Centre Briefs Mps on China Stando Sonia Steps in to There Will Be No Exing of Muscles; a Solution Will Be Reached Through Dialogue, Says Govt

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NEARBY Centre briefs MPs on China stando Sonia steps in to There will be no exing of muscles; a solution will be reached through dialogue, says govt. save Bihar govt.

Vijaita Singh Jaishankar made a presenta- voys in Delhi had questioned New Delhi tion before 19 MPs that In- PM Narendra Modi’s “si- Calls up Nitish Kumar to resolve crisis The government told an all- dian troops were engaged in lence” on the issue. External Cross-border Maoists in party meeting of MPs it had a “face-off” with the PLA in Affairs Minister Sushma Swa- Smita Gupta Darjeeling: Bengal govt. called on Friday that China Doklam near the Sikkim- raj, Home Minister Rajnath New Delhi KOLKATA was trying to extend its con- Bhutan-China trijunction. Singh, National Security Ad- As the Bihar government The West Bengal government trol further down the Dok- Mr. Jaishankar told the viser Ajit Doval, besides the teetered on the brink, with has informed the Calcutta lam trijunction in an effort to MPs who attended the three- Foreign Secretary briefed the ruling alliance partners High Court that “Maoists gain a strategic advantage hour meeting that apart MPs. The decision to field Janata Dal (United) and from a neighbouring country over “Chicken’s Neck” in Si- from diplomacy, “other the most senior Ministers as Rashtriya Janata Dal locked have inltrated into the area” liguri, West Bengal, which channels” were also being well as top officials indicated in what looks like a battle to in the wake of the Darjeeling connects India to the rest of used to end the standoff and that the government was the finish, Congress presid- violence and would “target the Northeast. Crucial meet: Anand Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad after India is insisting that the pre- hoping to ensure consensus ent Sonia Gandhi stepped in government ocials” The government assured the meeting in New Delhi on Friday. * R. V. MOORTHY June 16 condition is reached across the board as diplo- on Friday. working there and also “burn the parliamentarians that at Doklam. matic efforts continue. As the national leader of Nitish Kumar down govt buildings.” there would no flexing of The meet was to clear the Doklam trijunction near The meeting came days (With inputs from the third party in Bihar’s muscles and a solution doubts on the ongoing stan- Sikkim. after Congress vice-presid- Suhasini Haidar) ‘mahagathbandhan,’ Ms. against him. NATION Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD would be reached through doff with the Chinese With the help of satellite ent, who met with the Gandhi spoke to Chief Min- Thus far, both parties dialogue. People’s Liberation Army at maps, Foreign Secretary S. Chinese and Bhutanese en- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 ister and JD(U) chief Nitish have stood their ground, Kumar to try and resolve the with the RJD unwilling to let crisis and save the State gov- Mr. Yadav step down, and ernment. Later in the day, the JD(U) adamant that he SC to wait till govt. State Congress chief Ashok does so. The crunch will Highly explosive substance Choudhary held meetings come if the CBI follows up with Mr. Kumar and RJD su- the FIR against him with a gets Mallya extradited premo Lalu Prasad. charge sheet. Speaking to found inside U.P. Assembly For the Congress, which the media late on Friday, No wish to oversee process: Bench is still hoping to make a Mr. Prasad emphatically SIT to probe attack on comeback in 2019, the fail- said Mr. Tejawi Yadav would Amarnath pilgrims Krishnadas Rajagopal subsequent steps taken, a Chief Minister calls for NIA probe into ‘terror conspiracy’ ure of the Bihar experiment not resign. He also said re- SRINAGAR NEW DELHI Bench of Justices A.K. Goel of 2015 would not just be a ports in the media that Ms. The J&K police have set up a Even as there is no sign of and U.U. Lalit intervened to Special correspondent stance was found by a secur- bad omen; it would make Gandhi had spoken to him Special Investigation Team fugitive businessman Vijay say that the court did not LUCKNOW ity team during a routine things even tougher for a were “absolute rubbish”. into the attack on Amarnath Mallya being present to face wish to “oversee” the gov- In a major security lapse, a check on July 12. Congress-led opposition in RJD sources told The pilgrims as the preliminary judicial action, the govern- ernment's efforts to bring highly explosive substance The powdery substance the months to come as it Hindu: “Laluji has nurtured probe suggests militants ment assured the Supreme Mr. Mallya back. was discovered near one of contained in a packet was takes on the challenge of the this alliance; he had even “wanted to inict heavy Court on Friday that it was the benches of the Uttar Pra- handed over to the Vidhan Modi government. campaigned strenuously for casualty as ve magazines taking steps to extradite him Contempt case desh Assembly, prompting Sabha marshall after it was JD(U) candidates in 2015. He were emptied on the bus”. A from the United Kingdom Justice Goel made it clear Chief Minister Yogi sent for forensic testing. RJD under pressure will do whatever it takes to police ocial said at least 150 and that the extradition that the court would decide Adityanath on Friday to call Police commandos keep Revealing the forensic The current crisis was keep the present govern- empty cartridges or ve hearing was scheduled for the punishment in the con- for a probe by the National vigil at the Vidhan Sabha probe findings, Mr. triggered by Mr. Kumar’s ment alive.” magazine of AK-47 were December 4, 2017. tempt case against Mr. Mal- Investigation Agency (NIA). on Friday. * RAJEEV BHATT Adityanath informed the call for the resignation of However, when asked found near Batengoo. As Attorney-General K.K. lya when he was produced Mr. Adityanath said the House that the substance RJD leader and Deputy what that might involve, the Venugopal detailed India’s before it. It deferred the presence of the explosive and amounted to playing was Pentaerythritol tetrani- Chief Minister Tejaswi Ya- sources declined to com- NEWS Ī PAGE 8 extradition request made in case till then. substance in the high-secur- with the sentiments of 22 trate (PETN). DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD dav, who is the son of Mr. ment. February 2017 before the ity zone was “part of a dan- crore people of the State. Lalu Prasad, following TEJASWI WILL NOT QUIT, SAYS DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES U.K. government and the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 gerous terrorist conspiracy” The suspicious white sub- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 charges of corruption LALUĪ PAGE 8

from Jammu, on Friday. Ranjeet Singh and another soldier were killed on July 12 in cross-border ring. * AFP (REPORT ON PAGE 8) CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8

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DELHI Timings Saturday, July 15 HP hands over rape, murder case to CBI RISE 05:34 SET 19:21 RISE 23:28 SET 11:00 Sunday, July 16 The Opposition is playing politics over the crime, says Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh RISE 05:34 SET 19:21 RISE 00:00 SET 11:59 Staff Correspondent this month. corruption case, was and demanded a CBI in- The DGP had ad- Monday, July 17 Shimla Chief Minister hardly left with any time quiry. dressed a press confer- RISE 05:35 SET 19:20 The Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh, who was to run the government as They said they were ence on Thursday and RISE 00:07 SET 12:59 government on Friday in Kullu, accused the Op- he was more busy facing not satisfied by the in- had claimed to have ordered a Central Bureau position parties of playing the legal cases. quiry conducted by the solved the crime. of Investigation inquiry politics over the crime. Earlier in the day, thou- Special Investigation The victim was first into the rape-cum-murder Former Chief Minister sands of people protested Team constituted by the kidnapped and then gang of a schoolgirl in Kotkhai, Prem Kumar Dhumal said on the roads in the Theog- Director General of Po- raped while returning Shimla district, earlier the CM, who is on bail in a Kotkhai area on Friday lice. home from school.

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IN BRIEF SC to hear plea against slaughter ban rules

Legal Correspondent Court exempts Pachauri NEW DELHI from appearance The Supreme Court on Fri- NEW DELHI day agreed to hear a plea A Delhi court on Friday seeking modification of its granted exemption from July 11 order, which recor- personal appearance to ded the Centre’s submis- former TERI Director-General sion that the Madras High R.K. Pachauri in a molestation Court staying the cattle case filed by a former slaughter ban rules extends colleague. His counsel said all over the country. Saraswati, a supercluster of galaxies The Centre on July 11 Mr. Pachauri was suffering from arthritis and had gone submitted that it was ready to Mexico for treatment. One of the largest superclusters light years away, the ob- to keep in abeyance both Counsel for the complainant to be discovered, and the furthest server is looking back about the Prevention of Cruelty termed it a delaying tactic. 4 billion years. A light year is to Animals (Regulation of the distance travelled by light Livestock Markets) Rules, Curfew relaxed in Shubashree Desikan cluster, which was dis- in one year. Given the belief 2017 and the Prevention of Chennai Rajasthan village covered in 2014. that the universe is 13.8 bil- Cruelty to Animals (Main- JAIPUR A group of Indian astro- “It is the first time that we lion years old, the discovery tenance of Case Property An uneasy calm prevailed in nomers have discovered a have seen a supercluster implies that such a huge Animals) Act, 2017 owing Sanvrad village of Nagaur massive supercluster of that is so far away. Even the structure existed even when to public furore. It had said district on Friday, a day after galaxies, and have named it Shapley is about 8-10 times the universe was just about that Ministry of Environ- the body of slain gangster Saraswati. The supercluster closer,” says Somak ten billion years old. This ment was re-visiting both Anandpal Singh, kept in is about 4 billion light years Raychaudhury, Director of raises questions about the rules and would issue a freezer for 19 days, was away and spreads over a IUCAA and one of the au- formation of large structures fresh notification by cremated amid a violent “great wall” about 600 mil- thors of the paper being and the nature of the uni- August. protest by the Rajput commu- lion light years across. This published in the latest issue verse, astronomers say. The Centre, on July 11, nity. The protesters wanted a makes it one of the largest of The Astrophysical Journal. Dark matter and dark en- also informed a Bench led CBI probe into his death in superclusters to be dis- Prof. Raychaudhury was ergy are invoked to explain by Chief Justice of India J.S. encounter. Curfew clamped covered and also the fur- part of the team that dis- the structure of the universe. Khehar that the Madurai on the village was relaxed for thest. covered Shapley, named Dark matter, being massive, Bench of the Madras High two hours on Friday. The astronomers belong after American astronomer binds together the universe Court had already stayed to Inter-University Centre Harlow Shapley. “We have a while dark energy, exciting “the rules” in May last. Another cross for Astronomy and Astro- habit of naming galaxies the surrounding space, The court had duly re- vandalised in Goa physics (IUCAA) and Indian after rivers; the Milky Way is drives it apart; the balance of corded the Centre’s sub- PANAJI mission that the High Institutes of Science Educa- referred to as Akash Ganga. Star gazing: An image provided by Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astro-Physics the two effects helps in main- Another Catholic cross was Court stay extended tion and Research (IISER) in So we thought of naming shows ‘Saraswati’, a massive structure in the universe * PTI taining the universe in its vandalised at Margao here on Pune, besides NIT, Jamshed- this supercluster after the present form. throughout the country. Friday, the latest in a series of pur and Newman College, ancient river Saraswati,” suspected they were part of turn forming superclusters. ments where they grow. The “Theory has always been In her modification plea, desecrations in South Goa Thodupuzha. says Prof. Raychaudhury. a larger group. There are thin “filaments” Saraswati supercluster confounded by nature. It is activist Gauri Maulekhi district. This is the seventh The first supercluster of Along with Dr. Joydeep Bag- that connect galaxies, form- could challenge this true that the balance made an urgent mention such incident over the last galaxies, the Shapley Super- chi, the lead author of the Clumpy universe ing a cosmic web, and there premise, because it had between dark matter and before the Chief Justice’s few weeks. Chief Minister cluster, was discovered in paper, he began studying The structure of the uni- are large voids in between. formed so early and build- dark energy can produce Bench that the Madras Manohar Parrikar had called it 1989, and the second, the this region 15 years ago, us- verse is not a homogeneous The current belief is that ing such a big structure far large structures, but a super- High Court had not stayed an attempt to disturb Sloan Great Wall in 2003. ing data from the Sloan Di- distribution of matter. It is infant galaxies form in these back might have been diffi- cluster of this size does the two rules in their en- communal harmony in Goa. The Milky Way galaxy is part gital Sky Survey, and found clumpy with galaxies form- filaments and then drift to cult. When sighting a super- present an enigma,” says tirety but only suspended Goa and Daman Archbishop of the Laniakea Super- two clusters close by. He ing clusters and these in the intersections of the fila- cluster of galaxies 4 billion Prof. Raychaudhury. the implementation of Rule Filipe Neri Ferrao expressed 22 (b) (iii) of the Livestock pain at the incident. Rules of 2017. Probe ‘extra-judicial’ killings AIB booked for Give data of C-section and in Manipur, SC tells CBI ‘Modi meme’ normal deliveries: Maneka ‘Death cannot be overlooked because of lapse of time’ Police slap defamation charge Writes to Health Minister seeking audit of private hospitals

Krishnadas Rajagopal killings”, allegedly commit- Special Correspondent consultation,” Mumbai po- NEW DELHI Special Correspondent ‘Scant respect ted by the police and “per- Mumbai lice spokesperson DCP New Delhi In a resounding blow to im- sonnel in uniform of the The Mumbai police on Fri- Rashmi Karandikar said. Cy- In a bid to combat the alarm- punity for security and for NHRC’ armed forces of the Union.” day registered an FIR against ber police officials said the ing rise in caesarean section armed forces personnel in Justice Lokur, who wrote the Twitter handle of All In- FIR names the AIB’s Twitter operations in India, private disturbed areas under the Legal Correspondent the judgment, said even the dia Bakchod, a social media account as the accused. The hospitals are likely to be grip of the controversial NEW DELHI “dos and don’ts and the Ten entertainment channel, for case has been registered un- audited and asked to display Armed Forces (Special In a 26-page judgment, the Commandments of the allegedly making a meme der Section 500 (Defama- the data of normal and C- Powers) Act, the Supreme Supreme Court throws Army Chief” accepts the featuring Prime Minister tion) of the Indian Penal section deliveries Court on Friday ordered a open how human rights ethos and principle that use Narendra Modi. Code and Section 67 (trans- prominently. time-bound CBI probe into and the National Human of excessive force or retaliat- The meme – a picture mitting obscene material in Women and Child Devel- the deaths of over 80 civil- Rights Commission have ory force by uniformed per- with alterations introduced electronic form) of the In- opment (WCD) Minister ians, allegedly killed by po- suffered a slow death at sonnel resulting in death ne- for humorous effect – formation Technology Act. Maneka Gandhi has written lice and armed forces in the the hands of the cessitates a thorough showed Mr. Modi looking to Health Minister J.P. Nadda north-eastern State of Ma- government and the State enquiry. into his cellphone in one Action under IT Act asking that it be made man- Serious issue: Women and Child Development Minister nipur during the heights of authorities. It noted how To the government’s frame while the second The police are likely to sum- datory for private hospitals Maneka Gandhi with Health Minister J.P. Nadda. * PTI insurgency. the NHRC’s revised stand that these “fake en- frame showed his face mon AIB members to find empanelled with the Central In a 26-page judgment, a guidelines of 2010 make counter” cases were too old through a Snapchat filter, out who created the meme Government Health Scheme only on the health of the such as Telangana, where Bench of Justices Madan B. magisterial inquiry into to be raked up, the court with dog’s ears and nose. and those who handle the (CGHS) to display the data of mother but also on her abil- the decision to not conduct Lokur and U.U. Lalit refused police encounter deaths said, “if a crime has been The picture was posted Twitter account. Action is C-section and normal deliv- ity to continue work after de- a normal delivery is determ- to entertain the Centre’s ar- mandatory. However, committed, a crime which by AIB on Twitter and Ins- likely against both, as Sec- eries. The Minister has fur- livery. Repeated C-section ined by non-medical factors, gument that these crimes these guidelines are given involves the death of a per- tagram on Thursday and tion 67 of the IT Act holds ther demanded that the surgeries will also affect the such as insurance and costs. were “vintage” and there scant respect by the States. son who is possibly inno- went viral within hours, at- “transmitting” such material Health Ministry direct State reproductive health of a wo- was no need to re-visit them. cent, it cannot be over- tracting the ire of several a crime. governments to conduct man. We are working closely Telangana tops list looked only because of a people who took offence to While AIB’s Tanmay Bhat periodic audits of private with the health ministry and The NFHS-4 data revealed Centre’s argument Police, blaming “local pres- lapse of time.” it. Some of them tweeted refused to comment saying, hospitals to ensure unneces- keeping a close watch on the that Telangana has the The government tried to pla- sures” and the “ground situ- The Bench ordered the their objection to the Mum- “not yet, please” when con- sary procedures are not be- situation to take remedial highest number of C-section cate the court, saying the ation” in the sensitive State. CBI Director to nominate a bai police’s official Twitter tacted by The Hindu, he took ing conducted. measures,” Ms. Gandhi said. deliveries in the country, families of the victims were But the court stood stead- group of five officers to go handle and inquiries were to Twitter after being trolled “In recent years, the C- According to the latest with 74.9% babies born this compensated for the loss of fast. Parents and families of through the records of the initiated in the matter. The to say, “PS: Will continue section surgeries have data from the National Fam- way in private hospitals. their loved ones and nothing the victims had approached cases, lodge necessary FIRs, police then sought opinion making jokes. And deleting shown an unusual rise. I ily Health Survey 2014-15 Over 40% of the deliveries more needed to be done. the court for answers in the complete the investigation from their legal experts. if necessary. And making have received a large num- (NFHS-4), C-section surger- in Bihar were C-sections, The Centre justified the cases of 1,528 persons fin- by December 31, 2017 and “An FIR against AIB has jokes again. And Apologiz- ber of complaints in this re- ies have doubled over the while 58 % of the deliveries years of neglect or lack of in- ished off in what they prepare charge sheets, been registered at the Cyber ing if necessary. Don’t care gard. C-section surgeries last decade across India. The in Maharashtra were vestigation by the Manipur termed as “extra-judicial wherever necessary. Police station after due legal what you think.” have a serious impact not increase is sharp in States through C-section. Cross-border Maoists in More CRPF teams sent Darjeeling: Bengal govt. to West Bengal: Centre Legal Correspondent the free flow of traffic and NEW DELHI essential supplies to Sikkim Adavit in court says they are from neighbouring country The Centre informed the on the NH-10, the State’s Supreme Court on Friday sole link to the rest of the Special Correspondent that four additional com- country. Kolkata panies of the CRPF are be- The Bench said the West The West Bengal governing rushed to the restive Bengal government should ment has informed the Cal- Darjeeling and Kalimpong use the CRPF personnel cutta High Court that districts, which has borne only to ensure peace in the “Maoists from a neighbour- the brunt of the Gorkha- districts and for no other ing country have infiltrated land agitation, to ensure purpose. into the area” in the wake of the Darjeeling violence to “target government officials” working there and also “burn down government buildings.” In an affidavit filed in connection with the hearing of public interest petitions, on Pressing on: Gorkhaland supporters during a protest march at Darjeeling before the Court Sukna, Darjeeling district, on Friday. * AFP of Acting Chief Justice Nisitha Mhatre and Justice T. more companies of Central definite strike has crippled Chakraborty, the govern- armed police forces to the the hills since June 15 when ment said that in spite of its hills within 48 hours after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha best efforts the administra- the receipt of the order. issued a call for protest. tion could not maintain nor- At present, 11 companies malcy in the districts of Dar- of Central forces have been Arson continues jeeling and Kalimpong due deployed. Arson continued on the 30th to the strong opposition, The High Court also direc- day of protests, with a Rail- non-cooperation and the ted the State government to way Protection Force (RPF) continuous agitation. provide additional forces office, a police outpost and a The Division Bench direc- from its own resources to State-run library set on fire ted the Centre to send four bring back normalcy. An in- in the hills. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Anec- Unsurprising verdict up as they go along?” asked Emily dotal evidence has also suggested Thornberry, Britain’s shadow for- that concerns about Brexit have - Tamil Nadu’s quota for medical students was eign secretary at Prime Minister’s nally begun to hit investment into vidya ram Questions this week. Another cru- the country, while EU workers in unlikely to survive judicial scrutiny anyway cial area over which confusion areas such as health have begun to t’s often the case that when a reigns is the issue of the transitional leave the country, creating poten- he Madras High Court verdict striking down the senior politician ridicules con- period that would ease Britain’s tial skills shortages. Pessimism re- Tamil Nadu government order that had ear- Icerns about a policy or pro- exit for it and other member states, mains high about what will follow Tmarked 85% of seats in undergraduate medical gramme, you know it is really run- in particular what EU precepts or Brexit. On Wednesday, the ratings and dental courses for students from the State Board is ning into trouble. That’s certainly bodies would continue to be relev- agency Moody’s warned that it was no surprise at all. Once it was laid down by law as well as true of Brexit. David Davis, the ant over that period. “unclear” whether the government by the Supreme Court that the National Eligibility-cum- “Brexit” secretary (the cabinet Some fear the scale of the prac- would be able to deliver a “reason- GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO Entrance Test will be the sole basis for admission to minister who heads the clunkily tical challenges facing the govern- ably good outcome” in its negoti- named Department for Exiting the ate tari-free deals unrestrictedly other things, but legal opinion re- ment is something they have not ations with Europe, warning that medical courses, it was unlikely that any court would European Union) told a House of with the rest of the world. With the mains very divided, with many necessarily acknowledged. In an the likelihood of an abrupt exit with have allowed a classication of students based on the Lords select committee earlier this loss of seats, and rise of Labour put- (even strident Brexiteers) suggest- extraordinary intervention this no agreement and reversion to stream through which they passed their higher second- week that he viewed with “amuse- ting this mandate in question, ing that keeping Britain in Euratom week, Amyas Morse, the head of WTO trading rules had increased. ary examinations. Tamil Nadu had abolished entrance ment” press reports suggesting the many asked whether the party remained completely viable and the National Audit Oce, told the tests in 2006, and since then has been admitting stu- government was “softening” its would be forced to soften its stance necessary. In fact, among those to media ahead of the publication of a Continental shift dents based on their marks in the qualifying school ex- stance on Brexit, with some even on a number of key issues, particu- criticise the government for its in- report that the government’s ap- Overall, one has a sense of the up- amination. The only way out for the State was to get its suggesting that it might not happen larly given its alliance with the sistence on leaving was none other proach to Brexit was in danger of per hand lying very much with the at all. Nicholas Watt, a senior editor Democratic Unionist Party in than the man who had headed the falling apart “like a chocolate or- continent. Blu and bluster has legislation for an exemption from NEET approved by of the BBC news programme News- Northern Ireland, which had made Vote Leave campaign, Dominic ange” with little exibility involved continued in Britain. Foreign Sec- the President. In the absence of presidential assent for night, reported last week he had the issue of the open border Cummings, who labelled those in the government’s approach or retary Boris Johnson scoed at the its Bills, it was forced to bring in reservation for State spoken to a number of senior g- between the two Irelands all the who were pushing to leave willingness to accommodate a “divorce bill”, the multibillion- Board students through an executive order, but could ures, including inuential support- more important to solve. (The issue Euratom “morons”. Others have backup plan. (The government’s in- pound payment that Europe be- not defend it in court. The State government will have to ers of Brexit, who now believed of how to keep an open border warned that by leaving the regu- exibility on major issues became lieves is owed to it by Britain as it shoulder the blame for the confusion over its admission there was a “strong chance” it while ending the customs union is lator, Britain would lose out on cru- apparent with the publication of exits the union, telling MPs that the cial developments that had taken policy this year, as well as the tension it has caused to might not happen at all, a senti- seen as one of the major practical the “repeal bill”, which removes EU could “go whistle.” But his re- ment that has been repeated by challenges of Brexit.) place, particularly around radio- the supremacy of EU law, and marks were calmly rejected by students. It ought not to have given the impression to others in one way or another since. There are a number of reasons therapy, which could delay the de- which includes no concessions on Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief nego- students that presidential assent to its Bills was immin- why those questions have persisted livery of cancer drugs to patients. issues that opposition parties had tiator. ent and that NEET would not be the basis for admission Electoral setback since. Firstly, the practical issues sought such as on the EU’s Charter He warned that without a recog- this year. Last year it managed to convince the Centre to Questions about the viability of around Brexit — and the interpreta- No deal or bad deal? of Fundamental Rights.) nition of the payments owed by Bri- amend the law for a one-time exemption for under- Brexit as the government had laid it tion of the “will of the people” vis-à- Then there’s the confusion on what These issues arise at a time when tain, trust would be broken and graduate courses, but it did not utilise the time to pre- out — in Prime Minister Theresa vis the referendum — seem to be the government policy on crucial economic conditions have there would be little chance of ne- May’s crucial Lancaster House burgeoning rapidly, highlighted by areas is: for example, around the toughened, factors Brexiteers say gotiations moving forward. “I am pare students to master the demanding NEET syllabus. speech in January — emerged rap- an ongoing controversy over Bri- now infamous slogan of the Prime are unrelated to the exiting pro- not hearing any whistling, just the However, the fact that the State government failed to idly after the election and the gov- tain’s membership of the European Minister that “no deal is better than cess, but which critics say were just clock ticking,” he said this week. upgrade its educational standards does not mean Tamil ernment’s loss of its overall parlia- nuclear industry regulator, a bad deal.” That negotiating posi- some of the repercussions they had With just twenty months to go till Nadu’s apprehensions about NEET do not merit consid- mentary majority. Ms. May had Euratom. Britain had committed to tion has faced widespread criticism warned about all along. Ination in Britain is meant to leave the union, eration. The fear that NEET would be insurmountable pegged the election around public leaving the agency when it notied from both within and outside Con- May climbed to its highest rate in with the purported mission of “tak- for students from rural and underprivileged back- support for her version of Brexit, Europe of its plans to leave the servative Party circles, for the per- four years, 2.9%, with weakness of ing back control” of borders, laws, grounds and those who cannot aord coaching centres which involved leaving the single union, back in March. The govern- ception internationally that Bri- the pound persisting, as wages re- and trade, it’s potentially more of a market in order to satisfy public de- ment had suggested it had little op- tain’s aggressive negotiating stance main subdued. While the unem- time bomb. is real. So too is the concern that the government may mand for border controls, as well tion but to leave as it raised issues was likely to be counteractive. Ma- ployment rate is at its lowest level not get committed doctors to serve in rural areas if most as exiting the customs union in or- around jurisdiction of the jor questions are now being asked since the 1970s, the Oce for Na- of the seats are cornered by CBSE students. According der for Britain to be able to negoti- European Court of Justice among about whether a plan exists for the tional Statistics said last week that [email protected] to the government, if a NEET-based merit list is drawn up, 72% of medical seats in government colleges and government quota seats in private colleges would go to CBSE school students. Tamil Nadu is able to run its net- The charge of the right brigade work of hospitals eciently mainly because of a recruit- ment policy that gives weightage to service candidates The right wing’s use of rumour and fake news precedes social media and the current political resurgence in post-graduate medical admissions. NEET may be an answer to rampant commercialisation of medical edu- view in Pakistani media that writer Prayag. The CID told the provincial venom, listing out incidents of cation, but it should not be at the cost of the govern- Arundhati Roy never gave but administration that the pamphlet Muslim excesses of rape and arson ment’s socio-economic goals. In a country with re- wants her to be tied to an army jeep “appeals to Hindus and specially to in subsequent issues. In December gional, economic and linguistic disparities, uniformity in Kashmir. Someone else attacks Hindu women to counter the 1946, Poddar admitted that many A.R. Rahman that gets retweeted Muslim tyranny with the sword.” of the incidents of violence men- is no virtue, especially when it is thrust on unwilling by a Central minister and later, The CID was in favour of pro- tioned in his November article did States. The political leadership at the Centre as well as akshaya mukul thankfully, deleted. Pictures of the scribing that issue of Kalyan. F.R. not take place. But Dayal was in a in the States would do well to work together to evolve a Gujarat violence are being used for Stockwell of the CID told Home forgiving mood and did not even exible admission policy that gives some leeway to the the BJP’s Bengal project. The list of Secretary Rajeshwar Dayal that take a note of Poddar’s admission. States and meets the triple goals of fairness, transpar- I keep six honest serving-men achievements of this regime that “Kalyan has a very wide circulation Fake pamphlet news had be- ency and freedom from exploitation in admissions. (They taught me all I knew): oods our WhatsApp is staggering. in India and the eect of the article come real now. G.C. Drewe, Home Their names are What and Why Thanks to a section of social media mentioned may be extremely bad.” Secretary of the Bombay govern-

and When samaritans, the BJP’s blu gets GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO Averse to taking any stern action, ment, found the pamphlet pub- And How and Where and Who. called these days. But this is how it the travails of their sister. Dayal came up with a middle-of- lished in Mahratta of Poona in I send them over land and sea, has always been. The right wing’s The colonial administration of the road solution. Admitting that December 1946. He proposed to Adrift at sea I send them east and west; tryst with rumour and fake news Bengal and the United Provinces the implications of the article take action against Mahratta under The separation of a massive iceberg shows But after they have worked for me precedes social media and the cur- could never nd who the lady was could be “unfortunate”, he also the Indian Press (Emergency I give them all a rest. rent political resurgence. It is integ- or the source of the publication. said it was “protless to take any Powers) Act, 1931. But he was lim- how precarious the Antarctic ecosystem is ral to the macho nationalism and What got discovered was the cho- action in respect of the October is- ited by the fact that the United udyard Kipling’s six honest their contested past. reography among the Hindu Ma- sue which is already in circula- Provinces government had taken he dramatic but inevitable calving of a trillion-ton serving-men would have hasabha, Gita Press and other or- tion.” The district magistrate of no action. Dayal did not budge. But iceberg from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica Rbeen a disillusioned lot now, Echo from the past ganisations in publishing and Gorakhpur was asked to warn the the news of the pamphlet had be- Traises the question, did a warming atmosphere hunting not for news but busy cor- In their pantheon of fake news, disseminating the pamphlet with editor, Hanuman Prasad Poddar, to come real by now with many pub- have a signicant impact on the process? Scientists recting fake news, lamenting how nothing beats a pamphlet of 1946 the goal of fomenting communal refrain from “future publication of lications reporting on it. from Project MIDAS, a U.K.-based Antarctic research the sacred 5Ws and one H that ran that emanated from Bengal and trouble. such incitory matter…” The biggest irony was yet to take project that has been looking at the ice shelf for many through the veins of all news have soon spread through the United The pamphlet made an innocu- But the fake news had assumed a place. Raghavacharya Swami of the been sacriced at the altar of hate Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) and ous appearance in the Malaviya life of its own, throwing the police Ramanuj Sampraday took up the years, have said the formation of icebergs is natural, politics. Now, news is created even Maharashtra. The Bang Ank of Kalyan (the monthly journal and the CID into a tizzy. Soon, cudgels on behalf of Gita Press and and no link to human-induced climate change was avail- without them. Its practitioners are Kanya Ki Marmasparshi Appeal (A of Gita Press) in 1946. It was a spe- 4,000 more copies of the pamph- others and petitioned the governor able in this case. Yet, the impact of such a loss on the sta- not the professional journalists but Heart-Rending Appeal from a cial issue of Kalyan in honour of let were discovered printed by of the United Provinces saying that bility of the ice shelf itself may not be benign. Should it a fast-growing tribe of politicians Bengali girl) was a graphic account Madan Mohan Malaviya. Kalyan’s Kailash Press under the aegis of the proscribing Kalyan was nothing disintegrate, glaciers normally feeding into the oating and peddlers of hate, mostly of a Hindu lady from Noakhali al- circulation of over two lakh a Hindu Mahasabha and also by but “encroachment of the liberty shelf may have nothing to restrain them, and could then among the right-wing establish- legedly raped by Muslims in front month and a charged atmosphere Central Press, Allahabad. Stock- of expression of opinion”. Four contribute to sea level rise, possibly at a slow rate. Such ment who, with a fake Twitter of her father, father-in-law and chil- did the trick. The pamphlet be- well renewed the demand for pro- months before Independence, the handle, use altered news, pictures dren. More than 71 years, later it came the talk of the province. By scribing Kalyan and even imposing pamphlet was distributed again in fears are based on the unambiguous data on the thin- and videos to alter the truth. still makes a chilling read as the the time the provincial govern- a big ne. He had the support of Al- Gwalior. But now it was about the ning of the Larsen Ice Shelf. Researchers said in 2003 Rosenthal’s iconic Iwo Jima pic- lady of the pamphlet makes a fer- ment could be alerted, thousands lahabad Collector T.B. Crossley but freedom of the Fourth Estate. Fake that Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves retreated each year ture is photoshopped with a tricol- vent appeal to the Shank- of pamphlets were discovered by Dayal was being cautious, or news had won. since 1980 by about 300 sq.km. This erosion has been our, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s aracharyas and asks them what the Criminal Investigation Depart- maybe soft. Meanwhile, Kalyan — interspersed by two previous collapses of smaller ice spokesperson goes to TV studios happened to their dharma and be- ment (CID) to have been published the journal of bhakti (devotion), Akshaya Mukul is a researcher and the shelves, Larsen A in 1995 and Larsen B in 2002, the lat- celebrating a surgical strike and an rates her Hindu brothers for not and printed at Allahabad by the gyan (knowledge) and vairagya (as- author of ‘Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India’ ter providing strong evidence of subsequent acceler- actor and BJP MP relies on an inter- having blood hot enough to boil on secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, ceticism) — continued to spew ated glacier ow into the sea. While any negative impact of the latest event will likely be felt years or decades LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. later, it highlights the need to stop continued warming of the planet from man-made carbon emissions. Cooling o? talk” on war reects its been converted into a their PAN cards years ago locked out after ve achievements of women Antarctica is a climate stabilising factor, and the im- The Ministry of External nervousness and India’s talk museum by the Rashtrakavi and Aadhaar cards only attempts”. Someone needs cricketers hardly get the portance of the marine West Antarctic ice sheet was Aairs decision to make use of “war on two and a half Kuvempu Pratishtana, a very recently. Therefore, to decipher all this. How attention, the recognition highlighted by U.S. scientists over four decades ago. In of diplomatic channels to fronts” is equally trust dedicated to there is bound to be a easy is recording, usage and and the appreciation they the context of rising emissions from the burning of resolve the stand-o unwarranted. No war is Kuvempu. mismatch in the data such retrieval of one’s deserve. fossil fuels, a cautionary note was sounded, on warm- between India and China is worth the misery because Kota Shivaram Karanth, as the names and initials of ngerprints? And are all Mithali Raj, who remained the right one as it China will always remain described as the “nest card holders. The centres these reasons given true? Indian women’s cricket’s ing seas hastening the melting of the shelves that hold underlines the fact that war our neighbour and every act novelist-activist of modern oering corrections in the Most senior citizens have a dominant face for 19 years, its great mass. Indeed, the point made was that except is not a remedy to resolve of hostility will only add to India”, has also not been cards are unable to make dicult time using has now inspired many with for man-made causes, there was no anticipated factor border issues (July 14). It the “bitterness that will last forgotten. His house, the necessary changes. The technology. Therefore, the her feat of scoring 6,000 in the natural geological cycle that would disturb Ant- reminds us of the situation beyond generations”. We ‘Balavana’, in Puttur, IT department should come ocials in charge need to runs in one-day arctica. The separation of an iceberg almost 6,000 sq. during the 1962 war when are two of the oldest Dakshina Kannada district, out with proper guidelines clear the air. Biometric data international cricket. She km in size from the ice shelf shows the importance of E.M.S. Namboodiripad was civilizations. It is time to Karnataka is now a to solve the Aadhaar-PAN that can be used easily, has carved a niche for such alarms. Fortunately, newer satellite technologies, labelled “a China spy” for rescue the Indian reading of memorial maintained by jinx. especially by senior herself with her consistent his remark that the border China from defence the government. A part of it A. Balagangadharan, citizens, should be and improved performance which were not available during earlier instances of ice- issue should be resolved analysts, security experts, has been made an Pollachi, Tamil Nadu considered. in every innings she has berg calving, will help in the study of the fragile penin- through bilateral peace technocrats and educational institute for Revathi Sankar, played. She will remain an sular region and Antarctica as a whole. Among the stark talks. After the war, his sentimentalists. local children. ■ When we registered for Chennai inspiring personality for her eects of changes could be a shift in biodiversity: spe- argument was recognised to C.V. Venugopalan, I also understand that the and got our Aadhaar cards teammates and all budding cies like emperor penguins which depend on sea ice to be relevant. Any war will Palakkad building, in Dharwad, made some years ago, it was Face of women’s cricket women cricketers in the complete their life cycle are at risk if ice cover declines. only present us with huge Karnataka, where D.R. done at a fast pace and In a country where men country. casualties and destruction. They live on Bendre, Jnanpith awardee dispatched quickly by post. cricketers are being M. Jeyaram, Any dramatic changes will only add to the worry of irre- B. Prabha, The article, “The writer’s in Kannada, and his friends Little did we know or realise celebrated with much Sholavandan, Tamil Nadu versible eects of climate change, given that the Arctic Varkala, Kerala building” (Friday Review, used to meet is also a that one’s biometric — the fanfare and worshipped as more letters online: and Greenland have also been losing ice cover. Clearly, July 14), on how the R.K. memorial. ngerprint — will be the key demigods, the www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ the loss of a massive portion of the Larsen C Ice Shelf ■ Restraint is the only key Narayan memorial in K.C. Kalkura, factor. This has resulted in corrections & clarifications: marks another milestone in the evolution of this remote to improving India-China Mysuru can be the perfect Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh tasks as simple as getting In the report headlined “Karnataka CM to order probe against region. Yet, the lack of long-term data on Antarctica, as relations; sabre-rattling will venue for literary activities, one’s mobile number prison ocials” ( July 14, 2017, some editions), V.K. Sasikala was er- opposed to other regions, makes it dicult to arrive at take us nowhere. At every presents an idea worth Aadhaar woes incorporated becoming an roneously referred to as AICC General Secretary instead of AIADMK confrontation, it is India pursuing. I would like to The Income Tax impossibility. We have been sound conclusions. What is clear is that the last pristine leader. that seems to “blink and add that the childhood department’s insistence on told that ngerprints continent should be left well alone, with a minimum of The second deck headline of the report, “Vande Mataram was then go hysterical”. home of Kuvempu (Kuppalli linking Aadhaar cards with “vanish with age and are in Sanskrit, AG claries” (July 14, 2017, some editions), erro- human interference, even as research eorts are intens- Incursions by either side, Venkatappa Puttappa) at PAN cards is creating a lot of aected by skin blemishes neously said the song was translated into Bengali later. It was trans- ied to study the impact of human activities in the rest deliberate or otherwise, are Kuppalli, a remote village in confusion and misery for and infections”. Another literated into Bengali. of the world on this wilderness. a regular occurrence along Teerthahalli taluk, Shimoga most people, especially bizarre explanation is of The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 the border. Chinese “loose district, Karnataka, has senior citizens. Many got “one’s biometrics being E-mail:[email protected]

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 GROUND ZERO 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Maximum support, maximum price What makes the farmer toil, sweat and battle the elements arraigned against him? And what does he expect of the government? Vikas Pathak makes pit stops while tailing the ongoing farmers’ yatra through Barwani, Ahmednagar, Nashik and Surat to nd out

It is past noon and the Sardar wholesale agricultural market in Surat is bustling with activity. Trucks drive in every minute and so do lorries smaller in size. Farmers arrive in these with loads of agricultural produce to sell. The place has multiple rows of platforms interspersed with streets and parking spots. Each platform is dedicated to different kinds of produce: onion, fruits, vegetables, etc. Things move with clockwork preci- sion. Daily-wage labourers offload the sacks of farm produce from trucks, dumping them in huge heaps on the floor of the platforms. A different set of merchants buys this grain and trans- ports it from here, to be sold in towns nearby. The merchants registered here who act as conduits for the sale take a 6% commission on the produce sold. The rest goes to the farmer, and is de- livered in cash on the second or fourth day. This correspondent — who accom- panied the ongoing yatra of farmers’ organisations from Madhya Pradesh to Delhi through parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat — took a detour to talk to people at this wholesale market to make sense of agricultural marketing operations.

Ebb and flow of prices The place is a market seeing daily fluc- tuations of prices, based on demand and supply. If a greater quantity of a crop comes to the market on a given day and fewer merchants land up to buy it, the price falls. If more merchants come and there is dearth of a commodity, the price rises. Farmers benefit from a higher price and return disappointed if the prices are low. The prices fluctuate even within a day. To sell for a good price is like being lucky in a draw of lots. Rakesh Bhambre and Sunil Sonone, who have driven down in a rented truck from Daswel village of the Baglan taluka in Nashik district of Maharashtra, have had a hectic day. They arrived here at 2 a.m. Through the morning, they have sold their onions, which were harvested in April, and have managed to get a price of ₹6-7 per kg, which is not bad. They will now head back to their village in a bit. The merchant will send them Under the onion skin: “The journey shows one thing — that farming, which sustains more than half of India’s population even if many of them also do other things on the side for supplementary income, is not a lucrative the money for their produce in cash two proposition.” (Above and three-column image below) Pictures show the Sardar wholesale agricultural market, in Surat, Gujarat. * R.V. MOORTHY days from now, which another truck coming from their village will deliver to of which he works on just 2.5, has districts of Maharashtra like Nashik. Jag- of India’s population even if many of them. opened a small shop dealing in seeds, dish Patidar, who came to Barwani for a them also do other things on the side The two Nashik farmers say they en- fertilisers and pesticides. He rented this day from Maheshwar in Madhya Pra- for supplementary income, is not a luc- gage only in farming and have no side shop two months ago in a bid to diver- desh to take part in the ongoing rally of rative proposition. Farmlands have be- work to do. Their annual calendar is sify beyond farming. “I invested ₹1 lakh farmers’ organisations, says he too come smaller over generations and, ex- hectic. In June/July and October, they in this; some of my friends also contrib- grows Bt cotton, which requires more cept for large farmers, many do not find sow sugar cane, which requires a lot of uted,” he says. “But till now, I am just supply of water and higher input costs. it rewarding but find themselves ill- water and takes close to nine months to being able to break even.” Chitte says he What they look for is higher prices for trained for other occupations, says be ready. This year isn’t a good one for is under ₹16-lakh debt and practises their produce. Patidar, the farmer from Maheshwar. sugar cane, they fear, as it isn’t raining grape farming in the village. “In our vil- “Bt cotton costs more but is high Farmers, however, do have an emo- yet. They sow onion in August and also lage, half the farming is grape farming; yield and therefore more lucrative for tional attachment to farming. in November. They have brought the the rest is of all other crops,” he says. farmers. When a new variety that is ad- Their fortunes depend on many harvest of their November crop of onion Just preparing the fields for the crops vertised as high yield comes, farmers things: rains, prevailing prices, and how here, they say. The advantage with entails a labour charge of ₹20,000 per will take to it for profits,” says Lakh- <> “Unless there is a procurement indebted they become. Lakhwinder onion is that it can also be stored for acre, he claims. The fields are prepared winder Singh, an agriculture expert at guarantee and the farmer can Singh says that the answer to the four-five months. workers, etc., sometimes becoming from September and the harvest comes Punjabi University, Patiala. Many farm- agrarian unease is either subsidies on count on the government to They also sow tomato in June and poor migrants. Hours before reaching only by January, before which the crop ers also took to it as it was advertised as input costs or higher prices. He says July, and the crop takes two months to the Surat market, this correspondent requires a lot of care. “The total ex- resistant to bollworm, a pest that af- purchase his produce, the MSP farmers need to spend not just on farm- be ready. visited Koribhartna village near Surat, pense, including labour, fertilisers and fected cotton. However, Singh cautions, has little meaning on the ing but also on services like education The agricultural process requires a where daily wagers were working the pesticides, comes to ₹1.6-1.7 lakh per the pest resistance is only for three-four ground,” and health. Unless their expenses go variety of expenses. They need to buy fields of a richer farmer where okra was acre. The selling of the produce begins years. H.M. Desarda down or incomes go up, discontent is seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and ma- being grown. Dinesh, a daily-wage la- from January and it sells at about ₹18-25 Former Maharashtra State Planning Commission member expected, he adds. “Everything from chines on hire for harvesting. They have bourer of the village with no land of his per kg. If one subtracts the expense Agitations and farmers’ yatra and economist health and education to seeds that were to pay the bills for power consumed own, said he works through the year at borne from the selling price per acre, The ongoing farmers’ agitations are de- public services once are private services while watering their fields. They also a daily wage of ₹100. He gets one or the the profit is ₹45,000-50,000. This is the manding state support for making farm- the burden of loans taken from private now. Farmers get into this loop of rising need to hire labour for various opera- other agricultural work through the annual income for growing grapes per ing more lucrative. They demand that parties. costs of living,” he explains. tions, from preparing the fields, taking year, he says, but adds that the money acre.” Chitte says bigger farmers aiming the M.S. Swaminathan Committee’s re- Till July 14, a Kisan Mukti Yatra in- “In Punjab, the government pur- care of the crop to loading the produce he earns is not enough for maintaining at exports prepare their fields a month commendation — that the government- volving several farmers’ organisations chases all wheat and rice crops at the on to trucks. Labour charges range from his family well. earlier — they also get higher prices announced minimum support price has been moving through Madhya Pra- MSP. This, being scientifically calcu- ₹70-100 a day. Pandane village in Nashik district is when they sell their produce, he adds. (MSP) should be 1.5-times the cost of desh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Ra- lated, can enable farmers to have some These expenses — varying for differ- situated close to a dam from where it Farmers in the Nimaad region of production — be implemented. They are jasthan, addressing villagers and articu- incomes that make agriculture mean- ent crops — are facilitated both by the gets what villagers complain is sand- Madhya Pradesh also grow hybrid crops also demanding farm loan waiver, as lating these demands. The participants ingful. But the same procurement guar- money they get by selling their previous laced water. Pradip Shivaji Chitte, like Bt cotton. many farmers are under large debt. argue that while input costs for farming antee applies neither to all crops nor to produce in the market and by borrow- whose joint family has 7.5-acres of land, The same is the case in neighbouring However, a loan waiver does not ease have been rising, the rise in MSP has all States, which makes farming less luc- ing from cooperative banks, national- been sluggish. rative as an occupation,” says Lakh- ised banks and regional rural banks at Swaraj Abhiyan leader and academic winder Singh. an interest of around 7%. Sometimes, Yogendra Yadav, Narmada Bachao An- Farmers in Madhya Pradesh say that they have to borrow from private mer- dolan leader Medha Patkar, Maha- government procurement centres are chants too, at a higher rate of interest on rashtra farmer leader Raju Shetti, the opened late, often a month and a half a monthly basis. Most farmers are un- All India Kisan Sabha, Kisan Sangharsh after a crop is ready. But farmers cannot der debt of a few lakhs, and sometimes Morcha, Bhartiya Kisan Union of Pun- store it all in their fields near their borrow from one lender to pay another. jab, and other organisations are taking homes. They try to sell their crop soon A good crop and remunerative prices — part in the yatra, which will converge on after harvest to merchants, and often a matter of chance — can lead to better Jantar Mantar in Delhi on July 18. It get prices below the MSP. “If govern- incomes. A slump in prices of a crop or began in Madhya Pradesh, with the ment centres were to start as soon as erratic monsoon can lead to loss. farmers’ leaders being detained for a the harvest came, we would get better few hours by the police, and passed prices,” says Patidar. The variegated world of farmers through Indore, Barwani — visiting vil- The troubles don’t end here. Patidar This year, farmers in Nimaad region of lage Barda, which is in the submergence says not all the produce is bought by Madhya Pradesh and in adjoining parts zone of the Sardar Sarovar dam — these centres; it may be rejected on of Maharashtra — like Nashik and Nashik, Vyara and Surat in Gujarat, Bhil- grounds of quality. Suraj, a young Ahmednagar — are still awaiting rains. If wara and Jaipur in Rajasthan, among farmer from Naraula village in Barwani it does not rain for another week, they other places. There are regular halts to district, says that there is much paper- say, their crops will be damaged. Vil- interact with people, with crowds vary- work in these centres to ascertain the lages, of course, have farmers of varying ing from a few hundred to a few thou- quantity of land on which the crop was means. The richer ones have more land sand turning up. sown, the yield, and to verify that the — perhaps 20 acres — and can try three The yatra comes close on the heels of produce indeed belongs to the farmer or four kinds of crops in their fields. If the deaths of six farmers in police ac- who brought it. one fails, they believe the other will not. tion in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, and “Unless there is a procurement guar- The smaller farmers find it harder to get a strike by Maharashtra farmers early in antee and the farmer can count on the by. June, when they decided to let their government to purchase his produce, The truck in which Bhambre and farm produce and milk perish but not the MSP has little meaning on the Sonone brought their produce to Surat sell it in the absence of lucrative prices. ground,” says former Maharashtra State has been hired from a bigger farmer of The strike was broken in 48 hours after Planning Commission member and eco- their village, who owns trucks and hires talks with the Maharashtra government, nomist H.M. Desarda. Lakhwinder them out. which made a few announcements: Singh adds that if the government un- These two farmers — each owning 7-8 loan waivers for small and debt-ridden dertakes to purchase all major crops at acres of land — however spend the year farmers; a Bill to criminalise buying pro- the MSP, farmers will be better off. in farming, both with their family la- duce at rates below the MSP; the setting But will this not push prices of farm bour and hired daily wagers. The up of a State Commission for Agricul- produce bought by consumers upward? poorest in villages own no land of their tural Costs and Prices on the lines of the Lakhwinder Singh disagrees. He says own, and work on the fields of others. Centre to look into MSP issues. The the large number of middlemen in the The wealthier farmers have also di- State government also offered to subsid- supply chain do not anyway let veget- versified into related occupations and ise farmers’ power bills, hike milk able and grain prices reflect the prices other businesses as an additional cush- prices and set up cold storage chains for at which farmers are selling them. The ion, as farming is not very lucrative and preserving the produce. long-term answer to farmers’ indebted- yields and prices are unpredictable. The ness, he adds, is a rise in their incomes. poorest in the agricultural world either Making farming sustainable It may become a heated debate polit- work others’ fields or do additional The journey shows one thing — that ically, but an answer to non-remunerat- work as rickshaw pullers, construction “Prices uctuate even within a day. To sell for a good price is like being lucky in a draw of lots.” farming, which sustains more than half ive farming may take longer to come. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 NEWS SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE SIT to probe attack on Amarnath pilgrims Centre briefs MPs on Five magazines emptied within a short time suggests ‘more than three militants’ may have been part of the attack China stando Peerzada Ashiq Over 30 bullet holes have pointers suggest the Srinagar been found on the bus, with Lashkar-e-Taiba’s hand in Lashkar Mr. Doval will be travelling quoted “out of context” by The Jammu and Kashmir po- many bullets hitting the roof. the attack. to China on July 26 to attend China. China has said that lice have set up a Special In- “It shows the militants came Source said over 10 over welcomes the scheduled meeting of Nehru had accepted the vestigation Team (SIT) into close and were driving on a ground workers have been NSAs of BRICS nations Sino-British 1890 treaty on the attack on Amarnath pil- motorcycle,” the police in- questioned in the attack for China’s stand where he will also hold the Sikkim. grims as the preliminary inquiry suggest. leads. Special Representatives Mulayam Singh Yadav of vestigations suggest militants Meanwhile, Deputy In- Special correspondent talks on resolving border Samajwadi Party told the “wanted to inflict heavy cas- Fired from two sides spector General (DIG) of po- Srinagar disputes with China. MPs that India should be ualty as five magazines were The militants, according to lice South Kashmir, S.P. Pani The militant outfit Lashkar- “The Foreign Secretary wary of China as it was a emptied on the bus”. the police, fired from two will head the SIT and Senior e-Taiba (LeT) on Friday said that China constructing “dhokebaaz (traitor) coun- A police official said at sides. Superintendent of Police asked China “to take more a road in Doklam will affect try.” After the meeting, Sit- least 150 empty bullet cart- “They fired from the front (SSP), Anantnag, Altaf steps to pressurise India on our strategic interests,” ac- aram Yechury of the CPI(M) ridges or five magazine of too, breaking the front win- Ahmad Khan, will be assist- implementation of U.N. cording to an official who at- said the government as- AK-47 were found near dow. We are investigating if ing him. resolutions on Kashmir” tended the meeting. sured them that “they’ll Batengoo, Anantnag. they wanted to enter the Seven pilgrims, including even as the police arrested The Congress asked why tackle the situation through bus,” he added. five women, were killed and a militant affiliated with the crisis was taking place in dialogue.” Anand Sharma of Lucky escape The police have ruled out 19 injured on Monday as mil- group in north Kashmir's 2017. The government the Congress said, “National “The number of bullets fired that the bus was attacked at Seeking justice: Members of All India Brahmin Mahasabha itants opened fire on a bus Bandipora district. replied that it was for China security is the priority of the at the bus only indicates the multiple points. holding a protest in New Delhi demanding justice for carrying Amarnath pilgrims. Describing China “a key to answer. The government Congress and we advised intent. The seat arrangement Tracing the attack traject- Amarnath Yatra bus attack victims. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The bus was not re- player in this region”, the said the 1959 letter written them to tackle the situation in the bus seemed to have ory, the police inquiry sug- gistered with the Amaranth LeT said it could play a vi- by Prime Minister Jawa- diplomatically, rising above helped avoid casualties. The gests that the five magazines taken part in the attack. ants, who carried out the at- Shrine Board and had re- tal role in its stability. The harlal Nehru to his counter- politics for national in- seat height in the bus is far emptied within a short time The police said it’s focus- tack, with the handlers portedly violated the travel comments come in the part Zhou Enlai was being terest.” higher than a normal bus,” only suggest “more than sing on technical details to across the Line of Control rules. wake of China’s recent re- said the police. three militants” may have establish the link of the milit- (LoC). The police said all (With inputs from IANS) marks on possible medi- ation in the dispute. Alleging that “deadly Explosive substance chemicals weapons” were used during anti-militancy Tributes paid to soldiers killed in ring operation in Kashmir, LeT found in U.P. House spokesman said, “We im- mensely appreciate the The substance weighed on August 15. In a show of solidarity, CM Mehbooba, other ocials join ceremony to pay last respects support of China for Kash- around 100-150 gm, a police Expressing concern over miris and their rights.” spokesperson said. The the security lapse, the Chief Press Trust of India He said in a show of solid- plastic packet was found Minister said an NIA probe Srinagar arity, officials from the State Militant, Afghan held near the chair of Ram was necessary to “unmask government and other se- Police said Shahbaz Rasool Govind Chaudhary, the those who are part of this Jammu and Kashmir Chief curity agencies also joined Mir of the LeT, a resident of Leader of the Opposition. conspiracy.” He also called Minister Mehbooba Mufti on in paying their last respects Hajin, was held from the Uttar Pradesh police later for an urgent meeting on Friday joined the Army in to the martyrs. Markundal area of Bandi- also lodged an FIR in the the security issue. paying tribute to two sol- pora. “He was a fresh re- matter at Hazratganj thana “PETN found in the Vid- diers from the State who Hailed from J&K cruit,” they added. A against unknown persons. han Bhavan proves that were killed in Pakistani fir- Singh, 32, had joined the Chinese pistol, a pistol The FIR invoked Sections some people are up to some ing in Keran sector. Army in 2003 and hailed magazine, four pistol 4,5 and 6 of the Explosive mischief. We need to re- Lance Naik Ranjit Singh from village Burn in Jammu rounds, a hand grenade, a Substances Act, Sections spond strongly to their mis- and Rifleman Satish Bhagat, and Kashmir. He is survived knife and other items were 16,18 and 20 of the Unlawful chief. That is why it is neces- who were deployed at a for- by his wife and two chil- recovered from him. Activities Prevention Act, sary for the NIA to probe ward post in Keran sector in dren, the official said. In a separate incident, and Sections 121A and 120B this and unmask such ele- Kupwara, had suffered bul- Hailing from Gurhas- an Afghan national, Mo- of the Indian Penal Code. ments,” Mr. Adityanath said. let wounds on Wednesday. inghu village in the State, hammad Dawood, awaiting Meanwhile, the police ar- Mr. Adityanath also said “In a solemn ceremony at Bhagat was only 22 years old deportation from Delhi, rested a BBA second-year that a proper police verifica- Badamibagh Cantonment, and had donned the uni- was arrested from Bara- student Farhan Ahmed from tion should be conducted of Chief Minister Mehbooba form in 2015. He is survived mulla. Deoria on charges of threat- the Assembly staff as such Mufti joined Lt Gen. J.S. by his parents. “The mortal The police said he was ening over the phone to lapses could be potentially Sandhu, Chinar Corps Com- remains of the martyrs were on his way towards the blow up the U.P. Assembly dangerous. mander and all ranks, in flown for last rites to their Line of Control to move to paying homage to the mar- native places, where they Pakistan when he was tyrs on behalf of a proud na- would be laid to rest with Irreparable loss: Neha Devi, wife of slain soldier Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh, being consoled by taken into custody at 5 lakh more taxpayers tion,” an Army official said. full military honours.” relatives in Burn village, Jammu, on Friday. * AFP Kralahar. under I-T scanner Tejaswi will not quit, insists Lalu ‘Erdogan did not “The taxpayer will be able Scrutiny Selection (CSS), to submit online explana- and the other one is manual Will explain facts to investigative agencies, says RJD chies as stando continues tion without any need to selection. For CSS, there are oer to mediate’ visit Income Tax office. All some built in processes and identified persons are being the computer selects the Smita Gupta BJP-led NDA’s presidential informed through Email and cases for scrutiny based on Amarnath Tewary nominee, Ram Nath Kovind, Lalu appears Remarks were mistranslated: envoy SMS for submitting response whatever parameters the New Delhi/Patna had made a “false political online,” the statement ad- Department applies. The Amid the war of words step” as the decision had an- before courts Special Correspondent had interviewed Mr. Er- ded. “These are persons Department can limit these between the JD(U) and the noyed Muslims and Dalits in NEW DELHI dogan before the beginning whose tax profiles were parameters in such a way RJD — partners in Bihar’s the State. Press Trust of India Turkey will play a mediatory of his visit had sent a press found to be inconsistent that the cases do not exceed ruling coalition — over RJD sources also told The Ranchi role in the India-Pakistan release saying that the Turk- with the cash deposits made what the officers can Deputy Chief Minister Te- Hindu, “Laluji has nurtured Former Bihar Chief Minis- discord over Kashmir only if ish leader wished to be in- by them during the demon- handle.” jaswi Yadav’s resignation fol- this alliance; he had even ter and RJD supremo Lalu “asked” by the involved volved in mediating etisation period,” the official “The manual selection lowing charges of corrup- campaigned strenuously for Prasad on Friday appeared parties, said its envoy on between India and Pakistan. statement said. process can also be called tion, State Congress chief Lalu Prasad JD(U) candidates in 2015. He before two different special Friday. “We should not allow “There are two types of the risk-based approach to Ashok Choudhary on Friday will do whatever it takes to CBI courts for his alleged Addressing a press con- more casualties to occur scrutiny methods employed assessment,” Mr Singh ad- held meetings with Chief plained the details in a press keep the present govern- involvement in various fod- ference, Turkey’s ambas- and by strengthening multi- by the Income Tax Depart- ded. “The Department Minister Nitish Kumar and meet…How many times ment alive.” der scam cases. sador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar lateral dialogue, we can be ment,” SP Singh, Senior Dir- wants to select those cases RJD supremo Lalu Prasad. must we keep explaining Mr. Prasad appeared in said that President Recep involved, and through multi- ector of Tax at Deloitte ex- where the risk of tax avoid- Sources said the meetings these things?” Shaky ground cases lodged for alleged Tayyip Erdogan’s comments lateral dialogue, I think we plained. “One is Computer ance is higher.” are a follow-up to Congress Alleging that all the CBI’s They added that Mr. Kumar fraudulent withdrawal of that indicated Turkey’s will- have to seek out ways to president Sonia Gandhi’s charges had been framed by was no longer on firm polit- funds from Chaibasa Treas- ingness to intervene in the settle this question once and calls to Mr. Kumar in an ef- the BJP government at the ical ground for two reasons. ury and Deoghar Treasury. Kashmir issue was a result for all, which will benefit fort to save Bihar’s Grand Al- Centre, Mr. Prasad said he Echoing RJD perceptions, of “mistranslation” of an in- both countries,” the release SC to wait till govt. liance. would explain facts before sources said Mr. Kumar’s terview that he gave to an had quoted him as saying. Speaking to the media the investigating agencies. support for Ram Nath Indian TV channel before During his visit, President after his meeting with Mr. Asked about the animos- Kovind as the presidential ‘Nitish should his latest visit to India. Erdogan had sought India’s gets Mallya extradited Choudhary, Mr. Prasad reit- ity between the coalition candidate over the Opposi- “We wish resolution of cooperation in dealing with erated that Mr. Tejaswi Ya- partners, however, Mr tion’s Meira Kumar, has decide soon’ this issue (Kashmir) but will his political opponents, the In a status report filed by authorities are satisfied with dav would not resign. Prasad said he had no anim- gone down poorly with the help only if asked. In his in- Gulenists, who run a few so- the Ministry of Home Affairs the material supplied by the “Earlier in our Legislative osity towards anyone — “not Muslims and Dalits. Press Trust of India terview to the Indian chan- cial and educational institu- in the Supreme Court, the Indian agency,” the status Party meeting we had de- even with Nitish Kumar”. Second, though Mr. Ku- New Delhi nel, President Erdogan’s tions in India. government said prosec- report said. cided that Tejaswi Yadav Congress sources in Bihar mar still has the support of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar comments were mistrans- utors of the Crown Prosecu- In May, the Supreme will not resign…. an FIR also told The Hindu that Mr. the BJP’s seniormost leader should take a decision on lated. He did not say that Action against Gulenists tion Services (CPS) had met Court had found him guilty alone is not a sufficient Prasad, while indulging in in Bihar, Sushil Modi, many his association with the Turkey would mediate On Friday, the envoy poin- with CBI and ED officials in of willful disobedience of reason for resignation,” he muscle-flexing at the mo- BJP MLAs have not forgiven RJD “at the earliest” as Lalu though we would like a rested out that Turkey was sat- London on May 2 and 3, the court's order to come said. ment, would ensure that the him for breaking up the 17- Prasad can break the JD(U) olution of this issue,” said isfied with the steps that In- 2017. The Indian authorities clean about his assets so Asked about JD(U) de- government stays afloat. year alliance in 2014. to form a government of Ambassador Torunlar. dia had taken against the had supplied the U.K. gov- that the banks could recover mand that Mr. Tejaswi Ya- “Laluji has a hostile govern- These sources also said if his own, Union Minister He explained that Turkey Gulenists. ernment with all additional his loans to the tune of Rs. dav should come clean on ment in Delhi to deal with; Mr. Kumar were to return to Ram Vilas Paswan said on had conveyed the precise “We are happy with the evidence and documents 9200 crore. the charges against him, Mr. he won’t want a hostile gov- an alliance with the BJP, the Friday. The ruling alliance translation of President Er- cooperation that the Indian against Mallya with regard The court also found Prasad said, “He has already ernment in Patna as well,” Narendra Modi-Amit Shah in Bihar has taken a hit dogan’s statement to the In- government has given to us to buttressing their case for through the banks that Mr. explained that he has noth- they said. duo may not give him the after Mr. Prasad’s son Te- dian hosts soon after arriv- on this issue,” said Mr. his extradition. Mallya had not disclosed a ing to do with these They also stressed that freedom he had in the Va- jaswi Prasad was booked in ing in Delhi on May 1. Torunlar, in response to a “All evidence regarding sum of 40 million (Rs. 600 charges…Even I’ve ex- Mr. Kumar, by backing the jpayee-Advani years. a graft case. A satellite channel that question. falsities, misstatements and crore) received from British false representations of Vi- liquor major Diageo Plc fol- jay Mallya and officials of lowing his resignation as KAL were forwarded to the Chairman of United Spirits SC refuses to nullify NEET exam U.K. government... the U.K. Limited in February 2016. EC bribery case: Delhi police Says will aect over six lakh candidates who have passed test le charge sheet against Sukesh SC notice to Legal Correspondent Board of Secondary Educa- NEW DELHI tion (CBSE), opposed the The Supreme Court on Fri- contention. Action against Dhinakaran only after probe is completed Srinivasan, Shah day declined to “nullify” the “The level of difficulty of National Eligibility-cum-En- questions were the same in Staff Reporter probe against them. Earlier A Bench led by Justice Dipak bearer, he cannot be nomin- trance Test (NEET) 2017 all the languages. We will put NEW DELHI the police had said the deal Misra was reacting to a re- ated...Office-bearers cannot exam, saying it would affect it in an affidavit. Around 1.4 Delhi Police Crime Branch was fixed for ₹50 lakh and a port by the Supreme Court- nominate a disqualified per- over six lakh candidates who lakh candidates have given on Friday submitted the part of it had been paid to appointed Committee of Ad- son,” Justice Misra observed have passed the test to join the exam in vernacular lan- charge sheet against alleged Sukesh. ministrators (CoA) led by orally. medical and dental courses. guages,” Mr. Singh middleman Sukesh former Comptroller and CoA counsel and senior A three-judge Bench submitted. Chandrashekhar in the at- Short on details Auditor General Vinod Rai advocate Parag Tripathi and headed by Justice Dipak tempted Election Commis- While the police had said in that Mr. Srinivasan and Mr. C.U. Singh said that Mr. Misra said it would be “very CBSE affidavit sion bribery case. the 701-page report that ana- Shah attended a Special Srinivasan, who attended difficult” to disturb the res- The Bench asked the CBSE According to the charge lysis of conversations General Body meeting the SGM as the nominee of ults of NEET as around 6.11 to file the affidavit in three sheet, the police are yet to between the two aforemen- (SGM) on June 26 held in the Tamil Nadu Cricket As- lakh candidates, out of a days. The Bench has listed established the money trail Sukesh Chandrashekhar tioned accused indicated Mumbai as the “nominees” sociation, is both disquali- total of 11.35 lakh aspirants, ficulty of questions set in re- the matter for hearing on in the deal between Sukesh that the money recovered of their respective cricket fied under the nine-year have cleared it and the coun- gional and English were dif- July 31. and AIADMK (Amma) fac- three others at the Tis Hazari from Sukesh was sent by Dh- associations and used the maximum limit for office- selling process was on. ferent, and the exams need The court had on June 12 tion leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran court, the police said it inakaran through unaccoun- platform to “hijack” the bearers and is above the age The court refused to ac- to be conducted afresh. stayed the Madras High to get the ‘two leaves’ sym- would file a supplementary ted channels with the help meeting and stall reform in limit of 70. Mr. Tripathi said cept the submission of a Additional Solicitor Gen- Court order which had re- bol for the latter’s faction. charge sheet against Dh- of other accused persons, Indian cricket. “If a person Mr. Shah would “definitely counsel appearing for some eral Maninder Singh, ap- strained the CBSE from pub- After filing the charge inakaran and the remaining the details of the same are is disqualified as an office- be hit by the 70 age limit”. students that the level of dif- pearing for the Central lishing the results. sheet against Sukesh and accused after completing the missing. 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INTERVIEW | GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI ‘I’m apolitical and I regard myself as a citizen-candidate’ I have been asked by a large number of political parties to contest the election, I’m a non-party individual, says Opposition’s vice-presidential nominee B. Kolappan Describing himself as an apolitical candidate, Gopalkrishna election of President V.V. What about the argument as a citizen-candidate who drawn into a clear Gandhi, the vice-presidential nominee of the Opposition, has Giri, the elections of the that the vice-presidential has been asked by a large political contest and will called upon MPs across party lines to vote for him without President and Vice-President election is just an number of political parties to be seen as an anti-BJP fear or favour with no whip over their decision. “Independent were a ceremonial celebra- extension of the contest the election. I am a candidate… vote for an independent candidate,” he told The Hindu in an tion of these offices. But presidential polls? non-party individual. I may interview on Friday and revealed that in Tamil Nadu, he had President Giri, by striking even say I am an apolitical ■ It is time for us to see is- written to both Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and out on his own in his indi- ■ The concept ‘Thunai person who has been asked sues in the larger perspect- former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to support his can- vidual capacity as an inde- Thalaivar’ (a reference to V-P (to contest) by Opposition ive. We are prisoners of my- didature. Excerpts: pendent candidate, gave the but the word ‘Thunai’ means parties with great diver- opia. We have to take a larger process an ideological charge ‘supportive’) as it is known in gences between them. They view of the issues. It is not a Given the political have become a twin poll. and drew attention to a cru- Tamil does full justice to the want an independent and matter of party politics…The situation in the country, This is for the good. Both are cial fact, which has somehow position. He is actually a sup- objective voice speaking for ability to introspect and self- the presidential election constitutional offices with been overlooked. port to the President and the values of the Constitution criticise seems to have been is seen as an ideological their roots in Parliament. It is Every MP who has come Parliament. and I think it is the sign of In- lost by all parties. contest between the BJP not often remembered that from a political party in the * DINESH KRISHNAN dia’s democratic resilience. That is where I say Presid- and its friends on one the President is also part of House is subject to the party <> They want an The V-P is elected only by In a simplistic way, I can be ent, Vice-President and Gov- side, and the Congress Parliament and he in fact is whip in the matter of the objective voice PM Indira Gandhi mid- the Electoral College called the Opposition’s can- ernors who are not in the and other “secular” supposed to be the head of conduct of the MP in the speaking for the scheme changing her own consisting of MPs from didate. But I think it is an political race are important. Parliament. He inaugurates House. But in the election to mind and appealing to the both the Houses, and in oversimplification. Just as I They can save we as a nation political parties on the values of the other. Do you think the the session of the House and the President and Vice-Pres- MPs and MLAs to vote ac- the present political believe MPs are going to vote going wrong; we as a nation Constitution Vice-President’s election the Vice-President is the ident, it is clear that the whip cording to their conscien- situation, the odds are independent of whatever correct ourselves. Presid- is also an extension of the chairman of the Rajya Sabha. is not to be issued. Every MP ce…You are right it has since against the Opposition may be their party affiliation, ents, Vice-Presidents and contest? irrespective of party affili- ent do not vote robotically, become an ideological mat- candidate. How do you I see myself as an Independ- Governors have only their in- But the political question? ation votes as a sovereign in- but reflectively. It is to [Late] ter. But the sovereign prerog- see yourself here? ent asking MPs to vote ner monitors to go by. They ■ For several decades now, dependent decision-maker. President V.V. Giri’s credit, ative of the legislator-elector independently. have nothing to lose except the presidential and vice- ■ You mentioned the ideolo- In other words, the MPs he made the privilege of le- has not obscured. I think it’s ■ It is an important question their self-respect. presidential polls are gical import of these elec- voting for the V-P and the gislators so important. He time it was excavated from and it helps me to clarify my Whether you like it or not, (Full text available at clubbed together and they tions. I would say until the MPs and MLAs for the Presid- won the election with (then) our collective forgetfulness. own thinking. I regard myself you will be certainly http://bit.ly/Ggandhi)

APG meet on money U.K. support to India on laundering terror rock solid: envoy in Colombo Rally for marking death anniversary of Burhan was called o Devesh K. Pandey New Delhi Vidya Ram emerged on social media, In- Policy frameworks on LONDON dia had expressed its con- checking terror financing Britain’s approach to work- cerns to Britain via a “note will be one of the issues to ing with India on the terror- verbale,” and Birmingham be taken at the Asia Pacific ism challenges faced by both Council withdrew permis- Group (APG) on Money countries has long been sion for the rally, saying they Laundering meet, in which “rock solid” and continued had initially taken a booking representatives of 41 coun- to remain so, Britain’s senior for a “peaceful rally” but tries, including India, are envoy to the country said on had changed their assess- expected to participate in Friday. ment after assessing the pro- Colombo the next week. “There has been close col- motional material. India has The APG meeting is laboration all the way Sir Dominic Asquith in the past been critical of scheduled to be held from through…we know India suf- decisions by U.K. authorities Ahoy there! A Japanese sailor on-board JS Sazanami that arrived at the Chennai Port to take part in the India-Japan-United States July 17 to 21. fers massively and we are as militant Burhan Wani, Sir to allow events perceived as

joint ‘Malabar Naval Exercise 2017’. * PTI At the meeting, the Fin- strong collaborating with In- Dominic said that decision anti-Indian (including by ancial Action Task Force’s dia on fighting it as we ever had been down to the local Sikh groups) to take place. (FATF) initiatives on curb- were,” said British High council of Birmingham City. Sir Dominic’s comments ing money laundering and Commissioner Sir Dominic come weeks after India’s Malabar drills aim at giving terror funding in different Asquith at a meeting in Lon- Freedom of speech high commissioner to the parts of the world will also don. However, he said while Bri- U.K. Y.K. Sinha made candid be discussed. Among the Asked whether Britain’s tain stressed the importance comments about Britain’s participating member approach to India’s terror- of freedom of speech, it also past approach to India’s con- countries are Afghanistan, ism concerns — as well as recognised the potential cerns about the source of regional security, says Japan Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myan- those about Britain’s alleged contradiction on occasion terrorism on its borders. “In- mar, Nepal, Singapore, tolerance of anti-India activ- between this and concerns dia must be recognised as Maldives, United States, ity in the country — was about the incitement of viol- bearing the brunt of this for Ambassador hints at more collaboration between defence forces in future Australia, Canada, China changing, signalled by the ence. “Our principles on decades. ..if this isn’t recog- and Pakistan. decision to cancel a rally last counter terrorism are nised, bilateral cooperation T.K. Rohit week in Birmingham com- stronger than ever,” he said. will not be a success,” he T. Ramakrishnan vast experience, network in Concerns expressed memorating the death an- When details of the Wani had said at a book launch CHENNAI eastern part of Africa. We The crucial meeting, which niversary of slain Kashmiri rally — planned for July 8 — last month. The trilateral Naval exercise, have good technology and is held in the backdrop of a Malabar 2017, involving In- financing to support African spurt in terrorist activities, dia, the U.S. and Japan, is development,” Mr would also be attended by strategically very important Hiramatsu said, adding that representatives of the Phil- and meant to maintain the Japan has been working with ippines, where security rule of law and maritime se- Indian officials and business- forces are currently en- curity in the region, Japan- men for “a concrete develop- gaged in a fierce battle with ese Ambassador to India, ment plan” in Africa. Islamic State-linked Kenji Hiramatsu said on On the next steps in the militants. Friday. on the civil nuclear agree- Several countries have In an interview to The ment, signed between the expressed concerns over Hindu, Mr Hiramatsu said, two countries last year, given the developing situation in “This is very significant polit- the Diet’s approval of the that country and extended ically and [of] very symbolic pact recently, the Ambas- support to the Philippine value that the three coun- Better bonding: Kenji Hiramatsu said his country’s relations sador expressed the hope government. tries are working together to with India had a solid base. * S.R. RAGHUNATHAN that there would be discus- The Indian agencies safeguard the rule of law and sion “in due course of time.” have taken strong meas- maritime security in this personnel in various areas. to make this region more ures and registered several region.” inter-connected and pros- Happy with GST terror financing cases in Earlier this week, Indian Cooperation in Africa perous. We are not particu- Mr. Hiramatsu said the polit- the recent past. and U.S. Naval officials had Asked whether the Asia- larly counter-balancing to ical situation was stable in The issue had been said the exercise was not Africa Growth Corridor pro- some initiative. We are con- India and this was one of the taken up in June at the aimed at China in the light of ject — envisaging an India-Ja- vinced this initiative is im- attractions for Japanese FATF Plenary in Spain, Beijing’s repeated concerns pan collaboration in Africa — portant for prosperity and investors. where a report on about the joint exercises. was to counter China’s Belt security of this region,” he The Ambassador added Pakistan’s role was dis- The Ambassador said his and Road project, the Am- said. that Japanese investors in In- cussed. country’s relations with In- bassador said it was not dia were “very happy” with Following allegations of dia had a solid base, “for aimed at any specific Concrete plans roll out of the GST. “We were its failure in controlling the safeguarding peace and sta- initiative. On whether India and Japan waiting for this for many funding of terror outfits, bility in the Indo-Pacific re- “Our Prime Minister would take up specific pilot years. This is very good for the International Coopera- gion” adding that there [Shinzo Abe] had already projects in Africa, the Am- facilitating smooth trans- tion Review Group of FATF could be more exchanges in- said it [Asia-Africa Growth bassador said there was a portation from one State to had requested the APG to volving ground and air Corridor] was for a free and “good win-win situation”. another and it is a very furnish a follow-up report forces and an exchange of open Indo-Pacific region and “We think that India has simple tax system,” he said. on Pakistan. Fix jammers HC upholds Minister’s disqualication in school, CBSE told Court dismisses his plea challenging disqualication by Election Commission Press Trust of India Press Trust of India that the June 23 order of the dict. New Delhi New Delhi Election Commission (EC) The court had on The Centre on Friday told In a blow to disqualified disqualifying him pertained Thursday reserved its verdict the Supreme Court that it Madhya Pradesh Minister to an earlier election of 2008 after hearing day-long argu- had blocked 3,522 websites Narottam Mishra, his last and his subsequent tenure ments on behalf of Mishra, carrying child porno- ditch effort to vote in the from 2013 would be the ECI and Congress leader graphic content last month Presidential election on July unaffected. Rajendra Bharti on whose and asked the CBSE to con- 17 was scuttled by the Delhi complaint the poll panel had sider installation of jam- High Court on Friday, which BJP leader’s claim disqualified the BJP leader. mers in schools to block ac- upheld his disqualification. The court also disagreed The apex court had on cess to such sites. A specially constituted with the BJP leader’s claim July 12 transferred the matter The government told a single judge bench of Justice that merely because he was to the high court to be de- three-judge bench headed Indermeet Kaur dismissed aware of the paid news art- cided expeditiously before by Justice Dipak Misra that Mr Mishra’s plea challenging Narottam Mishra icles and did not disallow or the July 17 Presidential installation of jammers in his disqualification by the deny the same, the poll election. school buses was not pos- Election Commission and ate has to be from the date of panel could not have held Pursuant to the apex sible. “We are coming out that he should be allowed to the order. that there was “implied au- court’s decision, the high with steps that will deal vote in the Presidential poll. “What effect it may or thorisation” by him. court had on the same day with the situation in its en- “The petition is without may not have on a sub- “The Election Commis- constituted the special tirety,” Additional Solicitor any merit. Dismissed,” it sequent election is not what sion holding that there was single-judge bench to hear General Pinky Anand told said. has to be taken into ac- an implied authorisation by Mr Mishra’s plea challenging the bench, which also com- The court said as per the count,” it added. the petitioner (Mr Mishra) to the EC’s June 23 order dis- prised Justices A. M. Khan- provisions of the Represent- The observation was publish these news items qualifying him for three wilkar and M. M. ation of the People Act, the made in regard to the argu- was thus a fair finding,” the years over paid news Shantanagoudar. disqualification of a candid- ment on behalf of Mr Mishra judge said in her 36 page ver- charges. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 WORLD SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Nothing will ever separate Russia lobbyist attended U.S. and France, says Macron Trump son’s meeting Rinat Akhmetshin has ‘ties to intelligence agencies’ French leader and his American counterpart mark Bastille Day in Paris Associated Press not disclose Mr. Akhmet- Agence France-Presse Washington shin’s presence. The Presid- JIT report is full of Paris A Russian-American lobbyist ent’s son has tried to dis- baseless charges: Sharif French President Emmanuel says he attended a June 2016 count the meeting, saying he ISLAMABAD Macron and Donald Trump meeting with President Don- did not receive the informa- Rejecting the Panama probe marked France’s national ald Trump’s son, marking tion he was promised. panel report as a “bundle of day together on Friday at a another shift in the account baseless allegations”, military parade which of a discussion that was Illicit money flow Pakistan Prime Minister clearly delighted the U.S. billed as part of a Russian Mr. Akhmetshin said Mr. Nawaz Sharif on Friday tried President and showcased the government effort to help Trump Jr. asked the attorney to drum up support from his warming relations between the Republican’s White for evidence of illicit money party ahead of the crucial the two leaders. House campaign. flowing to the Democratic hearing of the graft case in Mr. Macron invited Mr. Rinat Akhmetshin con- National Committee, but Ms. the Supreme Court. PTI Trump to be his guest of firmed his participation to Donald Trump Jr. Veselnitskaya said she didn’t honour at the Bastille Day The Associated Press on Fri- have that information. She UN urges Venezuela celebration, which featured day. Mr. Akhmetshin has Trump Jr. earlier this week, said the Trump campaign to allow dissent French and American troops been reported to have ties to an associate who arranged would need to research it GENEVA marching down the fabled Russian intelligence agen- the meeting said a Russian more, and after that Mr. The United Nations called on Champs-Elysees in Paris, cies, though he denies those lawyer wanted to pass on Trump Jr. lost interest, ac- the of Nicolas Maduro on opening to a flypast by two links. negative information about cording to Mr. Akhmetshin. Friday to let Venezuelans take U.S. F-22 stealth fighters and The meeting has Democrat Hillary Clinton “They couldn’t wait for part in an unofficial climaxing in a roaring pass heightened questions about and stated that the discus- the meeting to end,” Mr. referendum on the by French jets. whether Mr. Trump’s cam- sion was part of a Russian Akhmetshin said. Constitution and make sure Mr. Trump, 71, was fre- paign coordinated with the government effort to help Jared Kushner, Trump’s security forces do not use quently on his feet and ap- Russian government during the GOP candidate. son-in-law and current excessive force against plauding, while he and Mr. the election, which is the fo- While Mr. Trump Jr. has White House senior adviser, protesters. Opposition groups Macron again looked at ease cus of federal and congres- confirmed that Russian at- and then-campaign chair- have called the plebiscite on in each other’s company, New friends: French President Emmanuel Macron, left, bids farewell to his U.S. counterpart sional investigations. In torney Natalia Veselnitskaya man Paul Manafort also at- Sunday. REUTERS leaning in to chat and touch- Donald Trump after the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on Friday. * AFP emails posted by Donald was in the meeting, he did tended the meeting. ing each other on the 7 killed in two separate shoulder. ded. But the celebrations attacks in Egypt “Nothing will ever separ- were also tinged with CAIRO ate us,” Mr. Macron said dur- mourning, one year on since Macron, Trump engage Two policemen killed in Jerusalem Two German tourists were ing a speech at the end of a jihadist massacre in the killed and four other parade, adding that Nr. Mediterranean city of Nice in a handshake ‘duel’ wounded by an attacker with Trump’s presence was “the where a man drove a truck Shot dead near site sacred to both Muslims and Jews a knife at the Red Sea holiday sign of a friendship across into a crowd, killing 86. Agence France-Presse which neither man looked resort of Hurghada, Egypt’s the ages” between their Mr. Macron, 39, rolled out Paris like they wanted to let go. Reuters the closure and was de- and walked towards one of Interior Ministry said on countries. The parade also the red carpet for Mr. Their handshakes are Jerusalem tained but later released. the nearby ancient stone Friday. In a separate attack, marked the centenary of the Trump’s two-day visit, hop- becoming a talking point of Energetic farewell Three Arab-Israeli gunmen Palestinian President gates, police spokeswoman which took place in a village U.S. entering World War I in ing to improve relations and every encounter and U.S. Bidding goodbye to each shot dead two Israeli police- Mahmoud Abbas con- Luba Simri said. “When in Giza, gunmen opened fire 1917 and featured 63 planes, persuade the U.S. President President Donald Trump other on the Champs- men near one of Jerusalem’s demned the attack in a they saw the policemen they on a security vehicle, killing 29 helicopters, 241 horses to change his mind about and French counterpart Elysees after two days of most holy places on Friday phone call with Israeli shot towards them and then five policemen. AP, REUTERS and 3,720 soldiers, including withdrawing from the global Emmanuel Macron didn’t talks in Paris, Mr. Trump and were then killed by se- Prime Minister Benjamin escaped towards one of the U.S. troops dressed in the Paris agreement on climate disappoint on Friday. appeared to get the better curity forces, police said. Netanyahu, but also said mosques in the Temple Federal judge weakens brown uniform and gaiters change. In their first meeting at a of Mr. Macron in the early It was one of the most closing down the area could Mount compound.” Trump travel ban of the Great War. Mr. Trump said cryptic- NATO summit in May, Mr. stages of the handshake serious attacks in years so have repercussions. “A chase ensued and the WASHINGTON ally after their talks on Macron crunched Mr. when he briefly pulled the close to the volatile holy three terrorists were killed A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii ‘Great honour’ Thursday that “something Trump’s knuckles in a show French President off site, known to Muslims as Unknown attackers by police.” She said three on Thursday weakened “It was a great honor to rep- could happen with respect of power he said was balance. the Noble Sanctuary and to No group claimed respons- firearms were found on Donald Trump’s travel ban on resent the United States at to the Paris accord... but we deliberate to underline how Both men stood face-to- Jews as Temple Mount. ibility for the attack, though their bodies. The internal visitors from six majority- the magnificent #BastilleDay will talk about that over the he wouldn’t be intimidated face for nearly half a minute Israeli authorities shut the Palestinian Islamist security service, Shin Bet, Muslim countries, dealing parade,” Mr. Trump wrote coming period of time.” in their talks. At a G20 looking like they were the area to Muslims gather- group Hamas, which rules said the gunmen were all another legal setback to the on Twitter after his depar- Mr. Trump also said on summit last weekend, the having an arm-wrestle. Mr. ing for Friday prayers, the Gaza Strip, praised it. Arab citizens of Israel un- government. The judge ruled ture, which featured another Thursday that the bond two had another energetic Trump even kissed goodbye prompting anger among The three gunmen ar- known to authorities. Ten- that grandparents and some long and muscular hand- between the U.S. and tug-of-war, while their talks to Mr. Macron’s wife Brigitte Palestinian religious lead- rived at the sacred site, sions are often high around other relatives of people in shake between the men. France, as well as the friend- on Thursday finished with a without letting go of her ers. The Grand Mufti of Jeru- which stands on a marble the compound, which the U.S. should be exempt “Congratulations President ship between him and Mr. 25-second powergrip in husband. salem, Mohammad Hussein, and stone plateau on the houses the Aqsa Mosque from the clampdown. AFP @EmmanuelMacron!” he ad- Macron, was “unbreakable”. urged Palestinians to defy edge of Jerusalem’s Old City, and the Dome of the Rock. Hong Kong court Attention now turns to freedom of Liu Xia ‘Sri Lanka has failed expels 4 lawmakers Securing release of Chinese dissident’s widow now top priority, say friends to probe war crimes’

Reuters Shenyang to be treated for said at a press briefing. It will erode Opposition’s inuence BEIJING late-stage liver cancer. China also lambasted Eorts at virtual standstill: Emerson Friends of China’s Nobel Liu Xia was at the hospital Taiwan President Tsai Ing- Reuters seat legislative assembly. Peace Prize-winning dissid- as her husband’s health de- wen for her comments on Agence France-Presse commitments are adequate Hong Kong A group of young activists ent Liu Xiaobo, who died of teriorated over the past Liu and her calls for China to Colombo to ensure real progress,” Mr. Hong Kong’s High Court on chaffing against what they liver cancer in custody, said couple of weeks. embrace democracy. Sri Lanka has failed to de- Emmerson told reporters in Friday expelled four opposi- see as undue Beijing inter- on Friday they were unable Rights groups and West- Mr. Geng said he had no liver on its international Colombo during an official tion lawmakers from the ference, won seats in an as- to contact his widow, Liu ern governments have information about Liu Xia, commitments to prosecute visit to assess progress. city’s legislature after it in- sembly election last year, Xia, and that ensuring her mourned Liu Xiaobo’s death but added that the entry and government troops and “There is little evidence validated their oaths of of- and some made gestures of freedom was now a top and also called for authorit- exit of Chinese citizens Tamil rebels for atrocities that perpetrators of war fice, a ruling that under- defiance at their swearing- priority. ies to grant his wife and the would be handled in accord- committed during its ethnic crimes committed by mem- mines the influence of the in, which authorities said Liu Xiaobo, 61, was jailed rest of his family freedom of ance with the law. war, a UN expert said on Fri- bers of the Sri Lankan Opposition in favour of pro- ruled them out. for 11 years in 2009 for "incit- movement. “Let’s not make any pre- day. Ben Emmerson said armed forces are being China legislators. ing subversion of state Liu Xia judgements here,” he re- Colombo’s efforts at trans- brought to justice,” said Mr. A former British colony, Assault on freedom power” after he helped write Beijing unhappy sponded, when pressed on itional justice were at a “vir- Emmerson, a UN special Hong Kong reverted to Activists say the city govern- a petition known as ‘Charter allowed to visit him in prison China responded by lodging whether Liu Xia was allowed tual standstill” eight years rapporteur on human China 20 years ago under a ment’s efforts in disqualify- 08’, calling for sweeping about once a month. “stern representations” with to leave the country. after the end of its ethnic rights. Sri Lanka narrowly “one country, two systems” ing democratically elected political reforms. Liu Xiaobo died on countries that made remarks Mo Shaoping, Liu war which had claimed over avoided sanctions when a formula that guaranteed a lawmakers is a direct assault Liu Xia has been under ef- Thursday after suffering mul- about Liu Xiaobo, including Xiaobo’s lawyer, said there 1,00,000 lives. new government came to range of freedoms not en- on the city's freedoms. The fective house arrest since her tiple organ failure. He was the U.S., expressing its firm was no legal reason for “None of the measures so power in January 2015 joyed in China, including a lawmakers said they were husband won the Nobel recently moved from jail to a opposition, Foreign Ministry China to prevent Liu Xia far adopted to fulfil Sri promising investigations direct vote for half of the 70- looking into filing appeals. Peace Prize in 2010 and was hospital in the city of spokesman Geng Shuang from leaving the country. Lanka's transitional justice into reported war crimes. Man admits to killing 4 in U.S. DiNardo, who suered from mental illness, has had run-ins with local police

Newyork Times interview. He declined to DOYLESTOWN elaborate on what they in- A week after four young volved, but said the suspect men disappeared in the sub- was well known to police. urbs of Philadelphia, and Mr. Harran said DiNardo one day after investigators had been sent involuntarily found human remains bur- to a mental hospital last ied on a nearby farm, the summer, at the request of a son of the farm’s owners family member, but said he confessed to killing all four, did not know the details, or his lawyer said on Thursday. how long he was held there. The man who confessed, This week, a prosecutor de- Cosmo DiNardo, 20, knew scribed him as mentally ill the victims, and had been and schizophrenic. described by authorities as a On February 9, police re- “person of interest” in the Grisly end: Police ocers on Thursday walk up the driveway sponded to a report of gun-

disappearances. Prosec- of the farm where Cosmo DiNardo lived. * AP fire in DiNardo’s neighbour- utors had filed lesser hood and found him in his charges against him this men,” one of his lawyers, County district attorney, car with a shotgun, and he week to put him in jail while Paul Lang, told reporters said the remains of one of told the officers that he had they investigated the disap- late Thursday outside the the missing men, Dean been involuntarily commit- pearances. Another person, Bucks County Court of Com- Finocchiaro, 19, had been ted, Harran said. He was ar- Sean Kratz was also mon Pleas. “In exchange for found in a 12.5-foot-deep rested on a gun charge, charged. Kratz, 20, faces 20 that confession, Mr. DiNardo “common grave” on the which was later dropped. He charges, including three of was promised by the district sprawling farm in Solebury, was legally prohibited from criminal homicide. attorney that he will spare Pennsylvania, owned by owning a firearm because Officials gave no indica- his life by not invoking the DiNardo’s parents. Officials he had been involuntarily tion of a motive for the death penalty.” have not said whether they committed. killings, but DiNardo, who have identified — there, or Another Bensalem man, suffered from mental illness, ‘I am sorry’ elsewhere — the remains of Eric Beitz, who was friends has had multiple run-ins As DiNardo was being led by the other men, Mark Stur- with Meo and Sturgis, told with local police, and an ac- authorities into a police van gis, 22; Thomas Meo, 21; and The Philadelphia Inquirer quaintance said he had Thursday evening, reporters Jimi Taro Patrick, 19. that DiNardo had spent con- talked about killing people. asked him whether he had DiNardo has had 30 “con- siderable time with them re- “Mr. DiNardo this evening any sympathy for the vic- tacts” with the Bensalem Po- cently, and spoke of “weird confessed to the district at- tims’ families. “I’m sorry,” lice Department over the things like killing people and torney to his participation he said. last six years, the depart- having people killed.” He or commission in the On Wednesday, Matthew ment’s director, Frederick also said DiNardo sold guns. murders of the four young D. Weintraub, the Bucks Harran, said in a telephone (With AP inputs) CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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14-07-2017 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 32,021 ddddddddddddd-0.05 Infosys net rises slightly, to focus on AI US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 64.45 ddddddddddddddd0.00 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 28,860 ddddddddddddd-0.65 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 48.85 ddddddddddddddd1.55 Tech major continues to hire but the rate of growth is slowing down, says CEO Vishal Sikka

Special Correspondent NIFTY 50 BENGALURU PRICE CHANGE Infosys’ consolidated net Unveils indigenous ACC...... 1755.10...... 51.55 profit rose 1.4% to ₹3,483 Adani Ports...... 375.60...... -0.35 crore for the first quarter of Ambuja Cements...... 261.90...... -1.25 Asian Paints...... 1117.35...... -8.15 fiscal 2017-18 compared with driverless golf cart Aurobindo Pharma ...... 746.55...... 41.40 the same period a year Axis Bank ...... 512.95...... 1.05 earlier, but declined 3.3% se- Special Correspondent autonomous driving Bajaj Auto ...... 2809.80...... 20.05 quentially from ₹3,603 crore. BENGALURU technology,” he said. Bank of Baroda ...... 165.00...... 1.60

Bharti Airtel ...... 407.00...... 3.85 India’s second-largest soft- For the media briefing, An autonomous Bosch ...... 24363.05. .... 110.00 ware services provider said Infosys chief executive vehicle is meant to Slackening pace: The WPI ination comes in the wake of BPCL...... 460.80...... 2.25 that the consolidated rev- Vishal Sikka arrived in a commute, without a retail ination for June slowing to 1.54%. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK Cipla ...... 548.05...... 4.40 enue for the quarter under ‘driverless golf cart’ built human operator, using Coal India ...... 250.45...... -3.20

Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2703.00...... 9.00 review (Q1) was flat with a by its engineering artificial intelligence. To Eicher Motors...... 27907.15. .. -148.80 growth of 1.8% year-on-year services team at its qualify as ‘driverless’, the WPI ination slows to GAIL (India)...... 390.35...... 18.30 at ₹17,078 crore as against Mysuru campus. “The car must be able to HCL Tech...... 850.35...... -8.25 ₹16,782 crore in the same software to drive this cart navigate to a destination HDFC ...... 1647.70...... -9.20 period a year ago. This was has been built by us over a route that had not HDFC Bank...... 1679.95...... -3.60 11-month low of 0.9% Hero MotoCorp ...... 3758.05...... 7.10 subdued (0.2%) sequentially indigenously, together been modified for its use. Hindalco ...... 205.95...... 1.25 from ₹17,120 crore in the im- with IIT-Delhi,” he said. He said that over the past Hind Unilever ...... 1139.30...... 4.60 mediately previous quarter. “This is an example of two years the company Subdued food ination a major factor Indiabulls HFL ...... 1122.90...... -6.25

ICICI Bank ...... 298.25...... 0.35 “I am encouraged by the the kind of things we are had revamped the way it Special Correspondent IndusInd Bank ...... 1574.50...... -5.40 uptick in revenue per em- using to teach our trained staff. “Who says over the past couple of NEW DELHI Bharti Infratel ...... 417.80...... 7.20 ployee for six quarters in a employees. We built the we can’t build months and the outlook for Infosys ...... 972.05...... -5.00 row, and the strong mo- autonomous systems in transformative Wholesale price inflation prices is also benign.” Indian OilCorp...... 373.10...... -7.85 mentum in our new high the cart in order to teach technologies,” Mr. Sikka slowed to a 11-month low of The composite food in- ITC ...... 337.15...... -1.60

* Kotak Bank ...... 977.20...... 15.10 growth services and soft- Tech showcase: The software to drive the cart was built by our employees to build tweeted during the day. 0.9% in June due to sub- dex within the WPI, com- L&T...... 1171.20...... -3.90 ware, as we accelerate our Infosys along with IIT-Delhi, says Mr. Sikka. * PHOTO: TWITTER dued food inflation and bining the values of food Lupin ...... 1139.15...... -2.90 focus on innovation-led weak manufacturing prices, items in the primary articles M&M ...... 1375.55...... 5.15 growth,” said Infosys chief analytics and cyber security. on engineering services in challenges he faced while largest market — and has also according to data released category and manufactured Maurti Suzuki...... 7557.25...... -10.30

NTPC ...... 167.30...... 3.40 executive Vishal Sikka. “The The other areas include In- Croatia. In May, it an- leading the company, he revised his compensation by the Ministry of Com- food items, contracted ONGC ...... 158.35...... -0.55 widespread adoption of our ternet of Things engineering nounced a commitment to said, “Lots of grey hair, not package. “The company has merce on Friday. 1.25% in June compared PowerGrid Corp ...... 215.20...... 0.10 grass-root innovation and services and the company’s hire 10,000 American work- enough sleep, lots of travel asked, for business reasons, This comes at a time with a growth of 0.15% in Reliance Ind ...... 1533.75...... 11.65 education initiatives con- artificial intelligence plat- ers over the next two years and not enough exercise.” M.D. Ranganath, the CFO, to when retail inflation for the previous month. State Bank ...... 291.60...... 2.85

Sun Pharma ...... 572.55...... 3.25 tinue to fuel our transforma- form Nia, which it unveiled and establish four techno- He said that transforma- operate from the U.S.,” In- June slowed to 1.54%, below Inflation in the manufac- Tata Motors ...... 451.30...... -7.75 tion,” he added. this year to help clients em- logy and innovation hubs in tion at large scale was never fosys said in a filing. the lower tolerance level set tured products category Tata Motors DVR...... 272.65...... -3.85 Also, the operating profit brace AI. With more than the U.S. Infosys also said that easy especially in the IT ser- It added that based on the by the Reserve Bank of In- came in at 2.27% in June, Tata Power ...... 82.95...... -0.30 was flat (1.6%) year-on-year 160 engagements with more it recently expanded its pres- vices industry. “I have been recommendation of the dia. Growth in the Whole- the slowest it has been since Tata Steel ...... 558.40...... -5.55

TCS ...... 2397.45...... -48.95 at ₹4,111 crore as against than 70 clients, Nia contin- ence in China with a new really astonished by the nomination and remunera- sale Price Index slowed for November 2016. The fuel Tech Mahindra ...... 388.95...... -0.30 ₹4,047 crore. This is down ued to be central to all its campus in Shanghai to cre- spirit in Infosys, by the tion committee, Mr. Rangan- the fourth consecutive and power saw a drastic eas- UltraTech Cement...... 4222.90...... 24.20 2.4% sequentially from conversations with clients, it ate an ecosystem of local tal- warmth in the company, and ath’s salary was revised to a month in June from the ing of inflation to 5.28% in Vedanta ...... 262.30...... -0.75 ₹4,212 crore from the Decem- said. ent training, new technology how the change and new fixed pay of $0.69 million 5.51% registered in Febru- June from 11.7% in the previ- Wipro ...... 259.85...... -4.20

YES Bank...... 1564.60...... -17.40 ber quarter. “Hiring is continuing but labs and an incubator for ideas have been embraced.” and a variable compensation ary. The last time it was be- ous month.

Zee Entertainment ...... 514.25...... -2.75 Infosys chief financial of- the rate of growth is slowing start-ups. “There is abso- When asked about the of up to $0.56 million, effect- low 1% was in July 2016, “The continuous easing ficer M.D. Ranganath said down,” said Mr. Sikka. lutely no slowdown in hiring transformation he brought in ive July 1. when it was at 0.63%. of the WPI inflation print the company’s relentless fo- With the advances in auto- in India,” said Mr. Sikka, Infosys in the last three Mr. Sikka said, “When I While growth in the over the last few months, EXCHANGE RATES cus on strong cash genera- mation technology, more when asked on the impact in years, Mr. Sikka said when started [off], Ranga (M.D. primary articles category in culminating in prices touch- Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit tion led to a healthy operat- commoditised jobs were go- the country due to the re- he started, the growth rate of Ranganath, CFO) used to run the WPI shrunk 3.86% in ing a record low in June except yen at 4 p.m. on July 14 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL ing cash flow. Sanjeev Hota, ing away and one had to cruitment drive in global the company was signific- my office as well as our stra- June, the food articles seg- 2017, reflects a paradigm AVP Research at brokerage move towards next genera- markets such as the U.S. antly lower than the peers in tegic operations and he was ment within this contracted shift towards an era of be- US Dollar ...... 64.25...... 64.57

Euro ...... 73.35...... 73.72 house Sharekhan, said that tion jobs and towards new Infosys chief operating of- the industry and the attrition based in the U.S. When he 3.47%. The corresponding nign inflation,” Chandrajit British Pound...... 83.36...... 83.78 Infosys had reported a bet- areas of opportunities, he ficer U.B. Pravin Rao said was quite high. “We are now became CFO, he moved back numbers for the previous Banerjee, Director General Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 56.76...... 57.06 ter-than-expected perform- said. “We are training our ex- that the company had made consistently among the lead- here (India).” As Infosys aims month showed a contrac- of CII said. “The declining Chinese Yuan ...... 9.47...... 9.52 ance on both revenue and isting employees for these an offer for 19,000 people ing companies in the in- to hire more in the U.S. in tion of 1.79% and 2.27% for inflation scenario, which Swiss Franc ...... 66.37...... 66.70

Singapore Dollar ...... 46.74...... 46.99 margin fronts. new skills. Last quarter we this year. He expected about dustry once again.” the next two years, it has to the two segments. has been undershooting the Canadian Dollar...... 50.45...... 50.71 finished training 3,000 13,000 people to join the “More than that, what I change the processes and is central bank’s inflation tar- Malaysian Ringitt ...... 14.96...... 15.05 Artificial intelligence people on AI technologies.” firm. “The hiring in the U.S. really feel good about is the putting together new innova- ‘Outlook benign’ get by a large margin, Source:Indian Bank Infosys said that in Q1, it con- The company said that it is not impacting the hiring in transformation in the mind- tion centres, he said. “So, “Both wholesale and retail should induce the RBI to re- tinued to help clients drive had enhanced its global foot- India,” he said. set of employees for creating there is a significant shift and prices data released this sume its rate-easing cycle. automation and innovation print this quarter, in line a culture of grass-root innov- transformation happening in week report a broad-based CII strongly recommends a BULLION RATES CHENNAI into the core of their busi- with its strategy to establish ‘Lots of grey hair’ ation,” he said. the way we are working moderation in prices,” rate cut of 50 basis points in July 14 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses nesses. This included new global competency centres. When Mr. Sikka, who is com- Infosys will relocate its there. So, we need his help Pankaj R. Patel, President of the forthcoming monetary services in areas such as This year it opened a new pleting three years at In- chief financial officer M.D. there,” said Mr.Sikka. Ficci said. “Food inflation policy to provide a fillip to Retail Silver (1g) ...... 39.10. ....(39.60)

22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,630. ....(2,637) Cloud ecosystem, Big Data development centre focused fosys, was asked about the Ranganath to the U.S. — its (With PTI inputs) has softened considerably demand.” New tax to hurt exporters ICICI Lombard to GST to impact liquidity, thereby aecting competitiveness dilute 19% Special Correspondent require payment of GST first New Delhi and get refund sub- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The Federation of Indian Ex- sequently, FIEO President NEW DELHI port Organisations (FIEO), G.K. Gupta had said. ICICI Lombard General In- the apex body for the coun- “The additional cost of surance Company has filed try’s exporters, said the credit to manage the liquid- draft prospectus with SEBI Goods and Services Tax ity should be borne by the to dilute about 19% stake (GST) regime would impact government, if the present through an initial public of- the liquidity of the exporters exemption is not brought fering, promoter ICICI and in turn hurt export forward in the GST. Export Bank said on Friday. competitiveness. sector would be losing ex- ICICI Lombard, a joint A statement issued by port competitiveness by venture between ICICI FIEO on Friday quoted Ajay GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCK about 2% and the same Bank and Canada-based Sahai, director general and needs to be offset.” Fairfax Financial Holdings CEO, FIEO, as saying that Ltd, will be the first private “The GST will severely dent Competitiveness of India may Nodal officers general insurer to go public the liquidity of the exporter tank by about 2%, says FIEO. Earlier, the government had with an IPO. and increase the compliance appointed nodal officers at ICICI Lombard filed a cost of merchant exporters. interest on delay in payment the Directorate General of draft red herring pro- Export competitiveness of of refund of taxes/duties Foreign Trade and the Cent- spectus (DRHP) with cap- India may tank by about 2% after 10 days of exporters fil- ral Board of Excise and Cus- ital market regulator SEBI, and this will be a big blow ing claim under the GST re- toms to look into the con- ICICI Bank said in a filing to for exporters.” gime. As per the refund cerns of exporters with the BSE. The IPO involves The government is look- rules, the interest on regard to the GST regime. dilution of up to 86,247,187 ing into various options to delayed payment would be A FIEO official said while equity shares of face value neutralise the impact of the due only after 60 days, it transition input tax credits of ₹10 each of ICICI Lom- GST regime on the export had said. and inherent benefits of GST bard General Insurance, sector, he added. Exporters are worried would lower costs, higher representing around 19% of FIEO had already asked about liquidity issues as the GST rates for products may its equity share capital, the the government to provide refund mechanism would spoil sport in some cases. filing said. EU, India set up fund for investments To cover new investors as well as those already established in India

Special Correspondent in March 2016, where the EU New Delhi had welcomed India's readi- The European Union (EU) ness to establish such a and India on Friday an- mechanism and leaders nounced the establishment from both sides had reaf- of an Investment Facilitation firmed their shared commit- Mechanism (IFM) for EU in- ment to oppose protection- vestments in India. ism and to work in favour of “The mechanism will al- a fair, transparent and rule- low for a close coordination based trade and investment between the European environment, according to Union and the Government the statement. of India with an aim to pro- As part of the IFM, the EU mote and facilitate EU in- Investment boost: The mechanism will help promote the Delegation to India and the vestment in India,” accord- European Union’s investments in India. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK DIPP will hold regular high ing to an official statement. level meetings to assess and Ramesh Abhishek, secret- cover new investors as well said Mr. Abhishek. facilitate “ease of doing busi- ary, Department of Indus- as those already established Ease of doing business is a ness” for EU investors in In- trial Policy and Promotion in India. fundamental priority of the dia.This will include identify- (or DIPP — the nodal body “The IFM is also going to Indian Government’s Make ing and putting in place for foreign direct investment serve as a platform for dis- in India Campaign and the solutions to procedural im- policy), said: “The IFM has cussing general suggestions establishment of IFM for fa- pediments faced by EU firms been established with the from the point of view of EU cilitating EU investments in and investors in establishing key objectives of paving the companies and investors India is another step to or running their operations way for identifying and solv- with regard to ease of doing achieve this goal, he said. in India. ing problems faced by EU business in India, which I am Invest India, the Indian companies and investors sure, would boost and en- Brussels statement government's official Invest- with regard to their opera- courage the EU investors to The IFM builds on the Joint ment Promotion and Facilit- tions in India.” avail the investment oppor- Statement of the 13th EU-In- ation Agency, will also be He added that the IFM will tunities available in India,” dia Summit held in Brussels part of the IFM. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF Trade decit widens to $13 bn Services Web nod soon for dry exports at, Imports climb 19% in June, exports see slower growth Special Correspondent imports rise ports, cargo stations New Delhi Press Trust of India With goods imports outpa- MUMBAI First major change since 1992; move to boost foreign trade cing exports in June, trade India’s services exports in deficit for the month ARUN S May this year remained widened to $12.95 billion, New Delhi nearly flat at $13.46 billion according to data released compared with the same Wipro board to consider The Centre will soon an- by the commerce ministry month of last year, data share buyback on Jul. 20 nounce a mechanism that on Friday. In June 2016, the from RBI showed on Fri- NEW DELHI will facilitate online submis- goods trade deficit was only day. Services exports, or The country’s third-largest IT sion and processing of ap- $8.1 billion. receipts from such ser- rm Wipro on Friday said its plications for setting up In- Continuing with growth vices, were of the order of board would consider a land Container Depots indicated since September $13.43 billion in May 2016. proposal for buyback of (ICD), Container Freight Sta- 2016, goods exports in June However, services im- equity shares on July 20. tions (CFS) and Air Freight 2017 rose 4.39% year-on- ports by India rose 4% to With this, Wipro joins the Stations (AFS). year to $23.56 billion. $7.92 billion in the month growing roster of IT rms ICDs (considered as dry However, imports in June Currency eect: After showing a robust trend, exports are under review from $7.62 that have announced ports), CFS and AFS provide jumped 19% to $36.5 billion. seeing muted growth, says the EEPC. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK billion a year earlier. In the buyback oers. Share “services for handling and first two months (April- buybacks improve earnings temporary storage of im- Commodity imports “After showing a robust visible in the form of ship- May) of the current fiscal, per share and return surplus port/export laden and Major commodity group of trend, India’s export basket ments showing a negative total receipts from services cash to shareholders while empty containers carried imports showing high is showing signs of muted growth, measured in Indian exports stood at $26.37 bil- also supporting share price under customs control. growth in June were petro- growth, though the engin- rupees, he said. Unabated lion, rising only slightly during periods of sluggish Transhipment of cargo can leum, crude & products eering sector has main- global liquidity flows into In- from $26.33 billion. market conditions. PTI also take place from such (12.04%), electronic goods tained its vibrancy in June,” dian financial markets are On the other hand, pay- stations.” (24.22%), pearls, precious & said T.S. Bhasin, chairman, casting a shadow on the ments towards services im- BSNL unveils tech for The proposed reform — semi-precious stones EEPC India, the exporters’ competitiveness of Indian ports during April-May of 1 Gbps download speed with a view to boost India's (86.31%), machinery, elec- body. The currency impact exports, he added. 2017-18 was at $15.11 billion MUMBAI foreign trade — comes at a trical & non-electrical in terms of stronger rupee Oil imports in June rose as against $14.41 billion Telecom Minister Manoj time when demands for set- (7.02%) and gold(102.99%). hurting the exports is clearly 12.04% to $8.12 billion. from a year earlier. Sinha on Friday unveiled a ting up more ICDs, CFSs and Big picture: Demand for dry ports and freight stations have next generation optical AFSs in India have risen fol- risen following activity in port-linked development. * AFP bre-based technology on lowing the ₹8 lakh crore the BSNL network that will Sagarmala Programme on status on a real-time basis, that (ever since the IMC was Pay raise to Centre to seek details Centre to enable the state-owned rm port-linked development as official sources told The set up in 1992), Letters of In- to provide broadband well as the Dedicated Freight Hindu. tent (LoIs) were issued for chairman on grant NIIF connection with download Corridors (DFC). According to the DoC, the 319 proposals received from on Jio’s data breach speed, of up to 1,000 mbps. The last reform of the move will “enable automa- private developers, State ITC’s agenda ₹20,000 cr. Bharat Sanchar Nigam ICD/CFS/AFS approval pro- tion of the submission of ap- and Central Public Sector currently oers broadband cess was carried out in 1992 plications, editing, updating Undertakings (PSU) for set- Special Correspondent ‘Reliance has not informed DoT’ Special Correspondent facility with a top download when an Inter-Ministerial of the applications by the ting up of ICDs, CFSs and KOLKATA NEW DELHI speed of 100 megabit per Committee (IMC) — under promoter. There will be AFSs, as of November 17, ITC will seek shareholders’ Special Correspondent Finance Minister Arun Jait- New Delhi second on its bre-to-home the aegis of Department of automated parallel pro- 2016. approval to pay a monthly ley reviewed the perform- network. PTI Commerce (DoC) — was con- cessing of applications and “Out of these, 233 ICDs/ remuneration of ₹1 crore to Telecom Secretary Aruna ance of the National Invest- stituted for the purpose. display of status of the pro- CFSs are functional, 50 are its non-executive chairman Sundararajan on Friday said ment and Infrastructure DEA Secretary Garg Though the IMC is virtu- posal both to the promoter at various stages of imple- Yogesh Chandra that the Department of Tele- Fund (NIIF) on Friday dur- nominated to RBI board ally a single window clear- and the IMC members.” mentation by the developers Deveshwar. com is looking into the issue ing the third meeting of its NEW DELHI ance mechanism, hailed as a and 36 LoIs have been can- The proposal is to be of alleged breach of Reli- governing council where The RBI on Friday said major reform then, the pro- More transparency celled either on the specific moved as a special busi- ance Jio’s customer data and he was informed that the Economic Aairs Secretary cess is now considered cum- The objective is also to en- request of the developer or ness at the company’s an- would seek details from the Department of Economic Subhash Chandra Garg has bersome as it involves sub- sure greater transparency due to lack of adequate pro- nual general meeting on company. Affairs had signed an been nominated to its central mission of several and accountability in the gress in implementation of July 28, 2017. “They (Reliance Jio) have agreement with the NIIF board of directors. Mr. Garg documents and reports be- IMC mechanism, the sources the project,” the Minister The ITC board, at its not informed us,” Ms. Aruna Sundararajan for a ₹20,000 crore contri- replaces his predecessor fore and after the approval. said, adding that the web- had said. meeting in October 2016, Sundararajan said while bution to the Fund. Shaktikanta Das, who retired The newly proposed web- based module is also expec- According to a July 2016 approved this additional replying to a query on the email addresses of Jio users “It was informed that a after an extended tenure on based mechanism, being de- ted to lower entry barriers report on Dry Ports/ICDs/ payout effective February sidelines of an event. The were visible on a site called strong investment pipeline May 31. The Centre has veloped by the government- and help more players enter CFS sector in India by ‘Re- 5, 2017, according to the Secretary added that the de- ‘Magicapk,’ which was later with investment opportun- nominated Mr. Garg as a owned National Informatics the field. ports Worldwide,’ “India is AGM notice. This pay partment would be seeking taken down. Reliance Jio ities is under consideration director to the Central Board, Centre Services Inc., is Commerce and industry the 16th largest maritime would be in addition to details on on the entire issue had claimed that data of its in the roads, ports, aviation the RBI said. The nomination aimed at enabling the de- minister Nirmala Sithara- country in the world and it commissions and remuner- from the company. customers was safe. It had and power sectors,” ac- of Mr. Garg is eective from veloper to submit applica- man had informed the Lok has got 12 major and 187 ation as sitting fees for Earlier this week, names, filed a complaint with the cording to an official state- July 12, 2017. PTI tions online and track their Sabha in November 2016 non-major ports.” board meetings. telephone numbers and Mumbai police for a probe. ment.

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TV PICKS Federer passes Berdych test Women’s WC: India vs New Cilic powers past Querrey Zealand: STAR Sports 1 & Mukund Padmanabhan STAR Sports 1 HD, 3 p.m. up first in the opening set, that won him the tie-break Ultimate Table Tennis: SS The Croat extends his unblemished record against the American to 5-0 London but Berdych came out of in the first set, it was a string Select 2 & Select 2 HD, 7.30 Roger Federer took another nowhere to level 4-4, push- of forehand crosscourt win- p.m. step towards a 19th Grand ing the match into a tie- ners, including a brilliant Slam by beating Tomas breaker. one hit inside out, that IN BRIEF Berdych in the semifinal 7-6 Here, as he did during sealed the one in the (4), 7-6(4), 6-4. clutch points right through second. The straight-set scoreline the match, Federer stepped After staving off a couple concealed a victory that was up the serve, his first three of break-points when earned with some difficulty unreturned, to set up the serving at 2-3 in the third set, with the Czech constantly stage for a 7-4 victory. Federer broke Berdych to testing the seven-time Berdych applied more 4-3. Wimbledon champion, who pressure in the second set, Sensing victory, the Swiss made his share of errors and in which he looked like the loosened up, getting himself needed to dig deep into his better player during certain into positions of advantage reserves to pull himself out parts. But to Federer’s on a couple of rallies and of tricky situations. credit, he pulled himself out then swatting the ball casu- This was a different Fe- of trouble every time. ally for winners as if he were Serena feels she is there derer from the one that At 3-3, for instance, Fe- in an exhibition match. for Venus played with the unpremedit- derer was down 0-30, which From here on, there was WASHINGTON ated aggression and fluency he reversed with two power- no stopping him as he Serena Williams, who missed that was on sublime display ful serves and, after fending widened the lead to 5-3 by the ongoing Wimbledon due in his quarterfinal against off a break-point, with a holding his service game to to pregnancy, has said that Milos Raonic on Wednesday. sharp crosscourt winner, love and then going up 40-0 she felt like she was there Berdych tested him right proceeded to wrap up the in his final service game, to with her elder sister Venus through the match and Fe- game with another two un- concede a point by trying to Williams throughout her derer’s forehand, which was returnable serves. This pat- win with a flourish, and then journey to her ninth finals of a little erratic during the tern continued right through wrapping it up when the grasscourt tournament. second set, contributed to- the match, allowing Berdych Berdych netted a forehand. “We talk every day and we wards a victory that, by his to convert only one of the Federer, who hasn’t text every day, not about own superlative standards, six break-points against dropped a set yet this tennis always — our was a tad laboured. Federer. Wimbledon, will face Marin relationship isn’t based It was Federer who went If it was the Federer serve Cilic in the final on Sunday. around tennis so it’s just been really great. AFP

Bursting with joy: Marin Cilic red 25 aces and 70 winners past Sam Querrey to reach his rst Wimbledon nal. * REUTERS

Mukund Padmanabhan match concluding in four During the second set, it was level 3-3, winning the London sets. But it did consume al- was Cilic who had the greater next three points to run away The past hung heavily over most three hours and saw opportunities, but failed to with the set. Roddick nearly threw away the match between Marin Cilic extending his unblem- convert two break points Surprisingly, it was Quer- all his trophies, says wife Cilic and Sam Querrey, hav- ished record against Querrey when leading 3-2. But he rey who drew first blood in LONDON ing played two long five-set to a head-to head of 5-0, win- made no mistake on Quer- the fourth, raising visions of Former World No. 1 Andy matches at Wimbledon ning 6-7(6 ), 6-4, 7-6 rey’s next service another marathon five-setter. Roddick nearly broke his wife earlier, one of them lasting (3), 7-5. game, earning three But Cilic broke back to level Brooklyn Decker’s heart five hours and 31 minutes, The match began backhand passes, of 4-4 and exploited on a few when he decided to throw the second-longest match in with both players get- which he used the errors from a visibly tiring away nearly all of his trophies Wimbledon history. ting into their stride second to pass his op- Querrey to close out the during a recent cleaning That this one on Friday immediately, with ponent down the match. spree at the couple’s home in could be another long, neither giving the line. Cilic served distinctly bet- Austin, Texas. “It was really closely fought match seemed other even a faint By now, Querrey ter, winning 88% of his first upsetting,” the Guardian probable given their whiff of a chance of a break. who had come into this serves and 67% of second quoted Decker telling People identical playing styles and The score rode on a relent- match after playing three serves against Querrey’s cor- magazine in an interview. ANI the uncannily similar statist- less barrage of big serving to consecutive five-setters, responding numbers of 74 Stretched, but not quite: Roger Federer made his share of errors and needed to dig deep into his ics the two had coming into 6-6, when Cilic took a 2-1 lead seemed as if he was tiring. and 48. reserves to pull himself out of tricky situations against Tomas Berdych. * REUTERS this match. with a mini-break with a The mistakes were adding up Although it was Querrey Both rely heavily on their crosscourt forehand winner. disconcertingly and Cilic who uncharacteristically serve, which they beat down But Querrey levelled at 4-4 powered his way to win the won more points at the net, from the same height (6’ 6’’) by pulling his opponent in second set. overall it was Cilic that had at the very same speeds. with a short ball and then For a moment, it looked as 70 winners against the Amer- Venus, Muguruza chase history If Cilic served during the brushing the return away if Cilic had carried the mo- ican’s 46. tournament with an average with a fine backhand volley. mentum into the third set Agence France-Presse contemporaries have long Wimbledon, Muguruza speed of 83 mph (first serve) At 6-6, Querrey challenged having three break points on THE RESULTS London since retired, Williams is has enjoyed a revival of Unbowed by age and playing some of the best her own over the last and 56 mph (second serve), Cilic’s first serve successfully, Querrey’s serve in the open- Men: Semifinals: 7-Marin Cilic the corresponding numbers the drama of the tie-break ing game. But the American (Cro) bt 24-Sam Querrey (USA) illness, Venus Williams tennis of her glittering fortnight. for the American were 84 heightened by a hold up as a bridged the deficit with two 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-5; 3-Ro- stands on the brink of career and she can cap her “All the names that I Bonucci dumps Juve and 56. result of a lady fainting in the big serves and a delicate creating history as she bids remarkable renaissance on read on the honours for AC Milan ger Federer (Sui) bt 11-Tomas Essentially baseliners, crowd. drop volley and went on to Berdych (Cze) 7-6(4), 7-6(4), to become the oldest Centre Court this board, I know all of them. ROME both bank on their big fore- This earned him a second hold. 6-4. Grand Slam champion in weekend. For the last years, you see AC Milan announced on hands, hitting around twice first serve but the Czech blew The two traded one break Women: Doubles: Semifinals: Saturday’s Wimbledon Inspired by her decision a lot of Williams surname,” Friday the arrival of Italy as many winners of this side the opportunity ballooning a each soon afterwards and 2-Ekaterina Makarova & Elena final against Garbine to hire compatriot she said. “So I look international defender than the backhand. backhand wide and shanking the set headed unerringly to Vesnina (Rus) bt 12-Anna-Lena Muguruza. Conchita Martinez as her forward to putting a Leonardo Bonucci, a winner As it turned out, history another to hand Querrey the another tie-breaker. This Groenefeld (Ger) & Kveta At an age when her temporary coach for Spanish name back there.” of six successive Serie A titles failed to repeat itself with the next two points and the set. time Cilic pulled away after it Peschke (Cze) 7-5, 6-2. with Juventus. “Bonucci in Milan”, the club wrote on its website alongside pictures of Ranatunga’s the centre-back smiling at Amla and de Kock the team’s headquarters. The Decks cleared for Super Kings and Royals 30-year-old will sign a five- allegations year contract, according to prop up Proteas Italian media. AFP Shayan Acharya & RR back into the league. I rubbished S. Prasanna Venkatesan hope they bring back the Press Trust of India Chennai England got what it Press Trust of India intensity and the flair that Nottingham wanted after Joe Root said New Delhi After a two-year they are reputed for and he would have bowled any- suspension, the BCCI continue to add immense South Africa came through way, yet despite having the India’s World Cup heroes officially cleared the decks value to brand VIVO IPL. I two difficult periods to South Africans on the ropes found former Sri Lanka for the return of Chennai wish them the very best.” reach 309 for six against early in the final session, captain Arjuna Ranatunga’s Super Kings and Rajasthan The executive chairman England at stumps on day when de Kock fell first ball demand for an inquiry into Royals on Friday. of the Rajasthan Royals one of the second Test on after tea, the home team the 2011 final as CSK marked the end of Professional Management Friday, suggesting the Pro- couldn’t force home its “outrageous”. the exile with a vibrant Group Ranjit Barthakur told teas’ gamble to bat first in advantage. Ranatunga, in a video social media engagement, The Hindu, “We are difficult conditions may England leads the four- posted on his Facebook sharing photos of its delighted to be back in the have paid off. Test series 1-0. page, said: “We must in- Ronaldinho extends Futsal remarkable moments from league. We have followed South Africa was 66 for vestigate what happened to deal for three more years the first eight editions in all the BCCI guidelines and two before a 113-run part- Sri Lanka at the 2011 World MUMBAI the league. And it naturally SCOREBOARD Cup final. I cannot reveal appointed Justice (Retd.) Rajeev Shukla was quoted are gearing up for an nership between Hashim Premier Futsal announced its trended on Twitter for everything now, but one Lodha Committee and will as saying, “It is my privilege exciting season. Amla (78) and Quinton de season 2 in the presence of some time. South Africa — 1st Innings: D. day I will. There must be an now participate in the to welcome back our “We would definitely like Kock (68) steadied the side. former Brazilian football “We received an email Elgar c Dawson b Anderson 6, inquiry.” Indian Premier League.” franchises, Chennai Super to get back a few old guys. Then, Stuart Broad (three legend, Ronaldinho, here on from the BCCI welcoming H. Kuhn b Broad 34, H. Amla c Gautam Gambhir said, “I Kings and Rajasthan Royals, But it all depends on what for 47) and Ben Stokes (two Friday. The 37-year-old will us back in the league. We The release quoted the Wood b Broad 78, Q. de Kock c am surprised by Arjuna into the 11th edition of the the BCCI decides about the for 77) combined to take be associated with Futsal for are happy to be back,” said acting-president of the BCCI Cook b Broad 68, F. du Plessis c Ranatunga’s allegations. IPL. player retention policy,” he four wickets early in the fi- three more years. Season 2 George John, Director, CSK C.K. Khanna as saying, Bairstow b Stokes 19, T. These are serious com- added. nal session for England but featuring six teams will be Cricket Limited. “VIVO IPL will be enriched We have had a strong Bavuma c Bairstow b Stokes ments by a very respect- South Africa, at 235 for six, played in Mumbai (set to The BCCI released an by the return of Chennai working relationship with When the league 20, V. Philander (batting) 54, able voice in international came back again with an un- C. Morris (batting) 23; Extras start on September 15), New official statement that read: Super Kings and Rajasthan Chennai Super Kings and expanded from eight teams cricket. I think to clear the broken 74-run stand (lb-7) 7; Total (for six wickets in Delhi and Bengaluru; while “The BCCI on Friday Royals. Both the teams have Rajasthan Royals and hope to ten in 2011, each team air, he should back his between bowlers Vernon 90 overs) 309. the semifinals and final will welcomed the Indian enjoyed tremendous on- that we can continue to was allowed to retain a claims with proof.” Philander (54 batting) and be played in Dubai. Premier League franchises field success and have a build upon the close ties maximum of four players. Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-66, 3- Ashish Nehra, a key Chris Morris (23 batting). — Chennai Super Kings and mass following. The loyal that we have enjoyed in the It remains to be seen if 179, 4-194, 5-220, 6-235. member of the victorious fans will again get to see past, as we move towards Returning South Africa Rajasthan Royals — back the players are allowed to England bowling: Anderson team, said that one should into the League. their favourite teams and the next edition of the be retained, and if so, what captain Faf du Plessis trus- not pay much attention to stars in action from the league.” ted his batting line-up on a 20-4-68-1; Broad 19-4-47-3; “The two franchises have will happen to the former Wood 17-3-61-0; Stokes 18-3- these kind of statements. “I upcoming season of the cloudy morning at Trent completed the two-year BCCI’s acting-secretary players of CSK and RR who 77-2; Dawson 7-1-26-0; Ali 8-1- don’t wish to dignify Rana- VIVO IPL.” Bridge, choosing to bat in suspension imposed by the Amitabh Choudhary has were with different teams 21-0; Jennings 1-0-2-0. tunga’s comments by airing Hon’ble Supreme Court- Chairman of the IPL said, “I welcome CSK and for the last two years. what appeared to be diffi- my views on the issue.” cult conditions. Toss: South Africa. Vettel feels ‘dizzy’ Five-place behind new shield SILVERSTONE (UK) India and New Zealand in shoot-out for a seminal spot grid penalty World championship leader CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Sebastian Vettel said he felt WORLD CUP or a washout would be wari Gayakwad, Jhulan Gos- for Bottas ‘dizzy’ while testing Formula enough for India to pip the Saturday’s schedule wami, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Associated Press ț One’s new safety shield on his Asian News International White Ferns, as India is cur- India vs New Zealand Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smrti SILVERSTONE (England) Ferrari during Friday morning Derby rently one point better off. Mandhana, Mona Meshram, ț Australia vs South Africa practice at the British GP. “I It will be a winner-takes-all at Yet both teams will need Shikha Pandey, Poonam , Nuzhat After setting the pace in Parween, Punam Raut, Deepti tried it this morning, I got a The County Ground here on to bounce back from heavy ț England vs West Indies practice for the British Sharma and Sushma Verma. bit dizzy... The forward vision Saturday when India and defeats in the penultimate Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas’ ț is not very good,” he said. “I New Zealand square off for round of pool matches. Pakistan vs Sri Lanka New Zealand: Suzie Bates bid for a second successive think it’s because of the the last semifinal spot at the India skipper Mithali Raj CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (capt.), Erin Bermingham, victory was hit by a five- curvature, you get quite a bit ICC Women’s World Cup has demanded improvement Sophie Devine, Maddie Green, place penalty on the grid of distortion, plus you get 2017. England, Australia and from her troop and believes well they pull themselves up Holly Huddleston, Leigh for the Formula One race. downwash down the straight South Africa all booked a the ability to cope with the after a defeat. “That’s what Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Katey The sanction was im- pushing the helmet forward. place in the last-four with pressure of a must-win game makes world champions,” Martin, Thamsyn Newton, Katie posed due to an unsched- We had another run planned, victories on Wednesday. will be the deciding factor. said Mithali. Perkins, Anna Peterson, Rachel uled change of gearbox be- but I didn’t like it, so we took Victory for either team “The girls are so talented, The teams (from): India: Mithali Priest, Hannah Rowe, Amy Sat- War cry: India will need Punam Raut to re as she did against cause it has not been used it off.” AFP will see it through, while a tie but it’s just a matter of how Raj (capt.), Ekta Bisht, Rajesh- terthwaite and Lea Tahuhu. Australia. * STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES for six consecutive races. CM A ND-NDE YK © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Satish [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Gabino (9) Rayan event of the races to be held here GUNTUR spots in the relay team. 54.5, 13. New Mallet (6) P.P. Ahmed 58.5, 7. Amazing Redd (1) on Saturday (July 15). False rails Dhebe 51.5 and 14. My Valentine Shobhan 57.5, 8. Cerrado (7) J. She skipped the quartermile With the qualification (width about 3m from 1,600m to (11) Irvan Singh 51. Chinoy 57.5, 9. Frenemee (5) Ahvar Rizvi in the recent Federation entry gates for Worlds clos- the winning post) will be in posi- 1. AFTER HOURS, 2. SKY BOUND, 3. Rajesh Kumar 57.5, 10. Sporting shoots silver Cup, bitter that she had been tion. CAPTAIN CALM Pleasure (4) Srinath 57.5, 11. Arvak ing on July 23, the Indian wo- The carried forward amount of (2) P. Trevor 56.5, 12. Multi App ORIMATTILA (FINLAND) ignored for the Indian mile men’s relay team is in the R.M. PUTTANNA MEMORIAL ₹2,84,021 will be added to the TROPHY (1,400m), rated 30 to (13) Irvan Singh 56.5, 13. Dagobert Ahvar Rizvi won the double relay team for the Rio 15th spot in the ‘Race to Lon- combined Jackpot pool today. 4 (12) Ranjeet Singh 55 and 14. Hart- Olympics. Anu Raghavan 50, 4-y-o & over, 2.55: 1. Amazing trap silver behind James don’, below the eight auto- MYSTICAL MILLION (1,600m), Skill (11) Yash Narredu 60, 2. Bus- nell (6) Ashhad Asbar 53. Dedman of Britain in the stressed that fact once again matic qualifiers from the 1 maiden 3-y-o, (Terms), 1.15 cadero (10) R. Marshall 59, 3. 1. SPORTING PLEASURE, 2. LEG- International junior Shotgun after winning the 400m p.m.: 1. Automatic (6) P.P. Dhebe Montenegro (7) Anjar Alam 59, 4. ACY DREAM, 3. MYSTIC MUSIC IAAF World Relays held in 56, 2. Goshawk (8) A. Sandesh 56, Royal Rein (5) Syed Imran 59, 5. Cup here on Thursday. The hurdles silver at the Asian NAWAB M. ARSHAD ALI KHAN Bahamas earlier this year. 3. Great Tribute (3) A. Imran Courtship (3) Dhanu Singh 58.5, trio of Ahvar, Shardul and athletics championships in MEMORIAL CUP (1,400m), 3- Odisha’s Rio Olympian Khan 56, 4. Lawrence Of Arabia 6. Powerscourt (13) Antony Raj 7 Shapath won the team gold. Bhubaneswar the other day. (2) Srinath 56, 5. Master Of Stud- 57.5, 7. Amber Crown (12) A. y-o, (Terms), 5.00: 1. Lady In Lace Dutee Chand, who was given (2) Srinath 57, 2. That’s My Class The results: Junior boys: ies (4) Neeraj 56, 6. Angels Touch Sandesh 57, 8. Jayadratha (6) P.S. But now, the 24-year-old the star status at (9) Hannam 56.5, 3. Tootsie Roll Double trap: 1. James (1) Akshay Kumar 54.5, 7. Chouhan 57, 9. Silver Legend (9) from Kerala has had a Bhubaneswar since she was Castanea (7) P.S. Chouhan 54.5, 8. S. John 57, 10. Grecian Light (8) (6) P. Trevor 56.5, 4. Creator (5) Dedman (G.Br) 75 (136); 2. change of mind. With berths Implicit Trust (9) P. Trevor 54.5 Nazerul Alam 55.5, 11. Bazinga (2) N. Rawal 53.5, 5. Grand Empire (1) running in her home State, A. Imran Khan 53.5, 6. Kambaku Ahvar Rizvi 71 (132); 3. in the Indian relay team for and 9. Mahasuvi (5) C. Alford Rajesh Kumar 55, 12. Carolina (1) Shardul Vihan 53 (133). will be trying to clock the 54.5. P. Trevor 55, 13. Leon (14) R. Pra- (4) Vinod Shinde 53.5, 7. Alberetta next month’s World athletics (3) Neeraj 52, 8. Lady Barrington Team: 1. India 402; 2. Italy 11.26s that will take her to 1. GOSHAWK, 2. LAWRENCE OF AR- deep 54.5 and 14. Flotus (4) B. championships in London ABIA, 3. CASTANEA Harish 53. (8) A. Sandesh 52 and 9. Occitan 390; 3. Finland 293. London. (7) P.S. Chouhan 52. looking promising, Anu has ADLER TROPHY (Div. I), 1. BUSCADERO, 2. CAROLINA, 3. JAYADRATHA 1. LADY BARRINGTON, 2. GRAND decided to try the 400m flat Ankit Sharma pulls out 2 (1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 1.45: EMPIRE, 3. LADY IN LACE once again at the 57th Na- 1. King’s Son (3) P. Trevor 60, 2. B.T.C. ANNIVERSARY CUP Meanwhile, the men’s long Fine Barristor (-) (-) 58, 3. Fair tional Inter-State champion- 5 (1,400m), 4-y-o & over, ADLER TROPHY (Div. II), With a prayer: As the World championships fast approaches, jump national record-holder Warning (2) S. John 57, 4. I Smile (Terms), 3.35: 1. Serjeant At Arms (1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 5.45: ships which begin at the 8 Anu Raghavan has decided to try the 400m once again at the Ankit Sharma has pulled out (6) Janardhan P 57, 5. Wrekin (4) (2) A. Sandesh 60, 2. Accolade (7) 1. Harley Quinn (7) R. Anand 60, new, blue Acharya Nagar- T.S. Jodha 56.5, 6. Lunar Storm P. Trevor 59, 3. Bold Command 2. Salvatore Mundi (9) Md. Asif National Inter-State meet. * FILE PHOTO: BISWARANJAN ROUT of the Guntur meet after sus- juna University track here on (7) Rayan Ahmed 56, 7. New Era (3) Srinath 56.5, 4. Smile Stone (9) Khan 59.5, 3. Duke Of Norfolk (10) taining an injury in (8) Bhawani Singh 56, 8. Indian S. John 54, 5. Auriga (12) P.S. Saturday. Anjar Alam 59, 4. Game Again (8) for her marriage and thus Asians. Tintu will be missing Bhubaneswar. Fury (1) P.S. Chouhan 53.5 and 9. Chouhan 53, 6. Mickey Mouse (5) Srinath 58.5, 5. Summer Star (4) Anilda Thomas, who was De Ville Butterfly (5) S.K. Paswan Rajesh Kumar 53, 7. Multitude (8) Sreeknath 58.5, 6. Ultimate Power Defoe bids tearful missed the recent Asian the Guntur meet and with Triple jumper Arpinder 52.5. a part of the Indian relay Neeraj 53, 8. Ace Bucephalus (11) (2) Neeraj 58.5, 7. Export Quality farewell to ‘best mate’ championships in her recovery expected to Singh and shot putter 1. FAIR WARNING, 2. KING’S SON, Ashhad Asbar 52, 9. Khayyam (-) (1) A. Merchant 56.5, 8. Black LONDON team at the Rio Olympics, is Bhubaneswar which turned take time, she could miss the Tajinderpal Toor are others 3. INDIAN FURY (-) 52, 10. Rule Downunder (10) A. Lightning (5) S.K. Paswan 56, 9. The funeral of Bradley also hopping back to the na- out to be highly rewarding Worlds too. who will be trying to make INDIAN PATTERN COMMITTEE Bandal 52, 11. Fire Glow (6) P.P- Cashmere (3) Rayan Ahmed 56 tional circuit in Guntur, with CUP (1,600m), rated 00 to 20, .Dhebe 51.5, 12. La Dona (4) Irvan and 10. Candice (6) Jagadeesh 55. Lowery — one of the iconic experience for her With Nirmala Sheoran, the qualification grade while 3 Singh 51 and 13. Dazzling Bay (1) an eye on the squad. 2.20: 1. After Hours (7) Srinath 1. ULTIMATE POWER, 2. faces of last season’s Premier teammates. M.R. Poovamma, Jisna Kerala long jumpers V. 60, 2. Captain Calm (4) P. Trevor Akshay Kumar 50.5. CASHMERE, 3. DUKE OF NORFOLK 1. SERJEANT AT ARMS, 2. FIRE League season as the “I hope to do something Tintu Luka, a prominent Mathew and Debashree Neena and Nayana James — 60, 3. Konigin (2) Bhawani Singh GLOW, 3. ACCOLADE Day’s best: SERJEANT AT ARMS devoted Sunderland fan like 52.70s,” said Anilda member of the relay team Majumdar virtually confirm- who won the silver and 59.5, 4. Kings Kid (8) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 5. Brave Girl (10) Mudassar K.N. GURUSWAMY MEMORIAL Double: AFTER HOURS — LADY battled a rare form of cancer Thomas, one of the fastest the last few years, is yet to ing their London seats with a bronze at the Asians — could BARRINGTON 58, 6. Granada (9) K. Mukesh 57.5, 6 CUP (1,600m), rated 45 to 65, — drew thousands of quartermilers in the country recover from the dengue gold-winning run at the Asi- light up their field with their 7. Skybound (12) A. Imran Khan 4.15: 1. Namid (14) P.P. Dhebe 60, Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; Tr (i): 3, 4 and mourners onto the streets on last year, who took a break fever which hit her at the ans, Anilda and Anu could battle. 57, 8. One To Note (13) A. Mer- 2. Mystic Music (11) S. John 59.5, 3. 5; (ii): 6, 7 and 8. Friday. Lowery died last Friday aged just six of neuroblastoma. England CRICKET Harinder striker Jermain Defoe flew Aadhar an option to facilitate back from his new club Bournemouth’s training camp Gayle hopes for ODI return in last four in Spain to attend the funeral of his ‘best mate’, and bid a Sports Bureau transfer of prize money: Goel Special Correspondent tearful farewell. AFP ect qualification for the 2019 Melbourne Bengaluru World Cup (only the top India’s Harinder Pal SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT said, adding that it would ing the report. Chris Gayle is hopeful of re- eight teams qualify directly, Sandhu reached the semi- New Delhi not be a one-time scheme. “Everyone has his ver- turning to the West Indies with the next four to go into finals of the Victoria Open Scotching rumours that “We will keep identifying sion. I spoke to the CEO of one-day team soon, with an a qualifier tournament in squash tournament, beat- Aadhar had been made man- 1000 kids every year and in- the Paralympic Committee eye on being involved in the 2018). “We don’t want to ing Australian Rhys Dowl- datory for kids participating clude them in the scheme,” of India (PCI) and was told 2019 World Cup. The 37- miss out like what happened ing, in straight games 11-4, in the National School he said. the amount could have been year-old stated here that dis- at the Champions Trophy,” 11-8, 11-5 here on Friday. Games, Sports Minister Vijay The Portal, which is yet to released only after approval cussions with the WICB were Gayle said. In the last four, Harinder Goel on Friday said that it be launched and would ini- from the court-appointed re- City signs Tottenham’s on, suggesting that a way Earlier this year, Court- will play the second- had only been made an op- tially be in Hindi and Eng- ceiver Justice Kailash Gamb- Walker may soon be paved for his Chris Gayle. ney Browne, the West Indies seeded Piedro Schweert- tion to facilitate the transfer lish, was in the process of hir, who was unavailable. I recall to the ODI side. MANCHESTER * G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR chairman of selectors, had man of the Netherlands. of prize money for victori- being translated into re- will be able to say something Manchester City signed Gayle, who had not hinted that the current se- ous students to their bank gional languages as well, he on this after I get the report. defender Kyle Walker from played international cricket “The fans were happy to lection policy could be revis- accounts. said, though the criteria for We don’t want to interfere in Premier League rival for 15 months until he fea- see me back on the field rep- ited. Would he and other Neeraj and Speaking to journalists at selection of kids was yet to the functioning of NSFs but Tottenham on Friday in a deal tured in the one-off T20I resenting West Indies. Hope- similarly-placed players be an Indian Women’s Press be formulated. The portal we are keeping a check,” he worth up to £50 million. The against India in Jamaica on fully I can play a few more available for September’s Alipt shine Corps interaction, Goel said aims to allow talented kids said. 27-year-old Walker has been Sunday, was speaking at an games. England tour, Gayle was if any school had said it was to upload their details and The govt. had released one of the League’s top right event to promote IONA, a “Things are beginning to asked. Sports Bureau mandatory, he would look achievements, bringing funds to the PCI but legal backs in recent years. The virtual gaming centre. open up a little more now, “That’s what is actually in New delhi into it. them directly into the dispute between two fac- England international signed “It was good to be back,” between players and the discussion,” he said. “It’s for Neeraj Bhati made 70 and He also detailed the min- system. tions in the federation a five-year deal with City. AP he said. “I didn’t realise at board. It’s looking good.” them (WICB) to make the an- Alipt Gupta picked up istry’s plans vis-a-vis trainees Asked about the enquiry meant it could not be for- the time how long I was out. West Indies, currently nouncement, and make it three wickets as Ravi selected through the pro- constituted into the recent warded to the athletes. Rough start To be playing in my home- ranked ninth in ODIs, is in formal. We’ll wait and see Brothers Club beat York posed Talent Search Portal. incident involving para Goel also announced the for Aditi town was special. danger of missing out on dir- what happens.” Club by 46 runs in the 16th “The government will se- swimmer Kanchanmala constitution of a five-mem- BEDMINSTER (USA) Swastik Cup cricket lect 1000 talented kids and Pande, left to fend for her- ber committee, chaired by Aditi Ashok had a rough start tournament. spend ₹5 lakh per year each self in Berlin due to lack of Additional Secretary Kiran to the Women’s US Open as FOOTBALL The scores: Ravi Brothers 213 on training them, for a funds, Goel said he would Soni Gupta, to look into she was two-over through 17 for nine in 35 overs (Neeraj period of eight years,” Goel comment only after receiv- grievances of sportswomen. holes in a weather-hit first Bhati 70, Skand Ahluwalia 42; round here. It was not a Steve Coppell named coach Pawan Sharma three for 32) roller-coaster, but a lot of bt York Club 167 for eight in putts did not fall and she had 35 overs (Vinay Sharma 32, Vani emerges winner Nina to lead three bogeys and one birdie Alipt Gupta three for 22, on 17th, as darkness stopped of Tata Steel team Special Correspondent Nikhil Bhati three for 29). Sports Reporter KOLKATA play. Bengaluru Special Correspondent the nomenclature of its team natural choice to be Cop- Unbeaten ton by Robin Vani Kapoor stormed to her Nina Shil will lead a 16- AIFF sacks doctor Kolkata but announced the name of pell’s deputy in the new as- member Indian team in the Robin Sharma’s unbeaten third win in four starts on after Subrata dope scam Englishman Steve Coppell the chief coach as tourna- signment. Asian under-20 girls’ hand- 158 and Saurabh Singh’s the Hero Women’s Profes- NEW DELHI has been appointed the ment regulations had July 15 “Tata Steel has a long and ball to be held in Hong three wickets for just 17 sional Golf Tour, after a Acting on the directives of head coach of the new In- as the last date of picking up enduring commitment to Kong from July 15 to 22. runs helped DC Academy three-under 68 final round the National Anti-Doping dian Super League franchise the coaching staff. sports, especially football. beat West Delhi Academy of the eighth leg at Clover The team: Nina Shil (captain & Agency (NADA) concerning owned by Tata Steel. Our foray into ISL is in line by 92 runs in the Manna Greens near here on Friday. goalkeeper, Bengal), Asha, the Subrata Paul dope Coppell, who helped Ker- Ahmed to assist with the commitment to de- Lal Sharma memorial The scores (top seven, final Sushma, Khushboo, Jyoti (all scandal, the All India Football ala Blasters to the final of the The Jamshedpur-based out- velop Indian football. cricket tournament. round): 209: Vani Kapoor (70, Haryana), Jeenal Kheetani Federation has sacked tournament last season, left fit also announced the sign- “Jamshedpur Football 71, 68); 215: Amandeep Drall (Gujarat), Nidhi Sharma, The scores: Sreejith Kamal as team the Kochi-based franchise as ing of former India interna- Club’s association with Steve (71, 72, 72), Gaurika Bishnoi Menika, Diksha (goalkeeper) doctor. In Kamal’s place, he was approached by the tional Ishfaq Ahmed as the Coppell and Ishfaq Ahmed is DC Academy 258 for seven (69, 73, 73); 217: Smriti Mehra (all Himachal Pradesh), Ro- Punith Kenchappa Giriyappa newest entrant of the ISL. assistant to Coppell. yet another step in this dir- in 35 overs (Robin Sharma 158 (75, 69, 73); 218: Saaniya hini, Rekha (goalkeeper, has been appointed for the Tata Steel, which is argu- Having worked with Cop- ection,” said T.V. Narendran, n.o., Sonu Kumar three for 43) Sharma (75, 72, 71); 219: Gursi- Delhi), Puja (Punjab), Akansha India u-23 side for the AFC ably the largest conglomer- pell in the same post in the managing director of Tata bt West Delhi Academy 166 in mar Badwal (78, 72, 69); 220: Verma and Satakshi Pal (all championship 2018 qualifiers ate owning the franchises in previous season with Kerala Steel India and South-East 29.4 overs (Golu Kumar 48, Tvesa Malik (71, 77, 72), Neha SAI, Lucknow), Kanika Roy

in Qatar. PTI the ISL, is yet to decide on Blasters, Ahmed became the Asia. Saurabh Singh three for 17). Tripathi (72, 74, 74). Vani. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT (Rajasthan).

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FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12060 (set by Afterdark) SUDOKU (5,4) 4 Court rule rewritten to sack upstart's butt (6) Source of happiness 15 Typebars regularly over time get fungus (5) 5 It's careless to get caught in Suka is a jivanmukta steeped in Braham jnana and Parikshit 16 Convinced to have a son and lies with school-head (8) is a worthy disciple who has seen death in person and wants reliable daughter (7) to attain salvation. Parikshit is steadfast in his desire for jn- 6 Small ame at play; evacuated ana and often voices his doubts during the course of Suka’s 19 Shower at health club is and put out by instrument narration of the Bhagavata Katha. followed by beer regularly; used by miners (6,4) While listening to Krishna’s childhood stories, Parikshit abstainer is overwhelmed (7) 7 Dish on table widely used by wants to know why the child Krishna is so attractive and 20 Hint of shower after midnight business people! (3,5) wins the hearts of all easily. (5) Suka’s answer draws from the crux of the Upanishad 8 Prevent getting caught over by teaching that speaks of the true nature of the atma as the 21 Bird crooned endlessly with policeman, perhaps (8) very essence of Sat-chit-ananda, pointed out Nochur Sri dipper out of tune (9) Venkataraman in a discourse. The famous exchange 14 Lady's terribly angry, it is the between Yagnyavalkya and Maitreyi is often quoted to show 25 Network provides bottomless infection (10) coffee? Cool (7) that the Self is the dearest. 16 Lovely article on plant (8) When people say that one’s son, or wife or husband or 26 Book's tally shows Euro given country or any object is dear to them, the implication is that to teacher is unlikely to be 17 Struggling state receives they believe that these belong to them. But the truth is that paid (3,4) direction to get a mega police the source of all love is the Self. There is an intuitive recogni- 28 Refrigerate tea before inviting force (4,4) tion of the Self in each one, though it is not fully realised in all beings. This is seen in instances when one is willing to student for a cup (7) 18 Always hurt precedes break up Solution to puzzle 12059 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku sacrifice a limb to save the life. (8) 29 Guard retires on emptying hot Even the desire to commit suicide is for the sake of the ■ drink (7) ACROSS 22 A person of wealth oddly, self. Somewhere there is the hope that sans the body the Self 9 A cake counter starting in may be relieved. ■ DOWN oddly seen with a person of California will serve coffee (7) no inuence (6) Suka points out that the Paramatma swaroopa in the form 10 Greed is a sin, to contain one 1 Suit, shirt replaced by dresser of Krishna is a mirror reflecting the truth of the Atma that is keeps restraint primarily (7) essentially for seaman (6) 23 Pressure on projection and eternal, and is the essence of jnana and bliss. The jnani real- 11 It's criminal to undergo sex commitment (6) ises that the whole universe of moving and unmoving entit- 2 Perhaps sugar and nothing change operation for seafood ies is the form of the Lord and that there is nothing apart extremely healthy in bottle 24 Spin from River end to return (7) from Him. (6) before tea break (6) 12 But, at the end cereal cooked When one knows that Lord is synonymous with love and is excessively sweet (7) 3 Troop leader is after peg 27 Dali chiey used green paint all that is auspicious, he is freed from the sense of I and 13 Be our ally by changing colour measure (4) (4) mine and attains the highest happiness.

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Challengers edge out Smashers Ramkumar moves Hari draws into the seminals with Grischuk Ride on Han Ying’s stellar performance Sports Bureau Sports Bureau made the doubles semi- GENEVA K. Keerthivasan Winnetka, Illinois finals, but they along with Y. P. Hari Krishna chose to CHENNAI ULTIMATE TT Fifth seed Ramkumar Pranjala lost in the second play it safe against Alexan- In front of a sparse crowd, Ramanathan stormed into round of singles. der Grischuk before fellow the match between Shaze lost to Marcos Freitas of Por- the semifinals of the The results: $75,000 Chal- overnight leader Teimour Challengers and Dabang tugal in three games in the $75,000 Challenger with a lenger: Winnetka, USA: Radjabov nailed Peter Smashers in the Ultimate first rubber. 6-4, 6-3 victory over Quarterfinals: Ramkumar Svidler to nose ahead after Table Tennis League here on The best match, inargu- Dominik Koepfer of Ger- Ramanathan bt Dominik Koep- the seventh round of the Friday went down to the ably, was the one between many here on Thursday. fer (Ger) 6-4, 6-3. Grand Prix chess champi- wire, with Petrissa Solja de- two women’s defence play- In the $25,000 ITF wo- $25,000 ITF men, Shenzhen: onship here on Thursday. feating Tetyana Bilenko in the ers, Ying and Kim Song I in men’s event in China, the 19- Quarterfinals: Tung-Lin Wu The 29-move deadlock ninth and final rubber, which the fifth rubber. The North year-old Karman Kaur (Tpe) bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, kept Hari and Grishcuk at enabled the Challengers edge Korean attacked for the most Thandi did her confidence a 4-6, 6-3. Doubles (final): Nam 4.5 points. out Smashers 15-12. part to win the first game world of good by beating the Hoang Ly (Vie) & Sun Fajing The results: Before the decider, the with wonderful forehand top- second seed, the 134th (Chn) bt Francis Casey Alcan- Seventh round: P. Hari Challengers were leading the spins, Ying responded in ranked Liu Fangzhou of tara (Phi) & Karunuday Singh Krishna (4.5) drew with Alex- 6-4, 6-4. tie 13-11 and required Solja to equal measure to take the re- China 6-4, 7-6(4) in the ander Grischuk (Rus, 4.5); win just one game, while her maining two games. quarterfinals. $25,000 ITF women, Naiman, Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 5) bt China: Quarterfinals: Karman opponent Bilenko needed to Amalraj of Smashers “I knew she was a good Peter Svidler (Rus, 3.5); Kaur Thandi bt Liu Fangzhou win all three. proved a hard nut to crack player. Just focused on play- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, (Chn) 6-4, 7-6(4). 4) drew with Ian Nepomni- Solja didn’t wilt under against Andrej Gacina of ing one point at a time, and $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El achtchi (Rus, 4); Alexander pressure. A naturally attack- Croatia in the sixth match. give it my best,’’ Karman Sheikh: Pre-quarterfinals: Riazantsev (Rus, 4) bt Li Chao ing player, the German won Ranked 85 places below Engrossing encounter: The match between Han Ying, in picture, and Kim Song I proved to be one said, pleased about her exe- Arlinda Rushiti (Sui) bt Kanika (Chn, 3.5); Anish Giri (Ned, 11-5, 6-11, 11-10 against the Gacina, Amalraj matched him of the most exciting games on Friday. * M. VEDHAN cution against the 21-year- Vaidya 7-6(5), 6-3; Jacqueline 3.5) drew with Levon Aronian Ukrainian. stroke for stroke. His fore- old Chinese. Cabaj Awad (Swe) bt Rutuja (Arm, 3.5); Michael Adams The Challengers rode on a hand top-spin from the back For the Smashers, Freitas’ Freitas 3-11, 6-11, 11-10; Han Anthony Amalraj 10-11, 11-2, Fifth seed Vishnu Vard- Bhosale 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Ana Bi- (Eng, 3.5) drew with Dmitry fine performance from their of the table and his control loss of a game each to Ghosh Ying bt Madhurika Patkar 11-6, 11-9; Mouma Das lost to Kim han went down fighting to anca Mihaila (Rou) bt Y. Pran- Jakovenko (Rus, 3.5); Hou Yi- star player and World No. 9, made it an interesting watch. and Li Peng, having won both 11-4, 11-6; Petrissa Solja & Sou- Song 8-11, 8-11, 6-11; Li Peng Tung-Lin Wu of Chinese jala 6-3, 6-4. fan (Chn, 2.5) drew with Boris Han Ying of Germany. However, the Indian was his singles matches, proved myajit bt Kou Lei & Madhurika lost to Freitas 11-7, 6-11, 5-11; Taipei in Shenzhen, in the Doubles (quarterfinals): Ru- Gelfand (Isr, 3.5); Pavel El- Ying, the tournament’s top done in by the 10-second costly. Patkar 11-9, 11-8, 11-4; Andrej Petrissa Solja bt Tetyana Belinko men’s $25,000 tournament. tuja Bhosale & Kanika Vaidya bt janov (Ukr, 3.5) bt Salem seed, levelled the scores for rule. Serving 9-10 in the third The results: Shaze Challengers Gacina lost to Kou Lei 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-10). In the $15,000 ITF wo- Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) & Saleh (UAE, 1.5); Ernesto In- the Challengers after her game, the umpire docked a bt Dabang Smashers 15-12 11-9; Han Ying bt Kim Song I 6- Saturday’s match: Oilmax-Stag men’s event in Egypt, Rutuja Despina Papamichail (Gre) 6-3, arkiev (Rus, 3) drew with team-mate Soumyajit Ghosh point for violating the rule. (Soumyajit Ghosh lost to Marcos 11, 11-9, 11-10; Andrej Gacina bt Yoddhas vs Maharashtra United. Bhosale and Kanika Vaidya 1-6, [10-3]. Richard Rapport (Hun, 2). Prannoy out MOTORSPORTS Barguil Ervine rescues Zimbabwe Press Trust of India Rana set for a fresh challenge wins on Press Trust of India Calgary Colombo P.K. Ajith Kumar weather than the Himalayan Bastille Day Craig Ervine hit an unbeaten Defending champions Kozhikode Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth and the Desert ones. “It is 151 to pull Zimbabwe out of Reddy reached the men’s When the Maruti Suzuki not extremely cold or ex- Agence France-Presse trouble on the opening day Foix, France doubles quarterfinals but it Dakshin Drive is flagged off cessively hot,” he said. “But, of its one-off Test against Sri was curtains for H.S. Pran- in Bengaluru on Monday, it it still is going to be an ex- Frenchman Warren Barguil Lanka here on Friday. noy in the men’s singles at will be another fresh terrain, tremely challenging race.” took an emotional stage 13 Ervine’s career-best effort the Canada Open Grand another fresh challenge for Rana said he was glad that victory on Bastille Day at lifted Zimbabwe from a pre- Prix badminton here. Suresh Rana. the Dakshin Dare was getting the Tour de France on Fri- carious 70 for four to 344 for Third seeds Manu and “This is the first time I will increasingly popular. day as Nairo Quintana and eight at stumps. Sri Lanka Sumeeth defeated Korean be racing on this road,” Rana “Bengaluru has emerged as Alberto Contador resurrec- spinner Rangana Herath The Hindu pair of Choi Solgyu and Jae told . “I am look- rally’s southern hub,” he ted their yellow jersey took four wickets. Hwan Kim 21-17, 17-21, 21-13 ing forward to that said. “It is nice to see new hopes. The left-handed batsman Rock solid: Craig Ervine’s second Test century couldn’t have experience.” drivers coming forward to Colombia’s Quintana held on with Donald Tiri- in 45 minutes while second come at a better time for Zimbabwe. * AFP seed Prannoy squandered The race will traverse Suresh Rana. compete from the south.” was second and Spaniard pano (24 not out) at the end through Chitradurga, Be- * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT He feels the quality of mo- Contador third to take back of play, putting on a frustrat- an opening game advant- SCOREBOARD SRI LANKA VS ZIMBABWE age to go down 21-17, 14-21, lagavi and Kolhapur before torsports has been improv- almost two minutes on ing 62-run stand for the 13-21 to ninth seed Jeon hitting the finishing line in at Raid de Himalaya 10 times ing all the time in the coun- Italian Fabio Aru, who ninth wicket. Zimbabwe — 1st innings: H. pano (batting) 24; Extras (w-1, Hyeok Jin of Korea. Pune on July 21. Rana was and come first at the Desert try. “But, more companies maintained the race lead at Ervine, who surpassed his Masakadza c Mendis B Herath nb-5): 6; Total (for eight wkts. Other results: Pre-quarterfi- the winner of the last edition Storm on six occasions. like Maruti should show in- the end of the short 101km previous Test best of 146, 19, R. Chakabva b Herath 12, T. in 90 overs): 344. nals: Men: Koki Watanabe bt of the event, which ended in “So, winning the Dakshin terest to conduct rallies,” he Pyrenean stage from Saint built crucial partnerships in- Musakanda c Dickwella b Ku- Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-38, 3- Karan Rajan Rajarajan 21-18, Goa. Dare last year meant a lot to said. “And there should be Girons to Foix. cluding a 84-run fifth-wicket mara 6, C. Ervine (batting) 151, 38, 4-70, 5-154, 6-195, 7 -260, 21-14; Pablo Abian bt Ab- That was his maiden title me,” said the 42-year-old corporate sponsorships as Reigning champion stand with Sikandar Raza S. Williams c Gunaratne b Per- 8-282. hishek Yelegar 21-15, 21-23, in the southern event, from Manali. “I hope to re- well; it is an expensive affair. Chris Froome finished (36). It was the 31-year-old’s era 22, S. Raza lbw b Herath 36, Sri Lanka bowling: Lakmal 14- 21-14. Women: Aya Ohori bt though he has been a serial tain the title.” There is a lot of talent in In- alongside Aru, 1min 48sec second Test ton in the 12th P. Moor c Kumara b Gunaratne 1-58-0, Kumara 15-2-66-1, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde 21-13, rally winner for quite some He said the southern rally dia, but they need financial behind the winner, to keep match of his seven-year-old 19, M. Waller b Herath 36, G. Herath 30-4 -106-4; Perera 24- 17-21, 21-19. time now. He has triumphed offered more pleasant support.” hold of second place. international career. Cremer b Gunaratne 13, D. Tiri- 0-86-1; Gunaratne 7-0-28-2.

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