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Hooda and his son Deepender talks with the neighbour would “When the Government Singh Hooda, former MP, be focused only on Pakistan- does something right I support might quit the Congress after Occupied Kashmir (POK). them. Many of my colleagues they said they were sidelined by Addressing a public rally in had opposed the decision…My the party high command. Kalka ahead of the flagging off party has lost its way. It is not want to tell them usulon par The veteran Congress leader decide the future of the party In view of Vidhan Sabha the BJP’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra for             the same Congress it used to jahan aanch aaye, vahan said, “I support the decision to in the State. “Since the issue (to polls, Hooda also announced the October Assembly polls in        !"# be. When it comes to issues of takrana zaruri hai, jo zinda abrogate Article 370 but I want continue with the Congress or various sops including 75 per- Haryana, Rajnath said, “If talks patriotism and self-respect, I hai to zinda dikhna zaruri hai to tell Haryana Government not) pertains to the future of cent reservation in jobs for the take place with Pakistan, it will talks? Why there should be a and they were committed to will never compromise,” (It is necessary to clash when that it will have to give an people, I can’t take the decision people of Haryana. be on POK and not on any talk? If there would be any talk this and it was not any election Bhupinder Hooda said at a it comes to principles, who- account of its five years and don’t alone,” he said. “If we form the other issue.” with Pakistan, it would happen stunt. political rally in his home- ever is alive must show it),” the hide behind this decision.” The decision of the 25- Government, we will bring a Virtually ruling out only when Pakistan stops sup- On the scrapping of the town . two-time former Chief At the rally, Hooda member committee will be law like Andhra Pradesh, so resumption of talks with porting terror from its soil.” provision granting a special “I was born in a patriotic Minister said. Assembly elec- announced a 25-member announced in Chandigarh that 75 per cent of jobs in the Pakistan, Singh said, “About Rajnath said for the present status to Jammu & Kashmir family, those who oppose tions are to be held in Haryana panel, comprising 12 MLAs within a week, he added. state go to the people of what should we talk? What’s the Government, ’s respect, under Article 370 of the Indian (abrogation of Article 370), I in October owing allegiance to him, to The rally was a clear signal Haryana,” he said. issue on which there should be pride and prestige was above all Constitution, Rajnath said the decision had sent jitters to Pakistan and it became a cause of concern for them. %  &''(    )*     $ , “Now it (Pakistan) is knocking every door and approaching various countries              for help. Have we committed   )  R  any crime? And they are trying     3!445 to threaten us. However,   Many prominent leaders America, perceived to be the have been visiting the hospital fter remaining closed for most powerful country in the in recent days to know about his Atwo long weeks, since world by people, has snubbed     wellbeing. Union Minister August 5, large number of Pakistan, telling them to initi- , Bihar Chief schools and State Government ate a dialogue with India,” he && $   )*+*,%- Minister Nitish Kumar and offices are all set to reopen said. BSP president and former Uttar across different parts of He also accused Pakistan of elhi Chief Minister Arvind Pradesh Chief Minister Kashmir Valley amid tight wanting to destabilise and DKejriwal, and Union Mayawati, Union Health security arrangements on weaken India through terror- Ministers , Smriti Minister Harsh Vardhan, BJP’s Monday. ism. “At times, Pakistan wants Irani and Ram Vilas Paswan Satish Upadhyay, Jammu & The State Government to break our country by using visited All India Institute of Kashmir Governor Satya Pal spokesperson and Principal terrorism. But our Prime Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Malik, Congress’ Abhishek Secretary, Planning & Minister has shown that he has Sunday to enquire about the regarding his health condition Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia Development, Rohit Kansal a 56-inch chest. He took a health condition of former since August 10. and Air Force chief Air Marshal on Sunday said, “Over 190 decision to give a befitting Finance Minister “Visited Sh Arun Jaitley ji. Birender Singh Dhanoa visited primary schools will re-open in reply after the Pulwama terror who was admitted there on I pray to God for his good the hospital on Saturday. Srinagar on Monday.” attack as our Air Force carried August 9 after he complained health and fast recovery,” Health Minister Harsh He said, “We are also out the Balakot strike,” he said. of uneasiness and weakness. Kejriwal tweeted. Vardhan had said on Friday, restoring full functionality of The Defence Minister also Jaitley has been put on Other leaders including “Doctors at AIIMS are doing Government offices across highlighted the development extracorporeal membrane oxy- Governor the best they can.” President Kashmir Valley to restore nor- works undertaken by the genation (ECMO), which is , Rashtriya Ram Nath Kovind, Union malcy. However, ground Government during its second used for patients whose lungs Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Home Minister and reports suggested, in the wake term. and heart are incapable of joint general secretary Dr Chief Minister of prevailing security restric- “We have carried out a operating on their own, hospi- Krishna Gopal and former had visited tions and absence of mobile number of development works, tal sources said. The AIIMS Samajwadi Party leader Amar AIIMS on Friday to check on communication facilities not but we have not left issues administration has not released Singh also visited the hospital the leader’s health. many parents would be willing which concern nation’s pride. a single medical bulletin on Sunday. Continued on Page 4 to drop their children to   $  $$           Whatever we had said in our schools. Schools falling under ! election manifesto, we are com- old city area of Srinagar are not mitted to fulfil that, be that the scheduled to reopen following provided; adding traffic includ- On the other hand,DGP ground to act as per the revocation of Article 370,” +       ) security restrictions in place. ing public transport plied and J&K, Dilbag Singh Sunday vis- requirements of the situation Rajnath said. In Jammu, the mobile shopkeepers opened their busi- ited Rajouri, Udhampur and besides maintaining alertness The Union Minister further internet services, which were nesses. Jammu to review the security in the border areas. stressed that the Opposition restored across five districts of Meanwhile, the first batch scenario and law & order situ- Divisional Commissioner, used to say if anybody touched    ,    Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Reasi of 304 Haj pilgrims arrived in ation in these districts. He Jammu, Sanjeev Verma Article 370, the country would and Udhampur were discon- two flights at Srinagar interacted with police offi- addressing a press conference be divided and the BJP won’t be nected early on Sunday morn- International Airport after cers/personnel and later in the evening said there is able to come to power. “I want $ % )*+*,%- drones will be deployed for swiftly. Drones will keep a ing as a precautionary measure completing their pilgrimage chaired a high level meeting at complete normalcy in Jammu to say it clearly that the BJP does traffic supervision on other watch on them and pass on the to prevent spread of baseless on Sunday. Jammu. division and urged people not not do politics for forming rones may soon be important national highways to message to the nearest control rumours. The pilgrims were received The meeting at Jammu to pay any heed to rumours Government. We do politics of Ddeployed to keep an eye on enforce road discipline. office which in turn will be Addressing a Press confer- at the Airport by the Advisor was attended by Div Com and maintain peace and har- nation building. Under no cir- the menace of rash driving, A senior road transport offi- referred to the enforcement unit ence in Srinagar, Kansal said, to Governor Farooq Khan, Sanjeev Verma, IGP Jammu mony. cumstances, we will allow the lane change, over speeding and cial said while the use of CCTVs for necessary action, said a “The process of easing of who was accompanied by Mukesh Singh, IG Armed The Div Com informed prestige of our country be tar- other traffic violations, particu- has somewhat controlled rash Ministry official. The official said Prohibitory Orders and pro- Divisional Commissioner Jammu Danesh Rana, IG BSF that the internet service which nished,” he added. larly on the expressways, to driving and helped in identifica- currently Hyderabad is using viding relaxations continued on Kashmir Baseer Khan, Narender Singh Jamwal, IG has been restored in some dis- On the promises made in minimise accidents. tion of the offenders, haphazard drones to man the traffic and Sunday as well”. He said the Inspector General of Police CRPF Subash Chander, DIG tricts became ineffective today their election manifesto, The auto-pilot drones lane changing, especially by they have been programmed to relaxations were provided in 50 Kashmir SP Pani, Deputy CRPF Neetu, DIG CISF S.N due to technical fault while Rajnath said, “Our Prime loaded with a geographic posi- heavy vehicles and high speed spot accident sites besides traf- police stations on Sunday as Commissioner Budgam Tariq Singh, DIG SSB M.S Negi, DC broadband service is still active. Minister keeps telling us to tioning system (GPS) and a cars and motorbikes, has fic congestions. Drones are also against 35 police stations on Ganai, Executive Officer State Jammu Sushma Chauhan, SSP However, the mobile internet remain committed to the powerful camera can provide emerged a major menace on being used by various depart- Saturday and the duration in Haj Committee and other con- Jammu Tejinder Singh, SSP services remain suspended in promises made in the mani- real-time pictures for better sur- expressways or new NHs. ments, including The National the relaxation was increased cerned officials. Kathua Shridhar Patil, SSP some districts as preventive festo. ‘Pran jaye par vachan na veillance. The Road Transport As per an internal study of Highways Authority of India from six hours to eight hours. The Advisor also took Samba Shakti Kumar Phatak, measures, he added. jaye’. We do not go back on what Ministry may use this technol- the Road Transport Ministry, it (NHAI) and Railways to mon- Hoping to continue the stock of the arrangements put SSP PCR Jammu Kulbir Singh, The Div Com said that the we have promised. We scrapped ogy first on -Meerut has been found that people who itor the progress of projects relaxation in coming days, in place for the arrival of Hajis SSP APCR R.C Kotwal and rumour mongers who deliber- provisions of Article 370 and Expressway and Delhi Vadodara obey lane driving end up including the Bullet Train Kansal said no untoward inci- so that they could reach to their other officers. ately trying to disrupt the peace 35-A for J&K’s interests, keep- Expressway on a prototype basis. becoming a victim when others Project. dent was reported from the destinations without inconve- During the meeting DGP in the region would be dealt ing in view the future of its If the experiment is successful, speeding vehicles change lane Continued on Page 4 areas where relaxation was nience. directed the officers on the strictly under law. youth…,” he said.   (  ) -      QR                 $  /!).%- installation of street light at dif- Government, as part of rural holds. However, the Das      ferent rate in different areas, *!.%&!).%!! electrification, has decided to Government, in last four and       tate BJP spokesperson, later the State Government +-,, */( 66 install street lighting arrange- half years, under the mission       SPratul Shahdeo has snubbed decided to give tenders to ments at rural areas. In this mode carried out work for     Mukti Morcha Energy Efficiency Services ,!0%78/ connection, LED street lights rural electrification. For unin-     (JMM) executive president and Limited (EESL) which is cent- -)!,,!-8)87 are to be installed in 4,367 pan- terrupted power supply con-       former Chief Minister Hemant per- cent union government chayats. Around 200 LED street struction of power grid and Soren for his ‘scam’ remark on subsidiary for illuminating "99,*,- % lights will be installed in a pan- power substation is going on     street lighting project in rural rural streets with LED lights. chayat. Each panchayat will get war footing. Officials said that    areas. Shahdeo said, “Soren has 3.88 lakh for installation of to ensure 24x7 power supply,  !""   Shahdeo, talking to media quoted that the price of single 200 LED lights. The BJP leader 117 new power grids and 217  #"   $  persons on Sunday at BJP unit of blub is 1850, but the itics.” claimed that Soren, by leveling power sub-stations are being      headquarter said, “The JMM actual price of the blub (unit) The street lighting project such baseless allegation, wants constructed. %&     leader has the habit of leveling is 1350.” in around 30,000 villages is one to create hurdles in rural street The BJP leader claimed   baseless allegations without The BJP leader claimed of the most ambitious projects lighting projects as the JMM that if some parts of State are going through the facts and fig- that the rate on which EESL is of Government. leader doesn’t want rural areas witnessing power cuts then     ures. Soren’s allegation show- carrying out rural electrifica- The State Government, this to be illuminated. the onus falls on Hemant Soren !     cases his depressing and neg- tion in Jharkhand is similar to   %! $ $ !   $   %! year, had inked a deal with Highlighting the work car- as during his 14 months tenure "# !'(   ative mentality and how he is rate in which the company is &      '  ! Energy Efficiency Services ried out by Raghubar Das he kept the files of transmission       upset with BJP’s development working in Andhra Pradesh. Limited (EESL)—an energy Government in rural electrifi- lines in cold storage. If the       plan.” Shahdeo said, “Hemant The JMM leadership, off late, by Modijee and Raghubar Das service company for installing cation scheme, Shahdeo said Soren Government had given !    The BJP leader claimed Soren is upset with develop- has realised that people of Government. In last LED streetlights at 4,367 pan- that even after creation of sep- clearance to the files then today    that various Mukhiya Sanghs ment work carried out by State have become aware of election too people had reposed chayats across the State. arate State there was no power entire state would have 24X7 had given the proposal for Centre and State Government. development work carried out faith on BJP development pol- Sources said that the State connection in 30 lakh house- power connection.   !"#$ ! 

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The local Met folio consolidates Shell’s lineup $  3!4%*&5/ open the door to find the            office recorded over 140 mm of of solutions, including youth hanging from the rod of             rain. The rains led to water log- LubeAnalyst, LubeAdvisor, 22-year-old youth, Anoj the ventilator.         ;  ;     ging at several places. The rain LubeChat, LubeCoach, AKumar Singh alias Anuj, The police had subse-  ;;   ;      water entered Adarsh Nagar in MachineMax, LubeMaster, committed suicide at his house quently removed the body to                 Sonari and Azadnagar in LubeMatch, Lube Management in Birsanagar allegedly for not MGM Medical College mor-                Mango besides the emergency Programme and LubeExpert. being able to get a job. tuary for post-mortem. of MGM Hospital. The weath- Mansi Tripathy, country While a 35-year-old man, OC, Birsanagar police sta-   $  ermen have forecast heavy rain head, Shell Lubricants India Amit Kumar Sharma commit- tion, Bhushan Kumar said the   5.8>          for another 24 hours. said, “The Lubricants industry ted suicide due to family dis- deceased was son of Late    ;     /  ! Areas like Mango, Jugsalai, plays a key role in unlocking putes at his house on Post Dwarika Singh, a retired Tata #A #6    ;$    ;   Baghbera, Pardih have been “Though irregular rains like Azad Nagar, Zakirangar efficiency in the B2B industri- Office Road under Mango Steel employee and resided at             worst hit. Rains, during the have made life difficult for the and Old Pururia Road. He al space, especially in infra sec- police station area in the wee their Birsanagar house along     ;     ;      past two days have also affect- residents but still there has not further added that residents of tors like construction and min- hours of Sunday. with his mother.     ;    ed petty vendors, who are find- been much flooding even in the Mango would soon meet the ing. By bringing together our According to relatives, "Though the deceased left 7      ; ing it difficult to earn their daily low-lying areas. We are keep- deputy commissioner to regis- B2B services under one port- Anuj had done a course from no suicide note, but from the !"" "(  ;   bread in such situation. ing a vigil look and are pre- ter complains. folio, we are enhancing the a local Industrial Training statement made by his mother   !        / Many parts of Mango, pared to face any flood like sit- “If some spots get flooded agility with which customers Institute (ITI) and had applied and other relatives, it is   )              Jugsalai are still under knee- uation,” said an officer of with just the initial spell of rains address operational efficiency for a job at Tata Motors Ltd on assumed that he must have &    !  & 0 ;  deep water, making it difficult Mango Notified Area what will happen when the challenges and achieve business the basis of his ITI training. committed suicide after getting    for people to commute. Most of Committee. heavy monsoon rains actually goals. These services will assist "We are shocked. Four days depressed for not getting a the roads are dotted with He added that it is not starts,” he questioned worried- our partners augment their ago Anuj got to know that he job," said the OC.     stalled vehicles, adding to the about first rain or last rain. It ly. competitive advantage, now was not selected for the job and In another case, 35-year- !          ;   chaos. In some low lying areas is the amount of rainfall and “There has been water log- and in the future.” was disheartened. Last night he old man Amit Kumar Sharma          several autos have been report- timing of high tide. If there is ging since last night. People are The portfolio brings took his dinner and went to committed suicide due to some  ;       ;    ed stranded in water. a huge amount of rainfall coin- finding it difficult to cross. together three vital roles: bed and shut his room from serious quarrel at his house. 7   172     -  >  -  However despite claims ciding with the high tide, it is Moreover last year’s situation is Monitoring and Productivity; inside. At about 9 am today, it Mango police station OC, / / 8      from the district administra- beyond human control. still a nightmare for us it is high Maintenance Support; and real- was discovered that he has Arun Kumar Mehta said that   ;   >   ; tion, the situation in the city Meanwhile SRA Rizwi time for the administration to time, automation-enabled committed suicide," said a rel- the man who had a shop at         ;    may get worse if steps are not Chabban, of Jharkhand State take preventive measures Digital services, underscoring ative. Mango market would stay in        taken to remove water clogging Congress Party, said steps before untoward incident take Shell’s role as a trusted indus- In the morning, Anuj's tension due to family disputes in several areas and take other should be taken to fill the pot- place,” said Bharat Mahato, a try partner in India’s transition mother Damayanti Devi and finally committed suicide $     preventive measures. holes in several areas of Mango resident of Baghbera. to Industry 4.0. knocked at the door at about 7 by hanging himself at night. & $;) >  1&)>2          1   .4.  .N7 O;"9""         7    172 $ >80!/8 robust information technology Commissioner, Deputy Mayor    -     ! 4  connectivity, governance, safe- and Mayor of CMC.   he Chas Municipal .    .4. ty and security of citizens, This housing scheme will   >  TCorporation (CMC) is all health and education, and sus- consider economically weaker   $  !/%+! and Dinesh Oraon and their set to conduct geo tagging of & 3 tainable urban environment. BPL as well as APL categories, . >  wives Vinita and Guddi and his the premises in the municipal   Chas Municipal and their annual income 4   ;   55-year-old woman was own wife for exorcism. area once again, aiming to    Corporation has to spend Rs should not exceed Rs. 3 lakhs,  3         Amurdered by witch doctors He informed that on enable transparency in tax col- 383 crore on the beautification Jha said. 3    7 4 0 4 . during the process of exorcism Saturday night during the lection and to increase the    of Chas City which has been The most important thing   ;   ;    ;     in Sapahi village under exorcism, the witch doctor revenue.    developed as a ‘Smart City’. is that the beneficiary should    &)>.   4  0 . Ramana police station, around took his mother to a separate Additional Municipal Jha urged the people resid- not have a pucca house on his  ;       ;  * 35 kilometres away from the room and stabbed her with a Commissioner of CMC Sashi    ing in slums to apply online for or her name, or in the name of ,  4 ,   7  +      district headquarter, on trident. Ramana thana in- Prakash Jha issued a directive    PM Aawas by August 25. any of his or her family mem-    ;        Saturday night. charge Gosnar Dhan con- to the officials and staffs direct- After applying online, the ber in any part of India, said The deceased has been firmed the information and ing them to complete re-geo      beneficiaries have to submit an Jha.         identified as Rudani Devi, a said, "Police has taken both the tagging of all the premises    affidavit for their annual “Our motto is to bring a !;>       native of Kon Mandra village accused into custody and are within the limits of corporation income along with self-attest- drastic change in their lifestyle           7   172 under Ramana police station. interrogating them." in the next fifteen days. ed copies of Aadhar Card of all by providing houses to the    -     >   Son of the deceased, Dhan informed that on the "Stringent action would be by the end of 2022,” he added. family members, Land deed beneficiaries,” he added. . > 4   ;   Bikesh Oraon lodged an FIR complaint of son Bikesh Oraon taken against the official if the Jha informed that the focus and receipt (rent), family photo Jha said, the administration 3         3   against exorcist Alama Devi police registered FIR against work is not completed on will be on core infrastructure with land, Xerox copy of bank is preparing to come down   7 4 0 4 . and her son Sakendra Oraon. Alama Devi and her son time," Jha said. services like adequate and clean passbook, Voter's ID card at heavily on the PMAY benefi-   ;   ;    ;     Binesh mentioned in the Sakendra Oraon under sec- “We are also on move to water supply, sanitation and CMC office. ciaries who have not yet start-    !;> .   4  >0   FIR that on August 15, his tions of 302 and 34 IPC and turn Chas into ‘Slum Free’ solid waste management, effi- These documents must be ed the construction work of  ;       ;   mother was taken to a witch section 3 and 4 of The City, a detailed work plan for cient urban mobility and pub- accompanied with an applica- their houses despite with- * ,  4 ,   7  +   doctor at Sapahi village by his Prevention of Witch (DAAIN) which is ready and we are lic transport, affordable hous- tion forwarded or recom- drawing money under this       ;       two brothers Dhanesh Oraon Practices Act, 2001. planning to achieve the target ing for the poor, power supply, mended by Ward scheme.   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$  %!/&/**0!,/! hangs himself in hostel , writes University can be a diffi- tion to the problem of suicide ing these twin factors of an population, many of whom ronments where the well-being in suicide note that he wasn't cult time for many students. among college students over economic "high" and emo- have come of age only in the of each member of the campus ndia’s premier engineering able to meet his parents expec- The demands of academ- the past several decades, tional "lows". last couple of decades, to be community, is of utmost Iand technical institutes have tations. This is alarming and ic life and the pressures of reports on the extent of the It's as plain as pickle is blithely immune to these enor- importance. seen a rash of such deaths in here is my perspective, some- financially making ends meet problem have be inconclusive. spicy to even the most casual mous stresses, both virtual This requires a new the past couple of years, rais- thing that I had jotted down a can also be a real problem for youth of this country are, of culture-tasters that Indian and lived, local and cosmo? approach or perspective that ing questions about the high- few years back. students in effect, sending our planners society as a whole is undergo- These are generations in champions reaching out for pressure environment young Partially, Indian Education and politicians a strong mes- ing unusually rapid social the 15-45 age-range. All the help. A university-wide students were being subjected system, Family expectations Some Statistics: sage. But is anyone listening? change in these tumultuous campus suicides I mentioned approach is needed that must to. and the media are responsible The package of 1.5 crores How do we read the con- first decades of the 21st cen- earlier fall in this category. include all stakeholders, Despite substantial atten- for the suicides of students is a U.S profile which includes nections between these vari- tury. Large-scale urbanization Statistics tell us that, in 2012, including students and experts, tion to the problem of suicide A 20 year old, IIT your base salary, joining bonus eties of tragic on-campus is now juxtaposed in our social 68% of all suicides in India who must join the conversa- among college students over Kharagpur student found dead shared in the next four years Indian suicides? Is there, in experience against a distress- occurred in the combined age- tion and actively commit to the past several decades, on the railway track. and relocation bonus. Also, other words, a "string" that ing landscape of rural deser- groups 15-29 and 30-44. That being part of the community- reports on the extent of the A 22 year old, IIT this salary in USD is vaguely links them - or not? Of course, tion and farmer suicides; we is, there were about 46,000 or wide solution. Strategies must problem have been largely Kharagpur student found hung converted to INR without con- the circumstances were diverse are everyday witnesses to the 34% suicides in each bracket, consider the broader context, inconclusive in his room, his suicide note sidering PPP, taxes, appraisals and we must be careful not to powerful centrifugal forces of amounting to 92,000 or almost and must also include helping In March, a student of IIT said - Let me sleep. and various economic factors. homogenize differences of gen- regionalism pulling away from a lakh. Moreover, over 80% of students develop their coping Delhi jumped off from the Do you see a pattern here? The remaining profiles in India der, class, caste, geography any simple centripetal narra- these suicides were literate. skills, learning how to build fourth floor of a hostel inside “Not able to meet the are usually less than 10 lakhs and a myriad other factors. tive of nationalism; and, simul- This is cause enough for alarm resilience and emotional intel- the campus. Nitish Kumar expectations” is the reason for PA if you aren't from package from his department Each death is as individual as taneously, we find but it still does not take into ligence. For universities, this Purti, an engineering physics most of the suicides. A few of Computer Science branch was 9 lakhs. He gets devastat- the life that it ends. That said, Constitution-backed reitera- account another worrying set may require a new way of student had joined IIT Delhi in my friends who were clinical- making the average salary to 7 ed for a while because the news we must take cognizance of tions of gender, caste and reli- of figures that relates directly being. 2016. Police said Purti was ly depressed in college also lakhs approx if you remove always said 1.5 crore but some pretty alarming nation- gious entitlements being whol- to the recent IIT's. Beyond the university, we depressed as he was forced to thought that they will never be outliers. understands the gravity of the wide statistics, especially given ly undermined by mounting Stop this pressure on your must all commit to building a take up the course and was able to meet the expectations This package is merely situation and grasps the our uniquely populous young evidence of real-life mob-rule kids. Know the real numbers. more caring society. unable to cope with the pres- of their family and their obtained by 10 students who behind-the-scenes dynamics. demographic. and medieval-sounding diktats Please have realistic expecta- Government, business, civil sure. younger self who entered IIT are extremely good at Raju enjoys his life but he In 2011, WHO declared from community "leaders". tions. society, families and friends The same month, a final- thinking he’ll bag a salary Computer Science amongst is still devastated, living in India the "most depressed Most of all, media rules. University campus coun- must join hands in realising year engineering student of package of 1.5 crore. the 1000 students who sit for denial, getting depressed and country" in the world. Their Images of devastating vio- selling facilities are faced with that this is essential if we are to NIT Warangal in Telangana Students attend university placements. That is just 1 per commits suicide with a chain case is convincing and blows lence, including barbaric a sharp increase in students build strong communities. I allegedly committed suicide at a developing stage of their cent. of depressing events a priori- many myths. Contrary to beheadings and BMW mow- seeking assistance. This is a really do believe that if we do by jumping from the fifth young adulthood – and mak- Media says.... "21 year old ty. expectations, for example, downs, regularly appear positive sign – many students not commit to working togeth- floor of his hostel building on ing this transition from home IITian bags a package of 1.5 Raju enters fourth year "advanced" nations like the onscreen cheek-by-jowl with are seeking help. However, our er towards addressing the Sunday evening. life to university life can be crores in Google. Little 16 and his parents still think that Netherlands and the US have titillating visions of glamorous concern must be with those mental well-being of students, Authorities have tried sev- emotionally challenging. year old Raju reads this news he is going to earn a crore soon rates of depression that, at life-styles and magic celebrity students who are passive in and putting an end to student eral measures but have strug- Leaving behind existing sup- and gets excited to be prepared and start pressurising and pes- 30% of the general population, status. Facebook has become seeking help, those who may suicide, our collective futures gled to cope with the rising tide port networks can also be for IIT. Little Raju’s paren ts tering him. Raju bags a job of are almost double those in the new stage for the perfor- find themselves in a desperate may be compromised. of such deaths, attributed also highly difficult for students. also think that all their adver- 7.5 lakhs, the second highest in "developing" countries like mance of life and death sagas. position, where they see no This column is a plea to all to the lack of counseling and Many students come from sities in life would be solved his department but is still a fail- China where it is about 12%. In all, we seem to have a way out and opt to end their current and future college stu- support services on campus. complex backgrounds where since Raju will be earning a ure in his parents eyes because India, however, bucks the classic death-wish scenario lives. dents and their families to IIT-Madras instituted a probe mental health issues have crore soon. he did not earn what the paper emotional trend as it does the here, where those delicate sup- How do we reach them? deal openly and constructive- last year after two women already manifested. And while Little Raju’s relatives keep said."... economic one. In this respect, ple strings that have long held Increasing the capacity of ly with emotional, social and committed suicide inside cam- there is a stereotype that stu- pestering and complementing Raju is sad, hits the lowest India appears more like a the marvelously composite civ- campus counselling services academic turmoil that can pus. Also last year, at least eight dents just “drink and take Raju and his parents that they point in his life and hangs him- developed country than a ilization of this subcontinent may be part of the response, sometimes have heartbreaking students killed themselves in drugs”, this obviously isn’t the are going to become rich soon. self since he will never be able developing one. A conundrum. together are stretched so taut but not the only response. — and usually preventable — Kota, ’s entrance test case for all students – which Raju enters IIT Kharagpur, to meet the expectations of his But the resolution to this odd, that they are in danger of Universities must grapple with consequences. coaching hub. makes a student’s circum- the first month of which he family. oppressive puzzle may well snapping. what it means to create inclu- The views expressed in IIT Hyderabad student stances potentially complex. realizes that the maximum Despite substantial atten- lie, prima facie, in actually link- Can we really expect our sive, caring institutional envi- the article are of the writer.                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

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  /!).%- OBC vote bank of Samajwadi      Party (SP) which helped the m Prakash Mathur, the BJP in coming back to power OBJP National General after more than twenty -five $  /!).%- Secretary and architect of BJP years.” victories in Uttar Pradesh, Mathur, who has been rban Development and groomed by senior BJP leader UMinister CP Singh on Assembly election has been and former Vice President late Sunday inaugurated a 69 meter made election in-charge of BJP off Road Over Bridge (ROB) con- in Jharkhand. Mathur, after late has emerged as BJP trou- necting Namkum and being appointed as election ble shooter. Sources said that Tatisilwai. The ROB is expect- in-charge of State is to visit Mathur during his visit to State ed to ease the traffic in the area Ranchi next week for oversee- will give tips on membership as around 2 lakh passenger and ing BJP poll preparations. drive and preparing strategy for goods trains cross the manned Mathur will be in Ranchi for year-end Assembly poll. railway crossings here, causing two days and will hold meeting The BJP has set a target of long traffic jams. with senior leaders and party enrolling 25 lakh members in The ROB was made with $    !        cadres giving them matra on State. Under the membership an investment of Rs.33.04 / 0    !0 how to attain the target of 65 drive all MLAs have been crores. The State Government plus in year-end Assembly asked to make 50,000 mem- invested Rs.14.83 crore in the how development works get the railway crossing can prove election. bers in each constituencies, project while the Centre invest- expedited under double engine to be extremely dangerous for Senior BJP leader from also the areas where there is ed the remaining Rs.15.19 Governments,” said Singh. children,” Kujur said. Bihar and road construction no BJP MLAs, the task has crore. It took around two and The area where the ROB has On this occasion, department minister in Nitish been assigned to district pres- a half years to complete the been made witnessed traffic Divisional Railway Manager Kumar’s cabinet Nand Kishore idents. construction of the bridge, a congestion especially during the Neeraj Ambastha, Additional Yadav has been made his Sources said that the BJP press handout from the Ranchi school timings. School buses Divisional Railway Manager deputy. Yadav said, “The State   %!&  .     '  election in-charge will also ask Railways said. Not only will the often got stuck in traffic jams Ajit Singh Yadav, Senior election in-charge Om Prakash BJP cadres/members to focus road ease the traffic, but also caused due to movement of Divisional Engineer Mathur is to visit Jharkhand By appointing Mathur as elec- tion in-charge, the party wants Maharashtra and Gujarat by on booth level management for provide better connectivity to trains. Former Chairperson of (Coordination) Amit Kanchan, soon for overseeing BJP poll tion in-charge, the BJP central to give a message that the cen- projecting the face of Prime winning the election. the neighbouring villages such State Commission for Protection Senior Divisional Operations preparations in State.” leadership will have direct tral leadership will have direct Minister Narendra Modi in Directions on booth jeeto chu- as Aara, Mahilong, Badam, of Child Rights (SCPCR), Arti Manager cum Chief Public Sources said that the control on party affairs in poll control of all the affairs of these three States. The victory nav jeeto will made to BJP Haratu, Barkumba, Horhab Kujur said that the ROB will also Relations Officer Neeraj appointment of Mathur bound state. party right from selection of of BJP in Uttar Pradesh cadres. and Tatsilavai. The ROB will help in protecting children from Kumar, Deputy Chief Engineer assume importance as he is one A senior BJP leader from candidates to preparing strate- Assembly poll was special as The BJP in last Lok Sabha also help in smooth plying of accidents and stress caused by Construction Raghavendra of the few leaders in Saffron State requesting anonymity gies for party pre and post Mathur’s strategy helped the election has won 12 Lok Sabha school buses, ambulances and the traffic jams. Saraswat, Senior Divisional party’s rank and file who is said, “Om Prakash Mathur is election.” BJP in not only making dent on seats out of 14 seats and based other heavy vehicles. “The bridge will bring Commercial Manager Avnish close to both Prime Minister eyes and ears of Modi and The BJP leader claimed, “It Bahujan Samaj Party BSP’s on which the party has set a “The ROB is a result of relief for children, who had to and other officers and employ- Narendra Modi and BJP Amit Shah. With the appoint- was Mathur who lead the party vote base (Non-Jatavs Dalit), target of winning 65 plus joint efforts of the Centre and suffer due to traffic jams. It will ees of the South Eastern national president Amit Shah. ment of Mathur as BJP elec- victories in Uttar Pradesh, but also created fissures in Assembly seats. the State. It is an example of also keep them safe as crossing Railways were also present. ).5 %     .       

“Patients in the unit will be $  /!).%- road and having no outlet, &4+6+( given special attention. Doctors collects on the path of vehicu- "7#8#9+, will be available in the unit s heavy rains lashed the lar movement creating prob- 24x7, and the logistics here will Acapital since Sunday morn- lems for commuters. 7+(7+ be superior,” Prasad added. ing, water logging was observed In areas like Piska More The hospital, in the heart of at many major roads and also and the route leading from the city, currently has 200 beds a number of residential areas Nirmal Mahato Chow to $  /!).%- and infrastructure for 300 more across the city. Chadri, water logging proves to beds is under construction. At least calf high water log- be dangerous as craters have n a bid to check neonatal Out of the existing 200 beds, ging was observed at a patch of formed on both these roads Ideaths, Sadar Hospital in 150 are for maternity ward and Kanke Road, not even a kilo- and in case of water logging, Ranchi will soon have a dedi- remaining 50 for pediatrics. At metre away from the CM res- becomes accident prone. cated Sick Newborn Care Unit the time of its inauguration, the idence, creating troubles for the Sanjay Kumar, a local shop- (SNCU) for addressing emer- Government decided to exclu-  . $   !0 passersby. keeper near Piska More said, gency cases of infants born sively treat pregnant women A local resident, Samar “Every time it rains these pot- '           with life-threatening condi- and newborns in the facility. Mortality Rate (IMR) in pital will soon start recruit- Singh said, “This is a scene holes fill up with water and we   '   tions, doctors actively involved The hospital already has Jharkhand was 29 deaths per ing doctors and other staff every time it rains heavily. often bikers falling as they are in setting up the unit said on dedicated Medicine Outdoor 1000 live births. only for the SNCU. “At least There is a drain which is not aware of the craters. This is 5,57,390 meters is covered. send labourers to unclog drains Sunday. Patient Department (OPD), The figures, released earli- one doctor has to be present clogged as a result of which the something that should be dealt The remaining, 84,4,112 meters wherever we get the complaint The construction work is Physiotherapy unit, child care er this year, puts Jharkhand in the SNCU at any given water overflows on the road on a priority basis by the of drain is prone to water log- of water logging on road,” he in progress at the hospital and OPD, Inpatient Department among the worst 10 states in time in a day. Doctors and and people have to suffer a lot. municipal corporation.” ging during the ongoing mon- said. the unit is likely to be inaugu- (IPD) and Intensive Care Unit terms of neonatal deaths. The nurses will be recruited for Two-wheeler riders face a Those areas having open soon and may prove to be dan- Meteorological Centre, rated by the first week of (ICU), female care OPD, IPD figures, however, have the unit,” he said. major problem during this sit- drains become even more gerous for commuters. Ranchi informed that there is September, Ranchi’s Civil and ICU, labour room and improved compared to 2015- Sources said that many uation as they are splashed by problematic as passersby can- Deputy Mayor Sanjiv a prediction of rainfall for the Surgeon Dr. VB Prasad said. nutrition unit. “Neonatal 2016, when the IMR in SNCUs opened at district hos- the other vehicles moving not distinguish between roads Vijayavargiya said that the next four days. The centre Prasad, who has been given the deaths are a major concern in Jharkhand was 44 deaths every pitals in several parts of the around them.” and drains during water log- Ranchi Municipal Corporation informed that between June 1 responsibility of monitoring Jharkhand. The facility will be 1000 live births.The SNCU country had to shut down in A worse situation is seen in ging and there are often cases is working towards solving the to August 17, Ranchi witnessed all the works related to the of great help in averting such will also have trained nurses absence of qualified doctors front of Urdu Library, a part of when bike riders fall in the problem. “The open drains around 440.8 mm rainfall SNCU, said that the unit will deaths,” said Prasad. and expert doctors, especially and nurses, therefore, the State the MG Road, where the water drain and injure themselves. have been identified and they which is 38 per cent less than initially have 12 beds and mod- The Sample Registration qualified in treating new born was focusing on roping in the from the colonies, which is sit- According to figures with will soon be cleaned and cov- the average rainfall observed ern equipment for treating and System (SRS) survey of 2017 infants, said Prasad. best hands for running this uated on a height above the the RMC, out of the 14,01,808 ered. As far as water logging is during this time, which is 715.5 saving lives of newborns. revealed that the Infant He added that the hos- unit. main road flows down to the meters of drains in the city, only concerned, we immediately mm. ! ! ,!,  -  ! !!,

 %  managers about importance five trillion economy were dis- /!).%- of the programme. BoI cussed during the meeting Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh, with a view to chart out specific ith the aim of making Circle General Manager, roadmap for PSBs,” said Sahay. WIndia a 5 trillion dollar Chandrashekhar Sahay moti- Elaborating the issues economy, the Ranchi Circle of vated all the branch managers that were discussed during Bank of India (BOI), to accelerate approval of the meeting, Sahay said that Jharkhand’s leading bank held Education Loan, Mudra Loan, the meet also reviewed the a two-day strategic discussion Farmers Welfare Schemes and bank’s contribution to various programme following instruc- to accelerate other Social inter- national priorities in areas tion of Department of Financial ests banking facilities and ser- such as credit support for Services (DFS), Government of vices during the meeting. economic growth, infra- India. The programme con- Addressing a press meet on * 0%*  1 2 13 structure, industry, farm sec- cluded on Sunday. Sunday, Sahay said that in a " !     '  tor and blue economy, Jal The Bank held the meeting first of its kind consultation, the Shakti, MSME sector and in the State Capital for its branches were engaged in self Information Technology con- “Several topical themes MUDRA loans, education Brach Managers of all 108 assessment and deliberations tent to bring about innovation. such as Digital Payments, loans, export credit, green branches in Jharkhand to gath- on the issues, and they also The idea is to make banking as Corporate Governance in economy, Swachh Bharat, er suggestions for accelerating generated ideas on future strat- citizen-centric as well as more Public Sector Banks (PSBs), financial inclusion and its key policies. egy. responsive to the needs and Credit for Medium Small and women empowerment, direct Joint Secretary DFS, “The meet was focused on aspirations of senior citizens, Micro Enterprises, Agriculture, benefit transfers, less cash Madnesh Kumar Mishra visit- the ways and means to increase farmers, small industrialists, Export Credit, Establishing and digital economy, ease of * $    ! $   *2*3   ed the State Capital to inform credit to various sectors of the entrepreneurs, youth, students Financial Grid and Enabling living, and leveraging local #  $  2 #3) * $  %   !0 the bank officials and branch economy with greater and women,” he added. Bank Credit towards a dollar potential. " !,#   ,$! "  / 0 32'      $  /!).%- "Every year, 67,000 women die of cervical cancer in our coun- mega women health camp try. The aim of IMA women’s     Aand ‘Jyot se Jyot Jalao’ eye wing is to make Jharkhand cer- check up camp was organised vical cancer free by organizing at Khunti Sadar Hospital on such camps. Also, we are get- $  /!).%- Sunday in joint collaboration of ting experts from hospitals Women Doctors’ Wing of IMA across the country to train nited Bank of India (UBI), Jharkhand, All India Netra gynaecologists of Jharkhand URanchi Circle held a two- Society, Jharkhand Netra on the issue." day strategic discussion pro- Society, Kashyap Memorial Eye Meanwhile, in the Jyot Se gramme following instruction Hospital and State health Jyot Jalao camp, vetro retina of Department of Financial Department. surgeon Dr. Vibhuti Kashyap Services (DFS), Government of The camps were inagurat- provided free eye check up for India concluded on Saturday ed by Governor Droupadi 230 people of whom 48 were and Sunday. The Bank held the Murmu and State Rural found to be patients of diabetes. meeting at the State Capital for $ * %#       Development Minister Of these 18 per cent patients its Brach Managers of all the  $       '  Neelkanth Singh Munda. On were found to have diabetic branches in Jharkhand to gath- the occasion, chairperson of retinopathy. These patients will er suggestions in order to accel- Addressing a press meet on citizens, farmers, small indus- IMA Jharkhand’s women’s wing be provided treatment free of erate its key policies. Sunday, Sinha said that in a first trialists, entrepreneurs, youth, Dr. Bharti Kashyap was felici- cost at Kashyap Memorial Eye Joint Secretary DFS, of its kind consultation, the students and women,” he added. tated by the Governor for the Hospital under Ayushman Madnesh Kumar Mishra visited branches were themselves “Several topical themes such series of Mega Women Health * $       4.  $,   $  $ Bharat Scheme. the State Capital to inform the engaged in self assessment, as Digital Payments, Corporate Camps being organised across 5. $ )  . $        6 $   0  Governor Droupadi bank officials and branch man- deliberations on the issues and Governance in Public Sector State. ) $  4  P 4 # %  $     $  !0 Murmu said on the occasion, "It agers about importance of the evolved ideas on future strategy. Banks (PSBs), Credit for A Colposcope and Cryo is very important for women to programme. UBI Chief Regional “The meet focused on the Medium Small and Micro Machine Set was also handed hospital were provided training tablets of kit 2 and kit 6, free of dose of iron folic acid and cal- be healthy because if they are not Manager Sudhir Kumar Sinha ways and means to increase Enterprises, Agriculture, Export over to the hospital by the for use of the new colposcope cost. Also, three women were cium tablets. healthy themselves how will motivated all the branch man- credit to various sectors of the Credit, Establishing Financial Governor and the Minister and cryo machine. found suffering with cervical Dr. Bharati Kashyap they look after their families. The agers to accelerate distribution economy with greater informa- Grid and Enabling Bank Credit which can help identify and Of the 150 women who pre-cancer and were provided informed that Khunti Sadar strengthening of Sadar hospitals of Education Loan, Mudra Loan, tion technology content to bring towards a dollar five trillion treat cervical pre-cancer. were provided check up, at least colposcope guided cryo treat- hospital became the 11th Sadar by installing new machines and and Farmers Welfare Schemes about innovation. The idea is to economy were discussed during As many as 150 women 60 per cent were found suffer- ment on the spot. All the Hospital in the State to have providing training to the doctors and to promote other Social make banking citizen-centric as the meeting with a view to were treated in the camp and ing with swelling and infection women who arrived at the machine for detecting and will help provide better treat- interests banking facilities and well as more responsive to the chart out specific roadmap for all the gynaecologists in the in cervix and were provided camp were also given a month’s treating cervical pre-cancer. ment to patients." services during the meeting. needs and aspirations of senior PSBs,” said Sinha.   !"#$ !  !1

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Singh Tgranted a stay on the ed to Patna, a lot of problems godown system would collapse runs six children homes, six Central Warehousing would arise. within a few years leading to specialized adoption agencies, Corporation (CWC), New At first it would be expen- handing over of it to private on ChildLine centre and many Delhi’s decision to shift its sive for the depositors to run bodies for management. other community development Bhubaneswar Regional Office to Patna office to sort their Hearing Pradhan’s plea on programmes. and merge it with the Patna issues. Connectivity to Patna August 16, a two-member Situated in Hutar block, office. from Odisha would be anoth- Division bench of the High around 45 Kilometers south of Notably, on July 26, 2019, Court granted a stay on the Ranchi, the shelter home is the Central Government has      decision of Central operational since 2008 and taken a decision to merge the      Government for shifting of the provides care and shelter to Bhubaneswar Regional Office Bhubaneswar office of CWC to more than 100 children, includ- with that of Patna without cit-    ; Patna and issued notice to the ing infants. Singh also runs porting the noble cause of Paradise relies on donations members of the NGO visited medicines. ing any reasons.     CWC Managing Director and rehabilitation centres for des- helping children in need of care made through online platforms Association of Social and In the month of June, This decision has been  &  Ministry of Consumer Affairs, titute women, an old age home and protection. for serving the society. On Human Awareness (ASHA), a members of Paradise distrib- challenged in the High Court Food and Public Distribution and a legal aid centre. We thank everyone who Sunday, the list of items they children home in the outskirts uted free school uniforms, by Pradip Pradhan, RTI activist &  ;  System Secretary seeking their With all his initiatives, contributed in this initiative,” distributed among children of Ranchi and distributed items sports equipment and fruits to and Member of advisory body &   response by September 17, Singh is taking care of nearly said Rushikesh , presi- included cricket bats, bed worth Rs.1,13,000 among the at least 40 children in of the NHRC on Right to 2019 , the day of the next 300 children and 125 women dent of Paradise. sheets, undergarments, dairy inmates there. Sarvangin Gram Vikas Sanstha. Food. hearing. and elderly. Till date, he has Founded by 14 like-mind- products and chess boards. They also organized a Besides, the NGO has also vis- Pradhan pointed out that er problem, as Bihar does not Advocates Jyoti Patnaik rehabilitated more than 750 ed couples in May 2019, The NGO has been health camp, in which the ited several orphanages and the CWC Bhubaneswar have port facility. Supply of and Aswani Kumar Karmi are children. Paradise works in India for pro- involved in a lot of philan- children were provided free helped children there earlier Regional office is a profit- food grains from warehouse pleading the case in the High “We are committed in sup- viding relief to the poor. thropic activities lately. In July, health check up and given this year. making institution and caters to inside the State to nearby places Court on Pradhan’s behalf. ! 5  !! 2    (   ,  2,,5 !22 ,            $  %!/-+!/ to tions with many academic Latvia, said university officials. institutions in Latvia and the he Baltic Center of the Dev Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Baltic region. From Page 1 sequences. TSanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Vishwavidyalaya, Pranav Pranav Pandya said, “We Speaking on the occasion, Notably, the Congress has has become the first University Pandya has expressed happi- are the only university in Asia Hooda’s aides Palwal MLA been out of power in Haryana to confer the awards of excel- ness at these academic accom- to have established the first ever Karan Dalal, Jhajjar MLA for five years, having lost to the lence to Professor Marcis plishments. In recent years, International Centre for Baltic Geeta Bhukkal, Haryana BJP in October 2014 assembly Auzins, former rector, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Culture and Studies, which Pradesh Congress Committee’s polls amid factionalism and University of Latvia and Gauss, has demonstrated its global was inaugurated in August former president Phool Chand accusations of corruption president, Air Baltic presence by establishing more 2016 in the presence of ambas- Mullana, Vidhan Sabha’s for- against the government led Cooperation. than 60 international collabo- sadors of all the three Baltic mer speaker Raghubir Singh by former Chief Minister The award was conferred rations with prestigious nations and Governor of Kadian among others openly Hooda. by Chinmay Pandya, pro vice Universities of USA, UK, . challenged the party high com- While the assembly polls chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Canada, Germany, Italy, Latvia, The Baltic Centre of the mand from the stage to either are just two months away, the University in Riga, the capital Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, DSVV is facilitating the edu- declare Hooda as party presi- Congress is yet to kick off its of Latvia. The city based uni- Malaysia, Indonesia, China, cational exchange in between dent in Haryana or face con- election campaign in the state. versity DSVV also entered into Japan, Russia, Korea, Indian and European Students an agreement with Riseba Kazakhstan and Switzerland. In and has gained notable recog- $  /!).%- under Barkakana OP. Suman Kumari rushed out University and Riga Technical addition, DSVV holds a bond nition from all sectors of the Meanwhile the victim, Ashok and were shot by Singh as University for advance studies with Baltic nations namely society.” For this purpose the %  n a shocking incidence, five Ram, the resident of the same well. The neighbours admit- of the students of DSVV at Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia interested students are being Imembers of a family were locality, was employed as a ted them to a local hospital these universities. for many years and that has taught Latvian language at allegedly shot by a Railway porter at Bhurkunda Railway where Ram, his wife and his This cooperation would resulted into more than 20 DSVV, and thereafter students &''(    Protection Force (RPF) con- Station and used to sell milk as elder daughter died during prove to be a great highlight bilateral cooperations, includ- will be sent to these universi- stable in Barkakana under a side business. treatment. His younger during the forthcoming tour of ing Erasmus plus collabora- ties, he added. Barkakana police outpost of Ramgarh Superintendent daughter and son were )  R  Ramgarh District on Saturday, of Police (SP), Prabhat Kumar referred to Rajendra Institute late evening. Of the five who informed that the accused used Medical Science (RIMS) and were shot, three succumbed to to regularly buy milk from are undergoing treatment,” From Page 1 health. He had undergone a injuries while two others are Asok Ram. said Kumar. In May this year, Jaitley was renal transplant on May 14 last undergoing treatment. On Saturday evening Priyanka Kumari, Ram’s admitted to AIIMS for treat- year at AIIMS with Railways Following the incident, around at 8 pm Singh went to youngest daughter who was ment. Jaitley, a lawyer by pro- Minister Piyush Goyal filling in irate residence of the area Ram’s house to buy milk, but also at the home but did not fession, had been an important for him in the Finance blocked Ramgarh-Bhurkunda Ram refused to give him any stepped out of the house was part in Prime Minister Ministry at that time. Jaitley, road on Sunday morning milk claiming that he ran out saved. She informed that like Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in the who had stopped attending demanding immediate arrest of of stock. A verbal spat took every day Singh came to buy BJP Government’s first term. office since early April last year, the accused and compensation place between the two follow- milk on Saturday in an inebri- He held the finance and was back in the Finance for the aggrieved family. As a ing which Singh returned ated condition and became defence portfolios, and often Ministry on August 23, 2018. result of the protest, all the home. After a while, he violent when her father said he acted as the chief trou- In September 2014, he under- shops in the Station Road area returned to Ram’s house and cannot give milk as they are out bleshooter of the Government. went bariatric surgery to cor- were closed since Sunday shot him with his service of stock. Jaitley did not contest the rect the weight he had gained morning. revolver. “After that Singh become 2019 Lok Sabha elections pre- because of a long-standing The accused, an RPF “Hearing the gunshot, angry and started abusing my sumably because of his poor diabetic condition. Constable Pawan Singh, was Ram’s wife Lila Devi and their father. He went home but deputed at Barkakana Railway three children, a pregnant returned after a while and Station and was a residence of daughter Mina Devi, son shot everyone in sight,” she Gandhinagar Railway colony Sanjay Ram and daughter added. #  +3    " 2 "!22O3     4  P 0)   5 $  .%!)- !/%    -  #$ -  nion Defence Minister URajnath Singh on Sunday lauded the working of Government in 666 && $   )*+*,%- after Modiji." His remarks the last five years and said that elicited sharp reaction from he is confident that once again, JP (Bharatiya ) JNU students' union president the BJP would form govern- BMP and singer Hans Raj N Sai Balaji. "Now, when uni- ment in Haryana. From Page 1 Hans has suggested renaming versities are turning into jumla “The people of the state The official explained that the prestigious Jawaharlal (rhetoric) manufacturing cen- would re-elect Manohar Lal as this low flying object will be able Nehru University (JNU) tres why not rename all uni- their Chief Minister,” the Union to take images and videos of dri- after Prime Minister Narendra versities after Modi?" he said. Defence Minister said while vers violating road discipline Modi. His remarks on "It is unfortunate that addressing the people after which includes seat belts, use of Saturday drew sharp reactions rather than talking about the Rs flagging off ‘Jan Aashirwad mobile phones etc. “As com- from some quarters 515 cr HEFA (Higher Yatra’ in Kalka here. pared with manpower police including the JNU students' Education Financing Agency) Rajnath Singh said that patrols, drones can cover larger union. loan, massive hostel crisis, 80 BJP didn’t have any Chief sections in less time and provide The northwest Delhi MP per cent budget cut in library Ministerial name in 2014 real-time feedback more quick- made the suggestion at an and other anti-students poli- assembly elections, but when ly,” said the official. event titled 'EK Shaam cies, this is being talked about. BJP won with full majority, “Drones have been widely Shaheedon Ke Naam' organ- "At a time, libraries are then Prime Minister Narendra used for traffic surveillance and ised by the RSS-affiliated Akhil empty and without books, walls Modi chose Manohar Lal as the crime investigation by police Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad are barren without posters, Haryana Chief Minister. In departments of various states in (ABVP) in respect of the coun- minds are rigged with hate, it the last five years, the results of India. Besides, it can also be very try's fallen soldiers. might sound ideal to name the works done by the Chief effective in the post-incident Delhi BJP chief Manoj varsity after Modiji under Minister proved that he is an analysis,” said a law and order Tiwari was the chief guest at the whom these policies of destruc- able Chief Minister, he said. expert. Police believe that drones event which was also attended tion have been implemented," Referring to previous State could play a major role in mon- by Bhojpuri singer-actor Balaji alleged. Government regimes, he said “In Haryana, investment of won all 10 seats in Haryana. Haryana in the last five years, up in the remaining land, the itoring traffic movements, acci- Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua'. He alleged that public uni- that earlier, when the leaders Rs 85,000 crore has taken place The mandate received from the have never happened before. In Chief Minister said while high- dent-prone areas and major traf- While talking about the versities are being shut in India were in power in Haryana, the in the last five years. In 'Ease of people of the state in Municipal this link, development works of lighting his government’s fic junctions. abrogation of provisions of to start foreign universities topic of corruption was most Doing Business', Haryana has Corporation elections, Rs 800 crore have been carried achievements. In an effort to enforce road Article 370, Hans Raj Hans and students are not being discussed about them. But now reached to third position from Municipal Committee elec- out in Kalka and 120 villages of Manohar Lal also said that and traffic discipline across the said, "Kashmir will become a given fellowships. no such discussion happens 14th in the country and is tions, bye-elections of Jind and Morni have been provided under the leadership of Prime country to check accidents, paradise now. Pray that every- "We are only destroying regarding present Chief expected to reach the first recently concluded Lok Sabha with water supply. Road net- Minister Narendra Modi, led Road one remains peaceful and no learning and critical thinking. Minister, he said. place in the next two-three elections is proof of people’s works have been laid, ROBs are Defence Minister Rajnath Transport Ministry last month bombs are set off. We are bear- Teachers and students are being He also appealed to the years,” the Union Minister said. support for work done by the being constructed and Pinjore Singh and Home Minister made changes in Motor Vehicle ing the brunt of the mistakes attacked for wanting to teach people to mindfully elect their Speaking on the occasion, government so far in Haryana, by-pass is also being con- Amit Shah, a historic step of Act and Parliament passed made by our elders." and learn. What's in a name representative in the upcoming Haryana Chief Minister he said. structed. On 100 acres land of revoking of Article 370 and heavy penalties for road offend- He went on to add, "The when universities are turning assembly elections, due to be Manohar Lal said that in 2019 Development works which HMT, Apple Mandi is being set 35A from Jammu and Kashmir ers which include heavy penal- JNU should be renamed MNU. into jumla (rhetoric) universi- held in October. Lok Sabha elections, the BJP have been carried out in up and industry would be set was taken. ties and even jail term. Something should be named ties?   !"#$ !  !-         ,   Q  R

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The 31 per cent fall in sales issues he raised are falling regression in progress.” progress on the ground,” he led to the Partition, was the rea- the grand old party stated the is also the ninth straight drop GDP figures, shrinking labour Singhvi also accused the asked. Singhvi added when son for the continuance situation is like that of a “finan- in monthly passenger vehicle force, recession in real estate NDA government of being Prime Minister Modi assumed of the “evil practice” of triple cial emergency”. sales, Singhvi said. “Sales have sector, continuous weakening unable to come up with a office, the rupee was at 58.7 talaq for so long. Congress spokesperson fallen in 12 out of 13 months of rupee, and falling foreign “sound” monetary policy. “It against the US dollar. Speaking at an event here, Abhishek Singhvi accused the since July 2018, underscoring direct investment and foreign has to consider about the trade- “However, now rupee has Shah defended the law crimi- BJP of diverting the people’s the sharp slowdown in the portfolio investment. off between unemployment further devalued. One USD has nalising triple talaq, asserting that attention from its failures. He world’s fourth largest automo- Criticising the Narendra and inflation,” Singhvi said. reached Rs 71 and is anticipat- it establishes gender equality. raised the issue of slowdown in bile market,” Singhvi said at Modi Government, he said, He also asked “why the rate ed to cross Rs 72 limit in the “Some people level allega- automobile sector. AICC Press conference. “Ironically, if one looks at cuts have been announced by coming weeks,” he said. tions against BJP Government that such action is anti-Muslim. I want to make it clear that this  is only and only to benefit .     $  O  "$"&: 41) *R    Muslims, not the Hindus, Jains  .  4P      0  !"# or Christians,” he said.   It was a “nightmare” for the basis of vote-bank politics, the Modi Government has $  )*+*,%-  .>-    investments in subsidiaries and crores of Muslim women who that’s why such evil practices abolished it forever and given 4& .40)O;   exposure to its related entities 8/    were denied of their rights, he continued, he said. The politics the Muslim women the right to he CBI on Sunday con-  &  )  amounting to Rs 14.56.12 crore said. He said 92.1 per cent of of appeasement has been a live in dignity and equality,” he Tducted searches at six /   4  >    instead of making efforts for Muslim women supported hurdle in the path to achieve said. places including the office of            redemption of the investments %      criminalisation of triple talaq. development and social cohe- Shah said many people Moser Baer India Ltd at Okhla      &     and recovery of receivables Coming down heavily on sion in the country. said it was a civil matter, so why Industrial Area in the nation- .  !  .  >   from sales, MBIL chose to $  )*+*,%- the Congress, Shah, who is also “When some people are did you criminalise it. al Capital and at residential -    /(FB  write them off in order to BJP president, said the party has hungry for power, they resort “When ‘ pratha’ (self premises of present and former ) ; "G "9#B divert and siphon off the loan inister of State (MoS) for “no shame” and continues to to the politics of appeasement. immolation by Hindu wid- Directors of the company.  >4  > 4&     )  amounts. This led to wrongful MHRD, Communications, oppose the law on triple talaq. They are not concerned about ows) was abolished, no one The CBI has registered a   / .>-      gains by the company and and Electronics Information The Home Minister said it Muslim women but concerned opposed it. When child mar- case against   $3  ?  ;   ; their officials and wrongful Technology Sanjay Dhotre has took several decades to end this only about vote-bank,” he said. riage was ended, no one CM Kamal Nath’s brother-in-         loss to the lender banks, the left for a five-day long evil practice because of the But, “when your intention opposed it. In case of child law Deepak Puri, his wife Nita  .>-        compliant further alleged. visit to Lithuania, Latvia and Congress, which always resort- is social uplift, you have to marriage, there is a provision and son Ratul and their firm    .  > O.  7  >   7  MBIL has direct invest- Estonia, Latvia, as a part of a ed to the politics of appeasement. work hard for it, you have to for two years jail. Similarly, Moser Baer in a case of cheat- ment of Rs 735.87 crore in sub- high-level delegation accom- Referring to the then Rajiv plan it,” he said. dowry is a civil matter. In ing, forgery, criminal conspir- sidiaries as on December 31, panying Vice-President M Gandhi Government’s decision “The election of Narendra dowry case, if just the demand acy and under provisions of the Finance Branch here on Friday. As per RBI guidelines to 2013. However, total exposure visiting these to bring a law to overturn the Modi as Prime Minister in is made, there is a Prevention of Corruption Act “Case was registered on ensure there is no leakage of rev- of the firm towards subsidiaries Baltic countries. Supreme Court judgement in 2014 was the beginning of the provision for two years’ impris- for cheating Central Bank of 17.08.19 against the company; enue, the accused firm and and related entities was Rs After taking charge of the the Shah Bano case, he said it end of politics of appeasement onment,” he said. India to the tune of Rs 354 present and former officials of their officials allegedly main- 1,456.12 crore. MBIL three Ministries, this will be would be considered a “black and the 2019 mandate is to end The triple talaq has been crore till November 29, 2014. the said company; unknown tained accounts with a large gave corporate guarantee Dhotre’s first formal visit to any day” in the history of Parliament. it forever,” said Shah. criminalised to educate people, Besides Moser Baer MD public servants and unknown number of banks outside the amounting to Rs 2,056.87 crore foreign nations. India and There is no doubt in the The Home Minister said to create fear among some Deepak Puri, whole time direc- private persons on the allega- consortium. “The sales pro- on behalf of its subsidiaries Baltic countries have historical minds of those favouring triple had the practice of triple been people that “if you do this, you tor Nita, then executive direc- tions of cheating and defraud- ceeds generated from the busi- without any permission from connect and common linguis- talaq and those opposing it that part of Islamic culture, why did will be punished”. “Earlier, tor Ratul, the CBI has also ing banks,” a CBI spokesperson ness working capital funds lent the complainant bank before tic roots. it was an “evil practice”. People so many Muslim countries triple talaq had no provision for named directors of the accused said in a statement. were not deposited with the taking such large exposure on The cutting-edge technol- should welcome moves for have ended it. That means this maintenance for women. Now, firm Sanjay Jain and Vineet In his compliant to the complainant bank/consortium behalf of its subsidiaries, the ogy and innovation ecosys- eradication of any evil practice, evil practice is anti-Islam and we have made provision for Sharma besides unknown pub- CBI, the Deputy GM of the banks and were routed through bank alleged. tem of the Baltic countries but there is Opposition in case Islam does not support it. As maintenance,” he said. lic servants and private persons Central Bank Chitturi other banks, thereby indicating The bank also alleged that complement India’s huge mar- of triple talaq. “The politics of many as 19 countries have The Home Minister said he as accused in the case. alleged that “MBIL has caused fraudulent intentions for siphon- the accused company and its ket and appetite for these tech- appeasement is responsible for ended triple talq between 1922 wanted forgiveness from The CBI registered the unlawful loss to our bank to the ing off the monies, the Central directors furnished forged doc- nologies. it,” he said. and 1963. Muslim women as they had to case on Saturday, a day after it tune of Rs 354.51 crore as on Bank alleged in its complaint uments to buttress their claims This visit led by the Naidu Some parties were in the “This evil practice of triple suffer for long because of this received a complaint from 29.11.2014 and interest there- which now part of the FIR. towards promoters’ contribu- will be the first ever high-level habit of coming to power on talaq was going on for long and evil practice. Central Bank’s Corporate on by getting unlawful gains.” MBIL made substantial tion in the firm. visit to the three Baltic nations. 67 (       - & $       

$  )*+*,%- of Mental Health and          7-1 ++*  4+7,+*+ ++* Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in ore than two years after <7+,+7+ +(=#74+(7#+(9+ 2016, across 12 States, the preva- New Delhi: There should be Mthe enactment of the +494+*(=90*, +777(7+*(=+ lence of depression for both cur- conversation in harmonious Mental Health Act, 2017, 7>#90 <4 4(787+(=(940"#+(*+(= rent and lifetime is 2.7 per cent atmosphere between those in around 10 States are yet to set 49+9+7*+9 + ++***,+ and 5.2 per cent, respectively. favour of reservation and those up authorities for the proper  *,-2)<947+,#+ ,,7) ++*9*( Approximately 1 in 40 and 1 in against it, RSS chief Mohan implementation of the rules <(<#+(77+4(#7+9 ++(,9=++9#*(=+4+ 20 people are suffering from Bhagwat said on Sunday. under the new legislation. Ten *#==9*=9(7++  %#*+4 ++#*, past and current episodes of Bhagwat said he had spo- per cent of India’s population **#*)**#8 +9*9?#97+(= depression all over the country. ken on reservation earlier as suffers from mental illnesses, 7#"99?#978(*+4 - 0@22<*4+9*+*"#+ This survey has shown that the well, but it created a lot and 90 per cent of them remain 4(74<+(=*=+7+*08 (7 0.A9") lifetime prevalence of mental of noise and the whole discus- untreated. =9(96*7,,4 87*++9?#97+ disorder is 13.7 per cent as a sion diverted from the “Only 19 States have imple- 49=4+* (=2@2474 whole, which would mean at actual issue. mented the Mental Healthcare   ++#+(9+*9 <*4((8*+*(7.1. least 150 million Indians are in Those who favour reser- Act so far,” said Sanjeeva *#<<(*,+(98*+97, 9") 90 need of urgent intervention. vation should speak keeping in Kumar, Special Secretary 98#+7+ +9*74#+*(9+8 However, there is a long way mind the interests of those who Health Ministry. +49=4+*7, (=<9,4*+==*( to go to meet the needs. The are against it, and similarly He said 10.6 per cent adult <#"*+9,+*(77 Health Ministry official high- those who oppose it should do population in the country suf- lighted that the States are not the vice-versa, he said. fers from mental health issues. using funds dispersed for the He said discussion on This is a huge number requir- ogists, mental health nurses She said with the lack of sistent with its policy to mon- implementation of the Act, reservation results in sharp ing holistic concept of safety and psychiatric social workers. new rules, the rules of the old itor the mental health sector, it which has forced the Health actions and reactions every nets, legal frameworks and The Act mandates the Mental Health Act (1987) are felt necessary to evaluate the Ministry to switch up systems time whereas there is a need for Bhagwat said the RSS, the They can disagree as well.” medical care facilities. States to have a functional still being followed. ground realities post imple- for the transfer of the remaining harmony in the different sec- BJP and the party-led Since the BJP is in Kumar was speaking at a authority within nine months Earlier, inaugurating the mentation of Mental amount. The Ministry has now tions of the society on this Government were three dif- Government, it has to look at recent national level review of the law coming into force, meeting, NHRC Chairperson, Healthcare Act, 2017. decided to reimburse the States approach. ferent entities and one cannot the bigger picture and can dis- meeting on mental health. The but most of the States have Justice HL Dattu said that the Justice Dattu said there is a instead of paying instalments. Bhagwat was speaking in be held responsible for actions agree with the RSS point of meet was organised by National missed the deadline. The States efforts to improve the mental requirement of 13,500 psychia- “Despite the system of the concluding session of Gyan of another. view, he said, adding once a Human Rights Commission are also yet to draft the rules of health care in the country have trists but only 3,827 are avail- money dispersal having Utsav which was on the com- Talking about the percep- party comes to power, for it the (NHRC). the Act. been made but a huge gap still able. Against the requirement of changed, no States have applied petitive exams. tion of Sangh’s influence over Government and national The State authorities are “There is a lack of under- remains between the require- 20250 clinical psychologists for reimbursements,” said Lav Earlier, the Rashtriya the Narendra Modi dispensa- interest become priority. supposed to register and regu- standing among States about ments and availability of facil- only 898 are available. Similarly, Agarwal, joint secretary, Health Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) tion, Bhagwat said, “Since there Gyan Utsav was organised late all mental healthcare facil- how to make rules. They need ities in the sector. there is an acute shortage of Ministry. He added if the Centre chief had advocated for review are Sangh workers in BJP and by the RSS-affiliated Shiksha ities and publish their details a bit of legal guidance and Flagging it as a matter of paramedical staff also. releases money and the States of the reservation policy, draw- this Government, they will lis- Sanskriti Utthan Nyas at the online. They are also required handholding,” Preeti Sudan, serious concern for the According to a study con- don’t utilise it, then the man- ing sharp reactions from many ten to RSS, but it is not manda- Indira Gandhi National Open to register all clinical psychol- Health Secretary said. Commission, he said that con- ducted by the National Institute power cannot be increased. parties and caste groups. tory for them to agree with us. University here. PTI       ,R     )    ) 

 %  )*+*,%- on water supply from the  - #9   ! 1)2 ly were from Jharkhand’s Palamu der, fuelwood, carbon seques- Srisailam Dam in Andhra >  10 2 15 & 2 4 tiger reserve. tration, water provisioning, very rupee spent on the Pradesh’s Nagarjunasagar 14  2 ) $   1!  & 2 & Needless to say, the report water purification, sediment Emanagement of tiger Srisailam tiger reserve and 1!  & 2 &13  2 & 14& 2 demonstrates that enhanced retention/soil conservation. reserves in the country brought about 1.2 million gallons of 182  ?1> 2    investment in these tiger The other areas that were in indirect benefits worth Rs 346 purified water is supplied per              reserves is economically ratio- analysed were nutrient reten- to Rs 7,488 within and outside day to nearby Srisailam town.        /A A  /"B #F  nal. Tigers being apex preda- tion, biological control, polli- the protected areas, as per the It was noted that the 10 tiger   $;        tors, their presence in an nation, gas regulation, climate findings of a Government study reserves Anamalai (Tamil       ecosystem indicates towards a regulation, gene pool protec- which analysed 10 of India’s 50 Nadu), Bandipur (),       ;& 4  )    well-functioning and balanced tion, moderation of extreme big cat habitats. Most of the ben- Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), 4   #9      food chain. As Tigers require a events, cultural heritage, recre- efits have been indirect. Melghat (Maharashtra),   ;   ;;  /F G' F9" #B  large area of contiguous forest ation, spiritual For instance, noted the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam      ; cover for home and a good prey tourism, and report “Economic valuation of (Andhra Pradesh), Pakke   /F 9GB G#  /#' "9" ##   base for survival, by protecting much tiger reserves in India: A value (), Palamu them we can also ensure the more. + approach,” a series of reser- (Jharkhand), Panna (Madhya protection of other species. voirs and weirs have been con- Pradesh), Similipal (Odisha), used for medicinal purpose, crore annually. continued and enhanced who asked if the Minister That is why they are also called structed in and around and Valmiki (Bihar) whose eco- refill groundwater aquifers, Jointly published by the investment in these reserves, would consider building as “umbrella” species, said Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), nomic valuation was carried out slow and filter stormwater National Tiger Conservation Nayak added the monetary underpasses on the National Madhu Verma from IIFM. which is blessed with 15 rivers offer protection from disease, runoff, reduce floods and Authority (NTCA) and the benefits obviously are neither Highway between Mysuru and The report asserts that and 64 streams and has various predators and parasites, which maintain watershed stability Indian Institute of Forest direct nor in physical terms. Wayanad to protect tigers in the tiger reserves, which Union rivers and tributaries, under the is an avoided cost in the range and resilience besides natural Management, (IIFM) Bhopal, The findings of the study Bandipur wildlife sanctuary Environment Minister Prakash multipurpose Parimbukulam of Rs 7.7 crore to Rs 24.15 crore. healing for mental peace.” the study analysed that mone- are significant amidst frequent on the lines of the Pench Tiger Javadekar termed as ‘engines of Aliyar, Amaravathi and These are just a few bene- The report which was tary benefits of Rs 346.7 were ongoing debate on develop- Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. economic growth’, provide a Kadamparai projects. These fits among several that the released recently by Prime realised from and within ment vs environment, more so Among the 10 reserves, host of ecosystem services reservoirs supply water to res- tiger reserves are providing to Minister Narendra Modi esti- Maharashtra’s Melghat tiger after Union Transport Minister MP’s Panna tiger reserve pro- which are of significant value idents of Coimbatore and the community, said NTCA mated that together these 10 reserve per year, while for the Nitin Gadkari recently said in vided tangible and intangible in a time when countries are Tirrupur districts of Tamil member secretary Anup K tiger reserves surveyed provide Nagarjunasagar Srisailam tiger Parliament “a poor country” benefits of Rs 67.14 crore and Rs investing heavily in climate Nadu and parts of Kerala and Nayak. He said, needless to say annual tangible and intangible reserve every rupee spent on must decide how far it can go 20,632.95 crore respectively, the change adaptation and mitiga- generate approximately 589 forests are source of fresh and benefits worth Rs 5,96,502.14 management costs brought in spending public money to lowest of economic benefits tion as it looked at tangible and MW of electricity annually. clean water. In addition to crore while the monetary value benefits of Rs 7,488.60. protect environment and bal- from all ten reserves studied. The intangible flow benefits that Or for that matter, the providing clean water, forests from these surveyed protect- While Union Environment ance out development needs. highest tangible and intangible result from investment in these report noted that population of also absorb rainfall, timber ed habitats ranged from Rs Secretary CK Mishra said the He was replying to a question benefits worth Rs 34.33 crore and habitats, including employ- around 1,00,000 is dependent produce, employment, herbs 5,094.91 crore to Rs 16,202.11 study provides rationale for from Congress MP K Suresh Rs 1,09,664.82 crore respective- ment generation, fishing, fod-   !"#$ !  !7 41)   !19 !   )    $ )!  <* Sunday following announce- #      ) ment of probe by the chief min- ister. Asserting that allegations Lucknow: A photojournalist ups and UP is in the grip of of 'Operation Kamala' being with a prominent Hindi daily criminals.”    done in Karnataka are as serious and his brother were shot dead Leader of Congress as charges of phone tapping, he in Saharanpur district on Legislative Party in UP said in another tweet “I urge Sunday morning following an Assembly Ajay Kumar 'Lallu' Bengaluru: Days after charges ing political steam ever since @BSYBJP to order CBI investi- altercation over disposal of demanded the resignation of of phone tapping during the disqualified JD(S) MLA AH gation into alleged Operation cow dung, prompting Adityanath. previous coalition Government Vishwanath, who served as Kamala also. Opposition parties to slam the “Law and order machinery headed by JD(S) surfaced, JD(S) State president and I heard they acted on my Government on law and order. has collapsed from Saharanpur Karnataka Chief Minister BS turned rebel later, last week advice in phone tapping case & Chief Minister Yogi to Barabanki,” he said in a Yediyurappa on Sunday said he dropped the political bomb, I hope they act on this issue as Adityanath announced an ex- statement. will order a CBI probe into the accusing the HD well.” However, the state gratia of 5 lakh each for the Samajwadi Party chief allegations citing demands by Kumaraswamy Government of Congress in a tweet termed kin of the deceased, however, dead,” the SSP said. Akhilesh Yadav expressed grief several political leaders includ- tapping phones and spying on with Kumaraswamy losing the The JD(S) leader also asked phone tapping as “lies” and a the SP and the Congress Three teams have been over the deaths and demand- ing Congress. more than 300 people, includ- trust vote in the assembly. Yediyurappa to bring BJPs pre- conspiracy for hate politics. slammed the ruling BJP over formed to nab the culprits ed that the guilty be brought to While former Chief ing him. Congress leaders, Reacting to the Chief vious tenure in the government Alleging that Yediyurappa the alleged collapse of law and who are absconding, he added. book at the earliest. Minister HD Kumaraswamy, including Siddaramaiah, M Minister announcing a CBI and also that of Siddaramaiah was behaving like an “under- order and failure to provide “Chief Minister has taken “During the regime of the who headed the coalition Mallikarjuna Kharge and home probe, Kumaraswamy, who has under the ambit of the CBI ground criminal” after becom- adequate compensation. cognisance of the Saharanpur SP Government, the kin of the Government said he was ready minister in the alliance gov- already denied the charges, said probe. While Congress ing the chief minister in an Congress general secre- incident wherein the journal- deceased used to get 20 lakh for a probe by even an “inter- ernment M B Patil, had sought “Let them do any inquiry, Legislature Party leader “immoral” way by “Operation tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ist of Dainik Jagran and his as immediate financial assis- national agency”, his alliance a probe while another key party whether it is a CBI inquiry or Siddaramaiah has welcomed Kamala” through the backdoor, alleged that Uttar Pradesh was brother were shot dead by the tance. The BJP Government partner the Congress, however, leader and former minister D K any other agency of international the CBI probe, hoping that the the party in a tweet said, “In “in the grip of criminals” and assailants,” a statement issued should do at least this much,” seemed to be a divided house. Shivakumar has rejected the standard, or let them talk to BJP does not use the central Modi administration CBI was the state administration was here by a senior Uttar Pradesh he said. “On the telephone tapping snooping charges and appeared Trump (US President Donald investigating agency for “polit- working as a frontal unit of the covering up crimes. Government official said. The BJP expressed grief issue. Several leaders, including to side with Kumaraswamy. Trump) and get it inquired ical vendetta,”Congress on its BJP. Phone tapping was a (bun- Ashish (23), a photogra- “SSP Saharanpur has been over the deaths and vowed to Congress Legislature Party According to reports, through some one from his official Twitter handle has said dle of) lies and a conspiracy for pher with Dainik Jagran news- directed to initiate the take “strong action” against the leader Siddaramaiah, have said phones of those close to side.” He also hit out at the elec- that telephone tapping “was a hate politics.” paper, and his brother strongest action. The state culprits. it should be probed and truth Siddaramaiah, who was the tronic media for its coverage on bundle of lies” and a conspira- Hitting out at the Congress, Ashutosh (19) were killed by Government stands by the “In the hour of grief, the should come out, so I have then coalition coordination the issue, saying no one can do cy for hate politics. senior BJP leader R Ashoka their neighbour Mahipal Saini bereaved family in this BJP is with the bereaved fam- decided to order a CBI probe. committee chief, too had come anything to him and alleged that “I welcome the decision of expressed surprise over differ- and his sons, Senior moment of grief,” the state- ily,” a statement issued by state Tomorrow itself I will order the under the watch. their intention and attempts @BSYBJP to hand over the ences of opinion on the phone Superintendent of Police ment added. BJP chief Swatantradev Singh probe,” Yediyurappa told Several BJP leaders, includ- were to keep him away from phone tapping case to CBI. tapping probe within the grand (Saharanpur) Dinesh Kumar P Hitting out at the and general secretary (organ- reporters here. ing former Chief Minister people of the state. But in the past @BJP4India old party. Pointing out that sev- said. Adityanath Government, isation) of State BJP Sunil He also said it was the , have directly Stating that he was not has used CBI as its puppet to eral Congress leaders, including “In the midst of an argu- Priyanka Gandhi in a tweet in Bansal said. expectation of the people of the accused Kumaraswamy of being aware as to why his name was unleash its venomous political Siddaramaiah, had demanded ment, Mahipal and his sons Hindi said, “Now, what will “The guilty persons will state that a detailed inquiry behind the episode to save his linked to the phone tapping case, vendetta. a probe, he said, “Before hand- entered the house of Ashish you call this system where not be spared, and the gov- should be made and the culprits government which was then he stressed, “If I was involved I Hope @BJP4Karnataka ing over the probe they and Ashutosh and shot them. murders are being committed ernment has already issued punished. Yediyurappa's rocked by dissidence within. would have panicked, I'm leaders does not have similar demanded an inquiry... Now Locals rushed the duo to a everyday by shooting people. directives to initiate strong announcement comes amid The coalition government open.... There is not even an intentions this time,” they are blaming the Chief nearby hospital, where the Those responsible for control- action against the culprits,” signs that the scandal was gain- ultimately collapsed last month iota... To point fingers at me.” Siddaramaiah tweeted on Minister, it is not right.” PTI doctors declared them brought ling crime are busy in cover- the statement added. PTI !       7 +          +!  Q 8     !"  ' 5   (   !84 Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra of Pakistan and making it an and even ordering and watching Mumbai: Terming as “crows” Barora had also joined the The former Union minis- Singh here on Sunday said after integral part of the country in Hollywood movies,” he said. the leaders who left the NCP Shiv Sena last month. ter said Nagpur has become a the revocation of the special sta- accordance with the unani- Defending the move with and joined others, party chief “The party will consider major hub of crime and crim- Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh eration of the people,” he said. tus of Jammu & Kashmir, peo- mously passed resolution in regard to Article 370, he said Sharad Pawar on Sunday said fielding fresh faces in the inal activities. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath The chief minister also ple should now pray for the inte- Parliament (in 1994).” some people were frustrated fielding fresh faces in the upcoming polls. I would insist “Maharashtra chief minister on Sunday said mere approval said, “Many development pro- gration of the Pakistan- “Let us pray that we see the because they had created a nar- upcoming Assembly polls was on giving chance to youth and also hails from the same place. of projects will not ensure jects will come to Gorakhpur Occupied-Kashmir (POK) with integration of POK with the rative in the country that no being considered by the party. women in the coming elec- We should raise our voice over development as people's coop- and a lot of employment will be India in their lifetime. country and people freely visit power could abolish the special The Opposition parties in tions,” Pawar added. the issue,” he added. PTI eration and implementation by generated. Youth won't have to He also downplayed the Muzaffarabad (capital of POK),” status being enjoyed by Jammu Maharashtra, particularly the the administration were need- go to places like Surat, Mumbai, arrest of mainstream political he added. & Kashmir. “We did it...Article NCP, witnessed its MLAs and ed to take the state forward. and Delhi etc for jobs, as they leaders and the communication Without naming the 370 was a miscarriage of histo- key leaders joining the BJP and %!   He also asserted that will be able to earn their liveli- blockade in the Valley following Congress for the criticism on the ry and perhaps the gravest blun- Shiv Sena last month. Gorakhpur was moving hood here itself. The price of the scrapping of the special sta- arrest of former Chief Ministers der in post-independence “We don't need to worry towards a “new era of develop- land has increased manifold tus and bifurcation of the state Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba India,”he said, adding that it led about crows (kawale) any  : 0 !   ment”. due to coming of new industries in union territories. Mufti, the Union Minister said to the lack of development and longer, instead focus on party “Surajkund Dham was and factories in the area.” “We are lucky that it (revok- it was “unnecessarily being made discrimination within regions workers (mawale) ahead of the Mumbai: Maharashtra NCP or Shiv Sena. waiting to be developed for Adityanath on Sunday vis- ing of the special status) hap- a big issue”. “Under some com- but also a “psychological isola- assembly elections,” Pawar said president Jayant Patil on Sunday “Leaders groomed by us decades and now a tourism ited the Suryakund Dham to lay pened in our lifetime. It is pulsion or reason, the tion that created mental barriers”. here. hit out at the BJP for poaching (NCP-Cong) are now picked up development project worth the foundation stone of projects because of the sacrifices of our Government has taken some “Former Prime Minister A Three NCP legislators- leaders “groomed” by his party by the BJP ahead of 2.60 crore will be started here. worth 55.30 crore. three generations,” Singh said steps to maintain peace. You B Vajpayee talked about insaniy- Shivendrasinh Bhosale, and the Congress, likening it to Maharashtra Assembly elec- Gorakhpur is moving towards The chief minister said addressing a meet on the current (Congress) had arrested at (humanity), jamhuriyat Sandeep Naik and Vaibhav “buying ready-made clothes”. tions. It is the Congressification a new era of development, power supply in the state has socio-political milieu in Jammu National Conference founder (democracy), kashmiriyat to Pichad- had joined the BJP He was speaking on the of the BJP,” Patil said. which is not possible without improved. “Electric cables will & Kashmir, organised by the Sheikh Abdullah. Such a thing restore peace in Jammu & along with the party's state sidelines of a state-level NCP He added, “The BJP should positive and creative thinking,” be removed from the roads and state BJP at party headquarters had not happened in Kashmir,” Kashmir. By this move, we have women wing president Chitra meeting here which was give a chance to its party work- Adityanath said here. underground cabling will be here. he said, adding that the leaders restored jamhuriyat (democra- Wagh last month. attended by several senior ers, rather than inducting our “Development cannot take done. It will not only help in He said,”After this historic were not being kept in solitary cy) and have done the necessary Besides, NCP's Mumbai leaders, amid speculation that workers. Has the BJP lost cred- place just by approving projects reducing accidents but the step, let us move forward with confinement. course correction to pave a way unit president Sachin Ahir and some of those absent may be ibility and is thus inducting but needs implementation by roads could also be widened,” a positive thinking of freeing “They are doing their work- for inasaniyat and kashmiriyat,” Shahapur MLA Pandurang on their way to the ruling BJP leaders from out party.” PTI the administration and coop- he said. PTI POK from the illegal occupation out at the gym, reading books Singh asserted. PTI 4  %!   $    %< 

Bengaluru: With the much Government's majority on the command is cleared by Amit tightrope to walk during the get re-elected, BJP planned to awaited expansion of Chief floor of the Assembly on July Shah, expected on Monday cabinet expansion as he has to make them Ministers as Minister BS Yediyurappa's 29, is yet to induct any afternoon. craft a fine caste and regional promised and hence Cabinet in Karnataka to take Minister into his Cabinet. Yediyurappa too had said balance in view of the large Yediyurappa would not be fill- place on August 20, the wait is Meanwhile, the BJP legis- after his return here from number of aspirants, sources ing all 34 ministerial positions now on for the BJP's central lature party meeting scheduled Delhi late on Saturday that he said. in one go. leadership to clear the list of for Tuesday morning ahead of was expecting clear instruc- However, with no decision They also said that one 13-14 probables as Ministers the cabinet expansion has tions on Monday from the yet by the Supreme Court on interesting aspect was that in the first phase, top party been postponed. central leadership on those the disqualified Congress- BJP MLAs have not openly leaders said here on Sunday. “On Tuesday, looking at a who are to be inducted into JD(S) MLAs, whose resigna- expressed their ministerial Yediyurappa and the State good time, cabinet expansion the Ministry. tions from the Assembly paved aspirations or indulged in leadership are expected to get will be done by the afternoon. “By Monday afternoon we the way for the BJP to gain intense lobbying like in the clear instructions from the There will be no legislature will get a clear instruction on power, the Chief Minister has past, as they fear it may go high command about those to party meeting that day. We will who all to be inducted. I have no immediate compulsion to against them. be inducted into the Ministry do it after four days. held discussions with Amit accommodate them. However, expressing con- on Monday. All our MLAs, MLCs, Shah and other leaders,” he The then speaker Ramesh fidence that he would be made Having run the MPs, all our leaders and cen- had said. Kumar had disqualified 17 a Minister, considering his Government with a one-man tral Ministers have been Asked about the number Congress-JD(S) rebels under seniority, eight-time MLA Cabinet for 22 days, requested to attend the swear- of Ministers likely to be the anti-defection law till the Umesh Katti Sunday said even Yediyurappa on Saturday final- ing-in ceremony,” Yediyurappa inducted on Tuesday, he said end of the assembly term, if it did not materalise, he ly managed to get the nod told reporters on Sunday. “13 to 14 people are likely to which they have challenged in would “happily” work as a leg- from BJP national president Senior party functionaries be inducted into the cabinet in the Supreme Court. islator for the people of his Amit Shah to undertake the said though many names were the first phase. There may be Only if they get any relief constituency that was affected exercise on August 20. doing the rounds in the media, plus or minus one or two...We from the Apex Court can by floods, while hoping for a Yediyurappa, who took a clear picture would emerge have now recommended 13 to these disqualified MLA con- larger representation for oath as Chief Minister on July once the list submitted by the 14 of them.” test the bypolls. Belagavi district in the    *    $ *$      !"# 26 and proved his state leadership to the high Yediyurappa has had a Sources said that if they Cabinet. PTI          ;$ : # =>// 

Nagpur: Chief Justice of India discrimination against the Emphasising the need for limited to universities training gramme. Students and young status of their cases and appli-      Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday said poor”. “legal literacy”, Justice Gogoi future lawyers and that it persons have the potential to cations,” he said. the absence of legal awareness In his speech, he also said, “awareness of ones' rights should go beyond awareness. become the ambassadors of The CJI also underlined was the “root cause” of “decep- underlined the importance and means of securing those “Though education on justice,” said Justice Gogoi. the importance of “impact and !- tion, exploitation and depri- of”legal literacy”,”technology rights are powerful instru- legal topics is in school and He also emphasised the accountability”, saying in fact vation” of the rights and ben- and acccess” and the “impact ments for bringing about social college curriculum. It should need to focus on 'Technology there is no better “mirage” efits of the masses. and accountability” for deliv- and economic progress. go beyond awareness. What and Access' and the need for than statistics. $  3!445 Mohd Azrat of Dabdaj village of He also observed that ering the quality legal ser- Absence of legal awareness is instead required is movement customised legal services as per “Right to legal aid means Mankote, received splinter “awareness” about ones' rights vices. a root cause of deception, from near awareness to the needs of the people. the right to quality legal aid. 10 year old girl, resident of injuries during heavy shelling in and the means of securing Justice Gogoi also said the exploitation and deprivation of engagement,” the CJI said. “Technology and innova- Commitment to quality must AMankote area in Mendhar the area. Local villagers in the them are the “powerful instru- National Legal Services rights and benefits of the mass- Justice Gogoi further tion should be embraced in all be there in the whole organi- tehsil of Poonch, early Sunday area claimed, for last two days ments” to bring social and Authority (NALSA) and State es. Legal literacy and legal underlined the need to imple- aspects of functions on the sation,” he said. received injuries in fresh inci- Pakistan army is targeting civil- economic progress. Legal Services Authorities are awarenessgo hand in hand”. ment legal knowledge for the professionally-managed ren- To ensure quality, the CJI dent of ceasefire violation along ian areas in the region. “We are Addressing the valedicto- the “crucial vehicles” for dis- Justice Gogoi said the overall good. dering of legal services at all suggested a rigorous selection the Line of Control. Pakistan worried as heavy exchange of ry function of the 17th All charging the Constitutional “legal aid movement” cannot “Efforts must be made to the levels. It should ensure process for empanelment of Army late Sunday evening also shelling took place late saturday India Meet of State Legal mandate of justice to all on the achieve its goal until people are secure concerted engagement (delivery of) timely and effec- lawyers. targeted several forward posts in night”, a senior citizen told local Services Authority (SLSA) in basis of equal opportunities. aware about their legal rights of young minds in under- tive legal services to the needy,” “If need be there selection Nowhsera sector of Rajouri. In reporters in Poonch when they Nagpur, the CJI said legal ser- “These bodies have to so as their basic rights. standing and utilising that said the CJI. be made on the lines of the response, the Indian Army gave visited the area on Sunday. vices must be constituted to ensure through their methods He said “greater aware- knowledge for the benefit of “Let us use technology to process followed for the selec- them a befitting reply using sim- Meanwhile, situation “achieve distributed justice, that justice reaches the ness” translates into better and the society. Not only law col- provide greater information tion of public prosecutors. This ilar calibre of weapons. remained tense in Nowshera effective implementation of remotest corners of the coun- broader access. leges but the students of about legal aid through mobile would go all the way in address- According to official sector where Indian army welfare benefits and elimina- try and the last person,” said The CJI observed that con- schools and colleges must be apps, provide vital information ing the complaints of lack of sources, 10-year-old girl, iden- reportedly destroyed Pakistan tion of social and structural the CJI. temporary legal education is included in the outreach pro- to those seeking legal aid about quality,” the CJI said. PTI tified as Sadiya, daughter of Army post on saturday.   !"#$ !  !8

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From August 3 afternoon, Rwinner social activist house arrest an hour and half ments of people from Chamaria The NRC (National Register notices for reverification were Sandeep Pandey here on ago before the programme," and some nearby areas in of Citizens) authority was then served across the south of Sunday claimed that he was put Pandey had said in a statement Kamrup district after which re- informed about the development Kamrup district to about 33,000 under house arrest on three issued on August 16. $ 4!,! verification had to be done, and after much deliberations, it people, asking them to appear occasions in the past week to He said their August 11 sources close to the development was decided to hold reverifica- within 48 hours in NRC Seva prevent him from expressing protest was for the "restoration hree illegal Bangladeshi said. tion in these areas. Kendras (NSKs), almost 400-500 views on national issues. of democracy" in the Valley. Timmigrants were arrested in Kamrup Deputy "It was a good pro-active km away from their place of res- The Lucknow district On the other hand, early hours of Sunday near the Commissioner Kamal Kumar decision by the NRC authority to idence, in several upper Assam administration, however, Lucknow District Magistrate Indo-Bangla border in West Baishya has sent a report to the hold the reverification process. districts. rejected the claim. Kaushal Raj Sharma rub- Bengal's Malda district, while NRC State Coordinator Prateek "This shows that they are The sources said that as "In the past one week, we bished the claims made by trying to crossover to India, Hajela about two months back serious about bringing out an NRC process is time-bound and have been stopped thrice by the Pandey, who had won the officials said. on the alleged irregularities by a error-free NRC within the dead- the final document has to be police and administration from Ramon Magsaysay Award in Bangladesh nationals former Circle Officer of line," a source close to the devel- published by August 31, all the freely expressing our views. I 2002 in the emergent leader entered the country for seeking $ 3!-&5/ away by water," Singh said. Chamaria under his district opment said. reverification work has to be was put under house arrest on category. jobs here, they said. He said 500 people were which came to light in 2018. The NRC authority has completed as soon as possible. three occasions (August 11, 16 "Who is stopping him from The infiltrators are residents orty-nine people have died evacuated to safer places with The report noted how the taken the report very seriously "The NSKs in entire lower and 17)," Pandey claimed, holding protests at the Eco of Rajshahi and Chapai Fin rain-related incidents in the help of Army, SDRF, NDRF then Circle Officer allegedly and is likely to recommend Assam were already loaded with adding that they were pre- Garden in the city. He cannot Nawabganj districts of the neigh- Rajasthan since June 15, an and local administration from made all the affected people strong action against the erring their scheduled reverification vented from going to Ayodhya stage any protest in Hazratganj bouring country, an official said. official said on Sunday. several places inundated due to Original Inhabitants (OI) only to bureaucrat, who is an Assam process. As there were fewer for a two-day programme on — the heart of the state capital "Three Bangladeshi nation- Brijendra Singh, OSD, heavy rainfall in the state. reduce his workload, the sources Civil Services official, the sources claims and objections in upper communal amity on Saturday. — as the High Court has als were apprehended at Department of Disaster According to the MeT claimed. confirmed. Assam, so the NSKs there were "We were stopped mid- banned all protests in the area," Kaliachak area by Border Management, Relief and Civil department, 12 cm rainfall was He had allegedly ticked the No official comment could relatively less occupied. way," Pandey said. he said. Security Forece personnel," the Defence told PTI that there was recorded in Degana of Nagaur, OI column for all the people, be obtained from the NRC "That is why the authorities The social activist slammed "The dharna sthal (protest official said. no flood-like situation any- 11 cm in Makrana, 10 cm in including Hindus and Muslims, Office as the Supreme Court had decided to hold the reverification the alleged "stalling" of their venue) of the district has been They have been handed where in the State. Nawa and 10 cm in Buhana of in the verification list, which less- barred them from talking to the of these unscheduled cases in programmes, saying it seemed identified and he is most wel- over to Baishnabnagar police sta- In Kota and Baran, the Jhunjhunu during the last 24 ened his burden for cross-check- media. The deadline to publish upper Assam districts. as if "there was a ban on the come to hold any protest, dhar- tion for further legal action, Army was alerted as a precau- hours. From Sunday morning ing the documents as well as the the final NRC is August 31. "The only thing is that the freedom of expression". na or agitation there for as official sources said. tionary measure, he said. to evening, 10 mm of rainfall tedious process of finding out the The errant official was trans- notices should have been served Pandey said on August 16, many days he likes. Why does In a separate operation by a "Forty-nine people have was recorded in Kota and 2 family tree of the applicants, they ferred from Chamaria early last to the people by giving them they were prevented from he deliberately opts for spots team of the Criminal died in nearly 20 districts due mm in Churu. said. year. A new Circle Officer was some more time," they added. going to Hazaratganj in where protests are not Investigation Department (CID), to rain-related incidents from The department has fore- "It is not a corruption-relat- appointed in Chamaria, but he Many poor people in the south Lucknow, where they were allowed?" the Lucknow DM West Bengal, two drug peddlers June 15 to till date in the state. cast light to moderate rain ed case. The DC's enquiry has left the place within months of Kamrup area, with no money scheduled to hold a candlelight said. Sharma said earlier were arrested from Kaliachak Of the total, 20 people died due with thundershower at some found out that the official's qual- seeking a voluntary transfer. to fund their travel at such a short demonstration near the Pandey was told to go to the area and one kg of brown sugar to wall or house collapse where- places in the eastern parts of ity of verification was very poor In the second half of 2018, notice, had to pledge their valu- Mahatma Gandhi statue Eco Garden but "he did not was seized from their possession, as six to seven people died due the State and one or two places and he was not sincere about his the current Circle Officer was ables, including gold, cattle or sell against the scrapping of the comply" with the orders. The police said.The value of the con- to lightning. Remaining deaths in the western parts in the next duties," a source said. appointed. She along with the their harvested crops at throw- special status for Jammu & DM denied that Pandey was traband is estimated to be include those who were swept 24 hours. The sources told PTI that the deputy commissioner informed away price. kashmir. put under house arrest. around `15 lakh. * !      )       A =B= 2 !8    2 5

$ %-/5?!)!)%!&5/!4 99 organisations have identified over &   15,000 spots in Wayanad. They are round Penetrating Radars // moving in batches and have start- $ 08,0!! Banerjee and the TMC deliber- Gwere put into use on Sunday ed the cleaning mission. They will ately weakened the Opposition to locate bodies at Kavalappara and that 47,622 people are still remove the mud and slush from he "policies and politics" of parties to create space for the saf- in Malappuram and Puthumala in 296 relief camps. the houses, clean wells and the TWest Bengal Chief Minister fron camp," Chowdhury told in Wayanad, where massive As per the update, 58 peo- locality," an official told PTI. Mamata Banerjee and her party, PTI. His comments come in the landslides had wiped out two vil- ple have so far lost their lives in The volunteers will clean the TMC, has helped the BJP backdrop of the BJP making sig- lages, even as the toll in rain bat- Malappuram, 12 in Wayanad the wells using "super chlori- gain ground in the state, leader nificant inroads in the state by tered Kerala climbed to 121 with and 17 in Kozhikode, thethree nation" method and the state of the Congress in Lok Sabha, winning 18 out of the 42 Lok the retrieval of more bodies. northern districts, where 21 Suchitwa Mission has arranged Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has Sabha seats in the general elec- A team of experts from people are still missing. material and equipment for the said. tions. The TMC's tally came Hyderabad started the search The report also said that purposes, the official said. He also said that due to the down to 22 seats from 34 in operations at the two villages 1,789 houses were fully dam- State Ministers weakening of opposition parties 2014. with GPR, which will help aged in the monsoon. Kadannappalli Ramachandran like the Congress and the Left, The Congress won two detect bodies buried under Meanwhile, over one lakh and TP Ramakrishnan the people of the state, "who are seats, whereas the Left failed to mounds of earth. volunteers have enrolled for clean- are coordinating the cleaning opposed" to the Trinamool open its account. A state wide calamity report ing work in flood-hit villages in mission. Thousands of students, Congress (TMC), had enmassed Chowdhury, a five-time MP issued by the government the northern districts. Kerala's all- from the Students' Federation of voted in favour of the BJP. from Beharampore seat in tonight said 121 people have lost women self-help group India (SFI), National Cadets "It is due to the policies and Murshidabad district, is known their lives in Kerala in the sec- Kudumbashree has engaged over Corps (NCC) and National politics of Mamata Banerjee to be a staunch critic of Banerjee, ond spell of the South West 50,000 members for the purpose. Service Scheme (NSS) have and her party that the BJP has and has always opposed any sort monsoon rains since August 8 "Volunteers from various joined the cleaning initiative. gained ground in Bengal. of alliance with the party.          !"# !$   =   !         %  >     454>!- ried out and the structure was for the proposed reconstruc- 0 ;  $$ :        strengthened. tion of the Governor’s Office – he sea-facing Raj Bhavan The bunker has 13 rooms cum – Residence building ‘Jal     $ 08,0!! Giving his reactions  Ton Sunday became the first of different sizes. It opens with Bhushan’. Chandra Bose, who is a BJP such Governor’s residence in a 20-ft tall majestic gate. Mrs Savita Kovind, wife of engal politicians, including leader too, demanded a “com- $ 454>!- the country that houses a Towards the entrance, the the President, Governor CH BChief Minister Mamata prehensive inquiry” into the unique museum — a themat- structure resembles a fort. Vidyasagar Rao, his wife CH Banerjee, Forward Bloc gener- disappearance mystery of one of veterinary doctor from ic underground bunker muse- When opened, the bunker had Vinodha, Chief Minister al secretary Debarata Biswas and the greatest sons of India. He ALatur in Maharashtra, who um which has virtual reality rooms bearing names such as , Minister Chandra Bose the grand said, about writing a letter to had been providing help to the booths that transports visitors Shell Store, Gun Shell, for Revenue and Public Works nephew of Netaji Subhas Prime Minister Narendra Modi flood-affected farmers in Sangli, in time to the 19th century Cartridge Store, Shell Lift, and Minister Chandra Bose, on Sunday seeking a thorough inquiry to died of a heart attack on Sunday, when the bunker was con- Pump, Central Artillery Store, for Higher and Technical demanded an “impartial, thor- unravel the mystery once and for an official said. structed to fire cannons at Workshop, etc. The entire Education were ough and comprehensive all. Similarly former MP and Narayan Kharolkar, 51, was approaching enemy ships. underground bunker was prominent among those pre- inquiry” to ascertain the mystery general secretary of Forward sleeping in his room in Sangli Spread over an area of found to have a proper sent on the occasion. behind the great leader’s disap- Bloc, a party that Bose had city when he suffered the heart 15,000 sq.ft, the-first- of-its- drainage system and inlets for Jal Bhushan, the office and pearance on August 18, 1945. launched demanded an “impar- attack, his post-mortem report kind museum will be thrown fresh air and light. residence of the Governor of “Netaji went on a flight tial inquiry” into his so-called said. "Some blockages were open for the general public history of Raj Bhavan at a Bunker inside Raj Bhavan. While carrying out the Maharashtra, has a history of from Taihoku Airport in disappearance. “Three com- found in his heart. However, he through prior online booking Virtual Reality booth in the Having remained closed for Conservation works, the nearly 200 years. The House Taiwan” on this day in 1945 missions — Shahnawaz had never suffered an attack in later during the year. museum. nearly six decades, the bunker authorities have restored the has undergone several modifi- “only to disappear forever,” the Committee, Khosla the past. He had been helping President Ram Nath Dioramas of cannons and had suffered extensive wear and original features of the bunker cations and renovations. Jal Chief Minister tweeted adding Commission and Mukherjee the flood-hit farmers in Sangli Kovind inaugurated the under- soldiers, optical illusions of a tear due to seepage from the and it has been readied as a Bhushan has been the official “the people have a right to Commission — were instituted since August 15," district animal ground Bunker Museum at bunker of infinite length and overhead lawn. museum by incorporating vir- residence of the British know about the great son of the first in 1956, then in 1970 and husbandry officer, Dr Kiran Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on cannons have also been creat- As the bunker is part of the tual reality on the themes of Governors since 1885 and soil.” yet again in 2005 but none of Parag, said. Sunday. ed inside the museum. history and heritage of Raj Cannon-firing experience, his- Indian Governors after Banerjee’s tweet came them could throw substantial Kharolkar is survived by Accompanied by Governor It may be recalled that in Bhavan and also because a tory of Raj Bhavan and a Independence. It has evolved against the backdrop of asser- light on the issue,” he said his wife and two sons. He had CH. Vidyasagar Rao, the the second week of August part of it lies below ‘Jal glimpse of the forts of around the original ‘Pretty tions appearing in the Gujarat adding his party would “never visited Sangli during the 2005 President was shown around 2016, the state PWD officials Bhushan’ the office and resi- Maharashtra. Cottage’ built by Governor BJP’s official website which accept any story of Netaji’s death floods as well to provide help the exhibition and given an discovered a 150-meter long dence of Governor, a structur- Earlier, the President Mountstuart Elphinstone referred to Netaji’s death on until that is proved with evi- to the affected farmers, Dr audio visual experience of the underground British era al audit of the bunker was car- unveiled the foundation stone around 1820. August 18 in a plane crash. dence.” Parag said. !   ,   %     ) ?   $ 

   454>!- with her soulful melody. She Mangeshkar's residence. continues to inspire us with her A living legend, Lata     n a rare honour bestowed on simplicity and grace Mangeshkar is one of the best- IIndia’s renowned singer, #PresidentKovind,” the known and most respected $ -!)! !/ river and Physoschistura hark- President Ram Nath Kovind on President tweeted. playback singers in the coun- ishorei, found in Dibang and Sunday called on Bharat Ratna An equally thrilled singer try. She has recorded songs in esearchers of the Rajiv Lohit rivers in Lower Dibang Lata Mangeshkar at her resi- shared more photographs of over a thousand Hindi films RGandhi University here Valley district, it said. dence in south Mumbai and her meeting with the President and has sung songs in over thir- have recently discovered five The team was led by Prof wished her good health. and wrote on her twitter han- ty-six regional Indian lan- new fish species in various dis- DN Das of the fisheries and Sharing a photograph of dle: “Namaskar, Was deeply guages and foreign languages tricts of the State. aquatic ecology research wing his meeting with Lata honoured and humbled, when The Dadasaheb Phalke The scientific names of the of the Zoology department of Mangeshkar, an elated the The President of our coun- Award was bestowed on her in newly-discovered fish species the university. President Kovind shared a pic- try, Shri Ramnath Kovind ji, so 1989 by the Government of are Mystus prabini, found in "Majority of the water bod- ture on his Twitter handle and gracefully came and met me at India In 2001, in recognition of Sinkin and Dibang rivers in ies in remote areas of the state described the singer as “the my residence. I stand in grati- her contributions to the nation, Lower Dibang Valley district are still not easily accessible to pride of India” who has “sweet- tude. Sir, you make us proud! she was awarded the Bharat and Exostoma kottelati, found the researchers due to a difficult ened our lives with her soulful @rashtrapatibhvn”. Ratna, India's highest civilian in Ranga river in Lower terrain that includes rain forests, melody”. President Kovind was honour and is only the second Subansiri district, a release by steep hills besides communi- "Delighted to meet accompanied by his wife and vocalist, after M S the university said. cation problems," Das said. He, MangeshkarLata ji at her resi- daughter. Governor of Subbalakshmi to receive this Other discovered species however, said his research team dence in Mumbai. Conveyed Maharashtra and his wife honour. France conferred on are Creteuchiloglanis tawan- is optimistic that meticulous my best wishes for her good Vinoda Rao along with her its highest civilian award gensis, found in the Tawangchu exploration may result in more health. Lata ji, the pride of Education Minister Vinod (Officer of the Legion of river in Tawang district, Garra discoveries of new fish species India, has sweetened our lives Tawde also visited Lata Honour) in 2007. ranganensis, found in Ranga from the state in the future.   !"#$ ! !$! :   !""#$ % ;   <   :&       <  < ?$"),)#* )   8*4 &      9 "    ,  3+(          )  !                 ;          %   89:  ;  <           = #   . >:        ;;     ;     @          "             / ,      =                (   $  2 0  2    (      $           <   = 0   2       "                  & ' & 89:             "      (   1      -  =0 $    #   stensibly, the Airbus A320neo series of aircraft is an incre-        S               $ mental change over the $  . 1  <              5  extremely successful Airbus      <      $     ( A320 series of commercial Oaircraft built by the European manufactur-  <  P  Q    = 02  )     ( er, one of the most successful airliners in                (    aviation history. 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The lack- not just in India but pretty   / 2               configured with 31 rows instead of the usual if configured in a dense all- .8)?*)-*).*87! adaisical attitude of regulators much everywhere else in the       1  S       30 on the previous generation, now called economy configuration. That is )8)8&7,- % in certifying the Boeing 737 world, too.                /     ( the A320ceo, you realise another way they eight hours of flight time and 4- %8?*//-* Max, the American Federal The race to the bottom  1                  ( made space for the additional row. The rear possibly nine to 10 hours Aviation Administration being will continue unless authori- toilets have been removed, or rather the rear between the time a passenger 8%*/.8).*/) a case in point, has allowed ties step in. Regulations need  $         2 $ - 2  toilets as we knew them. They are now hor- boards the plane to the time years of reduced passenger to be set for minimum seat 32$-24  $(  <  1       5 < ribly narrow, best described as a tiny he/she disembarks. 78/84* comfort to pass unchallenged. pitches being allowed on air- broom closet where a part of the galley used There is no doubt that an &!*) */ It is not just the overwing exits craft and the size of toilets as     #                   to be. To save space further, the cabin atten- aircraft like the A321XLR has that are ridiculously small but well as the doors. The fact is     S       @    2    dant seats are attached to the front door. The immense potential — not only *?*/8)*+-,, things like smaller seats and that thanks to better nutrition,           *       ( toilet is an affront to the dignity of some can it serve major Indian cities *?*)5!,,)** cramped toilets are problems an average human is getting         /           human beings because there is no way a to smaller destinations in that need to be redressed. larger and while the conve- large person can possibly use it. Europe and north-east Asia, it 85*%* Again, an argument will be nience of a non-stop flight     1                 One could argue that most A320neo can also connect smaller Indian 7!.-,--*8)! made that passengers have a might override other concerns    2  /              flights are relatively short domestic hops but airports like that of Pune, which choice; they can pay more and for some passengers, everyone,   /     0    %   *S    this thinking ignores the fact that several has a short runway, to major &,!)*8)*! fly on an airline that offers bet- who flies frequently or infre- domestic routes are touching three hours aviation hubs. But if the thought !)%!! ter facilities like a larger toilet quently, will eventually need to 2              #  /  of flight time and with delays on the ground of spending eight hours on a and more space between rows. use the facilities on a plane one   #           (  and in the air, thanks to air traffic conges- narrow-body plane was not %*+-,, But as the collapse of Jet day, and that day, they will  (      /  *        tion, it could be four-five hours between the bad enough, the thought of Airways and Kingfisher understand why this is impor- time a passenger can use toilets attached to spending time on such a plane 5)*/!)+% Airlines proves, the aviation tant. Hopefully, that day will 5  /     2          mother earth. That, you will have to admit, with cramped toilets — just %---4&8/!) sector is in dire straits, forcing not be too late and small air-        1   1   / 311/4   is a fair bit of time. The other problem is three of them or an average of even larger airlines to offer line toilets would not have      1    /   ! 1    that because of the A320neo’s new fuel eco- one per 80 passengers — and fewer amenities or cutting back become fait accompli. nomical engines, coupled with the fact that the possibility of poor toilet on those that remain. Even if (The writer is Managing       =0          it has slightly better fuel capacity, it can fly hygiene by some fellow passen- Air India, which also operates Editor, The Pioneer)     ;   9 & !     -- ;    5-    .   '  )    )  ,            -     ;         ,    : &   9          . O                  J     -  &                                  .  ;            $4= 4+(9   <#+ 49+9(= ++ (789**,9 ) K&  K3    K! / $ .          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In retro-   (    prise as it is a subject that involves   ; ;    1 spect, we need to express, regret /                       the internal affairs of India. ;   2      and repent sufficiently for the Much has changed since          damage we have have caused to    )              1947. The move also shows the         the environment.          .        big brother attitude of China,       O            For this, the chief agent is reli- O          0       which is struggling with many ; <      ; !        -   gion, which glorifies humanity as problems back home. China        L M   $  ;  ;       an outcome of divine providence,        1            must first concentrate on mak-                    and places every other creation of                      ing peace with protesters in !     <   *       -    the almighty on a lower strata. It # 2   $ 2  /  32$2/4        Hong Kong and also show some   ;  ;              ;  is this narcissism and hubris that   ;   4        7<+ +              #      ( respect for Tibet and the Uighur make us behave like masters of Muslims. It has no right to be           !  the universe. The need to find a     #             %   sermonising about Kashmir, solution must begin with exam-   5             ( which is being sorted out in a ining deeply as to why the prob-                   peaceful manner in democratic Shastri as the head coach of the the nuances of cricket and the of doubting his credentials and lem arose in the first place. The traditions. Indian cricket team was on team through strength, weak- his election for the third time answers will be obvious and        S      $ (   Sravana Ramachandran expected lines. The cricket team ness, opportunity and threat will help India retain top notch won’t surprise anyone. If not for  "      P        Q       Chennai is currently at a crucial stage (SWOT) analysis very deeply. He talent and win games successful- global warming and climate  "             post the World Cup loss in is best suited to lift the boys’ ly. change, one wonders what kind     England and needs his leader- morale to the next level and help The Indian team should of a catastrophe can infuse sense    )               ( ship to evolve stronger to win ensure that the team benefits now make the best use of into the human psyche?   O           O      future games. from his leadership. Shastri’s availability and look Anoop Hosmath                  Sir — The decision made by the Over the years, Shastri has It is learnt that during an ahead to retain many more Mysuru Board of Control for Cricket in developed a deep understanding interview on Skype, Shastri titles, especially on foreign soil.         )             India’s (BCCI) Cricket Advisory with the team, especially with demonstrated a clear road map Varun Dambal     :      S       Committee (CAC) to retain Ravi Captain Virat Kohli, and knows for team India. There’s no case Bengaluru ++9*+(<(79B8)4(   !"#$ !   <   !""#$ % &; ! #(!(  ;&   C   D   )'    $  !     ( #"!"!( &$ $ &%E  !      A2 &         )     & )     O 3M0  L$ P      L P $  $  '     ;   ;         %  , ;  ;    

  '+ &   , 67777                (: &)                    ; ' <       ( & /<7   ) )    ,           S    @ A>  0   $          ;  .=        ; ' < #  $  @    2    1 1   32114     (    0         0   (                        1                            0  1                                0       #                  #    #  = $    )  /  !              ; ' < cademics are lost for words on how to          1 0   S  thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi               Aon the historic decision to abrogate             Article 370 as, out of all things that have been 2    #      -  thrown out of gear in Jammu and Kashmir,  O          ( education has been the worst hit because of it.             2   ( Now, academicians hope to witness a swift                     and drastic change in the levels of education in the coming months and academic years. #        "  #  "     Successive governments in J&K, no matter   2     #       what their political doctrine, have deliberate-                 ( ly kept participation in and quality of educa-      #       #  tion low so that common people of the state               1   do not understand the injustice being done to            *       them by their political masters. If this grim sce-  #               nario has to change quickly and have a long #    < ?        lasting effect on the minds and the psyche of =    <        ( the people of J&K, then quality education will              ( have a major role to play as a catalyst of change. The Modi Government, and all future state  )               governments that actually want real integra-      0          1   tion of J&K with the rest of the country, will           <      ( be required to address this very urgent need             #   ( of the students on a war footing. This push for             )    ( quality education will no doubt find resonance     S            ( with most families of the State as each invari-  "             ably has a few learners. 2               There are over 10,000 schools in the      ?              State, yet the dropout rate is high in J&K and               ( it’s not a secret that it is this early age group which is most vulnerable to provocations and Council of Educational Research and Training versities across India, where the positive          "     radicalisation. Also, the subversive and anti- (NCERT) books for their students. Now, the impact of the abrogation of Article 370 can be            *   ( national forces would force students, both boys Centre can examine the possibility of replac- explained. Teachers are opinion makers and                and girls, to participate in stone-pelting fail- ing the textbooks in J&K with NCERT books -O)8!*./* they can become the messengers of change.    ( C   #     ing which they would be subjected to coercion and give the children the option to do so free The exercise of re-orienting all teachers,              #    and public humiliation, especially girls. of cost. %!!/-.,*(A9 catering to all levels of learners can bring a pos-          Apart from middle and high school edu- The government will have to provide !,+!/*4!-)* itive impact at the earliest. #        ; ' <  cation, the government will do well to give a opportunities to in-service but untrained Without losing time in creating infrastruc- $               fillip to pre-school and childcare facilities that teachers to undergo training at the earliest. !>!//-*/-)%* ture, we can use broadcast technology to bring                 are pathetic at this juncture. It will not be a dif- Training through distance mode can be start- -4&,*4*)!-8) education to all levels of learners at their         #       ficult task to bring visible change in education ed immediately. Teachers with degrees from doorstep by best teachers from across the and childcare facilities as the government can institutions not recognised by the National 874*!5/* country. DD Kashir or other Direct to Home  1             expect wholehearted support of families for the Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) will (DTH) channels of Swayam Prabha can be                  sake of the future of their wards. require to be re-trained so that they not only !0*)>%* used to reach lessons prepared by distance    #            It’s not a secret that Article 370 always become eligible to teach but also become wor- teaching institutions like NIOS and Indira                remained a barrier in the implementation of thy of the job. This will benefit students in the .*)/*!) Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)    5       ( measures taken by the Centre and statutory long run as the degrees and diplomas award- !58/>8-* to learners in the comfort of their homes.    0 S           bodies to provide quality education in the state. ed to those educated in J&K are often ques- Once normal telephone services are          (      Students from J&K were denied the crucial tioned because of the sub-standard education 8&/8?-* resumed for the long term, two way commu-  %   )           ( Right to Education (RTE) which all children provided to them. There exist a large number N5!,- nications can also be started so that people can           #       of the country are entitled to. RTE not only of dummy teacher education institutions as ask questions from experts sitting in the NIOS             makes it mandatory for the Government to NCTE norms did not apply to J&K. Review of *5.!-8)-)%* studios in Delhi. NIOS already has a large ensure education for all children of school- these colleges can be taken up immediately by number of programmes recorded keeping     #              going age, but also provide quality education. the NCTE and those which do not make the !* 5*) Kashmiri Secondary and Senior Secondary   1            ( It’s no secret that curriculum is the most cut can be shut down or given time to follow children in mind.                  ( important component of education. What we the council’s procedures. 7/843M0+*/* Fifty madrasas from Kashmir became  (      teach today decides the future of the nation a Simultaneously, the District Institute of *)-*%* NIOS centres two years ago. The children, who 5   *             few years later. India has witnessed how TB Education and Training (DIET) can be were pursuing religious education in these     )         ( Macaulay’s ‘Minute on Education’ written in equipped to undertake refresher programmes ./5.-!,/- %8 madrasas are now being provided modern edu-               1835 for Lord William Bentinck, the governor for the elementary level teachers. The MHRD *5.!-8)1/*2 cation too. These madrasas can be provided      1      #  general of British India, changed the future of in 2017 had decided to provide opportunities DTH dish and TV sets so that they can receive 2  .      ,    1 3#!1,-4 Bharat. India has not been able to reverse the to untrained in-service teachers to acquire +%-.%!,, the educational broadcasts.      .   #  ,     effects of Macaulay’s policies even after over teaching diplomas though the National The Central Government may consider 70 years of Independence. Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in a record .%-,/*)87%* forming a task force to suggest various mea-       #        1    Hence, the curriculum and the local text- time of 18 months. A similar exercise can be .85)/!/* sures to improve various levels of education       1      1 books prescribed for the children of the State undertaken in J&K so that the quality of edu- right from pre-school to doctoral studies. A            1    need to be reviewed immediately. It was cation improves exponentially. Teachers from *)-,*8 swift reform, which can be visible on the        1 ; ' <     decided two years ago by the Ministry of higher education institutions may also be pro- ground in J&K, will be hugely appreciated.    #!1,-S      #       Human Resource Development (MHRD) and vided liberal facilities to undergo special ori- (The writer is Professor of Education at the            Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) entation and refresher programs, at the Indira Gandhi National Open University. Views            that all CBSE schools must prescribe National Human Resource Centres established in uni- expressed are personal) #                                    ! "     #  

in the country has got to be kept at other Group A services officers cated CSSC got JAG in the 16th (GC) and there was a difference of empanelment also GC candidates officers with lower merit than height, distinct from other services recruited by the Union Public year of their selection and are yet 4 per cent in the score. as well as OBC, SC and ST candi- Group B services have been since top echelons have to govern Service Commission (UPSC) like to get NFSG. An OBC candidate securing dates were empanelled together. approved for SAG. “This is major a wide variety of departments.” the Indian Engineering Services While IAS/IFS/IA&AS officers rank 143 for the same year scored “Our point is that when all take discrimination against Group B However, despite the apex (IES), Indian Economic Service get their Senior Administrative 55.52 per cent and a Scheduled the same exams and qualify and officers. It’s like someone who court establishing civil services as (IES), Indian Statistical Services Grade (SAG) in the 16th year of Caste (SC) category candidate with within few percentages there is dif- aced the IIT-JEE Exam was asked the top service of the country the (ISS) and so on. selection and other services start 195th rank scored 54.73 per cent ferences in service category then to join some diploma course fact remains that the Government The CSS is the most important getting benefits from the 18th or while a Scheduled Tribe (ST) can- the terms of promotions and career because of a lower rank or for fail- of India (GOI) is not treating all organ of the Central Government 22nd year of selection, for CSS offi- didate with 370 rank scored 52.95 prospects within the service and ing to submit preferences,” the , & 3# services on a par. This is despite the and earlier its officers used to rise cers there is no SAG. To claim SAG per cent. empanelment should be done for officer explained. fact that in a few services, especial- to the post of Secretary to the the CSS officers have to undergo an Therefore, the difference in the whole batch, may be through Fortunately, the Modi ven after 72 years of ly the Central Secretariat Services Government of India, but gradual- empanelment process for the post percentage of marks in comparison the process of a written examina- Government, during the last few Independence, the country (CSS) the candidates selected have ly the IAS lobby muscled in to get of Joint Secretary. with the topper is mere 4 per cent tion so that the best will again get years has made attempts to ratio- Ehas failed to bring in the higher merit in comparison to a few postings in the national Capital. In fact, promotions for CSS in respect of GC, 8 per cent for a chance to hold the senior level nalise the central staffing postings much-needed administrative other Group A services. Delhi has always been considered men virtually stop at the level of OBC candidates, 8.7 per cent for SC posts in the Government of India by giving opportunities to other reforms in civil services and link “Promotional prospects and a plum posting due to the ameni- Director, which is allocated to all candidates and 10.5 per cent in under the central staffing scheme,” cadres like, Indian Telecom promotions to acquired knowl- the empanelment process are not ties, facilities and good schools in officers of Group A services upon respect of ST candidates. Given that explained the official. Services (ITS), Indian Trade edge and performance. uniform and there is serious the Capital, apart from proximity completion of 13 years of service. within the GC there is a difference Though selected in 1998, Services (ITS) Railway Services, In fact, favouritism and prefer- favouritism towards a few ser- to the corridors of power. Hence In some cases, candidates were of 4 per cent, if we take it as a sin- Group B services officials are still Indian Forest Services and likewise, ential treatment to some services is vices. It is generally believed that over the years, the CSS has been allocated Group B services since gle unit for the GC candidates, then working as Deputy Secretary at instead of just the elite IAS officers. the norm rather than an exception, IAS/IFS candidates are brighter reduced to just a subordinated they did not give the complete ser- the difference of marks of OBC, SC, JAG level whereas the 2010 batch For better governance at the say senior officers. than other services and similarly service. vice preference in spite of having ST candidates in comparison with of other Group A services selected Centre and State, there should be This is ironic, given the fact Group A officers have more merit For instance, in Group A ser- higher merit than several Group A the last selected candidates within through either civil services or non- adequate exchange of CSS officers that in the historic judgment given than Group B officers. But in vices, all officers get the Junior officers. the GC in IAS is 3 per cent, 5 per civil services are eligible to join with IAS/IPS officers on deputation by the Supreme Court (SC) in 1991 reality the situation is different,” Administrative Grade (JAG) and A close examination of scores cent and 6 per cent, respectively. GOI as Deputy Secretary from in State administration so that in the Mohan Kumar Singhania vs explained a government official of Non-Functional Selection Grade of candidates selected in 1998 But promotions of candidates July 1, 2019. In effect, this means there is a two-way exchange of Union of India case by a three judge CSS cadre who is fighting for (NFSG) in the 9th and 13th year of reveals that the first ranker of IAS selected for IAS from various cat- that someone 12 years junior experience and knowledge that Bench, it was recorded that “there equity. selection. However, candidates scored 63.56 per cent and 28th egories (GC, SC, ST, OBC) show becomes equivalent to an officer of would be beneficial to all. is no denying the fact that the civil In fact, CSS cadre officers feel selected in 1998 through UPSC ranker 59.39 per cent. Both that all got the SAG scale at the the 1998 batch of Group B services. (The writer is with the nation- services being the top most service that they are treated as “inferior” to civil services exam who were allo- belonged to the General Category same time. And for Joint Secretary Several 1998 batch Group A al bureau of The Pioneer) ,!=   !"#$ !

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tate Bank of India and Sother public sector lenders $ on Sunday completed the first +!%-) 8) round of bottom-up ideation exercise for further stream- ndia’s expo- lining the banking sector to Isure to the help the nation become a US govern- ! 0 %  #$   5 B>=C/B> USD 5-trillion economy in ment securities   =D   =E  "  )06"  five years. rose by nearly    5F! 0 %       Banks embarked on a $6 billion to $    B>=C/B>F$   month-long campaign begin- $162.7 billion ning Saturday on the direc- at the end of tion of Department of June, the high- Financial Services, Ministry est level in at of Finance with the aim to least one year. generate suggestions and Latest data from the US emerging markets. ideas from the branch level Treasury Department showed The data showed that the for preparing a road map for that Japan was the largest hold- UK was at the third position the future growth of the bank- er, with holdings of American with holding worth $341.1 bil- $ )*+*,%- the fresh start, then you cannot microfinance industry and their ing sector. government securities worth lion, followed by Brazil ($311.7 avail it again for five years. We concerns are being duly factored The move by the Finance $1.122 trillion, followed by billion), Ireland ($262.1 bil- he Government plans to have worked out all safeguards in. The idea is not to destroy the Ministry is aimed at re-invig- Mainland China whose expo- lion), Switzerland ($232.9 bil- Tgive debt waiver for “small to the satisfaction of the micro- microfinance industry. orating sagging economy in sure stood at $1.112 trillion. lion), Luxembourg ($231 bil- distressed borrowers” under finance industry. “The idea is to give waiver which banking sector has These are figures at the end lion), Cayman Islands ($226.6 the insolvency law framework, “It will like taking haircuts. for small distressed borrowers important role to play espe- of June 2019. billion), Hong Kong ($215.6 according to a senior official. At a national level, over a three from debt obligations based on cially in boosting consump- Among the major foreign billion), Belgium ($203.6 bil- The proposed waiver to four years period, it will be not a criteria. The criteria has been tion through higher credit holders of the Treasury securi- lion), Saudi Arabia ($179.6 bil-  % 5  2? 3 0% )0  !5) would be offered as part of more than 10,000 crore,” discussed at length with the flow to the productive sectors. ties, India was at the 13th lion) and Taiwan ($175.1 bil-  $$   2? 3   $ *  ‘Fresh Start’ provisions under Srinivas told PTI in an interview. microfinance industry,” the Some suggestion were position with holding to the lion). #6         $P    the Insolvency and Bankruptcy As per the IBC, there are secretary said. with regard to government tune of $162.7 billion. “Foreign residents  )    .   )  6F/ Code (IBC). various thresholds for ‘Fresh Further, he said that the and regulators which will be The exposure stood at increased their holdings of =H>IJKE=KB>=E/! 6 =D   )B>=C Corporate Affairs Secretary Start’, including that the gross IBC provisions pertaining to taken up at later stage of the $156.9 billion in May and long term US securities in Injeti Srinivas said discussions annual income of the debtor personal guarantor to corpo- exercise, he said, adding, all $155.3 billion in April, accord- June; net purchases were $63.8 have been held with the micro- does not exceed 60,000. rate debtor would be coming these suggestions will be col- ing to the data. billion. Net purchases by pri- finance industry regarding cri- The aggregate value of the into effect immediately, fol- lated over the next week and India’s holding in June was vate foreign investors were teria for the proposed waiver debtor’s assets should not be lowed by those related to part- will be placed at the state-level also the highest in at least one $63.2 billion, while net pur- for small distressed borrowers more than 20,000 and that the nership and proprietorship. meeting. year, as per an analysis of the chases by foreign official insti- from the economically weaker aggregate value of the qualify- “Then we will look to bring Gupta further said, the data from June 2018 when it tutions were $0.5 billion. section (EWS). ing debts does not exceed fresh start provision,”” he primary objective of this stood at $147.3 billion. “... Taking into account He emphasised that the 35,000. Among others, such a added. meeting was to identify and The substantial rise in transactions in both foreign waiver — as part of individual person should not be having an The IBC provides the finalise ways and means to exposure also comes at a time and U.S. Securities, net foreign insolvency — would be for the own dwelling unit, irrespective framework to deal with dis- increase credit to various sec- when the global economy is purchases of long term securi- most distressed within the of whether it is encumbered or tressed assets through a mar- tors of the economy, enhance grappling with multiple head- ties were $99.1 billion,” the EWS. not, according to the IBC. ket-driven and time-bound the use of technology to bring winds, including trade war and Treasury Department said in a “If you have once availed “We had discussions with process. about innovation. prospects of slowdown in some release on August 16.

= ,   7&-  0 4P 4    $ $    5$                  6 (#G  !  6   #$      . )  >4'    )!  044F   0   . $     )?       5 (     $ )*+    *,%- $ )*+*,%- ital media segment. “The government should $ )*+*,%- he Finance he Government is likely to clarify about the FDI cap in the TMinistry has Tcome out with a clarifica- sector and whether that FDI oreign investors pulled out asked insurance tion on applicability of the will be coming through auto- F8,319 crore on a net basis companies to foreign direct investment pol- matic route or not”, he said. from capital markets in the first expedite the icy on the digital media sector, Thakkar added that at pre- half of August, continuing their claim settlement official sources said. sent a significant part of the selling spree in the Indian mar- process for poli- The present FDI policy is growth in the media sector is ket amid uncertainty over FPI cy holders affect- silent on the fast-growing dig- coming from the digital area. tax and global trade worries. ed by floods in ital media segment. “Additional capital is needed to According to the deposi- different states, In the print media sector, keep this growth going and FDI tory data, foreign portfolio "      / $    $      including 26 per cent FDI is allowed would be the most welcoming investors (FPIs) sold equities $         $  ) Karnataka, through government approval thing in this.” worth 10,416.25 crore on a net        F  )/0 ,4  F % Maharashtra and route. Similarly, 49 per cent FDI Finance Minister Nirmala basis during August 1-16 peri-  =H =E    )B>=C)     / Kerala, sources is permitted in broadcasting Sitharaman in her Budget od. FPIs, however, invested a ,    % said. content services through gov- speech in July had stated that net 2,096.38 crore in the debt The min- ernment approval route. the government would exam- securities during the period. istry has asked But 100 per cent is allowed ine suggestions of further So far in August, FPIs have the insurers to clear claims states such as Karnataka, progress report on the claims for up-linking of non-news opening up of FDI in aviation, been net sellers for nine out of under various policies includ- Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat. settled on a weekly basis. and current affairs’ TV chan- media (animation, AVGC) and 10 trading sessions, indicating ing Pradhan Mantri Jeevan ””Initiate immediate action Pradhan Mantri Jeevan nels, and down-linking of TV insurance sectors in consulta- ””extreme negative sentiment””, Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan to ensure that all reported Jyoti Bima Yojana claims data channels through automatic tion with all stakeholders with Himanshu Srivastava, senior Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana claims are registered and eligi- need to be submitted separately approval route. a view to attracting more over- analyst manager research at and Pradhan Mantri Fasal ble claims are settled expedi- while including the same in “In the FDI policy, digital seas investment. Morningstar said. Bima Yojana quickly, they tiously,”” said the Insurance total claims, it added. media does not find a place. As FDI in India dipped 1 per In July, FPIs had with- added. Regulatory and Development The Irdai has also asked the sector is growing fast, we are cent to $44.36 billion in 2018- drawn a net sum of 2,985.88 Widespread damage to life Authority of India (Irdai). general insurance companies looking at it will come under 19. Last year, the government crore from the Indian capital and property has been report- With regard to claims and standalone health insurers FDI cap or not,” a source said. had relaxed FDI rules for sev- markets (both equity and debt). ed from different parts of the involving loss of life, where dif- to expedite claim settlements. The proposal is worked out by eral sectors, including single- “Prevailing uncertainty country as monsoon rains ficulty is experienced in obtain- The insurers have been the commerce and industry brand retail, non-banking finan- over the higher tax on FPI has played havoc in several states. ing a death certificate due to told to ensure that all claims are ministry, sources said. cial companies and construc- negatively impacted foreign Regulator Irdai in a com- non-recovery of body, Irdai surveyed immediately and On in the proposal, tion. Foreign investments are investors. They have been exit- munication to life insurers said asked the insurers to follow the claim payments are disbursed Deloitte Partner Jehil Thakkar considered crucial for India, ing Indian equities ever since   $  0 !$           that as a result of the heavy process adopted during the at the earliest. They have also said that this is a great move by which needs billions of dollars the higher surcharge, or ‘super      $   $    2 3 rains and floods, there are 2015 Chennai floods. been asked to engage adequate the government as it would for overhauling its infrastructure rich’, tax was introduced in the  "?     )'     6  reports of loss of human lives They have also been asked number of surveyors in the help media companies to raise sector such as ports, airports budget announced on July 5th,” )   ! *   )' and loss of belongings in many to update Irdai about state-wise affected areas. additional capital for their dig- and highways to boost growth. Srivastava added.  F ?  P %   N) F?%    8) .  N*   "9B9O -#   $     &  O    #    ;      $    *#   $  B>BJ $  )*+*,%- 164,458 crore. cumulative upstream output $  )*+*,%- $  )*+*,%-     In the company’s latest (local and overseas) almost dou- $ tate-owned Oil and annual report, Shanker said bling from current levels with 2 onza India, a wholly-owned epresentatives of the three $ .%*))!- A Hyundai Motor India $  )*+*,%- SNatural Gas Corp the ONGC board recently per cent and 5 per cent CAGR Lsubsidiary of Switzerland- Rrecognised defence federa- spokesperson told PTI, the (ONGC) has set a target to approved the business in domestic and international based integrated solutions tions met with officials of the uto major Hyundai Motor domestic auto industry was memorandum of under- double oil and gas output roadmap for the company operations respectively. provider for pharma and con- Govt. of India, in meetings AIndia Ltd (HMIL) has come going through “unprecedented Astanding (MoU) was from its domestic and over- and its other group entities — With two 35 million sumer healthcare, announced chaired by the Additional out with no production days this times of fluctuating market signed between Ordnance seas fields and expand its ‘ONGC Energy Strategy tonnes per annum of oil refin- its India plan. India being a Secretary (DP) on the 14th and month at its Sriperumbudur demands.” Factory Board (OFB) and the refining capacity three-fold 2040’. ing capacity vested in its two strategic market for the com- the 16th of August regarding facility near here, in view of the ‘Specific segments are Council of Scientific and alongside diversification into The ‘Energy Strategy subsidiaries — HPCL and pany, Lonza India with the one-month strike call to prevailing market conditions. As indeed performing really well Industrial Research (CSIR) in renewables in a new vision 2040’ entails ONGC achiev- MRPL, ONGC is targeting to turnover for around 100 mil- oppose the proposed corpo- per the announcement made on — the long waiting period for Kolkata on 16 August 2019. document for 2040, its ing “three times revenue dis- raise this capacity to around lion CHF (Swiss Franc) has set ratisation of the Ordnance August 9 at the plant, the the newly-launched (Hyundai) The MoU was signed by Chairman Shashi Shanker tributed across exploration 90-100 million tonnes. Also, the target of doubling its Factories. During the meeting Korean auto major said, ””due to Venue and (electric vehicle) Umesh Singh, Deputy Director said. and production, refining, expansion is petrochemicals turnover by 2024 with an esti- it was explained that corpo- prevailing market conditions, Kona and the successful pre- General of OFB and Dr Harish ONGC Energy Strategy marketing and other busi- will be prioritised. mated growth of 15 + per cent. ratisation would give the organ- there will be no production in booking figures of similar Hirani, Director of the Central 2040 envisions the company nesses; four times current Besides, ONGC plans to Lonza India, which offers isation greater autonomy in passenger cars, powertrain sys- models in other brands is tes- Mechanical Engineering as “A diversified energy com- profit-after-tax (PAT), with make investments in renew- product portfolio in India and decision making; increased tem and related support depart- tament to this,” a statement Research Institute, Durgapur pany with a strong contribu- 10 per cent contribution from ables energy sources with a tar- covers an entire life sciences flexibility in day to day opera- ments””. from the spokesperson said. under CSIR. tion from non E&P business; non-oil and gas business; and get to create 5-10 gigawatts industry has taken up an tions which would in turn lead Accordingly, there was no The company said it has This MoU is an umbrella 3x revenues and about 5-6x 5-6 times current market portfolio with a focus on off- aggressive expansion plan by to improved efficiencies and production on August 10 and been working on multiple strate- arrangement under which indi- market capitalisation,” he said. capitalization,” he said. shore wind power. ONGC has announcing corporate offices productivity. 12 at the body shop, paint shop, gies like “tweaking production vidual factories under OFB The firm produced 24.23 “The strategic roadmap been under pressure to reverse across the country in the cur- The federations, however, assembly shop, operating in all cycles, initiating new internal can collaborate with specific million tonnes of crude oil in envisions a future-ready orga- the falling output from its aging rent financial year. The com- were not satisfied with the the three shifts. From August 9 projects in this scenario.”” CSIR laboratories for taking up the 2018-19 fiscal year and nization whose growth is fields, where natural decline has pany aims to facilitate bilater- views expressed and remained to 21 there will be no produc- “Our flexible manufactur- of new R & D projects. The 25.81 billion cubic metres predicated on a few important set in. It is investing heavily to al businesses and scientific firm on their proposal to pro- tion in engine shop-1 while ing process is completely aligned MoU will facilitate collabora- (bcm) of natural gas from its planks: consolidation of our arrest the domestic fall while at partnerships with Switzerland, ceed on a one-month long engine shop 2 it will be on to the market pull and is capa- tion and exchange of informa- domestic fields. Another 10.1 core upstream business the same time aggressively look has built a wide network of rep- strike commencing from the August 10, 24 and 31. ble of seamlessly handling the tion between OFB and CSIR on million tonnes of oil and (domestic and international); for assets overseas. resentations across India. 20th of August. Transmission-1 depart- varying market requirements. a wide range of technologies. 4.736 bcm of gas were pro- expansion into value accreting “The strategic roadmap Lonza started its operations The Director General ment was under no production The specific variances of mar- The MoU has been signed duced from its overseas adjacencies in the oil and gas also looks to create long term in India in 1997 as a liaison Ordnance Factories and day on August 10 in all its three ket have been incorporated in as part of the ongoing efforts to assets. value chain (downstream and optionality through investor office. The office was involved Chairman Ordnance Factory shifts while transmission-2 on the company’s business and boost the in-house research It had a turnover of petrochemicals) and diversi- play (venture fund corpus of mainly into sourcing advanced Board, Saurabh Kumar, IOFS August 10 and 12, it said. operational plan, streamlining and development (R & D) 109,654 crore and a net fication into renewables (off- about $1 billion) in select intermediates from India. reiterated that there was no The notification to employ- production schedules accord- capability of the OFB so as to profit of 26,715 crore in the shore wind) and select new frontier themes such as clean Lonza came in as a full-fledged plan on the part of the Govt. to ees said few assembly lines in the ingly. Both the company’s plants give a boost to the ‘Make in year ended March 31, 2019. frontier plays through dedi- energy, artificial intelligence sales and commercial organi- privatise the Ordnance mentioned departments would were operating smoothly as per India’ initiative of the As on August 16, it had a cated venture fund,”” it said. (AI) or reservoir/field ser- zation with the acquisition of Factories. operate as per requirement. the plans,” the statement said. Government of India. market capitalisation of The document targets vices technology,” it said. Cambrex Bio Products in 2007.   !"#$ ! 20==

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; '@         A &;&& $! P   %0     %8) 08) organisers Civil Rights Human frequently firing tear gas and occupied the airport, leading to *", & O4   Front for the march, the sheer rubber bullets, but this week- cancellation of hundreds / $ ver 100,000 people dressed weight of numbers around the end’s rallies have been of flights. J;-       Oin black took part in the park meant that activists had to peaceful. The turmoil has plunged         pro-democracy protests here shift to streets. However, the China, which has built up one of Asia’s leading financial $  *  on Sunday, amid severe warn- police had allowed demon- security forces in nearby centres into crisis. Many busi-       ings from Beijing. Rains could- stration in Victoria Park. Shenzhen, has likened the nesses remained closed on   ) n’t dissuade people from filling Wong, a protester, said, protests to terrorist activity. Sunday, amid fears of violence.     !  the Victoria Park then spilling “We have been fighting for After increasingly violent Mass protests erupted in (A9 out to occupy major roads in all more than two months, but clashes in recent weeks, there’s June over the Hong Kong 3 0  directions, the BBC reported. there has been no government been a concerted effort to win Government’s now-shelved     The protests were sparked response. We could just come back public support for the extradition bill, the South by an extradition bill, which has out again and again.” democratic reforms by China Morning Post reported. %  0-   since been suspended by the Activists and the police focusing on larger peaceful The administration dropped  $   Hong Kong Government. have clashed over the past 10 gatherings. the draft legislation on June 15 !*78+(7 !  Subway railway stations weeks with the security forces Last weekend, activists and city leader Carrie Lam later   $  #(   were forced to shut after getting declared it dead.        clogged with protesters head- !    ' !. 6"   $$ Since then protesters have      5  ing to the rally.   $    $$      escalated the campaign with &     Though the authorities     /       ! street demonstrations and non- didn’t grant permission to cooperative action. &    &   $   & 7&974*4( 7;  &        -."!&//0(1 3 !   ;3            7>          ;    ;     !0#"0 !0/(         2     &    ' Kabul: At least 63 people were ment in the Saturday night the Shahr-e-Dubai wedding          killed and over 180 injured in a attack, saying that they con- hall, located in police district 6 London: British Prime Minister plans to avoid checks fail, spark- Kwarteng told Sky News’ Sophy (96!   suicide bombing at a packed demned incidents which target (PD6), was packed with guests 0 Boris Johnson will tell European ing protests. Ridge on Sunday: “I think there’s   #9 $   wedding hall here, reports said women and children. when the explosion occurred. Union (EU) leaders that there * Fuel becoming less avail- a lot of scaremongering around ;     on Sunday. The ISIS has claimed A suicide bomber targeted Afghan President Ashraf   -,!4!>! needs to be a new Brexit deal able and 2,000 jobs being lost if and a lot of people are playing  ;; %   responsibility for the attack, a wedding hall, packed with Ghani condemned the attack. when he makes his first trip the government sets petrol into project fear,” he said.      which has left many relatives of hundreds of guests, late on “I strongly condemn the akistani officials on abroad as the Prime Minister import tariffs to 0 per cent, But a former head of the      the couple getting married dead. Saturday night. inhumane attack on the wed- PSunday said they have later this week. potentially causing two oil British civil service, Lord Bob  .  !  Citing an ISIS statement Interior Ministry ding hall in Kabul last night. taken up the suspension of The UK will leave the refineries to close. Kerslake, who described the     ;     issued in Arabic, Khaama Press spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said My top priority for now is to Pakistani social media European Union (EU) on * UK patients having to document as “credible”, said the     reported that the attack, “which the blast, that took place reach out to the families of vic- accounts that posted mes- October 31 with or without a wait longer for medicines, dossier “lays bare the scale of the ; 4  8 targeted a gathering of non- around 10.40 p.m. was a suicide tims of this barbaric attack. On sages in support of Kashmir deal, Johnson will insist. including insulin and flu vac- risks we are facing with no-deal        believers”, was carried out by IS bombing, TOLO News report- behalf of the nation I send my with social networking giants Meanwhile, the Sunday cines. Brexit in almost every area”. 4 ;  $   suicide bomber Abu Asim Al- ed. He also expressed appre- heartfelt condolences to the Facebook and Twitter, local Times has printed leaked gov- * A rise in public disorder “These risks are completely        Pakistani. hensions that the number of families of those who were media reported. ernment documents warning of and community tensions result- insane for this country to be tak- Earlier, the Taliban, in a casualties might increase. martyred,” he said in a tweet. “Pakistan authorities have food, medicine and fuel short- ing from a shortage of food and ing and we have to explore !  '& statement, rejected any involve- Sources and witnesses said IANS taken up the case with Twitter ages in a no-deal scenario, the drugs. every avenue to avoid them,” he & $$ and Facebook against sus- BBC reported. * Passengers being delayed told BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting +7,#)&  pending Pakistani accounts A source told the BBC that at EU airports, Eurotunnel and House. 4  0& 8 for posting in support of a former minister leaked the Dover. Irish Deputy Prime Minister     Kashmir,” Director General dossier to try to influence dis- * Freight disruption at ports Simon Coveney said, in a tweet,      (DG) Inter-Services Public cussions with EU leaders. lasting up to three months, that Ireland had “always been     L  Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen The documents say the caused by customs checks, before clear” a hard border in Ireland ;   M     Asif Ghafoor was quoted as cross-government paper on traffic flow improves to 50-70 per “must be avoided”. % ;  saying by the Dawn. preparations for a no-deal Brexit, cent of the current rate. The Irish backstop -- the       Ghafoor reportedly urged code-named Operation The Downing Street source provision in former British      social media users to Yellowhammer, reveals that the told the BBC the leaked docu- Prime Minister Theresa May’s share information about UK could face months of dis- ment “is from when ministers withdrawal agreement that could $@    accounts that have been sus- ruption at its ports. were blocking what needed to be see Northern Ireland continue to       pended already. It also states that plans to done to get ready to leave and the follow some of the same trade $*97    He also added that the avoid a hard border between funds were not available”. rules as the Republic of Ireland      $  reason behind the suspension Northern Ireland and the Michael Gove, who is and the rest of the EU, thus pre-      ; of social media accounts was Republic of Ireland are unlikely responsible for overseeing the venting a hard border -- was an & O0; &  Indian employees working at to prove sustainable. devolution consequences of “insurance policy” designed to        the regional headquarters of According to the dossier, Brexit, said in a tweet that protect the peace process, he said. 5      the social media giants. reported by the Sunday Times, Operation Yellowhammer was “a The leak comes as Johnson  ;;   Facebook has the highest leaving the EU without a deal worst case scenario”. prepares to travel to Berlin to    number of fact-checking part- could lead to the following situ- “V significant steps have meet German Chancellor Angela    5  ners in India, followed by the ations: been taken in the last 3 weeks to Merkel on Wednesday, before     + US, said data from the * Fresh food becoming less accelerate Brexit planning,” he going to Paris to meet French     $          $  )   6  / Poynter Institute, according to available and prices rising. added. President Emmanuel Macron     $$  $    ! the report. * A hard Irish border after Energy Minister Kwasi on Thursday. IANS J    )  I!  #  $  * ,50     +       >   " 999  '    Gaza City: Three Palestinians ber of armed suspects from projectiles had been intercept- alties, a Palestinian security were killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza approaching the security ed by its Iron Dome aerial source said. London: Leaked British gov- lished what it said were confi-   O    the northern Gaza Strip, the fence with Israel. We fired defence system but it did not The strikes hit a Hamas ernment documents have dential Government memos Palestinian health ministry said towards them,” the army said a specify what happened to the observation post in Beit warned of disruptions across the outlining the consequences of .  -  &$ /*03!?-0 Sunday, hours after three rock- statement posted on its Twitter third rocket. Hanoun, in the northern Gaza country in the event that the UK tearing up May’s deal, warning ets were fired at Israel from the account. Air raid sirens had sound- Strip, an unidentified target leaves the European Union with- that a sudden British exit could Madrid: Authorities on Spain’s celand on Sunday honours blockaded enclave. The latest violence came ed in the southern town of near Gaza City and open out a trade deal on October 31. lead to a decrease in the supply Canary Islands say around Ithe passing of Okjokull, its The ministry said another after Palestinians in the Hamas- Sderot and its surroundings. ground near Deir El Balah British Prime Minister Boris of fresh food. 2,000 people have been evacu- first glacier lost to climate Palestinian was hospitalised in ruled Gaza Strip fired three On Friday Palestinians in in the central part of the terri- Johnson has said he is prepared The memos also warn of ated due to a wildfire that has change, as scientists warn that the shooting that came after the rockets at southern Israel late Gaza fired a rocket at Sderot, in tory, the source said. to charge out of the EU regard- “significant” disruptions to drug ravaged more than 500 hectares some 400 others on the sub- Israeli army said an attack Saturday, the Israeli army said, what the army said was the first An Israeli army statement less of whether he is able to rene- supplies that could last for up to (1,235 acres) since it broke out arctic island risk the same fate. helicopter and tank had fired at in the second such attack in 24 such attack since July 12. mentioned only two strikes, gotiate the Brexit deal struck six months. Britain’s Cabinet less than 24 hours ago. A bronze plaque will be “armed suspects” along the hours. In response, Israeli war- against “underground targets with Brussels by his predecessor, Office did not immediately At least 250 firefighters, unveiled in a ceremony start- barrier that separates Israel There were no immediate planes struck at least three tar- belonging to the Hamas terror Theresa May, over the next 10 respond to a request for com- ing around 1400 GMT to mark from Gaza. reports of casualties. gets in the Gaza Strip early on organisation in the northern weeks. ment by The Associated Press. Okjokull — which translates to “We just identified a num- The army said two of the Saturday but caused no casu- and central Gaza Strip”. AFP The Sunday Times pub- AP “Ok glacier” — in the west of Iceland, in the presence of local researchers and their peers at Rice University in the 7     781888 " "3 %""004("# ,     United States, who initiated the project.  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Authorities eventually got “We are providing them  O/  were working Sunday to tack- Gudmundur Ingi in preparing the sandwich he had ordered, the blaze under control and no- with food, water, mobile toilets, le the flames near the town of Gudbrandsson, and the United reports said on Sunday. t least 50,000 people are one was killed, although sever- and electricity supply,” munic- Colombo: Sri Lanka’s presidential hopeful Valleseco on Gran Canaria Nations High Commissioner The incident occurred in the Paris sub- Ahomeless after a massive al people had minor injuries, ipal official Shafiul Azam told Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who played a key role island in the Atlantic Ocean for Human Rights Mary urb of Noisy-le-Grand on Friday evening. fire swept through a crowded firefighters said. AFP, adding that authorities defeating the LTTE to end the country’s brutal civil archipelago, the provincial gov- Robinson are also due to attend According to the deceased man’s col- slum in the Bangladesh capital Many residents — largely were trying to find permanent war, has claimed that a terrorist group in the North ernment said in tweets. the event. leagues at the pizza and sandwich shop, the and destroyed thousands of low-income garment factory accommodation. is planning to harm him during the election cam- Officials say the blaze “has “This will be the first customer shot the waiter in the shoulder after shanties, officials said Sunday. workers — were not in the slum Some families have erected paign, according to a media report. great potential” to spread and monument to a glacier lost to losing his temper over the time it took to The fire broke out at in as they had left their homes to tarpaulins to shelter them from Gotabhaya, 70, the brother of former strong- have ordered evacuations in at climate change anywhere in the deliver the meal, the BBC reported. Dhaka’s Mirpur neighbour- celebrate the Muslim Eid al- bouts of rain during the mon- man Mahinda Rajapaksa, complained to President least six towns. world,” Cymene Howe, Though medical aid arrived soon, the hood late on Friday and razed Adha holiday with their fami- soon season, but the wet con- Maithripala Sirisena that his intelligence officers have The island suffered anoth- associate professor of anthro- waiter succumbed to his injuries on the spot. around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, lies. “Otherwise, the damage ditions have turned the fields informed him that there is an attempt to use a sniper er ravaging fire last week. pology at Rice University, said The attacker fled the scene and is still to fire services official Ershad would have been bigger,” local muddy. rifle and a special type of gun imported from Wildfires are common in in July. be apprehended. Hossain told AFP. police chief Golam Rabbani Experts say fires are fre- Malaysia for this attack. southern Europe during the The plaque bears the The killing has stunned local residents “I could not salvage a sin- said. quent in Dhaka due to lax He asked the president to investigate the mat- hot, dry summer months. inscription “A letter to the and shopkeepers, though some of them com- gle thing. I don’t know what will Around 10,000 people have safety measures. At least 100 ter and take appropriate action, Sri Lanka Mirror Nearly half of Spain’s future,” and is intended to raise plained that crime has increased in the area I do,” 58-year-old Abdul taken refuge in crammed people have been killed so far reported. The former defence secretary told the provinces were on alert Sunday awareness about the decline of and more instances of drug trade and pub- Hamid, who ran a tea stall camps at nearby schools closed this year in building fires across media that not only him but Douglas Devananda, for high risk of fires, according glaciers and the effects of cli- lic drunkenness were being been reported. inside the slum, told AFP as he for the weeklong holiday, the densely populated metro- a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, and Karuna Amman, to the country’s weather agency mate change. IANS broke down in tears. according to Hossain. politan city. a politician and a former rebel, are also at risk. PTI AEMET. AP 5   ++-,"   0 " #!"P($3Q1 %!

&$ /-&8,- spokesman General Ayoub Sabratha, located 70 kilometres been a major transit route for navy accused the authorities of 4 #$"54"3%!"$#"( Kacem told AFP. west of the capital. migrants, especially from sub- failing to manage he Libyan navy said on He said they were from According to the state- Saharan Africa. migrants rescued at sea, claim- TSunday 335 migrants had Ethiopia and Egypt. ment, 128 Sudanese were in the In general, migrants res- ing that it could be forced to let $ 0!%4!)5 her human excreta at Birta vil- said. been rescued and one body It came days after Libyan boats, in addition to migrants cued at sea are first met by people go free once brought lage of Bhangaha area in Sukeshwori and Rajashree recovered in separate opera- navy patrols on Tuesday “res- from Chad, Egypt, Niger, Benin humanitarian agencies that back to land. 35-year-old woman in Mahottari district on Monday, have been taken into police tions off the coast, as they tried cued 278 migrants on board and Eritrea, including 35 provide medical care and food. Despite the risks, migrants ANepal was allegedly they said. custody, he said, adding that to cross the Mediterranean to four inflatable boats north- women and 11 children. They are then taken into continue to attempt to reach thrashed and forced to eat The accused have been they have initiated an investi- reach Europe. west and northeast of Tripoli”, One body was also recov- the charge of the body working Europe by sea, preferring to human faeces by a group of vil- identified as Sabita Devi, gation into the matter. Nine children were among Kacem added. ered by the coastguard. Libya, to combat immigration at the take their chances than stay in lagers in the latest attack linked Poshila Danuwar, Indra Devi The practice of accusing 57 migrants in a wooden boat The operations took place which has been wracked by interior ministry of the UN- Libya, where they are subject to to accusations of witchcraft, Singh Danuwar, Sukeshwori women of being witches and rescued Saturday about 40 nau- off the coasts of the cities of chaos since the 2011 uprising recognised Government of abuse, extortion and torture, police said on Sunday. Devi and Rajeshree assaulting or killing them is still tical miles from the town of Khoms, 120 kilometres (75 that killed dictator National Accord. according to humanitarian A group of five women Anuwar, Superintendent of common is some parts of Zuwara, west of Tripoli, navy miles) east of Tripoli, and Moamer Kadhafi, has long On August 9, the Libyan organisations. beat the victim and force-fed Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari Nepal, although it is illegal.  =+   !"#$ !

n Rob Reiner’s 1992 film, A Few Good Men, it was actor Jack Nicholson’s ‘You Ican’t handle the truth’ that became a sensation in the era when social media did not exist. And the drama became iconic in the history of global cinema. However, CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? not many have known that the film was originally adapted from an eponymous /3!P 2! Broadway play (of 1989), which was writ-    +&4'# -&+     #& ' &!3#        5!! ten and directed by Aaron Sorkin, who is known to have written the stage edition ,       &R           %    of To Kill a Mockingbird.      It’s the same script that theatre direc-         : 2 ;& ?'?& tor and actor Nadir Khan has picked up  ;  ;  for his next theatrical direction for 79 780 ++  Aadyam’s fifth season. Ask him about why %7<((9   did he choose the very play to adapt for  ;  ;  his next direction, he   says that its lines and characters are very L/   / iconic and have stayed   /0 ! “relevant” to the ! $  times. “And it’s when   3 0 writer Devika Sahni  ; came up to me with the script. I was   ;   instantly drawn to it.   M3  In a way, I hadn’t      chose the script but it     chose me. And I like scripts which have -  77  good plots and the 4;   ability to stay with a ,  ; person. In fact, the    dialogues in the play are very witty and 0   L- smart,” he says. The plot is inspired by true events and  /0 is a courtroom drama which follows the 0$   trial of two US Navy Mariners accused of   murdering one of their own. The story     highlights the inherent flaw of a system  -   that rewards following orders ‘no-ques- tions-asked’, and the potential culpabili-  / P  ty of those executing the orders. So what !.     kind of research was involved to under-   M stand the structure or make any particu- lar changes in the script? He explains, “First. We haven’t changed it much. The director. I share a certain equation with has previously brought to the stage, “You don’t have the liberty to shoot in real O4!0 > same things are said in just a different way him. And when you have that, there hap- #SingIndiaSing, The Hounds of Baskerville, locations, of course. You have to imagine !$5" and setup. Second. Yes, some research is pens to be a mutual trust and understand- I Don’t Like It. He says, “Five years in a certain things in a play and I think, that always involved. It was done to understand ing. So when he said that he couldn’t think row with Aadyam is pressure enough. And is the beauty of it.” 2 ,!0(4!0 the American Military judiciary system of anyone else for this role, I juggled my when you’re doing a text as iconic as this In this era of social media, does he  2 ,!0 and how it functions. I read a few things schedules to make it happen,” he tells us one, you better make sure you’ve got a feel that theatre is facing a pushback due $ ! about what are their legal procedures in and laughs. cracking cast to match Sorkin’s superb to the advent of the digital platforms? He  !0  case an officer commits a punishable The cocky, arrogant lawyer Lieutenant writing. Thankfully, we’ve managed to do says, “Not at all. Even with online chan-  !,(! crime to understand the process of the Kaffee accuses Colonel Jessup of order- that.” nels, more and more youngsters are get- play. Another part of research went into ing the killing of a US Marine at Ask Rajit about what was his research ting attracted to theatre. I can recall, !0!> ! understanding the kind of costumes that Guantanamo Bay. While talking about his while getting into the skin of his charac- when we were in college, we only saw 35  5   should be given to the characters.” character, he says, “It’s definitely a chal- ter, he says, “I didn’t have to read or watch plus people in the audience but that’s not 2 !, 5 0 The drama stars Ira Dubey as the per- lenging part for me since I have never important and I kept that in mind.” anything to do that. Nadir had done it all the case today. Of course, social media     5 sistent lawyer Lieutenant Commander played the role of a military officer Nadir, who has also directed anoth- for me. He was very clear about what he is a big thing but there is simply no com- $ !2!0(2!0  Joanne Galloway, Rajit Kapur as before. In the play, Jessup’s authority is er courtroom drama, 12 Angry Jurors (also wants and how he wants it. I won’t deny parison. It’s tough but it has always been Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Jessep, Neil being questioned. It showcases what hap- for Aadyam), tells us about his fascination that I haven’t watched the film. It was years that way. When television came, every- !!     Bhoopalam as US Military lawyer Daniel pens when somebody in power is being with courtroom dramas. “They always ago when it first came out. However, I did- body said live performances will not   "?0  A Kaffee in the lead roles. Ask Nadir about questioned. His personality is quite tough. have in store some suspense and mystery. n’t want to watch it again to be influenced happen anymore. But they are still $$  ? why he chose the particular cast for the Well, how else would you describe a guy I feel that they are very intriguing and can by it. It is important for me as an actor going on. So live performances are here "  ( !," characters, he says, “The characters in the whose life motto is, ‘Walk softly and carry hold the audience. However, 12 Angry because it’s evident that people draw com- to stay.” plot are very fierce and witty people. And an armoured tank division.’ Jessup isn’t Jurors is very different than this one. This parisons. For me, the most important Danish Hussain, Ashwin Mushran, 2 ,!0 "" for that, I needed a strong cast. And Ira, afraid of anything or anyone and is used play is more about the code of morality thing was to bring out that character in Tavish Bhattacharya, Junaid Khan, 2 , !22  Neil and Rajit were actually the ideal ones.” to people challenging him. He shouldn’t rather than the lack of justice. It really my own way. I haven’t let the film affect Sukant Goel, Kenny Desai, Siddharth  "(! ,?, Whereas, Rajit’s reasons for joining ever have to explain himself, especially to questions whether one can handle the my performance at all.” Kumar, Suresh Venkat, Sahir Mehta, !    5 the cast were different. He says that Nadir some desk jockey and he never backs truth or not and how,” says he. The actor believes that since it’s a play, Zeus Paranjape and Rohit Dandwani are ,$!       is a good friend. “But it’s not just because down. So the way my character looked at This isn’t Nadir’s first stint with there are not much things to play around among the others in the cast. ,$!$0 (P he’s a friend but is also an accomplished things and made a perspective was very Aadyam. Apart from 12 Angry Jurors, he with. For instance, the location. He says, L& 50 &#&/ 9

!   drone soared over a blazing hot crop versus the economic value of the $  Acornfield in northeastern saved water?” said Bart Fisher, a   ; Colorado on a recent morning, " third-generation farmer and a mem-    snapping images with an infrared ber of the irrigation district board. camera to help researchers decide Blaine Carian, who grows     how much water they would give the 7        grapes, lemons and dates in -   7 crops the next day. Coachella, California, already uses 71-772  After a brief, snaking flight      deficit irrigation. He said withhold-       above the field, the drone landed and ing water at key times improves the 4 ) & the researchers removed a handful of flavour of his grapes by speeding up memory cards. Back at their comput- the production of sugar. L   ers, they analysed the images for A micro-sprayer near Coachella,  -77 + -   signs the corn was stressed from a California, delivers water directly   -;  ; - lack of water. above the roots of a plant or fruit tree,   This US Department of minimising waste.      -   Agriculture station outside Greeley He also uses on-farm weather and other sites across the Southwest stations and soil moisture monitors,       are experimenting with drones, spe- keeping track of the data on his cell- ;  ;       cialised cameras and other technol- phone. His drip and micro-spray irri-       ogy to squeeze the most out of every gation systems deliver water direct- In this documentary, hopes soar when a Chinese drop of water in the Colorado River ly to the base of a plant or its roots company reopens a shuttered factory in Ohio. But     M ; a culture clash threatens to shatter an American       — a vital but beleaguered waterway instead of saturating an entire field. that serves an estimated 40 million For Carian and many other dream. The film release on Netflix on August 21. people. farmers, the appeal of technology is Remote sensors measure soil as much about economics as saving moisture and relay the readings by water. Wi-Fi. Cellphone apps collect data “The conservation’s just a O!$0 , from agricultural weather stations byproduct. We’re getting better crops, and calculate how much water dif- and we are, in general, saving $  " !P ferent crops are consuming. money,” he said. Researchers deliberately cut back on But researchers say water-saving !      water for some crops, trying to get technology could determine whether       the best harvest with the least some farms can stay in business at        amount of moisture — a practice all, especially in Arizona, which      called deficit irrigation. faces cuts in its portion of Colorado In the future, tiny needles River water under a drought contin-      attached to plants could directly climate changes. growing cities without drying up gency plan the seven states ham- -      measure how much water they con- The World Resources Institute farms, ranches and the environ- mered out this year. (9      tain and signal irrigation systems to says the seven Colorado River states ment. Drone-mounted cameras and  ;  automatically switch on or off. have some of the highest levels of The researchers’ goal is under- yield monitors — which measure the  4      Getting more bang for the buck water stress in the nation, based on standing crops, soil and weather so density of crops like corn and wheat is a goal for scientists looking for bet- the percentage of available supplies completely that farmers know exact- as they pass through harvesting  ,       ter ways to help farmers manage the they use in a year. New Mexico was ly when and how much to irrigate. equipment — can show a farmer  ,      ;  use of water. They're using sensors the only state in the nation under “We call it precision agriculture, which land is productive and which In Belgium, a tough detective teams up with a / ;  ;  to help control the flow of water extremely high water stress. precision irrigation,” said Huihui is not, said Ed Martin, a professor damaged elite cop to hunt a 10 commandments-    going to plants and to improve the The federal government will Zhang, a Department of Agriculture and extension specialist at the inspired vigilante with a penchant for theatrical tor- quality of crop yields. release a closely watched projection engineer who conducts experiments University of Arizona. ture. Starring Dirk Van Dijk, Marie Vinck, Karlijn         “It’s like almost every month on whether the Colorado River sys- at the Greeley research farm. “Right “If we’re going to take stuff out Sileghem, the thriller will be release on Netflix on ;       somebody’s coming up with some- tem has enough water to meet all the amount at the right time at the right of production because we don’t have August 30. % L-;    thing here and there,” said Don demands of downstream states in location.” enough water, I think these technolo-        Ackley, water management supervi- future years. The Palo Verde Irrigation gies could help identify which ones '++    sor for the Coachella Valley Water The river supplies more than District in Southern California is try- you should be taking out,” Martin Romance, rivalry and radical mystery collide as District in Southern California. “You 7,000 square miles (18,000 square ing deficit irrigation on alfalfa, the said. a group of teens attend a remote island sleepaway !    almost can’t keep up with it.” kilometres) of farmland and supports most widely grown crop in the Each technology has benefits camp in this suspenseful and supernatural drama.   Researchers and farmers are a $5 billion-a-year agricultural indus- Colorado River Basin. and limits, said Kendall DeJonge, Starring Lisa Ambalavanar, Ellie Duckles, Savannah    running similar experiments in arid try, including a significant share of Alfalfa, which is harvested as hay another Agriculture Department Baker, the series releases on Netflix on August 30.   regions around the world. The need the nation’s winter vegetables, to feed horses and cattle, can be cut engineer who does research at the  ;  is especially pressing in seven US according to the US Bureau of and baled several times a year in Greeley farm. states that rely on the Colorado Reclamation, which manages most some climates. The Palo Verde dis- Soil moisture monitors mea-     River: Arizona, California, Colorado, of the big dams and reservoirs in the trict is experimenting with reduced sure a single point, but a farm has a    Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Western states. water for the midsummer crop, range of conditions and soil types. ;  Wyoming. The Pacific Institute, an environ- which requires more irrigation but Infrared images can spot thirsty     The river has plenty of water this mental group, says the river also irri- produces lower yields. crops, but only after they need   summer after an unusually snowy gates about 700 square miles (1,820 Sensors placed over the test water. Agricultural weather stations winter in the mountains of the US square kilometers) in Mexico. plots indirectly measure how much provide a wealth of data on the recent - West. But climatologists warn the Agriculture uses 57 per cent to water the plants are using, and the past, but they can’t predict the    river’s long-term outlook is uncertain 70 per cent of the system’s water in harvested crop is weighed to deter- future.   M at best and dire at worst, and com- the US, researchers say. The problem mine the yield. “All of these things are tools in petition for water will only intensi- facing policymakers is how to divert “The question then becomes, the toolbox,” DeJonge said. “None of fy as the population grows and the some of that to meet the needs of what’s the economic value of the lost them are a silver bullet.” L!   &  =1   !"#$ !   ';< + 

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And yet, the the percentage of low birth weight and developed the tin hand-wash reality is far from idyllic. has come down from 29-32 per fountain. “We have created a sim- Although its natives live close cent to 12-15 per cent. This is a ple device to aid in hand-washing. to nature, the rural residents of great achievement and the best A tin with approximately five- Melghat’s Chikhaldara block are part is that it has improved the litre capacity, which is fastened familiar with diseases like dysen- quality of life of tribal mothers. with a rope, is fixed at a height of tery, anaemia and malnutrition. Apart from making the meals around four feet on a tree or to a Generations of Korku women — under the scheme, AWWs like pole. The other end of the rope is nearly 80 per cent of the inhabi- Meshram are also keeping a record hung loose. The tin is filled with tants belong to the Korku tribe — of the weight and immunisation water. When the loose end of the have been caught in the vicious schedule of the infants.” rope is pulled, the tin tilts and the cycle of child marriage, early preg- What do the tribal women in water pours out. When the rope is nancy and caring for malnourished Jaitadehi think about Meshram’s released, the tin straightens,” children. Fortunately, the APJ work? They would break into a explains Kirit Khanna, anganwadi Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna, initi- smile. Once shy and quiet, they supervisor, Jamli and Dr Ankush ated in December 2015, took a step reveal that they have been able to Mankar, medical officer, Jamli towards breaking this cycle of dis- come out of their shell, thanks to health sub-centre. tress and inter-generational malnu- the inclusive approach of the CDPO Durve says, “We speak trition. AWWs. Puja Korku, 20, a new to the community in their Korku At Jaitadehi village, anganwa- mother Rita Korku, soon to be dialect telling them about the need di worker (AWW) Sunita Meshram mother, 19, visit the anganwadi for hand-washing. We have been has spent the last couple of years daily to have their specially-pre- conducting hand-washing demos meticulously executing the Amrut pared meal. They say, “She speaks in villages and this strategy has Yojana scheme among the Korku to us in our language which makes helped in publicising the concept. women who fall under the aegis of it easier to comprehend everything. In the anganwadis, the children her anganwadi. Under this scheme, We appreciate her effort. Tai has make it a point to wash their hands every tribal woman in her third explained that the meal provides before having their meal.” trimester of pregnancy is entitled them to visit the aganwadi to eat N+*%!?*./*!*!-4&,* the mother and the child with bal- During the Poshan Pakhwada to a free and nutritious meal every the nutritious food but often times, *?-.*8!--)%!) anced nutrition. The laddoo and held earlier in the year by health day, which continues for three they were simply unable to come +!%-) !-)+-% egg gives us adequate protein and workers, interactive sessions about months after delivery so that the to us,” she says. So she changed her !&&/8R-4!*,7-?*,-/* energy.” hand-washing were conducted. newborn is healthy. The menu con- approach. 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Some children process information after its drone was shot down phy, there shouldn’t be any easily when they see it, some are good at by the Iranian forces. While sufferings without faults in hearing and understanding, and some need the former was a result of the our moral structure. The practical knowledge of the subject. It is ‘fury’ of the nature and was anger and actions of the rich important to understand which category caused by some geological and the powerful may your child falls under, mostly because this faults, whereas the latter was destruct the habitats of those will help them understand information the ‘fury’ of antagonistic in the remote areas. World better and the learning will be more long human minds, which was has seen many such examples term than short term. caused by the faults in the of devastation as a conse- human psyche and character. quence of intense enmity Healthy and green food In Mumbai, the movement of and hatred between two dif- Eating healthy food has a direct link to how clouds led to heavy showers, ferent nations. well a child concentrates and there are dif- which, in turn, led to destruc- Furthermore, the two ferent foods that help increase a child’s con- tion and devastation of prop- events might be connected. centration. Eating junk food or food rich in erty and habitats. In the lat- Faults in human minds and sugar makes a child sluggish while food rich ter case, the rough and actions could lead to a natur- in proteins such as almonds, eggs and lean rugged motives, deep in the al calamity too as it’s after all, meat has the ability to raise awareness and minds of men, led to clash- man-made industrialisation increase concentration levels! An interest- es. And in both the cases, the that has led to a destruction ing study at the University of Ulster, UK step to increase the concentration level in early age in kids help them build concentra- forces — geological and psy- natural catastrophes are more and an upheavel in the nat- shows that eating toast and baked beans for him/her. tion power and lead a healthy lifestyle. This chological or political — devastating than the man- ural ecosystem. Also, those breakfast increases cognition. Experts say also helps with time management program became active due to certain made ones. History is evi- who are not affected by these that eating greens and fruits inject the body Play focus game the child’s brain to know when he has to gaps. In the first example, the dence that man-made tremors may also be partly with antioxidants which in turn boost your Parents should make it a habit of playing study and play. outbursts were in a flood- calamities could lead to death instrumental as, for example, brain power. with kids every evening and involve some prone area and in the latter, and destruction on a gigan- people of a superpower sort of focus games that will improve atten- Proper breaks and sleep in the anger and hatred- tic scale. World War II is one nation are instrumental indi- Offer a distraction-free environment tion and concentration power. 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Her last Mauricio Pochettino’s men season with Kevin de Bruyne win was on July 20 when finished 27 points behind City last restored to full fitness, while $ 808 she clinched a Gold in her season, on Saturday 27 was the dif- Spanish international Rodri was pet 400m event at Nove ference in the shot count as slotted seamlessly into midfield. he Indian women’s hockey team came Mesto in Czech Republic. Tottenham mustered three to the “We have to be proud because Tback twice from a goal deficit to hold “Finished on the top in hosts’ 30. to play at this level against a team world number 2 side Australia 2-2 in a hard- 300 m in the Athleticky City will bemoan their luck like Tottenham is really good for fought round-robin league match of the Mitink Reiter 2019 today and lacklustre defending that the rest of the season,” said De Olympic Test Event here on Sunday. in Czech Republic,” Hima allowed Erik Lamela and Lucas Bruyne, who set up both City Vandana Katariya (36th) and Gurjit tweeted after winning the Moura to cancel out goals from goals. Kaur (59th) scored for India to cancel out race. 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We Spurs’ rescue for now, but on this World number 10 India began the Gold in men’s 300m at the holder Mohammad September-October ping of standards after winning the don’t know if it is possible,” said played good, but we could not evidence they face a long season match aggressively, matching Australia’s Athleticky Mitink Reiter Anas has already while Hima is yet to first domestic treble of trophies a proud City manager Pep win. ahead if they are to keep up with attacking hockey with their own brand. 2019 in Czech Republic in qualified for 400m achieve make it to English football had ever seen last Guardiola. “If we continue to play in that the relentless pace set by City and And in the 14th minute, Nobbs made a timing of 32.41 secs,” he event for the World the Qatar. season. “We played incredible. The way we won’t have regrets and that Liverpool. no mistake in converting from the spot to give Australia a 1-0 advantage. 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But the lead did not last long as Australia started to look for their second goal. &$ 5/-) $ .%*))!- It was in the 43rd minute that Australia found their second goal through some aron Ramsey made his debut iddharth Desai starred in Telugu exquisite team work, which saw Grace Afor Italian champions STitans’ 40-29 win over Haryana Stewart also registering her name on the Juventus on Saturday in their final Steelers in a Pro Kabaddi League score-sheet to give Australia a 2-1 lead. pre-season friendly, a 1-0 win match at the Nehru indoor stadium With moves breaking down, and over Serie C side Triestina. here on Sunday. chances going waste, it looked like Australia The Welsh international Desai with 18 points, including would hold onto their 2-1 lead, but with just midfielder and former Arsenal a ‘Super 10’ (a Super 10 is achieved a couple of minutes remaining on the clock, star, who signed a four-year deal when a raider scores 10 or more raid India won a crucial penalty corner in the in February worth a reported points in a single game), played a 59th minute. seven million euros ($7.9 million) key role and helped Titans’ snap the And, prolific drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur a season, came on for Federico Steelers’ three-match winning run. stepped up and struck a sweet blow into the Bernardeschi in the 70th minute Siddharth, who scored his sec- back of the net to earn India a well-deserved of the game in Trieste. ond Super 10 of the season, took the draw. “This was a very proud fight to the opponent, along with his The Indian women's team will face moment for me to put on this brother Suraj. China on Tuesday in their third and last famous jersey,” said Ramsey who Titans went into the match with round-robin match of the tournament. hadn’t played since April due to just one win in eight matches, but Meanwhile in the men’s game, India a hamstring injury. the lack of confidence was certain- squandered an early lead to go down fight- “I am happy that I got a few ly not evident from the outset as the          ing 1-2 to New Zealand in their second minutes out there tonight. I have Desai brothers of Siddharth and match. been working hard to get back fit Suraj showed their class. about the first all-out in the match, Skipper Harmanpreet Singh put India and hopefully now I can stay fit. In-form Vikash Kandola, on assisting Abozar Mighani to tackle ahead in the second minute by converting “I know I haven’t had the the back of a hat-trick of Super 10s, Naveen with four minutes remain- a Penalty Corner, but New Zealand struck minutes on the pitch, apart from was in no mood to let the Titans run ing to half time. back in the last quarter through two well- tonight, but I feel good physical-   $ ? %  $  #   $$  %     away with the match though as he The first half ended 21-13 in crafted field goals — Jacob Smith (47’) and ly. It will take a few games to get kept pace with the South Indian favour of the Titans. Sam Lane (60’) to have the last laugh. there.” “We start now on Saturday, Maurizio Sarri was also absent Turin, celebrated wildly but then team. In the second half too, the India had made an impressive start to Ramsey won three FA Cups so I am looking forward to that because of flu. missed a penalty in the second The most crucial point of the Titans' defence kept Kandola at bay the tournament, thrashing Malaysia 6-0 in in his 11 years at Arsenal and and playing my first competitive A stunning Paulo Dybala half. first half came with eight minutes and they inflicted a second all-out their opening match but the second-match played a key role in Wales reach- match.” goal after 38 minutes was enough Ramsey, meanwhile, threat- remaining when Siddarth Desai on Haryana with 11 minutes defeat means they are currently sitting at the ing the semi-finals of Euro 2016. Portuguese star Cristiano to seal a win for the reigning Serie ened with a quick one-two with combined well with his team to tack- remaining till the end with second spot in the points table with one “I am really excited to be a Ronaldo did not make the trip to A champions. Gonzalo Higuain, back from a le Kandola. Siddharth Desai at the forefront. match to go. part of it and experience the north-eastern Italy because of The Argentine, who has been loan spell to Chelsea, but sent the Vishal Bhardwaj, playing his It was Titans’ second win of the India will face hosts Japan on Tuesday. Italian league,” he continued. muscular problems, while coach linked with a move away from ball just wide of the goal. 50th match in the PKL, brought season.   !"#$ ! $! =7 #$3"# /"#(("00"# 5 $ P  $      P  ==8$!    BDH   &$ ,8)8)       ofra Archer took two wickets and struck Test cricket’s first concus- Jsion substitute, Marnus Labuschagne on the grille of his hel- met as England pushed for an unlikely series-levelling victory in the second Ashes clash at Lord’s on Sunday. Australia were 46-2 in their second innings at tea on the final day of the second Test. That left them needing 221 more runs in a minimum of 35 overs to reach an unlikely victory target of N)      O 267. Test debutant Archer also struck &$ ,8)8) Steve Smith on the neck with a rapid bouncer during the star batsman’s 92 ngland fast bowler Jofra Archer on Saturday. Einsisted he had no intention to Smith was passed fit to resume hit Australia’s Steve Smith during his innings on Saturday but further the second Ashes Test, saying tests on Sunday sidelined him with “everyone’s heart skipped a beat” concussion. after he felled the star batsman with Now there are doubts over a fearsome bouncer at Lord’s. Smith’s availability for the third Test In an interview with BBC at Headingley starting Thursday, Radio before Sunday’s final day, he with an Australia spokesman saying insisted: “That is never the plan (to the “short turnaround is not in his hit a batsman).” favour”. “You are trying to get a wick-                 Australia, bidding for their first et first. To see him go down, every- Ashes campaign triumph on English one stopped and everyone’s heart &$ ,8)8) replaced fully by a substitute, who was soil in 18 years, lead the five-match skipped a beat,” he added. previously restricted to fielding alone. series 1-0 after a 251-run win at “After he got up he was mov- ustralia’s Steve Smith has been Marnus Labuschagne, on the field Edgbaston last week. ing around and you breathe a sigh Aruled out of the last day of the sec- as 12th man when play resumed on In that match, former captain of relief. No-one wants to see any- ond Ashes Test with concussion Sunday, became the first concussion Smith marked his first Test since one getting carried off on a stretch- against England at Lord’s, saying he felt substitute in Test history after completing a 12-month ban for his er. It was a good challenge, a real- “groggy” on Sunday morning. Australia’s request was approved by role in a ball-tampering scandal in ly good spell. “I started to feel a little bit of a match referee Ranjan Madugalle. South Africa with superb innings of %       =>>     $   B  "    -;   “For me, I wouldn’t like to see headache coming on last night as the There are doubts whether star 144 and 142. it end like that.” adrenaline got out of my system but batsman Smith will feature in the third Under new protocols intro- Archer to Rory Burns in the slips. resuming his innings and later Stokes also hoisted paceman Archer insisted he was just try- I was able to get a good night’s sleep Test at Headingley starting on duced for the inaugural World Test And Australia were 19-2 when bravely drove Archer down the Peter Siddle for a six into the ing to force Smith out of his com- in, but I woke up feeling a bit groggy Thursday, with an Australia team Championship, Australia could Usman Khawaja was caught behind ground for a well-struck four. Grandstand before Root eventual- fort zone. and with a headache again,” Smith said. spokesman saying “the short turn- replace Smith with a full, batting sub- off a fine ball just outside off stump Earlier, Ben Stokes, missed twice ly called a halt. His innings includ- “I’ve never seen Smith get out “I had some tests done and then around is not in his favour”. stitute in Labuschagne. for two. on Saturday and the beneficiary of ed 10 fours. of his own accord until yesterday, some further assessments deemed to As for his prospects of playing in World Cup-winning fast bowler Archer’s first ball to an Australia decision not to review Jos Buttler (31) gave Stokes so I was just trying to rattle him,” be a mild concussion, so I’ve been the third Test, Smith said: “Obviously, Archer also took an impressive 2-59 Labuschagne, a bouncer that sailed a rejected lbw appeal, scored 115 not good support in a fifth-wicket stand he told Sky Sports. ruled out of this Test match unfortu- there’s a quick turnaround between in 29 overs on Saturday and the 24- over the batsman's head, was called out before captain Joe Root declared of 90 before hooking Pat Cummins “I was trying to get him out. nately.” Tests. year-old Sussex quick was in the wide. England’s second innings on 258-5. to long leg. You don’t ever want to see anyone The series is the first being played “I’m going to be assessed each day, wickets again on Sunday with two for His second, timed at 91.6 mph, The left-handed batsman slog- Although the sun was shining carried off on a stretcher, or you under the International Cricket hopefully I will be available, but it’s cer- two in seven balls. was much straighter and swept off-spinner Nathan Lyon for by the tea interval, rain — which had don’t want to see them missing a Council’s new concussion substitute tainly up to the medical staff. David Warner’s miserable series Labuschagne could not get out of the two sixes in as many deliveries on already washed out five sessions in day, or a game, especially with what regulations, part of the inaugural “It’s certainly an area of concern, continued when the left-hander fell way. the way to a 160-ball century, his this match, delayed the start of happened a few years ago as well,” World Test Championship. concussion, and I want to be 100 per- for five — his fourth single-figure in The batsman required several seventh in Tests and second against Sunday's play by over an hour and said Archer. These allow players who have suf- cent fit. There’s obviously a few tests as many innings — when he edged minutes of on-field attention before Australia. so made a draw more likely. “It’s never a nice sight.” fered head or neck injuries to be I have to tick off and time will tell.”    :  ' > "     $ .88,- * nership with Hodge but after adding 21 0    O  ,       runs he edged an Umesh Yadav delivery P  shant Sharma grabbed two early wick- to second slip with Rahul completing the Iets as India produced a disciplined bowl- formality. $ !)- 5! ing effort to reduce West Indies A to 79 In the 27th over, a direct throw from for four at lunch on the second day of the mid-on by Ravindra Jadeja ended the brief ig-bodied spin bowling all-rounder three-day warm-up game here on Sunday. stint of Jason Mohammed (6) as West BRahkeem Cornwall believes he is well-suit- Ishant was the peak of the bowlers as Indies A were reduced to 77 for four in ed to the longest format and credited his con- he claimed the wickets of opener Jeremy 26.1 overs. sistent performance in first-class cricket to his Solozano (9) and first-down Brandon On the opening day, Cheteshwar maiden call up to the West Indies squad for the King (4) in his first spell of five overs, while Pujara struck form with a fine century Test series against India. Umesh Yadav too found his rhythm while Rohit Sharma hit 68 as India Cornwall early, dismissing Darren Bravo during his shrugged off initial wobble to score 297 first played first- five overs giving away just seven runs. for 5. class cricket in Opener Kavem Hodge (45), who was Pujara and Rohit stitched 132 runs 2014 and has 260 dropped at slips in the third over, held on together for the fourth wicket to take India wickets from 55 to one end but regular loss of wickets at to a strong position after being reduced first-class match- the other end affected the hosts' innings. to 89 for 3 at lunch on Saturday. es along with Hodge was five runs short of a half- Test specialist Pujara got going in his 2224 runs. He century at the break and giving him com- first competitive match of the West Indies recently scored pany was Jonathan Carter (2). an edge and landed in the safe hands of tour as he retired after making 100 off 187 two half-cen- West Indies A still trail India 218 runs KL Rahul as West Indies slipped to 16 for balls during which he struck eight fours turies in two with six wickets in hand. one in 4.2 overs. and one six. unofficial ‘Tests’ Earlier after a delayed start due to rain, King (4) was then dismissed in the Rohit fell after making 68 off 115 balls. against India. India declared their first innings at the ninth over when he played a loose drive He hit eight fours and one six. After Pujara “I believe the overnight score of 297 for five. only to be caught behind by Rishabh Pant retired in the final session, Pant and Test format suits In reply, opener Solozano was the first as West Indies slipped to 30 for 2. Hanuma Vihari pushed the Indian total my game because to leave after his flat-footed drive found Bravo (11) then tried to stitch a part- further to reach near the 300-run mark. of the consisten- cy a player needs over a long peri- od of time to be & (( 3"#(& 30(! successful, and I’ve enjoyed that challenge so far $ )*+*,%- “Virat Kohli’s outstanding contribu- The DDCA function will document in my career tion to world cricket has done DDCA Kohli’s exceptional talent and success playing first-class    ) )        01  n recognition of Virat Kohli’s phenom- proud. We are happy to honour him for ever since he took over charge in all for- cricket,” Ienal success in international cricket, achieving certain milestones and unbeat- mats of the game and the state body can- Cornwall told &$ !,,* the DDCA has decided to name one able captaincy record,” DDCA President not think of a better tribute than this. the Cricket West .#*.5"JJ".##00#0* .5"**--5 stand at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium Rajat Sharma said in a statement. “To cherish these memories, DDCA Indies website. aptain Dimuth Karunaratne scored 4(9 9*  <<(77+ *(7 after the India captain. Virender Sehwag and Anjum wanted to dedicate a stand in his name. There is a C122 as Sri Lanka chased down 268 for "'6B 6' #  ,  )Q  "9#G Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Chopra are the other Delhi players who I am sure the ‘Virat Kohli Stand’ will be possibility that the loss of just four wickets to win the first Amarnath are the two other Delhi play- have gates named after them while the a source of inspiration for Delhi’s young Cornwall might Test against New Zealand at Galle on GG( #' "  ,  & "9#B ers who have stands after their names but Hall of Fame has been named after for- cricketers. We are also delighted that make his Test debut during the opening Test Sunday and take a 1-0 lead in the two- G'9 #B #  ,  -  "9#9 the honour came their way after their mer India captain MAK Pataudi. Team India is not only led by a Delhi which starts on August 22 as part of the World match series. G(<9 #6 (  ,  )Q  "9#"#( retirements. The state cricket body will also felic- player but it also has a opening batsman Test Championship. Karunaratne posted his ninth Test G"9 ## " &  ,  "9#F Kohli will be the youngest active itate the members of Indian team at the (Shikhar Dhawan), a wicket keeper “The feeling (on getting called up) is great hundred along with enjoying a record- cricketer to be bestowed with the hon- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on September (Rishabh Pant) and a lead bowler (Ishant — it’s something I’ve been pushing to achieve equalling opening partnership of 161 ? ??  our of a stand being named after him. 12. Sharma).” for a long time,” said the 26-year-old, who is with Lahiru Thirimanne, who made 64, as 6’6” tall and weighs around 140 kilograms and Sri Lanka collected their first points of the vious best of 99. Resuming play on 133 for couldn’t make it to the squad earlier due to fit- World Test Championship. no loss, Sri Lanka required 135 from the ness issues. Former captain Angelo Mathews remaining three sessions.   (     “The feeling would be great if I was chipped in with an unbeaten 28 as Sri New Zealand finally got their break- picked in the first Test. I just would want to go Lanka finished off the game before lunch through when Thirimanne was trapped leg out and perform and don’t disappoint my after the morning session was extended before by William Somerville. Given not $ 38%!))*>5/  Klaasen. friends and family.” because only 22 runs were needed at the out by umpire Richard Illingworth, New “Klaasen is part of the one-day In 2018-19, Cornwall claimed 54 wickets scheduled time for the interval. Zealand overturned the decision on icketkeeper Rudi Second has squad for the South Africa A tour in nine matches at an average of 17.68 to Karunaratne enjoyed some luck on the review. Wbeen ruled out of South Africa’s and he will now be added to the emerge as the leading wicket-taker. In inter- way to his century, dropped on 58 at for- Kusal Mendis soon fell after taking on Test tour of India in October due to squad in Second’s place for the national A-team cricket, most notably in the ward short leg by Tom Latham while wick- Somerville, hitting him for a four and a six an injury and Heinrich Klaasen will four-day series that will assist his 2018, he clinched 19 wickets at an average of etkeeper BJ Watling missed a stumping from the second and fourth balls he faced. take his place in the squad, Cricket preparation for the Proteas Test 18.42 during their 3-0 home series win versus chance on the same score. He batted for Angelo Mathews joined Karunaratne South Africa said. series,” said CSA Acting Director England Lions. over five hours, facing 245 deliveries, and and the pair put on 44 runs for the third The CSA said Second, one of the of Cricket Corrie van Zyl. In the recent series against the touring hit six fours and a six. wicket to steady the ship. new caps in the Proteas squad The Test series begins on India A, Cornwall took nine wickets in six Karunaratne and Thirimanne’s stand Sri Lanka lost Kusal Perera after announced on August 13 to play October 2 in Visakhapatnam. matches. equalled the record for the highest open- Karunaratne’s dismissal but Dhananjaya de three Tests in India in October, has suf- CSA also confirmed that the “The A-team preparation has been very ing partnership in Tests between the two Silva (14) joined Mathews and helped Sri fered an injury while practising with second Test will now be played in good,” he said. countries. In 1991, John Wright and Lanka knock off the remaining runs with the South Africa A side. He will Pune (October 10-14) while the “England Lions and India A were two qual- Trevor Franklin had also put on 161 for the two sessions to spare. require immediate surgery and he has final Test will be held in Ranchi ity opposition teams featuring guys that played first wicket in Hamilton. Mathews brought up the winning runs consequently been ruled out of the (October 19-23). Test cricket. Overall it has been very challeng- The opening stand was pivotal in Sri with a single to fine leg off Boult. touring party. Klaasen is yet to make his Test ing and it was a good place to test skills that Lanka achieving the highest successful run The second and final Test begins in Second’s place with be taken by debut and has featured in 14 ODIs I’ve been trying to perfect every year in our chase in Galle, easily surpassing the pre- Colombo on Thursday. wicketkeeper/batsman Heinrich     .      and nine T20Is for South Africa. domestic competition.