources devolved from the Centre, the               paredness to accommodate such a economic and social ladder because they the population policy.” Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar huge population. Looking at these fig- have too many mouths to feed. Making In Parliament too, BJP members Abbas Naqvi has claimed this week that       '         4 0  5    A           ures, “The time has now come that we it a nationalistic issue, he said, “Those have raised this issue. Recently Rakesh it is a social reform. should take such challenges ahead,” who follow the policy of a small family Sinha, a BJP Member of Parliament, The Prime Minister is not one to       8        yebrows were raised when Prime Modi said. also contribute to the development of the introduced a Private Member’s Bill to waste words and he has used the     *          ! Minister Narendra Modi Interestingly, while Modi talked nation; it is also a form of patriotism.” regulate population. Earlier, another BJP Independence Day speech to prepare the                ! Eexpressed concern about the pop- about India’s demographic dividend in Why did Modi talk of population member Sanjeev Balyan, who is now a country for population regulation, going     2        ulation explosion in the country in his his first term, in his second term he has explosion now? It obviously stems from minister, had also introduced another forward. There is an urgent need to       recent Independence Day speech. realised that though a large population the fact that his hands are strengthened Bill with the backing of 124 members. aggressively push concepts like the two- There was a feeling of surprise that the by itself may not be a bad thing, it has after the massive mandate he received The late BJP stalwart Atal Bihari child policy, child spacing, increased use Prime Minister chose to bring up an to contribute to the growth of the in the 2019 polls. Vajpayee too had made such an attempt of contraceptives and voluntary sterili- issue that has been a ‘No- No’ for many country. This needs to be supported by Politically, Modi is much stronger in 2000 by bringing a forward-looking sation. The two-child norm should be politicians from the days of Emergency capital, technology and infrastructure, today, while the Opposition is weak like National Population Policy. However, it made a uniform criterion for govern- when the Indira Gandhi government as well as skills. That is why the Prime never before. Add to that the Prime made the two-child norm a voluntary ment jobs, getting aid and subsidies and used coercive population control mea- Minister is now talking of education as Minister’s recent success in Parliament commitment for individuals. The Modi other benefits. Perhaps incentives and sures. Her Family Planning programme a means of both moderating the rising in getting controversial Bills like Triple Government has also followed the same disincentives might work better in con- received widespread condemnation population and making it productive. Talaq and abrogation of Article 370 per- approach that the family planning pro- taining the size of the family. The and effectively never realized its pur- The country is already facing an taining to the special status of Jammu gramme in India is target-free and vol- health ministry is already implementing pose. Later the ministry’s name was acute drinking water crisis, garbage dis- and Kashmir passed, despite being in a untary in nature. many of these schemes, but much more changed to Family Welfare. posal and sewage treatment problems, minority in the Rajya Sabha. Modi’s speech has triggered specu- will be needed to create awareness and India’s population is 1.34 billion, inadequate rainfall, climate change, Second, the Indian Right-wing, lation that a mild interventionist popu- to make an impact in the long run. which is nearly a four-fold increase increased levels of pollution, high including the BJP, has always expressed lation policy is not far off. It is a very sen- As India aspires to become a major since Independence. Modi has reasons infant and child mortality rate and poor concerns about the increasing minori- sitive issue both at the state level as well economic power, it’s time to define for concern as according to the World standard of living in the economically ty population. They feel that the Muslims as the religious level. whether a growing population is an Population Prospects 2019 of the weaker sections. are trying to overtake Hindus in the The North-South divide and the opportunity or a danger. 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186.45 188.35 ADANIGREEN 46.45 46.70 45.50 45.80 WELSPUNIND 48.00 48.10 47.55 47.75 BAJFINANCE 3327.00 3334.40 3235.25 3285.00 -43.05 WIPRO 253.15 259.00 252.35 253.35 INTELLECT 226.10 230.70 220.95 223.10 BALKRISIND 734.10 738.65 723.05 729.80 RCOM 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.13 LAURUSLABS 336.00 338.10 336.00 337.40 IOC 126.00 126.10 123.40 124.15 -1.65 ICICIPRULI 400.00 400.00 382.40 387.25 AUROPHARMA 607.90 607.90 593.25 600.50 GRUH 258.95 260.10 252.60 256.00 ZYDUSWELL 1500.00 1508.85 1483.00 1489.50 ZENSARTECH 225.50 227.90 222.55 225.45 VEDL 143.80 144.85 141.60 142.10 -2.20 BEL 96.90 97.05 92.05 93.40 BPCL 347.30 347.35 339.70 342.55 JUBILANT 452.00 453.55 442.00 448.15 THOMASCOOK 165.00 165.95 161.50 163.75 HONAUT 23100.00 23365.00 23020.00 23221.45 ICICIBANK 420.80 423.20 412.50 416.65 -6.75 AXISBANK 686.60 686.60 669.25 672.20 INFRATEL 253.00 258.45 252.55 255.60 AEGISLOG 195.50 202.50 194.50 202.10 APLAPOLLO 1301.00 1301.00 1276.20 1284.60 SHK 118.50 119.90 118.00 119.20 AXISBANK 685.15 685.20 669.50 674.00 -11.00 HDFC 2110.00 2115.00 2075.40 2090.80 IRB 90.95 91.10 88.20 89.85 PNBHOUSING 727.90 727.95 710.50 719.55 JSWHL 2668.20 2717.00 2637.35 2647.50 EICHERMOT 16437.70 16570.00 15830.00 16060.00 -277.70 TECHM 676.00 680.00 664.80 668.50 GSFC 73.30 74.40 72.90 74.15 SHREECEM 19335.00 19335.00 18762.05 19023.70 MAHSEAMLES 400.65 412.55 398.75 400.85 ITC 251.60 251.95 245.45 246.85 -4.70 ULTRACEMCO 4125.00 4162.75 4025.00 4033.45 JINDALSAW 71.35 72.00 69.75 70.05 TEAMLEASE 2409.00 2460.00 2365.25 2440.40 TIMETECHNO 65.05 65.05 61.25 61.75 COALINDIA 199.40 199.50 194.40 195.15 -3.80 EDELWEISS 132.00 132.00 116.90 119.25 DBL 399.50 404.80 391.00 401.15 ENDURANCE 862.15 887.00 848.00 879.10 SIS 810.50 820.00 790.00 810.80 BAJAJFINSV 7420.00 7450.00 7207.00 7232.55 -144.10 HEROMOTOCO 2660.00 2678.10 2633.30 2669.30 PERSISTENT 534.45 561.95 533.65 554.70 JSLHISAR 66.10 66.10 64.25 64.75 ASTERDM 121.45 122.55 120.55 122.55 INDUSINDBK 1451.00 1451.95 1388.10 1404.10 -38.40 MOTHERSUMI 97.90 100.45 97.40 98.10 EXIDEIND 179.00 179.85 176.15 178.45 GDL 101.90 102.00 98.55 99.15 GESHIP* 233.70 243.40 233.70 241.95 PRSMJOHNSN 84.65 85.00 83.90 84.60 ULTRACEMCO 4176.00 4177.40 4023.00 4023.70 -134.45 MANAPPURAM 122.50 123.35 117.65 121.85 TRENT 472.50 479.00 467.00 475.00 TTKPRESTIG 5896.70 5999.00 5753.00 5778.15 IRCON 353.30 355.95 353.30 355.00 BRITANNIA 2470.00 2470.00 2371.00 2398.00 -80.40 IBREALEST 76.90 77.40 73.30 74.45 SOUTHBANK 11.51 11.51 11.32 11.35 CUB 198.90 201.00 198.90 199.90 MAHABANK 11.91 11.94 11.75 11.84 IBULHSGFIN 539.00 540.20 505.25 519.00 -17.85 ASHOKLEY 64.90 64.90 63.00 63.90 THERMAX 1064.50 1064.50 1021.05 1028.05 EIDPARRY 153.10 153.15 147.30 148.40 CHOLAFIN 265.85 265.85 255.20 259.10 GREAVESCOT 119.00 123.00 119.00 121.55 KALPATPOWR 495.00 502.40 489.70 498.90 ITDC 181.00 181.00 173.30 173.80 YESBANK 76.95 76.95 70.50 71.55 -5.10 HINDUNILVR 1820.00 1849.25 1813.50 1841.05 CHENNPETRO 193.25 197.00 185.00 195.60 PAGEIND 18249.55 18351.90 18093.10 18248.60 NH 242.25 248.75 238.05 242.80   PNB 67.40 67.80 64.65 65.60 TRITURBINE 102.00 106.90 97.00 105.15 SCHNEIDER 75.25 75.65 74.40 75.25 ADVENZYMES 155.95 155.95 152.75 152.85 HINDPETRO 244.70 244.75 239.40 241.65 IPCALAB 958.70 970.00 946.00 966.85 SOBHA 471.00 480.35 471.00 472.80 SYMPHONY 1247.10 1253.30 1216.10 1229.70 ZEEL 348.05 354.85 346.80 350.55 SUVEN 244.00 247.85 241.00 244.80 CENTRALBK 19.45 19.45 19.15 19.20 BIRLACORPN 581.50 583.05 570.50 571.95 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE COALINDIA 199.00 199.70 194.55 195.25 HINDZINC 209.60 209.60 204.00 206.35 TEJASNET 87.00 87.30 85.00 86.60 SCHAEFFLER 4182.30 4259.00 4045.00 4060.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 26005.55 26032.85 25708.40 25783.45 -198.20 NTPC 119.30 120.20 117.40 118.00 DEEPAKNI 276.85 277.50 273.60 274.75 REPCOHOME 330.00 332.80 311.60 316.20 CARBORUNIV 280.30 284.45 278.30 279.75 CONCOR 462.95 476.90 462.95 475.65 10.50 INDIGO 1618.10 1641.65 1605.10 1632.55 PARAGMILK 169.05 169.30 160.20 161.00 GUJGAS 184.00 187.00 183.00 183.80 GEPIL 749.00 749.00 734.45 735.75 HAVELLS 666.00 686.80 666.00 677.20 13.50 M&MFIN 318.30 320.20 308.40 314.65 NETWORK18 22.60 22.60 20.95 21.30 BALMLAWRIE 173.55 173.65 171.95 173.10 PGHH 10260.00 10309.95 10156.65 10267.15 INDIGO 1624.00 1645.00 1605.00 1643.00 25.90 DRREDDY 2536.90 2563.05 2519.55 2554.90 DEEPAKFERT 85.70 85.70 82.25 83.35 EIHOTEL 153.80 153.80 147.00 149.00 GET&D 159.45 160.85 155.20 157.60 SBILIFE 850.00 862.45 831.55 860.00 10.10 DLF 178.05 178.45 173.45 177.25 TORNTPHARM 1646.15 1667.00 1631.65 1659.35 JMFINANCIL 73.65 74.00 72.50 72.95 MONSANTO 2028.50 2048.00 2010.00 2023.10 GODREJCP 627.30 639.85 620.95 631.00 4.90 TITAN 1095.00 1095.50 1075.45 1092.95 CUMMINSIND 586.00 586.90 575.75 579.60 FINOLEXIND 520.00 520.00 501.00 503.10 APARINDS 549.15 558.50 540.70 550.10 HDFCLIFE 526.00 532.90 516.60 528.60 4.05 UJJIVAN 276.00 276.75 267.00 270.65 SIEMENS 1167.00 1172.65 1148.80 1166.85 VARROC 433.70 435.00 425.00 426.30 NBVENTURES 88.05 90.75 87.00 89.85 BIOCON 215.00 220.45 211.05 217.85 1.60 NCC 61.00 61.20 57.60 58.10 AMARAJABAT 626.00 626.00 613.00 619.95 FORTIS 123.05 124.30 122.20 123.20 HAL 639.00 668.80 639.00 667.30 MOTHERSUMI 97.80 100.55 97.35 98.25 0.60 HAVELLS 668.85 686.50 668.50 677.50 MEGH 48.00 48.00 46.10 46.30 ALLCARGO 93.00 95.85 92.00 93.70 CCL 246.00 246.30 244.70 245.60 LUPIN 736.55 742.25 728.25 736.20 4.20 BAJAJFINSV 7370.00 7414.80 7211.15 7231.75 COROMANDEL 358.15 360.00 347.10 354.85 THYROCARE 471.80 485.30 465.35 469.05 SANOFI 6243.75 6244.00 6113.15 6127.05 CADILAHC 219.85 220.00 214.40 219.20 0.45 CANBK 229.00 232.20 223.40 225.30 OIL 152.40 152.60 147.55 148.05 RALLIS 160.05 160.05 157.50 158.50 JCHAC 1573.00 1611.00 1573.00 1583.50 PAGEIND 18297.85 18371.00 18100.00 18250.00 31.55 HEG 969.70 988.00 964.85 981.40 RAIN 83.50 84.10 82.30 83.10 MASFIN 611.10 625.10 610.00 620.75 DHANUKA 334.00 340.00 325.50 328.65 GICRE 181.00 181.85 177.05 180.95 0.20 STAR 408.15 408.15 387.80 391.15 JAICORPLTD 74.65 74.85 70.95 71.85 GRANULES 94.95 95.45 93.00 93.35 MPHASIS 976.70 976.70 963.70 974.45 TCNSBRANDS 740.00 740.00 700.00 713.05 PIDILITIND 1370.00 1383.95 1360.85 1370.00 0.90 EICHERMOT 16430.85 16570.70 15833.00 15897.95 PGHL 4366.00 4470.00 4221.10 4388.50 EMAMILTD 299.10 301.15 291.85 297.00 PNCINFRA 202.10 204.30 201.45 203.05 3MINDIA 20821.00 20821.00 20528.00 20577.75 MRF 57502.00 57857.00 57228.95 57600.00 10.20 JUSTDIAL 688.95 688.95 657.00 670.40 APOLLOTYRE 163.10 165.90 163.10 165.05 ATUL 3589.50 3650.00 3505.00 3618.40 APLLTD 515.00 515.00 508.00 510.35 NLCINDIA 54.80 54.95 54.65 54.75 NHPC 23.40 23.95 23.10 23.25 0.00 HFCL 19.90 20.45 19.65 19.85 BATAINDIA 1473.00 1483.80 1466.35 1471.75 JSL 31.00 31.00 28.75 29.35 IEX 144.75 147.45 139.85 142.25 TVSSRICHAK 1665.00 1667.95 1602.00 1641.80 DIVISLAB 1518.10 1541.95 1516.20 1517.10 -1.00 HEXAWARE 382.50 383.60 374.05 377.60 RAJESHEXPO 716.00 741.00 688.50 727.50 TATACOFFEE 73.15 73.40 70.25 72.25 MHRIL 215.85 216.05 213.00 213.85 GULFOILLUB 844.25 866.40 842.95 863.05 PGHH 10269.90 10300.05 10142.00 10280.10 -10.40 VEDL 145.10 145.15 141.65 142.35 SWANENERGY 101.90 102.30 99.40 100.60 ESSELPRO 95.35 96.00 85.30 87.00 GPPL 78.55 82.40 78.55 81.60 CHOLAHLDNG 473.90 478.50 467.25 470.15 SIEMENS 1168.10 1172.75 1148.00 1163.55 -3.40 GAIL 128.20 128.65 126.00 127.35 RECLTD 147.85 148.05 144.35 144.90 VOLTAS 612.00 612.00 599.70 604.85 BOSCHLTD 13637.00 13786.70 13501.05 13557.30 FINEORG 1421.50 1431.25 1413.70 1428.65 MARICO 397.35 397.90 393.25 394.75 -1.30 BANKINDIA 68.55 69.00 65.60 66.60 NAUKRI 2172.65 2189.95 2116.60 2159.25 CGPOWER 14.75 14.75 14.75 14.75 BLUESTARCO 708.00 718.00 700.25 707.95 LAOPALA 155.00 155.60 153.20 154.85 DABUR 432.10 433.25 428.20 430.45 -1.65 PEL 1796.10 1806.25 1744.55 1779.85 FEDERALBNK 85.85 85.85 83.60 84.65 PTC 58.10 59.65 58.10 59.25 BAYERCROP 3130.00 3193.50 3120.00 3157.20 RATNAMANI 915.60 925.00 901.00 911.55 COLPAL 1208.50 1215.50 1191.05 1202.65 -5.15 IGL 326.00 331.65 323.10 327.15 BOMDYEING 73.50 73.70 71.00 72.05 KNRCON 246.50 249.90 238.10 248.80 EVEREADY 78.10 82.00 76.90 80.70 VTL 919.90 919.90 906.55 911.95 UBL 1331.85 1336.20 1309.15 1321.00 -6.00 DISHTV 24.00 24.25 22.85 23.45 ADANIPORTS 357.20 359.45 352.30 355.10 PFIZER 2970.00 2970.00 2893.70 2914.45 MRF 57680.00 57760.00 57180.35 57548.40 SFL 1165.00 1165.00 1123.00 1140.50 ABB 1376.00 1379.65 1362.00 1364.00 -6.30 STRTECH 140.00 140.10 132.60 134.25 BANDHANBNK 497.30 500.25 484.00 487.65 NAVINFLUOR 647.50 650.05 640.60 644.55 TV18BRDCST 20.90 20.90 20.30 20.35 ASAHIINDIA 192.90 192.90 185.00 185.25 ICICIPRULI 390.90 391.30 382.25 386.95 -2.00 ADANIENT 135.70 136.75 132.20 135.50 TVSMOTOR 373.15 375.60 365.30 369.30 VGUARD 238.00 238.40 231.60 233.15 DCAL 183.90 183.90 175.00 178.10 FLFL 445.00 449.70 443.10 446.35 PEL 1802.00 1808.00 1746.40 1787.00 -9.50 PVR 1450.00 1461.50 1430.00 1447.45 RNAM 258.00 258.00 250.00 252.45 TAKE 101.00 103.40 99.00 102.15 JBCHEPHARM 381.00 381.95 377.25 379.60 BLUEDART 2333.00 2333.00 2263.00 2273.35 ASHOKLEY 64.50 64.60 63.00 64.15 -0.35 ASIANPAINT 1584.00 1599.05 1583.30 1595.05 CROMPTON 225.00 231.50 225.00 227.85 CHAMBLFERT 145.50 147.10 142.50 143.55 JPASSOCIAT 2.41 2.44 2.36 2.37 SREINFRA 11.00 11.01 10.78 10.92 PETRONET 237.30 239.75 235.50 236.00 -1.55 BHEL 51.45 51.55 49.70 49.95 LAKSHVILAS 44.20 46.05 43.15 44.05 VBL 652.70 654.45 642.60 646.00 HIMATSEIDE 134.30 134.65 129.50 129.90 SHRIRAMCIT 1300.00 1425.00 1221.55 1390.85 BOSCHLTD 13638.40 13769.45 13500.00 13542.65 -90.45 MFSL 417.50 443.15 412.50 439.70 TATAGLOBAL 269.00 270.35 263.95 265.90 ASTRAL 1233.00 1268.00 1212.00 1249.80 GHCL 200.90 201.25 196.40 197.35 ELGIEQUIP 242.00 244.00 240.40 243.45 BAJAJHLDNG 3336.05 3424.80 3335.00 3355.15 -26.55 UNIONBANK 64.20 64.35 61.40 61.70 CONCOR 476.00 476.90 463.40 475.00 LTTS 1589.95 1598.60 1558.20 1565.40 HUDCO 33.25 33.30 33.00 33.15 KPRMILL 580.00 580.00 569.25 570.80 HDFCAMC 2316.40 2316.40 2262.00 2274.00 -21.30 NBCC 33.75 33.75 31.40 32.20 ICICIGI 1156.55 1160.20 1132.80 1136.35 IFCI 7.68 7.68 7.14 7.27 CRISIL 1247.65 1286.25 1247.05 1270.75 HATSUN 600.00 620.00 590.10 618.10 AUROPHARMA 606.75 606.75 592.95 598.00 -5.80 JSWSTEEL 225.15 225.90 221.70 224.65 BEML 765.90 771.60 753.95 767.70 WABAG 286.85 291.20 278.00 280.20 TIMKEN 703.00 707.65 692.00 697.00 COCHINSHIP 352.40 353.45 350.50 351.20 SRTRANSFIN 1045.60 1052.15 1020.65 1029.00 -11.20 DMART 1506.00 1513.80 1461.00 1474.90 GODREJCP 628.45 639.80 621.40 631.25 MUTHOOTFIN 628.90 630.00 617.30 620.50 SJVN 24.35 24.55 24.20 24.30 AIAENG 1640.00 1640.00 1618.00 1628.70 OFSS 3012.00 3047.10 2950.00 2965.00 -33.05 ESCORTS 465.00 468.85 454.55 459.55 AAVAS 1600.00 1621.00 1474.15 1504.80 KRBL 235.50 236.00 227.35 229.05 GMDCLTD 66.40 66.40 65.10 65.25 GAYAPROJ 132.10 132.30 127.30 129.90 DLF 178.00 178.50 173.25 176.75 -2.20 BAJAJ-AUTO 2731.40 2768.40 2716.45 2742.85 WOCKPHARMA 280.10 280.40 273.35 275.15 TRIDENT 58.00 58.15 56.50 57.85 SYNDIBANK 31.35 31.40 30.60 31.00 CERA 2447.60 2466.95 2425.00 2460.25 HINDZINC 209.30 209.30 203.80 206.45 -2.75 HINDALCO 182.15 182.15 177.95 179.30 ABCAPITAL 90.60 90.75 88.00 89.50 CARERATING 597.95 597.95 585.35 588.40 INDOSTAR 277.15 278.00 274.65 275.90 GILLETTE 7028.95 7096.30 7011.00 7033.75 HINDPETRO 243.50 244.60 239.25 241.45 -3.25 TATAELXSI 630.00 636.70 616.20 620.00 PRESTIGE 304.00 304.00 290.25 294.95 INOXLEISUR 292.00 292.00 282.10 283.05 BAJAJELEC 381.75 386.00 380.00 384.30 LUXIND 1016.15 1026.50 1005.05 1008.25 MCDOWELL-N 588.90 588.90 576.20 577.15 -8.55 TATAPOWER 57.20 57.20 54.10 55.95 BERGEPAINT 364.80 367.45 361.40 366.40 MOIL 130.80 131.25 128.50 128.80 TATAINVEST 793.65 796.65 786.25 789.05 SHOPERSTOP 373.70 380.00 369.20 373.80 ICICIGI 1158.00 1164.80 1132.10 1139.10 -22.50 HCLTECH 1067.90 1090.90 1066.00 1083.85 PFC 108.50 108.50 104.75 106.40 GLAXO 1213.20 1213.70 1202.20 1207.70 IOB 9.98 10.09 9.81 9.90 SKFINDIA 1837.00 1882.05 1837.00 1866.60 BANDHANBNK 496.20 500.95 483.95 488.05 -10.25 HDFCAMC 2315.20 2315.20 2261.80 2273.20 PCJEWELLER 34.00 34.00 32.60 32.90 SYNGENE 305.50 306.85 297.10 305.35 MAHLIFE 381.90 391.45 377.90 387.90 MAGMA 70.55 71.40 70.10 70.35 SHREECEM 19467.85 19475.90 18755.00 19000.00 -409.65 LALPATHLAB 1185.00 1194.00 1162.80 1185.05 SHANKARA 285.00 301.15 281.05 289.60 INFIBEAM 42.10 42.75 41.75 42.00 BASF 1010.00 1030.00 1010.00 1016.60 COFFEEDAY 69.35 69.35 69.35 69.35 DMART 1509.45 1514.10 1461.05 1472.05 -32.65 ACC 1580.00 1589.65 1533.60 1540.95 BLISSGVS 95.70 95.70 93.20 93.95 GICRE 178.95 181.20 175.00 178.70 WHIRLPOOL 1550.50 1552.85 1541.40 1543.75 AKZOINDIA 1730.55 1730.55 1700.15 1703.30 NIACL 112.30 112.30 109.50 109.55 -2.50 JUBLFOOD 1155.95 1174.75 1145.55 1151.80 KEI 468.00 472.50 451.35 453.85 JISLJALEQS 22.10 22.15 21.15 21.25 WABCOINDIA 6093.00 6109.90 6050.10 6071.90 MAXINDIA 56.70 56.95 55.50 56.75 AMBUJACEM 212.10 212.50 205.15 206.50 -5.50 IBVENTURES 205.20 206.45 197.55 200.85 J&KBANK 36.80 39.25 36.65 37.25 FCONSUMER 32.20 32.20 30.25 31.45 TATAMETALI 502.00 514.10 502.00 509.20 NESCO 535.00 535.00 528.55 532.00 BHEL 51.35 51.55 49.65 49.90 -1.40 OBEROIRLTY 544.00 552.90 515.25 524.90 UBL 1330.00 1335.25 1309.70 1318.80 GODREJAGRO 446.20 458.55 446.00 449.10 BAJAJHLDNG 3405.90 3413.85 3335.65 3356.60 SOLARINDS 1090.00 1104.00 1086.50 1088.10 ACC 1589.00 1589.00 1533.05 1541.00 -48.10 POWERGRID 207.00 210.90 205.80 206.05 FSL 50.30 50.80 49.10 50.40 GSPL 219.60 220.50 217.00 219.40 NIACL 111.10 111.10 109.10 110.00 FDC 159.75 161.20 158.55 159.40 IDEA 5.95 6.20 5.45 5.80 -0.20 PIDILITIND 1365.95 1383.35 1361.20 1370.95 MINDAIND 313.55 323.45 311.90 321.05 RITES 232.60 234.60 228.00 233.70 RELAXO 425.75 428.00 419.65 424.75 VMART 1713.00 1754.75 1701.65 1751.05 SAIL 36.20 36.20 34.35 34.75 -1.30 ADANIPOWER 60.70 60.70 57.75 59.00 CADILAHC 218.65 220.00 214.55 219.45 CASTROLIND 117.05 118.90 117.05 118.45 SHILPAMED 256.00 276.60 256.00 266.45 DBCORP 153.75 155.75 153.00 154.75 BANKBARODA 102.25 102.25 97.85 98.70 -3.90 KAJARIACER 509.00 509.00 482.95 488.60 INOXWIND 39.75 41.00 33.60 35.60 RCF 44.25 44.90 43.90 44.00 MOTILALOFS 575.15 577.50 560.00 560.15 ORIENTELEC 160.35 161.70 159.00 159.90 L&TFH 104.80 104.80 97.25 98.00 -6.80 GRASIM 733.70 736.15 719.65 729.40 OMAXE 197.70 197.70 194.40 195.45 VINATIORGA 2088.00 2105.75 2056.30 2073.70 SOMANYCERA 299.90 300.00 291.00 291.70 ERIS 393.70 397.00 393.45 394.20 NMDC 101.85 102.00 89.65 89.85 -12.05 IOC 125.85 126.00 123.50 124.25 NATIONALUM 41.10 41.20 40.40 40.65 IDFC 34.15 34.30 33.80 34.10 NILKAMAL 1029.60 1035.70 997.00 1001.00 STARCEMENT 97.75 97.90 97.50 97.50   !" #!$  A +,

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I don’t think we’re having effrey Epstein signed a will just with facilitating his alleged abuse which to make a claim against Huawei on an “entity list” of building in neoclassical export curbs prompted warn- Monday, despite President a recession. We’re doing tremen- Jtwo days before he killed him- of dozens of girls. someone’s estate. foreign companies that require European style where Huawei ings that sales of Huawei smart- Donald Trump’s insistence on dously well,” Trump told self in jail, new court records The filing of the will, mean- “There are certainly going to official permission to buy entertains customers. phones and other products the economy’s health. reporters. show, opening a new legal front while, had been closely followed be a lot of lawyers involved,” American technology. 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The curbs also mean a loss moves to stimulate the econo- have a recession.” Court papers filed last week abused by Epstein when they A hedge fund manager who have a substantial impact on compared the company to a of billions of dollars in poten- my including temporarily cut- Earlier on Monday, a survey in the US Virgin Islands list no were teenagers and recruited hobnobbed with the rich and Huawei’s business,” said Ren. “badly damaged airplane” and tial annual sales for American ting the payroll tax to increase was released showing that a details of beneficiaries but valued into his residences to provide him famous, Epstein owned a “We can do well without rely- warned US sanctions would cut vendors. workers’ monthly take-home majority of economists expect a the estate at more than $577 mil- massages. Several attorneys Caribbean island, homes in Paris ing on American companies.” Huawei’s projected smartphone Even before the announce- pay, The Washington Post US recession in the next two lion, including more than USD vowed to go after his assets even and New York City, a New Huawei Technologies Ltd, sales by $30 billion over the ment, Huawei was working on reported. Also under consid- years - right around the time of 56 million in cash. if the will had named beneficia- Mexico ranch and a fleet of China’s first global tech brand, next two years. developing its own chips, soft- eration is reversing new tariffs the 2020 election in which The existence of the will, first ries, as Epstein’s death means high-price cars. Epstein had is at the center of a battle over President Donald Trump ware and other technology the Trump administration Trump is standing for a second reported by the New York Post, there will be no trial on the crim- more than USD 112 million trade and technology that has suggested controls on that might reduce reliance on imposed on Chinese goods, term. raised new questions about inal charges against him. One worth of equities, according to threatens to tip the global Huawei might be lifted if American vendors. The com- according to The New York Only two percent of the sur- Epstein’s final days inside the woman filed suit against the the will, and nearly USD 200 mil- economy into recession. Beijing agrees to a deal on trade pany spent USD 15 billion last Times. vey’s 226 respondents predict- Metropolitan Correctional estate last week, claiming Epstein lion in “hedge funds & private American officials accuse and technology disputes that year on research and develop- The discussion is still in the ed a recession this year, but 38 Center, where he was awaiting repeatedly raped her when she equity investments.” the company, also the No. 2 led to US tariff hikes on ment, more than Apple Inc. or early stages, and officials have percent expected a downturn to trial on federal sex trafficking and was a teenager. “Give his entire Among the properties that global smartphone brand, of Chinese imports. Microsoft Corp. not brought up the idea with hit in 2020 and 34 percent in conspiracy charges. estate to his victims. It is the only will be subject to appraisal and stealing technology and facili- Ren rejected that. He said Huawei reported sales in Trump, who would have to 2021, according to the polls Epstein signed the docu- justice they can get,” one of those valuation are his collection of fine tating Chinese spying, accusa- Huawei couldn’t ask for favors the six months through June seek approval from Congress, from the National Association ment Aug. 8. Less than 48 hours lawyers, Lisa Bloom, wrote in an arts, antiques and other col- tions Huawei denies. that might hurt the interests of rose 23.2 per cent over a year the newspapers said. for Business Economists. later, he was found dead in his email. “And they deserve it. And lectibles. As part of his 2008 plea Huawei’s chief financial China’s poor majority. earlier. 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He is kept at the rying out the 2008 Mumbai its Meeting of 1st January 2019 Jammu and Kashmir. Cabinet in-principle granted Kashmir was an internal matter both sides and avoid escalation whom the US has placed a USD Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in high attacks that killed 166 people. He chaired by the Prime Minister Pakistan’s decision comes approval of the decision to take and also advised Pakistan to of the “tough situation” in the 10 million bounty on, challenged security. was listed under UN Security Imran Khan for implementing days after a rare closed-door con- the Kashmir issue to the ICJ. accept the reality. region. his arrest in the terror financing The petitioners said JuD Council Resolution 1267 in the National Action Plan. sultations on Kashmir by the UN The case will be filed on the Officials said Pakistan was Trump on Monday spoke cases in the Lahore High Court chief Saeed and others (67) are December 2008. The Counter “These suspects made assets Security Council which ended basis of alleged violation of encourage to seek the ICJ’s inter- separately to Prime Minister here on Tuesday. not members of Lashkar-e-Taiba Terrorism Department (CTD) of from funds of terrorism financ- without any outcome or state- human rights in Kashmir, she vention after India took the issue Narendra Modi and his In a fresh petition, Saeed and either they have any nexus with Punjab Police had registered 23 ing. They held and used these ment from the powerful 15- said, adding that the government of Kubhushan Jadhav to the Pakistani counterpart Khan in 67 other leaders of the banned it. They also cited some previous FIRs against the petitioners on assets to raise more funds for fur- nation UN organ, dealing a huge has also decided to hire services world court. his bid to ease fresh Indo-Pak Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and its courts observations in this regard. the charges of “terror financing” ther terrorism financing. Hence, snub to Islamabad and its all- of lawyers of international repute Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian tensions after India revoked the charity wing Falah-i-Insaniat Saeed and others prayed to in different cities of Punjab they committed multiple offences weather ally China to interna- to file and pursue the case. Navy officer, was sentenced to special status of Jammu and (FIF), challeneged the FIRs of ter- the LHC to declare the property province. The cases have been of terrorism financing and tionalise the issue. Earlier this month, Prime death by a Pakistani military Kashmir on August 5. ror financing against them in the detailed in this petition was registered in Lahore, Gujranwala money laundering under Anti- An overwhelming majority Minister Imran Khan told a rare court on charges of “espionage Trump’s counsel to Khan LHC through their counsels, “dedicated for the purpose of and Multan for collection of Terrorism Act 1997. They will be in the UN Security Council joint sitting of Pakistan’s and terrorism” in April 2017 fol- came as Prime Minister Modi, Advocate AK Dogar, Ahmad mosques and is being used as funds for terrorism financing prosecuted in ATCs (Anti- stressed Kashmir is a bilateral Parliament that he will raise the lowing which India had moved during his telephonic conver- Abudullah Dogar and Ghulam such therefore FIRs are without through assets/properties made Terrorism Courts) for commis- matter between New Delhi and Kashmir issue at every forum the ICJ, seeking a stay on his sation with the US president, Yasin Bhatti. lawful authority and of no legal and held in the names of sion of these offences,” the CTD Islamabad. including the UN Security death sentence and further reme- conveyed that the “extreme The petitioners have made effect.” Trusts/Non Profit Organisations said. “An in-principle decision Council and also take the matter dies. rhetoric and incitement” to the interior ministry, the Punjab “It is prayed that this learned (NPO) including Al-Anfaal The US Department of the has been taken to take the issue to the ICJ. In July, the ICJ ordered anti-India violence by certain home department and the court be pleased to declare that Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust, Treasury has designated Saeed as of Kashmir to the International Tensions between India and Pakistan to undertake an “effec- leaders in the region was not Counter Terrorism Department none of the petitioners and pro- Muaz Bin Jabal Trust, etc. The a Specially Designated Global Court of Justice,” Foreign Pakistan spiked after India abro- tive review and reconsideration” conducive to peace. of Punjab police respondents in forma respondents are linked CTD said investigation launched Terrorist, and the US, since 2012, Minister Shah Mehmood gated provisions of Article 370 of of the conviction and sentence of After his 30-minute con- the case. The court will fix hear- with LeT and therefore the FIRs into financing matters of pro- has offered a USD 10 million Qureshi told ARY News TV. the Constitution to withdraw Jadhav and also to grant consular versation with Modi, Trump ing of this case later. are without lawful authority and scribed organisations — JuD reward for information that “The decision was taken Jammu and Kashmir’s special sta- access to India without further held a telephonic conversa- Saeed was arrested on July 17 of no legal effect (be quashed),” and LeT — in connection with brings Saeed to justice. after considering all legal aspects,” tus and bifurcated it into two delay. tion with Khan.           ' D 

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Kong residents participated to Hong Kong from Shenzhen,” a on August 28 and is due to countries, that also have claims Defence Secretary Delfin in a rally at Victoria Park Foreign and Commonwealth return to the Philippines on to the disputed sea, on rules for Lorenzana also complained that was largely peaceful,” Office spokesperson said in a September 2, his spokesman, avoiding accidental clashes. earlier this month about repeat- Chief Executive Carrie Lam statement. Salvador Panelo, told journal- The visit marks a turn- ed unauthorised passage by said at a televised press con- “We are providing support to ists on Tuesday. around for Duterte, who had Chinese warships through ference. his family and seeking further Beijing claims most of the revived once-icy diplomatic Philippine territorial waters “I wholeheartedly hope information from authorities in South China Sea, including ties with Beijing after being between February and July. that this is the beginning of Guangdong Province and Hong waters close to Philippine elected in 2016 when he set Panelo, the spokesman, society returning to calm against police since protests those detained during clash- bill.” Kong.” shores, and has ignored a 2016 aside the maritime ruling in said on Tuesday that Duterte and staying away from vio- began. She said they would es. Lam, pilloried by press The chaos has caused A report in local news outlet international tribunal ruling favour of wooing Chinese aid, has ordered all foreign vessels lence.” The protests began be “robustly” investigated and protesters for failing to mounting concerns for busi- HK01 said the consulate employ- that declared their assertion as trade and investment. passing through Philippine against a proposed extradi- by the Independent Police step down while the city ness and investment in Hong ee had travelled to Shenzhen in without basis. Duterte enjoys firm popu- waters to seek Manila’s advance tion law to China but mor- Complaints Council, whose plunges into crisis, said her Kong, with the effects of the Guangdong province, an hour Duterte had earlier this lar backing, but he has faced approval. This is “to avoid mis- phed into a pro-democracy head is appointed by the government would continue trouble particularly impact- outside Hong Kong, for a one-day month mentioned the trip, criticism at home over his understanding in the future,” movement sparking the chief executive. a “fact-finding mission” on ing the tourism industry. business meeting on August 8 but where he said he intended to stance that confronting China Panelo said, adding this was in city’s biggest political crisis However, the probe is how to move forward from “One of its most impor- has failed to return. finally discuss the ruling with is futile and will only lead to an response to the “repeated pass- in decades. unlikely to satisfy protesters the demonstrations. tant strengths is the rule of The incident comes as the Xi. unwinnable war. ing through without our being They have been fuelled who have called for an inde- She took a softer tone law,” Lam said of the finan- financial hub is facing its worst “I have about two more The issue has flared up notified by some foreign vessels by anger over alleged police pendent inquiry by an exter- than in recent weeks, but cial hub. political crisis in decades. years, plus months left (in since a Chinese fishing trawler — well, particularly Chinese brutality, with tear gas and nal body. again refused to formally “That’s why we have Pro-democracy protesters office). It’s about time that we hit and sank a Filipino boat in warships”. rubber bullets deployed In addition to universal withdraw the contentious been doing so much to have staged weeks of rallies that start talking,” said Duterte at the South China Sea in June, “Either we get a compli- against protesters. suffrage and cancelling the extradition bill, repeating ensure that the rule of law is have often descended into violent the time. sparking a string of small street ance in a friendly manner or we Lam reported 174 com- extradition bill, protesters only that: “The bill is dead. being upheld and respected clashes between police and pro- He also said he would press protests and criticism from enforce it in an unfriendly plaints have been made also demand the release of There’s no plan to revive this in Hong Kong.” testers. Beijing to conclude long-run- opposition politicians and for- manner,” Panelo added. .      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In the last one hour, the Gulf News, saying that they judiciously and ensured impar- allegations of censorship and rules,” the spokesperson said. individual accounts for priva- season of the blockbuster web want to cancel my number. I I got five calls asking for some- had removed Kunhabdulla’s tiality of all users. biased moderation on its plat- Unlike Facebook, which cy and security reasons,” the series “Sacred Games” on Netflix. want this problem to go away,” he one called Isa...Who is Isa? I don’t number. Pakistani government on form, a Twitter spokesperson has the greatest number of official said. Kunhabdulla CM, a 37-year- said. have anything to do with him,” he “We apologise for any Monday complained to Twitter told the Dawn newspaper that fact-checking partners in India, Pakistanis have been react- old Keralite who works for a local Kunhabdulla has never said. inconvenience caused. 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You need off-time because it is only during your round of the ATP day when rain wreaked the tri-series will kick-off from important tournaments — Ahmadzai, Zahir Khan off-time that you can re-shape your mindset on what Winston-Salem Open, havoc on the schedule, September 13. T20I Asia Cup and ICC T20 Pakteen, Afsar Zazai and needs to be done,” he added, when asked about the where the three-time South Korean Lee Duck- Alongwith Mohammad Shahzad, World Cup 2020 — ahead of Shapoor Zadran. drills at the Vidarbha academy. Grand Slam champion was hee became the first deaf who is serving a suspension, middle- us. We will seek to prepare Squad for T20 Triangular Asked about the competition in the current giving his surgically player to win an ATP Tour order batsman Nasir Jamal, left-arm good sides for these tourna- Series: Rashid Khan (C), Indian team in the fast-bowling department, he said, repaired hip just its second match, beating spinner Sharafuddin Ashraf, paceman ments and those players who Asghar Afghan, Mohammad “When you know you’re going to play back-to-back test in singles. Switzerland’s Henri Wafadar Momand, and left-arm perform well, will be consid- Nabi, Hazratullah Zazai, Test matches, you need that kind of bench- Britain’s Murray, who Laaksonen 7-6 (7/4), 6-1. wristspinner Waqar Salamkheil have ered for selection. Najeeb Tarakai, Rahmanullah strength. feared in January that his “My message for peo- not been included in the squad. “We will also consider the Gurbaz, Mujeeb ur Rahman, “All the fast bowlers know there is a good com- hip trouble would end his ple who are hearing On the other hand, experienced performance of players in the Shafiqullah Shafaq, Najib petition and that everyone is going to get an oppor- career, accepted a wild card impaired is to not be dis- left-arm paceman Shapoor Zadran, upcoming Shpageeza Cricket Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, tunity. Whoever does well, will get to play more. If into this week’s tourna- couraged. who is yet to feature in the longest for- League and Afghanistan Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, we think in that manner, it’s good for us because ment in North Carolina If you try hard, you mat of the game, and Afsar Zazai, the Premier League T20 for future Fareed Ahmad Malik, we will try to improve ourselves. after falling in his singles can do anything,” said Lee, wicketkeeper-batsman who played selection.” Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fazal “It is a healthy competition and it is good for comeback in Cincinnati who will next face third- Afghanistan’s maiden Test — against Squad for Test against Niazai, Dawlat Zadran and the team. It make us more exciting and challeng- last week. seeded Hubert Hurkacz India in June 2018 have been includ- -  <   )  )) $ $)    Bangladesh: Rashid Khan (C), Naveen ul Haq. ing and will improve our performance.” He again showed of Poland. glimpses of his once-dom- Lee was two points inant self, but was inconsis- from victory when thun- 2",2<3 tent in a 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 loss derstorms swept through. to 73rd-ranked American When he and     ' Tennys Sandgren in a Laaksonen returned some !." 8;385; match lasting 2 hours and five hours later, Lee quick- Lucknow Zone Red beat Lucknow Zone Blue by five wickets in the 10 minutes. ly polished off a win he Under-16 Inter Zonal trial match at Ras Behari Tiwari Stadium on Tuesday. “Some things were a admitted he hadn’t been In another match played at Ekana Stadium, Bahraich Zone defeated Bareilly bit better today I think,” expecting. ,   Zone by 77 runs. Murray said. “I was hitting “I thought that I was BRIEF SCORES: the ball a bit cleaner than just going to do my best LZ Blue: 124 (Karan Mishra 28, Bhav Seth 27, Prince Maurya 20, Naman I did maybe in Cincinnati... and try to stay focused,” 7  2./ 16, Yasir Tariq 16; Sparsh Gupta 28/4, Arpit Mishra 29/2, Shashank 39/2) I feel like I moved fairly Lee said. “But I came out LZ Red: 156 (Vipraj Nigam 34, Kushagra Singh 33, Mohd Dahish 26, well to some drop shots, a winner.” erena Williams announced on # $) -  &&  ))   )    Shubham Tiwari 23; Yogesh Kumar 52/2) which maybe last week I STuesday she will warm-up for wasn’t running to. January’s Australian Open at the BZ: 185 (Jai Prakash Gupta 54, Shikhar Singh 39, Kushagra Shukla 30, Raman “So there’s some good Auckland Classic, a tournament that # $) &  Singh 19; Abhay Kumar 4/1) things in there but also has mixed memories for the American Bly Z: 108 (Siddharth Narayan 38, Anubhav Deep 34; Jatin Sharma 12/4, some stuff I would like to superstar. Navdeep Singh 20/2) do better.” Williams slumped to a shock sec- )F  ond-round loss in her only previous 11/. 1;8!4    appearance in New Zealand in 2017, 6 B/? Shahrukh Khan of Anand International Taekwondo Academy bagged Having said in lashing out at windy conditions she the gold medal in the CISCE Board National Championship. Shahrukh's Cincinnati he would dis- described as some of the “least ndia’s Ankita Raina knocked out ninth seed coach Anand Kishore Pandey congratulated him on the achievement. continue doubles to focus favourite” she had ever experi- IBelgian Ysaline Bonaventure to progress to the on returning to peak enced. second round of the US Open Qualifiers but /&'28'G./65/ singles form, But she went on to win the Ramkumar Ramanathan bit the dust in the men’s Army Boys edged past Sports College 1-0 to enter the quarter-final of Murray said Australian Open later that singles here. the 2nd Major Durga Mall Memorial District Football Tournament at Chowk he might month, claiming the most recent % C      The 194th ranked Ankita was up against a Stadium on Tuesday. Earlier, (Retd) Colonel MM Ghosh inaugurated the consider of her 23 majors to pass Steffi higher-ranked player but prevailed 6-1, 1-6, 6- tournament. playing an Graf’s Open-era benchmark of 22. “Last time I was there I had so 2 for her second win against the Belgian on the ATP She also announced her engage- much going on and although I fought Pro Tour. 28H68./5' Challenger ment to Alexis Ohanian while in through to win my first match, I know She had beaten the 111th ranked Lucknow District Amateur Boxing Association is organising District Tour event New Zealand and it later emerged she I didn’t play to my level.” Bonaventure in her own country in 2014 on clay. Junior Boxing Championship at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium from August 23. before head- was pregnant with her first child while Since her 2017 triumph at Ankita has not gone beyond the second Lucknow region team will also be selected during the championship. ing to Asia, where competing at the tournament. 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%)    ) stunned multi- son. didn’t take their chances and son signing from Swansea. wrapped his arm round the former captain as the rest    )D    "   ) #   )  ple-time Olympic and world champi- United would have gone crumbled too easily when There was no place in the of the squad trained without him. on Lin Dan in a hard-fought match top of the table with a win, but they came under pressure in their matchday squad for Chile forward Smith — who has risen to number two in the world Smith now has two weeks to be ready for the fourth while Sai Praneeth outplayed Lee instead they were left to reflect on second game of the season. Alexis Sanchez, who has been batting rankings — was pictured with his head in his Test in Manchester, which starts on September 4, with Dong Keun to enter the pre-quarter- an inconsistent performance that At an average of 24 years and linked with Inter Milan. hands and Langer looking glumly at the ground. a three-day tour match in Derby from August 29-31. finals of the World Championships here on Tuesday. Prannoy, unseeded in the tourna- ment, beat the highly-decorated 
+/  (+"- Chinese 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 in a second ! &P  ) )$) $  ) round match that lasted one hour and two minutes. In the pre-quarterfinals, Prannoy #Q+/ &! #'! 6 ./?B/ side as forward Gurjant found the faces an uphill task against top seed back of the net in the 41st minute Kento Momota of Japan, who downed 6   triker Mandeep Singh struck a to make it 6-2 which put the world Luis Enrique Penalver of Spain 21-10, Sfine hat-trick to help the Indian number 5 side in a dominant posi- 21-7. truggling star Sushil Kumar men’s hockey team beat hosts tion at the end of the third quar- In five meetings between the two, Ssealed a berth in India’s squad for Japan 6-3 and book a summit ter. Prannoy has emerged victorious thrice. the World Championship, pipping a clash berth in the Olympic Test Japan attacked the Indian The Chinese won in the last meeting, spirited Jitender Kumar 4-2 in a bit- Event here on Tuesday. defence in the the fourth quarter at the Australian Open in June. terly-fought 74kg final of the selec- The Indian team bounced and scored their third goal "I started and ended well but the tion trials here on Tuesday. back from their 1-2 loss against through Kazuma Murata in the strategy in the second game went com- Consistent attacks from both the New Zealand with an impressive 52nd minute. pletely opposite for me. Thanks to wrestlers in the fast-paced final display in their third match at the The win put India in the sec- coaches I could make a few changes in bout had the fans on the edge of their Oi Hockey Stadium here. India ond spot in the points table and crucial moments. I am happy I was seats. Close to 1500 gathered at the again face New Zealand in the they face toppers New Zealand in patient and was ready for a long match. IGI stadium to watch their favourite summit clash today. the summit clash. Shuttles were not very fast but I am star in action. Mandeep found the target in happy with my game,” Prannoy said. Sushil opened up a 4-0 lead in the 9th, 29th and 30th minutes      Later on Tuesday, 16th seed Sai the first period and ended up inflict- while Nilakanta Sharma (3rd), Following an impressive per- Praneeth completed a comprehensive ing an eye injury on Jitender early in Nilam Sanjeep Xess (7th) and formance against Australia, the %  <       ) ) 21-16, 21-15 win over Dong Keun of the second period. Gurjant Singh (41st) were the   &  ) ) ) ) )  & A H )       Indian women’s hockey team also South Korea in the second round. Sushil, whose return to the mat  ) )  )  )0G$) other scorers for India. secured its place in the final by C  & &  )/ )   In the women’s doubles, the Indian after a year at an event in Belarus met Kentaro Fukuda (25th), Kenta was awarded to India in the sev- two field goals in quick succession playing out a 0-0 draw against pair of Ashwini Ponappa N Sikki with a disappointing end, apologised cerning, it seemed the two medical Tanaka (36th) and Kazuma enth minute which was convert- to help India take a big 5-1 lead. China. Reddy got a walkover from Chinese immediately. breaks he took was a ploy to catch Murata (52nd) scored the goals for ed brilliantly by Nilam Sanjeep to The Indian vice-captain scored China needed the victory to Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Later, another attacking move some breath. Japan. help the team take a 2-0 lead. just before the half-time whistle in make sure that they progress to the Ching Tun in their opening match. from Sushil had Jitender wincing in With two push-out points, Nilakanta gave India an excel- India continued to take the the 29th and 30th minutes. final but India’s defense was up to They will face seventh seeded Chinese pain as he suffered an elbow injury. Jitender reduced the margin of lent start through a field goal in aggressive approach and Mandeep Japan started the third quar- the task, and seemed determined pair of Du Yue and LI Yin Hui in the Nevertheless, Jitender did not defeat. the third minute. Buoyed by the found the back of the net with an ter on an aggressive note and kept to consolidate their position at the second round. give up and thrice he had got hold It still is not over for Jitender as early lead, the Indian team put excellent field goal in the ninth putting pressure on the Indian top of the points table. The men’s doubles pairing of of Sushil’s right leg but lack of prop- the federation has given him the tremendous pressure on the Japan minute. defence and found a field goal With a tally of five points from Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy beat er grip meant he could not convert option to book a World defence as Gurjant Singh took a Japan managed to open their through Kenta Tanaka in the 36th their three matches, India topped the French duo of Thom Gicquel and them into points. Championship berth in 79kg by shot on goal, but saw his effort account through a field goal minute. the points table, and will now face Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-13 in a first The two-time Olympic medallist challenging Tuesday’s winner Virdev going wide of the post. through Kentaro Fukuda in the India did not let the momen- hosts and World No 14 Japan in round match. was feeling the heat and to the dis- Gulia. However, a penalty corner 25th minute, but Mandeep scored tum shift towards the Japanese the final today.
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