, - G6 + *& H % & H H /,0/)1234 ?, *. @A'//! ? %: + '"#()* !+(%% !"#$%& !"#$ $% E::667,6C8 :<679 9C::6D7 %#& %' '%#! 6C6;6#;9 '% ' !%#(%' 733,9,# 799:7: '% # )'%% *+%) %% % 56%57518& 1494F , ., R (+ + O P & 9:;:,# & 9:;:,# silver medal and Saikhom Q Ongbi Tombi Leima has strug- s fighting rages in historic silver medal and a gled to stop her tears from AAfghanistan, the Indian Aradiant smile were not the flowing ever since. embassy there on Saturday only eye-catching things about “I saw the earrings on TV, said the situation “remains R Mirabai Chanu on Saturday, I gave them to her in 2016 dangerous” and advised all her gold earrings shaped like before the (Rio) Olympics. I Indian nationals there to exer- Olympic rings were as striking, have made it for her from the cise caution. a gift from her mother who gold pieces and savings I have The advisory came days sold her own jewellery for so that it brings luck and suc- after the IAF planes evacuated them five years ago. cess,” Leima told PTI from her more than 50 diplomatic staff The hope was that the ear- home in Manipur where a of the Indian consulate in rings would bring her “good considerable number of rela- Kandhar . luck”. It didn’t happen in the tives, friends and well-wishers The note of caution by the Rio 2016 Games but Chanu gathered to watch Chnau script embassy in Kabul on Saturday made the little sacrifice count history in Tokyo. urged Indians staying, visiting, in Tokyo this morning with a Continued on Page 9 and working in Afghanistan to exercise utmost vigilance at all times and avoid all non-essen- confused she had felt during * tial travel as security situation her debut at the biggest stage. in Afghanistan remains dan- voys, official vehicles of There was none of those nerves 6 * = gerous. It also warned Indian Government and Ministries, to be seen on Saturday, just a + + nationals are not exceptions, high ranking officials, law very composed and focussed 0 and they additionally face a enforcement agencies, it cau- athlete who knew she was des- & serious threat of kidnapping. tioned. tined for the podium. The detailed advisory also Indians were also asked to P ! ! " #"$ % “I am very happy to win % asked the Indian nationals to refrain from going to crowded the first medal for India at these remain vigilant with security at markets, shopping complexes, & 6787 debut. from Manipur lifted a total of past five years. I am very proud Games. I don’t just belong to % %&# workplace, place of residence restaurants and other public With her historic triumph, 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better of myself right now. I did try for Manipur, I belong to the whole and also during movement to places. All essential movement confident smile never leav- she ensured that India was Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in gold but even silver is a great country,” she said in response K #()#*) their places of work. It is rec- may please be kept as discrete Aing her face, Mirabai second on the medals tally for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. achievement for me,” Chanu to a query on what it meant for ommended that all types of as possible, it said. Chanu ended India’s over two- a brief while, a feat that has With this, she exorcised the told reporters after her career- her as a Manipuri. # % non-essential movements be It also advised traveling decade long wait for a never been achieved before by ghosts of the 2016 Games defining triumph for which she “I would like to thank my + avoided. Movements especial- outside the main cities should weightlifting medal at the the country. It was also the first where she had failed to log a had been training in the US for coach Vijay Sharma andthe % ly during peak commuting be strictly avoided. Moreover, Olympics, clinching the 49kg time that India managed to win single legitimate lift, leaving her past few months. support staff for their contin- hours should also be avoided. all Indian nationals arriving in category silver medal five years a medal on the opening day shattered. The 2016 experience was a uous hard work, motivation 6 * 7 + While traveling on roads, Afghanistan are advised to reg- after leaving the same platform competitions. “I am very happy, I have watershed in her career and and training,” she added. % maintain distance from possi- ister with the Embassy. in tears following a disastrous The diminutive iron lady been dreaming of this for the Chanu had spoken about how Continued on Page 9 L ,*() ble targets like military con- Continued on Page 9 business-to-business (B2B) !" # exhibitions will also be allowed, but only with business visitors, #% % % the guidelines said. & The order also directed '' & 9:;:,# that number of people allowed at marriage functions and last n the latest unlock guidelines rites will be raised to 100 from !" #$!# '( ( Iissued on Saturday for the Monday. ) * national Capital, the Delhi Spas can also open from + %, Metro and public buses in the July 26 but their all employees -, . / city will operate at full seating have to be fully vaccinated or 0 capacity, while cinema halls, undergo RT-PCR test fort- & theatres and multiplexes will nightly, the DDMA said. Delhi 1 open with 50 per cent occu- faced a brutal second wave of pancy from Monday. the pandemic that claimed a 2 3 & The city witnessed an large number of lives daily. The unprecedented surge of cases rapid rise in the number of % and deaths during the second (DDMA) said the Delhi Metro, cases led to a shortage of med- & '' wave of coronavirus in April the city’s lifeline, will be allowed ical oxygen at various city hos- and May. The situation seems to operate with 100 per cent pitals. % % to have been improving over seating capacity from Monday On April 20, the city had ) the past few weeks, allowing the but no standing passenger will reported a record 28,395 cases. + Government to reopen the city be allowed. On April 22, the case positivi- 2 in a phased manner. Cinema halls, theatres and ty rate was 36.2 per cent, the -2. % The latest unlock guide- multiplexes will be allowed to highest so far. At 448, the %% % % lines by the Delhi Disaster open with 50 per cent seating highest number of deaths was # & ' '&45 * Management Authority capacity from July 26, while reported on May 3. (!! )# & more than 50 people were of people in other districts like () * killed in a massive landslide on Ratnagiri (1200), Raigad ! " During investigation and Friday. He assured the affected (1000), Satara (734) and Pune scrutiny of documents, the & ;#92679 people that the State (263). # $ CBI reportedly found that cer- Government would, apart from Due to heavy rainfall in the tain gun dealers in connivance ecretary of State Antony giving compensation to the district and heavy discharge with District Magistrates were SBlinken will raise issues of affected families, undertake from the Koyna dam, rivers in %&' allegedly issued such illegal human rights and democracy <" rehabilitation of the displaced the district, including the arms licences. The persons with Indian officials during his people across the coastal Panchgana breached the dan- who got these licences were not first visit to New Delhi as the ore than 89,000 people Konkan region and other parts ger mark and contributed to According to a statement residents of the places from two nations have more values Mwere evacuated from the of the State. inundation in many areas in & /< issued by the CBI headquarters, where the said arms licences in common on those fronts rain-ravaged coastal Konkan As many as 89,333 people Sangli and Kolhapur districts. “CBI had registered two cases were issued. than otherwise, according to a than we don’t,” Dean region and several parts of were rendered homeless as On its part, the district admin- he CBI on Saturday con- on the request of J&K Senior IAS officer Dr senior US official. Blinken is Thompson, the Acting western Maharashtra as multi- they were evacuated in various istration evacuated people from Tducted searches at around Government and further noti- Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who scheduled to arrive in New Assistant Secretary of State for ple agencies continued rescue flood-affected districts of low-lying areas with help of 40 locations in Srinagar, fication from Government of served as DM in three districts Delhi late on July 27. South and Central Asian and relief operations in the coastal Konkan region and NDRF and local teams. Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, India, and taken over the inves- of Reasi, Udhampur and During his stay in the Affairs, told reporters during a flood-affected areas of the State several parts of Western Apart from the heavy rain, Anantnag, Baramulla and tigation of two FIRs i.e No.18 Kathua during the said period country, he will meet Prime conference call ahead of the on Saturday. Maharashtra. the discharge of huge volumes Delhi, including the premises of 2018 dated 17.05.2018, ear- of investigation, posted a tweet Minister Narendra Modi and visit. Despite a let-up in the rain Sangli district in western of water from Almatti dam is of two IAS officers, in the on- lier registered at Police Station confirming the raid at his res- External Affairs Minister S “We believe India is going in most parts of the State, Maharashtra bore maximum contributing to the flood situ- going investigation of a case Vigilance Organisation idence. “With reference to Jaishankar. The Ministry of to be a really important part of large parts of western brunt of the flood situation ation in Kolhapur district.