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WEATHER After Samjhauta, Kashmir curbs eased J&K, Ladakh Pakistan to Generally cloudy sky. Strong surface winds suspend Thar during the day. The maximum and UTs to come into Express service minimum temperatures would be around 34 and 27 degrees Celsius respectively. ISLAMABAD, 9 AUGUST RAINFALL: 00.9 MM for Friday prayers being on 31 Oct Pakistan on Friday anno- RELATIVE HUMIDITY Prohibitory orders withdrawn in Jammu; schools, colleges to reopen unced that it will sus- Max.84% Min.67% PRESS TRUST OF INDIA pend the Thar Express TEMPERATURE SNS & PTI NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST 2ND BIRTH train service with India Max: 34.0°C (0) Min: 28.4°C (1) SRINAGAR/JAMMU, 9 AUGUST ‘SITUATION NORMAL’ which links the two coun- SUN RISES SUN SETS President Ram Nath Kovind tries across the Rajasthan 05:48 hrs 19:06 hrs fter being con- With no unto- on Friday gave assent to a JAMMU & border, a day after it MOON RISES MOON SETS fined to their ward incident, legislation for bifurcation KASHMIR stopped the Samjhauta 15:12 hrs 01:56 hrs homes for days, the situation, of Jammu and Kashmir, and Express following its deci- LADAKH people in Kash- as of now, was two Union Territories ~ sion to downgrade bilat- mirA offered Friday prayers Jammu and Kashmir, and eral ties. reported to be in their local mosques as fine in Srina- Ladakh ~ will come into Minister for Railways THUMBNAILS restrictions were eased for gar city and existence on 31 October. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on the purpose, officials said, south Kash- Parliament had earlier Friday announced the deci- adding the Valley was large- mir, officials this week given its nod to � President Ram sion to suspend the services ly peaceful barring minor said. Minor the legislation for bifurcating Nath Kovind on Fri- of Thar Express and said that incidents of stone pelting incidents of the state, a bold and far- day gave assent to the last train would leave in the apple-town of Sopore stone pelting reaching decision that the legislation for for India late Friday night, in north Kashmir. were reported seeks to redraw the map and bifurcation of the official APP news agency People, who have been from Sopore future of a region at the cen- Jammu and Kashmir reported. virtually been kept indoors town tre of a protracted militancy � Prime Minister “As long as I am the because of heavy security movement. Narendra Modi, in a Railways Minister, the ser- deployment in the wake of � The clampdown in � On Friday, people � The decision to The President has given televised address to vices of Thar and Samjhau- removal of special status for Kashmir was imposed were allowed to go to ease the restrictions assent to the Jammu and the nation on Thurs- ta Express would remain Jammu and Kashmir and on Monday, hours mosques in their lo- was taken after NSA Kashmir Reorganisation day, sought to assu- suspended,” he was quot- bifurcation of the state, before the Centre calities without being Ajit Doval directed Act, 2019, a home ministry age the concerns of ed as saying. were allowed to go to revoked J&K's special subjected to question- authorities to ensure official said. “In exercise of the people saying The Thar Express has be- mosques in their localities status and split it into ing by security per- that no Kashmiris are the powers conferred by Jammu and Kashmir en running between Jodh- without being questioned two Union territories sonnel harassed clause (a) of section 2 of the will not remain a pur's Bhagat ki Kothi stati- by security personnel. Jammu and Kashmir Reor- Union Territory for on to Karachi every Friday long. With no untoward inci- ganisation Act, 2019 (34 of night since services res- dent, the situation, as of now, 2019), the Central Gov- umed on February 18, 2006 was reported to be fine in Yechury, D Raja detained at airport ernment hereby appoints ry of Jammu and Kashmir after a 41-year suspension. Srinagar city and south STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE stopped Congress leader unwell”.The party strong- the 31st day of October, will have a legislature like Ahmed said 133 km Kashmir, the officials said, JAMMU, 9 AUGUST Ghulam Nabi Azad at the ly protested "this illegal 2019, as the appointed Puducherry and Ladakh new track was built with the but added that reports from Srinagar airport and sent detention." It said deten- day for the purposes of the will be a UT like Chandi- cost of Rs 13 billion for all areas are yet to arrive. Communist Party of India him back to Delhi. tion of its leader "shows said Act,” a home ministry garh, without legislature. Thar Express and now the Jaitley in AIIMS ICU: Former Finance Minister The Jammu district (Marxist) leader Sitaram The CPI(M) said in a the authoritarian face of notification said. In both UTs, key sub- track would be used for Thar Arun Jaitley was admitted to the AIIMS in administration on Friday Yechury and CPI leader D tweet that Yechury has the Government”. Three days after the jects such as law and order coal project. Delhi on Friday after he complained of withdrew prohibitory orders Raja were on Friday being detained at Srinagar Prior to his departure, far-reaching decision to will be with the Centre. Since its resumption, the breathlessness and restlessness. He is under- under CrPC Section 144 "detained" at the Srinagar Airport and was not Yechury had tweeted that abrogate the special sta- The UT of Jammu and Thar Express has been going treatment in the Intensive Care Unit imposed here on August 5 airport when they landed allowed to move anywhere he and Raja were flying on tus given to Jammu and Kashmir will have a Lieu- popular with people visit- under the supervision of a multidisciplinary in view of the Centre abro- there amid security clam- despite “informing the the 9.55 am IndiGo flight Kashmir under Article 370 tenant Governor and the ing families across the team of doctors. The AIIMS, in a statement, gating constitutional pro- pdown in the valley fol- administration about his to meet comrade Yousuf and bifurcate the state, maximum strength of its Rajasthan border, and for said, “Arun Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS visions that accorded spe- lowing scrapping of the visit to meet CPI(M) for- Tarigami and other party Prime Minister Narendra assembly will be of 107 Pakistani Hindus who plan today morning. He is currently undergoing cial status to Jammu and Article 370. The authori- mer MLA Mohammad members in Jammu and Modi, in a televised address which will be enhanced to to migrate to India. treatment in the Intensive Care Unit under Kashmir. ties had on Thursday Yousuf Tarigami who is Kashmir. to the nation on Thursday, 114 after a delimitation The Samjhauta Express the supervision of a multidisciplinary team of According to the order sought to assuage con- exercise. Twenty-four seats was held up at Wagah on doctors. At present, he is haemodynamically issued by Jammu District cerns of the people saying of the Assembly will con- Thursday for some time by stable.” P6 Magistrate Sushma August 10. km from Srinagar, but was to offer Friday prayers in Jammu and Kashmir will tinue to remain vacant as Pakistan authorities, citing Chauhan, all schools, col- The officials said there contained immediately local mosques, the offi- not remain a Union Ter- they fall under Pakistan- security concerns. An Indi- Rahul speaks to PM: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leges and academic insti- were minor incidents of and the crowd dispersed. cials said, as security forces ritory for long. occupied Kashmir (PoK). an locomotive then brought on Friday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi tutions may resume their stone pelting in Sopore Restrictions were eased were put on high alert According to the legis- The UT of Ladakh will the train to its side of the on the flood situation in Kerala and sought assis- functioning normally from town of north Kashmir, 50 to allow people in Kashmir across the Valley. lation, the Union Territo- have Kargil and Leh districts. border. PTI tance for those affected in the State, including in his constituency Wayanad. Gandhi called Modi and asked for relief and assistance to those affected. “Spoke to the Prime Minister seeking all possible assistance for the people severely affected by Heavy rains lash Kerala; death toll at 28 the floods and landslides in the state, especially in Pakistan must Wayanad. The PM has assured to provide any STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE padi, Wayanad where a assistance required to mitigate the effects of the T’PURAM, 9 AUGUST huge landslide occurred, accept new disaster,” Gandhi tweeted from his Wayanad MP and one more team is on twitter handle. Unabated heavy rains lashed the way to Wayanad. The Kerala with a fury on Friday area has been cut off as there reality: India DMK wins Vellore LS seat: In a nail biting finish, too, triggering landslides and is no connectivity. Accord- DMK's D M Kathir Anand on Friday won the Vel- floods in many parts of the ing to latest reports, three STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE lore Lok Sabha segment defeating his nearest state. Kerala chief minister bodies have been recovered NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST rival, AIADMK's ally A C Shanmugam, by a nar- Pinarayi Vijayan said 28 from the area. row margin of 8,141 votes. The result came as people have died over the As many as 40 people are New Delhi on Friday said a setback to the AIADMK which was hoping to past three days in rain- feared trapped under debris Pakistan was feeling nervous retain the seat and prove a point after it related incidents in the after a massive landslide since the abrogation of faced a near rout in the April Lok Sabha elec- state, which is again at the occurred at Bhoodhanam Article 370 of the Consti- tions with the DMK-led alliance winning 37 of receiving end of the nature's near Kavalappara in Nil- tution in Jammu and Kash- the 38 constituencies then. The DMK candi- fury. ambur in Malappuram dis- mir and its bifurcation date bagged 4,85,340 votes and garnered a Four members of a fam- trict. An entire village has would lead to the overall 47.3 per cent vote share. P6 ily were killed when the reportedly been buried in development of the region, Pakistan PM Imran two-storied house they had a landslide that occurred on thus nullifying its justifica- Prannoy Roy stopped from leaving country: moved into a day before col- Thursday evening tion for cross-border ter- Khan accused India News television network NDTV's founders lapsed in Kunduthodu near The rain that has batte- rorism. of creating a “war- Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika, facing an Edavanna in Malappuram red Kozhikode district cla- “It’s time for Pakistan to like” situation simi- alleged corruption case, were prevented from district following heavy Rescue personnel evacuate families at Eloor, in Ernakulam district, in Kerala on Friday. AFP imed five more lives. The accept the reality (about the lar to the post-Pul- flying abroad on Friday on the basis of a rains on Friday morning. bodies of MakkoolMuha- new status of J & K) and stop wama terror “preventive” lookout circular issued by the CBI. In According to the police, night. pany's canteen, were men, two women and two mmed Haji and Shareef- interfering in the internal a statement, NDTV said Roy and his wife were the family shifted to their Nearly 100 acres of tea washed away on Thursday children were recovered Sakhafi, who went missing affairs of India,’’ External attack to divert stopped from travelling abroad on the basis of newly-built house after estate land, along with a evening in Puthumala, near from the spot. NDRF per- in the river at Valayannur Affairs Ministry spokesper- the world's atten- “a fake and wholly unsubstantiated corruption heavy rains flooded their old temple, mosque, post office Meppadi in Wayanad dis- sonnel rescued 54 people near Kuttiyadi, were recov- son Raveesh Kumar said at tion from Kashmir case initiated by the CBI” two years ago. P6 house, located nearby, last and the plantation com- trict. The bodies of two from Puthumala in Mep- ered. (SEE ALSO P7) a media briefing. He said Islamabad’s fear was that it would no longer be able to closed its air space. Only re- mislead the people of J & routing has been done. Bollywood tops K and promote its agenda. On Pakistan taking up CEC rules out return to ballot papers Film Awards Reiterating that India the J & K issue with the UN regretted the ‘unilateral’ Security Council, the STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Juridical Sciences and IIM (Cal- When asked whether the NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST steps taken by Pakistan like spokesperson said India KOLKATA, 9 AUGUST cutta) on Friday and Saturday. National Register of Citizens downgrading diplomatic had briefed almost all for- We are not going When asked about the pos- (NRC), a hugely contentious Gujarati film Hellaro bagged ties, stopping bilateral trade eign countries and inter- The Chief Election Commis- back to the era of sibility of holding assembly issue in Assam, will be imple- the best film honour at the and suspending the national organisations that sioner (CEC), Mr Sunil Arora, ballot papers.The elections in Jammu and Kash- mented in West Bengal, Arora 66th National Film Awards ‘Samjhauta’ Express, he changing the status of J & on Friday categorically dis- mir, where the House was dis- said the matter was being on Friday while Bollywood reiterated that Islamabad K was entirely an internal missed the demand for doing Supreme Court solved in November last year, looked at by the Supreme Court. films Andhadhun, Uri: The had resorted to these mea- matter of India. "We have away with EVMs and bringing has more than Arora said it could happen “Let the Supreme Court Surgical Strike and Badhaai sures to present an ‘alarm- told them that the Consti- back ballot papers, citing orders once said that only after a formal communi- come out with a verdict. At the Ho bagged multiple reco- ing picture’ of bilateral ties. tution is a sovereign juris- passed by the Supreme Court ballot papers are cation was received from the moment it is for Assam. The gnitions. ‘’They (Pakistan) wanted to diction…what we have done in the past. union home ministry and the Supreme Court has not given Directed by Abhishek give an impression that in J & K is an internal mat- He also said assembly elec- our past. ministry of law and justice. the verdict. I cannot give a Shah, Hellaro is set in Gu- something big is going to ter of India.’’ However, if Pak- tions in Jammu and Kashmir “We are waiting for the for- verdict and cannot forecast,” jarat's Kutch region and happen (in India-Pakistan istan still continued to inter- will be held only after receiv- - Sunil Arora mal communication from the he said. explores the theme of relations) which is not the nationalise the issue, India ing a formal communation home and law ministries,” he Addressing rallies during women empowerment. case,’’ he added. would decide what it need- from the union ministries of said. The Centre had on Mon- the Lok Sabha polls, Prime The film also bagged the spe- On whether Indian High ed to do. home, and law and justice to Raj Thackeray, have repeated- at the Kolkata airport. Baner- day abrogated provisions of Arti- Minister Narendra Modi and BJP cial jury award shared by Commissioner to Pakistan The spokesperson noted that effect. ly claimed that Electronic Vot- jee has often said that EVMs cle 370 of the Constitution that chief Amit Shah had made a its 13 leading ladies. Uri won Ajay Bisaria has returned to that reactions have come West Bengal Chief Minister ing Machines could be tam- were earlier used in granted special status to Jammu strong pitch for NRC in West Aditya Dhar a best director New Delhi following his from certain countries like Mamata Banerjee and a host pered with and demanded a developed countries like the and Kashmir and split the state Bengal. The purpose of the award and Vicky Kaushal the expulsion by Islamabad, the UAE, the Maldives and of other opposition leaders, return to ballot papers. USA, UK, France and Germany into two Union Territories. NRC, which is being updated best actor prize, shared he said, "He is not in Delhi. Sri Lanka which clearly including TDP's N Chan- “We are not going back to but they all reverted to ballot The UT comprising Jammu in Assam under the apex court's with Ayushmann Khuran- We have asked Pakistan to suggest that Pakistan has drababu Naidu, Farooq Abdul- the era of ballot papers. The papers. and Kashmir division will have supervision, is to identify na for Andhadhun. Keerthy review their decision. The not succeeded in its lah of the National Confer- Supreme Court has more than Arora is in the city to attend a legislative assembly like Delhi, bonafide Indian citizens living Suresh was adjudged best timing of his return will be attempts to garner the sup- ence and Maharashtra Navnir- once said that ballot papers are events organised by the West while Ladakh will not have in the state and weed out ille- actress for her role in Maha- determined later.’’ He also port of the international man Sena (MNS) president our past,” Arora told reporters Bengal National University of one like Chandigarh. gal migrants. nati. PTI (SEE P6) denied that Pakistan has community. It is time for Pak to accept the reality (of revoking of Art 370) and stop interfering in the internal affairs of another country

RAVEESH KUMAR 02 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SPOKESPERSON THUMBNAILS HC declines PIL on AAP govt has Man held for sending not fulfilled Batla House film promises: PTI Gupta threat mails to Kejri NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE analysis of inputs collected party. The Delhi High Court on Fri- NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST regarding origin of emails, con- When it did not make day declined to entertain a nected mobile phone and IP waves as he had anticipated, PIL seeking to stop the Slamming AAP govern- Mumbai-based logs, the teams were rushed he decided to send threat release of the film Batla ment, the Leader of Oppo- delivery boy was to Mumbai and Kanpur (UP) mails to senior political lead- House, which is slated to hit sition in Delhi Assembly, arrested yesterday for locating the suspected ers, police said. theatres on Independence Vijender Gupta, today for allegedly sending user of the relevant email id, He sent another threat- Day, as the petitioner had said that Delhi govern- multipleA threat emails to Roy said. ening mail of an impending not seen the movie. the PIL petitioner, Aamir ment has not fulfilled political leaders, including The suspect, however, had bomb blast to a national “What is so obnoxious Rashadi Madani, sought even a single promise in Delhi chief minister Arvind gone underground and was political party's headquarters about the film? You (peti- liberty to move the single totality. Kejriwal, and parties. leaving very few digital foot- in New Delhi, the DCP said. tioner, his lawyers) have judge with their plea, the Dismissing AAP's claim The accused, Abhishek prints. With deep analysis of The mobile phone used by not seen the film. Out of trail- bench declined to grant that it has fulfilled all its Tiwari, 28, was arrested from technical inputs, his loca- the accused to send the emails er nothing can be done. any such relief. promises, Gupta alleged: a 'chawl' in Nala Sopara area tion was traced to Nala Sopara, has been recovered and sub- Then why should we hear “If you want to with- "The truth remains that of Mumbai, police said. Tiwari Cyber crime unit from the Mumbai, a densely populat- jected to cyber forensic analy- you,” a bench of Chief Jus- draw, you can. But we will AAP Government has not hails from Unnao in Uttar office of the Delhi CM regard- ed area, the DCP said. sis. Further investigation was tice D N Patel and Justice C not grant you any liberty fulfilled even a single Pradesh but has been living ing the threatening emails in The police team in Mum- in progress, the officer Hari Shankar asked. whatsoever,” the court said. promise in totality. AAP's in Nala Sopara since 2016. He which the sender was allege- bai searched hundreds of added. Taking note of the view The PIL had alleged that most cherished and pub- works as a delivery boy of a ly giving life threats to Kejri- chawls there until the accused In January this year, a 24- expressed by the bench, the film raises a question licized Delhi Janlokpal furniture foam distributor wal, said Anyesh Roy, deputy was finally nabbed from a year-old man was reported- the plea by a resident of Aza- mark on Khan, who hails Bill, swaraj bill, Mohalla there. commissioner of police, Cyber chawl there, he said. ly arrested for allegedly send- mgarh in Uttar Pradesh was from Azamgarh, and Ahmed, sabhas remained a distant Tiwari also allegedly sent Prevention, Awareness and During interrogation, ing an email to the Delhi withdrawn as not pressed as well as others living in that dream," adding: "Also the Vice President, M Venkaiah a bomb threat mail to the Indi- Detection Centre (CyPAD) Tiwari disclosed that he want- CM's office, threatening to at this stage. area. progress in much hyped Naidu planting a sapling at an National Congress's head- of Delhi Police. ed to do "something big" to abduct his daughter. He want- Ariz Khan, facing trial in It had also claimed that health sector also the premises of Parliament, quarters in New Delhi, police Three police teams of the draw the attention of people. ed to draw the attention of a the Batla House encounter the film was not based on remained elusive during on the occasion of comple- said. Cyber unit were immediate- The first such email he sent high-profile person in order case, and Shahzad real and correct facts which the last five years. The tion of two years in office, in A complaint was recent- ly formed for arresting the to a Mumbai municipal office- to get better treatment for his Ahmed, who has appealed have been allegedly “dis- promised 900 new pri- the Capital on Friday SNS ly received at Delhi Police's accused. Based on technical bearer of a major political psychiatric issues. against his conviction and torted and twisted” to gain mary health centers life sentence in the same “cheap publicity”. (PHCs) and 30000 addi- Court sends lobbyist matter, have already moved It had also alleged that tional beds never mate- Deepak Talwar to judicial the high court to postpone the film would hurt the reli- rialized. No new hospital custody in aviation scam: the film's release on the gious sentiments of Muslims. or bed was added." A Delhi court Friday sent ground that proceedings The encounter took place Gupta further alleged corporate lobbyist Deep- Delhi BJP intensifies membership drive in their cases would be on September 19, 2008, that not a single extra ak Talwar to judicial cus- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE decision of Prime Minister Chahal said: "The BJP including national vice pres- affected. when a team of the Delhi bus has been added in the tody in connection with an NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Narendra Modi to abolish workers will also apprise ident and state in-charge Both Khan and Ahmad Police Special Cell raided a fleet. aviation scam which Articles 370 and 35A, which the people of Jammu and Shyam Jaju, are also facing trial in the flat in Batla House in south "The AAP promised in allegedly led to losses for The Delhi BJP has decided gave special status to Jammu Kashmir, who are residing national secretary Arun 2008 Delhi serial bomb blast Delhi's Jamia Nagar on a tip its manifesto to set up Air India. Special Judge to intensify the party mem- and Kashmir, and as a result in Delhi and the national Singh, state BJP president case and have contended off that the alleged terror- women's security force Arvind Kumar sent Talwar bership drive in the final of that bold decision by our capital territory (NCR) Manoj Tiwari, state organ- that the movie would affect ists involved in the Sep- made up of 10000 strong to jail after CBI produced phase of its "Sangathan Prime Minister they are region, about the benefits isational secretary Sid- proceedings in that matter tember 13, 2008 serial blasts guards and 5000 bus mar- him before court on expiry Parv-Sadasyata Abhiyan" joining the BJP in large of abolishing Articles 370 and dharthan, and Leader of also. in the national capital were shals to prevent and deter of his custodial interroga- campaign. numbers". 35A." the Opposition in the Delhi Their plea is being heard holed up there. crime on public trans- tion. CBI told the court Delhi BJP general secre- He claimed, "Some peo- The BJP launched the Assembly Vijender Gupta by a single judge who will During the raid, a dec- port remained a distant that accused was not tary Kuljeet Singh Chahal ple are also visiting the ten-day membership drive had initiated the party mem- continue to hear it on August orated police officer ~ dream. The surksha but- required for further inter- said, "The people of Delhi party office with great enthu- on 2 August. bership drive along with 13. Inspector M C Sharma~ ton in DTC buses is still rogation. PTI are very happy with the siasm." Senior BJP leaders, party workers. When the lawyers for was killed. a dream."

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Ran- ordered that defendant(s)/ Tuesday, the 10th Day of Sep- O'clock, to answer the same, Seal of the Court tember 2019, 12.00 noon, failing which the suit will be xyz-5434 Junior Division Faridabad, Haryan. jeet Enterprises, Through its respondent(s) should appear Anand Mangal Banquet, Sec- disposed of ex-parte. Gurugram. Whereas it has been proved Proprietor, Sh. Davinder Singh, in person or through coun- IN THE COURT OF sel on 14-08-2019 at 10 a.m. tor 23, Dwarka Link Road, Given under my hand and Case No. CS/1791/2019 to the satisfaction of this r/o A2/238, First Floor, SH. NARESH KUMAR LAKA CNR No. HRGR02-002340- For details logon to : Dwarka, Delhi-110077. the Seal of the Court, on this Addl. District Judge-03 Court that the you cannot be Janakpuri, New Delhi. 3rd day of July, 2019. 2019 https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?t VASTU Complaint 4 BHK Copies of the said Scheme, Room No. 316, 3rd Floor, served in the ordinary way rs=district_notice&dis- Additional District Judge- Next Date : 11-09-2019 at 10- Defendant No. 2: Sh. Avtar ready flat for sale at the Explanatory Statement South East District, trict=gurugram Panditia Road, Hazra Area, 01 00 a.m. of service. Hence this procla- Singh, s/o Sh. Rajinder Singh, under Sections 393 (1) (a) (b) Saket Court Complex, Given under my hand and Kolkata-700029. Call: South West District, Krishna mation under Order 5 Rule 20 r/o RZ-17A, Dabri Mor, Gali and 173 of the Companies New Delhi. the Seal of the Court this 08-08- 9051511111. Dwarka Court Versus Act, 1956, read with Section 393 PC No. 48/2019 CPC is hereby issued against No. 5, Raghu Nagar, New Delhi- 2019. (B0381) New Delhi-110075. General Public Prem Prakash Sharma him/them and should appear 110045. Additional Civil Judge (3) of the Companies Act, 1956 Seal of the Court Notice to Defendant-1 Gen- and form of proxy can be — Petitioner personally or through their Whereas you are inten- (Senior Division), xyz-5431 eral Public Versus tionally evading service of Gurugram. obtained free of charge from In above titled case the counsel on 20-08-2019 at 10-00 25-08-2019 onwards on all PUBLICATION NOTICE State & Anr. summons it is hereby noti- Seal of the Court DEFENDANTS — RespondentS defendant(s)/respondent(s) a.m. xyz-5440 e-TENDERS are hereby working days except Satur- fied that if you shall not (Order 5 Rule 20 of the Code To, could not be served. It is Take notice that in default of invited from the eligible days, Sundays & Public Holi- of Civil Procedure) 1. The State ordered that defendant(s)/ his/their appearance on the defend the case on the 12th contactors / suppliers for days on a requistion being respondent(s) should appear day of September, 2019 the IN THE COURT OF 2. Kshitiz Mehta, r/o 107/6, day abovementioned, the the Internal so made for the same by the SH. H.S. JAGGI Juhu Tarang, New D.N. Nagar, in person or through coun- day fixed for the final dis- Electrification works as abovesaid case will be heard Creditors of the Applicant ADJ South-West-02 Andheri (W), Mumbai-400053. sel on 11-09-2019 at 10 a.m. posal, it will be heard and specified in NIT No.: 671 / Company to the Office of the For details logon to : and determined in his/their THE UNIVERSITY Court No. 310, 3rd Floor Whereas a petition U/S determined ex-parte. BPM / N- 31 / 2019; dated: Attorney of the Applicant District Court Complex 276/278 of the Indian Suc- https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?t absence. OF BURDWAN Given under my hand and 08.08.2019 (Closing date: Company or the registered Dwarka, New Delhi. cession Act, 1925, for grant rs=district_notice&dis- Given under my hand and For Research Assistant 12.09.2019, 4.00 p.m.). For address of the Company men- Suit No. GP No. 01/2018 of Probate/Letters of Admin- trict=gurgaon the Seal of the Court, this 2nd xyz-5441 the Seal of this Court this of a ICSSR funded project details please contact S.K. Sharma istration in respect of the Given under my hand and day of August, 2019. tioned hereinbelow. visit: www.buruniv.ac.in the office of the Versus immovable/movable proper- the Seal of the Court this 16-09- 08th day of August, 2019. Civil Judge Persons entitled to attend PI Chairman, Buniadpur IN THE COURT OF Renu Sharma ties left by Late Smt. Pushpa 2019. Civil Judge Dwarka Courts Municipality, Dakshin and vote at the meetings may SH. DHEERAJ MITTAL (B0379) vote in person or by proxy, 1. Smt. Renu Sharma, w/o Rani Sharma, w/o Late Col. Civil Judge Junior Division South-West, District Dinajpur. ARC/ACJ/CCJ, NDD, Shri Trilok Kachwaal, s/o Shri B.P. Sharma, r/o B-237, Greater Junior Division provided that all proxies in Gurgaon. New Delhi. Chairman Court No. 3, Ground Floor, Jagdish Kachwaal, r/o At Post Kailash-I, New Delhi-110048. Gurugram. Buniadpur Municipality the prescribed form are Seal of the Court Seal of the Court Patiala House Courts, Office, Ramgarh Shekhawati, Notice is hereby given to Seal of the Court (B0382) deposited at the registered New Delhi. District Sikar, Tehsil Fathehpur, the General Public having any xyz-5438 xyz-5439 xyz-5435 Office of the Applicant Com- Petition No. SC-83/2019. Pin-331024, Rajasthan. NOTICE Inviting e-Ten- pany, not later than Forty Anjali Singhal & Anr. Also at: 2. Smt. Renu Shar- der – Sealed tenders are Eight (48) hours before the Versus I, PRAMJEET Kaur, w/o Prab- ma, d/o Shri Mohan Lal Shar- hereby invited from the scheduled time of the com- The State & Ors. ma, r/o 5-E/7, Kudi Bha- hujeet Singh Bajwa, r/o B-47, Jhilmil Colony, Delhi-110095, eligible contractors in mencement of the aforesaid FOR SUCCESSION gatansani Houseing Board, have changed my name from connection with the exe- meeting. Forms of proxy can CERTIFICATE UNDER INDIAN District Jodhpur, Pin-342005, Pramjeet Kaur to Paramjit cution of 25 Nos. of SUCCESSION ACT, 1925. Rajasthan. be obtained from the Office of KOLKATA SILIGURI BANGALORE Kaur Bajwa for all future pur- works. The details of the To, Whereas you are inten- the Attorney of the Applicant poses as per affidavit sworn NIT No. 12 & NIeT No. 13 of All Concerned. tionally avoiding services of Statesman House, 13A, Dabgram Industrial No. 68, First Floor, Gold Tower, Company mentioned herein- Whereas in the abovenoted 4, Chowringhee Square Growth Centre, before Notary Public Delhi on 19-20 will be available in below. summons. It is hereby notifed 50 Residency Road, Bangalore- 8th August, 2019. the Dist. Website & Office. petition the applicant/peti- that if you shall not defend the Kolkata-700 001 The Court has appointed P.O. Satellite Township, xyz-5437 Later will also be avail- tioner has applied for Suc- case on the day of 31-08-2019 Mr. Lalit Kumar Gupta as the Tel: (033) 22127070-76, Siliguri-734015 560025. able in the website: cession Certificate to the at 10.00 a.m. i.e. the day fixed I, RAKHY Barua, W/o. Chairman and Mr. Gautam (033) 41071700 http://wbtenders.gov.in Hon'ble Court under Section in the matter, it will be heard Tel: 2568615, 2568063 and Tel.; 080-22229129, 080-22234813 Biswajit Barua, residing at 8, Fax: (033) 2212-6181 / 7107-1780 Sd/- Mehta as alternate Chairman 372 of the Indian Succession and determined ex-parte. 2568787. Fax: (0353) 2568296, Email: Banerjee Lane, P.O.: both of whom are appointed Email: Addl. Executive Officer Act, 1925 in respect of the Given udner my hand and Email: Ranaghat, Dist.: Nadia, Pin- for the purposes of the afore- debts and securities any per- [email protected] 741201, West Bengal, have Murshidabad the Seal of the Court on this [email protected] [email protected] mentioned meeting. The son having a claim against changed my name to Rakhi Zilla Parishad 29th July, 2019. [email protected] MUMBAI abovementioned compromise or an interest in the Estate ADJ City Office: 3rd Floor, Rina Barua, vide Affidavit Num. - (B0376) [email protected] or arrangement, if approved of the deceased Late Ashok South-West-02 Bhawan, Opp. HDFC Bank, 1464/19 dated 02.08.2019. 5, Kasturi Buildings, Jamshedji by the meeting, will be subject Kumar Gupta, who died on District Court Complex xyz-5442 DELHI Panitanki More, Sevoke Rd., (B0375) 16-03-2017 at All India Institute Tata Road, Mumbai-400 020 COMPANY to the subsequent approval of Dwarke, New Delhi. I, SHAISHTA Khan, W/o. of Medical Sciences, New Statesman House, Siliguri-734015. the Court. Seal of the Court IN THE COURT OF Tel: (022) 2202 1045, Imran Khan, R/o. 44B, Karl NOTICES 148, Barakhamba Road, Registered Address of Appli- Delhi, are required to send xyz-5432 SH. H.S. JAGGI Ph.: 0353-2524077 Marx Sarani, C.G.R. Road, particulars thereof in writing ADJ South-West-02 New Delhi-110 001 Email: cant: Iyogi Technical Services PROCLAMATION REQUIRING Kolkata-700023 hereby to the undersigned Court, to Court No. 310, 3rd Floor, SHIMLA IN THE HIGH COURT OF Pvt. Ltd. 2nd Floor, 16/1 Doc- ATTENDANCE OF Tel: (011) 2331 5911 [email protected] affirm that my name has be standing in the name of District Court Complex, DELHI AT NEW DELHI tor's Lane, Gole Market, New DEFENDANT 3/10, INS Building Cabin No. 305, P. C. Chambers changed from Shaishta to deceased. PC No. 18/2019 ORIGINAL COMPANY Delhi-110001. (Order 5, Rule 20 of the Code (3rd floor) Rafi Marg, [email protected] Shaishta Khan, vide affi- Whereas the 31-10-2019 at 10 Vijay Prakash Pandey Near Jodha Niwas JURISDICTION of Civil Procedure) davit sworn before the Ld. Mr. Lalit Kumar Gupta & O'clock in the forenoon has — Petitioner New Delhi-110 001, The Mall Shimla-171001, H.P. CHENNAI In the matter of Scheme of In the Court of 1st Class Judicial Mr. Gautam Mehta, been fixed for hearing of the Versus Tel: (011) 2371 8434 Magistrate Alipore No. 28628 Compromise/Agreement, (Chairperson) & application notice is hereby Sh. Balwant Rai Bansal Tel: 0177-2815000 The State Fagun Mansion (4th floor), 26, dated 12.06.19. Henceforth C.A. (M) No. 135 of 2016 (Alternate Chairperson) given to all concerned. Addl. District Judge-05 Ishan House (2nd floor) Email: — Respondent Ethiraj Road, Chennai-600 008, Shaishta Khan and Shaishta Between Seal of the Court Given under my hand and Court No. 301, Third Floor CITATION UNDER INDIAN A-90, Sector II, NOIDA, [email protected] South-West Distt., are same and identical per- Iyogi Technical Services Pri- Place : New Delhi the Seal of the Court on this SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 UP 201 301 Tel: (044) 28278037, 28224800 son. Dwarka Court CHANDIGARH vate Limited Dated : 08-08-2019 7th day of June, 2019. Whereas an application Email: (B0380) ARC/ACJ/CCJ, NDD, New Delhi. Tel: (0120) 3891800/810, And xyz-5444 under Section 276 of the Indi- SCO 56-57 (First Floor) Patiala House Courts, (CS/DJ/ADJ/248/2018) an Succession Act, 1925 for Email: [email protected] Creditors New Delhi. Ramesh Kumar Lakra grant of Probate/Letters of [email protected] Near G.P.O, Sectro-17D PUBLIC NOTICE CONVENING Seal of the Court — Petitioner Adminstration to the estate of Chandigarh-160017 LUCKNOW MEETINGS OF THE SECURED xyz-5430 Versus [email protected] & UNSECURED CREDITORS Late Smt. Chamela, w/o Late Tel: 0172-4184665/6 2/2, Butler Palace (Near Jopling NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Alok Rai Sh. R.B. Dubey, who died on 03- [email protected] MR. ROOPAM Minocha, s/o OF IYOGI TECHNICAL (ORDER 5, RULE 20 OF THE — Defendant 08-2018 has been made by For Advertisement: Email: Road), Lucknow-226 001, Late Mr. Hans Kumar, r/o Uday SERVICES PVT. LTD. To, PHONEX LOGISTICS CPC) Sh. Vijay Prakash Pandey, s/o [email protected] [email protected] Ph.: (0522) 2206705 park, New Delhi-49, the sole (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO PVT. LTD. (CFS) SUMMONS FOR Alok Rai, s/o Kuldeep Narain Late Shri Paras Nath Pandey surviving executor of the Will AS THE APPLICANT Rai, H. No. C-12/19, DLF Phase- New Paharpur Road SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES and Arvind Pandey, s/o Late HYDERABAD Email: of Late Mrs. Maya Kumar, w/o COMPANY) Kolkata-700066 In the Court of I, Golf Course Road, Guru- Shri Paras Nath Pandey, both BHUBANESWAR Late Mr. Dhanwant Kumar, is Notice is hereby given that gram (Haryana)-122001. The Statesman Limited, 2nd [email protected] Phonex CFS is organizing Dr. Vijay Kumar Dahiya r/o RZF-724/B, Raj Nagar, Part- called upon to accept/ by virtue of order dated 31-07- sale of Unclaimed / Also: Plot 3A, Zone B, Sector A, Additional District Judge-01 II, Palam Colony, New Delhi, in Floor, UNI Building, renounce the executorship 2019 passed in Company appli- Uncleared Cargo Materials 1020, Tower-A2, Floor-10, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, RANCHI Court No. 205, 2nd Floor, r/o the subject property in A.C. Guards, Hyderabad- in respect of her Will dated 05- cation (Main) No. 135/2016, lying in 20 ft. & 40 ft. con- South West District, Dwarka Spaze-I, I Tech. Park, Sohna last Will and Testament dated Bhubaneswar-751 010. 11/C, Road#1, Ashoknagar, 09-2002. Issued as per Sec- tainer under Section 48 of Road, Sector-49, Gurugram, 500004, the Hon'ble High Court of Court 11-08-2018 bearing No. RZ-F- Tel: (0674) 2588060/61/62/ tion 229 of the Indian Suc- Delhi has directed convening Customs Act., 1962, thru’ New Delhi-110075. Haryana-122002. 724-B, portion of Plot No. 13, Ranchi - 834 002 2586371, Telefax: 0674-2588061 Ph.: 040-2339 1739 cession Act, 1925. separate meetings of the online e-Auction on CS No. 1849/2018 Also: area measuring 50 Sq. Yds., out (Test Case No. 18/2016, next Fax: (0651) 2247054 Secured Creditors & Unse- 21.08.2019 (Wednesday). Corporation Bank Regus Office Centre, Level- of total 200 Sq. Yds., out of Email: Email: hearing on 27-08-2019, before Inspection till 19.08.2019. For cured Creditors of the appli- — Plaintiff 12, Building No. 8, Tower-C, Khasra No. 47/15/2, situated in [email protected] [email protected] Email: Delhi High Court.) details contact: MatexNet DLF Cyber City, Phase-2, Guru- cant Company for the pur- Versus the area of Village-Palam, [email protected] [email protected] Ravi Kumar Pvt. Ltd., Ph.: 4004 3578 / Ayush Chauhan & Ors. gram, Haryana-122002. Delhi State Delhi Colony W-155, Greater Kailash, pose of considering, and if 24660352, Visit: www. — Defendants The Defendant Abovenamed known as Raj Nagar-II, Palam AIR-SURCHARGE; Kathmandu - Re. 2, Eastern Region - Re. 1 Part-I though fit approving with or matexnetb2b.com E-mail: To, Whereas plaintiff has insti- Colony, New Delhi (hereinafter All other stations in India - Re. 1 New Delhi. without modification(s), the [email protected] 1. 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M VENKAIAH NAIDU VICE PRESIDENT NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 03 ‘Only Congress can fight AIPA head seeks CM’s intervention Kejri, Shekhawat launch pilot BJP-RSS’ communal agenda’ in admission denial STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE by govt school NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST project in Yamuna floodplains STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE The Delhi Pradesh Congress NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Delhi CM and Union water resources minister jointly inaugurate the rainwater conservation project Committee (DPCC) leaders today said that despite All India Parents Association STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE come back to the Yamuna pilot project for natural attempts to divide secular (AIPA) president Ashok NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST river through a natural water conservation would forces and create fear psy- Agarwal has sent a letter to process. show the way on how to chosis by divisive forces, the Delhi chief minister Arvind elhi chief minister The success of this pilot resolve the major problem Congress was still the "only the traders, farmers, labour- Kejriwal, highlighting the Arvind Kejriwal project of the Delhi gov- of depleting ground water. party which can fight against ers and other sections of issue of denial of admission and Union water ernment could prove to be Kejriwal said this pro- the communal agenda being society were all "resentful" to a student by a Delhi resources minis- a "milestone in water con- ject was not about reservoirs spread by the RSS and BJP in over the present situation. government school. Dter Gajendra Singh servation", the Union water near Yamuna. The Delhi the country". "An attempt is being made In his letter, the AIPA Shekhawat today jointly minister said. government was creating Hoisting the national flag to create a fear psychosis president stated that "14- inaugurated the project of Shekhawat laid stress on natural underground reser- at Hauz Qazi Chowk here, for- among them and the only way year-old Ruby had been a underground natural water not only the need for rain- voirs and underground water mer DPCC president Jai to counter such a situation student in Government reservoirs to conserve rain- water conservation but also would be recharged, not Prakash Agarwal said, "The is to strengthen the Con- Ucch Prathamik Vidyalaya, water in the Yamuna flood- on its "judicious use". the surface water. tricolour symbolises the vic- gress party, as this is the only Bharkuiya, Badaun, Uttar plains here. CM Kejriwal said the He said a lot of research tory of the Congress party over party which can fight against Pradesh from class I-VIII. Kejriwal has been mon- launch of the pilot project had already been done for communal and divisive forces, the communal agenda being She deregistered from the itoring this pilot project was a very big occasion for this project. Many presti- who worked to create dishar- spread by the RSS and BJP in school and obtained a regularly, according to the Delhi. gious institutions, including mony and divide the people the country," they said. Transfer Certificate (TC) Delhi government officials. unique experiment. I con- In this monsoon rain- “I am an engineer and I the IIT-Delhi, had done of India on communal basis, "The RSS and the BJP, from the school as she It is the country's first pro- gratulate you and I want this dependent pilot project, can say that science and research on this subject, at the time of the British rule through their divisive meth- recently shifted to Delhi". ject of its kind, which has pilot project to be a success. artificial reservoirs of one- technology can solve most but it was never imple- and such forces are at work ods, were trying to weaken Agarwal's letter to the been conceived in order to In the coming time, this metre depth are being cre- of the problems of society. mented. even now." and divide the Congress party Delhi CM further said: tackle water scarcity in the pilot project can become a ated in which floodwater will But this will be possible “No serious effort was The DPCC working pres- and the secular forces so "She (Ruby) approached a national capital. Delhi model to be showcased be collected. The water is only when all of us work with ever made, but now we have idents, Haroon Yusuf and that the communal forces government school in Speaking on the occasion, not only in India but across expected to be gradually good intentions", he said. decided to turn it into a Rajesh Lilothia, were pre- could be strengthened," the Kapashera area for admis- Shekhawat said: “This is a the world.” recharged. It would then Kejriwal said that Delhi's reality,” Kejriwal asserted. sent at the event.They said Congress leaders charged. sion to class IX for the aca- demic year 2019-20. The school at first asked her to change her residential VIGNETTE address from Badaun to 9 members of Neeraj Bawana gang arrested Delhi, which she did promptly. Then the school STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE ury cars (Mercedes Benz, movements and we were asked her to open a bank NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Mahindra Scorpio and Toy- able to catch them today, said account, which was also ota Liva) were also confis- DCP S D Mishra (Rohini dis- duly done by her. Finally, In one of the most success- cated from their possession, trict). she was asked to get her ful operations in recent time police said. During their interroga- school leaving certificate nine hard core criminals The Neeraj Bawana gang tion, the gang members told counter signed by the edu- belonging to the Neeraj is one of the oldest and most the police that they carried cation authorities which Bawana gang were today notorious gangs active in out the assigned criminal she did likewise on arrested by the Delhi Police. the national capital and sur- tasks at the behest of their 29.07.2019. Thereafter, This is one of the biggest suc- rounding areas, and is gang leader Neeraj Bawana, when Ruby approached cess of the Delhi Police in involved in different types of who operates and monitors the school for admission, tackling these criminal gangs crimes. The leader of the all their criminal activities she was denied admission operating in Delhi/NCR, gang Neeraj Bawana is cur- from his prison cell, the DCP saying that school has no police said. rently lodged in Tihar jail. said. seats left". The gang members were Keeping in view the recent They were planning to rob The AIPA president apprehended in Village Jaun- trends wherein arms had a few petrol pumps in the area complained, "It appears ti, Delhi in the Kanjhawala being used in the commis- in one go, so as to obtain some that Delhi government area, where they had appar- sion of various crimes like money and other resources authorities are not aware ently gathered and were snatching and robberies in and quickly move out of the of their uncompromising planning to carry out the area of Kanjhawala, the area, police said. constitutional duties to dacoities in Rohini and the Delhi police launched an Efforts are being made to provide quality education adjoining areas, said the extensive drive through unearth details of their modus to each and every child police. intense checking at pickets, operandi, details of other through their schools and Five pistols and 20 live car- aggressive patrolling in the gang members and their that is why they are deny- tridges and two big battle axes area, and intelligence gath- accomplices and other plans ing admission to Ruby on (farsa) were recovered from ering, which enabled us to of carrying out crimes, the such an unconstitutional the gang members. Three lux- keep a track of this gangs DCP added. and flimsy grounds."

A denuded tree against the backdrop of blue sky with white clouds , in the Capital on Friday. SUUBRATA DUTTA

Gautam visits home for leprosy, Discoms issue advisory on kite-flying STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE uninterrupted and smooth including overhead cables TB-affected NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST transmission of power for and certainly avoid using beggars the city and prevent acci- metal or metal-coated man- Ahead of Independence Day dents." jha. These two simple mantras celebrations on 15 August, "Sometimes this otherwise will ensure a safe I-Day cel- Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) innocent & fun activity can ebrations." and discom BSES have issued become hazardous, and even In case of any emergency an advisory for kite flyers. The end up being fatal. Flying BSES has issued an emergency advisory has been issued as kites is not the problem, it's number (BRPL- 1800 10 39707, kites with metal coated man- the metal coated thread or BYPL- 41999808) or people jha often cause tripping of manjha which is the real can make compaints through transmission lines leading threat. The wide-spread use its Mobile App or call its 24 to blackouts affecting large of metal coated manjha - x 7 call centre numbers. areas. which is a good conductor of According to estimates, Advising people to stay electricity - poses a great tripping of just one 33/66 away from the electrical danger not only to the per- KV overhead line can disrupt STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE installations while flying kites, son flying the kite, but can also power supply to over 10,000 NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST DTL CMD Padmini Singla disrupt electricity supply of residents of an area and trip- said, "People should fly kites an area. Each year, there are ping of a single 11 KV line can Delhi social welfare min- in open spaces such as parks several instances on this do the same for over 2500 res- ister Rajendra Pal Gau- and playgrounds and should count," said a BSES official. idents. Each year, there are tam today visited home for not use metal-coated man- According to a BSES several instances of tripping leprosy and TB- affected jha for their own safety and spokesperson, "People should of electrical wires caused by beggars at Tahirpur Com- to ensure that electrical wires enjoy kite flying, but they kite-flying. Last year, there plex here to meet the do not get enmeshed with the should do so responsibly. We were 12 instances of kite- inmates. He interacted metal manjhas while flying advise residents not to fly kites flying related trippings in with them and discussed the kites. This will ensure near electricity installations, BSES' area. various issues concern- ing them. The minister visited the entire complex to check their dining area, JNU admin issues notice to drinking water facility, kitchen, medical facility, etc. He also checked the JNUSU prez over wall posters quality of food being served to them. STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE The renovation work NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST was continuing in the home. Gautam asked the The Jawaharlal Nehru Uni- home authorities to expe- versity (JNU) administration dite the completion of issued a show cause notice dining room and ensure to the JNU Students Union the installation of CCTV (JNUSU) president N Sai cameras in the home Balaji today for allegedly premises at the earliest. putting up posters on the He also asked them to walls of some buildings on develop green area fully the JNU campus. there as it would ensure The JNU administration fresh air and clean envi- charged the JNUSU president ronment. with allegedly defacing the The notice issued by the ing that "JNU admin had An eye camp for lep- property of the varsity. JNU administration said: defaced our walls by remov- rosy-affected persons "Without giving any "The Chief Proctor's office ing our posters." He accused residing in HLTB Tahirpur notice for a preliminary received a complaint from the university administra- was also organised by the inquiry, JNU admin today the Chief Security Officer tion of "defacing" the library social welfare department directly issued a show cause stating that Mr N Sai Bala- through an 80% budget cut. today. About 96 inmates notice to me for resisting JNU ji was involved in putting up "If they want to punish availed of the camp's ser- admin's attempts at curb- posters on the walls of the us for resisting this deface- vices. ing our freedom of expres- academic building, thereby ment, they can! The British The minister said sion. It's ironical that I am defacing the property of took Bhagat Singh to the gal- inmates are the social wel- being served a notice for JNU. This is a deliberate lows for speaking truth to fare department's respon- putting a poster of Voltaire act of indiscipline and a power. Today for wanting our sibility. The inmates have which says I will defend gross violation of the rules JNU walls to speak the very the right to live life with your right to free speech until and regulations of the uni- truth of Bhagat Singh, JNU dignity and pride, he my death," said the JNUSU versity." admin wants to punish us," added. president. Balaji hit back, charg- he alleged. Though our country got independence in 1947, Kashmir remained some distance away from us all these years. This Article 370 was fuelling separatism in Kashmir,which is the crown of our country VIJAY RUPANI 04 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER THUMBNAILS AROUND TOWN

ENGLISH FILM 10:30pm. 10am, 1.30pm, 4pm, CCTV cameras to check DT MOIN, Noida - 7.30pm, 10.35pm. Dora and the Lost City of Gold 9:30am, 2:40pm, Wave Cinema, Raja Gar- 7:50pm. den -9.15am, 1.30pm, PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - PVR Ambience, Gurgaon 5.35pm, 7.30pm, 10am, 3:05pm, 8:25pm. -5:15pm, 10:10pm. 10.35pm, 11.20pm. Director's Cut, Delhi - PVR MGF, Gurgaon - illegal sale of liquor in HP 12:40pm, 5:35pm. 11:25am, 6:45pm, Chicken Curry Law PVR Anupam, Saket - 11:40pm. PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - 12:05pm, 5:10pm. 10:50pm. STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE tional by the next month. PVR Select City Walk - The Lion King PVR Select City Walk - 9am, 1:55pm, 6:50pm. PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - 10:45pm. SHIMLA, 9 AUGUST He said that mobile app for PVR Chanakya -10:05am, 10:20am, 1pm, 3:40pm, PVR Logix, Noida - payment of Passengers and 8:30pm. 6:20pm, 9pm. 9:55pm. PVR Pacific Mall - he state government Goods Tax (PGT) and Certain Director's Cut, Delhi - DT MOIN, Noida - 9:15am, 5pm, 8:15pm. will install CCTV cam- Goods Carried by Road (CGCR) 9:35am, 12:15pm, 12:10pm. PVR Shalimar Bagh - Chandigarh Commission for 6:10pm, 8:50pm. PVR Ambience,Gurgaon eras in the premises would be developed by 12:45pm, 5:50pm. PVR Anupam, Saket - -9:45pm. Protection of Child Rights of all the 18 bottling November, 2019 to facilitate PVR Logix, Noida - 9am, 2:40pm, 8:20pm. PVR MGF, Gurgaon - releases its Annual Report Tplants situated in the state to small taxpayers and eliminate 9:30am, 2:45pm, PVR Select City Walk - 6:05pm. 7:50pm, 8:10pm. for Financial Year 2018-19 check illegal transportation any physical interface. 9am, 12noon, 5:35pm, Wave Cinema, Noida - DT MOIN, Noida - by VP Singh Badnore, Gover- 8:30pm. 12.15pm. and sale of liquor, which is The Chief Minister direct- 9:45am, 2:50pm, PVR Plaza -4:30pm. Wave Cinema, Kausham- nor of Punjab & Administra- causing loss of revenue to ed the officers of the depart- 5:15pm, 10:30pm. PVR Rivoli -10am. bi -10.45am. tor at Punjab Raj Bhawan in Wave Cinema, Noida - the state exchequer. ment to work with renewed PVR Chanakya -12:30pm, 9.30am, 2pm, 6.30pm, Chandigarh on Friday SNS This was decided in the zeal to eliminate revenue gap 5:50pm, 10:55pm. Judgemental Hai Kya 11.05pm. PVR Pacific Mall - review meeting of State Excise besides enhancing excise rev- Wave Cinema, Raja Gar- PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - 9:05am, 2:40pm, and Taxation Department enue by ensuring effective den -10am, 3.15pm, 10am, 5:30pm. 9:55pm. Director's Cut, Delhi - Cong opposes move to held here on Friday under the implementation of tax poli- 8.35pm. 11am. shift SAI hostel from chairmanship of Chief Min- cy for vibrant economy of HINDI FILM PVR Anupam, Saket - Bilaspur to Jammu: Fast & Furious: ister Jai Ram Thakur. the State. Hobbs and Shaw Jabariya Jodi 2:30pm. Himachal Pradesh Congress The Chief Minister said that Principal Secretary, Excise PVR Select City Walk - Committee (HPCC) presi- PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - 5pm. efforts should be made to and Taxation Sanjay Kundu 10am, 1:55pm, 4:50pm, 10:15am, 1:20pm, PVR Chanakya -3:10pm. dent Kuldeep Singh bridge the GST revenue gap assured the Chief Minister that 7:45pm, 10:40pm, 4:25pm, 7:30pm, PVR Pacific Mall - Rathore on Friday opposed as this was the major area of the department would work 11:40pm. 10:35pm. 1:10pm. proposal of the Central concern that need to be with missionary zeal to come Director's Cut, Delhi - Director's Cut, Delhi - PVR Vikaspuri -11:40am. government to shift Vol- 10:15am, 1:10pm, 9:35am, 1:40pm, PVR Logix, Noida - redressed at the earliest by tak- up to the expectations of the 4:05pm, 7pm, 9:55pm, 4:45pm, 7:50pm, 9:30am, 2:40pm, leyball Sports Hostel run by ing proactive steps for tax department must study tax to increase consumption as national exposure for capac- Government. He urged the 11:30pm. 10:55pm. 7:50pm. Sports Authority of India collections and checking the collection procedure of best per recommendations by the ity building. He said that in Chief Minister to change Bio PVR Anupam, Saket - PVR Anupam, Saket - DT MOIN, Noida - (SAI) from present location loopholes under it. performing States and repli- Committee appointed by the order to facilitate the tax- Liquor Policy of the state to 9:05am, 12noon, 9am, 1:45pm, 4:50pm, 12noon, 5:10pm, in Bilaspur district of 5:50pm, 8:45pm, 7:55pm, 11pm. 10:20pm. He said that state govern- cate the same in Himachal GST Council to study revenue payers Kardata Suvidha earn more revenue under 11:40pm. PVR Select City Walk - Wave Cinema, Noida - Himachal Pradesh to ment has fixed target of tax Pradesh. gap. Kendras were being opened this sector. He also request- PVR Select City Walk - 11:40am, 5:25pm, 2.45pm. Jammu. “This is yet anoth- collection of Rs 8000 crore dur- He said that investment in The Chief Minister said that in every district headquarter ed that the state should bring 9:05am, 2:40pm, 11:10pm. er dictatorial move by ing the current financial year areas such as tourism, con- officers of the department out of which four have start- proactive policies to attract 8:15pm, 11:45pm. PVR Plaza -10:30am, Super 30 Bharatiya Janata Party PVR Plaza -1:35pm, 7:10pm. PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - which must be achieved at all vention halls, shopping mall should be provided training ed functioning and remain- investment in distilleries, 10:15pm. PVR Rivoli -12:40pm, (BJP) led NDA government 12:55pm, 7pm. costs. Thakur said that the etc. should be attracted so as and imparted national/inter- ing would be made func- brewing and bottling plants. PVR Rivoli -6:50pm. 9:45pm. Director's Cut, Delhi - to assert its authority on a PVR Chanakya -10:15am, PVR Chanakya -10am, 2:55pm. state as has been done 1:10pm, 4:05pm, 7pm, 1:05pm, 7:25pm, PVR Anupam, Saket - time and again in recent 9:55pm. 10:30pm. 10:30am, 10:50pm. DT MOIN, Noida -10am, PVR Naraina -9am, PVR Chanakya -4:10pm. past,” said Rathore in a 12:55pm, 3:50pm, 1:45pm, 4:50pm, PVR Pacific Mall - release here. He said the PG classes in English, Hindi to start in Bring resolution to prevent 6:45pm, 9:40pm. 7:55pm, 11pm. 10:30am, 9:50pm. decision is against the sen- Wave Cinema, Noida - PVR Pacific Mall -9am, PVR Logix, Noida -10am, timents of sportspersons 9.15am, 12.05pm, 3:10pm, 6:15pm, 1:20pm, 4:40pm, Centre of Excellence College: CM dilution of Sec 118 Tenancy 5.40pm, 8.25pm, 9:20pm. 9:55pm. in Himachal Pradesh as vol- 11.15pm. PVR Vikaspuri -10am, DT MOIN, Noida - leyball is a local sports and STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE research and innovation in Thakur said that the Wave Cinema, Raja Gar- 1:05pm, 7:15pm, 9:40am, 3:50pm, will give jolt to sports facil- SHIMLA, 9 AUGUST institutions of higher learn- teachers were the architect Act: Vikramaditya Singh den -9.15am, 12.05pm, 10:20pm. 10:40pm. ities in the state. “It was 2.50pm, 8pm, 10.45pm. PVR Logix, Noida - Wave Cinema, Noida - ing, he added. He said that of the nation in real sense as STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE he charged that the non-agri- 9:30am, 11am, 3:40pm, 9.20am, 5.15pm, established with the Post Graduate classes in his government was com- they not only impart edu- SHIMLA, 9 AUGUST culturist BJP leader of the Scary Stories to Tell 4:55pm, 6:45pm, 11.10pm. relentless efforts of then English and Hindi, Bache- mitted to provide quality cation to the students but also state is in favour of weak- in the Dark 9:50pm. DT MOIN, Noida -10am, PUNJABI FILM Chief Minister Virbhadra lor of Business Administra- higher education that pro- help in inculcating moral val- Congress leader and Shim- ening the same which the PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - 1:05pm, 4:10pm, Singh in 1986-87 by Sports tion and Post Graduate in vides students access to ues which were vital for the la (Rural) legislator Vikar- Congress will not tolerate at 10:05am, 12:35pm, Singham 6:05pm, 7:15pm, 5:55pm, 11:10pm. Authority of India in dis- Computer Applications world-class teaching meth- all-over development of the maditya Singh has sought a any 10:20pm. PVR Vasantkunj, Delhi - Director's Cut, Delhi - 9:55pm. trict Bilaspur which was courses will be started at the ods and meets the dual chal- society. government resolution in cost. PVR EDM -10am, 3:05pm, 8pm. Director's Cut, Delhi - 1:05pm, 4:10pm, first ever sports hostel to Centre of Excellence Gov- lenge of providing employ- He said that after parents, the forthcoming state Assem- He welcomed the recent PVR Select City Walk - 10:30pm. 7:15pm, 10:20pm. be established anywhere in ernment Degree College ment while focusing on teachers were responsible for bly session to ensure that there decision of the Prime Min- 11:25am, 4:20pm, PVR Anupam, Saket - Wave Cinema, Noida - 9:15pm. 10:55pm. India,” he said. Rathore Sanjauli from next academic inclusive education. the bright future of the stu- is no dilution of Section 118 ister Narendra Modi lead 10.15am, 11am, 2pm, PVR Pacific Mall - PVR Rivoli -3:45pm. stated that it was estab- session. “Education also needed dents. He said that the teach- of Himachal Pradesh NDA government for scrap- 4.15pm, 7.15pm, 11:40am, 7:25pm. PVR Naraina -12noon, 10.55pm. lished to promote Volley- This was announced by to reflect and meet the ers should also come forward Tenancy and Land Reform ping Article 370 and 35 A of PVR Logix, Noida - 10:55pm. Wave Cinema, Kausham- ball in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Jai Ram requirements of contem- to inculcate moral value Act, 1972. the Indian Constitution in 12:10pm, 5:20pm, PVR Pacific Mall - bi - Apart from this, sports Thakur, while addressing porary times. We should amongst the students. Addressing mediaper- Jammu and Kashmir. 9:30am, 4:50pm, 7:55pm, 11pm. training in the field of the Golden Jubilee Cele- ensure that the education- While expressing con- sons on Friday, he appealed Some decisions that have PVR Logix, Noida - Kabaddi and athletics was bration of the Centre of al institutions become potent cern over the increase inci- even to all the member state been taken in the national 9:35am, 12:40pm, also being given there, Excellence Government tools of change that helps to dences of drug abuse among assembly of the ruling party interest should be welcomed 6:50pm, 11pm. which has benefited rural Degree College on Friday. make our state as well as the students, CM exhorted to rise above party lines to by one and all, he reiterat- DT MOIN, Noida -3pm, 9:10pm. people and sports persons “The state government is nation a more just, equitable the teachers to come forward work towards bring about a ed. of Himachal Pradesh in a committed to strengthen and educated society,” he to check this social evil. resolution, which will also be Referring to the state- big way but due to this college and as soon as said. He said that Himachal The menace of drugs was supported by the opposi- ment of a BJP leader at the Himachal government’s the land was made available, is the second most literate one of the most dreaded tion Congress party. centre and another leader of A scene from negligence there has been girls’ hostel would be con- state of the country after Ker- social evils which is damaging “Resolution should be a political party in the neigh- Dora and The no coach in this hostel for structed in the college,” he ala and that the girls in par- the very fabric of the soci- passed in the monsoon ses- bouring state, he said that Lost City of Gold last six months.Cong said. ticular were doing com- ety, he added. The CM also sion of the State Assembly by the Article 370 cannot be opposes move to shift SAI The state government mendable performance in released the Souvenir and e- the ruling state government equated with section 118. TODAY IN DELHI Hindustani Classical vocal India International Centre hostel from Bilaspur to has started a number of ini- education and have out- Journal marking the Gold- under appropriate motion Pointing at the recent ENGAGEMENTS recital by Sapna Kachroo, & Prabhat Education Jammu SNS tiatives to underscore the shined the boys in every en Jubilee of the College on that no dilution acceptable announcement of the state at Amaltas, India Habitat Foundationpresent "Like India International Centre Us", a solo show of need and importance of competitive examination. the occasion. by the state government in government for having presents The Eternal Centre, Lodhi Road, 7 p.m. photographs by Bindi the section 118 and even if claimed to set an ambitious Tagore -- ‘Baishe Shravana’, EXHIBITIONS Denied Jaguar, Haryana there is any move is there by target to attract investment Rabindranath Tagore’s Sheth on children with youth pushes BMW into the centre in this regard, it of Rs 85,000 crore including death anniversary is Jor Bagh Metro Station special needs, at river: Gifted a BMW by his will completely be objected the Global investors Meet to celebrated by Tagore lovers presents "Habitat Kamaladevi Complex, Main parents instead of a Jaguar ARTRAC not to be shifted out, Dhumal cites Rajnath’s letter as much as his birthday, Photosphere” The second Building, 40 Max Mueller the state government and the be held in Dharamshala in edition of Habitat Marg, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (till that he was demanding, a ‘Ponachishe Baishakh’. A STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE He said when the reports legislators of the state,” he November, he sought for month of monsoon, which Photosphere (February 11 August) youth from Haryana's Yamu- SHIMLA, 9 AUGUST regarding shifting of ARTRAC demanded bring about transparency was the poet’s most 18-March 18, 2019), a Habitat World presents nanagar on Friday pushed his had come few months ago in He said that he has taken and clarity. favourite season, the poet year-long photography viewed parting as a kind "IhleD in Perspective" a solo new car into a swollen river Former Bharatiya Janata media, he had taken up the up the issue in the interest He demanded white paper festival is conceptualised of transcendence into a photography show by in a fit of anger, police said. Party (BJP) chief minister, issue with the central gov- of the people of the state as on signing of more than 253 and curated by Dr Alka Rajan Bhatt, at Delhi O "When the youth was plung- world which is beyond Prem Kumar Dhumal on Fri- ernment as the locals had also a public representative and Memorandum of Under- human knowledge Sanjato Pande. The sustainable Delhi Foyer, India Habitat ing the high-end BMW car day said Defence Minister, Raj- expressed concern over this. a General Secretary of State standing (MoUs) worth Rs presents a bouquet of development is the meta- Centre, Lodhi Road, 10 a.m. into the river, he also made a nath Singh has replied him “I had written a letter to Congress to raise certain 29,000 crore that have been Tagore’s ageless narrative of the exhibition to 8 p.m. (till 31 August) video and put it on social in writing that the Army Defence minister, Rajnath significant issues. signed between the state compositions, at C. D. with Bhu or Earth as its core "Message from the Trees" Deshmukh Auditorium, media," a police official told Training Command (ARTRAC) Singh on 21 June, 2019 that Hailing the statement of government and potential theme, at Jor Bagh Metro a group show of painting 40 Max Mueller Marg, IANS. The car later got stuck is not being shifted out from ARTRAC should not be shift- Chief Minister Jai Ram entrepreneurs in different Station, Sri Aurobindo relating to Trees, at 1AQ, 6.30 p.m. in the middle of the river Shimla. has not processed anything ed out of Shimla as Himachal Thakur, wherein he had sectors like industry, tourism, Marg, Safdarjung Airport Qutab Minar Roundabout, owing to a patch of tall “The Union minister said in this regard,” Dhumal said will lose a prestigious insti- stated that there would not pharmaceuticals, agro-food MUSIC Area, 5.20 a.m. to 12 Mehrauli Road, 11 a.m. to grass. 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Spear & Sons Limited, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. 10-25-12 Barring West Bengal, all states are participating in the scheme. The progress so far is very good. We are targeting to reach out to 10 crore farmers by end of the year NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR UNION AGRICULTURE MINISTER NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 05 THUMBNAILS Pak to ban cultural ties with India Azam Khan’s varsity Pakistan terms Indian action as ‘unilateral and illegal’; says it will take the matter to the UNSC under ED scanner PRESS TRSUT OF INDIA End of Art 370 PTI sity. They said the ED has also ISLAMABAD, 9 AUGUST BJP to celebrate ‘Jashn-e-Azadi’ across J&K LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI, 9 summoned 25 entities, over the harbinger of AUGUST next week, who had com- akistan has decided to plained that the university, its ban all cultural PRESS TRUST OFI NDIA fron party, Ravinder Raina, He also appreciated the hope to Jammu’s In fresh trouble for SP leader officials and main promoter exchanges with India, JAMMU, 9 AUGUST said on Friday. role of the village heads in Azam Khan, the ED has initi- Azam Khan had flouted the including all kinds of He said this during an inter- maintaining democracy in Valmikis ated a money laundering Enemy Property Act to grab land Pjoint ventures between the The BJP will celebrate “Jashn- action with village heads the region. probe following allegations and project it as a Waqf prop- entertainment industry of e-Azadi” on the occasion of here, in which BJP state gen- These bravehearts faced JAMMU, 9 AUGUST that a university run by him in erty to set up the university. the two countries after India Independence Day on 15 eral secretary (organisation) ultimate threats in the past Uttar Pradesh's Rampur dis- The district magistrate or revoked the special status of August at every panchayat Ashok Kaul and state general to keep alive the spirit of The revocation of provisions trict has been built over a land the collector is the deputy Jammu and Kashmir, a media across Jammu and Kashmir, secretary Yudhvir Sethi also humanity in the remotest of of Article 370 has given hope taken in violation of the enemy custodian of an 'enemy prop- report said on Friday. the state unit chief of the saf- took part. the regions, Raina said. to over 3,000 Valmiki com- property law, official sources erty' in a district. The 'enemy The Ministry of Informa- munity members, who live said on Friday. property' in this case is locat- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish tion and Broadcasting on on the land allocated to their Enemy properties are the ed in Singan Khera Tehsil of the Kumar addresses a programme in Patna Thursday launched a nation- ancestors brought from Pun- immovable assets left behind Rampur district and it belongs on Friday IANS al slogan 'Say No to India', jab by J&K government in by people who migrated to Pak- to Pakistani national Ima- Dawn newspaper reported. 1957 but were denied state's istan since the Partition and muddin Qureshi. “All kinds of Indian con- 'subjectship' and entailing to China after the 1962 Sino- The ED, sources said, has Rare award takes top tent have been stopped and rights, that their plight will Indian war. According to data, also launched a parallel probe police officer by surprise Pemra [Pakistan Electronic end soon. there are about 9,280 such under the Foreign Exchange in UP: Cash rewards for Media Regulatory Authority] “It should end the 62-year- properties left behind by Pak- Management Act (FEMA) into gallantry is not uncom- has been directed to step up long spell of injustice to us,” istani nationals and 126 by Chi- this instance and is looking into mon for those in uniform its vigilance along with actions said Eklavya, an euphoric nese nationals. These are reg- the approvals, mutation of but a senior Uttar Pradesh against the sale of Indian Security Valmiki youth, celebrating the ulated under the Enemy Prop- land and funds sourced by the cop was bowled over DTH instruments,” said Spe- personnel walk revocation of Jammu and erty Act. university to allegedly grab when he received a cial Assistant to Prime Min- on a street in Kashmir's special status, Khan, a Lok Sabha MP the 'enemy property' land in cheque of a princely sum ister on Information and Srinagar on which allowed only state from Rampur and a former state an illegal manner in purport- of Rs 500 and a letter of Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Friday. subjects to buy and own cabinet minister under Akhilesh ed connivance of government appreciation, not from his Awan. AFP land and take up government Yadav's rule, has already been officials. bosses but a common Earlier this week, India jobs. booked by the central probe The central probe agency man. Inspector General of revoked Article 370 to with- situation, the clash between Eklavya said his ancestor agency under the Prevention has recently also written to the Police (Agra range) A draw the special status to Indian and Pakistani cultur- came to Jammu from Pun- of Money Laundering Act higher education department Satish Ganesh found an Jammu and Kashmir and al and social values were China calls on India, Pak to jab's Gurdaspur in 1957 (PMLA), based on at least 26 of the Uttar Pradesh govern- envelope carrying the let- bifurcated the region into imminent and it was the along with many other Valmi- criminal FIRs filed by the local ment to share all documents ter, titled “Prashansha Pra- two Union Territories --Jammu media's responsibility to resolve disputes through talks ki community members on police on charges of land grab related to approvals and sanc- man Patra” (letter of and Kashmir, Ladakh. come to the forefront to defeat the “invitation” of the then and extortion. tions given to the university, appreciation), and the Pakistan termed the Indi- Indian “cultural invasion”. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The US has said that state government headed The university under the ED to take forward its criminal cheque while going an action as “unilateral and The government has also BEIJING, 9 AUGUST there is no change in its by chief minister Bakshi scanner is the Mohammad Ali probe under PMLA and FEMA. through his routine mails illegal”, and said it will take banned the screening of Indi- Ghulam Mohammad to take Jauhar University which was This query also prompted the on Thursday. The letter, the matter to the UN Secu- an films in the country's cin- China on Friday called on policy on Kashmir as it up the job of sanitary work- established in 2006 with Khan Rampur district administration sent by Vijay Pal Singh of rity Council.Awan said that emas. India and Pakistan to resolve called on India and Pak- ers in the Jammu munici- as its founder and chancellor. to register an FIR into this Etah, lauded the 1996- the deception of cultural “No Indian film will be their disputes through dia- istan to maintain pality. The university is said to have alleged illegal deal on Thurs- batch IPS officer for his exchange was polluting the screened in any Pakistani logue and negotiation as restraint and hold direct Nodding in agreement, over 3,000 students enrolled day. style of work. It also cited minds of Pakistani youth. cinema. Drama, films and Pakistan foreign minister dialogue. Radhika, a young Valmiki and is spread over an area of The Naib Tehsildar has an incident when he posed She said that the Nation- Indian content of this kind will arrived here to seek Beijing's community woman, added, 121 hectares. stated in his complaint that the as a colonel and went to al Security Council had decid- be completely banned in support after New Delhi a very short time. That's why “As the J&K government According to sources, if entire deal to categorise an the Highway police station ed to establish a group and Pakistan,” Awan tweeted. revoked the special status to we are called iron brothers,” needed sanitary workers for charges of land grab and vio- 'enemy prorerty' land as a in Mathura to lodge an FIR Pakistan would fight the Films and cultural relations Jammu and Kashmir. he wrote. the city, they even allocated lation of the Enemy Property waqf property and its alloca- for laptop theft to check “Hindutva ideology” from are the first to get affected Informed sources here Pakistan also decided to land to our an ancestors Act are found to be true, the tion to the Mohammad Ali police response. PTI all fronts. The group will be when there is tension between said Shah Mahmood Qureshi downgrade the diplomatic and settled them on them.” university campus could be Jauhar University was done in the cluster of all relevant the two countries and it is not is in Beijing to seek all-weath- relations by expelling the Eklavya lamented, “We were soon attached by the Enforce- alleged connivance of gov- ministries to fight against for the first time that Pakistan er ally China's support for Pak- Indian High Commissioner never made state's subject, ment Directorate (ED) under ernment staff in order to ben- 7-year-old raped by cousin the Indian designs at required has banned Indian films. istan's efforts to ratchet-up and recalling its own top never given the right to get the stringent provisions of the efit the university and Khan. in UP's Fatehpur: A seven- forums. Pakistan had taken a sim- the Kashmir issue. envoy from India. the state government's job anti-money laundering law. Khan, the registrar of the uni- year-old girl has been “The external communi- ilar decision after Balakot air Lijian Zhao, a senior Chi- Reacting to questions and other rights.” Sources in the Rampur dis- versity, the Waqf board Imam allegedly raped by her cations will be dealt with by strikes by India in February nese diplomat in Pakistan, about Pakistan's decision to Eklavya, Radhika and trict administration said they and the then official of the Ram- cousin at a village in the ministry of information, this year. wrote on Twitter that Qureshi downgrade the diplomatic ties around 10 other members of have received official queries pur municipal corporation S Fatehpur district of Uttar the Foreign Office and the The Hindi film industry had would meet State Counsel- and approach the UNSC, his community have been from the ED's zonal office in M Tariq have been named in Pradesh, police said on Fri- Inter-Service Public Rela- announced a similar move in lor and Foreign Minister of the Chinese Foreign Min- waging a relentless legal Lucknow in this regard seek- the FIR. Khan's name was day. The incident took tions (ISPR) as per nature of the wake of February 14 Pul- China Wang Yi and other istry said, “China has noted battle in various courts, ing all documents that were sub- also put on an online list of “land place on Thursday when information,” Awan said. wama terror attack on a CRPF Chinese leaders. the relevant statement by including the SC of India, for mitted wile requesting per- mafias” by the district admin- the girl along with a friend She said in the current convoy. “The visit was arranged in Pakistan”. ending the discrimination.PTI mission to set up the univer- istration recently. (6) had gone to a forest area near her village, the police said. The 27-year-old cousin brother got hold of MARCH FOR SCIENCE her and allegedly raped SP protest in UP sans Akhilesh her there, they said. The matter came to light IANS stration. when the survivor's friend LUCKNOW, 9 AUGUST Speaking on the condi- informed her family mem- tion of anonymity, an SP bers and they reached the The Samajwadi Party on leader said, "Our party was spot to find her withering Friday staged a statewide once known for its protests, in pain. The girl was rushed protest against the Yogi but with time and circum- to a nearby hospital, Adityanath-led government stances that has become where her condition was in Uttar Pradesh but with- rare now. However, in order stated to be stable. PTI out its leader Akhilesh Yadav. to revive the party and its SP activists took to streets frontal organisations, this protesting the poor law and protest was organised. This Cop suspended for taking order situation, increase in would not just energise the bribe in UP's Sambhal: A diesel and petrol prices, cadre but also give a mes- police outpost incharge in harassment and fake cases sage to the party members Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal against SP leaders, farmer that the party stands with district was suspended on issues, scrapping of EVMs, them at a time when they Thursday for taking a unemployment, and atroc- are being targeted by the rul- bribe, an official said on ities on minorities, fake Sunil Singh Sajan said, "The ing party." Thursday. A video of Bair- encounters and health ser- UP government is sleep- Asked to comment on pur police outpost vices and victimisation of SP ing, it needs to wake up. The Akhilesh Yadav's absence, incharge Sultan Singh tak- MP Mohd. Azam Khan and crime graph is soaring." the leader said, "He will be ing the bribe had also his son SP MLA Abdullah On Thursday, Akhilesh seen on ground, we have big- gone viral on social media, Azam. Yadav's uncle Shivpal Yadav, ger plans for him." prompting SP Yamuna The protests were carried too, staged a protest under The state-wide protests Prasad to order a probe out across district head- the banner of his newly are also seen as a part of a by Circle Officer of the quarters in the state and founded political outfit, strategy to revive the party area. The action was even turned violent in some Pragatisheel Samajwadi cadre, especially the youth taken against Singh after areas, leaving many injured Party (Lohia). However, wings, ahead of crucial by- the charges against him after police resorted to lathi- unlike the SP chief, he was elections for 13 assembly were found true, the SP charge. present and actively par- seats and the 2022 state School students participate in 'March for Science' organised to mark the 74th anniversary of atomic bombing on Nagasaki by the said. PTI SP MLC and spokesman ticipated in the demon- assembly polls. US at the end of World War II in 1945; in Patna on Friday. IANS Demonstrations at NTPC plant; Rain continues to lash Dumping muck into Bhagirathi: NGT modifies order MP; man swept away PTI Chairperson Justice Adarsh instead of depositing the said NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Kumar Goel has now asked amount, the NHIDCL may fur- power crisis feared in Bihar PTI Barwani district at 2 pm Fri- National Highways & Infra- nish a performance guaran- BHOPAL, AUG 9 day. The National Green Tribunal structure Development Cor- tee to the satisfaction of CPCB PTI manent jobs at the super which would have a serious Fifteen sluice gates of the has modified its order which poration Limited (NHIDCL) within one month undertak- BHAGALPUR, 9 AUGUST thermal power unit. impact on electricity supply A 40-year-old man was swept Bargi dam built on the river had directed state-run NHID- to furnish a performance ing to take the remedial mea- He also said after they to many parts of Bihar. away in a swollen nullah in Narmada in Jabalpur district CL to deposit Rs 2 crore as guarantee within a month. sures by March 31, 2020 fail- Scores of locals are staging had announced their agita- We have sent an SOS to Ashoknagar district as rain were opened following inces- penalty for dumping muck into “We modify the order dated ing which the amount of per- a demonstration at Kahalgaon tion, NTPC officials held sev- Chief Secretary and the states continued to lash Madhya sant rain in eastern Madhya the Bhagirathi river in Uttarak- November 1, 2018 requiring formance guarantee will be near here, disrupting supply eral rounds of talks, assuring Home Secretary seeking their Pradesh on Friday, sending Pradesh, the officials said. hand. deposit of Rs 2 crore as com- forfeited,” the bench said in of coal to the 2340 MW NTPC them that their concerns urgent invitation in the mat- some rivers and drains in Three persons on a motor- A bench headed by NGT pensation to the effect that a recent order. unit even as officials on Fri- would be duly addressed ter. We have also sought an spate and hitting normal life bike were swept away in a day expressed concern over and urging them not to dis- appointment with them later in parts of the state. swollen nullah at around fast depleting stocks which rupt the coal supply. However, in the day, he added. Around 1,000 people were 11.30 pm on Thursday on could lead to a major power they have gone ahead with Security inside the NTPC evacuated to safer places in Mohri Road in Ashoknagar dis- crisis in Bihar if the situation their agitation. unit is managed by the CISF Barwani and Dhar districts in trict, police said. remained unresolved for Since yesterday, four and, hence, that may not be western MP following flood- Two of them swam to safe- long. rounds of tripartite talks an issue. But if the coal sup- ing caused by heavy down- ty, but the third rider, Mahen- According to NTPC Kahal- have been held wherein ply remains disrupted the unit pour in the last 24 hours dra Singh (40), is still missing, gaon Public Relations Offi- officials from the local will not be able to function. ended 8.30 am on Friday, they said. cer Saurabh Kumar, the locals administration as well as The situation cannot be tack- officials said. Police officer P P Mudgil mainly villagers whose land NTPC have tried to negoti- led without active interven- A truck parked near the on Friday said efforts were on was acquired for setting up ate with representatives of tion of the state government, Khuj river was swept away to search Singh. the unit and who had been the agitators. More rounds he said. after the water body swelled Showers are lashing almost paid compensation besides would take place today, he Kahalgaon Super Ther- suddenly in Dharmpuri tehsil the entire MP since the last employment through ad hoc added. mal Power Station is one of of Dhar district. two days, India Meteorolog- jobs have been squat- NTPC Manager, Corporate the coal based power plants “I got the truck retrieved ical Departments Bhopal ting on the Kahalgaon-Lal- Communications, (East-1) of the NTPC. The total from the river with the help Office Duty Officer P K Shah matia rail track for nearly 24 Vishwanath Chandan said in installed capacity of the plant of a crane, its owner Rakesh told PTI. hours. Patna it is a grim situation. is 2340 MW and Bihar gets 426 Rathore said. He said heavy to very This has prevented offload- Our coal stocks are fast deplet- MW out of this, Chandan An officer of MPs Nar- heavy rainfall is likely to occur ing of coal at the unit, which ing and we have reserves for said. mada Valley Development in 21 districts, including Raj- receives about 12-14 freight not more than three days. The coal for the power Authority (NVDA) said the garh, Guna, Sehore, Harda and wagons of the same every day, If the crisis is not defused plant is sourced from Rajma- Narmada river was flowing 7 Hoshangabad and in Ujjain he said adding that the pro- by then, power generation at hal coalfield of Eastern Coal- metres above its danger mark and Indore divisions till 8.30 testers are demanding per- the unit may get affected fields Limited in Jharkhand. of 123.28 in Rajghat village in am on Saturday. Maharashtra might also be disintegrated forcibly like J&K

MNS CHIEF RAJ THACKERAY 06 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 LATCHING ONTO THE CLAMPDOWN IMPOSED IN KASHMIR AFTER THE ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370 THUMBNAILS Unnao case: Court frames Southern Railway workers on DMK wins Vellore rape charges against MLA warpath against Rule 1802 Lok Sabha seat Kuldeep STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CHENNAI, 9 AUGUST Stalin-led DMK party defeats AIADMK by 8,141 votes Kuldeep Sengar and Shashi Singh deny Giving signals of upcoming PRESS TRUST OF INDIA subsequently held on August vam had campaigned in the allegations saying labour unrest in Indian Rail- VELLORE, 9 AUGUST 5 and the counting of votes constituency. The margin of ways, thousands of Southern was taken up on Friday morn- victory in Vellore seat is how- they have been false- railway employees protest- n a nail-biting finish, ing. The lead kept changing ever the lowest for the DMK ly implicated in the ed against the administration DMK's D M Kathir Anand in initial rounds but the DMK compared to the April polls case and claim trial for voluntarily retiring station on Friday won the Vellore candidate later narrowed the though the party's ally Thol master R K Unnikrishnnan of Lok Sabha segment gap steadily and then forged Thirumavalavan of Vidutha- NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST the Palghat division using a Idefeating his closest rival, ahead, holding on to the lit- lai Chiruthaigal Katchi had colonial era rule. Kashmiri students demand AIADMK's ally A C Shan- tle over 8,000 vote difference scraped home by just 3,219 A Delhi court on Friday The employees who are restoration of telephone mugam, by a narrow margin till the end. votes in Chidambaram’s seat. framed charges against already up in arms against employees designated as railways desciplinary acts, a and Internet services and condemn the abrogation of 8,141 votes. Reflecting the sea-saw bat- “We consider the win as expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep the management for its pri- ‘inefficient’ or ‘corrupt’ in three months notice neces- of Article 370 in Jammu The result came as a set- tle, the AIADMK cadres people's confidence on Stal- Sengar for allegedly raping vatisation policy now says that public interest. sary. But Unnikrishnnan has and Kashmir, in the Capital back to the AIADMK which brimmed with enthusiasm in,” Duraimurugan said. Tamil a minor in Unnao in 2017. they felt heat of it with out- The representation point- been victimised for his on Friday. SUBRATA DUTTA was hoping to retain the seat initially but once the trend Nadu Congress Committee District Judge Dharmesh ster of one of the promi- ed out that the Station Mas- staunch opposition against and prove a point after it changed it was the turn of chief, K S Alagiri said DMK's Sharma also framed charges nent leader of the trade ter, who is the also president the 100 day Action plan of the faced a near rout in the April DMK workers to break into cel- victory was expected. against Sengar's accom- union in this way. On Friday of AISMA, had been graded new Modi government, Money-laundering case: A Lok Sabha elections with the ebrations here and at the AIADMK senior leader and plice Shashi Singh for alleged- employees held demon- as ‘good’ by the same Depart- alleges employees. Delhi court on Friday sent DMK-led alliance winning party headquarters Anna Ari- Minister D Jayakumar said ly kidnapping the minor strations in all divisional ment for the past 10 years. . They points out that the Hyderabad-based business- 37 of the 38 constituencies valayam in Chennai. Distri- “only we have won,” and girl, who is presently admit- headquarters against the Unnikrishnnan is also a new Action Plan in which the man Sana Satish Babu, then. bution of sweets, bursting of alleged the DMK emerged ted in AIIMS, Delhi. arbitrary usage of Rule 1802. recipient of few awards for General Managers and Divi- arrested in connection The DMK candidate and crackers and dancing marked victorious through “foul The girl was critically In a representation made his exemplary works, says the sional Railway Managers with the money-launder- son of party Treasurer the DMK's victory here and means”. He pointed out that injured recently when a to the Southern Railway Gen- representation. could also be ‘retired on ing case involving meat Duraimurugan, bagged in other parts of Tamil Nadu. the margin was only about truck rammed into her car. eral Manager on Thursday, The letter highlighted the grounds of inefficiency and exporter Moin Qureshi, to 4,85,340 votes and garnered Carrying party flags, DMK 8,000 votes. The court has framed the members of the All India Department’s haste in reject- dishonesty’ is a draconian one judicial custody. Special a 47.3 per cent vote share as workers lined up at the resi- In the end, Deepalakshmi charges under Sections 120 Station Masters’ Association ing his written request for tak- aimed at the privitisation of Judge Bansal sent Babu to it wrested the Vellore seat dence of Stalin in Chennai to of Naam Tamilar Katchi, who B (criminal conspiracy), 363 (AISMA) expressed their ing Voluntary Retirement the railway. jail till 23 August. PTI from its arch rival AIADMK celebrate the victory. District got 26,995 votes and came (kidnapping), 366 (kidnap- anguish at the arbitrary use Scheme without giving him They also alleged that the which had won it in 2014. Election Officer and Collec- third, and NOTA (none of the ping or inducing a woman of Rule 1802 to premature- any show cause notice and management is in a drive to Shanmugam of Puthiya Need- tor A Shanmuga Sundaram above) accounting for 9,417 to compel for marriage), ly retire the Station Master. dismissing him with three find out those employees 6 rescued from flesh hi Katchi, who contested on gave away the election cer- votes, appeared to have poured 376 (rape) and various other In the representation, they months pay and allowance who completed either 30 trade: Six women and four the AIADMK's ‘Two-Leaves’ tificate to Kathir Anand after cold water on the AIADMK's relevant sections of the Pro- also questioned the invok- arbitrarily. Employees cites year of service or 50 year of girls were rescued from symbol, polled 4,77,199 votes counting and tallying votes chances. tection of Children from ing of the rule which has been that even for dismissing an age to axe out as per the action flesh trade in two sepa- and got 46.51 per cent share, recorded in five Voter-Verifi- Though the result was a dis- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. used to abruptly retire employee on the basis of plan. rate operations conducted the Election Commission able Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) appointment for AIADMK, Sengar and Singh, how- by the police in the dis- announced. Thanking the devices for each of the six party cadres were of the view ever, denied the allegations trict, an official said on Fri- voters, DMK chief M K Stal- assembly segments under that the narrow margin fur- levelled against them say- day. In the second raid in said the victory was “excep- the Lok Sabha seat. ther validated the leadership ing they have been falsely conducted at Sativali, the tional and unparalleled.” With this win, the DMK's of Palaniswami and Pan- implicated in the case and police rescued five women Since the election was like tally in Lok Sabha has now neerselvam after the win in claimed trial. Kerala Cong seeks judicial and arrested three men a bypoll, trouncing a ruling gone up to 24 and that of the nine of the 22 assembly seats The Central Bureau of for pushing them into party candidate meant a alliance led by it to 38. Accord- in crucial bypolls in April that Investigation had on Thurs- flesh trade. PTI “huge victory,” he told ing to the provisional data pro- ensured stability of the gov- day told the court that Sen- inquiry into PSC exam fraud reporters. Also, the win has vided by the EC, the AIADMK ernment. gar and his brother assault- cemented DMK's position polled more votes in Anaicut, Over 300 polling officials ed the father of the girl and STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE machandran has requested the malpractices were found), as Tadvi suicide case: The as the third biggest party in K V Kuppam and Gudiyattam conducted the counting exer- framed him in an Arms Act THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, governor to recommend to it would adversely affect hun- Bombay HC granted bail the Lok Sabha, he said that his assembly segments while cise amidst a three-tier secu- case, in collusion with three 9 AUGUST the president for a judicial dreds of candidates who on Friday to the three party's victory can be delayed, DMK was ahead in Vellore, rity which included about state police officials and enquiry into the malprac- ranked in the list through women doctors arrested but cannot be prevented. Vaniyambadi and Ambur, 1,000 state police and para- five others. The Kerala unit of the Congress tices in the conduct of PSC hard work. Meanwhile,the in the suicide case of their He was apparently refer- which have a sizable Muslim military personnel and mon- The agency had submit- has demanded a judicial examinations. Ramachan- special branch officers inves- junior colleague Payal ring to the earlier cancellation population. itoring through 70 CCTV cam- ted reports saying that the enquiry into Kerala PSC into dran visited the governor tigating the PSC police con- Tadvi in May, but imposed of the election in Vellore in April The AIADMK which eras. MLA and his “accomplices” the alleged malpractices in the and submitted the memo- stable examination fraud, a slew of restrictions on when the rest of the 38 seats strained every nerve to retain The election held on 5 got an FIR lodged, accusing conduct of PSC examinations. randum. suspect that the question them. The accused doc- in Tamil Nadu went for polls. the seat and recover the lost August, recorded a polling the rape survivor's father of In a memorandum sub- Ramachandran said the paper was leaked from the tors cannot leave the city The EC had then cancelled the political ground. percentage of 71.51in the possessing a country-made mitted to the Kerala governor KPCC has not demanded a Thruvananthapuram Uni- without the trial court's poll in Vellore following seizure CM K Palaniswami and constituency which consists pistol and four live car- Justice Sathasivam, KPCC total cancellation of the police versity College examination permission. PTI of huge cash. The election was Deputy CM O Panneersel- of 14.32 lakh voters. tridges. PTI president MullappallyRa- constable rank list 9 (in which centre. Jaitley in AIIMS ICU, Roys stopped from travelling Bollywood dominates condition ‘stable’ abroad; NDTV cries foul national film awards PTI Azad and yoga proponent PTI NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Ramdev also visited the for- PTI said. but alleged violations of NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST mer Union minister at AIIMS. MUMBAI, 9 AUGUST Roy and his wife were on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Former finance minister Jaitley, 66, was admitted their way to an undisclosed rules, Securities and Mainstream Hindi cinema Arun Jaitley was admitted to to the Cardio-Neuro-Centre News television network destination and were sched- Exchange Board of India emerged a major winner at the the Intensive Care Unit of All around 10 am, hospital NDTV's founders Prannoy uled to return on August 16, (SEBI) guidelines and reduc- 66th National Film Awards on India Institute of Medical Sci- sources said. Roy and his wife Radhika, NDTV said. tion in the rate of interest Friday with multiple recogni- ences here on Friday after he “He is under observa- facing an alleged corruption “Today's action is, along by ICICI Bank, which caused tions for "Andhadhun", "Uri: complained of breathlessness tion in ICU. A team of doc- case, were prevented from with events like raids on a loss of Rs 48 crore to it. The Surgical Strike" and "Bad- and restlessness but doctors tors, including endocrinol- flying abroad on Friday on media owners, a warning to The case pertained to a haai Ho" while Gujarati film Vicky portrays an Army officer Ayushmann also expressed said he is “haemodynamically ogists, cardiologists and the basis of a “preventive” the media to fall in line- or loan, which was already re- "Hellaro" bagged the best film in "Uri...", which recaps India's happiness over the wins reg- stable”. nephrologists, is monitoring lookout circular (LOC) else,” the company said, paid by NDTV in 2009, and honour. surgical strike in September 2016 istered by "Badhaai Ho", a film A multidisciplinary team his condition,” one of the issued by the CBI. hinting at intimidation. there was no complaint Directed by Abhishek Shah, in the wake of a terror attack about a family dealing with an of doctors is supervising sources said. In a statement, the media This was “a complete sub- from the bank, the compa- "Hellaro" is set in Gujarat's on an army base in Uri. unexpected pregnancy, which Jaitley's treatment, AIIMS In May this year, Jaitley company said Roy and his version of basic rights”, it ny had said. Kutch region and explores the Dhar dedicated his best was adjudged the best popu- said. was admitted to AIIMS for wife were stopped from added. The statement also The news network, which theme of women empower- director to "each and every brave lar film providing wholesome He was admitted to the treatment. travelling abroad on the described the two founders is credited with pioneering ment. The film also bagged the soldier" in the country. The film entertainment. Veteran actor hospital this morning and “at A lawyer by profession, he basis of “a fake and wholly of the media network as television news in the coun- special jury award shared by its also won the best music direc- Surekha Sikri was named the present, he is haemody- had been an important part unsubstantiated corrup- “journalists” but did not try, had then called the 13 leading ladies. tor award (background music) best supporting actress for her namically stable,” it said in of Narendra Modi's Cabinet tion case initiated by the specify the reasons for their action a “witch hunt”. Of the top three National for Shashwat Sachdev and role of a cantankerous but lov- a statement. during his first government. CBI” two years ago. travel. The action comes “We will not succumb to Awards, "Uri: The Surgical sound design. able matriarch. Akshay Kumar- A hemodynamically sta- He held finance and defence Central Bureau of Inves- months after Naresh Goyal, these attempts to blatant- Strike" won Aditya Dhar a best Acknowledging his best starrer "Padman" was named ble patient has a stable heart portfolios, and often acted tigation (CBI) officials in New the promoter of bankrupt ly undermine democracy director award for his debut film actor award, Ayushmann said, best film on social issues. pump and good blood cir- as the government's chief Delhi said a “preventive” carrier Jet Airways, was and free speech,” NDTV and Vicky Kaushal the best "I have always tried to back dis- "Padmavaat", which faced culation. troubleshooter. LOC was issued against the stopped from flying abroad had said in a statement actor, a laurel he shared with ruptive content that stands many hurdles during its release, Prime Minister Naren- Jaitley did not contest duo in June in connection from the city airport after then. Ayushmann Khuranna for his out for its quality content. walked away with best chore- dra Modi, Home Minister the 2019 Lok Sabha election with an alleged fraud in the Enforcement Direc- The Editors Guild of India role in "Andhadhun". Today's honour is a validation ography for 'Ghoomer' and Amit Shah, Defence Minis- presumably because of his relation to ICICI Bank. torate (ED) registered a had also expressed its con- Keerthy Suresh won the of my hard work, belief system, the best music director award ter Rajnath Singh, Lok Sabha ill-health. They were stopped from money-laundering case cern in the matter. best actress award for her role my journey in movies and my (Songs) for filmmaker Sanjay Speaker Om Birla, Union He had undergone renal leaving the country on the against him. The CBI had registered as yesteryear Telugu star Sav- reason to be an actor in the first Leela Bhansali. Arijit Singh Health Minister Harsh Vard- transplant on May 14 last year basis of the LOC, they added. The development comes an FIR on the basis of a com- itri in biopic "Mahanati". The place." "Andhadhun" also won was named best male playback han, Finance Minister Nir- with Piyush Goyal filling in A preventive LOC is more than two years after plaint filed by a sharehold- film was also recognised for its awards for best Hindi film and singer for "Binte Dil" from the mala Sitharaman, MoS for for him in the finance min- aimed at stopping a person the premises of the Roys er of NDTV and ICICI Bank. costumes. best adapted screenplay. movie. Health Ashwini Choubey, istry at that time. Jaitley, from leaving the country but were searched by the CBI in The central agency's Ayushmann and Vicky, Director Sriram Raghavan, Bhansali said it was a big BJP working president J P who had stopped attending does not warrant deten- connection with the alleged move to proceed against who shared the best actor who is currently in Melbourne moment for him as music has Nadda and Loktantrik Jana- office since early April 2018, tion by authorities. bank fraud case. NDTV without conducting award, are known for their for the Indian Film Festival of always been a huge part of his ta Dal chief Sharad Yadav vis- was back in the finance min- The said LOC was only After lodging an FIR on a preliminary enquiry was unconventional choices. Ayush- Melbourne, said he was creative endeavours and some- ited the hospital to enquire istry on August 23, 2018. to prevent the duo from June 2, 2017, the CBI, in a criticised by the media fra- mann plays a seemingly blind "chuffed" to see his film get thing that kept him sane dur- about Jaitley's health. In September 2014, he leaving the country, not to statement, had said it was ternity as an attempt to pianist in "Andhadhun", a crit- recognised by the National ing the many controversies BJP leaders Rajyavard- underwent bariatric surgery detain them, the officials not probing loan default muzzle the press. ically acclaimed thriller, while Film Award jury. that "Padmaavat" faced. han Singh Rathore and Sud- to correct the weight he had hanshu Trivedi, senior Con- gained because of a long- gress leader Ghulam Nabi standing diabetic condition. Naidu urges parties to include code of conduct for MPs, MLAs in manifestos STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Upa-Rashtrapati Bhawan, cern over the tendency of opinion that the ruling and the NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST expressed his happiness over the Opposition parties to opposition parties should the productive session of the boycott the legislature in interact more frequently to Vice President and Rajya just concluded session of Par- some States, while in certain ensure smooth conduct of Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah liament. He said that the other instances the Opposi- both Parliament and legisla- Naidu today called upon all Rajya Sabha achieved histo- tion was “sent out”. In some tures. political parties to incorpo- ry of sorts in the number of States, the assembly was Observing that Parlia- rate a code of conduct for peo- questions raised and meeting for very few days, mentary democracy was all ple’s representatives, includ- answered, special mentions while there was continuous about ensuring governance ing MPs and MLAs, in their and zero hour mentions dur- disruption in some others. through accountability to the election manifestos. ing the session. The Vice President people, Naidu described as The code of conduct should “With 32 bills passed dur- appealed to all political par- “legislative, deliberative and include stipulations that the ing the 35 sittings of the ties to see that Parliament and accountability” the three members would recently concluded Rajya legislatures function effec- important functions of leg- not enter the well of the Sabha session, this has been tively and to ensure that the islatures. house, nor resort to sloga- the best in the last 17 years in quality of debates was raised. “We are supposed to make neering and disruptions or any terms of legislative output,” tional Parliament” and would members to discuss, debate He said “there is a feeling necessary legislations for the other unruly behavior such as he added. maintain the positive momen- and decide and not resort to among the people that the level betterment of the country tearing papers and throwing The Vice President said tum of the just concluded disruptions and obstructions of public discourse is going and the people, take up and them in the House. that he was sure that the session. in Parliament and legisla- down”. deliberate on issues of pub- Naidu, who hosted a lunch leadership and MPs of all The Rajya Sabha Chairman tures as people are becoming Pointing out that political lic importance and ensure the for senior officials of Rajya political parties would appre- said he has always been restless over such behaviour. parties were only rivals and accountability of the gov- Sabha and mediapersons at ciate the significance of “func- emphasising the need for Naidu also expressed con- not enemies, he was of the firm ernment of the day,” he said. 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JD-S SUPREMO H D DEVE GOWDA NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 IN A TWEET PRESSING PM MODI TO DECLARE KARNATAKA FLOODS AS NATIONAL DISASTER 07 Chopper to drop relief items in flood-hit Sangli

Over two lakh people have been evacuated ���Five western Maharashtra districts affected ~ Sangli, Pune, Kolhapur, Solapur and Satara �Total deaths 27

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA RESCUE OPERATION Navy rescues 31 SANGLI/MUMBAI, 9 AUGUST Karnataka toll fisherfolk Minister on flood survey helicopter is being goes up to 12; stranded at deployed to drop caught on camera smiling relief material in the CM announces Polavaram flood-ravaged areas `5 lakh to kin coffer dam PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ofA Sangli district in Maha- KOLHAPUR, 9 AUGUST rashtra and it may also be used HYDERABAD, 9 AUGUST to evacuate stranded people, Maharashtra minister Girish a senior official said on Friday. The Indian Navy rescued 31 Mahajan on Friday stoked Rescue measures are under- fisherfolk including 12 a controversy after two self- way in rural as well as urban women who were stranded ie videos surfaced pur- areas of the western Maha- on the upper coffer dam at portedly showing him smil- rashtra district, he said. Polavaram project after their ing and waving hands cheer- “We have received one boats began to capsize in river fully as he inspected parts chopper and its trial landing BENGALURU, 9 AUGUST Godavari which is in a spate of the flood-hit district. has been successfully con- due to incessant rain for This prompted the ducted. We are now starting Chief minister B S Yediyu- the past week. Opposition NCP, the Con- In one of the clips, an sorties to drop relief materi- rappa on Friday ann- A group of 31 fisherfolk gress and the MNS to rebuke unidentified person al in the affected areas. ounced Rs five lakh to next from Dowleswaram went Mahajan, who in turn, asked accompanying Maha- “The chopper may be used to the kin of people killed fishing in the Godavari upst- them not to politicise flood jan is seen taking self- to evacuate people from the in the flood and rain- ream of Polavaram few days relief work. flood-hit areas,” said Abhijit related incidents in Kar- back. They started returning Alleging the BJP minis- ie video as they rode Choudhary, district collector nataka, where 12 people as the river was receiving ter was on “disaster tourism”, through water in of Sangli. have lost their lives. NDRF personnel rescue people stranded in flood waters on inflatable boats after heavy rains on heavy inflows due to rain. the NCP also asked Chief parts of Kolhapur in As of Thursday, over two “I have directed the the outskirts of Sangli in Maharashtra on Friday. AFP However, this morning Minister Devendra Fad- western Maharashtra. lakh people have been evac- officials that Rs five lakh their boats started capsizing navis to seek resignation of uated to safer places due to the should be given to the near the upper coffer dam the “insensitive” water floods that have wreaked family members of those and they somehow managed resources minister. The government on the issue, havoc in five districts of West- killed in the flood with- to climb atop the coffer Congress launched a NCP chief spokesperson ern Maharashtra - Sangli, in 24 hours,” Yediyurap- dam. Locals near the scathing attack on the rul- Nawab Malik alleged it was Pune, Kolhapur, Solapur and pa said in Mudhol and 4 killed in Uttarakhand cloudburst Gandipochamma temple ing BJP, saying it should not into disaster manage- Satara, officials have said. Bagalkote, where he STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE At Thela-Tarthi, the incident heard their cries for help and start a “selfiewithdead” ment, but “disaster tourism”. Among them, Sangli and reviewed the flood situ- DEHRADUN, 9 AUGUST took place early morning when tried to rescue them but series declaring the minis- “Mahajan himself has Kolhapur are the worst-hit. ation, conducted an aer- the family was in deep sleep. failed because of swirling ter as its brand ambas- given the evidence of their As many as 97,102 people ial survey and visited the Cloudburst wreaked havoc in Their house came in fold of the floodwaters. sador. such tourism. This is an have been shifted to safer victims. different parts of Uttarakhand flash-flood. The locals then alerted the In one of the clips, an insensitive government. places in Kolhapur followed “In the State, in all, 12 of Friday. Four persons were Makani Devi (30) and her authorities. The NDRF teams unidentified person accom- They (ruling BJP) are only by 80,319 in Sangli, they have people have died,” he killed, many other suffered son Suraj (7) were killed and deployed in the area attempt- panying Mahajan is seen bothered about cam- said. The region has been said. Four helicopters injuries and damage to prop- Sapna (12) suffered injuries. ed to rescue by using mech- taking selfie video as they paigning. People of the pummelled by heavy rains including three big ones erty were registered from Tehri Young Sapana was rushed to anized boats but failed to rode through water in parts state are watching and will over the last few days. have been pressed into and Chamoli districts. the nearest health care centre reach them because of the of Kolhapur in western teach the BJP a lesson,” “Rescue measures are on service and so far 71 peo- In a tragic incident, two at Pilkhi. Search and rescue team gushing water of Godavari. Maharashtra. The minis- Malik said. in rural as well as in city areas ple have been airlifted, the members of a family were rushed to the aff-ected Thar- The state disaster man- ter can be seen smiling and Maharashtra Congress and people are being evacu- chief minister said. PTI killed and one got injured ti and managed to find the bod- agement authority con- waving hands in this clip. spokesperson Sachin ated from the affected areas. when their house collapsed due ies after condu-cting an exten- tacted Indian Navy in In another clip, Mahajan is Sawant tweeted, “Girish The number of evacuated to cloudburst triggering flash- sive operation. Visakhapatnam. Three of seen inspecting the flood sit- Mahajan is the face that people will increase,” Choud- ed due to unfavourable con- flood at village Thela-Tharti in Uttarakhand chief minis- the women had fallen uncon- uation standing on a road reflects the character, ide- hary said. At least nine peo- dition in Sangli and adjoining district Tehri. ter Trivendra Singh Rawat has scious due to hunger. A navy as the person filmed the self- ology and identity of this ple drowned and four went Kolhapur, another flood-hit dis- Tharti’s village head Deepa asked to take precaution in view helicopter reached Polava- ie video. Hitting out at the government. missing after a boat engaged trict, a defence spokesper- Devi said: “The incident took A cloudburst affected village of the incidents of excessive rain- ram at around 1 p.m. and air- in rescue work overturned son said in a statement in place at wee hours at 1.40 a.m. in district Chamoli. SNS fall in the hill state. He has llifted them by conducting near the flooded Brahmanal Mumbai. Two persons were killed and instructed all the District Mag- two sorties. village in Palus tehsil of San- “These 12 Navy teams will one was injured. The cloudburst in the cloudburst at village istrates to identify sensitive areas The YSRCP government gli on Thursday. Meanwhile, be deployed today in Sangli has caused threat to four other Faldia, near Deval. and to keep the Disaster has blamed the faulty design a dozen rescue teams of the in addition to the teams already houses in our village.” The flash-flood, triggered Management System active in of the Polavaram dam pro- Indian Navy are being deployed present in Kolhapur,” he added. In a similar incident in dis- by cloudburst, caused damage all the districts. He has instruct- ject for flooding. Ever since in Sangli district, an official said. The total number of deaths due trict Chamoli, two persons to about one dozen houses, ed that arrangements should the water level in Godavari The rescue teams left for to rain or flood- related inci- lost their lives in cloudburst many pedestrian bridges got be made to provide immedi- has risen, 19 villages in Sangli on Thursday night by dents in the five districts dur- related incident. Pushpa Devi washed away and loss of live- ate relief to any kind of loss of Polavaram have been under road in state transport vehi- ing this period stood at 27, offi- (29) and her seven-year-old stock was also recorded in the life and property during the dis- water. The project spillway cles after their airlift was abort- cials said. daughter Jyoti lost their lives affected areas. aster. is also under water. SNS CPM slams detention of Yechury, Raja by Kashmir administration

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE to move to Srinagar. This is showed the ruling BJP's ailing colleague and party’s KOLKATA, 9 AUGUST undeclared emergency. This “authoritarian face”. comrades who are there. We is nothing but annihilation The CPI-M calls upon the strongly protest the illegal The CPI-M today condemned of human rights and con- people to protest this “anti- detention,” the party said. the detention of party’s gen- stitutional morality,” the democratic” act of the BJP CPI-M MLA Sujan Chakr- eral secretary Sitaram Yechury party said. government. aborty said if it was a welcome and CPI chief D Raja by the The Left leaders had gone The party said earlier move in J&K by home min- Kashmir administration when to Srinagar to meet CPI (M) both the leaders had written ister Amit Shah, why are they went to meet the party’s leader Tarigami Yousuf and to the Jammu and Kashmir they scared of Sitaram MLA Tarigami Yousuf in Sri- other party colleagues. governor Satya Pal Malik Yechury and D Raja. On nagar today. In a statement issued by requesting him that there Thursday, Congress leader “The administration had the CPI-M, the party hit out should not be any hurdles to Ghulam Nabi Azad was been duly informed of the at the government over the their visit. Despite that they detained and sent back to visit plan, yet Sitaram Yechury detention, saying it was an have been detained. Delhi from the Srinagar air- and D Raja were not allowed “anti-democratic” act, which “They wanted to meet port. UP govt orders setting up Opposition alliance in Bihar of 2 schools for tribals, Dalits in Sonbhadra heading for disintegration

MANOJ CHAURASIA drums. The girls' school PATNA, 9 AUGUST For the past two months, would be construct- Tejashwi who was chosen by ed at Murtiya village The RJD-led Opposition his father to lead the party, in Ghorawal, Par- Grand Alliance appears to has taken no interest in the gana Barhar; and be heading for disintegra- party affairs for the reasons tion with the Lalu Prasad best known to him. First he the boys' school family taking no interest in skipped the month-long would come up in the party and political affairs. monsoon session of the Pargana Searia of While the RJD president state Assembly and then he Robertsganj, the Prasad is currently serving jumped party’s foundation statement said, prison terms in Ranchi jail, day function organized on his family members are 6 July, inviting bitter com- adding that the slowly distancing them- ments from the senior lead- directives were selves from the party activ- ers. PTI issued at a meeting ities, leaving the party rank Although he attended LUCKNOW, 9 AUGUST chaired by the chief and file confused and dis- the RJD’s national executive secretary heartened. Manjhi has snubbed the distance from the RJD in held the very next day but The Uttar Pradesh govern- The result is that GA’s RJD. recent months. since then there has been no ment has issued a directive partners look to be on exit Earlier in May too, Man- This comes amid the top trace of Tejashwi. Today for setting up of two resi- Adityanath had announce routes one by one even as jhi had skipped the meeting party leaders, especially again he was skipped the dential schools for chil- that his government would the Assembly elections in of GA convened by RJD majority of former party party function held in the dren belonging to Scheduled be setting up the schools Bihar are scheduled only leader Tejashwi Yadav in presidents, seeking for RJD office at which he was Castes and Scheduled Tribes during his visit to the dis- next year. May end soon after the dumping the RJD and going to kick off the party’s mem- in the state's Sonbhadra trict after the massacre. In a fresh development, results of the Lok Sabha it alone to revive the party bership drive. district, where 10 tribals The girls' school would Hindustani Awam Morcha elections were announced. base. What was further strange, were killed last month over be constructed at Murtiya (HAM) headed by former The result brought seri- They are of the opinion no members from Prasad land conflict. village in Ghorawal, Pargana chief minister Jitan Ram ous disaster to the Opposi- that the Congress leadership family, either former chief One of the residential Barhar; and the boys' school Manjhi is planning to go it tion camp with the GA able should get off the crutches minister Rabri Devi, her schools would be set up for would come up in Pargana alone in the next Assembly to win only one seat out of of the RJD it used in the past daughter Misa Bharti or her girls, while the other would Searia of Robertsganj, the polls. Bihar’s total 40 LS seats. and go it alone in the Assem- elder son Tej Pratap Yadav be for boys, said an official statement said, adding that “Both the NDA and the Except for the Congress bly elections which, they remained present at the statement. the directives were issued GA have cheated our party which emerged victorious on feel, will strengthen the function too, causing further “State Chief Secretary at a meeting chaired by the and hence, most likely we only one seat, no party, party base. embarrassment to the senior Anup Chandra Pandey has chief secretary on Thursday. would contest the 2020 including the RJD, could Trouble has begun right party leaders and grass-root issued directive for con- The schools would be on assembly elections alone,” open its account. Manjhi has since the opposition camp workers. struction of two residential lines of centre-run Navo- Manjhi announced today, already refused to accept the faced embarrassing defeat In the absence of any schools for boys and girls daya schools. launching his party’s mem- leadership of RJD leader in the recently-held LS polls. instruction from the top, for education of children of On 17 July, 10 people bership drive. He said major- Tejashwi Yadav, younger However, the RJD is more the grass root workers are Scheduled Castes and were killed and 28 others ity of the party men now feel son of jailed RJD president to blame for this situation. feeling confused which is Scheduled Tribes in injured in Umbha village in that HAM should go it alone Prasad. Post poll debacle, Prasad’s badly damaging the party. Sonbhadra district,” the Sonbhadra over control of in the next assembly polls. Quite like HAM, the Con- heir apparent Tejashwi has The overall situation appears statement said. land by the village head This is the second time gress party too has been literally gone into hiding, really tough for the RJD at Chief Minister Yogi and his henchmen. in quick succession that maintaining respectable leaving the party in the dol- present. 08 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 Vol. CXXXXX 189

A MEMBER The honest broker? OF THE Incorporating and directly descended from THE FRIEND OF INDIA - Founded 1818 ASIAN VOICES India must make it clear to the US that the success of its Afghan policy might depend Grim numbers not only on Pakistan but more crucially on the dismantling of its terror infrastructure Clean air must uly 30, World Day against Trafficking in Persons, visibly and verifiably to India‘s satisfaction and within a stipulated timeframe. And on be guaranteed came and went and India showed that it was not that will depend the resumption of Indo-Pak talks on all bilateral issues, including Kashmir. Joverly worried about a global movement to epalis have been enduring arrest the rise in human trafficking (illegal trade of Kashmir‘s resolution cannot mean a sanction to Pakistan‘s encroachment on Afghanistan poor air quality for years now. humans), which has assumed “horrific dimensions”. NAnd every year, they look for- Hapless reports from the United Nations Office on ward to a few months of fresh and Drugs and Crime (UNODC), drawing trafficking clean air during the monsoon when trends and patterns from 142 countries, show a the rains wash down harmful sus- steady increase in victims since 2010 with Asia and pended particulate matter in the the Americas reporting the worst figures. Not all of atmosphere. Now, this little bit of this can be explained by improved detection, respite too is disappearing. Prime Min- ister KP Oli claimed in late June that recording and reporting data on trafficking and Kathmandu was ‘dust free’, and that surely there is a real increase in the number of vic- Nepalis need not wear air pollution tims. The Global Slavery Index bestows on India the masks anymore. While those claims distinction of hosting an estimated eight million were ridiculed outright, the situation victims within its borders, out of a global trade of has barely improved even a month 24.9 million. The prime motivations in this heinous later, in the midst of the monsoon sea- game are sexual slavery and forced labour. Women son, with the particulate matter still and girls comprise around 72 per cent of detected causing air pollution. The government victims and child victims have more than doubled needs to fix this issue, not by making from 2004 to 2016. They account for 30 per cent of false claims and taking ad hoc mea- sures, but by getting at the cause of the trafficked; girls outnumbering boys globally. such pollution ~ dust and emissions. Despite India’s attempt at implementing the Traf- The main causes of air pollution are ficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Reha- ozone in the lower atmosphere, nitro- bilitation) Bill, 2018 the annual ‘Trafficking in Per- gen and sulphur oxides, and particles sons Report’, June 2019 by the USA’s Department of suspended in the air. While ozone and State, places it amongst the 90 Tier 2 countries along other pollutants go through seasonal with Pakistan, Nigeria, Nepal and Singapore. This the Yalta accords, John Kennedy ate hurry for an escape route mediate on India’s claim to PoK variations that are harder to under- means that India is not satisfactorily meeting the he piquancy created by and the Cuban Missile Crisis, from Afghanistan would cause after the scrapping of Article 370? stand, governments worldwide use Air Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) President Trump’s recent Lyndon Johnson and the second permanent damage to the sub- Therefore, any move towards Quality Index (AQI) levels for PM2.5 claim that Prime Minis- standards, despite its attempts to comply. Gulf of Tonkin incident, and continent. One recalls how political grandstanding without (particulates that are smaller than 2.5 Tter Narendra Modi had Ronald Reagan and Central backed by President Eisenhow- an effort to go deep into the micrometres in diameter) to check the India’s complicity and lax laws have encouraged asked him to mediate or arbi- America in the 1980s. Assuming er, Secretary of State John Dulles issue will not help. breathability of air. traffickers to use it as a hub for trading in victims trate in Indo-Pak talks has less- that Trump said this to Imran wanted to use leverage through But the most important les- The US Embassy’s air quality from neighbouring countries in a massive orga- ened a bit. He has changed the Khan in order to placate Pakistan its economic assistance pro- son to be drawn is that the mer- monitor at Phora Durbar, near the nized crime. Nepal and Bangladesh are considered narrative into his willingness to in the attempt to wriggle out of grammes, to press for a solution curial Trump's support cannot heart of Kathmandu, showed the the source countries and a study by Sashastra assist “if the two South Asian the Afghan quagmire, it bears on Kashmir, but Prime Minister always be taken for granted. He PM2.5 level at 51 AQI at noon on Seema Bal on “Human Trafficking on Indo-Nepal neighbours wanted him to help recall that during the Cold War, Nehru did not go along with the is given to changing gears. Ana- August 8. In fact, the Nepali Times, border” alleges that the numbers entering India in resolving the decades-old presidential deception for secu- US proposal. lysts refer to the Holbrooke doc- using US Embassy data, tweeted yes- have gone up by 500 per cent since 2013. The tricks issue”. Is Mr Trump seeking to rity purposes became entrenc- Interestingly in 1993 when trine which was a crucial move terday that the PM2.5 levels in Kath- score political brownie points by of the trade and even the routes are known as are hed, defended in elite circles as a Robin Raphel, as the Assistant towards curbing radicalism in mandu Valley for the period covering seeking to ‘solve’ Kashmir, after distasteful but necessary matter Secretary of State for South Asia, Pakistan and ease the Kashmir some players, as girls are routinely trafficked from his overture to North Korea, and of realpolitik and, frequently, na- said that the USA never accep- dispute. Richard Holbrooke, the villages in Nepal’s Terai region and sold to brothels thus be adjudged as the states- tional survival. ted the accession of Kashmir in influential American diplomat in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other cities for up to man of the century seeking pari- Roosevelt believed that he India, the Clinton administration and author, was in favour of August 2-8 has consistently ranged Rs 50,000. Year 2013 saw 108 girls/children rescued ty with some of his more illustri- would be ‘preserv- backtracked and exerting more pressure on India between the 50-100 range. What’s at the Indo-Nepal border and the numbers have ous predecessors such as Wash- ing’ the postwar endorsed the Shim- to achieve that. worse, AQI levels in parts of the Valley risen to 607 in 2017, suggesting a bigger pool of ington, Adams, Jefferson? Suffice peace. Kennedy la agreement, say- But India must make it clear during the second and third week of those that evaded detection. In 2016, India reported it to submit that he is proving to understood his de- ing that Pakistan to the US that the success of its July, around the time of the heaviest 8,132 cases, a 20 per cent increase from 2015, with be increasingly difficult for India. ception as neces- and India have to Afghan policy might depend not rains this monsoon, ranged as high as The Modi government’s decision 23,117 rescues. Of them, children accounted for 60 sary to ‘protect a resolve it by them- only on Pakistan but more cru- 165 AQI. Such high levels during the to cut down drastically on oil politically unpo- selves. If Trump had cially on the dismantling of its monsoon, when the rains typically per cent, women and girls accounted for 55 per imports from Iran has led Tehran pular compromise’ checked with some terror infrastructure visibly and wash down particles in the air, do not cent; 33 per cent was trafficked for sexual services ro shift its position on Kashmir. that had been nec- primer on Indo-Pak verifiably to India’s satisfaction bode well for the quality of the air that and 45 per cent for forced labour. Given that India is The country’s supreme leader, essary to prevent a relationship he and within a stipulated time- we breathe in the long run. an aspiring global superpower and the transnation- Ayatollah Khamenei, and the for- potential war betw- would have known frame. And on that will depend There are a number of aspects that al nature of the crime, certainly there is a case for eign ministry have issued state- een superpowers. PRASENJIT that following the the resumption of Indo-Pak talks have contributed to the worsening air the country to have a comprehensive legislative ments on Kashmir that were crit- Lyndon Johnson felt CHOWDHURY 1971 war India was on all bilateral issues, including quality. One is that the country’s road framework, with built-in non-criminalization of the ical of the Indian government it was necessary to The writer is a Kolkata-based able to extract Kashmir. Kashmir’s resolution repair systems are poorly planned. Roads and its security forces. Indeed, deceive in order to commentator on politics, major concessions cannot mean a sanction to Pak- are dug up routinely for a myriad of rea- victim and effective rehabilitation clauses, within development and cultural which it can address the problem or else market Khamenei, for the first time in ‘prevent the spread issues from Pakistan at the istan’s encroachment on sons, only to be left as is for months, seven years, equated the situa- forces will continue to determine the contours of of Communism in Shimla talks that Afghanistan. even as the sandy roads contribute dust tion in Kashmir with that of South-east Asia’, just followed. Sub-para- It was during the Kargil crisis to the air. The ever-expanding trade this ongoing assault. Yemen and Bahrain as one that as Reagan believed he was doing graph 1(ii) of the Shimla Agree- in 1999, a fact confirmed by deficit has also not stopped the increas- required the support of “all Mus- two decades later in Central ment in 1972 stipulated that the Stephen Cohen, that the USA ing purchase of foreign-made private lim nations”. America. Even George W. Bush two countries have resolved to came out in full support of India vehicles; most of these are fossil fuel-guz- Prisoner of Gender To be fair to Mr Modi, it is believed that the spurious stories settle their differences by peace- against Pakistan for the first time, zling and are inefficient in terms of the inconceivable that he made that he told the nation with regard to ful means through bilateral which grew even stronger under number of passengers they carry as t is deeply regrettable if gender equality has request. What lends hilarity to Iraq were offered in the service negotiations or any other peace- the Bush Jr. administration. It opposed to mass transport. Moreover, become a casualty in one of the country’s pre- the tale is that the Prime Minister of ‘national survival’. ful means mutually agreed upon gained momentum during the even with great potential for hydroelec- Imier healthcare facilities ~ the All India Institute could not refute Trump in public, Today, Pakistan is poised to between them. This meant that administrations of Bill Clinton, tricity and the availability of sunlight of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. A report crafted lest that should be tantamount come out of its economic and India-Pakistan differences could George W. Bush, and Barack during the winter months, Nepal contin- by its doctors is explicit on the point that men out- to saying that the US President strategic isolation not only be discussed outside a bilateral Obama. One hopes that with a ues to rely on fossil fuel imports (sub- number women in outpatient consultations and is a liar. Trump’s motive to fabri- because the Afghan peace talks context only if both countries strong institutional mechanism sidised for personal consumption) and cate a lie on an issue that is fairly between the US and the Taliban agreed to do so. Prime Ministers of Indo-US friendship, the Amer- on fossil fuel-powered electricity from across a range of specialisations. Not that all ail- sensitive for India is a moot have reached a critical phase Nawaz Sharif and Atal Behari ican President is just a cog in the India. ments are gender-specific; it is the attention accord- point, but his lie did conform to requiring Pakistan’s midwifery, Vajpayee agreed in 1999 to inten- wheel who cannot undo years of The only way forward for the gov- ed to men generally that must seem quirky. It is the rich tradition of Presidential but also because three big pow- sify efforts to resolve bilaterally good work of the previous lead- ernment, both local and federal, is to cause for concern that the report, advanced on lies that form the bedrock of ers on the world stage ~ China, all issues including Kashmir in ers of the two countries. Trump promote measures that are long-lasting. Wednesday, mentions fresh evidence of gender dis- American politics. While ama- Russia and the US ~ are courting Lahore. If historical precedents should surely be briefed that any Roads that are dug up have to be black- crimination in terms of access to health care, indeed teur analysts of Freudian slips Pakistan to hold talks to mediate are any guide, during the Bush attempt to internationalise Kash- topped immediately after any public specialised treatment. It devolves on the authori- have had a field day with numer- on Afghanistan. Internationalis- Sr. administration, the USA mir is a red line for India. work is done. The adoption of mass tran- ties and the Union health ministry no less to diag- ous examples of Bush’s gaffes, ing Kashmir with American favoured bilateral negotiations to But that said, India must sit systems, so that people rely less on nose the factors at the root of the skewed sex ratios. the Trumpian variety needs clos- mediation is the pet fantasy that resolve the Kashmir problems have to understand that Kash- private vehicles, are also an important er scrutiny. Pakistan harbours ever since Par- under the framework of the 1972 mir’s future as a democratic, starting point. To promote this, the gov- The doctors have analysed more than two million Trump’s lie looks almost tition. Trump, who is aware of Shimla agreement. When Nara- inclusive, and pro-secular space ernment can provide fuel subsidies to OPD visits over the past year. The data can be aston- innocuous when compared to that, nudged a beleaguered and simha Rao visited the USA in is inextricably linked to how commercial operators while completely ishing, if not a contrived attempt to distort gender four key presidential lies listed placatory Pakistan. He is acutely May 1994, President Clinton India and Pakistan conduct revoking all such provisions for personal equality. It thus comes about that for cardiology, for by Eric Alterman in his book aware that this works wonderful- endorsed bilateralism and the themselves. And the need consumption. In the meantime, the gov- instance, 196 men were treated, against 100 women. When Presidents Lie: A History of ly well in the subcontinent as Shimla agreement as a security for true bilateralism is necessary ernment has to promote the domestic The figures are no less skewed for the ENT, Medi- Official Deception and Its Conse- elsewhere, but the only trouble policy to resolve the Kashmir in a Kashmir without its special production of clean electricity ~ from cine, Ophthalmology, skin and surgery depart- quences; Franklin Roosevelt and is that the unseemly and desper- issue. Will Modi urge Trump to status. solar and hydropower sources. ments. Doctors connected with the survey have admitted that by and large, there can be no gen- der-based pattern in terms of diseases and illnesses. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] At the core of the discrepancy is gender discrimina- tion. It is hard not to wonder whether AIIMS is gal’s industrial scenario and divi- dered inside their house in this notice of West Bengal’s Chief Min- unwilling or whether women are loath to accept ... To the edge of the cliff sive politics. There is not the slight- area on the night of 30 July. This ister, Mamata Banerjee, who inci- sophisticated healthcare. “The size of the skewed est inaccuracy or exaggeration in area was very peaceful till recently dentally is also in charge of Home ratios ~ at times two-to-one ~ and their presence in SIR, Thank you for your editorial, Mr Tripathi has articulated “home what he said; the reality is there for and many people bought flats and police. every medical facility points to gender discrimina- ‘Gubernatorial Caveat’ (31 July). truths” about the Chief Minister everyone to see. and land and built their houses Bansdroni cries out for her tion,” is the high-minded lament of a professor of The Governor has a duty to remind going out of her way to appease a He made these remarks be- years ago to spend their retired intervention in order to curb the cardiology at AIIMS and a member of the study the State government of his Oath particular community, guided cause he cares for the people of the life peacefully. Now, with the real activities of the unscrupulous real team. It is cause for alarm too that gender discrimi- of Office, as the keeper of its con- solely by its religious identity and state. He has spoken out of his love estate boom there has been a estate developers and builders. science instead of being a mute thereby discriminating against for Kolkata, once the second city spurt in anti-social activities. The Real estate activity has spawned nation in access to healthcare is extensive, if the witness to the gradual disintegra- others in the process. No wonder of the British Empire and now activities of builders and develop- anti-social depredations. fresh evidence is any indication. Acchhe Din must tion of the State’s administration the exercise not only “impinged” described as a big city with a small ers have unnerved old-time resi- Yours, etc., Abanti Mukherjee, be a long way away if girls and elderly women have and bringing the same to the edge on the communal and societal har- town by a foreign diplomat. dents. The local police station has Kolkata, 5 August. to suffer the greatest neglect. The attitude can only of the cliff. Mr Keshari Nath Tri- mony, but has proved counter-pro- Yours, etc., Enakshi Ghosh, failed to provide security. Nor is the prolong the suffering, the cruel irony being the pathi’s timing of the caveat has ductive. Kolkata, 1 August. locality effectively patrolled at COAL-FIRED OVENS antediluvian mores. The distance between home also been appropriate. Spelling it Yours, etc., Sunrit Deb, REAL ESTATE CRIME night. SIR, According to a Food and Agri- and hospital may even militate against timely atten- out earlier might have robbed it Kolkata, 5 August. This has bolstered the anti- culture Organisation (FAO) report, tion and care for women. Which explains the con- much of its force and effect. It BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN SIR, I am a 64-year-old senior citi- social elements and unscrupulous Kolkata has 30,000 food vendors sensus amongst doctors that the distance between might then have been interpreted zen and have for the past 25 years promoters, many of whom have who use coal-fired ovens. Besides, AIIMS and the patients’ home states, as often as not as unwarranted interference by a SIR, This refers to the remarks of been a resident of Bansdroni in the come from outside West Bengal. there are numerous roadside iron- meddlesome protégé of the Union the former Governor, Mr Keshari Netaji Nagar police station area. An Through these columns, I would ing service providers who also use explains the seemingly distorted sex ratio. Gender Government. While taking the bow, Nath Tripathi, regarding West Ben- elderly childless couple was mur- like to bring the malaise to the such ovens, which are the biggest discrimination can render the healthcare system source of air pollution in the city. still more sclerotic. The survey by doctors at AIIMS Kolkata Municipal Corporation is has furnished figures; it devolves on the hospital PAGES FROM THE PAST responsible for improving the air authorities and policy planners to sensitise the peo- SIR, Leaders are born and not made. Time was when the grand old party was blessed quality. ple about the prevalence of gender discrimination with leaders of the stature of Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and thereafter, Indira It should immediately ensure in healthcare. It is imperative for the Health min- Gandhi who helped the Indian National Congress to virtually rule the country for that coal ovens are replaced with istry to ensure that more and more women avail of more than three decades from 1947 to 1984, with the Janata interregnum. Though Indi- electric induction cookers and the facilities at AIIMS. There is something wrong ra’s son, Rajiv, came to the fore in the wake of her assassination, his tenure was brief electric irons are used for pressing and lacklustre and clouded by the Bofors controversy. Morarji Desai of the Janata clothes. The air quality level of the somewhere if the man/woman ratio has been so Dal, who assumed the mantle of the PM after the end of the Emergency could not last city deteriorates during winter. As thoroughly skewed as it has been for years. It long, and he was followed by Charan Singh for a brief period and thereafter, he passed such, sustained action is necessary redounds to the credit of doctors at AIIMS that the into the pages of history till Indira’s comeback. to address this problem. gender bias has eventually been exposed. The Hip- Yours, etc., Arun Kumar Bhaduri, Kolkata, 31 July. Yours, etc., Khokan Das, pocratic oath warrants universal application. Kolkata, 7 August. NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 09

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW 100 YEARS AGO OCCASIONAL NOTE Khattar as CM candidate in the 2014 The five great firms of meat packers against Assembly polls. Our first target is to which the American Department of Justice oust the BJP. We can announce the CM is about to take proceedings under the Anti- candidate later. Trust law are all located, to use the American expression, in Chicago, namely Armour and ‘Uncertainty not Q: Opposition parties accuse the Co., Cudahy Packing Co., Morris and Co., BJP of creating a divide in Swift and Co., and Wilson and Co. The total Haryana between Jats and non- sales of these firms last year were upwards of Jats. Do you agree with this? How three thousand million dollars, and their will the Congress deal with it? aggregate profit amounted to more than 51 A: They (BJP) have made an effort million dollars. Of this sum 21 millions were but not succeeded in it. Any develop- netted by Swift and Co., who are by far the good for Congress’ ment work like roads, schools or col- most important of the group, although leges in the state is for all communi- Armour and Co., are the best known, per- ties and everyone benefits from them. haps, to the outside world. It has been wo-time former chief minister Such things are not done for one par- claimed, on behalf of the big packers, that Bhupinder Singh Hooda (71) is ticular community. This is the men- they only handle 40 per cent of the total the face of the Congress in tality of the BJP but people have fully meat production of the United States. In Haryana. The son of freedom understood the issue and everyone is addition to the five large houses, there are Tfighter and constituent Assembly mem- for strengthening brotherhood among said to be 266 packing firms subject to Gov- ber Ranbir Singh Hooda, he is an alum- all communities. ernment supervision - that is to say, which nus of Sainik School, Balachadi, Jam- have inter-State businesses - and in addi- nagar, Gujarat. Having started his polit- Q: You have been demanding tion to these there are many hundreds of ical career as a block president in his leadership change in the smaller packers which do a purely local native area of Kiloi in Rohtak, Hooda Haryana unit. How will it help the trade. The large packing houses do not has been Member of Parliament and Congress? restrict their operations to butchers’ meat. Member of Legislative Assembly four A: I have never demanded lead- Swift and Co., for example, are the largest times each. ership change but Haryana Pradesh single dealers in cattle, eggs and poultry in Ever since losing power to the BJP Congress Committee in the presence the United States. The agitation against the in the 2014 Assembly polls, the strong- of Kamal Nath (then in-charge of methods of the packers has been growing man from Rohtak’s Jat bastion is fac- Haryana Congress) had passed a reso- in volume for many months, and although ing political as well as legal battles lution authorising Rahul Gandhi to they have endeavoured to show that their with the party high command ignor- appoint a new president (replacing methods are essential if prices are not to go ing his demand for leadership change current president Ashok Tanwar). We higher than they are. in the state unit and Central agencies are waiting for a decision on that reso- probing corruption cases against him. lution. It's for the party high com- NEWS ITEMS In an interview to RANJEET JAMWAL, mand to decide. But for the past five Hooda underlined the need to years, there are no block or district appoint a new president of the Con- presidents in the state unit. It for sure INDIAN INSTITUTE gress at the earliest. Excerpts: weakens the party organisation. OF SCIENCE Q:What is your assessment of the Q:The Congress appears divided on Congress leadership crisis? Also, revocation of Article 370. What is The tenth annual report, that for 1918-19, who should, in your view, be the your view? of the Indian Institute of Science, Banga- Congress president? A: In my individual capacity, I have lore, just issued, is an interesting record of A: The Congress Working Com- supported the revocation of Article 370. researches made for industrial purposes. mittee (CWC) is meeting on 10 August Even the Congress has not opposed it. The Hon. Mr. H.V. Cobb, Resident, was the to take a decision on this issue. We had The party has only questioned the man- elected chairman for the year and three requested Rahul Gandhi to continue ner in which it was done. meetings of the council of the institute were as party president. But he didn't relent the BJP government in Haryana. It was seats and one seat was won by the late Q: Should the Congress forge an held during the period. The library block and resigned as president. So now the because of pseudo-nationalism and Bhajan Lal's party (Haryana Janhit alliance with any party for the Q: How do you assess the perfor- was practically completed by the end of the CWC is meeting and someone should Modi wave that the party won. This Congress). Thus, Om Prakash Chauta- Haryana Assembly polls? mance of the BJP government in year and it now remains to level and lay out be made president. This uncertainty was the case not just in Haryana but la's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) A: There is no need for the Con- Haryana? the grounds. As regards investigations made over the party president should be entire northern India and the BJP won didn't win a seat in those Lok Sabha gress to have an alliance for the A: The BJP had made 154 pre-poll in the Institute, in the department of gener- over soon. Such uncertainty is not Lok Sabha seats because of these fac- polls in Haryana. But in Assembly Assembly polls. But if like-minded promises but has not fulfilled a single al and organic chemistry, Mr. M.N. Mehta, good for the party. tors. polls later, the INLD won 32 seats. parties like Bahujan Samaj Party come promise. Since the formation of the state M.A., B.Sc., a graduate of the Bombay Uni- Likewise, in Odisha people voted for forward for an alliance and it works in 1966 till 2014, the per person debt versity, was engaged, with the help and Q: The BJP won all 10 Lok Sabha Q:Will the Modi factor play a part Narendra Modi as Prime Minister at well for both the parties, we are open stood at Rs 30,000. But in the past five under the guidance of Dr. Sudborough, in seats in Haryana for the first time in the Assembly polls too? the Centre but voted for Naveen Pat- to such an alliance. years, it has gone up to Rs 71,000. None an investigation into the deterioration of in the state’s history. How will you A: These factors (pseudo-nation- naik as chief minister again. Therefore, of the promises made to poor, farmers, paper. This question has been taken up at describe BJP’s surge in the state alism and Modi wave) will not be Lok Sabha polls are fought on different Q: Should the Congress leader- youth and employees have been ful- the request of the Government of India. An where the saffron party was a there in Assembly polls as state polls issues from the Assembly polls. In ship project a CM candidate for filled. The BJP can't win just on the basis examination of certain perished books has minor player till the 2014 Lok are fought on different issues. For Assembly polls people assess the state these polls? of rhetoric. The failure of the Khattar been made and proves that paper made Sabha polls? example, in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, government's performance. A: It's a hypothetical question. government on all fronts will be our from rags does deteriorate, although this A: It was not an achievement of the Congress won nine Lok Sabha The BJP too had not declared ML main poll issue. has been denied by certain cellulose experts. CHOWRINGHEE EXTENSION How Assam NRC affects Dhaka The work of laying the new tram lines from Kyd Street corner to Esplanade for the TASLIMA YASMIN level state officials of both countries, eral times on behalf of the ruling BJP being persecuted and the indefinite Kalighat cars, in connection with the widen- Bangladesh had been reassured that leaders and NRC officials that those state of rights deprivation will ing of Chowringhee on that frontage, has n July last year, the draft NRC this was simply an “internal issue” who are finally delisted will have the inescapably drive these stateless peo- already begun. After the scheme was sanc- (National Register of Citizens) in pertaining to India and that India had chance to appeal to the Foreigner’s ple to seek refuge at the borders of tioned there was some delay owing to a Assam had primarily delisted more no plans to deport those people Tribunals in Assam and the process neighbouring countries. Thus, the way shortage of tram rails. These have since than four million people from Indi- excluded from the NRC to Bangladesh. can go as far up as the Supreme Court. this denationalisation process is draw- arrived from abroad, thus enabling the work Ian citizenship - a process that is now However, all these informal Thus, although there is no specific ing a dangerous polarisation in the to be taken in hand. The track from pending for its final publication on exchanges, interviews and media policy explaining what would be the region, the possibility that Bangladesh Esplanade to Kyd Street has been dug, but August 31. NRC was meant to identify analyses took place in the pre-election fate of the people whose names will may have to face refugees crossing only about a hundred feet near Esplanade and delist those who are considered “ille- context of India. Although this had not appear in the final NRC, the Indi- borders from India at some point can- end have been laid with concrete. The rails gal migrants”, who entered Assam after never been spelt out, for many an government has from time to time not be negated. are lying on the west side of the track ready March 24, 1971. The draft NRC, which Bangladeshis, this process of delisting assured that the entire process will Other than the potential refugee to be put down as soon as the foundation of raised concern for many in Bangladesh, citizens prior to the Lok Sabha elec- sions surrounding the NRC in Assam. take up a significantly long period of crisis, it is also to be seen as to how the track has been made secure. The new was published when Bangladesh was tion was initially thought to be just Even though there may have been time before any person’s citizenship far this divisive political process, Chowringhee line will meet the present Kid- going through its own struggle of hav- political rhetoric or a stance of BJP to debates over whether or not they claim can be finally settled by the which may result in a state of commu- derpore line on Ochterlony Road and will ing to shelter more than a million influence the electoral landscape in should be returned to Bangladesh, Supreme Court. This implies that no nal instability in Assam, will eventu- form part of the new track, and for this pur- refugees fleeing from Myanmar. The con- Assam. However, the way the illegal there had hardly been any disagree- one will probably be deported to ally affect the existing communal har- pose a new track will be laid for the Kidder- cern was rather valid as the possibility migration issue had been emphasised ment in the public discourse regard- Bangladesh in the near future. mony in Bangladesh. In fact, it doesn’t pore cars to the west of the present Kidder- of “deportation” of the alleged illegal in the pre-election campaigns and the ing the status of the illegal migrants However, even if not deported require much political foresight to pore track, cutting through Ochterlony migrants to Bangladesh was being pace with which the NRC process was as Bangladeshis. Even the decision of immediately, throughout this poten- infer that this politically motivated Road. emphasised time and again in politi- conducted after the election did raise the Supreme Court of India, which tially long process, millions of people division and the resulting communal cal discourses and media debates in India. an alarm that the promise to delist the had sanctioned the NRC process, will, in effect, lose all their political discontent will not be limited within DISTRESS IN Since India has always refrained from alleged “illegal migrants” was perhaps clearly expressed that the illegal rights for an indefinite period of time the borders of India alone. Depriving bringing up the illegal migration issue never only a political rhetoric. The last migrants detected through the process and will probably end up in some such large numbers of people of citi- BANKURA in any official meeting with Bangladesh, election manifesto of BJP had even should eventually be deported to detention camps. The crucial question zenship will certainly have an adverse Seventy-two relief-works were opened in Bangladesh did not officially express any promised to repeat the NRC process Bangladesh. As such, there is hardly then is - for how long will these peo- effect on the overall regional peace Bankura. The number of persons relieved concern over the NRC process. in future, in other parts of India. any scope to regard the NRC process ple, arbitrarily deprived of their and security, and the country that will on works was 6,492. The number of persons However, in unofficial media As such, the essential post-elec- as a mere “internal issue” of India that nationality and political freedom, feel be affected most, for understandable in receipt of gratuitous relief was 20,039, viz., exchanges, high-level government tion question for Bangladesh was if it has no connotations for Bangladesh. safe in Assam? The entire process of reasons, is Bangladesh. In the context 15,251 on cash doles in 114 Unions, 3,479 officials did clarify Bangladesh’s posi- should rest assured, based on only However, keeping in mind the denationalisation will create an of the upcoming final NRC publica- on paddy husking advances, 782 weavers tion stating that there had been no some informal communications, that friendly diplomatic relations that the unprecedented number of stateless tion on August 31, how far the diplo- and 527 better class poor. The total number unauthorised migration from the entire process of NRC is simply an two countries share, this much can be persons in this region and it cannot matic effort from Bangladesh is pre- of persons relieved was 26,531. The decrease Bangladesh to Assam after the coun- “internal issue” of India with zero hoped that India would never send be assumed with certainty that they pared to effectively address the ensu- in the number of persons on relief-works try’s independence in 1971. Reported- effect on Bangladesh. The so-called back such large numbers of de- will not be subjected to persecution ing crisis remains to be seen. was due to heavy rains and active agricul- ly, however, through personal com- illegal Bangladeshis have always been nationalised people to the borders of based on their communal or linguistic tural operations, while the increase in num- munications between the highest- at the centre of all debates and discus- Bangladesh. It had been indicated sev- identity within Assam. This fear of The Daily Star/ANN. bers on gratuitous relief was due to the opening of new relief centres. The number of persons relieved on private works was CROSSWORD 2,000. Also four charitable societies relieved NO 27676 1,799 other persons by rice doles. Offences against property are increasing. The physi- cal condition of workers and public health SOLUTION FOR 09 AUGUST SOLUTION FOR 03 AUGUST are good. Fodder and water are sufficient. Cloth is being distributed to destitute. The relief measures are adequate. work (6) waterworks (5) countries divided 22 Insurance pay-out 3 Expert’s recently- by case for interim HOSTILE puts a claim in jeo- taken photo (7) assessments (9) pardy (7,3) 4 One marking time 18 First person TRIBESMEN 24 Second-hand paid for working in incarcerated by Reconnaissances from Dakka report small shop’s facade due capital (9) judge is a killer (7) bodies of the enemy still occupying their to be revamped (4) 5 Time at school cut 19 Exam put away 26 Quick work! (6) short by child’s with instructions usual positions about Girdi, a lashkar about 27 Even if wealth’s social worker? (7) on passing (7) two thousand strong is said to be near lost we should cut 6 Religious leader up- 21 Provider of Basawal. The tribesmen followed up one of back (8) set about western sensitive our reconnaissance parties during its return audition for Big set in motion (10) 28 Slippery youngster border of Israeli information to ACROSS city (5) to Dakka on the 5th instant. They were dis- Brother? (8) 13 Got tan after turn- covering up deceit Central 1 Understood the 7 Dread for example ing somewhat is about to get a Intelligence persed by shell fire and lost sixty to seventy meaning of over- 10 Sign of saint having to change orange colour (6) wake-up call (8) Agency? (7) killed. In Tochi there have been some minor acting in New York expunged from 29 Staid or stayed – and move to venerable 15 Prime position left 23 Everyone eats tips disturbances. On the 8th a body of tribes- (6) first mate in the which is misspelt? worse position (7) 5 Serpent’s sex app- rectory’s walls (6) (6) 8 Rent room close to of green men took up commanding positions to pre- navy at sea (8) asparagus like eal distinctly over- 11 Symbol intimately 17 Drug trial that that silly bugger! (9) vent our road piquets reaching their posts in come by consider- associated with DOWN 14 Square containing seaweed (5) the vicinity of Edak. The enemy were driven could be decisive 25 Promised to aban- able nerves (8) Tutankhamen (4) (4,4) 2 Judgement disre- exposed area of off but the road traffic was interrupted for 9 Richard and Charlo- gards “good” land for fruit (9) don place with bor- 12 Spoke about indep- 20 Occupation univer- several hours. These activities are locally tte perhaps in endent spirit being sity dons enter at reason for 16 European ders (5) attributed to the instigation of Nadir Khan. NOTE: Figures in parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required.(By arrangement with The Independent, London) Small raids are reported by villagers on the Seistan border, but these have been repelled by villagers themselves. Any further delay in the selection of the new Congress chief is not an option

CONGRESS LEADER ABHISHEK SINGHVI 10 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 AHEAD OF THE CRUCIAL CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING THUMBNAILS SC rejects plea against five-days BJP appoints in-charges for poll-bound states a week hearings in Ayodhya case STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE and Jharkhand. NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Assembly polls in Maha- rashtra and Jharkhand, where STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE committee failed to develop In preparations for assem- the BJP is in power, will take NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST a consensus among the par- bly polls in Haryana later this place sometime later this year ties to arrive at an amicable year and in Delhi in early along with Haryana. he Supreme Court on resolution. 2020, the BJP central lead- The party has appointed Friday rejected a plea The daily hearings also ership here on Friday entrust- its two senior leaders Bhupin- by a Muslim party assume significance, as the ed Prakash Javadekar and der Yadav and O P Mathur against five-days-a- head of the Constitution bench Narendra Singh Tomar, both as in charge of assembly Tweek hearings in Ayodhya's Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is Union ministers, with the elections in Maharashtra Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri scheduled to retire mid- responsibility of elections in and Jharkhand respective- Masjid land dispute case. November. The daily hear- the two states respectively. ly. In terms of outcome of Reiterating that the day-to- ings involve a plethora of doc- In the national Capital of these elections the BJP is day hearings will go on, a uments running into several Delhi, the BJP will lock horns unlikely to worry much. But Constitution Bench headed by thousand pages. with the ruling Aaam Admi any adverse outcome is like- Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Breaking with the tradi- Party (AAP). ly to be interpreted as fail- the Muslim party that it may tion, the top court decided to The two parties have been ure of its policy and devel- be allowed a break when hear the sensitive case on Fri- fighting a bitter battle for elec- opment programme. required or when its turn day which is kept for fresh cases toral supremacy in the Union Hence, the party’s move comes up for arguing the only, along with Monday. As territory. to gear up for these polls in case. per the top court's proce- In Haryana, where the right earnest, experts Soon after the hearing in dures, on Mondays and Fridays, BJP is in power, the party said. The BJP today also the case started in the morn- the registry lists before the would seek re-election to appointed Hardeep Singh ing, senior advocate Rajeev benches fresh and miscella- the state assembly. Polls Puri and Nityanand Rai as co- A man checks t-shirts Dhavan on behalf of his client neous cases after notice cases. among other things would in-charges of the party elec- designed with the Indian said it would be difficult for The 16th century Babri also put to test the BJP work- tions in Delhi. National Flag colours at a the parties if the top court con- Masjid in Ayodhya in Faiz- ing president J P Nadda Deputy chief minister of store in Mumbai on Friday. ducts hearings on all five matter like this cannot be He said, "Cannot go on like and miscellaneous matters on abad district was razed by a mob under whose leadership the Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad AFP working days in a week. rushed through," said Dhavan, this...will not be able to assist" the remaining two days. on 6 Decembe 1992 and a party is likely to contest the Maurya and party’s leader in "We don't get time for adding that this was the begin- the court if the hearing is The Ayodhya dispute case makeshift temple for Lord coming state elections. Karnataka Laxman Sevadi Tributes to freedom fight- preparation of arguments. I ning of the first appeal and the "rushed through". -- pending for several decades Rama was built at the site. Some Besides Haryana and will be as co-in-charges of ers: Maharashtra chief will have to leave the brief, if current set-up of hearings Usually, a Constitution -- was fast-tracked with daily Hindus say the mosque had Delhi, assembly elections assembly polls in Maha- minister Devendra Fad- this court goes on in this was "inhuman" and "practi- Bench conducts hearings hearings after a Supreme been built at the birthplace of are also due in Maharashtra rashtra, according to a BJP navis on Friday paid rich manner. This is not right. A cally impossible". thrice a week and takes up fresh Court appointed mediation Lord Ram. press note here. tributes to freedom fight- ers on the 76th anniver- sary of the Quit India movement.”My humble MOMENTS OF JOY tributes to those freedom File response to disqualification order in 2 weeks: HC to Mishra fighters who sounded the bugle for India's indepen- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The speaker had disquali- ised by them. Seeking quash- dence,” CM tweeted. PTI NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST fied Mishra for campaigning for ing of the Speaker's order, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Mishra has contended that the The Delhi High Court on Fri- and Prime Minister Narendra decision was “wholly illegal, arbi- Rahul allowed to skip hear- day asked rebel AAP leader Modi in the Lok Sabha polls and trary, vague and mala fide” as ing: A court hearing a Kapil Mishra (in photo)to file for sharing the stage with other he was not provided any oppor- criminal defamation case his response to the findings leaders of that party at an event. tunity to present his case. against Rahul Gandhi over against him in the Speaker's While Mishra has contended The petition has claimed that his statement against order disqualifying him from that he has not voluntarily the Speaker assumed that Union home minister Amit the city's legislative Assembly. given up his membership in the Mishra had voluntarily given up Shah on Friday allowed the Justice Vibhu Bakhru told party, the speaker had found his AAP membership when he Congress leader to remain Mishra that he has to show that that his actions amounted to attended the BJP event, with- absent for the day. PTI his disqualification was “pal- meaning if you are not con- giving up of his party mem- out considering that he had pably erroneous” and for that testing the facts,” the court bership. attended the budget session and he has to specifically deny the said. The rebel AAP leader, rep- also followed all the whips NBW against Ratul in chop- findings or allegations against “File an affidavit indicating resented by advocate Ashwani issued by the Aam Aadmi Party per scam: A Delhi court on him in the 2 August order of your response to the merits of Kumar Dubey, moved the high (AAP) as well as supported all Friday issued non-bailable Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. the findings recorded in the court on Tuesday against his dis- the bills, proposals and reso- warrants against business- “You (Mishra) have to show impugned order,” it said and list- qualification from the Leg- lutions tabled by the govern- man Ratul Puri, nephew of that the order was palpably erro- ed the matter for September 4. islative Assembly under the ment. Madhya Pradesh chief min- neous. Are you contesting the Mishra's lawyers told the anti-defection law. The Speaker's order had ister Kamal Nath, in con- merits of the order? Are you court that all the allegations or The Karawal Nagar MLA come on a complaint moved nection with a money denying any of the findings? findings against him were not was disqualified with effect by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharad- laundering case related to Where have you said the alle- disputed, but it would not from January 27 when he had waj seeking Mishra's disqual- the AgustaWestland chop- gations are not correct? Your mean that he has voluntarily shared the stage with BJP lead- ification from the Delhi Assem- Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath holds a certificate of the Guinness World Records for largest per scam. PTI claim of natural justice has no given up AAP's membership. ers at an election event organ- bly under the anti-defection law. number of sapling distribution, at Parade Ground near Sangam, in Allahabad on Friday. AFP

Aircel-Maxis: SAD questions Court extends Yogi launches tree plantation mahakumbh Assembly membership protection from STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE of planting 22 crore trees had should be set up in the name The event at Prayagraj was Among the 51 types of saplings arrest to Karti LUCKNOW, 9 AUGUST taken shape last year. Keeping of freedom fighters such as marked by the distribution of planted were those of Sahjan, this target in mind the UP For- Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram a record 33,000 saplings which Arjun,Aanwala, Kadam, She- of four AAP MLAs NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Uttar Pradesh has taken the lead est department and also private Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah was certified by the Guinness sham, Sagaun, Mango and oth- in the country by taking steps nurseries were tasked to plant Khan and others. The present World Records. In the certificate ers. A Delhi court on Friday to declare trees over 100 years the required number of saplings. day martyrs should also be issued on the occasion, the To ensure the proper mon- extended the interim pro- old as heritage trees.The state The CM said he was happy that honoured in a similar way. organisation has said "the itoring and growth of the tection from arrest granted has sought to increase its green the forest department and the Keeping in mind the 150th largest distribution of saplings trees, the saplings will be geo to former Union minister P cover and establish a new nurseries had readied a bank birth anniversary of Mahat- was achieved by Department tagged. "Tree guardians" will Chidambaram and his son record through the plantation of 35 crore saplings. The year ma Gandhi the state is setting of Environment-Forest and also be appointed to nurture Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases of 22 crore trees under the Vrik- 2020 will see 25 crore saplings up "Gandhi Upwan and Panch- Climate Change, Department the plants and monitor their filed by the CBI and the ED. sharopan Mahakumbh (tree- being planted, the CM said. wati" in each district. of Tourism, Govt. of Uttar growth. Special Judge O P Saini plantation mahakumbh) on Yogi Adityanath said he has The CM said that it was Pradesh and district adminis- Minister for Forest Dara extended the relief, which Friday. also directed the forest officials imperative that each individ- tration , Prayagraj (all India) at Singh Chauhan had a day was to end today, till 23 The Mahakumbh, held to to identify all such trees which ual be healthy, blessed with a Prayagraj, India on 9th August earlier said the government had August , saying the court was mark the 77th anniversary of were over a hundred years old long life and move towards 2019". roped in farmers registered not available for arguments the Quit India Movement, was in each district of the state and economic empowerment. For Uttar Pradesh Governor under various government STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE on the electorate of the four on the anticipatory bail launched by Chief Minister to declare them as heritage this a healthy environment Anandiben Patel launched the schemes such as the Pradhan CHANDIGARH, 9 AUGUST constituencies which was applications of the father- Yogi Adityanath at the Jayati trees. A book should be pub- was necessary. To achieve this drive in Chandpur Ghatiyari, Mantri Awas Yojana, the Prad- currently not being repre- son duo in the cases by both Kheda , Development Block in lished on all such trees, he objective, plantation of trees was Soron in district Kasganganj by han Mamtri Kisan Samman The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sented in the Assembly. He said the agencies in the matter. Sarojininagar at 8 a.m. by the added. the right step, he said. planting a Parijat tree. A total Nidhi Yojana and others for this on Friday said the Constitu- it was imperative that all four Senior advocate Kapil planting of a banyan tree sapling. The CM said the August 9 In the evening the CM left of 1.01 lakh saplings were plant- green drive. tion as well as the Represen- seats be declared vacant so that Sibal, appearing for the Chi- The CM also distributed saplings. Quit India Movement of 1942 for Prayagraj, to participate in ed in Gangavan in 62.25 hectare The saplings zeroed upon tation of Peoples Act was fresh elections could be held dambarams in the corrup- Speaking on the occasion, gives inspiration for the bet- the Vriksharopan Mahakumbh of land in Kasganj. Around for plantation inclide those of being violated in Punjab with on them. tion case lodged by the CBI the CM said the contours of the terment of the state and the envi- held at the Parade Ground 10,000 people including students Eucalyptus, Mahua, Berries, four legislators who had Majithia said the state and the money laundering Mahakumbh with the objective ronment. He added parks there. participated in the programme. Guava, Mango and others. resigned from the primary exchequer was also being case filed by the ED, had on membership of Aam Aadmi defrauded with the legislators 1 August termed the probe Party (AAP) months back not drawing salaries and enjoying in the Aircel-Maxis matter being disqualified and various facilities, including as “motivated” and said that debarred from contesting staff and security personnel the agencies had no ground Speaker accepts Phoolka’s resignation Cong leaders collecting elections for the remaining entitled only to legislators. for their arrest. term of the 15th Assembly. He said the average cost The matter was then STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE ing double-standards in terms ‘goonda tax’: Harsimrat Addressing a Press con- incurred on a single legisla- adjourned for Friday after CBI CHANDIGARH, 9 AUGUST of accepting resignations of AAP ference here, former minister tor alone was more than Rs and ED, represented by MLAs, adding that Speaker STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE mining material for the cor- Bikram Singh Majithia said Five lakh per month and the senior advocate Sonia Math- Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Rana KP had not been per- BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH, ridor project was being pro- since all four Members of total expenditure incurred ur and advocates N K Matta KP Singh on Friday accepted forming his constitutional 9 AUGUST cured from quarries in the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) by the State on extending and Nitesh Rana respec- the resignation of former Aam obligations with the way he vicinity of Pathankot. had resigned as primary mem- facilities to all of them includ- tively, sought time to argue Aadmi Party legislator HS should. Mann added that if Union food processing indus- “Levying of Rs 4,000 to Rs bers of AAP, the constitutional ing HS Phoolka, who had the matter. Phoolka (in photo). Speaker had not been adopt- tries minister Harsimrat Kaur 5,000 per truck as ‘goonda tax’ provision was being subvert- resigned ten months back, was The agencies, also rep- The Speaker said earlier ing double standards, he would Badal on Friday accused Con- has not only shot up the pric- ed. in crores of rupees. resented by advocates Noor Phoolka had not submitted his by-elections to three Assem- have simultaneously accept- gress government in Punjab es of mining material but Majithia said three legis- The Akali leader said all this Rampal and A R Aditya, had resignation in a proper format bly seats -- Phagwara, Dakha ed the resignations of Mansa for becoming a party which also made an adverse impact lators – Sukhpal Singh Khaira was being done to ensure a earlier alleged before the but now since he has submit- and Jalalabad. MLA Nazar Singh Manshahiya halted construction work on on their demand, subsequent- representing Bholath assem- friendly Opposition as part of court that Karti was destroy- ted in the required format, the Jalalabad and Phagwara and Ropar MLA Amarjit Singh the Kartarpur Corridor due to ly forcing a majority of crush- bly segment, Nazar Singh a fixed match between the ing the evidence whenever same has been accepted. by-elections are necessitated Sandoa as he did in the case greed of party leaders who had ers to reduce their production Manshahia from Mansa and ‘chhoti Congress’ (AAP) and he went abroad. Phoolka had stepped down with the election of Shiromani of Phoolka. imposed ‘goonda tax’ on capacity”. This consequently Baldev Singh from Jaito had the parent party. He said Advocates P K Dubey in October 2018 to press for Akali Dal president Sukhbir He said no action was ini- transporters besides forming led to shortage of the mate- resigned from AAP seven Phoolka’s resignation has and Arshdeep Singh, appear- immediate action against those Singh Badal and Union min- tiated against Bolath MLA a sand mafia to indulge in ille- rial in the area,” she said. months back in January 2019 been accepted on Friday after ing for Karti, had opposed involved in desecrating the ister Som Parkash to the Lok Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the MLA gal mining. Demanding stern action while Amarjit Singh Sandoa a ten month delay. Majithia the contention made by the Guru Grant Sahib in the state Sabha respectively. from Khulna, and Jaito MLA Addressing a Press con- against the sand mafia who had resigned in May 2019. He said even the Leader of the agencies. in 2015. Meanwhile, AAP Punjab Baldev Singh, who had not ference, the Union minister were openly operating in the said Khaira and Baldev Singh Opposition was being kept in The case relates to alleged While quitting as MLA, he chief and Member of Parlia- only ditched the party but had said that it was shocking to state with the backing of Con- had formed a new political his chair solely by the Congress irregularities in grant of For- had claimed the Congress gov- mentarian (MP) Bhagwant also cheated on the people of know that work on 4.5 kilo- gress leaders and ministers, party called Punjab Ekta Party party as the effective strength eign Investment Promotion ernment had not taken the Mann, Phoolka’s resignation a their respective constituen- meter-long Kartarpur corri- Harsimrat said the anti-Sikh while Manshahia and Sandoa of AAP had been reduced to Board (FIPB) approval in desired action against those disgrace to the democratic cies and stitched loyalties to the dor has been stopped for the mindset of the Congress lead- had joined the Congress party eleven legislators only.“While the Aircel-Maxis deal. named in the Justice Ranjit Singh values, besides being gross Congress party and the Badals past 10 days due to an artifi- ers was exposed yet again. “There is no ambiguity Phoolka’s resignation has The father-son duo were Commission's report on sac- injustice to the people who had for their petty political ends, stat- cial scarcity of mining mate- “The Congress did not ev- about the resignations or the been accepted, the Speaker is given interim protection rilege incidents. pinned high hopes on the ing that the party had sought rial created by the sand mafia. en spare the pious project of subsequent actions of the yet to take a decision on four from arrest by the court But since his resignation was elected representative like action against Khaira, but “The collecting of ‘goon- Kartarpur corridor and have four legislators”, he said while legislators even as another after they filed anticipato- not accepted by the Speaker, Phoolka. He said Phoolka, who lamented that no action had da tax’ at various points near even endangered the entire presenting photographic proof MLA, Kanwar Sandhu, has ry bail applications in the senior lawyer Phoolka had commanded immense respect been taken in the matter while riverbeds by the front men of project by resorting to illegal in all cases including Speak- been suspended from the case. The protection has written wrote to the Speaker in the party, was picked to they were pocketing their Congress leaders has result- mining as well as collection er Rana KP Singh’s presence party and three other AAP leg- been extended from time to on Sunday saying that he will lead the Opposition Party in salaries, vehicles, security and ed in skyrocketing of sand and of goonda tax,” she added. during AAP MLA Amarjit San- islators – Peermal Singh, time. have to move the Supreme Punjab Assembly by party’s other political and financial ben- gravel prices, making it impos- Harsimrat said the CM doa’s induction into the Con- Jagdev Singh Kamalu and Chidambaram and Karti Court if his resignation is not national convener and Delhi efits. He alleged that they were sible for the construction should immediately inter- gress party. The Akali leader Jagtar Singh Jagga have open- were named in the charge accepted. chief minister Arvind Kejriw- being given indirect benefits company to complete the vene in this matter and ensure said the delay in taking the ly gone against AAP,” the SAD sheet filed by the CBI in the The acceptance of resig- al. Mann accused the govern- by nominating them to vari- project,” she added. resumption of work on the required action was a cruel joke leader said. case on 19 July last year.PTI nation would pave the way for ment and the speaker of adopt- ous committees. Harsimrat further said the Kartarpur corridor. We have already set up a plant in Nepal, and are seriously looking at Bangladesh and other South-East Asian countries

NUSLI N WADIA CHAIRMAN OF BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 11 THUMBNAILS At no point do we want to make SpiceJet logs CCI probe against Intel: The Competition Commis- sion of India has ordered highest-ever a probe against Intel Corp for alleged “unfair it difficult for industry: FM and discriminatory” provi- sions in warranty policy A technology-driven platform will be set up wherein cases of harassment can be uploaded quarterly profit for boxed micro-proces- sors sold in India. Boxed AGENCIES litigation. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA craft were inducted. micro-processor is a cen- NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST OFFICIAL ASSURANCE We are looking at On the matter of CSR, Mrs NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST Operations “remained tral processing unit (CPU) �There is an atmosphere of certainty simplification of Sitharaman mentioned stressed” for a large portion used for self-assembled "At no point and on no score, and cordiality between the RBI and taxes... It is our intent that she would review the Turning profitable, SpiceJet of the June quarter due to con- computers. The com- do we want to make it diffi- the government, the minister said provision on criminal penal today reported its highest-ever tinued grounding of B737 plaint was filed by Matrix cult for industry," stated the to reduce tax provisions. She said CSR quarterly profit of Rs 261.7 MAX planes. Info Systems Pvt Ltd, minister for finance and cor- � The report of � The finance on corporates notices with retrospective crore in the three months This limited the airline's engaged in the business porate affairs Nirmala Sithara- the committee minister will be effect "were unacceptable" and ended June, even as ground- “ability to take its yields of importing and supply- man at the CII National Coun- on Direct Taxes travelling around NIRMALA SITHARAMAN she will put a stop to these ing of Boeing 737 MAX planes up owing to passenger dis- Code is expected the country, MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ing various IT products, cil Session here today. Taxa- CORPORATE AFFAIRS notices. impacted the no-frills air- ruptions and re-accommo- against Intel Corporation tion, infrastructure, RBI-gov- to be released on including the Tier Meanwhile, leading for- line. dation; while simultaneous- and its Indian subsidiary ernment relations, delayed 15 August. The 2 cities, to hear and eign institutional investors Amid uncertainty over ly increasing its fixed costs on Intel Technology India payments and corporate social government will understand the (FIIs) including JP Morgan, exact time when operations this category of aircraft”, the Pvt Ltd. PTI responsibility (CSR) were immediately tax harassment HSBC, Barclays, Standard of B737 MAX planes would release said. among the key themes she take this up for issues faced by Chartered, Deutsche Bank start, the airline plans to However, SpiceJet said the addressed. consideration the corporates and prominent Indian com- induct 5-10 Boeing 737 NG air- unprecedented situation was IndiGo strategy: Low-cost "It is our intent to reduce pany representatives met the craft and 3 Q400 aircraft dur- salvaged by operating addi- carrier IndiGo is working tax on corporates," said Mrs Direct Taxes Code is expect- ty. Mrs Sitharaman stated her between the RBI and the gov- finance minister today to dis- ing October 2019. tional flights with B737 NG and on the multilingual Sitharaman, emphasising that ed to be released on 15 August. intent to address the issues ernment", said Mrs Sithara- cuss the controversial tax The carrier had a net loss Q400 fleet. Further, 27 B737 approach in its digital there was "no second thought" The government will imme- relating to harassment and man, adding that the current on FIIs. of Rs 38.1 crore in the 2018 June NGs were inducted during the strategy for attracting on this matter. diately take this up for con- ensure powers are not mis- high level of synergy between Capital market partici- quarter. period between 1 April and 15 and retaining passengers The government would sideration. used. the two is helping to incen- pants and foreign institu- In the latest June quarter, June. from small cities, a compa- consider a uniform 25 per cent She also informed the CII The minister mentioned tivise investments. tional investors presented a the airline posted a total Generally, yield refers to ny official said on Friday. tax rate for all categories of cor- members present that she the possibility of reviewing Recognising that corporates charter of demands to the income of Rs 3,145.3 crore average fare paid per pas- The airline is targeting porates after there was com- will be travelling around some of the milestones in have significant outstand- finance minister, which includ- compared to Rs 2,253.3 crore senger. eight Indian languages, fort that tax revenues were on the country, including the relation to infrastructure. In ings from government depart- ed rollback of surcharge on in the corresponding period Operating revenues including Bengali, as part the upward trend. Mrs Sithara- Tier 2 cities, to hear and particular, projects with a ments and agencies, she stat- FPIs, review of dividend dis- a year ago, according to a climbed to Rs 3,002.1 crore in of their outreach pro- man also touched upon two understand the tax harass- bearing on the core sectors and ed that she is in the process tribution tax and lowering of release. the latest quarter, from Rs gramme, the company's other elements relating to ment issues faced by the cor- job creation may be brought of addressing this. LTCG tax, in a bid to shore up About the latest results, the 2,220.4 crore in the year-ago VP digital Nitin Sethi said taxation: simplification and porates. forward. For instance, incen- Delayed payments to investors' sentiments. airline's chief financial offi- period. here. PTI harassment. In addition, a technology- tivising affordable housing MSMEs is estimated at around Sources said Sitharaman cer Kiran Koteshwar said it was According to Koteshwar, "We are looking at simpli- driven platform will be set up is likely given its impact on the Rs 48,000 crore. As the first step, gave a patient hearing to the “highest ever profit in average fare has increased fication of taxes," said Mrs wherein cases of harassment core sectors. out of the Rs 48,000 crore, the them but restrained from SpiceJet history” and that a key by 11 per cent, while the fare Dineout acquisition: Sitharaman adding that the can be uploaded, either with "We have an atmosphere government will be releasing making any firm commit- factor was the spectacular situation is healthy and not Restaurant technology report of the committee on or without disclosing identi- of certainty and cordiality amounts which are not under ments. way in which 30 Boeing air- discounted. solutions firm Dineout on Friday said it has acquired Binge Digital, a Delhi-based food tech platform. The acquisition is in line with Ikea to launch Dineout's latest product IIP growth slows to Automakers cut production to announcement Dine-In, e-commerce in the company said in a Mumbai soon statement. The financial 4-mth low of 2% in June align with falling demand details of the deal were HYDERABAD, 9 AUGUST not disclosed. PTI PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ter this fiscal, down from 5.1 The consumer durables PRESS TRUST OF INDIA our production to actual The company is a leading NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST per cent growth a year ago. and non-durables sector Swedish home furnishing NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST demand and adjusted the manufacturer of tapered There was a slowdown in recorded growth of (-)5.5 per retailer Ikea is all set to launch number of shifts and con- leaf and parabolic springs Bajaj Finserv-RBL: Bajaj Fin- India's industrial produc- the manufacturing sector, cent and 7.8 per cent, respec- e-commerce operations in Home-grown auto majors tractual manpower." for commercial vehicles serv and RBL Bank have tion growth slipped to a four- which grew at 1.2 per cent in tively. the country, beginning Tata Motors and Mahindra & The companies are and caters to companies launched a first-of-its-kind month low of 2 per cent in June 2019 as compared to 6.9 In terms of industries, 8 out with Mumbai followed by Mahindra (M&M) are sus- announcing production sus- such as General Motors Co, reward redemption pro- June, mainly due to poor per cent a year ago. of 23 industry groups in the Hyderabad and Pune, a pending automobile manu- pension at a time when the Toyota Motor Corp and Tata gramme for its SuperCard performance of mining and The capital goods seg- manufacturing sector have top company official said facturing in order to adjust domestic auto industry has Motors. customers called "pay manufacturing sectors, ment, which is a barometer shown positive growth dur- today. production with market been going through one of the On Wednesday, Maruti with points" to deliver sav- according to government of investment, saw a con- ing June. Talking to reporters on the demand. longest sales slumps. Suzuki India said it has cut its ings for customers, data released today. traction of 6.5 per cent in June The industry group 'Man- sidelines of first anniversary M&M today said it will be In April-July, M&M's total production in July ~ for the according to a Press Factory output, as mea- compared to 9.7 per cent ufacture of basic metals' celebrations of its store here, suspending production for 8- domestic vehicles sales dipped sixth month in a row ~ by 25.15 release. SNS sured by the Index of Indus- growth a year ago. showed the highest growth of Ikea India chief executive offi- 14 days in the ongoing quar- 8 per cent to 1,61,604 units per cent. trial Production (IIP), had Mining growth dropped to 17.7 per cent, followed by cer Peter Betzel said the out- ter while Tata Motors also con- as against 1,75,329 units in the Similarly, auto compo- expanded by 7 per cent in June 1.6 per cent in June from 6.5 16.5 per cent in food products let witnessed one million pur- firmed taking steps to align year-ago period. nents major Bosch said it Brand Factory: Brand Fac- 2018. per cent in the correspond- and 10.3 per cent in tobacco chases from over four million manufacturing with tapering Overall sales of the com- would temporarily stop pro- tory has announced the The previous low in IIP ing month of the last fiscal. products. footfalls. He also said the demand. pany, including exports, were duction at its two plants sep- launch of "4 Big Days" of growth was in February 2019, The expansion in power On the other hand, the company was looking at var- In a regulatory filing, M&M also down 8 per cent during arately this month for a total shopping starting from 8 when it had inched up 0.2 per generation sector stood at 8.2 industry group 'Manufac- ious channels, including small- said it would be observing "no the period at 1,71,831 units of 13 days to “avoid unnec- August and closing on 11 cent. Thereafter, IIP grew at per cent, compared to 8.5 per ture of paper and paper prod- er formats and customer meet- production days" in various as compared to 1,87,299 units essary build-up of invento- August. During this period, 2.7 per cent in March, 4.3 per cent earlier. ucts' witnessed the highest ing points, to reach customers. plants for 8-14 days during the in April-July period of the ry. customers will get various cent in April and 4.6 per cent As per use-based classifi- negative growth of (-)19.9 “India is a long-term com- second quarter of 2019-20. last fiscal. The auto industry has discounts on shopping in May this year. cation, primary goods seg- per cent, followed by (-)14.3 mitment for Ikea and we will When contacted, a Tata On Thursday, auto com- been going through a pro- from Brand Factory out- According to data released ment grew 0.5 per cent, inter- per cent in 'Manufacture of focus on fast expansion multi- Motors spokesperson said, "as ponents maker Jamna Auto longed slump. Passenger lets, said a release. SNS by the ministry of statistics and mediate goods 12.4 per cent furniture' and (-)13.9 per channel approach. In the indicated earlier, external said it may suspend produc- vehicles segment has been the programme implementation, and infrastructure/con- cent in 'Manufacture of coming years, our goal is to environment remains chal- tion at all its manufacturing worst hit with sales contin- industrial output grew at 3.6 struction goods (-)1.8 per motor vehicles, trailers and meet 100 million customers,” lenging, leading to demand facilities this month due to uing to decline for almost a Pine Labs: Merchant plat- per cent in April-June quar- cent in June 2019. semi-trailers'. Mr Betzel said. PTI contraction. We have aligned poor demand from customers. year now. form company, Pine Labs, has announced that it now enables equated monthly installment (EMI) offering CII to support via credit and debit cards Setback for auditors for 85,000 merchants Britannia Industries plans investment across 1,20,000 stores in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the IL&FS saga. However, the in J&K India, says a company MUMBAI, 9 AUGUST tribunal said it will hear the statement. SNS ministry's application seek- manufacturing units overseas NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST In a major setback to the ing a five-year ban on these auditors, the National Com- auditors afresh on 5 Sep- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA at the 100th AGM of the com- The company report- market position during this Industry body Confedera- Oppo expansion: Chinese pany Law Tribunal today tember. KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST pany. Britannia Industries phase of sluggish demand. tion of Indian Industry (CII) phone maker Oppo on Fri- rejected Deloitte's and BSR's The auditors ~ the local arm exports products to 70 coun- ed a 3.64 per cent Our journey to become a today assured finance min- day said it is expanding applications challenging the of the England-based Deloitte Britannia Industries Ltd today tries. decline in consolidat- total foods company is pro- ister Nirmala Sitharaman that smartphone manufactur- tribunal's jurisdiction to ban Haskins & Sells, which is one said it is evaluating oppor- He said West Bengal also ed net profit at Rs gressing well with good the industry body will support ing unit to double produc- them from business for five of the big four accounting tunities to set up overseas features as one of the loca- 248.64 crore for the response to our new products”. investment activities in Jammu tion capacity by 2020 in years for their omissions and firms, and BSR & Associates, manufacturing units, includ- tions for its new facility in the June quarter Mr Berry said, on the cost and Kashmir. The Centre India, and use it as export commissions in the ILFS which is the local affiliate of ing in Bangladesh and other east, but firming up plans in front, the company has wit- recently removed special sta- base for South Asia, Mid- Group scam. another big four, the US- South-East Asian nations. the state depends on “the facil- nessed moderate inflation tus to Jammu and Kashmir dle East and African coun- This is the second setback based KPMG, had challenged The FMCG major is also ities Bengal gives us”. cent, as against Rs 2,585.84 in the prices of key raw mate- under Article 370 and has tries. PTI for these foreign audit firms the jurisdiction of the NCLT mulling domestic expansion The company today crore in the year-ago quarter, rials for the bakery business. carved out two Union Terri- as earlier the tribunal had to ban them under Sec 140(5) in the eastern part of the reported a 3.64 per cent Britannia Industries said in “However, the inordinate tories (UTs) - Jammu & Kash- allowed the corporate affairs of Company's Act. country, chairman Nusli N decline in consolidated net a regulatory filing. increase in milk prices impact- mir, and Ladakh. BHEL loss: State-owned ministry to prosecute them They had challenged the Wadia said. profit at Rs 248.64 crore for During the quarter, the ed profitability of our dairy “We would like to see BHEL on Friday reported a along with 21 others in the jurisdiction of the NCLT to ban “We have already set up the quarter ended 30 June company also posted excep- business adversely. We investment across sectors in consolidated net loss of Rs same case, though the imple- them, saying section 140(5) a plant in Nepal, and are 2019. tional expense of Rs 15.61 crore strengthened our brand equi- J&K. CII has stated to the 218.93 crore for June mentation of the same has of the Companies Act pertains seriously looking at The company had posted on account of voluntary retire- ty through focused cam- government and the finance quarter of fiscal 2019-20, been stayed after they sought to auditors who are still audit- Bangladesh and other South- a net profit of Rs 258.08 crore ment cost incurred in one of paigns and invested in build- minister that CII would sup- mainly due to lower rev- time to challenge the order at ing the company in ques- East Asian countries. We are in the corresponding quar- its subsidiaries. ing capabilities and structures port initiative for investment enues. The company had the appellate tribunal NCLAT. tion while they have already evaluating opportunities in ter of the previous fiscal. Britannia Industries man- for both our base business and in the UT,” said Mr Uday reported a profit of Rs The ministry had in June resigned from the service Africa... and plan to step up Total income during the aging director Varun Berry strategic business units to Kotak, CII president designate 39.98 crore in the year- moved NLCT seeking a five- and thus cannot be banned our endeavour on the inter- period under review stood at said: “We outpaced the mar- drive future growth,” he and MD and CEO of Kotak ago period. PTI year ban on these auditors in under the given provisions. national side,” Mr Wadia said Rs 2,767.8 crore, up 7.03 per ket and strengthened our added. Mahindra Bank. PTI

Canara Bank cuts lending rates by Equity indices rise for second straight session 10 basis points STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE gered by the finance minis- ery with focus on arresting MPC with its further-eased MUMBAI, 9 AUGUST ter's readiness to reconsider SENSEX JUMPS 255 POINTS slowdown in the automobile credit policy on 7 August vir- BENGALURU, 9 AUGUST budgetary proposal to impose sector which contributes most tually set the agenda for revival Furious short-covering by income tax surcharge on HNI � The sharp rise in the top two benchmarks was trig- to manufacturing GDP growth of economic growth. To pass on the benefit of market players ahead of or high networth investors, in gered by the finance minister's readiness to recon- and generates employ- The RBI announced relax- reduction in interest rates finance minister Nirmala particular foreign portfolio sider budgetary proposal to impose income tax sur- ment/jobs. The recent slump ation in lenders' exposure to effected by the RBI, Canara Sitharaman meeting with rep- investors or FPIs. charge on HNI or high networth investors, in par- in auto sales has threatened NBFCs or non-banking finance Bank has cut its marginal cost resentatives of financial sec- FPIs are net sellers in Dalal ticular foreign portfolio investors or FPIs lakhs of jobs, which com- companies (shadow banks) of fund-based lending rate tor and industry sent equity Street, having pulled out Rs pelled the government to from 15 per cent to 20 to 25 (MCLR) by 10 basis points benchmarks of the Bombay 8,890.32 crore so far in August. �The Sensex on Friday closed at 37,581.91 points, work on a package for the auto- per cent on case to case basis. across all tenors, effective Stock Exchange and the On the contrary, DIIs or domes- registering a gain of 254.55 points or 0.68 per mobile sector. Besides, it has permitted state- from 7 August. National Stock Exchange soar- tic institutional investors have cent Analysts say if the gov- run banks to finance priori- With this revision, Canara ing for the second straight ses- invested a net amount of Rs �The Nifty gained 0.70 per cent or 77.20 points ernment scraps the super-rich ty lending via NBFCs. Bank has cumulatively reduced sion today. 8,357.11 crore. In view of long to finish at 11,109.65 points tax, the revenue loss would be Mr Deven Choksey of KR its MCLR by 20 bps during the The 30-share Sensitive weekend ahead, market par- $56.77 million or Rs 4 billion. Choksey Investment Man- last six months and thus, one- Index of BSE and the 50-scrip ticipants also booked profit The move is being credited to agers said the recovery in year MCLR has come down to Nifty of NSE recovered sig- at higher levels. PMO's (prime minister office) stock market is happening as 8.50 per cent per annum from nificant ground from their The Sensex today closed at 0.70 per cent or 77.20 points 1.14 per cent or 321.45 points at Rs 2,279.30, up 1.96 per cent initiative, which is believed to the finance minister has 8.70 per cent earlier. recent lows. The Sensex added 37,581.91 points, registering to finish at 11,109.65 points. rise settling at 28,431.90 points. and HUL at Rs 1,838, up 1.93 have sought data from depart- assured industry of "correc- The Bengaluru-head- more than 1,100 points in a gain of 254.55 points or In the Nifty pack, 27 shares Gainers in the BSE bench- per cent. ment of economic affairs. tive action" by reviewing a few quartered bank said it would two sessions and the Nifty 0.68 per cent. In the Sensex ended in green, 22 ended in mark today included Maruti Dalal Street buzz suggests Second, the finance min- Budget proposals that have be announcing further recouped more than 300 pack, 15 stocks moved up red and one share remained Suzuki at Rs 6,104, up 3.41 per the finance minister is likely istry came in for flaks after hurt the sentiment. A Reuters reduction in lending rates points. The sharp rise in the while the remaining 15 shares unchanged. The Nifty Bank cent; Bajaj Finance at Rs 3,405, to announce a package next Reserve Bank of India's mon- poll suggests the RBI-MPC is soon. PTI top two benchmarks was trig- were down. The Nifty gained contributed to the rally with up 2.07 per cent; HDFC Bank week to boost economic recov- etary policy committee or yet not done with rate cuts. Google is a very good company, we are open to discuss with them

RICHARD YU, THE HEAD OF HUAWEI'S CONSUMER BUSINESS 12 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 WHILE LAUNCHING HUAWEI’S OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO RIVAL ANDROID WEATHER Carrie Lam warns of economic downturn CITY MAX(°C) MIN(°C) SINGAPORE 32 28 H HONG KONG 34 27 H Hong Kong chief executive rules out making concessions to protesters; activists stage sit-in at Hong Kong airport’s arrivals hall TOKYO 33 27 H LONDON 25 19 H AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE double-digit declines in vis- hurling bricks and bottles. DUBAI 43 33 H HONG KONG, 9 AUGUST itor arrivals in the second half The airport sit-in is the SAN FRANCISCO 19 15 H of July. Hong Kong carrier Visitors reassured of safety second time the demonstra- NEW YORK 30 21 S ong Kong’s leader Cathay Pacific has also warned tors have brought their mes- MOSCOW 20 15 R Carrie Lam warned that inbound bookings are ASSOCIATED PRESS spokesman conceded recent sage to the busy travel hub, S= sunny, CL= clear, Friday that two down. HONG KONG, 9 AUGUST road blockages and con- hoping to garner support H=hazy, R= rainy... months of pro- Protesters have continued frontations between police from international arrivals. Hdemocracy demonstrations to stage almost daily rallies Hong Kong sought Friday to and protesters had caused “Ask me about Hong Kong" THUMBNAILS were causing economic chaos which have seen increasing- reassure visitors to the city inconveniences, but said read signs in different lan- in the city but ruled out mak- ly violent confrontations with after several countries issued they were confined to lim- guages attached to the sleeves ing concessions to "silence the police, prompting countries travel safety warnings relat- ited areas. The statement said of some of the protesters. “We violent protesters". to issue Hong Kong travel ed to ongoing prod-democ- the government and the want to tell the passengers The embattled leader met warnings for their citizens. racy protests, potentially travel industry were work- what's happening in Hong with business leaders as thou- Lam has refused to cave in devastating its crucial trav- ing to minimise disrup- Kong,” said Charlotte Au, a stu- sands of pro-democracy to the demands, which include el industry. tions and “all stand ready to dent among the protesters. activists staged a sit-in at a call for the direct election of An email attributed to an welcome and assist visitors Some passengers arriving Hong Kong airport, hoping to the city's chief executive, cur- unidentified government to Hong Kong any time.” at the airport stopped to take win international support for “Compared to the eco- very long time.” rently chosen by Beijing. photos or look at leaflets being their movement. nomic downturn caused by The private sector and the On Friday, activists staged handed out by the demon- Lam, whose support for a SARS that we handled previ- tourism industry in particu- a sit-in at Hong Kong air- strators. Others offered pro- bill to allow extradition to ously, which caused an eco- lar have raised concerns about port's arrivals hall and held up tyranny and police brutality!” show the broad backing for testers a thumbs-up. mainland China sparked the nomic storm, the situation this the economic impact of the signs in Chinese and English read one sign. their demands. Further protests are crisis, warned that the eco- time is more severe,” she said ongoing protests on the city, condemning police violence. Protesters have staged But the demonstrations planned across Hong Kong over nomic impact of the unrest at an abruptly organised press with travel agencies reporting "No rioters, only tyranny," increasingly inventive rallies have also increasingly the weekend, with fears that threatened to be worse than conference. drops of up to 50 percent in the demonstrators chanted as across Hong Kong, and brought descended into violence, with new confrontations between the 2003 SARS outbreak in the “In other words, the eco- group tour bookings and the they began a three-day action. out supporters ranging from police firing tear gas and rub- police and demonstrators are Participants take part dur- financial hub. nomic recovery will take a tourism board warning of “Save Hong Kong from families to lawyers in a bid to ber bullets and protesters possible. ing the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore on Friday. AFP

Thai prime minister not Kyrgyz court orders detention of ex-president US gun lobby head rejects quitting: Thai Prime Minis- AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE the special forces officer who ter Prayuth Chan-ocha BISHKEK, 9 AUGUST died from a gunshot wound said Friday he is not quit- sustained during the clashes tougher firearms laws ting despite facing mount- A court in Kyrgyzstan has at Atambayev's residence. ing criticism for failing to ordered former president A provincial police chief AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE properly take his oath of Almazbek Atambayev held injured during the clashes is WASHINGTON, 9 AUGUST office. Prayuth led the in custody until 26 August, a in critical condition in hospital, inauguration of his Cabi- spokesman said Friday, after the health ministry said. The head of America's pow- net in a ceremony he was detained in a major Jeenbekov and Atambayev erful gun lobby on Thursday presided over by the king security operation at his home were once friends, and the for- dismissed calls for tougher on 16 July. AP that sparked unrest by his mer leader backed the incum- restrictions on firearms, say- supporters. bent in 2017 elections that ing they would not have The Central Asian state, marked an unprecedented stopped the weekend mass Turkey explosions: which has seen two revolutions peaceful transfer of power shootings in Texas and Ohio. ton.” Trump has not publicly would require background Turkey's state-run news in less than two decades, is on between heads of state. National Rifle Association acknowledged any conver- checks for all gun purchases agency says a series of the brink of crisis amid a A spokesman for the Per- vated. But they fell out just months head Wayne LaPierre implied sation with LaPierre since and regulate secondary sales. explosions have occurred standoff between Atambayev vomaiski District Court in On Wednesday an already after Jeenbekov's inauguration that he had spoken to Presi- the shootings. But LaPierre said regula- at a military ammunition and his protege-turned-foe Bishkek said it had issued an tense political situation esca- as Atambayev publicly criti- dent Donald Trump since the But The Washington Post, tions under discussion, none depot near Turkey's bor- President Sooronbai Jeen- order late on Thursday that lated when the national secu- cised his successor and secu- back-to-back massacres that citing unnamed sources, said of which he identified specif- der with Syria. No one was bekov. Atambayev be held in custody rity service announced an rity services arrested several left 31 dead. the NRA boss warned the ically, would make millions of hurt. Anadolu Agency says Atambayev was detained until 26 August. The operation to take Atambayev key Atambayev allies. “I'm not inclined to discuss president in a telephone call Americans “less safe and less the cause of the explo- by security services on Thurs- spokesman did not say on from his residence outside A widely shared video private conversations with on Tuesday against backing able to defend themselves sions early Friday in the day at his residence in the vil- what charges he is being held. Bishkek The first operation showed Atambayev negotiate President Trump or other key tougher background checks. and their loved ones.” Trump town of Reyhanli, in Hatay lage of Koi-Tash near the cap- Atambayev had ignored failed and descended into the terms of his surrender leaders on this issue,” LaPierre It was not clear who initiat- said this week he supported province, is not known. ital Bishkek, capital of the three police summonses for violence. with Deputy Interior Minis- said in a statement. ed the call. proposed legislation that Fire broke out in some Muslim-majority nation of questioning in connection On Thursday, security ter Kursan Asanov Thursday, “But I can confirm that the There have been wide- would block gun sales to peo- parts of the depot. AP six million people, in the sec- with the release of a well- forces rammed a military securing a guarantee that NRA opposes any legislation ranging demands for tougher ple with mental health issues. ond raid in two days on the known underworld figure vehicle through the gates of police would not harm his sup- that unfairly infringes upon gun laws following the mass Shortly after taking office, compound. during his presidency. the residence before using porters who have been holed the rights of law-abiding cit- shootings in El Paso, Texas and however, the president rolled Typhoon Lekima: China During the first operation The state prosecutor said tear gas and smoke grenades up with him at his compound. izens. The inconvenient truth Dayton, Ohio. back a regulation introduced issued a red alert on on Wednesday, his support- Thursday that Atambayev fig- to counter resistance from sup- Supporters then took to the is this: the proposals being dis- On Thursday more than 200 by his predecessor Barack Friday for incoming Super ers clashed with security ures in a total of five criminal porters. streets of Bishkek, blocking a cussed by many would not mayors urged the US Senate Obama that would have made Typhoon Lekima, expected forces leaving leaving one cases. Critics say the investi- A funeral service was held key thoroughfare and setting have prevented the horrific to approve legislation, already it harder for people with men- to batter eastern Zhejiang officer dead. gations are politically moti- on Friday for Usen Niyazbekov, alight trash containers. tragedies in El Paso and Day- passed by the lower House, that tal illness to buy guns. province early Saturday morning with high winds and torrential rainfall. The ninth typhoon of the year HERO WORSHIP Huawei plans is projected to move Seoul appoints envoy northwest up China's operating coast on Saturday. AFP to US who called Trump system to ‘treacherous’ rival Android Gordon quits, DONGGUAN (CHINA), 9 AUGUST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lee had been asked about Trump names SEOUL, 9 AUGUST an incident at the White Chinese telecom giant Huawei House when the US president unveiled its own operating sys- new acting South Korean President Moon declined to have Moon's tem on Friday, as it faces the director Jae-in on Friday appointed a answer to a reporter's ques- threat of losing access to new ambassador to the USA tion translated, saying “I'm Android systems amid WASHINGTON, 9 AUGUST who has described Donald sure I've heard it before”. escalating US-China trade Trump as “treacherous”, only Lee told the paper: “That's tensions. US President Donald Trump a month after Britain's envoy Trump's style. I don't think Richard Yu, the head of has announced that his to Washington had to step he's only done that to Moon. Huawei's consumer busi- respected Deputy Director down over his criticisms of the He's treacherous,” adding ness, told a press conference of National Intelligence was US president. that as a former businessman in the southern city of Dong- resigning, the latest chapter In the early 2000s, Lee the US leader had a tenden- guan that the new system, in a broad reshuffle at the top Soo-hyuck, a career diplomat cy to say insincere things. called HarmonyOS or Hong- of the country's spy agencies. before becoming a ruling His appointment comes Meng in Chinese, would Sue Gordon spent a quar- party lawmaker, was Seoul's only a month after Britain's “bring more harmony and ter-century in the CIA before chief negotiator in the six-party ambassador to Washington convenience to the world”. becoming second-in-com- talks on North Korea's nuclear resigned after Trump target- The highly-anticipated mand to outgoing Director programme. ed him over highly critical software is considered cru- of National Intelligence Dan Now he will be responsi- comments that put London cial for the tech group's sur- Coats and was in line to ble for guiding the relation- and Washington's relationship vival as it confronts a loom- serve as acting director. ship between Seoul and Wash- on edge. ing White House ban on US “Sue Gordon is a great pro- ington, who have not always In a series of confidential companies selling technol- fessional with a long and dis- seen eye-to-eye over the diplomatic cables revealed ogy products to Huawei which tinguished career. I have nuclear-armed North or their by a British newspaper, Kim could remove its access to gotten to know Sue over the own ties. Darroch described the US Google's Android operating past 2 years and have devel- But only last year the leader as “inept” and his White system. Yu said the new sys- oped great respect for her,” South's Chosun Ilbo news- House as “uniquely dysfunc- Buddhist monks stand around the pyre during the funeral procession of former Khmer Rouge ‘Brother Number Two’ Nuon Chea tem was a “future oriented OS” Trump said on Twitter on paper cited him as criticising tional”, adding the president in Pailin on Friday. Crowds gathered for the funeral, paying their final respects to a man considered the chief ideologue of to be “more smooth and Thursday. Trump. was “radiating insecurity”. Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime. AFP secure”, which he said was “Sue has announced she “completely different from will be leaving on 15 August, Android and iOS”. which coincides with the Huawei said the first ver- retirement of Dan Coats,” sion of the operating system Trump added. Brexit turmoil drives UK towards recession would launch later this year Minutes later Trump in its smart screen products, tweeted that Joseph Maguire, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE stockpiling ahead of Brexit. atives' leadership contest on that Britain would slide into before expanding across a a retired US Navy vice-admi- LONDON, 9 AUGUST Output was buoyed in the a pledge to take Britain out of a year-long recession should range of smart devices includ- ral and the current Director first three months of 2019 the bloc on 31 October with it leave the EU without a deal. ing wearable of the National Counterter- Britain's economy unex- because Britain had initially or without a divorce deal. Bank of England gover- technology over the next rorism Center (NCTC), would pectedly shrank in the second been scheduled to leave the New finance minister Sajid nor Mark Carney recently three years. replace Gordon. quarter of the year on Brexit European Union at the end of Javid said that the global econ- warned that a no-deal Brex- “If you're asking when “I have no doubt he will turmoil, official data showed March. omy was slowing, but high- it could undermine entire will we apply this to the do a great job!” Trump said. Friday, placing the country on “GDP contracted in the lighted other recent positive sectors of the economy such smartphone, we can do it at Trump praised the 67- the verge of recession. second quarter for the first time data for the UK. as the car industry and farm- any time,” said Yu, adding that year-old's “long and distin- Gross domestic product since 2012 after robust growth “This is a challenging peri- ing. “The latest look at the UK they gave priority to using guished” military career, (GDP) fell 0.2 percent in the in the first quarter,” said Rob od across the global econo- economy makes for pretty Google's Android operating during which he served as April-June period, the first Kent Smith, ONS head of GDP. my, with growth slowing in grim viewing,” XTB analyst system, which is compatible commanding officer of SEAL time the economy has con- “Manufacturing output many countries,” said Javid. David Cheetham said in ref- with Harmony. Team 2 and led the Naval Spe- tracted in almost seven years, fell back after a strong start to “But the fundamentals of erence to Friday's data. “However, if we cannot use cial Warfare Center. But the the Office for National Statistics the year, with production the British economy are strong “Given the growing threat it (Android) in the future, we departure of Gordon, a sea- (ONS) said in a statement. brought forward ahead of the -- wages are growing, employ- of a no-deal Brexit that looms can immediately switch to the soned, independent-mind- The data, which was worse UK's original departure date ment is at a record high and menacingly overhead, it would Harmony OS,” he said. ed senior official, will be than market expectations for from the EU. we're forecast to grow faster not be at all surprising if the In May the company was seen as a blow to an intelli- zero growth and also reflects “The construction sector than Germany, Italy and Japan current quarter also shows a swept into the deepening gence community already global economic strains, sent also weakened after a buoy- this year. contraction, therefore meet- trade war between Beijing and uneasy about Coats leaving. the pound sliding against the ant beginning to the year, “The government is deter- ing the standard definition of Washington. Gordon enjoyed support euro and dollar. while the often-dominant mined to provide certainty to a recession.” Huawei has been black- on both sides of the aisle on Another contraction in the est data reveal an economy in Markit economist Chris service sector delivered vir- people and businesses on Johnson's predecessor May listed by US President Capitol Hill, but critics say current third quarter would decline and skirting with Williamson. tually no growth at all,” he Brexit, that's why we are clear stepped down last month Donald Trump amid suspi- Trump is suspicious of career put Britain in official recession, recession as headwinds from The result contrasted with added. British Prime Minis- that the UK is leaving the EU after failing to get her EU- cions it provides a backdoor officials in an establishment ahead of the nation's expect- slower global economic growth 0.5-percent expansion in the ter Boris Johnson replaced on 31 October,” he added. divorce deal through parlia- for Chinese intelligence he has long hoped to reshape ed withdrawal from the EU at are exacerbated by Brexit- first quarter, when activity Theresa May in July after win- The government's official ment and being forced to services, something the in his own image. AFP the end of October. “The lat- related paralysis,” said IHS was boosted by companies ning the governing Conserv- forecaster last month warned delay Brexit twice. firm denies. AGENCIES We have a lot of engagement with India and Pakistan. We have a host of issues that we work with India on quite closely and that we work with Pakistan on quite closely MORGAN ORTAGUS US STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 13 Af not linked with Malaysia charges current, former Kashmir issue: Goldman executives over 1MDB Taliban to Pakistan Poll worry as US, KABUL, 9 AUGUST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE and fraudulent misappro- KUALA LUMPUR, 9 AUGUST priation of billions in bond The Taliban has hit out at Pak- proceeds.” istan for linking the situation Taliban near deal Malaysia filed criminal charges Goldman said in a state- in Afghanistan with Kashmir Friday against 17 current and ment it believed the charges issue, saying that Kabul ASSOCIATED PRESS former executives of three were “misdirected” and would should "not be turned into KABUL, 9 AUGUST Goldman Sachs subsidiaries, be “vigorously defended”. the theatre of competition" piling further pressure on “Certain members of the between New Delhi and fghanistan faces a the Wall Street titan over the former Malaysian govern- Islamabad. presidential election multi-billion-dollar 1MDB ment and 1MDB lied to Gold- "Linking the issue of next month but few scandal. man Sachs, outside counsel Kashmir with that of believe the vote will They included Richard claims large amounts were and others about the use of Afghanistan by some parties takeA place as the United States Gnodde, chief executive of misappropriated in the proceeds from these trans- will not aid in improving and the Taliban inch closer to Goldman Sachs International, process, and is seeking hefty actions,” it said. the crisis at hand because the a deal that could end the and Michael Evans, former compensation from the bank. Thomas said the 17 issue of Afghanistan is not nearly 18-year war but bring chief of Goldman's Asia oper- Prime Minister Mahathir accused were directors of the related nor should uncertainty about almost ations who is now president Mohamad re-opened inves- three Goldman subsidiaries Afghanistan be turned into everything else. of Chinese e-commerce giant tigations into the 1MDB affair in 2012 and 2013, when the the theatre of competition Few candidates, 18 are Alibaba. last year after defeating Najib fund raising took place. between other countries," Tal- running for the country’s top Huge sums were looted at the polls, in large part due In December, Malaysia iban spokesman Zabihullah job, have openly campaigned from Malaysian sovereign to public anger at the scan- filed charges against the units, Mujahed said in a state- after the Taliban last week wealth fund 1Malaysia Devel- dal, and pressure has been Goldman Sachs International, ment cited by Anadolu news attacked the office of Presi- opment Berhad in a globe- steadily mounting on the Goldman Sachs (Asia), and agency on Thursday. dent Ashraf Ghani’s running spanning fraud, which alleged- bank since. Goldman Sachs (Singapore), This comes after Pak- mate on opening day of the ly involved ex-prime minis- Announcing the latest and two ex-employees. istan Muslim League-Nawaz campaign, killing at least 20 ter Najib Razak and his inner charges, Attorney General They were accused of giv- President and opposition people. Amrullah Saleh, circle. Tommy Thomas said: “Cus- ing false statements which led leader Shehbaz Sharif while known for his fierce anti-Tal- Goldman's role has been todial sentences and crimi- to $2.7 billion being misap- speaking in the Parliament iban stance, was unharmed. Qatar, Suhail Shaheen, said would facilitate the intra- might delay the 28 Septem- under scrutiny as it helped nal fines will be sought against propriated in relation to the earlier this week compared This week, the Taliban on Friday that he expects an Afghan discussions that would ber election, especially as arrange bond issues worth $6.5 the accused... given the sever- bond issues. Goldman vowed the situation in Afghanistan declared the election a “sham” agreement “at the end of this follow a deal. Khalilzad has suggested that billion for 1MDB. Malaysia ity of the scheme to defraud to fight those charges. with that of Kashmir. IANS and warned fellow Afghans to round of talks.” But so far, the Taliban has the vote could hinder peace stay away from campaign The deal would include a refused to negotiate with the efforts. Analysts have said rallies and from the polls, cease-fire and Taliban nego- government, dismissing it as his 1 September target date NORTH BENGAL STATE saying such gatherings could tiations with other Afghan a US puppet. And no one for a peace deal could be TENDER TRANSPORT CORPORATION be targeted. A day later, a representatives, he said. How- knows whether the thou- linked to Ghani’s insistence COOCHBEHAR Taliban car bomb aimed at ever, it wasn’t clear whether sands of Taliban fighters on holding the vote next Memo No.: Date: Afghan security forces ripped that meant the Taliban would across Afghanistan will respect month. CORRIGENDUM NOTICE through a Kabul neighbor- agree to talk to Kabul gov- whatever deal is made. In Kabul, where few cam- NIT NO. hood, killing 14 people and ernment members in their offi- Scott Worden, director of paign posters are seen, some NBSTC/19/CSP-ET/COB/2019-20 wounding 145, most of them cial capacity or only as ordi- the Afghanistan program at residents appear to be fine with Dated: 22-07-2019 women, children and other nary Afghans, as in the past. the United States Institute a delay. For many, memories A Technical Bid Corrigendum in connection with the e-Tender civilians. 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Once there is a deal Date: N.B.S.T.C, Coochbehar withdrawal of some 20,000 US eling in recent days to brief through elections and having with the Taliban, a transi- and NATO troops, along with several countries involved in the new government negoti- tional government would Taliban guarantees that the process on the latest ate from what it hopes will be take over. Afghanistan would not be a developments. a position of greater strength.” Then the Taliban would BHARAT NIRMAN THROUGH RURAL ROADS base for other extremist The US envoy, Zalmay Neither is easy, he said. enter a presidential CHIEF ENGINEER (KANGRA ZONE) HPPWD DHARAMSHALA H.P., 176215 groups. Khalilzad, said on Friday he Speculation is high that a candidate of their own, he The Taliban spokesman in had been in Norway, which US-Taliban peace agreement speculated. 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Complex, Chief Engineer, Kasumpti, Shimla-9 Kangra Zone, H..P.P.W.D, Ph. 0177-2628074 Dharamshala-176215 Fax: 011892-223100 1409/2019-2020 HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARK Tel: 011892-224948 PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED Regd. Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall Patiala-147001 IANS Kashmir, which could exac- Corporate Identity Number: U40109PB2010SGC033813 UNITED NATIONS, 9 AUGUST erbate the human rights sit- HIMACHAL PRADESH Website: www.pspcl.in uation in the region", he PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT E-Tender Enquiry No. 7144/P-3/EMP-11623 Dated: 05-08-19 & ID: 45825. United Nations Secretary added. Scope of Work: Procurement of spares for weir make Condensate Extrac- General Antonio Guterres The Charter provisions Office of the Executive Engineer, Outer Seraj Division, HP.PWD. Nirmand tion Pumps (CEPs) model EN 6J 40 of Stage-ll & III Units at GGSSTP, came out on Thursday against directly applicable to the Web: www.hppwd.gov.in, Email: [email protected] Rupnagar. changing the status of Jammu India-Pakistan situation Phone No. 01904-255140, Fax No. 01904-255740 Qty.: As per NIT.EMD: As per NIT. and Kashmir and backed require members to settle Date & time up to which tender shall be received: 12-09-19 at 11-00 a.m. Security Council resolutions, their disputes by peaceful NOTICE INVITING TENDER Date & time of opening of tender: 12-09-19 at 11-30 a.m. of which the main one means and to refrain from the Tender specification can only be downloaded from PSPCL website: requires Pakistan to with- threat or use of force against Sealed item rate tender on form 6 & 8 are hereby invited by the Executive Engineer Outer Seraj Division HP. PWD. Nirmand https://pspcl.abcprocure.com & no hard copy of the same will be issued draw all its nationals from the territorial integrity of by this office. on behalf of Governor of HP. from the approved eligible contractors enlisted in HP.PWD, for the following works, so as to reach this office on Kashmir. any nation. 04.09.2019 up to 10.30 A.M. and same will be opened on the same day at 11.00 a.m. in presence of the interested contractors or their autho- Note: His Spokesperson The Charter also says that rized representative. The tender form can be had from the office of Executive Engineer Outer Seraj Division HP.PWD, Nirmand on cash payment 1) In case any difficulty regarding uploading of the tender the prospective Stephane Dujarric said: "The UN cannot "intervene in (Non- refundable) on or before 02.09.2019 during office hours till 1.30 p.m. The application must be accompanied with earnest money in shape bidders are requested to get clarification from this office and or M/s. of NSD/FDR/Time deposit etc. of any post office of HP. or Nationalized Bank duly pledged in the name of Executive Engineer Outer Seraj Division e-Procurement Technologies Ltd. Contact No.: +91-(79)-40016866/40/ Secretary General calls on all matters which are essen- HP.PWD. Nirmand cash order will not be entertained, it may be ensure that the earnest money shall have to be prepared work wise otherwise 38/18/21. lt is also requested to get their digital signature well in time so parties to refrain from taking tially within the domestic forms will not be issued . The offer of tender shall be kept open for 90 days. The conditional tender or tender received by post will also be reject- as to submit tenders through e-tendering only. steps that could affect the sta- jurisdiction of any state". ed .The undersigned reserves the right to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason. All the approved eligible contractors should bring 2) It is informed that in case tender process is not completed due to tus of Jammu and Kashmir. The Simla Agreement copy of their valid enlistment /renewal/exemption from earnest money with them. The tender documents will be issued only to those who fulfill any reason, no corrigendum will be published in newspapers. Details "The position of the Unit- signed in 1972 by then Prime the eligibility conditions. The contractor should be registered as dealer under HP. Sale Tax Act, 1968 and now should be registered under regarding corrigendum may be seen on official PSPCL website: ed Nations on this region is Minister Indira Gandhi and VAT Act, Valid Copy of Registration as required , Copy of GST , Copy of PAN Card, failing which no tender form will be issued to him. www.pspcl.in Dy. CE / Monitoring governed by the Charter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was Work No.:-1 A/R & M/O Wazir Bowali to Mohali road Km. 0/00 to 26/00. (SH:- Providing and laying thermoplastic compound edge line in Km. RTP-59/19 GGSSTP, Rupnagar the United Nations and Pakistan's President at that 0/00 to 1/00, 12/910 to 16/880, 17/00 to 17/060, 17/675 to 17/855 and 18/00 to 18/490). Estimated cost: Rs. 4,52,723/- Earnest money Rs.:- applicable Security Council time, also said that Kashmir 9,100/- time fifteen days Cost of form:-350/- resolutions." was a bilateral issue, thus rul- The Council's Resolution ing out third party inter- Work No.:-2 Improvement of identified black spots on LDCK road Km. 0/00 to 11/00. (SH: - Improvement of formation deficiency in Km. 1/756 to 47 adopted on April 21, 1948, vention. 1/915). Estimated cost: Rs. 1,93,841/- Earnest money Rs.:- 3,900/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- said Pakistan should withdraw The Secretary General's Work No.:-3 Improvement of identified black spots on road from jn. of LDCK to jn. of NAS road Km. 0/00 to 32/00. (SH:- C/o R/wall at Rd. 18/675 its nationals from Kashmir office circulated to mem- to 18/695 and 22/126 to 22/135). Estimated cost: Rs. 4,11,002/- Earnest money Rs.:- 8,300/- time two months Cost of form:-350/- before a plebiscite can be held. bers of the Security Council Pakistan, however, continues a letter written by Pakistan's Work No.:-4 Construction of link road from Shano to Ghulat Km. 0/00 to 5/210 under BASP. (SH:- C/o RCC Hume Pipe Culvert at Rd 0/720). to occupy a significant part Foreign Minister Shah Estimated cost: Rs. 1,40,308/- Earnest money Rs.:- 2,900/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- of Kashmir making a plebiscite Mehmood Qureshi to Guter- Work No.:-5 Restoration of rain damages on Luhri Dalash Chowai Khanag road Km. 0/00 to 53/00. (SH:- C/o wire crate R/wall at Rd. 0/505 to impossible. res on August 1 expressing 0/520 and 0/525 to 0/545). Estimated cost: Rs. 21,41,551/- Earnest money Rs.:- 2,900/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- Since then, India has said concern about the situation a plebiscite was moot because in Kashmir. He also asked Work No.:-6 A/R & M/O link road to Village Moin Km. 0/00 to 1/945. (SH:- C/o B/wall at Rd. 0/360 to 0/385). Estimated cost: Rs. 3,52,268/- Earnest money Rs.:- 7,100/- time two months Cost of form:-350/- of Pakistan's continued occu- Guterres to set up a "fact-find- pation and because Kashmiris ing mission" for Kashmir Work No.:-7 A/R & M/O Kandagai to Neethar road Km 6/00 to 18/345. (SH:- C/o Hume Pipe culvert at Rd 10/045 with wing wall). Estimated have had their say in state and and to appoint a special rep- cost: Rs. 1,40,308/- Earnest money Rs.:- 2,900/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- national elections. resentative. Work No.:-8 A/R & M/O Wazir Bowali to Mohali road Km. 0/00 to 26/00. (SH:- C/o Guide pillar with Delinator in Km. 15/700 to 16/435 & 17/00 "The Secretary General Dujarric said that the let- to 17/600). Estimated cost: Rs. 1,36,638/- Earnest money Rs.:- 2,800/- time two month Cost of form:-350/- also recalls the 1972 Agree- ter was being studied and no ment on bilateral relations decision has been taken on Work No.:-9 A/R & M/O link road Brow Poshna up to Chaklot road Km. 0/00 to 13/180. (SH:- C/o R/wall at Rd. 0/805 to 0/820 and R/wall at Rd between India and Pakistan, appointing a special repre- 0/850 to 0/864). Estimated cost: Rs. 4,71,756/- Earnest money Rs.:- 9,500/- time two months Cost of form:-350/- also known as the Simla sentative. Work No.:-10 Restoration of rain damages on Wazir Bowali Jhakri Byepass road Km. 0/00 to 15/00. (SH:- C/o B/wall at Rd. 3/155 to 3/170). Agreement, which states that He said that the Secretariat Estimated cost: Rs. 1,79,459/- Earnest money Rs.:- 3,600/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- the final status of Jammu and was in contact with the Per- Kashmir is to be settled by manent Missions of India and Work No.:-11 A/R & M/O link road Brow Poshna up to Chaklot road Km. 0/00 to 13/180. (SH:- C/o Breast wall Rd 3/760 to 3/780). Estimated peaceful means, in accor- Pakistan over the recent cost: Rs. 2,42,585/- Earnest money Rs.:- 4,900/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- dance with the Charter of the developments. Work No.:-12 A/R & M/O Wazir Bowali Nirmand Arsu Sarahan road Km. 0/00 to 34/00. (SH:- Balance work of annual surfacing in Km. 12/400 to United Nations," Dujarric Joanna Wronecka, the 13/00. Estimated cost: Rs. 4, 94,211/- Earnest money Rs.:- 10,000/- time one month Cost of form:-350/- said. While calling for max- President of the Security imum restraint, "the Secre- Council, refused to answer tary General is also con- a reporter's question about 1436/2019-2020 HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARK cerned over reports of restric- Qureshi's letter and if there tions on the Indian-side of would any action on it. 14 NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019

TRIUMPH & DISMAY There was a mixed response to the Modi government's move to scrap Article 370 that provided a special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two Union territories. While BJP supporters cheered the decisions with firecrackers and slogan-shouting, Left parties and students held street protests slamming the government's unilateral move. Photographs by SHAHNAWAZ KHAN, SUBRATA DUTTA, AMARJEET SINGH and AJAY KUMAR There is money available when the right players are available. It’s not about a quick fix, it is about a longer re-build

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Brazil prosecutors ask judge Serena, Osaka book US Open final to close Neymar rape case: Prosecutors in Brazil said they agree with a police finding that there is not enough evi- dence to prove rape allega- rematch in Toronto quarter-final tions against Neymar and have asked a judge to close the AGENCIES playing this week and next week case. “What happened TORONTO, 9 AUGUST would be good.” Williams said Nadal, Federer jointly decide between four walls is impossi- she is struggling with the tran- ble to know, we have her erena Williams (in photo) sition from clay to grass to hard- to re-enter ATP politics word against his,” prosecutor and Japan's Naomi Osaka courts more than usual this Flavia Merlini told reporters on booked a rematch of last year. “I definitely feel like it AGENCIES Thursday. “We have decided to ask for the closure of the year's US Open final in takes a while to get back into the MONTREAL, 9 AUGUST case.” Neymar has denied the allegations he raped a Brazilian Sthe WTA Toronto quarter-finals rhythm,” she said. woman in a Paris hotel in May. The ugly affair dominated after straight-set triumphs here. “So it definitely feels differ- World number two Rafael headlines and conversations in the soccer-mad country for Reigning US and Australian ent, especially for me now. Usu- Nadal(in photo left) said that weeks. The scandal blew up on June 2 when Neymar pub- Open champion Osaka broke ally I don't feel that huge of a he and long-time rival Roger lished a seven-minute video on Instagram, where he had first at love in the final game to difference, but for whatever Federer(in photo right)made been in contact with Najila Trindade, revealing that he had defeat Polish teen Iga Swiatek reason I do this year.” a joint decision to stand for the been accused of rape. In an attempt to defend himself 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 after one hour Czech third seed Karolina ATP Player Council. The 33- against the allegations, Neymar's video was accompanied by and 51 minutes on Thursday. Pliskova kept the pressure on year-old Spaniard, an 18-time WhatsApp messages and images of his encounter with World number 10 Williams Osaka in the battle to take the Grand Slam singles winner, con- various issues, with ATP Coun- Trindade. was broken twice and dropped world number one ranking by firmed the choice by the pair cil president Novak Djokovic the first three games in 10 min- also reaching the quarter-finals. of icons at the ATP Montreal often on the opposite side of Gundogan signs contract extension with Manchester City: utes then battled back to defeat Pliskova eliminated Esto- Masters after reaching the discussions from Nadal and Ilkay Gundogan, Pep Guardiola's first signing as Manchester Russia's 48th-ranked Ekaterina nia's Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-5 to quarter-finals by beating Federer. The world number one City manager in 2016, signed a three year contract extension Alexandrova 7-5 6-4 in 91 min- set up a last-eight clash with ris- Argentina's Guido Pella 6-3 6- Serb has clashed with many fel- with the Premier League champions on Friday the club utes. That set the stage for ing Canadian star Bianca 4 on Thursday. low players with disagree- announced. The 28-year-old German international midfielder Williams, a 37-year-old Amer- Andreescu, who outlasted fifth- Federer, a 20-time Slam ments centered on the deci- who was entering the final year of his present contract and ican who will try for a record- seeded Dutchwoman Kiki singles champion, and Nadal sion to dispense with the ser- will now be tied to the club to 2023 played a pivotal role in tying 24th Grand Slam singles Bertens 6-1 6-7 (7/9) 6-4. Plisko- were elected by fellow players vices of ATP chief executive City landing a domestic treble last term having also impressed title at the upcoming US Open, va, 27, must reach the final to to fill two of the vacancies Chris Kermode, a popular fig- in their 2018 title winning campaign. to again face Osaka after the con- match but before she knew the final game of the first set, when have any chance of taking the caused by the resignations of ure in tennis. Splits widened troversial finish to their Grand who she would face in the quar- the Russian's eighth double top spot next week. Otherwise, Robin Haase, Jamie Murray and at Wimbledon when Djokovic Dutee Chand granted visa: India's fastest woman Dutee Slam showdown last year in New ter-finals, saying either Osaka fault handed Williams the set after Osaka will claim the number one Sergiy Stakhovsky prior to was taken to task over his rela- Chand was on Friday granted visa to travel to Europe and York. It would be the first match who could return to the world 46 minutes. berth. Wimbledon. tionship with the disgraced participate in a couple of races in her bid to qualify for the between Osaka and Williams number one ranking next week “(Alexandrova) hit really, French Open champion “We decided to be togeth- Justin Gimelstob. Former play- World Athletics Championships. On Thursday, the athlete since the Japanese star defeat- or Swiatek would be worthy foes. really hard and she was hitting Ashleigh Barty's stint as the er out there,” Nadal said. “I will er Gimelstob, who has sat on requested the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to help ed her childhood idol 6-2, 6-4 “It will be a good match, who- a lot of winners, so I was just world's top-ranked player was not be alone there. He will not the player council, pleaded no her get visa so that she can participate in the competitions. in last year's US Open final, a ever wins,” Williams said. “Both happy I was able to just fight assured of ending after she was be alone there. “Both of us can contest to assault charges in “Stand as a proud daughter with all who stood by me in the match marred by an on-court players are playing well in this through that,” Williams said. knocked out on Tuesday. (combine to) be a good power, Los Angeles earlier this year for time of need. Big shout out 2 all who made my voice heard. dispute between Williams and tournament in particular, so I'll Alexandrova broke Williams Defending champion and good help for the sport in attacking a man in front of his Big thanks to @MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @IndiaSports the umpire that led to a game be ready for her.” again to open the second set, fourth seed Simona Halep of some way hopefully in a bet- wife and children at Halloween @KirenRijiju for personally looking into my visa issue and penalty against Williams. Alexandrova broke Williams but the US star pulled level in Romania, coming off a Wim- ter way. “We are here to help in 2018. Djokovic has come clearing it from their side. Thanks @Naveen_Odisha,” Dutee Osaka was booed by some the 2001, 2011 and 2013 Cana- the sixth game and broke again bledon title last month, beat Rus- and to know a little bit better under fire for refusing to rule wrote on her twitter handle. Dutee, who recently became fans during the awards ceremony dian champion in the first and in the 12th to advance after 91 sia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6- what's going on. Last year out a possible return to the the first Indian woman track and field athlete to clinch a and later dubbed what should third games for a 3-0 edge only minutes. 1 to book a quarter-final against have been some up and downs board for Gimelstob. gold medal in the World University Games, is slated to com- have been her moment of glory to have Williams roll through the “I'm feeling good,” Williams Czech qualifier Marie Bouzko- in a lot of things.” “I have friendly relationship pete in 100m dash in two IAAF-approved races -- one in Ire- “a little bittersweet.” next four games. said. “Just hopefully just being va, who ousted Latvia's Jelena Controversy has arisen over with Justin,” said Djokovic at land on 13 August and another in Germany on 19 August. Williams spoke after her They held from there until able to stay in the rhythm and Ostapenko 6-2 6-2. the past months concerning Wimbledon.

World Archery writes to IOA, Mexico City Dabang Delhi win thriller Lukaku hails 'world's best' gives hope to lift AAI suspension signs deal vs Mumbai, enter UTT final with F1 Conte after Inter move PTI ed four names for the tran- PTI Kirill Gerassimenko, setting KOLKATA, 9 AUGUST sitory committee -- Mehta AGENCIES NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST the stage for an early finish. AGENCIES from IOA, R Rajagopal from MEXICO CITY, 9 AUGUST Bernadette was at the top ROME, 9 AUGUST In a fresh ray of hope for the the sports ministry, while B Dabang Delhi escaped to a of her game all through, beleaguered Indian archers, V P Rao and Virendra Sachde- Mexico City has signed a deal narrow but thrilling 8-7 vic- pounding in her forehands Romelu Lukaku (in photo)said the World Archery on Friday va from the two AAI fac- with the International Motor- tory to steal a place in the final to unsettle Doo Hoi in the on Friday that having the wrote to the Indian Olympic tions. ing Federation (FIA) to con- of the Ultimate Table Tennis opening set itself. She raced chance to play for Antonio Association, stating the This transition commit- tinue hosting a Formula One here on Friday. away to a healthy 6-3 and 7- Conte drove him to join Inter Archery Association of India tee is tasked to prepare a race through 2022, after India's Sathiyan G and 5 lead, before she collected Milan, hailing the Italian as suspension might be lifted by roadmap for the AAI having months of uncertainty about Romania's petite Bernadette four points to win it. the world's best coach after the end of this month if a clear a new election as well as a the future of the Mexican Szocs set the stage for The second set went on arriving from Manchester roadmap is established. Constitution that respects Grand Prix. The government Dabang, with a grand display par till 7-7 although Doo United. The latest development both the Indian Sports Code of Mexican President Andres of attacking TT. They won Hoi didn't seem to be mov- Asked by club media how came following the Delhi and the World Archery Con- Manuel Lopez Obrador, a their respective Singles 2-1 ing fluently enough. the arrival of former Italy High Court's order directing stitution. leftist austerity crusader, had before combining to take 2 Bernadette made the most boss Conte at Inter this sum- the sports ministry to form “This roadmap will have balked at shelling out tens of more points in the Mixed of that to claim this one too. mer had influenced his deci- a five-member transitory to be approved by World millions of dollars to renew Doubles. Doo Hoi showed glimpses sion to move to Serie A, he committee to look in the Archery for the suspension its hosting rights for the race. But Sweden's Jon Persson of her potent game in the third replied “a lot... he's the best state of affairs of the sus- to be lifted,” Dielen wrote. Under the new contract, no unexpectedly lost 1-2 to set, engaging Bernadette in manager in the world” “He's pended AAI till fresh elections The committee will also government money will be Manav Thakkar in a fast- long rallies. She broke away somebody that can make are held. Following the order, select the teams for the spent, officials said on Thurs- paced encounter that brought for a 6-1 lead only to see the players better all the time. You the WA secretary general Olympic qualifying Asian day. “This is an investment with U Mumba back into the Romanian gain parity at 7- can see his record,” said Tom Dielen wrote to IOA Championships in Bangkok new rules, for the benefit of match. 7. It was Bernadette's turn to Lukaku. He hadn't played a single pay United an initial 65 mil- secretary general Rajeev in November and prepare a the city. We are seeking a new Needing just one point in move ahead, even reach Conte has been a long-time minute in United's pre-sea- lion euros ($73 million) over Mehta, nominating four selection process for the formula so that F1 can stay, the last match of the tie, match point. Doo Hoi, how- admirer of Lukaku and tried son campaign after being five years with a further 10 mil- members of the committee Tokyo Olympics 2020. without the need for public Krittwika Sinha Roy had to ever, dug in and won the next to sign him for Chelsea before sidelined by Ole Gunnar Sol- lion in potential add-ons, which will be headed by Earlier in the day, hearing resources,” Mexico City Mayor calm her nerves and wait for four to clinch a crucial point the Belgian's move from Ever- skjaer despite scoring 42 times contrasting with reports in retired Chief Justice of Jammu a PIL in the Rahul Mehra vs Claudia Sheinbaum told a Sutirtha Mukherjee to make for U Mumba. ton to United in 2017. in all competitions while at Britain that the Premier League and Kashmir High Court Jus- Union of India & Ors, a Delhi press conference. Alejandro mistakes. In the first Men's Singles, The 26-year-old complet- Old Trafford. club brought in 80 million tice B D Ahmad. HC Special Bench compris- Soberon, chief executive of the Her and Dabang's Sathiyan slipped behind to ed his long-awaited move to “I think Inter is a club with euros. They have strengthened “If rapid progress is made ing Justice S Murlidhar and company that operates the moment came in the third 3-7 in the first set and sur- Inter on Thursday, joining a a lot of upsides. I think for me a squad that finished fourth and a clear roadmap is estab- Najmi Waziri directed that Mexican F1 race, CIE, said pri- and final set, that too at rendered it 6-11. He was in club with ambitions of break- it was something I needed,” in Serie A last season by sign- lished by the end of August, the transitory committee will vate investment and “new golden point, to give her top form in the second ing fierce rival Juventus' stran- Lukaku said. ing veteran Uruguayan inter- World Archery might condi- be constituted latest by August financing models” would be side an 8-7 win. though, going 8-3 up. That glehold on domestic hon- “I needed a challenge national defender Diego Godin tionally lift the suspension by 23 and hold its first meeting used to put on the 2020 to 2022 Bernadette Szocs (World was enough to give him the ours. Belgium's all-time top where I could help a team build and promising midfielder the end of this month. on August 24. The committee editions of the event. Officials No. 14) began Dabang's second set. scorer with 48 goals, he will for the future. For me, every- Nicolo Barella. “We ask the Indian will be headed by retired Chief did not say who the investors march, downing a higher- Kirill Gerassimenko kept be at the centre of Inter's thing is present here to help Inter are also reportedly Olympic Association Secre- Justice of Jammu and Kash- were. Mexican newspaper ranked Doo Hoi Kem of pace with the Indian in the attack, taking the number 9 me and I wish I can help my close to bringing in Edin tary General to coordinate mir High Court Justice B D Milenio said they included tele- Hong Kong (World No. 11) third till 6-6, but thereafter shirt away from former club teammates with my hard Dzeko, with the Bosnian inter- with the chairman to get the Ahmad and will have one coms billionaire Carlos Slim in the opening Women's it was Sathiyan all over again. captain Mauro Icardi after work dedication to the game.” national pushing for the move committee established as representative each from Mexico's richest man and Singles match. Sathiyan and Bernadette the Argentina international Milan-based Gazzetta Dello away from the Italian capital soon as possible,” Dielen sports ministry, Indian Olympic companies such as Coca- Dabang captain then came back to down Manav was frozen out last season fol- Sport reports that he will earn and Roma trying to retain wrote in the letter to Mehta. Association, and the two AAI Cola, Heineken and fought back from a set down Thakkar and Doo Hoi in the lowing a bitter and public 8.5 million euros a season at him after failing to find an ade- The WA further suggest- factions, Mehra tweeted. Citibanamex. to overcome Kazakhstan's crucial Mixed Doubles. contract row. Inter, and claims that Inter will quate replacement.

Real Madrid go head-to-head with Barca for Neymar De Bruyne back to drive City's title defence AGENCIES MADRID, 9 AUGUST AGENCIES secutive top-flight titles, after the holding role while the Bel- LONDON, 9 AUGUST Huddersfield, Arsenal, Liverpool gian and David Silva swarm for- Real Madrid will rival Barcelona and Manchester United (twice). ward. in the race to sign Paris Saint- Kevin De Bruyne (in photo)can't But Liverpool seem certain “I think he's the perfect Germain striker Neymar (in wait to play a key role in Man- to push City all the way once defensive midfielder for the photo)this summer, according chester City's bid for a third suc- again after they finished just one way we want to play,” De Bruyne to reports in the Spanish press cessive Premier League title as point behind Guardiola's team said of Rodri. on Friday. the Belgian star finally returns last term and then won the Leroy Sane's long-term Madrid have shifted focus to peak form and fitness. Champions League. And De absence with anterior cruciate to Neymar after the close of the Pep Guardiola's side start Bruyne challenged City to main- ligament damage suffered in last English Premier League's trans- their title defence at West Ham tain the relentless consistency weekend's Community Shield fer window on Thursday ended on Saturday with De Bruyne pro- that carried them to last season's against Liverpool is a blow, but their hopes of signing Man- viding a reassuring presence for title with 14 successive league City have more than enough chester United midfielder Paul the champions. wins. depth to prosper without the Pogba. year-old will wait until August mar's priority is not to go to City have bolstered their “You don't need to be bet- Germany winger. According to Marca, Ney- 20 for Barcelona to make a deci- Barcelona. His priority is to leave treble-winning squad with the ter, you need to be consistent,” Another benefit of De mar has “returned to the scene” sive move, after which “PSG's the PSG,” wrote Marca, also cit- pound 62 million club record De Bruyne said. “At the end of Bruyne's return is his ability to with the club “believing for some number 10 does not rule out ing their “magnificent rela- signing of Atletico Madrid mid- the year, with all the competi- fill the void left by the close-sea- time that the team is lacking a any option in order to leave the tionship” with PSG, “quite the fielder Rodri, while also adding tions, maybe you don't need 95 son departure of club captain big star up front”. French champions, where it is opposite” of how the French club accomplished Juventus full- or 100 points. Vincent Kompany. Sports newspaper AS claims clear he does not want to stay view Barcelona. back Joao Cancelo. “Maybe teams get more Kompany's decision to join the Brazilian has been offered any longer.” Luka Modric is mentioned But the prospect of De a force to be reckoned with by injuries,” De Bruyne said. points out of each other and you Anderlecht as player-manag- to Madrid by PSG, who are open But Mundo adds that “it is as a possible makeweight while Bruyne driving City forward from winning the man of the match “I just get on with it. Now I win it with 85, just because the er stripped City of their most to selling if they can either clear Neymar wants to play for Philippe Coutinho, who report- midfield is a mouthwatering award in City's FA Cup final feel good. I'm happy I could play competition is that high. experienced leader. recoup the 222 million euros Barcelona” while Diario Sport edly rejected an offer from Tot- prospect for Guardiola. thrashing of Watford. a whole pre-season.” “You need to be just one point David Silva started the Com- they spent on him in 2017 or agrees, writing that “the win- tenham this week, could be The 28-year-old was an He is confident those injury With De Bruyne back in ahead of the other ones and munity Shield as captain before receive half that amount, with ning card Barca continues to included in an offer from influential figure in City's 2017- issues are behind him after their line-up, City look more for- whatever you need to do, you the vocal De Bruyne took over players included in the deal. hold is the will of the striker to Barcelona. 18 Premier League title tri- proving to be one of the stand- midable than ever quite a feat need to do. when the Spaniard went off. It means La Liga's two great- runite with players like Leo Messi Sport admits whichever umph, but he had only a bit- out players during City's pre- after they amassed 198 points “I think Liverpool will be up Guardiola has said the play- est rivals are set to go head-to- and Luis Suarez. With them he team signs Neymar will “inflict part role in last season's domes- season tour. over their last two Premier there, but they all will be there. ers will decide who wears the head in the battle to sign Ney- has a great understanding on a blow on their rivals by snatch- tic dominance due to knee “I'm fine. What happened League title-winning seasons. We have to be consistent.” captain's armband, but regard- mar before the Spanish trans- the pitch and also a strong ing a star player from the other's and muscular injuries. last year happens to every- If they can retain the crown, De Bruyne's return gives less of whether De Bruyne gets fer window closes on Septem- friendship off it.” grasp”. “From now on, it will be De Bruyne made just 22 body. I have been a professional City will become only the fifth Guardiola an embarrassment that honour he will make City ber 2. Barcelona newspaper Marca believes Madrid also Neymar that decides,” Sport starts in all competitions before for 11 years now and had one team in the history of English of riches in midfield, with Spain a better team simply by stay- Mundo Deportivo says the 27- have factors in their favour. “Ney- added. returning to prove he was still season where I had some football to clinch three con- international Rodri likely to fill ing fit this season. ‘IPL IS HELPFUL’ NEW DELHI, SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2019 Senior New Zealand player Ross Taylor has said that players from his country have benefited immensely by rubbing shoulders with the 16 best players in world cricket and "picking the brains" in the Indian Premier League (IPL). "I have been fortunate to play for a few teams (in the IPL) and play with great players. I think, there has been an aura around Australia, South Africa and a few of these teams. I think IPL helped New Zealand cricket sort of bridge that gap a little bit (between players)," Taylor told PTI from Colombo in a special inter- action. "Players who have played over there and (who will play in) years to come will benefit by rubbing shoulders with best players in the world," elaborated Taylor.

For more updates www.thestatesman.com Postal Reg. No. DL (ND)-II/6088/2018/-19-20 BCCI finally comes under NADA PTI Sports Secretary Radheshyam Jhulaniya, who financially autonomous. that's the WADA's charter NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST along with NADA DG Navin Agarwal met BCCI Till date, Sweden-based and we are a partner.” International Dope Testing The sports ministry has nding years of defi- CEO Rahul Johri along with the Board's GM Management (IDTM) has steadfastly maintained that the ance, Indian cricket's (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim here on Fri- been collecting the crick- country's richest sports body governing body, the day, said that the Board has given in writing eters' samples and submitting had to come under NADA's BCCI, on Friday agreed that it would adhere to the anti-doping policy them to the National Dope ambit. Eto come under the ambit of Testing Laboratory (NDTL). “BCCI have conveyed to us of NADA. The implication of this development the National Anti-Doping “IDTM was an outside they will abide by Indian law, Agency (NADA), becoming a is expected to be massive as BCCI now agency hired by BCCI to take rules and regulations and National Sports Federation in becomes a designated NSF and will face a samples. Now that agency respect the Government of the process despite being more pressure to come under the Right To will be NADA. I explained to India's jurisdiction. Their first Legendary Australian leg- financially autonomous. Information (RTI) Act as per government BCCI you don't have a dis- concern was the quality of the spinner Shane Warne has Sports Secretary Rad- cretion to abide by law or dope testing kits. We assured been appointed as coach norms. of Lord's-based London heshyam Jhulaniya, who along not. The law applies to every- them the kits we are using are team for next year's Hun- with NADA DG Navin Agar- one equally,” Jhulaniya said of international quality -- dred competition. wal met BCCI CEO Rahul law of the land,” said Johri, of the World Anti-doping after the landmark develop- WADA-approved kits.” “The Johri (in photo)along with the adding, “We have raised quite Agency (WADA) Code. The pre- ment following a meeting second issue was regarding the Board's GM (Cricket Opera- a few issues which the sports mier example of this is West with the BCCI officials. competence of pathologists Lanka recall Chandimal for tions) Saba Karim here on Fri- Secretary said will be addressed Indies' all-rounder Andre “Every federation is on the and sample collecting officers. New Zealand Test squad: Sri day, said that the Board has by them. We have agreed to Russell who was banned for close to six months. coming under the NADA same footing for enforce- We assured them our dope Lanka on Friday recalled for- given in writing that it would bear the differential cost of high one year by the Jamaican “We have received the ambit, the possibility of agree- ment of law. You don't have control officers are well trained mer skipper Dinesh Chandi- adhere to the anti-doping quality testing.” Anti-Doping Agency. clearance,” Johri said. ing to RTI is becoming more to sign an agreement. We cat- but if you require higher a high- mal to the 15-member policy of NADA. The BCCI had been vehe- Till date, Sweden-based BCCI's fresh stance makes and more real even though egorically told them no MOU er qualification then we have squad for the first Test “All cricketers will now be mently opposed to signing up International Dope Testing it clear that Johri got the go Johri sidestepped the query. is required as law is applica- no issues to enlist those but against New Zealand, end- tested by NADA,” Jhulaniya with NADA, claiming that it Management (IDTM) has ahead from the Supreme “The RTI issue is a differ- ble to everyone.” they will be at a higher fee. ing a six-month exile for the said. is an autonomous body, not been collecting the samples Court-appointed Commit- ent subject altogether. It was The primary concern of the “This facility will not be just wicketkeeper-batsman. The The implication of this a National Sports Federation and submitting them to the tee of Administrators (CoA), not in today's meeting agen- Board was the contentious for BCCI but all federations.” 29-year-old was dropped development is expected to and does not rely on govern- National Dope Testing Lab- headed by Vinod Rai, to sign da,” Johri said. 'Whereabouts Clause' with The BCCI's concerns did after a poor series against be massive as BCCI now ment funding. The primary oratory (NDTL). the agreement on dotted lines. regards to Out of Competition not end there. The third issue Australia and missed the becomes a designated NSF and concern was the contentious “IDTM IS no longer the Earlier in March, the BCCI NADA will test cricketers Testing, something that all star they have was the timely deci- South African tour of Sri will face a more pressure to 'Whereabouts Clause' with authorised agency,” Jhulaniya had agreed to get into a con- whenever and wherever India players have been wary sion of cases. We explained to Lanka which the home side come under the Right To regards to Out of Competition asserted. ditional tri-partite agreement they want: Sports secretary of as they considered it an inva- them the WADA rules and won 2-0. Sri Lanka also Information (RTI) Act as per Testing, something that all star Earlier, the sports min- with NADA and ICC. Jhu- sion of their privacy. On that, charter and clarified to them recalled Akila Dananjaya government norms. India players have been wary istry has steadfastly main- laniya had, however, made it The National Anti-Doping the top sports ministry offi- that there is a three-month who had been suspended “The BCCI raised three of as they considered it an inva- tained that the BCCI had to clear that the Board cannot Agency will carry out tests on cial said, “Yes, NADA will window and 90 percent of the from international cricket issues before us about the qual- sion of their privacy. come under the NADA ambit. sign any agreement with a gov- cricketers “whenever and carry out the test whenever cases are being decided with- over a suspect bowling ity of the dope testing kits, com- The 'Whereabouts Clause' It recently held back clear- ernment body without the wherever they want”, Sports and wherever they want. in that. If the athlete or his/her action. He returns after petence of pathologists and requires every athlete to fill up ances for the tours by South ministry's consent. Secretary Radheshyam Jhu- World Anti-Doping Agency advocate is not asking for remodelling his action. The sample collection. We assured a declaration form wherein Africa A and women's teams NADA hadn't signed that laniya said on Friday, assert- (WADA) clause 5.2 gives the time, we are deciding the first Test against New them that whatever facilities he/she would have to men- and it was speculated that this previous agreement in which ing that the BCCI had no authority to the national anti- case in less than 90 days, Zealand starts Wednesday they want, we will provide but tion three specific dates in a was done to pressurise the the BCCI stated that their option but to abide by the law doping agency to carry all which is the mandated time.” at Galle. No squad has been there will be some charge for year when they are not com- BCCI into accepting anti- “chaperons” will collect the of the land. Ending years of testing in its territory irre- The ministry recently held back named yet for the second it. But that higher facility will peting but are available for doping norms. The move samples instead of NADA's defiance, the Indian crick- spective of the athletes' coun- clearances for the tours by Test starting August 22 in be equal for all NSFs. BCCI is NADA's Dope Control Officer seems to have worked as Johri designated DCOs. The Board et's governing body has final- try. “All athletes irrespective South Africa A and women's Colombo. New Zealand will no different from others. They (DCO) for sample collection. confirmed that the cricket said it didn't trust NADA ly agreed to come under the of their country of origin or teams and it was speculated also play T20s on August have to follow the law of the If any athlete fails to appear board has now got clearance DCOs “due to stories of goof- ambit of NADA, in the process country of citizenship come that this was done to pressurise 31, September 2 and Sep- land,” Jhulaniya said. on all the specified dates, it for the A as well as the women's ups that consistently appear”. becoming a National Sports under the jurisdiction of the the BCCI into accepting anti- tember 6 during their tour. “The BCCI will agree to the invites sanctions for breach series after having waited for With the BCCI officially Federation despite being national anti doping agency, doping norms. Rain washes out first India-West Indies ODI BCCI under NADA: Prithvi dope case handling, CoA's decision questioned by BCCI members PTI oned the ground staff need PROVIDENCE, 9 AUGUST more time to get it ready. PTI ter as they are running the “You don't call that com- Kohli and some other Indian NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST administration and may petence. And now, WADA Rain played spoilsport as the players were seen shaking implement an irregular deci- may just close in as they first One-Day International their legs for a while, moving The “poor handling” of Prithvi sion. But that does not make might want to reopen the between India and the West to the tunes of the DJ at the Shaw's failed dope test and it regular decision with author- case with NADA gaining con- Indies was called off after the venue. the Committee of Adminis- ity,” a furious senior BCCI offi- trol,” the senior state associ- home side scored 54 for one The players later walked off trators “overstepping their cial told PTI on condition of ation official said. in 13 overs here. the field and the ground staff brief” while taking a policy anonymity. A former BCCI legal com- The stop-start match, were seen spraying a lot of saw- decision are the reasons why He accused the CEO of mittee member feels that which was reduced to 34- dust on the wet areas. the BCCI has been forced to “taking the government for CoA should have not bowed over-a-side, was abandoned The umpires made anoth- come under the National a ride”. to the sports ministry's after a second rain interrup- er inspection and after more Anti-Doping Agency, senior “Unfortunate that the CEO “strong-arm tactics”. The tion. After waiting for more than an hour's interruption, Board members said on Fri- has taken the Indian gov- ministry kept the visa assis- than an hour and a half, the the match resumed for a 34- day. ernment for a ride in order to tance letters of South Africa umpires were forced to call off over-a-side affair. With BCCI CEO Rahul hide his own failings,” he A and women's teams for an the match on Thursday. Gayle and Lewis picked up Johri agreeing to sign the added. upcoming tour of India on Opener Evin Lewis and steam after the long inter- agreement, the country's A former working com- hold. Shai Hope were batting on 40 ruption. Lewis hit Khaleel richest sports body became mittee member feels that the “This was not exactly CoAs and 6 respectively when the Ahmed for 15 runs with a six a NADA signatory and also a manner in which Shaw's case domain. They were supposed match was called off after and two fours in the eighth over designated National Sports was handled was like playing to run the administration. A Indian captain Virat Kohli reduced to 43-over-a side ruption. about to be resumed 30 min- but the introduction of wrist Federation. Senior BCCI into the sports ministry and policy decision should have won the toss and asked the contest even before a ball India did not take the DRS utes later but wet area near spinner Kuldeep Yadav put members feel that the “deci- NADA's hands. Shaw was been taken once the gener- West Indies to bat. was bowled as wet outfield due when Lewis looked plumbed the bowlers' run-up led to some brakes on West Indian sion to buckle under gov- retrospectively banned for al body took over after the elec- The other opener Chris to rains had forced the toss in front of wicket in the fourth another delay of more than batsmen. ernment pressure” may lead eight months after testing tions. Gayle was out in the 11th to be delayed. The match over off Shami's bowling. half an hour. Kuldeep gave India the to the Board losing its auton- positive for terbutaline. “I find Mr (Vinod) Rai to over after scoring 4 off 31 began two hours later from Replays showed the ball would The Indian fielders and the breakthrough as he dismissed omy despite being finan- “To keep NADA at bay, your be a sensible man but is he deliveries in an agonisingly its scheduled start. have gone on to hit the leg two West Indies batsmen -- dangerman Gayle who cially independent. own system needed to be getting sound advice from slow knock. He had come West Indies made a quiet stump but India did not opt Gayle and Lewis -- came out dragged the ball onto his “The CEO (Rahul Johri) or robust. Instead what did we people like GM (Cricket Oper- into the match 12 runs short start with Bhubaneswar Kumar for a review. Lewis was on 1 to the ground but Kohli was stumps. Hope came in two the COA has no authority to see? We saw that Shaw was ations) and the legal team? If of Brian Lara's 10,405 ODI and Mohammed Shami then. seen having a discussion with overs later, but rains also take any such policy decision allowed to play IPL even after an agreement is signed, it can't runs, the most by a West exploiting the conditions well The home side had scored the umpires. came back to force the play- which is the prerogative of the a failed dope test. And once be revoked even after nor- Indies batsman. to tie down Gayle and Lewis 9 for no loss in 5.4 overs at the Play did not start imme- ers to the dressing room once governing body of the BCCI. everything was on paper, he malcy returns in BCCI,” the The match was already before the first rain inter- first rain break. The match was diately as the umpires reck- again. They may write any sort of let- was using NCA facilities. member questioned.

Solozano, King lead West Archer in line for Test debut Zimbabwe board McCullum set to become Indies A fight against India A as England drop Moeen reinstated HARARE, 9 AUGUST KKR assistant coach PTI by clean bowling King. fell for 13, after resuming on AGENCIES Fast bowler Olly Stone, PTI TAROUBA (TRINIDAD AND With just under two ses- five, early in the day. LONDON, 9 AUGUST who was in the squad for the The Zimbabwe cricket board NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST TOBAGO), 9 AUGUST sions remaining in the match, Captain Vihari (118 not first Test but did not play, has has been reinstated by a gov- a result other than a draw is out) then joined Gill in the World Cup-winner Jofra been ruled out with a back ernment body but the coun- Former New Zealand captain Showing a stomach for fight, not likely to emerge, con- middle and the two resur- Archer is in line to make his injury. try remains suspended by Brendon McCullum (in Jeremy Solozano and Barn- sidering that the hosts are bat- rected the Indian innings eagerly-awaited Test debut Meanwhile, off-spinner the International Cricket photo)is returning to Kolkata don King hit resolute half-cen- ting well. Barring a batting col- after a top-order collapse. The after being included in Eng- Moeen has been dropped, Council because of outside Knight Riders but this time turies for West Indies as the lapse, the two teams will duo produced an unbeaten land's 12-man squad for next with left-armer Jack Leach interference. in a coaching role after being third unofficial Test against share the honours. 315-run stand for the fifth week's second Ashes Test recalled into the squad ahead Zimbabwe Cricket's lead- signed by the IPL side as India A headed for a draw on On the third day of the wicket before India A declared against Australia at Lord's, of Wednesday's start at Lord's. ership under chairman assistant coach, a media the final day, here. game, Shubman Gill became on 365 for 4 soon after Gill while Moeen Ali was left out Moeen was omitted after a Tavengwa Mukuhlani will be report has claimed. Chasing an improbable the youngest Indian cricketer scored his double ton. on Friday. miserable match at Edgbas- allowed to return to their jobs McCullum, who retired 373-run target, West Indies to score a first-class double Gill bounced back strong- Fast bowler Archer could ton. after a court settlement was from all forms of competitive were 179 for two in the sec- century and combined with ly from his a first-ball duck replace James Anderson after The 32-year-old all- reached on Thursday with cricket recently, will also ond session of the day with Vihari to put India A in the in the first innings, and his England's all-time leading rounder only managed the government-appointed take over as the head coach 101 Test matches for New Solozano (63 batting) and driver's seat. unbeaten knock of 204 was wicket-taker was ruled out returns of 1-42 and 2-130 with Sports and Recreation Com- of the Caribbean Premier Zealand and scored 6453 Sunil Ambris (10) at the The 19-year-old Gill, seen laced with 19 fours and two with a calf injury that restrict- the ball, while scoring just four mission. The SRC suspended League side Trinbago Knight runs with a high score of crease. as the next big thing in Indi- sixes, with a strike rate of 82.25. ed him to sending down just runs in the match -- includ- the entire board in June, Riders, according to ESPN- 302. He featured in 260 ODIs The hosts, who started at an cricket, scored an unbeat- While Vihari, who had four overs in a 251-run first- ing a first-innings duck. alleging corruption and cricinfo. and amassed 6083 runs with 37 for none, lost Montcin en 204 off 250 deliveries to earlier bailed out India in the Test defeat by Ashes holders His second-innings bowl- election irregularities. That Interestingly, he will a strike rate of 96.37. Hodge (25) when Shahbaz break former India opener first innings with a half cen- Australia at Edgbaston. ing display was particularly led to the ICC suspending replace Simon Katich in both KKR had announced that Nadeem had him caught by Gautam Gambhir's record. tury, continued in the same Archer missed that match concerning, with Moeen Zimbabwe from interna- the sides. With KKR he will they were parting ways with skipper Hanuma Vihari but Gambhir was 20 when he vein, hitting 10 boundaries because of a side problem but offering neither control or per- tional competition for gov- be associated as assistant Jacques Kallis, their head not before he added 68 runs notched up 218 for India and a maximum. has since proved his fitness sistent wicket-taking on a ernment interference. coach and at Trinbago Knight coach, and Katich. McCul- for the opening wicket with Board President's XI against Brief Scores: in a second-team fixture for wearing pitch favouring spin- The ICC said it will only Riders he will replace the Aus- lum's association with KKR Solozano. the Zimbabweans in a tour India A: 201 and 365/4d county side Sussex against ners and even bowling a reconsider Zimbabwe's sus- tralian as head coach. The goes back to the maiden Next man in King ensured match in 2002. in 90 overs (Shubman Gill 204 Gloucestershire, taking 6-27 couple of head-high beam- pension at a meeting in dasher from Canterbury had season when he set the stage that Indian bowlers contin- India A resumed at an not out, Hanuma Vihari 118 and hitting a quick-fire cen- ers. And both times he bat- October. The ban has come retired from all forms of on fire with a blistering 158- ued to toil as he added 99 runs overnight score of 23 for not out, Chemar K Holder tury. ted he was dismissed by Aus- at a high price for Zimbab- international cricket in 2016 run unbeaten knock in the for the second wicket with three, and Gill, starting at 2, 2/88) West Indies A: 194 England also have anoth- tralia off-spinner Nathan we's team, which has lost but continued to ply his first ever match of IPL. He Solozano. reached his century at the and 179/2 in 60 overs (B King er seam-bowling option in Lyon, who has now claimed its place at the Twenty20 trade in various T20 leagues was an integral part of the KKR Again it was Nadeem who stroke of lunch. His overnight 77, J Solozano 61 batting; S Surrey left-armer Sam Cur- Moeen's wicket nine times World Cup qualifying com- across the globe. The former squad for five seasons and also provided the breakthrough partner Shahbaz Nadeem Nadeem 2/57). ran. in 11 innings. petition. AGENCIES Black Caps skipper has played led them in the 2009 edition.

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